Recaps

Xiao used a sliver of his karmic debt to punish Wang Ping'an for impersonating an adeptus and swindling people. After a day of misfortune left Wang Ping'an battered and facing a monster attack, Xiao rescued him and stood among the slain Hilichurls.

• Xiao and Ellin watched Wang Ping'an swindle a believer, and Xiao sent a trace of his karmic debt toward him as punishment.
• Wang Ping'an returned to Wangshu Inn, where his karmic debt brought exhaustion, confusion, and uncontrollable emotions.
• Wang Ping'an lost his money gambling, was beaten by a woman’s fiancé and his companions, and returned to the road in disgrace.
• More than a dozen Hilichurls and several Hilichurl Berserkers attacked Wang Ping'an, while his exhausted Sigil of Permission failed to deter them.
• Xiao charged into the battle and swiftly killed the monsters, leaving Wang Ping'an staring at him amid the bloodied battlefield.

Ellin and Xiao confronted Wang Ping'an over his fraudulent impersonation of an adeptus, and Xiao’s lesson led Wang Ping'an to repent and return the Sigil of Permission. After the two adepti left, Ellin noticed that meeting a sincere believer had eased Xiao’s Karmic Debt slightly.

• Xiao overwhelmed Wang Ping'an with his killing intent and warned him to stop using an adeptus’s name to deceive people.
• Ellin introduced herself as the Immortal Venerable Who Hears Cries and Subdues Evil and identified Xiao as the Guardian Yaksha, the Conqueror of Demons.
• Wang Ping'an explained how he had found a Sigil of Permission, become addicted to worship, and strayed into fraud; Xiao revealed that he had placed a trace of Karmic Debt on him.
• Wang Ping'an recognized the burden Xiao carried, apologized for his deception, and vowed to return his ill-gotten wealth and do good.
• Ellin healed Wang Ping'an, and he returned the Sigil of Permission before the two adepti departed.
• As they flew through the clouds, Ellin teased Xiao about his new believer and noticed that his Karmic Debt had faded a little more.

Ellin and Xiao spent forty-eight days fighting demons and helping people across Liyue, and Xiao’s karmic debt eased as he learned to accept the gratitude of those he saved. After Ellin left, Zhongli heard stories about her and Xiao and became intrigued by Ellin’s unusual abilities.

• Ellin said it was time to leave after spending forty-eight days traveling and fighting alongside Xiao.
• Ellin helped Xiao remain with the people they rescued, and their gratitude brought him joy and helped stabilize his karmic debt.
• Ellin publicized their titles, spreading Xiao’s reputation as the Conqueror of Demons and earning herself the nickname Clear-Bell Flower-Butterfly Fairy.
• Zhongli heard rumors about Ellin, questioned Cloud Retainer, and learned about her powers and her connection with Xiao.
• Zhongli wondered whether Ellin might be his old friend from Mondstadt in a female form and smiled with interest.

Ellin left Xiao after his karmic debt had diminished and his mind had stabilized, receiving a Yaksha mask as a keepsake and his promise to come to her aid in Liyue. As she traveled on, Feng'er speculated about how Xiao could answer her calls and explained how Ellin might imprint a soul signature.

• Ellin prepared to leave Xiao after confirming that his karmic debt had eased, though it had not been fully purged.
• Xiao promised to come to Ellin's side if she called his name while she was in Liyue.
• Xiao gave Ellin the mask of a female Yaksha comrade and explained its meaning and the burden it represented.
• Ellin accepted the mask, thanked Xiao, and departed across the sea of clouds.
• On the mountain path, Feng'er suggested Xiao might have feelings for Ellin, but Ellin said he regarded her as a comrade and owed her a favor.
• Feng'er explained how soul signatures might let someone sense a call, then told Ellin how to try imprinting one on a nearby wild boar.

Ellin returned to Mondstadt after resolving Xiao’s situation and reunited with Fischl and her friends. She learned that Jean had turned Sucrose’s Slime Bra prototypes into a booming business, earning Ellin a share of 280 million Mora; she planned to look for Zhongli next.

• Ellin called Xiao back to share an extra grilled Chi Tiger Fish with him, then used a Teleport Waypoint to return to Mondstadt.
• Fischl joyfully hugged Ellin, and her parents teased Fischl about how much she had missed Ellin.
• Ellin met Klee, Sucrose, and Noelle, visited her parents, and then went shopping with her friends.
• Sucrose explained that Jean had patented the Slime Bras, launched the Sun Knight Brand, and sold 120,000 sets in a week for 960 million Mora.
• Jean appointed Ellin chairwoman with thirty percent of the earnings, and Sucrose told Ellin that her 280 million Mora share was waiting in the Serenitea Pot villa.

