Recaps

Tang Wang, Danika, Linaya, and Ronava defeated the Abyss Herald using coordinated attacks and Ronava’s Elemental Burst, but Danika and Ronava were left badly weakened. A richly dressed young man then revealed himself with a group of monsters and threatened to turn the heroes into new seals.

• Tang Wang restored Danika’s arm with Gang Qi, and Danika rejoined the fight against the Abyss Herald while Tang Wang kept it occupied.
• Linaya helped Ronava unleash an Elemental Burst that empowered Tang Wang’s spear with flames and created a crimson field over Starsnatch Cliff.
• Tang Wang and Danika overwhelmed the Herald’s Cryo shield, and Ronava’s raven attack shattered it before Tang Wang killed the exposed monster.
• Tang Wang treated Danika’s wounds while Linaya and Lumi prepared to heal her, and Ronava remained unconscious from exhaustion.
• A richly dressed young man emerged with a group of black-smoke-trailing monsters and said he would turn the heroes into new seals.
• Tang Wang demanded that the young man explain his plans and offered to spare him if he abandoned the darkness.

Tang Wang defeated the Abyss army at Starsnatch Cliff and forced a Lawrence Clan youth to reveal the plot against Mondstadt. Eula appeared to stop him, but Tang Wang misunderstood her and severed her sword-wielding arm.

• Tang Wang killed the Frostarm Lawachurl and slaughtered the Abyss monsters attacking him.
• Tang Wang captured the Lawrence Clan youth and tortured him into revealing that the Abyss Order, the Lawrence Clan, and the Fatui had created the Four Symbols Seals to corrupt Dvalin and attack Mondstadt.
• The youth explained that killing the Pyro Abyss Lector could purge Dvalin's poisoned blood and admitted that people had been used as expendable test subjects.
• The youth called for Eula to save him, and she asked Tang Wang to let him go as an internal Lawrence Clan matter.
• Tang Wang mistook Eula for the youth's accomplice and severed her right arm.

Tang Wang captured the Lawrence Clan conspirators, shared what he learned with Acting Grand Master Jean, and offered to hunt the last Electro Abyss Lector in exchange for help tracing weapons sold in Mondstadt. After the Knights cleared Eula of wrongdoing, she confronted Tang Wang at Angel's Share, where their exchange drew the tavern’s attention.

• Tang Wang knocked Eula and the young Lawrence Clan man unconscious, and Linaya healed their injuries before the group took them to the Knights of Favonius.
• Tang Wang told Acting Grand Master Jean that Dvalin was a victim, offered to pursue the last Electro Abyss Lector, and asked the Knights to trace the source of weapons entering Mondstadt.
• The Knights determined that the Lawrence Clan man had helped with the plot but that Eula had been wrongly accused, and Eula set out to confront Tang Wang.
• At Angel's Share, Tang Wang explained to Danika why he needed companions despite his combat strength, while Ronava stirred a bubbling drink.
• Eula confronted Tang Wang and demanded an explanation, prompting onlookers to assume he was pursuing her while already dating three women.

Tang Wang apologized to Eula and began planning how to defeat the last Electro Abyss Lector, deciding to ask Columbina for help. Columbina eagerly set out for Mondstadt, though Pantalone told her the journey would take three days.

• Tang Wang apologized to Eula, offered her the Bloodtainted Greatsword and his arm, and Eula left Angel's Share with the sword.
• Tang Wang outlined three plans for defeating the last Electro Abyss Lector and decided to call Columbina for help.
• Tang Wang invited Columbina to Mondstadt, and she agreed to come after he said he hoped to give her flowers in person.
• Columbina told Pantalone she was going to Mondstadt, and he arranged a carriage and escort that would arrive in three days.

Dvalin attacked Mondstadt, and Tang Wang guided Ronava, Linaya, and Danika to safety while the Knights of Favonius organized an evacuation. Linaya healed the wounded at the Cathedral of Favonius, while Tang Wang defended the city gate until Albedo arrived and Dvalin dived toward him.

