Chapter Summaries

Wang Lei returned to the Elysian Realm, defeated the Herrscher of Corruption by luring it into corrupting his quantum computer, and reunited with Mei and Aili Xiya. After Mei completed her final trial, Wang Lei offered Aili Xiya a chance to live again, and she asked what the revival would cost.

• Wang Lei found that the Herrscher of Corruption had erased the MANTIS memory entities and used Aili Xiya's signet to track her through the battle-scarred Elysian Realm.
• The Herrscher of Corruption trapped Wang Lei in the Elysian Realm and began corrupting his Gene Engine, but he used a hidden quantum computer connected to the Sea of Quanta to weaken it and recover control.
• Wang Lei condensed the Herrscher of Corruption's data into a core, reclaimed the Elysian Realm's authority, and followed Aili Xiya's signet to a hidden castle space.
• Wang Lei watched Mei complete Aili Xiya's final trial, then showed them the Herrscher of Corruption's core and returned the Elysian Realm's authority to Aili Xiya.
• Aili Xiya grieved that the other MANTIS memory entities were gone, so Wang Lei offered her a chance to live again if she followed him.
• Aili Xiya accepted Mei's assurances that Wang Lei would not restrict her freedom, but asked what the revival would cost and said she would refuse if it harmed him.

Wang Lei resurrected Aili Xiya by transferring her memories into a newly created Herrscher of Origin body, then reunited her with Kevin, Fu Hua, and Kiana. After returning to the North American Branch, he introduced Aili Xiya to his companions and revealed his ability to travel between worlds, taking her and several others on their first trip.

• Wang Lei explained his plan to recreate Aili Xiya and transfer her Elysian Realm memories, and Aili Xiya agreed to the resurrection.
• Wang Lei spent ten billion Energy Points to create a new body, used Imaginary Number Energy to bring it to Aili Xiya's former age, and helped her transfer her consciousness into it.
• Aili Xiya reunited with Kevin, who learned that the Herrscher of Corruption had been defeated and left to prepare for the coming of Finality.
• Raven led Wang Lei, Mei, and Aili Xiya out of the base, then joined the Schicksal North American Branch after saying World Serpent had fired her.
• Wang Lei brought Aili Xiya to Kolosten, where she met Fu Hua and cuddled Kiana, before departing with Mei and returning to the North American Branch.
• Wang Lei introduced Aili Xiya to Nancy, Jingliu, and Himeko, revealed that he could travel between worlds, and took the group to another world.

Wang Lei rushed to Meru Heavenly Court after Carl and Pan Zhen led a cloned Taotie army in an attack, and he helped the Angels repel the assault. Pan Zhen detonated his stellar energy to escape, leaving Wang Lei and the Angels safe but the enemy commander at large.

• Wang Lei returned to the Super God Universe with Aili Xiya and settled her into life on Earth, where she soon became a popular vtuber.
• Wang Lei restored the Herrscher Core of Corruption and used its Authority to erase Void Archives' consciousness, while Nancy made a scabbard from the Herrscher Core of Binding for Jingliu's sword.
• Yan contacted Wang Lei and reported that Carl's cloned Taotie army and Pan Zhen had breached Meru Heavenly Court's defenses and forced the Angels into the Star Fortress.
• Wang Lei reached the battlefield, used Purifying Thunder of Seven Sins to annihilate a wave of Taotie clones, and drove the remaining forces into retreat.
• Pan Zhen admitted he had joined Carl's side after becoming a Phantom Body, then detonated his stellar energy when Wang Lei confronted him.
• Wang Lei contained the explosion and protected the nearby Angels, but Pan Zhen escaped while the Taotie forces withdrew from Meru Heavenly Court.

Wang Lei recovered while Yan and Hexi explained how Styx had driven the Angels back, then proposed holding off the next assault so they could regroup. Carl formally declared war on Earth and its allies, revealing that Pan Zhen had given him Blazing Sun’s star charts and access to immense stellar resources, leaving Wang Lei ready to attack.

