Chapter Summaries

Tang Wang led a group of rookie adventurers to Wuwang Hill to retrieve a legendary artifact, after Zhongli hinted that the journey would bring him an important encounter. There, Tang Wang found Ronava lying on a stone slab, even though she should not have appeared in Teyvat at this point in the timeline.

• Tang Wang defeated a Stonehide Lawachurl with his martial arts secret technique while completing a commission.
• Tang Wang asked Katheryne when Danika would arrive and agreed to take rookie adventurers along on a Wuwang Hill commission.
• Zhongli warned Tang Wang to keep the journey secret and hinted that he would have a remarkable encounter.
• Tang Wang traveled to Wuwang Hill with the rookies to retrieve a legendary four-star artifact.
• Tang Wang spotted Ronava lying on a stone slab at Wuwang Hill.

Tang Wang brought the unconscious Ronava to Liyue Harbor and hid her identity from the rookie adventurers. When Ronava woke without the Power of Death, she mistook Tang Wang for an enemy, and he tried to reassure her that he knew what Snezhnaya had done and did not blame her.

• Tang Wang rescued Ronava from Wuwang Hill, telling the rookie adventurers that people came before their commission and promising to cover their shares of the fee.
• Tang Wang suspected Ronava had lost the Power of Death and realized that her presence raised unanswered questions about the timeline and Zhongli's behavior.
• Tang Wang took Ronava to the Bai Ju Inn, where she remained unconscious overnight, then worried about her clothes and whether to call Baizhu.
• Ronava woke in the inn, tried to use her power on Tang Wang, and realized Celestia had stripped her of the Power of Death.
• Ronava accused Tang Wang of wanting to kill her, but Tang Wang introduced himself and said he knew what Snezhnaya had done and believed she had done nothing wrong.

Tang Wang reassured Ronava that her past actions had helped found Natlan and defended her against accusations of despising life, while also discussing the Fatui’s atrocities. Ronava revealed that she had destroyed the Celestial Nails and intended to make all of Teyvat sacred land, and Tang Wang accepted her reasoning, leaving her visibly moved.

• Tang Wang told Ronava that she and Xbalanque had saved Natlan and helped establish it, despite the Lord of the Night’s plan.
• Ronava realized Tang Wang knew about the Lord of the Night and the Sacred Plan, then warned him not to involve the God of Contracts’ people.
• Tang Wang criticized The Jester and recounted the Fatui’s abuses, arguing that The Jester had no right to accuse Ronava of despising life.
• Ronava admitted she had destroyed the Celestial Nails and tried to turn all of Teyvat into sacred land, explaining that many people would die as a result.
• Tang Wang argued that Ronava had no duty to Celestia after it stripped her authority and that nations defying the Heavenly Principles had to face the consequences of losing the Nails.
• Ronava turned away with tears in her eyes after receiving Tang Wang’s understanding and acceptance.

Tang Wang explained that Ronava had returned to the time before the Rite of Parting, but had lost most of her power and memories. He took her to buy clothes and brought her along on his daily commissions, where she learned he was a transmigrator.

• Ronava asked Tang Wang what he wanted in return for saving her, and he invited her to try living as a human.
• Tang Wang revealed that they were two months before the Rite of Parting and that the Fourth Descender had not yet arrived; Ronava realized she had lost the Authority of Death, most of her power, and most of her memories.
• Tang Wang went to buy Ronava clothes, purchasing outfits in several sizes because he did not know her measurements, and Hu Tao and Xingqiu spotted him with the shopping bags.
• Ronava changed into a Fontaine-style outfit and joined Tang Wang as he collected four combat commissions from the Adventurers' Guild.
• Tang Wang used his Shadow Domain Authority to travel quickly to the first commission, and Ronava asked if he was a transmigrator.

Tang Wang took Ronava into a domain to retrieve an artifact, where her uncontrolled Pyro attacks failed to defeat the monsters and Tang Wang rescued her. Ronava decided to find work rather than adventure, while Tang Wang considered using her as an external Vision and prepared to confront the old man.

• Ronava asked Tang Wang about his lack of a Vision and learned about his friendship with Linaya, whom he called Geo Lili.
• Tang Wang brought Ronava into a domain to retrieve an artifact, and Ronava confidently tried to demonstrate her power against its monsters.
• Ronava's attacks barely harmed the monsters, so Tang Wang blocked a Geovishap Hatchling and carried her to safety.
• Ronava concluded she was unsuited to adventuring and offered to repay Tang Wang by finding another job.
• Tang Wang cleared the domain alone and said they would return to the Adventurers' Guild before confronting the old man.

