Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu spent the day with Klee in Mondstadt, where they met Eula and heard about strange sightings on Dragonspine. The group ate together, and Eula’s account left Paimon frightened of ghosts.

• The Debt Collector let Jiang Lianqiu leave, while the hotel owner pretended to be injured to avoid answering the Fatui’s questions.
• Klee led Jiang Lianqiu, Paimon, and Yae Miko around her favorite places in Mondstadt, and Yae Miko remarked that the city seemed troubled by Dvalin’s crisis.
• Eula met Klee and learned from her and Jiang Lianqiu that Alice had acknowledged him as Klee’s father.
• Eula explained that she had investigated Dragonspine after adventurers reported phantoms and apparitions appearing amid the mountain’s blizzards.
• Jiang Lianqiu treated the group to lunch, and Eula grew more at ease with him as she watched him care for Klee.
• Paimon became frightened when Eula described the Dragonspine sightings, and Jiang Lianqiu fed her a carrot to calm her down.

Jiang Lianqiu and his companions investigated the hostile phantoms on Dragonspine, suspecting they were connected to the ancient kingdom and the mountain’s severed Ley Lines. After giving the group bracelets to ward off the cold, they entered the mountain and reached a mass of ancient ice, where Klee threw a bomb at it.

• Eula explained that hostile phantoms on Dragonspine had attacked her and shown her visions of unfamiliar, fog-shrouded scenes.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Yae Miko reasoned that the mountain’s severed Ley Lines made the origin of the vengeful spirits puzzling, and Jiang Lianqiu decided to investigate Dragonspine.
• Klee persuaded Eula to let her join the expedition, and Jiang Lianqiu agreed to bring her along.
• At the abandoned adventurer camp, Jiang Lianqiu gave Klee, Eula, and the others bracelets that helped them withstand the cold.
• The group followed an old mountain path to a block of ancient ice, and Klee threw a Bouncy Bomb at it.

Jiang Lianqiu freed Dragonspine’s Ley Lines from ancient ice and discovered they were sustained by Dvalin’s Heart, then went to rescue Hu Tao from Ruin Hunters. Klee’s attack escalated from Bouncy Bombs to Jiang Lianqiu’s Floating Cannons as Hu Tao remained trapped in the valley.

• Klee tried to destroy the ancient ice with another bomb, but Jiang Lianqiu stopped her and taught her not to make a rude gesture or use vulgar language.
• Jiang Lianqiu melted the ancient ice, revealing the Honeysuckle Tree, and found that Dvalin’s Heart sustained Dragonspine’s severed Ley Lines.
• Jiang Lianqiu sensed someone in trouble near Durin’s burial site and led Eula, Klee, and Yae Miko there.
• Hu Tao fled Ruin Hunters in Dragon’s Spine Valley, suffered a bleeding calf, and prepared to send a message before Klee’s Bouncy Bombs struck the monsters.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave Klee a set of single-soldier Floating Cannons, which she sent into the valley as Hu Tao looked up at their approach.

Jiang Lianqiu and his companions rescued Hu Tao from Ruin Hunters on Dragonspine, then learned she had followed a disturbance in the Ley Lines from Liyue. They joined forces and headed toward Durin's Heart, where the connection between the Dragonspine anomaly and troubles elsewhere remained unclear.

• Klee's Floating Cannons destroyed the Ruin Hunters, and Jiang Lianqiu carried Hu Tao out of the valley and healed her injured leg.
• Hu Tao thanked Jiang Lianqiu, met his companions, and learned Yae Miko was the chief priestess of the Grand Narukami Shrine and the Electro Archon's Vassal.
• Hu Tao explained that she had tracked an evil force disturbing the passage between life and death from Wuwang Hill to Dragonspine, and Jiang Lianqiu noted the anomaly was not simply caused by the Ley Lines or Durin.
• As the group traveled toward Durin's Heart, Hu Tao and Eula discussed the Ley Line problem, Stormterror's attacks, and the disruption of trade between Mondstadt and Liyue.
• Jiang Lianqiu stopped the group when they reached the cavern containing Durin's Heart.

