Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi collected the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild’s first dividends from Ningguang after a successful month of bicycle sales. He considered new products for the guild while Lumine continued sparring with the Raiden Shogun in Inazuma.

• Li Qiuzhi gained swordsmanship skills and the specialty Lightning of Musou after adventuring in Inazuma, and prepared to support the Knights of Favonius' planned Abyssal Rift expedition.
• Lumine began sparring with the Raiden Shogun, so Li Qiuzhi left the Plane of Euthymia and traveled to Liyue Harbor to collect her share of the guild’s dividends.
• Hu Tao accompanied Li Qiuzhi to the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild and remarked that its bicycles had made other Liyue merchants uneasy.
• Ningguang gave Li Qiuzhi sales records showing that the guild had earned 11,320,000 Mora in net profit from bicycle sales, and handed him withdrawal notes for his and Lumine’s shares.
• Ningguang asked Li Qiuzhi to suggest more products, and he considered introducing steam engines and tricycles.

Li Qiuzhi told Ningguang about steam engines and offered the materials needed to rebuild the Jade Chamber. He and Hu Tao then secretly took Yun Jin out of Heyu Teahouse, and the three prepared to visit Shenhe.

• Li Qiuzhi explained steam engines and their possible uses to Ningguang, who agreed to assign scholars to research them.
• Ningguang asked Li Qiuzhi to obtain Mingxia floating stone and secret flower stone and invite Shenhe to Liyue Harbor for the Jade Chamber's reconstruction.
• Li Qiuzhi revealed that he and his companions had found both stones in Narusaki Qixia Cavern, and Ningguang agreed to buy them above market price.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao went to Heyu Teahouse and, at Yun Jin's request, secretly took her away from her singing practice.
• Yun Jin agreed to practice later and join Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao; Li Qiuzhi contacted Shenhe so they could teleport to her.

Li Qiuzhi and the others retrieved the Starsplinter Iron from Narusaki Qixia Cavern and brought it to the Jade Chamber construction site for Ningguang. After discovering the floating stone granted Wonderland a gravity-control trait, Li Qiuzhi kept a piece before the group encountered Keqing in Liyue Harbor.

• Shenhe welcomed Li Qiuzhi at Cloud Retainer's Abode, and Cloud Retainer let them leave together despite criticizing his womanizing.
• Li Qiuzhi flew Hu Tao, Yun Jin, and Shenhe to Narusaki Qixia Cavern while they traveled inside Wonderland, where Mona and Sucrose were working.
• Li Qiuzhi cleaned the Starsplinter Iron, stored it in Wonderland, and gained a gravity-control trait before cutting off a piece to keep.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others took the Starsplinter Iron to the Jade Chamber construction site, where Keqing greeted them.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions delivered the Mingxia Floating Stone to Ningguang, who paid them generously and entrusted them with the remaining work for rebuilding the Jade Chamber. He agreed to help Keqing arrest Treasure Hoarders near Sal Terrae and planned to ask Zhongli about entering the God of Salt's sealed ruins; the chapter ended with Hu Tao giving Zhongli money and assigning him to expand Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's business.

• Keqing asked Li Qiuzhi to help her capture Treasure Hoarders near Sal Terrae, and he agreed to meet her that afternoon.
• Li Qiuzhi and his companions met Ningguang, delivered the Mingxia Floating Stone, and agreed on a payment of 680 million Mora.
• Ningguang took the Secret Flower Stone to have it forged into a Wonder Core and asked Shenhe to prepare adeptal Talismans.
• Ningguang hosted the group at Liuli Pavilion and gave each of them a withdrawal slip worth 170 million Mora.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and planned to inform Zhongli about his interest in the sealed God of Salt ruins.
• Hu Tao handed Zhongli her withdrawal slip and assigned him to expand Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's business.

Li Qiuzhi asked Zhongli about exploring the sealed Salt Kingdom ruins, then joined Keqing at Sal Terrae and captured a group of Treasure Hoarders. After discussing how his Command Spells could help curb their crimes, they agreed to consider a small-scale trial, pending the Liyue Qixing's approval.

