Recaps

Venti was cornered underground by a ghost monster that targeted his blood, but Lin Yi blasted it with the Heavenly Motion Ammunition before Venti could explain it must not be killed. The ghost monster vanished, Xiao rushed off alone after sensing something, and Lin Yi found Venti asking to borrow his powerful black shell.

• Venti fled the pursuing ghost monsters into a fluorescent mineral cavern, where the female ghost cornered him.
• The ghost monster scratched Venti, seized his blood, and announced that its mission was successful before trying to kill him.
• Venti guessed that the ghost was a Fatui operative from Snezhnaya, provoking it to attack him.
• Lin Yi fired the Heavenly Motion Ammunition through the cavern and apparently erased the ghost monster, despite Venti warning that it could not be killed.
• Xiao sensed something and left alone to pursue it while Keqing stayed with Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi teased the battered Venti, who asked to borrow Lin Yi’s black shell.

Lin Yi learned that the ghost on the Guili Plains was a disguised person and spent a week using the Land-Building Vehicle to level the plains with Geo-Cast Cement. Meanwhile, Ningguang sought answers from the Daoist Chongyun, and she emerged from their meeting in tears.

• Venti told Lin Yi that the Guili Plains ghost was a disguised person, while Xiao pursued the suspect.
• Lin Yi began a major construction project, using Geo-Cast Cement and the Land-Building Vehicle to fill the Guili Plains' pits and expand its perimeter.
• After exhausting his Geo energy, Lin Yi took a Geo Treasure Tablet from Xingqiu, who joked that such pills were needed when partners shared an element.
• Ningguang arrived at a remote Cave Abode and found Chongyun alone in a thatched cottage.
• Ningguang asked Chongyun to divine an answer for her, and she emerged an hour later with red eyes and tear tracks on her face.

Ningguang agreed to help Chongyun find Shenhe and prepared for a second divination on their journey back to Liyue. Meanwhile, Lin Yi laid out plans to build housing and industries on the Guili Plains, then saw an opportunity to promote Liyue through Xingqiu’s new story.

• Chongyun asked Ningguang about his aunt Shenhe, and Ningguang invited him to return to Liyue with her to search Mt. Aocang.
• Ningguang and Chongyun joined a merchant caravan, and Chongyun prepared to perform a more thorough divination using her token.
• Keqing questioned Lin Yi about the cement-covered Guili Plains, and he showed her plans for villas and high-rise housing to attract workers and newcomers.
• Lin Yi explained that industries based on the Guili Plains’ luminous minerals would support the new district and its growing population.
• Xingqiu brought Lin Yi a manuscript for a story called “Fighting the Rocky Firmament,” inspiring Lin Yi to consider using it to promote Liyue.

Lin Yi discussed revisions to Xingqiu’s story before learning that Xiao had encountered a mechanical puppet collecting god blood. Lin Yi suspected the Fatui’s Sandrone and then asked Madame Ping why the ghostly puppet resembled Guizhong, leaving the question unanswered.

• Lin Yi suggested changes to Xingqiu’s draft, and Xingqiu agreed to consider them.
• Guoba startled Lin Yi, and Xiangling arrived to retrieve him before Lin Yi offered to teach her new dishes.
• Xiao reported that his opponent could take elemental form and had collected a sample of Venti’s blood.
• Xiao revealed that the opponent appeared to be a Mechanical Puppet, and Lin Yi suspected The Knave-Sandrone.
• Lin Yi visited Madame Ping and asked why the ghostly puppet had Lady Guizhong’s face.

Madame Ping told Lin Yi about Guizhong and asked him to take Yaoyao as his disciple while she and Cloud Retainer investigated the ghost resembling their friend. Back at camp, Lin Yi opened his beginner's gift pack and discovered a home renovation set, a four-star Artifact set, and blueprints for the Rock King Ship combat aircraft carrier.

• Madame Ping explained Guizhong's role in Liyue's early history and said she had encountered a ghost with Guizhong's face in a village near the Guili Plains.
• Lin Yi agreed to take care of Yaoyao, and Madame Ping introduced her as his new disciple.
• Lin Yi asked Madame Ping and Cloud Retainer to continue investigating the ghost in secret, suspecting the Fatui were involved.
• Lin Yi returned to camp and found that workers had completed a villa show home for the New District.
• Lin Yi opened his beginner's gift pack and received a home renovation set, a host-exclusive four-star Artifact set, and blueprints for the Rock King Ship.

