Recaps

After the Fatui group spoke with Lumine and Venti in Mondstadt, they departed with the Anemo Gnosis, leaving Odette privately troubled by the woman who had taken it. Venti told Lumine to travel south to Liyue, where Rex Lapis’s Rite of Descension was approaching.

• Lumine questioned Varesa, who introduced herself as a singer and principal soprano of the Snezhnayan Korolevsky Troupe and gave Lumine a ticket to her performances.
• Varesa revealed that Bai You was her girlfriend, while Columbina and Sandrone reacted to the couple’s affection.
• Venti played his lyre, and Lumine relaxed her grip on her sword while warning the group she would keep watching them.
• Odette recalled her childhood training and silently dwelled on the woman who had taken the Anemo Gnosis before leaving with Columbina, Sandrone, Varesa, and Bai You.
• Venti told Lumine they could not pursue the group and advised her to head to Liyue for Rex Lapis’s upcoming Rite of Descension.

Venti told Lumine that she could seek answers about her sibling from Rex Lapis at Liyue’s Rite of Descension, and Lumine set off for Liyue with Paimon. Varesa then promised to take Bai You to a hidden, tea-scented lake in Chenyu Vale when they reached Liyue.

• Venti explained that Rex Lapis might know about Lumine’s sibling and described the upcoming Rite of Descension in Liyue.
• Lumine agreed to travel to Liyue with Paimon, while Venti warned them that people from Snezhnaya might be heading there.
• Varesa overheard Lumine and Venti discussing Liyue and asked Bai You whether she had heard of it.
• Varesa told Bai You about a hidden lake in Chenyu Vale whose water tasted of tea after she accidentally swam there from Fontaine.
• Varesa promised to take Bai You to the lake so they could drink from it together.

Varesa agreed to take Bai You to Liyue after they saw Odette and the others off, while Odette resolved to return to Snezhnaya and resume training. Sandrone and Columbina decided to look for Rosalyne before choosing their next steps.

• The group bought bread in Mondstadt, and Odette reluctantly ate after her stomach growled.
• Varesa promised to travel to Liyue with Bai You, who asked to visit Chenyu Vale first and rested beside her.
• Odette thought about Rosalyne, decided to return to Snezhnaya, and resumed practicing despite her weakened wrist.
• Columbina asked Sandrone to help find Rosalyne, who had not reported back after obtaining the Anemo Gnosis.
• Sandrone and Columbina discussed their duties and agreed to search for Rosalyne before deciding what to do next.

Sandrone and Columbina found Rosalyne in a cottage outside Mondstadt and asked about her plans after obtaining the Anemo Gnosis. Rosalyne said she was waiting for someone, and the chapter ended as she questioned why Sandrone and Columbina were returning to Snezhnaya without Bai You.

• Columbina used her Lunar Authority to guide Sandrone to Rosalyne's cottage northwest of Mondstadt.
• Sandrone and Columbina found tea prepared for three, and Rosalyne came out to join them.
• Rosalyne said she planned to return to Snezhnaya with the Anemo Gnosis after handling some loose ends in Mondstadt.
• Sandrone guessed Rosalyne was waiting for Odette, and Columbina said she and Sandrone were also going back to Snezhnaya.
• Rosalyne asked about Bai You and why Sandrone and Columbina were not returning with him.

Sandrone and Columbina learned that Rosalyne, Odette, and they would return to Snezhnaya together, while Bai You and Varesa headed to Liyue. After Columbina explained Rosalyne’s real intent behind giving Odette the Burning Amber, they told Odette about the departure, leaving her quietly absorbing the news.

