Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi, Noelle, and Bennett accepted a high-paying commission to investigate a corrupted Anemoboxer Vanguard on Musk Reef and flew toward the coast. After Li Qiuzhi stopped a monstrous bird that attacked them, a hostile man emerged from its back, but a Cryo attack froze him and the surrounding trees as a nun-clad figure appeared.

• Katheryne offered Li Qiuzhi a ten-million-Mora commission to investigate a violent Anemoboxer Vanguard blocking access to the Spiral Abyss on Musk Reef, and Li Qiuzhi accepted with Noelle and Bennett.
• Li Qiuzhi used Anemo to carry the group through the air toward Musk Reef, avoiding the cost of renting a boat.
• A level-fifty white monstrous bird charged at the group, and Li Qiuzhi used Psychic Power to knock it unconscious before it could hit Noelle.
• The bird's back burst open into scattered sheets of paper, revealing a hostile man dressed in white, who tried to escape after cursing at the group.
• A Cryo ice spear called Rite of Finality struck the man in white and froze him and the nearby trees; a nun-clad figure then appeared above them.

Li Qiuzhi captured the pirate White Gull with help from Rosaria and the Knights of Favonius, then brought Barbara and Rosaria along with Noelle and Bennett to face a level 72 demonized Anemoboxer Vanguard at Musk Reef. The group began its planned attack, and Li Qiuzhi cut down most of the Vanguard’s Wind Bullets while leaving one for the others to handle.

• Rosaria froze White Gull and his pet Rain Gull, allowing the Knights of Favonius to arrest the wanted pirate after Li Qiuzhi and his companions briefly held him up.
• The Knights explained that White Gull had been planning to meet the Treasure Hoarders, and Barbara revealed that she had accompanied Rosaria to heal the Knights’ injuries.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Barbara and Rosaria to join the expedition to Musk Reef, and the five-person group set off after he secretly placed Command Spells on the captured pirate and his pet.
• The group reached Musk Reef and found a level 72 Anemoboxer Vanguard stirring up a storm around the Teleport Waypoint.
• Li Qiuzhi used Spatial Traversal to take everyone through the storm, and Noelle activated Breastplate to lead their formation as the Vanguard fired Wind Bullets.
• Li Qiuzhi destroyed most of the Wind Bullets with Sword Energy but left one partly struck as the battle began.

Li Qiuzhi transformed the island into his Imaginary World, weakening the demonized Anemoboxer Vanguard so Bennett and Noelle could fight it before he finished it off. After the hurricane began to fade, the group rested and prepared to investigate the Spiral Abyss, where other adventurers reported that agitated monsters and disturbed Ley Lines had driven them out.

• Noelle blocked the Anemoboxer Vanguard’s Wind Bullet, but Bennett’s attack failed, and Li Qiuzhi caught him with Psychic Power before he fell.
• Li Qiuzhi transformed Musk Reef into a forest-filled Imaginary World, suppressing the Anemoboxer Vanguard and preventing it from drawing on surrounding Elemental Power.
• Noelle and Bennett attacked while the Vanguard struggled to form a wind vortex, and Li Qiuzhi later defeated it with Psychic Tentacles when its shell proved too tough for them.
• The group returned to Musk Reef as the surrounding hurricane began to dissipate, and Barbara and Noelle gained Friendship with Li Qiuzhi.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to investigate the Spiral Abyss with the group before returning to Mondstadt that evening, and Rosaria reluctantly accepted the plan.
• After resting and eating, the group prepared to enter the Spiral Abyss and learned from departing adventurers that disturbed Ley Lines had made the monsters unusually agitated.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions explored the first floor of the Abyssal Corridor, where they fought monsters and discovered a damaged Ley Lines Stabilizing Stone. He defeated the corrupted Ruin Guards guarding it and prepared to address the Ley Lines anomaly.

• Li Qiuzhi and his companions entered the first floor of the Abyssal Corridor and set off toward its far end.
• Bennett and Noelle fought Hilichurls and a Stonehide Lawachurl while Barbara healed Bennett and the others supported the battle.
• Li Qiuzhi gained Experience Points as the group continued through the floor, and his Sword Intent avatar defeated Treasure Hoarders at Qingxu Pool.
• The group reached the portal room and found corrupted Ruin Guards surrounding a cracked Ley Lines Stabilizing Stone.
• Li Qiuzhi summoned Lumine's Sword God and destroyed the Ruin Guards with golden Sword Energy.

