Recaps

Baichen escaped Ningguang after she kissed him and tried to keep him at the Jade Chamber, then spent the night sheltered by Yun Jin. At the festival, Ningguang bound a tracking ring to his finger, and after he fled, Beidou offered to take him to sea before Yelan confronted her.

• Ningguang kissed Baichen at the Jade Chamber, but Ganyu’s urgent message about the Chasm interrupted her; Baichen escaped using Yoimiya’s firework.
• Baichen met Yun Jin on the rooftops, and she took him to the Yun-Han Opera Troupe’s back courtyard, treated his injured lips, and let him sleep there.
• Ganyu found Baichen the next morning and took him to the final day of the festival, where Keqing gave him an emergency alarm and Hu Tao teased him about his rooftop escape.
• Ningguang gave Baichen a gold and jade ring that forcibly bound to his finger and allowed her to track him.
• Baichen hid in an alley and met Beidou, who offered to take him to sea; Yelan appeared, and Baichen ran as the two women faced off.

Baichen escaped Ningguang’s search with Ganyu and hid at her home in Jueyun Karst, where his system’s Charm Aura nearly caused Ganyu to kiss him. The next morning, Ningguang found them on the mountain path and confronted Ganyu.

• Baichen fled through Liyue Harbor, injured himself, and was rescued by Ganyu, who carried him to her home in Jueyun Karst.
• Ganyu treated Baichen’s wound and cared for him, while Cloud Retainer visited and gave her ointment and a talisman to block the tracking ring.
• Baichen learned that his system’s Charm Aura caused conquest targets to develop possessiveness and lust after Ganyu nearly kissed him, then fled in distress.
• Ganyu and Baichen spent an awkward night apart and began descending the mountain after the talisman stopped blocking the ring’s signal.
• Ganyu offered to take Baichen somewhere far away, but Ningguang and the Millelith blocked the path and Ningguang rebuked Ganyu.

Ei rescued Baichen from Ningguang in Jueyun Karst and brought him back to Inazuma, where she cared for him and reaffirmed her possessive attachment. The chapter ended with Baichen asleep in Ei’s arms while she stayed awake beside him.

• Ningguang tried to take Baichen from Ganyu, but Ei arrived and forced Ningguang to release him before carrying him away.
• Ningguang ordered Ganyu to prepare an apology gift for Inazuma after Ei accused Liyue of violating diplomatic protocol.
• At Tenshukaku, Ei treated Baichen’s injuries, listened to his account of Liyue, and kissed away the marks Ningguang had left.
• Ei destroyed Baichen’s Liyue belongings, questioned him about speaking to the air, and accepted his explanation about a secret hometown tradition.
• Ei shared a meal with Baichen, trained with him in the courtyard, and stayed beside him after his bath so he would feel safe.
• Baichen fell asleep in Ei’s arms, while Ei watched over him and quietly claimed him as hers.

After Baichen returned to Inazuma, Ei took him on an outing, grew jealous when he met Lumine, and received a secret album of his time in Liyue. That night, Ei held Baichen close and told him she wanted to make him completely hers.

• Baichen woke in Ei's arms, and she dressed him in a kimono before taking him to Hanamizaka for tricolor dango.
• Baichen ran into Lumine and Paimon, and Ei became jealous after Lumine greeted him familiarly.
• At Uyuu Restaurant, Baichen reassured Ei that he only smiled that way for her, easing her jealousy.
• After Ei returned to work, Baichen visited Yae Publishing House, where the Shogun arrived to tell him that Liyue's apology gift had come.
• Ei secretly examined Ningguang's album of Baichen's Liyue portraits, then pressed him against a sakura tree and bit him.
• That night, Ei held Baichen in bed and told him she wanted to make him completely hers.

After spending the night with Ei, Baichen recovered in Tenshukaku and visited Inazuma City, where Kujou Sara warned him about Fatui spies and Ayaka welcomed him for tea. Ei showed jealousy when he returned, while Bronya watched them from afar and decided it was time to bring Baichen home.

• Baichen woke in Ei's arms, and Ei tended to his soreness before personally serving him lunch.
• Baichen slipped out of Tenshukaku, where Kujou Sara gave him medicinal plasters and warned him that Fatui spies were active in Inazuma.
• Baichen visited the Kamisato Estate, and Ayaka invited him to tea and admitted she envied his closeness with Ei.
• Ei told Baichen to visit Ayaka less often, and Baichen kissed her cheek and assured her that he only liked her.
• Bronya watched Baichen and Ei together through a water mirror and decided to bring Baichen home.