• Tang Wang learned that the person Katheryne had contacted would arrive in three days, but Dvalin’s attack on Mondstadt began soon afterward.
• Tang Wang led Ronava, Linaya, and Danika toward the temporary shelter and shattered a storm with his spear as Amber evacuated residents.
• Ronava destroyed a falling shop sign, and Tang Wang advised her to join the Knights of Favonius’ rescue efforts rather than act independently.
• Linaya stayed at the Cathedral of Favonius and used her Elemental Burst, Happy Ending, to restore the injured patients’ lost limbs.
• Tang Wang repeatedly broke Dvalin’s storms at the city gate, and Albedo arrived with Paimon just as Dvalin dived toward him.

Tang Wang and Albedo tried to cleanse Dvalin of Durin’s poisoned blood, but a hidden sealing array exploded and injured Albedo. An old nobleman of the Lawrence Clan used a purple crystal to free Dvalin, who attacked Tang Wang before a lyre’s music drew him back toward Stormterror’s Lair.

• Tang Wang knocked Dvalin beyond Mondstadt’s walls, and Albedo began using Mora and alchemy to remove the poisoned blood.
• Albedo dissolved one blood clot, but Dvalin lost control again as Tang Wang’s Gang Qi weakened.
• A triangular sealing array appeared on Dvalin’s remaining blood clot and exploded, sending Albedo flying and leaving him bleeding.
• An old nobleman of the Lawrence Clan raised a purple crystal, freeing Dvalin and causing the dragon to hurl Tang Wang through the air.
• Dvalin prepared to attack the usurpers, but a lyre rang across Mondstadt and he flew toward Stormterror’s Lair.

After the dragon disaster, Tang Wang recovered in the Cathedral of Favonius and told Jean and the others that the Electro Abyss Lector was the final obstacle. He outlined the preparations for his plan and left the Knights to gather baking ingredients while he collected the most vibrant Cecilia himself.

• Danika, Ronava, and Amber rushed to the city gate, where Ronava killed the Lawrence noble with an Elemental Skill after seeing Tang Wang injured.
• Ronava and Tang Wang collapsed, and the unconscious group was brought to the Cathedral of Favonius.
• Tang Wang woke up with Linaya beside him and met with Jean, Albedo, Kaeya, Diluc, Mika, Eula, Rosaria, and the others.
• Tang Wang and Albedo confirmed that all Four Symbols Seals had to be purged before the poisonous-blood spike could be dissolved, leaving the Electro Abyss Lector as the last obstacle.
• Tang Wang declined an extra reward and asked Jean to provide the information they had agreed on, while also crediting his companions for their contributions.
• Tang Wang said his plan required a three-day wait, pastry ingredients, and the most vibrant Cecilia, which he would pick himself.

Tang Wang prepared to welcome Columbina and traveled with Albedo toward Starsnatch Cliff, where Venti revealed himself as Barbatos. Tang Wang recognized the Anemo Archon immediately, and Venti asked what he wanted.

• Tang Wang agreed to buy gifts for his family and went with Albedo to pick a flower before dawn.
• Tang Wang told his companions that Albedo was the son of Gold Rhinedottir and explained that he was preparing to welcome the Third Seat, Columbina.
• Tang Wang asked Lili to look after Ronava and left Mondstadt with Albedo the next morning, after Albedo had placed Paimon with the Knights of Favonius.
• Tang Wang and Albedo traveled toward Starsnatch Cliff, discussing Tang Wang's Shadow Domain Authority and the possibility of studying it in Snezhnaya.
• At the Temple of the Thousand Winds, Venti introduced himself as a bard, but Tang Wang called him Barbatos and correctly named his favorite drink and his allergy to cat hair.
• Venti acknowledged Tang Wang's knowledge, and Tang Wang asked what he wanted.

Venti told Tang Wang a prophecy about his future and urged him to face his feelings for Columbina, while pointing him toward a clue about the white sword. He then encouraged Albedo to travel across Teyvat, though Albedo said he would wait until the dragon disaster ended.

