Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu gave Noelle knowledge to help her train, then learned from Lumine that Dvalin’s condition had worsened beyond what its corrupted blood could explain. Lumine urged Jiang Lianqiu to investigate.

• Jiang Lianqiu tapped Noelle between the brows and gave her knowledge, sending the excited maid off to train.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Lisa that Noelle needed proper guidance despite being too softhearted to become a knight for now.
• Lisa said Jean, Diluc, and the Honorary Knight had gone to Stormterror’s Lair and had not yet returned.
• Lumine emerged from the Abyss Gate and warned Jiang Lianqiu that Dvalin’s condition could not be explained by its toxic blood alone.
• Lumine suggested that Jiang Lianqiu go examine Dvalin.

Jiang Lianqiu arrived at Stormterror’s Lair and rescued Diluc while Dvalin attacked, as Alice and the others learned of the crisis. Meanwhile, Sandrone and Arlecchino found Columbia hiding with the Moon Spirits and revealed that the shattered Constant Moon had apparently been detected again.

• Jiang Lianqiu recognized nanomachine units in Dvalin and learned from Belfast that Dvalin’s attack was sending a wide-area signal.
• Dvalin unleashed a cannon barrage, and Diluc’s Flaming Phoenix failed to stop it before Jiang Lianqiu appeared and pushed him to safety.
• Alice arrived, helped Jean, and explained that Lumine had sent notice of the crisis; Aether searched for his sister but did not find her.
• Alice teased Diluc into promising unlimited wine for Jiang Lianqiu’s rescue, while Jiang Lianqiu examined Dvalin’s nanomachine-enhanced attacks.
• Sandrone confronted Columbia in a hidden cave in Nordicarl, where Arlecchino joined them and explained that the supposedly shattered Constant Moon had been detected again.

Columbia told Arlecchino and Sandrone that a mysterious force was draining her power, while Jiang Lianqiu and his companions helped Dvalin recover from his corruption and adapt to his nanomechanical body. The chapter ended with Jiang Lianqiu and Alice arriving at the Hunters Lodge restaurant, where Alice surprised Klee as she waited to share her food with them.

• Columbia explained that something beyond the sky was draining her Moon Rule Force, and Sandrone shared clues that fragments of the Constant Moon were repairing themselves with help from a foreign object.
• Sandrone had Pronia bring Columbia food, then left for Fontaine with Arlecchino; Columbia noticed a red stream of light inside Alice's Mind Cube.
• Dvalin woke up with a half-mechanical body, learned that Aether had purified his toxic blood and activated the Nanomechanical Units within him, and thanked Jiang Lianqiu for severing their connection to their original faction.
• Jiang Lianqiu revealed that Dvalin's body had sent a call signal beyond the sky, but his people had intercepted it before it reached its destination.
• Alice demanded an appearance fee from Dvalin, raised his treatment fee after he mistook her for Klee, and later arrived with Jiang Lianqiu at the Hunters Lodge restaurant, where Alice covered Klee's eyes.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Alice, Klee, Albedo, and Eula, then discussed Dvalin, Rhinedottir, and the dangers approaching Teyvat with Venti. He gave Venti a bracelet to summon him when needed, just as Aether arrived and recognized him.

• Alice reunited with Klee, while Eula worried about Jiang Lianqiu and Albedo embarrassed her by pointing out her physical reactions.
• Jiang Lianqiu learned that Albedo and Alice did not know where Rhinedottir was, and said he was interested in the person she had absorbed, the Life Archon.
• Jiang Lianqiu exposed Venti's identity as the Anemo Archon and learned that Venti planned to reclaim his sealed power before addressing the Sea of Embers.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Venti that another world was drawing close to Teyvat and gave him a bracelet so he could call for help, though he made Venti wear it around his neck.
• Aether passed by, saw Jiang Lianqiu, and eagerly recognized him.

Aether learned that Lumine had been secretly working to restore Khaenri'ah and revive its innocent dead, then rushed off after discovering Yae Miko had buried him. In Erinnyes Forest, Furina, Clorinde, and Navia visited Egeria’s resting place, where a Pari recognized Furina.

