Recaps

Theresa helped the Liyue Qixing plan products from purifying flowers and grass before discovering an Abyss outbreak in The Chasm. She purified and revived Bosacius, restored the other three Yakshas, and left them with Zhong Li and Xiao as she prepared to continue her journey to Fontaine.

• Ganyu presented the Qixing’s proposal to make Purifying Evil Incense and Purifying Evil Pills, and Theresa approved it.
• An earthquake interrupted the meeting, and Theresa’s divine sense revealed that Abyss creatures had broken through a damaged seal beneath The Chasm alongside the corrupted Bosacius.
• Theresa purified the escaped creatures and Bosacius, then revived his body and erased the memories that had driven him mad.
• Zhong Li and Xiao arrived, and Theresa summoned Bonanus, Indarias, and Menogias and rebuilt their bodies, reuniting all five Yakshas.
• Zhong Li and Xiao took the newly revived Yakshas away for a reunion, while Theresa and Himeko departed to explore Liyue Harbor before traveling to Fontaine.

Zhong Li joined Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters aboard the Astral Express after arranging the revived Yakshas’ retirement and Hu Tao’s protection. The train reached Fontaine, where Neuvillette saw Morax arrive and feared he had come to settle a grievance.

• Zhong Li arranged retirement support for the four revived Yakshas, and they pledged to protect Hu Tao.
• Zhong Li agreed to travel to Fontaine with Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters, despite asking her to show restraint with him.
• Theresa and the others boarded the Astral Express with Lumine, Paimon, and Zhong Li, then departed from Liyue.
• The Astral Express crossed Sumeru and stopped on a beach near the Court of Fontaine, where the group disembarked.
• Neuvillette spotted Morax arriving in Fontaine and flew out to meet the Stellaron Hunters, suspecting someone had provoked him.

Sunday and Ms. Nightingale met the arriving Stellaron Hunters in Fontaine, where Neuvillette welcomed them and hoped they could help avert the prophecy. Furina was left to show the visitors around and feared Theresa might confront her over their first meeting.

• Sunday and Ms. Nightingale heard a whistle at Hotel Debord, saw the Astral Express flying overhead, and headed toward the beach with Furina and Escoffier.
• Neuvillette met Zhong Li and the Stellaron Hunters, learned they had come to Fontaine as visitors, and welcomed them as Descenders.
• Neuvillette flew to the Palais Mermonia to arrange the visitors’ entry and accommodations, asking Furina to show them around the Court of Fontaine.
• Ms. Nightingale greeted Theresa, whose teasing question about anyone offending her made Furina fear that Theresa would bring up her past behavior.

Furina’s attempt to inspect Sunday and Ms. Nightingale’s halos provoked Sunday into transforming into Judgment Day and threatening Fontaine. After Neuvillette admitted fault on Furina’s behalf, Sunday ended the confrontation and returned to normal.

• Furina ordered Public Security Defense Automatons to restrain Sunday and Ms. Nightingale after they refused to let her inspect their halos.
• Sunday took Ms. Nightingale into the sky and transformed into Judgment Day, terrifying Furina and Fontaine’s people.
• Neuvillette confronted Sunday and attacked while Sunday began reciting the seven days of creation.
• Neuvillette’s water attack barely affected Judgment Day, and Sunday demanded that Fontaine acknowledge its wrongdoing.
• Furina pleaded for Sunday to stop, and Neuvillette apologized on Fontaine’s behalf.
• Sunday dismissed his Judgment Day form while Ms. Nightingale watched the frightened people of Fontaine.

Furina explained Fontaine’s prophecy and the strange events that seemed to be bringing it to pass, hoping the visitors might help avert it. The discussion ended when Theresa noticed that Furina’s tea had been mixed with the Primordial Sea, which could dissolve Fontainians.

• Furina remained under the suspicion of Fontaine’s people after she had failed to act during Judgment Day, and she relied on Sunday and Ms. Nightingale for protection.
• Sunday brought Theresa and the others up to date, while Escoffier invited Furina and the group to Hotel Debord to talk.
• Furina told the group that the prophecy foretold rising waters dissolving all Fontainians, leaving only the Hydro Archon weeping on her throne.
• Furina explained that young women had recently gone missing and that the sea level was rising, with some water resembling the deadly Primordial Sea.
• Theresa noticed that the liquid in Furina’s cup had turned pale blue and realized it contained the Primordial Sea.

