Chapter Summaries

Saigō questioned Morax about Liyue’s land, the origins of Demon Gods, and the Archon War, concluding that an outside force had driven the conflict. Meanwhile, Morax’s adepti learned that Saigō was the Entropy Demon God Zarathustra and prepared to continue defending Liyue as another battle approached.

• Saigō suggested Morax had reshaped Liyue’s land over thousands of years, and Morax agreed that its fertile environment had helped its people prosper.
• Morax said Demon Gods arose from humanity’s awe and prayers toward nature, and hinted that an outside force had set the Archon War in motion.
• Saigō inferred that the heavens had influenced both Demon God births and the war, then laughed when Morax admitted he was wary of him.
• Azhdaha told the adepti that the black-clad Demon God was Zarathustra, the Entropy Demon God and Morax’s longtime friend.
• Cloud Retainer speculated that Zarathustra might be another of Morax’s former lovers, prompting the adepti to rebuke her and remember Guizhong.
• Ms. Dust and Waves ended the argument, reminded the adepti to patrol Mt. Tianheng, and the adepti dispersed while Saigō and Morax walked among the people.

Morax and Saigō inspected the site chosen for New Guili Gathering, where Liyue’s people were rebuilding after their defeat and Guizhong’s death. Saigō later wandered into Mt. Tianheng, found a sleeping horned Spirit Beast girl, and tried to wake her.

• Morax explained that the sheltered coastline could become a harbor and a safer home for Liyue’s people, despite the threat posed by Osial and Aurobas.
• Morax described how the people would build the town over generations, and the gathered Liyue people greeted him while fearing Saigō’s presence.
• Morax admitted he had spread rumors that Saigō was his powerful friend to reassure the frightened people, and Saigō said he did not mind.
• Saigō left Morax and wandered into Mt. Tianheng, where he spotted what he first mistook for an unconscious lamb.
• Saigō recognized the sleeping figure as a young horned Spirit Beast girl and shook her shoulders to wake her.

Saigō met the sleeping Ganyu and True Lord Cloud Retainer on Mt. Tianheng, then frightened Ganyu with a playful display of his power. After Ganyu recognized him as Morax’s friend, Cloud Retainer scolded her for falling asleep in unsafe places.

• Saigō watched over Ganyu as she slept beneath a tree on Mt. Tianheng.
• True Lord Cloud Retainer arrived looking for Ganyu and explained that the half-human, half-Kirin child often fell asleep wherever she happened to be.
• Ganyu woke when Cloud Retainer spoke, and Saigō pretended that he had captured them both to threaten Morax.
• Ganyu panicked and blamed herself for getting Cloud Retainer caught, while Cloud Retainer played along with Saigō’s ruse.
• Saigō revealed the joke, and Ganyu recognized him as Morax’s friend before Cloud Retainer began warning her not to sleep in dangerous places.

Cloud Retainer left Ganyu with Saigō and asked him to help her become more comfortable around humans. As they walked across Mt. Tianheng in the rain, Saigō reflected on his newfound ease in Teyvat and made an umbrella for Ganyu.

• Cloud Retainer recounted Ganyu’s embarrassing childhood stories, then left to install Guizhong Machines and asked Saigō to take Ganyu to see a human village.
• Ganyu asked Saigō whether Cloud Retainer had said anything excessive, and Saigō teased her about rolling down a mountain while asleep.
• Saigō reflected on the pressures that had shaped his past behavior and concluded that Teyvat posed little threat to him.
• Saigō and Ganyu walked quietly across Mt. Tianheng as rain began to fall.
• Saigō used alchemy to transform grass and stones into a dark crimson oil-paper umbrella for Ganyu.

Saigō spoke with Ganyu about Liyue's people and the war, then encouraged her to choose for herself whether she wanted to interact with humans. After the rain stopped, he took her by the hand and led her into the Liyue Harbor under construction.

• Saigō and Ganyu sheltered from the mountain rain beneath the warmth of his lantern and discussed farming, Morax, and Ganyu's lifelong contract.
• Ganyu recalled how war had erased the beautiful umbrellas and lively streets of Guili Gathering, and Saigō declared that the war would soon end because he had arrived.
• Saigō teased Ganyu about being made to work for Morax from childhood, while she insisted that serving the Lord was an honor.
• On Mt. Tianheng, Saigō and Ganyu met laborers arguing with a Millelith soldier who was trying to keep them off the rain-soaked, dangerous mountain.
• Ganyu told Saigō that she did not know how to interact with humans, and he asked whether she wanted to; when she nodded, he took her hand and led her into the Liyue Harbor under construction.

