Recaps

After collecting the Glaze Lily, Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao returned to investigate the green-eyed crows while Lumine and Paimon went to Qingce Village. As they waited for the crows to leave for their nest, Li Qiuzhi spent Experience Points to raise his level to 60.

• Lumine carefully uprooted the Glaze Lily with Geo energy, and Li Qiuzhi reminded her to store it in the Burdened Space.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao decided to investigate the green-eyed crows while Lumine and Paimon headed to Qingce Village to look for a Teleport Waypoint.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao found that the crows were still watching from the trees, and Li Qiuzhi suggested they might be connected to the Abyssal Rift.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao settled down to wait for the crows to return to their nest, with Hu Tao resting against Li Qiuzhi's shoulder.
• Li Qiuzhi spent 54,500 Experience Points and raised his level from 50 to 60.

After reaching level sixty, Li Qiuzhi chose Millennial Body and discovered that Harmonization now shared negative effects among him and the women he had been intimate with. He and Hu Tao followed the Green-Eyed Ravens to a small spatial rift, which Li Qiuzhi recognized as a source of Abyssal Rift Crows.

• Li Qiuzhi reached level sixty and found that his physical abilities and Psychic Power had greatly improved.
• Li Qiuzhi chose the Millennial Body Racial Specialty, gaining greatly increased vitality and a tenfold lifespan.
• Li Qiuzhi discovered that Harmonization now shared negative effects among him, Lumine, and Fischl, though they could refuse the damage.
• After waiting in the woods, Li Qiuzhi woke Hu Tao and followed the Green-Eyed Ravens through the forest.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao found a small spatial rift surrounded by ravens, and Li Qiuzhi realized the birds had come from the Abyssal Rift.

Li Qiuzhi chose Spirit Descent and used it to control his golden Lumine sword-intent phantom, letting it attack the Green-Eyed Ravens at the spatial rift while he and Hu Tao stayed invisible. After the phantom slaughtered the ravens, a psychic blast from the rift destroyed it, and Li Qiuzhi fled with Hu Tao after glimpsing golden pupils beyond the tear.

• Li Qiuzhi raised Concentration Technique to its maximum level and chose Spirit Descent, which could control an unresisting vessel capable of housing consciousness.
• Li Qiuzhi discovered he could enter and control his golden Lumine sword-intent phantom, and Hu Tao joined him as they approached the rift invisibly.
• Li Qiuzhi sent the phantom to attack the Green-Eyed Ravens, whose fireballs passed harmlessly through it as it cut them down with sword energy.
• After half an hour, the ravens tried to flee, but Li Qiuzhi pursued them with the phantom.
• A psychic blast from the rift scattered the phantom, and Li Qiuzhi glimpsed golden pupils before warning Hu Tao to run with him.

Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao returned to Lumine after fleeing a powerful enemy near the Abyssal Rift, then traveled to Liyue to deliver the Eternal Incense and Glaze Lilies to Zhongli. With the Rite of Parting set to begin the next day, Li Qiuzhi and Lumine returned to Mondstadt.

• Lumine and Paimon found the Teleport Waypoint in Qingce Village after helping an old woman bring in her cured meat.
• Lumine accepted Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao's emergency teleport requests, and they reported that a powerful enemy had appeared beyond the Abyssal Rift.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao explained that they had retreated before the enemy could discover them, though many Green-Eyed Ravens remained.
• Lumine activated the waypoint and brought the group back to Liyue, where they gave Zhongli the Eternal Incense and Glaze Lilies.
• Hu Tao reminded Li Qiuzhi and Lumine to attend the Rite of Parting the next day, and they teleported back to Mondstadt.

Li Qiuzhi spent his experience points raising his level and strengthening Lumine’s Sword Intent, then shared his energy with Lumine and carried her upstairs. The next morning, Fischl set out to visit him before work after returning home to her parents.

• Li Qiuzhi spent 31,000 experience points to reach level 65 and 27,999 more to raise Lumine’s Sword Intent to level eight.
• Lumine and Paimon bathed and went to rest while Li Qiuzhi took his turn in the washroom.
• Li Qiuzhi kissed Lumine and shared energy with her, then carried her upstairs after they sat together on the sofa.
• Fischl left home after breakfast and decided to visit Li Qiuzhi before starting work.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Fischl shared an intimate morning before Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon went to Liyue Harbor for the Rite of Parting. Keqing revealed that the Millelith were searching for the missing Fatui Harbinger Childe, leaving Li Qiuzhi concerned about what he planned to do.