Primordial Sea was added to the tea throughout Hotel Debord, but Theresa reversed time to restore the dissolved Fontainians and captured several culprits. Navia arrived and revealed that the incident connected to the missing girls case had also led to her father's death and left the Spina di Rosula struggling.

• Furina, Escoffier, and the others discovered that their tea contained Primordial Sea, while Lumine heard voices murmuring the name Vacher after drinking it.
• Theresa used Time Reversal to restore the dissolved Fontainians and bound several suspected culprits in the hotel lobby.
• Vanaghem reassured the shaken customers and said unauthorized people had entered the kitchen and contaminated the tea.
• Navia arrived with Myles and Silver, explained that she had nearly been dissolved, and identified herself as a victim of the incident.
• Navia recalled how her father had sacrificed himself to protect her after the mastermind behind the missing girls case framed him, leaving her to lead a weakened Spina di Rosula.

After Childe emerged from Hotel Debord’s kitchen and explained that he had uncovered people tampering with the water, Furina ordered him and the others to attend a trial. As they headed for the courthouse, unmarked robots attacked, and Theresa’s group revealed Marcel as the mastermind behind the ambush.

• Childe told the Hotel Debord staff that he had found intruders adding Primordial Sea to the water, though Theresa had accidentally knocked him unconscious with a chain.
• Furina suspected Childe and ordered him, the captured criminals, and everyone present to go to the courthouse, where Clorinde and Xia Fulei secured the scene.
• A group of unmarked Fontaine robots surrounded the party on the road and opened fire on Furina, Clorinde, Lumine, and the others.
• Zhong Li shielded the group, while Theresa concealed them and told them to remain silent until the mastermind appeared.
• Marcel arrived after the robots stopped firing, and Navia recognized him as the man who had helped her throughout her life.
• Theresa revealed the group, and Furina demanded to know why Marcel had ordered the attack.

Marcel’s attempt to kill Sunday and silence his captured accomplices failed when Himeko took control of his Gardemeks, and he was arrested for the Missing Young Women Case. The group brought him to the Opera Epiclese for trial, while Childe protested that he was no longer a suspect.

• Marcel questioned how the group had survived the Gardemeks’ barrage, and Theresa explained their use of refracted light and Zhong Li’s protection.
• Marcel ordered the Gardemeks to attack again, but Himeko revealed that she had corrupted them and taken control.
• Marcel surrendered, and Clorinde’s guards bound him and escorted him toward the Court of Fontaine.
• Himeko made the Gardemeks disappear at Theresa’s suggestion, and the group continued to the Opera Epiclese as Neuvillette prepared for the trial.
• Furina entered the Opera Epiclese excitedly, while Childe protested to the guards that Marcel was the real culprit and he should no longer be treated as a suspect.

The trial of Childe and President Marcel began at the Opera Epiclese, where Childe tried to turn the proceedings into a chance to fight Clorinde and provoke Furina. Furina refused his challenge, but the crowd began urging her to fight as Neuvillette struggled to keep order.

• Clorinde explained that Childe had to remain under suspicion, and the group entered the Opera Epiclese for the trial.
• Lyney and Lynette discussed Marcel's suspected crimes and watched the proceedings from the audience.
• Neuvillette opened the trial and questioned Childe about the Serial Disappearances of Young Women Case.
• Childe dismissed the charges and suggested pleading guilty so he could duel Clorinde.
• Paimon whispered to Lumine, and Neuvillette ordered them to be silent.
• Childe challenged Furina to spar, Furina refused, and some Fontainians urged her to attack him as the courtroom grew noisy.

At Childe’s trial, the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale declared him guilty despite his account of trying to stop a plot at Hotel Debord. Childe fought the Gardemeks, but Neuvillette knocked him unconscious and left him in a crater.

• Neuvillette restored order in the courtroom and asked Childe to explain what had happened at Hotel Debord.
• Childe said he had discovered impostor waiters pouring Primordial Sea into a kettle, then had been knocked unconscious by platinum-colored chains.
• The Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale delivered a guilty verdict, shocking Childe, Lumine, Paimon, and Sunday.
• When guards moved to arrest him, Childe resisted, transformed with his Delusion, and defeated the Gardemeks on the stage.
• Neuvillette struck Childe in the chest and slammed him into the stage floor, knocking him unconscious.