Baichen learned that Bronya had sent La Signora to invite him to Snezhnaya, while Ei refused to let him go and reaffirmed her claim on him. After Fatui trouble drew Ei to the docks, a soldier delivered Bronya’s ultimatum ordering Baichen to meet her behind the Grand Narukami Shrine in three days.

• Baichen heard that a Snezhnayan delegation had arrived and learned Bronya’s affection remained at 64%.
• La Signora told Ei that Bronya invited Baichen to Snezhnaya and threatened to collect him herself if he did not come.
• Ei confronted Baichen about a promise to Bronya, then held him close and declared she would not let anyone take him away.
• Kujou Sara reported that the Fatui were causing trouble at the docks, and Ei left to deal with them.
• A masked Fatui soldier delivered Bronya’s letter, which ordered Baichen to meet her behind the Grand Narukami Shrine at midnight three days later.

Baichen struggled with Bronya’s deadline and finally told Ei he might go to Snezhnaya to prevent a war. Ei reluctantly allowed him to leave for three days, prepared protective gifts, and agreed to see him off as he prepared to depart.

• Baichen worried about Bronya’s letter and the possibility that refusing her demand would lead to war with Inazuma.
• Ei discovered that Bronya had sent the letter and confronted Baichen, who admitted he was considering a trip to Snezhnaya to prevent conflict.
• After spending the day considering the matter, Ei allowed Baichen to go for no more than three days and made him promise to return.
• Ei gave Baichen an amulet, medicine, her lightning-patterned magatama, and Thunder Sakura earrings for protection and to mark their bond.
• Baichen and Ei visited the Grand Narukami Shrine, where he drew a great blessing and wished for a safe journey.
• The night before Baichen’s departure, Ei told him she would always be his home, and they shared a kiss.

Baichen left Ei in Inazuma and traveled with Bronya to Snezhnaya, where she brought him to her private palace. After he woke from a sedative, Bronya began trying to reassert her control over him, while his Electro-Patterned Magatama resisted her Cryo.

• Ei handed Baichen over to Bronya for three days and marked his neck before he left with her and La Signora.
• Bronya took Baichen aboard a warship, where he watched Ei disappear from view in a water mirror.
• Bronya gave Baichen a sedative that forced him to sleep during the voyage to Snezhnaya.
• Baichen woke in Bronya's private palace wearing a nightgown, and she pinned him down and threatened to make him remember her control.
• Baichen's Electro-Patterned Magatama glowed and resisted the cold as Bronya threatened to break through its protection.

After Bronya kept Baichen in Snezhnaya overnight, she offered him a place at her side or a new seat among the Fatui Harbingers. Baichen refused to abandon his promise to return to Inazuma, and Bronya gave him until the next day to decide.

• Bronya restrained Baichen and their night together raised her affection to 75%.
• Baichen woke the next morning, learned Bronya had taken Ei's Electro-Patterned Magatama, and unlocked the Daily Check-in System.
• Bronya offered Baichen a life as her personal companion, but he refused because he had promised to return to Inazuma.
• Bronya proposed making Baichen a Fatui Harbinger and warned that she disliked variables she could not control.
• Bronya left Baichen to decide by the next day, and he ate his check-in reward while worrying about Ei and the missing magatama.

Baichen braved Snezhnaya’s cold with Bronya’s help and spent the day exploring the city, but her offer to make him a Harbinger continued to conflict with his promise to Ei. Bronya gave him until the next day to decide, then invited him to go somewhere with her.

• Bronya teased Baichen about the freezing weather, and he failed to go outside even with heat from a piece of blazing ore.
• Baichen reluctantly asked Bronya to take him to the ice sculpture exhibition, and she gave him warm clothing and an ice-crystal brooch.
• Bronya escorted Baichen through Snezhnaya and danced with him at the plaza, while his favorability toward her rose to 80%.
• Over hot cocoa, Bronya asked Baichen to stay in Snezhnaya and accept her Harbinger proposal, but he asked for more time because he had promised Ei.
• After dinner, Bronya said Baichen had until the next day to decide and invited him to accompany her somewhere.

Baichen faced Bronya’s demand that he become a Harbinger, but refused to betray Ei and was threatened and restrained. Ei’s magatama intervened to protect him, and Bronya agreed to send him back to Inazuma the next day.

