Recaps

Yucheng revealed how he identified Zhongli and asked him to confirm whether Shenhe’s baleful aura came from fallen gods. After Zhongli confirmed it and heard Yucheng’s plan to seek Barbatos’s help, he reconsidered the Anemo Archon and asked what Yucheng needed from him.

• Yucheng explained that clues from Cloud Retainer and the carved stone table had led him to identify Zhongli as Rex Lapis, and Zhongli asked him to keep the secret.
• Shenhe untied a knot in her red cords, releasing an overwhelming baleful aura, and Yucheng retied it to contain the energy.
• Zhongli confirmed that Shenhe’s aura was resentment from fallen gods and explained that the red cords had saved her, though they had sealed her emotions and desires.
• Yucheng proposed seeking Barbatos’s help to remove the archon residue, and Zhongli reconsidered his colleague after hearing how he had cared for Mondstadt.
• Thinking of Xiao and the possibility of purifying his archon residue, Zhongli asked Yucheng what he needed.

Yucheng and Zhongli arranged fine wine to persuade Barbatos to purify Archon Residue, then Zhongli gathered the adepti to reveal that Shenhe's supposed fated calamity came from contamination. The adepti agreed to offer wine as payment for treatment, and Zhongli chose two jars of his own Osmanthus Wine for Shenhe and Xiao.

• Yucheng asked Zhongli for fine wine to bring to an elder, and Zhongli offered wine he had brewed himself while Hu Tao tried to sell funeral services.
• That night, Cloud Retainer, Moon Carver, Mountain Shaper, and Xiao arrived at Sea of Clouds, Sea of Moonlight Adeptus and met Zhongli, Shenhe, and Yucheng.
• Yucheng explained that Shenhe's baleful aura came from Archon Residue, and Shenhe's aura convinced the adepti that his findings were true.
• The adepti felt guilt over Shenhe's suffering, while Xiao regretted failing to prevent Archon Residue from harming her.
• Yucheng told the adepti that Barbatos could purify Archon Residue, and they offered fine wine from their Adeptal Abodes as payment.
• Zhongli ended their argument by selecting two jars of his own Osmanthus Wine as the consultation fee for Shenhe and Xiao.

Yucheng and the adepti arranged a formal Liyue delegation to Mondstadt, with Moon Carver as its chief envoy and the Conqueror of Demons hidden among its members. While Mondstadt’s leaders worried about the visit, Yucheng returned to gathering herbs and training, holding off on submitting his property task in hopes of earning a better reward.

• Cloud Retainer, Mountain Shaper, and the other adepti argued over who should accompany Shenhe to Mondstadt, but the Lord of Geo decided that the trip should be an official diplomatic visit led by Moon Carver.
• Ningguang announced the delegation, prompting speculation in Liyue and concern from Jean, who learned that the Conqueror of Demons would secretly join Moon Carver.
• Yucheng returned to gathering herbs with Qiqi and practicing ninjutsu at the Sea of Clouds, Sea of Moonlight Adeptus's abode, which the Lord of Geo had granted him.
• Yucheng delayed submitting his revitalization system task because he considered the cave dwelling’s value low and hoped to obtain a better reward before the deadline.
• Yucheng assessed himself as a Special Jōnin after his Sharingan advanced to three tomoe, though he still had room to improve.

Yucheng spent his days strengthening his chakra until Yelan ambushed him on his way back to Mt. Tianheng and interrogated him about his origins. He gave her a cover story about fleeing Inazuma, but Yelan exposed a hole in it and left him facing her suspicion.

• Yucheng exhausted his chakra each night and meditated, taking advantage of his youth to build his strength.
• A silent stalker followed Yucheng up Mt. Tianheng, ensnared him in sharp threads, and revealed herself as Yelan.
• Yelan questioned Yucheng, who identified himself as an Uchiha ninja from Konoha in Inazuma and claimed he had no master.
• Yucheng said he had come to Liyue to escape Inazuma, and Yelan challenged his account by asking why Qiqi had found him inland in Chaiqiao Valley.
• Yucheng claimed he did not know how he had ended up in Chaiqiao Valley, but Yelan said he was not being entirely honest.

