Recaps

Li Qiuzhi raised his Archery skill to Secret Art level and joined Lumine and Paimon in observing Rifthound Monsters that were collecting prey. After they began carrying the food away, the group prepared to follow them and investigate what lay behind their behavior.

• Li Qiuzhi fused Sin-Cleansing Arrow with Favonius Hunter's Archery, creating the Secret Art Arrow That Shoots Down the World.
• Razor, Bennett, Fischl, and the others searched Wolvendom for Rifthound Monsters while Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon investigated a group collecting prey.
• Lumine guessed that the Rifthounds might be gathering food for a leader, and Li Qiuzhi considered whether the Golden Wolflord could be involved.
• Paimon spotted the Rifthounds carrying their prey away.

After Lumine fell onto Li Qiuzhi, the group followed the Abyssal Rift monsters to a gathering in Wolvendom. Li Qiuzhi discovered they were widening a spatial rift to bring more monsters, including the Golden Wolflord, into Teyvat, and proposed harassing them with long-range arrows.

• Lumine slipped from a tree branch and fell onto Li Qiuzhi, who caught her; they got up, and Lumine thanked him.
• Lumine, Paimon, and Li Qiuzhi followed the Abyssal Rift monsters to an area where dozens had gathered.
• Li Qiuzhi used Form Concealment to approach and saw some Rifthounds share prey while others used Corrosion to widen a spatial rift.
• Li Qiuzhi realized the monsters were trying to open a path for more of their kind, including the Golden Wolflord, to enter Teyvat.
• Lumine warned that attacking the gathered monsters directly would be dangerous, so Li Qiuzhi suggested delaying them with arrows fired from a distance.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon tested his long-range arrow to disrupt the Rifthound Monsters’ attack on a spatial rift. After killing ten monsters and drawing the pack’s full attention, they fled to meet Fischl and the others.

• Lumine agreed to Li Qiuzhi’s plan, and Paimon flew ahead to guide his aim from the hidden grove.
• Li Qiuzhi shot a Rifthound Whelp from over three hundred meters away, alerting the monsters without revealing their location.
• Paimon discovered the spatial rift began repairing itself whenever the Rifthounds stopped corroding it, so the trio continued attacking them.
• After the tenth Rifthound fell, the pack searched in full force for the hidden attackers.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon fled to regroup with Fischl and the others.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon reunited with Fischl’s group after disrupting the Rifthound Monsters’ effort to widen the spatial rift, but the monsters pursued them. Razor led everyone to the trial grounds of Andrius, which he claimed was safe.

• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon reached Oz and learned that Fischl, Bennett, and Razor were waiting nearby.
• Li Qiuzhi told Fischl’s group that they had angered the Rifthound Monsters and urged everyone to retreat.
• Razor and the wolves spotted Rifthound Monsters approaching, and Oz warned that more were gathering beyond the hill.
• The group fled as the monsters used their spatial movement to close the distance, so Razor led them toward a safe place.
• Razor brought everyone to the enormous sunken ruins of Andrius’s trial grounds, leaving Paimon puzzled about how the open ruins could protect them.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions fled a pack of Rifthounds into a ruined pit, where Andrius, the Wolf of the North, destroyed the monsters and demanded they face his trial in return for his help. Li Qiuzhi, Bennett, Lumine, and Fischl agreed to fight him.

• Li Qiuzhi explained that Razor had sensed pure elemental traces, and Fischl accused him of imitating her ability before he promised to explain how to obtain it.
• A large pack of Rifthounds appeared, so Li Qiuzhi led the group into the ruined pit to escape their attack.
• Razor and the gray wolves stopped as icy mist filled the pit, and Andrius appeared and froze the pursuing Rifthounds into dust.
• Andrius recognized Razor and told Li Qiuzhi's group they must face his trial because they had received his help without earning it.
• Li Qiuzhi, Bennett, Lumine, and Fischl accepted the trial, while Razor and Paimon were excused.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Fischl, and Bennett began the Wolf of the North’s trial, struggling to fight him in a Cryo mist that obscured their vision. The Wolf targeted Lumine after she gathered the mist into a Wind Vortex, and the chapter ended as Fischl and Bennett tried to stop his charge.

