Chapter Summaries

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.

Kang Jie tested whether One-Day Mondstadt could be detected by Celestia, drawing the Ruler of Death, Rerir, into a battle over the space. After Rosalyne escaped into the real Mondstadt, Rerir was left wounded and briefly stripped of the Power of Death.

• Kang Jie watched One-Day Mondstadt reset in wind and snow and explained that it could be grafted onto reality only if the real Mondstadt was destroyed.
• Albedo played Before Sun and Moon inside One-Day Mondstadt, prompting Rerir to investigate the taboo-breaking sound in the desolate real Mondstadt.
• Rerir revealed that he had taken the place of the missing Tholindis and declared he would pronounce death upon One-Day Mondstadt, so Kang Jie and Rerir prepared to fight.
• Tang Wang and Albedo stopped the playback, while Ronava, Tang Wang, and Albedo debated whether the Four Shades had intervened and failed to defeat Kang Jie.
• Rosalyne demanded to leave One-Day Mondstadt, and Tang Wang used a Shadow Domain to return her to the real Mondstadt.
• Kang Jie defeated Rerir's power of death temporarily, leaving Rerir coughing blood as he acknowledged Kang Jie's Logic Above Logic.

Kang Jie explained Rosalyne’s past and future to her, then sent her toward Snezhnaya after stopping her attack. He revealed to Venti that he had frozen Mondstadt in a separate realm to prevent its destined destruction, while Venti challenged him to believe that fate could still change.

• Rerir warned Kang Jie to keep his distance from the Abyss and then departed through a rift.
• Kang Jie used his authority over time to learn Rosalyne’s past and told her that the Anemo Archon had not caused her lover’s death.
• Albedo, Columbina, Ronava, Danika, and Linaya investigated One-Day Mondstadt and found that its terrain and power matched reality, time moved faster, and Linaya could no longer see the future clearly.
• Kang Jie told Rosalyne she would die in Inazuma by the Raiden Shogun’s blade, extinguished her flames, and sent her flying toward Snezhnaya.
• Venti appeared before Kang Jie, who explained that he had let Mondstadt die inside a frozen realm to preserve it from its destined destruction.
• Venti questioned whether Kang Jie’s vision of the future had to come true, pointing out that a Descender had arrived and Kang Jie held part of a Descender’s status.

Kang Jie believed Mondstadt’s future was doomed to darkness, but Venti challenged him to look for a fate beyond his predictions. When Tang Wang sang Columbina’s familiar melody with lyrics unknown to anyone in Teyvat, Kang Jie accepted that hope and a turning point might exist.

• Kang Jie explained that he valued Mondstadt’s survival above all else and said the Abyss had shown him the future actions of its people.
• Venti pointed Kang Jie toward the elite squad in One-Day Mondstadt and argued that its future remained uncertain.
• At the Goth Grand Hotel, Columbina asked Tang Wang to sing while Ronava helped her get ready for bed.
• Tang Wang sang a new song in the ancient language of Liyue to the melody Columbina hummed.
• Kang Jie admitted he had not foreseen the song, and his despair gave way to ease.

Kang Jie restored Mondstadt and returned the dragon’s power before passing his Descender authority to Tang Wang. After Eula granted his final request, Mondstadt honored Kang Jie as a hero, and Tang Wang’s journey continued with Albedo.

• Tang Wang’s song broke the false world, and Kang Jie restored Mondstadt by driving away the wind and snow and turning back time.
• Kang Jie returned the dragon’s power and transferred his Descender authority to Tang Wang, whose Artifacts gained a bound five-star sundial.
• Kang Jie collapsed from the punishment for losing his Descender status and asked Eula to give him a dignified end.
• Eula killed Kang Jie, whose body dissolved into light as a dragon’s silhouette crossed the sky and the Mondstadt crisis ended.
• Jean posthumously named Kang Jie an Honorary Knight after the Knights confirmed he had caused no casualties.
• Venti told Tang Wang and Albedo that their first stop was over and urged Tang Wang to test his regained ability.