Recaps

Li Qiuzhi brought Mona, Layla, and Faruzan to explore an enormous gas planet, using an avatar to test the crushing atmospheric pressure as they descended. They reached the planet’s solid metallic layer, where Li Qiuzhi wondered whether it was metallic hydrogen, and prepared to investigate further.

• Layla and Mona were delighted when Li Qiuzhi agreed to explore the planet, and Faruzan gained Friendship points after they arrived near it.
• Mona guided Li Qiuzhi’s group past an asteroid belt and toward the aqua-blue gas planet, which they reached after several warps.
• Li Qiuzhi summoned a “Lumine's Sword God” avatar to test the atmosphere and found that the Devotion Shield withstood increasing pressure as they descended.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others passed through the planet’s storms, dense gas, and liquid layer before reaching its solid metallic layer more than ten thousand kilometers below the atmosphere’s surface.
• Li Qiuzhi wondered whether the metallic layer was superconducting metallic hydrogen and considered its value as a resource.

Li Qiuzhi and the others used Mona’s divination to locate a mechanical ruin beneath the metal surface of a gas planet’s core. After drilling through more than a hundred kilometers of compressed metal, they reached an empty space below and descended into it.

• Li Qiuzhi scanned the smooth planetary core but found no unusual features on its surface.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Mona to use astrology to locate a promising spot, and her Hydromantic Dish revealed mechanical structures, robots, drones, and a golden Mechanical Leader.
• Mona pinpointed the location of the images 3,400 kilometers and 722 meters away, and Li Qiuzhi warped the group there.
• Li Qiuzhi used Lumine’s Sword God and Sword Intent to drill through the metal, while Mona tracked its progress with her Hydromantic Dish.
• Li Qiuzhi bored through into an empty space, hollowed out the drill into a passage, and led the others down into the ruin.

Li Qiuzhi and the girls discovered a hidden logistics base beneath a gas planet, built from star-casting alloy invented by Rubert. After identifying the base’s robot commander as the strongest defender, Li Qiuzhi disabled the robots and prepared to take control of the facility.

• Li Qiuzhi used the Sword Intent pipe to teleport his group into an underground energy warehouse, where he identified the walls as star-casting alloy that could be used to build the Star-Sea Craft.
• Drones and combat robots attacked Lumine's Sword God with disruption rounds, but Li Qiuzhi turned it invisible and evaded their detection.
• Li Qiuzhi and the girls followed the robots through the alerted base, and Mona used divination to locate its strongest being.
• The group entered a control room and found a golden robot commander, which Li Qiuzhi identified as a remnant of Rubert’s Mechanical Empire.
• Li Qiuzhi used Psychic Tentacles to destroy the robots’ processors, disabling the commander and the other inorganic life-forms.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions cleared a Mechanical Empire logistics base, where they discovered a valuable Micro-Attractor Generator and a working energy-block production line. After returning to Sumeru City, Layla reached maximum Friendship with Li Qiuzhi, granting him the new ability Starlight's Blessing, whose effects he began to inspect.

• Li Qiuzhi used his summoned sword fighters to defeat the robots in the base and found its energy-block factory and warehouses still operating.
• Li Qiuzhi and his companions discovered a Micro-Attractor Generator, which could use gravity to move planets, and he decided to leave it intact for study.
• Li Qiuzhi took Mona, Layla, and Faruzan on a celestial observation journey before teleporting them back to Sumeru City.
• Nahida praised Faruzan and Layla as outstanding scholars, and Li Qiuzhi walked them home after they left the House of Daena.
• Layla thanked Li Qiuzhi and Mona at her residence, reached maximum Friendship with Li Qiuzhi, and granted him Starlight's Blessing.
• Mona began discussing star charts with Layla while Li Qiuzhi sat inside and opened the description of his new ability.

Li Qiuzhi tested his new Starlight's Blessing skill, then invited Layla to dinner in the Wonderland Space. While everyone welcomed Layla, Lumine told him that Marcel had been convicted for the disappearances and human experiments, and Li Qiuzhi turned to leveling up after Mona took Layla to study.

• Li Qiuzhi activated Starlight's Blessing and used it with Fischl's and Miko's affection skills to map the area and identify a Dendro Slime.
• Mona and Li Qiuzhi invited Layla to dinner, and he brought her to the Wonderland Space.
• Lumine told Li Qiuzhi that she, Paimon, Navia, and Chevreuse had traced the Serial Disappearances of Young Women Case to Marcel, who had experimented on women with Primordial Sea Water.
• Lumine explained that Marcel had been convicted and died at the Fountain of Lucine when the victims' collective will pulled out his soul.
• Li Qiuzhi and the other girls welcomed Layla at dinner, and Mona later took her to the laboratory to study the stars.
• Li Qiuzhi shifted his attention to Lumine's Sword God on Baihuang Star to earn the Experience Points he needed to level up.

