Chapter Summaries

After restoring Sumeru and resolving matters in Inazuma, Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters traveled to Mondstadt, where the Knights of Favonius and Barbatos cautiously welcomed them. Their arrival drew the attention of Klee, who mistook the visitors for Dodoco Great Demon Kings.

• Theresa gave the Great Tree King of Abundance a new body, restored Sumeru to normal, and helped her and Nahida manage the Akasha Terminal.
• Theresa refused Raiden Ei’s invitation to visit Inazuma and urged Scaramouche, now called Raiden Sakura, to make amends for his past actions.
• Theresa resurrected Raiden Makoto and the people of Inazuma who had died because of Scaramouche, and Raiden Sakura apologized to them.
• The Stellaron Hunters said goodbye to Raiden Ei and Lumine, then teleported through the ley lines to Mondstadt.
• Welt reassured the wary Knights of Favonius and Barbatos, while Jean and Lisa offered the visitors hospitality at the Goethe Grand Hotel.
• Klee ran up to Theresa and the others and asked if they were Dodoco Great Demon Kings.

Jean asked Lisa to contact Alice after the Stellaron Hunters’ arrival left the Knights of Favonius worried about Mondstadt’s safety. Alice decided to return with Nicole, while the visitors planned excursions around Mondstadt for the next day.

• Klee ran off after Jean reminded her that her confinement was not over.
• Jean told Lisa she feared the Stellaron Hunters’ overwhelming strength and asked her to contact Alice for help.
• Lisa used the Dodoco Calling Device to tell Alice about the visitors and Jean’s concerns.
• Alice decided to hurry back to Mondstadt with Nicole to assess the outsiders herself.
• The next morning, March 7th planned to take a group photo at the Anemo Archon statue, while Yinyueyue, Theresa, and Himeko planned to investigate the dragon remains on the snowy mountain.

Alice and Nicole Reine left Teyvat’s border to assess the powerful Descenders staying in Mondstadt, while Venti approached the group the next morning to guide them around the city. The chapter ended with Venti urging them to try Mondstadt’s Dandelion Wine.

• Alice and Nicole Reine finished reinforcing Teyvat’s border, and Nicole warned that the newcomers were Descenders beyond their ability to oppose.
• Alice and Nicole teleported to a hidden floating island near Starsnatch Cliff and decided to rest before contacting the Descenders.
• Theresa and the others left the Goethe Grand Hotel the next morning, and Venti greeted them after keeping watch all night.
• Venti offered to guide the group around Mondstadt to prevent locals from offending them.
• Stellaron Essence remarked that Mondstadt seemed dull, so Venti recommended visiting a tavern and trying Dandelion Wine.

The Stellaron Hunters visited Angel's Share with Venti, who learned that they had come to Trailblaze Teyvat and address the Abyss. Venti accepted their peaceful intentions and sent them to meet the Knights of Favonius and two witches from the Hexenzirkel.

• Venti took the Stellaron Hunters to Angel's Share, where Charles served them drinks and Diluc and Kaeya watched them.
• Theresa raised a Binding Barrier so the group could discuss their plans without being overheard.
• Welt told Venti that the Stellaron Hunters intended to Trailblaze Teyvat, connect it with interstellar civilizations, and help resolve the Abyss problem.
• Venti recorded the conversation with a Dodoco device and, after hearing their explanation, promised not to obstruct them as long as they did no great harm to Teyvat.
• After drinking ten glasses of dandelion wine, Venti directed the Stellaron Hunters to the Knights' headquarters to meet two witches from the Hexenzirkel.

The Stellaron Hunters arrived at the Knights of Favonius headquarters, where Lisa introduced them to Acting Grand Master Jean and Hexenzirkel members Alice and Nicole Reine. Theresa and Old Yang explained that the group had come to save Teyvat and connect it to the stars.

• The Stellaron Hunters climbed to the Knights of Favonius headquarters, where Lisa greeted them and led them inside.
• Lisa introduced the seven guests to Acting Grand Master Jean, who welcomed them and then left with Lisa.
• Alice and Nicole Reine introduced themselves as members of the Hexenzirkel and questioned the visitors about their unusual nature.
• Theresa introduced herself and Himeko, while Stellaron Essence remarked that Alice resembled Klee.
• Old Yang told Alice and Nicole Reine that the Stellaron Hunters had come to save Teyvat and connect it to the stars.

