Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi and Shenhe met Mona, who had been searching for Lumine and asked Li Qiuzhi to pretend to be her apprentice. After helping Shenhe return to Mt. Aocang, Li Qiuzhi and Mona headed toward Mondstadt City, where he suggested they stop for food.

• Mona used Astrology to realize Lumine had already left and asked Li Qiuzhi to pose as her apprentice so she could challenge her master's friend's successor.
• Li Qiuzhi told Mona that Lumine had sailed for Inazuma, and Mona asked to travel with him and Shenhe instead.
• Mona asked to stop by Mr. Zhu's inn to say goodbye, and the group then flew to Mt. Aocang.
• Li Qiuzhi said farewell to Shenhe on Mt. Aocang, and Shenhe promised to visit him when she next went down the mountain.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona flew toward Mondstadt City, and Li Qiuzhi suggested they find something to eat after Mona's stomach growled.

Li Qiuzhi offered to feed the broke Mona, who accepted after defending her principles as an Astrology Astrologist. They reached Wangshu Inn before sunset, where Mona ordered a modest meal despite Li Qiuzhi telling her not to hold back.

• Li Qiuzhi invited Mona to let him treat her to a meal, and her Friendship toward him increased.
• Mona explained that an Astrology Astrologist should not use divination for material gain, even when she was short on Mora.
• Li Qiuzhi offered to support Mona with meal money, and she happily accepted as her Friendship level rose.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona flew to Wangshu Inn and arrived before sunset.
• Li Qiuzhi ordered several expensive dishes, while Mona chose Mountain Delicacies Hot Noodles and Tianshu Meat.

Li Qiuzhi and Mona shared a meal at Wangshu Inn before spotting a dark figure fly into the woods. Mona’s attempt to divine its identity was blocked by powerful black energy, so they followed the figure in hopes of finding its owner.

• Mona ate most of the meal she and Li Qiuzhi ordered at Wangshu Inn, and they packed leftovers before leaving.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona saw a dark figure streak across the sky and disappear into distant woods.
• Mona used her Hydromantic Dish to divine what the figure was, but black energy covered the dish and prevented her from seeing anything.
• Mona explained that the interference came from someone with superior Astrology or from a subject far stronger than she was.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested the figure might belong to someone he knew who could remove the energy, and he and Mona headed into the woods after it.

Li Qiuzhi and Mona tracked the dark figure to Sal Terrae, where they found Xiao fighting a Hydro Abyss Herald while his Karmic Debt spiraled out of control. Li Qiuzhi prepared to help, then sent “Lumine's Sword God” flying into the battle and punching Xiao in the face.

• Li Qiuzhi persuaded Mona to keep searching, and they climbed a slope under his Invisibility Domain.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona reached a battlefield where Xiao had slain numerous monsters and was fighting a wounded Hydro Abyss Herald.
• Mona realized Xiao's Anemo was corrupted by Karmic Debt, and the Hydro Abyss Herald charged at him as he struggled to hold his spear.
• Li Qiuzhi absorbed Primogems, raised his level to 83, and canceled his invisibility near the battlefield.
• Li Qiuzhi concealed “Lumine's Sword God” in the grass and sent her to punch Xiao while he and Mona watched.

Li Qiuzhi used his Golden Clone to beat Xiao and disperse the Karmic Debt tormenting him while the Abyss Herald attacked. After Xiao’s Karmic Debt was completely removed, he cleared the black aura from Mona’s Hydromantic Dish and departed, warning her that he would do so only once.

• Li Qiuzhi explained to Mona that his Golden Clone’s punches were dispersing Xiao’s Karmic Debt, and Xiao realized the attacks were easing his pain.
• The Abyss Herald attacked Xiao and the Golden Clone, but the clone blocked its strike as Xiao recovered enough to fight again.
• The Abyss Herald recognized that Xiao’s condition had improved and escaped through a spatial rift.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona revealed themselves to Xiao, and Li Qiuzhi offered to remove the rest of his Karmic Debt.
• Li Qiuzhi completely removed Xiao’s Karmic Debt, and Xiao offered to help him if he ever needed it.
• Mona asked Xiao to remove the black aura from her Hydromantic Dish, and he cleared it before leaving with a warning: “Just this once.”

After leaving Sal Terrae, Li Qiuzhi and Mona stopped at Stone Gate, where they ate grilled meat skewers and prepared to rest. Li Qiuzhi brought Mona into his Wonderland, and she was amazed by its star-filled sky.

