Chapter Summaries

Screens appeared across Teyvat and invited people to regular and elite livestreams, where participants could answer questions about the past or future for rewards and penalties. As the elite chat filled with familiar faces and confusion, the first broadcast began with the Darknight Hero.

• A mysterious screen appeared before people across Teyvat, and an announcement invited them to join the livestream quiz for rewards.
• More than a million people, including Tian Tie Zui, Cyrus, and Timmie, entered the regular livestream as its chat erupted with questions.
• Jean, Diluc, Ningguang, Lumine, Paimon, and other figures joined the elite livestream and discussed the screens, their powers, and the Vision Hunt Decree.
• Participants chatted about Bennett being trapped in the Temple of the Thousand Winds, while Hu Tao promoted the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and Arataki Itto reacted to her offer.
• The livestream announced its rewards and penalties, then began its first broadcast: the Darknight Hero.

A livestream quiz about the identity of Mondstadt’s Darknight Hero gave Xingqiu the chance to answer, but he guessed incorrectly. The livestream forced him to dress in women’s clothing and perform at Liyue Harbor, while other quiz participants faced running punishments.

• Lumine and Paimon asked Charles about the Darknight Hero, then went to Mondstadt’s plaza to question Margaret.
• The livestream announced a quiz and barred people in Mondstadt from answering, offering thirty thousand Mora for a correct response and ten laps around the local city for a wrong one.
• Xingqiu won the chance to answer and guessed that Charles was the Darknight Hero.
• The livestream marked Xingqiu’s answer incorrect and forced him to wear women’s clothing and perform at Liyue Harbor.
• Tian Tie Zui revealed the answer too early, lost his reward, and was made to join the runners as Xingqiu appeared on-screen asking whether he looked beautiful.

Xingqiu endured a humiliating cross-dressing punishment while viewers laughed, and Kamisato Ayaka correctly chose that none of the proposed suspects was the Darknight Hero. Lawrence then recounted seeing the hero, but the chapter ended before the identity question was answered.

• Xingqiu’s punishment made him parade through Liyue dressed as a woman and shout his name, prompting viewers to tease him.
• Kamisato Ayaka buzzed in and chose option four, reasoning that the story was not over and the Darknight Hero had to exist.
• Kamisato Ayaka won a photo album of eight hundred snapshots of her late parents and became overwhelmed with emotion.
• Lawrence told Paimon and Lumine that he had witnessed the Darknight Hero while hiding from suspicious people on patrol.
• Lawrence explained that he went to the Knights’ dormitory because he assumed a justice-minded protector would join the Knights, just as the livestream asked who the Darknight Hero was.

A livestream quiz asked who the Darknight Hero was, and Arataki Itto’s wrong guess earned him a brutal bean-eating punishment. The chapter ended with Jean ordering Kaeya to have Lawrence copy the Knights of Favonius Handbook five times.

• The livestream listed Jean, Diluc, Kaeya, Eula, and Albedo as choices while viewers debated their identities and likelihood of being the Darknight Hero.
• Arataki Itto buzzed in and guessed Kaeya after ruling out Jean, Eula, Diluc, and Albedo.
• The quiz marked Itto’s answer wrong and assigned him a bowl of beans as punishment, while other wrong-answer contestants performed frog jumps.
• Itto refused to eat the beans, so the livestream forcibly fed them to him and made him writhe in agony for five minutes.
• Jean told Kaeya to have Lawrence copy the Knights of Favonius Handbook five times.

Yoimiya correctly identified Diluc as the Darknight Hero and won a Hearing Restoration Potion, which restored her father Naganohara Ryuunosuke’s hearing and vitality. Mondstadt celebrated Diluc’s secret protection, while Yoimiya was overwhelmed by the potion’s effects.

• With Kaeya ruled out, Yoimiya asked Ningguang for help and learned that the wealthier could pursue spiritual fulfillment.
• Yoimiya chose Diluc as the Darknight Hero and answered correctly, winning a Hearing Restoration Potion.
• Yoimiya gave the potion to Naganohara Ryuunosuke, whose hearing returned and whose appearance grew younger.
• People in Mondstadt celebrated Diluc’s identity, and Diluc tried to leave the winery before the crowds overwhelmed him.
• Thoma reported that Yoimiya was crying from being overwhelmed as the story continued.