Neuvillette began Marcel’s trial after defeating Childe, but Navia and Lumine revealed that Marcel might be the mastermind behind the missing girls case. The chapter ended with Neuvillette allowing Navia to present her evidence.

• Neuvillette ordered the guards to take the unconscious Childe away and began Marcel’s trial over the Gardemek attack.
• Marcel agreed to cooperate, but Navia interrupted the proceedings and accused him of masterminding the missing girls case.
• Navia recalled the incident at Hotel Debord, where perpetrators disguised as waiters had added Primordial Sea to a teapot.
• Lumine reasoned that Marcel had sent the Gardemeks to silence the arrested waiters and the travelers, and said she had heard the girls whisper the name Vacher.
• Marcel tried to deny knowing Vacher, but Navia noticed his reaction and requested permission to present her evidence.
• Neuvillette granted Navia permission to come onto the stage.

Navia exposed Marcel as Vacher and revealed his crimes, including the scheme that led to Callas’s death. Marcel rejected the court’s judgment, drank Primordial Sea, and began to experience a change in his perception of Hydro.

• Navia presented Vigneire’s notebook, identifying Marcel as Vacher and linking him to the experiments on young women.
• Navia explained how Marcel sold Fonta containing Primordial Sea, framed Callas, and drove him to sacrifice himself to protect Navia.
• Myles and Silver affirmed Navia’s growth and leadership, moving her to tears.
• Marcel accused Fontaine’s people and its courts of ignoring his grief over Vigneire’s death.
• Marcel drank a bottle of Primordial Sea and, after failing to dissolve, began to perceive Hydro differently.

During Marcel’s trial, he confessed that he had used girls in experiments and poisoned Fonta with Primordial Sea out of hatred for Fontainians. Theresa summoned the victims’ spirits, who appeared as an Oceanid and killed him in the courtroom.

• Marcel revealed that he had changed his name from Vacher, experimented on girls to bring Vigneire back, and had no remorse for the victims.
• Marcel confessed that he had learned about the Primordial Sea from Rene’s documents and added it to Fonta to make Fontainians addicted.
• Neuvillette ordered the guards to restrain Marcel as he broke down and declared that he regretted not killing more Fontainians.
• Theresa told Neuvillette that she had summoned the girls Marcel had killed to judge him.
• An Oceanid formed in the courtroom, lured Marcel toward it, then pierced him with water spikes as the girls’ voices condemned him.

The victims of Vacher’s experiments took revenge through the Oceanid, and Theresa erased his body after his consciousness was dragged into the Primordial Sea. Neuvillette declared the missing girls case concluded, then asked Theresa and her companions to remain in the theater.

• The Oceanid, speaking with the voices of Vacher’s victims, severed his arm and tortured him while Neuvillette and Furina recoiled and Clorinde grew suspicious of Furina’s reaction.
• Vigneire revealed that the victims’ consciousnesses had merged in the Primordial Sea and rejected Vacher, declaring that he was no longer her lover.
• The victims summoned illusory figures around Vacher and dragged his consciousness into the Primordial Sea to face judgment.
• Theresa purified the stage and erased Vacher’s body, while the people of Fontaine celebrated the end of the missing girls case.
• Neuvillette ended the trial, caught the Oratrice’s guilty verdict, and asked Theresa and the other guests to stay.

Neuvillette brought Furina, Escoffier, and the Stellaron Hunters to the Palais Mermonia after the trial, intending to make Furina confess what she had concealed. In a sealed office, he confronted her directly and demanded to know who she really was.

• Charlotte rushed off to publish her report on Vacher’s trial, while Lyney and Lynette returned home to write to Father about what had happened.
• Neuvillette asked Furina and the Stellaron Hunters to accompany him to the Palais Mermonia, and Escoffier joined Furina.
• Neuvillette arranged for the Stellaron Hunters to stay in the Palais Mermonia and ordered the staff to guard his office.
• Neuvillette sealed the office behind a water-curtain barrier, then told Furina that the barrier was aimed at her.
• Neuvillette demanded that Furina reveal who she really was and promised to deliver a fair judgment.

