Chapter Summaries

Yucheng used an illusion to restore Azhdaha’s memories and resolve his resentment toward Morax, but a powerful aura from The Chasm sent them rushing to support him. As Rex Lapis prepared for battle in his divine armor, the Adepti gathered behind him, leaving his retirement at risk.

• Yucheng used memories of Azhdaha’s contract with Morax to help Azhdaha remember that he had broken it and willingly accepted his sealing.
• Azhdaha made peace with the past and agreed to meet Morax, while Yucheng warned he would confine him if he lost control again.
• A powerful aura swept across Liyue, and Azhdaha recognized it as Morax’s and offered to carry Yucheng to The Chasm to help him.
• During the ten-day search for Azhdaha, Liyue Harbor arrested numerous criminals and spies, while Zhongli waited at Chaiqiao Valley with the Adepti.
• Zhongli put on Menogias’s battle robe, took up the Vortex Vanquisher, and revealed himself as Rex Lapis before the gathered Adepti.

Rex Lapis gathered the adepti at Chaiqiao Valley to confront Azhdaha, but Azhdaha arrived with Yucheng and had regained his memories. Yucheng argued that Azhdaha had already served his punishment, leaving Rex Lapis to consider whether the old contract still justified sealing him again.

• Rex Lapis unleashed his aura to lure Azhdaha to Chaiqiao Valley, drawing the attention of the youth in Angel's Share and the Raiden Shogun.
• Azhdaha arrived with Yucheng on his back, and Rex Lapis and the adepti prepared to fight them.
• Rex Lapis accused Yucheng of releasing Azhdaha, and Yucheng and Azhdaha defended themselves against the pressure from the assembled fighters.
• Azhdaha told Morax that he had regained his memories with Yucheng's help, astonishing the adepti.
• Yucheng argued that Azhdaha had honored the contract for a thousand years and already endured a thousand years of sealing, while Rex Lapis insisted that a contract was a contract.

Yucheng used Zhongli’s retirement to force him to acknowledge the loophole in his contract with Azhdaha, and the confrontation ended peacefully. Zhongli and Azhdaha agreed to travel together, while Ningguang tightened mining restrictions and raised Liyue’s ore profits; Hu Tao wondered why Zhongli had been gone for ten days.

• Yucheng argued that Zhongli’s appearance could violate the public belief that he had died and undermine his retirement, so Zhongli declared Azhdaha’s punishment complete and the old contract void.
• Zhongli invited Azhdaha to travel with him and help him adjust to mortal life, and Azhdaha agreed.
• The Adepti and Liyue Qixing welcomed the peaceful resolution, and the Qixing planned to blame recent disruptions on arrested lawbreakers.
• Ningguang restricted mining and capped annual ore production to protect Liyue’s resources and encourage new industries, causing ore prices and mineral revenues to rise.
• Yucheng accepted Azhdaha’s departure because their Summoning Contract let him call Azhdaha whenever needed.
• At Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Hu Tao sneezed, wondered whether Zhongli was in trouble after being gone for ten days, and decided to visit Bubu Pharmacy to bury Qiqi.

Azhdaha took the name Zhongyuan and joined the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor as a consultant. Ningguang announced the Jade Chamber’s reconstruction and offered a reward for finding three rare materials, sending the Traveler and Paimon to investigate.

• Zhongli introduced Azhdaha, under the name Zhongyuan, as his younger brother, and Hu Tao hired him as a consultant at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
• Ningguang announced that the Jade Chamber would be rebuilt, though the site, materials, and craftsmen had already been arranged.
• Ningguang named the three remaining materials—the Mingxia Floating Life Stone, the Myriad Mechanics Core, and the Adeptal Talisman—and promised the first three successful finders an answer to any question.
• The Traveler and Paimon accepted Ningguang’s challenge and learned where the reconstruction site was and who was in charge.
• The Traveler and Paimon noticed two men following a tall, white-haired woman as she left Yujing Terrace.