Jiang Lianqiu discovered that the Skyfrost Nail was the source of Dragonspine’s contamination and used white flames of Destruction to purge the Abyss from its Ley Lines. The cleansing caused Dragonspine’s snow to melt in a massive flood, alarming people across Mondstadt and Liyue, while Xiao admitted he did not know what had happened.

• Jiang Lianqiu and the others entered the cave and found Durin’s petrified heart, where Eula recalled that Mondstadt’s expeditions had uncovered little and Albedo had kept his research secret.
• Jiang Lianqiu traced the contamination to the shattered Skyfrost Nail and explained that the weakened boundary had let terrible negative emotions seep into Teyvat alongside the Abyss.
• Jiang Lianqiu ignited white flames of Destruction and sent them through Durin’s heart and Dragonspine’s Ley Lines, clearing away the Abyssal contamination.
• Lisa saw Dragonspine’s snow rapidly melt, sending floods down the mountain and causing tremors that drew attention across Mondstadt and Liyue.
• At Wangshu Inn, Fegodel asked Xiao what had happened at Dragonspine, and Xiao said he did not know.

Zhongli and Xiao prepared for a catastrophe when a force of Destruction appeared at Dragonspine, but Jiang Lianqiu restored the mountain with The Abundance Divine Power and revived its Ley Lines. After the Skyfrost Nail reassembled above the summit, Jiang Lianqiu emerged from the cave and found several people waiting for him.

• Zhongli arrived at Wangshu Inn, ordered Xiao to guard the area and prepare an evacuation, and planned to contact Mondstadt's Anemo Archon if Dragonspine's Destruction spread.
• Jiang Lianqiu used Destruction to purge Dragonspine's poisoned Ley Lines, then reconnected them and filled them with The Abundance Divine Power, restoring the mountain and reviving its Seelies.
• The Honeysuckle Tree grew enormous and extended its roots into healthy Ley Lines, while its influence began spreading beyond Dragonspine.
• Zhongli recognized Jiang Lianqiu's power and told Xiao to pass Fushé the gratitude he had saved up over five hundred years; meanwhile, Venti became trapped in a giant tree and Zhongli accidentally broke his neck while pulling him free.
• Lisa apologized after witnessing the mishap, and the remaining Skyfrost Nail fragments flew to the summit and reunited with the first fragment above Festering Desire.
• Jiang Lianqiu stopped working in the cave and turned to find a group waiting for him.

Jiang Lianqiu restored Dragonspine's Ley Lines and led the group to the Skyfrost Nail, where Eula deciphered a mural suggesting Festering Desire's final Princess had seen events from another world. As the Nail's corrupting influence began to affect Eula and Hu Tao, Jiang Lianqiu cleared their minds and prepared to confront the remaining contamination.

• Jiang Lianqiu freed the group from the vines and revealed that he had restored Dragonspine, though foreign matter remained on the Skyfrost Nail.
• Jiang Lianqiu brought everyone to the mountaintop, where Eula explained how her family's ancestors had preserved the ancient script of Festering Desire.
• Eula deciphered an inscription describing a black dragon, steel ships, and unknown Skyborne Enemies, leading Jiang Lianqiu to suspect the Princess had glimpsed another world.
• Jiang Lianqiu pulled the Skyfrost Nail down, and Eula was nearly bewitched by the negative emotions clinging to it.
• Yae Miko identified the Nail as the source of the corrupting influence, and Jiang Lianqiu cleared Eula and Hu Tao's minds.

Jiang Lianqiu, Eula, and Hu Tao were swept from Teyvat into the Azur Lane world by an information disorder tide triggered by the Skyfrost Nail. They arrived as invisible ghosts amid a coastal city under attack, while Belfast and Observer detected the crisis and learned that the Commander was at its center.

