Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi, Nahida, Paimon, and Lumine met Greater Lord Rukkhadevata beneath Irminsul and learned why she had remained as a fading consciousness. Nahida refused to erase her, and Li Qiuzhi proposed that they try to cleanse the forbidden knowledge another way.

• Nahida brought Li Qiuzhi, Paimon, and Lumine to Irminsul, where they encountered a figure who looked exactly like her.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata explained that Nahida was Irminsul’s purest branch and her reincarnation, while she herself was only a lingering consciousness.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata recounted how she used the Akasha system to remove most of the forbidden knowledge from Irminsul but concluded that erasing herself was the only way to eliminate the rest.
• Nahida refused to let Greater Lord Rukkhadevata be erased, and Li Qiuzhi and Paimon promised to help find another solution.
• Li Qiuzhi stood between Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and asked for time to test whether Lumine’s Abyss power could cleanse the pollution.

Lumine discovered that she could use pure Abyss power to control and remove the contaminating power of Forbidden Knowledge from Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s memories. After ten days of study with Li Qiuzhi supporting her, she mastered the power and prepared to begin the treatment.

• Lumine connected her consciousness to Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s memories and found that Forbidden Knowledge could not contaminate her while she was protected by pure Abyss power.
• Lumine sensed and influenced the power within Forbidden Knowledge, but left the memory space when she realized she needed more time to understand it.
• Lumine told Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata that she could remove the contamination within one or two weeks, and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata agreed to wait.
• Li Qiuzhi supported Lumine as she studied the power over the following days, replenishing her energy while she worked.
• On the tenth day, Lumine mastered Forbidden Knowledge power, and Nahida urged her to begin removing it from Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s memories.

Lumine absorbed the Forbidden Knowledge corrupting Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, ending its threat to Irminsul and allowing Sumeru’s Eleazar patients to recover. Greater Lord Rukkhadevata went to recuperate in Wonderland Space, while Nahida remained able to visit and seek her advice.

• Lumine turned her Abyss Power into Forbidden Knowledge power and consumed the corruption in Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s memories.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata confirmed that the corruption no longer harmed her or Irminsul, and Nahida comforted her about Sumeru’s past losses.
• Dunyarzad noticed that her wrist no longer felt rough with Eleazar scales, and Dehya rolled up her sleeve to reveal her smooth skin.
• Eleazar patients across Sumeru began recovering after the Forbidden Knowledge’s influence ended.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested that Greater Lord Rukkhadevata recuperate in Wonderland Space and gave her and Nahida Beacons so they could stay in contact.

After Nahida reclaimed control of the Akademiya, Li Qiuzhi proposed using the Akasha system to advance Element Technology and make communication easier across Sumeru. Nahida added messaging, voice calls, and video calls to Akasha Terminals, and Li Qiuzhi then suggested asking Greater Lord Rukkhadevata for further ideas.

• Nahida exiled the Grand Sage and the sages who had colluded with him, then offered to repay Li Qiuzhi and his companions for their help.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Nahida to help develop Element Technology, proposing that the Akasha system connect people and share information across Sumeru.
• Nahida agreed to develop the Akasha system within Sumeru first, since its coverage depended on the Dendro Gnosis and expansion elsewhere could provoke other nations.
• After sharing a feast, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon joined Nahida at the House of Daena, where Nahida spent several hours adding long-distance communication functions to the Akasha system.
• Li Qiuzhi tested the new Akasha Terminal contacts function and confirmed that users could make voice calls, send messages, and hold video calls.
• Nahida planned to announce the new function and rest, while Li Qiuzhi suggested asking Greater Lord Rukkhadevata for ideas for future updates.

Li Qiuzhi discussed Teyvat’s technological development with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and brought the leaders of four nations together to plan cooperation. After the meeting, his Character Panel recorded his recent deeds in Sumeru and awarded him Irminsul’s Blessing, granting increased luck, Dendro control, and some command over the Ley Lines.

• Li Qiuzhi asked Greater Lord Rukkhadevata for advice on using the Akasha system and developing elemental technology, and she offered to help with research.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Ningguang to the Wonderland Space, where Ningguang, Acting Grand Master Jean, Raiden Makoto, and Nahida agreed on broad plans for cooperation among their nations.
• Ningguang invited Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon to a celebratory banquet for the newly rebuilt Jade Chamber.
• Li Qiuzhi’s Character Panel recounted how he had helped Tighnari, rescued Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, and saved Irminsul and Sumeru.
• Li Qiuzhi received the Character Specialty Irminsul’s Blessing, which increased his luck and gave him Dendro control and limited access to the Ley Lines.

Li Qiuzhi traveled to The Chasm with Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan to test whether Irminsul's Blessing let him control the Ley Lines Silt Outlets. After accepting a commission to investigate strange Hilichurls, he found he could sense the energy pouring from an outlet but needed Raiden Ei's power to try to control it.

