Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi and Sucrose were attacked by a powerful Windbell Bird while gathering materials in the woods. Li Qiuzhi fought back with Sucrose’s help, but the level-fifty monster unleashed a gale that left the battle unresolved.

• The Windbell Bird fired Wind Blades at Li Qiuzhi and Sucrose, and Li Qiuzhi tackled Sucrose to safety.
• Li Qiuzhi told Sucrose to retreat, then countered the bird’s Wind Bullet with repeated Wind Blades.
• The Windbell Bird enhanced itself and attacked with its talons, but Li Qiuzhi dodged and struck toward its neck with his Dull Blade.
• The bird swelled into a cyan sphere and knocked Li Qiuzhi back, while Sucrose released an unstable Anemo Hypostasis to disrupt it.
• Li Qiuzhi used Pyro energy to attack the bird, but it burst out with a powerful gale that shook the woods.

Li Qiuzhi and Sucrose fought the Windbell Bird in the Whispering Woods, but the monster gained the upper hand by attacking from above. Klee and Noelle entered the woods, and Klee’s explosive attack knocked the bird from the sky.

• Klee ran toward Starfell Lake to go fish blasting, and Noelle hurried after her as part of Jean’s test.
• A strong gust blew Klee’s hat onto Noelle, and Klee decided that whoever caused the wind was a big meanie and ran into the woods with Noelle following.
• Li Qiuzhi shot the Windbell Bird with a Hydro arrow, then attacked with a Pyro-infused sword strike as the injured bird fought back.
• The Windbell Bird took to the sky and bombarded Li Qiuzhi with wind blades, forcing him to flee while Sucrose hid behind a tree.
• Klee shouted “Heave-ho!” and threw a black spherical explosive that blasted the Windbell Bird out of the sky and sent it crashing to the ground.

Li Qiuzhi defeated the Windbell Bird and helped Sucrose collect a Blooming Mushroom and its egg, which she hoped to study for her biological alchemy research. He then joined Sucrose, Noelle, and Klee for fish blasting and a picnic at Starfell Lake, where an Abyss Mage watched them from the woods.

• Li Qiuzhi killed the Windbell Bird, and Klee and Noelle arrived after seeing the fight.
• Li Qiuzhi picked the Blooming Mushroom and found a cyan Windbell Bird Egg, which Sucrose claimed for research after Klee agreed not to eat it.
• Noelle helped Sucrose reach the nest, and Li Qiuzhi caught Sucrose when she lost her balance; Sucrose then nurtured the egg with Anemo and stored it in her Vision.
• Li Qiuzhi, Sucrose, Noelle, and Klee went to Starfell Lake, where Klee and Noelle blasted fish while Li Qiuzhi and Sucrose prepared a campfire and grilled the Windbell Bird.
• Klee and Noelle returned with fish, while a red, fluffy Abyss Mage watched the group from the nearby woods.

A Pyro Abyss Mage tried to steal Klee’s explosive-filled schoolbag while the group fought off Hilichurls. Li Qiuzhi took a fireball meant for Klee and Sucrose, then struck back at the Abyss Mage as the chapter ended.

• The Pyro Abyss Mage watched Klee’s schoolbag and plotted to steal its explosive treasures.
• Li Qiuzhi, Noelle, Sucrose, and Klee ate grilled meat by the lake until a group of Hilichurls attacked.
• Noelle charged into the Hilichurls while Li Qiuzhi shot one down, and Klee prepared to help.
• The Pyro Abyss Mage grabbed Klee’s schoolbag, but Klee and Sucrose struggled to keep it from him.
• The Pyro Abyss Mage knocked Klee and Sucrose down and fired a Pyro attack at them.
• Li Qiuzhi stepped in front of Klee and Sucrose, took the fireball to his chest, and struck the Abyss Mage’s shield with an Anemo vortex.

Li Qiuzhi and the others defeated the Hilichurls but failed to finish off the Pyro Abyss Mage, which returned with a level 59 Stonehide Lawachurl riding an Anemo Slime Balloon. Li Qiuzhi grabbed Sucrose and led the group in a desperate escape as the monsters chased them.

• The Pyro Abyss Mage teleported away after Li Qiuzhi's Anemo vortex rapidly depleted its Pyro shield, and Sucrose worried over Li Qiuzhi's burned chest.
• Li Qiuzhi helped Noelle defeat the Hilichurls, then the group decided to return before the Abyss Mage could summon more enemies.
• The Pyro Abyss Mage appeared in their path and summoned its most powerful warrior, a Stonehide Lawachurl descending on a giant Anemo Slime Balloon.
• Li Qiuzhi recognized the level 59 Lawachurl as a serious threat, put Klee on Noelle's shoulders, and carried Sucrose as they fled.
• Sucrose spotted the Pyro Abyss Mage and Stonehide Lawachurl chasing them while Klee excitedly rode on Noelle's shoulders.