• Zhongli told Li Qiuzhi that Havria, the God of Salt, had been killed by her own people and gave him permission to explore the ruins he had sealed.
• Li Qiuzhi met Keqing and used his Invisibility Domain to approach Sal Terrae without alerting the Treasure Hoarders.
• Li Qiuzhi and Keqing overheard Bao'er and her gang discussing their search for the God of Salt's ruins, then Li Qiuzhi knocked all sixteen Treasure Hoarders unconscious with projected Psychic Power.
• Li Qiuzhi proposed using Command Spells to turn the captured Treasure Hoarders into spies, but Keqing explained that the plan would have limited impact and could create new problems.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested secretly controlling higher-ranking Treasure Hoarders and redirecting their people toward lawful work, and Keqing said the Liyue Qixing would need to discuss the plan before they tried a small-scale test.

Li Qiuzhi and Keqing explored the sealed ruins of the God of Salt after clearing the monsters guarding them. Deep inside, they found an unremarkable stone cup that endlessly poured salt, which Li Qiuzhi recognized as a divine artifact.

• Li Qiuzhi ordered the Treasure Hoarders to behave well, remain undercover, and alert the Millelith about irredeemable members, then invited Keqing to explore a nearby ruin with him.
• Li Qiuzhi used his Psychic Power to defeat the Hilichurls and Abyss Mages guarding the ruins, gaining enough Experience Points to exceed one hundred thousand.
• Keqing activated the Elemental Monuments in the order Li Qiuzhi specified, breaking the seal at the entrance to the God of Salt's ruins.
• Li Qiuzhi and Keqing descended into the ruins and discovered salt-crystal statues of people who had died in the disaster following the God of Salt's death.
• Li Qiuzhi picked up a stone cup that continuously poured salt, and Keqing watched in astonishment as a mound formed before them.

Li Qiuzhi and Keqing explored the deepest parts of the God of Salt’s ruins, recovered another divine artifact, and collected the salt crystals believed to be the God of Salt’s remains. Back in the Wonderland Space, Li Qiuzhi discovered that the collected treasures had expanded it and granted new traits, though the trait from the salt crystals remained unexplained.

• Keqing warned Li Qiuzhi not to use the endless-salt goblet to disrupt the market, and he promised to keep it as a collectible.
• Li Qiuzhi and Keqing found a stone ruler that could grow salt crystals when planted, and Li Qiuzhi stored it in the Wonderland Space.
• At the deepest part of the ruins, Li Qiuzhi and Keqing found what they believed were the remains of the God of Salt and collected the pure white salt crystals with Keqing’s approval.
• Li Qiuzhi defeated the Hydro Slimes guarding the underground lake, then returned to Liyue Harbor with Keqing and ate at Wanmin Restaurant.
• Li Qiuzhi inspected the treasures in the Wonderland Space and found that the goblet granted the Endless trait, the ruler granted the Growth trait, and the God of Salt’s remains expanded the space even further.

After obtaining Havria's Divine Salt, Li Qiuzhi gained the Soul-Nurturing trait for the Golden Vault and wondered whether the salt contained remnants of the God of Salt's consciousness. He took Mona shopping for astrology equipment and research materials, leaving them with costly new supplies and a much lighter purse.

• Li Qiuzhi collected Havria's Divine Salt, gaining the Soul-Nurturing trait and expanding the Golden Vault by over thirty square meters; he suspected a fragment of Havria's consciousness might remain in the salt.
• Li Qiuzhi told Fischl, Sucrose, and Mona that the Golden Vault had grown by seventy square meters, and the girls discussed plans for its expanded space.
• The next morning, Fischl and Sucrose had gained levels from Harmonization Energy, and Sucrose's improvement expanded the Golden Vault to 207 square meters.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona traveled to Mondstadt City, where Mona bought an Astral Track Calculator after negotiating its price down to 4.66 million Mora.
• Li Qiuzhi accompanied Mona to a bookstore, where she paid two million Mora in deposits and postage to order authorized astrology research materials.

After helping Raiden Ei test her new time ability, Li Qiuzhi gained a way to manipulate temporal perception himself and earned more of Ei’s affection. Ei arranged for the Raiden Shogun to teach Li Qiuzhi and Lumine Musou no Hitotachi, beginning with Origin Swordsmanship.

