Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi and his companions gathered materials for Albedo to create a Tracking Compass that could locate the Evil Dragon Durin’s power. After the compass was completed at the Snow Mountain Camp, they were ready to search for The Doctor and his contaminated Monsters.

• Li Qiuzhi discussed his new Outstanding Adventurer title with Albedo, Eula, and Amber, then traveled with them through Starglow Cavern to Albedo’s Snow Mountain Camp.
• While Amber prepared lunch, Li Qiuzhi sent “Lumine’s Sword God” up Dragonspine, where she fought Monsters and rescued Adventurers in danger.
• Albedo assigned Amber to brew a potion and sent Li Qiuzhi and Eula to collect starsilver ore and crimson agate for the compass.
• Li Qiuzhi and Eula found starsilver ore at their first location, defeated three Cryo Slimes, and collected crimson agate after searching several more sites.
• Albedo extracted some of Durin’s power from the sleeping Whopperflower and used it with the gathered materials to make the Tracking Compass.

Albedo, Eula, Li Qiuzhi, and Amber tracked Durin’s residual power to a hidden cavern containing the dragon’s still-beating heart, where The Doctor ambushed Albedo, Eula, and Lumine’s Sword God. The Doctor’s corrupted monsters attacked as Durin’s heartbeat battered the group, while The Doctor went outside to confront Li Qiuzhi and Amber.

• Albedo used his Tracking Compass to lead the group to a fissure glowing with Durin’s power, and Lumine’s Sword God scouted a cavern containing an enormous, beating heart.
• Li Qiuzhi and Amber stayed outside while Albedo, Eula, and Lumine’s Sword God entered to investigate Durin’s Heart.
• The Doctor appeared with a corrupted Cryo Hypostasis and Frostarm Lawachurl, then sent the monsters to attack Albedo and the others.
• The Doctor summoned Durin the Evil Dragon, and the heart’s powerful beats struck the group with mental attacks as Lumine’s Sword God shielded and healed them.
• The Doctor left the cavern to confront Li Qiuzhi and Amber, who realized their companions were in danger.

Li Qiuzhi fought the Doctor and his Fatui squad outside while Lumine's Sword God, Eula, and Albedo dealt with monsters inside the mountain. As Durin's Heart began to break open, the group fled the cave just before the revived dragon roared.

• A Fatui Pyroslinger shot Li Qiuzhi, but the bullet failed to harm him, and the Fatui squad attacked as he sent Amber into Wonderland for safety.
• Li Qiuzhi struck the Fatui with Psychic Tentacles, but the Doctor intervened, shielded his soldiers, and ordered them to prepare a Teleport Waypoint.
• Li Qiuzhi battled the Doctor with his sword and Anemo attacks until Durin's heartbeat disrupted their elemental powers and the Doctor withdrew.
• Lumine's Sword God, Eula, and Albedo defeated the corrupted Cryo Hypostasis and Frostarm Lawachurl while Li Qiuzhi fought outside.
• Durin's Heart cracked and a black claw emerged, so Lumine's Sword God, Eula, and Albedo escaped the cave as Durin roared and shook the ground.

Li Qiuzhi, Eula, and Albedo encountered the newly revived Durin on Dragonspine and discovered that he had a childlike mind and recognized Albedo as his brother. Albedo took Durin to camp to keep him calm, while Li Qiuzhi and Eula went to hunt snowboars and planned to let Amber out of the Safe Place.

• Li Qiuzhi reassured Eula and Albedo that his Psychic Tentacles had rescued everyone caught in the avalanches and explained that Amber was safe inside the Safe Place.
• Durin emerged from the ground, and Li Qiuzhi warned the group that the dragon was level ninety-five and extremely powerful.
• Albedo explained that Durin seemed confused after being revived and might be willing to communicate rather than attack.
• Durin recognized Albedo's aura as Rhinedottir's and called him his brother, then asked him to help find their mother.
• Albedo distracted Durin with the promise of food and took him back to camp while asking Li Qiuzhi and Eula to catch snowboars.
• Eula worried that Durin might threaten Mondstadt, but Li Qiuzhi argued that provoking him could be more dangerous, and Eula reminded him to release Amber.

After driving The Doctor and the Fatui away from Dragonspine, Li Qiuzhi reunited with Amber and Eula, gave them teleportation Beacons, and brought food to the newly resurrected Durin. Albedo planned to keep Durin on Dragonspine and study him, while Li Qiuzhi and the others prepared to return to Mondstadt and report what had happened.