Lumine and Paimon met Shenhe, helped her find food, and learned that Yucheng owned a Mingxia Floating Life Stone valuable enough to win Ningguang’s Jade Chamber competition. Shenhe led them to Yucheng’s adeptus abode, where they found him training with clones, and the chapter ended as he greeted them.

• Shenhe knocked out two thugs who tried to force her to buy information, and Lumine and Paimon introduced themselves after a Millelith soldier took the men away.
• Paimon took Shenhe to Bubu Pharmacy, where Shenhe ate medicinal herbs, then learned that Shenhe had seen a Mingxia Floating Life Stone consigned to the Feiyun Commerce Guild.
• Xingqiu told Lumine and Paimon that Yucheng owned the guild’s enormous Mingxia Floating Life Stone, which could fetch over one billion Mora and help win the competition.
• Shenhe led Lumine and Paimon to Yucheng’s home in an abandoned adeptus abode on Mt. Tianheng, explaining that his stone had come from there.
• Lumine, Paimon, and Shenhe found three identical Yuchengs meditating; Yucheng dismissed the clones, explained them away as ninjutsu, and greeted the visitors.

Lumine, Paimon, and Yucheng discussed the items Ningguang needed to rebuild the Jade Chamber, then went to Han Feng's Ironmongers to seek the Myriad Mechanics Core. There they met Beidou and Yun Jin, who were also looking into the core.

• Yucheng explained that Ningguang would pay two hundred million Mora for the Mingxia Floating Life Stone and let its buyer ask her a question.
• Yucheng directed the group to Master Zhang at Han Feng's Ironmongers for the Myriad Mechanics Core, while Shenhe offered to prepare the Adeptal Talisman.
• Shenhe revealed that Cloud Retainer was her master and had sent her to deliver a talisman to Ningguang as a trial.
• Yucheng accompanied Lumine, Paimon, and Shenhe to Han Feng's Ironmongers after Shenhe secretly tugged at his clothes.
• Paimon asked Master Zhang about the Myriad Mechanics Core and learned that Beidou and Yun Jin had arrived before them.

Lumine, Yucheng, and their companions searched for materials for Ningguang’s Jade Chamber competition, while Yun Jin’s opera about the Divine Damsel stirred memories for Shenhe. At the ruined village near Mt. Tianheng, Shenhe reunited with Uncle Mingjun and quietly asked Yucheng to stay with her.

• Yun Jin joined the group after Zhongli praised her, and they agreed to work together in Ningguang’s competition to gather materials for the Jade Chamber.
• Master Zhang explained that a Myriad Mechanics Core required shattered star iron ore and mystic jade, so the group split up to seek materials and information.
• On the way to Mt. Tianheng, Yun Jin described her opera, The Divine Damsel of Devastation, and Shenhe said its heroine did not deserve the praise she received.
• Lumine and the others gathered shattered star iron ore, then went to an abandoned village to search for records about mystic jade.
• Shenhe recognized the old man at the ruined village as Uncle Mingjun, who revealed that the village’s records might still be there.
• As the group went to search, Shenhe caught Yucheng’s sleeve to ask him to remain with her.

Mingjun apologized to Shenhe for her father's past and entrusted her to Yucheng, who confessed his feelings; Shenhe accepted and became his girlfriend. The group uncovered the truth behind Shenhe's past, found the mystic jade at dusk, and brought it to Master Zhang.

• Mingjun apologized to Shenhe for failing to stop her father and thanked Yucheng for looking after her.
• Yucheng confessed to Shenhe, and Shenhe accepted his proposal to become his girlfriend.
• Yun Jin learned from the village records that Shenhe's father had forced her to face the monster and decided to revise her opera.
• Shenhe told Yun Jin she liked the opera's version and hoped to protect others as its heroine did.
• Paimon urged the group to continue their search, and they found the mystic jade in a lake south of Mt. Tianheng.
• The group returned to Han Feng's Ironmongers and gave the ore to Master Zhang.