• Venti recited a prophecy identifying Tang Wang as a warrior destined to reclaim a white sword and save a nation from darkness.
• Venti told Tang Wang that Dulaj, the caravan leader he had rescued, visited the Cat's Tail Tavern at noon, and Tang Wang left to gather a Cecilia.
• Venti warned Tang Wang that his feelings for Columbina could not be treated as an investment, but Tang Wang fled toward Starsnatch Cliff rather than discuss them.
• Venti asked Albedo whether he intended to follow in the footsteps of his mother, R of the Hexenzirkel, and suggested traveling across Teyvat.
• Albedo accepted Venti's suggestion but said he would begin the journey only after the dragon disaster was over.

Tang Wang and Albedo gathered flowers for their companions before encountering an Electro Abyss Lector on Starsnatch Cliff, whom Tang Wang kicked off the cliff. The Lector’s memories began returning as the Lawrence Clan’s young head empowered him with a weapon, while Tang Wang returned to Mondstadt and gave flowers to Linaya and Ronava.

• Tang Wang picked Cecilias for Columbina and Ronava, then joined Albedo on Starsnatch Cliff.
• An Electro Abyss Lector appeared, and Tang Wang kicked him off the cliff before leaving with Albedo to gather a Windwheel Aster for Linaya.
• As Tang Wang and Albedo headed to Mondstadt, Albedo questioned whether Tang Wang’s shadow domain was related to the spreading shadow domains in Snezhnaya.
• The fallen Lector began recalling his former life while the young head of the Lawrence Clan used 160 Primogems to create Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds and grant it to him.
• Tang Wang returned to the Goth Grand Hotel and gave Linaya a Windwheel Aster and Ronava a Cecilia.

Tang Wang gave Ronava a white flower, while Albedo reported the Abyss Lector’s appearance and proposed that Alienation Reactions could explain the Heralds’ defeat. At the Cat’s Tail Tavern, Eula sought an explanation from Tang Wang, who called her weak and challenged her to defeat him within five moves.

• Tang Wang gave Ronava a white flower and left to investigate the Cat's Tail Tavern and Epitome Invocation.
• Albedo told the Knights of Favonius that the Abyss Lector had appeared near Starsnatch Cliff and suspected Alienation Reactions had overcome the Abyss Heralds.
• Albedo suggested that Linaya and Tang Wang's helper could produce Alienation Reactions, and Lisa questioned how certain he was.
• Tang Wang encountered Eula at the Cat's Tail Tavern, where she said she had been suspended because of her family's schemes and asked him to explain his behavior toward her.
• Tang Wang rejected Eula's offer of friendship, called her weak and unable to help him, and challenged her to defeat him within five moves.

Tang Wang and Eula learned that Dulaj had helped smuggle weapons for the Lawrence Clan and brought him to the Knights of Favonius. Afterward, Eula asked Tang Wang to accompany her to confront Kangjie Lawrence, and Tang Wang agreed.

• Tang Wang told Eula that he treated some people as valuable jade and others as bricks, and Eula questioned how he would judge jade that was exceptionally useful.
• Tang Wang met Dulaj, who revealed that the smuggled weapons came from the Lawrence Clan under Kangjie Lawrence and agreed to surrender to the Knights of Favonius.
• Dulaj explained that he had turned to smuggling to support his child studying in Snezhnaya, but decided to confess because he feared Mondstadt might be destroyed.
• Tang Wang and Eula used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to bring Dulaj into the Knights of Favonius' custody.
• Eula asked Tang Wang to accompany her to confront Kangjie Lawrence, and he accepted after spotting Ronava and Linaya together.

Linaya showed Ronava around Mondstadt and explained human customs while Tang Wang confronted Kang Jie and La Signora in the Lawrence Clan's hall. Kang Jie revealed his undercover work against the Abyss Order and shared intelligence with Eula, then privately reflected on his resolve to protect Mondstadt from a dark future.