• Bronya demanded Baichen decide whether to become her Harbinger and threatened his safety when he hesitated.
• Bronya dragged Baichen through the palace and warned him that Snezhnaya’s prison awaited those who could not make up their minds.
• Bronya later pinned Baichen to his bed and restrained him when he refused her advances.
• Ei’s magatama appeared and shielded Baichen, forcing Bronya to release him and promise to send him home at noon.
• Baichen found travel clothes and packed luggage waiting in his room the next morning, while a maid told him Bronya respected his choice.

Baichen was rescued from The Doctor by Ei and Bronya at Snezhnaya’s harbor, then sailed home to Inazuma with Ei. After returning, he received Bronya’s protective earring and settled back into a warm, affectionate routine with Ei.

• Baichen waited at Snezhnaya’s harbor, where The Doctor grabbed him and threatened to take him to his laboratory.
• Ei attacked The Doctor to free Baichen, and Bronya ordered The Doctor to leave him alone before arranging their ship to Inazuma.
• Bronya gave Baichen a sealed casket, and Ei escorted him home while admitting she had worried about him.
• Baichen returned to Inazuma with Ei, reunited with Kujou Sara, and asked Ei to buy him fried shrimp on the way to Tenshukaku.
• Ei opened Bronya’s casket and placed its Cryo-resistant earring on Baichen, completing its set with Ei’s Thunder Sakura earring.
• Baichen ate dango with Ei and fell asleep in her embrace, glad to be home.

Baichen received a system item that could resurrect Raiden Makoto, then secretly spent the morning modeling for Yae Miko in exchange for treasured photos of Ei. As he returned to Tenshukaku, Kujou Sara told him Ei was waiting for him.

• Baichen's daily check-in awarded him a Resurrection Ball that could unconditionally bring Raiden Makoto back to life, and he decided to keep it secret from Ei for now.
• Kujou Sara brought Ei's burnt breakfast, and she and Baichen secretly disposed of it in the courtyard pond, where the fish floated belly-up.
• Yae Miko lured Baichen to Uyuu Restaurant and offered him treasured cosplay photos of Ei in exchange for modeling for Yae Publishing House.
• Baichen posed in several outfits, including a miniature Raiden Shogun uniform, and Miko gave him an envelope of Ei's photos.
• Yae Miko told Baichen that Ei had been secretly learning to make tri-colored dango for him, then noticed a strange aura around him but dismissed it.
• Kujou Sara intercepted Baichen on his way back and told him that Ei was waiting for him at Tenshukaku.

Baichen secretly planned to resurrect Makoto and enlisted Yae Miko’s help, while Ei remained unaware of his preparations. At Makoto’s former residence, Baichen crushed the Resurrection Ball, and dazzling light filled the room.

• Baichen brought dango to Ei, comforted her, and asked whether she would be happy if Makoto returned; Ei admitted that she missed her sister.
• Ei discovered Baichen’s photos from Yae Miko and learned he had modeled for them, then scolded him and offered to pose for pictures herself.
• Baichen received an Invisibility Talisman and went to the Grand Narukami Shrine to ask Yae Miko for help resurrecting Makoto.
• Yae Miko led Baichen to Makoto’s preserved former residence and told him to crush the Resurrection Ball.
• Baichen crushed the crystal, and dazzling light filled the room.

Baichen helped Raiden Makoto reunite with Ei after five hundred years apart, then joined the sisters as they celebrated her return. The chapter ended with Makoto and Ei both insisting on sharing Baichen’s bed.

• Raiden Makoto awakened and thanked Baichen for bringing her back, while he concealed the system’s role behind a fabricated story about a mysterious item.
• Miko and Baichen brought Makoto to watch Ei practice, and Ei tearfully embraced her sister when Makoto revealed herself.
• At dinner, Baichen bluffed about using a powerful artifact, and Ei’s jealousy surfaced when Makoto affectionately kissed his cheek.
• Makoto, Ei, and Baichen shared a hot spring soak, where Makoto teased the couple about their relationship.
• Baichen received a quest reward that increased his Electro resistance and skill power, then comforted Makoto as she spoke about Ei.
• Ei came to Baichen’s room to reclaim him from Makoto, but both sisters agreed to sleep there together after Baichen suggested it.

Baichen spent the day with Ei and Makoto at Tenshukaku, caught between the sisters’ affection and rivalry. After Makoto asked him to keep loving them both, Ei reaffirmed her possessiveness and ended the night with Baichen in her arms.

