Chapter Summaries

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.

Jiang Xiaofeng confronted Cloud Retainer over the capture of his child, freed the little ghost, and left with him for Qingce Village. Cloud Retainer discovered that Shenhe’s red ropes were damaged and decided to send her after Jiang Xiaofeng, while Jiang Xiaofeng took Third and Fourth into the King's Box.

• Jiang Xiaofeng immobilized Shenhe and asked her to summon Cloud Retainer, explaining that she had captured his child.
• Shenhe warned Jiang Xiaofeng that Cloud Retainer rarely met visitors, so he tore open the seal and demanded that she come out.
• Cloud Retainer apologized for mistaking the little ghost for an enemy and gave Jiang Xiaofeng a crystal as compensation before he freed Shenhe.
• Jiang Xiaofeng left Mt. Aocang with Fourth and headed toward Third in Qingce Village, while Cloud Retainer urged Shenhe to spend time among mortals in Liyue Harbor.
• Cloud Retainer found cuts in Shenhe’s red ropes and decided to send her down the mountain to seek Jiang Xiaofeng’s help.
• Jiang Xiaofeng praised Third’s transformed form, then put Third and Fourth into the King's Box.

Jiang Xiaofeng returned to Liyue Harbor, hired Zhongli to remodel the King's Box, and spent the night making plans for the future. The chapter ended with the others settling into their routines while Cloud Retainer discussed Shenhe's situation with the other adepti until dawn.

• Jiang Xiaofeng found the two little ones with The Beheaded, then spent the afternoon with Paimon and asked the three sisters to buy vegetables the next day.
• Jiang Xiaofeng teleported to Liyue Harbor, bought Dongsheng's entire stock of vegetables, and brought it back to the King's Box.
• Jiang Xiaofeng asked Zhongli to remodel the King's Box, and Zhongli used his Geo Archon power to reshape its interior.
• Jiang Xiaofeng admired the remodeled King's Box, then flew to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and drank cider beneath the full moon while planning to collect the Elemental Hypostases in Inazuma after the Osial incident.
• The three sisters prepared food, Nuoma and Yima arranged the first floor, and The Beheaded and the four Hollow Knights fought monsters beyond the golden door.
• Hu Tao thought of Jiang Xiaofeng, Shenhe packed her luggage, Lumine cooked at a campsite, and Cloud Retainer discussed Shenhe with the other adepti until dawn.

Jiang Xiaofeng visited the Northland Bank, where he reunited with La Signora and Childe before inviting them into the King's Box to see his world. Inside, Anna appeared as Jiang Xiaofeng helped La Signora up from her fall.

• Jiang Xiaofeng escaped a crowd by entering the King's Box and gave The Beheaded his spare weapons, then asked him to train the four little Hollow Knights.
• Jiang Xiaofeng visited Bubu Pharmacy looking for Baizhu, but learned he was away on a house call.
• Jiang Xiaofeng kicked open the Northland Bank door and fought off La Signora's icicles before she recognized him as Jiang Xiaofeng.
• Jiang Xiaofeng told La Signora he had come to withdraw Mora, greeted Childe, and led them to a back room.
• Jiang Xiaofeng invited La Signora and Childe into the King's Box; La Signora fell inside because there was nowhere to stand, and Anna arrived as Jiang Xiaofeng set her down.

Jiang Xiaofeng sparred with Childe, endured his strongest attack, and defeated him with his elemental powers. After seeing Childe and La Signora off, Jiang Xiaofeng told Anna he would kill La Signora and take her power of flame if she ever went crazy.

• Jiang Xiaofeng introduced Childe and La Signora to Anna, then took Childe downstairs to fight.
• Jiang Xiaofeng and Childe traded elemental attacks, and Jiang Xiaofeng used a Jade Shield to withstand Childe’s strikes.
• Childe unleashed his strongest attack, summoning a giant whale, but Jiang Xiaofeng emerged unharmed and restrained him with Geo shells.
• Jiang Xiaofeng used the Dream Nail on Childe, saw that Childe still wanted to grow stronger, and ended their sparring match.
• After Childe and La Signora left, Anna asked Jiang Xiaofeng about La Signora, and he said he would kill her and extract her power of flame if she went crazy.

Jiang Xiaofeng struck a bargain with the Tsaritsa for the power of the Cryo and Anemo Gnoses in exchange for the Geo Gnosis, then escaped an illusion she had trapped him in. He emerged with the Archons’ powers flowing through him and wondered whether the Cryo Archon had already marked him.

• Jiang Xiaofeng told La Signora and Childe he had made a deal with Morax and proposed trading the Geo Gnosis for the power of the Cryo and Anemo Gnoses.
• The Tsaritsa agreed to the contract, and La Signora and Childe left Northland Bank before Jiang Xiaofeng was transported to her ice palace.
• The Tsaritsa sent blue and green lights into Jiang Xiaofeng, who shouted “Bronya!” and escaped using his teleportation tablet.
• Back at Northland Bank, Jiang Xiaofeng realized he was trapped in an illusion and repeatedly stabbed himself with the Cursed Sword until he lost consciousness.
• Jiang Xiaofeng woke in Northland Bank and discovered the Cryo and Anemo Hypostases’ power had been depleted as their shells and cores shattered into him.
• Jiang Xiaofeng formed ice and wind in his hands and wondered whether the Cryo Archon had been watching him since he absorbed some of her power before.