Chapter Summaries

Alice and Jiang Lianqiu entered the Court of the Silver Moon with Rauma and found Columbia collapsed among the flowers. They discovered Columbia had fainted from hunger, and Jiang Lianqiu began feeding her.

• Alice mistook Rauma for a deer-person, rode her, and blasted open the entrance to the Court of the Silver Moon.
• Rauma warned that Kutal’s silence was unusual, and the group entered the Court to find the Moon Spirits anxious.
• Rauma found Columbia lying in the flowers, and Jiang Lianqiu learned from the Moon Spirits that she had collapsed while singing.
• Columbia murmured that she was hungry, and Rauma realized she had not known the Moon God needed food.
• Jiang Lianqiu took out food and offered Columbia a Tricolor Dango, while Alice stole one and demanded food for herself too.

Jiang Lianqiu recognized Columbia as the voice that had once reached him across worlds, while Alice uncovered how Columbia’s isolation and weakening had left her searching for a home. Alice revealed that Columbia was not accepted by the world and said she had learned the reason from Nicole.

• Alice tried to feed Columbia magically enhanced tofu, and Columbia later woke after eating.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Columbia recognized each other through their shared phrases, and he explained their past connection to Alice and Rauma.
• Columbia said she did not know where she belonged and wondered whether her home was on the moon; Rauma admitted she had stopped bringing offerings because she feared demanding too much from her.
• Columbia explained that the Fatui had taken her in as part of a transaction, but she did not consider it her home either.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Alice concluded that Columbia’s constant weakening was connected to the world rejecting her.
• Alice told Columbia and Rauma that Nicole had helped her learn why Columbia was not accepted by the world.

Alice explained that Columbia was rejected by the current order because she was born from Frost Moon, and Jiang Lianqiu discovered that her weakening was tied to a Mind Cube that Alice had overused. After Jiang Lianqiu acknowledged Columbia, her weakness vanished, while Frost Moon began falling toward Teyvat and he went to investigate.

• Alice explained that Columbia needed an anchor with status equal to the world, and Jiang Lianqiu agreed to help her and Durin.
• Jiang Lianqiu found META power in Columbia’s Mind Cube and learned Alice had drained much of it to repair Teyvat’s borders.
• Jiang Lianqiu took the Mind Cube and acknowledged Columbia, immediately ending her debilitating weakness.
• Frost Moon began falling toward Teyvat, Rauma underwent a sudden physical change, and Jiang Lianqiu left the Court of the Silver Moon to investigate.
• Jiang Lianqiu found Ronove outside the Fake Sky, panicking over the approaching Frost Moon, and startled her by appearing behind her.

Jiang Lianqiu stopped Frost Moon from approaching Teyvat and explained to Ronove that another universe was threatening the world's boundary. After he teased Ronove and she attacked him, she suddenly froze in terror.

• Ronove recognized Jiang Lianqiu as the man Istaroth had repeatedly tried to introduce to her and decided to focus on Frost Moon instead.
• Jiang Lianqiu revealed that he had awakened Frost Moon by helping Columbia become accepted as the Moon God, and Ronove tried to send Columbia away.
• Jiang Lianqiu used his grasp of the Moon God's authority to halt Frost Moon and transform it into a planetary fortress that destroyed an asteroid.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Ronove that another universe was approaching Teyvat and that he needed cooperation from the Shades to address the threat.
• Ronove insisted Jiang Lianqiu was responsible for the danger, and he patted her head before she unleashed death-powered bands at him.
• Ronove abruptly stopped her attack and trembled, pale with terror as she looked at Jiang Lianqiu.

Jiang Lianqiu persuaded Ronove to help weaken Teyvat’s boundary while stabilizing its Ley Lines, arguing that the Heavenly Principles were effectively gone and that his actions would usher in a new order. Ronove agreed after learning she could help locate Asmoday and was introduced to Xiadie, another being with authority over life and death.

