Recaps

Jiang Xiaofeng traveled through Dead Cells, found the Greatsword Woman, and brought her out of the Prisoners' Quarters before the Hand of the King attacked. As Jiang Xiaofeng fought the Hand of the King, he realized his body was still decaying and relied on his Hypostasis powers to keep going.

• Jiang Xiaofeng possessed a Ruin Hunter, blasted his way through the Promenade of the Condemned, and found a corpse to use in the Prisoners' Quarters.
• Jiang Xiaofeng tried to reach the Greatsword Woman but was dragged through time portals by the Time Keeper, who kicked him away when he appeared before her.
• Jiang Xiaofeng reached the Greatsword Woman, brought her through the sewers, and blasted open the ceiling so they could reach the moonlight above.
• The Hand of the King spotted Jiang Xiaofeng and the Greatsword Woman, so Jiang Xiaofeng hid her in a hollow in the wall and confronted him.
• Jiang Xiaofeng fought the Hand of the King with Anemo and Electro Hypostasis powers after realizing his body continued to decay, while the Greatsword Woman watched and hoped he would win.

Jiang Xiaofeng defeated the Hand of the King and possessed the king’s body, then persuaded the Hand of the King and the greatsword woman to travel with him. The group chose to seek out the Collector, and Jiang Xiaofeng forced the Hand of the King to remove his armor so he could carry him there.

• Jiang Xiaofeng used his Geo and Electro powers to overcome the Hand of the King and pin him down.
• Jiang Xiaofeng possessed the king’s body and discovered that its Philosopher’s Stone could resist decay.
• Jiang Xiaofeng told the Hand of the King that the kingdom was nearly empty and proposed taking him to another world.
• Jiang Xiaofeng rescued the greatsword woman, who reunited with the Hand of the King.
• The greatsword woman and the Hand of the King agreed to accompany Jiang Xiaofeng and seek out the Collector.
• Jiang Xiaofeng ordered the Hand of the King to remove his armor, threatening to smash it if he refused.

Jiang Xiaofeng beat The Collector, then persuaded him to leave the island and join him. After reuniting with Yima and Nuoma, Jiang Xiaofeng prepared to head to the cavern to find the next person.

• Jiang Xiaofeng discovered that Nuoma was inside The Hand of the King's armor and learned that Greatsword Woman, whose name was Yima, had known all along.
• Jiang Xiaofeng flew to the Observatory and beat The Collector while demanding answers about his cells, the system, and his arrival on the island.
• Jiang Xiaofeng explained that drinking the Panacea would restore the King's memories and said he would not take it unless facing a life-or-death crisis.
• Jiang Xiaofeng pointed out that no living people remained on the island, and The Collector agreed to leave with him.
• Yima and Nuoma discussed whether Jiang Xiaofeng was truly the amnesiac King, and Nuoma said she wanted to follow the great king rather than the one who pursued immortality.
• Jiang Xiaofeng reunited with Yima, Nuoma, and The Hand of the King, then set off with The Collector toward the cavern to find the next person.

Jiang Xiaofeng encountered and fought the zero-cell Beheaded, then convinced his former, amnesiac self to join him. The chapter ended with Jiang Xiaofeng explaining to Yima that he had recruited himself.

• Jiang Xiaofeng sat on the throne and met the zero-cell Beheaded, realizing he was the king before losing his head.
• Jiang Xiaofeng and The Beheaded fought fiercely, using weapons, bows, and their matching abilities.
• The Beheaded's Leg Hugger hesitated to attack Jiang Xiaofeng, and Jiang Xiaofeng realized it could not distinguish between their souls.
• Jiang Xiaofeng invited The Beheaded to travel with him and declared him a subordinate; The Beheaded followed him.
• Yima asked Jiang Xiaofeng whether he had recruited himself, and Jiang Xiaofeng confirmed it was more or less true.