Alice and Nicole questioned the Stellaron Hunters about their group and the Trailblaze, then learned that the Astral Express crew had helped avert a universe-wide disaster. The chapter ended as Nicole asked what Aeons and Paths were, and the crew reflected on how few of its members were ordinary humans.

• Alice invited the Stellaron Hunters to tea and asked what their group was called.
• Old Yang explained the Trailblaze creed’s five virtues: exploration, understanding, establishment, Connection, and Trailblaze.
• Phainon said the Astral Express had helped break the cycle on Amphoreus and prevent Iron Tomb from destroying the universe.
• Theresa manifested Iron Tomb, while Stellaron Essence showed Alice and Nicole a vision of Romantic Gushi.
• Nicole asked what Aeons and Paths were, and Stellaron Essence listed the unusual origins of the Astral Express crew.

Theresa explained Aeons, Paths, and the Imaginary Tree to Alice and Nicole, then offered them a chance to experience the Path of Elation. Alice put on a Masked Fool’s mask and turned a disturbingly wise gaze on Nicole while holding a Super Bouncing Bomb.

• Theresa explained that Aeons embodied Paths, which were channels of Imaginary Energy connected to the Imaginary Tree, and joked that the Tree and the Sea of Quantum were star-crossed lovers.
• Theresa said people became Pathstriders when their wills resonated with a Path, and described the Hunt’s power to track targets and attack across timelines.
• Theresa joked that Lan’s pursuit of Yaoshi made the Hunt and Abundance star-crossed lovers, prompting complaints that she was fabricating history.
• Nicole asked to witness a Path’s power, and Theresa offered Alice and Nicole a mask that would let them experience the Path of Elation.
• Alice put on the mask, which shrank onto her hat as golden-red light surrounded her, then smiled at Nicole and produced a large Super Bouncing Bomb.

Alice nearly attacked Nicole with Jumpy Dumpty Bombs while wearing a Masked Fool mask, but Himeko stopped her and explained the mask’s power. After Cyrene showed Alice and Nicole memories of the Aeons’ immense forms, they understood how outmatched Teyvat was and watched the Stellaron Hunters leave, hoping they would keep their promise not to cause trouble.

• Alice prepared to throw her Jumpy Dumpty Bombs at Nicole, but Himeko reminded her that Klee was in the city, and Alice put the bombs away.
• Alice discovered that the mask had transformed her elemental energy and let her create powerful bombs at will.
• Theresa explained the strength of the Paths and asked Cyrene to show Alice and Nicole memories of the Aeons.
• Cyrene showed the witches the Aeons’ forms and might, leaving Alice and Nicole shaken by how powerful they were.
• Old Yang assured Nicole that the Stellaron Hunters had no reason to lie about helping Teyvat.
• Theresa led the Stellaron Hunters away while Alice and Nicole worried about Alice losing control and destroying Mondstadt.

Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters headed to Dragonspine to investigate Durin’s remains and the Abyssal threat. There, they encountered several Albedo-like puppets calling one of them Subject Two as the real Albedo hurried to catch up.

• Theresa told Alice and Nicole that the Stellaron Hunters and Interastral Peace Corporation would help connect Teyvat to the galaxy, then announced the group would visit Dragonspine.
• Theresa explained that the Hunters planned to investigate Durin’s remains, study the Abyss’s power, and eliminate the danger there; Welt warned them not to bring back any bone fragments.
• Alice contacted Albedo, who changed his plans and headed for Dragonspine after hearing about the Hunters.
• Welt flew the Stellaron Hunters to Dragonspine, where Theresa said she and Himeko already knew the planet through their divine senses.
• Theresa addressed a nearby puppet as Subject Two, and several Albedo-like puppets surrounded the group while the real Albedo rushed toward them.

Albedo guided the Stellaron Hunters toward Dragon Durin’s heart after Phainon destroyed the Albed-low puppets and their Abyss monsters. The group entered the cavern, where Durin’s heart greeted them with hatred and unleashed another attack.

• Albedo hid while he contacted Alice, who told him to wait until the Stellaron Hunters defeated the impostors.
• The Albed-lows summoned Abyss monsters and ordered them to attack the Stellaron Hunters.
• Phainon used Ignite Dawn to destroy the Albed-lows and the Abyss monsters, then called Albedo out of hiding.
• Alice confirmed Albedo was genuine, and Albedo explained the impostors’ connection to Rhinedottir and Dragon Durin.
• Albedo led the group to a cavern where Dragon Durin’s heart summoned Abyss monsters to attack them.