Li Qiuzhi repaired the leaking ley lines at Musk Reef, returned to Mondstadt with Rosaria, Barbara, Bennett, and Noelle, and turned in their commission. Over dinner, he began granting Bennett and Noelle affixes, and Bennett received Unbreakable Will after several combat-focused affixes.

• Li Qiuzhi found that an external blow had cracked the Ley Lines Stabilizing Stone, then repaired the ley-line breach and left a Lumine's Sword God to continue exploring the Spiral Abyss.
• Li Qiuzhi used Spatial Traversal to take the group back to Mondstadt, where Rosaria led Barbara to the Cathedral of Favonius.
• Li Qiuzhi submitted the commission form and report to Katheryne, who said the Guild would pay them after verifying the problem was resolved.
• Li Qiuzhi and his companions ate at Good Hunter, then he explained affixes and persuaded Noelle that she could use one to learn about good and evil without cheating in the knight selection.
• Li Qiuzhi granted Bennett Hot-Blooded Youth, Golden Sword, and Scorching Domain before his fourth attempt gave Bennett Unbreakable Will, which increased his luck after hardships.

Li Qiuzhi granted Bennett and Noelle new affixes, then returned to the Wonderland Space and mediated a dispute between Fischl and Ningguang over the room’s decor. After helping them reach a compromise, he kissed Ningguang, who was caught off guard by the kiss.

• Li Qiuzhi granted Bennett an affix that increased his luck through misfortune, and Bennett decided to adventure with Razor so he could experience hardship.
• Li Qiuzhi granted Noelle the All-purpose maid affix, which increased her chore efficiency and attributes when people felt grateful; Noelle chose to keep it even if it delayed her Knight Selection.
• Noelle gained 360 Friendship points with Li Qiuzhi, and he arranged to continue adventuring with her the next day.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to the remodeled Wonderland Space, where Fischl complained that Ningguang had removed her room’s distinctive decorations.
• Li Qiuzhi persuaded Ningguang and Fischl to compromise: Fischl could decorate the walls but could not change the room’s structure.
• Ningguang offered Li Qiuzhi her cheek for a kiss, but he kissed her lips instead, leaving her surprised and momentarily unable to resist.

Li Qiuzhi learned the locations of six hidden Domains and ruins from Havria, then set out with Noelle to recruit companions for an adventure. Barbara agreed to join them, but Rosaria was away, and Venti ran off with Li Qiuzhi’s Mora after promising to recall places where powerful monsters could be found.

• Li Qiuzhi asked Havria about hidden Domains, and she marked six locations on a map of Liyue while asking him to help her subjects if they were in danger.
• Li Qiuzhi joined Lumine, Fischl, Mona, and the other girls in the hot spring, then invited Lumine and Fischl to explore the Domains the next morning, but they stayed in bed.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to Mondstadt with Acting Grand Master Jean and set off with Noelle, whose favorable impression of him increased after she used the Universal Maid Affix to clean the Knights of Favonius headquarters.
• Venti drew a crowd of children to Li Qiuzhi by identifying him as the Honorary Knight, then accepted a bag of Mora in exchange for promising to remember locations with powerful monsters.
• Li Qiuzhi and Noelle invited Barbara to join their adventure, and she agreed, but they could not find Rosaria because she was away working.

Li Qiuzhi took Noelle and Barbara to Bishui Plain, taught them about Elemental Power as they searched underwater, and found Havria’s buried Domain. Meanwhile, Aether warned Enjou to avoid Li Qiuzhi and hurry with the plans in Enkanomiya; Li Qiuzhi and the two women entered the Domain, where light appeared.

