Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi gathered his friends at the Jade Chamber for a Lantern Rite banquet, where Xianyun unveiled a giant Xiao Lantern and the group watched Liyue Harbor’s lanterns rise. He gave Beidou, Rosaria, several Inazuman girls, Ganyu, and Xianyun Beacons, and Ganyu’s Friendship reached its maximum, granting Li Qiuzhi the Lunar Phase ability.

• Li Qiuzhi invited Ganyu and Shenhe to the Jade Chamber, where they reunited with Xianyun and joined the Lantern Rite gathering.
• Xianyun revealed a giant Xiao Lantern she had prepared for Ganyu and Shenhe, and the two helped finish it before it rose into the sky.
• The gathered guests watched countless Xiao Lanterns rise over Liyue Harbor, then shared a banquet and planned to visit the harbor.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Beidou and Rosaria Beacons, then offered more to Kamisato Ayaka, Kujou Sara, Kuki Shinobu, and Kirara.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Ganyu and Xianyun Beacons; Ganyu’s Friendship reached the maximum, and Li Qiuzhi obtained the Lunar Phase ability.

After gaining Ganyu’s Friendship skill, Li Qiuzhi acquired her Adeptal Energy, Cryo powers, and Adepti Arts, then spent Lantern Rite with the girls before testing his new abilities in the Cosmic Beast’s Stomach. The chapter ended with him defeating multiple Swarms and amassing over a million Experience Points.

• Li Qiuzhi gained Ganyu’s powers and Adepti Arts through her maxed Friendship, including a passive qilin blessing and enhanced Cryo abilities.
• Li Qiuzhi returned Hu Tao to Liyue Harbor and took Xiangling and Guoba back to Wanmin Restaurant, but withheld a Beacon because Xiangling’s Friendship level was only four.
• Li Qiuzhi spent Lantern Rite with the girls, played Theater Mechanicus with Lumine and Paimon, and later returned to the Wonderland Space to cultivate with them.
• Lumine suggested that she, Li Qiuzhi, and Yelan travel to Fontaine after resting during Lantern Rite, and Li Qiuzhi agreed to prepare by cultivating.
• Li Qiuzhi entered the Cosmic Beast’s Stomach and used Celestial Shower and Trail of the Qilin to freeze and defeat groups of Swarms.
• Li Qiuzhi gained enough Experience Points from the Swarms to raise his total above one million.

Li Qiuzhi wiped out the insects inside a Giant Stingbug, gained enough Experience Points to reach level 107, and escaped after discovering the creature served a powerful Swarm King. He then traveled with Lumine and Paimon through Chenyu Vale toward Fontaine, where they met Gaming and helped him defend a caravan.

• Li Qiuzhi used Super Celestial Shower to freeze and kill the insects inside the Giant Stingbug, gaining over thirty-six million Experience Points and leveling up twice to level 107.
• The Giant Stingbug spat Li Qiuzhi into space, where he saw that it was level 136 and learned it served the Swarm King, so he teleported back to the Wonderland Space.
• Lumine told Li Qiuzhi and Paimon that they could travel from Yilong Wharf to Fontaine, and after two days they set out through Chenyu Vale.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon visited Qiaoying Village, then encountered Gaming defending a caravan from Hilichurls.
• Lumine quickly defeated the Hilichurls, and Gaming thanked the group and offered to guide them to Yilong Wharf.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon traveled through Chenyu Vale with Gaming as their guide, taking a Steam Automobile to Yilong Wharf and learning about the region along the way. They boarded a boat to Lumidouce Harbor and arrived at dusk.

• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon helped Gaming's caravan fend off Hilichurls, and Gaming offered to guide them around Chenyu Vale after finishing his delivery.
• Li Qiuzhi teleported to Ningguang and brought back a Steam Automobile, then met Lumine and Paimon by a river.
• Lumine practiced driving while they waited for Gaming, who arrived about ten minutes later and joined them in the car.
• Gaming introduced them to Chenyu Vale's sights and tea as Lumine drove them to Yilong Wharf, where he helped them book a two o'clock boat to Lumidouce Harbor.
• Gaming left to prepare for work, and Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon boarded their boat and reached Lumidouce Harbor at dusk.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon arrived at Lumidouce Harbor and completed the required checks to enter Fontaine legally. After registering with harbor officer Yalard, they left the office and noticed a crowd gathered at the docks.