Ellin and her friends discovered that Godwin had abandoned Varka’s expedition after losing Glory’s love token, then hid in the wilderness out of shame. Ellin knocked him out and brought him back to Mondstadt, where he apologized and reunited with Glory.

• Ellin and her friends enjoyed a picnic at Windrise when Noelle recognized Godwin wandering near the Temple of the Falcon of the West.
• Godwin admitted that he had lost Glory’s love token, lost track of Varka’s expedition while searching for it, and stayed away because he was ashamed.
• Fischl, Noelle, and Klee told Godwin how much Glory worried about him, but he still refused to return.
• Ellin tricked Godwin into turning around, hit him with a Geo brick, and dragged him unconscious to Mondstadt.
• Godwin woke beside Glory, heard her joy at his return, and apologized as he embraced her.

After returning to Mondstadt, Ellin reunited with her friends at the Angel's Share and told them about her adventures in Liyue. The gathering turned to business and teasing, while Diluc's supposed trip was exposed as Kaeya questioned him about it.

• Ellin speculated that Varka had deliberately shaken Godwin off to keep him safe, then set the matter aside now that Godwin had returned.
• Venti asked Ellin to tell everyone about her adventures in Liyue, and she recounted traveling with Xiao, fighting demons, and becoming an adeptus.
• Venti teased Ellin about her Slime Bra business, and Jean apologized for using the Sun Knight title as its brand name; Ellin reluctantly said she did not mind.
• Jean asked Ellin to consider letting Ningguang represent the Slime Bra business in Liyue and offered to introduce them by letter.
• Kaeya teased Diluc about returning from his supposed long trip after only a few hours, and someone nearby asked what important intelligence he meant.

Diluc told Ellin about his investigation into the Abyss before she left Mondstadt for Liyue. In Inazuma, Kamisato Ayaka received news of Ellin’s exploits and longed to meet her, while Zhongli discovered he had no way to pay his restaurant bill.

• Diluc told Ellin that Abyss Mages had grown more active in Mondstadt and that he was waiting for more clues before acting.
• Diluc and Kaeya traded teasing remarks at the party, which ended amid cheerful celebration.
• Ellin said goodbye to her friends and family and left Mondstadt.
• Thoma told Kamisato Ayaka that Ellin had traveled to Liyue and earned the name Clear-Bell Flower-Butterfly Fairy, and Ayaka wondered if she might meet her someday.
• Zhongli ordered twenty-eight dishes and two jars of wine at Wanmin Restaurant, then froze when he realized he could not pay the bill.

Zhongli struggled to pay for a meal after forbidding himself from conjuring Mora, but Ellin covered the bill and revealed that she knew his identity. She brought along a friend who wanted to meet him: a bard in green who appeared from a street corner.

• Zhongli tried to pay at Wanmin Restaurant but remembered his rules against using divine powers or conjuring Mora.
• Xiangling mistook Zhongli’s hesitation for forgetting his money and explained that the restaurant could call the Millelith or let him pay later.
• Ellin arrived with Feng'er and paid Zhongli’s bill, allowing him to leave without revealing himself.
• Zhongli recognized Ellin as the Clear-Bell Flower-Butterfly Fairy and asked why she had helped him.
• Ellin said a friend wanted to meet Zhongli, and a green-clad bard appeared from a street corner.

Venti reunited with Zhongli after centuries apart and brought him Dandelion Wine, prompting them to share memories of their old gatherings. They met in Ellin’s Serenitea Pot and celebrated their renewed companionship over a drink.

• Venti approached Zhongli with two bottles of Dandelion Wine, and Zhongli lowered his fist to welcome his old friend.
• Venti and Zhongli agreed to find somewhere quiet to talk and went to the Serenitea Pot.
• Ellin welcomed Zhongli to the Dandelion Sea and explained that friends had helped decorate the realm.
• Zhongli recalled how Venti first visited Liyue with wine and how the Archons used to gather and drink together.
• Zhongli and Venti shared Dandelion Wine, and Zhongli sighed that their reunion was wonderful.

Ellin, Venti, and Zhongli reunited in the Dandelion Sea, where Zhongli asked Ellin to explain how she knew about his secret contract. After Venti shared that Ellin was a reincarnator in a created world, Zhongli accepted her as a new variable and invited her to help shape Liyue’s future.