Li Qiuzhi farmed Experience Points on Baihuang Star, then received the honorary title of prince from Furina in Fontaine. Afterward, Navia asked him and Lumine to help move Poisson and the Spina di Rosula headquarters aboveground.

• Li Qiuzhi knocked out more than a hundred Louyue Giant Beasts overnight, earned over sixteen million Experience Points, and leveled up to Lv117.
• Li Qiuzhi spent the late night cultivating with Amber and Kuki Shinobu, then traveled with Lumine and Paimon to visit Furina in Fontaine.
• Furina granted Li Qiuzhi the honorary title of Fontaine Prince, and Neuvillette drafted the official document announcing it.
• Li Qiuzhi checked his new title and discovered it increased Friendship with Fontaine residents and let him establish laws within a certain range.
• Navia asked Li Qiuzhi and Lumine to help move Poisson and the Spina di Rosula headquarters from their underground cavern to the surface, and they agreed to take a look.

Li Qiuzhi helped Navia by lifting the underground town of Poisson onto the surface, saving the residents the cost and effort of rebuilding their homes. Charlotte eagerly arranged to interview him as the townspeople celebrated and Navia and Chevreuse helped manage the crowd.

• Li Qiuzhi teleported Navia, Milles, Lumine, and Paimon to Poisson after Navia asked him to help with its rebuilding project.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested raising Poisson itself instead of constructing a new town, and Navia sent Milles and Silver to evacuate the workers.
• Charlotte arrived to report on Poisson's redevelopment, while Navia explained her plan to promote the town as a tourist destination.
• After the site was cleared, Li Qiuzhi used sword energy and enormous translucent tentacles to lift Poisson from underground and set it on nearby ground without damaging it.
• The townspeople applauded as Navia and Chevreuse helped keep order, and Charlotte excitedly secured an interview with Li Qiuzhi.

Li Qiuzhi helped Navia restore Poisson, then returned to the Wonderland Space and reached maximum Friendship with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, gaining the Lord of a Thousand Trees skill. He wondered whether the skill might let him connect to the Imaginary Tree, though he doubted his level was high enough.

• Li Qiuzhi used his powers with Lumine to lower Poisson into the construction site and repair the damage, completing the work in less than half a day.
• Navia insisted on paying for Li Qiuzhi’s help, so he agreed to accept Primogems collected by the Spina di Rosula in the future, and Navia’s Friendship toward him increased.
• Li Qiuzhi told Lumine and Paimon about the Mechanical Empire Logistics Base on the gas giant, then teleported alone to the Wonderland Space to share the discovery with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata agreed to explore the ancient ruin with the scholars, then became intimate with Li Qiuzhi and reached maximum Friendship with him.
• Li Qiuzhi gained the Lord of a Thousand Trees skill, which let him connect with plants to gain their characteristics, draw vitality, and distribute damage among them.
• Li Qiuzhi considered whether the Imaginary Tree counted as a plant he could connect with, but concluded that its level was likely beyond his and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s combined levels.

Li Qiuzhi gained Guizhong’s max-Level Friendship Skill, Return to Stardust, then traveled with Tingyun to the Xianzhou Luofu. Tingyun welcomed him home and invited him to stay so she could show him around, as their mutual interest grew.

• Li Qiuzhi called Guizhong to the library, and after she caught him with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, he persuaded her to cultivate with him.
• Guizhong’s Friendship reached its maximum, granting Li Qiuzhi Return to Stardust, a power that could destroy anything it struck and reduce it to nothingness.
• Li Qiuzhi took the scholars to study a Mechanical Empire logistics base while the Minghuo approached the Xianzhou Luofu.
• Tingyun told Li Qiuzhi that they had reached the Luofu and led him to the command room, where he saw the enormous ship and the Jade Gate.
• Tingyun invited Li Qiuzhi to stay on the Luofu for a few days, and his Character Panel showed her Friendship had reached Level 7.

Li Qiuzhi arrived at the Xianzhou Luofu with Tingyun and met Yukong at the Palace of Astrum. Yukong arranged to pay him for protecting the convoy and said she would apply for a long-term Xianzhou visa.