Yucheng challenged Yelan’s right to interrogate him, then escaped her restraints and captured her. He carried the unconscious Yelan back to his cave abode, while Ningguang sensed something was wrong from the Jade Chamber.

• Yucheng argued that he had broken no Liyue laws and accused Yelan of bullying the weak while overlooking the Fatui.
• Yucheng turned into a rock to escape Yelan’s Lifeline Thread, then pinned her down and took her Mysterious Wristlet and Hydro Vision.
• Yelan struggled briefly before conserving her strength, and Yucheng used his Sharingan to put her under Genjutsu.
• Yucheng collected Yelan’s belongings, carried her over his shoulder to his cave abode, and glanced back at the Jade Chamber.
• Ningguang sensed an ominous premonition from the Jade Chamber and wondered why Yelan had not yet brought anyone to meet her.

Yucheng held Yelan captive in his domain, then released her after securing her promise not to pursue him and offering intelligence about the Fatui’s plans and her family’s search. As Yelan left, she revealed that Ningguang wanted Yucheng to visit the Jade Chamber, prompting him to accuse her of causing trouble for nothing.

• Yelan awoke in Yucheng’s domain, discovered her belongings had been taken, and learned that he knew the history of her ancestors Boyang and Rongzhao.
• Yucheng offered to release Yelan and return her possessions if she promised not to cause him trouble, but he also showed her compromising photographs as leverage.
• Yucheng told Yelan that Childe would soon come to Liyue to seize Rex Lapis’s Gnosis and planned to provoke a crisis to reveal Rex Lapis’s whereabouts.
• Yucheng promised to share information about Boyang and the Fantastic Compass after Yelan handled the Fatui matter, and Yelan agreed to his terms.
• Yucheng returned Yelan’s belongings, and Yelan told him that Ningguang had sent her to ask him to visit the Jade Chamber.
• Yucheng learned that Yelan had come only to deliver Ningguang’s message and called her a troublemaker for stirring up unnecessary trouble.

Yucheng visited Ningguang’s Jade Chamber with Yelan and impressed her with his account of Inazuma’s twin Electro Archons. Ningguang then confronted him about his repeated contact with Liyue’s adepti, leaving him under suspicion.

• Yucheng rode the elevator to the Jade Chamber with Yelan, sending a shadow clone in his place.
• Yucheng met Ningguang and noticed that her secretaries had gathered information about his Mingxia Floating Life Stone.
• Yucheng told Ningguang and the others about Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei and recounted the history of Inazuma’s Electro Archons.
• Ningguang abruptly asked Yucheng why he had repeatedly contacted Liyue’s adepti, and she, Yelan, and the secretaries watched him warily.

Yucheng explained his encounters with Liyue’s adepti to Ningguang, including how he recognized Xiao’s illness from the gods’ resentment and advised that he seek treatment in Mondstadt. Ningguang realized Rex Lapis had sent the adepti delegation there to seek the Anemo Archon’s help, while Yucheng also revealed that Shenhe was affected by the same resentment and that he lived in an adeptal abode.

• Ningguang questioned Yucheng about his many connections to adepti, and he said Qiqi had saved him before Baizhu had him gather herbs to repay his medical debt.
• Yucheng explained that he had advised Ganyu to act more like a human, prompting her to demand wages and regular time off; Ningguang admitted that Liyue had taken her work for granted.
• Yucheng said Xiao had appeared when he offered almond tofu, and he had recognized that Xiao was being corroded by gods’ resentment and would not live much longer without treatment.
• Yucheng explained that Rex Lapis had sent five yakshas to fight demons created by the dead gods’ resentment, and that the Millelith had been kept away because humans exposed to it would lose their reason and die.
• Ningguang deduced that the adepti delegation had gone to Mondstadt to seek the Anemo Archon’s help for Xiao, and Yucheng confirmed her guess.
• Yucheng said Shenhe was also affected by gods’ resentment but had survived because Mountain Shaper’s Red Cord Soul-Binding Method had sealed her emotions, then revealed that he lived in the Sea of Clouds, Sea of Moonlight Adeptus’s abode.

