Recaps

Li Qiuzhi and Nahida learned that the Doctor was preparing to connect Scaramouche with Shouki no Kami, and they decided to confront the Fatui Harbingers rather than surrender the Dendro Gnosis. They emerged nearby, and the Doctor sensed their presence.

• The Doctor awakened Shouki no Kami and Scaramouche flew toward its cockpit to begin connecting with the mechanical god.
• Li Qiuzhi learned that the Doctor had completed Shouki no Kami and was level 106, while Scaramouche had not yet changed.
• Nahida proposed obtaining the Divine Knowledge Capsule first and offering it to persuade the Fatui to leave Sumeru.
• Li Qiuzhi explained that the Doctor also sought the Gnoses for the Tsaritsa, then persuaded Nahida to confront him and Scaramouche.
• Li Qiuzhi and Nahida moved farther away before emerging into surface-layer space, and the Doctor sensed their auras nearby.

Li Qiuzhi and Nahida confronted the Doctor at Joururi Workshop, where he used Psychic Power to compress Pyro and Electro into an Overloaded Singularity. Li Qiuzhi set off a special Baron Bunny that shattered the Domain, leaving the Doctor and Scaramouche aboard Shouki no Kami above the forest while Li Qiuzhi and Nahida vanished.

• The Doctor recognized Li Qiuzhi and Nahida, realizing the Grand Sage had fallen, and dismissed their challenge.
• Nahida disrupted the Doctor’s Psychic Power attack and confronted him, but he compressed Pyro and Electro into a dangerous Overloaded Singularity.
• Li Qiuzhi summoned a special Baron Bunny, then took Nahida into Shallow-Layer Space using his Invisibility Domain.
• The Doctor threw the Singularity and raised elemental shields as the Baron Bunny erupted, unleashing a blast that shattered the Domain and his shield.
• The Doctor and Shouki no Kami were ejected above the forest, where Scaramouche managed to keep the giant puppet hovering.
• Unable to detect Li Qiuzhi or Nahida, the Doctor watched his surroundings warily to guard against another attack.

Li Qiuzhi and Nahida fought The Doctor on Shouki no Kami, but his defenses and pollen made him difficult to harm. Li Qiuzhi moved into Shallow-Layer Space and sent six Sword Intent manifestations after The Doctor, who searched for a way to counter them while he could not retreat with Shouki no Kami.

• Li Qiuzhi struck The Doctor with golden Sword Energy, but the attacks passed through him without causing damage.
• Nahida identified The Doctor’s pink mist as a simulated form of God-Eating Flower pollen, and Li Qiuzhi scattered it with Anemo before The Doctor pulled it back together.
• Li Qiuzhi took Nahida into Shallow-Layer Space and sent six manifestations of Lumine’s Sword God to attack The Doctor.
• The Doctor used a Hydro shell to avoid the manifestations’ tracking Sword Energy while their Golden Shields resisted his pollen.
• The Doctor realized that Scaramouche could not yet fully merge with Shouki no Kami, leaving him unable to retreat, and resented Li Qiuzhi’s rapid growth in strength.

Dottore threatened to destroy the forest and attack Sumeru City, but Li Qiuzhi countered by shielding the area and threatening to destroy Shouki no Kami. Dottore agreed to negotiate, and Nahida considered demanding the return of everything the conspirators had taken.

• Dottore threatened Nahida and Li Qiuzhi by directing his pink mist at the forest and warning that he would attack Sumeru City.
• Li Qiuzhi enclosed Shouki no Kami and the woods in a golden shield, then sent Sword Energy against the mechanical body.
• Li Qiuzhi formed an enormous golden sword and prepared to split Shouki no Kami in half.
• Dottore agreed to negotiate rather than risk damage to Shouki no Kami, while maintaining a defiant tone.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Nahida what terms she wanted, and she considered making Dottore return everything taken by the Grand Sage and his allies.