Jiang Xiaofeng and The Beheaded confronted The Giant in his magma dwelling, hoping to recruit him, but The Giant attacked after mistaking their arrival for a sign that hope was lost. After they defeated him, The Giant cursed Jiang Xiaofeng and Jiang Xiaofeng seized him with a massive Electro Hypostasis hand.

• Jiang Xiaofeng explained to The Collector, Yima, and The Hand of the King that The Beheaded was the real king and that the Time Keeper had sent him into this timeline.
• Jiang Xiaofeng gave The Beheaded Acceptance and called The Giant out of the magma pool.
• The Giant saw Jiang Xiaofeng and The Beheaded, lamented that there was no hope left, and attacked them.
• Jiang Xiaofeng and The Beheaded fought together, dodging falling crystals and attacking The Giant's hands and eyes.
• The Giant recognized Jiang Xiaofeng's role in the destruction, cursed him, and Jiang Xiaofeng lifted him by the skull with a massive Electro Hypostasis hand.

Jiang Xiaofeng persuaded The Giant to join him and set out with his companions to find The Queen, stopping beneath High Peak Castle to retrieve a bank chest. The group reached the castle’s underground rest room, where Jiang Xiaofeng stored the chest in his backpack.

• Jiang Xiaofeng explained that the island could not be saved and offered The Giant hope by promising to take surviving humans away, so The Giant agreed to go with him.
• The Giant shrank to a smaller size, and Jiang Xiaofeng asked The Collector, The Hand of the King, and The Giant whether they wanted to settle their grudges; they declined or attacked The Collector after learning about The Queen.
• The Collector fled up the elevator shaft while The Giant and The Hand of the King chased him, and The Beheaded joined the fight and forced them to stop.
• Jiang Xiaofeng led the group toward High Peak Castle, where The Giant recalled the former king’s decline and the outbreak of the malaise.
• Jiang Xiaofeng told The Giant to break through the floor beneath the castle, then had him retrieve the bank chest and stored it in his backpack.

Jiang Xiaofeng brought his companions to the Infested Shipwreck, where he and the Beheaded fought through monsters and found the Abyss Trident. He then flew to the Lighthouse and faced the Queen, who addressed him as her husband.

• Jiang Xiaofeng used the Bank Chest to send Yima, the Collector, the Giant, and the Hand of the King inside, then took the Beheaded with him by boat to the Infested Shipwreck.
• Jiang Xiaofeng and the Beheaded battled through the shipwreck’s monsters, and Jiang Xiaofeng gave the Beheaded Knife Dance to replace his grenades.
• The pair reached a strange space at the shipwreck’s center, where the Beheaded took the Abyss Trident and discarded his Spite Sword.
• Jiang Xiaofeng put the Beheaded in the Bank Chest, flew to the Lighthouse, and climbed it in the Ruin Serpent’s body.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to his human body at the Lighthouse’s summit, where the Queen greeted him as her husband.

Jiang Xiaofeng defeated The Queen and her servants at the lighthouse, then offered to take them to another world instead of lighting it. The Queen agreed to leave with him, and they departed High Peak Castle for the clock tower.

• Jiang Xiaofeng fought The Queen and used the inert shells to pin down her three servants, then defeated her by blocking her dimensional slashes and knocking her down.
• Jiang Xiaofeng told The Queen he wanted to take her and the servants to another world, and said The Collector might know how to restore her former appearance.
• The Queen accepted Jiang Xiaofeng's offer to leave the kingdom, and he sent her three servants and their weapons into the bank chest to speak with The Collector.
• Jiang Xiaofeng flew with The Queen to High Peak Castle, where she found that its changed interior held no memories for her.
• Jiang Xiaofeng carried The Queen away from the castle and headed toward the clock tower to see whether Time Keeper had returned.

Jiang Xiaofeng stopped time during the Time Keeper’s fight with The Beheaded, then faced the Time Keeper and the Queen’s anger over his actions. He arranged to leave the island with the Time Keeper and the Queen, and set out to inspect High Peak Castle.

