Chapter Summaries

Lin Bei destroyed Kayako and punished Takeo Saeki before wiping out the island in the chaotic space-time. He returned to Liyue and went to Jueyun Karst to study the world's laws.

• Lin Bei crushed Kayako, and Toshio thanked him before fading away as his resentment dissipated.
• Lin Bei revived Takeo Saeki and subjected him to a thousand cycles of torture before handing him to Black and White Impermanence to suffer in the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Lin Bei summoned a gigantic sword that destroyed the island and left only a vast ocean.
• Lin Bei had the simulator absorb the space-time intersection and left the chaotic world after finding its laws functioned normally.
• Lin Bei returned to Liyue and went to Jueyun Karst to comprehend the world's laws.

Lin Bei watched Oseir rise from the sea and learned that La Signora had come to keep him from interfering with the attack on Liyue. He told her he would not stop Oseir, but attacked her after she struck first.

• Lin Bei met Shen He while admiring the scenery around Jueyun Karst, and she warned him about wild beasts before leaving.
• After days of taking in Liyue’s scenery, Lin Bei saw Oseir rise from the sea and attack Liyue Harbor.
• The Millelith rallied to defend the harbor, while Lin Bei chose not to interfere in Morax’s trial for Liyue.
• La Signora confronted Lin Bei in the rain and said she had come to hold him there so he could not defeat Oseir.
• Lin Bei told La Signora he would not stop Oseir, then attacked her with a blast of Geo energy.

Lin Bei watched Liyue’s people defeat Oseir without intervening, while Zhongli affirmed his faith in humanity. Afterward, Lumine and Paimon went to Northland Bank to meet Zhongli and found La Signora there, just as Lin Bei appeared.

• La Signora questioned Lin Bei’s refusal to fight Oseir, then fled when the Millelith approached, and Lin Bei returned to his courtyard.
• Zhongli joined Lin Bei and said he believed in humanity as the Jade Chamber fell onto Oseir and the crisis was suppressed.
• Lumine and Paimon wondered why Lin Bei had not helped defend Liyue, then decided to go to Northland Bank as Zhongli had instructed.
• Vlad told Lumine and Paimon that La Signora was at the bank and refused to let them enter.
• Lin Bei appeared behind Lumine and Paimon and greeted them.

Lin Bei entered Northland Bank with Lumine and Paimon, where they discovered Childe, La Signora, and Zhongli together. La Signora claimed Zhongli’s Gnosis under their agreement, and Lin Bei warned her not to mistake the Archons’ apparent indifference for weakness before she left with the Gnosis.

• Lin Bei immobilized Vlad with his Sunflower Acupuncture Hand, allowing himself, Lumine, and Paimon to enter Northland Bank.
• Inside, Paimon confronted Childe and La Signora, while Lumine recognized La Signora as the Fatui Harbinger who had taken Venti’s Gnosis.
• La Signora demanded Zhongli’s Gnosis, and Zhongli handed it over as promised by their agreement.
• Lin Bei explained that a Gnosis represented an Archon’s authority but was not the source of the Archon’s identity or strength.
• Lin Bei warned La Signora that Zhongli could kill her even without his Gnosis, but she angrily dismissed him and left the bank with the Gnosis.

Zhongli explained that he staged his death to test whether Liyue was ready to govern itself without its god, and he accepted the Qixing’s takeover as the arrival of the human era. He withheld the Cryo Archon’s price and information about Lumine’s brother, leaving Lumine and Lin Bei to seek answers on their journeys.

• Zhongli explained that doubts about his fulfilled duty led him to stage his death and observe how Liyue’s people, adepti, and Qixing responded to crisis.
• Zhongli revealed that he had once wanted to give Lin Bei the Rock God Position, but said Lin Bei was a passerby in this world like Lumine.
• Zhongli praised the adepti’s cooperation and accepted the Qixing’s swift seizure of power as the fulfillment of Liyue’s transition to human rule.
• Lumine asked about the Cryo Archon’s price, and Zhongli said the contract’s terms would be revealed during her future journey.
• Lumine asked about her brother, but Zhongli refused to answer because of a contract, and Lin Bei said they would have to uncover the world’s secrets themselves.

After leaving Lumine and Paimon to pursue Ningguang’s offer, Lin Bei was ambushed in the mountains by a Fatui force acting on La Signora’s orders. He broke free from their attack, leaving the Fatui shocked by the extent of his power.