After Yucheng answered Ningguang’s questions, Yelan told her how he had defeated and blackmailed her, prompting Ningguang to advise caution while they investigated him. Ningguang was left wondering whether Rex Lapis knew about Yucheng as Liyue faced mounting uncertainty.

• Ningguang thanked Yucheng for his answers and apologized for doubting him before Baixiao escorted him out of the Jade Chamber.
• Baixiao reported that Yucheng had leaped from the Jade Chamber, opened his Wind Glider, and flown toward Mt. Tianheng.
• After the other secretaries left, Yelan broke down and told Ningguang that Yucheng had subdued her, taken photographs, and threatened her during their fight.
• Ningguang told Yelan not to confront Yucheng yet and asked her to investigate the Fatui mission, especially whether [Childe] was coming to Liyue.
• After Yelan left, Ningguang wondered whether Rex Lapis knew of Uchiha Yucheng and whether Liyue could avert disaster without his protection.

Yucheng confirmed that Tartaglia had arrived in Liyue, then reunited with Xiangling and heard about her trip to Mondstadt. Xiangling revealed that Lumine and Paimon planned to travel to Liyue, leaving Yucheng wondering when the Rite of Descension would begin.

• Yucheng disguised himself at Liyue's docks and saw Ningguang welcome Tartaglia, confirming the Fatui Harbinger had arrived as expected.
• Yucheng went to Wanmin Restaurant, where Xiangling apologized for leaving him on Mt. Tianheng, and he forgave her.
• Xiangling cooked several dishes with Chilled Meat for Yucheng and described the ingredients she had encountered in Mondstadt.
• Xiangling told Yucheng that Lumine had resolved the Stormterror crisis with help from Paimon and planned to travel to Liyue.
• Xiangling recounted meeting Lumine, winning a cooking competition with her, and helping rescue Olaf, while Yucheng realized he did not know when the Rite of Descension would begin.

Yucheng asked Xiangling about the upcoming Qixing Rite of Descension and learned why Wanmin Restaurant valued affordable, plentiful ingredients over rare Chilled Meat. After lunch, he considered how to profit from the coming events and decided the Gnosis was too dangerous to pursue.

• Xiangling told Yucheng that the Qixing Rite of Descension was a week away and offered to show him around, though she disliked attending it.
• Yucheng reassured Xiangling that he was comfortable living on Mt. Tianheng and praised her cooking before asking about the Chilled Meat.
• Xiangling explained that Master Mao wanted affordable, reliably supplied ingredients like Springvale boar meat, rather than rare Chilled Meat that Wanmin Restaurant's customers could not afford.
• Yucheng left without paying for lunch as Wanmin Restaurant's regulars crowded around Xiangling to order her cooking.
• Yucheng considered the Fatui's plans for the Rite of Descension and rejected seeking the Gnosis because it would bring dangerous enemies.

Lumine and Paimon arrived in Liyue Harbor and met Uchiha Yucheng, an Inazuman who told them about the Rite of Descension. After learning that Xiangling ran Wanmin Restaurant, they agreed to eat there with Yucheng before the ceremony.

• Lumine and Paimon entered Liyue Harbor and discussed finding out when and where the Rite of Descension would take place.
• Paimon bumped into Uchiha Yucheng, who introduced himself as an Inazuman settled in Liyue.
• Yucheng told Lumine and Paimon that the Rite of Descension would begin at noon at Yujing Terrace and explained the Liyue Qixing and Ningguang.
• Yucheng invited Lumine and Paimon to watch the ceremony with him and suggested they eat lunch first.
• Paimon recognized Wanmin Restaurant as Xiangling's family restaurant, and Lumine agreed to go there with Yucheng.