• Jiang Xiaofeng stopped time in the Clock Room, knocked The Beheaded aside, and used the Dream Nail on the Time Keeper.
• The Time Keeper attacked Jiang Xiaofeng after time resumed, while the Queen refused to help him and eventually halted their fight.
• The Beheaded climbed into Jiang Xiaofeng’s bank chest, and the Time Keeper agreed to leave the island with Jiang Xiaofeng.
• After sensing the Hypostasis's shell, the Time Keeper said she could open a connection to Jiang Xiaofeng’s world within a week.
• Jiang Xiaofeng arranged to meet the Time Keeper outside High Peak Castle and asked her to capture Spider Woman at the Forgotten Sepulcher, then took the Queen to inspect their castle.

Jiang Xiaofeng and the Queen fought through High Peak Castle, while the Collector reported problems with the bank and its broken cell extractor. Afterward, Jiang Xiaofeng chose to accept the Queen as his wife and agreed to visit their bedchamber with her.

• The Collector told Jiang Xiaofeng that the bank held more food and gold than they could carry, and that Yima wanted to follow him despite being injured.
• Jiang Xiaofeng asked the Collector to expand the bank into a living space, and the Queen confirmed the Collector had already begun enlarging its interior.
• Jiang Xiaofeng and the Queen fought through High Peak Castle, killing the royal guards who did not recognize them.
• Jiang Xiaofeng discovered the cell extractor was broken and angrily ordered the Collector to make another one.
• The Queen asked Jiang Xiaofeng to visit their bedchamber, and he accepted her as his wife and took her hand.

Jiang Xiaofeng and the Queen explored the bank, where The Collector was transforming its interior into a vast space. Jiang Xiaofeng began moving furniture, portals, and equipment into the bank as he prepared for their departure from the island.

• The Queen found her portrait in her former residence, and Jiang Xiaofeng placed it in the bank for The Collector to hang.
• Jiang Xiaofeng found The Collector, The Giant, and The Hand of the King breaking into the bank and asked The Collector to make room for the Queen’s portrait.
• Jiang Xiaofeng moved The Giant’s belongings and other furniture into the bank while The Collector used alchemy to extend its walls and create floors.
• Jiang Xiaofeng added teleportation portals to the bank, then left the Queen at High Peak Castle to meet the Time Keeper.
• Jiang Xiaofeng hauled ore, Clock Tower bells, and equipment from around the kingdom into the bank, while The Collector and the others rejected much of it.

Jiang Xiaofeng left the island with the Time Keeper, whose name was Paimon, and returned through the gap to the world of Genshin Impact. He arrived in a purple-lit domain where Dainsleif confronted Aether, with Lumine also present.

• Jiang Xiaofeng stopped collecting things, learned the Time Keeper had failed to bring back the half-spider woman, and teased the Time Keeper before she left through a portal.
• Jiang Xiaofeng learned the Beheaded was still inside the lowest golden door and told the Collector to begin making Panacea from the cells he had gathered.
• Jiang Xiaofeng claimed the bank as his own, renamed it the King's Box, and destroyed the Forgotten Sepulcher before returning to High Peak Castle.
• The Time Keeper opened a path through shattered space and told Jiang Xiaofeng her name was Paimon, though he insisted on calling her Baimeng.
• Jiang Xiaofeng jumped through the gap and found himself in a purple-lit domain facing an upside-down statue of the Anemo Archon, Dainsleif, Aether, and Lumine.

Jiang Xiaofeng entered the Abyss after the Abyss Herald transported him there, then used the Void Heart and his flames to absorb and convert Abyssal power. The Abyss expelled him before he could finish strengthening his Hypostasis shells, while someone on Celestia awakened.

