Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi toured Beidou’s ship and studied its technology while the crew explained that a Sea of Fog had thrown off their navigation and surrounded them with strangling vortices. Lin Yi suspected the vortices let the sealed Osial observe the surface, and an unseen listener overheard their conversation.

• Beidou gave Lin Yi the best lounge aboard the Crux and showed him around the ship.
• Lin Yi learned about the ship’s showers and semiautomatic equipment, then tried to investigate its confidential propulsion system.
• A crew member warned Beidou that chaotic magnetic fields and ten strangling vortices had left the Crux unable to determine its heading.
• Lin Yi and Beidou discussed how the vortices appeared after Osial was sealed, and Lin Yi proposed they connected Osial to the surface world.
• A mysterious figure overheard Lin Yi and Beidou’s conversation.

Lin Yi and Beidou discussed the danger of the shredding whirlpools and their possible connection to Osial as the Southern Cross Ship was pulled toward them. A mysterious woman used her powers to control a sailor and conceal her actions, but Lin Yi sensed something was wrong and drew his gun.

• Lin Yi asked Beidou what she knew about Osial, and Beidou described the sea disasters left behind by gods and the veterans who had fought for Liyue.
• Beidou said she had experience escaping shredding whirlpools, but the Southern Cross Ship was struggling against an unknown force pulling it toward them.
• A sailor caught the mysterious woman on deck, and she restrained him with mechanical puppet arms before invading his mind and controlling him.
• The woman pretended to be a seasick traveler from Snezhnaya heading to Liyue when Beidou and Lin Yi arrived.
• Lin Yi noticed something strange about the woman and drew his gun.

Lin Yi recognized a puppet’s bloodline aura and exposed The Knave’s disguise aboard the Crux Fleet. The Knave unleashed the rescued passengers as frenzied puppets, leaving Lin Yi to face her while Beidou protected the others.

• Lin Yi sensed his god-blood aura on the seasick woman and attacked her with a Geo Spear.
• The woman evaded the spear, revealed herself as a mechanical puppet, and Lin Yi identified her as The Knave.
• The Knave refused to negotiate and used threads to control a young sailor, then summoned the rescued passengers to surround Lin Yi and Beidou.
• The Knave snapped her threads, driving the passengers into a frenzy, and Lin Yi asked Beidou to handle them while he fought The Knave.

Lin Yi battled The Knave’s remotely controlled puppet double while Beidou and The Crux’s crew fought the frenzied puppets. As Lin Yi prepared a powerful Geo attack, The Knave declared that even a god could be slain.

• Lin Yi took to the air on a Rock Cloud and taunted The Knave as she spent elemental energy to make her puppet double hover.
• Beidou ordered The Crux’s crew to avoid killing the controlled people and warned Emperor to watch out for The Knave.
• A puppet separated Lin Yi from Beidou, and Lin Yi briefly felt himself plunge downward before returning to the deck.
• The puppet double blocked a metal pellet and a barrage of explosive attacks, then fought Lin Yi at close range.
• Lin Yi found that the puppet’s back of the neck was vulnerable, but her soft body and relentless attacks made her difficult to stop.
• The puppet exposed iron mechanisms covered in mechanical eyes, prompting Lin Yi to summon Geo Authority Spears as The Knave spoke of slaying a god.

Lin Yi fought The Knave as she used hidden weapons, tentacles, and a net to stall him, while Beidou helped free him with a costly flintlock. The sea then trapped the Crux in a maelstrom, and Lin Yi was struck by a wave as he tried to escape.

• Lin Yi's Geo Authority Spears shattered against The Knave's iron armor and back plate, while his Geo Shield protected him from her concealed Alley Hunter blade.
• The Knave sent tentacles and a tightening net after Lin Yi, but Beidou shot the net apart with her Inazuman flintlock, which broke after two shots.
• The sea erupted into a maelstrom that trapped the Crux, and a crew member warned that the ship had entered the Maelstrom Danger Zone.
• Lin Yi left the ship and realized The Knave had been stalling to trap him and the Crux's crew in the whirlpools.
• Lin Yi dodged one enormous wave, but another struck him and smashed him into the water.