• Jiang Lianqiu showed Ronove an aura of Nothingness that made her senses vanish, then explained that he wanted to influence a healthier universe by weakening Teyvat’s boundary without destabilizing its order.
• Ronove realized Jiang Lianqiu needed her Ley Line authority and planned to enlist her, Istaroth, Naberius, and Asmoday to help stabilize Teyvat.
• Jiang Lianqiu convinced Ronove that supporting him would preserve the world’s order rather than violate the Heavenly Principles, and Ronove agreed after asking whether she would be paid.
• Ronove said Asmoday had disappeared despite their searches, and Jiang Lianqiu said he likely knew how to find her through little Lumine.
• Jiang Lianqiu contacted Xiadie and introduced her to Ronove as another authority over life and death.

After giving Ronove a phone and bracelet, Jiang Lianqiu returned to the Court of the Silver Moon and joined the battle against Ruin Hunters on the border of Xixi Island and Lunbo Island. He destroyed the attackers, learned that the Frost Moon’s activation had disturbed the Abyss, and began investigating the Ruin Hunters’ connection to the moon.

• Jiang Lianqiu gave Ronove a phone and bracelet, then left her to contact the pink-haired girl on the screen.
• Jiang Lianqiu found the Court of the Silver Moon deserted and followed a Moon Spirit to a Ruin Hunter outbreak near Xixi Island.
• Columbia secretly protected a Children of Frost Moon priest while Jiang Lianqiu learned the Frost Moon’s activation had disturbed the Abyss.
• Jiang Lianqiu arrived on the battlefield and burned the Ruin Hunters into bluish smoke, ending the fight without casualties.
• Rauma introduced Jiang Lianqiu to Philins, Aino, Inef, Nefer, and Yakoda as he noted the Ruin Hunters’ ties to both the Abyss and the moon.

Jiang Lianqiu explained how Frost Moon’s reboot caused the Ruin Hunter outbreak and revealed that his plans to weaken Teyvat’s boundary could bring greater danger before resolving its problems. He told Rauma that the Children of Frost Moon’s powers were awakening and that their faith in Kutal had unknowingly become faith in him.

• Jiang Lianqiu called Columbia out of hiding, and Nefer realized the Fatui Executive was connected to the Children of Frost Moon’s Moon God.
• Inef suffered a reaction to Frost Moon’s reboot, and Jiang Lianqiu explained that her core had belonged to a dragon council member named Elaphechui Bolukuleier.
• Jiang Lianqiu linked the Ruin Hunter outbreak to Frost Moon’s power and warned that he would weaken Teyvat’s boundary, temporarily making the phenomenon more frequent.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Rauma that the Children of Frost Moon’s bloodline and newly strengthened powers were tied to the moon’s renewed recognition by the world.
• Jiang Lianqiu revealed that the Children of Frost Moon’s worship of Kutal had unknowingly shifted to him through their connection to Frost Moon.

Jiang Lianqiu revealed that he was the source of the Children of Frost Moon’s faith and agreed to guide them, while Rauma returned to Frost Moon Workshop and announced that the Moon God would lead her people again. Days later, Jiang Lianqiu and Columbia explored the clan’s forbidden underground archive, where Jiang Lianqiu connected with Aila, a long-dead Holy Scion who could see the future.

• Jiang Lianqiu’s connection to the Children of Frost Moon’s faith awakened Rauma’s Moon Rule Force, and he offered to guide the clan and hear their requests.
• Rauma asked Jiang Lianqiu to formally guide the Children of Frost Moon, then returned to Frost Moon Workshop and announced that the Moon God would lead them again.
• Several days later, Jiang Lianqiu and Columbia entered the Children of Frost Moon’s forbidden land and found bloodstains and an underground archive.
• Jiang Lianqiu drew a sword from the archive’s pool, causing the place’s memories to appear as ice-like figures.
• Jiang Lianqiu spoke across time with Aila, a past Holy Scion whose exceptional bloodline let her see fate and glimpse the future.