• Razor and Paimon watched the trial, and Razor doubted the group could defeat the Wolf of the North.
• The Wolf of the North lowered his strength to level 40, and Li Qiuzhi and the others prepared to fight.
• The Wolf concealed himself in Cryo mist and charged along paths of ice, while Li Qiuzhi landed Pyro arrows and the group dodged his attacks.
• Lumine used Anemo to draw in the mist and reveal the Wolf, but she lost control of the gathered Cryo and could not move safely.
• The Wolf charged at Lumine, and Fischl sent Oz to strike him while Bennett attacked with his Pyro-coated sword and was blasted away by the resulting Overloaded reaction.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions fought the Wolf of the North, who repeatedly overpowered them despite holding back his strength. The Wolf began a storm of Anemo and Cryo across the trial arena, challenging them to withstand his next attack.

• Li Qiuzhi tackled Lumine away from the Wolf's icy blast and took the explosion's force, then recovered while Lumine checked on him.
• The Wolf targeted Li Qiuzhi as the party's main damage dealer, but Li Qiuzhi and Lumine dodged his plunge and counterattacked with their companions.
• The Wolf tricked Lumine into attacking his head, trapped her with his tail, and threw her into Li Qiuzhi, sending them both crashing into a wall.
• Li Qiuzhi warned Lumine and Bennett to avoid close combat, while Bennett offered to use his Elemental Burst to strengthen the party.
• The Wolf declared that they would pass the trial if they endured his next strike, then gathered Anemo and Cryo and unleashed a storm of wind and hail across the arena.

Rosalyne ordered Anastasia to find the bard holding the Holy Lyre der Himmel while the Fatui denied responsibility for the theft. After passing Andrius’s trial, Li Qiuzhi and his companions received their rewards and learned that the foreign black wolf monsters came from the Abyssal Rift.

• Rosalyne criticized Anastasia’s failed mission and ordered her to locate the bard with the Holy Lyre der Himmel.
• Anastasia asked how the Fatui should answer the Knights of Favonius, and Rosalyne told her to deny knowing the captured Electro Cicin Mage.
• Li Qiuzhi, Bennett, Lumine, and Fischl endured Andrius’s blizzard attack and passed his trial.
• Andrius rewarded the group with a Northlander Sword Billet and ascension materials, and Bennett accepted the billet after the others urged him to take it.
• Andrius told the group that the black wolf monsters came from the Abyssal Rift and were creations of Gold.

Andrius explained how Rhinedottir and the Rifthound Monsters were connected to Khaenri'ah, and warned the group to eliminate the creatures before they grew stronger. After activating a Teleport Waypoint and returning to Mondstadt, Li Qiuzhi and his companions went to report to Jean, where they found Albedo already visiting her.

• Andrius told Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Bennett that Rhinedottir's alchemy had caused disasters and that the Rifthound Monsters were trying to invade Teyvat.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others decided to clear the remaining Rifthound Monsters and asked Razor to guide them to a nearby Teleport Waypoint.
• Lumine activated the Teleport Waypoint, then brought the group back to Mondstadt City in two trips.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested they report the Rifthound Monsters' activity to Jean before turning in their commission.
• Li Qiuzhi and his companions entered Jean's office and found Albedo there.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions reported the Rifthound threat to Jean, turned in their commission, and received their reward. After kissing Fischl to demonstrate his supposed ability, Li Qiuzhi left with Lumine and Paimon and gained the North Wind specialty for completing the adventure.

• Jean heard Li Qiuzhi's report about the Rifthounds, and Albedo explained that their bodies contained dangerous otherworldly blood and that their claws were valuable alchemical materials.
• Jean arranged for the Reconnaissance Company to regroup and clear Wolvendom, while Albedo asked the Knights to collect Rifthound claws for study.
• Fischl submitted the mission records to Katheryne, collected the commission reward, and asked Li Qiuzhi how he had gained his fantasy ability.
• Li Qiuzhi kissed Fischl and claimed the kiss could awaken her Eye of Condemnation; Fischl blushed, threatened him, and declared that he could be her lover but would remain her attendant.
• Li Qiuzhi rejoined Lumine and Paimon, then received the North Wind specialty, which gave his attacks a small chance to penetrate elemental shields.

Li Qiuzhi improved his swordsmanship and reached level thirty-one while Lumine and Paimon made a cake. The next morning, Amber delivered Flight Licenses and said Acting Grand Master Jean had instructions for him, while Eula came to test his swordsmanship.