Yucheng accompanied Lumine and Paimon to the Rite of Descension, where Rex Lapis was apparently murdered and the Millelith sealed off Yujing Terrace. After escaping with help from Tartaglia, the group met him at Northland Bank, where Yucheng exposed the talisman he gave Lumine as a fake Sigil of Permission.

• Xiangling welcomed Lumine and Paimon at Wanmin Restaurant, then stayed behind to help during the busy meal service as Yucheng offered to take them to the Rite of Descension.
• Yucheng learned that Lumine had come to Liyue to find Rex Lapis and accompanied her and Paimon to the crowded ceremony at Yujing Terrace.
• Ningguang began the Rite of Descension, and a giant golden dragon fell onto the ceremonial altar before she declared that Rex Lapis had been murdered.
• The Millelith sealed off Yujing Terrace and pursued Lumine and Yucheng as they tried to escape, but Tartaglia rescued them and invited them to Northland Bank.
• Tartaglia gave Lumine a talisman, and Yucheng identified it as a counterfeit Sigil of Permission, causing Tartaglia's smile to freeze as danger entered his eyes.

Yucheng exposed Tartaglia and Lumine’s Sigil of Permission as a forgery, then discussed Liyue’s future with Ningguang. He agreed to help her and asked for the Jade Chamber in exchange for his Kamera.

• Yucheng explained how genuine Sigils of Permission worked and why Tartaglia’s sigil was a convincing but obvious fake.
• Lumine and Paimon decided to go to Jueyun Karst to report Rex Lapis’s murder to the adepti, while Yucheng returned home.
• Tartaglia ordered his subordinate to arrest the researchers responsible for the forgery and investigate Yucheng.
• Ningguang asked Yucheng for help, and he questioned whether Liyue could prosper without Rex Lapis; she said it could endure the transition to human rule.
• Ningguang offered to mediate between Yucheng and Yelan and asked to buy his Kamera, so Yucheng demanded the Jade Chamber, shocking her.

Ningguang considered Yucheng’s demand for her Jade Chamber while the Traveler and Paimon helped the adepti confront the Liyue Qixing and returned to Liyue. Tartaglia funded Zhongli’s Rite of Parting and arranged for Lumine and Paimon to help, where they ran into Yucheng, who struggled not to laugh at Zhongli’s plans.

• Ningguang suspected the Fatui were preparing to unleash Osial and told her associate to invite Lumine and Paimon to the Jade Chamber when they returned.
• Lumine and Paimon showed the Three-Eyed Five-Manifestation Immortals an imitation Sigil of Permission, prompting them to head to Liyue and demand answers.
• Tartaglia agreed to fund the Rite of Parting and arranged for Lumine and Paimon to assist Zhongli as his supervisors.
• Zhongli explained that he wanted the finest Noctilucous Jade for the Rite of Parting and led Lumine and Paimon toward Chihu Rock.
• Lumine and Paimon introduced Zhongli to Yucheng, who tried to hide his laughter at the consultant organizing Rex Lapis’s funeral rites.

Yucheng joined Lumine and Zhongli as they prepared the Rite of Parting, encouraging them to spend Tartaglia’s money freely on its supplies. At Bubu Pharmacy, they met Qiqi, who agreed to help them find Ethereal Fragrance if they hunted a Cocogoat on Mt. Tianheng.

• Yucheng joined Lumine and Zhongli, then persuaded them to buy all three crates of Noctilucous Jade with funds advanced by Tartaglia.
• The group bought the remaining Rite of Parting supplies extravagantly and charged the expenses to Northland Bank.
• Yucheng explained that he worked as Bubu Pharmacy’s exclusive herb gatherer and led the group to the pharmacy.
• Yucheng introduced Qiqi, who said she was a zombie and agreed to help them find Ethereal Fragrance if they helped her first.
• Qiqi asked the group to use the Guizhong Ballista on Mt. Tianheng to hunt a Cocogoat, leaving Zhongli puzzled by the creature’s name.

Yucheng and the others discovered that Qiqi had mistaken coconut milk for a drink produced by a Cocogoat, then bought Ethereal Fragrance for the Rite of Parting. After Ganyu invited Lumine and Paimon to meet Ningguang at the Jade Chamber, Yucheng declined to join them, prompting Lumine to wonder about his identity.

