Chapter Summaries

Lumine and Paimon discovered Mao Cai Gong was working with the Fatui, then Xingqiu gave them a letter to deliver to his household servant. Keqing lost a livestream quiz and had to prepare and sell ten carts of beef offal, leaving her racing to finish the cutting before the deadline.

• Lumine and Paimon overheard Mao Cai Gong assuring a Fatui Agent that he would complete an order.
• Lumine and Paimon found Xingqiu reading, and he asked them to deliver a letter to his household servant without reading it.
• Keqing buzzed in first with Yae Miko and chose the Feiyun Commerce Guild's secret code as the answer to the livestream quiz.
• The quiz marked Keqing's answer incorrect and ordered her to cut up ten carts of beef offal within ten minutes, then sell it all for at least 500,000 Mora within five days.
• Keqing was teleported to a busy spot in Liyue Harbor, rinsed the offal, and tossed a cartload into the air to cut it with her sword.

Keqing sold beef offal after demonstrating her swordsmanship, while Yae Miko correctly identified Xingqiu as the Cross-Dressing Master and won a Space-Time Anchor Ring. Miko used the ring to travel to Liyue, and Xingqiu was left embarrassed after viewers learned his handwriting was notoriously illegible.

• Keqing chopped the beef offal with rapid sword strikes and tried to sell it for eight hundred Mora per pound.
• Yae Miko revealed that Xingqiu was the contracted Yae Publishing House author Pillow Jade and answered that the correct choice was 4.
• Yae Miko won a Space-Time Anchor Ring, used it to travel to Liyue, and asked Ganyu where to find good tofu dishes.
• Paimon and Lumine examined Xingqiu's illegible note, while Xingqiu admitted he was mortified that the whole continent had seen his handwriting.
• Thoma, Beidou, and A-Xu told Xingqiu that others were laughing at him and that his handwriting was unmistakable.

Lumine and Paimon bought up Liyue’s cor Lapis for the Feiyun Commerce Guild, helping Xingqiu defeat Mao Cai Gong’s scheme and the Fatui. Xingqiu offered Mao Cai Gong a chance to buy the cor Lapis at a steep markup, but the livestream paused to quiz viewers on the price.

• Axu produced five million Mora, and Lumine and Paimon bought up Liyue’s cor Lapis, including Chang the Ninth’s stock at its original price.
• Xingqiu waited at the Feiyun Commerce Guild warehouse and explained how Mao Cai Gong would be unable to find cor Lapis to fulfill his contract.
• Mao Cai Gong arrived with the Fatui, but Lumine and Xingqiu defeated them, and the Fatui Agent withdrew.
• Mao Cai Gong realized Xingqiu was the Feiyun Commerce Guild’s second son and asked him to sell the cor Lapis.
• Xingqiu offered to settle the matter through business, and the livestream asked viewers to choose whether he would charge three, five, or seven times the original price.

The livestream showed Xingqiu making Mao Cai Gong pay three times the market price for Chang the Ninth’s cor lapis, while viewers who chose the wrong answer began their punishments. The final quiz question asked how well Xingqiu’s novel had sold in Liyue, leaving him horrified as viewers prepared to answer.

• Xingqiu charged Mao Cai Gong three times the market price, and Mao Cai Gong reluctantly agreed to pay.
• Many viewers who chose seven times the price were punished, including Madame Ping, who outpaced two dockworkers during their laps.
• Xingqiu asked Lumine and Paimon to return his book and quoted a line about the conduct of a chivalrous hero.
• The livestream asked how well Xingqiu’s novel had sold in Liyue, and Xingqiu coughed up blood when he realized the quiz was not over.
• Amber noted that Yae Miko had already revealed the answer, as viewers prepared to buzz in.

The livestream asked whether Xingqiu’s books had been published in Liyue, and Ningguang and La Signora wrongly chose that they had not. The chapter ended with both women enduring a punishment of one hundred massage guns while Tartaglia’s advice drew La Signora’s fury.

• Hu Tao demonstrated her dark doggerel poems, while Xingqiu admitted he had only recently begun publishing books in Inazuma.
• Arataki Itto reasoned that Xingqiu’s books were unlikely to be bestsellers or entirely unknown, leaving the group to consider the remaining options.
• Baishi and Fatui agents reported that Wanwen Bookhouse had no record of books by Xingqiu or Pillow Jade.
• Ningguang and La Signora both selected option five after Tartaglia urged La Signora to choose Minor Cold, but their answers were wrong.
• Ningguang and La Signora received ten minutes of punishment from one hundred massage guns, and the footage was blocked as they screamed.