• Li Qiuzhi and his companions arrived at Lumidouce Harbor and marveled at Fontaine’s cliffs, waterfalls, and crowded docks.
• Paimon led Li Qiuzhi and Lumine to the lift, where a staff member checked their Mondstadt travel documents.
• The staff member welcomed the three as Honorary Knights of Mondstadt and sent them up to the upper level.
• Harbor officer Yalard checked their documents and processed their forms, granting them permission to stay in Fontaine.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon left the harbor office and saw a large crowd waiting by the waterways.
• Paimon spotted a gathering in the distance and asked why so many people had gathered there.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions met Charlotte and Navia at Lumidouce Harbor, then traveled with them to the Court of Fontaine and arranged an interview for the next day. After reaching the city, Li Qiuzhi returned to the Wonderland Space and merged his invisibility skill into Lumine's Musou before checking on the Giant Stingbug.

• Charlotte recognized Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon at Lumidouce Harbor and asked to interview them, while Navia encouraged them to accept.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to an interview with Charlotte the next day at The Steambird's offices, and Charlotte offered to guide the group around Fontaine.
• Navia paid for Li Qiuzhi and his companions' boat tickets, and Milles and Silver joined them before the boat departed.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, Charlotte, Navia, Milles, and Silver traveled to the Court of Fontaine and talked about the region during the journey.
• After arriving, Li Qiuzhi and his companions went to The Steambird's offices, returned to the Wonderland Space, and Li Qiuzhi merged Objective Illusory Shadow Domain into Lumine's Musou.

Li Qiuzhi fused his invisibility skill with his Sea of Stars, then followed the Giant Stingbug to a gray planet where he hunted its swarm for Experience Points. After gaining two levels and reaching Lv109, he planned to return to the planet the next night and headed toward Mona’s room.

• Li Qiuzhi fused his invisibility skill with Myriad Stars of the Sea, creating Void Sea of Stars, which let him anchor his position in Projection Space and move unseen through its starry realm.
• Li Qiuzhi found the Giant Stingbug and teleported onto its body as it prepared to travel through space.
• The Giant Stingbug arrived near a gray planet and released a swarm that devoured the planet’s surface and reproduced.
• Li Qiuzhi sent several dozen Lumine’s Sword Gods to hunt the swarm while avoiding the Stingbugs that produced young, raising his Experience Points to over thirty-eight million.
• Li Qiuzhi spent enough Experience Points to rise from Lv107 to Lv109, then returned to Wonderland Space with over four million points remaining.
• Li Qiuzhi planned to revisit the gray planet the next night and went to Mona’s room, hoping she was still awake.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon completed an exclusive interview with Charlotte at The Steambird, then toured the Court of Fontaine with her. They reached the Debord Hotel for lunch and found an advertisement announcing a performance by Fontaine’s twin stars.

• Li Qiuzhi cultivated with Mona, and the two spent the night together; Mona reached level 96.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon met Charlotte at The Steambird for their scheduled interview.
• Charlotte introduced them to Euphrasie, and then interviewed them about their travels, adventures, and how they had met.
• Charlotte finished the interview and gained more Friendship with Li Qiuzhi, then offered to guide the group around the Court of Fontaine.
• Charlotte led Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon toward the Debord Hotel and treated them to lunch; outside, they read an advertisement for a performance by Fontaine’s twin stars.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, Paimon, and Charlotte watched Lyney and Lynette perform a magic show at the Debord Hotel in Fontaine. After the meal, they encountered the two magicians waiting outside the hotel.

• Charlotte took Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon to the Debord Hotel for lunch after the interview.
• Lyney and Lynette appeared in the restaurant and introduced themselves before beginning their performance.
• Lyney and Lynette performed tricks that produced coffee for the guests, while Li Qiuzhi identified the hidden mechanisms behind them.
• The group ate while watching the rest of the show, then Charlotte paid the bill and led them outside.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others found Lyney and Lynette waiting on the street, and the magicians brightened when they saw them.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions explored Fontaine, learned how they might see the Hydro Archon Furina, and returned to the Wonderland Space. He then went to the Dark Gray Planet to clear out the rapidly multiplying Swarm with a more powerful method.

• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon met the magicians Lyney and Lynette outside the Debord Hotel, and Lyney and Lynette decided to tell their 'Father' about the travelers.
• Charlotte explained that Furina's appointment list was impossibly long, but the travelers could see her at the Opera Epiclese during a trial.
• Charlotte agreed to notify the group when a trial was scheduled, and she gained affection for Li Qiuzhi after they treated her to dinner.
• After returning to the Wonderland Space, Li Qiuzhi traveled to the Dark Gray Planet and found that the Swarm had greatly increased in number.
• Li Qiuzhi summoned a Baron Bunny, planning to use its powerful explosion to clear the Swarm.