• Li Qiuzhi used Spatial Traversal to bring Noelle and Barbara to Bishui Plain, then carried them underwater in a Hydro bubble while offering to teach them Elemental Power control.
• Li Qiuzhi directed Lumine's Sword God through the second floor of the Spiral Abyss, where she defeated the level-sixty Monsters and earned enough Experience Points to pass 627,000.
• After Lumine's Sword God entered the third floor, Aether and Enjou appeared on the second floor; Aether warned Enjou not to provoke Li Qiuzhi and ordered him to speed up the plans in Enkanomiya.
• Li Qiuzhi used Psychic Power to find Havria's Domain beneath the lakebed and cleared away the sediment covering its entrance with Vortex Authority.
• Li Qiuzhi sent Lumine's Sword God ahead to scout the water-filled Domain, then descended inside with Noelle and Barbara, who clutched his clothes as the bubble approached the entrance.

Li Qiuzhi, Noelle, and Barbara explored an ancient underwater Domain and discovered murals about merfolk fleeing the Serpentfolk during the Archon War. Li Qiuzhi accidentally freed the sealed Pitch-Black Great Serpent, then prepared to fight him with his Sword Intent incarnation as the serpent attacked.

• Li Qiuzhi guided Noelle and Barbara through the underwater Domain, where they found murals recounting the merfolk's history and their conflict with the Serpentfolk.
• Li Qiuzhi used his Sword Intent incarnation to break open the treasure chests and shatter a cracked pitch-black serpent statue.
• The Pitch-Black Great Serpent emerged from the statue, declared himself free, and cursed Morax.
• Li Qiuzhi identified the serpent as a weakened level 98 foe and moved Noelle and Barbara farther away while sharing his incarnation's vision with them.
• Noelle and Barbara gained affection for Li Qiuzhi as he held their hands to establish a mental connection.
• The Pitch-Black Great Serpent lunged at Li Qiuzhi's Sword Intent incarnation and threatened to make it part of a god.

Li Qiuzhi fought the Pitch-Black Great Serpent with Lumine’s Sword God, then trapped it in his Imaginary World after it regained strength. With Barbara and Noelle connected to him, he prepared a new attack using Sword Intent Particles as the serpent tried to hide among its scattered soul particles.

• Barbara and Noelle clung to Li Qiuzhi when the Pitch-Black Great Serpent attacked Lumine’s Sword God, whose golden shield blocked its bite.
• Li Qiuzhi wounded the serpent with spatially traveling Sword Energy, but it dispersed into particles to evade further attacks.
• The serpent absorbed the treasures it had disguised itself as and grew to Level 101, prompting Li Qiuzhi to hold Barbara and Noelle around the waist to maintain their mental connection.
• Li Qiuzhi activated Myriad Stars of the Sea, weakening the serpent and strengthening Lumine’s Sword God, then struck it with Psychic Tentacles.
• Li Qiuzhi sensed the serpent’s scattered particles as golden Sword Intent Particles appeared behind Lumine’s Sword God.

Li Qiuzhi defeated the Pitch-Black Great Serpent, bound it with Command Spells, and explored the rest of the submerged Domain with Barbara and Noelle. After collecting treasure and enough Experience Points to reach level 96, he returned to shore and spotted Zhongli waiting beside the road.

• Li Qiuzhi used Sword Intent and Psychic Tentacles to weaken the Pitch-Black Great Serpent, then knocked it unconscious and gained 129789 Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi placed Command Spells on the Pitch-Black Great Serpent, ordering it to obey him, avoid harming humans, and remain inside its Domain.
• Li Qiuzhi, Barbara, and Noelle explored the Domain, defeated monsters, and found treasure worth millions of Mora.
• Li Qiuzhi spent Experience Points to advance from level 95 to level 96, leaving 135224 Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to shore with Barbara and Noelle and saw Zhongli waiting beside the road.

After meeting Zhongli, Li Qiuzhi and his companions traveled to Liyue Harbor, where Zhongli explained the history of the Pitch-Black Great Serpent and asked Li Qiuzhi to help restrain his old friend, Azhdaha. They agreed to set out that afternoon with Zhongli and several adepti to reinforce Azhdaha’s seal.

• Zhongli met Li Qiuzhi after he resealed the Pitch-Black Great Serpent and invited him, Barbara, and Noelle to lunch at Liuli Pavilion.
• Zhongli told Barbara and Noelle how Bolaiye, the mountain-coiling serpent, had been defeated by Rex Lapis and sealed in the underwater Domain.
• Zhongli led the group to Liyue Harbor and recounted the serpent’s history as they traveled.
• At Liuli Pavilion, Zhongli asked Li Qiuzhi to place a Command Spell on his old friend, whose violence had worsened due to erosion.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to help restrain Azhdaha if Zhongli and the adepti handled the fight, and Zhongli planned to leave with them that afternoon.

