Chapter Summaries

Sandrone told the Traveler and Varka about Columbina’s lonely life among the Fatui, while they resolved to discover her true name. The scene then shifted to Little Durin, Albedo, and Scaramouche as they prepared to keep searching for a way to change the outcomes of past projections.

• Sandrone recalled how Columbina had stopped questioning why the Tsaritsa recruited her and had quietly waited for the price of her shelter to come due.
• The Traveler thanked Sandrone and said they wanted to learn Columbina’s name so they could call out to her, and a Seelie appeared to lead them onward.
• Spirit Hall decided to build lifelike statues of Seelies around Nicole’s statue, with Qian Daoliu agreeing to arrange it.
• Little Durin worried that he might have caused tragedy if he had failed his mission, while Scaramouche reminded him that past projections had resisted their attempts to change them.
• Scaramouche told Little Durin to pursue the change because it was what he truly wanted, and Little Durin agreed to keep trying.

Albedo, Scaramouche, and Little Durin used Abyssal power to alter a phantom’s actions, but they could not change his inevitable death. After repeated attempts, the man briefly broke free of the cycle, spoke with them about the distant future, and chose to spend his remaining minutes searching for his daughter.

• Albedo suggested using Abyssal power to break the rule that prevented them from touching phantoms, and Little Durin changed part of the man's story.
• Little Durin repeatedly tried to help the man, but every version of events still ended with his death.
• The man remembered previous cycles, saw Albedo, Scaramouche, and Little Durin, and learned that he had only fifteen to twenty minutes left.
• Bo Saixi empathized with the man's helplessness because she had once known she was fated to be sacrificed for a new god.
• The man talked with Albedo, Scaramouche, and Little Durin about their different eras and the civilizations that had survived the Black Tide.
• As his time ran out, the man thanked them, said he would keep searching for his daughter, and hoped to share the stories he had heard with her.

Hat Guy told Durin about his origins and warned him that trying to rewrite a mistake could lead to tragedy, while Alice asked them to continue investigating the loop. The Sky Screen then showed a vision of Columbina and the Archons confronting a world-ending transformation, leaving their efforts apparently futile.

• Hat Guy initially brushed off Durin's questions, then explained that he was a puppet made from a branch of the White Tree and recounted his painful past.
• Hat Guy encouraged Durin to resist the Abyss and keep striving toward the light, warning that trying to rewrite a mistake could create a new tragedy.
• Alice learned that the failed experiment had produced a disturbance and that the man had retained some memories, then asked them to continue and suggested involving Nicole.
• The Sky Screen showed Columbina, the Travelers, and the Archons amid images of the Three Moons and a being devouring the moon.
• The vision showed Columbina mutating as the Archons tried to save her, followed by the Archons fighting against the disaster without success.

After the Sky Screen’s apocalyptic vision of Columbina was explained as a fictional scene, the Traveler’s group found Nicole at the ruins gate. Nicole described a ritual requiring three humans with enough Kuuvahki, while Lauma privately recalled a way to involve Kuter in the Night of the Moon Prayer.

• Qian Renxue and Yanzi admitted they did not understand the Sky Screen’s vision but found it awe-inspiring, while Sonnet feared Hiper might become an Abyssal creature.
• Nahida interpreted the vision as a possible disaster shown to the Travelers, then reassured Sonnet that it was only a fictional joke scene.
• The Traveler’s group followed a Seelie to Nicole, who said she could open the ruins gate using a ritual.
• Nicole explained that three human representatives needed enough Kuuvahki in their bodies to pass the ritual, and proposed injecting local Kuuvahki into their bloodstream.
• Lauma said she had thought of a way to get Kuter to join the Night of the Moon Prayer and planned to contact Nefer later.
• Nicole warned that injecting Kuuvahki could cause a severe rejection reaction resembling Lunar Moment Force Adaptation Deficiency Syndrome.

Nicole tested potential participants for the three-day Kuuvahki synchronization ritual to save Columbina, finding only the Traveler and Lauma suitable among those present. As the group considered whom else to recruit, they shared why they felt grateful to Columbina, moving her deeply.

• Nicole explained that participants would need to avoid eating and drinking for three days, and the Traveler volunteered to undergo the test.
• The Traveler withstood five times the required Kuuvahki concentration and was approved, while Varka became dizzy and was disqualified.
• Lauma passed Nicole's test, but Nefer felt ill, Jahoda suffered an allergic reaction, and Aino and Ineffa were ruled out because they were children and not human, respectively.
• The group considered seeking more candidates, while people watching on Douluo Continent speculated that The Knave might be willing and suitable to help.
• Nicole wondered why Columbina was close to disappearing, and Varka, Nefer, Jahoda, Aino, and Ineffa explained that they felt gratitude toward Columbina for her kindness and protection.
• Columbina was deeply moved by their words as the others remarked that her name was not her real one.

