Recaps

Li Qiuzhi cleared the Spiral Abyss’s tenth floor, gathered enough Experience Points to reach level 100, and chose Human Ascension instead of changing his race. The upgrade fused several of his Specialties into stronger exclusive abilities, leaving him to examine the new powers.

• Li Qiuzhi defeated the Ape Monsters and eight level 86 Stone Knight Sculptures in the Spiral Abyss, collecting Experience Points and Azure Crystals that expanded the Wonderland Space.
• Li Qiuzhi entered the Palace, defeated two level 90 stone statues, and gained enough Experience Points to reach level 100.
• Li Qiuzhi reviewed the Demon God and Primordial Element Dragon King Racial Specialty options but chose Human Ascension to remain human.
• Human Ascension fused several of Li Qiuzhi’s compatible Specialties into four exclusive Specialties: Maiden’s Beloved, Irminsul’s Unattainable Gospel, North Wind’s Monster-Slaying Tentacles, and Spirit Rank.

Li Qiuzhi examined the powerful improvements to his merged specialties and considered how to advance Teyvat’s infrastructure and his own strength. After returning from the Spiral Abyss when Fischl called him to dinner, he offered to help the girls grow stronger.

• Li Qiuzhi reviewed his new specialties, noting that physical contact could transfer Universal Energy and that his energy reserves had increased substantially.
• Li Qiuzhi checked his Character Panel and saw that reaching the next level now required ten million experience points.
• Li Qiuzhi considered supporting Teyvat’s development, especially road construction, so cars and future infrastructure could become useful across the world.
• Li Qiuzhi left the Spiral Abyss’s eleventh and twelfth floors to Lumine's Sword God after Fischl reminded him that dinner was near.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to the Wonderland Space, sat beside Fischl and the others, and offered to help them grow stronger.

Li Qiuzhi used his Universal Energy to raise Amber, Fischl, and Lumine's levels, then went with Ningguang to discuss Liyue's road-building plans. The chapter left them in the bathhouse, where Ningguang explained that a shortage of Geo Vision holders was slowing the work.

• Li Qiuzhi sent Universal Energy into Amber, Fischl, and Lumine, raising their levels until they felt too full to absorb any more.
• Li Qiuzhi used his Invisibility Domain with Amber, Fischl, and Lumine, while Paimon left to avoid seeing what they did next.
• After dinner, Li Qiuzhi accompanied Ningguang to the hot spring bathhouse to discuss elemental technology and the planned roads.
• Ningguang said Keqing had organized road construction and recruited Geo Vision holders, including an adventurer who could create durable roads with his Geo power.
• Ningguang explained that only fifty-seven Geo Vision holders had been recruited in half a month, far too few to connect Liyue's cities and villages.

Li Qiuzhi proposed using Geo Element Storage Devices to help the Millelith build roads, and Ningguang and Lisa discussed how Liyue could obtain them. Lisa agreed that Ningguang’s Chamber of Commerce could produce and sell the devices, and asked Li Qiuzhi what he thought of the arrangement.

• Li Qiuzhi suggested buying Geo Element Storage Devices for the Millelith so they could help build roads, and Ningguang agreed to pursue the plan.
• Li Qiuzhi and Ningguang discussed infrastructure plans while undressing, then joined the others at the hot spring and spoke with Lisa about buying the devices.
• Lisa explained that the Knights of Favonius had limited production capacity, so she proposed selling Ningguang the blueprints for an annual patent fee.
• Ningguang countered that her Chamber of Commerce, Sweet Flower, could produce and sell the devices, recover material costs and a small forging fee, and pass the remaining proceeds to Lisa.
• Lisa approved the proposal in principle and asked Li Qiuzhi for his opinion.

Li Qiuzhi, Lisa, and Ningguang discussed expanding the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild into an international technology and trade network. Ningguang proposed that several nations jointly invest in the guild, and Li Qiuzhi arranged an immediate meeting to discuss the plan.