• Jiang Lianqiu found foul Remembrance on the Skyfrost Nail, and opening its door pulled everyone nearby into a strange space.
• Observer told Belfast that Amagi's Mind Cube traces had appeared in Teyvat and that Azur Lane's world had been diverted toward it, but a Void information disorder tide warning interrupted them.
• Eula woke on the docks of a burning coastal city and learned from Jiang Lianqiu that they were invisible to its inhabitants.
• Hu Tao found Eula and Jiang Lianqiu, who explained that the tide had carried them into the true Azur Lane world and that their Anchor remained in Teyvat.
• Jiang Lianqiu looked toward the sea when he realized Klee, Paimon, and Yae Miko were missing after a self-protection program activated around Paimon.

Paimon, Klee, and Yae Miko were briefly accepted by the world and landed in the middle of a battle against the alien X forces. As the Sakura Empire reinforcements arrived, Yae Miko and Klee unleashed their powers against the invading swarm fighters.

• Paimon, Klee, and Yae Miko fell into the sea after Phanes's contingency program temporarily made them accepted by the world.
• Warspite rescued Queen Elizabeth after an alien fighter attacked, and Yae Miko destroyed another fighter with lightning.
• Queen Elizabeth learned that Sakura Empire reinforcements led by Kongo were arriving as alien combat machines and swarm fighters descended in vast numbers.
• Shimakaze rushed to rescue Elizabeth and Warspite while Klee summoned Floating Cannons and Yae Miko placed Killing Sakuras across the sea.
• Yae Miko's Killing Sakuras unleashed a massive thunderstorm that struck the swarm fighters with rapid, precise bolts of lightning.

Yae Miko used the abundant Elemental Power supplied by Jiang Lianqiu to destroy the X forces attacking the port. After the battle, she learned that Jiang Lianqiu might have evacuated with the refugees and continued searching for him.

• Yae Miko used a Killing Sakura Great Array to unleash a vast thunderstorm that destroyed the X war machines and aircraft.
• Jiang Lianqiu arrived with Hu Tao and Eula and explained that he had given Yae Miko authority to use nearly unlimited Elemental Power.
• After the storm ended, Yae Miko accepted Klee's suggestion to call her Auntie and asked the Ship Girls where they were.
• Warspite identified the location as the Royal Faction's third frontline A3 Port Area, and Kongo said the Sakura Empire fleet had arrived to support it.
• Yae Miko traced Jiang Lianqiu's image with lightning, and Elizabeth suggested he might have evacuated with the refugees.

As X’s overwhelming fleet descended, Jiang Lianqiu secretly connected with Elizabeth and evolved her rigging. Elizabeth destroyed the enemy aircraft and damaged several warships, while the Ship Girls realized a real Commander had appeared.

• Yae Miko and the Ship Girls spotted hundreds of X warships descending, and Kongo said retreat was their only option.
• The fleet suddenly appeared overhead and launched carrier-based aircraft, while Klee sensed that Jiang Lianqiu was nearby.
• Jiang Lianqiu linked himself to Elizabeth and evolved her rigging, allowing her to destroy the attacking aircraft with a beam.
• Elizabeth flew into battle, used plasma cannons to clear the enemy fighters, and sent missiles through the shields of several X warships.
• Kongo and Warspite watched Elizabeth’s new power in shock as the damaged ships fell toward the sea.

Jiang Lianqiu empowered the Sakura Empire Ship Girls to fight X’s fleet while explaining the danger of their fragile connection to this world. He went to the moon to investigate the invaders’ wormhole, identified their nanobot warships as possibly connected to Little Grey, and sensed his link to Teyvat weakening.

• Kongo told Jiang Lianqiu that the Sirens had received a message from Observer confirming the Commander’s existence and that Shoukaku, Zuikaku, and the missing Royal Ship Girls were alive.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave the assembled Ship Girls power, transforming their rigging and prompting Yuudachi and the other destroyers to attack X’s fleet.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained to Yae Miko, Klee, Paimon, Eula, and Hu Tao that their arrival was accidental, their connection to the world could fail, and he needed to disable the invaders’ wormhole.
• Jiang Lianqiu appeared on the moon and examined the alien warships emerging from the wormhole, recognizing that the largest vessel was made of nanobots.
• Jiang Lianqiu suspected the invaders might be related to Little Grey and sensed that his connection to Teyvat had weakened.

