Recaps

Yucheng visited the Sumeru table, where Collei thanked him for helping cure her Archon Residue and Alhaitham explained that Sumeru's Art Ban persisted as an academic trend. The wealthy merchant Dori arrived late after queuing for more Dragon Bone Soup and introduced herself to Yucheng.

• Ningguang proposed a condition that left Yelan and Beidou wondering whether it was meant for Yucheng, who left the Liyue table with Shenhe.
• Collei thanked Yucheng for helping clear her Archon Residue, and he introduced Venti as a bard who could pass her gratitude on to Barbatos.
• Yucheng asked Nilou about life in Inazuma, and Alhaitham explained that reversing Sumeru's Art Ban would take time because art was being stripped from academic disciplines.
• Dori arrived at the Sumeru table, joked about lowering Kaveh's repayments, and told Yucheng she had been delayed queuing for a second bowl of Dragon Bone Soup.

Dori attended Yucheng and Shenhe’s wedding to seek business opportunities in Inazuma, but her suggestion of holding a celebration like it every year startled the guests. Yucheng redirected the conversation toward future cooperation, and Dori left with Klee to play, eager to please the daughter of her longtime business partner Alice La Signora.

• Dori explained that she had surveyed Inazuma and wanted to discuss cooperation with Yucheng, seeing the nation as a promising new market.
• Dori offered to sponsor an annual celebration like the wedding festivities, leaving Yucheng, Shenhe, Ayaka, and the other guests stunned.
• Yucheng steered the conversation away from work and invited Dori to discuss cooperation with Inazuma after the wedding.
• Yucheng introduced Klee to Dori as Alice La Signora’s daughter, and Dori took Klee to her warehouse to show her toys.
• Dori remembered how Alice’s inventions had helped her build her fortune and treated Klee warmly because of her bond with Alice and Klee’s calling her big sister.

Dori’s memories of her sister led her to feel protective of Klee, while Yucheng and Shenhe discussed their unborn child during their wedding reception. At the officials’ tables, Yucheng reassured Kujou Kamaji and Hiiragi Chisato that their past was behind them and praised their work in Seirai City.

• Dori remembered losing her sister because their family could not afford medicine and resolved to earn enough Mora to protect her loved ones.
• Seeing Klee with Dori reminded Yucheng and Shenhe of their hopes for their unborn child and the Uchiha Clan’s future.
• Yucheng and Shenhe greeted officials at the wedding reception, then encountered Kujou Kamaji and the pregnant Hiiragi Chisato.
• Yucheng asked Kamaji and Chisato whether they blamed him, and they insisted they did not.
• Yucheng praised Kamaji’s work as a swordsmanship instructor and Chisato’s work as a teacher in Seirai City, then toasted their families’ possible revival.

Shenhe and Yucheng’s wedding celebration ended with a fireworks display and the guests departing. Yucheng returned to the bridal chamber to find Shenhe, Sara, Eula, and Ayaka dressed in wedding gowns together, and the night continued.

• Miko teased Gorou about Ms. Hina’s absence, and Shinobu dragged away Itto after he complained.
• Yoimiya and Klee’s fireworks displayed wedding images, including a family portrait of Yucheng, Shenhe, Sara, Eula, and Ayaka.
• Yucheng saw off the guests, including an overstuffed Paimon, a drunken Venti, and Cyno, who kept playing Genius Invokation TCG.
• Shenhe went to the bridal chamber ahead of Yucheng and gave Sara, Eula, and Ayaka a discreet nod.
• Yucheng entered the bedroom and found Shenhe, Sara, Eula, and Ayaka wearing wedding dresses and inviting him to join them.

Seven years of cooperation and technological development transformed Inazuma, while Yucheng’s prestige surpassed the Raiden Shogun’s and Kokomi managed most of the government. The chapter ended with Ei approaching Yucheng as he meditated in the Regent’s Office.

• Inazuma grew prosperous through cooperation with Sumeru, Liyue, and Mondstadt, and Alhaitham became a powerful Great Sage who could not resign.
• Yucheng’s Regent’s Office gained public credit for Inazuma’s progress, while Kokomi handled most policies and administration with the Akasha’s help.
• Foreign politicians spread rumors that Yucheng had replaced or imprisoned the Raiden Shogun, but Inazumans reported the spies who promoted them.
• Children played in the rear courtyard of the Regent’s Office while Yucheng meditated in its attic.
• Ei approached Yucheng, and he opened his eyes and greeted her.