Yinyueyue and the Stellaron Hunters confronted Durin in Dragonspine and offered to cleanse the Abyss from him and give him new life. After Durin agreed, Yinyueyue began using the Dragon-Transformation Technique to remake him, and a new skeleton started forming around his heart.

• Yinyueyue showed Durin the Chongyuan Pearl and explained that the group wanted to save him rather than take his power.
• Theresa threatened to destroy Durin, then shattered the cavern with the Oath of Order, prompting Durin to agree to the revival.
• Theresa separated Durin's consciousness from his heart and stored it in a feather while Yinyueyue prepared the Dragon-Transformation Technique.
• Yinyueyue crushed and purified Durin's heart and blood vessels, then added her immortal dragon blood to the refined blood.
• Yinyueyue crushed Durin's remaining skeleton into bone ash and added it to the forming heart as a small skeleton began to condense.

Theresa purified Durin’s soul and placed it in a Vidyadhara egg, where Durin was reborn as a Dragon Maiden. After the group chatted while Albedo studied the egg, it hatched, and Durin awoke as a girl.

• Theresa removed the Abyss’s power from Durin’s soul and sent it into a Vidyadhara egg, where it merged with a newly forming body.
• Albedo stayed outside to study the egg while Theresa and the others rested in a portable house.
• Yinyueyue reflected on her past as Dan Heng, and Theresa and the others reassured and teased her.
• Stellaron Essence asked the group chat where March 7th and the others were, and Zhao Xiangji and Dreams in the Long Night described their sightseeing in Liyue.
• The Vidyadhara egg cracked, and Durin emerged with black-and-purple dragon wings as a girl.

Durin returned to life as a member of the Vidyadhara Clan, though she could not remember her past or how to face those she had hurt. Theresa brought Venti and Dvalin to meet her, and Venti recognized her as Dragon Durin.

• Durin awoke in a female form, and Theresa explained that she had been purified of Abyssal corruption and reborn with the power of Permanence.
• Durin felt a connection to Theresa and Yinyueyue, and the group joked about Yinyueyue being her mother before Durin called her Sister Yue'er.
• Durin worried about facing the people of Mondstadt, Barbatos, and Dvalin because of the harm her former self had caused.
• Theresa opened a portal and brought Venti and a shrunken Dvalin from Windrise to the snowy mountain.
• Venti saw Durin's horns and aura and asked whether she was Dragon Durin.

Theresa freed Durin from Abyss Power and transformed Dvalin into a Vidyadhara, and both dragons awakened powerful Paths. Venti considered accepting Theresa’s offer of Herrscher power as Junior Sister Wa sensed a major change in Mondstadt and watched from Celestia.

• Durin revealed her new form to Venti, and Albedo confirmed that Theresa had freed her from Abyss Power.
• Theresa handed Dvalin to Yinyueyue, who used Dragon-Transformation Technique-3.0 to turn the dragon into a green-haired girl and cleanse her of Abyss Power.
• Dvalin sensed that she had awakened the power of The Hunt, while Durin displayed destructive flames, and Old Yang explained that both had gained immense strength.
• Theresa offered Venti the power of the Herrscher of Wind and the title Emperor Wen, and Venti asked whether he could trust her offer.
• Junior Sister Wa sensed an enormous variable in Mondstadt and directed her power toward Dragonspine.

Theresa offered Venti a Herrscher Core, and he accepted it to gain strength and freedom, transforming into a girl as the power awakened. Venti emerged with control over Destruction Energy and vowed to protect Mondstadt, while Junior Sister Wa left the scene.

• Theresa confronted Junior Sister Wa, who questioned Venti about accepting the offered power.
• Venti worried about the cost and promised he would not hurt innocent people before asking what he had to do.
• Theresa assured Venti that the price was only to provide entertainment, and Venti accepted the Herrscher of Wind Core.
• Venti merged with the Core, and Theresa enabled access to an Imaginary Singularity while containing the Destruction Energy within him.
• Venti emerged transformed into a girl with wind wings and a Herrscher halo, and Stellaron Essence photographed her.
• Venti thanked Theresa for the power and said he could now be freer and better protect his people.

The Stellaron Hunters traveled from Mondstadt to Wangshu Inn, where Xiao confronted them and fought Stellaron Essence. Theresa stopped their battle and erased Xiao’s karmic debt, leaving him stunned.