• Mona refused to divine what the Abyss Order had wanted at Sal Terrae, and Li Qiuzhi set off with her for Stone Gate.
• At Stone Gate, Mona tried to resist the food stalls, but she snatched Li Qiuzhi’s grilled meat skewers when her hunger got the better of her.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona finished the skewers and the food they had brought from Wangshu Inn.
• Li Qiuzhi opened a doorway into his Wonderland and took Mona inside.
• Mona gazed at the endless starry sky and gained fondness for Li Qiuzhi.

Li Qiuzhi slept in Wonderland while Mona studied its starry sky, then secretly divined her own fate and found nothing. The next morning, Li Qiuzhi left Wonderland to get breakfast and planned to take Mona to Mondstadt to search for Little Klee.

• Mona studied Wonderland's starry sky while Li Qiuzhi went to sleep and chatted remotely with Lumine, Fischl, Sucrose, Shenhe, Yun Jin, and Hu Tao.
• Mona woke Li Qiuzhi to share her discovery, but fell onto him and then went to sleep nearby when he remained asleep.
• Mona worried that her fate had merged with Li Qiuzhi's, divined her own fate despite her master's warning, and saw nothing in the Hydromantic Dish.
• Mona concluded she might become Li Qiuzhi's lover and planned how to protect her Astrology research time before falling asleep.
• Li Qiuzhi woke beside Mona, covered her with a quilt, and left Wonderland to buy breakfast before taking her to Mondstadt to find Little Klee.

Li Qiuzhi reunited with Mona in Mondstadt, shared his Beacon with her, and helped her locate Klee at the Knights of Favonius. Mona discovered that Klee had given away the contents of her master’s box by letting her read the diary, so she decided to stay in Mondstadt and hide from her master.

• Li Qiuzhi visited Sucrose, shared breakfast with her, and stayed to help with her Healing Ointment research before leaving when Mona woke.
• Mona learned that her fate had merged with Li Qiuzhi’s, agreed to consider becoming his lover if he treated her well, and received his Beacon.
• Mona divined that her master’s friend’s successor was at the Knights of Favonius, where she and Li Qiuzhi met Klee.
• Klee recognized Li Qiuzhi and agreed to help Mona find the box, then went to retrieve it while her diary and bombs fell from her backpack.
• Mona read the diary and learned it was the contents of the box; fearing her master’s reaction, she decided to stay in Mondstadt and hide.

After helping Mona settle into a magically sealed house in Mondstadt, Li Qiuzhi heard her theory that Wonderland’s starry sky might belong to his original world, Earth. Mona said studying it could let her use Astrology to determine Earth’s location, leaving Li Qiuzhi excited by the possibility.

• Jean scolded Li Qiuzhi for giving Klee too much candy and told him to return to the Knights of Favonius the next day for a request.
• Li Qiuzhi offered Mona a place to stay, but she refused and asked for a spacious magic laboratory to study Astrology.
• Li Qiuzhi brought Mona to the Goethe Grand Hotel, where she removed the seal on a vacant house and rented it for fifty thousand Mora a month; Li Qiuzhi paid and helped her settle in.
• Mona explained that Wonderland’s starry sky showed no Teyvat constellations and suggested it might be the sky seen from Li Qiuzhi’s world.
• Mona said that studying the starry sky could help her determine the location of Li Qiuzhi’s world, and he eagerly asked if she was serious.

Li Qiuzhi introduced Mona to Fischl, and the two women spent the night studying and sleeping in Wonderland. The next morning, Jean assigned Li Qiuzhi, Eula, and Amber to investigate a dangerous hypostasis reported in Dragonspine.

• Li Qiuzhi brought Mona home, where she and Fischl quickly got along.
• Fischl claimed Wonderland as her own, and Li Qiuzhi carried her back to reality, leaving Mona alone in Wonderland overnight.
• Fischl took Mona out to see Mondstadt City the next morning, despite Mona wanting to keep studying the stars.
• Li Qiuzhi visited Jean's office and reunited with Eula and Amber.
• Jean asked Li Qiuzhi, Eula, and Amber to investigate reports of a dangerous hypostasis elemental life-form in Dragonspine.

Jean sent Amber, Eula, and Li Qiuzhi to Dragonspine to investigate a dangerous Hypostasis attacking adventurers. After collecting cold-weather supplies, Li Qiuzhi flew the group there with Anemo, and they arrived near Dragonspine.