Li Qiuzhi escaped the Stonehide Lawachurl with Noelle, Sucrose, and Klee, then planned an ambush to defeat it while he went after the Pyro Abyss Mage. He killed the mage and took its dead Ley Line branch before returning to the others.

• Li Qiuzhi and Noelle led the group into the Whispering Woods and hid from the pursuing Stonehide Lawachurl.
• Li Qiuzhi proposed planting Klee’s bombs to damage the Lawachurl and decided to ambush the Pyro Abyss Mage while the others prepared the trap.
• Li Qiuzhi hid in the woods and shot the Pyro Abyss Mage with three Hydro arrows, breaking its shield and knocking it unconscious.
• Li Qiuzhi finished off the Abyss Mage, took the dead Ley Line branch from its staff, and headed back to the others.

Klee, Sucrose, and Noelle buried Klee’s alchemical bombs as a trap for the Stonehide Lawachurl. Li Qiuzhi lured the monster toward the trap, and a huge explosion erupted just as he reached the others’ hiding place.

• Klee, Sucrose, and Noelle dug a pit and carefully filled it with Klee’s alchemical bombs.
• The three covered the pit with soil and grass to hide the trap from the Stonehide Lawachurl.
• Li Qiuzhi returned and agreed to lure the Stonehide Lawachurl to the buried bombs while the others retreated.
• Li Qiuzhi drew the monster’s attention with a Pyro arrow and ran toward the trap, jumping over it as he passed.
• The Stonehide Lawachurl charged after Li Qiuzhi, and a deafening explosion and powerful blast wave struck as he reached the others.

Lisa and Jean heard a huge explosion in the Whispering Woods, where Li Qiuzhi and his companions had defeated a Stonehide Lawachurl with Klee's blast. On the way back to Mondstadt, Sucrose paid Li Qiuzhi 50,000 Mora and gave him the wallet she had embroidered, while her affection for him increased.

• Lisa heard an explosion from the Whispering Woods and wondered if Little Klee had caused it, while Jean heard it from her office and worried about Klee as she worked through a fever.
• Klee's explosion blasted the Stonehide Lawachurl, and Li Qiuzhi's group saw it fall dead after the smoke cleared.
• At Sucrose's request, Li Qiuzhi cut off the Lawachurl's arm and gave her its bone to study.
• As the group walked back to Mondstadt, Sucrose handed Li Qiuzhi 50,000 Mora as his commission fee.
• Li Qiuzhi returned Sucrose's embroidered wallet at first, but accepted it as a gift when she insisted, and Sucrose gained friendship points with him.

After returning to Mondstadt, Li Qiuzhi spoke with Lisa, who asked him to get Jean to take a break and offered to teach him advanced Elemental techniques in exchange. He also asked Lisa about increasing Psychic Power, and she was surprised by how little was known about it.

• Sucrose said goodbye to Li Qiuzhi and hurried back to her laboratory, while Klee and Noelle prepared to return to the Knights of Favonius headquarters.
• Lisa confronted Klee and Noelle about blast fishing, heard their account of the Abyss Mage, and sent them back to face Jean.
• Lisa asked Li Qiuzhi to find a way to get Jean out of her office so she could rest while Lisa handled her unfinished work.
• Lisa offered to teach Li Qiuzhi techniques for developing an Elemental Skill and an Elemental Burst if he helped her.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Lisa whether she knew how to increase Psychic Power, and she explained that little research existed on the subject.

Li Qiuzhi asked Lisa about strengthening his psychic power and agreed to help her approach Acting Grand Master Jean, planning to seek swordsmanship guidance as an excuse. After spending the evening with Fischl, he headed to the Knights of Favonius Headquarters the next morning.

• Li Qiuzhi told Lisa that he could project his psychic power and wanted to strengthen it, and Lisa promised to keep an eye out for relevant Adepti Arts.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to Lisa's request concerning Acting Grand Master Jean and decided to ask Jean for swordsmanship guidance.
• Li Qiuzhi returned home, told Fischl about his day, and made dinner while she read on the sofa.
• Li Qiuzhi and Fischl shared a bath and went to bed together.
• Fischl left to handle investigation commissions, and Li Qiuzhi went to the Knights of Favonius Headquarters after doing the dishes.

