Recaps

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.

Phanes defeated Nibelungen but was left cursed and gravely weakened, so he created Demon Gods bound to protect humanity while he suppressed the Abyss. After a Golden Age, he ordered the Demon Gods to fight for seven seats, and the decree drove Teyvat’s people and rulers into betrayal and slaughter.

• Phanes and Nibelungen’s final attacks collided, erasing Nibelungen while its curse contaminated Phanes and weakened the laws of order.
• As Abyssal corruption spread through Teyvat, Phanes endured his own failing body to stabilize the world, while the Devourer fed on its suffering.
• Phanes used Nibelungen’s dragon bones, his own Source Power, and the Earth Veins to create Demon Gods bound by a Law to cherish and protect humanity.
• Phanes returned to the Sky Throne to heal and suppress the Abyssal Curse, while the Demon Gods governed Teyvat under a network of rules that punished any threat to humanity.
• The Demon Gods helped humanity prosper during the Golden Age, but scarce resources and clashing ideals strained relations between their kingdoms.
• The Heavenly Principles ended the age of ten thousand nations by ordering the Demon Gods to kill and devour one another, promising Gnosis and authority to the seven victors.
• The decree turned former allies against each other, and Heulia’s own people stabbed her, believing her death was necessary for their survival.
• As hatred spread across Teyvat, Demon Gods armed themselves and prepared to destroy neighboring rulers in the name of protecting their people.

The Light Screen follows the Archon War’s betrayals and devastation, then shows Barbatos freeing Mondstadt and Morax building Liyue through contracts, mortal strength, and an alliance with Guizhong. It leaves Gu Yuena wondering whether an equal alliance between humans and Soul Beasts could have prevented the Dragon God War.

• Heulia’s people betrayed her under the pressure of fear, and her death transformed the city into the Salt Tomb.
• As Demon Gods devastated Teyvat, Decarabian’s people resisted his Wind Wall, and a young lyre player helped Barbatos bring down the High Tower and free Mondstadt.
• Andrius gave up the divine throne to Barbatos, who became the Wind God and established a Mondstadt without a monarch.
• Morax ended Liyue’s Archon War, then formed a contract with the Adepti and organized them to protect the land and shelter its people.
• Morax sealed the Skeletal Demon God’s resentment, taught humans practical skills, and empowered the Thousand Rock Army to defend Liyue against monsters and a tsunami.
• Morax defeated Osier's Kin and freed a tormented warrior, naming him Yaksha and giving him a contract and a mission to purge evil spirits.
• Guizhong proposed joining Morax to unite strength and wisdom, and they founded Gu Li Ji as a covenant of equals.
• Gu Yuena wondered whether an alliance between humans and Soul Beasts could have prevented the Dragon God War and her suffering.

The Light Screen recounts how Morax protected Liyue through sacrifice, contracts, and mortal rule, while Gu Yuena and the observers reconsidered the meaning of strength and protection. After Morax’s story ended, the screen began revealing how Raiden Shogun True and Raiden Shogun Ei shared the work of ruling and defending Inazuma.

• Guizhong sacrificed herself to seal Gu Li Ji and save its people, and Morax returned to avenge her by destroying the Demon Gods who had betrayed her and devastated the city.
• Morax led the survivors to Liyue, established a contract for its people, forged a partnership with Ruotuo, and used rules and force to protect the harbor.
• Makosius sacrificed his God Heart and body to make fertile land for Liyue, while Morax later sealed the maddened Ruotuo rather than kill his friend.
• Morax defeated the Demon Gods threatening Liyue, sealed the Ocean Demon God beneath Guyun Pavilion, and entrusted mortal governance to the Liyue Qixing while the Adepti guarded the land.
• Morax created Mora from his own divine blood and flesh, then defeated the sea’s Demon Gods and ended the Archon War as Vago Rock, the Geo Archon.
• The Light Screen introduced Baal and revealed that Raiden Shogun True ruled Inazuma publicly while her twin sister Raiden Shogun Ei protected it from the shadows.
• After True died, the screen showed Inazuma’s past and how the sisters fought monsters together, with Ei as its martial protector and True as its gentle ruler.
• The observers recognized that True and Ei planned to conquer and unify Inazuma, relying on mutual trust to combine benevolent rule with military strength.