Chapter Summaries

Baalzeb left Lightning Canyon with Zhongli after he found her, and he brought her to Zhongli Manor in Heaven Dou City. There, Xiangling welcomed the God of Lightning and complained about Barbatos taking the manor’s wine.

• Baalzeb took control of the Raiden Shogun’s body and met Zhongli, who had come to Lightning Canyon after Barbatos told him about her.
• Zhongli explained that Barbatos had found Baalzeb first, then brought her to Heaven Dou City; she trusted him and went along without question.
• Passersby in Heaven Dou City speculated about Zhongli and Baalzeb as they walked together, while Zhongli ignored their remarks.
• Zhongli brought Baalzeb to Zhongli Manor, where Xiangling welcomed her and praised her appearance compared with the drunkard Barbatos.
• Baalzeb realized Xiangling meant Barbatos and smiled at the thought that mortals regarded the Anemo Archon as a drunkard.

Baalzeb reunited with Azhdaha, Paimon, and Lumine after crossing into the Douluo Continent, where she had been staying with Morax. Her attempt to cook with Xiangling failed spectacularly, and she revealed she had been searching for a way home to Inazuma.

• Baalzeb and Azhdaha recognized each other, though Azhdaha felt embarrassed by his tiny form.
• Xiangling invited Baalzeb to cook, then drove her from the kitchen after Baalzeb ruined the meal.
• Zhongli explained that Baalzeb had other talents, while the others tried to ease the awkwardness.
• Paimon asked whether Baalzeb had missed her and Lumine, and Baalzeb recounted how she had searched for them after crossing worlds.
• Baalzeb said she had stayed in Lightning Canyon while hoping to find a way back to Inazuma, whose people needed her.
• Paimon and Lumine were delighted that Baalzeb had missed them, though Paimon privately felt guilty about her plan to save Teyvat.

Zhu Zhuqing began a God Trial that required her to withstand Du Bafang, while the God of Devastation chose Du Bafang as his successor and prepared to leave the Divine Realm. The remaining God Kings were left to manage the Divine Realm and Life regretted how she had treated Destruction.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Du Bafang to fight her until an incense stick burned down, and he agreed to go easy on her.
• The Speed God asked the God of Devastation about Du Bafang, and he decided Du Bafang was suited to inherit his God Position and needed God Trials to temper him.
• The God of Devastation sent a gray radiance toward Douluo Continent and left the Divine Realm to follow Lord Destruction.
• Goodness, Evil, and Life realized the Divine Realm's affairs had become harder to manage after Destruction and Asura left.
• Life wept as she admitted she had been wrong about Destruction, while Goodness and Evil departed and wondered why they had been left behind.

Evil and Goodness planned to strengthen the God Realm before severing its connection to Douluo Star, while Zhu Zhuqing completed her fifth trial. Du Bafang unexpectedly received the Destruction God's Nine Trials, whose next challenge required him to face his grandson, the new God of Fire.

• Goodness suggested temporarily severing the God Realm's connection to Douluo Star, but Evil argued they should wait until the vacant Deity Positions were filled.
• Evil believed the inheritors would eventually come to the God Realm because their lifespans in the lower realm were limited, and he and Goodness began making plans to restore the God Realm.
• Zhu Zhuqing passed her fifth trial after Du Bafang went easy on her and thanked him for showing mercy.
• A gray light descended on Du Bafang and granted him the Destruction God's Nine Trials; he immediately completed the first trial and received a thousand-year increase to his soul rings.
• Du Bafang learned that his second trial required him to last one incense stick against the new God of Fire, his grandson, while Zhu Zhuqing stared at his unexpected reward in disbelief.

Rakshasa and Asura fought to the death over their opposing views of the sacrifices Asura had made for the God Realm. After Asura fell, Rakshasa sent her God Position to her inheritor, and Bibi Dong awakened as the new Rakshasa God.

• Rakshasa confronted Asura over how he had manipulated her and the Angel God for his plans to protect the God Realm.
• Rakshasa and Asura burned their remaining divine power and fought with their final strength.
• Asura lamented his failed plans and Tang San’s likely death, while Rakshasa rejected his justifications.
• Rakshasa and Asura both died after their battle, but Rakshasa sent her God Position toward her inheritor before fading away.
• Bibi Dong opened her eyes and inherited the Rakshasa God Position.