• Lumine attacked Aether through an Abyss Gate after he insulted her, then kicked him away when he shouted for her to show herself.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Aether that Lumine planned to rebuild Khaenri'ah and revive its fallen citizens, leaving Aether confused about why she had not asked him for help.
• Alice revealed that Yae Miko had buried Aether and that she had advised her on his wreath and tombstone inscription, prompting Aether to race toward Inazuma to confront Yae Miko.
• Furina, Clorinde, and Navia reached the secluded Erinnyes Forest and approached the giant tree where Egeria rested.
• Sorush warned Furina not to touch the sacred tree, but an older Pari corrected Sorush and greeted Furina as the Water God.

Furina and her companions learned that the Pari and Hydro Eidolons had followed a mysterious call east, then met Citlalli, who was investigating a Ley Line change linked to psychic energy. Furina recognized that Citlalli’s missing partner matched Jiang Lianqiu’s appearance and stopped her from leaving to pursue him.

• Sorush and Zuwane'er explained that the Pari descended from the legacies of the Goddess of Flowers, the Tree King, and Egeria, and that many Pari and Hydro Eidolons had gone east after sensing a call.
• Navia approached a glowing Teleport Anchor, and Citlalli emerged from it, landing on Navia before introducing herself as a two-hundred-year-old woman from Natlan.
• Citlalli explained that she had followed a Ley Line change east at the Night God Great Spirit’s request and had traveled using an ability learned from her vanished old partner.
• Furina noticed that Citlalli could use psychic energy, and Zuwane'er said its fluctuations resembled the call that had drawn the Pari and Hydro Eidolons.
• Citlalli connected the Ley Line change to psychic energy and realized her old partner was likely at its source, but Furina stopped her and asked whether he resembled Jiang Lianqiu.
• Citlalli confirmed that Jiang Lianqiu matched her old partner’s appearance, while Furina reacted with disgust to her description of him.

Furina and Citlalli discovered that they were both married to Jiang Lianqiu and argued over how to punish him, while Jiang Lianqiu spent time with Alice before she departed. The chapter ended with Cloud Retainer arriving at Jiang Lianqiu’s residence and meeting Paimon and Yae Miko.

• Clorinde suspected that Furina’s missing husband and Citlalli’s spouse were the same person, and Furina and Citlalli confirmed that both were married to Jiang Lianqiu.
• Furina and Citlalli argued over who would imprison Jiang Lianqiu while Navia, Clorinde, and Zuwane'er ate melon and watched.
• Sirius helped Klee get dressed, then carried her away from her parents’ bedroom after Klee heard Alice moaning behind the door.
• Alice told Jiang Lianqiu that she planned to visit Columbia, the moon goddess and Fatui Executive, whose dwindling Moon Rule Force threatened her health; Jiang Lianqiu offered to send her back to the moon.
• Alice left, and Klee cheerfully waved goodbye before Jiang Lianqiu saw Cloud Retainer arrive at Festering Desire.
• Cloud Retainer introduced herself to Paimon and Yae Miko, who joked that Paimon was emergency food and that Yae Miko was a pet.

Xianyun delivered Zhongli’s invitation for a banquet in Liyue Harbor, which Jiang Lianqiu accepted. Aether then announced he was setting out to search for Lumine and asked Jiang Lianqiu to look after her, but Lumine emerged from an Abyss gate and knocked him unconscious.

• Yae Miko and Cloud Retainer traded barbs, while Klee mistook Cloud Retainer for a chicken and threatened to blow her up.
• Xianyun recognized Klee as Alice and Jiang Lianqiu’s daughter, then invited Jiang Lianqiu to Zhongli’s banquet at Xinyue Kiosk in three days.
• Jiang Lianqiu accepted the invitation, and Yae Miko was delighted to see Ganyu’s name on the guest list.
• Aether told Jiang Lianqiu he planned to travel in search of Lumine and asked him to look after her if they met.
• Lumine appeared through an Abyss gate and punched Aether unconscious after he joked about leaving her in Jiang Lianqiu’s care.
• Yae Miko gloated over Aether and began digging a hole to bury him.

Jiang Lianqiu and his companions arrived at Xinyue Kiosk, where Fushé thanked him for saving his life, while Tartaglia and Rosalyn discussed the mysterious visitors from Festering Desire and Columbina’s defection. Outside, Furina, Navia, Clorinde, and Citlalli were turned away for having no money until Hu Tao and Keqing approached them.