• Sandrone said Bai You and Varesa were going to Liyue, while she, Columbina, Rosalyne, and Odette would return to Snezhnaya the next morning.
• Rosalyne asked Columbina to tell Odette to meet them at the city gate, saying she had things she wanted to tell her.
• Columbina explained to Sandrone that Odette misunderstood Rosalyne’s strict training and believed the Burning Amber was meant to control her, though it was actually a way to give her freedom.
• Sandrone and Columbina visited Odette and told her Rosalyne had decided to return to Snezhnaya with them.
• Odette asked whether Rosalyne was truly going back and whether she had sent them to tell her, then quietly accepted the news.

Varesa prepared a steaming bath for Bai You, then filled it with ingredients until it resembled a pot of fish soup. The chapter ended with Varesa admitting she was making fish soup.

• Varesa had hotel staff fill a large wooden tub with hot water.
• Bai You climbed into the tub, and her legs transformed into a fish tail.
• Varesa added flower petals, milk, honey, ginger, salt, and goji berries to Bai You's bath.
• Varesa placed a scallion on the tub's rim and told Bai You she was making fish soup.

Varesa and Bai You shared a teasing, affectionate bath that turned intimate as they clung to each other in the hot water. Bai You later woke in Varesa’s arms after the tub had gone cold, with Varesa asleep beside her.

• Varesa added pine resin balm to the bath and watched Bai You soak while teasing her about being fish soup.
• Varesa joined Bai You in the tub, and their turquoise tails rested together beneath the water.
• Varesa teased Bai You that the fish soup was ready, and Bai You splashed her before finally clinging to her.
• Varesa held Bai You close and whispered that she should cling to her for a lifetime, then drew her into her arms as the steam filled the bathroom.
• Bai You later woke against Varesa’s warm embrace and found Varesa asleep while the bathwater had gone cold.

Columbina, Sandrone, and Odette told Bai You and Varesa they would return to Snezhnaya the next day, while Bai You and Varesa planned to travel to Liyue. After sharing a farewell meal in Mondstadt, the five women headed to Angel's Share for drinks.

• Columbina told Varesa that she, Sandrone, and Odette would leave for Snezhnaya the next day, while Varesa planned to accompany Bai You to Liyue.
• Bai You agreed to let Columbina take the Star-Rubbing Vessel, and Columbina advised Bai You to seek help from Tartaglia in Liyue if needed.
• Sandrone suggested a farewell meal, and the five women ate together at the Good Hunter Restaurant.
• Columbina and the others discussed Liyue food while Sandrone asked Odette whether she had finished packing.
• After dinner, Varesa suggested farewell drinks, Bai You agreed, and the five women entered Angel's Share.

Diluc welcomed Columbina, Varesa, Bai You, Sandrone, and Odette to Angel’s Share and served them drinks for their farewell gathering. Bai You got drunk after two glasses of Windblume, leaving Varesa and Columbina to realize how little alcohol she could handle.

• Diluc greeted the five visitors and opened a rare bottle of Dawn Winery wine to honor his promise to them.
• Diluc made Bai You a low-alcohol Windblume because she had never drunk alcohol before.
• Varesa proposed a farewell toast, and the five friends clinked their glasses together.
• Bai You finished her first Windblume and asked for another, then quickly drank the second.
• Varesa noticed Bai You was flushed and disoriented, and Columbina confirmed that Bai You was drunk.

Bai You and her friends drank until all five were drunk, and Varesa led them from Angel’s Share toward their hotel. As they stumbled through Mondstadt, Bai You insisted she was flying.

• Bai You got drunk at Angel’s Share and persuaded Varesa to let her have another drink.
• Odette spoke about her childhood and Rosalyne, while Columbina and Sandrone also became drunk.
• Diluc refused Varesa’s payment and covered the group’s drinks.
• Varesa and the others helped one another out of the tavern and began walking through Mondstadt toward the hotel.
• Bai You leaned on Varesa and said she thought she was flying.

Varesa cared for the drunk Bai You at the hotel, and they spent the night together. The next morning, Bai You woke with a hangover and remembered that the day had come for them to part.

