Chapter Summaries

The Light Screen revealed that Hroptatyr had used Abyss Power to imitate the World Tree and create a false world, then used stolen wisdom to bring Kandria’s remnants and Snezhnaya’s divine authority together in founding the Fatui. The chapter left Tang San and the other powerful beings convinced that Hroptatyr was the hidden mastermind behind Teyvat’s upheaval.

• The Light Screen revealed that Hroptatyr had used Abyss Power to imitate the World Tree and create a new world, shocking Tang San, the Dragon God, and the others.
• Tang San and the others recognized that Hroptatyr’s imitation of creation was a twisted attempt to cross a boundary usually reserved for Supreme Gods.
• The Light Screen revealed that Hroptatyr had joined Kandria’s hatred with Snezhnaya’s divine authority and brought about the founding of the Fatui.
• Tang San and the others concluded that Hroptatyr had manipulated the Fatui and the Ice Empress by offering them stolen World Tree wisdom.
• The Light Screen showed Hroptatyr’s shadowy silhouette, and Tang San rose as the gathered powers recognized him as a threat behind Teyvat’s upheaval.

The Light Screen revealed that Vedrfolnir, a prophet of Khaenri'ah and one of Teyvat's Five Great Sinners, stole Abyss Power and used it to distort causality and foresee the future. The revelation left the gathered Soul Masters and Gods questioning the limits of his power.

• Tang San spotted a dangerous Abyss symbol lingering at the center of the Light Screen after it went blank.
• The Light Screen introduced Vedrfolnir as a sinner and identified him as a prophet of Khaenri'ah who could peer into fate.
• The Light Screen stated that Vedrfolnir stole Abyss Power and combined it with his ability to distort causality to predict the world's fate and the future of all living beings.
• Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Bloodline stirred at the mention of the Abyss, and Gu Yuena soothed him with Silver Dragon Power.
• The Dragon God argued that Vedrfolnir could not truly distort causality, but the Light Screen claimed he had glimpsed a great being's future and achieved omniscience within a single world.

Huo Yuhao and the others learned that Vedrfolnir’s world-spanning foresight made him a threat to Teyvat’s fate, and they speculated that his attempts to escape a doomed future had made him a sinner. The Dragon God’s silence left everyone wondering whether Vedrfolnir had foreseen their own world, before the Light Screen faded into absolute darkness.

• Huo Yuhao compared his limited visions of possible futures with Vedrfolnir’s apparent omniscience, while Tang San and the other gods feared the prophet’s power.
• The Light Screen revealed that Vedrfolnir was related by blood to Dainsleif, and the group recalled Dainsleif’s role as Kandria’s immortal guardian.
• The Light Screen declared Vedrfolnir’s prophecies a profound threat to Teyvat’s fate, leading Lie Yan and Rong Nianbing to suggest that his efforts to alter a catastrophic future had worsened it.
• The Dragon God’s son asked whether Vedrfolnir could have foreseen the Dragon God, and the Dragon God’s silence heightened fears that Douluo’s people might also be part of a foreseen fate.
• The Light Screen’s words vanished, leaving only a darkness like the void before the universe was born.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Vedrfolnir’s prophecy that Surtrochi would raise a disciple who became his greatest rival and grew powerful enough to make the stars pay homage. The God Realm and Shrek Academy were left questioning the scale of Surtrochi’s power and the danger posed by Vedrfolnir’s ability to foresee the future.

• The Heavenly Curtain announced that the prophecy would reveal Vedrfolnir’s power and draw countless worlds’ attention to Surtrochi’s future.
• Tang San and the God Realm’s gods reacted to the prophecy that Surtrochi would become a mighty warrior, wield a sword that claimed countless lives, and train his greatest rival.
• The gods were stunned when the prophecy said Surtrochi’s disciple would become powerful enough to make the stars pay homage.
• Tian Hen and Chang Gongwei identified Vedrfolnir’s precise foresight as a greater danger than Surtrochi himself.
• Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and the others at Shrek Academy wondered how powerful Surtrochi and his disciple would become.

Across the myriad worlds, observers reacted to a prophecy about Surtrochi and his destined disciple before the Heavenly Curtain revealed a fearsome armored figure. The Golden Ranking List then named Moon Hunter Rerir its top forbidden entity and revealed that he descended from the Crimson Moon Dynasty.