• Paimon and Jiang Lianqiu arrived at Xinyue Kiosk with Zhongli’s invitation, while Tartaglia watched them and learned from Rosalyn that Jiang Lianqiu’s group had come from Festering Desire.
• Rosalyn told Tartaglia about Jiang Lianqiu’s travels and his connection to Alice, and Tartaglia suggested Columbina’s defection might be linked to him.
• Zhongli and the Adepts welcomed Jiang Lianqiu, and Fushé bowed to thank him for saving his life.
• Navia, Furina, Clorinde, and Citlalli found Xinyue Kiosk fully booked, and the attendant turned them away after Navia revealed they had run out of Mora.
• Hu Tao approached the stranded travelers and offered to help, while Keqing stood beside her.

Keqing and Hu Tao joined the banquet at Xinyue Kiosk, where Citlalli recognized Zhongli as Morax and reunited with Jiang Lianqiu. The chapter ended with Citlalli asking whether Jiang Lianqiu was real while the guests watched.

• Keqing offered help to Navia, Citlalli, Furina, and their companions after learning they had run short of travel funds.
• Hu Tao shouted at Zhongli for spending Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's Mora on the banquet, and Jiang Lianqiu agreed to let her party dine at Xinyue Kiosk.
• Keqing invited Citlalli to stay in Liyue for the Rite of Descension, and Citlalli agreed because she wanted to see Morax.
• Citlalli recognized Zhongli as Morax when Hu Tao burst into the banquet room, and Furina also greeted him as the Geo Archon.
• Jiang Lianqiu called out to Furina and Citlalli, and Citlalli rushed into the room and asked if he was real.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Furina and Citlalli, who both confronted him over his long absences while the others watched the chaos unfold. The argument turned to Klee’s parentage, leaving Furina and Citlalli stunned and Yae Miko in trouble after laughing at Furina’s question.

• Navia appeared beside Xianyun, while Citlalli recognized Jiang Lianqiu and attacked him with a body pillow as Furina and her seafood familiars joined in.
• Yae Miko kept Klee from using Jumpy Dumpty, and Zhongli and the adepti tried to leave the room before Hu Tao stopped Zhongli.
• Keqing learned that Jiang Lianqiu was the old partner Furina and Citlalli had sought, while Clorinde explained that Furina was the Water God and Zhongli was Morax.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Istaroth had trapped him outside the timeline and that he had not visited Furina because of the danger his presence posed in Natlan.
• Citlalli and Furina argued over Jiang Lianqiu’s affection, and he quieted them before warning Zhongli not to interfere with the upcoming Rite of Descension.
• Klee called Jiang Lianqiu her father, leaving Furina and Citlalli stunned; Furina questioned how Klee could be his child, and Jiang Lianqiu threatened to make Yae Miko sleep outside for laughing.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Citlalli and Furina in Liyue, discussed Klee’s origins and rumors about the three moons with Zhongli, then received an invitation from Signora. The next day, Ningguang investigated the unusual gathering at Xinyue Kiosk as Jiang Lianqiu met Signora at Northland Bank.

• Furina stopped Citlalli from leaving the bathhouse, and Citlalli worried that Jiang Lianqiu might not accept her adopted grandson, Olorun, but he assured her he would.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained Klee’s origins to Citlalli and Furina while Zhongli discussed rumors that the three moons could grant power to rival the Heavenly Principles.
• A Wangsheng Funeral Parlor employee delivered Signora’s invitation for Jiang Lianqiu to visit Northland Bank the next day.
• Ningguang noticed that Ganyu and Keqing were distracted, reviewed reports about their visits to Xinyue Kiosk, and learned that Jiang Lianqiu had gone to Northland Bank.
• Jiang Lianqiu met Signora, who apologized for her subordinate’s past rudeness and said she had sent him to Snezhnaya to dig potatoes.

Jiang Lianqiu discovered that Abyssal contamination in Columbia’s Moon Rule Force was worsening Rosalyn’s suffering and learned that Columbia had left the Fatui. Rosalyn wanted to find Columbia immediately, but Jiang reminded her that she still had to complete her mission in Liyue, revealing that he was the one controlling access to the Geo Gnosis.