• Jiang Xiaofeng recognized Aether and Lumine, stopped time to attack Aether, and was pulled into a portal by the Abyss Herald; Dainsleif followed them into the Abyss.
• Aether met the Abyss Herald in the Abyss, but an unseen attacker pierced the Herald with a short sword, causing him to dissolve.
• Jiang Xiaofeng used the Void Heart and The Beheaded's flames to withstand the Abyss and absorb its power, which transformed his armor and purified the energy within him.
• The Abyss's will ordered Jiang Xiaofeng to leave and expelled him before he could strengthen his Cryo and Anemo shells; he put on black royal armor as he flew out.
• Someone on Celestia slowly opened their eyes.

Jiang Xiaofeng settled into the King's Box near Mondstadt and learned that the Void Heart had drawn the Knight out of the city toward him. Back at the bank, he planned to find an alchemist to restore the Queen’s original appearance, though their argument turned flirtatious.

• Jiang Xiaofeng emerged near Stormterror's Lair, enlarged the King's Box, and went inside to rest for the night.
• The Knight sensed Jiang Xiaofeng’s Void Heart and left Mondstadt, while Diona followed him as far as Springvale before heading home for help.
• The Knight reached a cliff overlooking Mondstadt, lost the Abyssal call, and fell asleep.
• Jiang Xiaofeng told the Collector to pause the bank’s expansion and help find an alchemist who could restore the Queen’s appearance.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to the Queen with her skull and explained his plan, then the two argued before becoming intimate.

Jiang Xiaofeng met the Hollow Knight, who reacted to the Void Heart within him, while power he had left in the Abyss gave birth to three more void creatures. The three newly born brothers scattered across Teyvat, and the youngest was captured by Cloud Retainer.

• Jiang Xiaofeng prepared the Collector to meet an alchemist and checked on the occupants of the King's Box before leaving it.
• Jiang Xiaofeng encountered the Hollow Knight, gave him Abyss power, and tried to determine whether he had a mind.
• Abyss power left behind by Jiang Xiaofeng gathered and created three little void ghosts, who broke through the Abyss and reached Teyvat.
• The eldest ghost arrived in a sinister forest, while the second found and enveloped a roaring sphere of light in a strange space.
• Cloud Retainer captured the four-horned youngest ghost with talismans, and his two brothers decided to grow stronger before rescuing him.
• Jiang Xiaofeng sensed the three new ghosts through the Void Heart and considered imitating the Pale King.

Jiang Xiaofeng brought the Collector to Durin to fulfill their agreement, then took Anna and the Knight to Mondstadt. The Knight spoke faintly to Jiang Xiaofeng at the Cat's Tail Tavern, warning him that the place was safe.

• Jiang Xiaofeng brought the Collector to Durin, and Durin agreed that their deal was complete.
• Jiang Xiaofeng introduced Anna to Durin and asked him to find a way to restore her original form; Durin agreed to help.
• Jiang Xiaofeng suggested that Durin name himself Albeless, but Durin rejected the idea, and the Collector was left behind.
• Jiang Xiaofeng and Anna flew toward Mondstadt with the Knight, and Anna agreed to help raise him and his three brothers.
• Jiang Xiaofeng, Anna, and the Knight bypassed the gate guards and appeared in Mondstadt's plaza.
• The Knight led Jiang Xiaofeng toward the Cat's Tail Tavern and faintly told him, "This place is safe."

Jiang Xiaofeng brought the Knight and Anna to the Cat's Tail Tavern, then released the Giant and his companions from the King's Box to explore the world. After learning Paimon had been badly injured, he healed and strengthened her with Void Power, but she pretended to be asleep until he caught her.

• Margaret told Jiang Xiaofeng that Diona had been looking for the Knight, and Anna stayed at the Cat's Tail Tavern while Jiang Xiaofeng went to the central plaza.
• Jiang Xiaofeng let the Giant, Yima, Nuoma, Calliope, and the Hand of the King out of the King's Box, gave them Mora, and told them to buy clothes and explore.
• Nuoma told Jiang Xiaofeng that a Slammer had injured Paimon and a bird had ambushed the Beheaded, so Jiang Xiaofeng went to check on Paimon.
• Jiang Xiaofeng used Void Power to heal and strengthen Paimon, leaving a black streak in her hair and a flame-and-star mark on her arm.
• Jiang Xiaofeng kissed Paimon's forehead and left, but returned when he realized she was awake and pretending to sleep.

