Chapter Summaries

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.

Ningguang discussed Yucheng’s power and Rex Lapis’s plan with Yelan, then considered whether he could be made to join Liyue’s leadership. She left open the possibility of appointing him as Tianshu, while Yelan warned her to think through the consequences.

• Ningguang examined the nude photographs Yelan had recovered and teased her about Yucheng’s photography.
• Yelan complained that Yucheng had delayed telling her about her ancestor, and Ningguang suggested Yelan’s anger might hide other feelings.
• Ningguang told Yelan that Yucheng had summoned a warrior projection and cut three of Osial’s heads with one strike.
• Ningguang revealed that Rex Lapis was alive and had orchestrated the crisis to test Liyue, then said he had mentioned an opportunity Yucheng could offer the nation.
• Ningguang proposed that Yucheng might succeed Uncle Tian as Tianshu, but Yelan cautioned that appointing an outsider could cause repercussions.
• Ningguang asked Yelan for a set of her photographs, and Yelan refused.

At Rex Lapis’s Rite of Parting, Lumine asked the Liyue Qixing to post missing-person notices, while Yucheng declined to choose a reward. Afterward, Zhongli admitted he had no Mora, and Yucheng offered him money from the Golden House as Zhongli explained that Mora might become more valuable without the Gnosis.

• Fengyan announced the Qixing’s official explanation that Rex Lapis had returned to High Heaven after a heavenly tribulation, while the Fatui faced public and commercial backlash in Liyue.
• Yucheng met Lumine and Paimon at the Rite of Parting and agreed to treat Paimon to a feast.
• Keqing offered Lumine and Yucheng rewards for saving Liyue, and Lumine asked the Qixing to post missing-person notices while Yucheng deferred his reward.
• After the ceremony, Lumine, Paimon, and Yucheng found Zhongli watching Liyue Harbor and heard him say he felt lighter after laying down his burden.
• Zhongli revealed he lacked Mora, so Yucheng offered him some he had taken from the Golden House, and Zhongli said the loss of the Gnosis could make Mora more valuable.

At Xinyue Kiosk, Yucheng and Zhongli explained Inazuma’s Sakoku and Vision Hunt Decrees, the resistance against the Shogunate, and the island nation’s political factions. The group decided to wait for Beidou’s Crux Fleet and seek help from the Kamisato Clan when they reached Inazuma.

• Paimon asked Zhongli about Inazuma, and he explained that the nation was closed to outsiders and surrounded by storms summoned by the Raiden Shogun.
• Yucheng explained that the Vision Hunt Decree had fueled resistance against the Shogunate and that Watatsumi Island’s people rebelled after years of hardship and oppression.
• Zhongli recalled Orobashi’s defeat by the Electro Archon, and Yucheng warned the group to avoid the dangerous Yashiori Island.
• Yucheng recommended that the group travel aboard Beidou’s ship, The Alcor, and said Beidou aided Watatsumi Island because a crew member was an Inazuman Vision holder.
• Yucheng described the three great clans’ roles and told the group that the Kamisato Clan secretly opposed the decree and could help them in Inazuma.

Yucheng explained the Duel Before the Throne and Raiden Ei’s retreat into the Plane of Euthymia, while Lumine and Paimon considered their coming journey to Inazuma. After they parted, Yucheng trained his chakra and began wondering what else could make him stronger.

• Yucheng explained that lifting the Sakoku Decree would require confronting the Raiden Shogun, and that changing her mind meant reaching Raiden Ei in the Plane of Euthymia.
• Paimon invited Yucheng to travel with them to Inazuma, but he said he would consider it if the decrees were lifted and challenged them to find a reason to persuade him.
• Lumine and Paimon stayed in Liyue while they waited for the Crux Fleet, and Zhongli resumed sending his expenses to Hu Tao.
• Yucheng trained daily with three Shadow Clones to increase his chakra reserves and extraction speed.
• Yucheng wondered what other abilities could improve his strength and suddenly remembered another source of a ninja’s power.

Yucheng used Kamui to reach Nantianmen and entered the sealed space beneath the Dragon-Queller Tree, intending to subdue Azhdaha as his summoning beast. He found the enormous Geo dragon and provoked him with a blunt remark, leaving Azhdaha furious and ready to confront him.

• Yucheng arrived at Nantianmen using Kamui and identified the Dragon-Queller Tree as the place where Azhdaha was sealed.
• Yucheng reflected on Azhdaha's history and decided to make the Geo dragon his summoning beast.
• Yucheng found no entrance beneath the tree and used Kamui to travel directly into the space below it.
• Azhdaha woke when Yucheng appeared before him and saw the intruder standing nearby.
• Yucheng exclaimed that Azhdaha was fat, prompting the dragon to rise angrily and warn him not to overstep his bounds.

Yucheng confronted Azhdaha beneath the Dragon-Queller Tree and endured his elemental attacks without being harmed, then challenged him about his past. Azhdaha tried to recruit Yucheng to free him, but Yucheng revealed he knew the history of Azhdaha’s sealing, which Azhdaha denied.