A man carrying the Staff of Homa investigated the emptied Lavawalker domain and found a trace of Pyro energy. Tang Wang brought Ronava to Liyue, completed the commission, and introduced her to Zhongli, before revealing his knowledge of Teyvat’s future and arranging for her to seek work at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

• A man with the Staff of Homa entered the emptied domain, found a remnant of Pyro energy, and sensed a connection to the S-rank adventurer.
• Tang Wang returned to the Adventurers' Guild with Ronava and handed in the Lavawalker Set for the commission.
• Tang Wang told Ronava that guiding people between life and death at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor might suit her, then asked Tian Tie Zui where Zhongli was.
• Zhongli met Ronava at Third-Round Knockout, and Tang Wang brought them to the Serenitea Pot for a private conversation.
• Tang Wang revealed that he was a transmigrator who knew Teyvat’s future, then proposed that Ronava join the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor; Ronava said she was no longer the Ruler of Death.

Zhongli told Tang Wang that the Shadow Domain Authority was incomplete and that his true weapon might be hidden beyond Teyvat’s surface, with Epitome Invocation offering a lead. Tang Wang asked Ronava to help recover it and declared his intent to change the fates of La Signora, Rhinedottir, and other Khaenri’ah sinners; Zhongli brought Ronava back to Liyue Harbor and directed her to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

• Zhongli suggested that Tang Wang’s Shadow Domain Authority was only a storage accessory and said his true object might be outside Liyue or even beyond Teyvat’s surface.
• Zhongli advised Tang Wang to investigate the sudden appearance of divine weapons on the black market and among secret organizations, linking it to Epitome Invocation.
• Tang Wang asked Ronava to help him recover his missing object, and she agreed while insisting that she would fulfill her other compensation obligations too.
• Tang Wang said Heimarmene’s influence might have weakened and vowed to change La Signora’s fate, punish Rhinedottir, and pursue the other Khaenri’ah sinners when he had enough power.
• Ronava learned that Zhongli was working as a consultant at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, then joked about his wealth before Zhongli returned them to Liyue Harbor and hurried off.

Zhongli arranged for Ronava, the former Ruler of Death, to join Wangsheng Funeral Parlor while Tang Wang prepared to travel with her. Ronava accepted the job and learned she would receive terms like Zhongli’s, though Hu Tao already had work for her.

• Zhongli went to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and told Hu Tao that Tang Wang had brought a former Liyue adeptus named Ronava to work there.
• Tang Wang and Ronava discussed traveling together, then finished arranging her clothes at Bai Ju Inn.
• Tang Wang checked for a vacant room at the inn, but the owner said one would open up in a few days.
• Ronava introduced herself to Hu Tao and explained that she had thousands of years of experience and would sometimes travel with Tang Wang.
• Hu Tao offered Ronava working terms like Zhongli’s and said she had an upcoming job for her.

Tang Wang helped Ronava recognize that her resentment toward the Heavenly Principles came from being treated like a slave, and comforted her as she faced losing the Authority of Death. Though he urged her to live freely as her own person, Ronava privately decided she still needed a master and believed she loved Tang Wang more than herself.

• Ronava questioned whether her former duties counted as work, and Tang Wang explained how human labor and society developed without supernatural powers.
• Tang Wang asked Ronava whom she hated and led her to recognize that she resented the Heavenly Principles for treating her as a slave.
• Ronava broke down as she accepted Tang Wang’s explanation, and he held her and told her she was free to live as herself after losing the Authority of Death.
• Ronava embraced Tang Wang and said she would need time to accept her freedom, while he promised to help her live in human society.
• Hu Tao secretly saw them embracing and returned to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor attendants with gossip about the scene.
• As they walked on, Ronava privately decided Tang Wang was her new master and concluded that she loved him more than she loved herself.

Ronava joined Hu Tao at a funeral as a Wangsheng Funeral Parlor consultant, while Tang Wang posted a commission and received Linaya’s plea for help with Mondstadt’s dragon calamity. After the funeral, Hu Tao explained to Ronava why the living needed to mourn and say goodbye to the dead.

• Tang Wang used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch to bring Hu Tao and Ronava to a funeral, where Ronava began work as a consultant.
• Hu Tao suggested Ronava could also earn money by helping Adeptus Xiao clear monsters.
• Tang Wang asked Katheryne to post a higher-rank commission seeking leads about his original ability.
• Tang Wang received a letter from Linaya asking him to come to Mondstadt and help with the Stormterror crisis.
• Ronava questioned the need for elaborate funeral rites, and Hu Tao explained that mourning comforted both the living and the dead.