Yucheng and his companions completed the items needed to rebuild the Jade Chamber, and Ningguang fulfilled her promises after the competition. After learning that Yucheng’s Mingxia Floating Life Stone had sold for 1.28 billion Mora, the group celebrated at Liuli Pavilion, where Beidou asked whether Lumine and Paimon wanted to go to Inazuma.

• Shenhe drew the Adeptal Talisman while Master Zhang forged the Myriad Mechanics Core, completing the key materials needed to rebuild the Jade Chamber.
• Baiwen announced the competition’s top three, and Yucheng learned that ten merchants had jointly bought his Mingxia Floating Life Stone for 1.28 billion Mora.
• Ningguang offered the Jade Chamber as the venue for Yun Jin’s new opera, told Lumine she did not know her brother’s whereabouts, and offered Lumine and Paimon future work.
• Yucheng invited everyone to celebrate at Liuli Pavilion, where Paimon, Lumine, Shenhe, Beidou, and Yun Jin joined him for a lively feast.
• After the meal, Beidou asked Lumine and Paimon whether they wanted to go to Inazuma.

The Traveler and Paimon arranged to sail to Inazuma with Beidou, agreeing to enter her Crux Clash Tournament for passage. Beidou persuaded Yucheng to join them, and after his system assigned him a quest to end Inazuma’s isolation and make Raiden Ei admit she was wrong, Yucheng agreed to go.

• The Traveler told Beidou that he and Paimon needed to reach Inazuma despite the Sakoku Decree and dangerous storms, and Beidou agreed to take them if they entered her Crux Clash Tournament.
• Beidou explained that the tournament’s prize was a masterless Vision belonging to Kaedehara Kazuha’s deceased friend, and described how Kazuha had fled Inazuma after losing a Duel Before the Throne.
• Beidou invited Yucheng to join the voyage, arguing that he could help abolish the Vision Hunt and Sakoku Decrees and return to his homeland.
• Yucheng’s system assigned him a quest to end Inazuma’s isolation and make Raiden Ei admit aloud that her understanding of eternity was mistaken, with Hashirama Cells as the reward.
• Yucheng considered the danger and his reluctance to leave Shenhe, then accepted Beidou’s invitation after seeing her encouragement.

As the Crux Clash Tournament approached, Yucheng reassured Shenhe about his dangerous journey to Inazuma and demonstrated his Sharingan’s abilities. The tournament then began amid widespread excitement, drawing more than two hundred martial artists to compete for fame and a masterless Vision.

• Beidou said the fleet could set sail for Inazuma in a little under half a month after the tournament and restocking, while Lumine and Paimon began training and Yun Jin returned to prepare her opera performances.
• Yucheng took Shenhe’s hand on their walk home and asked why she had not questioned his trip to Inazuma; Shenhe said she did not want him to leave but understood his wish to help his country.
• Yucheng demonstrated his Kamui ability, showing Shenhe that his evolved Sharingan could transport him through space and make him intangible, which reassured her.
• Yucheng and Shenhe spent the following days sightseeing, enjoying Liyue’s food and entertainment together, while his Shadow Clone stayed home to meditate and train.
• The Crux Clash Tournament began as the Jade Chamber’s reconstruction continued, and publicity about Lumine’s participation and the masterless Vision prize drew crowds and more than two hundred martial artists.

Lumine won Beidou’s tournament, but Kazuha’s friend’s masterless Vision remained inactive, and the Crux Fleet prepared to take Yucheng, Lumine, and Paimon to Inazuma. As the fleet set sail, Beidou explained that the trio would travel to Ritou, where a business partner awaited them.

• Yucheng and Shenhe watched Lumine win the tournament, but her victory did not awaken the masterless Vision, disappointing Kazuha.
• As departure approached, Shenhe urged Yucheng not to abandon his mission in Inazuma and promised him a reward if he succeeded.
• Yucheng boarded the Crux flagship, The Alcor, and Lumine and Paimon joined him before Beidou ordered the fleet to set sail.
• Beidou said the fleet would deliver supplies to the Watatsumi Island resistance, then send the trio to Ritou by small boat.
• The fleet headed for Inazuma, where Beidou planned for the trio to meet a business partner among the foreign merchants organized in Ritou’s International Trade Association.