Jiang Lianqiu learned from Aila how the Children of Frost Moon descended from Hyperborea, how bloodline experiments led to tragedy, and why Aila destroyed their civilization’s records and technology. As the Children gathered to worship the Moon God, Columbia remained uncertain whether she wanted to answer their prayers, and Jiang Lianqiu invited her to decide alongside him.

• Aila told Jiang Lianqiu that the Children of Frost Moon descended from Hyperborean survivors and that their bloodline powers originated in an unfinished effort to grant them control over Light Realm Force.
• Aila recounted how Louvia used the deaths of clansmen to strengthen Aila and her sister, and how Aila later destroyed the Children’s records and technology to prevent further disasters.
• Jiang Lianqiu considered the Children’s potential and received Rauma’s message that the ritual was ready.
• The Children of Frost Moon gathered beneath the Moon God’s statue as the moons on the Spikes of the Azure Forest turned full ahead of the Moon Rite.
• Columbia chose to keep the name Columbia because Jiang Lianqiu preferred it, but remained unsure whether to answer the Children’s prayers, so Jiang Lianqiu took her hand and asked her to decide with him.

Jiang Lianqiu appeared before the Children of Frost Moon as their true Moon God, awakening their bloodline and promising to teach them. After they accepted his guidance, he and Columbia joined their celebration, where a child thanked them for curing his mother.

• Jiang Lianqiu and Columbia appeared at the Light-Bathing Terrace amid moonlight and gathered Moon Spirits, stunning the Children of Frost Moon.
• Jiang Lianqiu sent the Moon Spirits among the people, awakening their Moon Rule Force, giving them antlers, and turning some ordinary people's blood silver.
• The Children of Frost Moon recognized Jiang Lianqiu as their true Moon God, and he returned their offerings and told them to learn their ancestors' knowledge and master their bloodline power.
• Jiang Lianqiu appointed Rauma and several Priests to learn from him and teach the others, then invited the clan to celebrate their new lives.
• Jiang Lianqiu accepted a child's candy and gently corrected him to call Columbia “Older Sister Columbia.”
• The child explained that he had offered them candy because the Moon God's blessing had cured his mother's cough.

Jiang Lianqiu helped Columbia connect with the Children of Frost Moon, then gave Rauma and the Priests knowledge to rebuild their people and take on new duties. After leaving the Frost Moon settlement, the story moved to Liyue, where Ningguang began the Rite of Descension as Klee and Paimon watched.

• Jiang Lianqiu encouraged Columbia to speak openly and make friends, and Columbia invited the Children of Frost Moon to a tea party.
• Jiang Lianqiu loosened the Children of Frost Moon up with food and wine, while Columbia misunderstood the way friends teased each other and rode Rauma in her Spirit Envoy form all night.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave Rauma and fifteen Priests lost technologies, bloodline training methods, and knowledge about the Ley Lines and Ruin Hunters.
• Rauma promised the Children of Frost Moon would carry out Jiang Lianqiu's tasks, and he said he would arrange help rebuilding Frost Moon Workshop before he left.
• At Yujing Terrace, Ningguang began the Rite of Descension as Klee bounced excitedly and Paimon watched over her.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Klee and the others as they watched Zhongli stage his death at the Rite of Descension. Hu Tao’s funeral-parlor crew disrupted the scene, and Ningguang began questioning the suspicious outsiders.

• Ganyu, Yae Miko, Rosalyn, and Hu Tao watched from a balcony as Zhongli prepared to fake his death at the Rite of Descension.
• Jiang Lianqiu returned and reunited with Klee, then met Columbia, who said he had healed her and become her anchor.
• Columbia held Yae Miko captive while Jiang Lianqiu explained to Rosalyn how Columbia had changed after the events in Nordicarl.
• A divine beast descended onto Yujing Terrace and smashed the table beneath Zhongli’s apparently lifeless body.
• Hu Tao’s funeral-parlor employees rushed in to mourn and perform around Zhongli, while Ningguang summoned the Millelith and questioned them.
• Stelle demanded five hundred thousand Mora from Ningguang, then she and March 7th blamed Hanabi when Ningguang asked to see Hu Tao.