• Yan took Wang Lei to Meru Heavenly Court, made him rest, and convened a meeting with Hexi to review the war.
• Yan explained that Styx had invaded the Angel Nebula with Taotie clones, Male Angels, and Phantom Bodies, while Pan Zhen’s control of stellar energy crippled the Angels’ defenses.
• Wang Lei proposed holding off Styx alone while the Angels regrouped, and Yan agreed after he explained that his summoned monsters could endanger allied troops.
• Pan Zhen returned with Su Mary, Wu Teng, and Nusa, then arranged a conversation between Wang Lei and Carl.
• Carl claimed Styx had not formally been at war with the Angels, but then declared total war on Earth and its allies and revealed that Pan Zhen had supplied him with Blazing Sun’s star charts.
• After Carl ended the projection, Pan Zhen admitted that only the Light of the Sun Super Gene could perfectly control stellar energy, and Wang Lei prepared to attack.

Wang Lei trapped Styx’s generals and unleashed Rift Realm Creatures against the Taotie clones, but Carl rescued Pan Zhen while Wu Teng died. After three days of fighting, Wang Lei lured a massive Taotie force to the battlefield, where Jingliu arrived to test her newly forged Demon Sword.

• Wang Lei used spatial interference, gravity, and the Tai Xu Sword God to attack Styx’s generals, but Carl erased the gravity field and ordered Wu Teng to intercept the strike.
• Wu Teng died against the Tai Xu Sword God, allowing Su Mary and Nusa to escape, while Carl’s skull rescued Pan Zhen from Wang Lei’s follow-up attack.
• Wang Lei summoned Rift Realm Creatures to slaughter the Taotie clones and spent three days controlling the battle as Styx sent wave after wave of reinforcements.
• Qi Lin, Shenhe, Nancy, Jingliu, Gui Zhong, Himeko, Aili Xiya, Zhi Xin, and Leng arrived; Wang Lei reassured Zhi Xin that Meru Heavenly Court remained safe and sent the women there with Yan.
• Wang Lei feigned exhaustion to draw a vast Taotie force toward his position, then invited Jingliu to test her sword against the gathered enemies.
• Jingliu drew the Demon Sword, Shi Nie, and declared that she would use the sinful blade to tear apart her enemies.

Wang Lei and Aili Xiya stopped Jingliu after Shi Nie’s Abundance power drove her into a murderous frenzy, and Wang Lei destroyed the Male Angel Legion to remove her targets. Jingliu woke with her memories intact, and Wang Lei let her keep the sealed sword under strict limits.

• Jingliu used Shi Nie to devastate the Taotie clones, while Gui Zhong warned Wang Lei that the sword could strengthen its wielder and turn them toward Abundance.
• Jingliu pursued a Male Angel and exposed the hidden base of the Male Angel Legion; Wang Lei and Aili Xiya tried to restrain her.
• Jingliu killed Su Mary with Shi Nie, and the sword absorbed his Phantom Body’s energy, intensifying her urge to slaughter the Male Angels.
• Wang Lei used a Super-Simulated Black Hole to destroy the Male Angel Legion, and Aili Xiya hypnotized Jingliu so Wang Lei could take and seal Shi Nie.
• After Jingliu woke, she explained how the sword’s power and memories of Winged Ones had stirred her hatred, and Wang Lei returned Shi Nie to her with restrictions.

After returning to Teyvat, Wang Lei arranged an Inazuman expedition to Sumeru as leverage to secure Nahida’s help reaching the World Tree. Nahida accepted that Azar should be punished and began discussing a plan with Wang Lei.