• Varesa carried Bai You to her room, helped her wash and change, and put her to bed.
• Varesa moved closer to Bai You, who drunkenly objected that they had already been intimate that afternoon, but soon fell asleep in Varesa's arms.
• Varesa covered Bai You with a blanket and kissed her temple before they spent the night together.
• Bai You woke with a headache in Varesa's arms, and Varesa gave her warm water.
• Bai You asked what time it was and realized it was the day they were supposed to part.

Columbina gave Bai You and Varesa handmade moon-spirit charms before leaving Mondstadt with Sandrone and Odette. At Port of Dornman, Odette and Rosalyne met again, but neither spoke.

• Columbina wove two moon-spirit charms as keepsakes while thinking about leaving the Fatui and Snezhnaya.
• Columbina gave the charms to Bai You and Varesa, and the five friends embraced before Columbina, Sandrone, and Odette departed.
• Bai You and Varesa watched them leave, and Varesa offered to explore Mondstadt with Bai You.
• Columbina, Sandrone, and Odette reached Port of Dornman, where Rosalyne was waiting.
• Odette stopped before Rosalyne, then lowered her eyes and bowed without speaking.

As the Star Raft left Port of Dornman, Odette and Rosalyne remained apart despite both wanting to speak. Later, Columbina revealed that Rosalyne had secretly attended Odette’s performance, easing Odette’s resentment as the group continued toward Inazuma.

• Rosalyne boarded the Star Raft without speaking to Odette, and Odette watched Port of Dornman recede while Rosalyne watched her from the upper deck.
• Columbina and Sandrone asked Odette to see the Burning Amber, and Columbina recognized the Fire of Two Worlds within it.
• Columbina told Odette that Rosalyne had attended her performance despite Odette saying Rosalyne did not deserve to watch her dance.
• Odette asked why Rosalyne had not approached her, and Columbina said Rosalyne had not dared to speak and that the Burning Amber was not meant to watch or hurt her.
• Columbina and Sandrone left Odette with the Burning Amber, and Odette felt some of her resentment begin to loosen.

On her last night in Mondstadt, Bai You remembered her neglected system and discovered that it had used forty chapters of saved check-in rewards to enhance her Seven-Element Talent to its utmost limit. The new power let her draw directly on Light Realm Power, and the chapter ended with Bai You wondering whether she was now invincible in Teyvat.

• Bai You stayed at the Goth Grand Hotel with Varesa and reflected on their friends leaving and their planned journey to Liyue.
• Bai You remembered the system and called out to it for the first time in forty chapters.
• The system revealed it had saved Bai You's check-in rewards and invested them all in her Seven-Element Talent: Primordial Body.
• The system announced that the talent had reached its utmost limit, allowing Bai You to draw directly on Light Realm Power.
• Bai You realized the scale of her new ability and wondered whether she was now invincible in Teyvat.

The system explained that Bai You had gained authority over the Light Realm’s source, but could currently wield only Archon Level power. Bai You fell asleep in Varesa’s arms, unaware that the returned Light Realm Power’s aura had escaped her control.

• The system told Bai You that her new authority and potential did not make her invincible, since she could wield only a limited amount of power.
• The system rated Bai You’s usable power as Archon Level and said it would overwhelm most of the trouble she would face.
• Bai You thought of Rerir and Solitice’s tragic story and resolved to protect Varesa and eventually share her secrets with her.
• Varesa sleepily pulled Bai You closer, and Bai You fell asleep in her arms.
• The Light Realm Power’s aura slipped out of Bai You as soon as it returned to its place inside her body.

A sudden flare of primordial power in Mondstadt disturbed Dvalin and drew Venti’s attention. Azhdaha sensed the same power beneath the Chasm and recognized it as the awakening of the king, though still far too green.