• Di Tian and others marveled that the power to command the stars surpassed even Dragon God's former reach.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena, and leaders across several worlds discussed the prophecy of Surtrochi and the disciple who would become his enemy.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed a shadow-armored figure seated on a throne, gripping a Giant Sword surrounded by wailing spirits.
• The Golden Ranking List displayed Moon Hunter Rerir as its top forbidden entity, puzzling Huo Yuhao, Tang San, and Zhou Weiqing.
• The Golden Ranking List revealed that Rerir was a descendant of the Crimson Moon Dynasty, prompting Tang Ya, Xue Ye, and Ning Tian to reflect on the dynasty's fall.

The Golden Ranking revealed that Rerir’s power came from the Crimson Moon, which the Heavenly Principles had shattered and erased. Huo Yuhao’s attempt to examine Rerir’s aura ended with his Divine Sense erased, while ancient beings from other worlds reacted with shock to the revelation.

• Gu Yuena sympathized with Rerir as Tang Wulin sensed an ancient response from his Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• The Golden Ranking stated that Rerir’s power originated from the Crimson Moon, shattered and erased by the Heavenly Principles.
• Tang San asked Huo Yuhao to examine Rerir’s power, but Huo Yuhao’s Divine Sense vanished when it approached Rerir’s aura.
• The Golden Ranking described Rerir as the gravedigger of an ancient dynasty whose taboo power had shocked beings familiar with the Crimson Moon Dynasty.
• The ranking showed a man in a luxurious robe and a horned judge reacting with shock and apprehension to the revelation.

The Golden Ranking revealed Surtrochi as the first-ranked Extremely Evil Knight, whose power exceeded a world's energy by tens of thousands of times and whose potential might surpass the Heavenly Principles. The gathered powers across the Ten Thousand Realms were left in shock, while Tang Wulin grew visibly distressed beside Gu Yuena.

• The Light Screen named Surtrochi the strongest of the Five Great Sinners, the Extremely Evil Knight in first place.
• The ranking assessed Surtrochi's power as tens of thousands of times greater than a single world's energy level.
• Tang San and the other assembled powerhouses struggled to comprehend the assessment and what it implied about Surtrochi's strength.
• The ranking suggested that Surtrochi might already have surpassed the Heavenly Principles, alarming Changong Wei, Lei Xiang, A'Dai, Tian Hen, Ye Yinzhu, and others.
• Jidong sensed that Surtrochi's power embodied a will to return all existence to nothingness, while the people of Douluo Continent fell silent in fear.
• Tang Wulin turned deathly pale and tightened his grip on Gu Yuena's hand, prompting her to ask what was wrong.

The Light Screen revealed Surtrochi’s brutal rise from a death-row prison to the underworld’s Uncrowned King, along with his friendship with Dainsleif, before naming him the Extremely Evil Knight. The next ranking began with a young Kandrian knight leading a patrol as Abyssal Monsters emerged from the earth.

• Tang Wulin said Surtrochi’s power surpassed even the Abyssal Sage King’s.
• The Light Screen showed Surtrochi’s birth in Kandria’s Prison of No Light and his rise through the underworld by fighting his way to its throne.
• Surtrochi entered Kandria’s Knights’ Academy to seek strong opponents and befriended Dainsleif, the Sword of the Last Light.
• The Light Screen displayed Surtrochi’s question, “Does strength need a reason?”, then announced him as the Extremely Evil Knight in the ranking of unfulfilled wishes.
• A young golden-haired Kandrian knight led soldiers on patrol across a desolate frontier when fissures opened and Abyssal Monsters crawled out.

Surtrochi lost his left arm and suffered a ruined right leg while fighting a horde of monsters, but his despair turned into excitement as he formulated his Fear Evolution Theory. He continued attacking with a broken sword and savage determination, becoming more terrifying than the monsters surrounding him.

• Surtrochi fought at the front of the knightly formation as the monsters overwhelmed the defenders.
• A worm monster dragged away Surtrochi's comrade, then other monsters severed Surtrochi's left arm and pierced his right knee.
• Despite being surrounded and gravely wounded, Surtrochi smiled with excitement instead of fear or despair.
• The Light Screen revealed Surtrochi's belief that fear drove life to break its shackles and evolve.
• Surtrochi picked up a broken sword and charged the nearest monster, fighting with his teeth and remaining strength.

Surtrochi abandoned his identity as a knight, sought increasingly brutal battles to test his Fear Evolution Theory, and became a feared warrior on Kandria’s Abyssal front lines. As Kandria fell to a catastrophe, he voluntarily absorbed the Void’s Abyss Power, and his unyielding will appeared to keep it from consuming him.