• Wang Lei failed to locate Carl after the Angels searched for him, then decided to visit Teyvat and seek Nahida’s help with the World Tree.
• Wang Lei brought Jingliu and Aili Xiya to Teyvat and arranged for them to pass as Gui Zhong’s old friends.
• Wang Lei told Ei, Yae Miko, Kitsune Saiguu, and the Raiden Shogun that he would lead three thousand soldiers against Sumeru to reclaim Inazuma’s Gnosis.
• Wang Lei led three thousand Tenryou Commission soldiers away on fifteen automated battleships, then returned to Liyue to speak with Nahida.
• Wang Lei presented fabricated memories as proof that Inazuma’s Gnosis was in Sumeru City and demanded Scaramouche, the Gnosis, and Azar’s ultimate punishment.
• Nahida agreed to discuss a specific plan with Wang Lei after deciding that punishing Azar was preferable to letting the dispute worsen.

Wang Lei entered Sumeru and used threats and displays of power to force his way toward the Akademiya, seeking to confront Grand Sage Azar and reach Nahida’s true body. After arriving at Sumeru City, he waited for Azar while Tighnari took him to a cafe, as La Signora and Arlecchino watched and discussed finding Scaramouche.

• Wang Lei, Ying, Nahida, and Paimon emerged from the tunnel into Sumeru, and Wang Lei set off alone for Gandharva Ville while the others planned to enter Sumeru City later.
• Wang Lei intimidated Tighnari by making everyone in Gandharva Ville float, then persuaded him to lead the way to Sumeru City; Ashpazi hurried ahead to report the invasion.
• Wang Lei knocked out hundreds of Thirty-Man Squad members who tried to block the road, then continued to the city with Tighnari.
• Setaria greeted Wang Lei at Sumeru City’s gate, but he teleported her and the reception party to the Akademiya and demanded that Azar meet him within half an hour.
• Tighnari took Wang Lei to Puspa Cafe while they waited, and La Signora and Arlecchino watched from a terrace and discussed searching for Scaramouche.

At Puspa Cafe, Wang Lei explained to Tighnari why Inazuma had invaded Sumeru and demanded access to the Dendro Archon. Grand Sage Azar refused, and Wang Lei demonstrated his strength by knocking Azar down and suppressing Cyno’s Electro power.

• Wang Lei told Tighnari that Sumeru had provoked Inazuma by concealing the Electro Gnosis and sheltering Scaramouche, and said he wanted to meet the Dendro Archon before deciding whether war could be avoided.
• Tighnari resolved to take Wang Lei to the Sanctuary of Surasthana if Azar did not appear, but Azar arrived at Puspa Cafe with Alhaitham, Setaria, and Cyno.
• Azar claimed that Lesser Lord Kusanali was too immature to handle Sumeru’s affairs, and Wang Lei mocked his authority and demanded to speak with one of the Archon’s retainers instead.
• Azar insisted that he himself counted as the Dendro Archon’s retainer, so Wang Lei blew him onto the floor and explained that status depended on strength.
• Azar ordered Cyno to demonstrate Sumeru’s power, but Wang Lei forbade Cyno from using Electro and instantly suppressed his elemental energy.

Wang Lei threatened Sumeru’s Grand Sage Azar and demanded to meet the Dendro Archon, while Ying joined Tighnari, Cyno, and Alhaitham as they uncovered the Akademiya’s deception and the danger of war. The chapter ended with Nahida revealing herself and Wang Lei meeting La Signora and Arlecchino in his room.

• Wang Lei overwhelmed Azar with his pressure, but Cyno intervened, and Cyno and Alhaitham escorted the Grand Sage away after Wang Lei demanded an answer from the Dendro Archon before sunset.
• Wang Lei warned Tighnari to stay away from the coming war, then Setaria took him to the Guild Hall while Ying reached Gandharva Ville and gained Collei’s trust.
• Ying and Collei found Tighnari in Sumeru City, where Alhaitham brought them to meet Cyno and discuss Wang Lei’s strength and the Akademiya’s plans.
• Alhaitham revealed that the Sages had stalled Wang Lei and that Inazuma’s fleet was nearing Port Ormos; Tighnari and Paimon confirmed that Scaramouche had stolen the Electro Gnosis.
• Nahida crawled out of Ying’s box as the group fell silent, while Wang Lei later found La Signora and Arlecchino waiting in his room.