Paimon and Lumine watched Diluc defeat an Abyss Mage before a livestream question asked viewers to guess Paimon’s nickname for him. Chongyun chose Xingqiu’s suggested answer and was punished by eating jueyun chilies, leaving him acting wildly as the Millelith escorted him away.

• Diluc defeated a Cryo Abyss Mage with one slash and spoke with Paimon and Lumine about the Darknight Hero rumors.
• Paimon’s nickname question offered six choices, and Chongyun buzzed in after Xingqiu claimed he knew the answer.
• Chongyun picked “Star of the Night” and was ruled incorrect, earning a punishment of three plates of jueyun chilies.
• After eating the chilies, Chongyun became unruly, threatened Xingqiu, and approached passersby.
• Keqing sent Millelith soldiers to escort Chongyun away, while Yae Miko reminded everyone that only one wrong answer had been eliminated.

Kaeya was randomly selected to answer a quiz and, after choosing incorrectly, had to cross the sea to Time Island without a boat, swimming, or a Wind Glider. Diluc answered correctly and received a powerful fire technique, while the livestream announced that rewards and punishments would scale with participants’ performance.

• Kaeya chose 6, King of the Torch Hilichurls, and was punished with a trip to Time Island without using a boat, swimming, or a Wind Glider.
• Kaeya froze sections of the sea with his Cryo power and ran across the ice, earning the nickname Ice-Crossing Adeptus.
• Diluc correctly chose 4, Man of Justice, and received Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique.
• Diluc tested the technique and unleashed three powerful fire dragons that caused enormous explosions.
• The livestream announced that repeated punishments would become more severe and more correct answers would increase the chance of better rewards.
• Diluc reported that the new technique felt familiar and had no noticeable side effects, while Charles said many customers were settling their drink tabs.

Paimon renamed Diluc the Man of Justice as the livestream showed him investigating the Abyss Order and frightening an Abyss Mage during interrogation. The stream then introduced a quiz about Kaeya’s identity, leaving viewers from Liyue and Inazuma scrambling to work it out while Mondstadt residents were barred from answering.

• Paimon declared Diluc the Man of Justice, and Jean, Ningguang, and Kujou Sara urged their forces to watch for the Abyss Order.
• Lumine told Diluc about the Abyss Order’s challenge, and Diluc revealed that he had found one of its strongholds through the Dawn Winery’s intelligence network.
• Diluc and Lumine captured and interrogated an Abyss Mage, frightening viewers with Diluc’s methods and flames.
• Hoffman told Lumine that the Knights planned to uncover the Darknight Hero’s identity and take over the case under the pretext of protecting him.
• Kaeya appeared on the livestream, and the quiz barred Mondstadt residents from answering a question about his identity.
• Klee accidentally revealed the answer and was given a punishment, while viewers from Liyue and Inazuma considered their guesses.

Sayu answered a question about Kaeya incorrectly, but Ganyu helped Ningguang identify him as a Knight of Favonius cavalry captain, earning her a Charizard. Arataki Itto kept his promise and jumped off a cliff, while Ningguang released her new Pokémon from its ball.

• Sayu trusted Arataki Itto’s analysis and chose the wrong answer, earning a penalty of three days without sleep.
• Ganyu found Kaeya’s signature in Mondstadt trade records and told Ningguang that he was a cavalry captain.
• Ningguang answered correctly and received a Pokémon named Charizard.
• Arataki Itto jumped off a cliff after Kaeya and others reminded him of his promise.
• Ningguang pressed the button on the Poké Ball and released an orange Charizard with a flaming tail.

Ningguang received Charizard as a reward and flew him over Liyue Harbor. In the Darknight Hero story, Diluc fought monsters while Lumine and Paimon helped hide his absence, but Kaeya appeared at the tavern and revealed that he knew the truth.

• Ningguang summoned Charizard, rode him over Liyue Harbor, and called him a companion.
• Lumine and Paimon pretended to have no money, then lured Huffman away so Diluc could fight Hilichurls and Abyss Mages outside Mondstadt.
• Diluc returned to Angel's Share with Lumine and Paimon, while the patrons claimed he had been there the whole time.
• Diluc revealed that everyone in the tavern except Lumine and Paimon had come from the Dawn Winery.
• Kaeya emerged and said he was the exception, prompting Paimon to ask what he was doing there.

The quiz ended with contestants across Teyvat losing Mora or enduring physical punishments, while the livestream announced its rankings and rewards. Ying'er received a Hydro Vision, revealing that the livestream could grant Visions, and the chapter ended as the elite contestants began a prize draw.