• Baichen woke between Ei and Makoto, and Ei declared that she had decided he was her fiancé.
• Makoto helped Baichen prepare breakfast, then the sisters argued over how he would spend the day and agreed that he would assist Ei in the morning and accompany Makoto in the afternoon.
• Makoto showed Baichen around Tenshukaku and shared memories of Ei’s childhood before asking him to keep loving both sisters.
• Ei interrupted Makoto’s intimate moment with Baichen, and later admitted that she loved everything about him.
• Makoto joined Baichen in the hot spring to hear about Ei’s past, but Ei carried him away and told Makoto to leave.
• Baichen promised to stay with Ei and Makoto, and Ei kissed him and gained the Deep Mark status.

Baichen spent the day helping Makoto prepare a birthday celebration for Ei, who surprised him with sword training and a protective jade pendant. The evening ended with Ei celebrating possessively with Baichen, while Makoto and their guests joined the birthday festivities.

• Makoto showed Baichen an old drawing of herself and Ei, and the sisters tussled over it until they both fell on him.
• Makoto dressed Baichen in a lace dress for a tea party, where Ei kissed him after winning a dare and Makoto teased her for getting embarrassed.
• Makoto told Baichen that it was Ei's birthday and enlisted him, Kujou Sara, and Tenryou Commission officers to prepare a feast; Ei discovered their plans and accepted Makoto's birthday wishes.
• Ei kissed Baichen after Makoto wiped cream from his mouth, then took him alone to practice swordsmanship and gave him a protective jade pendant.
• Makoto, Miko, Kujou, and the others celebrated Ei at an evening banquet, where Ei wished for things to stay as they were and later took Baichen back to their room.

Baichen woke to find Ei and Makoto gone, then discovered they were shopping with Miko in Inazuma City. After spending the day with them, he went to sleep in Ei and Makoto’s embrace, with the three planning to visit the Thunder Sakura Festival together the next day.

• Baichen woke alone in the Tenshukaku, checked in to obtain an Elemental Tracking Talisman, and searched the residence in alarm.
• Baichen found Ei, Makoto, and Miko shopping in Inazuma City, where Makoto caught him secretly following them and invited him along to carry their purchases.
• At Uyuu Restaurant, Ei showed jealousy when Makoto fed Baichen, and the group later walked and played together at the beach.
• Back at the Tenshukaku, Makoto secretly joined Baichen in the hot spring, teased him during a massage, and Ei followed to continue it.
• Baichen fell asleep between Ei and Makoto, who told him they would go to the Thunder Sakura Festival together the next day.

Baichen spent a day with Ei, Makoto, and Yae Miko as they prepared for and attended the Thunder Sakura Festival warm-up. After Makoto’s affection reached 100%, the group watched the first fireworks together.

• Baichen pretended to fear Ei would throw him out of bed, and Ei comforted him while Makoto watched.
• At Uyuu Restaurant, Baichen acted spoiled until Ei agreed to let Yae Miko join them at the festival.
• Ei and Makoto chose a pale silver yukata for Baichen after rejecting Miko’s pink outfit suggestion.
• At the festival warm-up, Baichen picked matching amethyst hairpins for Ei and Makoto, raising Makoto’s affection to 100%.
• Baichen enjoyed the festival with Ei, Makoto, and Miko, who won him prizes and gave him a fox mask.
• The group watched the first fireworks as Ei and Makoto focused their attention on Baichen.

Baichen used his reward to resurrect Kitsune Saiguu in the Sacred Sakura Courtyard, reuniting her with Ei and Makoto. Saiguu agreed to keep her return secret and joined their household, while playfully teasing Baichen and the sisters.

• After the festival, Baichen fell asleep in Ei and Makoto’s care and received a Little White Fox Resurrection Ball as his affection reward.
• Baichen pretended to be sleepy so Ei and Makoto would leave him alone, then sneaked to the Sacred Sakura Courtyard and broke the Resurrection Ball.
• Kitsune Saiguu appeared and recognized Makoto’s voice when Ei and Makoto arrived in the courtyard.
• Makoto embraced Saiguu, and Ei thanked Baichen for bringing her back after he blamed the resurrection on the Thunder Sakura tree.
• Saiguu learned that five hundred years had passed and that Miko had become Guuji; Ei asked her to keep her return secret.
• Saiguu joined the group in the bedchamber and teased Baichen about winning over Ei and Makoto.

Baichen spent the night surrounded by Ei, Makoto, Miko, and Kitsune Saiguu, then joined them at a private hot spring where his system’s essential oils enhanced their elemental powers. After returning to Tenshukaku, Ei kept Baichen beside her and claimed him as hers while he slept.

