Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi faced a powerful Rock Flood Dragon after the Khaenri'ah Matrix devoured the giant python he had killed. The dragon overwhelmed him in combat, and Lin Yi wondered whether using divine authority would attract others.

• The Khaenri'ah Matrix devoured the giant python's body, leaving its head floating by the shore.
• A three-story-tall Rock Flood Dragon emerged from the sea and attacked Lin Yi, but its beam struck his Stone Protection shield instead of him.
• The Rock Flood Dragon battered Lin Yi as he tried to flee, and his bullets barely dented its scales.
• Lin Yi punched the Rock Flood Dragon hard enough to crack its forehead, but the blow also sent him flying.
• Lin Yi realized the Rock Flood Dragon was beyond his ability to defeat and hesitated to use divine authority in case it attracted others.

Lin Yi fought the Rock Flood Dragon, whose speed and defenses overwhelmed his attacks and forced him to flee. After it pursued him and struck with a fireball, Lin Yi tapped into the hidden power of the Geo Archon’s Authority and wounded it, but the enraged creature attacked again.

• The Rock Flood Dragon attacked Lin Yi, whose kicks and Rock Blade failed to penetrate its tough body.
• Lin Yi unleashed Explosive Rock Technique and trapped the Rock Flood Dragon in molten rock, but it emerged unharmed.
• Lin Yi fled from the Rock Flood Dragon, dodged its fireball, and turned to fight when it caught up.
• The Rock Flood Dragon knocked Lin Yi aside, but he drew on the hidden power of the Geo Archon’s Authority and punched its belly, injuring it.
• The wounded Rock Flood Dragon turned scarlet with rage and lunged at Lin Yi with both claws.

Lin Yi fought the Rock Flood Dragon, wounding it until it fled, but a green-robed man appeared and demanded what Lin Yi was holding. Lin Yi wounded the man with a dart, then suffered a heavy blow and tried to escape, only for the man to block his path.

• Lin Yi blinded the Rock Flood Dragon with Stone Needles, cut its throat with a dagger, and kicked it away, but it continued attacking.
• Lin Yi ran toward the mountaintop, then fought the Rock Flood Dragon head-on and cracked its armored scales with his fists, frightening it into fleeing.
• A green-robed man appeared and tried to bargain with Lin Yi for what he was holding, but Lin Yi refused and told him to leave.
• Lin Yi struck the green-robed man’s shoulder with a Prismatic Rock Dart, and the man retaliated with a claw strike that sent Lin Yi crashing to the ground.
• Lin Yi turned to flee, but the green-robed man moved ahead and blocked his path.

Lin Yi defeated the green-robed man and carried him out of the island’s depths, while two hidden observers revealed their interest in a treasure Lin Yi had taken. After discovering a Metal Python and a mysterious red object identified as the Pyro Matrix, Lin Yi confronted an unfamiliar middle-aged man who appeared beside him.

• Lin Yi fought the green-robed man, knocked him unconscious, and carried him away as a possible hostage.
• Two men emerged after Lin Yi left and discussed tracking him and recovering their target, then vanished when they sensed a Rock Beast approaching.
• Lin Yi overheard the men, left the island’s depths, and followed the smell of blood to a battlefield where a Metal Python had been killed.
• A red figure pierced the Metal Python and returned to its head, and an unfamiliar middle-aged man identified it as the Pyro Matrix, core of the formation sealing the place.
• Lin Yi sensed the middle-aged man’s danger and demanded to know who he was.

Lin Yi entered an abandoned cave and discovered a dark red skeleton that concealed a blood orb, which vanished when he touched it. A black-robed man appeared and offered to spare Lin Yi only if he knelt, kowtowed, and called him Grandpa.

• Lin Yi ignored the middle-aged man and slipped into the abandoned cave to search for treasure.
• Lin Yi encountered the illusory red figure, whose roar split the ground before the fissure closed again.
• Lin Yi found a glowing dark red skeleton beneath a rubble heap and broke it apart with his daggers.
• A blood orb appeared from the skeleton, vanished when Lin Yi touched it, and sent him flying.
• A black-robed man confronted Lin Yi and demanded that he kneel, kowtow three times, and call him Grandpa to live.

Lin Yi defeated a black-robed assassin who had been sent to silence him, but the man knew nothing about who had hired him. After Lin Yi left, unseen observers discussed sending him into the inner world.

• Lin Yi overpowered the black-robed man and learned that he was trying to silence a witness.
• The black-robed man attacked Lin Yi with a poison dagger, but Lin Yi dodged his strikes and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Lin Yi questioned the man about who had sent him, then knocked him unconscious when he refused to answer.
• Lin Yi left, and two unseen figures agreed that he was powerful and discussed sending him into the inner world.

Lin Yi searched a lonely island in the Sea of Clouds for clues about Osial and the ghost pirates, then defeated a black-robed attacker. He rescued a girl who claimed she had escaped captivity and began leading her through the island’s strange forest.

• A black-robed man ambushed Lin Yi, but Lin Yi overpowered him and demanded to know who was trying to kill him.
• A girl pleaded with Lin Yi not to kill the attacker and said she had been taken by people who wanted to carry her away.
• Lin Yi noticed the girl seemed cunning, but she claimed she had escaped by jumping off a cliff and becoming lost on the island.
• Lin Yi helped the girl up and led her down a slope through a vast forest filled with unusual plants and beasts with elemental abilities.

Lin Yi reached a dilapidated house in the jungle, but the girl accompanying him turned on him and demanded he surrender. After defeating her in a fight, he forced her to reveal who had sent her, leaving her in pain and finally willing to talk.

• Lin Yi led the girl to a rundown house surrounded by unusual weeds.
• The girl pulled a weapon on Lin Yi and accused him of lying, but he quickly counterattacked and disarmed her.
• Lin Yi restrained the girl and demanded to know who had sent her people.
• When the girl refused to answer, Lin Yi tightened his grip on her wrist until she screamed and agreed to talk.

Lin Yi defeated Young Master Beast Kai, but discovered the fight had been part of a scheme to mark him with seven elemental coordinates and send him to Teyvat’s Inner World. He arrived there under the threat of Lord Osial, whose true body was waiting for him.

• Lin Yi pressured a girl to reveal that Young Master Beast Kai had sent her, then agreed to let her go.
• Young Master Beast Kai appeared and challenged Lin Yi, but Lin Yi knocked him into the bushes with a kick.
• Young Master Beast Kai revealed that his earlier attacks had helped place seven elemental coordinates on Lin Yi, activating a binding magic circle.
• A phantom of Sumeru’s World Tree transported Lin Yi to Teyvat’s Inner World, where Lord Osial’s true body awaited him.