Jiang Xiaofeng restored the Beheaded, then confronted the Knights of Favonius after they took Anna’s companions into custody. At headquarters, he attacked Lisa after sensing that she had shackled the Giant, escalating the confrontation with Jean, Kaeya, and Lisa.

• Jiang Xiaofeng poured void power into the Beheaded’s deteriorating body, healing him, and then went below the King’s Box to destroy the monsters there.
• Jiang Xiaofeng found Anna leaving the Cat’s Tail Tavern with Knights of Favonius and learned that Nuoma and Yima had been taken to headquarters.
• Jiang Xiaofeng brought Anna and the Knight to headquarters, where Nuoma, Yima, and the Servant Three Sisters waited in Jean’s office while Lisa questioned the Giant.
• The Giant broke Lisa’s lightning shackles as Jiang Xiaofeng kicked down the headquarters’ main doors and demanded that his people be released.
• Jiang Xiaofeng saw the Giant free himself and struck Lisa with red lightning, but Kaeya pulled her aside; Lisa retaliated with a surge of purple lightning after he singed her hair.

Jiang Xiaofeng stopped Lisa’s devastating attack by opening a gate to the Abyss, then negotiated the release of his companions and left the Knights of Favonius headquarters. Exhausted by the incident, he resolved to secure legitimate identities for his followers and reflected that some problems could not be solved by killing.

• Lisa attacked Jiang Xiaofeng, but Jean and Kaeya intervened before she completed her powerful lightning spell.
• Jiang Xiaofeng opened a gate to the Abyss and redirected Lisa’s lightning into it, using the chaos to strengthen the Electro Hypostasis’s core.
• Jiang Xiaofeng persuaded Lisa to release his subordinates and left the Knights of Favonius headquarters with them.
• Yima, Nuoma, Calliope, the three sisters, and The Giant described their visit to Mondstadt, and Jiang Xiaofeng promised to give them legitimate identities.
• Jiang Xiaofeng rested with Anna and The Knight, saying that some things, such as stealing a nation, could not be solved by killing.

Jiang Xiaofeng reunited with The Knight in Mondstadt and took him to the Cat’s Tail Tavern, where Diona served them drinks before Jiang Xiaofeng set out for Liyue. The Knight activated a growing purple light beneath his cloak as they flew toward Wangshu Inn.

• Anna carried the exhausted Jiang Xiaofeng and The Knight to the Cat’s Tail Tavern, where The Knight confirmed Jiang Xiaofeng was awake and called him “Father.”
• Jiang Xiaofeng checked the Electro Hypostasis’s core and agreed with Anna that they should leave Mondstadt for Liyue.
• Diona made Midnight Alley for The Knight, Sea of Dreams for Anna, and Dancing Radiance for Jiang Xiaofeng, but Anna ended up drinking all three.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned Anna to the King's Box, thanked Diona, and left the tavern with The Knight before briefly visiting the Angel’s Share.
• Jiang Xiaofeng flew with The Knight toward Wangshu Inn, and The Knight began glowing with purple light as they crossed the sky toward Liyue.

Jiang Xiaofeng visited Xiao at Wangshu Inn, reassured him about his karmic debt, and warned him not to enter the sealed Chasm yet. He then reunited with Lumine and Paimon, showed them the King's Box, and left them wondering how he had changed.