• Lumine stayed in bed with Li Qiuzhi, and Fischl joined them, jealous that they had been sleeping together without her.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon traveled to Liyue Harbor and noticed the Millelith conducting more searches than usual.
• Keqing explained that the Millelith were monitoring the Fatui ahead of the adepti's arrival and searching for Childe, who had disappeared.
• Paimon suspected Childe was plotting trouble, and Li Qiuzhi asked Keqing when the Millelith had lost track of him.

Keqing, Li Qiuzhi, and Lumine rushed to the Golden House to stop Childe from taking Rex Lapis's Gnosis. They found the divine remains intact, but Childe ambushed them and raced toward them as Keqing attacked.

• Keqing asked Li Qiuzhi and Lumine to help stop Childe at the Golden House, and they agreed.
• Keqing led them to the Golden House, where they found the Millelith soldiers unconscious outside and inside the entrance.
• Li Qiuzhi told Paimon to wait outside while he, Lumine, and Keqing entered the Golden House.
• Keqing guided them to Rex Lapis's divine remains, but they found no sign of Childe at first.
• Childe appeared behind them, charged toward the divine remains, and Keqing threw her Lightning Stiletto at him.

Childe fought Keqing, Lumine, and Li Qiuzhi as he tried to take the Gnosis from Rex Lapis's divine vessel. Li Qiuzhi stopped him from grabbing it, and the chapter ended with Childe attacking Li Qiuzhi's Anemo barrier.

• Keqing shattered Childe's Lightning Stiletto and attacked him, but he turned into water to evade her strike.
• Childe unleashed Foul Legacy: Devouring Deep, forcing Keqing, Lumine, and Li Qiuzhi to retreat from the giant Hydro whale.
• Childe reached Rex Lapis's divine vessel, but Li Qiuzhi bound him with Psychic Tentacles before he could take the Gnosis.
• Childe used his Delusion to break free, and Li Qiuzhi hurled him into a wall.
• Childe donned a mask, chose Li Qiuzhi as his first target, and struck his Anemo barrier, which held against the blow.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Keqing fought Tartaglia as he unleashed the full power of his Delusion and began activating Foul Legacy. Tartaglia blasted them back just as they tried to interrupt him, leaving his transformation underway.

• Tartaglia intensified his lightning attack, and Li Qiuzhi used Psychic Tentacles and Lumine’s Sword Intent to strike him from two directions.
• Tartaglia shattered the tentacles with a burst of lightning, while Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Fischl shared the backlash through their mental connection.
• Lumine attacked Tartaglia with Geo stone spears, forcing him to break his weapon in an Electro explosion and retreat.
• Keqing struck Tartaglia with her Yunlai Swordsmanship, and he admitted the three-on-one fight had battered him.
• Tartaglia began floating and activated Foul Legacy, blasting Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Keqing away as they rushed to stop him.

Childe transformed into his Foul Legacy form and fought Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Keqing, using his strength and spatial movement to keep them at bay. He unleashed a giant whale to distract them, then teleported to Rex Lapis's adeptal body and reached inside to take the Gnosis.

• Childe entered his Foul Legacy form, rose to level eighty-two, and attacked Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Keqing with a weapon wielding both Electro and Hydro.
• Lumine blocked Childe's strike while Li Qiuzhi and Keqing counterattacked, but Childe used spatial movement to evade their blows and send water blades at them.
• Li Qiuzhi tried to hit Childe with a Pyro-coated arrow, but the weak shot left Childe's mask unharmed.
• Childe fired a powerful lightning arrow at Li Qiuzhi, who teleported outside the Golden House to evade it before returning beside Lumine.
• Childe summoned a giant water-colored whale to distract the group, then teleported to Rex Lapis's adeptal body and thrust his hand inside to take the Gnosis.

At the Golden House, Tartaglia realized Rex Lapis had not died and used the Sigils of Permission to break the seal on Osial. Ningguang saw the sea stirring as the ancient god began to rise.

