Recaps

Xiu Yuan took Ningguang to Wanmin Restaurant, repaired her home, and cooked her a warm dinner. The meal brought Ningguang’s grief and loneliness to the surface, and she sobbed in Xiu Yuan’s arms as she finally felt she had someone to rely on.

• Xiu Yuan took Ningguang to Wanmin Restaurant and encouraged her to order a more substantial meal.
• Xiu Yuan hired workers to repair Ningguang’s house and bought supplies for their home.
• Xiu Yuan cooked dinner while Ningguang helped prepare the ingredients, and they shared a warm meal.
• Ningguang remembered her lonely childhood and began crying as Xiu Yuan kept putting food in her bowl.
• Ningguang told Xiu Yuan about her suffering and said that meeting him had restored her hope and warmth.

After comforting Ningguang, Xiu Yuan took her to Liyue Harbor and sparked her interest in learning by demonstrating how he spotted and caught a thief. Ningguang eagerly asked him to teach her about reading microexpressions and body language.

• Xiu Yuan comforted Ningguang through the night, and she fell asleep in his arms.
• Xiu Yuan took Ningguang to a teahouse and asked her to observe the people passing through Liyue Harbor.
• Xiu Yuan confronted a thief, caught him trying to flee, and returned the stolen wallet to its owner.
• Xiu Yuan explained that observation, microexpressions, and body language helped him identify the thief, and Ningguang eagerly asked to learn.

Ningguang found an empty Vision in Liyue Harbor, accidentally activated it, and reluctantly accepted it after Xiu Yuan explained its significance. Xiu Yuan then told Zhongli he planned to leave on a journey alone and asked him to help Ningguang become Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing.

• Ningguang found an empty Vision near the docks and accidentally activated it, disappointing her because she could no longer sell it for Mora.
• Ningguang brought the Vision to Xiu Yuan at the teahouse, where Zhongli explained that resonating with an empty Vision meant she had earned a god's recognition.
• Xiu Yuan asked Ningguang to investigate several fleets returning that day, and she left to do so.
• Xiu Yuan told Zhongli that he wanted Ningguang to become Tianquan and lead Liyue, then revealed that he had to leave on an unknown journey alone.
• Xiu Yuan asked Zhongli to watch over Ningguang and help her join the Liyue Qixing, calling it repayment for the tea he had bought; Zhongli froze in surprise.

Ningguang secretly bought Xiu Yuan a gift to mark one year since they met. She gave it to him at home and thanked him for saving her from despair and giving her a second life and a loving home.

• Xiu Yuan called Ningguang home, but she asked to stay and play longer before deciding to leave on her own.
• Ningguang went to the teahouse and negotiated the price of a rare item down from fifty thousand Mora to twenty thousand.
• Ningguang returned to their warmly lit home with the box and gave it to Xiu Yuan as a gift for their one-year anniversary.
• Ningguang told Xiu Yuan how he had taught her to live with dignity and helped her find purpose, warmth, and a second home.

Xiu Yuan realized that the anniversary of meeting Ningguang marked the end of his time with her, and he struggled with the pain of leaving. After sharing dinner and tea with her, he left a final letter and quietly departed, promising to return.

• Xiu Yuan suffered an attack of grief and told Ningguang that his illness was acting up before going to the roof to meditate.
• Xiu Yuan recovered enough to thank Ningguang for her tea set, and they shared dinner and tea together.
• After Ningguang fell asleep, Xiu Yuan wrote his final words and tucked her blanket around her.
• Xiu Yuan took the tea set, closed the door, and left, apologizing and promising Ningguang he would come back.

Ningguang found Xiu Yuan’s farewell note and desperately searched Liyue Harbor for him. With Zhongli’s help, she understood the note as a reason to fulfill Xiu Yuan’s dream of building the Jade Chamber and resolved to become wealthy enough to do so.

• Ningguang woke to find Xiu Yuan gone and discovered his farewell note and the missing tea set.
• Ningguang ran to Liyue Harbor, injured herself on the way, and asked everyone she met whether they had seen Xiu Yuan.
• Ningguang found the teahouse owner and Zhongli, then told them that Xiu Yuan had left her.
• Zhongli read Xiu Yuan’s note and hinted that its final passage pointed to the Jade Chamber as a way Ningguang could meet him again.
• Ningguang decided to fulfill Xiu Yuan’s dream by earning Mora and building the Jade Chamber across Teyvat.