Li Qiuzhi gave Barbara and Noelle Beacons, gained Noelle's Devotion Shield ability, and joined Zhongli and the adepti beneath the Dragon-Queller Tree to confront Azhdaha. The adepti released Azhdaha from his seal, and the enraged dragon king challenged Morax to settle their score.

• Li Qiuzhi gave Barbara and Noelle Beacons and took them back to Mondstadt City.
• Noelle reached maximum Friendship, and Li Qiuzhi gained her Devotion Shield ability.
• Li Qiuzhi met Zhongli and the adepti at the Dragon-Queller Tree, where Cloud Retainer explained their plan to suppress Azhdaha while Zhongli and Li Qiuzhi knocked him unconscious.
• Zhongli opened the sealed cavern, and Azhdaha roared Morax's name from within.
• The adepti loosened Azhdaha's sealing formation, and Azhdaha rose and challenged Morax to settle everything.

Zhongli and the adepti restrained Azhdaha while Li Qiuzhi used Zhongli’s Elemental Power to stop time, allowing them to knock the Dragon King unconscious. With Azhdaha defeated, Li Qiuzhi prepared to use a Command Spell to keep him from endangering the world or harming humans.

• Moon Carver and the other adepti used formations to slow Azhdaha, while Zhongli protected the group and restrained the Dragon King with stone steles.
• Zhongli and the adepti attacked Azhdaha’s mind through a Psychic Power amplification formation, and Li Qiuzhi added a Psychic Tentacle strike.
• Azhdaha attacked Li Qiuzhi with icy breath, but Zhongli blocked it, and Li Qiuzhi offered to use his time-stopping ability with Zhongli’s Elemental Power.
• Li Qiuzhi froze Azhdaha in time while Zhongli repeatedly assaulted his consciousness, then Li Qiuzhi struck him again and defeated him.
• Azhdaha fell unconscious, and Li Qiuzhi teleported to him to prepare a Command Spell that would restrain his future destructive behavior.

Li Qiuzhi’s Command Spell stopped Azhdaha’s malice from eroding his last benevolent remnant, allowing him to reunite with Zhongli and the adepti before returning to slumber. Li Qiuzhi received a Bloodjade Branch, returned to Mondstadt, and reached Level 97 after defeating monsters in the Spiral Abyss.

• Zhongli and the adepti found that the Command Spell restrained Azhdaha’s rage and prevented him from attacking anyone.
• A benevolent remnant of Azhdaha appeared and explained that Li Qiuzhi’s restraint had stopped his malicious side from eroding it further.
• Azhdaha agreed to sleep again because his remaining benevolence could not resist Erosion for long, while Zhongli and the adepti promised to visit him.
• Azhdaha gave Li Qiuzhi a Bloodjade Branch in gratitude, and Li Qiuzhi stored it in the Wonderland Space before teleporting to Mondstadt.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to Jean’s office, discussed Noelle’s training, and defeated ten Spiral Abyss monsters through Lumine’s Sword God.
• Li Qiuzhi gained enough Experience Points to advance from Level 96 to Level 97.

Li Qiuzhi was thrown out of Jean’s office after interrupting her work, then met Noelle and went with her to the Library. After catching Barbara when she fell from a ladder, he invited her and Noelle to help collect a debt from Venti.

• Li Qiuzhi distracted Jean at the Knights of Favonius headquarters, and Jean pushed him out of her office window.
• Noelle found Li Qiuzhi on the lawn and told him that Barbara was in the Library with Lisa.
• Lisa teased Li Qiuzhi about taking Noelle and Barbara to Liyue, and he explained that they had explored Domains.
• Barbara lost her footing on a ladder, and Li Qiuzhi caught her, earning 220 Friendship and raising their Friendship to level eight.
• Li Qiuzhi told Lisa that Venti had taken his money for information about Domains and left with Noelle and Barbara to collect the debt.

After gaining a new treasure-producing trait from the Bloodjade Branch, Li Qiuzhi negotiated with Venti for the locations of hidden Domains. Over the following week, he explored Domains with Barbara and Noelle while Lumine's Sword God searched the Spiral Abyss for treasures.