Arlecchino helped Columbina and the others open the ruins’ great door after three days of standing guard, but Columbina could not cross the threshold. Inside, Nicole and the Traveler learned from phantoms and murals about the ancient Moon Sisters and the world’s history, while Columbina remained outside, growing weaker.

• Arlecchino arrived and agreed to let Nicole infuse her with Kuuvahki, then stood with the Traveler and Lauma for three days to open the door.
• Nicole opened the great door, but Columbina discovered she could not enter and worried that her remaining strength would not last until the Night of the Moon Prayer.
• Nicole led Arlecchino, the Traveler, Paimon, and Lauma into the ruins, where a phantom said the Moon Goddess’s name would be revealed when a new Moon Goddess was born.
• Nicole explained that the phantom had meant the ancient Three Moon Sisters, and the group continued searching for phantoms from a later era.
• The Traveler and the others found murals depicting Nibelung, the Three Moon Sisters, and the Heavenly Principles, and Nicole recounted their stories.

The Traveler and her companions reached the Hyperboreans’ portal to the Moon but realized they still needed to find Columbina’s true name. Nicole suggested that they could give Columbina a name in the present, and the group chose to call her Columbina as they prepared to bring her home.

• The Traveler, Lauma, and Arlecchino repaired the activation device and opened a path of light to the deepest part of the ruins.
• Lauma explained that the Hyperboreans had used the site to send Yue Shen back to the Moon, though the Moon might have been corrupted by the Abyss.
• Paimon realized that the group still had not found Columbina’s name, and Nicole raised the possibility that no true name existed in the history they had uncovered.
• Nicole argued that Columbina could receive a name in the present, and the Traveler understood that a name mattered through the meaning its bearer accepted.
• The Traveler, Paimon, Lauma, and Arlecchino chose to call the Moon Goddess Columbina, believing the journey had led them to the right answer.

The Traveler and their friends called Columbina’s name to bring her back before she disappeared, and the Traveler eventually reunited with her in Silvermoon Hall. Columbina reclaimed the name Columbina Hyposelenia and set out with the Traveler to meet their friends, though the Three Moon Sisters worried that her suffering was not over.

• Lauma urged everyone to hurry as the moon of the Night of the Moon Prayer rose, and the Traveler’s group promised to bring Columbina back by calling her name.
• The Traveler and the others left the ruins and sent people to call for Columbina, who waited weakly atop the moon sculpture in Silvermoon Hall.
• The Traveler searched Silvermoon Hall and called Columbina by the name she had given him, but she shattered when she tried to touch him.
• Columbina reappeared in a halo of light and said she liked the name, declaring herself Columbina Hyposelenia.
• Columbina told the Traveler she had stayed by his side while conscious, and they left Silvermoon Hall to meet their friends.

Columbina reunited with her friends and joined the Night of the Moon Prayer in Nasha Town. Disguised among festivalgoers dressed as the Moon Goddess, she felt welcomed home and thanked everyone for the gift.

• Columbina and the Traveler told the Moon Spirits and animals that she had returned, and Lauma, Varka, Arlecchino, and Nefer gathered to welcome her.
• Columbina thanked her friends for helping her find her name, and Nicole invited them to the Night of the Moon Prayer in Nasha Town.
• The Traveler led Columbina to the festival, where a local gave her candy and welcomed her home as the Lady Moon Goddess.
• The gathered girls realized that many festivalgoers dressed as the Moon Goddess helped Columbina blend into the crowd.
• Columbina watched the fireworks and heard people welcome her home, then thanked the Traveler, Lauma, Nefer, and the others for their gift.

Columbina enjoyed the Night of the Moon Prayer with the Traveler and friends after they welcomed her back. She set off to explore the festival stalls, beginning with Dori’s ring-toss game, while people on the Douluo Continent discussed recreating the attractions.

• Columbina thanked the Traveler and friends for arranging the festival surprise, and Lauma and Nefer teased each other.
• Scaramouche and Little Durin reported that Alice had made progress on her task, then said she would contact them when she had results.
• Paimon gave Columbina a festival map and encouraged her to explore the stalls with the others nearby.
• People on the Douluo Continent discussed which attractions they wanted to try, while Dori considered bringing the games there to make money.
• Columbina visited Dori’s ring-toss stall after Dori persuaded a young customer to go home for more money.
• Dori offered Columbina a free first turn at the ring-toss game.

Columbina and Little Durin played Dori’s ring toss at the Night of the Moon Prayer, where Simulanka’s residents helped them win the prizes. They gave the toys to children who wanted them, leaving Dori to worry about her business and urge the residents to scare off future customers.

