Recaps

Mondstadt published its postwar decisions, including the Lawrence Clan’s punishments and Eula’s appointment as Diplomatic Ambassador to Inazuma. As preparations for the mission advanced, Jean discovered that Klee had also registered to go to Inazuma.

• Mondstadt residents read the announcement and praised Jean’s handling of the Lawrence Clan, while many felt guilty about having mistreated Eula.
• The announcement named Eula Diplomatic Ambassador to Inazuma and restricted services to Snezhnaya’s Diplomatic Mission.
• Yucheng reviewed the announcement and was surprised that Jean had persuaded Diluc to rejoin the Knights of Favonius as one of her secretaries.
• Over the next three days, Mondstadt signed a Letter of State with Inazuma and prepared a diplomatic mission of more than three hundred people.
• Jean learned that the executions of the Lawrence Clan members sentenced to death would take place the day after the mission departed.
• Jean saw Klee’s name on the list of residents going to Inazuma and reacted with shock.

Jean stormed into Yucheng’s suite to confront him, but found Eula talking privately with Shenhe and learned that he had taken Klee out. After Yucheng returned and sent Klee home, he faced Jean, who had come to challenge him over Klee’s planned trip to Inazuma.

• Jean grabbed a document and stormed to the Goth Grand Hotel, demanding to see her Regent, Uchiha Yucheng.
• Jean found Eula with Shenhe, and Eula hid in embarrassment after Jean asked why she was not preparing for the Mondstadt delegation.
• Shenhe told Jean that Yucheng had taken Klee out, so Jean waited and chatted with Shenhe and Eula.
• Yucheng returned with Klee, who excitedly described blowing up fish and asked about Inazuman cuisine.
• Jean scolded Klee for blasting fish and planning to go to Inazuma without telling her, frightening her to tears.
• Yucheng comforted Klee and sent her home, then reappeared in the study and told Jean they could talk.

Yucheng persuaded Acting Grand Master Jean to let Klee travel to Inazuma with Albedo, arguing that Jean could not properly supervise her and that Inazuma would provide suitable care. Jean reluctantly entrusted Klee to Inazuma, while Yucheng promised to keep her safe.

• Jean challenged Yucheng over Klee's application to travel to Inazuma, citing the child's age and dangerous abilities.
• Yucheng revealed that Albedo was also going to Inazuma to research a Golden Wolflord on Tsurumi Island and argued that Klee should accompany her guardian.
• Yucheng criticized Jean's lack of time to care for Klee and said Naganohara Yoimiya would look after her in Inazuma.
• Jean considered Klee's guardianship, her own upcoming reforms, and Yucheng's arrangements, then agreed to entrust Klee to Inazuma.

Ritou had prospered after the Sakoku Decree was lifted and Sangonomiya Kokomi introduced policies that encouraged trade. The busy port was thrown into commotion when Sawamura spotted the Regent’s fleet approaching.

• Sangonomiya Kokomi’s policies and Inazuma’s diplomatic ties with Liyue drew merchants and investment to Ritou.
• Foreign merchants returned to Inazuma to profit from demand for goods, while the Kanjou Commission accepted their ships if they paid taxes.
• Sawamura grew busier in his lighthouse post as ship traffic increased, earning a promotion, a raise, and thanks from sailors.
• Sawamura spotted the white-and-red Gunbai emblem on an approaching fleet and shouted that the Regent had returned.
• Ritou’s officials rushed to clear the docks and prepare a welcome, while merchants moved their ships aside to make room for the Regent’s vessels.

Kokomi waited impatiently for Yucheng to return to Inazuma, hoping he would take back some of her exhausting duties. When his ship reached Ritou, he brought Klee and the delegation home before continuing their journey to Sumeru.

• After the Hiiragi Clan fell from power, Hiiragi Chisato asked Uchiha Sara for help, then moved the clan to Kiyose Castle.
• Kokomi read a light novel in her office and reflected on how tiring her work as Yucheng's secretary had become.
• A Doushin told Kokomi that Yucheng's ship had returned, and she hurried to welcome the Regent.
• Yucheng returned to Ritou with the Inazuma and Mondstadt delegations so they could rest while awaiting approval to enter Sumeru.
• Klee admired Inazuma from the ship, and Yucheng promised to take her to meet Yoimiya after she had rested.

Yucheng returned to Ritou with the Inazuma and Mondstadt delegations, where the people welcomed him and Kokomi greeted him as the newly appointed Kanjou Commissioner. As Shenhe and Eula met Kokomi and were introduced to her, the three women sized up their relationships with Yucheng and began a diplomatic partnership.

