Chapter Summaries

On his last free day in Inazuma before leaving for Liyue, Baichen visited friends and received gifts while preparing for the journey. Ei gave him a blade and travel pills, and he ended the night anticipating what awaited him in Liyue Harbor.

• Baichen found that Bronya's Ice Crest had nearly faded, then spent the morning exploring Inazuma City and received premium Thunderclap Tea paid for by Ei.
• At the Grand Narukami Shrine, Baichen met Sangonomiya Kokomi, who gave him an improved communication conch, and Yae Miko teased him over his travel wish plaque.
• Baichen visited Yoimiya, who showed him her Soundless Lightning Shell and gave him an improved rainbow firework.
• At Komore Teahouse, Ayaka gave Baichen travel snacks and a calming sachet before he returned to Tenshukaku.
• Ei shared a Liyue-style dinner with Baichen, gave him an Electro-infused short blade and seven pills, and reminded him to return within two weeks.
• Baichen packed his gifts as the system announced that Liyue Harbor would unlock the next day and warned him that Ningguang was extremely dangerous.

Baichen arrived in Liyue Harbor, where Ningguang welcomed him with conspicuous interest and gave him a protective brooch. After a banquet with Liyue’s prominent figures, Ningguang arranged for him to stay at the Jade Chamber, leaving him uneasy about her intentions and his disabled surveillance magatama.

• Baichen reached Liyue Harbor with Ganyu and met Keqing, who escorted him to the Jade Chamber.
• Ningguang met Baichen alone, disabled the Raiden Shogun’s surveillance magatama, and gave him a ruby brooch containing a protective talisman.
• Ningguang introduced Baichen to Hu Tao and Yun Jin at a banquet, while Keqing stopped her from taking him out alone the next day.
• Ningguang decided Baichen would stay at the Jade Chamber, and he wondered whether the Raiden Shogun would notice that his magatama had gone dark.

Baichen toured Liyue Harbor with Ganyu, met Xiangling and Hu Tao, and spent the afternoon with Yelan, who revealed she had sneaked into his bed the night before. After the inn arranged by Ganyu became unavailable, Baichen used Yelan’s room card to stay at Yanshang Teahouse, where she left him alone for the night.

• Yelan sneaked into Baichen’s bed on the Jade Chamber and raised her affection for him.
• Ganyu showed Baichen around Liyue Harbor, where they ate at Wanmin Restaurant and met Xiangling and Hu Tao.
• Ganyu took Baichen sightseeing, but Yelan appeared and brought him to Yanshang Teahouse for tea, where she flirted with him and gave him a room card.
• At dinner, Ningguang and Yelan argued over where Baichen should stay, and Yelan later admitted through hints that she had visited him the previous night.
• After the inn Ganyu had arranged turned him away, Baichen went to Yanshang Teahouse, where Yelan welcomed him and showed him to a guest room.

Yelan drugged Baichen’s tea and kissed him while he slept, then spent the day flirting with him as he attended Liyue’s leisure-season events with Ningguang, Keqing, Xiangling, Yun Jin, and Ganyu. That night, Yelan returned to his room, but a mysterious figure passed outside the window just before she pinned Baichen against the wall.

• Yelan entered Baichen’s room while he slept, held him close, and kissed him after giving him tea laced with a hypnotic substance.
• Baichen woke with sore, swollen lips, and Yelan teased him over breakfast; Ganyu then arrived to take him to the leisure-season opening ceremony.
• Keqing warned Baichen to stay away from Yelan, and Ningguang toured the exhibits with him, where Xingxi gave him a sapphire brooch.
• Baichen sampled Xiangling’s new dish, attended Keqing’s lecture and Yun Jin’s opera, and watched the sunset with Ganyu, who shared a question about Thunder Sakura and her qilin blood.
• Yelan gave Baichen a calming sachet, and he stayed overnight at Yanshang Teahouse after Ningguang called an emergency meeting and Ganyu reluctantly left him in Yelan’s care.
• Yelan admitted she had kissed Baichen and moved to kiss him again, but a dark figure passed the window; after checking outside, she pinned Baichen against the wall.

Yelan’s seduction of Baichen was interrupted by a summons from Ningguang, who later took him on an inspection of Feiyun Slope and brought him to the Jade Chamber for the night. Beidou invited him to a private party, while Ningguang ended the chapter by asking whether she or Yelan was the better kisser.

• Yelan stopped her advances when a note arrived, then changed Baichen into fresh sleepwear before Ganyu collected him the next morning.
• At Feiyun Slope, Baichen met Xiangling and Hu Tao, then Ningguang removed his fox mask and treated the marks on his neck with ointment.
• Ningguang took Baichen around the festival, including the Feiyun Commerce Guild exhibit and Yun Jin’s opera performance.
• Beidou invited Baichen to a private party, but Ningguang led him away and took him to stay at the Jade Chamber.
• Ningguang grew curious about Baichen’s kisses and asked him whether she or Yelan was the better kisser.

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.