Stelle, March 7th, and Aether fled the Millelith after Hanabi escaped, and Tartaglia was accidentally knocked into a wall when he tried to help them. Meanwhile, Ningguang questioned Hu Tao and Zhongli about the Archon's murder, and Hu Tao revealed that Zhongli was not mortal.

• Stelle discovered that Hanabi had left behind a laughing doll, then escaped with March 7th as the Millelith tried to arrest them.
• Stelle blamed Aether for failing to provide backup, drawing the Millelith's attention to him; he joined the escape and agreed to lure some pursuers away after Stelle threatened him with a gun.
• Tartaglia leaped in to help the trio but was struck in the face by Stelle's bat and embedded in a mountain wall.
• After recovering, Tartaglia learned the fugitives had fled toward Jueyun Karst, reset his broken bones, and joined the Millelith pursuit so he could fight Stelle again.
• At the Jade Chamber, Ningguang questioned Hu Tao and Zhongli about the Archon's murder, and Hu Tao announced that Zhongli was not a mortal.

Zhongli’s attempt to guide Liyue toward human rule backfired when Ningguang proposed that he become the next Geo Archon. Hu Tao later revealed that Hanabi had helped steer events, then brought Keqing to Northland Bank, where they found Columbia misunderstanding the sounds coming from Rosalyn and Lianqiu.

• Zhongli told Ningguang that Liyue’s affairs should be handled by its people, and Keqing realized this matched the Geo Archon’s wishes.
• Ningguang proposed appointing an adeptus as a temporary Geo Archon and suggested Zhongli, while Hu Tao and Keqing supported the idea and Zhongli reluctantly endured it.
• Keqing deduced that Hu Tao had been guiding the conversation, and Hu Tao admitted that Hanabi had planned it to help Liyue transition smoothly to human rule.
• Hu Tao told Keqing about her otherworldly friends, and the two went to Northland Bank to meet Lianqiu.
• Hu Tao and Keqing tried to keep Columbia from investigating Rosalyn’s cries, but Columbia concluded that Rosalyn was deepening her bond with Lianqiu.

After spending time with Rosalyn, Jiang Lianqiu met with Keqing, who asked him for advice on governing Liyue as it transitioned to human rule. He gave Keqing a bracelet that let her travel between worlds, then explained Teyvat’s hidden truth and the upheaval that was coming.

• Rosalyn warned Jiang Lianqiu that Dottore might be pursuing a plan against Columbia, based on his past questions about March.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Rosalyn joined Columbia, Hu Tao, and Keqing in the tearoom, where Columbia explained that she had learned to insult people by copying Rosalyn’s earlier remark.
• Keqing thanked Jiang Lianqiu for helping Liyue transition toward human rule, then learned that Hanabi and the others had acted without his direction.
• Keqing asked Jiang Lianqiu for guidance on governing Liyue, and he gave her a bracelet that allowed her to visit other worlds.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave Hu Tao a bracelet as well, then told Keqing and Hu Tao about the Fake Sky, Teyvat’s fate, and the coming upheaval.

Jiang Lianqiu learned that the world's end was approaching sooner than expected and traveled to Fontaine, where he found a man whose mind had been confused by information from another world. After restoring Antoine, he discovered that the man's memories contained a clue about META Enterprise and what she was searching for.

• Keqing learned how serious the coming changes were, while Jiang Lianqiu told Columbia he planned to travel to Fontaine and Natlan after the Nordicarl matter was settled.
• Columbia revealed that a Moon Spirit had been sent from the Tower of Ipsissimus to retrieve a branch of the eastern Ley Lines because the end was arriving earlier and was more dangerous than expected.
• Navia and Clorinde investigated Antoine Durand, who believed he was Theodore Lancaster, an Englishman from another world.
• Jiang Lianqiu arrived in Poisson, knocked out the fleeing Antoine, cured his confusion, and sent Lancaster's memories into the Ley Lines for later collection.
• Jiang Lianqiu learned that Lancaster had seen META Enterprise searching for something before he died, then joined Navia, Clorinde, and Columbia at the pier.

