Chapter Summaries

Acting Grand Master Jean arranged for Noelle and the others to keep serving as secretaries while learning reconnaissance work, and Li Qiuzhi showed Noelle around Wonderland before taking her to the hot spring. After discovering that intimate cultivation with Noelle greatly advanced his progress toward level 101, Li Qiuzhi considered asking Raiden Ei to try it with him.

• Jean decided that Noelle and the others would serve as her secretaries while training with Amber's reconnaissance squad.
• Noelle prepared an elaborate afternoon tea, and Li Qiuzhi later showed her Wonderland's floors and introduced her to its residents and Havria.
• Li Qiuzhi brought Noelle to the bathhouse, where they shared the hot spring despite her embarrassment.
• Afterward, Li Qiuzhi found that an hour of cultivation with Noelle using Aura Circulation had gained him around ten thousand points of progress.
• Li Qiuzhi wondered whether cultivating with Raiden Ei would work and decided to discuss the method with her.

Li Qiuzhi asked Raiden Ei to cultivate with him, and she agreed to consider it if he earned her approval in a spar. Their battle in the Plane of Euthymia revealed how much his power and swordsmanship had grown, but Ei still had the advantage.

• Li Qiuzhi visited Raiden Ei in the Meditation Room and explained that his new cultivation method could benefit both of them.
• Raiden Ei challenged Li Qiuzhi to a match, promising to cultivate with him if he earned her approval, and her Friendship toward him increased.
• Raiden Ei brought Li Qiuzhi into the Plane of Euthymia and attacked him with a Musou no Hitotachi, which he blocked with his summoned Sword God.
• Li Qiuzhi answered with a powerful Musou no Hitotachi of his own, impressing Ei with a slash she judged to be sixty percent of her strength.
• Raiden Ei opened Eyes of Stormy Judgment and froze Lumine's Sword God and the surrounding space, while Li Qiuzhi continued attacking her.
• Li Qiuzhi and Raiden Ei traded sword blows as the battle continued in the Plane of Euthymia.

Li Qiuzhi failed to last against Raiden Ei in a spar, then persuaded her to test his cultivation method by holding hands. His energy slightly strengthened her soul and formed a protective connection, and Ei agreed to cultivate with him if he could last half a day against her next time.

• Li Qiuzhi fought Raiden Ei in the Plane of Euthymia but was defeated after an hour, even with Noelle's Devotion Shield.
• Raiden Ei told Li Qiuzhi to return when he could fight her without falling behind, and he suggested testing his cultivation method on her before asking the Shogun.
• Li Qiuzhi held Raiden Ei's hand and transferred a small amount of Harmonization Energy, slightly strengthening her soul and creating a connection between them.
• Li Qiuzhi explained that his Soul Dyeing trait could help protect souls from attacks, and Raiden Ei agreed to cultivate with him if he lasted half a day in their next fight.
• Raiden Ei developed affection for Li Qiuzhi and gained 360 Friendship points, reaching Friendship level 10.

Li Qiuzhi gained the Twin Shadows skill after maxing his Friendship with Ei, then got punished for kissing her without permission. The next morning, Yanfei asked him to teleport her to Inazuma so she could consult on a difficult case.

• Li Qiuzhi gained Twin Shadows, which let him summon powerful phantoms of Ei and the Raiden Shogun to fight alongside him.
• Li Qiuzhi kissed Ei without warning, and she shocked him and hung him from the living room ceiling overnight.
• At breakfast, Li Qiuzhi invited Lumine to adventure, but she said she was busy helping Nahida develop rules for the Akasha Internet.
• Shenhe summoned Li Qiuzhi to Ganyu's office, where Yanfei explained that a delayed letter had left her little time to travel to Inazuma for a legal consultation.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to teleport Yanfei to Inazuma and asked whether she was ready to leave.

Li Qiuzhi brought Yanfei to Inazuma to find her junior, Kuki Shinobu, and secured legal permission for Yanfei to stay. After following local children to the Arataki Gang, they reunited Yanfei with Kuki Shinobu, who invited them inside to explain the commission.