• Mona stopped Li Qiuzhi from spending more Mora on astrology materials, and he explained that valuable purchases helped the Wonderland space grow.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to Tenshukaku and learned that Raiden Ei could sense the power of time, then helped her test her Temporal Perception Disarray in the Plane of Euthymia.
• After being overwhelmed by Ei’s time-distorting ability, Li Qiuzhi gained the ability to control temporal perception himself and reached Friendship level five with Ei.
• Ei promised to have the Raiden Shogun teach Li Qiuzhi Musou no Hitotachi, and Li Qiuzhi invited Lumine to join the lessons.
• The Raiden Shogun agreed to teach them and began with Origin Swordsmanship, puzzling Paimon.

Li Qiuzhi and Lumine learned the first two stages of the Raiden Shogun’s Origin Swordsmanship before joining Acting Grand Master Jean’s expedition into the Abyssal Rift. The exploration officially began with Li Qiuzhi weakening a powerful Demon Bear and defeating it, while the rest of the party prepared to attack its territory.

• The Raiden Shogun taught Li Qiuzhi and Lumine the Nine-Direction Sword Path Stances, then later instructed them in Intermediate Transmission as they practiced together.
• Raiden Ei agreed to help the expedition if it encountered a powerful foe, and Li Qiuzhi reserved his time-manipulation ability for the Abyssal Rift.
• Acting Grand Master Jean led Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and the others into Demon Bear Territory to capture weaker monsters and defeat its King Beast-level creature.
• Li Qiuzhi found the Golden Wolflord · Demon Bear, weakened the territory’s strongest bears with Land of Dandelion, and disrupted the king’s attack with Lightning of Musou.
• Li Qiuzhi used time manipulation to make the Demon Bear misjudge its leap, then struck it with Lumine’s Sword God and defeated it.

Li Qiuzhi and the Knights of Favonius defeated the Demon Bears and secured their territory as a base for exploring the Abyssal Rift. Jean assigned the group their duties, leaving Li Qiuzhi’s avatar to guard the base while Eula returned to Mondstadt.

• After Li Qiuzhi killed the King Beast-class Demon Bear leader, Albedo trapped the charging bears with a Geo wall while Jean restrained them with Anemo dandelions.
• Kaeya, the Knights of Favonius, Eula, and Lumine fought the thirteen powerful bears that broke free as Li Qiuzhi held back the rest, and the group defeated them all.
• Albedo welcomed securing the territory, while Li Qiuzhi gained Experience Points and the group gathered to plan their next steps.
• Jean assigned Lumine and Albedo to build the base, Kaeya and the Knights to patrol, and Li Qiuzhi’s avatar to guard the territory.
• Jean ordered Eula to return to Mondstadt with her, since Kaeya and Albedo would remain in the Abyssal Rift.

Lumine and Albedo completed a fortified base in the Abyssal Rift, while Jean and Lisa discussed plans for producing energy-storing Delusions. After returning to Inazuma, Li Qiuzhi mastered Origin Swordsmanship: Complete Transmission and gained the Myriad Mysteries trait, leaving him vastly stronger with sword techniques.

• Lumine and Albedo finished the Demon Bear Territory walls, watchtowers, and temporary buildings, establishing a base for research and exploration in the Abyssal Rift.
• Jean and Eula returned to the Knights of Favonius headquarters, where Jean asked Lisa to let the Knights produce and sell her energy-storing Delusions once her research succeeded.
• Lisa agreed to grant the Knights production rights in exchange for royalties and estimated that she could finish her research within three months, or a month with more leave.
• Eula told Li Qiuzhi that she and Amber would fulfill their maid promise the following week, and she gained Friendship points with him.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to Inazuma and maxed out Origin Swordsmanship: Complete Transmission by spending Experience Points, gaining the Myriad Mysteries trait and strengthening his swordsmanship.

Li Qiuzhi fused three maxed-out sword skills into Chihaya Shinwa-ryu and weighed the risks of drawing the Heavenly Principles’ attention while seeking ways to grow stronger. He visited Mona to check her research into the stars, where his astronomy knowledge gave her a new lead and left her demanding to know why he had not shared it sooner.