Xiao continued protecting Liyue’s people and spent the night fighting evil spirits at Xiu Yuan’s grave. When Zhongli visited with Almond Tofu, Xiao remembered their friendship and realized autumn had returned, the season when they first met.

• Xiao defeated a horde of Hilichurls and rescued merchants from Inazuma, who thanked him as Liyue’s guardian.
• Xiao returned to the forest where Xiu Yuan was buried and fought evil spirits through the night.
• At dawn, Xiao heard Xiu Yuan’s voice before realizing Zhongli had come to the grave.
• Zhongli brought Almond Tofu, and Xiao placed a bowl at Xiu Yuan’s grave before eating his own.
• Xiao recalled moments with Xiu Yuan and murmured that autumn had arrived, as tears fell into his Almond Tofu.

Xiao dreamed of his past as Golden Roc, forced by a Demon God in black to fight and devour his enemies’ sweet dreams, until Xiu Yuan appeared to protect him. Xiao woke beside a gravestone, cried at the memory, and insisted he could have won without Xiu Yuan’s help.

• The Demon God in black released Golden Roc from his chains and led him in an assault on a rival stronghold.
• Golden Roc broke through the enemy forces and slaughtered those who surrounded him.
• The Demon God in black urged Golden Roc to devour the defeated enemies’ sweet dreams, but Golden Roc resisted and threw away a corpse.
• The Demon God in black struck at Golden Roc, but Xiu Yuan appeared and blocked the blow with his spear.
• Xiao woke in a forest beside a gravestone, remembered Xiu Yuan’s smile, and murmured that he could have beaten the Demon God without help.

Eula faced prejudice in Mondstadt, but Amber helped her stand up for herself and later supported her by making sure people heard about her good deeds. The chapter ended with Eula, Amber, and Xiu Yuan sharing how meeting one another had been the greatest blessing of their lives.

• Eula was turned away by shopkeepers who refused to sell her water because of her Lawrence clan heritage.
• Amber confronted one shopkeeper until he apologized and offered Eula the water for free, but Eula insisted on paying and thanked him.
• The shopkeeper reconsidered his prejudice after seeing Eula respond to his hostility with courtesy.
• Eula explained that her gentle way of taking revenge was to keep acting kindly, and Amber became her accomplice in supporting her.
• Amber helped Eula whenever she faced trouble and publicly celebrated her missions and contributions in Mondstadt City.
• Eula told Xiu Yuan and Amber that meeting them was the greatest blessing of her life, and they said the same about meeting her.

Amber worked to restore the Outriders’ reputation and proved herself on her first monster extermination mission outside Mondstadt, while Eula was appointed captain of the Reconnaissance Company. The two visited Xiu Yuan’s statue in Liyue Harbor to share their recent achievements and show that their family had not fallen apart.

• Amber overheard Jean lament that the Outriders had become ineffective since Xiu Yuan left, and she resolved to carry on her grandfather’s legacy.
• The older knights repeatedly kept Amber off dangerous missions until she finally joined an expedition outside the city and impressed them by holding off a horde of monsters.
• Jean appointed Eula captain of the Reconnaissance Company and named her the Spindrift Knight, delighting Amber.
• Jean reflected that Xiu Yuan’s influence had helped Amber and Eula become future pillars of the Knights of Favonius and preserve Mondstadt’s peace.
• Amber and Eula traveled to Xiu Yuan’s statue in Liyue Harbor, where Amber shared her accomplishments and Eula danced beneath the moonlight.

Ningguang used patience and a carefully arranged dinner to gain the upper hand in a deal with an Inazuman merchant, selling him an item for the highest price he could afford. After returning to the Jade Chamber, she was asked to succeed the current Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing, who said Rex Lapis had chosen her.

