Arc 22Chapters 528–552
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Kuki Shinobu explained a labor dispute to Yanfei, Li Qiuzhi, and Yoimiya: a contractor had fled with more than one hundred million Mora, leaving workers and suppliers unpaid. Li Qiuzhi offered to help alert other nations, while Kuki Shinobu and Yanfei focused on preparing for the hearing and Yanfei considered Li Qiuzhi’s offer to take her home to Liyue Harbor.
Li Qiuzhi collected Primogems in Inazuma and joined Yae Miko and Yoimiya to investigate reports of a fox-masked shrine maiden near Konda Village. The group reached the stone fox statue where the shrine maiden had been seen, while Li Qiuzhi hoped to change Hanasato’s fate.
Li Qiuzhi, Yae Miko, and Yoimiya waited near Konda Village’s Fox Statue and met the masked shrine maiden Hanasato after night fell. Hanasato said she was a remnant of the past seeking to fulfill her final duty, leaving Yae Miko wondering where she had come from.
Li Qiuzhi and the others learned that Hanasato was filth formed from Kitsune Saiguu’s memories and agreed to help her purify the Sacred Sakura’s roots. The group reached the polluted roots beneath Konda Village, where Li Qiuzhi summoned Lumine to try to cleanse the filth while seeking a way to preserve Hanasato.
Li Qiuzhi brought Lumine to the Sacred Sakura’s roots so she could master the filth power contaminating them. Lumine succeeded, and Hanasato absorbed the filth collected from the first cleansed spot, growing much stronger as the group prepared to continue.
Li Qiuzhi and his companions purified the Sacred Sakura’s roots in Araumi, Chinju Forest, and Mt. Yougou, while Hanasato absorbed the extracted filth and grew stronger. Hanasato survived the final purification and agreed to join the Grand Narukami Shrine to monitor the roots and help manage future filth.
After returning to Wonderland Space, Li Qiuzhi spent the night with Shenhe, Yun Jin, and the other girls before visiting Yae Miko at the Grand Narukami Shrine. He helped Yae Miko gain strength through their intimacy, then hid beneath her skirt when a shrine maiden arrived, absorbing Primogems while she handled a work report.
Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko sought Hanasato’s help locating Kitsune Saiguu’s hidden youkai prison in Chinju Forest, hoping to find remnants of her consciousness and revive her. After uncovering the Subduing Evil Domain and opening its sealed gate, they entered its dark passage to investigate.
Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko explored the Subduing Evil Domain, found many powerful yokai still alive in hibernation, and confirmed that Kitsune Saiguu’s consciousness remained inside the Hakushin Spirit-Illusion Bell. They rescued the bell and reached maximum Friendship, granting Li Qiuzhi a new ability to learn information about unknown things.
Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko destroyed the youkai imprisoned in the Subduing Evil Domain, then returned to help free Gohyōzō and bring the Hakushin Spirit-Illusion Bell to the Wonderland Space. Yae Miko entered the space and reunited with Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei while Li Qiuzhi stored the bell.
Li Qiuzhi began selling his ability to cleanse Erosion, starting with Zhongli, and planned to offer the service to Liyue’s Adepti. After cleansing Zhongli, he accepted a commission to help Azhdaha and went to find Madame Ping.
Li Qiuzhi traded with Madame Ping to purify her erosion and received the Serenitea Pot, whose collection expanded the Wonderland Space. He visited Ganyu at Yuehai Pavilion and offered her the Dustless Divine Maiden state to help her work without getting tired, leaving her eager to try it.
Li Qiuzhi refreshed Ganyu with Dustless Divine Maiden, advised her to reform Yuehai Pavilion’s workload, and purified erosion for several Adepti and Azhdaha. The chapter ended with Zhongli giving Li Qiuzhi the two thousand Primogems he had gathered.
Li Qiuzhi absorbed Primogems from several allies to reach level 101, then spent the night with Yae Miko and Raiden Ei. The next morning, he traveled with Lumine and Paimon to Sumeru, where Nahida had completed the Akasha Forum framework and asked him to test it.
Li Qiuzhi tested the Akasha Terminal’s apps, and Nahida approved a closed beta of the Akasha Forum for Akademiya scholars. When he asked how to expand the Akasha system beyond Sumeru, Nahida proposed that Fontaine’s Oratrice Mecanique d’Analyse Cardinale could supply the energy needed to spread it across Teyvat.
Li Qiuzhi agreed to gather suggestions for Nahida and the Akasha Internet while Nahida planned to appoint him and Lumine as Sages. After training with Raiden Ei, he interviewed Alhaitham at the Akademiya and recorded a proposal for searchable digital books.
Li Qiuzhi surveyed Akademiya scholars about desired Akasha Internet features and met the exhausted Layla, whom he helped after she stumbled and fell asleep. After Layla recognized him as the Traveler who saved four nations, he asked her about the Akasha Terminal and offered to help her find research materials, delaying his other plans.
Li Qiuzhi helped Layla find astrology references in the House of Daena, promised to arrange a chance for her to meet Mona, and used his harmonization energy to relieve her fatigue. He then gathered feedback about the Akasha Internet while heading to a Genius Invokation TCG shop, where he met its new owner, Dori.
Li Qiuzhi arranged for Dori to negotiate a license to put Genius Invokation TCG online in exchange for paid advertising on the Akasha Internet. On his way back to the Akademiya, he met Dunyarzad and Dehya, who mistook him for a threat before recognizing him and inviting him for a drink.
Li Qiuzhi explored Sumeru’s Grand Bazaar with Dehya and Dunyarzad, then reunited with Lumine, Paimon, and Nahida to attend a performance at Zubayr Theater. Dunyarzad tearfully thanked Nahida for helping her recover, and the show began with two acrobats.
Nilou performed the Dance of the Goddess of Flowers and became friends with Li Qiuzhi, who agreed to escort her on a desert trip. After returning to the Wonderland Space, Li Qiuzhi asked Mona to meet Layla at the Akademiya, and Mona agreed.
Li Qiuzhi spent the night with Mona in her laboratory, then learned more about how the girls might become gods and went to Sumeru City to pursue his online-game plans. Nahida explained that Greater Lord Rukkhadevata could extend the Akasha system into Wonderland Space by hosting a backup subsystem, but she was still too weak to do so.
Li Qiuzhi secured a license for Genius Invokation TCG and worked with Nahida, Lumine, and Paimon to launch several games on the Akasha Internet. As the games attracted thousands of players, he considered how to develop his skills and eventually get past the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.
Li Qiuzhi delayed extending the Akasha system through Wonderland Space until Greater Lord Rukkhadevata could recover, then strengthened the space’s soul-nurturing property with a Spirit Rank affix. With the new enhancement improving their recovery, he planned to wait a few months before asking her to run the system and turned to learning new skills for reaching beyond Teyvat.
Li Qiuzhi learned and maxed out five concealment skills from Havria, Raiden Ei, Guizhong, Raiden Makoto, and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, then fused them with Abyssal Sea Phantom into a Divine Realm skill. The new skill might let him break through the False Sky’s blockade and leave Teyvat to discover why the Heavenly Principles had sealed the planet.