Saigō and Ganyu visited Liyue Harbor, where Ganyu reunited with Grandma Su while disguised as “Wang Xiaomei.” After encouraging Ganyu to keep approaching humans, Saigō left to explore Liyue and hunt other demon gods.

• Saigō and Ganyu walked through Liyue Harbor disguised as ordinary people, and Grandma Su recognized Ganyu as Xiaomei.
• Saigō posed as Ganyu’s father and joined her in Grandma Su’s thatched hut for tea and conversation.
• Grandma Su recounted how the Archon War had taken her son and grandson, then tried to arrange a marriage for Ganyu.
• After leaving, Saigō teased Ganyu about her alias and praised her for finding the courage to meet humans in disguise.
• Ganyu encountered Ms. Dust and Waves, and Saigō told Ganyu to return with her while he went to seek out and kill other demon gods.

Saigō traveled across Liyue and found the Salt Country, where people had lost hope under the weak rule of the Salt Demon God. He entered the royal palace and saw Huyria as the king came to meet her.

• Saigō left Ganyu with Ms. Dust and Waves, who reassured Ganyu that he cared for her and took her back to the abode.
• Saigō spent several months surveying Liyue, observing how its gods and demons ruled their territories and how their people fared.
• Saigō found the Salt Country, where citizens cursed the Salt Demon God for surrendering territory and failing to defend them from invading gods.
• Soldiers dispersed the citizens who had criticized their god, while the people remained convinced that their country’s destruction was near.
• Saigō sensed the god’s presence in the royal palace and vanished from the street to enter it.
• Huyria asked the Salt Country’s king whether another god had attacked, and he looked at her with reverence and hidden affection.

The Salt Demon God Huyria accepted her subjects’ hatred and the king’s attempt to kill her, believing her death might free her people. Saigō intervened, killed the king, identified himself as the Entropy Demon God, and left Huyria pleading for her subjects’ lives.

• Huyria endured her people’s resentment and allowed the king to approach, while he confessed his love and resolved to kill her to free her from her fate.
• Saigō appeared in the palace with a lantern that drove Huyria and the king toward madness, then used chaos to turn the king’s body into a fatal mass of tumors.
• Saigō told Huyria that he had killed the king and introduced himself as Zarathustra, the Entropy Demon God, a friend of Morax.
• Huyria begged Saigō to spare her subjects, and he said that those who still believed in her could not be allowed to live.
• Huyria asked him to spare the people who no longer believed in her, and Saigō realized she hoped her subjects would abandon their faith in her.

Saigō drew Huyria’s salt authority into his lamp and transformed the Salt Country into salt, severing most of her connection to its people so she could survive the Archon War. After the people fled toward Guili Gathering, Huyria thanked Saigō, who promised they would be escorted to Liyue Harbor.

• Saigō explained that Huyria’s salt authority would be valuable in peacetime and urged her to sign a contract allowing him to protect her.
• Huyria hesitated because her people’s refusal to surrender prevented her from accepting Saigō’s offer.
• Saigō absorbed Huyria’s power and turned the palace, its soldiers, and the Salt Country into salt, allowing the residents time to escape.
• The people mourned the Salt Demon God’s supposed death, then organized a migration from their homeland in search of a new god’s protection.
• Saigō told Huyria that her people could travel to Guili Gathering and be escorted to Liyue Harbor, and Huyria thanked him.

Saigō ruled Liyue for nearly ten years, rebuilding it into an orderly and prosperous mountain city and establishing Ziwei Yuan and the Liyue Qixing. The chapter ended with Ganyu calling to him as he reflected on his work, while the threat of other Archons remained.

• Saigō brought Huyria to Liyue, and Morax promised to send Yakshas to escort the Salt Country refugees to the harbor.
• Saigō and Morax waited for the wounded Archons to recover and return, while Liyue Harbor continued to grow.
• Saigō governed Liyue from Ziwei Yuan, developing its infrastructure, education, household registration, and first legal code.
• After Liyue's order stabilized, Saigō divided responsibilities among seven officials who became known as the Liyue Qixing.
• Ganyu studied government affairs under Saigō, who hoped to leave more of the work to her.

Saigō taught Ganyu and Huyria practical governance, explained why he had spared smugglers supplying wartime Liyue, and watched the Millelith train. Huyria continued serving Saigō as a maid, and Morax arrived as Saigō looked out over the soldiers.