• Dvalin abruptly grew agitated in Stormterror’s Lair, and Venti calmed him with a gentle wind.
• Dvalin indicated that the disturbance came from Mondstadt, so Venti traced its lingering power to the Goth Grand Hotel.
• Venti recognized the trace as primordial power and wondered how the little girl’s strength had risen so sharply overnight.
• Azhdaha awoke beneath the Dragon-Queller, sensed the source of the Light Realm, and declared that the king had awakened.
• Azhdaha’s seals pressed him back into stillness, and he concluded that the king was still far too green.

Apep and Neuvillette sensed a faint awakening of the primordial king’s authority, while Bai You and Varesa left Mondstadt and traveled south into Liyue. They reached Wangshu Inn at Dihua Marsh, where Bai You studied the menu and asked about almond tofu.

• Apep sensed the primordial’s return and wondered what the newborn king would do to the world.
• Neuvillette recognized the faint authority of the elemental dragon sovereigns’ king and bowed toward its distant source.
• Bai You woke beside Varesa, and the two packed their belongings, left Mondstadt, and set out for Liyue.
• At Stone Gate, Varesa told the tax clerk they were travelers from Snezhnaya, and a Millelith soldier mentioned the upcoming Rite of Descension.
• Bai You and Varesa traveled with Boss Wu’s merchant group through Dihua Marsh and arrived at Wangshu Inn.
• Varesa booked the inn’s last room, and Bai You asked whether almond tofu was its specialty.

Bai You and Varesa spent the evening at an inn in Liyue, where Bai You glimpsed Xiao on the roof. Meanwhile, Lumine and Paimon camped on Dragonspine after Lumine took a wrong turn, and Lumine promised they would reach Liyue the next day.

• The inn proprietress explained that the almond tofu was prepared for a regular guest, and Bai You recognized the absent guest as Xiao.
• Bai You and Varesa ate dinner as other guests discussed the upcoming ceremony in Liyue Harbor.
• Bai You glimpsed a teal figure on the inn roof and realized it was Xiao before he vanished.
• On Dragonspine, Paimon complained that Lumine had led them onto the snowy mountain instead of south toward Liyue.
• Lumine promised Paimon they would descend the mountain and reach Liyue the next day, then added wood to the fire as Paimon fell asleep.

Bai You and Varesa left the inn to travel to Liyue Harbor for the Rite of Descension, swimming through Dihua Marsh and playing together as water nymphs. Xiao spotted them from Wangshu Inn, sensed no evil from them, and left without confronting them.

• Bai You watched travelers head toward Liyue Harbor, and Varesa invited her to see the Rite of Descension.
• Varesa led Bai You into a reed bed and suggested they swim south through the waterways toward Liyue Harbor.
• Bai You and Varesa transformed their legs into fish tails, chased each other underwater, and blew bubbles together.
• Xiao saw the two water nymphs playing in the marsh and recognized Bai You as the girl he had noticed at the inn.
• Xiao sensed that the pair carried no karmic burden or bloodshed, noticed an ancient aura around one of them, and left without approaching them.

Bai You and Varesa reached Liyue Harbor and reunited with Lumine and Paimon, then the four settled into an inn together. That evening, Bai You watched a sugar figurine craftsman and asked him to make one that looked like Varesa.

• Bai You and Varesa left the water at a secluded cove outside Liyue Harbor and encountered Lumine and Paimon, who had arrived from Dragonspine.
• Lumine invited Bai You and Varesa to stay with her and Paimon, and the four headed into Liyue Harbor together.
• Bai You and Varesa learned that Lumine had come to attend the Rite of Descension, which was scheduled for the day after tomorrow.
• The four found an inn, shared a hot lunch, and Lumine and Paimon went to sleep early after their journey.
• Varesa took Bai You to the brightly lit docks that evening and bought her snacks from the stalls.
• Bai You asked a sugar figurine craftsman to make a figurine that looked like Varesa.

Varesa and Bai You shared snacks and watched Liyue opera beside Zhongli, who spoke with Varesa about the differences between Snezhnayan songs and Liyue opera. As “The Divine Damsel of Devastation” began, Bai You was deeply moved by its story of a maiden who defied her fate.

