Chapter Summaries

The recap showed the Scarlet King's civilization purified in a final rain and then buried beneath desert sand, leaving the Scarlet King's body as a tomb. It introduced the Grass Dragon King Apep, who swallowed the Scarlet King's Tomb after failing to receive the promised wisdom.

• Gu Yuena watched the rain purify the dying people of the Scarlet King's kingdom, whose civilization ended with no survivors.
• Endless sand buried the capital and finally covered the pyramid formed from the Scarlet King's body.
• The Light Screen revealed that the Great Compassionate Tree King later protected the desert people, who honored her as the Little Auspicious Grass King.
• The recap introduced Apep, the Grass Dragon King, and said he acted from greed and resentment after the Scarlet King failed to give him promised wisdom.
• Apep swallowed the Scarlet King's Tomb and its foundation in a single bite, shocking the viewers.

The Light Screen revealed that Apep’s attempt to gain the Scarlet King’s power also exposed it to Forbidden Knowledge, which cursed its body and trapped it in endless agony. The chapter left Apep sensing the watchers across space and time, while the Dragon God regarded Forbidden Knowledge with deep wariness.

• Tang San noticed that Apep had devoured the core of Forbidden Knowledge, and Huo Yuhao sensed its corrupting power.
• Forbidden Knowledge afflicted Apep with Scale Rot Disease and created a Dead Domain that corrupted the surrounding world.
• Apep gained Authority over a nation’s rise and fall but became trapped in thousands of years of torment, unable to live or die.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena empathized with Apep’s suffering, while the Dragon God feared the power of Forbidden Knowledge.
• Apep sensed the people watching through the Light Screen and began speaking to them.

The Light Screen revealed how Khaenri'ah, a godless nation, angered the Heavenly Principles by probing the Abyss and suffered catastrophic Divine Punishment. As Abyssal corruption spread and its monsters surged toward the World Tree, the story introduced a gentle Goddess warning that the world's foundations were shaking.

• The Light Screen revealed that Khaenri'ah had reached the height of mortal civilization but made the fatal choice to investigate the Abyss.
• The Heavenly Principles sent crimson geometric attacks that destroyed Khaenri'ah's cities and machines, shocking Tang San and the other observers with their power.
• Abyssal energy poured through Khaenri'ah, corrupting its dead into monsters, and Huo Yuhao identified the force as a source-level corruption of life.
• The corrupted people and Abyssal monsters gathered into a black tide and advanced toward the World Tree, threatening the entire world.
• A peaceful rainforest appeared on the Light Screen, where a Goddess warned that defiled knowledge was spreading through the World Tree and shaking the world's foundations.

The Great Compassionate Tree King discovered that Forbidden Knowledge brought back by the Scarlet King had spread through the World Tree, and that her own past exposure had made her part of the corruption. The chapter left her facing the truth that saving the world required erasing her existence and every record of her.

• The Great Compassionate Tree King traced the corruption to Forbidden Knowledge brought back from beyond the world by the Scarlet King five hundred years earlier.
• She tried to purify the corruption in the World Tree, but her power was absorbed and the Forbidden Knowledge grew more active.
• The Great Compassionate Tree King concluded that the corruption could only be eradicated by erasing its source and every record of it from the World Tree.
• Gu Yuena suggested erasing the Scarlet King, but the Light Screen revealed that the Great Compassionate Tree King had also been corrupted after sealing Forbidden Knowledge five hundred years earlier.
• The Great Compassionate Tree King was identified as a source of corruption and the greatest obstacle to saving the world, leaving the onlookers stunned and grieving.

The Great Compassionate Tree King erased herself from Sumeru’s history to purge the World Tree’s corruption, leaving a branch-born Naxida to become the new Grass God. Sumeru survived, but its people credited Naxida with the rescue and forgot the Great Compassionate Tree King.

• The Great Compassionate Tree King declared that removing the corruption required erasing its source and everything connected to it.
• She rewrote the World Tree so that Sumeru and its people would forget her completely.
• Before vanishing, the Great Compassionate Tree King formed the infant Naxida from a pure branch and asked her to love Sumeru in her place.
• The corruption disappeared, the land recovered, and Sumeru was saved.
• Sumeru’s people thanked Little Auspicious Grass King Naxida for saving them, while the Douluo gods realized the Great Compassionate Tree King had been forgotten.