Wang Lei negotiated with Arlecchino and La Signora over their cooperation in Sumeru, agreeing to trade for the Gnosis while claiming Scaramouche. Meanwhile, Nahida and her allies devised a plan to oppose Azar themselves, and Sumeru City’s undercurrents began stirring at dawn.

• Wang Lei and Arlecchino agreed that whoever obtained the Gnosis could keep it, but Wang Lei would take Scaramouche; if Wang Lei got the Gnosis first, Arlecchino could trade for it.
• Arlecchino traded cursed power and the House of the Hearth’s withdrawal from Inazuma for a Light Cone from Wang Lei, then she and La Signora left as his teammates in Sumeru.
• At Alhaitham’s home, Nahida revealed her identity and Wang Lei’s plan, while Tighnari and Alhaitham discussed why Wang Lei’s actions had seemed threatening despite causing little harm.
• Nahida urged her allies to find their own way to free her and recommended The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind; Alhaitham, Cyno, and Tighnari read it and developed a plan by dawn.
• Alhaitham obtained Void Terminals for Ying and Paimon, and Nahida said she could conceal their communications from Azar.
• On the second day after Wang Lei arrived in Sumeru City, undercurrents began stirring throughout the city at dawn.

Alhaitham, Cyno, and Tighnari spread rumors and manipulated public opinion to pressure Azar into letting Nahida meet Wang Lei, while an unexpected exodus from Port Ormos and protests outside Wang Lei’s lodging intensified the crisis. Wang Lei threatened the crowd and turned its resentment toward Azar, as La Signora and Arlecchino prepared to spread information about Scaramouche.

• Cyno transferred Sumeru City's civilian defenses to the Disciplinary Officers, while Tighnari's planted rumor and Alhaitham's release of Wang Lei's photograph helped spread panic and inflate market prices.
• Sumeru's naval forces reported fifteen enormous Inazuman warships near Port Ormos, prompting residents to flee to Sumeru City and raising fears that war was imminent.
• Alhaitham, Cyno, and Tighnari realized that the Port Ormos exodus was not their doing, then received word that students and citizens had gathered to protest outside Wang Lei's lodging.
• Wang Lei confronted the protesters with a storm and a lightning strike, identified a Fatui agent among them, and used a mental suggestion to direct their resentment toward Azar.
• Cyno arrived with Disciplinary Officers and dispersed the crowd as Wang Lei demanded an explanation from Azar; La Signora and Arlecchino then ordered Scaramouche's information spread.

As Sumeru City descended into chaos over rumors of war and the Akademiya’s schemes, Wang Lei dealt with Azar’s attempts to placate him and received a message from Nahida through Dunyarzad. He treated Dunyarzad’s Eleazar, while fresh Eremite forces arrived in the city and worsened the unrest.

• Azar ordered Cyno to arrest protesting students and arranged for Setaria to offer Wang Lei Nilou and other performers while urging his allies to accelerate their plan.
• At Lambad's Tavern, House of the Hearth agents staged a brawl that exposed fragments of the Akademiya’s god-making scheme, and a Fatui attack on the crowd left more than a dozen dead and over a hundred injured.
• Wang Lei had Setaria release the arrested scholars and dismissed Nilou’s forced performance, then agreed to meet Dunyarzad and Dehya.
• Dunyarzad told Wang Lei that Nahida had asked him to stay calm and said Ying would act; Wang Lei warned Dunyarzad and Dehya to remain with him for their safety.
• Wang Lei treated Dunyarzad’s Eleazar symptoms, and Dunyarzad celebrated by hugging and kissing him before spinning around with Dehya.
• More than a dozen Eremite groups entered Sumeru City claiming the Akademiya had summoned them, intensifying the disorder.