Li Qiuzhi and Nahida negotiated with The Doctor over Shouki no Kami, demanding repayment for Sumeru’s resources, compensation for its citizens, and the destruction of his other Segments. The Doctor accepted the terms and erased the Segments, leaving the unfinished god and Electro Gnosis in the negotiations’ aftermath.

• Li Qiuzhi brought Nahida to the Surface-Layer Space to negotiate with The Doctor.
• Nahida demanded that The Doctor repay the resources used to build Shouki no Kami and compensate citizens harmed by the Akasha system’s dream harvesting.
• Nahida demanded that The Doctor erase his other Segments, and Li Qiuzhi explained why their destruction would prevent them from causing trouble elsewhere.
• The Doctor agreed to erase the Segments in exchange for Nahida’s forgiveness and activated the safeguards he had placed in them.
• The Doctor’s Segments around the world realized their consciousnesses were fading and cursed him as they disappeared.

Li Qiuzhi and Nahida forced the Fatui to retreat, then began restoring the Akademiya and disabling the Akasha system’s dream-harvesting function. After helping Nahida prepare for Irminsul’s problems, Li Qiuzhi returned to Avidya Forest and upgraded Flowing Heaven Archery, awakening its long-range Frostflake Arrow technique.

• Dottore accepted Nahida’s terms and withdrew with Scaramouche, while Nahida thanked Li Qiuzhi for helping defeat the Fatui.
• Nahida planned to reorganize the Akademiya and explained that Irminsul’s contamination by forbidden knowledge was behind its deteriorating condition; she asked Li Qiuzhi to accompany her to Irminsul later.
• Li Qiuzhi and Nahida ordered the Grand Sage to cooperate, then Nahida took control of the Akasha system and stopped it from occupying people’s capacity for thought and preventing their dreams.
• Nahida planned to blame Sumeru’s sudden return to dreaming on Irminsul’s contamination until the Akademiya’s reorganization was complete, and Li Qiuzhi offered to help with Irminsul later.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to Avidya Forest, spent 224,999 Experience Points to max out Flowing Heaven Archery, and awakened Frostflake Arrow, a powerful long-range elemental attack.

After helping resolve Sumeru’s crisis and clearing part of Collei’s Eleazar, Li Qiuzhi returned to Tighnari’s home and celebrated the good news with his companions. Back in the Wonderland Space, Fischl and Oz discovered that the Divine Salt was glowing, prompting everyone to go investigate a possible awakening of the God of Salt.

• Li Qiuzhi told Paimon, Lumine, Amber, Collei, and Tighnari that he had cleared the Withering Zones, rescued Lesser Lord Kusanali, and driven off The Doctor and Scaramouche.
• Tighnari praised Li Qiuzhi and prepared a feast of rainforest specialties, while Collei shared the progress in curing her Eleazar with Amber.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others brought Redheart Grapes to the Wonderland Space, where Lisa and Sucrose discussed Tighnari and his botanical work.
• Fischl and Oz reported that the Divine Salt in the storeroom had started glowing and that they sensed a powerful presence.
• Li Qiuzhi gathered the girls and suggested they go see whether the God of Salt was awakening.

Li Qiuzhi and the others watched the God of Salt awaken from the Divine Salt as a small white ball. Paimon began explaining the situation to the confused spirit.

• Li Qiuzhi considered how adding the knowledge of the gods to Wonderland Space could help it expand.
• Paimon, Lumine, and Li Qiuzhi waited as the light within the Divine Salt grew brighter and the God of Salt's Psychic Power increased.
• The God of Salt's white light gathered into a small hovering ball, leaving the Divine Salt dim but causing no change to Wonderland Space.
• The God of Salt asked where she was, then wondered whether Li Qiuzhi and the others were her subjects.
• Paimon began explaining the situation to the God of Salt.