• Ningguang refused to meet the merchant at first and let him wait while she reviewed business reports.
• Ningguang invited the merchant to Liuli Pavilion, where he discovered that reservations were genuinely difficult to obtain and began to trust her.
• Ningguang negotiated with the merchant over dinner and sold him the item for the highest price he could afford.
• Ningguang returned to the Jade Chamber and learned that Rex Lapis had named her to succeed the current Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing.
• Ningguang asked for time to consider whether to accept the position.

After completing his sixth reincarnation, Xiu Yuan began a new life alongside Kaedehara Kazuha, whom he met sheltering from the rain. The chapter ended with Xiu Yuan manifesting a purple Vision and introducing himself to Kazuha.

• Xiu Yuan traded away everything from his previous life except the Tranquility Mantra to recover his tea set, then reincarnated with a mission to abolish the Vision Hunt Decree alongside Kaedehara Kazuha.
• Xiu Yuan woke beside Kazuha, agreed to leave before the rain, and followed him to an abandoned hut as the storm began.
• Kazuha explained that he could hear nature and described receiving his Vision while sheltering from rain.
• Xiu Yuan declared that he would get a Vision too and immediately manifested a purple one, astonishing Kazuha.
• Kazuha examined and compared Xiu Yuan's Vision with his own before asking Xiu Yuan's name.

Xiu Yuan trained in the rain to rebuild his strength after losing his system-granted skills, while Kazuha sensed the grief and turmoil he carried. After the rain stopped, they went to catch fish to trade for lodging, only for Xiu Yuan to reveal that he was allergic to fish.

• Xiu Yuan refused Kazuha’s offer to rest and explained that strength he cultivated himself could not be taken away like power granted by an outside source.
• Xiu Yuan trained in the rain until karmic debt overwhelmed him, and Kazuha carried him into the hut while he used the Tranquility Mantra to recover.
• After the rain stopped, Xiu Yuan and Kazuha realized neither of them had Mora and decided to catch fish in exchange for lodging.
• Kazuha caught a fish in the stream, and Xiu Yuan told him he was allergic to fish despite having suggested they catch some.

Kazuha and Xiu Yuan sought shelter in a town after getting caught in the rain, and Xiu Yuan tricked Kazuha by presenting him as his son. After Kazuha confronted him in their room, the hostess walked in and caught them in an awkward scene, which they claimed was role-playing.

• Kazuha caught five fish, and he and Xiu Yuan reached a town where only one house was lit.
• Xiu Yuan offered the fish to the homeowner and introduced Kazuha as his son, leaving Kazuha furious.
• The hostess welcomed them inside and gave Kazuha dry clothes and a room for the night.
• Kazuha waited outside the bathroom and dragged Xiu Yuan back to their room for a confrontation.
• The hostess entered and found Kazuha crawling toward a frightened Xiu Yuan, so they claimed they were acting out a role-playing game.
• The hostess told them they could stay another night if it rained the next day.

Xiu Yuan and Kazuha discussed the sorrow behind Xiu Yuan’s smile before continuing their journey and testing their swordsmanship. After losing to Kazuha, Xiu Yuan suggested that matching the Raiden Shogun’s Musou no Hitotachi might be within reach.

• Kazuha asked why Xiu Yuan could still smile despite the wounds in his heart, and Xiu Yuan said he had worn his smiling mask for so long that he could not take it off yet.
• The next morning, Xiu Yuan and Kazuha left the family who had sheltered them and continued wandering through the forest.
• Xiu Yuan and Kazuha traded lines of poetry, and Xiu Yuan named Li Bai as the poet behind his verse.
• Xiu Yuan and Kazuha sparred with wooden branches, and Kazuha defeated Xiu Yuan after a fierce exchange.
• Xiu Yuan told Kazuha that the Raiden Shogun’s Musou no Hitotachi might not be beyond his reach.

Xiu Yuan trained relentlessly while traveling with Kazuha, then used lightning to catch fish and fled when Kazuha drew his blade over the catch. After they both collapsed on the beach, Kazuha asked about the people Xiu Yuan wanted to protect, then suddenly frowned.

