Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Xiao Wu witnessed the sky split open as Teyvat’s land fragments began falling onto Douluo Continent. In a nearby gorge, Chu Yuan awakened his two Martial Souls and learned that a Teyvat girl was in danger, then set out to find her.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu saw the firmament shatter over Suotuo City as fragments from another world streaked across the sky.
• Chu Yuan’s memories revealed that Phanes had sent him to Douluo Continent as a world anchor for the merging worlds.
• The collision between Teyvat’s elements and Douluo’s laws broke Chu Yuan’s seal, awakening his Crown of Heavenly Principles and Irminsul Martial Souls and raising his strength to level thirty.
• Chu Yuan learned through Irminsul that Teyvat girls arriving on Douluo Continent were losing their powers and could suffer fatal harm.
• Irminsul sensed a lightning-wreathed meteor nearby, and Chu Yuan recognized Keqing within it and raced toward her.

Chu Yuan reached the rocky ridge and rescued the injured Keqing from a pack of Soul Beasts. As Keqing’s Vision continued to crack under the world’s laws, Chu Yuan claimed that only he could save her.

• Chu Yuan followed the burnt smell and Electro to a crater where Keqing faced a pack of wolves and a Thunder-Patterned Terrorclaw Bear.
• Keqing explained that a spatial vortex had carried her from Liyue Harbor to the unfamiliar wilderness, where the world’s power suppressed her Electro and damaged her Vision.
• Keqing killed three Gale Demon Wolves with Star Dou Restoration, but the backlash left her unable to move as the bear attacked.
• Chu Yuan stopped the beasts in midair, killed the bear with Primordial Divine Power, and drove the surviving wolves away.
• Chu Yuan crouched beside Keqing and told her he was the only one who could save her, while she demanded to know who he was and how he knew her name.

Keqing’s unstable Electro power attracted Soul Beasts, but Chu Yuan used the Crown of Heavenly Principles to save her and revealed that Teyvat was merging with the Douluo Continent. He restored her Vision by infusing it with his divine power, and a pillar of purple-gold lightning burst from her body.

• Keqing’s Electro power spiraled out of control, damaging her Vision and drawing Soul Beasts toward her.
• Chu Yuan caught Keqing as she collapsed and annihilated the attacking Ghost Tigers and Mandala Snakes with the Crown of Heavenly Principles.
• Chu Yuan told Keqing that Teyvat was merging with the Douluo Continent and claimed he was the new Heavenly Principles.
• Chu Yuan infused Keqing with primordial divine power, healing her meridians and restoring her cracked Vision.
• Keqing’s Vision took on pale golden divine patterns, and a pillar of purple-gold lightning burst into the sky.

Keqing's reforged Electro-Attribute Vision resonated with Chu Yuan's Crown of Heavenly Principles, completing her transformation and binding her to him through a powerful connection. She pledged to follow his commands and stayed close to him in the Douluo Continent.

• Keqing tried to pull away from Chu Yuan, but her newly reforged Vision resonated with his Crown of Heavenly Principles.
• Chu Yuan's primordial divine power surged through Keqing, further reshaping her body and soul as she remained in his embrace.
• Keqing's Vision completed its transformation into a flawless purple-gold lightning crystal bearing Heavenly Principles divine patterns.
• Keqing thanked Chu Yuan for saving her and pledged to follow his commands in the Douluo Continent.
• Chu Yuan told Keqing he needed a capable assistant and someone to walk by his side, and she drew closer without objecting.

After Keqing pledged herself to Chu Yuan and her Electro Vision transformed, their powers resonated and created Chu Yuan’s first three-thousand-year Divine Authority Soul Ring. He explained the Douluo Soul Master system, then prepared to take Keqing to a secluded valley to anchor a remnant of Liyue’s Geo Ley Line and build her a dwelling.

• Keqing’s transformed Electro Vision resonated with Chu Yuan’s Martial Souls, drawing nearby Soul Ring remnants and Electro authority into the Crown of Heavenly Principles.
• Chu Yuan automatically condensed a three-thousand-year purple-gold Soul Ring that granted lightning resistance and the Heavenly Punishment Thunderbolt skill.
• Keqing noticed the Soul Ring’s connection to her Vision, and Chu Yuan explained that Soul Masters gained Soul Rings as they advanced.
• Chu Yuan covered Keqing with his robe, returned her Lion’s Roar, and offered to take her to a secluded valley to anchor the remaining Geo Ley Line and make her a grotto dwelling.

