Chapter Summaries

Venti and Buer reached Heaven Dou City and went to Zhongli Manor, where Zhongli unexpectedly recognized Buer despite the World Tree erasing memories of her. Buer reunited with Lumine, and Zhongli suggested his origins beyond Teyvat might explain why he remembered her.

• Venti explained to Buer that they flew into Heaven Dou City because neither of them had the Gold Soul Coin required to enter through the gate.
• Venti brought Buer to Zhongli Manor and called for Zhongli to see whom he had brought.
• Zhongli recognized Buer as the Great Tree King, surprising Buer, Venti, and Lumine because most people had forgotten her.
• Lumine greeted Buer and said she had feared being the last person who remembered that Buer existed.
• Buer asked why Zhongli remembered her, and Zhongli said his true body came from beyond Teyvat.
• Venti asked Zhongli to introduce Buer to everyone.

Zhongli explained how Great Tree King sacrificed herself to purify the World Tree and how the world forgot her, while Lumine and Zhongli retained their memories. His account stirred grief over lost friends, but Venti lightened the mood by proposing a gathering, and Zhongli promised wine and food.

• Zhongli offered to explain Great Tree King's past, and she invited him to speak.
• Zhongli said that after forbidden knowledge infected the World Tree, Great Tree King created Nahida from a pure branch and, with Lumine and Paimon's help, purified the tree before fading away.
• Zhongli explained that the world forgot Great Tree King because of her sacrifice, while he and Lumine still remembered her.
• Zhongli's words brought back memories of lost friends, and Neuvillette, Baalzeb, and others grew sorrowful as rain began to fall over Heaven Dou City.
• Venti suggested that Zhongli host a gathering, and Zhongli promised wine and food while Venti hurried off to move the wine.

Ten years after Guizhong met Great Tree King, the Douluo and Sun Moon Continents merged peacefully, formed a federation, and saw several people ascend to godhood. As Zhongli’s group struggled to find the missing God of Fire, Marivka arrived from Teyvat on her flying motorcycle and drew the attention of people on shore.

• Guizhong introduced herself to Great Tree King as Hagintos, whom everyone called Guizhong, and Great Tree King recognized her as the Dust Demon God.
• Over ten years, the Douluo and Sun Moon Continents merged peacefully, and Xue Qinghe’s leadership established a federal system with elections.
• Ning Fengzhi, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai became Gods, while Qian Renxue became the Angel God and won the Federation’s first election with ninety-nine percent of the vote.
• Zhongli’s group gathered six Gods but could not revise Douluo’s underlying rules because they could not find the God of Fire, and Du Siji could not replace that deity.
• Marivka was transported from Teyvat to the sea and rode her flying motorcycle toward land, where people mistook it for a new Soul Tool.

Marivka arrived in the Douluo world, where locals mistook her motorcycle for a high-grade Soul Tool. Venti found her and explained that the other gods had been waiting for her; Marivka learned that Teyvat was being ravaged by disasters, while Venti received no news about Mondstadt.

• Marivka landed in Fishing Village, confused the locals with her flying motorcycle, and asked what a Soul Engineer was.
• Marivka rode away and encountered Venti, who recognized her and said the other gods had been waiting for her for ten years.
• Venti explained the Douluo world to Marivka and invited her to Heaven Dou City, and she accepted.
• Venti asked about Teyvat, and Marivka described the disasters threatening the continent.
• Venti asked how Mondstadt was faring, but Marivka said she did not know.

Ning Fengzhi became obsessed with Soul Tools and struggled to make a God-level one, while Marivka joined the other Gods at Zhongli Manor to discuss helping Douluo Star. The Gods prepared to address the Dragon God Curse and the planet’s deadly rules, leaving the Douluo Star Consciousness hopeful that they could save its inhabitants.

