Chapter Summaries

Hu Tao, Xingqiu, Baizhu, Lumine, and Paimon presented their wedding gifts to Yucheng and Shenhe at the Regent’s Office. After Hu Tao gave Yucheng a funeral coupon, he began handing her an unexpected return gift.

• Hu Tao explained that Wangsheng Funeral Parlor had charged over a hundred million Mora for Rex Lapis’s Rite of Parting, and Paimon whispered that Hu Tao must be rich.
• Xingqiu gave Yucheng and Shenhe a martial arts novel based on them, Baizhu offered Shenhe a pregnancy-supporting prescription, and Lumine and Paimon brought a cookbook of dishes from several nations.
• At the Regent’s Office banquet hall, Yucheng warmly welcomed Baizhu and thanked him for saving his life, while Shenhe also expressed her gratitude.
• Yucheng was delighted by his friends’ thoughtful gifts, but his smile froze when Hu Tao gave him a buy-one-get-one-free funeral coupon.
• Yucheng accepted the coupon and revealed that he had a return gift for Hu Tao; after he snapped his fingers, a hole opened above her and sheets of paper fluttered down.

At the wedding, Yucheng revealed that Zhongyuan had accumulated tens of millions of Mora in bills under the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s name, enraging Hu Tao. He later told Lumine and Paimon that Zhongyuan was once Zhongli’s familiar and was now Yucheng’s familiar, asking them to keep it secret.

• Hu Tao burned an IOU after bills naming Zhongyuan as a Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Guest Consultant landed on her hat.
• Paimon and Lumine discovered the bills totaled tens of millions of Mora, and Hu Tao confirmed Zhongyuan was Zhongli’s younger brother and a funeral parlor consultant.
• Yucheng explained that Zhongyuan had brought the bills to Inazuma, and Hu Tao gathered them and stormed off to find him.
• Paimon joked about Hu Tao’s wealth, then Lumine and Paimon asked Yucheng who Zhongyuan was.
• Yucheng revealed that Zhongyuan had been Zhongli’s familiar and was now his own, then offered Paimon extra dragon steak in exchange for her silence.

Lumine and Paimon joined Ei and Nahida’s table before Yucheng and Shenhe completed their wedding ceremony. As the banquet began, the newlyweds started toasting their guests, and Ei offered her congratulations and promised to protect Shenhe.

• Lumine and Paimon chose to sit with Ei and Nahida after guests from every nation invited them to join their tables.
• Yucheng and Shenhe entered the hall and completed the wedding rites under Zhongli’s direction, who conjured a Lovers’ Lock bearing their names.
• The guests applauded, while several women’s unusual looks toward Yucheng caught his and Shenhe’s attention.
• Kuki Shinobu arranged a drinking competition to choose who would drink on Yucheng’s behalf, and Venti won after downing three jars of wine.
• Yucheng and Shenhe began their toasts at the main table, where Zhongli joined the Archons without exposing their identities.
• Ei congratulated Yucheng and Shenhe, wished them eternal love, and warned Yucheng not to mistreat Shenhe; Yucheng agreed and offered a toast.

At Yucheng and Shenhe’s wedding feast, the guests discussed why Ei and others had wanted to keep Yucheng in Inazuma, before Shenhe exposed Miko’s earlier joke about marrying into the Uchiha Clan. Miko deflected the ensuing teasing and ended by asking Ei how her attempt to reforge her son was progressing.

• Venti replaced Yucheng’s large wine cup with a small one, poured wine for the newlyweds, and urged them not to drink too much.
• Paimon asked why Ei had worried before Yucheng married, and Miko and Ganyu explained how Ei and Ningguang had both wanted Yucheng to remain in their respective nations.
• Miko teased Ei for securing Yucheng as Inazuma’s Regent, and Ei said she had worried that the Uchiha bloodline would end if anything happened to him.
• Shenhe reminded Miko that she had joked about marrying into the Uchiha Clan and asked whether she was ready, prompting stern looks from Cloud Retainer, Moon Carver, and Mountain Shaper.
• Miko called her earlier proposal a joke, while Shenhe repeated Yucheng’s praise of Miko and Mountain Shaper demanded that Yucheng explain himself.
• Miko recalled the losses among Inazuma’s youkai and asked Ei how her plan to reforge her son was coming along.

Miko’s remarks about descendants stirred the Archons and long-lived races to consider family and marriage, while Yucheng and Shenhe continued making toasts at the banquet. Their visit to the Liyue table ended with Ningguang saying she might give a man a chance if he could offer her both Mora and the Jade Chamber.

• Miko’s tirade made the guests reflect on how the cataclysm had left many long-lived races with few or no descendants.
• Zhongli, Cloud Retainer, Ei, and Chiyo each considered finding partners or descendants for their respective people and friends, while Nahida probed their thoughts and regretted it.
• Yucheng and Shenhe toasted the Mondstadt table, where Yucheng teased Jean about marrying Diluc and Shenhe encouraged Eula to look after everyone.
• At the Liyue table, Hu Tao complained that Azhdaha had learned Zhongli’s habit of buying on credit and was as solid as a rock.
• Yucheng teased Ningguang about marriage, and she said she could give a man a chance if he brought her Mora and supported the Jade Chamber.

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.