Bibi Dong inherited the Rakshasa God Position and, changed by her experiences, called on Spirit Hall to reinforce Star Dou Plain. The Star Luo Emperor learned that a new god had appeared and urged Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to flee so they could survive and become gods later.

• Bibi Dong merged with the Rakshasa God Position, becoming the new Rakshasa God while retaining only the God Position and needing to cultivate her own strength.
• Spirit Hall’s elders congratulated Bibi Dong, and she asked them to reinforce Star Dou Plain as the danger there worsened.
• The revelation of Bibi Dong’s ascension spread across the continent, and the Star Luo Emperor asked Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun what the phenomenon meant.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun identified the new god as an evil Slaughter God, and the Star Luo Emperor concluded that the empire had no hope of victory.
• The Star Luo Emperor told Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to escape and criticized Dai Mubai’s past behavior and the Dai Family’s ancestral rules.
• Dai Mubai eventually agreed to follow his father’s decision.

The Star Luo Great Emperor prepared to defend his empire to the death while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun went to secure the treasury. In Heaven Dou City, Tartaglia and Hu Tao searched for Zhongli and reached Zhongli Manor, where they came face-to-face with him.

• The Star Luo Great Emperor gave Dai Mubai the imperial Token and ordered him and Ma Hongjun to take the treasury's contents before preparing to lead the remaining army into battle.
• The Empress joined the Star Luo Great Emperor, and the two prepared to fight together using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tartaglia and Hu Tao entered Heaven Dou City and discussed finding Zhongli, with Hu Tao proposing to restart Wang Sheng Tang in this world.
• Hu Tao explained that she and Tartaglia had paid their city entry fee by burying a nobleman for a local client.
• Tartaglia and Hu Tao reached Zhongli Manor, where the door opened and they recognized Zhongli.

Xiao brought Tartaglia and Hu Tao to meet the others, where Hu Tao confronted Zhongli about the debts he had left Wangsheng Funeral Parlor with. Zhongli offered to invest in her plans to bring the business to the new world, and Hu Tao reunited with her friends as Tartaglia greeted Lumine.

• Tartaglia eyed Xiao with a strong desire to fight him, but Xiao postponed the challenge until after the New Year and led him and Hu Tao to the hall.
• Hu Tao confronted Zhongli about leaving her to pay off Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's debts for three years and announced her plan to expand the business into the new world.
• Zhongli offered to invest in Hu Tao's venture, prompting her to wonder whether he was ill for willingly offering Mora.
• Hu Tao reunited with Paimon, Xiangling, Guoba, and Lumine, while Tartaglia complained that Lumine had overlooked him.
• Lumine greeted Tartaglia and recalled that she had barely seen him since his master took him away; Tartaglia remembered their last meeting in Fontaine.

Hu Tao discussed Guizhong’s return with Paimon while Zhongli and Hu Tao planned Wang Sheng Tang’s opening and shop location. Tartaglia challenged Lumine to a fight, and Hu Tao tried to sell them funeral packages.

• Hu Tao questioned how Guizhong had returned to life, and Paimon explained that the Dust King had escaped death through her wisdom.
• Hu Tao reflected on Demon Gods, reincarnation, and Qi Qi’s unusual state before joking that a world full of Demon Gods would put Wang Sheng Tang out of business.
• Zhongli suggested choosing an auspicious day after the new year to open Wang Sheng Tang, and he and Hu Tao agreed to look for a shop location.
• Tartaglia challenged Lumine to fight, and Lumine accepted his invitation to battle outside.
• Hu Tao offered Tartaglia and Lumine a discounted old-friends funeral package for any injuries they might suffer.

After Lumine defeated Tartaglia, Zhongli and Hu Tao searched for a storefront for Wang Sheng Tang in Heaven Dou City. They met Xue Qinghe, and Hu Tao explained that Zhongli would outlast generations of hall masters and eventually inherit the position herself held.

• Tartaglia accepted his defeat by Lumine and vowed to train for their next battle.
• Hu Tao chose the southwest of Heaven Dou City as the planned location for Wang Sheng Tang while Zhongli reflected on how people respected his strength and experience.
• Hu Tao considered how the conflicts in Douluo Continent made Wang Sheng Tang necessary, and Zhongli followed her with affection.
• Xue Qinghe encountered Zhongli and Hu Tao, and Zhongli introduced Hu Tao as the hall master of Wang Sheng Tang.
• Hu Tao told Xue Qinghe that Zhongli would become the seventy-eighth-generation hall master after she was gone.