• Yanfei agreed to travel with Li Qiuzhi, who brought her from Liyue to Yoimiya's fireworks shop in Inazuma City.
• Yanfei asked Li Qiuzhi and Yoimiya to help find her junior at the Arataki Gang, and Li Qiuzhi arranged official permission for Yanfei to stay in Inazuma.
• Yoimiya recruited neighborhood children to lead the group to the Arataki Gang's base in exchange for candy.
• Arataki Itto mistook the visitors for clients, then befriended Li Qiuzhi after hearing him praise the gang and its boss.
• Kuki Shinobu greeted Yanfei, Li Qiuzhi, and Yoimiya, clarified that the Arataki Gang had commissioned them, and invited them inside to discuss the situation.

Kuki Shinobu explained a labor dispute to Yanfei, Li Qiuzhi, and Yoimiya: a contractor had fled with more than one hundred million Mora, leaving workers and suppliers unpaid. Li Qiuzhi offered to help alert other nations, while Kuki Shinobu and Yanfei focused on preparing for the hearing and Yanfei considered Li Qiuzhi’s offer to take her home to Liyue Harbor.

• Kuki Shinobu told Yanfei, Li Qiuzhi, and Yoimiya how a contractor had disappeared with workers’ unpaid wages and money meant for building materials.
• Kuki Shinobu said the workers had hired her to represent them against the merchant, who had hired a team of Legal Consultants, and she asked Yanfei to help prepare for the hearing.
• Li Qiuzhi offered to contact Mondstadt, Liyue, and Sumeru to help find the fugitive, while Kuki Shinobu and Yanfei agreed that the labor dispute remained their priority.
• Kuki Shinobu and Yanfei reviewed the case and noted that the hearing was about ten days away.
• Li Qiuzhi offered to take Yanfei back to Liyue Harbor after her work, and Yanfei agreed while offering to pay him for the help.

Li Qiuzhi collected Primogems in Inazuma and joined Yae Miko and Yoimiya to investigate reports of a fox-masked shrine maiden near Konda Village. The group reached the stone fox statue where the shrine maiden had been seen, while Li Qiuzhi hoped to change Hanasato’s fate.

• Yanfei agreed to give Li Qiuzhi her Primogems in exchange for future teleportation, and Kuki Shinobu treated the group to lunch.
• Li Qiuzhi collected fifty-six Primogems from the Adventurers’ Guild and renewed his purchase commission.
• Yae Miko invited Li Qiuzhi and Yoimiya to investigate a mysterious shrine maiden in Konda Village, and Li Qiuzhi accepted.
• Yae Miko’s teasing and Li Qiuzhi’s flirting raised her friendship level, while Yoimiya showed jealousy and joined the investigation.
• Yae Miko gave Li Qiuzhi a stack of bestselling light novels and teleported the group to Konda Village.
• Li Qiuzhi, Yoimiya, and Yae Miko went to the stone fox statue northwest of Konda Village, where the shrine maiden had been spotted.

Li Qiuzhi, Yae Miko, and Yoimiya waited near Konda Village’s Fox Statue and met the masked shrine maiden Hanasato after night fell. Hanasato said she was a remnant of the past seeking to fulfill her final duty, leaving Yae Miko wondering where she had come from.

• Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko gave each other a Beacon, allowing them to teleport to one another, and Yae Miko upgraded his luck blessing with a kiss.
• Yae Miko kissed Li Qiuzhi on the lips to tease Yoimiya, and Li Qiuzhi kissed Yoimiya in response before embracing them both.
• After night arrived, Li Qiuzhi, Yae Miko, and Yoimiya returned to the Fox Statue and found a masked shrine maiden lighting candles.
• Yae Miko challenged the woman for impersonating a shrine maiden, and Hanasato explained that she was not part of the current Grand Narukami Shrine and was a remnant of the past seeking to fulfill her final duty.
• Yae Miko considered whether Hanasato had served at an old shrine dedicated to a god who had since fallen.