• Li Qiuzhi agreed to let the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild manufacture and sell Liyue's elemental storage devices under an intermediary arrangement.
• Li Qiuzhi proposed that the guild connect nations and distribute their advanced products, while Ningguang warned that nations would be reluctant to share technology and the guild lacked funds.
• Li Qiuzhi offered to use his relationships with leaders in Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, and Sumeru to build support for cooperation.
• Ningguang suggested that several nations invest technology and capital in a jointly operated Sweet Flower Merchant Guild.
• Li Qiuzhi and Ningguang agreed to hold a meeting that evening, and Ningguang went to change while Lisa remained with Li Qiuzhi.

Ningguang proposed a joint Sweet Flower Merchant Guild to spread advanced Element Technology, and the leaders agreed on its basic structure and rules. Over the next half-month, Li Qiuzhi strengthened the girls in Wonderland Space, gained new Friendship skills, and used Shenhe’s ability to purify Erosion as the guild made progress.

• Ningguang proposed that the nations invest in the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild, with her retaining final authority and Jean receiving a veto over decisions that harmed Mondstadt’s interests.
• Ningguang, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Jean, Raiden Ei, and Nahida agreed on a provisional guild structure, while Jean and Ningguang planned to seek approval from their nations’ senior officials before investing treasury funds.
• Li Qiuzhi used Universal Energy to strengthen the girls in Wonderland Space, raising several of them to their limits and expanding the space as their levels increased.
• Over the following half-month, Li Qiuzhi helped the girls master their growing strength, and Lumine, Ningguang, and Jean reached level 92 while Lisa and Eula reached level 90.
• Yun Jin and Shenhe reached maximum Friendship with Li Qiuzhi and gave him the Feiyun Banner Formation and Dustless Divine Maiden skills.
• Li Qiuzhi used Dustless Divine Maiden to purify the Erosion affecting Raiden Ei, Raiden Makoto, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, and Havria, while the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild also made significant progress.

Li Qiuzhi reviewed the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild’s new investments, then joined Keqing to survey Liyue’s planned road route. After proposing a road network connecting Liyue, Mondstadt, and Sumeru, he left Keqing pleased with the plan and increasingly affectionate toward him.

• Li Qiuzhi finalized the merchant guild’s seven shareholders and their stakes, with four nations providing most of its initial five hundred billion Mora valuation.
• Li Qiuzhi declined Shenhe’s offer to ask Ganyu to join him and instead spent the morning with Hu Tao, Yun Jin, and Shenhe before teleporting to meet Keqing.
• Keqing showed Li Qiuzhi the planned road from Liyue Harbor to Stone Gate, and they discussed extending paved roads toward Sumeru and coordinating construction across three nations.
• Li Qiuzhi contacted Jean and Nahida, who agreed to recruit Geo Vision holders and begin planning their sections of the connected road network.
• Keqing and Li Qiuzhi began checking the route for hidden dangers, and Li Qiuzhi secretly held her hand, raising her Friendship level to 9.

Li Qiuzhi and Keqing inspected the Guili Plains for hazards along the planned road, finding ruins that needed reinforcement and an underground space the route would have to avoid. They met Yelan, who invited them to investigate a report of an enormous Red Hilichurl King after they finished marking the ruins.

• Li Qiuzhi took Keqing to inspect nearby ruins, and she identified a section that could break off and endanger travelers.
• Li Qiuzhi detected a large underground space beneath ruins near the road, so Keqing agreed to mark its boundaries and route construction around it.
• Li Qiuzhi and Keqing arrived among the ruins, where Yelan bound the Hilichurls and explained she was looking into reports of a giant Red Hilichurl King.
• Yelan invited Li Qiuzhi and Keqing to investigate the creature, and they agreed to go after marking the underground space.
• Li Qiuzhi and Keqing confirmed and marked the underground space's extent while Yelan waited for them.

Li Qiuzhi, Keqing, and Yelan tracked a mutated Red Demon King to the Hidden Palace of Guizang Formula and discovered that a damaged formation node was leaking elemental energy. Li Qiuzhi prepared to use his Feiyun Banner Formation skill to disable the seal so they could investigate the ruins.