Lin Yi fought the crushing vortex threatening Beidou’s ship, escaped its pull, and freed the puppets controlled by the Harbinger. With the vortex still changing shape and endangering the ship, he tried to use his inherited Geo Archon authority to reach the demon god behind it.

• Lin Yi blasted apart a wave and part of the vortex, but the currents kept pulling him and Beidou’s ship toward the depths.
• Lin Yi punched through a towering wave, used an elastic rope to return to the deck, and discovered the ship’s hull was badly damaged.
• Lin Yi realized the puppets’ signaling devices reacted to outside attacks, then struck them precisely to free the people they controlled.
• Lin Yi concluded that the vortex was targeting him and wondered whether the former Geo Archon’s connection to the demon gods had passed to him.
• Lin Yi closed his eyes at the bow and focused on the strange thoughts gathering into a vast network in his mind.

Lin Yi broke through to level 20 and used the Geo Archon's Authority to resist a sea vortex and repel a storm. As a black cloud gathered nearby, he recognized The Knave approaching and prepared for her arrival.

• Lin Yi completed his breakthrough, learned that Electro Coordinates on his body belonged to another wielder of divine authority, and suspected the Raiden Shogun was involved.
• Lin Yi entered the sea to confront the shredding vortex, then used the Geo Archon's Authority to raise a massive Rock Wall against the waves.
• A dark cloud and storm approached Beidou's ship, but Lin Yi destroyed the hurricanes with Rock Spikes.
• Lin Yi sensed a familiar power in the black cloud and recognized The Knave as she approached with the clouds.

Lin Yi and Beidou fought The Knave’s puppet as it absorbed elemental energy and attacked from within a black cloud. They destroyed the puppet, dispersing the clouds and leaving the vortex to be dealt with.

• Lin Yi summoned enormous reefs to attack the black cloud and halt the tsunami, but The Knave shattered the reefs with lightning as the cloud absorbed elemental energy.
• Beidou joined the battle, hovering above the sea and firing a sphere of Electro energy at the black cloud.
• Lin Yi rushed in, tore the black cloud apart, and struck The Knave’s puppet with his Geo Spear, cracking its body.
• The Knave tried to recall the puppet, but Lin Yi pierced her chest with his spear and exposed its weakness.
• Beidou followed up with a lightning sphere that pierced and blasted The Knave’s puppet to pieces, dispersing the dark clouds and leaving the vortex behind.

After defeating Black Cloud, Lin Yi sensed something strange but dismissed it and later entered the Strangling Vortex alone to find a way out. Trapped by a monstrous force, he faced a terrifying creature and recognized it as a high-level Demon God's Apostle.

• Lin Yi and Beidou found Black Cloud battered, and Lin Yi briefly felt as though something was trying to control him.
• Beidou suggested entering the Strangling Vortex to search for a way out, but Lin Yi postponed his decision and resolved to go alone.
• Lin Yi secretly entered the vortex at night and was trapped by a net of water droplets and an overwhelming suction force.
• A huge phantom formed in the vortex, gathered water elemental energy, and attacked Lin Yi with a tentacle.
• Lin Yi saw the creature's scarlet eyes, fangs, scales, and runes, and identified it as a high-level Demon God's Apostle.

Lin Yi fought a demon god's familiar in the vortex and tortured it to learn who had sent it. The familiar began to reveal the answer but suddenly died before finishing.

• Lin Yi realized the creature in the vortex was a demon god's familiar and attacked it.
• Lin Yi and the familiar exchanged powerful attacks until Lin Yi overwhelmed it with a giant elemental palm.
• Lin Yi seized the injured familiar and demanded to know who had sent it.
• Lin Yi stabbed the familiar's tail with golden light and severed its spines until it agreed to talk.
• The familiar began to answer, then its pupils widened and it collapsed dead on the water.

Lin Yi fought off a fish monster and a strange black sludge before reaching an ancient seabed city marked with Morax’s statues and divine inscriptions. He found a black crystal, but a hoarse voice spoke behind him.