• Saigō told Ganyu he would teach her bookkeeping and other administrative skills so she could pass them on after he was gone, and he invited Huyria to study too.
• Saigō explained that he had fined smugglers rather than imprisoning them because their dangerous trade brought supplies Liyue needed during the war.
• Saigō finished a night-long lesson for Ganyu and Huyria, then told them to rest before their next lessons and examination.
• Huyria offered to prepare breakfast for Saigō, who let her do so after she said she wanted to contribute to him and Liyue Harbor.
• Saigō watched the Millelith practice spear techniques taught by Morax, and Morax called to him from outside the main hall.

Saigō and Morax discussed the other Archons’ preparations and agreed to wait until they gathered in Liyue before defeating them together. Saigō then asked about Inazuma’s Twin Archons, and Morax explained the sisters’ situation and recalled how the Archon War had forced his friends to sacrifice themselves.

• Morax visited Saigō, praised Ganyu for studying, and reassured her that he cared about her well-being.
• Saigō and Morax walked through Liyue Harbor and stopped for tea, where Morax observed the lives of the common people.
• Saigō asked whether the other Archons were ready, and Morax said they planned to defeat them all when they invaded Liyue.
• Saigō asked about Inazuma’s Twin Archons, and Morax described Baal and Beelzebul and recalled his dealings with them.
• Morax explained that Makoshort sacrificed his intelligence and power to protect Liyue, and said Guizhong would likely have chosen a similar fate.
• Morax noted that Huyria had survived the Archon War after making a contract with Saigō.

Saigō and Zhongli discussed Sky Island, Inazuma’s twin gods, and how Liyue’s laws could protect its people from inequality. As enemy Demon Gods prepared to attack Morax, Liyue Harbor’s residents waited anxiously for the decisive battle.

• Saigō noted that Sky Island had not reacted to his taking Huyria under his protection, and Zhongli explained that Baal and Beelzebul might be forced to kill each other under the Archon War’s rules.
• Saigō joked about becoming a guest of the inner chambers, and Zhongli seriously agreed that it was possible.
• A tea stall owner praised Liyue’s work-hour protections, and Saigō warned Zhongli that unchecked commercial wealth could deepen inequality and provoke class conflict.
• Zhongli promised to support Liyue’s poor and credited Saigō’s laws and divine contracts with helping protect the people; when Saigō slipped away without paying, Zhongli put the bill on Ziwei Yuan’s account.
• The Vortex, Mountain, River, Sand, and Tremor Demon Gods agreed to attack Morax and Azhdaha before deciding who would rule Liyue.
• Liyue Harbor’s residents stayed indoors, trusting the two Lords and the Millelith as their soldiers prepared for what they believed was the final major battle of the Archon War in Liyue.

Saigō’s forces held the northern defense at Mt. Tianheng until Bunei, the Tremor Demon God, arrived and unleashed a devastating earthquake that destroyed the defenses and killed Millelith soldiers. Bunei then attacked Saigō directly with a torrent of crimson Geo energy, and Saigō faced the strike.

• Saigō’s forces held the northern line with the terrain, Guizhong Machines, Spirit Beasts, and Yakshas while the armies fought.
• Saigō sent Fushé, Yìngdá, Fánàn, and Mínù to stop Jinpeng, who had been brainwashed by Bunei.
• Bunei’s arrival triggered a violent earthquake that scattered the fighters and destroyed the Guizhong Machines and nearby defenses.
• Bunei unleashed a torrent of crimson Geo energy at Saigō, claiming it would kill him as it had Guizhong.

Saigō unleashed his Chaos Demon Divinity, briefly turning energy and motion within his domain into unusable chaos before destroying Bunei with a wave of his hand. The battlefield fell silent in shock, then the Millelith soldiers cheered for Saigō as Bunei’s subordinates lost the will to fight.

• Saigō swallowed Bunei’s crimson attack and spread a domain that silenced the battlefield and halted all movement.
• Saigō’s chaos transformed energy within the domain, stopping Bunei’s Geo power and ending the earthquake.
• Saigō raised a towering underground monster from Mt. Tianheng and explained that his Divinity created the effect of chaos without reaching its essence.
• Bunei accused Saigō of threatening the world and the Heavenly Principles, then failed to move or disturb the earth.
• Saigō declared that he was the Heavenly Principles and tore Bunei apart, killing the Demon God before the assembled armies.
• The Millelith soldiers cheered for Saigō while Bunei’s subordinates stood bewildered and could not resume fighting.

Saigō defeated Bunei and subdued the controlled Jinpeng, then arrived at the sea battle where Morax and Azhdaha faced more than a dozen Demon Gods. His arrival left the enemy gods terrified and Liyue’s people cheering, as the storm eased.