• Baichen fell asleep while Kitsune Saiguu told stories, and Ei laid his head in her lap as Makoto, Miko, and Kitsune Saiguu gathered around him.
• The five slept together at Tenshukaku, and Baichen woke to find Ei, Makoto, Miko, and Kitsune Saiguu embracing him.
• Miko left for the Grand Narukami Shrine, and Ei reassured Baichen that she was not angry about his reviving Kitsune Saiguu before sharing a kiss with him.
• The group ate at Uyuu Restaurant and went to the Thunder Sakura Bath, where Baichen used his system’s essential oils to strengthen everyone’s elemental affinity.
• Baichen fell asleep during the hot spring soak, and Ei carried him out while Makoto, Miko, and Kitsune Saiguu helped prepare him for bed.
• Ei sent the others away after they returned to Tenshukaku, then held Baichen close and softly declared that he was hers.

Baichen planned a trip to Liyue after the system warned him that he had stayed too close to Ei and Makoto, while a charm effect made women increasingly attracted to him. Lumine agreed to travel with him in three days, but Baichen returned to Tenshukaku under Kujou Sara’s escort and faced Ei’s jealous attention.

• The system warned Baichen that his limited activity had raised his addiction index and temporarily increased his charm, causing Kujou Sara to become flustered and more favorable toward him.
• Ei refused Baichen’s request to visit Liyue before the festival, then agreed to consider it if he waited until afterward and traveled with Lumine.
• Baichen met Lumine and Paimon, and Lumine agreed to accompany him to Liyue after finishing her Inazuma commissions in about three days.
• The charm effect intensified as Baichen returned to Tenshukaku, drawing stares from women and prompting Kujou Sara and female soldiers to escort him.
• Ei greeted Baichen in the courtyard with a jealous remark about his popularity, leaving him worried about what would happen that night.

Baichen secretly left Inazuma with Lumine and Paimon to travel to Liyue, leaving Ei and Makoto a letter and a message. After discovering his departure, Ei set out to follow him while Makoto stayed behind.

• Baichen decided to leave for Liyue and left Ei and Makoto a letter and a recording on a doll before slipping out of Tenshukaku.
• Baichen met Lumine and Paimon at the Adventurers' Guild, and they agreed to help him leave Inazuma.
• Hu Tao offered Baichen, Lumine, and Paimon passage aboard the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor cargo ship bound for Liyue.
• Ei awoke, found Baichen's letter and doll, and decided to follow him in secret while Makoto remained in Tenshukaku.

Baichen returned to Liyue with Hu Tao, Lumine, and Paimon, where Ei was waiting and welcomed him with affection despite his leaving without telling her. Ei took him around Liyue Harbor, then said she would take him to meet Ningguang the next day, while an unseen pair of golden eyes watched them from afar.

• During the voyage to Liyue, repeated lightning strikes alarmed Baichen, and the system said Ei was following him in jealousy.
• Ei waited at Liyue Harbor and embraced Baichen, telling him she was glad he was safe before taking him to the Heyu Teahouse.
• Ei admitted she was angry but had been more worried, then took Baichen sightseeing and shared a meal with him at Wanmin Restaurant.
• Baichen and Ei met Ganyu at Third-Round Knockout, where Ganyu invited them to a banquet welcoming a Mondstadt delegation.
• Back at the inn, Ei told Baichen she would take him to meet Ningguang the next day, as golden eyes watched the Heyu Teahouse from somewhere above.

Baichen and Ei spent a day in Liyue Harbor with Zhongli, who hinted that true eternity depended on choice and drew Ei’s jealousy with his attention to Baichen. After Ei and Baichen reaffirmed their bond, they sensed someone following them and prepared to meet Ningguang the next day.

• Baichen received Eternal Physique, which would preserve his current age and appearance, along with a cooking skill bonus.
• Ei and Baichen met Zhongli over breakfast, where he noticed Baichen’s affinity with Liyue and gained his attention.
• Zhongli showed them around Liyue and took them to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, where he spoke cryptically about eternity and choice.
• Ei told Baichen he was free to choose, and Baichen chose her, prompting an Eternal Oath.
• Ei and Baichen spotted Ningguang arriving by ship and sensed someone following them on their way back to the Heyu Teahouse.
• Baichen worried that Ei might tire of him if he never grew up, and Ei assured him that he was her eternity.