• Noelle, Fischl, and Sucrose watched from afar as Ellin, Venti, and Zhongli talked in the Dandelion Sea.
• Venti told Zhongli why he had donned his crown three times, and Zhongli explained that he had postponed the Rite of Descension because Venti’s actions made him suspect a crisis in Mondstadt.
• Zhongli asked Ellin how she had recognized his mortal identity and learned he was rehearsing life without using divine power to create Mora.
• Ellin asked Zhongli to promise secrecy, and he sealed a contract before Venti raised a Flowing Wind Barrier around them.
• Venti explained Ellin’s reincarnation and the created world to Zhongli, who accepted the account and said Ellin’s arrival had already changed the world’s course.
• Zhongli welcomed Ellin’s influence on Liyue and said he looked forward to seeing how she would affect the nation, the world, and the Heavenly Principles.

Ellin discussed the coming events in Liyue with Zhongli, who agreed to support her as long as she did not disrupt his contract. After learning that changing her body back to male was unlikely, Ellin reconsidered her identity and began to accept the life and relationships she had built as a woman.

• Zhongli summarized the expected Rite of Descension plot, and Ellin confirmed it before he agreed she could act freely as a Variable while respecting the contract.
• Ellin asked Zhongli to teach her how to become male again, but he explained that transformation arts could not change her underlying nature and that her future was uncertain.
• Zhongli told Ellin that her attachment to being male came from her previous life and urged her to consider the family, friends, and bonds she had gained in this world.
• Ellin saw Fischl, Sucrose, and Noelle wave to her, returned their greeting, and made up her mind to embrace her present life.

Zhongli helped Ellin reconsider her fixation on becoming a man and prepare for the loneliness and grief of an Archon’s long life. Ellin vowed to create a world where her friends’ smiles would never fade, and Zhongli and Venti agreed to support her growth.

• Zhongli told Ellin that an Archon did not need a gender or offspring and needed enduring companionship more than mortal romantic love.
• Zhongli warned Ellin that Fischl, Sucrose, and Noelle would grow old and die while she remained young, and that their bonds would bring sorrow to both sides.
• After thinking about her friends’ future, Ellin declared that she could not accept them growing old and wanted to create a world where their smiles lasted forever.
• Zhongli and Venti left Ellin to spend time with her friends, then discussed how close she was to fulfilling the third condition for becoming a god.
• Zhongli said he would help Ellin because he hoped she could become Liyue’s guardian after he left his divine seat.

Ellin felt more relaxed after Zhongli helped her find a new direction, and she went looking for him to ask about Geo. She hid when she saw him dining with Venti, then watched as Zhongli made Venti pay the enormous bill; the chapter ended with the author announcing a short break.

• Fischl woke to find Ellin cuddling her, and Ellin explained that she had wanted to hold her.
• Fischl, Noelle, and Sucrose noticed that Ellin seemed more relaxed and gentle than she had since arriving in Liyue.
• Ellin went searching for Zhongli so she could ask him to teach her how to use Geo.
• Ellin hid when she found Zhongli treating Venti to a meal at the Xinyue Kiosk.
• Zhongli revealed that Venti would have to pay the 1,860,000 Mora bill, and Venti paid it after Zhongli cited his old debts.
• The author announced a two- or three-day break to rest and asked readers to report frightening images in the review section.

Zhongli taught Ellin how Geo could be used for close-fitting defense and powerful resonance attacks. Ellin saw him unleash a shock wave that devastated the ground while protecting her and Venti.

• Ellin asked Zhongli to teach her how to wield Geo power, explaining that Geo shields restricted her attacks and conventional Geo strikes seemed weak.
• Zhongli demonstrated a thin, precisely controlled layer of Geo armor that protected him while leaving him free to attack.
• Zhongli explained that Geo's true offensive method was Resonance, using oneself as a focal point to set surrounding Geo vibrating.
• Zhongli tapped the air, causing a massive shock wave that shattered the ground and destroyed nearby plants while shielding Ellin and Venti from harm.

Zhongli buried Ellin for six days to help her overcome the wind god's core interfering with her use of Geo energy. She emerged able to channel Geo smoothly and demonstrated her new abilities, while Feng'er silently reacted to her shouted challenge to the Heavenly Principles.