Furina revealed that she was Focalors’s human avatar and had been powerless to use the Hydro Archon’s authority or stop Fontaine’s prophecy. She began explaining that Fontaine’s original sin came from Egeria transforming Oceanids into imitation humans.

• Neuvillette questioned Furina about her lack of Hydro powers, her response to the Oceanid testimony, and Tartaglia’s guilty verdict.
• Theresa, Ms. Nightingale, and Escoffier comforted Furina, who broke down and admitted that Focalors had given her no divine authority.
• Furina explained that she was an avatar containing a sliver of Focalors’s human consciousness and had spent five hundred years playing the Hydro Archon while seeking a way to avert the prophecy.
• Furina recounted how Egeria created the Oceanids, transformed them into imitation humans using the Primordial Sea, and was punished by the Heavenly Principles.
• Furina explained that Egeria passed her Gnosis and authority to Focalors as she died during the war in Khaenri’ah, and that the creation of the Fontainians was their original sin.

Furina revealed that she had impersonated Focalors for five hundred years and that the real Focalors planned to sacrifice herself to break Fontaine’s prophecy. As Focalors began preparing her final trial, Aha offered Furina and Stellaron Essence power in exchange for amusement, and Furina’s corny joke earned them both masks.

• Furina explained that Egeria had transformed her people into humans and that Furina herself lacked the Hydro Archon’s authority and would dissolve in the Primordial Sea.
• Furina revealed that the real Focalors was hiding inside the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale, and Theresa explained that Focalors planned to execute herself to release the Hydro Dragon’s authority and save Fontaine’s people.
• Neuvillette sensed the Indemnitium stirring and realized Focalors was preparing her plan, while Furina wished she had the power to help.
• Theresa offered to give Furina power through the Power of Joy, but Aha appeared and demanded something fun in return.
• Stellaron Essence offered a corny joke, and Furina answered its riddle with a pun about a hachimi being hard for a donkey to amuse.
• Aha laughed at Furina’s joke, split its mask in two, and sent one mask to Furina and the other to Stellaron Essence.

Stellaron Essence and Furina awakened the Power of Joy and transformed into new forms, while Theresa explained the Paths and their power to the others. Furina discovered her ability was Energy Mimicry and began copying Neuvillette's Hydro powers.

• Theresa restrained the light as Stellaron Essence and Furina transformed after putting on their masks.
• Stellaron Essence became the Star of Elation, wielding a fluffy pink slipper, while Furina took on a glamorous new appearance.
• Theresa explained the Aeons, Paths, Pathstriders, and Emanators, including how their power grew with their understanding.
• Himeko claimed that even Phanes would be no match for her and Theresa, shocking Zhong Li and Neuvillette.
• Furina tested her Energy Mimicry by holding Neuvillette's wrist and summoning Hydro energy and three jellyfish.

Furina introduced the three Hydro summons she had created, while Neuvillette learned more about the visitors and decided not to disturb Focalors. After Furina celebrated being able to show her true self, everyone retired to their rooms in the Palais Mermonia.

• Furina introduced Lord Usher, Lady Hévémara, and Miss Chevreuse, and Theresa awakened their intelligence and translated their words.
• The summons explained that they served Furina and could use Hydro for offense and healing, while Furina admitted she had borrowed their names from a novel.
• Zhong Li recalled creating Azhdaha, and Himeko revealed that Azhdaha had become a catgirl named Ruofei in Liyue.
• Neuvillette said he would not visit Focalors but would continue to address Fontaine's prophecy, then sent the guests to their rooms.
• Furina ran out to show everyone her companions, and the visitors followed the Melusines to rest for the night.

Furina enjoyed a carefree outing with her three Hydro creatures while The Knave followed her to test whether she could defy Fontaine’s prophecy. When The Knave ambushed Furina, Hachivili knocked her into a wall with one paw.

• Furina paraded through the Court of Fontaine with Lord Usher, Miss Chevreuse, and Lady Hévémara while observers debated whether to approach her.
• The Knave watched Furina and decided to test her ability to defy Fontaine’s prophecy.
• Theresa and Himeko sent Hachivili to lure Furina, who found the cat in a garden and eagerly cuddled her.
• The Knave rushed Furina from behind and pinned her down, frightening Furina into calling her a scary mushroom person.
• Hachivili broke free and struck The Knave with one paw, sending her crashing into a wall.