• Rosalyn met Jiang Lianqiu at Northland Bank and asked about Columbia’s condition.
• Jiang noticed Rosalyn’s Moon Rule Force was impure and explained that it failed to properly balance the ice and fire inside her.
• Jiang infused Rosalyn with pure simulated Moon Rule Force, easing her pain, and concluded that Columbia’s power had been contaminated by the Abyss.
• Rosalyn revealed that Columbia had left the Fatui and that Pierro had issued a warrant for her arrest.
• Rosalyn decided to go find Columbia, but Jiang reminded her she had not yet obtained the Geo Archon’s Gnosis.
• Jiang implied that he was the one truly in charge of Liyue’s Geo Gnosis.

Jiang Lianqiu tried to remove Abyssal corruption from Rosalyn’s Moon Rule Force, forcing her to relive painful memories and lose control of her Apocalyptic Fire. After the two clashed and eventually recovered, Rosalyn put on a dress Jiang Lianqiu gave her.

• Rosalyn revealed that she was the Crimson Witch of Flames, and Jiang Lianqiu warned that her powers were wearing away her mind.
• Rosalyn agreed to cooperate with Jiang Lianqiu’s experiment to prepare for helping Columbia, and he began drawing corrupted Moon Rule Force from her.
• The extraction triggered Rosalyn’s memories of the Abyss and drove her close to losing control, so Jiang Lianqiu soothed her mind while continuing the process.
• Rosalyn’s Apocalyptic Fire erupted, and she pounced on Jiang Lianqiu as he contained the flames inside a barrier at Northland Bank.
• Tartaglia returned to Northland Bank and heard a Fatui soldier claim that Lady had turned into a butterfly and flown away.
• After an unknown time, Rosalyn had recovered and tried on the dress Jiang Lianqiu handed her, while teasing him about a white stocking.

Jiang Lianqiu helped Rosalyn balance the powers in her body, then learned that no Fatui Executive was currently handling Inazuma and that Dottore was active in Sumeru. He left Rosalyn behind in a fury and rejoined Furina and the others at Yunhan Opera Troupe, where he told them Rosalyn had asked about Columbia.

• Rosalyn dressed, accepted Mora from Jiang Lianqiu, and discovered that her pain had vanished and her ice, fire, and divine powers were easier to control.
• Rosalyn explained that no Fatui Executive was assigned to Inazuma because Baal repeatedly thwarted the Fatui, and that Dottore was conducting an experiment in Sumeru.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave Rosalyn a bracelet, and she put it on before leaving; after Tartaglia noticed marks on her, she returned to find Jiang Lianqiu gone and kicked Tartaglia into Northland Bank's lobby.
• Jiang Lianqiu met Citlalli, Furina, Navia, and Zhongli at Yunhan Opera Troupe's stage as they watched Yun Jin perform.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Furina that Rosalyn had asked him about Columbia, and Furina said she knew a little.

Jiang Lianqiu learned more about Furina’s investigation into the Fatui, while Aether warned Yae Miko about strange figures near the border between Fontaine and Sumeru. Alice then told Jiang Lianqiu that Teyvat’s borders were unstable and that she had found Abyss-tainted machinery from an unknown world, leaving him asking whether she had discovered anything else.

• Furina told Jiang Lianqiu that the Girl, the Marionette, Signora, and Arlecchino were loosely connected, and explained her history with Sandrone and the Narzissenkreuz Ordo.
• Citlalli invited Jiang Lianqiu to Natlan to meet Olorun, while Furina explained that Lumine had led her to Mondstadt to find him.
• Klee asked Ganyu for coconut milk in Liyue Harbor, where Ganyu struggled to explain that she was not a coconut tree and Yae Miko teased her.
• Aether told Yae Miko that he had encountered Pari and pure Hydro Eidolons near Chenyu Vale, who had seen ghostlike people walking across the inland sea without Visions.
• Baiwen invited Yae Miko, Jiang Lianqiu’s family, and Furina to meet Ningguang at the Jade Chamber.
• Alice told Jiang Lianqiu that Teyvat’s borders were unstable and that she had found metal wreckage bearing heavy Abyssal contamination and unknown powers.

Jiang Lianqiu, Furina, and their companions visited the Jade Chamber after Ningguang summoned them over a matter involving Fontaine and the Ley Lines. Ningguang revealed reports of phantom-like figures near the border, while Jiang Lianqiu learned that the Jade Chamber itself concealed a powerful system that could threaten Liyue Harbor.