• Saigō ordered the surrendered followers of Bunei disarmed and captured, and instructed his soldiers to kill anyone who resisted.
• After Bunei’s death weakened his control over Jinpeng, Saigō knocked the yaksha unconscious and told Fushé, Yìngdá, Fánàn, and Mínù that Jinpeng would live but must repay his blood debt.
• Morax and Azhdaha continued fighting the Demon Gods while Liyue’s defenders suffered heavy losses along the coast.
• Morax and the other Demon Gods sensed Bunei’s death, and Morax remarked that their reinforcements would not arrive.
• Saigō appeared above the sea and told Morax that his reinforcements had arrived.
• Liyue’s people cheered for Saigō as the storm winds softened and the hail became gentle rain.

Saigō used the Light of Supreme Goodness from the Avesta to drive the gathered gods mad, then gave Morax the chance to seal them. Aurobas fled toward the Outer Sea of Darkness, while Morax began his attack with Planet Befall.

• Saigō arrived after Liyue’s victory in the north and joined Morax and Azhdaha against the gathered gods.
• Morax asked Saigō to help seal the gods rather than kill them, warning that their lingering resentment could make Liyue Harbor uninhabitable.
• Aurobas fled south, realized he could not safely return to Liyue or remain in Teyvat, and headed for the Outer Sea of Darkness.
• Saigō invoked the Light of Supreme Goodness, transformed its radiance into a force of evil, and drove the gods into madness while stirring Morax’s painful memories.
• Morax regained his composure and hurled his stone spear with Planet Befall to seal the maddened gods.

Morax sealed the defeated gods beneath the sea, ending Liyue’s Archon War, though the battle left him exhausted and Azhdaha wounded. After returning to Liyue Harbor, Saigō directed the Qixing to swiftly secure the rest of Liyue, leaving the region at peace and preparing for future trade.

• Morax’s giant Geo spear pinned the gods beneath the sea, where a ritual sealed them and suppressed their powers.
• Saigō steadied the exhausted Morax, who thanked him for ending the war early and sparing Liyue generations of fighting.
• Saigō, Morax, and Azhdaha returned to Liyue Harbor, where Ping’er worried over Morax and Saigō noted her serious injuries.
• Saigō organized compensation for bereaved households and tasked the Qixing with gathering population information as Liyue prepared to unify its territory.
• The Qixing debated whether to rebuild first or act quickly, and Saigō ordered the Millelith to occupy the remaining gods’ settlements and prevent rebellion.
• Saigō explained that Liyue should secure internal stability now and wait for the other regions’ wars to end before expanding commerce.

Saigō prepared Ganyu and Huyria for a future in which he would leave Liyue, assigning Huyria oversight of salt administration. Later, Morax warned Saigō about the dangers and mysteries of the Outer Sea of Darkness and suggested Aurobas might have fled there.

• Saigō told Ganyu that he would eventually step down and that the Qixing would govern Liyue, while Ganyu would remain essential to carrying out its affairs.
• Saigō proposed establishing a Salt Office under Huyria's authority, and Huyria happily accepted the responsibility.
• Huyria embraced Saigō in gratitude, and Ganyu joined them just as Morax entered and asked if he had come at a bad time.
• Saigō and Morax walked through a mass grave near where Bunei had died, and Morax explained that Bunei's lingering authority could create demons and living corpses there.
• Morax warned Saigō that the Outer Sea of Darkness was dangerous and might hold the truth about Teyvat, then reasoned that Aurobas had either fled to Inazuma or gone beyond the continent.

Morax explained that the Heart of God contained the wishes of Liyue’s people and voiced his distrust of Sky Island, then asked Saigō to decide Jinpeng’s fate. Saigō showed little interest in the Yaksha’s life, leaving the decision unresolved.

• Morax suggested Saigō seek out Aurobas for information and reflected on the danger Saigō might pose to Inazuma’s Twin Archons.
• Saigō examined Morax’s Heart of God and concluded it carried humanity’s wishes, while Morax worried about Sky Island’s motives and the ongoing Archon War.
• Saigō and Morax found Jinpeng kneeling among the Adepti, and Morax explained the Yaksha’s past slaughter under Archon Bonei’s control.
• Morax proposed that Jinpeng serve Liyue for a thousand years to atone and contain the lingering dangers caused by slain Archons, but said Saigō could instead kill him.
• Fushé, Fánàn, and the other Yaksha anxiously awaited Saigō’s decision, and Saigō said he had little interest in Jinpeng’s life.