Chapter Summaries

Kuki Shinobu agreed to help remove the Arataki Gang’s flyers from the Grand Narukami Shrine, only to discover that the shrine maiden assigned to the task was her older sister, Ayu. As they worked, Kuki Shinobu and Li Qiuzhi tried to convince Ayu that the gang was respectable, and Ayu became curious to learn more about it.

• Kuki Shinobu refused Yae Miko’s request to fill in as a shrine maiden, so Yae Miko offered her the alternative of helping remove the Arataki Gang’s flyers.
• Kuki Shinobu explained to Li Qiuzhi and Yoimiya that she had once been a shrine maiden but left for Liyue and later joined the Arataki Gang because she wanted a freer life.
• Li Qiuzhi, Yoimiya, and Kuki Shinobu found the shrine maiden removing flyers and discovered she was Kuki Shinobu’s older sister, Ayu.
• Kuki Shinobu and Li Qiuzhi claimed the Arataki Gang was reputable and took over removing the flyers, while Ayu insisted on staying to learn about the gang.
• Ayu read the gang’s boastful flyers, and Li Qiuzhi and Kuki Shinobu defended their slogans as Ayu became more open to judging the gang for herself.

Kuki Shinobu admitted to her sister that the Arataki Gang’s bad reputation was mostly deserved, but Ayu agreed to support her if she took responsibility and worked to improve it. After completing Ayaka’s commissions, Li Qiuzhi gained Yoimiya’s gravity-based Friendship skill and tested it on the Cosmic Beast, where he discovered a swarm of powerful bugs in its blood.

• Mamoru, Akira, and Genta arrived to help clear the flyers, and their stories exposed Kuki Shinobu’s earlier claims about the gang to Ayu.
• Kuki Shinobu apologized to Ayu, who agreed not to tell their family and urged her to build the Arataki Gang into something respectable.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others returned to the shrine, where Yae Miko gave Kuki Shinobu a letter of forgiveness, then reported to Kamisato Ayaka and received payment for their completed commissions.
• Li Qiuzhi gained Yoimiya’s Naganohara Ryūsei Meteor Swarm skill, which let him manipulate gravity, and used it to hurl a meteorite into the Cosmic Beast’s stomach wall.
• Li Qiuzhi saw the wound spill blood containing over a hundred creatures above level eighty, and the creatures awoke and noticed him.

Li Qiuzhi farmed millions of Experience Points by killing Stingbugs inside the Cosmic Beast, then reached level 103 and decided to return only after its stomach healed. Back in the Wonderland Space, he asked Jean to let him study the Knights of Favonius’ swordsmanship manuals and took her to the bathhouse to talk.

• Li Qiuzhi used meteorites to breach the Cosmic Beast’s stomach wall and crushed waves of Secondary Stingbugs, including several powerful Stingbugs that produced explosive offspring.
• Li Qiuzhi gained over thirteen million Experience Points in half a day, spent enough to advance from level 102 to level 103, and decided to limit future trips so he would not provoke the Cosmic Beast.
• Li Qiuzhi left the beast’s stomach and returned to the Wonderland Space, where he asked Jean for access to the Knights of Favonius’ swordsmanship arts.
• Jean agreed that Li Qiuzhi could apply to read the manuals, and Li Qiuzhi carried her to the bathhouse to continue their conversation.

Li Qiuzhi and Ningguang discussed Liyue’s Akasha Terminals, the coming Lantern Rite, and a research project to develop a spaceship with Nahida. The next day, he visited the Cathedral of Favonius to ask Barbara to join the Wonderland Space, but found Rosaria instead and asked where Barbara was.

• Li Qiuzhi bathed with Jean and told her he wanted to invite Barbara to live in the Wonderland Space, and Jean agreed as long as Barbara would not suffer.
• Ningguang told Li Qiuzhi that the Akasha Terminals were boosting trade and academic exchange, and suggested he wait until after the Lantern Rite to travel to Fontaine with Lumine and Paimon.
• Li Qiuzhi and Nahida planned a research-project section on the Akasha Forum and proposed paying scholars to study spaceship development.
• The next day, Li Qiuzhi obtained Secret Art-level sword technique manuals from Lisa at Jean’s request, then set off to find Barbara at the Cathedral of Favonius.
• Li Qiuzhi found Rosaria at the cathedral instead of Barbara and asked her where Barbara was.

Li Qiuzhi visited Barbara at the Cathedral of Favonius and persuaded her to move into his Wonderland Space after work. He then returned to the Cosmic Beast's Stomach, where he found the damaged wall nearly healed and improved his swordsmanship by fighting the insects.

