Chapter Summaries

The Gods of Douluo understood how Raiden Shogun Ei’s grief over her sister had twisted her pursuit of Eternity into an attempt to stop change. The Light Screen then showed Ei fighting as a young warrior, where she killed a God-level Oni Clan leader with one strike.

• The Sea Dragon God, A'Dai, Rong Nianbing, and Mad God Lei Xiang discussed how Wear eroded even gods and Gnoses, and why Raiden Shogun True had pursued Eternity.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin realized that Ei had inherited her sister’s vision but, without her guidance, tried to prevent tragedies by stopping change in Inazuma.
• The Gods saw the contrast between the sisters’ warm vision and the lonely Electro General in the Sanctuary of Oneness, and the Dragon God said a shadow without its light would lose its way.
• The Light Screen showed young Raiden Shogun Ei facing an army of fiends on a chaotic battlefield.
• Ei struck down the God-level Oni Clan leader with one blow, astonishing the army and the Gods of Douluo.

Raiden Shogun Ei subdued the Oni and Tengu clans while forming an alliance with Kitsune Saiguu, then faced the awakening Demon Gods threatening Inazuma. The screen shifted to a mist-covered island, where the Lightning Bird Demon God Kanna Kapatjiri listened warmly as a boy sang.

• Raiden Shogun Ei defeated the Oni Clan leader, and the army surrendered.
• Raiden Shogun Ei defeated the Tengu chieftain, prompting the Tengu Clan to surrender.
• Kitsune Saiguu offered the fox clan as an ally of Ei and Makoto, and Ei accepted.
• Demon Gods emerged across Inazuma, and Raiden Shogun Ei charged to defend the nation.
• The screen showed Kanna Kapatjiri listening to a young boy sing on a fog-shrouded island.

The Light Screen revealed how the Thunder Bird was driven to destroy He Guan Island after its people sacrificed the boy it cherished, and how Raiden Shogun Ei killed it to protect Inazuma. As the observers considered Ei’s reasons for pursuing Eternity, the scene shifted to a giant serpent awakening beneath the sea.

• The people of He Guan Island sacrificed the boy who was the Thunder Bird’s only confidant, and the grieving bird destroyed the island and threatened Inazuma.
• Raiden Shogun Ei cut down the Thunder Bird to stop its storm from devastating the nation.
• Huo Yuhao and the others discussed the tragedy and wondered whether Ei sought Eternity to prevent similar disasters caused by human ignorance.
• The Light Screen shifted to the ocean floor, where an enormous black serpent opened its eyes.

The Light Screen revealed that Orobas had invaded Narukami Island to die at Raiden Shogun Ei’s hands and protect his people from the Heavenly Principles. Ei understood his resolve and killed him with one slash, leaving the observers to wonder what burden she had taken on herself.

• A colossal serpent emerged from the sea and charged toward Narukami Island, where Raiden Shogun Ei awaited it.
• Golden text revealed that Orobas had incurred the Heavenly Principles’ wrath and attacked Ei to secure his people a chance to survive.
• Tang San and Huo Yuhao realized Orobas sought a dignified death as an invader so his people might be spared.
• Ei recognized Orobas’s resolve, drew a lightning sword, and cut him down with a single slash that split the island and formed the Musou Isshin.
• The Dragon God described Ei’s strike as a conceptual attack, while Gu Yuena wondered what burden Ei had taken upon herself.

Raiden Shogun Ei killed Orobas with a single conceptual strike after granting his request, leaving the witnesses shaken by the power and sorrow behind her blow. Tang San focused on the Heavenly Principles as the chapter ended with Ei turning away beneath the fading storm.

• Raiden Shogun Ei's strike erased Orobas's life and soul, leaving his divided skeleton across the island.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Ei's attack had fixed the result of severing its target's existence before she swung.
• Tang Wulin recognized that Ei's power of ending differed fundamentally from his own destructive strength.
• God of Destruction praised Ei's conceptual strike, while Goddess of Life said she had granted Orobas's final request.
• Raiden Shogun Ei sheathed her sword and turned away as Gu Yuena and Ji Dong reflected on the cost of her resolve.
• Tang San pondered the Heavenly Principles, the supreme Laws that had condemned Orobas.

The Light Screen showed how Raiden Shogun Ei’s strike against Orobas reshaped the island and revealed that she had a twin sister, Raiden Shogun True, who ruled Inazuma while Ei honed her blade as her shadow. The story left off as an ominous presence appeared and the name Khaenri'ah emerged.