The Douluo God Realm’s observers mourned Great Compassionate Tree King’s erased existence and discovered a white flower left behind at the World Tree. The Light Screen then revealed that Teyvat’s Dragon Clan once ruled the world and that the Water Dragon King was slain by a heavenly Usurper, leaving the gods shaken.

• The Dragon God explained that Great Compassionate Tree King had erased her existence from the world’s laws, and the observers grieved that Sumeru’s inhabitants could no longer remember her.
• The Light Screen showed a tiny white flower blooming where Great Compassionate Tree King had vanished, and Huo Yuhao called its existence a contradiction.
• The Light Screen revealed that Teyvat’s Dragon Clan had ruled the world, shocking Bei Bei and stirring the Dragon God’s ancient majesty.
• Tang San reasoned that dragons had been the gods of Teyvat’s earliest age, while Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline reacted with rage and Gu Yuena soothed him.
• The Light Screen stated that the Water Dragon King was slain by the Usurper from on high, causing ancient dragon might to erupt through the God Realm Central.

The Light Screen revealed that the Water Dragon King’s death left the Primordial Sea of Genesis without its core, after which the Regent of Life created Elysia from the sea’s power and her tears. Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena saw Elysia as a replacement imposed by the Usurper, and the chapter left them viewing her Authority as stolen Dragon Clan power.

• The Dragon God’s dying will named a Sky Usurper, and Tang Wulin, Tang San, and Gu Yuena reacted with fury to the Water Dragon King’s murder.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that the Water Dragon King had been part of the Primordial Sea of Genesis, so her death had damaged the foundation of the world.
• The Light Screen showed the Regent of Life creating Elysia by combining the Primordial Sea’s power with her tears.
• Gu Yuena rejected the creation as an insult and questioned why the Regent of Life had made a replacement instead of reviving the Dragon King.
• The Light Screen described Elysia as a dragonlike God with Authority over all waters, while Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena called her a fake vessel of stolen power.

The Light Screen revealed that Elysia transformed springwater spirits into humans, violating the Heavenly Principles and provoking a curse. A flood swallowed Fontaine and its people melted back into springwater, while Elysia was imprisoned in the Primordial Sea of Genesis.

• Gu Yuena, A'Dai, and others condemned Elysia as a tool made to control the Water Dragon King's power.
• A new overview showed Elysia turning springwater spirits into humans, shocking the gods and world leaders watching.
• The Heavenly Principles cursed Elysia for stealing Authority over humanity and sent a flood to submerge Fontaine.
• The flood dissolved the newly made Fontainians back into springwater and dragged Elysia into the Primordial Sea of Genesis as a prisoner.
• Ning Rongrong, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Tang San reacted with grief and anger at the Heavenly Principles' punishment.

The Light Screen revealed that the Heavenly Principles treated Elysia and Fontaine as tools, releasing her to rule Fontaine after imprisoning her, and declared that Fontaine’s people were born to dissolve in water. It then began ranking the ten most tragic figures, naming Elysia as number nine.

• The Light Screen showed that Remus founded the Lemuria Empire in Fontaine during the Archon War, but his creations ran amok and the empire fell.
• The Heavenly Principles released Elysia from imprisonment and put her in charge of Fontaine to establish the Seven Archons’ divine seats.
• Ji Dong said the Heavenly Principles viewed Elysia as a tool and used her and Fontaine’s people as pieces on its chessboard.
• The Light Screen showed a teardrop dissolving into the Primordial Sea of Genesis and declared that Fontaine’s people were born to dissolve in water.
• The Light Screen announced a ranking of the ten most tragic figures and named Fontaine’s first Hydro Archon, Elysia, as number nine.

Five hundred years after Khaenri'ah fell, Elysia obeyed the Heavenly Principles and prepared to confront the Abyssal calamity. Before leaving, she gave Furina her Godhood and Fontaine's Original Sin, then faced the Abyssal Monsters alone, though her strength was limited.

• The vision revealed that Heavenly Principles had ordered Elysia, the former Hydro God, to suppress the Abyssal Monsters after Khaenri'ah's fall.
• Elysia transferred her Godhood and Fontaine's Original Sin to Furina before departing.
• Furina received the burden reluctantly as Elysia left to protect her people.
• Elysia fought waves of Abyssal Monsters with her Hydro power, purifying many but struggling against their overwhelming numbers.
• The Dragon God dismissed Elysia's limits, while Tang San recognized that even gods could be overwhelmed by greater forces.

