Recaps

Xiangling woke to find Lin Yi missing and summoned Xiao to help search for him. Lin Yi awoke bound by numbing vines in an underground cave, where an unseen woman spoke of a divine prophecy.

• Xiangling found a Hilichurl asleep by the campfire and learned that Lin Yi had already disappeared before it arrived.
• Xiangling searched the area, then called for Xiao and asked him to find Lin Yi, identifying him as Liyue's newly appointed Geo Archon.
• Xiao reacted with shock to the news about Morax and agreed to search for Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi woke in a dark cave, bound tightly by numbing vines, and called out for help.
• A woman in the cave told Lin Yi that a divine prophecy had foretold his arrival.

Lin Yi was abducted by Babel, an Eremite Desert Chronicler, who tried to scan him and demanded his blood for the Eremites. As Babel prepared to take it, Lin Yi began using the Rock-Cast Spear, and a terrifying aura suddenly spread toward her.

• Lin Yi challenged the unseen voice in the cave, and Babel introduced herself as an Eremite Desert Chronicler.
• Babel asked whether Lin Yi had traded away the Geo Archon's Gnosis and used a magical implement to scan him.
• Lin Yi's system blocked the scan, cracking the Elemental Spirit Crystal and permanently damaging Babel's device.
• Lin Yi questioned Babel about her prophecy while preparing to summon his handgun from his system inventory.
• Babel said she needed Lin Yi's blood for the Eremites' god factor, and a terrifying aura suddenly spread toward her.

Xiao arrived to rescue Lin Yi from Babel and the Wheel Dancer, then stopped Xiao from killing the two Eremites. Lin Yi offered them a blood sample in exchange for information about why they were after him.

• Xiao attacked Babel with Anemo, and the two fought while Lin Yi watched.
• The Wheel Dancer ambushed Lin Yi, but Xiao blocked her bladed wheel and freed Lin Yi from paralyzing vines.
• Xiao confronted the two Eremites and prepared to kill them for attacking Lin Yi and disrespecting Liyue's Geo Archon.
• Lin Yi restrained Xiao's aura and argued that the Eremites could become allies rather than needing to die.
• Lin Yi offered Babel and the Wheel Dancer a blood sample in exchange for learning where they had heard of him and why they wanted his blood.

Lin Yi learned that Sumeru's Akademiya planned to create an artificial god and struck a deal with the Eremites for their nautical charts. He then brought Xiao to reunite with the exploration party, promising to explain how he became a god and what happened to Morax.

• Lin Yi persuaded Babel to explain that the Akademiya wanted to create an artificial god, while Xiao listened in shock.
• Lin Yi negotiated for the Eremites' detailed nautical charts in exchange for letting Babel and Dancer leave, and Babel agreed.
• After the Eremites departed, Lin Yi told Xiao he would take him to someone who could clear up his questions about Morax and Lin Yi's ascension.
• Lin Yi and Xiao caught up with the merchant caravan and reunited with Xiangling, Keqing, and the others.

Lin Yi returned safely with Xiao’s help, and the caravan expressed gratitude to the Conqueror of Demons before setting out again. Days later, Lin Yi, Keqing, and Xiangling attacked a Hilichurl camp for its Luxurious Chest, while Xiao secretly protected them from an ambush.

• Xiangling cried with relief when Lin Yi returned, and Lin Yi credited Xiao for bringing him back safely.
• Lin Yi called attention to Xiao’s sacrifices, prompting the caravan to voice their gratitude even though they could not clearly see him.
• Keqing rebuked Lin Yi for leaving without warning, and Xiangling rushed into his arms, relieved he was safe.
• Lin Yi, Keqing, and Xiangling went ahead to attack a Hilichurl camp after Lin Yi heard it contained a Luxurious Chest.
• Lin Yi and his companions fought the Hilichurls, and Xiao killed a Slime that had crept up behind Lin Yi.

Lin Yi gave Xiao a four-star Anemo Artifact, strengthening him and stabilizing his Karmic Debt. At Wangshu Inn, Lin Yi reunited Xiao with Zhongli, whose staged death Xiao had misunderstood.