• Jean briefed Amber, Eula, and Li Qiuzhi on the Hypostasis attacks and suggested they seek Albedo at his Temporary Camp if they encountered trouble.
• Eula told Li Qiuzhi that her Reconnaissance Company had cleared the Rifthound Monsters from Wolvendom, but a pair of enormous claws had tried to force open the fading spatial rift.
• Amber urged confidence in the Knights of Favonius, and Eula led the group to collect warm clothing, high-energy food, and nutritional drinks from the supply office.
• When Amber asked about taking a carriage, Li Qiuzhi offered to fly the group to Dragonspine using Anemo and their Wind Gliders.
• Li Qiuzhi carried Amber and Eula past Mondstadt City and Springvale, and they reached the area near Dragonspine.

Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula reached the Dragonspine Frontline Camp to investigate a Cryo Hypostasis that was attacking people. After learning where earlier victims encountered it, they found Bennett and Razor at the Adventurers' Guild station and asked Bennett for details.

• Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula arrived at the Dragonspine Frontline Camp and decided to ask local Knights of Favonius about the Cryo Hypostasis.
• Eula spotted Oles, and Amber asked him what he knew about the attacks.
• Oles said the Dark Adventuring Team had encountered a black-energy Cryo Hypostasis near Wyrmrest Valley and suffered injuries while escaping.
• Oles told them that Bennett's Adventuring Team had also been attacked that morning and was resting at the Adventurers' Guild station.
• Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula found Bennett with Razor, and Li Qiuzhi asked Bennett where they had encountered the Cryo Hypostasis.

Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula entered Dragonspine to investigate reports of the Cryo Hypostasis and found Hilichurls blocking the route. They prepared a surprise attack on the group, which included a level 69 Frostarm Lawachurl.

• Bennett and Razor told Li Qiuzhi that the Cryo Hypostasis had attacked them near an Exquisite Chest in Starglow Cavern.
• Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula set out for Wyrmrest Valley and Starglow Cavern, then learned that Hilichurls and a Frostarm Lawachurl were blocking the Dragonspine entrance.
• The group followed the road into Dragonspine and found Hilichurls, including a level 69 Frostarm Lawachurl, near a junction.
• Li Qiuzhi assigned Amber to ambush two Hilichurl Shamans while Eula and he charged in to fight the rest.
• Amber fired a Pyro arrow that split into two in midair, using her newly gained ability, which she named “One Arrow, Two Hilichurls.”

Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula defeated a group of Hilichurls led by a Frostarm Lawachurl on the snowy mountain. After Amber and Eula grew fonder of Li Qiuzhi, the group continued uphill and encountered increasingly heavy snowfall.

• Amber hit two Hilichurl Shamans with Pyro arrows, drawing the monsters toward the group's hiding place.
• Amber distracted the Hilichurls with Baron Bunny while Li Qiuzhi charged the Frostarm Lawachurl and smashed its mask with a Claymore strike.
• The Frostarm Lawachurl collapsed, and Li Qiuzhi's companions joined him in defeating the remaining Hilichurls.
• Amber praised Li Qiuzhi and gained Friendship with him, while Eula also grew fonder of him after seeing his strength.
• Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula continued up the mountain, where the snowfall began to grow heavier.

As a blizzard trapped Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula in a Dragonspine shelter cave, they gathered information about the Cryo Hypostasis and used the delay to learn new combat skills. After the storm passed, they continued their search, heading for Starglow Cavern instead of Wyrmrest Valley.

• Amber used a map from the Knights of Favonius to lead Li Qiuzhi and Eula to a shelter cave before the blizzard grew worse.
• Li Qiuzhi asked the Adventurers sheltering there about the Cryo Hypostasis, and the leader of the Red Jasmine Adventuring Team reported that the Dawn Adventuring Team had spotted it near Entombed City.
• Li Qiuzhi sent a miniature Lumine's Sword God out into the blizzard to investigate while he exchanged martial arts knowledge with Amber and Eula.
• Li Qiuzhi learned Amber's Sharpshooter Archery and Eula's Secret Art-level Wave Foam Swordsmanship, whose Corrosion trait weakened enemies' defense and elemental resistance.
• After the blizzard stopped, the Adventurers left the cave, while Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula continued up the mountain and chose Starglow Cavern as their next destination.