Li Qiuzhi and the others learned that Hanasato was filth formed from Kitsune Saiguu’s memories and agreed to help her purify the Sacred Sakura’s roots. The group reached the polluted roots beneath Konda Village, where Li Qiuzhi summoned Lumine to try to cleanse the filth while seeking a way to preserve Hanasato.

• Hanasato explained that the Sacred Sakura’s roots were clogged with filth and asked the group to investigate the barrier beneath Konda Village.
• Li Qiuzhi recognized Hanasato’s connection to Abyssal power, prompting her to reveal that she was filth formed from Kitsune Saiguu’s memories and thoughts.
• Li Qiuzhi persuaded Hanasato to accept Kitsune Saiguu’s inheritance as compensation and promised to try to keep her from disappearing after the purification.
• Yae Miko transported the group to the Underground Space beneath Konda Village, where they saw the barrier around the Thunder Sakura Tree’s roots.
• Li Qiuzhi contacted Lumine in Sumeru and asked her to come help purify the filth, hoping she might also be able to sustain Hanasato.

Li Qiuzhi brought Lumine to the Sacred Sakura’s roots so she could master the filth power contaminating them. Lumine succeeded, and Hanasato absorbed the filth collected from the first cleansed spot, growing much stronger as the group prepared to continue.

• Lumine and Paimon arrived at the Underground Space, and Li Qiuzhi explained that he needed Lumine to control the Sacred Sakura’s filth.
• Li Qiuzhi defeated a level-82 samurai phantom formed from the filth and Ley Line memories.
• Lumine entered her Abyss Princess state, learned to control filth power, and said she could master it within an hour or two.
• Lumine gave Hanasato enough filth power to sustain herself for about a month, then began extracting the filth from the Sacred Sakura’s roots.
• Hanasato absorbed the filth gathered from the first cleansed spot and rose from level sixty-two to level seventy-three.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions purified the Sacred Sakura’s roots in Araumi, Chinju Forest, and Mt. Yougou, while Hanasato absorbed the extracted filth and grew stronger. Hanasato survived the final purification and agreed to join the Grand Narukami Shrine to monitor the roots and help manage future filth.

• Li Qiuzhi and his companions cleared the Pitch-Black Samurai in Araumi, and Hanasato absorbed the filth, reaching level eighty.
• The group traveled to Chinju Forest, where Paimon defeated the Geo Slimes before Li Qiuzhi cleared the Pitch-Black Samurai and Hanasato reached level eighty-three.
• At Mt. Yougou, Li Qiuzhi defeated a large number of Pitch-Black Samurai and gained over 120,000 Experience Points as Lumine extracted the filth from the Sacred Sakura’s roots.
• Hanasato absorbed the final filth, reached level eighty-seven, and remained alive as the Sacred Sakura’s roots regained their vitality.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko proposed that Hanasato join the Grand Narukami Shrine to monitor the roots, and Hanasato agreed.
• Paimon and Lumine returned to Nahida, while Yae Miko transported Li Qiuzhi and Yoimiya back to the Fireworks Shop.

After returning to Wonderland Space, Li Qiuzhi spent the night with Shenhe, Yun Jin, and the other girls before visiting Yae Miko at the Grand Narukami Shrine. He helped Yae Miko gain strength through their intimacy, then hid beneath her skirt when a shrine maiden arrived, absorbing Primogems while she handled a work report.

• Li Qiuzhi returned to Wonderland Space, where Shenhe welcomed him home and took him to the living room before he became intimate with her and Yun Jin.
• Hu Tao challenged Li Qiuzhi alongside Fischl and Noelle, and the girls spent the night together; the next morning, Li Qiuzhi left them asleep and prepared breakfast.
• Li Qiuzhi teleported to the Grand Narukami Shrine, teased Yae Miko about being jealous, and kissed her, raising her Friendship level and strengthening her through intimate contact.
• When a shrine maiden approached, Li Qiuzhi hid beneath Yae Miko's skirt, and Yae Miko concealed him with a spell while the shrine maiden reported on her work.
• Li Qiuzhi absorbed 106 Primogems while massaging Yae Miko's calves, increasing his Experience Points by around 310,000.

Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko sought Hanasato’s help locating Kitsune Saiguu’s hidden youkai prison in Chinju Forest, hoping to find remnants of her consciousness and revive her. After uncovering the Subduing Evil Domain and opening its sealed gate, they entered its dark passage to investigate.

• Li Qiuzhi told Yae Miko that his Wonderland Space might revive Kitsune Saiguu and learned from her that the former Guuji had left her consciousness guarding a youkai prison in Chinju Forest.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko asked Hanasato about the prison, and she revealed its location and offered to take them to Gohyōzō, who had been sealed away by Kitsune Saiguu.
• Hanasato led them to Gohyōzō’s statue, where she spoke with him while Li Qiuzhi played hide-and-seek with nearby bake-danuki and received Primogems.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko left Gohyōzō and found the hidden Subduing Evil Domain after Li Qiuzhi used Fischl’s affection skill to see through its illusion.
• Yae Miko deactivated the domain’s seal, and Li Qiuzhi sent Lumine’s Sword God inside before he and Yae Miko followed into the dark passage.

Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko explored the Subduing Evil Domain, found many powerful yokai still alive in hibernation, and confirmed that Kitsune Saiguu’s consciousness remained inside the Hakushin Spirit-Illusion Bell. They rescued the bell and reached maximum Friendship, granting Li Qiuzhi a new ability to learn information about unknown things.

• Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko inspected the prison cells, finding dead yokai on the lower floors and living yokai who had survived through hibernation.
• They discovered powerful yokai on the upper floors, including a level 93 flood dragon yokai that woke and glared at Li Qiuzhi with resentment.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko confirmed that Kitsune Saiguu’s weakened consciousness was inside the Hakushin Spirit-Illusion Bell.
• Li Qiuzhi temporarily replaced the bell as the formation’s core, removed it, and handed it to Yae Miko.
• Yae Miko’s Friendship with Li Qiuzhi reached its maximum level, and he gained Fox Immortal Guuji’s Gift of Foresight, which revealed information about unknown things.

Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko destroyed the youkai imprisoned in the Subduing Evil Domain, then returned to help free Gohyōzō and bring the Hakushin Spirit-Illusion Bell to the Wonderland Space. Yae Miko entered the space and reunited with Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei while Li Qiuzhi stored the bell.

• Li Qiuzhi used Yae Miko’s affection skill on the Hakushin Spirit-Illusion Bell and learned that Kitsune Saiguu’s sleeping consciousness was inside it.
• Li Qiuzhi confined a weakened Baron Bunny’s explosion with a golden barrier and destroyed all sixty-two imprisoned youkai, earning over three million Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko left the Subduing Evil Domain and found Hanasato partway through undoing Gohyōzō’s seal; Gohyōzō asked Yae Miko to arrange for him to resume guarding Chinju Forest.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yae Miko returned to the Grand Narukami Shrine, entered the Wonderland Space with the Hakushin Spirit-Illusion Bell, and gained its Soul-Calming spatial trait.
• Yae Miko toured the Wonderland Space and met Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei while Li Qiuzhi took the bell to the storeroom and asked Havria to watch over it.

Li Qiuzhi began selling his ability to cleanse Erosion, starting with Zhongli, and planned to offer the service to Liyue’s Adepti. After cleansing Zhongli, he accepted a commission to help Azhdaha and went to find Madame Ping.

• Li Qiuzhi decided to trade Erosion cleansing for Primogems or valuable treasures and considered using the Akasha Terminal to connect Teyvat’s scholars.
• Li Qiuzhi visited the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and told Zhongli he could cleanse Erosion, citing his successful treatment of Xiao.
• Zhongli agreed to pay for the service, and Li Qiuzhi cleansed Zhongli’s Erosion, easing the painful memories and voices that troubled him.
• Zhongli asked Li Qiuzhi to cleanse Azhdaha’s Erosion as well, and Li Qiuzhi accepted the commission.
• Li Qiuzhi left to find Madame Ping at the tea stall near Yujing Terrace.