• Li Qiuzhi decided to visit The Chasm and spent the night with Lisa and Jean before setting out the next morning.
• Ningguang told Li Qiuzhi that scholars had confirmed the dark mud came from the Ley Lines, then sent Yelan to assist him.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan reached The Chasm, where a Millelith guard asked them to investigate Hilichurls entering the underground mines.
• Yelan led the group to a Ley Lines Silt Outlet, where Li Qiuzhi sensed the surging energy but could not control it alone.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Raiden Ei for help, and she transferred her energy through a rift so he could begin trying to control the outlet.

Li Qiuzhi and Raiden Ei sealed two leaking Ley Lines Silt Outlets in The Chasm, while Lumine mastered and removed the Dark Mud at the second site. The group descended into the Nameless Ruins to find the final outlet and discovered an upside-down city, where an unseen presence seemed to oppose them.

• Li Qiuzhi copied a sealing formation from Raiden Ei and used Ley Line energy to seal the first outlet.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Yelan, and Paimon reached the second outlet, where Li Qiuzhi defeated the monsters surrounding it.
• Lumine mastered the Dark Mud Power and removed the Dark Mud from the second outlet, then Li Qiuzhi sealed it with another formation.
• Yelan led the group to the cavern above the Nameless Ruins, and they descended through it using their Wind Gliders.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others discovered an upside-down city above them and sensed that something there did not welcome their arrival.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan found two Abyss Lectors siphoning energy from a Ley Line outlet and fought them. Aether appeared to rescue the Lectors, briefly reunited with Lumine, and left after warning her not to stand in the Abyss Order’s way; Li Qiuzhi then proposed finding him to demand an explanation.

• Li Qiuzhi uncovered two Abyss Lectors at the Ley Line outlet, and Lumine recognized that they knew her brother, Aether.
• Lumine disrupted Yongyan’s control of a fireball, and Paimon’s attack distracted him long enough for the blast and Li Qiuzhi’s Psychic Tentacles to overpower the Lectors.
• Aether arrived and blocked Li Qiuzhi’s summoned sword from striking the Lectors, who greeted him as the Prince of the Abyss Order.
• Lumine asked Aether why he had joined the Abyss Order, but he avoided answering and left through a Teleport Waypoint after warning her not to stand in their way.
• Li Qiuzhi explained that Aether was too powerful to confront safely, then suggested they find him and ask what the Abyss Order was planning.

Li Qiuzhi and the others explored the upside-down city in The Chasm, fought Black Serpent Knights, and discovered a powerful knight guarding the ruins. Li Qiuzhi began creating a vast swarm of Dendrograna to unleash a Hyperbloom attack as the fight continued.

• Li Qiuzhi, Yelan, Lumine, and Paimon explored the upside-down city and theorized that it had come from a place where gravity worked in the opposite direction.
• The group found dead Hilichurls and continued toward a nearby spring, where Li Qiuzhi sensed two Black Serpent Knights guarding a platform.
• Yelan attacked the two knights, but their banner created a barrier; Li Qiuzhi then shattered it with a psychic tentacle and defeated them.
• A level-ninety-three Black Serpent Knight wielding a Claymore ambushed the group, and Li Qiuzhi blocked its first strike while Yelan and Lumine moved back.
• Yelan's Hydro arrow stunned the knight, allowing Li Qiuzhi to apply Dendro and Electro and attack it with Hyperbloom Dendrograna.
• Li Qiuzhi produced over a hundred Dendrograna and swept Electro toward them to turn them into homing missiles.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan encountered Dainsleif in the inverted city after defeating a Black Serpent Knight, then followed the knight to a spring where Aether and two Abyss Lectors were working. Aether warned Lumine not to interfere with the Abyss Order, and Li Qiuzhi’s “brother-in-law” remark provoked Aether’s hostility.

• Li Qiuzhi stopped time so Hyperblooming Dendrograna could overwhelm the Black Serpent Knight, but the knight survived and began to rise.
• Dainsleif arrived, identified himself as a survivor of Khaenri'ah, and explained that the Black Serpent Knights were cursed former Royal Guards who had become pawns of the Abyss.
• The Black Serpent Knight recognized Dainsleif and led him, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan through the inverted city toward a spring that weakened the curse.
• The group found Aether and two Abyss Lectors installing a device to amplify the spring’s effects, and Aether told Lumine that he could not yet travel with her.
• Aether asked why Lumine was with Dainsleif and said Dainsleif was his enemy; Li Qiuzhi challenged Aether over his allegiance to the Abyss Order, angering him with the term “brother-in-law.”