• Rosaria agreed to guide Li Qiuzhi to Barbara and asked him to help scout the Pilgrimage Sites that afternoon by flying her there with his Anemo.
• Li Qiuzhi found Barbara at the Cathedral of Favonius and invited her to live with him, Noelle, and Acting Grand Master Jean in the Wonderland Space.
• After Li Qiuzhi kissed her and urged her to decide, Barbara reluctantly agreed to move in after finishing work that evening.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to the Cosmic Beast's Stomach and found the wall he had broken with a meteorite almost fully healed.
• Li Qiuzhi practiced swordsmanship against the insects in the beast's stomach and considerably improved his skills.

Li Qiuzhi mastered and fused several sword techniques, then agreed to help Rosaria scout the Church’s pilgrimage route around Mondstadt. He and Rosaria set off toward Springvale, Windrise, and Starsnatch Cliff, while Ningguang agreed to bring him more sword techniques from Liyue.

• Li Qiuzhi practiced against Secondary Stingbugs and brought his Secret Art swordsmanship skills to maximum level.
• Li Qiuzhi fused four sword techniques into the Ultimate-level Ceremonial Shinobi Sword Technique: Oni Rider Stance, then fused three more into the Ultimate-level Three-Element Sword Technique.
• Li Qiuzhi contacted Ningguang and asked her to bring back additional sword techniques, and she agreed.
• Li Qiuzhi cultivated with Noelle and Nilou, whose level had risen above eighty.
• Li Qiuzhi met Rosaria at the Cathedral of Favonius and learned that the Church planned a pilgrimage from Springvale to Starsnatch Cliff.
• Li Qiuzhi and Rosaria rode a Wind Current out of Mondstadt to scout the pilgrimage route.

Li Qiuzhi and Rosaria prepared the pilgrimage route from Mondstadt City toward Starsnatch Cliff by placing monster-repelling sachets along the roads. At Starsnatch Cliff, they met Venti, and Li Qiuzhi hinted that he had a product that might interest Venti and a friend.

• Li Qiuzhi and Rosaria discussed how the Knights of Favonius’ new patrol cars had improved safety along the roads.
• Rosaria explained that the Church of Favonius’ special sachets repelled monsters, and the two placed them along the route from Mondstadt City through Springvale to Windrise.
• Li Qiuzhi and Rosaria found two Hilichurl Camps near the route to Starsnatch Cliff and drove the Hilichurls away with the sachets.
• Li Qiuzhi and Rosaria met Venti at Starsnatch Cliff, where Venti teased them about being on a date.
• Li Qiuzhi told Venti he had a product that might interest him and his friend, and Venti asked whether it was fine wine.

Li Qiuzhi demonstrated his ability to purify erosion to Venti, who traded him a Wind Dragon Jade for purifying Dvalin. After Dvalin’s erosion was cleansed, Venti sensed adventurers approaching Starsnatch Cliff.

• Rosaria placed Exorcism Sachets while Li Qiuzhi told Venti about his ability to purify erosion.
• Li Qiuzhi purified Venti’s erosion, convincing him the ability worked.
• Venti gave Li Qiuzhi a Wind Dragon Jade made by Dvalin in exchange for a purification.
• Dvalin arrived at Starsnatch Cliff, and Li Qiuzhi purified his more severe erosion.
• Venti sensed adventurers approaching and told Dvalin to hide.

After helping Rosaria settle the disturbance, Li Qiuzhi invited Barbara to move into the Wonderland Space and introduced her to its new stamina-saving trait. He helped Barbara move in, then began cultivating with her, leaving her exhausted but dramatically stronger before offering to show her around the space.

• After the wind dragon departed, Li Qiuzhi and Rosaria returned to Mondstadt and had dinner at the Cathedral of Favonius.
• While waiting for Barbara, Li Qiuzhi added Venti's Wind Dragon Jade to the Wonderland Space and gained Light Wind's Blessing, which halved stamina costs inside it.
• Li Qiuzhi met Barbara after work and used his invisibility skill to enter the Church of Favonius residential quarters with her.
• Li Qiuzhi and Barbara moved her belongings into her prepared room in the Wonderland Space.
• Li Qiuzhi cultivated with Barbara, and her strength rose to level fifty despite leaving her exhausted.
• Li Qiuzhi offered to show Barbara around the Wonderland Space and take her to its Hot Spring Bathhouse.

Li Qiuzhi trained with Barbara and Yoimiya, gained two levels by spending Experience Points, and upgraded and fused several sword techniques. He planned to visit Liyue before Lantern Rite to help Ningguang and obtain more sword manuals so he could pursue a Divine Realm sword technique.

• Li Qiuzhi introduced Barbara to the girls after training with her, and Ningguang later gave him six Secret Art-level swordsmanship manuals.
• Over several days, Li Qiuzhi trained with the girls and fought insects in the Cosmic Beast’s Stomach, raising his level to 105 and collecting millions of Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi raised three sword techniques to maximum level and fused them into the Ultimate-level Judgment Technique: All Things Without Life.
• Li Qiuzhi decided to seek more sword techniques in Liyue before Lantern Rite and try to fuse a Divine Realm-level skill.