• Yelan had Li Qiuzhi use bound Hilichurls as bait, and the group followed the Red Demon King from the river to Luhua Pool.
• The Red Demon King returned to the ruins in the middle of Luhua Pool, where Li Qiuzhi defeated it at Yelan's direction.
• Li Qiuzhi sensed that a formation node had failed and found a Pyro Elemental Monument with a missing corner leaking energy.
• Yelan concluded that they would need to undo the formation and enter the ruins to learn what had happened.
• Li Qiuzhi summoned a phantom banner with his Feiyun Banner Formation skill and planted it beside the damaged monument.

Li Qiuzhi, Keqing, and Yelan disabled the ruins’ formation and entered the Cloud-Sea Abode to investigate the damaged Elemental Monuments. Keqing’s promised kiss brought her Friendship with Li Qiuzhi to its maximum, granting him a new ability that could transfer attacks between marked garments as they continued exploring.

• Li Qiuzhi’s phantom flags drained energy from the formation nodes until the ruins’ formation dissipated, revealing a Wind Current and a passage to the Hidden Palace of Guizang Formula.
• Keqing stopped Yelan from jumping into the passage and had Li Qiuzhi scout ahead with Lumine’s Sword God; he found the maze safe and teleported them to the Cloud-Sea Abode’s entrance.
• Li Qiuzhi, Keqing, and Yelan entered the Cloud-Sea Abode and saw its cloud-covered landscape, while his Psychic Power and Lumine’s Sword God searched for anything unusual.
• Keqing gave Li Qiuzhi a brief kiss on the cheek to fulfill her promise, and her Friendship with him reached level ten.
• Li Qiuzhi gained Night’s Iridescent Skirt in Flight, an ability that let him mark garments to transfer attacks between them, and continued leading the others through the abode.

Li Qiuzhi, Yelan, and Keqing fought their way past powerful mechanical constructs guarding the floating islands and discovered that a level 98 evil spirit had been controlling them. Li Qiuzhi crushed the apparition, but it escaped to the highest island, and the group continued upward, finding a precious chest on the first island.

• Li Qiuzhi, Yelan, and Keqing approached the floating islands and encountered hostile mechanical constructs that seemed to be controlled by a malicious force.
• Yelan bound the mechanical tiger, Keqing destroyed the giant mechanical bear, and Li Qiuzhi and Lumine's Sword God defeated the other constructs.
• A black apparition revealed itself as the King of Evil Spirit, challenged the group to climb to the highest island, and attacked them with intense malice.
• Li Qiuzhi crushed the apparition with his Psychic Power, but it escaped and claimed to be undying; Yelan gained Friendship with him after he held her close.
• Li Qiuzhi, Yelan, and Keqing crossed the bridge to the first floating island, where Lumine's Sword God found a precious chest beneath a tree.

Li Qiuzhi discovered that the King of Evil Spirit was sustained by three sealed ancient Evil Spirits, and he arranged for Raiden Ei to forge them into armor while cleansing their will. The chapter ended with Ei preparing to begin the forging as Li Qiuzhi, Yelan, and Keqing watched.

• Li Qiuzhi found the King of Evil Spirit's sealed vessels on the highest floating island and concluded that the formation needed to be dealt with at its source.
• Li Qiuzhi consulted Havria, Raiden Makoto, and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, who suggested forging the ancient Evil Spirits into an implement and cleansing their will.
• Raiden Ei agreed to forge the ancient Evil Spirits into armor, and Li Qiuzhi brought her to the island.
• Li Qiuzhi explained his plan to Yelan and Keqing, then gave Yelan the Interstellar Travel ability.
• Raiden Ei returned with supplementary materials and began gathering Lightning to start forging.

Li Qiuzhi, Raiden Ei, and their companions encountered Guizhong’s remnant consciousness guarding a formation that sealed the remains of the Demon God of Curses. After Guizhong agreed to let them destroy the threat rather than repair the seal, Ei restrained the cursed power with her psychic force and Li Qiuzhi helped defeat it, leaving the remains ready to be forged into armor.