After Ningguang, La Signora, and Barbara suffered the quiz’s mysterious massage punishment, the contestants faced another round. Xiao guessed correctly, won a bottle of Pure Sprite Dew, and drank it, causing blue light to surround him.

• Ningguang and La Signora screamed during the punishment, while Ganyu and Fatui guards kept others away.
• After the quiz resumed, Barbara and Xiao were randomly selected to answer when nobody in the Elite Livestream Room buzzed in.
• Barbara chose option 3, was marked wrong, and cried out for Jean as the punishment began.
• Xiao chose option 4, answered correctly, and received a bottle of Pure Sprite Dew.
• At Zhongli’s suggestion, Xiao drank the reward, and blue light radiated from his body.

Xiao expelled much of the karmic debt afflicting him after drinking the mysterious liquid, leaving him feeling lighter and in far less pain. The livestream announced its quiz winners and prizes, then began a draw for rewards that prompted a bidding war over a miniature beam cannon.

• Xiao burned away the purple and black fumes from his body, which Zhongli explained were karmic debt caused by demons’ resentment and curses.
• Xiao told Zhongli that the liquid had cleansed much of his karmic debt and reduced his pain by more than half.
• The livestream announced Blanche, Mondstadt Katheryne, and Millelith as the regular room’s top contestants and awarded them prizes.
• Katheryne greeted viewers from the Adventurers’ Guild, while Tian Tie Zui lamented being assigned forty laps in seven days.
• The livestream announced prizes for its Elite Room draw, including a miniature beam cannon, and Ningguang, Tartaglia, and Diluc offered to buy it.

Qiqi, Kaeya, and Beidou won prizes from Xiangling’s red bean bun draw, receiving a bottle that improved Qiqi’s flexibility, a potion that doubled Kaeya’s strength and speed, and a powerful miniature beam cannon. Beidou accidentally wrecked Wanmin Restaurant while testing the cannon, then Ningguang offered to buy both it and Beidou.

• Qiqi won third prize and drank a mysterious bottle that made her feel more flexible.
• Kaeya won second prize, drank a physical enhancement potion, and showed off his increased strength and agility by leaping across rooftops and punching through a wall.
• Beidou won first prize and received a miniature beam cannon that unfolded into a large mounted weapon.
• Beidou fired the cannon toward Guyun Stone Forest, blasting apart Wanmin Restaurant’s roof and destroying a distant peak.
• Ningguang asked Beidou whether she could buy her along with the cannon.

After the regular livestream ended, twelve participants were teleported to Musk Reef for a group punishment: clearing monsters from three Spiral Abyss floors within half an hour. Kamisato Ayato urged everyone to cooperate as they began forming teams.

• Beidou accepted the livestream’s powerful weapon and paid compensation for the damage to Wanmin Restaurant.
• The livestream transported Arataki Itto, Paimon, Kamisato Ayato, Kujou Sara, Xiangling, Sucrose, Fischl, Rosaria, Yun Jin, Hu Tao, and Ei to Musk Reef.
• Kujou Sara tried to attack Arataki Itto, but a golden blast knocked her back, and the livestream warned that fighting was forbidden.
• Ei recognized Musk Reef as a place tied to Khaenri'ah and her sorrow from five hundred years earlier.
• The livestream ordered the group to clear the First, Seventh, and Ninth Floors of the Spiral Abyss within half an hour, or face a terrifying punishment.
• Kamisato Ayato called on everyone to work together and begin forming teams.

The twelve contestants entered the Spiral Abyss in three teams, but the first team was cut off from the others and unaware that their time had been reduced. As Rosaria, Sucrose, Xiangling, and Yun Jin explored the first floor, ten slimes appeared.

• Kamisato Ayato assigned Ei, Kujou Sara, and himself to the ninth floor, Rosaria, Xiangling, Sucrose, and Yun Jin to the first, and Hu Tao, Arataki Itto, Xingqiu, and Fischl to the seventh.
• The three teams entered their gates, while the others watched the livestream from safer locations.
• The contestants discovered that the first floor's opening prevented communication with the outside, leaving the other teams unaware that their time was limited.
• Rosaria led her team through the dark green space and warned them to be careful as purple energy rose from the ground.
• Ten slimes appeared before Rosaria, Sucrose, Xiangling, and Yun Jin.