Li Qiuzhi asked Jean to teach him her Gale Blade, claiming he needed new swordsmanship to overcome a bottleneck. Lisa persuaded Jean to take a day off and let her handle the work, allowing Jean to agree to the plan.

• Li Qiuzhi visited Jean's office while Lisa was having tea with her.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Jean to teach him the Gale Blade, and Jean said she could not spare time for the next two weeks.
• Lisa argued that Jean should rest and that helping the Knights' Honorary Knight was part of her duties.
• Lisa offered to handle Jean's work for the day, and Jean agreed to take a day off.

Jean taught Li Qiuzhi and Ellin the basic forms of her Gale Blade technique at the Knights of Favonius Training Ground, then helped Li Qiuzhi practice combining the moves with Anemo. By noon, Li Qiuzhi had nearly grasped the technique and prepared to spar with Jean, whose flawless defense left him unsure how to attack.

• Jean brought Li Qiuzhi to the Training Ground to teach him Gale Blade, and invited Ellin to learn alongside him.
• Jean explained Gale Blade’s basic forms, and Li Qiuzhi and Ellin practiced the technique’s attacks and timing.
• Jean taught Li Qiuzhi how to channel Anemo into Gale Blade, and he practiced until he nearly grasped the technique.
• Jean offered to test Li Qiuzhi’s progress in a spar, while Ellin watched excitedly and Jean dismissed her concern about her coughing.
• Li Qiuzhi and Jean took wooden training swords and faced each other, but he could not find an opening in Jean’s defense.

Li Qiuzhi sparred with Acting Grand Master Jean, learned her Gale Blade Secret Art, and agreed to accompany her to Windrise. Beneath the great tree honoring Lady Vanessa, Jean reflected on her illness and worried that she was not yet strong enough to protect Mondstadt.

• Li Qiuzhi used Fischl's Eye of Condemnation to assess Jean but could not see her level or any weaknesses.
• Jean invited Li Qiuzhi to perform the full Gale Blade sequence and guided him through its forms, correcting his mistakes as they sparred.
• Jean defeated Li Qiuzhi with the final move, and his Character Panel recorded Gale Blade: Secret Art Lv.1.
• Jean thanked Li Qiuzhi for his company and gained 180 Friendship points after he offered to help her rest and read.
• At Windrise, Jean told Li Qiuzhi that she admired Lady Vanessa and worried that her recent illness showed she was not ready to protect Mondstadt.

Li Qiuzhi and Acting Grand Master Jean rested beneath the great tree, where she revealed her fondness for romance novels and shared what she knew about the worlds beyond Teyvat. Their quiet conversation ended when a Cryo Abyss Mage ambushed them, intending to bring down Mondstadt by killing Jean.

• Li Qiuzhi apologized after Jean scolded Lisa's methods and settled with her beneath the great tree.
• Jean read "Vera's Melancholy" and admitted it was a romance novel about Vera and her companions adventuring through the Starry Sea and All Realms.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Jean about the worlds beyond Teyvat, and she explained that Teyvat was said to be one small planet among many.
• Jean sensed someone nearby and called for them to come out.
• A level 63 Cryo Abyss Mage appeared and threatened to eliminate Jean, but she summoned Anemo energy and challenged it.

Li Qiuzhi and Jean defeated a Cryo Abyss Mage, but discovered it had escaped using a clone. Jean tracked its anemo mark to a hidden entrance in the Whispering Woods, where they prepared to uncover its stronghold.

• The Cryo Abyss Mage attacked Jean and Li Qiuzhi with chunks of ice, while Li Qiuzhi used a pyro arrow to weaken its elemental shield.
• Jean spread Li Qiuzhi's pyro with anemo, shattering the shield and knocking down the Cryo Abyss Mage.
• Li Qiuzhi and Jean realized the charred body was a cryo clone, and Jean revealed she had marked the mage with anemo before it escaped.
• Jean tracked the mark to a shallow fissure in the eastern Whispering Woods and identified the apparent dead end as an illusion that an elemental attack could break.

Li Qiuzhi and Jean entered the Domain hidden behind an illusion and followed the Anemo mark toward the Abyss Order’s base. Li Qiuzhi defeated groups of Hydro Slimes and Hilichurls while Jean watched, and they continued deeper into the Domain in search of the Abyss Mage.