• Lin Yi protected the area when a god’s servant tried to destroy everything by exploding.
• Lin Yi killed an enormous fish monster and destroyed a black-mist illusion after it tried to burrow into his body.
• Lin Yi followed a strange sound to a desolate ocean floor covered in wreckage and inscriptions in the language of the gods.
• Lin Yi discovered a vast underwater city and suspected Morax had once sealed gods there.
• Lin Yi spotted a glowing black crystal, and a cold, hoarse voice behind him said that he had come after all.

Lin Yi encountered the black-robed man again, who revealed himself as Osial’s vessel and attacked him with powerful demonic abilities. After the man drove Lin Yi into a desperate fight beneath the sea, Lin Yi began summoning the power within his body.

• The black-robed man appeared to Lin Yi, identified his search for a Demon God, and vanished, leaving a fresh corpse behind.
• Lin Yi found a glossy black Demon God beast heart on the corpse and tucked it into his robes.
• An explosion shook the underwater ruins, and the Archon Heart began transforming into a purplish-black crystal filled with demonic energy.
• The black-robed man ambushed Lin Yi, revealed he was Osial’s vessel, and discovered that Lin Yi’s defense could withstand his blows.
• The vessel attacked with a supernatural chain and relentless strikes, forcing Lin Yi to dodge as the seabed reef shattered and tsunamis surged.
• Lin Yi realized he could not win through close combat alone and began circulating the power within his body.

Lin Yi defeated the black-robed man in the depths and discovered an underwater palace while searching for clues about Osial. After entering its underground hall, he triggered a strange vision and faced a towering water dragon.

• Lin Yi struck the black-robed man with a shock wave, then overwhelmed him with kicks and blows until he lost consciousness.
• Lin Yi searched the depths for clues about the Demon God and spotted an underwater palace.
• Lin Yi entered a passage beneath the palace and found an underground hall lined with bronze plates engraved with mysterious symbols.
• Lin Yi touched a bronze plate and was transported to an altar surrounded by nine flaming pillars.
• Nine crimson water dragons fused into one towering dragon, which charged at Lin Yi; he met it with a punch and was forced back three steps.

Lin Yi fought the enormous Heaven-Piercing Water Dragon, whose claws pierced his Protective Geo Armor and whose scales withstood his attacks. After using his Geo Frenzy Domain and realizing ordinary blows could not injure it, Lin Yi struck its left claw with a Rock Wall, prompting the dragon to grow larger and unleash a devastating howl.

• The Heaven-Piercing Water Dragon attacked Lin Yi, shattered his Geo longsword, and pierced his Protective Geo Armor, leaving his shoulder wounded and corroding.
• Lin Yi dodged the dragon's attacks and traded blows with it, but its sturdy scales quickly recovered from every hit.
• Lin Yi activated his blood-stirring Geo Frenzy Domain and continued fighting the Heaven-Piercing Water Dragon in the cleared space.
• Lin Yi summoned a long Rock Wall that pierced the dragon's left claw after it dodged the attack.
• The Heaven-Piercing Water Dragon grew larger and howled, sending a terrifying sonic wave through the seawater.

Lin Yi defeated the Heaven-Piercing Water Dragon and absorbed its essence, which revealed information about Demon God Osial and drew him into a dream battle with Osial’s powerful Dreamscape Clone. The chapter ended with Lin Yi confronting the clone and vowing to destroy it for invading his mind.

• Lin Yi used the Rock Wall and a series of fierce attacks to overwhelm the Heaven-Piercing Water Dragon and send it crashing into the sea.
• Lin Yi found the badly wounded Heaven-Piercing Water Dragon on a reef, but it could not answer his questions before it shrank into a drop of blue-green essence.
• Lin Yi took hold of the Blue-Green Crystal and received information about Demon God Osial, causing his eyes to turn purple and a demonic silhouette to appear behind him.
• In a vision, Lin Yi summoned a pitch-black spear and challenged Osial, then faced a hundred-meter Demon Serpent that attacked him across the sea.
• Lin Yi recognized the Demon Serpent as Osial’s Dreamscape Clone and, deciding that killing it would still be worthwhile, vowed to destroy it for invading his mind.