• Venti brought Andrius back in a new body, and Theresa turned him into a husky-like form that amused everyone.
• The group celebrated Windblume in Mondstadt, where Venti received a grand welcome but could no longer openly drink Dandelion Wine.
• A week later, Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters left Mondstadt, passed through Stone Gate, and reached Wangshu Inn on their way to Liyue.
• Xiao appeared at Wangshu Inn after mistaking the travelers’ noise for a monster attack, and Himeko teased him about his height.
• Stellaron Essence fought Xiao until Theresa made them dance in the rain, then stopped the fight and cleared Xiao’s karmic debt.

Theresa freed Xiao from his Karmic Debt, then asked him to pass a message to Zhong Li requesting a meeting and offering to help Azhdaha. The group settled in at Wangshu Inn for the night before planning to travel to Liyue Harbor.

• Theresa purified Xiao’s Karmic Debt, and he gratefully promised to help her in return.
• Theresa asked Xiao to tell Zhong Li that March 7th and Changye Yue were their companions and offered to cure Azhdaha’s erosion if Zhong Li would meet them.
• Xiao agreed to pass on the message and told the group they could stay at Wangshu Inn on his tab.
• Theresa led the Stellaron Hunters inside as curious locals admired them and a man recited a poem about her.
• Verr Goldet arranged food and four superior rooms after the group said they planned to visit Liyue Harbor the next day.

Theresa and the others settled into Wangshu Inn, prompting Verr Goldet to send urgent intelligence to Ningguang, while Zhong Li learned from Xiao that the Descenders had cleared Xiao’s karmic debt and offered to restore Azhdaha. Zhong Li agreed to meet them the next day, and the group shared updates in their Akasha Terminal chat.

• Theresa asked Verr Goldet for a private room, and Verr Goldet sent an urgent letter about the guests to the Jade Chamber.
• Zhong Li bought a Lumenstone pendant while handing out Wangsheng Funeral Parlor flyers and remembered his history with Azhdaha.
• Xiao told Zhong Li that the Descenders had cleared his karmic debt and invited him to meet Theresa the next day about restoring Azhdaha.
• Zhong Li agreed to meet the Descenders, while Xiao returned to Wangshu Inn to keep watch over them.
• The Stellaron Hunters shared their reports about Liyue, Cloud Retainer, Fontaine, and their recent companions in the Akasha Terminal group chat.

The group shared updates about their travels in Fontaine and Natlan before the Stellaron Hunters went to meet Zhong Li at Liuyun Immortal Abode. They arrived and were welcomed with tea, though Stellaron Essence’s boisterous behavior startled March 7th and Changye Yue.

• Bringing hope to the world and Ms. Nightingale is so cute described meeting Neuvillette, the Melusines, Furina, and Escoffier in Fontaine.
• Luguegos Laigushi, Misha, and Gallagher recounted their travels in Natlan and their encounter with Xilonen.
• The group ended their chat and established that Theresa’s main group was in Liyue, Old Day and Ms. Nightingale were in Fontaine, and Misha, Gallagher, and Laogushi were in Natlan.
• Xiao delivered Zhong Li’s Cleansing Talisman to the Stellaron Hunters, who ate breakfast before using it to teleport to Mt. Aocang.
• Zhong Li welcomed the Stellaron Hunters at Liuyun Immortal Abode and offered them tea, while Stellaron Essence drank hers in one gulp and startled March 7th.

Welt explained why the Stellaron Hunters had come to Teyvat and warned Zhong Li and Liuyun about the dangers posed by interstellar factions, Emanators, and Aeons. The Hunters hoped to connect Teyvat to the interstellar stage through gentle Trailblazing, but their descriptions left Zhong Li and Liuyun numb with fear.

• Stellaron Essence called Liuyun a huge chicken, and Liuyun angrily objected before Theresa moved the conversation along.
• Welt told Zhong Li and Tingyun that the Stellaron Hunters had come to Trailblaze Teyvat under a deal with Celestia and to prevent cosmic disaster.
• Welt described hostile factions and their destructive schemes, while Changye Yue and Theresa explained the threats posed by memory manipulators and Self-Annihilators.
• Theresa warned that factions, Emanators, and Aeons could destroy Teyvat, and Phainon and Stellaron Essence bragged about their ability to summon planet-destroying attacks.
• Welt said the Stellaron Hunters wanted to connect Teyvat to the interstellar stage gently, while Stellaron Essence joked that the stage was for the crazy and strong.