• Li Qiuzhi raised his Rhein One-Handed Swordsmanship to level ten, fused it with Favonius Royal Swordsmanship, and gained Royal One-Handed Swordsmanship with three extraordinary traits.
• Li Qiuzhi spent three thousand Experience Points to reach level thirty-one.
• Lumine accidentally broke a bowl while using Anemo to whip egg whites, then spent the afternoon making a cream cake with Paimon and Li Qiuzhi.
• Amber arrived with Eula, delivered Li Qiuzhi's Flight Licenses, and said Acting Grand Master Jean had instructions for them.
• Eula said she had come to see whether Li Qiuzhi had been slacking off and to test his swordsmanship.

Li Qiuzhi trained with Eula, who proved his swordsmanship had nearly reached her level but defeated him with her greater strength. After she also beat Lumine, Li Qiuzhi invited Eula to help find Venti and return the Holy Lyre der Himmel, and she agreed.

• Amber asked Li Qiuzhi to return the Holy Lyre der Himmel to Mondstadt Cathedral, and he agreed to look for Venti.
• Eula joined Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon for breakfast, then took Li Qiuzhi to the backyard to test his swordsmanship.
• Li Qiuzhi impressed Eula with his speed and skill, but she overpowered him and pinned him with a wooden sword.
• Eula sparred with Lumine and defeated her after a prolonged exchange.
• Li Qiuzhi explained that the Fatui might threaten Venti and invited Eula to help retrieve the Holy Lyre der Himmel, and she agreed.

Diluc told Lumine that an Abyss Mage had said she resembled the Abyss Order's leader, the Prince, giving her a possible lead on her brother. The group found Venti at Anemo Archon Statue Plaza and asked him to return the Holy Lyre der Himmel to the cathedral.

• Charles told Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Eula that Diluc wanted to see them upstairs at Angel's Share.
• Diluc said he had investigated Li Qiuzhi and Lumine, then revealed that an Abyss Mage had compared Lumine to the Abyss Order's leader, the Prince.
• Lumine decided to watch for the Abyss Order, and Eula offered to capture and question its members if she encountered them.
• The group found Venti playing the lyre for children at Anemo Archon Statue Plaza, and Lumine asked him to return the Holy Lyre der Himmel.

Li Qiuzhi and the others returned the restored Holy Lyre der Himmel to Barbara, and Lumine asked Venti about the god who took her brother. As Venti struggled to answer, a wave of frost froze everyone but Paimon, and a woman approached.

• Li Qiuzhi, Venti, Lumine, Eula, and Paimon went to Mondstadt Cathedral to return the Holy Lyre der Himmel.
• Eula greeted Barbara, who revealed that she had told Jean the lyre had not been returned.
• Venti gave Barbara the restored lyre, and Barbara thanked the group.
• Outside the cathedral, Lumine asked Venti whether he knew the god who had taken her brother, but he could not recall anyone matching her description.
• A wave of frost swept over the group and froze everyone except Paimon as a woman in a black-and-white dress approached.

La Signora froze Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Eula before taking Venti’s Gnosis, but Li Qiuzhi wounded her and Eula forced her to retreat. Venti explained that he had let her take the Gnosis to stop the Fatui from troubling Mondstadt over it.

• La Signora froze the group and approached Venti while Li Qiuzhi and Lumine tried to break free and Eula worked to shatter the ice around her legs.
• La Signora took Venti’s Gnosis, and Li Qiuzhi shot her with a Pyro-infused arrow that struck her forehead through her mask.
• La Signora threatened Li Qiuzhi and gained negative feelings toward him, but Eula broke free and attacked her with her claymore.
• Eula damaged La Signora’s shields and summoned a Lightfall Sword, prompting La Signora to vanish before the fight could continue.
• Li Qiuzhi freed Venti from the ice, and Venti explained that he had allowed La Signora to take his Gnosis to prevent further Fatui trouble in Mondstadt.

Venti explained that losing his Gnosis would only weaken him, while the long-term erosion affecting gods could alter their personalities. He directed Lumine toward Liyue and its Geo Archon, then Kaeya arrived to address La Signora’s attack, leaving the Knights preparing to surround the Goethe Grand Hotel.