• The delegations arrived in prosperous Ritou, where a cheering crowd welcomed Yucheng and Shenhe felt proud of his popularity.
• Kokomi arrived by gliding on a stream of water, apologized for being late, and received Yucheng's praise for her work.
• Kokomi introduced herself to the delegation as the Regent's secretary and the newly appointed Kanjou Commissioner, surprising the Mondstadt visitors.
• Shenhe and Eula recognized Kokomi as a potential rival, while Kokomi wondered which of the two Cryo Vision holders was Yucheng's Liyue girlfriend.
• Yucheng introduced Shenhe as his woman and Eula as Mondstadt's diplomatic ambassador, and Kokomi and Eula exchanged a formal greeting.

Yucheng learned that Hiiragi Chisato and Kujou Kamaji had married and settled on Seirai Island, then assigned Kokomi preparations for the diplomatic mission to Sumeru and several development projects. After Kokomi left to carry out his orders, Yucheng took Shenhe into the inner room.

• Yucheng asked Kokomi about the Hiiragi Clan and learned that Hiiragi Chisato and Kujou Kamaji had moved to Seirai Island, where they worked ordinary jobs and lived stably.
• Kokomi recounted how Chisato chose Kamaji despite their changed circumstances, while her former guard Shinnosuke transferred to Seirai Island as well.
• Yucheng told Kokomi to apply for entry to Sumeru and prepare for the next leg of the diplomatic mission.
• Yucheng asked Kokomi to contact Ayaka so Yoimiya could host a little girl and learn her technology.
• Yucheng ordered Kokomi to manage the technical specialists brought back from Liyue and Mondstadt, leaving her overwhelmed.
• After Kokomi departed to follow his instructions, Yucheng carried Shenhe into the inner room.

Kokomi turned back to report Liyue’s arrival to Yucheng but fled after hearing intimate sounds from his room. The next morning, Yucheng led the rested diplomatic missions toward Inazuma City, where they arrived to find a city transformed by his policies and were welcomed by him.

• Kokomi remembered that Liyue’s diplomatic mission had arrived and returned to tell Yucheng, but she heard him and Shenhe inside and hurried away without reporting it.
• Yucheng and Shenhe stopped when they heard Kokomi leave, then entered the Kamui Dimension together.
• The next morning, Yucheng and the diplomatic missions traveled from Ritou along a repaired road bordered by reclaimed rice fields.
• The Mondstadt mission saw how Yucheng’s land policy had helped former servants and farmers cultivate abandoned land, despite opposition from Inazuma’s wealthy families.
• The group reached Inazuma City, where the Mondstadt envoys noticed Tenshukaku and hoped to see the Raiden Shogun.
• Yucheng welcomed everyone to Inazuma City.

Yucheng brought Klee to Naganohara Fireworks to meet Yoimiya, whom he had asked to look after her. Klee and Yoimiya quickly warmed to each other, and Yoimiya reacted with surprise and lingering fear when Yucheng revealed Klee's mother was Alice.

• Klee spotted Naganohara Fireworks while exploring Hanamizaka, and Yucheng called for Yoimiya.
• Yoimiya came out of the shop and greeted Yucheng, who introduced Klee and asked her to look after the girl.
• Klee eagerly told Yoimiya she liked her, and Yoimiya praised Klee's clothes, backpack, and Dodoco.
• Klee explained that she and Dodoco went fish blasting at Starfell Lake and that her mother said Dodoco rode the wind on adventures.
• Yucheng reminded Yoimiya that she had known Klee's mother, Alice La Signora, when they were children, and Yoimiya reacted with surprise and lingering fear.

Yoimiya recognized Klee as Alice's daughter and agreed to look after her, despite being tasked with learning about Klee's technology. Yucheng allowed Klee to go fish blasting on uninhabited islands under Yoimiya's supervision, and she took Klee out to play while Yucheng and Albedo left to handle other business.

• Yoimiya recalled how Alice had taught her dangerous fireworks techniques when she was young and was surprised to learn that Klee was Alice's daughter.
• Klee and Yoimiya hit it off, and Yoimiya offered to make her a four-leaf-clover firework.
• Albedo reminded Klee that they had agreed she would not go fish blasting, but Yucheng said she could do so on uninhabited islands as long as Yoimiya kept her safe.
• Yucheng and Albedo departed for other business while Yoimiya took Klee out to play and promised to introduce her to new friends.
• Albedo worried that Yucheng was spoiling Klee, and Yucheng trusted Yoimiya to help her find another fun game.