• Tartaglia failed to find the Gnosis in the divine vessel and concluded that Rex Lapis had staged his death.
• Li Qiuzhi taunted Tartaglia and urged him to turn himself in, but Tartaglia refused and dismissed Foul Legacy.
• Tartaglia gathered the Sigils of Permission and began channeling their power, while Keqing realized he intended to release Osial.
• Keqing, Li Qiuzhi, and Lumine tried to stop Tartaglia, but the energy beam forced them back and pierced the Golden House's dome.
• The beam struck the sea, forming a vast vortex as Osial rose beneath the water, and Ningguang recognized that serious trouble was coming.

Ningguang and the adepti prepared to face the God of the Vortex while the mystery of Rex Lapis's murder remained unsolved. After Childe escaped the Golden House, Keqing and her companions saw the Jade Chamber heading out to sea and decided to follow it.

• Ningguang summoned Ganyu and Shenhe, then received Moon Carver, Cloud Retainer, and Mountain Shaper as they arrived at the Jade Chamber.
• Moon Carver accused the Liyue Qixing of failing Liyue, while Ningguang said the investigation had found no clear evidence about Rex Lapis's murder.
• Mountain Shaper urged the group to focus on the God of the Vortex, and Ningguang asked Ganyu to organize the Millelith and reassure the city.
• Ningguang and the adepti prepared to confront Osial at sea, sending the Jade Chamber out with Millelith aboard.
• Childe fled after undoing Osial's seal, and Keqing, Li Qiuzhi, Paimon, and their companion followed the Jade Chamber.

Li Qiuzhi, Keqing, and their companions joined Ningguang and Liyue’s adepti aboard the Jade Chamber to plan against the released Overlord of the Vortex. After they discussed delaying the god until his seal could reactivate, the Jade Chamber reached the waters where Osial’s heads had emerged.

• Li Qiuzhi’s group and Keqing arrived at the Jade Chamber, where Ganyu introduced herself and said the ship would reach the god’s waters in about an hour.
• Ganyu escorted Li Qiuzhi’s group and Keqing to Ningguang’s office, where Ningguang, Shenhe, Madame Ping, Cloud Retainer, Moon Carver, and the Conqueror of Demons had gathered.
• Keqing warned the group that Childe had broken the seal with Sigils of Permission and that the Fatui might also attack.
• Cloud Retainer expressed disbelief that the Fatui had enough Sigils of Permission, and Ningguang acknowledged that she had suspected their involvement.
• Moon Carver proposed delaying Osial until the talismans’ power wore off, while Madame Ping and the Conqueror of Demons stressed the need to force him back into the seal.
• The Jade Chamber reached the waters where Osial’s heads had emerged from the sea.

Ningguang and the adepti defended the Jade Chamber from Osial’s breath and prepared a counterattack with the Guizhong Ballistae. As the ballistae fired at Osial’s heads, Li Qiuzhi assessed the high levels of the adepti and Ganyu.

• Osial attacked the Jade Chamber with a beam of energy, and Mountain Shaper’s amber shield cracked under the blow.
• Ningguang created a Jade Screen that deflected Osial’s beam into the sea.
• Ningguang summoned three Guizhong Ballistae, and Moon Carver, Cloud Retainer, and Mountain Shaper began charging them while Madame Ping struck one of Osial’s heads.
• Paimon asked whether she, Li Qiuzhi, and Lumine could join the fight, and Keqing explained that they needed six ascensions and awakened Stella to battle at the adepti’s level.
• Li Qiuzhi used the Golden Eye of Conviction to check the adepti’s levels, finding Xiao at 97, Madame Ping at 98, and Ganyu at 96, among others.
• The three adepti finished charging the Guizhong Ballistae and fired beams at Osial’s heads.

Ganyu froze Osial with a Frostflake Arrow, but he broke free and summoned waves of Hydro Creatures to attack the Jade Chamber. Li Qiuzhi and the others defended the Guizhong Ballistae while Ningguang joined the attack, leaving Osial under renewed pressure from the ballistae and Geo gems.

• Ganyu struck Osial with a Frostflake Arrow and froze his heads and the surrounding sea.
• Shenhe recounted an embarrassing story about Ganyu, then Osial broke free and summoned Hydro Creatures.
• Keqing ordered the Millelith to defend the Jade Chamber, and Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Shenhe joined the fight to protect the Guizhong Ballistae.
• The adepti recharged the Guizhong Ballistae and fired at Osial, whose elemental breath clashed with their beams.
• Ningguang launched enormous Geo gems at Osial, weakening his breath and allowing the ballistae to strike his heads.

