Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiaofeng brought the four Void creatures to Hallownest, then set out to eliminate its gods and gather power for Eldest. After killing both Radiance forms and Godseeker, he sent Eldest to the Abyss to find an eggshell, leaving the Hollow Knight frozen in time.

• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to Mondstadt, where Paimon worried about the future, and told her to have and raise a child.
• Jiang Xiaofeng restored Windrise's great tree, brought the four Void creatures out of the Void, and took them to Hallownest.
• Jiang Xiaofeng spread Void Power through Hallownest, entered the Hollow Knight's dream, and devoured The Radiance before freezing the Hollow Knight in time.
• Jiang Xiaofeng entered Godseeker's dream, summoned The Radiance Absolute, crushed her, and killed Godseeker.
• Jiang Xiaofeng summoned Eldest and ordered him to absorb Godseeker's dream and become the Void God of the Abyss, then sent him to find an eggshell beneath the Abyss.

Jiang Xiaofeng gathered Hallownest’s charms, left his four children to explore the kingdom, and absorbed the Void Heart to create Kingsoul. Back in Teyvat, he tested a way to control the dangerous cells, while Orobashi confronted Sangonomiya Kokomi over the Resistance’s true motives and Watatsumi Island’s worsening conditions.

• Jiang Xiaofeng collected Hallownest’s gods and charms, gave the four children charms to divide, and brought Eldest to the Abyss, where Eldest obtained the Void Heart but refused to keep it.
• Jiang Xiaofeng left the four children in Hallownest to explore on their own, and Eldest bid him goodbye.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to Teyvat, absorbed the Void Heart to form Kingsoul, and tested cells that drove a Hydro Slime to attack other slimes before using Void Power to neutralize them.
• Lumine set out to destroy the Delusion factory after Delusions spread through the Resistance, while Teppei remained injured and unaware of their danger because his Void Eye had swallowed his Delusion.
• Orobashi challenged Sangonomiya Kokomi’s reasons for resisting the Vision Hunt Decree and accused her of ignoring Watatsumi Island’s barren soil and the Resistance’s shift toward seizing land.

Jiang Xiaofeng took the Electro Gnosis’s power, learned that Ei was reconsidering the Vision Hunt Decree, and went to Watatsumi Island to address its worsening conditions. He transformed the island’s soil with Void Power, gained Orobashi’s allegiance, and left Sangonomiya Kokomi relieved of her leadership duties.

• Orobashi confronted Sangonomiya Kokomi about the Resistance’s purpose and Watatsumi Island’s suffering, while lamenting that the island’s land remained barren.
• At the Delusion factory, Jiang Xiaofeng stopped time, took power from the Gnosis, and returned it to Scaramouche before striking him aside.
• Yae Miko told Jiang Xiaofeng that Ei was reconsidering the Vision Hunt Decree after the resurrection of Sister Kitsune Saiguu, Mikoshi Chiyo, and Sasayuri.
• Jiang Xiaofeng went to Watatsumi Island and used Void Power to transform its soil so it could be nourished every day.
• Orobashi acknowledged the Void as his master, and Jiang Xiaofeng strengthened him with Void Power.
• Orobashi took back Sangonomiya Kokomi’s authority, leaving her as Divine Priestess and relieved to be free of leadership duties.

Jiang Xiaofeng scattered Void Eyes across Inazuma, disrupting the Shogunate Army and Resistance as their fighters discovered they shared a power. After briefly visiting Mondstadt, he returned to Inazuma and considered how to bring the nation under his control.

• Jiang Xiaofeng gave civilians and soldiers across Inazuma Void Eyes that could erase memories when their holders tried to report them, and gave Kujou Sara one as well.
• At Tatarasuna, Teppei used his Void Eye to block Kujou Sara’s arrows, then exposed that her attacks carried the same black-edged power as his own.
• Kujou Sara ordered the Shogunate Army to retreat as its soldiers began questioning their new powers, and Gorou welcomed Teppei back to camp.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to Mondstadt, renamed the Knights of Favonius the Void Knights, and took Jean and Lisa with him for a while.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to Inazuma and considered making it his country, reasoning that Raiden Ei would eventually belong to him after he resurrected her friends.

