Chapter Summaries

Theresa, Himeko, Caelus, Paimon, Stellaron Essence, Phainon, Yinyueyue, and Cyrene arrived in Sumeru City, where Stellaron Essence’s insult sparked a fight with the Eremites. Alhaitham and Kaveh arrived to find the locals celebrating the transformed Lesser Jade Grass King, while Alhaitham remained wary of the newcomers.

• Theresa, Himeko, Caelus, and Paimon traveled toward Sumeru City, and Caelus activated waypoints along the way.
• Stellaron Essence called the cat-eared Lesser Jade Grass King a shuttlecock spirit, angering the locals and prompting scholars to summon the Eremites.
• Stellaron Essence and Phainon defeated the Eremites without killing anyone, while Cyrene urged them to take it easy.
• Alhaitham and Kaveh arrived and were shocked to see the Lesser Jade Grass King transformed into a catgirl.
• Caelus, Paimon, Stellaron Essence, Phainon, Yinyueyue, and Cyrene introduced themselves, while Theresa greeted the cheering locals.
• Alhaitham watched Stellaron Essence and her companions warily as Stellaron Essence declared she would pet the cat-eared deity.

Theresa, disguised as the Lesser Jade Grass King, forgave Stellaron Essence and her companions after they apologized, then asked them to help with tasks and proposed holding a Sabzeruz Festival. Grand Sage Azar welcomed the festival while secretly worrying about the impostor and planning to draw the newcomers into the Akademiya's scheme.

• Alhaitham turned the crowd's attention to the Lesser Jade Grass King, and Theresa approached Stellaron Essence and her companions.
• Yinyueyue, Stellaron Essence, Phainon, and Cyrene apologized to Theresa, and she forgave them while offering paid commissions.
• Stellaron Essence asked to touch Theresa's ears as payment, but Theresa refused and asked whether the others would accept her commission.
• Theresa suggested holding a Sabzeruz Festival for her upcoming birthday, and Grand Sage Azar publicly promised the Akademiya would organize it.
• Azar privately worried that Theresa was an impostor and discussed the situation with Scaramouche, who insisted their plan could still succeed.
• Azar led the newcomers toward the House of Daena and decided to draw them into a dream to help the Akasha Terminal.

Phainon, Yinyueyue, Stellaron Essence, and Cyrene received Akasha Terminals after arriving in Sumeru City as honored guests, while Grand Sage Azar assigned attendants to watch over them. The group explored the terminals and joked in their chat, ending with Stellaron Essence sharing a fabricated story about Krydla and Hysilens.

• Grand Sage Azar welcomed the group as honored guests, gave them Akasha Terminals, and assigned attendants to their lodging.
• Stellaron Essence, Phainon, Yinyueyue, and Cyrene registered terminal accounts and discovered that the device displayed personal information, though it could not identify Cyrene or Yinyueyue’s species.
• Yinyueyue messaged Theresa and Himeko in the group chat and warned that she distrusted Grand Sage Azar and the Akademiya.
• Phainon and Stellaron Essence said they would avoid acting recklessly, while Krydrla joined the chat and reacted to Stellaron Essence’s teasing photo.
• Stellaron Essence invented a comedic tale about Krydla nearly drowning in a stream before Hysilens rescued her, making the group laugh.

Theresa and Himeko sabotaged the Akasha Terminals to protect the group from the Akademiya’s possible schemes, then joined the Sabzeruz Festival parade. Himeko cured Dunyarzad and the people of Sumeru City of Eleazar, while the Grand Sage and Dottore watched with concern and interest.

• Theresa told the group to keep wearing their Akasha Terminals and attend the Sabzeruz Festival after she and Himeko altered the devices’ programming.
• Theresa rode the Floral Cart through Sumeru City as the people celebrated the Lesser Jade Grass King and Padisarahs bloomed along the route.
• Dunyarzad suffered an Eleazar flare-up, and Himeko edited the disease out of her body.
• Himeko sent a pulse across Sumeru City that cured the Eleazar of countless people.
• The Grand Sage and Dottore watched the cure, and Dottore considered challenging Himeko with a biological attack.

Dottore proposed that Azar use the Akasha Terminals to trap Sumeru's people in dreams and use their memories to create a new god, while Himeko and Theresa enjoyed the Sabzeruz Festival. As the festival's main event began, Nilou took the stage to perform the Dance of the Goddess of Flowers.

• Dottore warned Azar that Himeko's ability to cure Eleazar threatened their plan, then proposed imprisoning people's consciousnesses in dreams as fuel for creating a new god.
• Azar asked for a day to consider Dottore's proposal, and Dottore said he would use the Akasha Terminals to record the festival for the dream.
• Himeko returned to Theresa after curing Sumeru's citizens, while the Akademiya secretly recorded the festival and Caelus, Paimon, and their companions enjoyed the festivities.
• Dunyarzad helped Nilou prepare for her performance, and Dehya assured her that no one would disrupt it.
• Theresa took her seat as the crowd gathered, and Nilou began the Dance of the Goddess of Flowers.