• At Wanmin Restaurant, Paimon urged Lumine to compete for a chance to ask Ningguang a question, and Lumine agreed to ask about her brother.
• Lin Bei refused to join Lumine and Paimon and headed into the mountains alone.
• A Fatui advance unit surrounded Lin Bei and attacked him on La Signora’s orders.
• Lin Bei blocked the Electro Hammer Vanguards’ strikes with a Geo shield and used earth spikes to disrupt the Fatui’s coordinated assault.
• The Cryo Heavy Gunner and Pyro Gunner shattered Lin Bei’s shield, and the Mirror Maiden attacked while he appeared frozen.
• Lin Bei burst free of the Cryo control, blasted away the Mirror Maiden’s water mirrors, and knocked back the Fatui closing in on him.

Lin Bei defeated the Fatui who had attacked him, then met Shen He and directed her to find Lumine and Paimon in Liyue. After Shen He found them and explained that her master wanted her to integrate into Liyue, Lumine invited her to join them at a major event.

• Lin Bei destroyed the Fatui attackers and told Shen He they had been sent by La Signora.
• Lin Bei recommended that Shen He find Lumine and Paimon when she reached Liyue.
• Shen He found Lumine and Paimon and learned that Lin Bei had introduced her to them.
• Shen He told Lumine and Paimon that LiuYun JieFeng ZhenJun had sent her to integrate into Liyue.
• Lumine invited Shen He to join her and Paimon at the major event they were attending, and Shen He agreed.

Lin Bei spent several days at the pavilion above Qingyun Peak comprehending the Dao and learning how Morax’s power flowed through Liyue, greatly strengthening his command of Geo. Back in Liyue Harbor, he reunited with Lumine, Paimon, and Shen He over a meal and explained that he had been admiring the scenery and seeking enlightenment.

• Lin Bei gazed across Liyue from the pavilion above Qingyun Peak and entered a state of Dao comprehension for several days.
• Lin Bei discovered that Morax’s power flowed throughout Liyue and gained a deeper understanding of Geo, including the ability to draw on the earth’s power and influence its movements.
• Lin Bei returned to Liyue Harbor and invited Lumine, Paimon, and Shen He to eat with him at Wanmin Restaurant.
• Paimon and Lumine told Lin Bei about sealing Baizhe with Shen He and invited him to Yun Jin’s opera performance that evening.
• Lin Bei described the floating pavilion above Qingyun Peak and said he had stayed there for enlightenment and to admire the scenery.

After finding peace with his path of self-cultivation, Lin Bei agreed to take Lumine and Paimon to Inazuma after the group finished their time in Liyue. They joined Zhongli and Hu Tao to watch Yun Jin perform “Shennu Pi Guan,” inspired by Shen He.

• Lin Bei reflected that he no longer needed to rush to grow stronger and could enjoy the journey of pursuing the Dao.
• Lumine and Paimon asked Lin Bei to fly them to Inazuma, and he agreed despite the dangerous storms around its waters.
• Lin Bei, Lumine, Paimon, and Shen He went to see Yun Jin’s new opera in Liyue Harbor.
• Lin Bei invited Zhongli and Hu Tao to join their table, and they exchanged greetings with Shen He.
• Yun Jin took the stage and began performing “Shennu Pi Guan,” quieting the audience.

After celebrating in Liyue, Lin Bei took Lumine and Paimon toward Inazuma on his flying sword. They crossed dangerous thunderstorm zones safely and continued toward their destination.

• Yun Jin’s performance ended, and the people of Liyue celebrated before returning to their daily lives.
• Lumine and Paimon asked Lin Bei to take them to Inazuma, and he agreed to fly them there.
• Lin Bei, Lumine, and Paimon departed Liyue Harbor on his flying sword as Zhongli, Ganyu, and Shen He watched them go.
• During the flight, Lin Bei offered to teach Lumine and Paimon sword flight, and Lumine asked him to teach her once they reached Inazuma.
• The travelers encountered a vast thunderstorm, but Lin Bei shielded them with Geo power and guided them safely through the lightning.

Lin Bei, Lumine, and Paimon reached Inazuma without the permits needed to travel openly and used Lumine’s Serenitea Pot to rest before heading to Konda Village. On the way, they rescued a child from ronin planning to ambush a shipment from Ritou.