Li Qiuzhi traded with Madame Ping to purify her erosion and received the Serenitea Pot, whose collection expanded the Wonderland Space. He visited Ganyu at Yuehai Pavilion and offered her the Dustless Divine Maiden state to help her work without getting tired, leaving her eager to try it.

• Madame Ping accepted Li Qiuzhi's erosion purification and gave him the Serenitea Pot as payment.
• Li Qiuzhi added the Serenitea Pot to the Wonderland Space, gaining the Abode trait and expanding its area.
• Li Qiuzhi visited Ganyu at Yuehai Pavilion and found her working despite Shenhe's help.
• Ganyu explained that she had taken on more work after gaining free time, and Li Qiuzhi offered her the Dustless Divine Maiden state.
• Ganyu agreed to try the state after hearing it could keep her energetic while working.

Li Qiuzhi refreshed Ganyu with Dustless Divine Maiden, advised her to reform Yuehai Pavilion’s workload, and purified erosion for several Adepti and Azhdaha. The chapter ended with Zhongli giving Li Qiuzhi the two thousand Primogems he had gathered.

• Li Qiuzhi used Dustless Divine Maiden on Ganyu, warned her that it did not replace food or rest, and persuaded her to discuss sharing her workload with Ningguang.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Shenhe to remind Ganyu not to overwork, then traveled to Jueyun Karst and purified Moon Carver’s erosion in exchange for Primogems.
• Li Qiuzhi purified Cloud Retainer’s and Mountain Shaper’s erosion, receiving Primogems from Cloud Retainer and Amber Essence from Mountain Shaper.
• Li Qiuzhi entered the seal beneath the Dragon-Queller Tree and purified Azhdaha’s erosion without waking him.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to Liyue Harbor and told Zhongli that Azhdaha was purified, and Zhongli gave him exactly two thousand Primogems.

Li Qiuzhi absorbed Primogems from several allies to reach level 101, then spent the night with Yae Miko and Raiden Ei. The next morning, he traveled with Lumine and Paimon to Sumeru, where Nahida had completed the Akasha Forum framework and asked him to test it.

• Yanfei gave Li Qiuzhi over three hundred Primogems, bringing his total to 4,522.
• Li Qiuzhi absorbed the Primogems, raised his level from 100 to 101, and retained over nine million Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi found Yae Miko and Raiden Ei bathing, challenged Ei, and ended up spending the night with both of them.
• Li Qiuzhi traveled with Lumine and Paimon to the House of Daena in Sumeru City.
• Nahida announced that the Akasha Forum framework was ready for a small-scale test, and Paimon gave Li Qiuzhi an Akasha Terminal to try.

Li Qiuzhi tested the Akasha Terminal’s apps, and Nahida approved a closed beta of the Akasha Forum for Akademiya scholars. When he asked how to expand the Akasha system beyond Sumeru, Nahida proposed that Fontaine’s Oratrice Mecanique d’Analyse Cardinale could supply the energy needed to spread it across Teyvat.

• Li Qiuzhi explored the Akasha Terminal’s apps and praised their features, including the Knowledge Store, Akasha Bank, and Akasha Forum.
• Nahida began a small closed beta of the Akasha Forum and selected Akademiya scholars as testers.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Nahida how to expand the Akasha system, and she explained that it needed a sustainable energy source comparable to a Gnosis.
• Li Qiuzhi tested a Ruin Guard core and an Element Storage Device as possible power sources, but Nahida said neither could provide enough energy efficiently.
• Nahida suggested connecting the Akasha system to Fontaine’s Oratrice Mecanique d’Analyse Cardinale so it could gather faith in justice through the Akasha Internet and power wider coverage.