• Tingyun guided Li Qiuzhi through the Jade Gate and explained that visiting craft had to dock at the spaceport before passengers could travel by starskiff.
• Tingyun took Li Qiuzhi to the Palace of Astrum, where Yukong welcomed her back and thanked Li Qiuzhi for protecting the merchant convoy from Phantylia.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Yukong his text number so she could arrange his commission payment.
• Yukong offered to have Tingyun show Li Qiuzhi around and said she would apply for his long-term Xianzhou visa.

Li Qiuzhi and Tingyun collected lunch, rode a starskiff toward Starskiff Haven, and grew closer after he told her he had many lovers. As Tingyun asked to hear how he met them, Li Qiuzhi turned his attention to finishing his hunt on Baihuang Star.

• Tingyun explained that the restaurant used Strale and invited Li Qiuzhi to collect his package at Starskiff Haven.
• While they rode a starskiff, Li Qiuzhi told Tingyun he had close relationships with many girls, and she said she still wanted to be with him.
• Li Qiuzhi accepted Tingyun's feelings, and she asked him to tell her how he had met his other lovers.
• Night fell on Baihuang Star, where Li Qiuzhi directed two manifestations of Lumine's Sword God to knock out the remaining Louyue Giant Beasts and gain more Experience Points.

Li Qiuzhi collected his armor materials at Starskiff Haven, accepted Tingyun’s invitation to live with her, and traveled with her to Exalting Sanctum. While farming Experience Points through his manifestations, he rose from level 117 to 124 and received an offer to choose a new Racial Specialty.

• Tingyun guided Li Qiuzhi to Crane Logistics Station, where he collected his package of armor materials and stored it in the Void Sea of Stars.
• Tingyun invited Li Qiuzhi to stay at her home, and he accepted, earning 420 Friendship points as they set off for Exalting Sanctum.
• Li Qiuzhi considered the Xianzhou’s technology and its leaders, including Jing Yuan and Marshal Hua, while deciding to leave a manifestation on the Luofu.
• Li Qiuzhi’s manifestations finished farming Louyue Giant Beasts on Baihuang Star, raising his Experience Points above 208 million.
• Li Qiuzhi spent over 207 million Experience Points to rise from level 117 to 124, then received a prompt to choose a Racial Specialty upon reaching level 120.

Li Qiuzhi chose Sea of Quanta Drifter after reaching level 124 and learned that the Projection Space and a bubble he had anchored were connected to the Sea of Quanta. He visited Tingyun’s home on the Xianzhou Luofu, then brought her through the Wonderland Space door to meet his lovers.

• Li Qiuzhi chose Sea of Quanta Drifter, gaining the ability to enter the Sea of Quanta and sense nearby world bubbles.
• Li Qiuzhi discovered that his level-120 True Love Puzzle trait granted powers based on the girls whose Friendship with him had reached maximum, and he noted that two more were needed to complete it.
• Li Qiuzhi and Tingyun arrived at Exalting Sanctum, where he received ten million Credits from the Sky-Faring Commission and visited her home.
• Li Qiuzhi helped Tingyun clean her house, and she asked to meet his lovers; her Friendship with him rose to level nine.
• Li Qiuzhi opened the door to Wonderland Space and took Tingyun inside.

Li Qiuzhi brought Tingyun to Wonderland Space, where she met his lovers and was welcomed by them. He then asked Ei to forge armor from the materials he had brought back, and his visit to the storeroom ended with Havria admitting she liked him and agreeing to start with a kiss.

• Li Qiuzhi introduced Tingyun to the women in the hall, and Yae Miko invited her to share stories about the stars while the others got to know her.
• Li Qiuzhi took the forging materials to Ei, who checked them and asked him to fetch two pieces of Dragon Blood Treasure Jade.
• Li Qiuzhi went to the storeroom, where Havria confirmed she had heard him and Ei through the ceiling.
• Li Qiuzhi embraced Havria, and she admitted she liked him and suggested that they begin by kissing.
• Li Qiuzhi encouraged Havria to take the initiative and kiss him until she felt ready.

Li Qiuzhi practiced with Havria until her friendship reached its maximum, gaining the Holy Salt ability, then continued spending time with Raiden Ei. He planned to focus on raising more friendships and decided Rosaria was the next person he would seek out.

• Havria hesitated to kiss Li Qiuzhi, so he took the initiative and continued their intimate practice until she reached maximum friendship with him.
• Li Qiuzhi gained the Holy Salt ability, which could purify bodily energy and weaken evil creatures on contact.
• Raiden Ei bathed in the hot spring while Li Qiuzhi continued practicing with her and waited for Havria to recover.
• Li Qiuzhi reviewed his plans to raise more friendships and noted that he needed one more maximum-level friendship to use the True Love Puzzle’s ultimate power.
• Li Qiuzhi checked his friendship list and found that Rosaria’s friendship was level seven and nearing level eight, so he decided to seek her out soon.