Li Qiuzhi learned that Havria’s people had settled in Liyue and asked her to record her memories, then persuaded Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei to write their own account of the past. Several days later, the completed books expanded the Wonderland Space and gave it new spatial traits.

• Havria learned that some of the People of Salt had survived and settled in Liyue, and she declined to meet them for fear of disturbing their lives.
• Havria agreed to write an autobiography recounting her memories and the Domains she had encountered, while telling Li Qiuzhi to keep her divine relics.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Raiden Makoto to write an autobiography, then comforted Mona by promising to take her to the Akademiya’s House of Daena.
• Havria and Raiden Makoto completed their autobiographies on spirit-infused paper, and Raiden Ei joined the project to create a joint account of the Raiden sisters’ history.
• The books expanded the Wonderland Space by fifteen square meters, bringing its total area to three hundred and sixty square meters and granting it two spatial traits.

Li Qiuzhi gained new spatial traits, said goodbye to Collei after giving her a teleportation Beacon, and traveled with Lumine and Paimon to Sumeru City. Nahida prepared to take them to Irminsul so Lumine could try to cleanse its contamination.

• Li Qiuzhi gained the Concealment and Inheritance spatial traits from collecting the biographies of Havria and Raiden Makoto.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon left Gandharva Ville after Collei's Eleazar was cured and the group found no remaining Withering Zones in Avidya Forest.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Collei a Beacon, allowing her to use Interstellar Travel and visit Amber; Collei accepted it and thanked him.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon reached Sumeru City and met Nahida at the Akademiya.
• Nahida brought the group to a quiet chamber in the House of Daena and began preparing to teleport them to Irminsul.

Li Qiuzhi, Nahida, Paimon, and Lumine met Greater Lord Rukkhadevata beneath Irminsul and learned why she had remained as a fading consciousness. Nahida refused to erase her, and Li Qiuzhi proposed that they try to cleanse the forbidden knowledge another way.

• Nahida brought Li Qiuzhi, Paimon, and Lumine to Irminsul, where they encountered a figure who looked exactly like her.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata explained that Nahida was Irminsul’s purest branch and her reincarnation, while she herself was only a lingering consciousness.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata recounted how she used the Akasha system to remove most of the forbidden knowledge from Irminsul but concluded that erasing herself was the only way to eliminate the rest.
• Nahida refused to let Greater Lord Rukkhadevata be erased, and Li Qiuzhi and Paimon promised to help find another solution.
• Li Qiuzhi stood between Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and asked for time to test whether Lumine’s Abyss power could cleanse the pollution.

Lumine discovered that she could use pure Abyss power to control and remove the contaminating power of Forbidden Knowledge from Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s memories. After ten days of study with Li Qiuzhi supporting her, she mastered the power and prepared to begin the treatment.

• Lumine connected her consciousness to Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s memories and found that Forbidden Knowledge could not contaminate her while she was protected by pure Abyss power.
• Lumine sensed and influenced the power within Forbidden Knowledge, but left the memory space when she realized she needed more time to understand it.
• Lumine told Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata that she could remove the contamination within one or two weeks, and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata agreed to wait.
• Li Qiuzhi supported Lumine as she studied the power over the following days, replenishing her energy while she worked.
• On the tenth day, Lumine mastered Forbidden Knowledge power, and Nahida urged her to begin removing it from Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s memories.

Lumine absorbed the Forbidden Knowledge corrupting Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, ending its threat to Irminsul and allowing Sumeru’s Eleazar patients to recover. Greater Lord Rukkhadevata went to recuperate in Wonderland Space, while Nahida remained able to visit and seek her advice.

• Lumine turned her Abyss Power into Forbidden Knowledge power and consumed the corruption in Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s memories.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata confirmed that the corruption no longer harmed her or Irminsul, and Nahida comforted her about Sumeru’s past losses.
• Dunyarzad noticed that her wrist no longer felt rough with Eleazar scales, and Dehya rolled up her sleeve to reveal her smooth skin.
• Eleazar patients across Sumeru began recovering after the Forbidden Knowledge’s influence ended.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested that Greater Lord Rukkhadevata recuperate in Wonderland Space and gave her and Nahida Beacons so they could stay in contact.