Li Qiuzhi farmed Experience Points by bombarding the Swarm, but the Giant Stingbug noticed the attacks and approached. Screwllum appeared, explained the danger, and offered to take Li Qiuzhi to Herta Space Station before luring the Giant Stingbug away to destroy it with a Dreadnought.

• Li Qiuzhi repeatedly fired Cryo arrows carrying Baron Bunny, triggering huge Melt explosions that killed Swarm bugs and earned him over twenty million Experience Points.
• The Giant Stingbug approached and struck the planet with a powerful sonic attack, which Li Qiuzhi's Devotion Shield absorbed.
• Screwllum appeared beside Li Qiuzhi and warned him that retaliating would reveal his location to the Giant Stingbug.
• Screwllum introduced himself as an inorganic life-form and explained that his Synesthesia Beacon let him communicate with Li Qiuzhi.
• Screwllum offered to take Li Qiuzhi to Herta Space Station, where he could learn about interstellar society.
• Screwllum explained that he had come to destroy the Giant Stingbug with a borrowed Dreadnought, but planned to lure it away from the planet first.

Li Qiuzhi accompanied Screwllum aboard the White Star, a planet-destroying warship, and watched its crew lure and destroy a Giant Stingbug. After his avatars cleared the remaining Swarm on the planet and he gained over forty million Experience Points, Li Qiuzhi returned to Wonderland Space and reached level 111, unlocking a new Racial Specialty choice.

• Screwllum brought Li Qiuzhi to the White Star and arranged a temporary identity for him.
• Li Qiuzhi left more than a dozen manifestations of Lumine's Sword God to clear the Swarm from the planet.
• The White Star launched an unmanned craft to lure the Giant Stingbug away from the planet, then destroyed it with the Stellaron Destroyer.
• Li Qiuzhi's manifestations finished clearing the planet's remaining Swarm, raising his Experience Points to over forty million.
• While the warship recovered its craft and collected samples, Li Qiuzhi returned to Wonderland Space and spent Experience Points to reach level 111, unlocking a Racial Specialty choice.

Li Qiuzhi chose Imaginary Internal Energy as his level 110 racial specialty, gaining access to an apparently infinite source of energy. Later, he found Shenhe, Ganyu, and Xianyun in the hot spring and used the encounter to invite Ganyu and Xianyun to join his household.

• Li Qiuzhi rejected Phagosome Physique and Meme Nightmare, then chose Imaginary Internal Energy and tested the energy he could draw from imaginary space.
• Li Qiuzhi checked his Character Panel, noted that he needed twenty-one million experience points for his next level, and headed to the hot spring bathhouse.
• Li Qiuzhi found Shenhe's, Ganyu's, and Xianyun's clothes in the changing room and realized that Shenhe had brought Ganyu and Xianyun to the Wonderland Space.
• Li Qiuzhi overheard Ganyu and Xianyun discussing Xianyun's late-night research on the Star-Sea Craft project as he entered the hot spring.
• Li Qiuzhi startled Ganyu and Xianyun by emerging from underwater, then sat between them and put his arms around their waists.
• Li Qiuzhi argued that Ganyu and Xianyun should move into his household, while Xianyun objected to his taking liberties without asking them.

Li Qiuzhi gained Xianyun’s max-level Friendship skill, Clear Breeze Fills the Hall, and persuaded Xianyun and Ganyu to move into Wonderland Space. He then returned to the star destroyer, where the onboard system announced that Screwllum had arrived.

• Li Qiuzhi kissed Xianyun and cultivated with her, Ganyu, and Shenhe in the hot spring until they were exhausted.
• Li Qiuzhi received the Clear Breeze Fills the Hall skill after Xianyun reached Friendship level 10, and he tested its buff-enhancing effects during morning cultivation.
• Xianyun and Ganyu agreed to move into Wonderland Space, while Lumine and Paimon headed to Fontaine and Li Qiuzhi explained he would be away for a day or two.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to the star destroyer and learned that Teyvat time differed from Herta time by more than eight hours.
• The star destroyer’s system detected Screwllum, a member of the Genius Society, outside Li Qiuzhi’s door and asked whether to let him in.

After helping the Dreadnought return to Herta Space Station, Li Qiuzhi met station manager Asta, who offered him a place in the Security Department. The chapter left him poised to settle on the station and put his strength to use.

• Screwllum invited Li Qiuzhi to watch the Dreadnought warp back to Herta Space Station, and Li Qiuzhi observed the ship’s jump and arrival near Blue.
• Screwllum told Li Qiuzhi that he would help him seek permission to stay at Herta Space Station.
• Screwllum and Li Qiuzhi reached the master control zone, where Asta welcomed Screwllum back from the mission.
• Screwllum introduced Li Qiuzhi to Asta and explained that he had helped clear out the Swarm.
• Asta shook Li Qiuzhi’s hand and welcomed his powerful combat abilities, saying the station’s Security Department needed someone like him.