• Li Qiuzhi discovered that the Bloodjade Branch had expanded his Wonderland Space and granted it the Dragon Blood trait, which produced Dragon Blood Treasure Jade each month.
• At Angel's Share, Li Qiuzhi tried to leave Venti to handle his own tab, but Venti offered hidden Domain locations in exchange for two million Mora.
• Li Qiuzhi paid Venti's tab and had him mark ruins in Stormterror's Lair, Brightcrown Canyon, and the middle of Cider Lake on a map.
• Over the next week, Li Qiuzhi explored Domains with Barbara and Noelle and sent Lumine's Sword God to search the Spiral Abyss for treasures.
• Li Qiuzhi found that many of Havria's known Domains had already been emptied by the People of Salt, but he defeated and sealed away the powerful monsters left inside.

Li Qiuzhi finished exploring Domains, gained enough Experience Points to near level ninety-nine, and obtained Barbara’s resurrection skill after reaching maximum friendship with her. In Liyue Harbor, he visited Hu Tao, raised their friendship to its maximum, and gained a combat ability that traded vitality for attack power and let him escape into the beyond to recover.

• Li Qiuzhi explored the remaining Domains, collected treasure, and raised his Wonderland Space to 437 square meters while his Experience Points reached 1,836,101.
• Barbara’s friendship with Li Qiuzhi reached level ten, granting him a skill that could revive recently fallen beings within its level limit.
• Li Qiuzhi traveled to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to ask Zhongli about Domains, but Hu Tao told him Zhongli had gone to Third-Round Knockout.
• Li Qiuzhi kissed Hu Tao despite her protests, and she later pinched his cheeks in retaliation as their friendship reached level ten.
• Hu Tao’s friendship skill let Li Qiuzhi trade vitality for attack amplification and enter an unobservable state to recover after his vitality was depleted.

Li Qiuzhi asked Zhongli about sealed Demon Gods, then explored the Spiral Abyss and gained enough experience to reach level 99. On the ninth floor, a red moon suppressed his strength and psychic power, leaving him wary as he prepared to investigate it.

• Li Qiuzhi met Zhongli at Third-Round Knockout and asked where he could find sealed Demon Gods to restrain with Command Spells, but Zhongli warned that many were sealed together beneath Guyun Stone Forest and advised him to wait until he was stronger.
• Li Qiuzhi transferred Lumine's Sword God's collected treasures into the Wonderland Space, expanding it to 450 square meters and gaining the Illusory Scenery and Sound Recording traits.
• Li Qiuzhi joined Lumine's Sword God in clearing the seventh floor, defeated a Snow Wolf King and its pack, and used the experience he gained to rise from level 97 to level 99.
• Li Qiuzhi cleared the eighth floor by remotely extracting the Energy Cores of ruin-type monsters, gaining about 250,000 experience points and expanding the Wonderland Space further.
• Li Qiuzhi entered the ninth floor and discovered that a red moon suppressed his strength by at least thirty percent and reduced his psychic range from about 100 kilometers to one kilometer.
• Li Qiuzhi withdrew his psychic power and sent Lumine's Sword God ahead, planning to raise her into the sky to test whether she could block the red moonlight.

Li Qiuzhi fought his way through the ninth floor of the Spiral Abyss, defeating a Mud Monster, sixteen wandering souls, and an Element Three-Headed Hound before reaching the tenth floor. There, he began clearing a group of powerful monsters in the Ruins.

• Li Qiuzhi discovered that enveloping himself in Sword Intent countered the red moonlight's suppression, then used Lumine's Sword God to scout a cemetery.
• Lumine's Sword God lured out a level-85 Mud Monster, and Li Qiuzhi defeated it by transforming the cemetery ground into lava.
• Li Qiuzhi sent Lumine's Sword God into a dark forest, where she turned into swords and destroyed sixteen wandering souls attacking her.
• Li Qiuzhi defeated the level-90 Element Three-Headed Hound blocking the Teleport Waypoint, then crossed to the tenth floor.
• Li Qiuzhi sent Lumine's Sword God to draw the attention of a group of high-level monsters in the Ruins and used Psychic Tentacles to attack them from behind.