Cyno, Nahida, and their allies struggled to stop Azar and Il Dottore after Il Dottore disrupted their plans and manipulated the Void Terminals. Il Dottore turned Sumeru City’s residents into sleepwalking attackers to restrain Wang Lei, who flew out to face the crisis.

• Cyno found that Il Dottore had used the Void Terminals to disperse the student protest, then learned he was helping Azar and keeping watch over Arlecchino and La Signora.
• Nahida gathered Cyno, Alhaitham, Tighnari, and Ying to plan an attempt to reach Azar, while warning that Wang Lei might have to intervene if Il Dottore guarded him.
• Il Dottore broadcast a sleep-inducing sound wave through loudspeakers across Sumeru City, causing nearly everyone to collapse before their Void Terminals made them attack Wang Lei.
• Wang Lei discovered that awakening or removing a victim’s Void Terminal killed them, so he flew from the Guild Hall as the city’s sleepwalking residents converged on him.
• Il Dottore revealed to Arlecchino and La Signora that he was using the citizens’ spirits for his plan and had made their lives a restraint on Wang Lei.

Wang Lei freed Nahida’s true body and used the Gnosis to enter the dream controlling Sumeru City, where he destroyed the connection powering the Void Terminals. The dream collapsed, and Scaramouche’s furious roar followed as Wang Lei was blasted from the space.

• Wang Lei killed Il Dottore’s segment, learned Scaramouche was in the Underground Factory, and told Arlecchino and La Signora they could act freely.
• Wang Lei suppressed the controlled residents’ subconscious minds and convinced Nahida to prioritize saving Sumeru City over protecting the Sages.
• Nahida concluded that cutting off the Gnosis’s power to the Void Terminals was the safest way to free the residents, so Wang Lei helped her reach and release her true body in the Sanctuary of Surasthana.
• Nahida gave Wang Lei the Gnosis, and the Stellaron absorbed the prayers of Sumeru’s people as his consciousness entered a dream loop with her.
• Wang Lei created giant Tom and Jerry figures to make the dreamers realize they were dreaming, allowing Nahida to locate the node connecting the Gnosis to the Void Terminals.
• Wang Lei destroyed the node with the Tai Xu Sword God, and Scaramouche roared as the dream space exploded.

Wang Lei helped Nahida enter the Underground Factory, where he defeated Scaramouche and recovered the Electro Element Gnosis. Nahida used both Gnoses to bring the group into the World Tree’s polluted Consciousness Space, and they reached the World Tree after fighting through the curse.

• Nahida ordered Alhaitham and the others to help Sumeru’s citizens, then asked Wang Lei to accompany her to the Underground Factory.
• Wang Lei, Nahida, Ying, and Paimon found Arlecchino and La Signora fighting Fatui guards; Wang Lei drove them away and continued deeper with Nahida’s group.
• Wang Lei knocked down the Sages and tied them up for trial, then defeated Scaramouche, removed the Electro Element Gnosis, and declared that Scaramouche would return to Inazuma for trial.
• Wang Lei lent the Electro Element Gnosis to Nahida and asked her to investigate Scaramouche’s past in the World Tree’s records.
• Nahida brought Wang Lei, Ying, and Paimon into a polluted Consciousness Space; after they fought curse-born monsters and traveled aboard the Boat of Consciousness, the World Tree appeared before them.

Wang Lei, Nahida, Ying, and Paimon met Greater Lord Rukkhadevata in the World Tree and learned how Forbidden Knowledge had contaminated it. Wang Lei devised a way to save Rukkhadevata while cleansing the curse, then used a World Tree branch to uncover how Teyvat’s World Tree worked and gained new authority.

• Nahida met Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, who explained that Nahida was her reincarnation and that their destinies could differ.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata told Nahida that Forbidden Knowledge had infected the World Tree during the Khaenri’ah Cataclysm and that removing her remaining consciousness was necessary to cleanse it.
• Wang Lei proposed copying Rukkhadevata’s consciousness into a body made from Honkai Steel and taking it outside Teyvat before Nahida deleted the original.
• Wang Lei created the body and transferred the copy, Nahida deleted Rukkhadevata’s original consciousness, and the World Tree’s curse lifted, curing Eleazar and restoring Sumeru’s people’s dreams.
• Wang Lei planted the World Tree branch in the World Bubble and discovered that Teyvat’s World Tree processed an Imaginary Tree branch tip, giving him authority to manipulate Imaginary Tree Energy.