• Kaeya, Thoma, Sayu, Gorou, Arataki Itto, Raiden Ei, Hu Tao, Xiangling, Chongyun, Zhongli, Shenhe, Qiqi, Amber, Venti, Sucrose, Klee, Diona, Rosaria, and La Signora were revealed as incorrect contestants and reacted to their lost Mora or debts.
• Tian Tie Zui and other contestants continued their punishment laps as the livestream quiz ended and announced that the next session would begin in seven days.
• Kano Nana received 300,000 Mora, Hong Yi received the martial technique Prototype Starglitter, and Ying'er received a Hydro Vision as the regular livestream's top three.
• Ningguang sent Keqing to investigate Ying'er's reward, and Keqing confirmed that the Vision was real.
• The livestream listed the elite performance and bad-luck rankings, then began the exclusive elite prize draw.

The elite livestream held a prize draw, awarding Kujou Sara a Shogun body pillow, Razor healing potions, and Jean the Immortal-Binding Rope. Jean tested the rope’s powers on Amber before the livestream ended, announcing that it would return in seven days.

• Kujou Sara won the Shogun body pillow and hurried away with it, while Razor won three bottles of healing potion.
• Jean won the Immortal-Binding Rope and discovered that it answered only to her and returned when she called it.
• Jean tested the rope by binding Amber from the city gates and pulling her back to Mondstadt.
• The livestream announced that it would return in seven days, then faded away to a song that Yoimiya praised and Diluc asked Charles to teach.

Across Teyvat, people talked about the miraculous livestream and prepared for its return in four days. In Mondstadt, Jean used her new Immortal-Binding Rope to retrieve Klee, then led a Knights of Favonius meeting as the city remained on alert.

• The Tsaritsa asked Childe and La Signora why they had not been invited to the elite livestream chat, and they guessed its focus on three nations explained their selection.
• Glory chatted with an unfamiliar traveler in Mondstadt and said she hoped not to be picked for the livestream because she could not see it.
• Aramis reported that Klee had bombed the fish in Starfell Lake again, so Jean used the Immortal-Binding Rope to pull her back from the Whispering Woods.
• Jean made Klee promise to report to solitary confinement, then continued the Knights of Favonius meeting as the captains discussed the livestream's effects and warned everyone to stay alert.
• At Angel's Share, Venti sang to repay his debt to Diluc while patrons discussed the next livestream and children played at being Mondstadt heroes.

Mondstadt, Inazuma, and Liyue adjusted to the mysterious livestream and prepared for its return. At noon on the seventh day, the second livestream quiz began with the title “The Jianghu Asks Not of One's Origins.”

• In Inazuma, Kujou Sara and Sangonomiya Kokomi separately pulled their forces back, hoping to preserve strength until the livestream revealed more.
• Kamisato Ayato and Kamisato Ayaka discussed Inazuma's recent return to vitality while Ayaka organized gathered information with Thoma.
• Tian Tie Zui retold the first livestream's events to a crowd in Liyue Harbor, including the participants' punishments and rewards.
• Ningguang ordered Baiwen, Baishi, and Baixiao to gather intelligence about other nations, while Keqing and Ganyu pledged their support.
• At noon on the seventh day, a screen appeared before everyone and announced the second livestream quiz, “The Jianghu Asks Not of One's Origins.”

The livestream featured Liyue and followed Lumine and Paimon to Wanwen Bookhouse, where they learned that Chang the Ninth collected out-of-print books. Xingqiu appeared and asked whether Chang might own a copy of the Legend of the Shattered Halberd.

• The livestream began with Liyue Harbor, drawing comments from viewers about Liyue and its history.
• Lumine and Paimon visited Wanwen Bookhouse to ask about the Liyue volume of the Teyvat Travel Guide.
• Jifang said the guide was no longer sold and suggested they ask Chang the Ninth in Qingce Village about unusual books.
• Xingqiu asked whether Chang the Ninth might have the out-of-print Legend of the Shattered Halberd.
• Viewers recognized Xingqiu as the cross-dressing master, and Xingqiu protested.

The livestream showed Xingqiu confronting Changhu over his attempt to force Chang the Ninth to sell Cor Lapis at a steep discount. When viewers had to guess what Xingqiu would say next, Kamisato Ayaka and Lisa chose the Feiyun Commerce Guild answer, but Xingqiu said he would not use it and they were declared wrong.