• Linaya taught Ronava about Mora and the effort behind food, then took her to explore Mondstadt's shops.
• Eula confronted Kang Jie at the Lawrence Clan's hall, and La Signora sent Fatui soldiers to fight her.
• Tang Wang defeated the soldiers, knocked La Signora unconscious, and arranged to question Kang Jie.
• Kang Jie admitted that he had infiltrated the Abyss Order and gave Eula intelligence about an Electro Abyss Lector and active strongholds.
• Kang Jie warned Eula that the Knights of Favonius might have compromised members, and Tang Wang asked where Kang Jie's weapons came from.
• After Eula and Tang Wang left, Kang Jie reflected on a future in which Mondstadt fell into darkness and vowed to protect it.

Tang Wang led the Knights of Favonius on a rapid campaign against Abyss Order strongholds while preparing Mondstadt to welcome Columbina, whom he said could resolve its crisis. Columbina arrived at Mondstadt and met Tang Wang at the city gates.

• Tang Wang gave Acting Grand Master Jean intelligence, then guided an elite squad across Mondstadt to destroy the Abyss Order's strongholds.
• Tang Wang told the group that Columbina would help Mondstadt because they were family, and Jean was preparing food for her arrival.
• Tang Wang sent Ronava and Linaya to buy food and chose dresses and shoes for Columbina, while Acting Grand Master Jean struggled to negotiate with La Signora.
• Columbina arrived at Mondstadt's gates, and Tang Wang stopped the Knights from confronting her and presented her with flowers.
• Columbina sensed the flowers with her Kuuvahki, smiled, and introduced herself to Tang Wang.

Tang Wang brought Columbina to Mondstadt and discovered that touching him eased her sense that Teyvat rejected her. As Columbina began eating at the Angel’s Share, Tang Wang wondered whether his cultivation or the Shadow Domain he carried caused the effect.

• Columbina examined Tang Wang and agreed to go with him to Mondstadt City for a surprise.
• Tang Wang learned that the Fatui had arranged no lodging for Columbina and took her to the Goth Grand Hotel to change clothes.
• Columbina held Tang Wang’s arm and felt an unfamiliar comfort that seemed to make Teyvat’s rejection disappear.
• Tang Wang brought Columbina to the Angel’s Share, where Diluc watched them and Linaya and Ronava observed from upstairs.
• Columbina explained that touching Tang Wang relieved her feeling of rejection, and Tang Wang considered whether his cultivation or Shadow Domain was responsible.
• Tang Wang served Columbina food from his Shadow Domain while she waited at their table.

Tang Wang introduced Columbina to Linaya and Ronava over a meal and explained why she had to stay near him. Columbina accepted the nickname Yaya, gaining an anchor in Teyvat, while Diluc learned her identity and warned Albedo that she was dangerous.

• Columbina ate through a huge amount of food at Angel's Share, where she met Linaya, Ronava, and Lumi.
• Tang Wang explained that Teyvat rejected Columbina, forcing her to remain close to him, and Linaya welcomed her into their group.
• Tang Wang and Linaya gave each other the nicknames Lili and Yaya, and Columbina accepted Yaya as her own nickname, establishing an anchor in Teyvat through Logic Above Logic.
• Diluc identified Columbina as the third Fatui Harbinger, Damselette, and told Albedo that she was dangerous.
• Tang Wang offered Columbina desserts that he could summon whenever she wanted them.

Tang Wang and Columbina encountered a Fatui soldier who wanted answers for La Signora’s defeat, while Danika helped defuse the confrontation. At the Knights of Favonius headquarters, La Signora demanded an explanation from Jean before Tang Wang and Columbina arrived to face her.