Nilou performed the Dance of the Goddess of Flowers as Theresa made extinct Padisarahs bloom, leaving the Grand Sage wavering over his plans. Theresa then summoned the Aranara, invited Caelus and Paimon to join them, and led the crowd in singing the Rhythm of the Great Dream.

• Theresa used the Power of Abundance to grow Padisarahs and scatter their petals around Nilou as she danced.
• The Grand Sage watched the performance and reconsidered the plan he had discussed with Dottore.
• Nilou finished her dance, thanked the Lesser Jade Grass King and the crowd, and left the stage as Dunyarzad announced the performance's end.
• Theresa summoned the Aranara, whom children and some visitors could see while many adults could not.
• Theresa invited Caelus and Paimon onto the stage, and Caelus played her Lyre as they sang the Rhythm of the Great Dream with Theresa and the Aranara.

Theresa sang songs with Himeko and the Aranara, awakening Azar’s forgotten childhood memories and changing his plans for the Lesser Jade Grass King. She then performed “I Will Never Forget” with Caelus and transformed into the Great Tree King of Abundance, leaving Sumeru moved by the song.

• Theresa, Himeko, and the Aranara sang the Rhythm of the Great Dream, which restored Azar’s memories of his happy childhood with the Aranara.
• Azar regretted imprisoning the little Grass God and planning to create a new god, and decided to release her after the Sabzeruz Festival.
• Theresa invited Caelus to sing “I Will Never Forget,” a song she said she had written for Caelus and Paimon after hearing of their deeds from the forest.
• Theresa and Caelus sang together as the audience recalled happy memories of the Aranara.
• Theresa transformed into the Great Tree King of Abundance during the song, and the performance ended with her saying that the forest would remember it all.

Theresa revealed the truth about King Deshret’s role in Sumeru’s past and used Irminsul’s memories to convince both the people of Sumeru and the desert dwellers. As she left, Dottore seized control of the Grand Sage and began a modified Sabzeruz Festival cycle to create a new god.

• Rahman asked whether the Great Tree King of Abundance’s return meant King Deshret could return, and Theresa explained that Deshret had brought Forbidden Knowledge to Sumeru and sacrificed himself to contain it.
• When Rahman accused the Great Tree King of Abundance of betraying Deshret, Theresa connected to Irminsul and showed everyone the sealed memories of the truth.
• The people of Sumeru and the desert dwellers learned that Deshret had caused the disaster, while Rahman dropped his weapon and questioned his faith.
• Theresa told everyone that Deshret had vanished, then left for the Akademiya with scholars and sages surrounding her.
• The Grand Sage tried to escape Dottore, but Dottore took control of him and ordered the start of a modified Sabzeruz Festival cycle.
• Dottore activated the dreamscape, sending everyone wearing an Akasha Terminal to sleep so their dreams could fuel the birth of a new god.

Dottore imprisoned Azar and prepared to use dream experiments to advance Scaramouche’s ascension into a god. As the Akademiya began the Sabzeruz dream loop, Theresa and Himeko introduced a multiplayer game to disrupt it, and the chapter ended with Sumeru’s sleepers entering the game.

• Dottore rejected Azar’s protests, ordered the Eremites to guard him, and focused on Scaramouche’s godhood project.
• The Akademiya activated the Akasha Terminals at full power, starting the Sabzeruz dream loop while the Lesser Lord of Grass and Theresa sensed what was happening.
• Theresa agreed to Himeko’s plan to load a multiplayer game into the dream, then entered the dream herself despite her luxurious house arrest.
• Caelus and Paimon woke in the Sabzeruz Festival dream, while Stellaron Essence and Phainon recruited scholars to play Gala Game by promising knowledge from the Great Tree King of Abundance.
• Kaveh and Alhaitham put on the game’s blindfolds, and the Lesser Lord of Grass joined them before the game launched and offered everyone starting weapons.

The players chose game characters and boarded a helicopter bound for New Eridu, where Dottore targeted them with a missile. Caelus shielded the group as the helicopter crashed and they fell from the sky.

• Stellaron Essence chose Black Mamba, while Phainon picked Liu Huaqiang and March 7th and Changye Yue selected sister characters.
• Caelus entered as Elysia, and Paimon received the title Mouth of God as the system completed character selection.
• Stellaron Essence summoned Black Mamba’s helicopter, and Zuo Bayang flew the group toward New Eridu.
• Dottore, disguised as Urur, fired a cruise missile at the helicopter from a balcony.
• The missile struck and crashed the helicopter, and Caelus raised a crystal barrier around everyone as they fell.