• Lin Yi let the subdued Hilichurls go after taking their valuables, then opened a Luxurious Chest and found a four-star Artifact.
• Lin Yi gave the Artifact to Xiao, whose strength increased and whose Karmic Debt became easier to suppress.
• At Wangshu Inn, Venti met Zhongli and discussed Lin Yi with him and the Three True Lords.
• Lin Yi arrived at the inn with Keqing, Xiao, and Xiangling, then brought Xiao over to meet Zhongli.
• Zhongli explained that he had faked his death, and Xiao realized he had wrongly blamed Lin Yi.

Lin Yi outlined a bounty program to clear threats from the Guili Plains while strengthening Liyue's people and drawing wealthy clans into his economic plans. After Keqing left, Venti approached Lin Yi with wine and proposed cooperation between Liyue and Mondstadt, leaving their late-night conversation unfinished.

• Xiao apologized to Lin Yi for suspecting him over the Rite of Descension, and Lin Yi welcomed him to eat and drink.
• Lin Yi described a bounty policy for hunting monsters in the Guili Plains, and Keqing recorded his plans and questioned their costs.
• Lin Yi explained that the policy would strengthen ordinary people, attract participants from other nations, and direct wealthy clans' money into his economic system.
• Venti secretly followed Lin Yi and Keqing, then revealed himself after Keqing attacked the concealed figure.
• Venti offered Lin Yi fine wine as a bargaining chip and proposed cooperation between Liyue and Mondstadt.
• Lin Yi and Venti talked late into the night, and Lin Yi later wandered to the opera house while drunk.

At Wangshu Inn, Lin Yi’s performance of The Injustice to Dou E astonished Yun Jin and reignited her inspiration. He offered her more songs to perform, then began writing Huo Yuanjia and considered forming an idol group to spread Liyue’s culture.

• Lin Yi watched Yun Jin perform at Wangshu Inn and sang The Injustice to Dou E after she refused the audience’s requests for another piece.
• Yun Jin recognized Lin Yi as Liyue’s Geo Archon and was deeply moved by his performance, which sparked new inspiration for her own work.
• Lin Yi escaped the excited crowd and met Yun Jin backstage, where she told him she was struggling to compose The Divine Damsel of Devastation.
• Lin Yi offered Yun Jin songs including The Romance of the Western Chamber, then began writing Huo Yuanjia as she started singing its lyrics.

Lin Yi helped Yun Jin secure a break for the exhausted Yun-Han Opera Troupe, then discussed Liyue’s plans with Zhongli before resting at Wangshu Inn. Meanwhile, Baiwen discovered Ningguang’s hidden cushion bearing Lin Yi’s likeness, leaving Ningguang scrambling to conceal her feelings.

• Lin Yi praised Yun Jin’s performance and arranged for the Geo Archon to order the Yun-Han Opera Troupe back to Liyue for reforms and rest.
• Yun Jin thanked Lin Yi with an unlimited VIP pass, which Lin Yi gave to Zhongli after Zhongli hinted that he wanted it.
• Lin Yi discussed land reclamation and the meaning of tea with Zhongli, who then left to attend to other matters.
• Lin Yi spent several days resting at Wangshu Inn with Keqing and Xiangling while missing Ningguang.
• Baiwen found a cushion painted with Lin Yi’s likeness in Ningguang’s bed, and Ningguang reduced Baiwen’s allowance while ordering her not to tell anyone about it.

Ningguang hid her longing for Lin Yi behind a body pillow and a cover story while Lin Yi led his party deeper into the Guili Plains. After defeating a Khaenri'ah Ruin Guard and finding a key component of the Land-Creating Machine, he faced a merchant association that claimed the spoils.

• Ningguang admitted to herself that she had made the Lin Yi body pillow and missed her absent husband, then pounded the pillow while cursing him.
• Lin Yi set out with Keqing, Xiangling, and Yun Jin to explore the Guili Plains, and Keqing explained how the Statues of the Seven worked.
• Lin Yi thought about Aether and Lumine and considered whether the Statues of the Seven could be adapted for teleportation.
• Lin Yi used his Geo-Forged Pistol to destroy a charging Khaenri'ah Ruin Guard, impressing his companions and spending all three of his compressed Geo bullets.
• Lin Yi found a key component of the Land-Creating Machine among the Ruin Guard's loot, but a merchant association demanded that his party give up the spoils.

