Arc 1The Two Descenders
The Light Screen revealed Teyvat’s ancient Dragon Clan, its conquest by Phanes, and the cycle that bound the world, forcing the observers to question their own order. The arc ended with Nibelungen transformed by the Abyss and a war between two thrones and two Descenders looming.
- The Light Screen appeared across the Douluo Continent and Divine Realm, and Tang San concluded that it came from beyond any world they knew.
- The Light Screen introduced Zhongli and revealed that Teyvat was isolated beneath a False Sky that filtered outside power into its Seven Elements.
- The observers learned that Teyvat’s Dragon Clan had ruled the planet, with seven Elemental Dragon Kings and Nibelungen standing above ordinary dragons.
- The Light Screen revealed that Phanes, the First Descender, had conquered Teyvat and that the Heavenly Principles had banished the Dragon God as an echo of the Old World.
- Tang San and the other God Kings questioned whether their own order had displaced earlier rulers, while Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin mourned the Dragon God’s fate.
- The Light Screen described Teyvat’s Eggshell and Three Realms cycle, prompting the observers to wonder whether their worlds were also cages governed by hidden rules.
- The Light Screen announced Heavenly Punishment against those who defied fate, and Tang San and the rulers of Douluo prepared to resist.
- The Light Screen showed Nibelungen falling to Phanes, turning to the Abyss, and returning as the Second Throne, setting two Descenders against one another.