Dottore used Urur to attack the group at the bridge, but Caelus’s crystal-arrow barrage exposed him and Phainon rushed in to stop him. The group left Dottore defeated and in Stellaron Essence’s hands.

• Caelus encased the falling group in crystals as Stellaron Essence’s helicopter crashed and exploded, putting her summoning skill on a seven-day cooldown.
• Urur fired another cruise missile, which Phainon deflected toward a cliff, while Stellaron Essence tried to charge across the bridge.
• Caelus created a crystal curtain and fired arrows into it, sending a ricocheting barrage into Dottore’s Urur and striking him in the backside.
• Phainon dodged Dottore’s missile with a flashy sidestep, then disarmed and tripped him.
• Stellaron Essence kicked Dottore in the face while he lay defeated on the ground.

Theresa, Himeko, and the others trapped Dottore in a Dream Bubble and turned the shared dream into a trap, then released Dr. Ratio’s meme virus into Sumeru’s dreams. As the Akademiya continued feeding the bizarre dreams into the Divine Knowledge Infusion, Scaramouche became infected and ordered the dream program forcibly terminated.

• Dottore used the Akasha Terminal to hover and tried to erase the group’s memories, but their consciousnesses were protected and could not be scanned.
• Theresa and Himeko revealed that they had trapped Dottore inside the Dream Bubble, then Himeko took control of its administrative privileges.
• The group escaped the shared dream, and Himeko released Dr. Ratio’s meme virus into Sumeru’s dreams, making its people act strangely wise.
• The Akademiya continued transmitting the infected dreams through the Akasha into Scaramouche’s mind while Dottore remained trapped in a Cryo Pod.
• Scaramouche, overwhelmed by the bizarre visions, ordered the Akademiya to forcibly terminate the dream program.

Caelus woke from the dream loops exhausted, learned from Buer that the Fatui and Akademiya planned to turn Scaramouche into a god, and hurried with the others to the Akademiya. Beelzebul followed Theresa and Himeko toward Sumeru, while Scaramouche sensed an ominous threat as his ascension preparations continued.

• Sumeru residents emerged from their homes chanting “Teruriri,” while Caelus woke with a severe headache and Paimon went to find help.
• Yinyueyue gave Caelus a mental recovery potion, and Caelus woke feeling better and relayed Buer’s warning about the plan to make Scaramouche the core of Shouki no Kami.
• Caelus explained Scaramouche’s past crimes, and Stellaron Essence led the group to the Akademiya to stop the plan.
• Theresa and Himeko brought Beelzebul out of the Plane of Euthymia, stopped her from attacking Scaramouche, and persuaded her to prepare Judgement before heading toward Sumeru with her.
• Scaramouche continued absorbing dreams and trying to resonate with the Raiden Gokaden Heart, but he felt a powerful, unexplained foreboding.

Stellaron Essence and the others rescued the Little Dendro Archon from the Akademiya and learned that Scaramouche planned to become a god using the dreams stolen from Sumeru's citizens. They confronted Scaramouche beneath the Akademiya, where he challenged them as he piloted Shouki no Kami.

• Stellaron Essence's group persuaded the Thirteen-Person Group guards to let them pass, and Caelus accepted the leader's request to investigate people missing in the desert.
• The group reached the Sanctuary of Surasthana, where Phainon broke through the crystals imprisoning the Little Dendro Archon and Caelus caught her.
• The Little Dendro Archon connected the group to her mental network and revealed that the Akademiya was collecting citizens' dreams to power Scaramouche's ascension.
• The group descended beneath the Akademiya and found Scaramouche inside Shouki no Kami, where he mocked them for thinking they could oppose a god.
• Stellaron Essence rebuked Scaramouche for his arrogance as he looked down at the group.

Scaramouche piloted Shouki no Kami and arrogantly challenged the others, but Phainon and Cyrene revealed overwhelming forms and powers that left him humbled. Stellaron Essence and Yinyueyue also joined the confrontation, and the chapter ended with Scaramouche facing the assembled opponents.

• Scaramouche completed Shouki no Kami, declared himself the Everlasting Lord of Arcane Wisdom, and challenged Phainon to attack first.
• Phainon transformed into Khaslana and contained his World-Burner Domain around the Sanctuary of Surasthana, vastly overpowering Shouki no Kami.
• After Scaramouche mocked Cyrene as a pink little rabbit, she transformed into Demigod, shielded the others, and blessed Stellaron Essence, Phainon, and the Stellaron Hunters.
• Yinyueyue summoned a giant water dragon while Stellaron Essence transformed into her Trailblaze Emanator form.
• Khaslana urged Cyrene not to attack, and Scaramouche saw Khaslana looming over him amid a black-and-red landscape.

Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters confronted Scaramouche in Sumeru, while Beelzebul arrived to take him back for his crimes. Scaramouche defended his plan to rewrite history, then attacked Theresa after she challenged him over the lives he had taken.

• Theresa arrived at the Akademiya, where the Stellaron Hunters stopped preparing their ultimate attacks and introduced her to Lumine and Paimon.
• Theresa admitted to Buer that she had impersonated her and the Great Tree King, then addressed Scaramouche as Raiden Shogun, provoking his anger.
• Beelzebul descended through the Akademiya roof and demanded that Scaramouche leave Shouki no Kami and return with her for punishment.
• Beelzebul recalled Scaramouche's crimes against Inazuma's swordsmith clans and people, while Lumine and Paimon challenged his treatment of others.
• Scaramouche insisted that he could rewrite history and start over, but Theresa questioned what he took life for.
• Scaramouche unleashed a blast of lightning from Shouki no Kami at Theresa.

Theresa transformed Scaramouche into a girl after the Raiden Shogun moved to punish him for attacking her. Scaramouche tried to change back by eating the Raiden Shogun’s disastrous cooking, then vomited as everyone watched.

• Scaramouche attacked Theresa, prompting the Raiden Shogun to draw Musou Isshin and threaten to kill her puppet creation.
• Theresa revealed she was unharmed and used her power to transform Scaramouche into a girl and alter his consciousness.
• The Raiden Shogun cut Shouki no Kami apart and caught the transformed Scaramouche, whose new appearance reminded her of Raiden Makoto.
• Scaramouche demanded that Theresa turn him back, and she offered him a pot of food made by the Raiden Shogun as a possible remedy.
• Scaramouche ate the dish, cried, “The taste of Mom!”, and began vomiting.

After Scaramouche survived drinking Judgement, Theresa revealed that it had temporarily poisoned him while greatly increasing his resistances and gradually transforming his puppet body into a human one. Himeko then showed him how Dottore had manipulated him and killed his friends, and Raiden Ei flew off with Scaramouche to confront the doctor.

• Scaramouche staggered up after drinking Judgement, and Theresa discovered that he had severe temporary symptoms but greatly increased resistance to toxins and potions.
• Theresa explained that Scaramouche’s puppet body would gradually become more human, while Raiden Ei told him to make amends for his past wrongs.
• Himeko revealed that Dottore had used Scaramouche as an experimental subject and caused the deaths of his friends, including Niwa.
• Himeko transmitted memories from Irminsul showing Dottore’s schemes, and Scaramouche flew into a rage after learning the truth.
• Raiden Ei identified Dottore as the one who had framed Raiden Cannon, then seized Scaramouche and flew toward the Akademiya as Dottore awoke in his Cryo Pod.

Scaramouche and Raiden Ei confronted Dottore, but a Dr. Ratio virus turned them into combatants before Theresa stopped it. Theresa then brought the group to Irminsul, where Buer explained that Forbidden Knowledge was causing the tree to decay, and Lumine asked how to save it.

• Raiden Ei and Scaramouche attacked Dottore in his laboratory, and Scaramouche revealed that outsiders had sent him Irminsul’s memories.
• The Dr. Ratio virus transformed Dottore and infected Raiden Ei, causing the two to fight while Scaramouche tried to resist the infection.
• Theresa blocked the virus, and Raiden Ei and Scaramouche attacked Dottore as Theresa teleported the others away.
• Theresa brought the group to Irminsul, where she explained that its roots held Teyvat’s Ley Lines and memories.
• Buer explained that Forbidden Knowledge was causing Irminsul’s decay, and Lumine asked how they could fix it.

Theresa and Himeko restored Irminsul and the Ley Lines by erasing the Forbidden Knowledge and infusing Irminsul with the Power of Abundance. Theresa then injected the Dr. Ratio Virus to form Irminsul’s immune system, awakening the Great Tree King of Abundance, whose consciousness returned with an unsettlingly wise expression.

• Theresa told Buer that replacing Irminsul’s Forbidden Knowledge with a stronger virus could cure it and promised to revive the Great Tree King of Abundance.
• Himeko used her Authority of Corruption to erase the Forbidden Knowledge contaminating Irminsul and the Ley Lines.
• Theresa planted a Seed of Abundance in Irminsul, restoring the tree and Ley Lines, returning remnant souls to the cycle of rebirth, and awakening the Great Tree King of Abundance’s consciousness.
• Theresa injected the Dr. Ratio Virus into Irminsul, accidentally causing the Great Tree King of Abundance pain as she forced the full dose into the tree.
• Irminsul expelled the syringe, repaired itself, and projected the Great Tree King of Abundance, who announced her return with a strange, wise expression.