Li Qiuzhi welcomed Tingyun into Wonderland Space, helped her move in while keeping her Xianzhou duties, and gave her protective Friendship skills. Tingyun rewarded him with growing affection and hinted at a gift of her own.

• Li Qiuzhi introduced Tingyun to Raiden Ei and Havria, and the household welcomed her over lunch.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Layla to move into Wonderland Space, and Mona helped her prepare a room.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Tingyun a golden Beacon so she could travel between Wonderland Space and the Xianzhou Luofu while continuing her work.
• Li Qiuzhi accompanied Tingyun to furnish her new room in Wonderland Space.
• Li Qiuzhi granted Tingyun Dustless Divine Maiden and Night's Iridescent Skirt in Flight, increasing her Friendship, and Tingyun offered him a gift in return.

Li Qiuzhi and Tingyun grew closer as he helped her reach maximum Friendship, earning the Foxian Charm skill and completing the thirty-piece True Love Puzzle. Afterward, Tingyun and the other girls cultivated with him, and she rested aboard the Xianzhou Luofu.

• Tingyun kissed Li Qiuzhi, and he touched her fox ears and tail as they became intimate.
• Tingyun reached maximum Friendship with Li Qiuzhi, who obtained her Foxian Charm skill and completed the True Love Puzzle with thirty girls.
• Li Qiuzhi examined the True Love Puzzle’s Spirit and the combined power of true love, which drew on the girls’ abilities and energy.
• Guizhong, Havria, and the other girls joined Li Qiuzhi and Tingyun for several hours of cultivation, and Tingyun gained several levels.
• Tingyun bathed at the Hot Spring Bathhouse and went to sleep, keeping the Xianzhou Luofu’s late-night schedule.

Li Qiuzhi helped Mona and Layla finish moving Layla’s belongings, then cultivated with both women. After the reserved Layla fell asleep, her assertive personality appeared and explained why she wanted to keep her existence secret; Li Qiuzhi suggested helping the reserved Layla build confidence, but the assertive Layla turned his attention to something more urgent.

• Li Qiuzhi arrived at Layla’s new room and helped Mona finish shelving Layla’s books.
• Li Qiuzhi massaged Mona and Layla, then cultivated with Mona first to help Layla feel less nervous.
• Li Qiuzhi cultivated with Layla, and afterward she fell asleep beside him and Mona.
• Layla’s assertive personality appeared and told Li Qiuzhi not to reveal her existence to the reserved Layla.
• Li Qiuzhi learned that the assertive Layla feared the truth would further undermine the reserved Layla’s confidence and suggested helping her succeed at her studies.
• The assertive Layla agreed they could discuss the idea later, then told Li Qiuzhi that something more important needed his attention.

Li Qiuzhi met Rosaria at the Angel's Share and walked her back to the Favonius Sisterhood Dormitory, where he gave her two powerful skills that raised her Friendship level. He offered to improve her strength as well, and Rosaria asked whether he was interested in her.

• Li Qiuzhi joined Rosaria for drinks at the Angel's Share, and her affection for him increased their Friendship to level eight.
• Li Qiuzhi offered to walk Rosaria home and give her gifts, while Diluc treated them to their drinks.
• Li Qiuzhi accompanied Rosaria to her room in the Sisterhood Dormitory and bestowed Dustless Divine Maiden and Night's Iridescent Skirt in Flight on her.
• Rosaria received the skills and gained enough Friendship with Li Qiuzhi to reach level nine.
• Li Qiuzhi offered to improve Rosaria's strength, and Rosaria asked whether he was interested in her.

Li Qiuzhi and Rosaria became lovers, and their intimacy raised her Friendship Level to its maximum and granted him the Sin-Devouring Sister skill. After resting, Rosaria agreed to move into Li Qiuzhi’s Wonderland Space, and they began moving her belongings.

• Rosaria accepted Li Qiuzhi’s proposal to become lovers, and he hugged and kissed her.
• Li Qiuzhi and Rosaria grew intimate, and her Friendship Level reached Lv. 10, granting him the Sin-Devouring Sister skill.
• Li Qiuzhi examined the skill, which summoned a thorn barrier where ice spears could judge guilty targets and potentially kill them instantly.
• Rosaria agreed to live with Li Qiuzhi, and they rested together before waking in the afternoon.
• Li Qiuzhi opened the Wonderland Space and helped Rosaria move her belongings into a new room.