• Venti explained that a Gnosis granted elemental authority and that losing it would not harm him, while time and distress could cause gods to suffer erosion.
• Venti said long periods of sleep could slow erosion and told Lumine that Rex Lapis might know who had taken her brother.
• Venti estimated that the Rite of Descension would take place in about two months, and Lumine agreed to prepare for the journey to Liyue.
• Kaeya arrived with Knights of Favonius, and Eula told him that a Fatui Harbinger had attacked and fled.
• Kaeya warned that the attack could become a serious diplomatic issue, and Venti urged him to prevent war between Mondstadt and Snezhnaya.
• Kaeya asked Eula, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and the others to accompany him to surround the Goethe Grand Hotel.

The Knights of Favonius confronted the Fatui at the Goethe Grand Hotel after La Signora attacked a knight and stole an item from Mondstadt. La Signora had already fled with the Anemo Archon’s Gnosis, leaving the Knights with no choice but to seek a warrant while the Fatui denied responsibility.

• Eula endured the citizens’ insults, and Kaeya had the Knights disperse the crowd outside the Goethe Grand Hotel.
• Anastasia denied that La Signora had attacked a knight, claiming the Harbinger had left Mondstadt the day before.
• Kaeya led the Knights inside the hotel to search while Li Qiuzhi, Eula, and Lumine guarded the entrance.
• The search found no trace of La Signora, so the Knights left and planned to issue a warrant over the attack and damage to the cathedral.
• Paimon complained that the Fatui had escaped accountability, while Venti said he had tried to contact the Tsaritsa about the Gnoses but received no response.

Venti gave Li Qiuzhi a dragon scale containing an Ultimate-level Anemo archery technique, and Lumine planned to leave for Liyue the next day. After buying supplies for the journey, Li Qiuzhi went to the Adventurers' Guild to find Fischl and tell her about Venti's gift.

• Venti gave Li Qiuzhi Dvalin's scale, which contained the Ultimate-level technique Divine Era Archery.
• Lumine said she would set out for Liyue the next day, while Li Qiuzhi asked her to bring him there after finding a Teleport Waypoint.
• Eula invited Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon to lunch at the Cat's Tail Tavern, and gained 200 Friendship points with Li Qiuzhi.
• After lunch, Eula returned to the Knights of Favonius, and Li Qiuzhi and Lumine bought supplies for the Liyue journey, spending 200,000 Mora.
• Li Qiuzhi went to the Adventurers' Guild to ask Katheryne where Fischl was so he could tell her about Venti's gift.

Li Qiuzhi accepted a commission to help Livingstone The Doctor clear monsters at Dadaupa Gorge and waited at the Adventurers' Guild for Fischl. After sharing a dragon-scale archery technique with her, he kissed her and invited her to join him on the commission, leaving her flustered but insisting he was only an attendant she was a little closer to.

• Katheryne told Li Qiuzhi about Livingstone The Doctor's commission to clear monsters near the Sword Cemetery Seal, and he accepted it.
• Li Qiuzhi asked where Fischl was, then waited at the Adventurers' Guild until she returned from an investigation with Oz.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Fischl a Stormterror scale containing an advanced archery technique and asked for her help learning it.
• Li Qiuzhi held Fischl's hand and kissed her, and she stamped on his foot to make him stop.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Fischl to accompany him to Dadaupa Gorge the next day, and she denied that they were lovers, calling him an attendant she was a little closer to.

Li Qiuzhi learned to infuse his Dull Blade with Anemo and prepared to investigate the Sword Cemetery seal with Fischl. After Lumine and Paimon left for Liyue, he met Fischl and traveled with her toward Dadaupa Gorge.

• Li Qiuzhi invited Fischl to join him on a commission to undo the Sword Cemetery seal, while Lumine declined because she planned to travel to Liyue.
• After dinner, Lumine taught Li Qiuzhi to infuse his Dull Blade with Anemo, and he learned to maintain the infusion for ten seconds.
• Li Qiuzhi's Character Panel recorded Anemo Control Lv. 1, though he lacked enough Experience Points to raise it.
• The next morning, Li Qiuzhi saw Lumine and Paimon off at the city gate as they departed for Liyue.
• Li Qiuzhi met Fischl and Oz at the Adventurers' Guild, and the group traveled toward Dadaupa Gorge.

Li Qiuzhi and Fischl cleared Hilichurls from the road through Dadaupa Gorge, and Li Qiuzhi learned the basics of Divine Era Archery from the Stormterror Scale. They reached the sealed Sword Cemetery, where they met Livingstone The Doctor, who had been waiting for someone.