Aether confronted Lumine and Li Qiuzhi in The Chasm, but Lumine defended her choices and Aether departed through a portal. After Dainsleif explained Aether’s plans for Khaenri’ah, the group decided to return and report to Ningguang, leaving a sword intent avatar to deal with the Black Serpent Knights.

• Li Qiuzhi manifested his Myriad Stars of the Sea inner world as Aether challenged Lumine’s decision to remain in Teyvat.
• Lumine asked Aether to respect her choice, and Aether abandoned the confrontation and left through a portal.
• Dainsleif told Lumine and the others that Aether intended to revive Khaenri’ah and take revenge on Celestia and the Heavenly Principles.
• Yelan noted that the group had resolved their Chasm investigations and proposed returning to report to Ningguang.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to leave a sword intent avatar behind to clear out the Black Serpent Knights before the group returned.

Li Qiuzhi and the others reported their success in The Chasm to Ningguang, who rewarded them and invited them to dinner. Two days later, they arrived in Liyue Harbor to gather their companions before the celebration for the rebuilt Jade Chamber.

• Dainsleif left with the Black Serpent Knight, whom Li Qiuzhi recognized as Halfdan, while a copy of Lumine stayed behind to clear out the Abyss-corrupted knights.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Yelan flew to the rebuilt Jade Chamber and told Ningguang how they had stopped the Abyss Order's plan in The Chasm.
• Ningguang offered them extra compensation, and Yelan asked for time off; Li Qiuzhi gained Friendship with both women.
• Ningguang invited the group to dinner, and afterward Li Qiuzhi sneaked into the bathroom while Lumine was bathing.
• Two days later, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon reached Liyue Harbor early to gather everyone for the Jade Chamber's completion banquet.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon visited Hu Tao and Yun Jin before the Jade Chamber banquet, where Li Qiuzhi gave Yun Jin a Spirit Rank affix suited to her opera career. Hu Tao eagerly awaited her own gift as the group prepared to head to the banquet.

• Li Qiuzhi invited Hu Tao to spend the day with them, and she joined him, Lumine, and Paimon for a walk around Liyue Harbor.
• Paimon led the group to Heyu Teahouse to visit Yun Jin as she rehearsed for her performance at Ningguang's banquet.
• After Yun Jin finished rehearsing, Li Qiuzhi invited her to the Jade Chamber and told her about his Spirit Rank affixes.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Yun Jin the Opera Master affix, which improved her ability to learn and perform opera and inspired her to create new works.
• Hu Tao urged Li Qiuzhi to give her an affix next.

Li Qiuzhi granted Hu Tao a prank-related affix, and the group traveled with the Yun-Han Opera Troupe to the Jade Chamber to prepare for the evening performance. They began helping with the preparations, while Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao headed inside to greet Ningguang before finding Shenhe.

• Li Qiuzhi gave Hu Tao the Mischievous affix, then granted her Prank Queen, which increased her attack power for each successful prank.
• Hu Tao tested her new ability by pranking Paimon, Lumine, and Li Qiuzhi in the carriage, so Li Qiuzhi bound her and held her on his lap.
• The Yun-Han Opera Troupe convoy reached the Jade Chamber, and the group flew up to the platform while the rest of the troupe's props were brought up separately.
• Ganyu asked Lumine to build a temporary railing and Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao to help Shenhe with the array control center, while Yun Jin continued rehearsing.
• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao went inside the Jade Chamber to say hello to Ningguang before looking for Shenhe.

Li Qiuzhi, Hu Tao, Keqing, and Ningguang discussed how to respond to Treasure Hoarders who had gone underground and joined forces. Ningguang then offered Li Qiuzhi her collection of treasures to store in his Portable Space, and their bond unlocked the Moon-Covering Tianquan ability.

• Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao learned that Ningguang was meeting with Keqing and joined them in her office.
• Ningguang explained that the undercover plan had driven Treasure Hoarders into hiding and prompted their remaining elites to band together.
• Hu Tao advised Liyue to keep its people undercover and wait for the criminals to reveal themselves, while Li Qiuzhi offered to patrol with a Sword Intent avatar.
• Keqing and Ningguang agreed to pursue the Treasure Hoarder group, and Li Qiuzhi arranged for his avatar in The Chasm to begin patrolling.
• Ningguang led everyone to her treasure room and offered to store her collection of books, antiques, and Artifacts in Li Qiuzhi's Portable Space.
• Ningguang's Friendship with Li Qiuzhi reached its maximum, granting him the Moon-Covering Tianquan ability to sense and control valuable treasures within range.

Li Qiuzhi used Ningguang’s gifts to expand his Wonderland Space and learned she had gathered Primogems for him. After Keqing questioned his relationship with Ningguang, he pulled her into an embrace and made clear he welcomed having multiple lovers, leaving Keqing flustered as her affection for him grew.