Hu Tao took Ronava to advertise the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, but a struggling former Chasm miner angrily rejected them after seeing their flyer. Hu Tao suspected someone in his family was critically ill and planned to learn whether they could be treated before deciding how to help.

• Hu Tao handed Ronava flyers and led her around Liyue to promote the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, but householders repeatedly slammed their doors on them.
• At one house, Hu Tao stopped when she noticed the man's worn appearance, but Ronava offered him a flyer advertising funeral preparations.
• The man told them to leave, then returned and hurled a pickaxe at them; Ronava caught it with a hand of Pyro Elemental Power.
• Hu Tao guessed that the man was a former Chasm miner whose income had vanished and that a family member was critically ill.
• Hu Tao said she would first find out the person's illness, then lend money if it was treatable or help the family accept the truth if it was incurable.
• Hu Tao and Ronava used the pickaxe as an opening to investigate the man's situation.

Hu Tao and Ronava helped a grieving man make the most of his dying loved one’s final hours, while Tang Wang encountered a mysterious Abyssal mirror and resolved to prepare for the Abyss. Ronava accepted her changed place in Teyvat, and Tang Wang prepared to travel to Mondstadt.

• As Hu Tao assessed a family’s situation, Ronava saw visions of the Abyss devastating Teyvat and began crying without knowing why.
• While packing for Mondstadt, Tang Wang encountered a mirror of Abyss that told him, “As long as you do not lose your nobility, the entire world will be open to you,” then vanished without answering his questions.
• Tang Wang decided to stop slacking off, recruit allies among the Fatui, and focus on fighting the Abyss before opposing the Heavenly Principles.
• Hu Tao persuaded a grieving man to spend his loved one’s remaining conscious hours creating happy memories instead of crying, and Ronava witnessed their farewell.
• Ronava asked Hu Tao whether she feared death, and Hu Tao said she would still remember and confront whoever harmed her; Ronava felt that Hu Tao remained the same and accepted no longer being regarded as Teyvat’s Ruler of Death.

Ronava explored Liyue Harbor after work, learned about Tang Wang’s kindness from a food vendor, and reunited with him at the harbor. Tang Wang planned a trip to Mondstadt to deal with the disaster caused by Stormterror, and Ronava insisted on going with him.

• Hu Tao told Ronava that her uniform was being tailored and offered her a place to stay, but Ronava declined.
• Ronava wandered Liyue Harbor, bought grilled snacks on Tang Wang’s tab, and learned from a vendor that he often paid for neighborhood children’s food.
• Tang Wang found Ronava at the harbor, gave her a drink, and explained how to use a trash can.
• On the way back to Bai Ju Inn, Ronava asked whether working at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor would help her understand the value of life.
• Tang Wang told Ronava he planned to travel to Mondstadt to deal with the Stormterror disaster, and Ronava insisted on accompanying him.
• Ronava guessed that Linaya had asked Tang Wang to go, leaving him baffled.

Tang Wang and Ronava left for Mondstadt after discussing the dangers of fighting Dvalin and Tang Wang’s uncertain strength. Meanwhile, Flins encountered an Abyssal remnant that asked him to protect Columbina if she came to Nod-Krai.

• Tang Wang worried that he might be taking the Fourth Descender’s place and considered how to gather fighters for a battle against Dvalin.
• Tang Wang assessed his strength, wondered about the origins of his Gang Qi, and fell asleep while speaking with Ronava.
• Flins defeated members of the Wild Hunt and found a gem-like sphere containing an Abyssal figure that begged him to protect Columbina.
• Flins agreed to protect Columbina if she appeared in Nod-Krai.
• Tang Wang and Ronava explained their plans to Hu Tao, then set out for Mondstadt.

Tang Wang and Ronava traveled to Mondstadt, where they helped defend a caravan from monsters and brought its surviving supplies into the city. There, they found Linaya assessing the damage and planning surveys of the surrounding area.

• Tang Wang told Ronava they would pass through Wangshu Inn and Stone Gate before reaching Mondstadt, and Ronava complained about the Ruler of Time.
• Albedo fished Paimon out of the water near the coast and introduced himself as chief alchemist of the Knights of Favonius.
• Near Mondstadt, Ronava stopped the monsters attacking a caravan while Tang Wang killed the Abyss Mage and pursued the remaining attackers.
• Tang Wang noticed the caravan was transporting weapons, and Ronava used elemental power to haul the surviving cart frames toward Mondstadt.
• A wounded Favonius knight welcomed the supplies into the city, where Tang Wang found Linaya planning damage assessments and trade-route surveys.