The Light Screen showed Elysia dying in a chain of Abyssal Giant Beast explosions, leaving only her broken Scepter. It then revealed that Furina had split herself in two and secretly spent five hundred years storing power to oppose the Heavenly Principles.

• Elysia fell in the blast, and her broken Scepter remained on the scorched battlefield.
• Ning Rongrong and the others mourned Elysia’s sacrifice and questioned why the Heavenly Principles had let her die.
• The Light Screen revealed that Furina had inherited Original Sin and the divine seat, then devised a hidden plan against the Heavenly Principles.
• Furina used the Oracle Arbitration Nexus to store power from Fontaine’s trials while avoiding detection.
• The Light Screen revealed that Furina had split herself in two, with her divine self enduring five hundred years alone inside the Nexus.

The Light Screen revealed that Furina’s human side had spent five hundred years pretending to be an incompetent Hydro Archon while her divine side endured imprisonment, all to deceive the Heavenly Principles and save Fontaine. As the Light Screen began a new account, it said the Traveler’s arrival set the prophecy in motion and Furina’s plan proceeded smoothly.

• The observers learned that Furina had acted like a foolish god for five hundred years to protect her people and hide the plan from the Heavenly Principles.
• The Light Screen revealed that Furina’s plan required a god’s death to break the prophecy and ensure humanity’s survival.
• The Light Screen showed Furina returning alone to her palace, wiping away a tear, and forcing herself to smile again.
• The Light Screen introduced a new account, stating that the Traveler’s arrival began the prophecy and that Furina’s plan proceeded smoothly.
• Tang Wulin sensed that the Traveler and the prophecy were connected to far-reaching causes and consequences.

The Light Screen revealed that Furina spent five hundred years deceiving the Heavenly Principles and gathering power to save Fontaine. She sacrificed her life to shatter the divine throne and return the Authority of the Ancient Dragons to Neuvillette, who absolved Fontaine’s people of their original sin and ended the crisis.

• The observers reacted with shock as they learned Furina had spent five hundred years planning to deceive the Heavenly Principles and accumulate immense power.
• Furina invoked her name as the Water God before a Sword of Judgment and sacrificed her life to shatter the divine throne.
• Gu Yuena realized the sacrifice freed the stolen Authority of the Ancient Dragons and returned it to its rightful owner.
• Neuvillette received the Authority of Judgment and wept as his lost power returned.
• Neuvillette used his Authority of Judgment to absolve Fontaine’s people of their original sin and end the crisis facing Fontaine.

The Light Screen showed Furina’s final regret at being unable to bid Furina farewell, leaving the onlookers grieving over their separation. It then revealed how an Abyssal Dragon King destroyed Nata and its Earth Vein, leaving the Fire Dragon King and his remnants to occupy the wasteland.

• Furina’s fading phantom looked toward an unreachable place, and the narration revealed her eternal regret at not saying goodbye to Furina.
• Huo Yuhao, Ning Rongrong, Niu Tian, Tai Tan, Tang Ya, and Ji Dong grieved over Furina’s parting and remembered their own losses.
• The Light Screen showed Nata as a crimson, lifeless wasteland and explained that an Abyssal Dragon King had invaded the region once ruled by the Second Throne.
• The Abyssal Dragon King and its twisted dragon beasts destroyed the Earth Vein, slaughtered the land’s lifeforms and Demon God, and shattered the silver city.
• The Light Screen revealed that the Fire Dragon King and his remnants now occupied Nata after fleeing the ancient Battle of Heavenly Collapse.

Huo Yuhao and the others witnessed the Abyss-corrupted Fire Dragon King’s forces enslaving and eating humans while Abyssal beasts ravaged the survivors. The vision ended with a one-armed warrior charging an Abyssal Giant Beast, prompting the Dragon God to roar at the Dragon Clan’s betrayal.

• Huo Yuhao sensed the Fire Dragon King’s madness and learned that its corrupted forces had made surviving humans their slaves and food.
• A smaller fire dragon seized and ate a child while the child’s mother watched in despair, enraging Ning Rongrong, Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena, and the others.
• Abyssal beasts poured through an unhealed rift and slaughtered human defenders as fire dragons watched for entertainment.
• A one-armed warrior raised a broken sword and charged an Abyssal Giant Beast to protect the children behind him.
• The scene froze, and the Dragon God roared “Traitor!” in fury at the Dragon Clan’s degeneration.