Rosaria, Xiangling, Sucrose, and Yun Jin defeated the first wave of demonized Slimes, only to face a larger ambush. They coordinated their elemental attacks against the new wave as more Slimes continued emerging.

• Rosaria, Xiangling, Sucrose, and Yun Jin fought the first ten demonized Slimes, with Rosaria helping Yun Jin finish them in five minutes.
• Purple gas erupted from the ground, and thirty more Slimes surrounded the four women.
• Rosaria struck the clustered Slimes with her Rite of Termination, while Sucrose drew them together with her wind module.
• Yun Jin empowered her teammates and shattered the Geo Slimes’ armor as Xiangling and Guoba attacked with fire.
• Rosaria and Xiangling cut down Slimes as Yun Jin and Sucrose supported them, and the four women’s coordination improved while more Slimes appeared.

Xiangling, Yun Jin, and Sucrose cleared the Spiral Abyss First Floor, and Arataki Itto, Hu Tao, Xingqiu, and Fischl began the Seventh Floor. After defeating a wave of corrupted Hilichurls, they were surrounded by Mitachurls and launched into a second battle.

• Xiangling, Yun Jin, and Sucrose cleared the First Floor and appeared on the livestream, where others praised their performances.
• Arataki Itto led Hu Tao, Xingqiu, and Fischl into the Seventh Floor and charged at a wave of corrupted Hilichurls.
• Arataki Itto drew the enemies' attention while Fischl and Oz attacked the archers, and Hu Tao and Xingqiu combined their powers to defeat the Hilichurls.
• More than thirty corrupted Mitachurls surrounded the group, prompting Arataki Itto, Fischl, Xingqiu, and Hu Tao to begin another fight.

Hu Tao, Xingqiu, Arataki Itto, and the others continued their collective punishment in the Spiral Abyss, where the Raiden Shogun effortlessly helped clear the ninth floor. The twelve completed their penalty in time, received food rewards, and Ei began eating Red Bean Buns alongside the flustered Kujou Sara.

• Hu Tao, Xingqiu, and Arataki Itto cleared the seventh floor with only minutes remaining before the punishment deadline.
• Kamisato Ayato and Kujou Sara attacked the ninth floor’s Ruin Guards while Paimon dodged their homing missiles.
• Ei appeared and destroyed seven Ruin Guards with a single ordinary slash, then quickly defeated more enemies alongside Kamisato Ayato and Kujou Sara.
• The twelve cleared the ninth floor in under two minutes, completing their penalty and earning gift boxes of Red Bean Buns, while Arataki Itto received glutinous rice treats.
• Ei sat down to eat her Red Bean Buns, and Kujou Sara joined her with a reddened face.

After the livestream, Mao Cai Gong’s reputation collapsed and his business partners and staff abandoned him, while other characters faced lingering consequences and comic attention. The chapter ended with Tian Tie Zui continuing his tale about greedy people forced to drink water until they cried, “I’m drowning!”

• People across Teyvat discussed the livestream punishments, and Mao Cai Gong’s partners, employees, and the Northland Bank cut ties with him.
• Tartaglia expelled Mao Cai Gong from the Northland Bank, and Changhu and the others were also rejected by everyone.
• Keqing sold beef offal on the street and had already earned over 600,000 Mora after three days.
• At the Wanmin Restaurant, Xiangling offered a traveler Qingxin stir-fried with Slime condensate, and he praised it and suggested additions.
• Xingqiu hurried to the Wanwen Bookhouse after passersby teased him about his clothing.
• Tian Tie Zui continued his story about greedy people forced to drink water, ending with Old Sun crying, “I’m drowning!”

As Stormterror's attacks unsettled Mondstadt, Venti joined Lumine and the others to help resolve the crisis while they prepared to gather Stormterror's tears. The next livestream began with the topic of dreams and lightning as a strange purple-black liquid seeped from a canyon watched by Eula's reconnaissance company.