After Nahida reclaimed control of the Akademiya, Li Qiuzhi proposed using the Akasha system to advance Element Technology and make communication easier across Sumeru. Nahida added messaging, voice calls, and video calls to Akasha Terminals, and Li Qiuzhi then suggested asking Greater Lord Rukkhadevata for further ideas.

• Nahida exiled the Grand Sage and the sages who had colluded with him, then offered to repay Li Qiuzhi and his companions for their help.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Nahida to help develop Element Technology, proposing that the Akasha system connect people and share information across Sumeru.
• Nahida agreed to develop the Akasha system within Sumeru first, since its coverage depended on the Dendro Gnosis and expansion elsewhere could provoke other nations.
• After sharing a feast, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon joined Nahida at the House of Daena, where Nahida spent several hours adding long-distance communication functions to the Akasha system.
• Li Qiuzhi tested the new Akasha Terminal contacts function and confirmed that users could make voice calls, send messages, and hold video calls.
• Nahida planned to announce the new function and rest, while Li Qiuzhi suggested asking Greater Lord Rukkhadevata for ideas for future updates.

Li Qiuzhi discussed Teyvat’s technological development with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and brought the leaders of four nations together to plan cooperation. After the meeting, his Character Panel recorded his recent deeds in Sumeru and awarded him Irminsul’s Blessing, granting increased luck, Dendro control, and some command over the Ley Lines.

• Li Qiuzhi asked Greater Lord Rukkhadevata for advice on using the Akasha system and developing elemental technology, and she offered to help with research.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Ningguang to the Wonderland Space, where Ningguang, Acting Grand Master Jean, Raiden Makoto, and Nahida agreed on broad plans for cooperation among their nations.
• Ningguang invited Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon to a celebratory banquet for the newly rebuilt Jade Chamber.
• Li Qiuzhi’s Character Panel recounted how he had helped Tighnari, rescued Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, and saved Irminsul and Sumeru.
• Li Qiuzhi received the Character Specialty Irminsul’s Blessing, which increased his luck and gave him Dendro control and limited access to the Ley Lines.

Li Qiuzhi traveled to The Chasm with Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan to test whether Irminsul's Blessing let him control the Ley Lines Silt Outlets. After accepting a commission to investigate strange Hilichurls, he found he could sense the energy pouring from an outlet but needed Raiden Ei's power to try to control it.

• Li Qiuzhi decided to visit The Chasm and spent the night with Lisa and Jean before setting out the next morning.
• Ningguang told Li Qiuzhi that scholars had confirmed the dark mud came from the Ley Lines, then sent Yelan to assist him.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan reached The Chasm, where a Millelith guard asked them to investigate Hilichurls entering the underground mines.
• Yelan led the group to a Ley Lines Silt Outlet, where Li Qiuzhi sensed the surging energy but could not control it alone.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Raiden Ei for help, and she transferred her energy through a rift so he could begin trying to control the outlet.

Li Qiuzhi and Raiden Ei sealed two leaking Ley Lines Silt Outlets in The Chasm, while Lumine mastered and removed the Dark Mud at the second site. The group descended into the Nameless Ruins to find the final outlet and discovered an upside-down city, where an unseen presence seemed to oppose them.

• Li Qiuzhi copied a sealing formation from Raiden Ei and used Ley Line energy to seal the first outlet.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Yelan, and Paimon reached the second outlet, where Li Qiuzhi defeated the monsters surrounding it.
• Lumine mastered the Dark Mud Power and removed the Dark Mud from the second outlet, then Li Qiuzhi sealed it with another formation.
• Yelan led the group to the cavern above the Nameless Ruins, and they descended through it using their Wind Gliders.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others discovered an upside-down city above them and sensed that something there did not welcome their arrival.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan found two Abyss Lectors siphoning energy from a Ley Line outlet and fought them. Aether appeared to rescue the Lectors, briefly reunited with Lumine, and left after warning her not to stand in the Abyss Order’s way; Li Qiuzhi then proposed finding him to demand an explanation.

