Arc 15Chapters 353–377
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Kurisu explained that the Kanjou Commission’s crystal marrow tax and Werner’s monopoly were threatening the International Chamber of Commerce’s businesses, so Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon agreed to investigate. The next morning, they followed Werner after a sale, hoping to discover where he obtained his supply.
Li Qiuzhi and the others caught Werner and two corrupt Shogunate soldiers conspiring to profit from the crystal marrow tax scheme, but Kurisu urged them to spare the men so the International Chamber of Commerce could obtain the hidden crystal marrow. Suspecting the Kanjou Commission might be linked to the Fatui, Li Qiuzhi decided to visit the Commissioner and play the villains to investigate.
Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon snuck into the Kanjou Commission to reach its Statue of the Seven, where Lumine gained Electro and grew much stronger. As they prepared to find the commissioner, someone discovered them.
Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon were discovered sneaking into the Kanjou Commission, where Hiiragi Chisato revealed that La Signora had pressured her father to detain the Traveler. Li Qiuzhi then forced Hiiragi Shinsuke to disclose the location of the Fatui's Delusion Factory.
Li Qiuzhi learned from Hiiragi Shinsuke that the Fatui received Crystal Marrow near Yashiori Island, and he planned to reach the island by boat with Lumine and the others. Back in Wonderland, he teased Mona until she gave him her first kiss, while her research into the stars continued.
Li Qiuzhi commissioned a small enclosed boat at the Ritou Shipyard while Mona, Lumine, and Paimon continued their plans for Wonderland. After several days, Thoma left for Inazuma City to prepare introductions, while Li Qiuzhi and the others still needed travel permits to follow.
Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon picked up and tested their new Waverider at Ritou Shipyard, then set off across Inazuma’s Inland Sea. Mona joined them and divined the route to Yashiori Island, leaving Li Qiuzhi ready to steer toward it.
Li Qiuzhi and his companions sailed toward Yashiori Island, relying on Mona’s divinations and Li Qiuzhi’s powers to speed and protect their boat. After a day of teasing, lunch, and sailing, they fought off a school of dangerous fish monsters, leaving their journey underway.
After defeating a swarm of sea monsters, Li Qiuzhi leveled up and continued sailing with Lumine, Paimon, and Mona. While Li Qiuzhi and Paimon hunted monsters underwater, their attack revealed a strange spatial rift behind a coral reef.
Li Qiuzhi destroyed an underwater Spatial Rift and its hidden Rifthound Monsters, then reached Yashiori Island with Lumine, Mona, and Paimon. Mona divined the Delusion Factory’s location, and Li Qiuzhi planned an attack with Jean and Lisa’s support while keeping Jean hidden in Wonderland.
Li Qiuzhi and Lumine infiltrated the Fatui’s Delusion Factory on Yashiori Island, where they discovered La Signora, Scaramouche, and The Doctor gathered inside. As they considered retreating rather than facing all three Harbingers, someone detected them and unleashed a lightning attack.
Li Qiuzhi confronted Scaramouche, Dottore, and Rosalyne in the Delusion Factory, shrugging off Scaramouche’s lightning and overpowering him in a brief exchange. After Dottore offered him a place among the Harbingers, Scaramouche and Rosalyne rejected the idea of reconciliation, leaving a fight imminent.
Li Qiuzhi activated Land of Dandelion to weaken the Fatui Harbingers, then fought them alongside Lumine and Lisa. The Doctor and Scaramouche escaped when The Doctor collapsed the Domain, leaving the rampaging Crimson Witch La Signora behind.
Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Lisa subdued La Signora after Lisa weakened her Pyro power and Li Qiuzhi supported Lumine in battle. They decided to keep La Signora in Li Qiuzhi’s personal space for interrogation and possible ransom, with Lisa offering to suppress her powers and remove her Delusion.
Li Qiuzhi and his companions secured La Signora in Wonderland, then recovered Delusions and Crystal Marrow from the ruined Delusion Factory. They met Gorou and Watatsumi soldiers investigating the battlefield, and Gorou asked them to explain what had happened.
After destroying the Fatui’s Delusion Factory, Li Qiuzhi and his companions accepted Gorou’s invitation to visit Watatsumi Island the next day and returned to Wonderland to rest. Li Qiuzhi gained the Command Spell ability and, with Lumine and Paimon, began deciding what rules to impose on the unconscious La Signora.
Li Qiuzhi placed La Signora under three Command Spell orders and questioned her about the Fatui’s goals before releasing her as an undercover agent. He then traveled with Lumine, Paimon, and Gorou’s party from Yashiori Island to Watatsumi Island.
Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon met Sangonomiya Kokomi after helping destroy the Delusion Factory, and Li Qiuzhi’s clone treated wounded Watatsumi soldiers. Kokomi offered them military command positions, but after they declined, she appointed them honorary Watatsumi Generals.
Li Qiuzhi and Lumine met with Sangonomiya Kokomi, who appointed them honorary Watatsumi Generals and asked them to sound out the Raiden Shogun about ending the Vision Hunt Decree. They agreed to help, then set out for Inazuma City the next morning after planning to return to Ritou and finish the Crystal Marrow business.
Li Qiuzhi and his companions left Ritou for Inazuma City, overcoming Hiiragi Shinsuke’s obstruction by obtaining a travel permit with Hiiragi Chisato’s help. At Konda Village, Li Qiuzhi secretly concealed Yoimiya’s Vision from two Shogunate soldiers, and she realized he had helped her.
Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon met Yoimiya in Konda Village and explored underground ruins with her before resting in Li Qiuzhi’s Wonderland. The group left the next morning for Inazuma City, and Yoimiya’s affection for Li Qiuzhi increased.
Li Qiuzhi returned to Mondstadt to meet Lisa, and their reunion turned intimate as he explained how his Harmonization energy could counter the lifespan effects of her Constellation. Lisa accepted his help and considered using his Wonderland as a place for her research, while Li Qiuzhi suggested she would have to indulge him in return.
Li Qiuzhi reunited with Lisa in the Knights of Favonius library, where Jean caught them behaving intimately and sent them to her office. Jean then told Li Qiuzhi that Albedo had found a spatial rift on Dragonspine and wanted his help with a counter-invasion into the Abyss.
Li Qiuzhi agreed to Jean’s request to seek out Albedo in Dragonspine, then delivered Sucrose’s ascension materials and learned that her research had produced two new ointments. He took Sucrose to his room in Wonderland to try his proposed alternative ascension method, and the chapter ended as he moved on top of her.
Sucrose recovered after completing her breakthrough with Li Qiuzhi, then joined Lisa in planning laboratories for Wonderland. Li Qiuzhi left to help Albedo on Dragonspine and met Barbara and Rosaria on the way up the mountain.