• The Light Screen showed that Raiden Shogun Ei fixed the island after slaying Orobas, whose bones formed Yashima Island and whose rift became Musou Isshin.
• The gathered Deities and powerful figures of the Tian Hen Continent were stunned by the scale of Ei’s power.
• The Light Screen introduced the twin Demon Gods Raiden Shogun True and Raiden Shogun Ei, who helped end the ancient Archon War and establish Inazuma.
• Raiden Shogun True governed Inazuma through a time of peace and prosperity while Raiden Shogun Ei trained alone for a thousand years to protect her sister and their people.
• The peaceful scene darkened as an unsettling presence appeared, and the name Khaenri'ah showed on the Light Screen.

The Light Screen revealed that the Heavenly Principles ordered the Seven Gods to destroy Kandria, forcing Raiden Shogun True to leave Inazuma while Raiden Shogun Ei stayed behind to defend it from the Abyss. Ei defeated the monster tide alone, but True never returned, and the chapter ended with Tang San calling Kandria’s destruction both a punishment and a warning.

• The Light Screen showed that the Heavenly Principles ordered the Seven Gods to carry out Divine Punishment against Kandria for meddling with the Abyss.
• Raiden Shogun True refused Raiden Shogun Ei’s offer to go to Kandria and left her behind to protect Inazuma.
• Raiden Shogun Ei fought alone along Inazuma’s coast and eventually destroyed the Abyssal Monsters threatening the nation.
• Raiden Shogun Ei returned to Tenshukaku and found Raiden Shogun True’s battle-worn katana, learning that her sister had fallen at Kandria.
• The Gods of the Douluo God Realm mourned True, while God of Destruction condemned the Heavenly Principles and Tang San described the event as punishment and warning.

After losing her sister, friends, and loyal followers to the Abyss, Raiden Shogun Ei became obsessed with resisting the Wear of time through Eternity. She created the Electro General to rule Inazuma while she pursued Eternity, then sealed the nation and ordered every Vision seized.

• Raiden Shogun Ei received reports that Kitsune Saiguu and Tomochika had died, while the Tengu clan suffered heavy losses in the Abyssal corruption.
• Back in Tenshukaku, Raiden Shogun Ei concluded that Wear caused all things to change and perish, and resolved to pursue an absolute Eternity.
• Raiden Shogun Ei created a flawless puppet, the Electro General, to bear the Wear of time and rule Inazuma in her place.
• Raiden Shogun Ei entered the Sanctuary of Oneness to contemplate Eternity while the Electro General opened Inazuma’s borders to isolation through the Sakoku Decree.
• The Electro General issued the Vision Hunt Decree to seize every Vision, prompting alarm across the Douluo God Realm.
• The Dragon God explained that Raiden Shogun Ei sought to erase change and wishes because she saw them as sources of pain and loss.

Raiden Shogun Ei created a puppet that cried, abandoned it as a failure, and made a second, emotionless puppet to rule Inazuma while she withdrew to pursue Eternity. The Sakoku and Vision Hunt Decrees then sealed Inazuma off and ordered its people’s Gnoses seized, leaving the Douluo Gods shocked by the Shogun’s rule.

• Raiden Shogun Ei built a puppet in her own image, but abandoned it after it cried and showed signs of emotion.
• Raiden Shogun Ei made a second, emotionless puppet to serve as the Electro General and take her place as Inazuma’s God.
• Raiden Shogun Ei gave the Gnosis to Yae Miko, entered the Sanctuary of Oneness, and disappeared from her body.
• The Electro General issued the Sakoku Decree to seal Inazuma’s borders and the Vision Hunt Decree to seize the people’s Gnoses.
• Emperor Dai Hao, Ning Rongrong, Tang Ya, Ye Yinzhu, and the Goddess of Flame condemned the decrees as the Douluo Gods reacted in shock.

The Gods of the Douluo God Realm understood that Raiden Shogun Ei pursued Eternity because she feared losing what she loved, then watched her confront a blond intruder in Inazuma centuries later. After the Electro General drew a lightning blade from her chest, Huo Yuhao revealed that she was a puppet and the blade was made of her energy.

• Rong Nianbing explained that Ei sought to prevent change because she feared losing someone again, while Tang San and the Dragon God warned that her rule threatened Inazuma’s future.
• Several hundred years later, a blond boy arrived in Inazuma and faced the Electro General at Tenshukaku.
• The Electro General threatened to turn the intruder into a statue of the God and drew a lightning-wreathed tachi from her chest.
• Zhou Weiqing called the move the “Milky Fragrance Slash,” provoking embarrassed and amused reactions from the Gods.
• Huo Yuhao identified the Electro General as a lifeless battle puppet and explained that the blade was a manifestation of its energy.