Yucheng awakened the Rinnegan and recalled how Ei’s scheme to bring Miko and him together had unexpectedly drawn Ei into their relationship as well. Ei thanked Yucheng for helping Scaramouche become a Sage, then teased him about having another child before he carried her inside.

• Yucheng admired his newly awakened Rinnegan as Ei sat beside him and embraced him.
• Yucheng recalled that seven years earlier, Miko had given Sara secret medicine to help her seduce him, and that Sara had kept some of it.
• Ei secretly obtained the remaining medicine from Sara and enlisted Chiyo to help bring Miko and Yucheng together, while Chiyo also hoped to bring Ei closer to Yucheng.
• Ei, Chiyo, Miko, Sara, and Yucheng gathered, but the plan went awry and Ei, Miko, Sara, and Yucheng spent the night together.
• Ei thanked Yucheng for helping Scaramouche become a Sage at the Akademiya, and Yucheng carried her inside after she teased him about raising another child.

Yucheng reflected on how his family had grown over seven years, with nine children and two years left to reach his goal. After learning that Snezhnaya had gathered all seven Gnoses, he and Ei considered whether the Tsaritsa was preparing to challenge the Heavenly Principles.

• Yucheng’s household had grown to include eight wives and nine children, including Shenhe’s twins, while Ei and Miko still had no children.
• Cloud Retainer, Moon Carver, and Mountain Shaper had confronted Yucheng over his relationships with Ganyu and Yelan, then accepted the arrangement after meeting Shenhe’s twins and agreeing that the children would spend summers in Jueyun Karst.
• Yucheng had learned that Snezhnaya had obtained the Pyro Gnosis and completed its collection of all seven Gnoses.
• Ei questioned why the Tsaritsa had pursued the Gnoses, and Yucheng suggested that their significance might emerge only when all seven were gathered.
• Yucheng told Ei that Snezhnaya had built up its military for centuries and might intend to confront the Heavenly Principles, prompting Ei to gaze solemnly toward the island in the heavens.

Yucheng explained that Chiyo’s Impure World Reincarnation was painfully wearing down her soul, and revealed why she had arranged for him and Ei to become a couple. Ei learned that Chiyo had endured two more years so she could find someone to look after her, and Chiyo asked to be released.

• Ei suggested changing Scaramouche’s surname to Uchiha, but Yucheng refused to risk damaging their mother-son relationship.
• Yucheng asked Ei to bring Chiyo, saying he was ready to fulfill a promise he had made to her.
• Yucheng examined Chiyo and explained that Impure World Reincarnation burdened her soul and left her unable to experience the sensations of life.
• Chiyo broke down and begged Yucheng and Ei to release her so her soul could return to High Heaven.
• Yucheng revealed that Chiyo had asked to be released two years earlier but agreed to wait because she wanted Ei to find someone who would support her.
• Yucheng told Ei that Chiyo had chosen to betray her trust and play matchmaker because she feared Ei would be alone without her.

Yucheng used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to release Chiyo from Impure World Reincarnation, but the technique restored her to a living body instead. Chiyo rejoiced in her new life as Yucheng collapsed from the cost of the forbidden technique.

• Ei confronted Chiyo after Yucheng revealed that she had been hiding how close she was to fading away, and Chiyo asked to be released.
• Chiyo gave Ei and Yucheng her final requests, including asking them to look after the Mikoshi Clan descendants and Inazuma's Oni.
• Yucheng cast the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, spending vast amounts of chakra and life force as Chiyo began to glow and shed her cracked shell.
• Ei and Chiyo discovered that Chiyo had regained sensation, warm blood, and a beating heart, and Chiyo realized she had been given a new life.
• Ei noticed the smell in the room and blushed, then saw Yucheng's pale, weakened state as he said the technique had taken a heavy toll.

Yucheng reassured Ei and Chiyo after using Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect Chiyo, explaining that he only needed a few days to recover. The household kept his condition quiet while Chiyo and Ei cared for him, and Chiyo began a new life with Yucheng.

• Ei and Chiyo panicked at Yucheng's weakened state, but he told them the technique had only left him temporarily exhausted.
• Chiyo realized Yucheng had fulfilled his promise to set her free and wept as she embraced him.
• Yucheng informed Shenhe about his condition, and she arranged to keep the news from his other women while he rested.
• Yelan suspected something was wrong but stayed silent after seeing Shenhe's calm response.
• Ei and Chiyo cared for Yucheng during his recovery, and Chiyo eventually joined him in bed.