• The Doctor left Dragonspine through a portal with the Fatui, deciding to wait for another chance to settle the score.
• Amber reunited with Li Qiuzhi and Eula, and Li Qiuzhi gave both women Beacons that granted teleportation and telepathic communication.
• Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula caught five Snowboars and brought them to Albedo's camp for Durin.
• Li Qiuzhi and Amber prepared the Snowboars, and Durin ate four and a half before falling asleep.
• Albedo said he would keep Durin on Dragonspine, teach him how to behave around humans, and study whether his body had defects.
• Amber decided to report the incident to Acting Grand Master Jean, and Li Qiuzhi chose to teleport back to Mondstadt.

After returning from Dragonspine, Li Qiuzhi and Amber reported that they had defeated the Cryo Hypostasis and helped stop the Fatui's plan involving Durin. Jean arranged for Amber and Eula to keep an eye on Albedo and Durin, while Li Qiuzhi asked Jean to take regular time off and threatened to discuss her refusal with Barbara.

• Fischl grew jealous when Li Qiuzhi returned with Amber and Eula, then told him Mona had gone home and wanted him to visit the next day.
• Li Qiuzhi, Amber, and Eula reported to Jean that they had dealt with the Cryo Hypostasis and explained how Albedo had distracted the Doctor after Durin was revived.
• Jean asked Amber and Eula to visit Dragonspine periodically to watch for danger from Durin and check what Albedo needed.
• Eula declined extra rewards, challenged Jean and Li Qiuzhi to spar, and used Barbara's opinion to persuade Jean to make time for the fight.
• After Amber and Eula left, Li Qiuzhi asked Jean to take several days off and have a regular day off each week; when she resisted, he threatened to talk to Barbara.

Li Qiuzhi persuaded Jean to hire secretaries so she could stop taking on every minor task and get more rest. As he walked her back to the dormitory, he took her hand, leaving Jean flustered and asking him to loosen his grip.

• Li Qiuzhi convinced Jean that secretaries could handle citizens’ minor requests and ease her workload.
• Jean agreed to ask Noelle and Ellin the next day whether they would become her secretaries.
• Jean finished work late and agreed to walk with Li Qiuzhi, who said he had a gift for her.
• Li Qiuzhi brushed Jean’s hand and then interlocked their fingers as they walked to the dormitory.
• Jean tried to pull away, then told Li Qiuzhi that he was hurting her hand.

Li Qiuzhi gave Jean an Interstellar Travel Beacon, kissed her, and began a relationship with her before returning to Fischl. Lisa saw them together and later teased Jean, while Li Qiuzhi leveled up and merged new combat traits into Lumine's Sword God.

• Lisa spotted Jean and Li Qiuzhi walking hand in hand beneath the Knights of Favonius dormitory and watched them kiss for about thirty minutes.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Jean an Interstellar Travel Beacon and kissed her; Jean eventually stopped him by biting him, then asked to keep their relationship private for now.
• Jean returned to the dormitory, where Lisa teased her about the kiss; Jean blushed and hurried off to take a bath.
• Lisa gained affection for Li Qiuzhi, and he received a friendship notification before Fischl pounced on him at home.
• Li Qiuzhi spent 83,000 Experience Points to reach level 84 and merged Sharpshooter Archery and Wave Foam Swordsmanship into Lumine's Sword God.

Li Qiuzhi visited Mona, then joined Jean as she appointed Noelle and Ellin as her secretaries. Lisa caught Li Qiuzhi and Jean being affectionate, teased them, and received a golden Beacon from Li Qiuzhi.

• Li Qiuzhi woke beside Fischl, prepared breakfast for her, and then teleported to Mona with another meal.
• Li Qiuzhi helped Mona move her Orrery parts and books into Wonderland before she went there to study its starry sky.
• Jean formally appointed Noelle and Ellin as her secretaries after Li Qiuzhi had recommended them.
• Li Qiuzhi kissed Jean in her office, and Lisa walked in and teased them about their relationship.
• Li Qiuzhi offered Lisa a golden Beacon, earning her goodwill.

Lisa joined Li Qiuzhi, Jean, and Amber at the Temple of the Thousand Winds to watch Eula duel Jean, then proposed a week of service as the loser’s punishment. Jean and Eula drew after thirty minutes, and Li Qiuzhi defeated Eula by disarming her, leaving her to face the agreed consequence.