Chu Yuan used Plaustrite and a Serenitea Pot fragment to create a hidden realm in the Star Dou Great Forest, shielding Keqing and himself from the Douluo Plane. The realm's formation granted Chu Yuan a six-thousand-year second Soul Ring, and he left Keqing to bathe in its hot spring.

• Chu Yuan carried the weakened Keqing away from the bloodied slope and flew with her to a secluded gorge.
• Chu Yuan and Keqing discovered Plaustrite fused with a fragment of an adeptal Serenitea Pot in the gorge.
• Chu Yuan used Irminsul to anchor the Ley Line and transform the gorge into a concealed Heavenly Principles realm with a Liyue-style abode and hot spring.
• Chu Yuan gained a self-condensed six-thousand-year second Soul Ring with realm-enhancing and spatial abilities.
• Chu Yuan told Keqing the realm was hidden from outside observers and invited her to wash in the hot spring.

Keqing bathed in the grotto-heaven's hot spring while Chu Yuan helped her complete the resonance between her Electro Vision and his First Soul Ring. After spending the night together, they planned to travel to Suotuo City and find a stranded astrologer.

• Keqing entered the hot spring alone and recalled her embarrassing rescue by Chu Yuan.
• Chu Yuan joined Keqing in the pool and transferred primordial divine power to her, completing their soul compatibility.
• Keqing and Chu Yuan became intimate in the hot spring and later rested together in the inner room.
• Keqing asked Chu Yuan where they would go after daybreak, and he identified Suotuo City as their destination.
• Chu Yuan said they would meet local Soul Masters and find a young lady astrologer who was penniless and rejected by the laws.

After a heavenly rift scattered strange objects and unfamiliar energy across the continent, Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect moved to investigate the fallen relics. In Suotuo City, Tang San and Xiao Wu learned that the upheaval had drawn powerful Soul Masters and set out to find Shrek Academy while avoiding the struggle over the treasures.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall branches across the continent to locate and seize objects and creatures from beyond the heavens, killing anyone who obstructed them.
• Ning Fengzhi told his agents to search the Balak Kingdom for relics and secretly track Ning Rongrong, who was nearing Suotuo City.
• Soul Masters flooded Suotuo City to search for fallen treasures as Tang San finished cultivating the Purple Demon Eye.
• Xiao Wu gave Tang San an emergency letter from Grandmaster warning them to avoid the relic hunt and apply to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San noticed unfamiliar, violent energies in the air that his Mysterious Heaven Skill could not absorb, and he and Xiao Wu planned to find food and seek Shrek Academy.

Chu Yuan and Keqing approached Suotuo City, where Chu Yuan sensed Teyvat relics and a weakened astrologer he believed was Mona. At the city gate, his glance overwhelmed the guards and Spirit Hall deacons, allowing the pair to enter without question.

• Chu Yuan and Keqing walked toward Suotuo City after Keqing's recovery, and Chu Yuan held her close as they discussed the city ahead.
• Chu Yuan sensed Teyvat relics scattered around Suotuo City and detected a weakened astrologer near the southern district.
• Keqing urged Chu Yuan to find the astrologer, whom she suspected was Mona, before native Soul Masters could threaten her.
• Chu Yuan and Keqing reached the city gate, where soldiers and Spirit Hall deacons were searching for otherworldly treasures.
• Chu Yuan's glance overwhelmed the guards and deacons, and he entered Suotuo City with Keqing without being stopped.

Chu Yuan and Keqing arrived in Suotuo City and entered the Rose Hotel, where they encountered the injured Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai arguing over the last suite. Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai as her fiancé and was disgusted to find him indulging in women while she fled for her life.

• Chu Yuan and Keqing crossed Suotuo City, sensing Teyvat relics nearby, and headed toward the Rose Hotel before visiting an astrologer.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the hotel after escaping pursuers from the Star Luo Empire, injured and exhausted from the chase.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed Chu Yuan and Keqing's overwhelming presences and followed them into the hotel.
• Dai Mubai demanded the hotel's last top-floor suite while holding two women, intimidating the staff with his Soul Elder pressure.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai as her fiancé and felt revulsion at his behavior.

At the Rose Hotel, Dai Mubai tried to seize Chu Yuan’s room card and threatened him, but Keqing swiftly defeated Dai Mubai with a single lightning strike. Chu Yuan and Keqing went upstairs, while Zhu Zhuqing left the hotel after witnessing Dai Mubai’s humiliation.

