Chapter Summaries

Jean tried to persuade Eula to stay in the Knights of Favonius, but Yucheng helped her realize she could leave Mondstadt without abandoning Amber or her friendship. Jean then pressed Yucheng and Eula to clarify their feelings, and Yucheng admitted that his feelings for Eula might be romantic.

• Jean challenged Eula’s plan to leave without telling Amber, reminding her how much Amber would be hurt.
• Yucheng reassured Eula that she could remain friends with Amber from afar and return to Mondstadt, so Eula decided to talk with Amber the next day.
• Jean grew frustrated that Yucheng knew more about Mondstadt than its own intelligence department did and considered how to make Eula’s resignation benefit the city.
• Jean demanded that Yucheng and Eula clarify their feelings, saying their answers would affect how Mondstadt handled Eula’s resignation.
• Yucheng asked whether Jean would consider it a threat, then said he had romantic feelings for Eula.

Yucheng explained his intentions toward Eula and his plans for the Uchiha Clan, while Jean weighed Eula’s feelings against Mondstadt’s interests. Jean tore up Eula’s resignation and appointed her Mondstadt’s ambassador to Inazuma, though Yucheng’s pleased reaction made her suspect she had walked into his plan.

• Jean warned Yucheng that pursuing Eula seemed unfair to Shenhe, and Yucheng said Shenhe accepted his goal of having descendants to revitalize the Uchiha Clan.
• Eula realized Shenhe had been probing her feelings about Yucheng, then told Jean she had felt a connection with him since they met on Dragonspine.
• Jean considered how to keep Eula connected to Mondstadt and tore up Eula’s resignation letter.
• Jean offered Eula the post of Mondstadt ambassador to Inazuma, and Yucheng applauded as Eula realized he had predicted Jean’s decision.
• Jean suspected Yucheng had maneuvered her into the appointment, though she still considered it the best solution for Mondstadt and Eula.

Jean offered Eula the post of Diplomatic Ambassador to Inazuma, and Eula accepted after Yucheng encouraged her. Jean then asked Yucheng for help with the fate of the Lawrence Clan’s underage members, and he guessed that she wanted them sent to Inazuma.

• Eula objected that she was not qualified to serve as Mondstadt’s Diplomatic Ambassador, but Jean explained why the appointment could work.
• Jean told Eula the role would let her use her abilities rather than become a decorative figure in Yucheng’s life, and Eula agreed to take it.
• Jean asked Yucheng to help secure Eula’s appointment because she lacked sole authority within the Knights of Favonius.
• Jean explained that the Knights had exempted twenty-one children under seven from punishment but were still deciding how to handle the older underage Lawrence clan members.
• Jean said she feared the children would inherit their clan’s habits and seek revenge if they remained near Mondstadt, and Yucheng asked whether she wanted them escorted to Inazuma.

Acting Grand Master Jean offered to send underage Lawrence Clan members to Inazuma in exchange for making Eula Mondstadt’s ambassador, and Yucheng negotiated for permission to recruit Mondstadt specialists as well. Jean and Yucheng reached an agreement, and Yucheng left the Knights of Favonius headquarters delighted.

• Jean proposed sending underage Lawrence Clan members to Inazuma and appointing Eula as Mondstadt’s Diplomatic Ambassador.
• Yucheng rejected Jean’s personal appeal and said Inazuma would not accept the Lawrence Clan members without a worthwhile exchange.
• Jean explained that the proposal was a transaction and warned that Eula’s ambassador position remained open to discussion if Yucheng refused.
• Yucheng asked to recruit specialists from Mondstadt for Inazuma, promising generous terms and securing Jean’s approval.
• Jean and Yucheng shook hands on the agreement, and Yucheng laughed with delight as he left with Eula.

Acting Grand Master Jean secured support for Eula’s appointment as Mondstadt’s Ambassador to Inazuma by offering officials positions as her working secretaries. The Knights of Favonius then announced punishments for the Lawrence Clan, rewards for defenders, the expulsion of the Snezhnayan Diplomatic Mission, and a strategic partnership with Inazuma.

• Jean told Mondstadt’s senior officials that Eula would become ambassador, then redirected their objections by offering working secretary positions and leaving them to choose candidates.
• Jean left the meeting room as officials began arguing over the secretary positions.
• The Knights of Favonius announced that adult Lawrence Clan rebels would be executed, older children expelled to Inazuma, and younger children placed in the Knights’ care.
• The Knights awarded honors and support to fallen knights and compensation and benefits to civilians harmed defending Mondstadt.
• The Knights declared the Snezhnayan Diplomatic Mission unwelcome and announced Eula’s appointment as ambassador to Inazuma.
• The Knights announced that Diluc would serve as Jean’s working secretary and that Mondstadt would establish a strategic partnership with Inazuma, which was recruiting skilled workers.

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.