Li Qiuzhi searched for Osial’s weakness as the god’s attacks dragged the Jade Chamber toward the sea. He suspected Osial’s weak point lay underwater and asked Madame Ping for a way to see through the water.

• Ningguang raised a Geo shield around the Jade Chamber, deflecting Osial’s rain of water projectiles.
• Osial created a powerful vortex beneath the Jade Chamber and began pulling it toward the sea.
• Xiao pierced one of Osial’s heads, but it dissolved and quickly reformed elsewhere.
• Li Qiuzhi realized Osial’s weakness might be in his submerged body, but the dark water blocked his view.
• Li Qiuzhi told Madame Ping he could see Osial’s weak points and asked whether she could help him see underwater.

Li Qiuzhi found Osial’s weaknesses, allowing the adepti and Liyue’s defenders to hurt the god more effectively. Tartaglia then sent the Fatui to attack the Guizhong Ballistae, but Osial broke free of the Cryo and unleashed a massive blast at the Jade Chamber.

• Madame Ping used Adepti Arts to let Li Qiuzhi see through the seawater, and he located Osial’s weaknesses between his necks.
• The adepti redirected the Guizhong Ballistae toward Osial’s weaknesses, while Ningguang and Ganyu focused their attacks there as well.
• Tartaglia ordered an Electro Cicin Mage to lead Fatui forces in destroying the Guizhong Ballistae.
• Fatui soldiers arrived through portals and attacked the ballistae, but Shenhe froze their bullets and Li Qiuzhi swept the soldiers into the sea.
• Osial broke free of the Cryo and sent a massive blast of energy breath toward the Jade Chamber.

After Osial destroyed the Guizhong Ballistas and broke the Jade Chamber’s barrier, Ningguang planned to sacrifice the Jade Chamber to drive him back into his seal. As the Jade Chamber approached Osial, Ningguang asked Li Qiuzhi to smash it down with the group’s help.

• Xiao tried to stop Osial’s blast with his spear, but the attack shattered the Jade Chamber’s defensive barrier and destroyed the formation platform.
• Li Qiuzhi and the adepti rescued everyone who fell, then returned them safely to the Jade Chamber.
• Cloud Retainer reported that Osial had destroyed the Guizhong Ballistas, leaving the group without a way to suppress him.
• Ningguang proposed using the Jade Chamber as a bombardment weapon, and the adepti agreed to help.
• Moon Carver took the Millelith back to Liyue Harbor as the Jade Chamber flew toward Osial, while Ganyu and the adepti covered its approach.
• Ningguang asked Li Qiuzhi to grab the Jade Chamber and smash it down with the group’s power.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Ningguang, and the adepti used the Jade Chamber to strike Osial and drive him back beneath his seal. After the battle, Paimon wondered what had happened to Rex Lapis.

• Ganyu froze Osial while the adepti empowered Li Qiuzhi and helped prepare the Jade Chamber as a projectile.
• Lumine shattered the plaustrite, and Li Qiuzhi’s psychic tentacles launched the Jade Chamber down onto Osial.
• The Jade Chamber exploded, and Li Qiuzhi received 125220 Experience for defeating a powerful enemy.
• Moon Carver explained that Osial had been forced back beneath the seal rather than killed, and that the Sigils of Permission had worn off.
• Paimon asked what was happening with Rex Lapis after learning that the Fatui Harbinger had released Osial to force him to appear.

Madame Ping explained that Rex Lapis had staged his death so Liyue would learn to govern itself, and the adepti agreed to leave the Qixing in charge. Back in Liyue Harbor, Lumine and Paimon decided to find Zhongli and ask what had happened.

• Madame Ping told the adepti and the Qixing that Zhongli was Rex Lapis and that his apparent death was meant to end Liyue's reliance on him.
• Cloud Retainer and Mountain Shaper departed, while Xiao and Moon Carver accepted that Liyue should be left to the Qixing.
• Madame Ping left the aftermath to Ningguang and Keqing, then the group returned to Liyue Harbor with Ganyu's help.
• Ningguang promised Li Qiuzhi a reward for his help, and Keqing and Ganyu expressed their gratitude.
• Paimon and Lumine said they would seek out Zhongli to learn what happened.