Tang Wang reunited with Linaya and joined her and Ronava in preparing to rescue adventurers missing in a domain linked to the Abyss Order. After defeating a pack of Rifthounds on the way, they continued toward the domain.

• Linaya embraced Tang Wang when he arrived and explained that adventurers had gone missing in a domain likely connected to the Abyss Order.
• Tang Wang introduced Ronava to Linaya, whose interest in rare creatures made Ronava wary.
• Linaya, Tang Wang, and Ronava left Mondstadt City to begin the rescue mission, trusting the Knights of Favonius to handle the damaged city.
• The group encountered about eight Rifthounds, and Linaya, Lumi, and Tang Wang defeated them through coordinated attacks.
• Tang Wang and his companions resumed their journey toward the domain.

Rerir killed three adventurers in Khaenri'ah ruins, and Tang Wang, Linaya, and Ronava found their bodies and mourned them. Meanwhile, Danika accepted Kaeya’s offer to help deal with the dragon disaster alongside the Adventurers’ Guild.

• Three adventurers explored Khaenri'ah ruins and were killed by Rerir after one of them spoke his name.
• Ronava sensed the Power of Death, and she, Tang Wang, and Linaya rushed to the ruins and found the adventurers dead.
• Tang Wang and Linaya searched for clues but found only ashes, then they agreed to bury the bodies and leave.
• Ronava carried the corpses while Tang Wang comforted the grieving Linaya and Lumi.
• Danika met Kaeya at the Dawn Winery and accepted a paid role in dealing with the dragon disaster, with the Adventurers’ Guild’s elites set to assist her.

Tang Wang, Linaya, and Ronava accepted a commission to escort supplies from Dawn Winery and uncovered a possible network selling weapons in Mondstadt. As they reached the winery, they found Danika fighting a Hydro Abyss Herald, and Tang Wang’s group intervened.

• Tang Wang agreed to escort supplies from Dawn Winery with Linaya and Ronava before sunset.
• On the way out of Mondstadt, Tang Wang and Linaya discussed how unusual weapons had appeared in the city and connected them to a caravan attack Tang Wang had witnessed.
• Ronava confronted Tang Wang about feeling excluded, and Tang Wang and Linaya apologized and reassured her.
• The group resumed their journey to Dawn Winery, where Danika was battling a Hydro Abyss Herald.
• An arrow imbued with Geo energy struck the Abyss Herald as it attacked Danika.

Tang Wang, Linaya, Danika, Ronava, and Lumi fought the unusually powerful Hydro Abyss Herald, whose Abyssal strength overwhelmed their attacks and eventually cost Tang Wang his left arm. With Tang Wang’s will to keep fighting and Ronava joining the battle in earnest, the confrontation continued.

• Tang Wang used Lunar Cages and his golden protective qi to shield Danika from the Hydro Herald, while Lumi struck the Herald with Linaya’s Geo power.
• The Herald sent Lumi flying, but Linaya recalled and healed her as Ronava began treating Danika; Tang Wang then battled the Herald and drove it back.
• The Herald raised a Hydro shield, and Danika and Ronava attacked with Electro and Pyro reactions while Tang Wang protected the others from its sweeping blade assault.
• The Herald severed Tang Wang’s left arm, but Linaya’s arrow forced it back and Tang Wang formed a golden replacement hand before raising his spear again.
• Ronava opened more black eyes and joined the fight as the group resumed its battle against the Herald.

Tang Wang and his companions defeated the Hydro Abyss Herald through coordinated attacks and Kuuvahki, though Tang Wang was badly wounded and Linaya was exhausted. After they recovered, Tang Wang revealed his connection to the Third of the Fatui Harbingers and suggested that he and Danika might share a goal.

• Ronava, Tang Wang, Danika, and Lumi attacked the Hydro Abyss Herald while Linaya replenished Lumi’s elemental energy.
• The Moonshell Concerto released Kuuvahki, and the group restrained the Herald so Lumi could strike its shield.
• Kuuvahki shattered the Herald’s shield and body, while Linaya collapsed from exhaustion and Tang Wang used his Gang Qi to restore her strength.
• Tang Wang fainted after the battle, and Ronava caught him while Linaya healed his severed arm.
• Danika questioned Tang Wang about his skills and knowledge, and he introduced Linaya as an Omenbird and Lumi as a Frost Spirit.
• Tang Wang told Danika he knew the Third of the Fatui Harbingers and proposed that they become companions because they might share a goal.