Yucheng failed to revive Ayaka’s parents because their souls had passed on, but Ayaka found comfort in their having no lingering attachments. Later, Yelan reported that Ningguang had been absent from public view for over half a year, leaving Yucheng embarrassed and secretly delighted as Yelan confronted him about her awkward position.

• Yucheng explained that the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique could not revive Ayaka’s parents because their souls had already passed on.
• Ayaka accepted the failure and took comfort in believing her parents had no regrets about the Kamisato Clan’s future.
• The beauties welcomed Chiyo into the Uchiha Clan, and Chiyo and Ei began attending to Yucheng together.
• Yelan told Yucheng that Ningguang had not appeared in public for over half a year and blamed him for making her position awkward.
• Yucheng recalled that Ningguang had intended Yelan to bring Ganyu and him together and later succeed Uncle Tian as Tianshu, then reacted strangely to the news about Ningguang.

Yucheng learned that Ningguang had stayed out of public view for more than half a year and suspected she might be pregnant with his tenth child. He decided to go to Liyue to find out what was happening and support her if needed.

• Yelan revealed that Ningguang had not appeared in public for more than half a year, and Yucheng wondered if she was about to give birth.
• Yelan noticed Yucheng's reaction and teased him about his secret relationship with Ningguang.
• Yucheng explained that Ningguang had once promised to give a chance to anyone who could hold Mora in one hand and the Jade Chamber in the other, then implied he had met her standard.
• Yucheng decided to travel to Liyue to check on Ningguang and help her if she was pregnant.

Yucheng returned from Inazuma to Liyue Harbor and saw how the city had prospered, while Ningguang’s long absence from public life fueled rumors. Inside the Jade Chamber, Keqing asked the heavily pregnant Ningguang to reveal the baby’s father, but the chapter ended before she answered.

• Liyue strengthened its defenses, and Xiao worried that the Millelith’s growing role in fighting evil spirits would leave him without a purpose.
• Yucheng used Kamui to travel from Inazuma to Liyue Harbor and admired the city, then looked toward the Jade Chamber.
• Ningguang had withdrawn from public engagements for over half a year, prompting rumors in Liyue Harbor while she secretly carried a child.
• Keqing saw Ningguang stroking her nearly full-term belly and asked who the father was.

Keqing confronted Ningguang about her secret pregnancy, and Yucheng arrived after Yelan told him. He claimed his role as the father and took charge of Ningguang’s care, while Keqing and Ningguang reacted to his sudden involvement.

• Keqing worried that rumors were spreading because Ningguang had stayed out of public view, but Ningguang remained calm and teased Keqing about her lack of suitors.
• Keqing complained that the Inazuma Regent had taken Ganyu and Yelan from Liyue, inadvertently naming the man responsible for Ningguang’s pregnancy.
• Yucheng appeared at the Jade Chamber and explained that Yelan had told him about Ningguang’s condition.
• Ningguang insisted the child belonged to her alone, but Yucheng rejected her claim and Keqing demanded to know why he had pursued another Liyue woman.
• Yucheng ordered Keqing and the secretaries to step aside, then instructed them in detail on caring for Ningguang during pregnancy.
• Ningguang accepted Yucheng’s attentive care, and her gaze toward him softened as he explained precautions to the secretaries.

Yucheng asked Zhongli to protect Ningguang and her unborn child from people seeking the Uchiha bloodline while he was away from Liyue. Zhongli explained that he could detect danger but could not always reach it in time, leaving the question of who would guard them unresolved.

• Zhongli challenged Yucheng over whether he intended to take Ningguang and her child to Inazuma, and Yucheng said he would not insist on either.
• Yucheng asked Zhongli to look after Ningguang and the others because researchers and criminals had begun targeting Uchiha bloodlines and his children.
• Zhongli suggested that Yucheng ask Azhdaha to handle the protection, but Yucheng said Zhongli was better suited to guard Liyue.
• Zhongli said he could sense anything unusual across Liyue but could not always reach danger in time, and recalled that Guizhong might have survived if he had possessed Yucheng's ability to travel through space.

Zhongli reminded Yucheng that Ningguang could be in danger if the Doctor attacked while he was away, and urged Yucheng to stay by her side. Yucheng persuaded Azhdaha to protect Ningguang by offering him exclusive meals in the Jade Chamber, then hinted that Azhdaha would need to change his appearance.