• Li Qiuzhi uncovered two Abyss Lectors at the Ley Line outlet, and Lumine recognized that they knew her brother, Aether.
• Lumine disrupted Yongyan’s control of a fireball, and Paimon’s attack distracted him long enough for the blast and Li Qiuzhi’s Psychic Tentacles to overpower the Lectors.
• Aether arrived and blocked Li Qiuzhi’s summoned sword from striking the Lectors, who greeted him as the Prince of the Abyss Order.
• Lumine asked Aether why he had joined the Abyss Order, but he avoided answering and left through a Teleport Waypoint after warning her not to stand in their way.
• Li Qiuzhi explained that Aether was too powerful to confront safely, then suggested they find him and ask what the Abyss Order was planning.

Li Qiuzhi and the others explored the upside-down city in The Chasm, fought Black Serpent Knights, and discovered a powerful knight guarding the ruins. Li Qiuzhi began creating a vast swarm of Dendrograna to unleash a Hyperbloom attack as the fight continued.

• Li Qiuzhi, Yelan, Lumine, and Paimon explored the upside-down city and theorized that it had come from a place where gravity worked in the opposite direction.
• The group found dead Hilichurls and continued toward a nearby spring, where Li Qiuzhi sensed two Black Serpent Knights guarding a platform.
• Yelan attacked the two knights, but their banner created a barrier; Li Qiuzhi then shattered it with a psychic tentacle and defeated them.
• A level-ninety-three Black Serpent Knight wielding a Claymore ambushed the group, and Li Qiuzhi blocked its first strike while Yelan and Lumine moved back.
• Yelan's Hydro arrow stunned the knight, allowing Li Qiuzhi to apply Dendro and Electro and attack it with Hyperbloom Dendrograna.
• Li Qiuzhi produced over a hundred Dendrograna and swept Electro toward them to turn them into homing missiles.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan encountered Dainsleif in the inverted city after defeating a Black Serpent Knight, then followed the knight to a spring where Aether and two Abyss Lectors were working. Aether warned Lumine not to interfere with the Abyss Order, and Li Qiuzhi’s “brother-in-law” remark provoked Aether’s hostility.

• Li Qiuzhi stopped time so Hyperblooming Dendrograna could overwhelm the Black Serpent Knight, but the knight survived and began to rise.
• Dainsleif arrived, identified himself as a survivor of Khaenri'ah, and explained that the Black Serpent Knights were cursed former Royal Guards who had become pawns of the Abyss.
• The Black Serpent Knight recognized Dainsleif and led him, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan through the inverted city toward a spring that weakened the curse.
• The group found Aether and two Abyss Lectors installing a device to amplify the spring’s effects, and Aether told Lumine that he could not yet travel with her.
• Aether asked why Lumine was with Dainsleif and said Dainsleif was his enemy; Li Qiuzhi challenged Aether over his allegiance to the Abyss Order, angering him with the term “brother-in-law.”

Aether confronted Lumine and Li Qiuzhi in The Chasm, but Lumine defended her choices and Aether departed through a portal. After Dainsleif explained Aether’s plans for Khaenri’ah, the group decided to return and report to Ningguang, leaving a sword intent avatar to deal with the Black Serpent Knights.

• Li Qiuzhi manifested his Myriad Stars of the Sea inner world as Aether challenged Lumine’s decision to remain in Teyvat.
• Lumine asked Aether to respect her choice, and Aether abandoned the confrontation and left through a portal.
• Dainsleif told Lumine and the others that Aether intended to revive Khaenri’ah and take revenge on Celestia and the Heavenly Principles.
• Yelan noted that the group had resolved their Chasm investigations and proposed returning to report to Ningguang.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to leave a sword intent avatar behind to clear out the Black Serpent Knights before the group returned.