• Varesa and Bai You exchanged sugar figurines, bought food, and went to watch an opera together.
• Bai You recognized Zhongli sitting beside them and realized the Rite of Descension would take place in two days.
• Zhongli spoke with Varesa about her singing and the differences between Snezhnayan songs and Liyue opera.
• The opera told of a maiden chosen as a sacrifice who charged into a cave to fight the evil spirit.
• Varesa comforted Bai You with candied fruit and her robe as Bai You watched the maiden defy fate and felt moved by the performance.

After watching an opera, Bai You and Varesa discussed how its heroine resisted her fate, prompting Zhongli to reflect on the price of contracts and his own long-held bargain with Liyue. As Zhongli left, his blessing reacted strangely to Bai You, revealing to him that she carried power older than the Seven Elements.

• The opera ended, and Varesa told Bai You that its heroine had refused to accept her fate rather than simply waited for the immortals to save her.
• Zhongli agreed with Varesa and said that contracts meant shouldering a price; he added that when his contract ended, he wanted to walk through the mortal world.
• Bai You asked Zhongli what someone should do after carrying a contract so long that they had forgotten why they signed it, and he replied that a contract should not be broken but that its end could bring a new beginning.
• Zhongli wished Bai You and Varesa well and sent them a gentle blessing as Rex Lapis, but the Geo Element was embraced by something within Bai You.
• Zhongli realized Bai You's power was older than the Seven Elements, silently noted that she was no ordinary person, and continued into the crowd.
• Bai You noticed nothing unusual and left with Varesa, who wrapped her arms around her and said the wind was picking up.

Bai You and Varesa spent their first night in Liyue together before joining Lumine and Paimon to watch the Rite of Descension. Rex Lapis descended in dragon form, then crashed onto Yujing Terrace, and Ningguang declared that he had been assassinated and ordered the area sealed off.

• Bai You told Varesa that Zhongli wanted to walk among the people now that his contract had ended, and Varesa comforted her.
• Bai You and Varesa bathed and spent the night together at the inn.
• The next morning, Bai You and Varesa joined Lumine and Paimon on their way to the Rite of Descension at Yujing Terrace.
• Rex Lapis descended in the form of a golden dragon, but something struck him and he crashed onto the terrace.
• Ningguang checked the motionless dragon, announced that Rex Lapis had been assassinated, and ordered the area sealed off.

After Rex Lapis appeared to die, Bai You struggled with the grief around her while Varesa comforted her. The Qixing locked down Yujing Terrace, Lumine fled the Millelith, and Childe intervened to help her before recognizing Bai You.

• Bai You watched the people of Liyue mourn Rex Lapis, and Varesa comforted her.
• Ningguang ordered the Millelith to seal Yujing Terrace and question everyone present.
• Varesa showed the Millelith their papers and explained that she and Bai You were visiting from Snezhnaya.
• The Millelith tried to detain Lumine, so she grabbed Paimon and fled toward a covered walkway.
• Childe raised walls of water to block the Millelith and helped Lumine escape, then recognized Bai You across the crowd.

Childe helped Bai You, Varesa, Lumine, and Paimon escape the Millelith and took them to Northland Bank. He explained that Lumine was being framed as Rex Lapis’s killer and proposed seeking help from the adepti.

• Childe led the group through Liyue Harbor while Bai You subtly slowed their pursuers and sped up their escape.
• After they reached a secluded alley, Childe introduced himself to Lumine as Tartaglia, the Fatui Harbinger known as Childe.
• Childe brought the group to Northland Bank, where a guard recognized Bai You as Lady Twelfth.
• In a private room, Childe warned Lumine that the Qixing could make her the scapegoat for Rex Lapis’s death.
• Childe told Lumine that the adepti had more right than the Qixing to see Rex Lapis and suggested their reaction could help her.