The gods watching the Light Screen recognized that the Electro General had made herself a puppet in pursuit of Eternity, leaving Inazuma trapped in stagnation. The Traveler defeated La Signora in a duel at Tenshukaku, but the Electro General declared that the loser must be punished and struck La Signora with the One Hundred Thousand.

• The gods watching the Light Screen saw the Electro General's chest wound heal with lightning, confirming that she was no longer human.
• Tang San and the Dragon God explained that the Electro General's pursuit of Eternity had turned protection into stagnation and cut her off from human feeling.
• The scene shifted to Tenshukaku, where the Traveler fought La Signora before the impassive Electro General.
• The Traveler defeated La Signora and held his sword to her throat, leading some onlookers to expect the Vision Hunt Decree to be repealed.
• The Electro General declared that the loser must be punished and unleashed the One Hundred Thousand at La Signora.

After La Signora lost the duel, the Electro General executed her, revealing that the duel was a judgment under her rigid doctrine of Eternity. The Traveler tried to leave, but the General declared her an exception and enemy of Eternity, then drew her lightning katana to attack.

• The Electro General struck La Signora with purple lightning and reduced her to ash after the duel ended.
• Tang San explained that the duel had been a judgment and that, under the Electro General’s rules, the defeated were condemned to die.
• The Dragon God said the General sought to erase every variable to preserve a lifeless Eternity.
• The Traveler sheathed her sword and turned to leave Tenshukaku, but the Electro General said she was an exception and an enemy of Eternity.
• The Electro General rose from her throne and drew a lightning katana as a far stronger pressure filled Tenshukaku.

Kaedehara Kazuha rushed to protect the Traveler from the Electro General’s fatal strike, and his dead friend’s Vision reignited as he inherited his friend’s resolve. Kazuha combined wind and lightning to stop the divine blade for an instant, though his sword and body began to give way.

• The Electro General raised her blade to erase the immobilized Traveler, while the observers believed no one could stop her.
• Kaedehara Kazuha rushed in front of the Traveler and faced the descending attack, carrying his deceased friend’s dormant Lightning Element Vision.
• Kazuha declared that mortals would always dare to face lightning, and his friend’s Vision flared with purple light.
• Kazuha grasped both his Wind Element Vision and the awakened Lightning Element Vision, then swung his sword at The One Hundred Thousand.
• Kazuha’s mortal blade stopped the god’s strike for an instant, even as his sword splintered and the force wounded him.

Kaedehara Kazuha blocked the Raiden Shogun’s Divine Punishment before collapsing, and the Traveler entered her inner world with Yae Miko’s help. Gathering the wishes of Inazuma’s people, the Traveler faced the Raiden Shogun in a clash between Eternity and change, leaving her ideal challenged.

• Kaedehara Kazuha shattered his sword blocking Divine Punishment and collapsed, making the Raiden Shogun pause.
• With Yae Miko’s help, the Traveler entered the Raiden Shogun’s inner world, the Sanctuary of Oneness.
• Huo Yuhao, Tang San, and Gu Yuena recognized the Sanctuary as a sealed plane of consciousness built to resist change and Wear.
• The wishes of Inazuma’s people gathered around the Traveler, carrying their hopes for freedom, a future, and change.
• The Traveler formed a golden sword from those wishes and clashed with the Raiden Shogun, questioning whether her version of Eternity was what her people wanted.

The Traveler defeated the Raiden Shogun by showing her the people’s wishes, leading Ei to abolish the Vision Hunt and Sakoku Decrees. The Light Screen then began a new review about Sumeru’s Three-God Rule and introduced the King of Red, Arhama.

• The Traveler’s appeal to Inazuma’s wishes moved the Raiden Shogun, and the Traveler won their final clash.
• Ei abolished the Vision Hunt Decree and the Sakoku Decree, prompting celebration among Inazuma’s people and viewers across Douluo Continent.
• The Dragon God recognized that embracing change and gathering people’s wishes was the way to resist Wear.
• The Light Screen introduced the next review, “Tales of Sumeru: The Golden Age of Three-God Rule.”
• The Light Screen revealed King of Red—Arhama, who had conquered the sea of sand and founded a nation, before showing a lush oasis blooming at the desert’s edge.