• Li Qiuzhi upgraded Kamisato Art Swordsmanship with Blowing Snow and fused it with Myriad Style Swordsmanship and Chihayaburu, creating Chihaya Shinwa-ryu.
• Li Qiuzhi decided to seek sword lessons from Keqing or Beidou and resolved to hide his rapid progress from the Raiden Shogun and the Heavenly Principles.
• Li Qiuzhi went to Mona’s laboratory in the Wonderland space and asked about her progress studying the stars.
• Mona told Li Qiuzhi she had studied about three thousandths of the starry sky and had found star systems orbiting an apparently empty point.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested that the unexplained point might be a black hole and shared what he remembered about astronomy.
• Mona grabbed Li Qiuzhi’s cheeks and demanded to know why he had kept his knowledge from her.

Li Qiuzhi gave Mona a collection of scientific knowledge, then their relationship deepened and he gained a powerful ability tied to fate. The next day, after training with the Raiden Shogun, he traveled to Liyue and set off for the harbor with Hu Tao.

• Li Qiuzhi wrote down his knowledge of astronomy, physics, and mathematics for Mona, who kept her Great Astrology Astrologist affix.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona shared an intimate moment, and Mona reached friendship level 10 with him.
• Li Qiuzhi gained Fate-Mocking Magi's Shadow, which absorbed fate- or causality-based attacks against him and those connected to him before returning the damage.
• The next morning, Li Qiuzhi checked the recovering Divine Salt, then went with Lumine and Paimon to Tenshukaku and practiced swordsmanship with the Shogun.
• Li Qiuzhi teleported to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, where Hu Tao told him Keqing was probably busy, and he invited Hu Tao to the harbor instead.

Li Qiuzhi, Hu Tao, Keqing, and Beidou sailed toward Guyun Stone Forest to stop pirates and Treasure Hoarders from robbing merchant ships. They planned to use Li Qiuzhi’s Command Spell to infiltrate the gang, and ended the chapter knocking out two lookouts at sea.

• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao met Keqing and Beidou at Liyue Harbor, where Beidou explained that Treasure Hoarders and pirates were attacking ships near Guyun Stone Forest while searching for wreckage from Ningguang’s Jade Chamber.
• Keqing decided to recruit a group of the criminals as informants using Li Qiuzhi’s Command Spell, which had already helped the Millelith uncover Treasure Hoarder bases on land.
• Li Qiuzhi, Hu Tao, Keqing, and Beidou sailed aboard the Alcor, then left the ship and flew toward Guyun Stone Forest to avoid alerting the criminals.
• The group spotted a floating lookout post and waited for a departing boat to get out of sight before descending onto the platform.
• The lookouts heard the group’s Wind Gliders open, but Li Qiuzhi’s companions knocked them unconscious before they could react.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions subdued Treasure Hoarders and pirates searching Guyun Stone Forest for Ningguang’s treasure, then explored the area and practiced swordsmanship. After learning Beidou’s Wave-Conquering and Keqing’s Yunlai Swordsmanship, Li Qiuzhi prepared to spend Experience Points before fighting the level 83 Geo Hypostasis.

• Li Qiuzhi used a Command Spell on two captured Treasure Hoarders, and Hu Tao questioned them about the groups searching Guyun Stone Forest for Ningguang’s treasure.
• Beidou knocked out the Treasure Hoarders at their first base, but Li Qiuzhi had to wake and defeat them himself before his Command Spell worked.
• Li Qiuzhi and his companions controlled the other groups’ bases, then agreed to wait for the searchers to return while exploring Guyun Stone Forest.
• Li Qiuzhi and his companions fought monsters along the way, and Li Qiuzhi gained over thirty thousand Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi learned Beidou’s Wave-Conquering and Keqing’s Yunlai Swordsmanship, then reached the Geo Hypostasis’s ruins.
• Li Qiuzhi faced the level 83 Geo Hypostasis and spent 44,999 Experience Points to improve his swordsmanship before the battle.