Asta registered Li Qiuzhi as a long-term resident and recruited him into the Security Department, where Arlan arranged a private dorm room for him. After settling in, Li Qiuzhi turned invisible to explore the space station and inspect its residents’ levels, then went looking for Screwllum.

• Asta updated Li Qiuzhi’s temporary identity to long-term status and took him to the Security Department.
• Asta introduced Li Qiuzhi to Arlan and the staff as a powerful new helper, and Arlan agreed to arrange his duties.
• Arlan gave Li Qiuzhi a private dorm room in the Security Department’s residential area.
• Li Qiuzhi summoned a Lumine's Sword God to watch his room, then turned invisible and explored the station.
• Li Qiuzhi discovered Arlan was level sixty-seven and surveyed the levels of Security Department staff and researchers.
• Li Qiuzhi headed toward the area where Screwllum had gone so he could check Screwllum’s level.

Li Qiuzhi explored Herta’s office, learned about Screwllum and the Simulated Universe, then officially joined Herta Space Station and researched interstellar society. After three days of learning about Aeons and Paths, he returned to Fontaine with Lumine and received a written message from Katheryne.

• Li Qiuzhi secretly entered Herta’s office, saw Screwllum and Herta’s puppet, and discovered that Screwllum was level 160 as they discussed the Simulated Universe.
• Asta gave Li Qiuzhi a phone, hired him at a salary of five million Credits, and learned how to use a bead of Harmonization Energy he made for her.
• Li Qiuzhi used the Interastral Peace Network to learn that the universe was called the galaxy and that the Genius Society followed the Aeon Nous.
• Arlan assigned Li Qiuzhi the leisurely role of External Invasion Prevention Specialist, and Li Qiuzhi spent three days studying Aeons, Paths, and factions while continuing to visit Fontaine through a Sword Intent incarnation.
• Li Qiuzhi and Lumine went to the Adventurers’ Guild to collect a commission and received a written message from Katheryne.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon accepted a waterway patrol commission and learned it was connected to renewed searches after a missing young woman briefly alarmed Fontaine's authorities. They met Captain Chevreuse at the Special Patrol Unit, where she thanked them for taking the commission.

• Li Qiuzhi explained he had left an illusion double at Herta Space Station while he returned to Teyvat.
• Lumine, Paimon, and Li Qiuzhi read Charlotte's message and planned to attend a trial at the Opera Epiclese the next morning to meet the Hydro Archon.
• The group accepted a waterway patrol commission from Katheryne and learned about Fontaine's unsolved Serial Disappearances of Young Women Case.
• Lumine, Paimon, and Li Qiuzhi went to the Special Patrol Unit and met its captain, Chevreuse.
• Chevreuse recognized the group as the Legendary Adventurers and thanked them for accepting her commission.

Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon joined Chevreuse on a patrol commission leading to the Opera Epiclese, where they spent the day watching over the plaza. As they rested by a fountain at dusk, Li Qiuzhi heard someone faintly say “Vacher.”

• Chevreuse assigned the Special Patrol Unit members to patrol Fontaine while she took Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon toward the Opera Epiclese.
• Chevreuse left the group at Mouju Station to patrol the station while Li Qiuzhi and the others walked to the opera house.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon patrolled the Opera Epiclese plaza, which remained peaceful through dusk.
• Paimon suggested resting by a fountain while they waited for Chevreuse to settle the commission payment.
• Li Qiuzhi heard a faint voice say “Vacher” and asked Lumine and Paimon whether they had heard it.

Li Qiuzhi and Lumine discovered an Oceanid consciousness in the Fountain of Lucine calling for someone named Vacher, and Chevreuse agreed to have the Maison Gardiennage investigate. The next morning, Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon attended a trial at the Opera Epiclese, where the Chief Justice called the audience to order.

• Li Qiuzhi and Lumine heard a voice calling “Vacher” from the Fountain of Lucine and found an Oceanid consciousness there, but it did not respond to them.
• Chevreuse heard about the Oceanid and promised to report the name Vacher so the Maison Gardiennage could investigate.
• Li Qiuzhi cultivated with the girls overnight and the next morning, raising his level to Lv111, then went with Lumine and Paimon to the Opera Epiclese.
• Li Qiuzhi, Lumine, and Paimon bought balcony seats with a view of Furina’s exclusive seat and watched the plaintiff and defendant take their places.
• The Chief Justice arrived, sat down, and shouted “Silence!” at the noisy audience.