• Ning Fengzhi bought Soul Tools and precious metals, learned Soul Engineering with Oscar, and became a Ninth-Order Soul Tool Master.
• Ning Fengzhi saw an aircraft land at Zhongli Manor and realized that Xianyun might be a God-level Soul Engineer.
• Venti brought Barnabas from the Far North to Zhongli Manor after Marivka arrived, gathering the Seven Gods.
• Zhongli explained his plan to Marivka, who agreed to help Douluo Star after the other Gods had approved it.
• The Douluo Star Consciousness pleaded with Marivka to change the planet’s deepest rules and lift the Dragon God Curse, warning that all life could otherwise disappear.
• The Douluo Star Consciousness criticized the Asura God and vowed to choose a Child of Destiny with great love next time, clarifying that she did not mean romantic love.

Zhongli and the other gods began changing Douluo Star’s foundational rules to end the curse that forced humans and Soul Beasts into conflict. The Dragon God tried to stop them, and his accusations convinced Gu Yuena, the Golden Dragon King, and Di Tian that he had betrayed the dragons and Soul Beasts.

• The Douluo Star Consciousness led the gods to the Star Dou Administrative Region to perform a ritual changing the world’s rules.
• Zhongli and the other gods summoned Geo, Anemo, Electro, and the other elemental powers across Douluo Star.
• The Dragon God realized the gods meant to break the plane’s rules and destroy his curse, then emerged and shouted that Soul Beasts must never become gods.
• Gu Yuena and the Golden Dragon King concluded that the Dragon God had lied about his nature and intended to control them, while Di Tian turned his hatred against him.
• The Douluo Star Consciousness blamed the Dragon God for her world’s suffering, and he claimed he had created Douluo Continent to help it grow.

Zhongli and the other Gods changed Douluo Star’s rules, broke the Dragon God Curse, and helped Plane Consciousness grow stronger. Aether, Lumine, and the Abyss Heralds destroyed the Dragon God’s Divine Soul, and the people and soul beasts of Douluo Star learned what had happened.

• Di Tian left Zhongli’s Inner Scenery and condemned the Dragon God for betraying the dragon and beast races.
• Zhongli left the final decision to Plane Consciousness, who asked the Gods to help free Douluo Star from its shackles.
• The Gods changed the rules so soul masters could condense soul rings themselves and life energy would return to the planet after death.
• The Gods broke the Dragon God Curse, and Aether, Lumine, and the Abyss Heralds attacked and destroyed the Dragon God’s Divine Soul.
• Plane Consciousness absorbed the resulting power, and soul beasts sensed that their heavenly tribulations had vanished.
• Plane Consciousness showed the people and soul beasts what had happened, and their gratitude produced a great amount of Power of Faith.

Zhongli and his companions prepared to leave Douluo Star and settled on a new planet as a home for Teyvat’s people. The Heavenly Principles revealed that she had rewound time twice to prevent disaster, then sacrificed herself to move Teyvat’s living beings to the new world, where Paimon remained unaware of her identity.

• The Plane Consciousness accepted Zhongli’s departure, named herself Zhong Li after Paimon objected to her taking the name Heavenly Principles, and Zhu Zhuqing asked to join Zhongli’s group.
• Qian Renxue chose to remain on Douluo Star for now and visit Zhongli’s world, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun ascended to the God Realm and Xiaofeilian, Du Bafang, and Du Siji followed Zhongli.
• Zhongli and his companions found an uninhabited azure planet and began filling it with the elements and transforming it into a new home.
• The Heavenly Principles appeared and explained that two previous attempts had ended in disaster: Corrosion drove Zhongli mad, destroying Douluo Continent and the God Realm in the first timeline, and later consumed him again after Zhu Zhuqing died in the second.
• The Heavenly Principles used up her power to erase Corrosion and teleport Teyvat’s living beings to the new planet, then vanished after entrusting the world’s peace to the Seven Gods.
• The little Paimon appeared, unaware that she was the Heavenly Principles, and Zhongli invited her to see the new world.