Li Qiuzhi defeated a Geo Hypostasis, captured it for Lisa and Sucrose to study, and helped Keqing, Beidou, and Hu Tao take control of three groups of Treasure Hoarders and pirates. After returning to Liyue Harbor, he visited Shenhe, who agreed to live with him once her work for Ningguang was finished, before rejoining the others for dinner.

• Li Qiuzhi selected the Shattering enhancement for his Tide-Treading Swordsmanship and cracked the Geo Hypostasis's shell with the Moonlight Greatsword.
• Li Qiuzhi hurled the Claymore into the exposed Geo core, defeated the Geo Hypostasis, and stored its body in the Wonderland Space for Lisa and Sucrose to study.
• Li Qiuzhi and his companions secretly subdued the members of three Treasure Hoarder and pirate bases, then assigned them punishments or work to help maintain order at sea.
• Li Qiuzhi returned Beidou and the others to Liyue Harbor, then visited Shenhe at Ganyu's home.
• Shenhe agreed to live with Li Qiuzhi after she finished helping Ningguang, and her affection for him increased.
• Li Qiuzhi reunited with the others near Wanmin Restaurant, where Hu Tao hurried inside to demand food from Xiangling.

After dinner with Keqing and Hu Tao, Li Qiuzhi agreed to help strengthen control over the Treasure Hoarders and received a promise of valuable treasures as a reward. He fused his swordsmanship into a new Ultimate-level skill, then began scouting the Abyssal Rift while joining Eula and Amber for their first maid-service day.

• Beidou left after dinner, and Keqing asked Li Qiuzhi to place Command Spells on the Treasure Hoarders while promising him valuable treasures in return.
• Keqing paid for dinner, Hu Tao returned to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor with Li Qiuzhi, and Jean asked him to scout for dangerous monsters near the Abyssal Rift base.
• Li Qiuzhi raised Yunlai Swordsmanship to its maximum level and fused it with Chihaya Shintao-ryu to create Thousand-Shadow Yunlai Swordsmanship at Ultimate Lv.1.
• Li Qiuzhi went to Tenshukaku, practiced swordsmanship with the Shogun, and then left to meet Eula and Amber while Lumine's Sword God scouted the Abyssal Rift.
• Amber arrived late after asking Noelle about maid work, and she offered to guide Li Qiuzhi and Eula to Mondstadt's clothing shops to buy maid outfits.

Li Qiuzhi helped Eula and Amber buy maid outfits in Mondstadt, then watched them try the outfits on and massage his shoulders in the Wonderland Space. Meanwhile, Lumine's Sword God discovered ancient ruins and an Exquisite Chest in the Abyssal Rift, leaving Li Qiuzhi to investigate its contents.

• Li Qiuzhi explained to the maid outfit shop owner that the Knights of Favonius were conducting a clothing-quality survey, then bought four outfits for 420,000 Mora.
• Eula and Amber changed into maid outfits in the Wonderland Space, and Li Qiuzhi asked them to massage his shoulders.
• Lumine's Sword God found a crack near the Demon Bear Territory and flew through it into a passage lined with glowing stone orbs.
• Li Qiuzhi explored the ruins and discovered wooden crates, one of which concealed an Exquisite Chest amid purple mist.
• Lumine's Sword God opened the chest, revealing its contents.

Li Qiuzhi explored an abandoned laboratory, found records of experiments on crows, and discovered a vast flock of Green-Eyed Ravens guarding a spatial rift. As he cut through the flock, something shot out of a pool toward Lumine's Sword God.

• Li Qiuzhi found decayed experiment records describing attempts to give ordinary crows extraordinary powers and suspected they belonged to Rhinedottir.
• Li Qiuzhi decided to have Sucrose copy the records and give the originals to Albedo, then continued exploring the laboratory with Lumine's Sword God.
• Amber and Eula rested from massaging Li Qiuzhi before Eula kneaded his back and Amber pounded his legs.
• Li Qiuzhi found a hidden passage leading to a cavern filled with Green-Eyed Ravens circling a golden spatial rift.
• Lumine's Sword God cut down many Green-Eyed Ravens, but their leader did not appear.
• Li Qiuzhi faked being staggered by the ravens' sonic attack, and a fast-moving creature burst from the pool toward Lumine's Sword God.