“Xue Qinghe” met Hu Tao as Zhongli accompanied her to find a site for Wang Sheng Tang’s Heaven Dou City branch, and learned that the business handled funeral arrangements. She booked Wang Sheng Tang to handle Xue Ye’s funeral after the new year, offering a shop location of Hu Tao’s choice and one million Gold Soul Coins.

• “Xue Qinghe” introduced herself to Hu Tao as Zhongli’s friend, and Hu Tao was startled to discover that the handsome person addressed as Your Majesty was a woman.
• Zhongli explained that Hu Tao planned to establish a Wang Sheng Tang branch in Heaven Dou City, and “Xue Qinghe” offered her any premises, even a place in the imperial palace.
• Zhongli told “Xue Qinghe” that Wang Sheng Tang helped the departed rest in peace, and Hu Tao offered her funeral services at a discount.
• “Xue Qinghe” booked Wang Sheng Tang to handle Xue Ye’s arrangements after the new year, providing a shop site of Hu Tao’s choice and one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Tao accepted the order.

Hu Tao secured Wang Sheng Tang’s first job and a shop location with “Xue Qinghe”’s help. As New Year approached, Zhongli invited his acquaintances to a holiday gathering at Zhongli Manor, leaving Venti to deliver most of the invitations.

• Hu Tao accepted a million Gold Soul Coins and a storefront in exchange for Wang Sheng Tang’s services to “Xue Qinghe.”
• “Xue Qinghe” promised to arrange a shop location and left to attend to other matters.
• Hu Tao and Zhongli chose a location for Wang Sheng Tang, then returned to Zhongli Manor, where Ying and Tartaglia had also arrived.
• Xiangling refused Hu Tao’s offer to reserve a burial plot, then persuaded Hu Tao to taste a new dish by promising to make a deal.
• Zhongli decided to invite his acquaintances to Zhongli Manor for New Year and asked Barbatos to deliver most of the invitations.
• The invitees accepted Zhongli’s invitations and began preparing gifts.

Zhongli and his friends celebrated New Year’s Eve at Zhongli Manor before gathering atop Heaven Dou City’s walls to watch soul masters create colorful displays in the sky. Du Siji and Hu Tao and Xiangling put on spectacular fire performances, and Du Siji flew off to bring the celebration to nearby cities as Power of Faith flowed to him.

• Zhongli hosted a lavish New Year’s Eve gathering, where Venti accepted Dugu Bo’s medicinal wine and Xiangling cooked alongside Guoba and Guizhong.
• Zhongli’s guests climbed to the top of Heaven Dou City’s walls and watched soul masters combine their abilities to create colorful displays in the sky.
• Du Siji flew above the city and shaped flames into dazzling patterns, phoenixes, and dragons, impressing the crowd and Xiaofeilian.
• Hu Tao and Xiangling joined the celebration outside the city, performing fire and spear displays that drew applause.
• Du Siji decided to bring the show to nearby cities, and Power of Faith poured into him as he flew away.

Hu Tao handed out New Year’s red envelopes at Zhongli Manor, while the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect discussed how to approach Venti and regain powerful allies. The sect’s leaders ended the chapter worried about when their shattered power would be restored.

• Hu Tao gave Zhongli a red envelope, and then handed one to everyone at the manor, including Paimon, Azhdaha, and Guoba.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong discussed Venti’s mysterious strength and considered winning his friendship through fine wine.
• Chen Xin reflected on how the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had fallen despite growing stronger, and wondered when it would rise again.

Zhongli, Venti, and Baalzeb traveled with Lumine and Paimon to the Far North to visit Barnabas, the Empress of Ice. Snow Woman and Ice Empress welcomed them, while Tartaglia was still making his way there.

• Zhongli suggested visiting Barnabas in the Far North, and Venti agreed after securing wine from Zhongli’s manor.
• Baalzeb agreed to join them, and Paimon persuaded Zhongli to bring her and Lumine along.
• Zhongli, Venti, Baalzeb, Lumine, and Paimon quickly reached the outskirts of the Far North, where the temperature rose as they arrived.
• Snow Woman and Ice Empress greeted the group and offered to escort them to Barnabas.
• Tartaglia continued traveling toward the Far North, still far behind Zhongli’s group.