• Li Qiuzhi used Evernight Revelation to see through the illusion concealing a Domain Portal in the mountainside.
• Jean asked Li Qiuzhi to bring her through the illusion, and they entered the Domain without alerting the Cryo Abyss Mage.
• Jean asked Li Qiuzhi to release her hand, and she developed favorable feelings toward him.
• Li Qiuzhi defeated six Hydro Slimes with Pyro-infused arrows and gained 2,231 Experience.
• Li Qiuzhi and Jean followed the Anemo mark, then he defeated eleven Hilichurls using Hydro and Anemo arrows.

Li Qiuzhi and Acting Grand Master Jean uncovered the Abyss Order’s plan to wear down Mondstadt and attacked its outpost. They defeated the Cryo Abyss Mage, then Li Qiuzhi fired a Pyro arrow at the Hydro Abyss Mage as it fought Jean.

• The Cryo Abyss Mage returned to the outpost and told the Hydro Abyss Mage it had encountered the Knights of Favonius Leader and could not find the Stonehide Lawachurl or the Pyro Abyss Mage.
• The Hydro Abyss Mage proposed sending the outpost’s Hilichurls to attack Mondstadt and claiming the mission was complete.
• Li Qiuzhi and Acting Grand Master Jean revealed themselves and attacked the two Abyss Mages, freezing the Hydro Abyss Mage and breaking the Cryo Abyss Mage’s shield.
• Li Qiuzhi’s Pyro Arrow shattered the Cryo Abyss Mage’s shield, and Jean’s hurricane knocked it unconscious.
• The Hydro Abyss Mage escaped farther away and attacked Li Qiuzhi and Jean with waves, but Jean’s hurricane hurled it back.
• Li Qiuzhi fired a Pyro-infused arrow toward the Hydro Abyss Mage, which appeared directly in front of it.

Li Qiuzhi and Acting Grand Master Jean defeated an Abyss Mage and arranged for the Knights of Favonius to take over its Domain. Over the following weeks, Li Qiuzhi studied with Lisa, grew closer to Fischl, and mastered an Anemo shield skill and healing burst.

• Li Qiuzhi and Acting Grand Master Jean defeated the Hydro Abyss Mage, cleared the Domain, and decided the Knights of Favonius would take charge of it.
• Jean and Li Qiuzhi returned to the Knights of Favonius Headquarters, where Lisa invited Li Qiuzhi to learn an Elemental Burst from her.
• Fischl waited for Li Qiuzhi at home, explained that her adventurer parents were away, and reunited with him affectionately.
• Li Qiuzhi spent the next half month studying with Lisa and taking nearby commissions, then sold collected goods until he had enough Mora to pay for his Moonlight Greatsword.
• Wagner told Li Qiuzhi that forging the Moonlight Greatsword would take a few more days and described the difficulty of developing four-star weapon blueprints.
• With Lisa and Acting Grand Master Jean's help, Li Qiuzhi mastered Dandelion Shield and Windwheel Aster Barrier, an Anemo shield skill and a healing burst.

Li Qiuzhi collected the Moonlight Greatsword from Wagner and spent his remaining Experience Points strengthening his skills before practicing with the heavy weapon. Lumine and Paimon returned from Liyue, and Fischl arrived as Li Qiuzhi prepared dinner for them.

• Li Qiuzhi paid Wagner for the Moonlight Greatsword, whose Heavy Strike effect greatly increased the force of its attacks.
• Li Qiuzhi raised Dandelion Shield and Windwheel Aster Barrier to level five and Gale Blade to level two using his Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi practiced with the Moonlight Greatsword for two hours and grew comfortable handling it.
• Lumine and Paimon returned after traveling toward Liyue for half a month, and Li Qiuzhi welcomed them and cooked a feast.
• Fischl returned while Lumine and Paimon slept on the sofa, and the meal’s aroma woke them; Lumine noticed Paimon had drooled on her arm.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon planned a new journey to Liyue after the travelers returned to Mondstadt to rest and restock. Fischl stayed behind, and the three set out by Teleport Waypoint, arriving in Liyue and hurrying away from startled onlookers.

• At dinner, Paimon asked whether Li Qiuzhi and Fischl were a couple, and Li Qiuzhi admitted they had gotten together after he kissed her goodbye.
• Lumine and Paimon said they had reached Stone Gate in Liyue, and Li Qiuzhi agreed to travel there with them.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Fischl to join them, but she declined because she was busy with Adventurers' Guild investigations.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon spent a day resting and buying supplies before saying goodbye to Fischl and informing Jean and Lisa of their plans.
• The three activated the Teleport Waypoint beneath the Knights of Favonius Headquarters and appeared on a street in Liyue, then hurried away from the startled pedestrians.