• Surtrochi survived a battle after killing monsters until he collapsed, then refused honors and volunteered to fight on the front lines for the sake of battle and his Fear Evolution Theory.
• Surtrochi repeatedly faced overwhelming Abyssal forces, grew stronger through near-death fights, and replaced his destroyed prosthetics with more powerful mechanical limbs.
• Surtrochi stood atop a mound of Abyssal Monster corpses, having become a fearsome warrior whose madness shook the worlds.
• The Light Screen showed Kandria being devastated by monsters pouring through crimson rifts as Surtrochi walked toward the heart of the disaster.
• Surtrochi voluntarily absorbed the Void’s Abyss Power, but Tang San realized that his monstrous will had not been swallowed.

Surtrochi assimilated the Abyss Power and transformed into an armored being who judged everything by strength alone. He then split apart a star that the Dragon God identified as a Divine Realm’s foundation, revealing power beyond a God King’s level.

• Surtrochi endured the Abyss Power as it tore at his body, then used his will to assimilate it and form purplish-black armor.
• Surtrochi showed no emotion toward his destroyed homeland and judged everything solely by strength, unsettling the watching gods and heroes.
• Surtrochi slashed open the void, and a star beyond the rift split apart and vanished without an explosion.
• The Dragon God recognized the star as a foundation of a Divine Realm and warned that Surtrochi could threaten or destroy one.
• The Light Screen froze on Surtrochi standing in the void, and Dai Hao's pupils suddenly contracted.

The Light Screen revealed Surtrochi, Teyvat’s undefeated swordsman, who left his world in search of a worthy opponent. At the world’s boundary, he encountered a colossal sleeping whale drifting through the universe, leaving the onlookers stunned by its immense scale.

• The Light Screen named Surtrochi of Teyvat as one of the top ten lone and peerless powerhouses.
• The Light Screen showed Surtrochi’s past victories and his loneliness after the last opponent who could match him had fallen.
• Surtrochi left Teyvat and crossed the oceans to reach the world’s shattered boundary.
• A vast shadow obscured the view, and the Light Screen revealed a whale larger than the moon drifting through the universe.
• The watching God Kings and other spectators were overwhelmed by the cosmic beast’s scale and presence.

The Star-Devouring Whale awakened and began devouring Teyvat, its presence cracking the False Sky and shaking the world. As the God Realm watchers wondered what the Light Screen would show next, it revealed a peaceful world that began to tremble at a strange hum.

• The Star-Devouring Whale opened its eye, and its aura cracked Teyvat’s False Sky and shook the continent.
• Tang San recognized that the Whale’s existence distorted the Laws, while Surtrochi realized it saw Teyvat as prey rather than an opponent.
• The Light Screen showed Teyvat being drawn toward the Whale’s mouth as the scene faded.
• Huo Yuhao, Zhou Weiqing, and Tang San discussed the Light Screen while the assembled watchers recovered from the vision.
• The Light Screen displayed a peaceful world of plains, mountains, and cities, then a deep hum made it tremble.

A berserk Star-Devouring Whale invaded Teyvat, and the Light Screen identified the world as its food. As the whale opened its mouth and unleashed an irresistible suction, the view shifted to the terrified people below.

• A black spot appeared in the sky, and Tang Wulin recognized it as a brute-force intrusion through space.
• The Star-Devouring Whale emerged from the void, and the Light Screen revealed that it had invaded Teyvat in a state of extreme hunger.
• The Light Screen classified the whale as berserk and beyond Demon God, alarming the God Kings and the observers from Douluo.
• The whale's mental shock nearly injured Huo Yuhao, so Tang San shielded the observers with his divine sense.
• The whale opened its enormous mouth and began pulling at Teyvat with terrifying suction as its people looked up in fear.

The God Realm Central watched Surtrochi confront the Star-Devouring Whale, a beast devouring the matter and laws of Teyvat. Surtrochi erased the whale’s galaxy-destroying energy tide with one punch and struck its skull, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• The Star-Devouring Whale tore apart Teyvat and consumed its land, seas, and fundamental laws as Tang San, Gu Yuena, and the others watched in horror.
• The Light Screen revealed the whale’s immense size and identified the barehanded man facing it as Surtrochi.
• Huo Yuhao found no Soul Power, spiritual power, or Divine Power in Surtrochi as he approached the whale.
• The whale unleashed an energy tide capable of annihilating a galaxy, and Surtrochi erased it with a single punch.
• Surtrochi crossed the distance to the whale and gently struck its skull with his fist.