Lin Yi tried to use Primogems to attract the blond Traveler siblings, then dealt with a damaged Land-Building Vehicle and searched for a way to clear the Guili Plains’ mountain ridges. After spotting news about Klee and Yoimiya, he decided to visit them in person and bring them to Liyue.

• Lin Yi sent 1,000 Primogems to Liyue and asked Katheryne to watch for blond visitors accepting special commissions.
• Er Zhuang admitted he had damaged the Land-Building Vehicle by trying to shovel away a ridge with hard granite beneath it, and Lin Yi praised him and told the workers to prioritize safety.
• Lin Yi arranged repairs for the Land-Building Vehicle and reviewed reports about mountains obstructing traffic and usable land on the Guili Plains.
• Lin Yi read news about Klee’s fish blasting and Yoimiya’s fireworks, realized they could help clear the mountains, and decided to make a diplomatic visit.

Lin Yi returned to Liyue Harbor and found Ningguang and her staff overwhelmed by work, so he took over her meetings while she rested. He drove away merchant representatives who refused to deal with him, then revealed a trace of killing intent toward those who remained.

• Lin Yi returned to the Jade Chamber with gifts for Ningguang and learned from Baishi that staff shortages and the New District's demands had overwhelmed the Harbor.
• Baishi, Baiwen, and Baixiao handed Lin Yi their documents and left to rest, while a maid told him Ningguang was resting in her room.
• Lin Yi sat at Ningguang's desk and offered to handle the waiting merchant representatives' business in her place.
• When the representatives doubted his ability and hesitated to speak, Lin Yi invited anyone unwilling to meet with him to leave.
• Several representatives departed, including merchants with improper intentions toward Ningguang, and Lin Yi showed killing intent toward those who stayed.

Lin Yi pressured the remaining merchant guilds into partnering with Liyue after the major guilds left. He saw off the small guild representatives and reflected on how often Ningguang faced difficult people.

• Lin Yi's killing intent drove representatives of the major merchant guilds to leave, leaving twelve small guilds behind.
• Lin Yi asked the remaining guilds to finalize partnerships with Liyue and kept them under pressure as they agreed.
• Lin Yi offered a trembling merchant a handkerchief, then proposed a toast to their successful partnership.
• After the representatives left, Lin Yi relaxed in his quiet office and thought about Ningguang's frequent dealings with troublemakers.

Lin Yi reflected on how Ningguang protected his work and went to see her after learning she had recovered from fatigue. He entered her room after her bath, where their awkward exchange ended with Ningguang demanding he leave and Lin Yi refusing to go.

• Lin Yi decided he needed to keep up with both Ningguang's diplomacy and the Development New District.
• Ningguang told her attendant she felt better after dinner, and Lin Yi went to her room.
• Ningguang had secretly ordered her agents to clean up after Lin Yi and weaken the three merchant associations whose leaders had died.
• Lin Yi entered Ningguang's unlocked bedroom and found her wearing a sheer nightdress after her bath.
• Ningguang scolded Lin Yi for entering without knocking and ordered him out, but he decided to stay in her room.

Lin Yi tried to draw Ningguang into a closer moment, but stopped when he thought she might be feverish and cared for her instead. After he left, Ningguang wrestled with her growing feelings for her husband, whom she had married for political reasons.

• Lin Yi pretended to leave, then surprised Ningguang with a gift when she followed him out of her room.
• Ningguang used her Elemental Power to knock Lin Yi off balance, but slipped on the floor as he stopped her from closing the door.
• Lin Yi caught Ningguang and noticed she felt warm, so he laid her in bed and offered to fetch a female doctor.
• Ningguang told Lin Yi she was only tired, and he checked her temperature before bringing her a towel and wiping away her sweat.
• Lin Yi left after telling Ningguang to rest and open her gift in the morning, while she lay awake questioning her feelings for him.
• Lin Yi returned late that night and found Ningguang fast asleep in the dark.