Hachivili stopped Arlecchino’s attack on Furina and exposed her identity, bringing Neuvillette into the confrontation. Theresa revealed that she knew Arlecchino’s real name, and Zhong Li joined her, leaving Arlecchino surrounded and wary.

• Arlecchino tried to escape after Hachivili slammed her into the ground, but Hachivili pinned her and removed her mask.
• Furina called for Neuvillette’s help, and he identified the attacker as Arlecchino, the Knave of the Fatui Harbingers.
• Theresa arrived and called Arlecchino by her true name, Peruere, explaining that she had read her circumstances in the Ley Lines.
• Arlecchino summoned a blood-red scythe and attacked Zhong Li when he approached from behind, but his Jade Shield blocked her strike.
• Theresa and Zhong Li told Arlecchino they meant no harm, while she remained tense among the powerful figures.

The Knave was overwhelmed by Fontaine’s powerful fighters after attacking Furina, then explained that she had come to help avert Fontaine’s prophecy. Furina accepted her apology and the Knave agreed to compensate her and share intelligence before leaving.

• The Knave realized she could not take on the powerful fighters surrounding her and asked what they planned to do with her.
• Theresa transported the Knave and the others to Neuvillette’s office, where Neuvillette asked why she had attacked Furina.
• The Knave explained that she had come to help Fontaine escape the prophecy and asked where Childe was.
• Neuvillette asked Furina whether the Knave should stand trial, but Furina chose to forgive her after hearing her explanation.
• The Knave promised compensation and unconditional intelligence from the House of the Hearth, then left to find somewhere to rest.

Neuvillette focused on protecting Focalors and arranging a meeting with her while Theresa and the others explored Fontaine. After Neuvillette invited the group to the Opera Epiclese, they set off to discuss Focalors’s situation.

• After the Knave left, Neuvillette decided to prioritize Fontaine’s prophecy and Focalors’s safety, and planned to visit her at the Opera Epiclese.
• Neuvillette worked through the morning, then arranged a private banquet for his guests at Hotel Debord, with the bill sent to the Palais Mermonia.
• Theresa and the others had afternoon tea with Furina and complained that Fontaine’s desserts were too sweet.
• Neuvillette met the group at the restaurant and invited them to visit the Opera Epiclese without discussing the matter openly.
• Furina told the restaurant to send the bill to the Palais Mermonia, and the group followed Neuvillette to the Opera Epiclese.

Neuvillette brought the others to the sealed Opera Epiclese, where Focalors emerged from the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale and reunited with Furina. Focalors explained that she had hidden herself to deceive the Heavenly Principles and prevent Fontaine's prophecy of doom, but her explanation left the others facing her desperate plan and its cost.

• Neuvillette ordered the Melusines to seal the Opera Epiclese and keep everyone away until he called for them.
• The Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale opened, revealing Focalors and a massive Hydro greatsword formed from Indemnitium.
• Furina embraced Focalors and wept over the loneliness and pain she had endured, while Focalors comforted her.
• Zhong Li recognized Focalors's deception, and Focalors admitted that she had aimed to fool the Heavenly Principles.
• Focalors explained that she had acted to avert Fontaine's prophecy, which said its people would dissolve and the nation would be submerged.
• Focalors began recounting how Egeria had left her the seemingly impossible prophecy, and asked what she could have done to oppose the Heavenly Principles.

Focalors explained how she had spent five hundred years deceiving the Heavenly Principles to save Fontaine, then sentenced herself to death so Neuvillette could regain the Hydro authority. Theresa stopped the Hydro Greatsword just before it could kill Focalors.

• Focalors recounted how Egeria had warned her that Fontaine’s prophecy was anchored by the Heavenly Principles, prompting her to devise a plan to deceive them.
• Focalors described the Archons’ battle against the Abyss in Khaenri’ah and revealed that the divine thrones held authority taken from the Elemental Dragons.
• Furina thanked Focalors for creating her and explained that help from beyond Teyvat had renewed her hope, while Neuvillette apologized for misunderstanding her.
• Focalors said her existence kept Neuvillette’s authority incomplete, then sentenced the Hydro Archon to death and began her final dance.
• Theresa summoned platinum-colored chains that stopped the Hydro Greatsword above Focalors.