• Alice showed Jiang Lianqiu wreckage drifting in from Outside the World, which he recognized as starship wreckage.
• Baishi invited Jiang Lianqiu and Furina to the Jade Chamber on Ningguang's behalf, saying the matter concerned Fontaine.
• Citlalli sensed that the Jade Chamber's energy circuits converged on a powerful core that could blast Liyue Harbor into the sky, and Ningguang confirmed its unusual design.
• Ningguang questioned Jiang Lianqiu about Hydro Eidolons improving Chenyu Vale's water and about his miracle at Dragonspine, then sent Klee to explore her collection room.
• Ningguang reported that merchants had seen phantom-like people walking over the sea near the Fontaine, Liyue, and Sumeru border, and Yae Miko said the Traveler had heard of the same reports from Hydro Eidolons and Pari.

Jiang Lianqiu connected the strange sea phantoms and reports of the dead speaking with foreign memories to interference between Teyvat’s Ley Lines and another world. He warned that Fontaine might be especially vulnerable, and Citlalli and Furina decided to return home while he prepared to investigate the boundary.

• Ningguang told Jiang Lianqiu that merchants had seen blurred female phantoms carrying unfamiliar weapons and fighting in panic at sea, while Belfast reported that Azur Lane’s coordinates remained impossible to locate.
• Jiang Lianqiu recalled warnings about self-aware dead universes unable to return to the Void Realm and wondered whether Grey Wind’s strange behavior was connected.
• Yelan reported that bereaved people around Qingce Village had dreamed of or encountered dead relatives who spoke of unfamiliar lives and experiences; Jiang Lianqiu recognized the foreign memories as belonging to people from Azur Lane.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that the worlds’ afterlife information was mixing through the Ley Lines, said Natlan was likely protected by the Night God’s Country, and identified Fontaine as a possible danger because of its connection to the Primordial Sea.
• Citlalli chose to return to Natlan and inform the Pyro Archon, while Furina decided to return to Fontaine and investigate the sea phantoms; Jiang Lianqiu planned to consult Alice at Teyvat’s border before visiting them.
• Yae Miko refused to return to Inazuma, saying she preferred staying in Liyue, and Ningguang offered to cover her expenses.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Alice at a repaired northern Ley Line border, where they encountered an unusually dense piece of metal from beyond Teyvat. Alice introduced him to her friend Nicole, whose mind-to-mind communication malfunctioned around him and exposed her private thoughts.

• Jiang Lianqiu teased Yae Miko after Raiden Ei gave him permission to deal with her however he liked.
• Alice and Nicole confirmed that the northern border had been repaired and examined a metal sheet whose technology and density exceeded Teyvat's knowledge.
• Alice suggested that someone might be able to explain the metal, then enchanted Nicole with a self-introduction spell.
• Alice greeted Jiang Lianqiu as her partner and introduced him to Nicole, joking that their daughter Klee had both parents.
• Jiang Lianqiu added Nicole to his mental whitelist, accidentally allowing her unspoken thoughts to reach him and leaving her mortified.

Jiang Lianqiu discussed weakening Teyvat’s boundary to counter the Abyss and potentially free humanity from the Heavenly Principles’ control, then accompanied Alice toward Columbia. At the cave where Columbia was staying, Alice encountered Rauma and promptly jumped onto her back.

• Jiang Lianqiu identified Nicole’s metal plate as Neutron Degenerate Armor and explained its immense weight, prompting Alice to reveal that Nicole had lost their bet.
• Nicole introduced herself, but Alice’s magical introduction exposed an insulting description, and Nicole tackled her in embarrassment.
• Nicole thanked Jiang Lianqiu for restoring the Ley Lines, then asked to visit Festering Desire and its Seelies.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained his plan to weaken the boundary gradually while strengthening the World Tree, and Alice and Nicole discussed how that might help humanity reclaim its fate.
• Alice decided to visit Columbia, while Nicole planned to visit Festering Desire; Jiang Lianqiu chose to accompany Alice.
• Rauma secretly left the Children of Frost Moon settlement for the cave where Kutal was staying, but Alice blasted the entrance and leapt onto Rauma’s deer form.