• After searching Mt. Tianheng, Yucheng realized Qiqi wanted coconut milk, and the group returned to Bubu Pharmacy with a bottle for her.
• Baizhu sold the group Ethereal Fragrance for three million Mora, and Childe paid for it after overhearing their story about the Cocogoat.
• Zhongli invited the group to dinner at Third-Round Knockout, where Tian Tie Zui told a story about Ningguang and her Jade Chamber.
• Ganyu arrived as Ningguang's emissary and formally invited Lumine and Paimon to meet Ningguang at the Jade Chamber.
• Yucheng said he had already visited the Jade Chamber and would not accompany Lumine, leaving her curious about who he really was.

Yucheng asked Zhongli to help him obtain a fake Pyro Vision, then revealed that he could use chakra to breathe fire without a Vision. Zhongli suspected forbidden knowledge, but after examining Yucheng’s chakra, he found it safe and began producing chakra himself.

• Yucheng asked Zhongli for a fake Pyro Vision and demonstrated that he could spit fire without one.
• Zhongli suspected Yucheng had come into contact with forbidden knowledge and took him to his home on Mt. Tianheng for questioning.
• Yucheng explained chakra and demonstrated the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, which Zhongli recognized as converting chakra into Pyro energy.
• Yucheng channeled chakra into Zhongli, who analyzed it and began producing chakra around his own body.

Yucheng shared chakra with Zhongli, who recognized its potential to strengthen Liyue and made him fake Visions. Meanwhile, Lumine traced the growing crisis to Childe and realized the Golden House was his likely target.

• Zhongli praised Yucheng's chakra and said it could have reduced the Millelith's losses in the battle five hundred years earlier.
• Zhongli created a fake Pyro Vision for Yucheng and agreed to make fake Visions for other elements.
• Zhongli told Yucheng that Barbatos could purify archon residue and that Shenhe no longer needed her red cords, though Cloud Retainer had taken her in to teach her conversation.
• Yucheng reflected that chakra could raise Liyue's combat strength, while Zhongli had already learned to extract it himself.
• Lumine and Paimon destroyed a Fatui hideout, discovered counterfeit Sigils of Permission, and completed the preparations for the Rite of Parting with Zhongli.
• After learning that the adepti and the Liyue Qixing were in tense negotiations, Lumine followed Zhongli's warning about the crisis's fuse and concluded that Childe was heading to the Golden House.

Lumine and Paimon confronted Childe at the Golden House as he searched Rex Lapis's Exuvia for the Gnosis, while Yucheng arrived and joined the encounter. Childe attacked Yucheng in his Foul Legacy form after finding the Exuvia empty, but his spear struck only a smoke illusion.

• Lumine and Paimon arrived at the lightly guarded Golden House and found Childe waiting beside Rex Lapis's Exuvia.
• Yucheng appeared overhead, claiming he wanted to steal Mora, and warned Lumine about Childe's weapons and abilities.
• Lumine fought Childe, using Gale Blade and Geo rocks to create an opening, but Childe escaped her attack and reached the Exuvia.
• Childe thrust his hand into the Exuvia to take Morax's Gnosis, but found nothing and accused Yucheng of taking it first.
• Childe transformed into his Foul Legacy form and charged Yucheng, whose body vanished into smoke when the lightning spear pierced it.

Yucheng and Lumine fought Tartaglia in the collapsing Golden House, but Tartaglia escaped after deciding the Gnosis was not there. He used counterfeit Sigils of Permission to release Osial, leaving a storm gathering over Liyue Harbor.