Li Qiuzhi arranged an expedition to Guyun Stone Forest with Xiangling, Yanfei, and Beidou, planning to control the sealed Demon Gods and support Sucrose’s research. After gathering the group in Liyue Harbor, he gave the three women protective skills before they set out.

• Li Qiuzhi asked Beidou and Yanfei to join him in exploring the Demon Gods’ sealed grounds, and both agreed to go the following morning.
• Li Qiuzhi told Zhongli about his plan to control the sealed Demon Gods, and Zhongli approved.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Xiangling, who agreed enthusiastically after hearing they could search for rare fish and ingredients.
• The next morning, Li Qiuzhi met Xiangling, Beidou, and Yanfei at Wanmin Restaurant, where they tried Xiangling’s bitter-melon meat buns.
• Before the expedition, Li Qiuzhi gave the three women protective skills and granted Xiangling Interstellar Travel.

Li Qiuzhi reasoned that the Character Panel converted powers such as reputation, affection, and life experience into abilities, then asked Ei and the Shogun to grant him a suitable Inazuman title. As he sailed toward Guyun Stone Forest with Beidou, Xiangling, and Yanfei, he talked about exploring the Sea of Stars and gained Friendship with Beidou and Xiangling.

• Li Qiuzhi concluded that the Character Panel could only create titles when he had enough achievements or reputation to support them, so he contacted Ei and the Shogun to discuss an Inazuman title.
• Li Qiuzhi and the girls boarded Beidou's Alcor to sail from Liyue Harbor toward Guyun Stone Forest while the ship's crew relocated it during their leave.
• Li Qiuzhi told Beidou about the Sea of Stars and promised that she could eventually take the Alcor there, prompting Beidou to gain Friendship with him.
• Li Qiuzhi told Xiangling about the countless ingredients in the Sea of Stars and promised to travel with her and Beidou, prompting Xiangling to gain Friendship with him.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Yanfei whether she wanted to explore the Sea of Stars, and she worried that its laws would be complicated; he encouraged her to become an interstellar legal consultant.

Li Qiuzhi took Yanfei, Beidou, Xiangling, and Guoba beneath Guyun Stone Forest to inspect the Demon Gods sealed there. After restraining the awakened Osial, they entered the second layer and found the bound Wind and Sand Demon God.

• Li Qiuzhi led the group underwater and used Zhongli's Sigil of Permission to enter the first sealed layer.
• The group saw Osial bound beneath the sea, and his heads attacked them when he woke.
• Li Qiuzhi pinned Osial down, knocked him unconscious, and implanted commands ordering him to obey.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others opened a gap into the second layer and found the bound Wind and Sand Demon God waking.

Li Qiuzhi subdued the sealed Demon Gods, placed Command Spells on them, and let Beidou spar with them before inviting scholars to study them. Beidou and Yanfei reached maximum Friendship and granted him powerful new skills, while Xiangling and Yanfei searched for deep-sea ingredients aboard The Alcor.

• Li Qiuzhi knocked out the Wind and Sand Demon God, placed Command Spells on it and the other sealed Demon Gods, and gained over 1.5 million Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi released the Demon Gods for controlled sparring, and Beidou drew with each one before he invited scholars and leaders to study them.
• Beidou reached maximum Friendship with Li Qiuzhi and granted him Crux Fleet, a skill that enhanced and enabled mental control of a fleet.
• Li Qiuzhi, Beidou, Yanfei, and Xiangling dived from The Alcor to find ingredients; the darkness frightened Yanfei and Xiangling, so Li Qiuzhi lit the seabed for them.
• Yanfei reached maximum Friendship and granted Li Qiuzhi Scales of Justice, which enabled equivalent-value trades across any distance and protected traded items from being taken by others.

Li Qiuzhi detected Beisht approaching the deep-sea sealing grounds and defeated her instantly before bringing her to Osial. After returning to Liyue Harbor with Beidou, Yanfei, and Xiangling, the group finished a seafood feast, and Li Qiuzhi suggested they visit a hot spring.

• Li Qiuzhi used Layla's Friendship skill to spot Beisht approaching and warned Beidou, Yanfei, and Xiangling to gather near him.
• Beisht demanded to know where Osial was, but Li Qiuzhi knocked her unconscious with Psychic Power and earned experience for defeating her.
• Li Qiuzhi controlled Beisht, took her into the Void Sea of Stars, and teleported with the others to the sealing grounds.
• Li Qiuzhi reopened Osial's seal and dropped Beisht beside him, then closed the seal and returned with the group to The Alcor.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others helped at Wanmin Restaurant before Xiangling prepared a seafood feast, and Li Qiuzhi suggested they relax in a hot spring.