Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng served as Sumeru’s newly recognized god and co-ruler, helping Nahida restore the Akademiya and purge Azar’s faction. After finishing a mountain of administrative work, he planned to meet Nahida to discuss disaster reconstruction.

• Cyno reported the arrests of Azar’s remaining followers to Lin Feng, who told him to continue handling the captured Treasure Hoarders.
• Nahida restored the Akademiya’s operations and relief efforts after defeating the Ruin Golem, while publicly recognizing Lin Feng as a god and Sumeru’s ally.
• Lin Feng helped Nahida dismiss Scholars implicated in Azar’s schemes and replace them, while Azar awaited public execution.
• Lin Feng used his Dream Authority to verify Alhaitham’s lists and manage Akademiya appointments until he finished his work.
• Lin Feng planned to find Nahida and discuss the next steps for disaster reconstruction.

Newly promoted Akademiya officials learned that the First Sage had chosen them, while Alhaitham continued managing Sumeru City's reconstruction as acting Sage. Kaveh returned to help the disaster victims, but Alhaitham insisted that his help was unnecessary and promised a reconstruction beyond his imagination.

• Nahida praised the Akademiya officials and told them to treat the First Sage's decisions as her own orders.
• A veteran official explained that the First Sage had promoted him and other former fringe scholars, leaving a newly promoted official questioning his career prospects.
• Kaveh visited Alhaitham at the House of Daena after pausing work on Khas-Sagale Palace to help Sumeru City's disaster victims.
• Alhaitham told Kaveh that the residents' resettlement and the disaster area's reconstruction would be completed perfectly without his help, leaving Kaveh confused.

Lin Feng accepted Nahida’s request to lead Sumeru City’s post-disaster reconstruction and used his Dendro Authority to regrow the damaged buildings. The citizens celebrated the work of their two benevolent gods as they gathered around Lin Feng.

• Nahida urged Lin Feng to take charge of rebuilding Sumeru City, saying it would strengthen his reputation, and he accepted while worrying about being recognized everywhere.
• Kaveh arrived at the ruined Bazaar Street after Alhaitham suggested he witness Lin Feng’s supposedly impossible work.
• The reconstruction team evacuated residents as an announcement said the First Sage would repair most of Sumeru City’s buildings that afternoon.
• Lin Feng summoned his Dendro Authority and used green elemental energy to regrow houses from their foundations.
• The new buildings restored their former appearances and gained qualities such as toughness, fire resistance, heat insulation, and insect resistance.
• The amazed citizens praised Sumeru’s two gods and rushed past Kaveh to see Lin Feng.

After the Ruin Golem’s attack on Sumeru City was brought under control, the Akademiya announced that residents could return to rebuilt homes and receive support. Lin Feng reviewed the reconstruction and learned that rumors about him being Nahida’s twin successor had also helped his growing strength.

• Refugees at Caravan Ribat discussed fleeing Sumeru City and worried about the damage caused by the Ruin Golem.
• Mounted mercenaries escorted an Akademiya Official to Caravan Ribat, where guards posted a notice announcing the city’s recovery and inviting residents to return.
• The refugees read that damaged homes had been rebuilt and that returning residents would receive housing, supplies, and counseling.
• Lin Feng reviewed the reconstruction report and noted that residents were returning as the city’s rebuilding continued.
• Lin Feng sensed that public recognition was steadily increasing his strength, while its true significance remained unclear.
• Lin Feng recognized that rumors portraying him as a newborn god and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s successor alongside Nahida had also contributed to his rise.

Lin Feng learned that Nahida had allowed rumors calling them the “Twin Gods” to spread so his role in governing Sumeru could gain public acceptance without drawing unnecessary suspicion from other gods. Nahida revealed that she intended to give him half of Sumeru’s governing authority under the law as repayment for helping her and giving her the chance to serve her people.

• Lin Feng asked Nahida about the rumors that he and she were the “Twin Gods.”
• Nahida explained that she had let the rumors spread without confirming or denying them, avoiding the risks of an official claim that other gods might recognize as false.
• Lin Feng questioned why Nahida wanted to share Sumeru’s governing authority with him, and Nahida reminded him of her promised gift.
• Lin Feng realized Nahida had planned to give him half of Sumeru’s governing authority under the law after learning he could grow stronger through others’ impressions of him.
• Nahida recounted how Lin Feng had encouraged her, helped her leave her dream, and supported her efforts to serve the people of Sumeru.