• Jiang Xiaofeng made almond tofu and flew to the top of Wangshu Inn, where Xiao initially mistook him for a stranger.
• Jiang Xiaofeng told Xiao that his karmic debt was gone, urged him to live well, and warned him to wait for help before exploring the Chasm for Bosacius's artifacts.
• Xiao told Jiang Xiaofeng that Lumine and Paimon had arrived at the inn, so Jiang Xiaofeng went to meet them.
• Jiang Xiaofeng invited Lumine and Paimon into the King's Box, and they were amazed by the space inside.
• After Jiang Xiaofeng took Lumine and Paimon back out of the King's Box, Paimon realized they had not learned why he had changed, while Lumine pretended she had figured it out.

Jiang Xiaofeng brought food into the King's Box and visited Paimon, who teased him about his inexperience with women before making her feelings clear. The chapter ended with Jiang Xiaofeng and Paimon embracing in her room while The Knight quietly left.

• Jiang Xiaofeng found Anna asleep, then visited Paimon and discussed the strange books Clio and the others had taken from the Knights of Favonius library.
• Paimon teased Jiang Xiaofeng for failing to flirt, and he left to have Yanxiao prepare a large meal.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to the King's Box with the food and called everyone out to eat, then went to fetch Paimon.
• Paimon pulled Jiang Xiaofeng into her room, confessed that she had opened her heart to him, and embraced him.
• The Knight silently opened the door and left while Jiang Xiaofeng and Paimon were together.

Jiang Xiaofeng and The Knight traveled to Wuwang Hill to search for the three void creatures born from the Void Heart. There, Jiang Xiaofeng captured a white ghost-like creature and learned from Hu Tao that a growing black shadow had been consuming souls.

• Jiang Xiaofeng found The Knight dejected after the Knight had spent the night outside his room and then took him to find his brothers.
• Jiang Xiaofeng left Mora for Verr Goldet at Wangshu Inn and flew with The Knight toward Wuwang Hill.
• Jiang Xiaofeng sensed a void creature at Wuwang Hill, wrapped himself in Void Power, and bound a white ghost with a chain.
• Hu Tao appeared and explained that a black shadow had been swallowing souls near the boundary between life and death.
• Jiang Xiaofeng realized the white ghost was likely the void creature feeding on souls and considered what powers it might have.

Jiang Xiaofeng found the shadow in the Border Between Life and Death and discovered it was an innocent void creature born from his power. After leaving with the creature and The Knight, he named them Second and Eldest, then began fighting the Oceanid near Qingce.

• Hu Tao led Jiang Xiaofeng and The Knight into the Border Between Life and Death, where Jiang Xiaofeng confronted the shadow.
• The shadow revealed that it was one of three lives formed from Jiang Xiaofeng's power, and said it had only sipped from souls before sending them through a passage.
• Jiang Xiaofeng brought the little ghost back to Hu Tao and The Knight, and the ghost climbed into a Vessel resembling The Knight.
• Hu Tao left after Jiang Xiaofeng assured her that the souls were fine, and Jiang Xiaofeng named The Knight Eldest and the new ghost Second.
• Jiang Xiaofeng attacked the Oceanid at its challenge platform, overwhelmed its water attacks with Void Power, and prepared to strike the submerged platform.

Jiang Xiaofeng created Endora from the Oceanid’s power and brought two Hollow Knights to the King's Box before finding another Void creature at Qingce Village. After learning its last brother had been captured, he flew to Mt. Aocang, where Shenhe confronted him outside Cloud Retainer’s abode.

• Jiang Xiaofeng destroyed Rhodeia, absorbed Abyss power, and created a small Oceanid he named Endora, who left a mark on his arm.
• Jiang Xiaofeng left the two Hollow Knights in the King's Box and went to Qingce Village to find another Void creature.
• The Void creature told Jiang Xiaofeng to call him Third and said their final brother had been captured; Jiang Xiaofeng agreed to find him.
• Jiang Xiaofeng flew to Mt. Aocang and approached Cloud Retainer’s abode with Xiao’s mask in hand.
• Shenhe attacked Jiang Xiaofeng with an ice spear and demanded to know who he was and why he had come.