Ningguang used the Heart-Revealing Stone to enter Lin Yi’s dream and saw a version of herself who was married to him and deeply attached to his affection. After waking alone in the dream, she sought him out and found comfort in his care.

• Ningguang activated Chongyun’s Heart-Revealing Stone to discover what she was like in Lin Yi’s heart.
• In the dream, Lin Yi and Ningguang were married, and he gently comforted her after she kissed him and became frightened he might want more.
• Lin Yi woke beside Ningguang, kissed her, and soothed her back to sleep before leaving.
• Ningguang woke alone, went to the kitchen, and embraced Lin Yi when he offered her shredded chicken congee.
• Ningguang reflected that Lin Yi had given her someone to rely on, so she no longer had to face life alone.

Lin Yi and Ningguang learned in the dream that they were expecting a child, but Ningguang began losing herself in it. Outside the dream, Chongyun and Shenhe tried to pull them out, and the dream started collapsing as their consciousnesses were drawn away.

• Ningguang felt nauseous while eating Lin Yi's congee, so he took her to Baizhu for an examination.
• Baizhu told Lin Yi and Ningguang that she was pregnant, and they returned home overjoyed by the news.
• Chongyun realized Ningguang was trapped by the Heart-Revealing Stone and tried to intervene through its mother stone.
• The system's protective force overwhelmed Chongyun, leaving him unconscious, so Shenhe used her Cryo power to fight back.
• Ningguang and Lin Yi's dream advanced to the days before the birth, then began collapsing as their consciousnesses were pulled out.

Shenhe freed Ningguang from the dream but left Lin Yi trapped until his system safely extracted him. The two woke with no memory of the dream, then reunited at Wanmin Restaurant, where Lin Yi invited Ningguang to travel with him to Mondstadt.

• Shenhe used the Heart-Revealing Mother Stone to free Ningguang, but its power ran out before she could rescue Lin Yi.
• Shenhe suppressed Chongyun’s backlash, and he realized that his failed divinations about Ningguang and Lin Yi’s love tribulation had begun to progress.
• Lin Yi called on his system, which ended the dream and extracted his consciousness as mysterious eyes watched him leave.
• Lin Yi and Ningguang woke tired and listless, unable to remember their dream or Chongyun’s divination.
• Ningguang found Lin Yi at Wanmin Restaurant, thanked him for the Fluorescent Goblet, and declined his invitation to join him in Mondstadt because of her work in Liyue.

Lin Yi traveled to Mondstadt with Xingqiu and Yaoyao, intending to strengthen ties with the city while keeping his identity as the Geo Archon secret. Meanwhile, Klee slipped out of confinement and headed into the countryside, where she was near Lin Yi’s party as they approached the city.

• Jean sent the Knights of Favonius searching for Klee while handling residents’ complaints about her past explosions.
• Klee escaped the confinement room, and Theresa let her leave after Klee pleaded with her; Kaeya then set off after Klee outside the city.
• Lin Yi discussed his ambitions with Xingqiu and Yaoyao at Windrise and planned to learn Klee’s explosive-making techniques after meeting Jean.
• Lin Yi told his companions to enter Mondstadt as ordinary merchants, then noticed an unusual figure moving through the forest beside them.

Lin Yi stayed behind to investigate a Cryo presence in the forest and fought Kaeya, who mistook him for an invader. Lin Yi gained the upper hand, but an unknown voice interrupted their battle.

• Lin Yi sent Xingqiu, Yaoyao, and the others toward the city while he entered the forest to investigate the Cryo aura.
• Lin Yi found a black-clad stranger who revealed himself as Kaeya and attacked him.
• Kaeya pressed Lin Yi with sword strikes and Cryo abilities, but Lin Yi used teleportation and Geo attacks to counter him.
• Lin Yi survived Kaeya's Glacial Whirlwind and summoned Starfell, forcing Kaeya to dodge as the fight turned in Lin Yi's favor.
• A voice from deep in the forest called out, "Jumpy Dumpty!"

Lin Yi and Kaeya stopped fighting after Klee’s explosion nearly caught them, then joined forces to search for her. Meanwhile, Jean welcomed Liyue’s delegation and learned that Lin Yi had stayed behind at Windrise, where a large explosion was reported.