Li Qiuzhi and the others reported their success in The Chasm to Ningguang, who rewarded them and invited them to dinner. Two days later, they arrived in Liyue Harbor to gather their companions before the celebration for the rebuilt Jade Chamber.

• Dainsleif left with the Black Serpent Knight, whom Li Qiuzhi recognized as Halfdan, while a copy of Lumine stayed behind to clear out the Abyss-corrupted knights.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan flew to the rebuilt Jade Chamber and told Ningguang how they had stopped the Abyss Order's plan in The Chasm.
• Ningguang offered them extra compensation, and Yelan asked for time off; Li Qiuzhi gained Friendship with both women.
• Ningguang invited the group to dinner, and afterward Li Qiuzhi sneaked into the bathroom while Lumine was bathing.
• Two days later, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon reached Liyue Harbor early to gather everyone for the Jade Chamber's completion banquet.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon visited Hu Tao and Yun Jin before the Jade Chamber banquet, where Li Qiuzhi gave Yun Jin a Spirit Rank affix suited to her opera career. Hu Tao eagerly awaited her own gift as the group prepared to head to the banquet.

• Li Qiuzhi invited Hu Tao to spend the day with them, and she joined him, Lumine, and Paimon for a walk around Liyue Harbor.
• Paimon led the group to Heyu Teahouse to visit Yun Jin as she rehearsed for her performance at Ningguang's banquet.
• After Yun Jin finished rehearsing, Li Qiuzhi invited her to the Jade Chamber and told her about his Spirit Rank affixes.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Yun Jin the Opera Master affix, which improved her ability to learn and perform opera and inspired her to create new works.
• Hu Tao urged Li Qiuzhi to give her an affix next.

Li Qiuzhi granted Hu Tao a prank-related affix, and the group traveled with the Yun-Han Opera Troupe to the Jade Chamber to prepare for the evening performance. They began helping with the preparations, while Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao headed inside to greet Ningguang before finding Shenhe.

• Li Qiuzhi gave Hu Tao the Mischievous affix, then granted her Prank Queen, which increased her attack power for each successful prank.
• Hu Tao tested her new ability by pranking Paimon, Lumine, and Li Qiuzhi in the carriage, so Li Qiuzhi bound her and held her on his lap.
• The Yun-Han Opera Troupe convoy reached the Jade Chamber, and the group flew up to the platform while the rest of the troupe's props were brought up separately.
• Ganyu asked Lumine to build a temporary railing and Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao to help Shenhe with the array control center, while Yun Jin continued rehearsing.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao went inside the Jade Chamber to say hello to Ningguang before looking for Shenhe.

Li Qiuzhi, Hu Tao, Keqing, and Ningguang discussed how to respond to Treasure Hoarders who had gone underground and joined forces. Ningguang then offered Li Qiuzhi her collection of treasures to store in his Portable Space, and their bond unlocked the Moon-Covering Tianquan ability.

• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao learned that Ningguang was meeting with Keqing and joined them in her office.
• Ningguang explained that the undercover plan had driven Treasure Hoarders into hiding and prompted their remaining elites to band together.
• Hu Tao advised Liyue to keep its people undercover and wait for the criminals to reveal themselves, while Li Qiuzhi offered to patrol with a Sword Intent avatar.
• Keqing and Ningguang agreed to pursue the Treasure Hoarder group, and Li Qiuzhi arranged for his avatar in The Chasm to begin patrolling.
• Ningguang led everyone to her treasure room and offered to store her collection of books, antiques, and Artifacts in Li Qiuzhi's Portable Space.
• Ningguang's Friendship with Li Qiuzhi reached its maximum, granting him the Moon-Covering Tianquan ability to sense and control valuable treasures within range.