• A Fatui soldier confronted Tang Wang over his fight with La Signora, but Columbina restrained him with her power before Tang Wang calmed her.
• Danika introduced herself as Tang Wang’s friend, and Columbina welcomed her as new family before Danika stopped the soldier from leaving.
• Tang Wang said Mondstadt faced threats from the Fatui and that he would resolve the diplomatic issues, while Columbina wondered if Rosalyne was a bad person.
• At the Knights of Favonius headquarters, La Signora demanded an explanation from Acting Grand Master Jean for being attacked in Mondstadt.
• Tang Wang appeared in the meeting hall and challenged La Signora’s claim, then Columbina asked whether Rosalyne was really a bad person.

Tang Wang used Columbina’s arrival to pressure La Signora into ending the Fatui’s cooperation with the Abyss Order and interference in Mondstadt. La Signora left after accepting a sword for Odette, while Tang Wang turned back to Jean and the search for the Abyss Lector.

• Columbina confronted La Signora over the harm she had caused Mondstadt and briefly sealed her throat with Kuuvahki.
• Tang Wang calmed Columbina and demanded that La Signora stop working with the Abyss Order and interfering in Mondstadt’s affairs.
• Tang Wang mentioned Odette and gave La Signora a Fillet Blade to deliver to her, prompting Columbina to call him family.
• La Signora accepted the sword but threatened that the Fatui could achieve their goals in Mondstadt without the Abyss Order, then left.
• Tang Wang told Jean that finding the Abyss Lector would resolve the remaining problems, then asked Columbina what Mondstadt specialties she wanted.

Tang Wang secured Columbina’s help for Mondstadt’s crisis, then Venti warned him that the Electro Abyss Lector was not the true mastermind. Columbina and Ronava accepted each other as family, while Tang Wang prepared for the battle the next day.

• Jean agreed that Tang Wang and Columbina would set out at noon the following day to confront the crisis in Mondstadt.
• Venti appeared and revealed himself as Barbatos, while Columbina poked his cheek in surprise.
• Ronava confronted Venti for leaving Tang Wang to handle Mondstadt’s disaster, then called Tang Wang her new master and confessed that she loved him.
• Columbina embraced Ronava and offered to become her family, and Ronava accepted her.
• Venti warned Tang Wang not to let his guard down against the Electro Abyss Lector because another being, who wielded authority over time, was the true mastermind.

Tang Wang explained his violent world of origin and why he sought power, while Columbina and Ronava comforted him and later shared a bed with him. As the group prepared for the battle at Windrise, Tang Wang discovered Albedo carried an unexpected artifact set and produced two sets of his own.

• Tang Wang told Ronava and Columbina about the violence and wars in his world, and Columbina and Ronava promised to protect him.
• Venti gave Ronava and Columbina lyres blessed by the Anemo Archon before disappearing.
• Columbina asked Tang Wang to sleep beside her so Teyvat would not reject her, and Ronava joined them; the next morning, Tang Wang woke with both arms numb.
• News of Tang Wang sharing a bed with Columbina and Ronava reached the Fatui and the Knights of Favonius, while Albedo waited to discuss the final battle at Windrise.
• Tang Wang asked Albedo about his artifacts, reacted to his Blizzard Strayer Set, and produced Noblesse Oblige and Crimson Witch sets for Yaya and Nana.

The elite squad launched a coordinated assault on the Electro Abyss Lector, using Columbina’s Lunar Reactions to weaken its Abyssal power and Ronava’s firebird to deal a devastating finishing blow. Albedo then spotted golden light flowing from the charred remains and warned everyone that the fight was not over.

• Ronava examined the Artifacts while Albedo explained their connection to Human Realm Power, and Tang Wang stopped Ronava from revealing a secret about Columbina.
• Jean organized the Knights of Favonius to keep enemies away from the elite squad, while Venti soothed Dvalin at Stormterror’s Lair.
• Albedo explained that the Electro Abyss Lector had been forcibly transformed, and Columbina agreed they should kill it quickly after Danika described Abyssal corruption.
• Jean’s Knights launched a surprise attack as Danika blocked the Lector’s strike and Tang Wang drove it toward Columbina and Linaya.
• Columbina’s Lunar-Charged reaction, Albedo’s Lunar Cage, and the squad’s coordinated attacks staggered the Lector, allowing Ronava to strike it with a firebird.
• Albedo noticed golden light flowing from the Lector’s charred remains and warned everyone to stay on guard.