Jiang Lianqiu collapsed the wormhole, sent the stranded X units into the sun, and told the Ship Girls he would return once he could lock onto their world. Kongo later reported his arrival and the new power he gave her to Nagato and Hiei, leaving Hiei envious that Belfast and other Sakura Empire Ship Girls had already reached his side.

• Jiang Lianqiu watched the wormhole collapse, then sent the silent X units falling toward the sun.
• Jiang Lianqiu told the Ship Girls that his time in their world was limited and that he was working with Observer, Hood, and Belfast to establish a lasting connection.
• Elizabeth learned that Belfast had raised Jiang Lianqiu and delighted in the Royal Navy's early advantage.
• Kongo returned to Sakura Empire Port and told Nagato and Hiei that she had met Jiang Lianqiu and gained powerful new rigging from him.
• Kongo explained that Shoukaku and Zuikaku were also with Jiang Lianqiu, making Hiei lament that she had not gone on the mission.
• A violent tremor suddenly came from outside.

After resolving Festering Desire’s Ley Line crisis, Jiang Lianqiu returned to Teyvat with Hu Tao and Eula, where Zhongli and Venti revealed their identities and discussed the crisis and Dvalin. The chapter ended with Jiang Lianqiu asking Venti about the Sea of Embers and claiming Festering Desire for himself.

• Hu Tao and Eula returned with Jiang Lianqiu to Festering Desire, where they found Zhongli and a drunken Venti waiting.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained how the ancient princess’s legacy had caused the Ley Line danger, and Hu Tao excitedly recounted their adventure to Zhongli and Venti.
• Zhongli urged Hu Tao to return to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, while Jiang Lianqiu revealed that Zhongli was the Geo Archon Morax and Venti introduced himself as Barbatos.
• Venti explained that the Heavenly Principles’ Order and Zhongli’s contract had kept them from noticing the severed Ley Lines, and he said the Traveler was suited to help purify Dvalin’s poisoned blood.
• Zhongli left to notify Liyue, and Jiang Lianqiu asked Venti about the Sea of Embers before declaring that he was taking the area of Festering Desire.

Jiang Lianqiu settled in a new estate at Festering Desire, where Klee was welcomed by his many companions from another universe. Eula moved in after learning that her snowy-mountain cabin had been destroyed, and Jiang Lianqiu later returned to the Silver Crown base to meet Belfast.

• Jiang Lianqiu asked Klee whether she wanted to make a home at Festering Desire, and she eagerly agreed.
• Jiang Lianqiu built a large estate, and Eula explained that she had lived alone in a cabin on the snowy mountain before learning that it had been destroyed.
• Eula moved into the estate and met Radiance, who explained that Jiang Lianqiu had connected Teyvat to another universe.
• A crowd of Jiang Lianqiu’s companions arrived to meet Klee, while Eula realized they were also his family and stopped worrying about Alice.
• Firefly and Vivian urged Jiang Lianqiu to help them become mothers, but he told them Klee’s circumstances could not be easily replicated.
• Jiang Lianqiu left Klee with the others and returned to the Silver Crown base, where he found Belfast speaking with Hood and the Observer.

Jiang Lianqiu and the shipgirls planned a forward base in Teyvat to search for Amagi’s Mind Cube without destabilizing the Fake Sky. Meanwhile, Alice arrived at Festering Desire to find Klee, and after mistaking Stelle’s attempt to win Klee over for a threat, she made her presence known as Klee’s mother.