Lin Feng reviewed Akademiya reports, directed Cyno to investigate Treasure Hoarders and unregistered Fatui, and ordered foreign agents handled under the law. He approved Nafis's proposal to restart the Sabzeruz Festival, leaving the long-delayed celebration set to return.

• Lin Feng found reports of lingering Treasure Hoarders and Fatui near Sumeru City, then summoned Cyno to discuss them.
• Cyno told Lin Feng that the Treasure Hoarders had no organization and were merely chasing rumors of easy riches.
• Cyno reported that unknown Fatui advance units had entered the country, and Lin Feng ordered him to handle them as foreign agents without special treatment.
• Cyno left to begin interrogating the captured Fatui and report any intelligence to the Akasha system.
• Lin Feng approved Amurta Sage Nafis's application to restart the Sabzeruz Festival.

Nilou prepared the Zubayr Theater for the restored Sabzeruz Festival and met Dunyarzad and Dehya, who praised the First Sage. Elsewhere, Kusayla thanked Shazaman for helping Dehya leave mercenary life, but froze when Shazaman asked whether the Legacy of the God-King was about to cause trouble again.

• Nilou helped the theater troupe prepare for the Sabzeruz Festival and urged Miss Nejjar to stop inspecting the stage and rest.
• Dunyarzad and Dehya met Nilou at the theater, and Dunyarzad said she revered the First Sage for freeing her and eradicating the Withering.
• Dehya noticed a limping figure she thought might be an old man from her past, but dismissed the sight and listened as Nilou explained the Sabzeruz Festival.
• Kusayla thanked Shazaman for supporting Dehya's wish to leave mercenary life, and Shazaman promised to follow through.
• Shazaman asked Kusayla whether the Legacy of the God-King was about to stir up trouble, and Kusayla's smile froze.

While processing Sabzeruz Festival requests, Lin Feng learned that Kusayla had surrendered and exposed Legacy of the God-King’s plan to sabotage the celebration. After questioning Kusayla, Lin Feng uncovered the mercenaries’ intended suicide attacks and resolved to stop them.

• Lin Feng reviewed festival applications from Lambad's Tavern, Puspa Cafe, and Zubayr Theater, approving the proposed stalls and performances.
• Lin Feng discovered a report stating that Kusayla, leader of Ahmal's Beard, had surrendered under Head of the Family Humay's escort and reported Legacy of the God-King.
• Lin Feng summoned Kusayla, heard his reasons for turning himself in, and arranged for his detention conditions to be improved after questioning him.
• Lin Feng learned that Mishal had sent Legacy of the God-King's core members to carry out suicide attacks and ruin the Sabzeruz Festival.
• Lin Feng vowed to eliminate the mercenaries responsible for the planned attacks.

Lin Feng finished capturing the Legacy of the God-King’s agents and explored Sumeru City’s Sabzeruz Festival preparations. Nahida thanked him for helping her experience the world in her own body, then asked him to serve as her knight at tomorrow’s festival.

• Lin Feng reflected on the overtime he had spent investigating and arresting the Legacy of the God-King’s agents, and resolved to destroy their headquarters after the festival.
• Lin Feng walked through Sumeru City and watched Scholars argue over whether the Seven Delicacies Table should change to honor Nahida and the First Sage.
• Lin Feng found Nahida at a dessert shop and startled her by patting her shoulders.
• Nahida described how experiencing the world in her own body had made her sense of self clearer.
• Nahida asked Lin Feng to briefly serve as her knight during the Sabzeruz Festival, and he reacted with helpless reluctance.

Lin Feng and Nahida prepared to ride Sumeru City’s flower carriage for the first Sabzeruz Festival in nearly five hundred years. Lin Feng escorted Nahida onto the carriage and began the procession by tossing Yalda Candy to the cheering children.

• Lin Feng and Nahida discussed the flower carriage’s traditions as they walked through the festival-ready streets of Sumeru City.
• Lin Feng’s preparations and the Akademiya’s efforts helped the festival open amid lively crowds, stalls, and returning residents.
• Lin Feng and Nahida arrived at the lotus-shaped flower carriage, where the crowd noticed that Faris was absent.
• Lin Feng escorted Nahida onto the carriage, put on a pointed hat and comical mustaches, and greeted the crowd as the Knight of Flowers.
• Lin Feng tossed Yalda Candy into the sky for the cheering children, beginning the carriage procession.