• Xiu Yuan insisted he would beat Kazuha within a week and trained hard during their journey while Kazuha rested.
• Xiu Yuan and Kazuha continued traveling until dusk, then camped by the sea without seeking lodging.
• Xiu Yuan shocked a group of fish with lightning and gathered them for dinner.
• Kazuha drew his blade after seeing the fish, and Xiu Yuan escaped by turning into lightning while Kazuha chased him as a gale.
• Xiu Yuan and Kazuha collapsed on the sand, where Kazuha asked whether the people Xiu Yuan wanted to protect were his family.
• Xiu Yuan said they were all important to him, and Kazuha suddenly frowned deeply.

Xiu Yuan defeated a Kairagi with his bare hands, but the fight let a small amount of the evil inside him escape and nearly made him kill Kazuha. Kazuha helped him regain control, then wondered at the immense evil and grief Xiu Yuan carried.

• Xiu Yuan insisted on fighting the Kairagi bare-handed, and Kazuha reluctantly let him test his training.
• Xiu Yuan overwhelmed the Kairagi with lightning-fast kicks and punches until the enemy shattered and vanished.
• A savage aura emerged from Xiu Yuan, and he nearly struck Kazuha before clutching his head and roaring.
• Kazuha reminded Xiu Yuan of the people he wanted to protect and urged him to repeat the Tranquility Mantra.
• Xiu Yuan calmed down, while Kazuha realized that the evil escaping him was only a fraction of what he carried.

After reconciling over grilled fish, Xiu Yuan and Kazuha reflected on their differences and the strange fate that brought them together. Xiu Yuan impressed Kazuha by playing a melody on a leaf, then agreed to teach him in exchange for a promise.

• Kazuha offered Xiu Yuan grilled fish, and they agreed that the past should not define their present after Xiu Yuan apologized for the danger he had caused.
• Kazuha asked Xiu Yuan to get him wine as repayment, and Xiu Yuan confidently promised he could.
• As they ate, Kazuha and Xiu Yuan joked about their different tastes and wondered how they had ended up together, calling it fate.
• After eating, Xiu Yuan meditated and trained while Kazuha relaxed on the beach and talked about the Spindrift Knight's Bone Whistle.
• Xiu Yuan played a melody on a leaf, astonishing Kazuha, who eagerly asked him to teach the technique.
• Xiu Yuan agreed to teach Kazuha on the condition that Kazuha promised him one thing.

Xiu Yuan and Kazuha parted after sharing wine, with Xiu Yuan heading for Inazuma’s main city while hiding his Vision as the Vision Hunt Decree began. He considered the decree’s consequences and the Heavenly Principles’ destruction of past civilizations as he prepared to gather information.

• Xiu Yuan explained that he wanted Kazuha to live as freely as a seagull, and Kazuha agreed that it already matched his way of life.
• After another week of travel, Kazuha had mastered playing music with a leaf, and Xiu Yuan had become a better swordsman than him.
• Xiu Yuan brought Kazuha a bottle of wine, and they drank together before agreeing to meet again for tea.
• Xiu Yuan gave Kazuha the teacup and left for the main city, hiding his Vision because the Vision Hunt Decree had begun.
• Xiu Yuan recalled that the decree took away people’s wishes and reviewed how the Heavenly Principles had destroyed Sal Vindagnyr and Khaenri’ah.

Xiu Yuan’s unease proved justified when Kazuha was captured after drinking and brought before the Raiden Shogun. After the Shogun defeated Kazuha, Xiu Yuan blocked her next strike and prepared to challenge her.

• Xiu Yuan watched the Vision Hunt Decree take hold in Inazuma while waiting for the Resistance Army to form.
• Xiu Yuan saw Kazuha being carried toward Tenshukaku and realized he had been captured while drunk.
• The Raiden Shogun tried to take Kazuha’s Vision, but Xiu Yuan intercepted it and returned it to him.
• Kazuha learned about the Vision Hunt Decree, challenged the Raiden Shogun, and was quickly struck down.
• Xiu Yuan blocked the Raiden Shogun’s finishing blow and told Kazuha he would show him how his old daydream could become reality.

Xiu Yuan challenged the Raiden Shogun and revealed his overwhelming strength, using the fight to enter the Plane of Euthymia and confront Raiden Ei. His karmic debt then consumed his mind, and Raiden Ei stabbed him after he begged her to kill him.