Wang Lei killed one of Il Dottore’s segments and learned that the Harbinger had survived through some hidden means, then helped Nahida take control of Sumeru and released Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, who chose the name Goyetia. He left Ying and Paimon to rest and began negotiating with Arlecchino and La Signora, demanding a steep price for the Electro Element Gnosis.

• Nahida struggled with the memories erased from the World Tree as Il Dottore arrived and offered knowledge in exchange for the Gnoses; Wang Lei rejected his offers and invaded his Spiritual Sea.
• Wang Lei used Tai Xu Sword God to burn the spiritual bodies of Il Dottore’s segments, but the system gave him no reward, leading him to conclude that Il Dottore had survived through a hidden backup or original body.
• Wang Lei, Ying, and Paimon left the Underground Factory, and Nahida took control of Sumeru while Cyno imprisoned the Sages pending a public trial.
• Wang Lei released Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, who adopted the name Goyetia and set out alone for the desert to search for old ruins.
• Wang Lei woke Arlecchino and La Signora at the Fatui Guild Hall and demanded that Snezhnaya return Inazuman artisans and their finished goods, provide specified resources, and pay ten billion Mora for the Electro Element Gnosis.

Wang Lei negotiated Snezhnaya’s payment for the Electro Element Gnosis, helped oversee the execution of Sumeru’s disgraced Sages, and returned to Inazuma before announcing the group’s next journey to the Star Rail Universe. The chapter ended with Wang Lei preparing to make Penacony their first target as he sought a path to transcendence.

• Wang Lei and Arlecchino negotiated the Gnosis exchange, settling on the return of Inazuma’s craftsmen, specialty ores, rare minerals, and five billion Mora, with Northland Bank paying a deposit.
• Wang Lei emptied Northland Bank’s Sumeru vault, met the arriving Tenryou Commission forces, and led several hundred officers to Sumeru City.
• Wang Lei watched the Sages involved in Scaramouche’s god-making project stand trial, then had them beheaded under the joint authority of Sumeru and Inazuma.
• Wang Lei returned to Inazuma, where Aili Xiya and the Star God Group had been spending their vacation with Ei, Raiden Shogun, Jingliu, and Kitsune Saiguu.
• Wang Lei gathered everyone at Guili Plains Laboratory and announced they would return to the Super God Universe before heading to the Star Rail Universe, with Penacony as their first destination.

Wang Lei was accidentally pulled into Penacony’s sea of Memoria during the Astral Express’s warp, where he met Black Swan and was escorted back to the train. After reaching Penacony, the group learned that the destination was troubled and planned how to protect themselves while exploring its dream world.

• Before departing the Xianzhou Luofu, Wang Lei hurriedly booked Penacony hotel rooms through Nancy’s Interstellar Peace Corporation connections.
• During the final warp, Wang Lei’s spiritual body was pulled into a strange space, and he broke through a passage into the sea of Memoria.
• Wang Lei attacked the sea of Memoria until Black Swan appeared and warned him that he might break the seal protecting Penacony from its leaking memories.
• Wang Lei apologized to Black Swan, who took his hand and led him out of the Memoria sea; he returned to the Astral Express, where Stelle said she had dreamed of being slashed by a woman.
• Wang Lei told the group that he had met a Garden of Recollection Memokeeper and arranged for everyone to receive mental protection from Simulated Fenghuang Down.
• After Nancy reported that factions were competing for the Clockmaker’s Legacy, Wang Lei proposed rotating who stayed awake in reality, and Himeko from Honkai Impact 3rd volunteered to stay first.