The Dragon Clan and the observers from the Douluo God Realm witnessed how the Dragon Clan Sage stole Elemental Fuel and gave it to humans, hoping they might one day resist a greater threat. The chapter ended with humans forging dragon bones into powerful armor, leaving the Dragon Clan enraged and Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena in anguish.

• The Dragon God, Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin reacted with fury and grief to the Sage's supposed betrayal, while Tang San and the God of Destruction focused on Elemental Fuel.
• The Dragon Clan Sage warned that his people had become blinded by power, then stole a strand of Elemental Fuel from the clan's sacred ground.
• The Sage gave Elemental Fuel to primitive humans, who fought among themselves over it before later generations of Flame-Chasers recognized a threat in the sky.
• Human heroes used volcanoes as forges, dragon bones as material, and Elemental Fuel as a core to create powerful armor.
• The Dragon Prince, Niu Tian, Tai Tan, Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin reacted to the dragon-bone armor with fury and anguish, while He Caitou admired its craftsmanship.

A thousand-year war between humans and dragons, worsened by monsters pouring from the Abyss, left both races exhausted without a victor. The Light Screen then began its Teyvat ranking, revealing a world in ruin and a corrupted Fire Dragon King as the next story opened.

• He Caitou and the spectators reacted to human armor forged from dragon bones and powered by Elemental Fuel.
• The Light Screen showed humans and dragons fighting for a thousand years while Abyssal monsters attacked both sides.
• An ancient red dragon asked a wounded human warrior why humans kept fighting, but the screen went dark before he could answer.
• The Light Screen announced Rank 97 as Xibalak, the Unknown Flame Demon God and Natasha's Uncrowned King.
• The screen showed a devastated land where a corrupted Fire Dragon King rampaged, while humans fled and dragons trembled before him.

A divine screen showed Xibalak’s extraordinary growth, from a child who purified Abyss energy to a young man who mastered fire itself. The chapter ended as Xibalak set out to challenge an adult dragon, provoking the Dragon God and the dragon-blooded onlookers.

• The Dragon God and the others recognized the Fire Dragon King’s corruption by the Abyss, while newborn Xibalak’s golden light purified the surrounding corruption.
• At age five, Xibalak effortlessly lifted a thousand-jin boulder, astonishing the viewers at Shrek Academy.
• At age ten, Xibalak hunted and killed an adult lava lizard with a crude spear and his bare hands.
• At age fifteen, Xibalak mastered Elemental Fuel and controlled fire with extraordinary ease, leaving the fire gods in shock.
• At age eighteen, Xibalak went alone to Dragon’s Rest Valley with only a sword to challenge an adult dragon, enraging the Dragon God and the dragon-blooded onlookers.

Xibalak defeated a Fire Dragon at the cost of his life force, drawing the attention of the Four Shadows of Heavenly Principles. The Light Screen then showed Death Regent Ronava arriving in Natlan with the Heart of Fire Gnosis, leaving the watching gods questioning the power and purpose of the Gnosis.

• Tang San calmed the enraged observers as they watched eighteen-year-old Xibalak challenge an adult Fire Dragon.
• Xibalak used his Life Origin to battle the dragon and killed it with his obsidian broadsword.
• The Light Screen showed the Four Shadows of Heavenly Principles watching Xibalak’s victory, unsettling the God Kings.
• Death Regent Ronava descended upon Natlan amid an overwhelming aura of death.
• Ronava revealed the Heart of Fire Gnosis, which Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Wulin recognized as unlike a divine throne.

Death Regent Ronava gave the Heart of Fire Gnosis to the mortal Xibalak, whose strength rose to rival a deity without granting him a divine position. The revelation shocked powerful figures across the worlds and left Gu Yuena wondering what Ronava intended.

• Ronava held out the Heart of Fire Gnosis, and Xibalak seized it without hesitation.
• The Gnosis merged into Xibalak's chest, unleashing power that made him seem as strong as a true Deity.
• Golden words declared Xibalak worthy of standing on par with the Gods through a mortal body.
• Tang San, Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin, and other observers reacted with shock to this unprecedented path to godhood.
• Gu Yuena questioned what the Death Regent was trying to accomplish by recognizing a mortal with the power of fire.