• Xiu Yuan taunted the Raiden Shogun, while Kazuha lost the will to resist and his Vision went dark.
• Xiu Yuan unleashed Thunder Flash and Great Thunderclap, surviving the Raiden Shogun's Musou no Hitotachi and revealing that she was a puppet.
• Xiu Yuan's attack drew Raiden Ei's attention and brought him into the Plane of Euthymia, where he told her he was only a mortal.
• Xiu Yuan was overwhelmed by karmic debt and begged Raiden Ei to kill him.
• Raiden Ei recalled Mikoshi Chiyo's corruption and, unable to ignore Xiu Yuan's plea, plunged her blade into his abdomen.

Xiu Yuan died after saving Kazuha, who carried his Vision and continued wandering until he helped end the Vision Hunt Decree. Years later, Kazuha visited Xiu Yuan’s grave to share food and tea, and Xiu Yuan’s seventh life was declared complete.

• Kazuha caught the mortally wounded Xiu Yuan and fled Tenshukaku, but Xiu Yuan died after urging him to keep pursuing his ambition.
• Xiu Yuan’s Vision went dark as Kazuha’s Vision shone again, and Kazuha buried him before setting off with his Vision.
• Kazuha retraced their travels and played a leaf flute for a lone seagull, calling himself a wanderer too.
• The Traveler, Kazuha, and the resistance overturned the Vision Hunt Decree, completing Xiu Yuan’s mission.
• Years later, Kazuha visited Xiu Yuan’s grave with roasted fish and tea, recalling their time together as he ate and talked beside him.

After completing his seventh reincarnation, Xiu Yuan chose the mental-power skill One Thought, Three Thousand and entered his eighth life as Sasayuri during the final stages of the Archon War. Knowing Sasayuri was destined to die fighting Orobashi, he asked Baal and Zebul for time away to rest.

• Xiu Yuan accused the silent system of manipulating him, then chose One Thought, Three Thousand despite believing he was its puppet.
• The system assigned Xiu Yuan the role of Sasayuri and the mission to slay the Great Serpent and participate in the war in Khaenri'ah.
• Xiu Yuan learned that Baal and Zebul were sisters, that he served as Baal's general, and that Orobashi would kill Sasayuri in the coming conflict.
• Xiu Yuan approached Baal and Zebul and asked to leave for a while to rest from the Archon War.
• Baal agreed that Sasayuri deserved a rest and asked Zebul what she thought.

Xiu Yuan avoided Baal and the others, spending time alone before training, while his friends worried about his unusual behavior. As Baal prepared to go to Celestia and entrust Inazuma to Zebu, Chiyo set out to find Xiu Yuan after learning he had seemed unhappy.

• Xiu Yuan declined Baal and Zebu’s dango, brewed tea alone on the far side of the island, and then began training.
• Baal, Zebu, Kitsune Saiguu, and Chiyo discussed Xiu Yuan’s unusual absence from meals while sharing Baal’s dango.
• Baal told Zebu that the decree concerning The Seven had arrived and that she needed to go to Celestia; Zebu promised to protect Inazuma while she was away.
• Chiyo searched for Xiu Yuan, learned from a teahouse owner that he had bought tea and seemed unhappy, and followed the direction he had gone.

Xiu Yuan trained relentlessly with new Electro sword techniques while preparing to face the Great Serpent and Watatsumi Island. After Kitsune Saiguu found his note saying he had gone to Yashiori Island, he continued rowing there as part of his training.

• Xiu Yuan practiced two powerful Electro techniques and carried a boulder to build his strength.
• Chiyo searched for Xiu Yuan, and Kitsune Saiguu went to the teahouse to follow his trail.
• Kitsune Saiguu found Xiu Yuan’s note by a shore campfire saying he had gone to Yashiori Island to rest alone.
• Xiu Yuan rowed toward Yashiori Island on a crude wooden plank, treating the journey as endurance training.
• Xiu Yuan recalled that the Great Serpent had fought on both the Liyue and Inazuma battlefronts before ending up in Enkanomiya.