The Light Screen revealed that the Scarlet King, the Flower God, and the Great Compassionate Tree King had ruled Sumeru as equals, combining protection, beauty, and wisdom to create an ideal land. As the three friends raised their cups in a toast, a pitch-black fissure split the scene before their cups could touch.

• Ning Rongrong, Tang Ya, Lie Yan, and others watched the Flower God create beauty and life in her oasis.
• The Light Screen showed the Great Compassionate Tree King nurturing life and wisdom beneath a towering tree.
• The Scarlet King, the Flower God, and the Great Compassionate Tree King founded the Three Gods Federation and made desert and rainforest coexist in harmony.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena described the three Gods' relationship as one of equality and complementarity, while Tang San reflected on their ideal system.
• Rong Nianbing questioned why the Light Screen called Sumeru an ideal land, prompting the others to wonder what had destroyed it.
• As the three Gods raised their cups to toast, a black fissure split the Light Screen between their hands.

The Flower God sacrificed herself during the Flower God Festival, leaving the Scarlet King Arhama devastated. He shut himself away in a mausoleum and began studying forbidden knowledge to revive her.

• The Flower God walked through the desert as her power waned and her death drew near.
• The Scarlet King Arhama welcomed her gift, unaware that she planned to make her death part of his final dream.
• At the Flower God Festival, the Flower God turned into purple petals after asking the Scarlet King to remember their people and friends.
• The Scarlet King roared in despair and unleashed a golden sandstorm across the kingdom.
• The Scarlet King secluded himself in a mausoleum and studied forbidden knowledge in an attempt to revive the Flower God.

A vision revealed how the Scarlet King used Forbidden Knowledge and Apep, the Grass Dragon King, to open the World Barrier, turning his kingdom into a Dead Domain and beginning a war against the Heavenly Principles. The vision ended with the corruption spreading across Teyvat as the Scarlet King became an embodiment of taboo and madness.

• The Light Screen showed the Scarlet King bringing Forbidden Knowledge from beyond the world, after which a Dead Domain appeared and drained life from an oasis.
• The Scarlet King descended underground and made a deal with Apep, the Grass Dragon King, sacrificing his kingdom’s future in exchange for help opening the World Barrier.
• The Scarlet King opened a rift and let gray-black Forbidden Knowledge flood into his body and spread through his kingdom, corrupting its people and land.
• Tang San explained that the Scarlet King had lost everything after the Flower God’s death and wanted to drag the world down with him.
• The Scarlet King’s eyes changed as the narration declared the war against the Heavenly Principles had begun, and Forbidden Knowledge spread across Teyvat.

Scale Rot Disease corrupted life at the conceptual level, and the Black Tide erased Juer City as the Red King's country faced annihilation. The scene ended on the ruined city before shifting to the Red King, hollow with regret.

• Scale Rot Disease transformed people into mindless monsters, and Lieyan, Jidong, Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin realized it attacked the laws and concepts of life.
• The spreading Dead Domain consumed oases and cities before corruption reached the Earth Vein and the World Tree.
• The Black Tide swept over Juer City, devouring its palaces, walls, and inhabitants.
• Xue Ye, Dai Hao, Shrek Academy's students, and powerful figures across the Divine Realm recognized that ordinary defenses could not stop the catastrophe.
• The Dragon God declared that the Red King was trying to kill a world, and Tang San understood Forbidden Knowledge as a virus that corroded a world's laws.
• The Light Screen showed a half-transformed girl's final reach before the Black Tide, then revealed the Red King consumed by desolation and regret.

The Scarlet King sacrificed his life and existence to build a pyramid that sealed the source of Forbidden Knowledge, but the corruption continued to consume his kingdom. The Great Compassionate Tree King then gave up her divine power, memories, and life to cleanse the land, leaving her fading as healing rain fell.

• The Scarlet King begged the Great Compassionate Tree King to save his people after Forbidden Knowledge corrupted his kingdom.
• The Tree King said the corruption could only be stopped by severing its source, and the Scarlet King chose to sacrifice himself.
• The Scarlet King offered his life, Authority, and soul, transforming into a golden pyramid that sealed the core of Forbidden Knowledge.
• Although the source was sealed, the corruption continued spreading through the kingdom and killing its people.
• The Great Compassionate Tree King sacrificed her divine power, memories, and life to the World Tree, causing cleansing rain to fall.
• The Life Green Light rain calmed the afflicted people and gradually healed their mutations.