• Kujou Sara ordered the Tenryou Commission to keep order at Yashiro Commission events and secured two fake Visions in the warehouse.
• Sangonomiya Kokomi told Gorou to prepare to seize the opportunity to ask questions during the upcoming livestream, while Ei fretted over her ranking and summoned Kujou Sara.
• Venti met Lumine and Paimon and said he wanted to resolve the Stormterror situation.
• Diluc, Jean, Venti, and Lumine planned to gather Stormterror's tears, with Diluc's network seeking information and Jean preparing to stall the Church.
• Eula halted her reconnaissance company in a canyon to camp and keep watch, where purple-black liquid seeped from the rock wall.
• The livestream began under an overcast sky with the topic of the enduring beauty of dreams and lightning.

The livestream shifted its focus to Inazuma, where Paimon and Lumine met children searching for the Great Bake-Danuki. The quiz asked viewers to predict what Paimon and Lumine would say, leaving the Elite Livestream Room to choose an answer.

• Yoimiya entered the Elite Livestream Room, where viewers discussed events in Mondstadt and Itto's lavender melon debt.
• The livestream showed Inazuma City, Tenshukaku, and Kujou Sara before focusing on children outside the city.
• Paimon and Lumine learned that Matsuban, Ayaka, and Iwao were looking for the Great Bake-Danuki, a creature their parents had described to keep them from wandering.
• The livestream presented four possible replies from Paimon and Lumine and warned that incorrect answers would lead to the Haunted Mine.
• Yae Miko and other viewers reasoned that the Great Bake-Danuki was a story told by adults, while the group prepared to buzz in.

Kaedehara Kazuha chose the wrong answer in the livestream and was forced to perform as Ye the Heavenly Emperor. After terrifying penalty recipients in the Haunted Mine, the livestream made Kazuha challenge the Anemo Archon and then the Raiden Shogun.

• Kaedehara Kazuha picked answer three, incorrectly identifying Paimon as polite, and was assigned the performance penalty.
• Huffman, Tieshan, and Naoe Hisamasa led the group into the Haunted Mine but were quickly terrified, and the other seventeen were forced inside by the livestream.
• Kaedehara Kazuha began his penalty aboard the Alcor, demonstrating his swordsmanship and declaring himself the new Anemo Archon.
• Venti praised Kazuha's performance while Barbara scolded him for disrespecting Barbatos, and Jean warned him to be careful near the Church.
• Kazuha remained under the livestream's control and declared to the Raiden Shogun that his name was Ye the Heavenly Emperor.

After Kazuha’s remark about the Raiden Shogun earned him her attention, Chongyun won a quiz and received Naruto’s three signature techniques. He demonstrated the Shadow Clone Technique and Rasengan before revealing the third technique, which left Teyvat stunned.

• Kazuha’s punishment ended, and Ei warned that she would remember him after he was called Ye the Heavenly Emperor.
• Chongyun won the chance to answer and selected option two after Xingqiu and Diluc encouraged him.
• Chongyun received Naruto’s three signature techniques and created a dozen shadow clones at Wanmin Restaurant.
• Chongyun formed a Rasengan and destroyed a large rock in the restaurant’s backyard.
• Chongyun used the third technique, Smoke Screen, and revealed the Sexy Technique.

Chongyun’s transformation into a seductive female form caused mass nosebleeds across Teyvat before he collapsed in embarrassment. The livestream then continued with Yoimiya giving children slips of paper and presenting viewers with a quiz about what was written on them.

• Chongyun transformed into a woman, and viewers across Teyvat suffered nosebleeds from the sight.
• Chongyun returned to normal, broke down in embarrassment, and received teasing and reassurance from the livestream audience.
• Paimon told Ayaka and the children that the Great Bake-Danuki did not exist, but Iwao insisted it was real.
• The children went to Yoimiya, who comforted them and gave them slips of paper to take home to their parents.
• The livestream asked viewers what was written on Yoimiya’s slips, while people from Inazuma were barred from answering.

The livestream contestants tried to identify the code phrase for collecting fireworks, while Qiqi, Tartaglia, and Kaeya suffered punishments for wrong answers. Lisa chose correctly and won the Soul-Calming Life Fluid, while Kaeya was assigned the Balala the Fairies Transformation.

• Qiqi and Tartaglia chose wrong answers and were sent into the haunted mine, where Tartaglia screamed in terror at the zombies.
• Kaeya and Lisa secured chances to answer in the next round.
• Kaeya chose answer 2, and the system marked it wrong and assigned him the Balala the Fairies Transformation.
• Lisa chose answer 3, and the system marked it correct and awarded her the Soul-Calming Life Fluid.