Lin Feng examined the Dendro Gnosis Nahida lent him and confirmed its powerful elemental amplification could support an idea he had been considering. He and Nahida enjoyed the rest of the Sabzeruz Festival, ending the day with Nilou’s dance and a small birthday cake.

• Nahida and Lin Feng rode the flower carriage through Sumeru City as the crowd cheered, then Nahida lent Lin Feng the Dendro Gnosis.
• Lin Feng tested the Gnosis and found that it amplified his elemental abilities and perception, confirming it could help with his plans.
• Lin Feng returned to Nahida at a dessert shop, introduced her to Nilou, and secretly accompanied them to the Grand Bazaar.
• Nilou performed a lively dance that brought Nahida’s first birthday in five hundred years to a close.
• Lin Feng stopped Nahida from returning to the Sanctuary of Surasthana and shared a small candle cake with her.

Lin Feng explained to Nahida why equal treatment alone could not end the deep-rooted hostility between Sumeru’s rainforest and desert peoples. He then proposed using multiple authorities and Gnoses to make the desert disappear, leaving Nahida stunned by the possibility.

• Nahida visited Lin Feng and told him he could keep her Gnosis.
• Nahida asked whether changing the laws to treat desert people equally could end the groups’ hatred.
• Lin Feng said equality was impossible for now because distrust was deeply rooted and opening the borders could cause turmoil.
• Lin Feng suggested clearing out unlawful Mercenary Groups and expanding compulsory education as possible measures.
• Lin Feng asked whether multiple authorities and Gnoses could make Sumeru’s desert region disappear completely.

Lin Feng explained why he believed he could obtain other Gnoses and asked Nahida to help him create a ley line projection in the desert so he could confront the Legacy of the God-King. With Nahida assisting, he successfully projected his consciousness into the desert through the ley lines.

• Nahida asked whether obtaining a Gnosis was truly feasible, and Lin Feng said the peaceful era had made Gnoses easier to trade for at an equivalent price.
• Lin Feng reassured Nahida that he would pursue the other Gnoses while she focused on keeping Sumeru stable.
• Lin Feng asked Nahida to help him use the ley lines to create a temporary projection in the desert, where he planned to deal with the Legacy of the God-King and its affiliated Mercenary Groups.
• Nahida agreed to try the experiment, and Lin Feng led her into the rainforest near Sumeru City to prepare.
• With Nahida's help, Lin Feng projected his consciousness into the ley lines and emerged amid the desert's sand and dust.

Lin Feng traveled to the Legacy of the God-King’s hidden desert headquarters and discovered an unusually high concentration of Dendro Element there. He launched an attack on the ruin, while Mishal’s plans to sabotage the Sabzeruz Festival were interrupted by enormous vines filling the decision making hall.

• Lin Feng emerged from the ley lines far from his intended landing point, identified his location, and found the Legacy of the God-King’s hidden ruins.
• Lin Feng detected rainforest-level Dendro Element in the desert and decided to take the entire ruin along with its criminals.
• Mishal told Zabo that the Legacy of the God-King would continue its cause and use the brothers’ deaths and the traitors’ families to force others into submission.
• Mishal began claiming that the rainforest’s god could not threaten the base before the ground shook and two mercenaries warned him that huge trees had arrived.
• Mishal saw the decision making hall filled with green vines and showed fear.

Lin Feng used Express Delivery No. 1 to extract occupied sections of King Deshret's Ruins from beneath the sand and transport them toward Aaru Village as research sites for Akademiya scholars. As the strange convoy reached the village, Candace warned Uncle Amp that one of the rainforest's two gods had arrived in person.

• Lin Feng's giant vine plant uprooted King Deshret's Ruins, rescued the mercenaries caught nearby, and carried them away on its back.
• Lin Feng collected ruins occupied by Legacy of the God-King mercenaries and cleared criminal groups as he traveled toward Aaru Village.
• Lin Feng helped frightened caravans return to their trade routes and planned to park the ruins near Aaru Village without disrupting the villagers.
• Uncle Amp felt a tremor while choosing a caravan partner and prepared to ask the village guards what had happened.
• Candace rushed into Uncle Amp's cottage and told him the tremor was not caused by sandworms but by one of the rainforest's two gods arriving in person.

Lin Feng arranged for Aaru Village to detain the captured mercenaries and offered the village a personal gift: an experiment to transform barren land into farmland. With Candace and Uncle Amp watching, he began the experiment north of Aaru Village.