Yucheng returned to Inazuma and introduced Shenhe to Sara, then went to Tenshukaku to ask Raiden Ei about his diplomatic visits. He learned Ei was entertaining an unidentified honored guest and prepared to enter and find out who it was.

• Yucheng brought the Mondstadt Diplomatic Mission to its quarters in Inazuma's upper district while Kamisato Ayato took charge of its reception.
• Yucheng met with his four secretaries, then introduced Shenhe to Sara as his wife and the Uchiha Clan's principal wife.
• Shenhe and Sara got along and went to tour the Regent's Office together, while Yucheng privately wondered whether Sara had helped him after he blacked out drinking.
• Yucheng went to Tenshukaku and asked Yi whether Raiden Ei was inside.
• Yi told Yucheng that Ei was entertaining an honored guest, but did not know the guest's identity.
• Yucheng stopped questioning Yi and headed toward the door, curious to discover whom Ei was hosting.

Yucheng joined Raiden Ei, Zhongli, and Venti for a gathering in Inazuma and learned how the two visiting Archons had arrived. Venti explained that he had come seeking fine wine and lively happenings, then brought Zhongli along to share Ei’s hospitality.

• Yucheng entered Ei’s office and was shocked to find Zhongli and Venti dining with her.
• Ei invited Yucheng to sit, and he quietly joined the three gods at the table.
• When Venti ran out of wine, Yucheng used spatial power to produce another jar and hand it to him.
• Zhongli distinguished brute-force space-breaking from manipulating spatial power, and Yucheng asked why he and Venti were in Inazuma.
• Venti said he had exhausted Mondstadt’s best wine, stowed away aboard a diplomatic ship, and brought Zhongli along to sponge off Ei.

Yucheng learned why Zhongli and Hu Tao had come to Inazuma and listened as Venti, Zhongli, and Ei shared stories about the past while avoiding the catastrophe five hundred years ago. The gathering ended abruptly when an explosion sounded near Tenshukaku, and Yucheng revealed he had brought Alice La Signora’s daughter to Inazuma.

• Zhongli explained that Yucheng’s proposal to Hu Tao had brought him and Hu Tao from Liyue to Inazuma, where they hoped to deal with wandering spirits.
• Zhongli and Venti bragged about the humans they believed had the potential to become powerful, and Zhongli lamented that Ei had recruited Yucheng for Inazuma.
• Venti, Zhongli, and Ei shared stories from the Archon War but all avoided discussing the catastrophe five hundred years ago.
• Yucheng decided he would have to investigate the ruins of Khaenri'ah himself to learn more about the catastrophe.
• An explosion sounded north of Tenshukaku, and Yucheng awkwardly revealed that he had brought Alice La Signora's daughter to Inazuma.

After leaving Tenshukaku, Yucheng noticed a new Liyue Embassy in Inazuma City and went to investigate. The guards and Shogunate soldiers confronted him until they recognized his Uchiha crest and realized he was the Regent.

• Raiden Ei and Zhongli lectured Yucheng about Alice’s dangerous schemes while Klee remained in Inazuma.
• Yucheng admired Inazuma City’s new nightlife and spotted an unfamiliar building in the diplomatic district.
• Yucheng approached the building and discovered that it was Liyue’s embassy, guarded by Millelith soldiers.
• The Millelith and Shogunate Army surrounded Yucheng, and Yoriki Oowada prepared to take him to the Commission Office.
• Yucheng praised the Shogunate soldiers’ quick response, and Oowada recognized the Uchiha crest on his clothing and knelt before the Regent.

Uchiha Yucheng visited the Liyue embassy in Inazuma and discovered that Ganyu and Yelan were serving as its chief and deputy envoys. They explained why Ningguang had sent them, and Ganyu said she hoped to check on Shenhe as well.

• Oowada apologized for mistaking Yucheng for a mysterious intruder, and Yucheng praised him for doing his duty before sending him back on patrol.
• Yucheng asked the Millelith guards to announce his visit rather than enter the Liyue embassy without permission, then chatted with them about their service and the battles against Osial.
• Ganyu and Yelan came out to greet Yucheng, who was surprised to see them serving as the Liyue mission's chief and deputy envoys.
• Yelan explained that Ningguang appointed her deputy envoy to build credentials for succeeding Uncle Tian as Tianshu.
• Ganyu said her workload had eased after adopting Yucheng's suggested work schedule, and that Ningguang had asked her to lead the mission; Ganyu also wanted to see how Shenhe was doing.

Yucheng visited the Liyue embassy and asked Ganyu to help Shenhe settle into life in Inazuma while he traveled to Sumeru. Ganyu hesitated over diplomatic propriety, while Yelan considered how Shenhe’s standing as Yucheng’s wife could affect relations between Liyue and Inazuma.