• Zhongli recounted how Guizhong died when four sea gods attacked the Guili Plains while Morax was away, and how the survivors later moved south to present-day Liyue Harbor.
• Zhongli warned Yucheng that he could not protect everyone in Liyue at every moment and advised him to remain with Ningguang.
• Yucheng offered Azhdaha luxurious meals in the Jade Chamber if he stayed there to protect Ningguang.
• Azhdaha accepted the arrangement on the condition that he receive whatever Ningguang ate, and Zhongli agreed to explain his absence to Hu Tao.
• Yucheng warned Azhdaha that he might need to change his appearance to avoid attracting attention in the Jade Chamber, and Azhdaha asked what appearance he meant.

Yucheng introduced Azhdaha, disguised as a tiny dog named Tuotuo, as Ningguang’s bodyguard while keeping his identity secret. He took the pregnant Ningguang out of the Jade Chamber for a stroll in Lisha Suburbs, leaving Azhdaha to head for the kitchen.

• Ningguang and Keqing mistook miniature Azhdaha for an ugly puppy, and Yucheng stopped him from revealing himself when he took offense.
• Yucheng told Ningguang that Tuotuo was a bodyguard he had enlisted to protect her from powerful threats.
• Ningguang guessed that Tuotuo might be Rex Lapis, while Yucheng kept the truth about his strength and friend secret.
• Ningguang asked Yucheng to take her somewhere outside the Jade Chamber, and they chose Lisha Suburbs to avoid crowds.
• Yucheng teleported himself and Ningguang away, while Azhdaha followed a scent toward the Jade Chamber’s kitchen.

Yucheng accompanied the pregnant Ningguang on an outing through Lisha Suburbs, where she tried to relax but soon began assessing the region’s development prospects. Their trip ended when Yucheng spotted a familiar purple figure on a nearby mountain peak.

• Ningguang told Yucheng that the countryside felt more relaxing than the Jade Chamber and explained that her former secretaries had moved on to higher positions.
• Yucheng and Ningguang toured the ruins of Qingxu Pool, Lingju Pass, and Dunyu Ruins while Ningguang considered developing Lisha Suburbs.
• Ningguang concluded that developing Lisha Suburbs would require enormous investment because of its terrain, limited farmland, and monsters.
• Yucheng urged Ningguang to stop thinking about work and took her toward a mountain near Luhua Pool.
• Yucheng spotted a familiar small purple figure on a nearby peak.

Yucheng reunited with Qiqi after more than seven years and discovered that her memory had faded so much she no longer recognized him. He reminded her of their friendship, and Qiqi began searching her notebook for his name.

• The chapter explained that Baizhu's Elixir of Immortality had let dying patients live as zombies temporarily, but many later chose to have Hu Tao send them on their way.
• Yucheng watched Qiqi gather Violetgrass from a cliff and teleported away after Ningguang stayed behind.
• When Qiqi reached for the Violetgrass, Yucheng took it and lifted her from the cliff, then used the incantation that ended her Edict.
• Qiqi asked who Yucheng was, and he felt hurt when he realized she had forgotten him despite their past friendship.
• Yucheng introduced himself as Qiqi's friend and told her to check her notebook, so Qiqi searched through its pages for his name.

Yucheng repaid Qiqi for saving his life by using the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to restore her to life. Qiqi regained her memories and emotions, while Yucheng collapsed from the effort but said he was all right.

• Qiqi found Yucheng's name in her notebook and asked him for Coconut Milk, so he left to buy her some and asked her to protect Ningguang.
• Qiqi questioned Ningguang's appearance, and Ningguang explained that she was Ningguang without her usual makeup.
• Yucheng returned with Coconut Milk and told Qiqi that she had saved his life when she carried him to Bubu Pharmacy years earlier.
• Yucheng used the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to restore Qiqi's heartbeat, circulation, warmth, and mental clarity.
• Qiqi regained her memories and began wailing, then caught Yucheng when he collapsed from the effort.

After Yucheng resurrected Qiqi, she rediscovered the sensations of being alive, while rumors about her transformation drew powerful people to Bubu Pharmacy seeking the secret to immortality. The resulting crowd blocked patients from care until Keqing intervened and cleared the entrance.

• Yucheng took Ningguang back to the Jade Chamber and left Qiqi to enjoy her new life, trusting her surviving adeptal energy and combat experience to keep her safe.
• Qiqi returned to Bubu Pharmacy smiling and greeted Gui, who panicked and told Baizhu that something unclean had happened to her.
• Hu Tao examined Qiqi and confirmed she was alive; Zhongli offered no explanation, only admiringly remarking, “How wonderful.”
• Rumors about Qiqi’s transformation spread through Liyue Harbor, and visitors pressured Baizhu for a possible immortality medicine while Qiqi kept her promise to Yucheng and stayed silent.
• The crowds outside Bubu Pharmacy obstructed patients, so Keqing confronted them and threatened to have the Millelith inspect their homes, making them disperse.