• Zhongli explained that Ellin's wind god's core made it difficult for her to channel Geo energy and said she could improve by experiencing Geo's weight and solidity.
• Zhongli and Venti buried Ellin in the earth, where she spent six days sensing Geo energy while they ate and drank nearby.
• On her seventh day underground, Ellin burst out of the earth and told Zhongli she could now use Geo energy smoothly.
• Ellin formed a golden Geo shield and summoned a giant stone sphere that exploded in a small lake.
• A nearby little zombie girl turned toward the explosion, while Feng'er twitched at Ellin's challenge to the Heavenly Principles.

At the Rite of Descension, Rex Lapis’s lifeless dragon form crashed onto Yujing Terrace, and Ningguang declared that the Geo Archon had been assassinated. Lumine fled the Millelith with help from Childe, while Zhongli, Venti, and Ellin watched the event from a barbecue stall.

• Ningguang began the Rite of Descension, but a storm gathered instead of the usual auspicious signs.
• Rex Lapis’s dragon form fell lifeless onto Yujing Terrace, throwing the crowd into panic.
• Ningguang ordered the Millelith to seal off the area, and Lumine and Paimon fled the cordon.
• Childe attacked the Millelith with Hydro arrows and blades, opened a gap, and led Lumine away.
• Zhongli watched Venti and Ellin discuss how calmly he had watched himself die.

Ellin explained Childe’s plan to use Lumine and the adepti to sow conflict in Liyue while he searched for Morax’s hidden corpse and Gnosis. After Childe sent Lumine and Paimon to Jueyun Karst with a Sigil of Permission, Ellin, Venti, and Zhongli waited for her return and for Childe to approach the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

• Zhongli recounted how the Traveler had become the prime suspect in the Rite of Descension and encountered Childe while fleeing.
• Ellin described how Childe would use Lumine to tell the adepti about Morax’s death, stirring conflict that could help him find the Gnosis.
• At the Northland Bank, Childe revealed that he was a Fatui Harbinger, questioned Lumine about the Liyue Qixing, and offered to help clear her name.
• Childe gave Lumine a Sigil of Permission and urged her to take it to Jueyun Karst to tell the adepti about Rex Lapis’s death.
• Venti and Zhongli confirmed that Lumine and Paimon had left Liyue Harbor, and Ellin chilled their watermelons with Cryo energy.
• Ellin, Venti, and Zhongli agreed to wait for Lumine’s return and for Childe to approach the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

As the Fatui stirred public outrage over Rex Lapis’s death, Childe sought a way to force the Liyue Qixing to reveal the Prime of the Adepti’s Exuvia. Lumine agreed to help Zhongli prepare a Rite of Parting after reuniting with Ellin, while Childe began to suspect Ellin’s ties to the Knights of Favonius.

• Childe spread false rumors that the Liyue Qixing had killed Rex Lapis and concealed his body to seize power, while the Qixing stalled to keep the Fatui from obtaining the Gnosis.
• Lumine and Paimon returned from Jueyun Karst with the Sigil of Permission and told Childe that the adepti were gathering to come to Liyue Harbor.
• Childe brought Lumine and Paimon to meet Zhongli, where they unexpectedly reunited with Ellin and Feng'er.
• Zhongli asked Lumine to help prepare the Geo Archon’s Rite of Parting, and Ellin persuaded her that doing so was the only way to see the hidden body.
• After they left, Childe recognized Ellin as the Sun Knight of the Knights of Favonius and warned that he would remove her if she interfered.

Zhongli, Lumine, Paimon, and Ellin gathered materials for Rex Lapis’s rite of parting, and the merchants they met gave up profits to help honor him. Zhongli felt heartened by Liyue’s people as Ellin and he returned to Yujing Terrace with the Noctilucous jade.

• Zhongli led Lumine and Paimon to the Jade Mystery to buy top-quality Noctilucous jade for the rite of parting.
• Ellin persuaded Lumine and Paimon to buy all three varieties of jade and offered to pay, while joking that she would force Childe to reimburse her if needed.
• After learning the jade was for Rex Lapis’s farewell, Shitou sold it at half price and explained his family’s debt to the Geo Archon.
• Zhongli and the others bought three varieties of Silk flowers, and the flower shop owner offered them for free after learning their purpose.
• Zhongli asked Lumine and Paimon to find someone skilled at making perfume while he and Ellin carried the jade to Yujing Terrace.
• Ellin asked Zhongli how he felt, and he said he was heartened by the people of Liyue’s generosity and gratitude.