• Yucheng met Ganyu and Yelan at the Liyue embassy and said he had visited the Shogun after returning from Mondstadt.
• Yucheng told Ganyu he planned to travel to Sumeru once his entry permit arrived, and Ganyu briefly looked dejected.
• Yucheng asked Ganyu to guide Shenhe while she remained in Inazuma during his trip, citing her experience and Shenhe’s duties as mistress of the Uchiha Clan.
• Ganyu worried that spending time with the Regent’s wife could be seen as interference in Inazuma’s domestic affairs, but Yucheng reassured her that they could meet privately.
• Yelan recalled rumors that another powerful woman might be considered a more suitable principal wife for Yucheng and remembered Ningguang’s confidential instructions.

Yucheng’s plans brought Ganyu into his orbit, while Shenhe became the first woman to live with him at the Regent’s Office. He then gave Sara a slain dragon’s remains to turn into weapons and armor, along with a separate gift he had yet to reveal.

• Ningguang arranged for Ganyu to become Chief Envoy to Inazuma, hoping to bring her closer to Yucheng through her bond with Shenhe.
• Ganyu accepted Yucheng’s invitation, and Yelan worried that Ningguang’s plan had put her in a difficult position.
• Shenhe spent the night with Yucheng, and the next morning the Regent’s Office staff recognized her as its mistress while Sara looked exhausted from hearing them next door.
• Yucheng summoned a giant dragon carcass and bones at the Regent’s Office, then asked Sara to have them made into dragon-scale armor and Dragonbone Weapons for loyal subordinates.
• Yucheng told Sara he had brought her a gift, leaving her curious about what it was.

Yucheng summoned Ursa the Dread Dragon and gave him to Sara as the Uchiha Clan’s guardian beast. After Ei arrived to investigate the dragons, she questioned Yucheng about Shenhe and Sara’s matching revealing outfits and addressed Shenhe as his woman.

• Yucheng summoned Ursa the Dread Dragon, whose fearful behavior before him shocked the soldiers watching.
• Yucheng explained that he had subdued Ursa and altered his perceptions, then assigned the dragon to Sara as the Uchiha Clan’s guardian beast.
• Sara accepted Ursa and resolved to train him into a disciplined asset for Inazuma, while Yucheng ordered the dragon to obey her.
• Ei arrived after sensing an unfamiliar presence and discussed the dragons with Yucheng, who explained Ursa’s past devastation in Mondstadt.
• Ei told Yucheng that one guest had left and the other had gotten drunk and been blown away by the wind.
• Ei compared Shenhe and Sara’s outfits, asked Yucheng if he liked that style, then told Shenhe she hoped she would help his family flourish and multiply.

Yoimiya took Klee to sparsely populated Yashiori Island so they could set off explosions away from residents, but they encountered a strange samurai who attacked them. Yoimiya protected Klee from the assault, and both prepared to fight back.

• Yoimiya led Klee from Narukami Island to Yashiori Island so Klee could play without disturbing residents.
• Klee admired Orobashi's enormous skeleton and asked Yoimiya if she could blow up the Serpent's Head, but Yoimiya pulled her away.
• Klee spotted an armored samurai kneeling in a deserted area surrounded by Dendrobium, and she and Yoimiya landed beside him.
• When Klee stepped closer, strings appeared on the samurai and he sent a demon-faced shield charging at her.
• Yoimiya shielded Klee and dodged the shield's attack, then narrowly escaped its Cryo-powered return strike.
• Yoimiya drew Thundering Pulse, while Klee prepared to attack the samurai with Jumpy Dumpty.

Yoimiya and Klee fought the Maguu Kenki, whose speed and sword techniques put them at a disadvantage. Yoimiya combined Klee’s bombs with her arrows and knocked the puppet down to one knee, then asked Klee for more bombs.

• Yoimiya fired flaming arrows at the Maguu Kenki, but his mask blocked them, while Klee’s bombs drove him back.
• The Maguu Kenki used Anemo-enhanced speed to evade Klee’s bombs and attack Yoimiya with Iaijutsu, but she dodged and struck his armored back.
• The Maguu Kenki targeted Klee with Vacuum Slash, and Yoimiya tackled her to the ground to protect her from the sword energy.
• Yoimiya realized Klee’s bombs could make up for her arrows’ weak damage and tied a bomb to an arrow using her chest-binding bandage.
• After adjusting her aim, Yoimiya hit the Maguu Kenki with a bomb-tipped arrow and called to Klee for more bombs.