Li Qiuzhi, Eula, and Amber explored Starglow Cavern and discovered that an Exquisite Chest was actually a level 62 mimic. After it escaped and revealed itself as an unusual purple Whopperflower, Li Qiuzhi tried to capture it so they could take it to Albedo.

• Li Qiuzhi led Eula and Amber into Starglow Cavern, where they spotted an Exquisite Chest on an iceberg above a lake.
• Li Qiuzhi noticed a level above the chest and realized it was alive, so Amber shot it with a Pyro arrow.
• The burning creature transformed, broke free of Li Qiuzhi's Psychic Tentacles, and vanished.
• The creature reappeared atop the iceberg as a large pale purple Whopperflower with purple-white flames on its petals and leaves.
• Li Qiuzhi decided to capture the strange Whopperflower and take it to Albedo for study, then reached for it with three Psychic Tentacles.

Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula defeated a mutated Whopperflower, then learned from Albedo that it had been corrupted by the power of Durin. Albedo suspected someone was deliberately researching that power on Dragonspine, leaving the group to investigate whoever was behind the mutations.

• Li Qiuzhi upgraded Sharpshooter Archery to its maximum level and gained the Every Shot Hits trait.
• The Whopperflower dodged Li Qiuzhi’s arrow by teleporting, but Amber anticipated where it would reappear and struck it with a Pyro arrow.
• Albedo captured the weakened Whopperflower using Geo energy, and the group joined him.
• Albedo explained that the Whopperflower had absorbed an evil power connected to the Abyss and Durin.
• Albedo said several monsters had mutated unusually quickly, suggesting someone on Dragonspine was deliberately researching Durin’s power.

Li Qiuzhi followed Albedo toward his camp while Lumine's Sword God found the Cryo Hypostasis attacking an adventuring team in Wyrmrest Valley. As Li Qiuzhi launched a powerful strike to stop it, an unseen voice intervened to protect the monster as a research achievement.

• Albedo invited Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula to his camp, and they followed him through Starglow Cavern.
• Vick crashed into the Cryo Hypostasis hidden beneath the snow, and it froze the adventuring team and nearby Hilichurls.
• Lumine's Sword God spotted the Cryo Hypostasis, and Li Qiuzhi directed it to fly down and attack before the victims froze or suffocated.
• Lumine's Sword God charged a powerful golden slash and brought it down toward the Cryo Hypostasis.
• An unseen speaker laughed and said they could not let Li Qiuzhi destroy one of their research achievements.

Li Qiuzhi's Sword Intent manifestation encountered The Doctor in Wyrmrest Valley and discovered that he was a level 89 Segment researching Durin's power. Li Qiuzhi chose to confront him, and the chapter ended as the manifestation's Sword Energy curved back toward The Doctor during his attack.

• An unseen force dispersed Li Qiuzhi's powerful Sword Energy and then used psychic power to immobilize his manifestation.
• The Doctor appeared behind the manifestation and revealed himself as the person behind research into Durin's power on Dragonspine.
• Li Qiuzhi told Amber, Eula, and Albedo about The Doctor, and Albedo cautioned that they had no grounds to arrest a Fatui Harbinger without evidence.
• Li Qiuzhi used his Golden Eye of Conviction to identify The Doctor as a level 89 Segment and decided his manifestation could fight him.
• The Doctor immobilized the manifestation, but it broke free and struck at him with Sword Energy that vanished and then reappeared as he tried to destroy it.

Li Qiuzhi used Lumine's Sword God to fight the Doctor, but the Doctor escaped with the Cryo Hypostasis after suffering only a minor injury. Li Qiuzhi rescued the trapped adventurers and gained the Outstanding Adventurer title, which increased future Experience Points from defeating powerful enemies by ten percent.

• Li Qiuzhi attacked the Doctor with spatially traveling golden swords, pierced his shield, and inflicted a minor injury.
• The Doctor used psychic power to knock Lumine's Sword God away, then left with the Cryo Hypostasis to avoid interference with his experiments.
• Li Qiuzhi found that the Doctor and Cryo Hypostasis had escaped, so he shattered the ice around the trapped adventurers and freed them.
• The rescued Adventuring Team leader tried to thank Li Qiuzhi, but Lumine's Sword God left before she could speak.
• Li Qiuzhi rejoined Albedo, Amber, and Eula, then received the Outstanding Adventurer title and its ten-percent Experience Point bonus against powerful enemies.