• Li Qiuzhi used Ningguang’s antiques, artifacts, and display racks to expand his Wonderland Space by sixty square meters, then accepted a pouch of Primogems from her.
• After Ningguang left, Keqing questioned Li Qiuzhi about whether he had become Ningguang’s lover, and he confirmed that they had fallen in love.
• Li Qiuzhi pulled Hu Tao and Keqing into his arms, telling Keqing that he and Hu Tao were also lovers and that he did not mind having multiple partners.
• Keqing struggled against Li Qiuzhi’s embrace but gained 320 Friendship points, while Hu Tao bit his neck in irritation.
• Li Qiuzhi activated Invisibility Domain as he held Keqing, then checked his Character Panel and noted that Lumine’s Sword God had found traces of monsters in the Abyssal Rift.

Li Qiuzhi controlled Lumine's Sword God to destroy a hive of Abyssal Rift demon bees, gained enough Experience Points to reach level 95, and gave Keqing a Beacon after making peace with her. He then went with Hu Tao to the Array Nexus, where Shenhe welcomed him and grew closer to him.

• Li Qiuzhi had Lumine's Sword God trap the demon bee hive and slay its thousands of monsters before they could reach Teyvat.
• Keqing pinched Li Qiuzhi's cheeks in retaliation for his earlier behavior, then accepted a Beacon from him and reached Friendship level 8.
• Li Qiuzhi spent 940,000 Experience Points to advance from level 94 to level 95.
• Keqing declined to go with Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao because she had matters to discuss with Ningguang.
• Baishi led Li Qiuzhi and Hu Tao to the Array Nexus, where they joined Shenhe while she watched over the formation.
• Shenhe hugged Li Qiuzhi's arm, and her affection for him increased to Friendship level 8.

Li Qiuzhi spent the day with Hu Tao and Shenhe in the Jade Chamber’s Array Nexus, then joined Ningguang’s banquet as it was about to begin. After devising a plan to help Zhongli and other Archons secure sealed monsters with Command Spells, he arrived at the banquet with Hu Tao and Shenhe and found himself the only man at their table.

• Li Qiuzhi watched his manifestations of “Lumine's Sword God” explore the Abyssal Rift, hunt in Liyue, and clear Withering Zones in Sumeru, earning over thirty thousand Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi realized he could use Command Spells on defeated sealed monsters, earning Experience Points while giving Zhongli, Ei, and Venti added protection for Teyvat.
• Li Qiuzhi kissed Hu Tao awake, and she bit him in retaliation; Shenhe then insisted on kissing and rubbing his injury, prompting Hu Tao to accuse her of trying to keep him to herself.
• Li Qiuzhi used his Harmonization Specialty to help Hu Tao advance from level sixty-two to sixty-four and Shenhe from level seventy-one to seventy-two.
• Baiwen summoned Li Qiuzhi, Hu Tao, and Shenhe to the banquet, where they joined Ningguang, Lumine, Paimon, Beidou, Yelan, Keqing, and Ganyu at a table near the stage.

At Ningguang’s banquet, Li Qiuzhi and the others celebrated Liyue’s victory and planned new rooms and facilities for the Wonderland Space. That night, Jean asked Li Qiuzhi to help Noelle prepare for the Knights of Favonius selection by teaching her to recognize deceptive people.

• Ningguang opened the banquet, where Tian Tie Zui, Xinyan, and Yun Jin performed before the guests departed safely.
• Li Qiuzhi brought Ningguang, Shenhe, and the others to the Wonderland Space, where they planned living quarters, research rooms, farmland, and a recreation area.
• The group postponed construction until the next day, when Ningguang, Yun Jin, and Lumine could use Geo to build the planned spaces.
• Jean invited Li Qiuzhi to her room and explained that Noelle and Ellin would take the Knights of Favonius selection in about half a month.
• Jean asked Li Qiuzhi to teach Noelle how to recognize calculating villains, since Noelle’s excessive kindness might keep her from passing the selection.

Li Qiuzhi returned to Mondstadt with Acting Grand Master Jean and agreed to teach Noelle to better judge people and make safer decisions. He took Noelle toward the Adventurers' Guild, where they met Bennett and invited him to join their next adventure.

• Li Qiuzhi agreed to return to Mondstadt with Acting Grand Master Jean, and they spent the night together before heading back the next morning.
• Jean asked Li Qiuzhi to teach Noelle to recognize bad people and think through dangerous situations before acting, and Noelle eagerly accepted his guidance.
• Li Qiuzhi proposed taking an escort commission so Noelle could observe potential attackers and learn from their behavior.
• On the way to the Adventurers' Guild, Li Qiuzhi and Noelle ran into Bennett, who told Li Qiuzhi he had heard about his deeds in Inazuma.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Bennett to adventure with them, and the three headed to the Adventurers' Guild to take commissions.