Lin Yi and his companions confronted Feihu and a hundred Feiyun Commerce Guild men who falsely claimed the Ruin Guard they had destroyed. When Feihu ordered his men to attack, Lin Yi revealed his authority as a god and permitted Keqing, Xiangling, and Yun Jin to use lethal force.

• Keqing and the others waited as Feihu arrived with a large group of Feiyun Commerce Guild men and claimed the Ruin Guard remains as their spoils.
• Keqing and Xiangling challenged Feihu's claim, but his men pretended their arrows lodged in the remains proved they had destroyed it.
• Feihu dismissed warnings about the group's Vision users and invoked the rule against attacking ordinary mortals to taunt them.
• Lin Yi stepped forward, warned Feihu to leave, and threatened to kill him and his men if they stayed.
• Feihu ordered his men to attack, and Lin Yi used his Divine Authority to authorize Keqing, Xiangling, and Yun Jin to use lethal attacks before declaring that he really was a god.

Lin Yi fought Feihu’s gang after they attacked his group and tried to seize the Soldier Remains. He defeated dozens of lackeys, but Feihu entered the battle with impure Cryo power as the others moved to take the remains.

• Feihu ordered his men to attack, and Lin Yi told Keqing, Xiangling, and Yun Jin to stay back while he faced them alone.
• Lin Yi let one attacker strike him, then dodged the man’s next punch and knocked him down with a single blow.
• Lin Yi fought through the gang, leaving more than thirty men down while suffering only minor injuries.
• Feihu joined the fight with impure Cryo power, and his lackeys tried to move the Soldier Remains.
• Lin Yi ordered Keqing and the others to protect the Soldier Remains, using lethal force if necessary.

Lin Yi summoned the four-star Solar Pearl and used its power to overwhelm Feihu, who had trapped his legs in ice. Feihu was left badly injured and asked whether it was too late to beg for mercy.

• The Three Beauties guarded the Soldier Remains while Lin Yi and Feihu faced off.
• Feihu used Ice Shatter to freeze Lin Yi's legs, then taunted him to try to move.
• Lin Yi summoned the Solar Pearl, which converted nearby elemental power into Geo energy and tripled his stats.
• Lin Yi attacked Feihu with Rockfall, shattered his ice shield, and petrified his right arm.
• Lin Yi continued attacking until Feihu lost the use of an arm and a leg, then Feihu asked to beg for mercy.

Lin Yi subdued Feihu and his gang, then fired at Xing Changguang and Xingqiu after discovering they had watched from the shadows. Keqing, Xiangling, and Yun Jin stopped the bullet, and Lin Yi ended the chapter approaching Feihu with his gun and threatening to kill him.

• Feihu surrendered, and Lin Yi and his companions forced his followers to lay down their weapons and sit in a circle.
• Lin Yi fired his handgun at Xing Changguang and Xingqiu, who had been hiding nearby, and Xing Changguang raised a mechanical shield that the bullet pierced.
• Keqing blinked beside Xing Changguang and Xingqiu and struck the bullet, while Xiangling and Yun Jin joined the attack.
• Keqing cut the bullet in two, and its halves exploded as Xing Changguang, Xingqiu, and Feihu's captured followers stared in shock.
• Lin Yi confronted Xing Changguang and Xingqiu, then walked over to Feihu with his gun and threatened to send him to the underworld.

Lin Yi killed Feihu after he threatened the Geo Archon, then confronted Xing Changguang and Xingqiu over the Feiyun Commerce Guild’s role in the attack. Xing Changguang apologized and revealed that Feihu and his men had been missing from the guild for over a year, leaving Lin Yi to decide how the guild would make amends.

• Lin Yi shot Feihu dead, then asked Xing Changguang whether blasphemy against divine authority deserved death.
• Xingqiu tried to take responsibility, but Xing Changguang pulled him back and accepted that the incident was his fault to address.
• Lin Yi tested whether Xing Changguang would intervene as he approached the captives, then put his pistol away when the elder remained still.
• Lin Yi accused the Feiyun Commerce Guild of plotting rebellion and demanded compensation for the attack on his temple.
• Xing Changguang said Feihu and the hundred-odd men were guild employees who had not returned or shown themselves at the guild for over a year, and apologized for their actions.