• Lisa kissed Li Qiuzhi on the cheek before teleporting with him to the Temple of the Thousand Winds, where Eula, Jean, and Amber had gathered.
• Amber set a thirty-minute time limit for Eula and Jean’s duel, and Lisa proposed that the loser serve the winner as a personal attendant for a week.
• Eula and Jean agreed to Lisa’s wager and fought to a draw after thirty minutes.
• After Eula rested and Jean helped restore her stamina, Li Qiuzhi challenged Eula and promised to beat her with swordsmanship alone.
• Li Qiuzhi gradually gained the upper hand and knocked Eula’s claymore from her hand in the duel’s final five minutes.

Li Qiuzhi defeated Eula in a friendly duel, and she agreed to serve as his maid for a week when her duties allowed. Lisa persuaded Amber to share the promise with Eula, and the group returned to Mondstadt City by Lisa's Teleportation Magic.

• Jean and Lisa watched Li Qiuzhi defeat Eula, while Lisa reflected on her growing affection for him.
• Li Qiuzhi acknowledged his victory, and Eula accepted the loss while promising to win next time.
• Lisa reminded Eula that she had lost the bet and had to be Li Qiuzhi's maid for a week, but Eula's upcoming mission postponed it.
• Lisa suggested that Amber join Eula as a maid and split the time, and Amber agreed, developing greater affection for Li Qiuzhi.
• Jean left with the others for Mondstadt City, and Lisa used Teleportation Magic to take the group back.

Li Qiuzhi confessed to Jean that his growing power came from forming close bonds with girls, and Jean accepted his fickle nature despite her hurt. After reflecting on his motives and guilt, Li Qiuzhi embraced his desires while reaffirming that he would take responsibility and not let power turn him into a monster.

• Lisa teased Jean by kissing Li Qiuzhi in front of her, then left Jean upset and in tears.
• Li Qiuzhi comforted Jean and explained that his abilities grew as his bonds with the girls deepened, admitting he had pursued them partly to gain strength.
• Jean kissed Li Qiuzhi, accepted that their destinies were intertwined, and reached maximum Friendship with him.
• Li Qiuzhi questioned whether pursuing so many girls was fair, and Jean told him to take responsibility rather than feel guilty.
• Li Qiuzhi accepted his desires and resolved not to abandon the girls or let his growing power make him cruel.

After Jean threw Li Qiuzhi out of her office, he invited Lisa to lunch, but she saw through his intentions and kept the outing public. Later, he examined the Friendship Skill he had gained from Jean and discovered it could greatly strengthen allies and weaken enemies within a vast area.

• Jean bit Li Qiuzhi, pushed him out of her office, and slammed the door.
• Li Qiuzhi went to the Knights of Favonius library and invited Lisa to lunch, but she declined his offer to go to his home and suggested inviting Jean to the cafeteria instead.
• Jean and Lisa sent Li Qiuzhi away after lunch because he was distracting them from work.
• Li Qiuzhi checked Jean's Friendship Skill, Land of Dandelion, which boosted allies' attributes and weakened enemies within Jean's territory or a 16,600-meter radius.

Li Qiuzhi examined his new ability, which boosted allies and weakened enemies, then visited Hu Tao in Liyue Harbor. Hu Tao gave him a ride by bicycle toward Yuehai Pavilion so they could see Ningguang.

• Li Qiuzhi calculated that his new ability could increase attributes by 166% and weaken enemies, though it only worked in Mondstadt or within sixteen kilometers of Jean.
• Li Qiuzhi teleported to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and Hu Tao tried to scare him, but he grabbed her hand and flicked her forehead.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Hu Tao to visit Ningguang at Yuehai Pavilion, and Hu Tao agreed to go with him.
• Hu Tao took out her bicycle and rode Li Qiuzhi through Liyue Harbor as passersby watched.

Li Qiuzhi teased Hu Tao during their bicycle ride to Yuehai Pavilion, and she retaliated before they resumed the journey. They arrived and were invited to meet Ningguang, who was waiting at a gazebo.

• Hu Tao rode Li Qiuzhi toward Yuehai Pavilion while he held her hair and coat tails and then wrapped his arms around her.
• Li Qiuzhi made himself and Hu Tao invisible and massaged her thighs, then used Psychic Tentacles to touch her calves.
• Hu Tao stopped the bicycle, knocked Li Qiuzhi to the ground, and retaliated by twisting his cheeks and biting his ear.
• Hu Tao received 260 Friendship points and reached Friendship level 7, then demanded that Li Qiuzhi give her a ride without touching her.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao resumed their trip and met Ningguang at a gazebo beside a courtyard lake.

Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao met Ningguang to discuss the Bicycle’s performance, production costs, and value. After Lumine agreed to let him decide, Ningguang offered to buy the design for five hundred million Mora or establish a new Chamber of Commerce with him.

• Ningguang shared the Bicycle’s test results, market assessments, and estimated mass-production cost with Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Ningguang how much she would pay for the Bicycle design, and she offered five hundred million Mora for an outright purchase.
• Li Qiuzhi contacted Lumine, who agreed to let him decide whether to sell the design.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Ningguang about her second proposal, and she suggested establishing a new Chamber of Commerce with him.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Ningguang agreed to form the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild, with Ningguang handling its operations and Li Qiuzhi and Lumine providing knowledge and technology. They tested board and card games for the guild to sell, then celebrated the partnership at Xinyue Kiosk before Li Qiuzhi planned to visit The Alcor to fight monsters.

• Ningguang proposed forming a merchant guild with Li Qiuzhi and Lumine, offering them thirty percent of its shares for providing knowledge and technology.
• Li Qiuzhi contacted Lumine, and she returned to Yuehai Pavilion to sign the partnership contracts with him.
• After considering suggestions from Hu Tao and Lumine, Li Qiuzhi named the guild the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild.
• Li Qiuzhi introduced playing cards, Chinese chess, and mahjong, and Ningguang decided to produce a small batch to test the market.
• The group spent the afternoon playing the games and later invited Paimon to a celebratory dinner at Xinyue Kiosk.
• Li Qiuzhi planned to visit The Alcor the next day to fight monsters and gain Experience Points.

Beidou, Lumine, and Paimon faced an attack from a huge Sea Beast aboard the Alcor, and Beidou drove it off with a powerful counter. Li Qiuzhi arrived and pursued the wounded creature underwater, hoping to defeat it and gain Experience Points.

• Beidou warned Lumine and Paimon that a large creature was hunting the Alcor, then blocked its tentacle strike with her Electro shield.
• Beidou counterattacked and severed part of the Sea Beast’s tentacle, forcing it to retreat into the sea.
• Li Qiuzhi teleported beside Lumine, apologized for his absence, and held her hand until Beidou called them out for being affectionate during the fight.
• Li Qiuzhi summoned “Lumine's Sword God” and sent her underwater to chase the Sea Beast.
• “Lumine's Sword God” caught up to within a hundred meters of the creature and spotted its huge silhouette.

Li Qiuzhi failed to catch a powerful sea monster after it fled, then accepted Beidou’s challenge to arm-wrestle aboard the Alcor. As the crew gathered, he recognized Kaedehara Kazuha and considered speaking with him about Inazuma.

• Lumine’s Sword God revealed that the sea monster was level 88, but it escaped by creating a powerful underwater vortex.
• Beidou said the injured monster might return, though she reassured Lumine and Paimon that the crew could handle it.
• Beidou challenged Li Qiuzhi to an arm-wrestling contest, with the loser assigned tonight’s watch, and he accepted.
• Beidou introduced Li Qiuzhi to the Alcor’s crew, including the level 43 sailor Hailong.
• Li Qiuzhi recognized Kaedehara Kazuha, learned he was level 77, and planned to ask him about Inazuma after the contest.

Li Qiuzhi lost an arm-wrestling match to Beidou, learned about Inazuma and swordsmanship from Kaedehara Kazuha, and took the night watch aboard The Alcor. When a sea beast attacked, Li Qiuzhi and Beidou defeated it, leaving the ship safe and their journey to Inazuma underway.

• Li Qiuzhi lost an arm-wrestling match to Beidou, who praised his strength.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon spoke with Kaedehara Kazuha about Inazuma, and Li Qiuzhi learned Kazuha's Myriad Style Swordsmanship and Chihayaburu.
• Li Qiuzhi and Lumine's Sword God took turns keeping watch, and Kazuha sensed danger approaching through the wind.
• Li Qiuzhi slowed the charging sea beast with Psychic Tentacles, while Beidou struck it with lightning and paralyzed it.
• Li Qiuzhi sent Lumine's Sword God underwater and cut the sea beast into pieces, earning experience and Beidou's increased favor.