• Klee’s blast interrupted Lin Yi and Kaeya’s duel, and both men shielded themselves from the explosion.
• Klee fled into the woods after Kaeya shouted at her, accidentally leaving her Vision snagged on a branch.
• Lin Yi and Kaeya realized they had mistaken each other for an enemy, introduced themselves, and agreed to search for Klee together.
• Jean received Liyue’s delegation in Mondstadt and learned that Lin Yi had stayed behind at Windrise to cover their retreat.
• A knight reported a large explosion at Windrise, filling Jean with foreboding.

Lin Yi and the Knights of Favonius searched for Klee after Lin Yi found her Pyro Vision in Windrise, while Kaeya learned Lin Yi was the Geo Archon. Klee was eventually found near the Temple of the Thousand Winds, where she spotted Hilichurls and a group of Treasure Hoarders.

• Lin Yi found Klee's Pyro Vision in Windrise and searched the forest, clearing its Hilichurls and Slimes without finding her.
• Lin Yi met Kaeya and showed him the Vision, then joined Jean, the Knights of Favonius, and the Liyue Delegation in searching for Klee.
• After Lin Yi left, Jean revealed his identity as Liyue's Geo Archon, and Kaeya concealed that he had fought him earlier.
• Klee reached the ruins of the Temple of the Thousand Winds, spotted Hilichurls cooking Mondstadt Crab, and prepared bombs to attack them.
• Klee heard a noise and saw a group of people who appeared to be Treasure Hoarders crouching nearby.

Klee discovered Treasure Hoarders investigating the Cryo Regisvine’s revival and accidentally fell from her hiding place. A Treasure Hoarder rescued her, but the collapse alerted the monsters in the Thousand Winds Ruins, leaving the group in danger as Lin Yi heard their calls for help.

• Klee overheard two Treasure Hoarders discussing their plan to investigate the Cryo Regisvine by luring monsters into a fight.
• Klee sneezed, frightening the Treasure Hoarders, then grew sleepy while hiding on a crumbling platform.
• The platform collapsed, and a Treasure Hoarder caught Klee before she hit the ground, badly injuring himself in the process.
• The other Treasure Hoarder carried Klee and his injured companion away as the collapse alerted the Hilichurls and Special Ruin Guard.
• Lin Yi heard cries for help from the direction of the Thousand Winds Ruins and realized something was wrong.

Treasure Hoarders fled through the Temple of the Thousand Winds with Klee as a gigantic, four-element Ruin Guard pursued them. Lin Yi arrived, recognized the danger and saw Klee in the ruins, so he decided to intervene.

• The special Ruin Guard regained mobility and unleashed tremors as it pursued two Treasure Hoarders carrying a sleeping Klee through the ruins.
• The Treasure Hoarder scout and laborer hid from Hilichurls, but spotted the Ruin Guard approaching and fled again with Klee.
• Lin Yi felt the tremors while racing toward the ruins and saw the enormous Ruin Guard, whose system appraisal showed it wielded four elements and had overwhelming stats.
• Lin Yi considered withdrawing because the battle was dangerous and reinforcements were unavailable, but then spotted Klee being carried through the ruins by the two Treasure Hoarders.
• Lin Yi decided he had to act to protect Klee.

Lin Yi used his Geo powers to save Klee and two Treasure Hoarders from the Hilichurls in the ruins. After the others escaped, he killed the remaining Hilichurls and faced the approaching Giant Treasure alone.

• Lin Yi weighed using his Intertwined Fate but decided to fight the Ruin Guard and Hilichurls with what he had.
• Trapped with Klee at a dead end, the scout and handyman prepared to defend her from the advancing Hilichurls.
• Lin Yi descended in a blaze of Geo energy, destroyed most of the Hilichurls with a boulder, and blasted a passage through the wall with his pistol.
• Lin Yi shielded the scout, handyman, and Klee from a ranged attack, then told them to leave while he handled the fight.
• Lin Yi killed the Hilichurls remaining in the ruins before the Giant Treasure arrived.
• Lin Yi faced the Giant Treasure alone as the two figures radiated power across the ruins.