Lin Yi defeated the Demon Snake Avatar, tracked the demonic energy to Osial’s island, and fought Osial’s incarnation. He trapped Osial and engulfed the island in geo flame, but the outcome remained uncertain.

• Lin Yi kicked the Demon Snake Avatar unconscious and sensed the demonic energy leading toward Osial.
• Lin Yi reached a mist-covered island, where Osial’s incarnation emerged from a palace and challenged him.
• Osial’s scales rebounded Lin Yi’s attacks, and their clash left Lin Yi staggered despite his Geo Archon power.
• Lin Yi unleashed his Geo Skills, devastating the island, while Osial grew larger and taunted him for not being Morax.
• Lin Yi bound Osial with Geo Shackles and spread geo flame across the island with his Molten Flame Technique.

Lin Yi used the Geo Archon's Authority to overwhelm Osial's vessel despite being only level twenty. After breaking through Osial's Sea Prison, he closed in with a silenced pistol and prepared to attack.

• Lin Yi recovered his strength and Osial's vessel trapped him in a Hydro prison, eroding the floating rocks so Lin Yi could not absorb their Geo.
• Osial's vessel unleashed water dragons, but Lin Yi summoned over a thousand Geo weapons with Geo Emperor's Treasury.
• Lin Yi's weapons destroyed the water dragons and blasted holes in the Sea Prison.
• While Osial's vessel stared in disbelief, Lin Yi rushed within seven paces and aimed a silenced pistol at him.

Lin Yi defeated Osial’s vessels and destroyed part of his origin energy, but a Sea Demon Beast’s gaze trapped him in terror beneath the water. Beidou rescued Lin Yi and returned him to the Southern Cross Ship, while the creature’s eyes appeared again.

• Lin Yi blasted Osial’s remaining vessel with his Heavenly Motion Ammunition and trampled its face.
• Osial’s vessel transformed into energy alongside two defeated vessels, and Lin Yi destroyed all three spheres, costing Osial thirty percent of his strength.
• Osial threatened Lin Yi before his echo vanished and the Sea Prison dissipated.
• Lin Yi emerged from Osial’s illusion and noticed the Southern Cross Ship still trapped in the Crushing Vortex.
• A Sea Demon Beast’s enormous eyes froze Lin Yi and began dragging him underwater, unseen by Beidou.
• Beidou raced across a Lightning Net, rescued Lin Yi, and brought him aboard the Southern Cross Ship as the creature’s eyes appeared again.

Lin Yi used his Geo Archon powers to defend the Crux from a deadly vortex, but the threat persisted and a pirate ship appeared. He shielded the Crux from cannon fire and confronted the pirate captain, who ordered his crew to attack.

• Lin Yi tried to disperse the Strangling Vortex, but it continued to grow and revealed a black hole that devoured sea creatures.
• Lin Yi's Geo Vortex attack failed to stop the black hole, and a three-masted pirate ship appeared nearby.
• Lin Yi told the crew to retreat into the cabins and surrounded the Crux with protective rocks; Beidou joined him.
• The pirate captain ordered his cannons to fire, but Lin Yi's defenses held and the pirate ship's cannons burst after three rounds.
• Lin Yi confronted the pirate captain, rejected his attempt to make peace, and the captain ordered his crew to attack.

Lin Yi defeated a pirate crew aboard the Overcast Horizon and learned that a rare material near the Strangling Vortex could dispel it and help mortals master Hydro. He agreed to investigate the material, while the man who shared the information appeared to have another request for the Geo King.

• Lin Yi defeated the pirates with Earthshaking, bound them with rocks, and demanded their cargo.
• Lin Yi broke the pirate ship's mast and threw it into the sea, briefly disrupting the Strangling Vortex before the ship sank.
• A man who had watched from a distance told Lin Yi that a rare material near the vortex could dispel it and grant insight into Hydro.
• Lin Yi questioned the man's claim, then decided to search for the material and warned him of the consequences if he had lied.
• The man asked Lord Emperor if he could accompany Lin Yi into the deep sea.