• Tartaglia blasted through the Golden House floor, and Yucheng caught Lumine as she fell through the rubble.
• Yucheng and Lumine combined Pyro and Anemo attacks against Tartaglia, then evaded him until his Foul Legacy form weakened.
• Yucheng warned Tartaglia about the harm his Delusion could cause and revealed that it might endanger his younger siblings, Teucer and Tonia.
• Tartaglia concluded the Gnosis might never have been inside the Exuvia and revealed his plan to release Osial with counterfeit Sigils of Permission.
• Yucheng explained that Osial was sealed beneath Guyun Stone Forest and said he had hinted at the danger to Ningguang.
• Tartaglia fled the Golden House and sent the counterfeit sigils into the sea, summoning a storm over Liyue Harbor.

Yucheng, Lumine, the adepti, and the Liyue Qixing fought Osial while Fatui soldiers attacked the Guizhong Ballistae. After Osial destroyed the ballistae, Ningguang agreed to abandon the Jade Chamber and give it to Yucheng, triggering his system reward.

• The Jade Chamber advanced toward Guyun Stone Forest, where Ningguang, Keqing, Yucheng, Lumine, Paimon, and the adepti prepared to face Osial.
• Ningguang activated a protective formation, and Cloud Retainer, Moon Carver, and Mountain Shaper fired the enhanced Guizhong Ballistae at Osial.
• Fatui soldiers emerged through portals and attacked the ballistae, but the adepti strengthened the defenders and helped them drive the soldiers back.
• All six adepti empowered the ballistae, and a shell struck Osial in the head and knocked him into the sea.
• Osial rose again and destroyed the formation and all three ballistae with a blast of elemental energy.
• Ningguang proposed abandoning the Jade Chamber, and Yucheng offered to take it; she agreed, prompting his system to award him an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Yucheng awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and used its Susanoo to strike Osial, but the effort exhausted him. After the Jade Chamber helped suppress Osial again, the adepti and the Liyue Qixing argued over Liyue’s future, and the adepti ultimately agreed to step back and wait.

• Yucheng equipped the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and manifested a towering Susanoo, whose sword slash severed three of Osial’s heads.
• Yucheng exhausted his chakra and collapsed, and Ganyu revived him with her blood.
• Ningguang guided the Jade Chamber over Osial, and the adepti destroyed its flotation mechanism so it crashed down and forced Osial beneath the stone spears again.
• The adepti and the Liyue Qixing argued about whether Liyue should remain under adeptal protection, while Ningguang defended the strength and responsibility of mortals.
• The Conqueror of Demons left, and the other adepti agreed to wait and see how the Liyue Qixing governed Liyue.

After the battle with Osial, Ningguang thanked Yucheng and negotiated for his Mingxia Floating Life Stone, but a mishap left them in an embarrassing heap before the crowd. Lumine and Paimon went to the Northland Bank to investigate the Rite of Parting, while Yucheng received a time-limited quest to revitalize the Uchiha Clan or face erasure.

• Ningguang thanked Yucheng for helping limit Liyue’s losses and discussed buying his Mingxia Floating Life Stone to rebuild the Jade Chamber.
• Yucheng pulled Ningguang off balance, sending himself, Ningguang, and Ganyu tumbling together in front of the onlookers.
• Ningguang demanded the promised item, and Yucheng told her she could collect it from his house before she hurried away; Ganyu also left, embarrassed.
• Paimon questioned Yucheng about the suspicious Rite of Parting, and he directed her and Lumine to the Northland Bank.
• Yucheng’s system issued a final Archon Quest requiring him to fulfill one of four Uchiha Clan revitalization goals within ten years, with immediate erasure as the failure penalty.

Yucheng weighed the system’s four demanding goals and decided that having ten children seemed the most tempting, though still difficult. Yelan collected the compromising photos, found them embarrassing but harmless, and asked Yucheng to keep his promise to tell her about her ancestor.

• Yucheng considered the challenges of becoming Teyvat’s richest and strongest person and unifying its nations, then judged having ten children the most appealing goal.
• Yelan went to Yucheng’s home to retrieve the Kamera and asked whether he had kept any photos.
• Yelan examined the negatives and found only pictures of herself fully clothed and unconscious in awkward poses.
• Yelan concluded the photos posed little threat, agreed not to pursue the incident, and told Yucheng to explain what he knew about her ancestor.