Zhongli reflected on why he had endured for Liyue and how Keqing’s challenge convinced him that the nation might be ready to stand on its own. Having arranged a test of Liyue’s ability to face Osial, he questioned whether the story Ellin had revealed would unfold as expected after a new variable arrived.

• Zhongli recalled that millennia of protecting Liyue had left him exhausted and afraid that erosion might make him turn against the nation.
• Zhongli remembered Keqing’s declaration that humans should write their own history and saw it as a sign that Liyue might be ready for a new age.
• Zhongli explained that he had made a contract with the Cryo Archon and staged his death to test whether the Liyue Qixing and adepti could protect the harbor from Osial.
• Zhongli said he would intervene to seal Osial again if Liyue’s defenders failed.
• Zhongli told the Blue-Dressed Girl that a new variable could change the events Ellin had described, then wondered whether the story would go smoothly.

Ellin joined Lumine, Paimon, and Zhongli to arrange fragrant balm with Ying'er, then turned Ying'er's innuendo back on her with her own seductive teasing. Ying'er admitted defeat and led them to Wanmin Restaurant to cook the balm.

• Ellin and Zhongli found Lumine and Paimon near Liyue's crafting bench and learned that Ying'er had embarrassed them while discussing fragrant balm.
• Ellin accompanied Lumine to Chunxiang Kiln and told Ying'er that she was the one ordering the fragrant balm.
• Ying'er teased Ellin about juggling three lovers, but Ellin shamelessly agreed and flirted with Ying'er in return.
• Ellin's seductive charm nearly overwhelmed Ying'er, who recovered, recognized Ellin as her match, and stopped teasing her.
• Ying'er hurriedly led the group to Wanmin Restaurant to borrow a stove, while Zhongli asked Lumine and Paimon whether Ellin was usually so bold.

Ellin used her innocent fairy persona to turn Ying'er's suggestive scented-paste lesson against her at Wanmin Restaurant. Ying'er was publicly condemned and fled, while Zhongli, Lumine, and Paimon recognized Ellin's successful trick.

• Ellin floated into Wanmin Restaurant, rang her bell, and drew the diners' attention as the Clear-Bell Flower-Butterfly Fairy.
• Ying'er gave Ellin suggestive instructions for making scented paste, believing she could tease the apparently innocent fairy.
• Ellin blushed and acted as though she misunderstood Ying'er's remarks, prompting the diners to see her as pure and Ying'er as shameless.
• A diner confronted Ying'er for disrespecting the fairy, and the crowd joined in once Ying'er realized who Ellin was.
• Ying'er finished making the scented paste under the crowd's condemnation and fled, while Ellin greeted the diners and Zhongli, Lumine, and Paimon watched in amazement.

Zhongli explained to Ellin that the people of Liyue considered her an adeptus because of the good she had done, regardless of her origins. The group then offered three perfumes to the Statue of the Seven, which responded to the third, leaving Ellin to wonder whether Zhongli had chosen it in memory of a departed friend.

• Paimon praised Ellin for standing up to Ying'er, and Zhongli reflected on how much the people of Liyue admired Ellin.
• Ellin asked Zhongli whether it was right for a woman from Mondstadt to be treated as a Liyue adeptus.
• Zhongli told Ellin that those who use their strength to protect others and do good deeds deserve to be called adepti, and that Liyue's people honored her for her contributions.
• Zhongli led Ellin, Lumine, and Paimon to offer three perfumes to the Statue of the Seven, which responded only to the third perfume.
• Paimon joked that Rex Lapis might be a mature lady, and Ellin wondered whether Zhongli had chosen the third perfume to remember a departed female friend.

Ellin split from Zhongli, Lumine, and Paimon to retrieve the Cleansing Bell from Madame Ping at Yujing Terrace. She befriended the adeptus with unusual plants from Sucrose, then left with the bell as Madame Ping considered teaching her.

• Zhongli explained the rite of parting preparations and sent Ellin to collect the Cleansing Bell from Madame Ping while he went to Bubu Pharmacy with Lumine and Paimon.
• Ellin met Madame Ping at Yujing Terrace and gave her unusual plants cultivated by Sucrose.
• Ellin showed Madame Ping plants that glowed, produced a breeze, and yielded sugar water, impressing the adeptus.
• Ellin took the Cleansing Bell and departed after promising Madame Ping she could visit her Sub-Space Creation later.
• Madame Ping watched Ellin leave and wondered whether she would be interested in learning her skills.