Keqing arranged for Baizhu and Qiqi to meet Ningguang publicly at the Jade Chamber, discouraging Liyue’s powerful figures from pursuing Qiqi’s supposed miracle. After examining Ningguang’s pregnancy, Baizhu explained that he sought immortality so he could end the painful contract passed down through the Mount Yaoguang lineage and become Changsheng’s final contract holder.

• Keqing told Baizhu that Ningguang had invited him and Qiqi to the Jade Chamber, and urged him to bring Qiqi openly.
• News of Ningguang’s invitation spread through Liyue Harbor, and the wealthy merchants and dignitaries abandoned their plans to challenge her.
• Baizhu and Qiqi traveled to the Jade Chamber amid a crowd of onlookers, where Baizhu discovered that Ningguang was heavily pregnant and Yucheng was with her.
• Baizhu examined Ningguang and found that she and her unborn son were in excellent health.
• Yucheng remarked on Baizhu’s declining health, and Baizhu explained that he sought immortality to end his lineage’s contract and become Changsheng’s final contract holder.

At the end of her journey, Lumine learned that Paimon was the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles and had originally intended to use her. After recalling their years together, Lumine agreed to hear Paimon’s account of Teyvat’s history before making her choice, and the story ended with the revelation that the Death Ruler had also recognized forbidden knowledge’s power.

• Aether asked Lumine to choose between joining the Abyss Order and stopping him alongside Paimon, whom he identified as the culprit behind their separation.
• Paimon regained her sacred appearance, admitted she had once wanted to use Lumine, and apologized for involving the travelers in Teyvat’s conflicts.
• Lumine recalled their journey together and agreed to give Paimon a chance to explain herself before she chose a side.
• Paimon explained that Phanes and the Four Shades defeated the Seven Sovereigns, then later fought Nibelung after he returned empowered by forbidden knowledge.
• After Heavenly Principles failed to eradicate forbidden knowledge, the Space Ruler sealed it at the edges of the shattered world, while Apep and the Death Ruler recognized its potential against Heavenly Principles.

The Death Ruler, empowered by Nibelung’s death, began plotting to use forbidden knowledge against Phanes while hiding his disobedience. He manipulated the Goddess of Flowers into helping King Deshret access forbidden knowledge, and the chapter ended as Khaenri’ah obtained it too.

• After Nibelung fell, the Death Ruler grew stronger and began considering how forbidden knowledge might help him challenge Phanes, but he waited for a chance to test it through someone else.
• Phanes punished humanity and the Seelie race, cursed the Seelies, and banished his wife Nab-Malikata after destroying Vindagnyr.
• Seeking revenge against Phanes, Nab-Malikata worked with the Death Ruler to use her life to open a passage to a shattered world, allowing King Deshret to obtain forbidden knowledge.
• King Deshret researched forbidden knowledge, causing Eleazar, Withering Zones, and madness to spread through Sumeru; Greater Lord Rukkhadevata suppressed the disaster while Deshret arranged for Apep to swallow him.
• As Sumeru’s crisis was contained, the ancient kingdom of Khaenri’ah beneath it also obtained forbidden knowledge.

The chapter explained that Khaenri'ah's forbidden biological experiments unleashed the Cataclysm, prompting the Heavenly Principles, their Shades, and the Archons to battle its monsters. After Khaenri'ah was destroyed and the survivors helped contain the disaster, an unexpected turn occurred as the Heavenly Principles sealed the source of Forbidden Knowledge.

• Khaenri'ah's scholars, including Rhinedottir, used Forbidden Knowledge to create living beings, and their experiments unleashed monsters across Teyvat five hundred years ago.
• The Heavenly Principles summoned six Archons and descended on Khaenri'ah with the Four Shades, while Greater Lord Rukkhadevata worked to protect Irminsul.
• The Heavenly Principles sent the Space Ruler to stop the blond siblings from fleeing Teyvat, beginning the events of Genshin Impact.
• Raiden Makoto died fighting the monsters, and the Time Ruler used her power to bring the Sacred Sakura to Inazuma.
• Egeria died in Vourukasha Oasis, and Simurgh and Zurvan helped the Pari use the Amrita Pool and Harvisptokhm to purify the defilement.
• The Heavenly Principles and their allies defeated the monsters and destroyed Khaenri'ah, but an unexpected turn came as they sealed the source of Forbidden Knowledge.