• Guizhong appeared from the formation, identified herself as a remnant consciousness, and asked the group not to take the sealed remains of the Demon God of Curses.
• Li Qiuzhi learned that Guizhong lacked the power to repair the damaged formation and consulted Greater Lord Rukkhadevata about containing cursed power.
• Li Qiuzhi persuaded Guizhong to let Raiden Ei destroy the Evil Spirit’s consciousness, and Ei agreed to use her psychic power to prevent its escape.
• Raiden Ei shattered the formation and repeatedly struck the Evil Spirit’s consciousness with lightning while keeping it trapped with psychic force.
• Li Qiuzhi landed the finishing blow after the Evil Spirit exhausted its cursed power, earning 92,355 Experience Points as the remains melted into black liquid.
• Guizhong thanked Li Qiuzhi and the others after Ei confirmed the Evil Spirit’s presence had vanished, and Guizhong’s Friendship level with Li Qiuzhi increased to Lv. 4.

Li Qiuzhi had Raiden Ei forge the ancient Evil Spirits into cursed armor, then marked Yelan and Keqing’s clothes so they could transfer attacks to the armor. He brought Guizhong into his Wonderland Space to help her recover and work with him, then continued inspecting the road toward Stone Gate with Keqing after cleansing Xiao’s Erosion.

• Raiden Ei forged the ancient Evil Spirits and secret steel into cursed armor, and Li Qiuzhi marked it and the clothes worn by Yelan and Keqing with his damage-transfer ability.
• Yelan kissed Li Qiuzhi to show her gratitude, and he kissed Keqing after she reacted jealously.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Guizhong to recover in his Wonderland Space and help with Mechanics, and she accepted before settling in the Library.
• Yelan returned to Liyue Harbor, while Li Qiuzhi and Keqing inspected the road to Wangshu Inn and Li Qiuzhi cleansed Xiao’s Erosion.
• Li Qiuzhi and Keqing found soft ground near Dihua Marsh, buried and sealed the cursed armor underwater, and completed their inspection to Stone Gate.

Li Qiuzhi discussed introducing electric lights in Liyue with Keqing, then returned to the Wonderland Space and talked with Eula about developing the Abyssal Rift as farmland. He agreed to help create water reservoirs there the next day, while Keqing headed to arrange construction preparations.

• Li Qiuzhi asked Keqing whether Teyvat had a metal suitable for electric lights, and she planned a tungsten filament test and a possible Liyue trial.
• Keqing declined Li Qiuzhi’s invitation to dinner because she needed to arrange preparations for the next day’s construction.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to the Wonderland Space and told Eula he had cleared Monsters from the area around the Demon Bear Territory in the Abyssal Rift.
• Eula explained that the Knights of Favonius wanted to develop the Rift for agriculture and needed water reservoirs, so Li Qiuzhi agreed to help her make them the next day.

Li Qiuzhi accompanied Eula to the Abyssal Rift to help build reservoirs for future agriculture. After finishing their first reservoir east of the base, they prepared to continue with the other marked sites.

• Li Qiuzhi and Eula spent time together in the Wonderland Space before joining everyone for dinner, where he stroked Shenhe's thigh.
• The next morning, Eula took Li Qiuzhi to the Abyssal Rift, where she was the Knights of Favonius captain on duty for the month.
• Eula showed Li Qiuzhi a map marking four suitable reservoir locations around the base and explained that scholars wanted construction to begin soon.
• Li Qiuzhi and Eula flew about five kilometers east of the base to the first location.
• Li Qiuzhi used his enormous summoned sword to dig and shape a reservoir five hundred meters across and five meters deep, then filled it with Hydro.

After completing the four reservoirs in the Abyssal Rift, Li Qiuzhi returned to Mondstadt to collect his payment and learned that Noelle had passed the physical tests for the Knight Selection. Noelle thanked him for the teleportation ability he had given her and offered to prepare afternoon tea for him.