The Abyss Lector unleashed the power of the Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, threatening the group as lightning spread across Windrise and erased the wind. With Venti’s song lifting them into the air, Columbina, Albedo, Linaya, Lumi, and Tang Wang combined their powers to break the Lector’s shield and kill him.

• The Abyss Lector’s lightning blast wounded Albedo and ravaged Windrise, while the group discovered that the wind had vanished.
• Albedo explained that the Lector’s weapon had amplified his power and that they needed to trigger an Alienation Reaction to break his shield.
• Columbina tried to manipulate gravity to reach the Lector, but Venti’s song summoned a wind that carried the group up to him.
• Columbina lent moonlight to Linaya, Albedo used Mora to empower Lumi, and Linaya fed Lumi a crystal that let it grow to its limit.
• Lumi’s hammer melted the Lector’s Abyss shield, and Tang Wang and Lumi struck together, tearing the Lector apart as he apologized to his parents.

After the battle, the group rested while Albedo examined Danika’s Star’s Wedge and discussed its connection to other powers. Kang Jie returned the Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, then revealed a ritual that stripped Dvalin of his authority and invoked the Path of Transcendence.

• Venti brought everyone back to the ground, and the group began an impromptu picnic after the battle.
• Albedo examined Danika’s Star’s Wedge and speculated about its relationship to Lunar Reactions and the powers of the three realms.
• Albedo returned the Star’s Wedge to Danika and advised her to practice using her Elemental Power.
• Kang Jie appeared and returned the Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, which he said had been a deposit for information extracted from the Abyss Order.
• Kang Jie declared that even their resistance was part of a predetermined performance, and the Lost Prayer opened to reveal a pattern of black and white lights.
• A ritual carried by the Lost Prayer stripped Dvalin of the authority of the dragon of wind as Kang Jie proclaimed the Path of Transcendence.

Kang Jie completed his transcendence and used his new power to destroy the Abyss Order’s monster army, insisting he was saving Mondstadt even as Linaya, Ronava, and Columbina challenged his resolve. The crisis ended in seconds, but Tang Wang realized Kang Jie had taken the power of his Epitome Invocation and wondered how to get it back.

• Kang Jie revealed his vision of Mondstadt’s tragic future and claimed his transcendence would give the city a gentle death.
• Linaya, Ronava, and Columbina challenged Kang Jie’s choice to sacrifice Mondstadt, leaving him unable to answer Columbina.
• The Pyro Abyss Lector demanded that Kang Jie honor his promise to the Abyss Order, but Kang Jie absorbed its Abyss power and killed it.
• The Abyss Order’s monsters surged across Mondstadt, and Kang Jie wiped out nearly the entire army with storms and tornadoes.
• Tang Wang recognized that Kang Jie’s power came from his Epitome Invocation and wondered how he could reclaim it.

Kang Jie used Epitome Invocation to freeze Mondstadt outside of time and create a sealed, snow-covered space that trapped the others. Tang Wang suspected it was an independent realm and prepared to test it, while Jean sent people to investigate their surroundings.

• Tang Wang recognized Kang Jie as the source of the weapons and learned that the Shadow Domain held weapons created through Epitome Invocation.
• Kang Jie froze all of Mondstadt in a timeless snow globe, causing all life there to vanish and transporting the others into the created space.
• Jean, Albedo, Columbina, Ronava, and Tang Wang examined the strange realm, and Tang Wang suspected it was like a Serenitea Pot.
• Columbina sensed warmth from Tang Wang, who concluded that Epitome Invocation's power remained with him and had helped form the realm.
• Tang Wang planned to read Before Sun and Moon to test whether the space was independent, but Ronava stopped him and Albedo offered a recording device instead.
• Jean sent people to investigate Mondstadt City.