Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiaofeng explored the upside-down ruins, defeated Abyss Heralds and Black Serpent Knights, and found Katarina Snezhevna. He warned her of a possible Fatui move in Liyue Harbor and traded supplies for firewater before leaving.

• Jiang Xiaofeng broke into the upside-down ruins, destroyed a mechanism-operated door, looted Mora, and activated a Waypoint.
• Jiang Xiaofeng rang a bell, froze the Electro and Pyro Heralds, disrupted their attacks with Stone Steles, and let the Cursed Sword behead and devour them.
• Jiang Xiaofeng activated more Waypoints, crushed Black Serpent Knights, and ignored the giant mushroom's call.
• Jiang Xiaofeng froze Katarina Snezhevna, questioned her about her younger brother, and learned that they had agreed to return when their exploration time was up.
• Jiang Xiaofeng introduced himself as The Beheaded, warned Katarina that the Fatui in Liyue Harbor might make a major move, and gave her food in exchange for firewater.

Jiang Xiaofeng entered the vast chamber beneath the Skyfrost Nail, captured a Thundercraven Rifthound to gain its powers, and confronted the Ruin Serpent. After freezing the serpent and possessing it, he roared in his new form.

• Jiang Xiaofeng left Katarina with instructions to keep her younger brother from exploring and to regroup with the Fatui Skirmishers if possible.
• Jiang Xiaofeng entered the chamber, activated two Waypoints, and let the Cursed Sword destroy the platforms and attack the Rifthounds.
• Jiang Xiaofeng stopped the Cursed Sword from killing the last Thundercraven Rifthound, knocked it unconscious, and possessed it to use its alternate-space abilities.
• Jiang Xiaofeng watched the Skyfrost Nail descend, then dropped to the platform and lured out the Ruin Serpent.
• Jiang Xiaofeng shielded himself from the Ruin Serpent’s drill, raised it on a stone pillar, and froze it with Cryo before possessing it.
• Jiang Xiaofeng put the Cursed Sword away, felt the Ruin Serpent’s power, and roared in his new form.

Jiang Xiaofeng traversed the Chasm in a Ruin Serpent body, aided Fatui Skirmishers, and hunted monsters to collect cells and rewards. After acquiring a second Ruin Serpent body and finishing his work underground, he returned to the surface and flew toward a Hilichurl camp to level up.

• Jiang Xiaofeng emerged from underground and gave supplies to the Ninth Company, then urged the Electrohammer to help his comrades and deliver a message to the Knave.
• Jiang Xiaofeng burrowed through the Chasm, crushed Black Serpent Knights, and used the Cursed Sword to devour black mud while killing a Pyro Abyss Mage.
• Jiang Xiaofeng hunted Treasure Hoarders for cells until the system awarded him mutations, skills, Acceptance, and Hattori's Katana before entering dormancy.
• Jiang Xiaofeng possessed the world boss Ruin Serpent to obtain a second Ruin Serpent body, then collected more cells and returned to the Waypoint.
• Jiang Xiaofeng teleported above the Chasm, spread his dragon wings, and flew toward a Hilichurl camp to hunt and level up.

Jiang Xiaofeng tested his new rewards after returning from The Chasm, then visited Zhongli and asked about the Abyss and his Cursed Sword. La Signora had returned to Liyue Harbor, though Jiang Xiaofeng did not know she was there.

• Jiang Xiaofeng absorbed five Legendary Scrolls of Power and tested his new weapons and skills on Treasure Hoarders.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to Liyue Harbor and learned from the Northland Bank manager that Childe had gone to collect recruits and the Rite of Descension was two months away.
• La Signora emerged after Jiang Xiaofeng left and asked who he had been; the manager said Childe had confirmed Jiang Xiaofeng posed no danger.
• Jiang Xiaofeng visited Zhongli at Tian Tie Zui and suggested that Director Hu arrange funerals for miners who died in The Chasm.
• Jiang Xiaofeng told Zhongli he had ties to the Abyss, wanted its help with two things affecting him, and showed him the Cursed Sword, whose true nature Zhongli could not identify.

Jiang Xiaofeng agreed to resolve major incidents in Liyue Harbor in exchange for Zhongli's Gnosis, then traveled to Mondstadt to learn about Lumine's progress and speak with Diluc. He learned little about the Traveler's next steps, but Diluc agreed to believe his explanation about the Abyss for now.

• Zhongli agreed to give Jiang Xiaofeng his Gnosis after the Rite of Descension in exchange for Jiang Xiaofeng handling major incidents in Liyue Harbor.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to the Northland Bank, found the Harbingers absent, and used a Waypoint to travel from Stormterror's Lair to Mondstadt.
• Jiang Xiaofeng watched Lumine and Paimon turn in their commissions to Katheryne, then followed Diluc into the Angel's Share.
• Diluc asked whether Jiang Xiaofeng was involved with the Abyss, and Jiang Xiaofeng said he had hired them to help restore his body but did not know what they wanted.
• Diluc said he would believe Jiang Xiaofeng for now, and Jiang Xiaofeng asked where Venti had been while insisting he would settle his score with the Anemo Archon.