Jiang Xiaofeng used the three-day agreement between Lumine and Kujou Sara to develop second-generation Void armor while anticipating that the Shogunate Army might arrest Lumine. When the three days passed and Kujou Sara took Lumine away, Jiang Xiaofeng realized La Signora was in danger and rushed toward Tenshukaku.

• At the Grand Narukami Shrine, Kujou Sara agreed to give Lumine three days to find evidence, while Jiang Xiaofeng predicted the Shogunate Army might arrest her regardless.
• Jiang Xiaofeng explained to Kitsune Saiguu that Void Eyes could strengthen the Shogunate Army and make it resist giving up its new power.
• Jiang Xiaofeng used the next three days to create second-generation Void armor, which stored its weapons and offered shields, cushioning, and limited flight.
• After three days, Jiang Xiaofeng learned that Kujou Sara had taken Lumine and realized La Signora was about to die.
• Jiang Xiaofeng flew toward Tenshukaku, hoping he could arrive in time.

Jiang Xiaofeng killed La Signora during Lumine’s Duel Before the Throne, while the Raiden Shogun formally acknowledged Lumine’s victory and let her leave Tenshukaku. In the Plane of Euthymia, Jiang Xiaofeng discussed Inazuma’s future with Kitsune Saiguu and the others, then left Ei to face the fact that he had no reason to resurrect Makoto.

• Lumine challenged La Signora to a Duel Before the Throne as Jiang Xiaofeng arrived at Tenshukaku and watched.
• When La Signora entered her third phase, Jiang Xiaofeng punched through her abdomen, extinguished her flames, and took the pale fire from her.
• The Raiden Shogun killed La Signora, while Jiang Xiaofeng captured her soul; she then acknowledged Lumine’s victory and allowed her to leave.
• The Raiden Shogun sent Jiang Xiaofeng to the Plane of Euthymia, where he told Kitsune Saiguu, Sasayuri, and Mikoshi Chiyo to manage Inazuma and bring the Tri-Commission into line.
• Kitsune Saiguu warned Ei that Jiang Xiaofeng had no reason to resurrect Makoto, and Ei silently accepted that she would have to wait.

Jiang Xiaofeng learned that Faruch and other snowy mountain leaders had become arrogant and pressed Mondstadt for land, so he punished the rebels and erased their resurrected kingdom. He spared Uku to record the mountain’s history as the Snow Mountain Ruins.

• Spider Woman reported that Faruch and the snowy mountain’s leaders looked down on Mondstadt and demanded more land, while Uku acted as a peacemaker.
• Jiang Xiaofeng summoned Faruch, his daughter, and Uku to the Peak of Vindagnyr and rejected Faruch’s demand for land.
• Jiang Xiaofeng turned the rebellious snowy mountain commoners into Hilichurls and restored the mountain’s buildings to ruins.
• Jiang Xiaofeng killed Faruch and his daughter, then ordered Uku to remain and compile the snowy mountain’s history.
• Jiang Xiaofeng sank the Peak of Vindagnyr, restored the Skyfrost Nail, and renamed Dragonspine the Snow Mountain Ruins.

Jiang Xiaofeng hunted gods in the Archon War era, easily killing several and absorbing their authority while Millelith soldiers and yakshas investigated the remains. After nearly a week of effortless victories, he returned to the King's Box, where he teased Paimon as she tried to cook.

• Jiang Xiaofeng killed the God of Smoke and devoured his authority, leaving the remains for a Millelith patrol to discover.
• A Millelith captain speculated that one person had killed the scattered gods, but Bosacius arrived and absorbed the remains before the captain could investigate further.
• Jiang Xiaofeng found the God of Weapons, turned his weapons against him, killed him with his bare hands, and devoured his authority.
• Jiang Xiaofeng spent nearly a week killing lone gods, even trying a borrowed body, while Paimon stayed inside the King's Box to prevent timeline mistakes.
• Jiang Xiaofeng returned to the King's Box, criticized Paimon's cooking, started preparing dinner with Void Power, and picked her up while she protested that she was hungry.