Yoimiya fought Maguu Kenki alongside Klee until a wind-powered double appeared and trapped them by the cliffs. She sent Klee climbing to safety and stayed behind to hold off both puppets, but the double’s Iaijutsu caught her as she tried to block its slash.

• Yoimiya and Klee used explosive arrows and bombs to fight Maguu Kenki while retreating, but Yoimiya ran out of the bandages she used to attach Klee’s bombs to her arrows.
• Maguu Kenki summoned a wind-powered double, leaving Yoimiya and Klee with the cliffs at their backs and the two puppets blocking their only exit.
• Yoimiya placed Klee on a high ledge and urged her to climb while she stayed behind to cover her retreat.
• Yoimiya fought both puppets with accurate flaming arrows, but without Klee’s bombs her shots could not reliably stop them.
• The wind-powered double charged its Iaijutsu and struck at Yoimiya; unable to evade, she raised Thundering Pulse to block the slash.

Yoimiya struggled to protect Klee from the Maguu Kenki after her hand was badly injured, and Klee narrowly escaped a deadly attack. Zhongli and Hu Tao arrived in time to shield them, and Hu Tao prepared to deal with the enemy.

• The Maguu Kenki injured Yoimiya and forced her to drop Thundering Pulse while Klee climbed the cliff.
• The Maguu Kenki unleashed Vacuum Blade at Klee, who leaped away and opened her Wind Glider.
• The Maguu Kenki used Tengu Sweeper to send five waves of blade energy at Klee, leaving her trapped in midair.
• Zhongli cast Jade Shields around Klee and Yoimiya, protecting Klee and healing Yoimiya.
• Hu Tao complained that Zhongli had cost her two potential clients, then agreed to see the fight through.

Hu Tao protected Yoimiya and Klee from the two Maguu Kenki while Zhongli shielded her with Geo. After the fight, Yoimiya and Klee thanked Zhongli and learned that he and Hu Tao came from the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

• Hu Tao arrived beside the injured Yoimiya and told her to get Klee to safety while she faced the Maguu Kenki.
• Zhongli gave Hu Tao a Jade Shield, and Hu Tao charged the two Maguu Kenki seven times, forcing them back.
• Zhongli checked on Yoimiya and Klee, and Yoimiya found that Klee was bruised and Dodoco was badly damaged.
• Yoimiya comforted Klee, who felt guilty for disobeying, and told her that Dodoco could be repaired.
• Yoimiya thanked Zhongli and Hu Tao, introduced herself and Klee, and offered to repay them when they returned to Inazuma City.
• Zhongli introduced himself as a consultant for the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and identified Hu Tao as its director.

Hu Tao defeated Maguu Kenki and reunited with Zhongli, Yoimiya, and Klee. After Zhongli explained his connection to Klee’s mother and diagnosed Yoimiya’s exhaustion, the group prepared to escort the two girls back to Inazuma City, but Hu Tao sensed something from Maguu Kenki’s remains.

• Hu Tao used her blazing spirit art to destroy Maguu Kenki after Yoimiya and Klee had weakened him.
• Klee called Zhongli her uncle, and Zhongli explained that he had traveled with her mother, Alice La Signora, through Liyue.
• Hu Tao and Yoimiya found Zhongli mentioned in Klee’s copy of the Teyvat Travel Guide, confirming his connection to Alice.
• Yoimiya collapsed from exhaustion, and Zhongli diagnosed anemia from blood loss and a lack of rest.
• Hu Tao proposed escorting Yoimiya and Klee back to Inazuma City, then turned toward Maguu Kenki’s remains with a serious expression.

Hu Tao discovered a centuries-old spirit hidden inside the Maguu Kenki’s Energy Core and suspected its lingering attachment was connected to Inazuma City. She decided to take the spirit there with Yoimiya and Klee, hoping to learn its origins while getting them treated.

• Hu Tao found the Maguu Kenki’s Energy Core among its scattered parts, and Zhongli explained that it could automatically repair the puppet warrior.
• Hu Tao used a Wangsheng Rite hand seal to manifest the spirit concealed inside the core.
• Hu Tao identified the figure as an incomplete, centuries-old soul that could not communicate, and she explained her work sending lingering souls to the realm of passing.
• Hu Tao told Yoimiya that the Regent, Yucheng, had invited her and Zhongli to help Inazuma’s fallen soldiers; Yoimiya revealed that Klee was Yucheng’s guest.
• Hu Tao connected the spirit’s unusual reaction to the words “Inazuma City” with its possible attachment and decided to take it there with Yoimiya and Klee.