Jiang Xiaofeng spent a week enjoying himself in Mondstadt, then watched Lumine accept a special commission from Katheryne. As Lumine and Paimon departed, Jiang Xiaofeng decided it was time to act and left Katheryne behind.

• Diluc woke after drinking with Jiang Xiaofeng and learned Jiang Xiaofeng had paid for the drinks before leaving.
• Jiang Xiaofeng stopped time, took Paimon to a windmill, and asked her to enhance his two Time Warp skills.
• Paimon’s enhancement fused the skills into Jiang Xiaofeng’s Time Stop power, whose reach extended far beyond his surroundings.
• Jiang Xiaofeng paid Sara so Paimon could eat, then spent his days exploring Mondstadt and playing pranks.
• A week later, Jiang Xiaofeng watched Lumine accept a special commission from Katheryne and leave with Paimon, then walked away.

Jiang Xiaofeng met Dainsleif in Mondstadt and arranged to join his expedition in exchange for trying to draw out Khaenri'ah's curse. He then challenged the Wolf King of the North Wind, but Razor interrupted the trial and the Wolf King left after warning that strange intruders had entered his territory.

• Jiang Xiaofeng confronted Lumine about Venti and offered Dainsleif a deal to join his mission while attempting to draw out the curse of Khaenri'ah.
• Dainsleif let Jiang Xiaofeng join the group, and Jiang Xiaofeng told Lumine to ask Dainsleif about her brother before leaving.
• Jiang Xiaofeng flew to Wolvendom and fought the Wolf King of the North Wind, using several weapons and abilities to wear him down.
• Razor blocked Jiang Xiaofeng's finishing arrow, and the Wolf King explained that strange people had invaded his territory.
• The Wolf King ended the trial, left a Ley Line Blossom as Jiang Xiaofeng's reward, and vanished with Razor.

Jiang Xiaofeng aggressively devoured the Hypostases’ powers to grow stronger, then tracked down Dainsleif at the Wolf of the North’s territory. He attacked the Abyss Order there and struck Dainsleif with the Cursed Sword.

• Jiang Xiaofeng killed Beth repeatedly, forced the Anemo Hypostasis to surrender a life for its core, and devoured its power before taking on the Electro and Cryo Hypostases.
• Durin found Jiang Xiaofeng at the Cryo Hypostasis’s territory, but Jiang Xiaofeng left without noticing the Ley Lines’ violent reaction or the Cryo power being absorbed inside him.
• Jiang Xiaofeng froze and devoured the Geo Hypostasis, while Gimel hid and later emerged after sensing that Jiang Xiaofeng had left.
• Jiang Xiaofeng learned that Dainsleif had gone with Lumine, flew to the Wolf of the North’s territory, and attacked the Abyss Order with lightning.
• Jiang Xiaofeng tore apart the Abyss Mages and Hilichurls, bound the Abyss Herald, and stabbed Dainsleif in the shoulder with the Cursed Sword.

Jiang Xiaofeng helped Dainsleif suppress Khaenri'ah's curse, then joined him at a ruin to enter the Abyss and find Aether. When Aether appeared, Dainsleif learned that finding him had been Jiang Xiaofeng's real reason for going there.

• Jiang Xiaofeng absorbed the curse's effects from Dainsleif and helped him defeat the Abyss Herald, then received Hollow Knight-related rewards from the system.
• Jiang Xiaofeng declined to travel to Liyue with Lumine and Paimon, gave Lumine the Blood Sword, and left with Dainsleif through a starry portal.
• At the ruin with the upside-down statue of the Anemo Archon, Jiang Xiaofeng and Dainsleif waited for a portal to the Abyss.
• Jiang Xiaofeng used Geo shells and hammers to beat a Hydro Abyss Herald nearly unconscious, then Dainsleif restrained him when he tried to escape.
• Aether appeared and attacked Dainsleif, and Jiang Xiaofeng revealed that he had wanted to enter the Abyss to find Aether.

Jiang Xiaofeng let Aether destroy the system inside him, then used the Cursed Sword to break the Abyss and sank toward the world of Dead Cells. As Jiang Xiaofeng departed, the system’s remnants formed a tiny being that crossed into Teyvat and became the Hollow Knight.

• Jiang Xiaofeng followed Aether into the Abyss so Aether could destroy the two things inside him, but Aether betrayed him and stabbed him with his sword.
• Aether’s strike shattered the system, and Jiang Xiaofeng realized the connection between the worlds of Dead Cells and Genshin Impact.
• Jiang Xiaofeng fought back with the Cursed Sword, broke the Abyss, and sank through the void while his flesh disintegrated and his system fragments scattered.
• Jiang Xiaofeng devoured his Hydro Vision, prepared to travel to the world of Dead Cells, and vanished from the Abyss with the Cursed Sword.
• The system’s remaining fragments formed a tiny figure that crossed from the Abyss into Teyvat, defeated a Hilichurl, and was revealed as the Hollow Knight.

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.