Zhongli, Venti, Baalzeb, Lumine, and Paimon visited Barnabas in the Far North and shared food and wine with her. As the gathering grew warmer, Barnabas asked whether the Heavenly Principles had caused their crossing to the Douluo Continent, leaving the question unresolved.

• Tartaglia learned about Barnabas from Venti but was left behind when Zhongli and the others departed for the Far North.
• Zhongli, Venti, Baalzeb, Lumine, and Paimon met Barnabas at her palace, where she mistook Paimon for an unidentified flying object.
• Barnabas led her guests to a dining hall, and Venti offered wine as a New Year visit between colleagues.
• Barnabas brought out fruit from the Far North, and the group ate and drank until they grew closer.
• Barnabas asked Zhongli whether the Heavenly Principles had transferred them to the Douluo Continent to gain control of Teyvat.

Zhongli reasoned that the transfer of Teyvat’s living beings might be meant to save the continent, then asked the gods to help create a plane suited to them on the Douluo Continent. As the group waited for the remaining gods, Osial awakened in the sea and called out to Morax, intent on revenge.

• Paimon questioned whether the Heavenly Principles could truly threaten the gods, prompting Barnabas to reconsider their power and motives.
• Zhongli argued that the orderly transfer of all living beings from Teyvat suggested the Heavenly Principles’ actions were not aimed only at the Seven Gods.
• Zhongli asked Barnabas and the others to help reshape the Douluo Continent’s fundamental rules and create a suitable planetary plane, and Barnabas agreed.
• The group sensed storms gathering over the ocean and heard Osial call for Morax, revealing that the Demon God had awakened and wanted revenge.

Osial broke free and charged toward Zhongli, while gods across the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent sensed his fury. Zhongli and his companions went to meet him, and the Divine Realm's rulers considered letting the clash weaken both sides.

• Osial roared for Morax and headed toward Zhongli, prompting Zhongli, Venti, Baalzeb, and Barnabas to move toward the edge of the Far North.
• The Divine Realm's gods sensed Osial's eruption, and Goodness proposed stirring up a fight between him and Morax.
• Evil rejected direct interference, so Goodness suggested waiting to see whether both sides would be badly wounded.
• Du Siji and Xiaofeilian set off from Heaven Dou City toward the Far North, while Guizhong reassured Xiao that Zhongli could handle Osial.
• Bibi Dong sensed the northern aura but decided not to investigate.

Zhongli faced the returning Osial at the edge of the Far North while Venti, the Raiden Shogun, and the Empress of Ice stood with him. Du Siji and Xiaofeilian arrived to help, and Osial prepared to fight before realizing Zhongli had powerful allies.

• The gods of the Divine Realm feared that Osial's beast form could threaten their realm and hoped Zhongli would defeat him.
• Du Siji and Xiaofeilian reached the Far North, saw Osial's true form, and hurried to Zhongli's side.
• Zhongli told Du Siji and Xiaofeilian to stand back because Osial was beyond their strength.
• Osial accused Zhongli's subordinates of bullying his wife, and Zhongli challenged Osial's claim that his wife had been wronged.
• Osial boasted that he had returned to his peak and that Zhongli's Corrosion left him weakened, then noticed Venti and the other gods and retreated.
• Venti introduced himself to Osial as a wandering bard passing through.

Osial confronted Zhongli and his allies, but they refused his demand for a one-on-one duel and prepared to fight together. Zhongli revealed his Divine Armor form, and Osial realized that he had not been affected by Corrosion.

• Osial questioned Venti’s claim that he was a bard and challenged Baalzeb and Barnabas to declare whether they would oppose him.
• Baalzeb drew her naginata, and Barnabas summoned a frost divine sword as both stood with Zhongli against Osial.
• Osial demanded a one-on-one duel, but Zhongli explained that their battle could endanger Douluo Star and that the others were his fellow Archons, not outsiders.
• Venti backed Zhongli’s reasoning and prepared his bow as Osial roared and chose to fight.
• Zhongli shielded his allies, transformed into Morax in Divine Armor, and prompted Osial to realize that he had not suffered Corrosion.