Jiang Xiaofeng devoured gods and Abyssal creatures while spreading Void Power through Teyvat’s Ley Lines, drawing the region’s gods toward him. After he consumed Decarabian, Mondstadt’s protective wind wall vanished, leaving Venti and his companions searching for a way to save the city from the blizzard.

• Jiang Xiaofeng killed the God of Death, took his authority, and began corrupting Teyvat’s Ley Lines with Void Power.
• Abyss Princess Lumine attacked Jiang Xiaofeng, but he broke her limbs and continued absorbing Abyssal power and capturing creatures.
• Jiang Xiaofeng engulfed Azhdaha and Decarabian in the Void, analyzing their abilities as his power spread across Teyvat.
• Jiang Xiaofeng’s Void Power destroyed Khaenri’ah’s Field Tillers and wiped the unprotected nation off the map.
• Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei left Inazuma to investigate the Ley Lines, allowing Khaenri’ah’s dark monsters to approach the nation.
• Decarabian’s disappearance brought down Mondstadt’s wind wall, and Venti and his companions set out to find a way to save the city from the blizzard after Andrius refused to help.

Jiang Xiaofeng arrived in Guili Assembly and exposed how Ye Fan had used his supposed foreknowledge and inventions to influence the Yaksha and Guizhong. As Bonanus and Indarias warned Ye Fan, his system reported Guizhong and Morax’s rescue progress collapsing and began stripping away his powers.

• Jiang Xiaofeng left Mondstadt, possessed a new corpse, and traveled to Liyue to inspect Guili Assembly.
• Jiang Xiaofeng confronted Indarias and Bonanus on Bonanus’s wedding day, questioning their relationship with Ye Fan and pointing out his suspicious influence over them and Guizhong.
• Indarias and Bonanus remembered Ye Fan’s constant interventions but insisted he was merely a helpful auspicious beast named Bai Ze.
• Bonanus and Indarias rushed to warn Ye Fan that someone was after him.
• Ye Fan learned Jiang Xiaofeng existed and demanded answers from his system, which warned that Guizhong’s rescue progress had fallen to zero and that Morax’s had too.

Jiang Xiaofeng captured Morax, Decarabian, Azhdaha, and Guizhong in the Void, then confronted Ye Fan when he came to rescue Morax and Guizhong. Ye Fan received a mission promising Authority over Time for killing the outsider, but Jiang Xiaofeng broke his Duelist Spear and pressed the attack.

• Jiang Xiaofeng told Morax and Decarabian that the gods were his targets, while Azhdaha slept as Void Power analyzed them.
• Morax and Decarabian spoke in the Void after Decarabian stopped resisting its erosion.
• Ye Fan traveled to Jiang Xiaofeng's tree-stump hideout and demanded that he hand over Morax and Guizhong.
• Ye Fan recognized Jiang Xiaofeng as the Beheaded and complained to his system, which restored his Cryo power and assigned him a mission to kill the outsider for Authority over Time.
• Jiang Xiaofeng attacked Ye Fan, teleported behind him, and snapped his Duelist Spear with a punch.
• Jiang Xiaofeng activated Velocity and charged at Ye Fan again.

Jiang Xiaofeng overwhelmed Ye Fan, who transformed into Bai Ze and used a series of abilities and defenses to survive the fight. Ye Fan escaped through a Substitute Death Doll, while Jiang Xiaofeng vowed to pursue him and investigate his system.