• Candace and Uncle Amp welcomed Lin Feng to Aaru Village and thanked him for eliminating the mercenary groups threatening the desert residents.
• Lin Feng asked the village to hold the captured mercenaries until the Matra arrived, but Candace and Uncle Amp refused his offer of material compensation.
• After arranging the prisoners’ detention and deciding where King Deshret’s Ruins would be parked, Lin Feng offered Aaru Village an “Oasis Seed” as a personal gift.
• Candace led Lin Feng and Uncle Amp to abandoned farmland north of Aaru Village, where Lin Feng explained that improving his people’s living conditions was part of his plans.
• Lin Feng gathered his Dendro Authority, sending dark green motes from the soil as he began his first desert transformation experiment.

Lin Feng discovered that faint remnants of divine power across the desert repelled life and slowly replaced them with his own power. He transformed Aaru Village’s experimental farmland into fertile soil, then vanished before Candace and Uncle Amp could thank him.

• Lin Feng found that scattered power, possibly from King Deshret or the Skyfrost Nail, hindered seeds and plant growth throughout the desert.
• Lin Feng began replacing the remnants with his Dendro Authority and discovered he could absorb some of the displaced power.
• Lin Feng realized transforming the entire desert this way would take centuries without first gathering more Authority and the Gnosis.
• Lin Feng finished turning the farmland near Aaru Village into fertile soil, where dormant seeds sprouted and flowers bloomed.
• Uncle Amp was moved to tears, and Candace reconsidered her doubts about the rainforest’s god as Lin Feng vanished; Candace and Uncle Amp silently made a difficult decision.

After returning from the desert, Lin Feng assessed his gains and continued reforming the Akademiya, earning the rumored title “God of Authority.” As Nahida walked with him and heard him explain his preparations for her to take over his work, she asked whether he was preparing to leave Sumeru.

• Lin Feng reviewed the desert expedition’s results, including improved security, research materials, and the lingering power of King Deshret, then enjoyed a meal at Lambad's Tavern.
• At the House of Daena, Lin Feng asked Nahida whether she had spread rumors naming him the “God of Authority,” and she explained that his crackdown on desert mercenaries and criminals had inspired the title.
• Lin Feng and Nahida toured Sumeru City, where Akademiya Scholars tested practical inventions developed under his reforms.
• Lin Feng explained his work to Nahida so she could take over, and she asked whether he was preparing to leave.

Lin Feng explained to Nahida that he needed to travel to uncover his origins and grow strong enough to protect what he cared about, but promised to return to Sumeru regularly. Nahida accepted the parting and looked forward to his visits as they discussed his work and future travels.

• Lin Feng told Nahida that the dangers surrounding Teyvat and his uncertainty about his origins made a temporary parting necessary.
• Lin Feng promised to return to see Nahida regularly and offered to take her to Liyue to try its food.
• Nahida said she would not hold him back from traveling and compared him to a dandelion seed that needed to roam freely.
• Lin Feng told Nahida that Sumeru felt like his nation and that he wanted her to experience the world beyond her duties.
• Nahida agreed to wait for Lin Feng’s return, asked him to bring Lotus Seed Paste Crisp and Almond Tofu, and offered to prepare a return gift.
• Nahida asked Lin Feng to explain the work he planned to leave with her and said Sumeru might change greatly while he was away.

Dottore’s losses in Sumeru prompted Pantalone to consider targeting the nation through finance, while Nahida and Lin Feng discussed Snezhnaya’s silence and the captured Fatui. Nahida postponed pursuing reparations until Sumeru was more stable, then asked Lin Feng what he had decided about Rukkhadevata’s memory fragments.

• Dottore told Pantalone that Sumeru’s fragile economy could make it a promising target, but Pantalone declined to confront its God of Authority while he dealt with Liyue.
• Nahida asked Lin Feng why Snezhnaya had not responded to Sumeru’s arrests or the annulment of Azar’s agreement, and Lin Feng said he did not know.
• Lin Feng advised Nahida to claim ignorance about Dottore’s disappearance and promised to handle anyone who used it as an excuse to cause trouble in Sumeru.
• Nahida regretted how thoroughly the Fatui had infiltrated Sumeru, and Lin Feng said he hoped Snezhnaya would send officials to explain their agents’ crimes.
• Nahida agreed to defer holding Snezhnaya accountable until Sumeru’s situation stabilized, then asked Lin Feng what he had decided about Rukkhadevata’s memory fragments.