• Lin Bei landed with Lumine and Paimon on a beach near Ritou, where they realized they had entered Inazuma without identification or a landing permit.
• Lumine brought out Madame Ping’s Serenitea Pot, and the group spent the night in her furnished courtyard.
• The next morning, Lin Bei, Lumine, and Paimon decided to visit Konda Village and flew there without being spotted by Ritou’s officials.
• Outside the village, the group heard a child calling for help and found ronin holding him captive.
• Lin Bei and Lumine attacked the ronin and knocked them all to the ground.

Lin Bei, Lumine, and Paimon entered Konda Village to ask about the Raiden Shogun, but the children were wary of them until Naganohara Yoimiya offered to help. The group agreed to deliver her fireworks in exchange for information, and began making deliveries around the village.

• Konda Takehiro thanked Lin Bei and the others for rescuing him, promised not to sneak out again, and left for home.
• Lin Bei, Lumine, and Paimon entered Konda Village, where the children mistook Lin Bei’s approach for a threat and ran away.
• Naganohara Yoimiya greeted the travelers and offered to answer their questions after delivering fireworks for the approaching festival.
• Lumine offered to help Yoimiya deliver the fireworks, and the group set off around the village with her cart.
• The group passed Konda Takehiro’s house, where his mother thanked them for bringing him home.

After helping Yoimiya deliver fireworks, Lin Bei, Lumine, and Paimon learned how the Sakoku and Vision Hunt Decrees made meeting the Raiden Shogun difficult. Lin Bei proposed knocking down the Thousand-Eyed Statue to draw her out, and the group took shelter at Yoimiya’s fireworks shop to plan.

• Yoimiya explained that the Vision Hunt Decree put anyone with a Vision at risk of arrest and confiscation, while she admitted she had sneaked out herself.
• Yoimiya offered Lumine, Paimon, and Lin Bei a place to stay, but Lin Bei suggested making the Raiden Shogun come to them by knocking down the Thousand-Eyed Statue.
• Yoimiya said she might help, and Lumine agreed to the plan despite Paimon’s alarm.
• Yoimiya led the group carefully into her fireworks shop and left them in a guest room while she went to speak with her father.

Lin Bei and his companions used Yoimiya’s fireworks to distract the guards and approach the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue, but the Raiden Shogun struck Lin Bei with lightning before he could destroy it. Lin Bei found himself before the Raiden Shogun, who summoned her Naginata and confronted him.

• Yoimiya prepared fireworks with Lin Bei, Lumine, and Paimon, then helped them sneak near the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue.
• Yoimiya set off fireworks that drew most of the guards away from the statue.
• Lin Bei charged at the statue and raised a radiant fist to destroy it, but a bolt of lightning struck him and made him disappear.
• Lumine calmed Paimon, fled from the pursuing guards, and escaped by glider from a cliff.
• Lin Bei appeared in a ruined place before the Raiden Shogun, who questioned him and summoned a lightning-wreathed Naginata.

Lin Bei and the Raiden Shogun fought with increasing force, shattering their battlefield and emerging above the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue. Their battle continued in the night sky as Lumine and Paimon watched in relief.

• Lin Bei blocked the Raiden Shogun’s lightning with a Geo shield and met her Naginata with the ancient sword Morax had given him.
• Lin Bei and the Raiden Shogun exchanged over a hundred powerful attacks until their space shattered and swallowed them into spatial turbulence.
• Lin Bei and the Raiden Shogun fought through the turbulence and reappeared above the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue.
• The Raiden Shogun drew a purple lightning blade from her chest and collided with Lin Bei’s massive sword strike, sending shock waves across the island.
• Lumine and Paimon spotted Lin Bei fighting in the sky and felt relieved, while the battle continued beyond the sight of ordinary people.

Lin Bei and the Raiden Shogun’s battle was interrupted by Yae Miko, who urged the Shogun to reconsider the Vision Hunt Decree. Yae Miko invited Lin Bei to the Grand Narukami Shrine, and he joined Lumine and Paimon as they flew there.