Li Qiuzhi and the others invited Shenhe to stay in Mondstadt while she sought her own way to balance human and adeptus life. At Northland Bank, they found Zhongli, Tartaglia, and La Signora together, where Tartaglia admitted he would not interfere if they fought La Signora.

• Li Qiuzhi, Paimon, and Lumine encouraged Shenhe to join them, but she chose to find her own understanding rather than ask Zhongli for an answer.
• After realizing the Jade Chamber had been destroyed and Shenhe had nowhere to stay, Lumine invited her to visit Mondstadt, and Shenhe accepted.
• The group learned Zhongli had gone to Northland Bank and speculated that he might have worked with the Fatui and Tartaglia.
• At Northland Bank, Tartaglia accused Rosalyne of scheming with Zhongli, while Rosalyne replied that he had released the Overlord of the Vortex.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others entered and encountered Zhongli, Tartaglia, and La Signora; Tartaglia apologized for using them and said he would not interfere if they fought Rosalyne.

Li Qiuzhi considered using his Experience Points to challenge La Signora, but Zhongli handed her the Gnosis as agreed and explained why he had staged his death. Zhongli was satisfied that Liyue could protect itself, and he invited Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon to a meal so they could talk.

• Li Qiuzhi used the Golden Eye of Conviction to see that La Signora was level eighty-six and considered spending his Experience Points to fight her.
• Zhongli gave La Signora the Gnosis under his contract with the Tsaritsa, leaving Lumine and Paimon bewildered.
• Zhongli explained that he had staged his death to test whether Liyue could manage without him as he considered retiring.
• Zhongli said the adepti and the Qixing had handled the crisis well, while Tartaglia complained that he might be wanted in Liyue.
• La Signora told Tartaglia to return to Snezhnaya, and Zhongli invited Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon to eat at Third-Round Knockout.

After asking Zhongli about the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles and the Abyss Order, Li Qiuzhi gained a specialty from the battle against the All-Devouring Narwhal and rapidly raised his level. The group returned to Mondstadt, where Lumine pulled Shenhe away to explain the common sense Li Qiuzhi had nearly exploited.

• At Third-Round Knockout, Lumine asked Zhongli about the deity who took her brother and the Abyss Order, but Zhongli had little information beyond identifying the deity as the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.
• On the walk back to Mondstadt, Li Qiuzhi acquired the Abyssal Vortex specialty, gaining Hydro control and a sliver of vortex authority from the All-Devouring Narwhal.
• Li Qiuzhi reached level seventy, chose the Charging Body specialty, and gained lifespan extension through Harmonization.
• Li Qiuzhi raised his level to eighty and tried to put his arm around Lumine, who slapped his hand away and held his hand instead.
• Shenhe offered Li Qiuzhi her waist as support, so Lumine took Shenhe aside to teach her about matters between men and women.

After reaching level eighty, Li Qiuzhi chose Elemental Immunity and improved several skills before returning home with Lumine, Paimon, and Shenhe. Fischl teleported to meet him, then noticed Shenhe and asked who she was.

• Li Qiuzhi chose Elemental Immunity as his level-eighty racial specialty and gained the ability to repair erosion through Harmonization.
• Li Qiuzhi maxed Lumine's Sword Intent, chose the Sword Foundation trait, and maxed his Elemental Burst and Anemo Control skills.
• Lumine, Paimon, Shenhe, and Li Qiuzhi arrived home, where Lumine went to make dinner and Shenhe began meditating.
• Fischl contacted Li Qiuzhi and teleported to him after he accepted her request.
• Fischl saw Shenhe on the sofa and asked Li Qiuzhi who she was.

Li Qiuzhi introduced Shenhe to Fischl, then spent the night with Lumine and Fischl, whose strength increased through his Harmonization energy. The next day, while the others went shopping, Li Qiuzhi visited Sucrose’s laboratory and accidentally interrupted her experiment.

• Li Qiuzhi introduced Shenhe to Fischl, and the household shared dinner before Shenhe and Paimon slept in Lumine’s room.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Fischl spent the night together, and Lumine and Fischl gained several levels from absorbing his Harmonization energy.
• Lumine, Fischl, Shenhe, and Paimon went shopping the next morning while Li Qiuzhi slept in.
• Li Qiuzhi finished breakfast and went to Sucrose’s laboratory to bring her monster materials.
• Sucrose was focused on her ointment experiment and spilled too much solution into the flask when Li Qiuzhi’s voice distracted her.