Jiang Lianqiu revealed the truth behind Navia’s father’s death and met Skirk, who had come to investigate unusual Abyss activity. After reaching the Court of Fontaine, he left with Skirk to discuss the anomaly while Navia and Clorinde went to report the case; Furina was at Chioriya Boutique admiring a dress.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Vision holders and other empowered people could breathe underwater, then told Navia that her father had been framed and that Vacher, publicly known as Marcel, was behind the crimes.
• Jiang Lianqiu met Skirk on Lake Fontaine and discussed her investigation into the increased Abyssal invasions and their shared status as outsiders.
• Skirk boarded Jiang Lianqiu’s motorboat, where she met Navia, Clorinde, and Columbia as they traveled toward the Court of Fontaine.
• Navia and Clorinde left to report the events in Poisson to Neuvillette, while Jiang Lianqiu took Skirk to discuss the Abyss anomaly and said he would notify Furina.
• Furina admired a formal dress at Chioriya Boutique and praised Chiori’s work.

Chiori prepared a custom gown for Furina and Sandrone, but Furina rushed to greet Jiang Lianqiu and tore her unfinished dress. Jiang helped Furina change and tie her sash, while Skirk noticed Furina’s unusual affinity with the Abyss; Furina then declared Jiang would be her partner at the ball that night.

• Chiori explained that Sandrone’s gown needed more tailoring to accommodate her giant clockwork, while Furina tried on her own custom gown.
• Furina rushed out to meet Jiang Lianqiu, tripped on her unfinished gown, and tore it as she fell.
• Columbia startled Sandrone, then told her that Jiang Lianqiu had healed her and Rosalyn and taken her to Liyue.
• Skirk observed that Furina seemed to have an unexpected affinity with the Abyss.
• Furina asked Jiang to help her dress and tie her sash, then insisted that he partner with her at the evening ball.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Furina and learned that strange cross-world phenomena had reached Fontaine, where Rene warned of an approaching crisis beyond the prophesied flood. After arranging for Sandrone to bring Arlecchino to a meeting about the Crimson Moon, Jiang Lianqiu and Skirk discussed what to do next.

• Jiang Lianqiu teased Furina in Chiori's shop, while Sandrone worried that Columbia might have been mistreated.
• Columbia told Sandrone that Rosalyn seemed to have been beaten, and Sandrone learned that Skirk was Ajax's master.
• Sandrone reported commissions about unpredictable sea phantoms in Fontaine, and Jiang Lianqiu said he had met a Poisson resident affected by information from another world.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Rene had asked a Moon Spirit to find the Ley Line branch of Festering Desire and warned that Fontaine's crisis had arrived early and involved more than the flood prophecy.
• Jiang Lianqiu asked Sandrone to tell Arlecchino he wanted to discuss the Crimson Moon, and Sandrone promised the Knave would attend the ball that night.
• On a balcony, Skirk said she planned to return, enter seclusion, and keep swinging her sword.

Jiang Lianqiu offered to restore Skirk’s limbs, and she accepted after learning it could raise her strength. At Furina’s ball, Furina publicly introduced Jiang Lianqiu as her lover, while Columbia, Sandrone, and Arlecchino watched and traded awkward banter.

• Jiang Lianqiu examined Skirk’s Abyssal limbs and offered to restore her original limbs without reducing her strength.
• Skirk agreed to Jiang Lianqiu’s offer and asked whether he had helped Furina use Abyssal power without side effects.
• Furina arrived and led Jiang Lianqiu into the ballroom, where she publicly introduced him as her lover.
• Charlotte photographed Furina and Jiang Lianqiu as the guests reacted with shock to the announcement.
• Sandrone dragged Columbia away from the food and urged her to confront Furina and Jiang Lianqiu.
• Arlecchino joined Sandrone and Columbia, and Columbia called her Mushroom Eyes before teasing Sandrone as they watched the dance.