• Ye Fan attacked Jiang Xiaofeng with elemental powers, but Jiang Xiaofeng dodged and countered with his weapons and Cocoon.
• Ye Fan transformed into Bai Ze, but Jiang Xiaofeng summoned a giant scythe and cut through Ye Fan’s Jade Shield.
• Jiang Xiaofeng trapped Ye Fan with a Vine Grenade and smoke bomb, then struck him with the Scythe Right Claw.
• Ye Fan used One-hit Kill to pierce Jiang Xiaofeng, but Jiang Xiaofeng generated the King’s body and tore Bai Ze apart.
• Ye Fan’s Substitute Death Doll activated, allowing him to survive, and Jiang Xiaofeng promised to pursue him and study his system.
• After waking at night, Ye Fan asked his system how he could possibly defeat Jiang Xiaofeng, the Pale King.

Jiang Xiaofeng massacred the Guili Assembly’s defenders, captured Ye Fan, and drew several gods into the Void. He then subdued the wind spirit after refusing to save Mondstadt in this timeline, offering instead to show her the peaceful Mondstadt in his own world.

• Ye Fan rushed Jiang Xiaofeng after witnessing Bonanus’s death, but Jiang Xiaofeng punched through his chest and defeated him.
• Jiang Xiaofeng stopped Xiao, Bosacius, Menogias, and Indarias in midair and killed them, then sent his army against the Millelith.
• Jiang Xiaofeng captured Ye Fan and threw him into the Void, where Ye Fan’s despair let Void Power invade his system.
• Jiang Xiaofeng hypnotized the boy traveling with the wind spirit, imprisoned the spirit, and captured Ei and Makoto.
• The wind spirit begged Jiang Xiaofeng to save Mondstadt, but he refused and explained that Mondstadt in his world was peaceful.
• Jiang Xiaofeng flooded the wind spirit with Void Power, then offered to take her to his world’s Mondstadt if she submitted.

Jiang Xiaofeng devoured Teyvat with the Void, abducted its gods, and fought the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, discovering that Ye Fan had possessed her body. After defeating and absorbing Ye Fan, Jiang Xiaofeng entered the Void and found countless worlds to explore.

• Jiang Xiaofeng abducted King Deshret and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, then destroyed a city and let the Void consume the land.
• Jiang Xiaofeng captured the Hydro, Pyro, and Cryo Archons, killed Aether, erased Lumine’s memories, and turned Aether into a Void creature.
• Jiang Xiaofeng attacked the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles after Teyvat had been consumed by the Void.
• Jiang Xiaofeng discovered that Ye Fan had possessed the Sustainer’s body after his system was dismantled, and he defeated and devoured Ye Fan.
• Jiang Xiaofeng entered the Void and found many worlds waiting for him.

After receiving Jean’s warning that Mondstadt had changed hands, Lumine returned from Inazuma and found the city transformed under Jiang Xiaofeng’s rule. Amber explained the rise of the Void Knights and led her to meet the new Grand Master, Spider Woman.

• Beidou delivered Jean’s letter to Lumine in Inazuma, warning that Mondstadt had changed hands.
• Lumine used a Teleport Waypoint to return to Mondstadt and was shocked by its transformed streets and unfamiliar patrols.
• Amber helped Lumine enter the headquarters and explained that the Knights of Favonius had become the Void Knights under a powerful king.
• Amber took Lumine to the office, where Spider Woman sat as Grand Master, Lisa searched the shelves, and Jean drank tea.
• Spider Woman looked up from her paperwork and asked Amber who Lumine was.

Amber explained how the king had taken control of Mondstadt and transformed the Knights of Favonius into the Void Knights while introducing new Visions and reforms. She then brought Lumine and Paimon to the weekend night market, where Lumine saw how the king’s changes had reshaped everyday life.

• Amber told Lumine that the king had resurrected Goodwin and Diluc's father, healed Glory's eyes, and given Visions to ordinary people.
• Amber explained that the king had occupied Mondstadt, placed Grand Master Spider in charge, renamed the Knights of Favonius the Void Knights, and altered many of the Knights' Visions.
• Amber described the king's reforms, including new vehicles, controlled monster gathering sites, and the Lawrence Clan's changed conduct; she also told Lumine that the king had replaced the Anemo Archon's statue and sat beside Venti.
• Amber took Lumine and Paimon to the night market after fireworks announced its opening.
• Lumine watched Paimon eat and saw Razor enjoy steak prepared with Bennett's help, while Amber explained that the market opened every weekend.