Lin Yi forced the Feiyun Commerce Guild to contribute money and materials to Liyue after learning that an organized group was targeting people blessed by the gods. On the journey back, Xingqiu approached him, and Lin Yi surprised him by revealing his pen name and offering to tell him a story.

• Xing Changguang told Lin Yi that members of several guilds had gone missing and that the attackers specifically targeted people capable of wielding elemental power.
• Lin Yi demanded thirty percent of the Feiyun Commerce Guild's revenue from the past four quarters and an unconditional supply of materials, and Xing Changguang agreed.
• Lin Yi let Xing Changguang take the hundred-odd surviving members back and offered him the chance to name Liyue's first industrial facilities.
• Xing Changguang told Xingqiu that the guild's apparent loss had opened new opportunities, while Lin Yi's monster-clearing policy began drawing powerful parties to the Guili Plains.
• Xingqiu approached Lin Yi on the journey back, and Lin Yi revealed that he knew Xingqiu's pen name was Zhenyu before offering to tell him a story called "Douluo Continent."

Lin Yi returned to Liyue Harbor and reunited with Ningguang, whose surprise at his unusual strength led to a kiss and a violent fight. After leaving her a rare weapon and a loving note, Lin Yi disappeared, leaving Ningguang afraid she had lost him.

• Lin Yi brought Xingqiu and the others into Liyue Harbor, where Keqing knocked Xingqiu out so he could rest.
• Lin Yi reunited with Ningguang and revealed that his stats were far beyond what his level should allow.
• Lin Yi kissed Ningguang, but she retaliated with a Star Dust Explosion that injured him and damaged the Jade Chamber.
• Lin Yi left a Solar Pearl and a note for Ningguang before going out into Liyue Harbor.
• Ningguang found the gift and note, then searched for Lin Yi in a panic when she could not find him.

Lin Yi visited the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, then found Ganyu unconscious in the street and carried her away to take her to Cloud Retainer. Childe saw him with Ganyu and hurried to tell Ningguang, who had been waiting for Lin Yi at the Jade Chamber.

• Lin Yi visited Hu Tao at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and persuaded her to explore Guili Plains to earn rewards clearing monsters.
• Zhongli returned to the parlor, but Hu Tao put him to work before he could speak with Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi found Ganyu unconscious in the street and carried her toward Cloud Retainer's home.
• Childe saw Lin Yi carrying Ganyu and assumed he might be cheating on Ningguang, so he rushed to the Jade Chamber.
• Ningguang opened the door expecting Lin Yi, but found Childe, then changed clothes and welcomed him inside.

Ningguang panicked after Childe reported that Lin Yi had left Liyue Harbor with a woman, while Lin Yi carried the sleeping Ganyu to Mt. Aocang and mistook Shenhe for a ghost. After Shenhe pinned him down and they cleared up the misunderstanding, she watched him silently as Ganyu fell asleep beside her.

• Ningguang worried about Lin Yi after throwing him out, and Childe told her he had seen Lin Yi leave Liyue Harbor carrying a woman.
• Ningguang shattered her teacup in shock when she heard Childe's report.
• Lin Yi carried the sleeping Ganyu to Mt. Aocang and rested in a pavilion without noticing Shenhe was there.
• Lin Yi mistook Shenhe for a ghost, and Shenhe pinned him down before Ganyu woke and identified him as the Geo Archon.
• Shenhe explained that her Secret Art concealed her presence, and Ganyu fell asleep against her shoulder while Shenhe silently watched Lin Yi.

Lin Yi prepared to launch the Guili Plains Land Reclamation project while trying to understand why Ningguang was avoiding him. Zhongli warned that something was wrong in the plains, forcing Lin Yi to rush there before the project began.

• Lin Yi left Mt. Aocang after spending the night there, while Shenhe watched him go and wondered if he was the person she had been waiting for.
• Lin Yi announced Liyue's upcoming policies, and Keqing reported that organized teams were taking over monster hunting in the Guili Plains.
• Lin Yi planned to begin land reclamation after the weaker monsters were cleared and kept his secretly established association and construction plans hidden.
• Lin Yi visited Zhongli, who warned him to suspend the project because the Guili Plains were not as simple as they seemed.
• Zhongli told Lin Yi that Xiao and Venti were waiting in the Guili Plains, so Lin Yi set out at once and sent Ningguang a Geo Artifact set.