• Dai Mubai ogled Keqing and Zhu Zhuqing, then demanded Chu Yuan surrender the room card and leave with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai attacked Chu Yuan, but Keqing intercepted him with Lion's Roar and shattered his defenses with Violet Firmament lightning.
• Keqing sent Dai Mubai flying and left him injured on the lobby floor.
• Chu Yuan took the room card and went upstairs with Keqing, while Zhu Zhuqing left the Rose Hotel.

Chu Yuan and Keqing searched Suotuo City's night market for Mona, who had become stranded in the unfamiliar world and was threatened by local Soul Masters. Mona's attempt to use her Hydro Vision failed, leaving her helpless as the men closed in.

• Chu Yuan and Keqing left the Rose Hotel at dusk and followed the Irminsul's marker into Suotuo City's southern night market.
• Mona, hungry and short of money, tried to earn a meal by offering astrology readings at a deserted stall.
• A bald Soul Grandmaster and two young Soul Masters accused Mona of fraud and demanded money or that she follow them into an alley.
• Mona tried to summon an Illusory Bubble with her Hydro Vision, but the world's Soul Power crushed the effort and left her unable to stand.

Chu Yuan and Keqing rescued Mona from three thugs, then took the hungry astrologer to a restaurant, where she asked Chu Yuan about the force suppressing her Hydro power. Chu Yuan revealed a seven-colored crown, and Mona’s Hydro Vision responded eagerly.

• Chu Yuan snapped the bald thug’s wrist, and Keqing kicked him and his two companions unconscious with lightning.
• Mona recognized Keqing and sensed that Chu Yuan’s presence was connected to the laws of the stars.
• Chu Yuan helped the weakened Mona up and invited her to eat at the Golden Goblet Restaurant.
• Mona devoured the meal and asked Chu Yuan how his power could soothe the world’s rejection of her Hydro Elemental Power.
• Chu Yuan revealed an illusory crown of seven-colored elemental light, and Mona’s Hydro Vision hummed in response.

Chu Yuan brought Mona to the Rose Hotel suite to use his authority over Heavenly Principles to free her Vision from the world’s suppression. Before he could reshape it, Mona tried to divine his fate, triggering a destructive backlash that left her drenched and in his arms.

• Chu Yuan revealed the [Crown of Heavenly Principles], and Mona recognized it as the primordial authority behind Teyvat’s elemental power; he promised to remove the suppression on her Vision at the Rose Hotel.
• Keqing reassured Mona that Chu Yuan had restored her Vision after she arrived in this world, and the three returned to the Rose Hotel suite.
• Chu Yuan sealed the suite with a Heavenly Principles barrier while Mona, unsettled by the heart-shaped bed, prepared to divine his fate as payment for his help.
• Mona used her Hydromancy and astrolabe to read Chu Yuan’s fate, but saw a golden throne ruling the stars of Teyvat and Douluo instead of a Constellation.
• The backlash shattered Mona’s astrolabe and exhausted her Hydro power; Chu Yuan stopped the fragments and caught her as she fell, leaving her seated astride his thighs.

Chu Yuan reshaped Mona’s Hydro Vision with the Crown of Heavenly Principles, strengthening her powers and binding her fate to his. The resulting surge raised him to Soul Elder level thirty-one and gave him a new Divine Authority Soul Skill, while Mona surrendered to her growing attachment to him.

• Chu Yuan used the Crown of Heavenly Principles to reshape Mona’s Hydro Vision and replenish her Hydro Elemental Power.
• Mona’s transformed Vision resonated with Chu Yuan’s authority, helping him break through to level thirty-one and form his Third Divine Authority Soul Ring.
• Chu Yuan gained the Soul Skill Stellar Fate Hydromancy: Illusory Bubble, which enabled travel through water and starlight and trapped enemies in fate bubbles.
• Mona felt her Hydro powers grow stronger and became emotionally dependent on Chu Yuan.
• Mona embraced Chu Yuan and kissed him.

After reforging Mona’s Vision, Chu Yuan, Keqing, and Mona investigated strange traces in Suotuo City and headed out to find scattered relics and an injured girl. On the commercial street, they encountered Tang San and Xiao Wu, whose reactions to Chu Yuan’s presence made Tang San wary.