• Lin Bei and the Raiden Shogun fought for several hundred exchanges while holding back their power to protect the islands below.
• Yae Miko intervened between them and dispersed their attacks, then teased the Raiden Shogun about the damage to old buildings.
• The Raiden Shogun told Yae Miko that Lin Bei had challenged her and that he wanted to discuss the Vision Hunt Decree.
• Yae Miko reminded the Raiden Shogun to consider the decree’s problems, and the Shogun agreed to reflect on it.
• Yae Miko invited Lin Bei to the Grand Narukami Shrine, and he reassured Lumine and Paimon before they flew there together.

Lin Bei fled after Qian Renxue proposed marriage, then helped Bibi Dong establish the empire’s laws before returning to the Battle Through the Heavens Timeline. He set out with Medusa to find ingredients for a Soul Separation Pill and began sweeping the continent for treasures, growing rapidly stronger.

• Lin Bei avoided answering Qian Renxue’s proposal, while Qian Renxue told Qiandao Liu that she intended to inherit the Angel God’s divine seat and agreed to his private condition.
• Bibi Dong announced the Centralized System, appointed twelve grand dukes including Ning Fengzhi, and had Lin Bei help compile the empire’s laws.
• Lin Bei returned to the Battle Through the Heavens Timeline and told Medusa they would travel the continent to find ingredients for a ninth-tier Soul Separation Pill.
• Lin Bei and Medusa left Yunlan Sect; Lin Bei found Little Fairy Doctor’s letter saying she had gone to Chuyun Kingdom to travel and cultivate.
• Lin Bei searched the Demon Beast Mountain Range with Medusa, reached Nine-Star Dou Zun, mastered the power of space, and began using Space Wormholes to collect treasures across the continent.

Xiao Yan recalled his rapid rise at Canaan Academy, where he won the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and founded Pan Sect to protect new students. In the Tagor Desert, Lin Bei and the pregnant Medusa discussed Xiao Qi and teased each other.

• Xiao Yan won first place in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament with his Dou Ling strength, shocking Xiao Xun'er and the academy.
• Hu Gan offered to take Xiao Yan as his disciple, but Xiao Yan politely declined because he already had Yao Lao as his teacher and used Lin Bei's cultivation method.
• Xiao Yan founded Pan Sect to defend new students from veteran students, and his strength stopped the bullying and sent boys who liked Xiao Xun'er avoiding him.
• Xiao Yan walked with Xiao Xun'er while thinking about his conversation with Yao Lao about how the Fully Automatic Cultivation Method could absorb Strange Fires without special preparations.
• In Medusa's palace, Lin Bei fed grapes to the pregnant Medusa as they discussed Xiao Qi, then Lin Bei admitted that her pregnancy was because of him.

Lin Bei reunited with Yun Yun at the Yunlan Sect, where they enjoyed a quiet visit while he guided Nalan Yanran and the other disciples. He remained between the sect and the desert as Xiao Yan advanced to Nine-Star Dou Ling and set his sights on becoming the continent’s youngest Dou Wang.

• Lin Bei traveled to the Yunlan Sect and reunited with Yun Yun, then spent time with her at a cliff in the rear mountain.
• The next day, Lin Bei advised Nalan Yanran and the other disciples, prompting them to enter deep contemplation.
• Lin Bei returned to Yun Yun and combed her hair; Nalan Yanran then arrived and reported that she had made progress in her cultivation.
• Yun Yun learned that Lin Bei’s guidance had helped Nalan Yanran break through to Seven-Star Great Dou Shi.
• Lin Bei spent the following period at the Yunlan Sect and occasionally visited Medusa in the desert.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Nine-Star Dou Ling, and Yao Lao warned him not to become complacent as he pursued the Dou Wang realm.

After leaving Battle Through the Heavens, Lin Bei entered the Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens timeline as a refugee and used his Pangu Bloodline to rapidly gain immense power. He defeated and subdued a White Tiger, then healed its injuries, leaving it as his companion.

• Lin Bei left Battle Through the Heavens and entered the Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens timeline through a consciousness-projection simulation.
• Lin Bei awoke in a forest as a nameless refugee and sensed a city a thousand li away.
• Lin Bei's Pangu Bloodline filled him with vast internal energy, making him a first-rate expert in less than a second.
• A White Tiger attacked Lin Bei, but he grabbed it, slammed it into the ground, and beat it until it stopped resisting.
• White Tiger submitted to Lin Bei, who healed its injuries with vital energy and won its complete loyalty.