Yucheng and his companions reached Inazuma with the Crux Fleet and faced the Sakoku Decree’s identity checks at Ritou. Yucheng passed himself off as a returning villager and won the officials over by bringing copies of the eagerly awaited second volume of Record of Sinking Autumn's Sword.

• Beidou brought the Crux Fleet through the storm to Ritou without losses, though the voyage took an extra day.
• Thoma met Beidou and her companions, then explained that he had prepared entry documents only for the Traveler and Paimon.
• At the inspection station, Yucheng claimed he was a returning resident of Higi Village and said the village had been destroyed in the war.
• Yucheng presented four copies of Record of Sinking Autumn's Sword, Volume Two, and a letter addressed to Yae Publishing House for inspection.
• The officials recognized the book and celebrated Yucheng as a hero for bringing Zhenyu's long-awaited continuation to Inazuma.

Yucheng sold three copies of Zhenyu’s novel to Hiiragi Shinsuke for ten million Mora, but grew suspicious that Shinsuke planned to print pirated copies. He hurried toward Yae Publishing House while Lumine, Paimon, and Thoma stayed behind to seek another way to Narukami Island.

• Hiiragi Shinsuke arrived at Ritou’s inspection station and eagerly examined the second volume of Zhenyu’s novel, then tried to secure printing rights from Yucheng.
• Yucheng asked Hiiragi Shinsuke to arrange travel permits for Lumine and Paimon, but Shinsuke refused to make an exception to the Sakoku Decree.
• After Paimon and Lumine agreed, Yucheng sold three copies to Hiiragi Shinsuke for ten million Mora.
• Thoma offered to use his connections to introduce Lumine and Paimon to the Raiden Shogun, provided they helped solve other people’s problems first.
• Yucheng suspected Hiiragi Shinsuke had bought the books to print pirated copies ahead of Yae Publishing House, so he left for Narukami Island to deliver the remaining book and letter.
• Lumine and Paimon stayed in Ritou with Thoma to find their own way to Narukami Island.

Shenhe returned to Mt. Aocang and told Cloud Retainer, Moon Carver, and Mountain Shaper that she loved Yucheng and was already in a relationship with him. The furious adepti decided to wait for Yucheng at Liyue Harbor when he returned from Inazuma, while Cloud Retainer planned to convince Shenhe to forget him.

• Cloud Retainer welcomed Shenhe back to Mt. Aocang and showed her the Divine Cooking Machine she had invented.
• Shenhe revealed that she loved Yucheng, and Cloud Retainer and Mountain Shaper reacted with outrage.
• Shenhe told her masters that she and Yucheng had already gotten together on the second day of her trip down the mountain.
• Moon Carver divined that Yucheng would continue attracting other women, prompting all three adepti to condemn him.
• Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper flew to Liyue Harbor to wait for Yucheng's return, while Cloud Retainer resolved to persuade Shenhe to forget him and summon Ganyu to help.

Yucheng considered how to expose the Tri-Commission’s actions to Raiden Ei and break Inazuma’s political deadlock. After delivering Zhenyu’s manuscript and letter to Yae Publishing House, he secured an introduction to Yae Miko.

• Yucheng reasoned that the Tri-Commission had betrayed Raiden Ei and that official proposals to abolish the Vision Hunt Decree could not get past the majority vote.
• Yucheng decided to use an unofficial route to show Raiden Ei what was happening in Inazuma under her rule.
• Yucheng brought the second volume of "Record of Sinking Autumn's Sword" and Zhenyu’s letter to editor Kuroda at Yae Publishing House.
• Kuroda and the staff reacted with alarm when Yucheng told them about Hiiragi Shinsuke’s actions on Ritou and his suspicions about the Kanjou Commission.
• Kuroda agreed to write Yucheng a letter of introduction so he could meet Yae Miko at the Grand Narukami Shrine.