Lin Yi left Liyue with a large procession of construction materials, while Shenhe returned to the city hoping to see him. After learning he had gone to the Guili Plains, Shenhe went to the Jade Chamber and was mistakenly handed a gift from Lin Yi addressed to a beautiful lady.

• Lin Yi sent his materials escort toward the Guili Plains and declined Keqing's offer to visit Ningguang before leaving.
• Shenhe arrived in Liyue, asked Tian Tie Zui about Lin Yi, and learned that he had departed for the Guili Plains an hour earlier.
• Shenhe wandered to the Jade Chamber, where a deliveryman mistook her for someone from inside and handed her Lin Yi's gift.
• Shenhe read the note on the gift box and wondered whether Lin Yi had known she was coming.

Lin Yi reached the Guili Plains and summoned Xiao, who brought him to meet Cloud Retainer and Madame Ping. Madame Ping revealed that she had found unsettling traces of the long-dead Guizhong, and Lin Yi suddenly asked where Venti was.

• Lin Yi and his exhausted convoy reached the Guili Plains, unloaded their materials, and settled into a temporary factory compound.
• Lin Yi summoned Xiao, who led him to an abandoned courtyard where Cloud Retainer and Madame Ping were waiting.
• Xiao explained that Madame Ping had stayed behind to investigate the Guili Plains and had recently saved a girl who became her disciple.
• Madame Ping told Lin Yi that she had found traces of Guizhong, though Guizhong had died long ago before Morax.
• Lin Yi asked where Venti was, remembering that Zhongli had said Venti was there.

Lin Yi organized a search for Venti after realizing he was missing, while Venti fled from a strange pursuer in a hidden underground space. Lin Yi suspected the Guili Plains concealed a vast underground area and returned to camp to prepare a device that could dig.

• Lin Yi asked Xiao to contact Venti, then decided they needed to search for him because he could be in danger.
• Lin Yi woke the workers, divided them into search teams, and ordered Keqing and Xiangling to guard the camp.
• Venti ran deeper into a hidden underground space while a glowing, floating figure followed him with eerie mechanical clacks.
• Lin Yi sensed another unusual Anemo life-form beneath the Guili Plains and recalled that the area might contain deep underground spaces.
• Lin Yi and Xiao tried to detect hollow ground with elemental power, then returned to camp so Lin Yi could use the Land Reclamation Device to dig.

Lin Yi completed his first-stage breakthrough, draining the elemental energy from the Guili Plains, and defeated a squad of Abyss Mages who ambushed him. In the Dark Sea, a white-haired girl watched the battle and sent Abyss monsters to stop Liyue from occupying the Guili Plains.

• Lin Yi postponed building the reclamation device and went alone to a secluded area to attempt his first-stage breakthrough.
• Lin Yi’s breakthrough unlocked levels 10–20, while the Geo energy he absorbed astonished Cloud Retainer and Madame Ping.
• After a hidden attacker’s elemental projectile nearly struck him, Lin Yi fought back and discovered a squad of blood-eyed Abyss Mages lying in ambush.
• Lin Yi trapped and killed the Abyss Mages, suspecting someone had manipulated them to attack him.
• In the Dark Sea, a girl in white watched Lin Yi’s battle, wondered about his otherworldly aura, and ordered Abyss monsters to go to the Guili Plains and stop Liyue from occupying it.

After ascending, Lin Yi used the system to build the Land-Breaking Divine Machine, a vehicle that could produce concrete and excavate underground. When the search teams failed to find Venti, Lin Yi suspected he was beneath the Guili Plains and activated the machine’s excavation ability.

• Lin Yi completed his ascension, tripling his strength in the eyes of the others, and then announced that he would build the machine.
• Lin Yi named the project the Land-Breaking Divine Machine and used the system to construct it before the assembled onlookers.
• The machine took the form of a loader and cement mixer hybrid, producing concrete from Geo energy and gaining three uses of excavation and exploration capability as an achievement reward.
• After the search teams returned without finding Venti, Lin Yi concluded that Venti and the evil spirit might be underground in the Guili Plains.
• Lin Yi activated the machine’s excavation ability, and its elemental-energy drill began boring into the ground.