• Mona used her reforged Vision to locate three Geo and Electro crystal traces and sensed a concealed life essence nearby, along with a blood-marked trail surrounded by hostile figures.
• Chu Yuan, Keqing, and Mona left the Rose Hotel to investigate the commercial street and then help the injured Hell Spirit Cat.
• Tang San took Xiao Wu shopping for supplies and warned her to avoid getting involved in the mysterious objects that had fallen from the sky.
• Xiao Wu noticed Chu Yuan, Keqing, and Mona approaching and felt an unusual attraction to Chu Yuan’s life presence.
• Tang San sensed no Soul Power from the newcomers, grew suspicious of their connection to the Heavenly Abyss phenomenon, and stepped in front of Xiao Wu.

Tang San tried to use the Purple Demon Eye to examine Chu Yuan, but the Crown of Heavenly Principles repelled his gaze and severely injured him. Chu Yuan let Tang San go with a warning, then continued with Keqing and Mona toward a dark alley in northwest Suotuo City, while Tang San wondered whether Chu Yuan was connected to the previous night's celestial vision.

• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to probe Chu Yuan as he passed with Keqing and Mona.
• The Crown of Heavenly Principles rebounded Tang San's gaze, leaving his eyes bleeding and his heart meridians injured.
• Xiao Wu supported Tang San as Keqing offered to cripple him, but Tang San stopped her and apologized to Chu Yuan.
• Chu Yuan saw through Tang San's hidden weapon, warned him not to pry again, and allowed him to leave.
• Chu Yuan led Keqing and Mona toward a dark alley in northwest Suotuo City, while Tang San and Xiao Wu watched them go.

Chu Yuan and Keqing rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a squad of Star Luo Imperial Family assassins, and Chu Yuan healed her grievous wounds with Irminsul’s life essence. He offered her a choice between clinging to her old life and pledging loyalty to serve as his intelligence attendant, leaving her poised to choose a new path.

• Chu Yuan, Keqing, and Mona found Zhu Zhuqing cornered by five assassins, including a forty-fourth-rank Soul Ancestor, after she rejected the idea of seeking help from Dai Mubai.
• Chu Yuan killed the Soul Ancestor with Heavenly Principles Thunder Judgment, and Keqing swiftly killed the four remaining Soul Elder assassins.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Chu Yuan as the mysterious young man from the Rose Hotel and thanked him for saving her, while insisting that her fate had nothing to do with Dai Mubai.
• Chu Yuan healed Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries with Irminsul’s life essence, restored her broken shoulder and meridians, and helped her advance from the twenty-seventh to the twenty-eighth rank.
• Chu Yuan warned Zhu Zhuqing that more assassins would come and offered her a role managing intelligence in the dark of night if she severed her past and pledged loyalty; Zhu Zhuqing began to feel a new determination to live for herself.

Chu Yuan and Mona showed Zhu Zhuqing the truth about Dai Mubai and the fate awaiting her if she stayed bound to him. Zhu Zhuqing rejected her family’s arranged destiny and pledged her life to Chu Yuan.

• Chu Yuan challenged Zhu Zhuqing’s belief that the Hell Spirit Cat depended on the White Tiger, and Keqing condemned Dai Mubai for abandoning her.
• Mona used Hydromancy to show Zhu Zhuqing Dai Mubai drinking and carousing with courtesans in Suotuo City.
• Mona revealed that Zhu Zhuqing’s original fate would have made her a lifelong shadow and tool of the White Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing crushed her jade tiger-claw pendant and declared that Dai Mubai’s fiancée no longer existed.
• Zhu Zhuqing pledged her loyalty and life to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan recruited Zhu Zhuqing as the Divine Court of Heavenly Principles’ first Night Scout and transformed her Martial Soul with lightning-shadow power. The group returned to the hotel, planning to visit Suotuo City’s Rare Treasures Auction House before confronting Shrek Academy’s future without Zhu Zhuqing.

• Chu Yuan named Zhu Zhuqing the first Night Scout of the Divine Court of Heavenly Principles, and she pledged to obey him.
• Chu Yuan infused Zhu Zhuqing with lightning-shadow power, transforming her Nether Civet into a Hell Thunder Shadow Cat and raising her Soul Power to level twenty-nine.
• Chu Yuan destroyed the five dead men’s bodies, and Keqing gave Zhu Zhuqing a cloak to cover her torn clothes.
• Zhu Zhuqing concealed her presence and joined Chu Yuan’s group in the shadows, while Mona observed that her Star of Destiny had become independent.
• Chu Yuan took Mona’s hand and led the group back to the hotel, saying they would visit the Rare Treasures Auction House the next morning and see what Shrek Academy could do without Zhu Zhuqing.