Surtrochi brutally beat the Star-Devouring Whale with overwhelming physical strength, leaving the God Realm Central’s spectators terrified. The whale lay lifeless in the void, and Surtrochi’s next blow descended toward its exposed power core.

• Surtrochi’s first punch shattered the Star-Devouring Whale’s skull and blasted its body backward in a storm of blood and flesh.
• The Shrek Seven Devils, Tang San, and other spectators recoiled in fear as they witnessed Surtrochi’s power.
• Surtrochi stood on the whale’s back and repeatedly punched it, breaking its spine and pulverizing its body.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena felt their Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King bloodlines tremble before Surtrochi’s strength.
• Surtrochi raised his fist over the whale’s exposed power core as the screen showed the beast lifeless in the void.

The Douluo God Realm witnessed Surtrochi subdue the universe-born Star-Devouring Whale and name it Little Devour. As the whale’s life force faded and it needed food to recover, Surtrochi reached out and tore open the Void.

• The assembled gods and heroes sensed the Star-Devouring Whale’s immense power, which Gu Yuena said was older than the Dragon God.
• Surtrochi descended onto the whale and named it Little Devour, astonishing the observers by treating the cosmic beast as his pet.
• Ji Dong and Lie Yan concluded that only overwhelming strength could make a being like the whale submit willingly.
• Surtrochi noticed that Little Devour was gravely wounded and needed life-rich food to recover.
• Surtrochi reached into the empty Void and tore it open.

Surtrochi tore open the boundary between universes and drew the Primordial Sea of Genesis from Teyvat into the Star-Devouring Whale’s mouth to heal Little Devour. As the Douluo observers struggled to grasp his power, the Light Screen shifted to reveal Surtrochi as the Extremely Evil Knight, preparing to tear open space again.

• Surtrochi ripped open the universe’s world wall, and Gu Yuena’s spatial Authority collapsed from the resonance.
• Surtrochi opened a rift to Teyvat and drew the Primordial Sea of Genesis into the Star-Devouring Whale for Little Devour’s injuries.
• Tang San realized that Surtrochi’s plundering could cause Teyvat to decline, while the Douluo observers were terrified by his disregard for entire worlds.
• The Light Screen changed from Fontaine’s prophecy to a dark figure identified as Extremely Evil Knight Surtrochi.
• Surtrochi raised a hand and tore open the space before him.

Surtrochi tore open a rift and pushed his wounded Star-Devouring Whale pet into Teyvat’s Primordial Sea of Genesis to feed. As the whale consumed the world’s Origin of Water and Fontaine flooded, the Light Screen revealed that Surtrochi’s casual act caused Fontaine’s dissolution prophecy, leaving the Douluo God Realm stunned.

• Surtrochi ripped open a spatial rift, revealing the immense, wounded Star-Devouring Whale behind him.
• Surtrochi pushed the whale through the rift into Teyvat’s Primordial Sea of Genesis, where it began feeding.
• The whale consumed the sea’s energy and rapidly healed, while the water level rose across Fontaine and submerged its streets and harbors.
• The Light Screen revealed that the whale’s feeding caused Fontaine’s rising waters and that Surtrochi’s casual act lay behind the dissolution prophecy.
• Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and the other observers were left speechless by the revelation that Fontaine’s tragedy resulted from Surtrochi feeding his pet.

The screen showed Surtrochi, a godlike king who had no rival in Teyvat, preparing to journey across the stars after a prophet foretold he would meet the strongest disciple. Before leaving, he offered to lift his friend Skovnug’s Undying Curse, but Skovnug refused so he could atone for his sins and remember Surtrochi.

• The Dragon God and the Douluo God Realm’s Deities sensed Surtrochi’s overwhelming existence as the screen ranked him first among Teyvat’s kings of swagger.
• At an observatory, Surtrochi told Vedrfolnir he was leaving, and the prophet foretold that he would one day meet the strongest disciple.
• Surtrochi accepted the prophecy as a promise and said he would wait for the disciple at the end of the starry sea.
• Surtrochi offered to lift Skovnug’s Undying Curse, but Skovnug refused, choosing eternal life to repay his sins and remember his only friend.
• Gu Yuena and the other Deities reflected on immortality as a burden of loneliness while the screen’s scene shifted dramatically.