Li Qiuzhi met Yelan at the Jade Chamber, where she recruited him to help invite the Adepti to the Lantern Rite and rewarded him with a kiss. After collecting swordsmanship manuals from Ningguang, he set out with Yelan for Jueyun Karst.

• Li Qiuzhi encountered Yelan at the Jade Chamber, and their flirtation raised her Friendship Level to nine.
• Yelan told Li Qiuzhi that Ningguang had tasked her with inviting the Three-Eyed Five-Manifestation Immortals to witness Liyue's prosperity during the Lantern Rite.
• Li Qiuzhi explained that he had come for swordsmanship manuals, and Ningguang gave him several and suggested he offer help to Keqing and Ganyu.
• Li Qiuzhi met Yelan outside the Jade Chamber, and they joined hands before setting off for Jueyun Karst.

Li Qiuzhi and Yelan invited the adepti to Liyue Harbor for Lantern Rite, persuading Moon Carver, Cloud Retainer, and Mountain Shaper to attend. They then went to Wangshu Inn to invite Xiao, who noticed them but did not come out to meet them.

• Yelan invited Moon Carver to Lantern Rite, and Li Qiuzhi persuaded him to learn more about the people and culture he protected by visiting Liyue Harbor.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yelan traveled to Mt. Aocang, where Cloud Retainer accepted the invitation so she could see Ganyu and Shenhe.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yelan notified Mountain Shaper, who agreed to join the Lantern Rite gathering.
• Li Qiuzhi and Yelan teleported to Wangshu Inn to invite Xiao, who sensed their arrival but stayed away from them.

Li Qiuzhi earned Yelan’s maximum Friendship and gained the Depth-Clarion Dice skill after their intimacy, then visited Yuehai Pavilion to see Ganyu. There, he encountered an unfamiliar adeptus whose presence seemed strangely familiar.

• Xiao agreed to visit Liyue Harbor for the Lantern Rite after Yelan invited him, and Yelan and Li Qiuzhi reported the adepti’s responses to Ningguang.
• Yelan kissed Li Qiuzhi in a room at the Jade Chamber, and his Character Panel announced that her Friendship had reached its maximum and granted him Depth-Clarion Dice.
• Li Qiuzhi used a Spatial Rift to take Yelan to a bedroom, where they became intimate; afterward, he brought her to the Wonderland Space to bathe and rest.
• Li Qiuzhi teleported to Yuehai Pavilion to visit Ganyu and found her with Shenhe and an unfamiliar adeptus.
• The unfamiliar adeptus asked Li Qiuzhi why he was staring at her.

Li Qiuzhi met Cloud Retainer in her human form at Yuehai Pavilion, where she explained that she was using the alias Xianyun. After Ganyu and Shenhe described how Xianyun’s mechanical birds had eased their workload, Li Qiuzhi agreed to accompany her on a stroll and inspect them.

• Li Qiuzhi recognized Cloud Retainer, who explained that Ganyu and Shenhe had identified her human form and that she wanted to explore Liyue Harbor without drawing a crowd.
• Ganyu declined Li Qiuzhi’s offer to help because Xianyun’s mechanical birds were delivering documents around Yuehai Pavilion.
• Xianyun invited Li Qiuzhi to see how her mechanical birds worked, and Ganyu asked him to accompany her on a stroll while Ganyu and Shenhe handled their official duties.
• Ganyu told Li Qiuzhi to call Cloud Retainer Xianyun in public, and he agreed before setting off with her to inspect the mechanical birds.

Li Qiuzhi showed Xianyun an Akasha Terminal and proposed using her mechanical inventions to automate repetitive work in Liyue. Xianyun agreed to create a logistics system, while Ganyu and Shenhe returned to their duties.

• Ganyu, Shenhe, and Xianyun showed Li Qiuzhi the Mechanical Birds carrying documents around Yuehai Pavilion.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested powering the Mechanical Birds with rechargeable electricity, and he gave Xianyun an Akasha Terminal to try.
• Xianyun asked whether Akasha Terminals could be made as glasses, and Li Qiuzhi said that design should be possible.
• Ganyu and Shenhe prepared to return to work, prompting Xianyun to complain that they were too busy during Lantern Rite.
• Li Qiuzhi proposed that Xianyun build a system of Mechanical Birds and Mechanical Men to automate repetitive tasks, and Xianyun began working on the idea using her Akasha Terminal.

Li Qiuzhi introduced Xianyun to Liyue’s new technology and scientific research, and she showed interest in the changing city and the Star-Sea Craft project. After dinner, he left Yuehai Pavilion and encountered Keqing overseeing lantern preparations.