• Li Qiuzhi and Fischl defeated the Hilichurls blocking the road, with Fischl and Oz taking out the archers and shamans.
• Oz revealed that Fischl had practiced archery from the Stormterror Scale, and Li Qiuzhi discovered that its techniques were transmitted through memories.
• Li Qiuzhi learned Divine Era Archery at Ultimate Lv.1 after studying the Stormterror Scale.
• Li Qiuzhi and Fischl arrived at the sealed Sword Cemetery and found Livingstone The Doctor pacing nearby.
• Li Qiuzhi greeted Livingstone The Doctor, who introduced herself and asked who they were.

Li Qiuzhi, Fischl, and Oz accepted Livingstone’s commission to activate three Elemental Monuments inside nearby Hilichurl camps and break the Sword Cemetery Seal. After finding the Good Sleep Clan’s camp full of sleeping Hilichurls, they planned to have Oz activate its Electro Monument and cautiously approach the Eclipse Clan.

• Li Qiuzhi introduced himself, Fischl, and Oz to Livingstone, who explained that activating three Elemental Monuments would break the Sword Cemetery Seal.
• Livingstone told them the monuments were inside the Good Meat Clan, the Good Sleep Clan, and the Eclipse Clan camps, and advised them to visit the southern camp at night.
• After dinner, Livingstone stayed behind at camp while Li Qiuzhi and Fischl crept up to the Good Sleep Clan’s fence.
• Fischl used Oz’s shared vision to confirm that the Hilichurls were asleep and locate the Electro Monument by the pool.
• Li Qiuzhi proposed having Oz activate the monument from a safe distance before they approached the Eclipse Clan cautiously to check for the Cryo Abyss Mage.

Li Qiuzhi and Fischl worked to undo the seals at Dadaupa Gorge by activating the Elemental Monuments without alerting the Hilichurls. After Oz spotted a Cryo Abyss Mage at the Eclipse Clan camp, they prepared a long-range Pyro shot, leaving the arrow in flight.

• Fischl and Li Qiuzhi climbed the cliff quietly, and Li Qiuzhi accidentally knocked Fischl down before kissing her and helping her up.
• Oz reported that he had activated the Electro Elemental Monument, undoing one layer of the seal.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Oz to scout the Eclipse Clan camp, where Fischl saw the Cryo Abyss Mage that had escaped from Lisa.
• Fischl identified the camp's Elemental Monument as Pyro and estimated it was at least seven hundred meters away.
• Fischl and Li Qiuzhi moved within about five hundred meters of the monument and released a Pyro-infused arrow together.

Li Qiuzhi and Fischl lit the Pyro Elemental Monument while avoiding the Cryo Abyss Mage, undoing a second layer of the Sword Cemetery seal. After resting at camp, they set out toward the Good Meat Clan’s camp to reach the final monument.

• Li Qiuzhi carried Fischl away after Oz spotted the Cryo Abyss Mage approaching, and the mage failed to find them.
• Oz confirmed that the Pyro Elemental Monument had been lit, and Li Qiuzhi and Fischl returned safely to camp.
• Livingstone The Doctor celebrated that two layers of the Sword Cemetery’s seal had been undone and agreed the group should rest before heading north.
• Li Qiuzhi tried to share Fischl’s tent, but she refused, so he pitched his own tent beside hers.
• The group packed up the next morning and headed toward the Good Meat Clan’s camp, where Fischl sent Oz to scout ahead.

Li Qiuzhi and Fischl distracted the Good Meat Clan Hilichurls so Oz could use the Mist Flower to deactivate the final seal at the Sword Cemetery. They returned to Livingstone The Doctor and claimed the Luxurious Chest as their commission payment.

• Li Qiuzhi attacked the Hilichurl Mitachurls from hiding, killing one with Hydro and Pyro arrows, then picked off other Hilichurls with Anemo arrows.
• Fischl asked whether Li Qiuzhi would love other girls, and he admitted he would not reject them; he kissed her before they continued their plan.
• The enraged Hilichurls left the arena to search the camp, giving Oz a chance to carry the Mist Flower to the Cryo Elemental Monument.
• Li Qiuzhi and Fischl retreated to the Sword Cemetery and found that its final Energy Barrier had disappeared.
• Livingstone The Doctor examined the ancient battlefield, and Li Qiuzhi reminded her that the Luxurious Chest was their agreed payment.