• Azhdaha attacked Yucheng with lightning and then a barrage of elemental powers, but Yucheng remained unharmed.
• Mountain Shaper sensed the seal weakening and hurried to reinforce it as Azhdaha’s attacks shook the area.
• Azhdaha flew into a rage when Yucheng mentioned Morax, then tried to persuade him to break the seal by promising to grant his wishes.
• Yucheng’s spatial ability led Azhdaha to suspect he was the shade representing space, but Yucheng said he was a purebred human.
• Yucheng recounted how mining damaged the ley lines, Erosion drove Azhdaha to attack The Chasm, and Rex Lapis and three adepti sealed him; Azhdaha called the account nonsense.

Yucheng offered Azhdaha freedom in exchange for signing a Summoning Scroll, and Azhdaha accepted, becoming Yucheng’s summon. Azhdaha vanished from his seal, leaving Mountain Shaper and Zhongli with an ominous premonition.

• Yucheng told Azhdaha that erosion had damaged his memories and offered to free him if he served as Yucheng’s summon.
• Yucheng used spatial power to send Azhdaha a Summoning Scroll and explained that signing it would let Yucheng summon him to fight.
• Azhdaha hesitated over the contract, then agreed when Yucheng started to leave.
• Azhdaha shrank, wrote his name in his blood, and formed a bond with Yucheng; the system rewarded Yucheng with five Chakra Nature Transformations.
• Yucheng vanished, and Azhdaha was suddenly summoned away from the seal as Mountain Shaper and Zhongli sensed something ominous.

Uchiha Yucheng confined Azhdaha in his Kamui Dimension and warned him not to endanger Liyue, while allowing him to seek revenge on Morax without harming civilians. At the Dragon-Queller Tree, Rex Lapis and the adepti found Azhdaha missing, and Cloud Retainer demanded an explanation from Mountain Shaper.

• Azhdaha discovered that Yucheng’s Kamui Dimension had no ley lines or elemental energy to replenish his strength.
• Yucheng explained that he could summon Azhdaha back into the dimension and would keep him confined if he caused trouble in Teyvat.
• Azhdaha learned that Morax had relinquished his position as Geo Archon and was living in Liyue as an ordinary human, but Yucheng refused to reveal his whereabouts.
• Yucheng warned Azhdaha not to harm Liyue to force Morax to appear, and Azhdaha acknowledged him and asked his name.
• Rex Lapis gathered the adepti, Ganyu, and Madame Ping beneath the Dragon-Queller Tree, where they found Azhdaha gone.
• Cloud Retainer confronted Mountain Shaper about failing to notice that Azhdaha had escaped.

After Azhdaha vanished from his intact seal, Zhongli sent the Adepti to search Liyue and arranged an evacuation near Chaiqiao Valley and The Chasm. He suspected a spatial power had freed Azhdaha, while the person responsible worried about caring for the now-shrunken dragon.

• Rex Lapis confirmed that Azhdaha had disappeared even though Mountain Shaper's seal and the dragon-quelling stone pillars remained intact.
• Mountain Shaper recounted Azhdaha's prolonged attacks on the barrier before his sudden disappearance, and Rex Lapis summoned his old subordinates to search for him.
• Rex Lapis ordered Cloud Retainer, Mountain Shaper, Moon Carver, and Xiao to search Liyue, while A Ping and Ganyu searched Liyue Harbor and notified the Liyue Qixing.
• Zhongli detected traces of spatial power at the seal, suspected a deity in Celestia had freed Azhdaha, and went to Chaiqiao Valley to await him.
• Ningguang ordered residents near The Chasm and Chaiqiao Valley to evacuate, but rumors linked the supposed plague to the Dark Calamity and caused panic.
• The person who had caused the situation sat at home worrying about how to care for the still-oversized, shrunken Azhdaha.

Yucheng used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to train Azhdaha in an illusion, but struggled to make the dragon respect humans and Liyue’s rules. He turned the illusion into a series of battles with Morax, and after balancing their strength, began trying to sway Azhdaha’s heart.

• Yucheng arranged lessons to teach Azhdaha how to behave in Liyue, but Azhdaha refused to become smaller or show humans respect.
• Yucheng trapped Azhdaha in a genjutsu, where the dragon repeatedly destroyed parts of Liyue and caused countless casualties, then sent him to the Kamui Dimension when he denied his actions were excessive.
• Yucheng realized Azhdaha’s resentment toward Morax might be behind his anger and created an illusion in which the two confronted each other.
• Azhdaha enjoyed defeating Morax in the illusion, but Yucheng strengthened Morax the next day, and Morax beat Azhdaha and broke off one of his horns.
• Yucheng made Morax evenly matched with Azhdaha for their third battle, which lasted three days before Yucheng took control of Morax and began trying to sway Azhdaha’s heart.