Yucheng visited the Grand Narukami Shrine and won Yae Miko’s attention with fresh fried tofu and his knowledge of Inazuma’s history. He revealed that he meant Raiden Ei, not the Shogun puppet, and asked Yae Miko to help end the Vision Hunt and Sakoku Decrees.

• Yucheng arrived at the Grand Narukami Shrine with a letter of introduction from Yae Publishing House and waited for Yae Miko.
• Yae Miko greeted Yucheng, teased him about his fame, and discussed the Electro Archon’s strike against Orobashi.
• Yucheng presented Yae Miko with fresh fried tofu from Uyuu Restaurant, and she agreed to hear his request.
• Yucheng said he was interested in Raiden Ei, prompting Yae Miko to become wary and ask how he knew about her.
• Yucheng asked Yae Miko to help persuade the Electro Archon to lift the Vision Hunt Decree and the Sakoku Decree.

Yucheng persuaded Yae Miko to cooperate with him to repeal Inazuma’s Vision Hunt and Sakoku Decrees, and she agreed in hopes of reaching Raiden Ei. After Yae Miko struck him with lightning over drinking from her teacup, Yucheng fled to the Kamisato Clan Estate.

• Yucheng argued that the Tri-Commission’s policies were eroding faith in Raiden Ei and asked Yae Miko to help change Inazuma.
• Yae Miko explained that reaching Raiden Ei required entering her Plane of Euthymia, which even she could not access, and Yucheng implied he had a way in.
• Yae Miko agreed to cooperate with Yucheng, and they shook hands.
• Yucheng told Yae Miko he had already drunk from her teacup, so she attacked him with lightning and ordered the shrine maidens to notify her if he returned.
• Yucheng deployed his Wind Glider after leaping from Mt. Yougou and landed at the Kamisato Clan Estate.

Uchiha Yucheng trespassed into the Kamisato estate and met Kamisato Ayaka, who recognized him as a potential ally and hosted him after an awkward interruption to her training. During their tea meeting, Yucheng confronted Ayaka with detailed claims about the Yashiro Commission’s secret resistance to the Vision Hunt Decree, leaving her shocked.

• Kamisato Ayaka finished her sword practice and wondered when Thoma would return from Ritou.
• Uchiha Yucheng appeared inside the estate, and Ayaka attacked him before his strange ability let her strike pass through him.
• Yucheng identified himself, and Ayaka recognized him as a prominent figure from Liyue and a candidate the Kamisato Clan had considered.
• Ayaka realized her soaked training clothes had become see-through, changed, and later served Yucheng tea in a tearoom.
• Yucheng questioned Ayaka about the Yashiro Commission helping Vision bearers reach Watatsumi Island and support the resistance, and Ayaka reacted with shock.

Yucheng persuaded Ayaka to reveal the Yashiro Commission’s opposition to the Vision Hunt Decree and its need for outside help. He asked the Commission to prepare reports documenting Inazuma’s decline, and Ayaka thanked him for helping the people of Inazuma.

• Ayaka considered whether the Kamisato Clan could kill Yucheng to protect itself, but stopped when he began to leave and claimed Yae had directed him to seek the Yashiro Commission’s help.
• Ayaka admitted that the Yashiro Commission opposed the Vision Hunt Decree and that Kamisato Ayato’s attempts to abolish it had been rejected by the other two commissions.
• Yucheng said the Fatui had bought off the Tenryou and Kanjou Commissions, while Ayaka explained that she had arranged for Thoma to contact him and the Traveler.
• Yucheng asked the Yashiro Commission to prepare reports on Inazuma’s worsening conditions without including recommendations, and Ayaka agreed to deliver them to Komore Teahouse.
• Ayaka gave Yucheng an invitation to Komore Teahouse, then knelt and thanked him on behalf of herself, her brother, and the Kamisato Clan.