Chapter Summaries

The Astral Express crew arrived at The Chasm, where Zhong Li and Xianyun released the Millelith from their long guard duty. After the soldiers left to honor their fallen comrades, Theresa and the others descended into The Chasm to confront the Abyssal corruption.

• The Astral Express landed at The Chasm, startling the Millelith stationed there.
• Xianyun announced that the Millelith could return home for a month, and Zhong Li presented Keqing's letter as proof.
• The Millelith celebrated their release and set off to pay their respects at the monument to their fallen predecessors.
• Paimon and Lumine explained how they had previously explored The Chasm and cleared Abyssal corruption, which later returned.
• Theresa said she would handle purifying the Abyss while the others fought the monsters, and Xianyun removed the seal on the entrance.
• Theresa carried Lumine as the group flew down into The Chasm.

Theresa and the Adepti freed and cleansed the people trapped beneath the Chasm, then explored its depths with Lumine and Paimon. They encountered Dainsleif, and Theresa offered to remove his Abyss Power before asking whether he wanted revenge on the Abyss.

• Xianyun inspected and cleansed Wu Jin, Mu Ning, Zhiqiong, Hेडीफ, and the others, then sent them up to the surface.
• Lumine warned Xianyun that Fatui and Treasure Hoarders also lived deeper in the Chasm, and Xianyun said the Millelith could investigate them later.
• Lumine explained how Void Realm Force and Light Realm Force consumed each other as Theresa led the group farther into the Chasm to cleanse its contamination.
• Theresa and the others encountered Dainsleif, whom Lumine identified as her friend from Mondstadt.
• Theresa offered to cleanse Dainsleif of Abyss Power and asked whether he wanted revenge on the Abyss; Dainsleif reacted with astonishment.

Dainsleif received the Hunt’s gaze after Theresa purged the Abyss from his soul and freed him from his curse of immortality. Reborn with the power of the Hunt, he swore to hunt the Abyss and immediately attacked its monsters in The Chasm.

• Dainsleif described how the Abyss and his immortality curse had subjected him to endless torment, and Theresa asked if he wanted revenge against the Abyss.
• Theresa used a weakened Light of Binding to remove Dainsleif’s body and Abyss Power, leaving his soul exposed.
• A blue light from the sky struck Dainsleif’s soul, and Theresa used the Herrscher of Reason’s authority to give him a new body.
• Old Yang explained that Dainsleif had received the gaze of Lan, the Aeon of the Hunt, and Theresa told Zhong Li that an unwavering will to protect could attract Qlipoth’s gaze.
• Dainsleif thanked Theresa, swore to hunt the Abyss, and leaped into The Chasm to attack Abyss Order monsters.

Theresa and the others descended into the Chasm, where they used the power of Order to help Dainsleif and purge the Abyss monsters. After Dainsleif killed two Abyss Heralds, Theresa prepared to use the Oath of Order as the group reached the corrupted depths.

• Dainsleif gleefully slaughtered Abyss-corrupted monsters in the Chasm, while Theresa blessed the others with the power of Order.
• Stellaron Essence, Phainon, March 7th, Xianyun, Moon Carver, and Mountain Shaper joined the fight and cleared waves of Abyss monsters.
• Phainon used Ignite Dawn to pull in and destroy a large group of monsters before Lumine could join the battle.
• Xianyun gathered the uncorrupted Fatui and miners while March 7th, Changye Yue, Old Yang, and Himeko watched over the survivors.
• Theresa and the others reached the lowest tunnels, where Dainsleif charged the Abyss Heralds and killed them with the power of Order.
• Theresa took out the Oath of Order and transformed it into Scepter Form as the others finished clearing the monsters.

Theresa purified The Chasm and much of Liyue’s underground with the Light of Binding, creating glowing flowers that could grow endlessly and cleanse Abyssal corruption. After the group arranged to turn the flowers into perfume, the Stellaron Hunters split up to explore other nations, while Theresa and Zhong Li set off for Fontaine.

• Theresa purified The Chasm with the Light of Binding, and her power spread through Liyue’s Ley Lines to cleanse underground areas and monsters.
• Theresa explained that the glowing flowers would keep growing while her Authority of Order controlled their spread, and Zhong Li proposed selling them as perfume.
• Zhong Li persuaded the group to establish perfume facilities in Liyue, with profits shared among the Stellaron Hunters, Liyue, and the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
• Himeko and Old Yang negotiated with Liyue for a week before the group split up to visit Inazuma, Nod-Krai, and Fontaine.
• Theresa, Himeko, Stellaron Essence, and Zhong Li headed to Fontaine, while Zhong Li began fulfilling his contract with Theresa.

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.