• Belfast told Jiang Lianqiu that Amagi’s Mind Cube signal was weak and the Fake Sky Order obstructed cross-world searches, so Hood proposed building a forward base in about a month.
• March 7th messaged Jiang Lianqiu that Alice had arrived and was fighting the others over Klee.
• Alice spoke with Venti, learned that Jiang Lianqiu had repaired Festering Desire’s Ley Lines and removed the Skyfrost Nail, then climbed the mountain to find Klee.
• Alice saw Stelle coaxing Klee to call her Mom and attacked Stelle with a Dodoco Bomb.
• Stelle charged at Alice until Klee called out, then realized Klee had been calling for Alice and looked crestfallen.

Alice reunited with Klee and learned that Jiang Lianqiu had been intimate with several women, prompting her to attack them in a mountaintop brawl. Jiang Lianqiu arrived with Klee and found Alice facing the others, but she held back from attacking him when she saw their daughter.

• Alice reunited with Klee, who admitted she was confined once every three days and excitedly called Alice her mommy.
• Alice accused Stelle and the other women of trying to steal Klee and demanded to see Jiang Lianqiu; Klee told her that he had played grown-up games with several women before disappearing.
• Jiang Lianqiu returned through a Trailblaze Anchor Point and caught Klee after she was blasted from Alice’s mountaintop battle.
• Jiang Lianqiu found Yae Miko stuck upside down in a tree and brought her and Klee up the mountain, where Alice was bombing the others.
• Alice recognized Jiang Lianqiu holding Klee and suppressed her urge to throw a Bouncy Bomb at him.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Alice and Klee in Mondstadt, then followed them home despite Alice's protests. Alice learned about his adventures and unusual abilities, and the chapter ended with Klee asking him to tell her a story before bed.

• Radiance led everyone to side with Jiang Lianqiu, while Alice remained alone and Eula eventually joined the others.
• Radiance revealed that Venti had been spying nearby, and Jiang Lianqiu told her to make his pursuit worse; Venti was then blasted by Beidou's crew while trying to reach a ship.
• Alice tried to take Klee home without Jiang Lianqiu, but Klee asked for both parents, so Alice let him follow them to their Mondstadt residence.
• Klee told Alice about her adventures with Jiang Lianqiu, and Alice learned that he could travel between worlds and knew about objects that had crossed through the boundaries.
• At the Knights of Favonius library, Lisa teased Alice and Jiang Lianqiu before leaving them alone; Klee then asked Jiang Lianqiu to tell her about his past adventures.

Jiang Lianqiu put Klee to bed with Alice, then reassured Alice that he sincerely saw Klee as his daughter and understood her special luck. The two shared their first kiss and Alice took the initiative to pin him down for another.

• Jiang Lianqiu and Alice settled Klee into bed and told her stories until she fell asleep.
• Alice asked whether Jiang Lianqiu truly regarded Klee as his daughter, and he explained that her luck and intuition confirmed his sincerity.
• Alice accepted his explanation, and Jiang Lianqiu kissed her while saying he wanted to improve their relationship for Klee's sake.
• Alice recovered from the kiss, teased Jiang Lianqiu about trusting her, then pushed him onto the sofa and declared that it was her turn to kiss him.

Jiang Lianqiu and Alice grew closer after spending the night together, delighting Klee when she saw their affectionate behavior. In Mondstadt, Jiang Lianqiu met Noelle and offered to train her, while Lisa suspected he knew why Noelle had not passed the Knights of Favonius assessment.

• Alice teased Jiang Lianqiu before kissing him, and the two spent the night together.
• Klee woke in Alice's arms, noticed the bite marks on her chest, and learned Jiang Lianqiu had slept next door.
• Noelle asked Lisa for books to prepare for the Knights of Favonius assessment, but Lisa explained that the library was closed.
• Klee emerged from the library with Jiang Lianqiu and Alice, and Noelle met the couple.
• Jiang Lianqiu promised to teach Noelle a powerful fighting method, and Noelle begged him to become her teacher.
• Lisa realized Noelle already exceeded the Knights' strength requirements and wondered whether Jiang Lianqiu knew why she had not qualified.