• Li Qiuzhi helped Xianyun explore the Akasha Terminal, where she discovered his Star-Sea Craft proposal and agreed to discuss it later.
• Li Qiuzhi took Xianyun to Liyue’s Scientific Research Institute and around the city, where she was surprised by its rapid technological development.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Xianyun to stay in Liyue Harbor, and she said she would consider it.
• Li Qiuzhi and Xianyun ate a vegetarian dinner at Xinyue Kiosk before returning to Yuehai Pavilion.
• Li Qiuzhi left Yuehai Pavilion as Ganyu and Shenhe took Xianyun to the night market, then spotted Keqing directing Millelith soldiers hanging red lanterns.

Keqing finished supervising the Xiao Lantern decorations with Li Qiuzhi’s help, then joined him at his home instead of visiting the crowded night market. In the Cosmic Beast’s Stomach, Li Qiuzhi activated Yelan’s affection Skill, rolled a fivefold Fortune’s Favor buff, and began hunting bugs to gain Experience Points.

• Keqing oversaw the Millelith soldiers hanging Xiao Lanterns, and Li Qiuzhi used his Psychic Power to hang the remaining lanterns so the soldiers could go home.
• Li Qiuzhi offered to take Keqing to his place for food rather than risk being spotted with her at the night market, and Keqing agreed to enter his Spatial Rift.
• Keqing joined the girls for dinner in Wonderland Space while Li Qiuzhi teleported to the Cosmic Beast’s Stomach to practice swordsmanship.
• Li Qiuzhi activated Yelan’s Depth-Clarion Dice, rolled Fortune’s Favor, and received a fivefold buff for the next hundred and eighty-odd minutes.
• Li Qiuzhi used Yoimiya’s affection Skill to control a Meteorite and break through the Cosmic Beast’s stomach wall, then attacked the bugs with his See Blood sword technique.

Li Qiuzhi used Fortune’s Favor to fuse and max out a World-level swordsmanship skill, then tested it against the Cosmic Beast and the Swarm. He returned to Wonderland Space, where Keqing was waiting, and began teasing her despite her protests.

• Li Qiuzhi fused his swordsmanship skills into the World-level Lumine's Musou·World and maxed it out with Experience Points.
• Li Qiuzhi wounded the Cosmic Beast with a World-level slash, then helped defeat waves of Stingbugs and gathered enough Experience Points to finish upgrading his skill.
• Li Qiuzhi left the Cosmic Beast and returned to Wonderland Space as Fortune’s Favor neared its end.
• Keqing scolded Li Qiuzhi for leaving her alone for hours, but accepted his apology and asked him to take her home.
• Li Qiuzhi tried to persuade Keqing to bathe at Wonderland Space, then held her on his lap and pulled down her tights and briefs before she grabbed them and pulled them back up.

Li Qiuzhi welcomed Keqing into the Wonderland Space, where she cultivated with him and the other girls before returning to her work in Liyue Harbor. He then met Xianyun, who wanted to make enormous, distinctive Xiao Lanterns for Ganyu and Shenhe, and agreed to help her gather materials.

• Li Qiuzhi brought Keqing to the Wonderland Space, where she joined the girls for cultivation and received a room as the space expanded to 930 square meters.
• The next morning, Keqing and Li Qiuzhi returned to Liyue Harbor after breakfast, and Keqing kissed him goodbye before hurrying to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
• Xianyun told Li Qiuzhi she wanted to make an unusually large Xiao Lantern for Ganyu and Shenhe, and he offered to help design and build it.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested using timber for the frame and synthesizing lantern paper, while Xianyun said she had plenty of Starsplinter Iron.
• Xianyun and Li Qiuzhi headed to the docks to look for materials and discuss their plans.

Li Qiuzhi and Xianyun built a giant Xiao Lantern aboard the Alcor as a gift for Xianyun’s disciples, then arranged to celebrate Lantern Rite at Ningguang’s Jade Chamber. Li Qiuzhi invited friends from across Teyvat, while several declined or could not attend.

• Li Qiuzhi and Xianyun met Beidou at the docks, and Beidou offered them leftover lumber and space aboard the Alcor to build the lantern.
• Li Qiuzhi made a huge sheet of lantern paper while Xianyun assembled the frame, and together they nearly completed a pavilion-sized Xiao Lantern.
• Li Qiuzhi proposed celebrating Lantern Rite at the Jade Chamber, Ningguang agreed, and Xianyun carried the lantern there.
• Li Qiuzhi invited Beidou and several friends to the celebration, including Yanfei, Lumine, Paimon, Hu Tao, and others.
• Li Qiuzhi traveled to Inazuma and Sumeru to invite more friends; Kamisato Ayaka, Kujou Sara, Kuki Shinobu, Kirara, and Collei agreed, while Nahida, Layla, and Dehya declined.