Lin Yi battled the One-Eyed Giant Treasure, pushing his Geo powers to their limits as the fight drew Mondstadt’s attention. When the machine unleashed a dangerous four-element attack, Lin Yi summoned a Rainbow-Firing Gatling Gun and fired back, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Lin Yi chose to test his strength against the One-Eyed Giant Treasure and struck it with a massive stone spear, but the attack only dented its armor.
• Lin Yi unleashed Rex Lapis’s Treasury, while the Giant Treasure countered with homing rockets; Lin Yi damaged its limbs as their battle endangered nearby Treasure Hoarders and drew Jean’s attention.
• The Giant Treasure detached its damaged limbs and used them to focus a four-element attack that threatened Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi used the system to obtain a Rainbow-Firing Gatling Gun with a thousand armor-piercing rounds and fired at the Giant Treasure’s attack, creating an anti-energy singularity.

Lin Yi fought the One-Eyed Giant Treasure amid the destruction of the Temple of the Thousand Winds and devised a way to turn the anti-energy singularity into a bomb. He launched the grenade at the machine, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• The anti-energy singularity destabilized the area around the Temple of the Thousand Winds as Lin Yi and the One-Eyed Giant Treasure continued fighting.
• Ningguang watched the strange lights from Liyue Harbor, while Shenhe looked toward Mondstadt from Mt. Aocang and clutched a red cord.
• Lin Yi used the Gatling to exploit the Giant Treasure’s slow movement and damage its armor, then realized his ammunition was nearly gone.
• Lin Yi used his Geo Archon’s Authority to gain temporary control of Pyro through Klee’s Vision and fused the elements to form a grenade casing.
• As the Giant Treasure began an indiscriminate attack, Lin Yi created nearly a thousand Geo blades, contained the anti-energy singularity inside the grenade, and hurled it at the machine.

Lin Yi destroyed the One-Eyed Giant Treasure with help from a pigeon and obtained its Power Source Sample, but collapsed after his Pyro Vision retaliated. While the Knights searched for Klee, the scout and handyman drew hidden pursuers away from her, and the search party discovered a blood-soaked battle site.

• Lin Yi’s grenade failed to explode, but a pigeon carried it into the One-Eyed Giant Treasure and triggered its destruction.
• Lin Yi collected the resulting gem, which the system identified as a Power Source Sample.
• Mondstadt’s search party and Treasure Hoarders witnessed Lin Yi’s victory, and Lin Yi told them he had helped Klee escape with the scout and handyman.
• Lin Yi’s Pyro Vision retaliated, and he fell asleep while Xingqiu supported him as the Knights escorted him toward the city.
• The scout and handyman hid Klee in a thicket, then drew the hidden danger away from her.
• The Knights found Klee and discovered signs of a battle and a large amount of blood elsewhere.

Lin Yi negotiated with Acting Grand Master Jean to take Klee to Liyue to help clear the Guili Plains, offering Mondstadt major development benefits in return. When he met Klee in confinement, she refused to leave because she did not want to cause Jean trouble.

• A knight found a scrap of clothing marked with an unfamiliar symbol after the battle, while Klee returned safely to Mondstadt with only a cold.
• Kaeya told Lin Yi that Jean had confiscated Klee’s Vision, and Lin Yi visited the Knights’ training grounds before Diluc summoned him to Jean’s office.
• Lin Yi told Jean he wanted to borrow Klee and explained that he needed explosives experts to clear the Guili Plains.
• Jean signed documents promising Mondstadt highways, vehicles, and limited access to Liyue’s future residential communities.
• Lin Yi offered to take Klee out to play, but Klee declined because she did not want to make trouble for Jean.

Lin Yi and Jean investigated the unknown attackers who had wounded and abducted the two people who saved Klee, and agreed to pursue the hidden organization. After Jean left, Venti approached Lin Yi in disguise as a tavern waiter.

• Jean showed Lin Yi evidence from the battle site where two people had been wounded and taken away.
• Lin Yi recognized that the two abducted people had saved Klee and urged Jean to investigate the unknown enemy.
• Jean proposed eliminating the threat once they uncovered it, and Lin Yi recommended Eula and Yanfei for the investigation.
• Jean left to organize the investigation and offered to cover Lin Yi's expenses in Mondstadt.
• Venti, disguised as a waiter, joined Lin Yi and joked that he was working to pay off his debts and afford wine.