• Li Qiuzhi and Eula completed the southern, western, and northern reservoirs, and the Knights of Favonius arranged for scholars to begin the approved agricultural plan.
• Eula brought Li Qiuzhi to Acting Grand Master Jean, who offered him over a hundred Primogems as payment for his work.
• Li Qiuzhi left the Knights' headquarters to visit the Adventurers' Guild and met Noelle at the entrance.
• Noelle told Li Qiuzhi that she had passed the Knight Selection's physical tests and was waiting for her theory results.
• Noelle explained that Lisa had tutored her for the selection and thanked Li Qiuzhi for giving her teleportation, then offered to make him afternoon tea.

Li Qiuzhi helped Noelle finish cleaning, then accompanied her to buy ingredients for afternoon tea while gaining the Aura Circulation affix. He collected 205 Primogems from Katheryne and considered how they could have appeared in the Abyssal Rift.

• Li Qiuzhi joined Noelle in cleaning the Knights of Favonius headquarters before they went to buy pastry ingredients.
• Li Qiuzhi obtained the Aura Circulation affix, which let him strengthen himself by circulating energy through close contact with a woman, and planned a regular cultivation schedule.
• Li Qiuzhi and Noelle visited Katheryne at the Adventurers' Guild, where she reported that adventurers had collected 205 Primogems for him.
• Katheryne explained that adventurers had found Primogems in the Abyssal Rift despite its lack of treasure chests, and Li Qiuzhi speculated about their origin.
• Li Qiuzhi paid the remaining 14.6 million Mora, and Katheryne handed him the Primogems.

Li Qiuzhi brought Noelle to Wonderland Space and invited her to move in, tempting her with the prospect of living with Jean and learning from her. Noelle agreed, and Li Qiuzhi prepared to share the lunch she had cooked with her and Mona.

• Li Qiuzhi stored the Primogems Katheryne had given him and took Noelle through a spatial rift to Wonderland Space.
• Mona teased Li Qiuzhi for bringing Noelle home, and he tried to win her over by praising Noelle's cooking and housekeeping skills.
• Noelle prepared Stewed Potatoes and Honey-Glazed Steak while Li Qiuzhi helped with the ingredients.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Noelle to live in Wonderland Space and promised she could see Jean and ask her for advice.
• Noelle bashfully agreed, and Li Qiuzhi celebrated before carrying the food to the table.

Li Qiuzhi helped Noelle move into Wonderland Space, where she settled into her own room and shared afternoon tea with everyone. Jean revealed that Noelle had passed the Knight Selection written examination, and the chapter ended with Jean considering how to manage her workload after Noelle and Ellin left their secretarial duties.

• Li Qiuzhi helped Noelle choose a room in Wonderland Space, then Mona and Fischl helped furnish it and move her belongings.
• While Noelle prepared afternoon tea, Li Qiuzhi cuddled Mona and Fischl on the sofa.
• Noelle asked Li Qiuzhi to invite Jean and Lisa over for afternoon tea.
• Jean told Noelle she had scored twenty-five points and passed the Knight Selection written examination.
• Noelle celebrated her success and said she hoped to become an outstanding knight who could fight alongside Jean.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Jean how she would assign Noelle's duties, and Jean considered the extra work she would face without Noelle and Ellin as secretaries.

Acting Grand Master Jean arranged for Noelle and the others to keep serving as secretaries while learning reconnaissance work, and Li Qiuzhi showed Noelle around Wonderland before taking her to the hot spring. After discovering that intimate cultivation with Noelle greatly advanced his progress toward level 101, Li Qiuzhi considered asking Raiden Ei to try it with him.

• Jean decided that Noelle and the others would serve as her secretaries while training with Amber's reconnaissance squad.
• Noelle prepared an elaborate afternoon tea, and Li Qiuzhi later showed her Wonderland's floors and introduced her to its residents and Havria.
• Li Qiuzhi brought Noelle to the bathhouse, where they shared the hot spring despite her embarrassment.
• Afterward, Li Qiuzhi found that an hour of cultivation with Noelle using Aura Circulation had gained him around ten thousand points of progress.
• Li Qiuzhi wondered whether cultivating with Raiden Ei would work and decided to discuss the method with her.