• Xingqiu, Paimon, and Lumine visited Chang the Ninth in Qingce Village and learned that he had pawned his books amid trouble with the Cor Lapis trade and the Fatui.
• Changhu arrived with his men and tried to buy Chang the Ninth's Cor Lapis for thirty percent of its value, prompting Xingqiu to object to the coercive deal.
• The livestream asked viewers to choose Xingqiu's next line, and Kamisato Ayaka and Lisa secured the two answer slots.
• Kamisato Ayaka and Lisa both chose the Feiyun Commerce Guild option, but Xingqiu said he did not believe he would say it.
• The livestream marked their answers incorrect and assigned them the performance punishment, “there's no place for you in this family anymore.”

Lisa lost control while being punished and destroyed Jean's office, blasting Jean, Kaeya, Hoffman, and nearby knights away. The livestream then switched to Komore Teahouse, where Thoma and Kamisato Ayato stood with Marutaro before Kamisato Ayaka.

• Lisa slammed her lightning-charged hands onto Jean's desk and shattered it.
• Lisa blasted Kaeya away, then caused Jean's office to explode and sent Jean and Hoffman flying.
• The knights rushed in to restrain Lisa, but her Rose Lightning explosion sent them all flying too.
• Lisa regained control, apologized to the livestream, and told viewers to contact Amber or find her while the Knights recovered.
• The livestream switched to Komore Teahouse, where Thoma, Kamisato Ayato, and Marutaro stood before Kamisato Ayaka.

Kamisato Ayaka was forced by the livestream to stage a furious scolding of Thoma, Kamisato Ayato, and Marutaro, then became mortified when she regained control. Meanwhile, people across Teyvat watched punishments unfold, and Arataki Itto and Yanfei secured the next chance to answer a question.

• Kamisato Ayaka dramatically flipped a table and ordered Thoma, Kamisato Ayato, and Marutaro out, banning them from milk tea, hot pot, and dog food for a month.
• Thoma, Kamisato Ayato, and Marutaro knelt and fled, while viewers across Teyvat laughed at the performance.
• Kamisato Ayaka regained control and blushed with embarrassment as Yae Miko, Kujou Sara, Yun Jin, and others reacted to the livestream.
• People gathered to watch punishments in Liyue, Mondstadt, and Inazuma, where vendors supplied refreshments and Kujou Sara sent a Tenryou Commission member to complete a run.
• Arataki Itto and Yanfei won the chance to answer the next question, and Arataki Itto chose option 6, saying the servants should be beaten up.

Yanfei won a Magic Carpet and tested it with Xiangling and Guoba, while Arataki Itto received a punishment for his wrong answer. The livestream then showed Xingqiu standing up to Changhu and his men over the Tofu Flower School, ending as their confrontation began.

• Arataki Itto answered incorrectly and received a penalty guaranteeing he would lose his next one hundred games against children.
• Yanfei answered correctly and received a Magic Carpet that could carry up to three people through the air, so she flew with Xiangling and Guoba.
• The livestream showed Xingqiu confronting Changhu and his servants, who mocked the Guhua School and tried to take goods from Chang the Ninth.
• Xingqiu explained that he intended to repay Chang the Ninth for lending him a book, while Paimon and Lumine waited at the entrance to Qingce Village.
• Changhu returned with a large group of men and taunted Xingqiu about the Tofu Flower School, and Xingqiu answered with a proverb about an ant challenging a mighty tree.

Lumine and Xingqiu defeated Changhu and the Fatui, then Xingqiu sent Paimon to investigate Mao Cai Gong while he returned to reading. A quiz asked what nickname Paimon would give Xingqiu; Amber won Cloudstride Boots, whose powerful jump carried her over Mondstadt's walls, and everyone ended up calling Xingqiu a cross-dressing pro.

• Lumine and Xingqiu beat Changhu and the Fatui, who threatened to return, and Xingqiu asked Paimon to investigate Mao Cai Gong.
• Paimon declared she would give irritating people ugly nicknames, prompting a quiz about what she would call Xingqiu.
• Beidou guessed “Bookworm” and earned 200,000 Mora, while Amber correctly answered “book nerd” and won the Cloudstride Boots.
• Amber tried on the boots and leapt over a hundred meters above Mondstadt before a wind current cushioned her landing.
• Paimon called Xingqiu a book nerd, but others repeated “cross-dressing pro,” leaving Xingqiu to protest.