Lumine investigated Mondstadt to understand the changes under His Majesty, but found widespread support and a transformed city where people focused on making a living. She went to question Jean and overheard strange sounds from her office, then walked away without knocking.

• Amber invited Lumine to stay with her, and Lumine showed her the Serenitea Pot, which Amber called a World in the Palm after hearing the term from His Majesty.
• Lumine questioned Mondstadt’s residents and found that they praised His Majesty for granting Visions, healing people, clearing trade routes, and improving the city’s rule.
• Lumine learned that the Void Knights ignored Diluc’s Darknight Hero activities, while Rosaria hunted Treasure Hoarders and Kaeya advised Lumine not to think she could undo His Majesty’s changes.
• Lumine investigated Mondstadt for several more days and decided to ask Acting Grand Master Jean what had happened.
• Lumine heard strange cries from Jean’s office, reconsidered knocking, and mechanically left the Knights of Favonius headquarters.

Jiang Xiaofeng reflected on the worlds and strange items he had absorbed, then returned to Mondstadt and declared the Church of Favonius the Void Church. He appeared before the people as king, whose cheering Lumine and Jiang Xiaofeng alone distrusted.

• Lumine left the Knights of Favonius and joined Amber and her friends at the night market to celebrate her return.
• Jiang Xiaofeng recalled devouring another Teyvat, imprisoning its gods, and finding strange items and three world Waypoints by dismantling a system.
• The next day, Jiang Xiaofeng visited Anna, then told the praying archbishop to rename the Church of Favonius the Void Church.
• Jiang Xiaofeng appeared on his throne in royal armor and watched Mondstadt's people cheer for him as their king.
• Most people genuinely believed Jiang Xiaofeng had improved their lives, but Lumine and Jiang Xiaofeng did not trust the crowd's praise.

Jiang Xiaofeng returned to Mondstadt, reunited with Anna, and checked on developments in the kingdom before taking Venti to meet people from other timelines. Wendy pledged allegiance to Jiang Xiaofeng to protect her friend, but he questioned whether he had ever threatened to kill them.

• Jiang Xiaofeng reunited with Anna, learned that Yima and Nuoma were visiting Liyue, and heard that an artificial human created by The Collector and Albedo had escaped into the snowy mountains.
• Jiang Xiaofeng gave the civilians revival coins, while Lumine received three and forgot that she had come to ask the new king about the unknown god.
• Jiang Xiaofeng took the drunken Venti from Angel's Share to Starsnatch Cliff and summoned Venti's Nameless Friend and Wendy.
• Jiang Xiaofeng summoned Raiden Makoto, Raiden Ei, Morax, and Decarabian, then told them that he had destroyed their timeline and sent them to see the present world.
• Jiang Xiaofeng gave Wendy the choice between pledging allegiance and being erased with her friend, and Wendy chose to serve him to protect them.
• Jiang Xiaofeng asked Wendy and her friend whether he had ever said he would kill them.

Jiang Xiaofeng visited Liyue, Inazuma, Watatsumi, and Mondstadt, arranging for former Archons to surrender their authority and live in his timeline. After a week, he absorbed the authorities he had collected, deciding not to give them to anyone else.

• Jiang Xiaofeng learned that Morax planned to go to Mondstadt in a week and offer him his authority, while Zhongli accepted Morax as a brother.
• Jiang Xiaofeng stopped Raiden Ei and the Raiden Shogun's duel, then persuaded Raiden Makoto and Raiden Ei to surrender their Electro Archon authorities and let the Raiden Shogun accept a second Raiden Makoto.
• Jiang Xiaofeng gave Orobashi the corpse of a giant white serpent and told him to absorb his own power.
• Jiang Xiaofeng explained Decarabian's history and death to him, and Decarabian agreed to offer his authority after a week.
• Jiang Xiaofeng extracted the authorities of the remaining gods outside the other four nations, turned their empty shells into Void creatures, and absorbed the three authorities he held a week later.