Li Qiuzhi asked Raiden Ei to cultivate with him, and she agreed to consider it if he earned her approval in a spar. Their battle in the Plane of Euthymia revealed how much his power and swordsmanship had grown, but Ei still had the advantage.

• Li Qiuzhi visited Raiden Ei in the Meditation Room and explained that his new cultivation method could benefit both of them.
• Raiden Ei challenged Li Qiuzhi to a match, promising to cultivate with him if he earned her approval, and her Friendship toward him increased.
• Raiden Ei brought Li Qiuzhi into the Plane of Euthymia and attacked him with a Musou no Hitotachi, which he blocked with his summoned Sword God.
• Li Qiuzhi answered with a powerful Musou no Hitotachi of his own, impressing Ei with a slash she judged to be sixty percent of her strength.
• Raiden Ei opened Eyes of Stormy Judgment and froze Lumine's Sword God and the surrounding space, while Li Qiuzhi continued attacking her.
• Li Qiuzhi and Raiden Ei traded sword blows as the battle continued in the Plane of Euthymia.

Li Qiuzhi failed to last against Raiden Ei in a spar, then persuaded her to test his cultivation method by holding hands. His energy slightly strengthened her soul and formed a protective connection, and Ei agreed to cultivate with him if he could last half a day against her next time.

• Li Qiuzhi fought Raiden Ei in the Plane of Euthymia but was defeated after an hour, even with Noelle's Devotion Shield.
• Raiden Ei told Li Qiuzhi to return when he could fight her without falling behind, and he suggested testing his cultivation method on her before asking the Shogun.
• Li Qiuzhi held Raiden Ei's hand and transferred a small amount of Harmonization Energy, slightly strengthening her soul and creating a connection between them.
• Li Qiuzhi explained that his Soul Dyeing trait could help protect souls from attacks, and Raiden Ei agreed to cultivate with him if he lasted half a day in their next fight.
• Raiden Ei developed affection for Li Qiuzhi and gained 360 Friendship points, reaching Friendship level 10.

Li Qiuzhi gained the Twin Shadows skill after maxing his Friendship with Ei, then got punished for kissing her without permission. The next morning, Yanfei asked him to teleport her to Inazuma so she could consult on a difficult case.

• Li Qiuzhi gained Twin Shadows, which let him summon powerful phantoms of Ei and the Raiden Shogun to fight alongside him.
• Li Qiuzhi kissed Ei without warning, and she shocked him and hung him from the living room ceiling overnight.
• At breakfast, Li Qiuzhi invited Lumine to adventure, but she said she was busy helping Nahida develop rules for the Akasha Internet.
• Shenhe summoned Li Qiuzhi to Ganyu's office, where Yanfei explained that a delayed letter had left her little time to travel to Inazuma for a legal consultation.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to teleport Yanfei to Inazuma and asked whether she was ready to leave.

Li Qiuzhi brought Yanfei to Inazuma to find her junior, Kuki Shinobu, and secured legal permission for Yanfei to stay. After following local children to the Arataki Gang, they reunited Yanfei with Kuki Shinobu, who invited them inside to explain the commission.

• Yanfei agreed to travel with Li Qiuzhi, who brought her from Liyue to Yoimiya's fireworks shop in Inazuma City.
• Yanfei asked Li Qiuzhi and Yoimiya to help find her junior at the Arataki Gang, and Li Qiuzhi arranged official permission for Yanfei to stay in Inazuma.
• Yoimiya recruited neighborhood children to lead the group to the Arataki Gang's base in exchange for candy.
• Arataki Itto mistook the visitors for clients, then befriended Li Qiuzhi after hearing him praise the gang and its boss.
• Kuki Shinobu greeted Yanfei, Li Qiuzhi, and Yoimiya, clarified that the Arataki Gang had commissioned them, and invited them inside to discuss the situation.