• Columbina won a Dodoco doll at Dori’s ring-toss stall, and Little Durin and Scaramouche arrived to greet her and the residents of Simulanka.
• Little Durin asked Padisarah about Elder Almond, while the residents greeted him and helped him earn a perfect score at the game.
• On the Douluo Continent, Ning Rongrong considered copying the ring toss, Layla reminded her about her assignments, and Yan promised Hu Liena he would get her a Dodoco doll.
• Columbina gave her prize to a little girl, and Little Durin gave the grand prize to a boy who arrived with his father.
• Dori lamented losing the toys and told the Simulanka residents to run customers out of the ring-toss area so they could keep playing.

Scaramouche reflected on his growth while Columbina joined the festival games and helped Nicole with her Pinball Game. Nicole's spirits rose when Columbina agreed to play, and Columbina won the game as Nicole presented a huge treasure chest.

• Scaramouche teased Little Durin while Qian Renxue recognized how much he had grown.
• Columbina joined the Origami Animals' race and won.
• Nicole complained that Alice's Dodoco could welcome children while hers could not, because Nicole's voice entered people's heads.
• Nicole explained that she wanted to learn what people thought of the prizes, and Columbina agreed to play her game.
• Columbina passed Nicole's Pinball Game, and Nicole summoned a huge treasure chest.

Columbina played with Alice’s Dodoco and received a bomb-shaped souvenir after passing Alice’s safety test. She then visited Barbeloth’s stall, where Barbeloth introduced her Moon Oracle Tarot divination.

• Columbina opened Nicole’s chest and thanked her for the sculpture inside.
• Dodoco told Columbina about troublesome fish and persuaded her to join a playful underwater adventure.
• Alice asked Columbina three questions about using Jumpy Dumpty, then gave her a bomb-shaped decoration as a souvenir.
• Columbina met Barbeloth Trismegistus, who explained the purpose of divination and offered to use Moon Oracle Tarot instead of Hydromancy.

Barbeloth gave Columbina a Moon Oracle Tarot reading that revealed a mysterious fate, a difficult past, and the joy of new friendships alongside an impending departure for the Moon. The final card remained unseen when the Sky Screen abruptly paused the reading.

• Barbeloth explained the Moon Oracle Tarot, and Columbina agreed to ask how events were likely to unfold.
• Dori recognized an opportunity to sell Moon Oracle Tarot decks and Genius Invokation TCG cards and went to approach Nefer.
• Columbina drew the reading’s cards, but the future card moved on its own after a fluctuation in Lunar Distance Force, and Columbina chose to accept it.
• Barbeloth interpreted The Moon as Columbina’s fate, the reversed Hermit as her isolated and uncertain past, and The Lovers as her recent friendships and coming parting for the Moon.
• The Sky Screen cut off before Barbeloth could reveal the meaning of the mysterious final card.

The Sky Screen’s song recounted the powers and histories of Teyvat’s Archons, the Heavenly Principles, and the Traveler, leaving the Five God Kings and people of Douluo Continent shaken by how little they understood. As the same melody began a new story about the Five Great Sinners, Little Durin saw the Demon Dragon, Durin, appear.

• The Sky Screen showed Ronava’s power over death, Asmoday’s destruction of Khaenri’ah, Istaroth’s influence over time, and Naberius’s creation of life.
• The song recalled Rhinedottir’s deeds and Phanes’s arrival in Teyvat, then showed the Seven Archons, the Traveler’s journey, and Snezhnaya.
• The Five God Kings concluded that Teyvat’s Archons could threaten the Divine Realm, while Asura and the God King of Destruction agreed that Phanes was unlikely to concern himself with their world.
• Qian Renxue lamented that she might never learn Teyvat’s secrets, while Shui Yue’er, Shui Bing’er, and the others simply enjoyed the song.
• The Sky Screen began a new story about the Five Great Sinners and showed the Demon Dragon, Durin, making Little Durin’s expression darken.

Columbina received the Death Tarot Card, and Barbeloth explained that it signaled an unavoidable transformation that could mean either an ending or a beginning. Columbina left the witches’ stall resolved to face the truth and her heart, while viewers wondered whether the card referred to her earlier escape from the Moon Cage through death.

• The Sky Screen recounted the Five Sinners’ histories, Dainsleif’s departure from the Traveler, and the Five Sinners’ challenge to the Four Archons.
• The Five God Kings of the Douluo God Realm feared that Surtalogi might arrive and threaten their world.
• Columbina’s final tarot card was revealed as Death, and Barbeloth said it represented a major transformation shaped by Columbina’s choices.
• Columbina thanked Barbeloth and left the witches’ stall, seemingly unaffected by the reading.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan wondered whether the Death card referred to Columbina’s earlier escape from the Moon Cage through death.

Columbina rode the Spinning Dodoco with the Traveler and admitted she feared the end of her final night before returning to the Moon. She then joined Jahoda at the Frostmoon Scions’ stall to try a new way of playing with balloons.

• Barbeloth worried about her divination card, while Albedo showed Varka a painting titled “The Neglected North Wind.”
• Columbina invited the Traveler to ride the Spinning Dodoco with her, and Paimon let them go together.
• Columbina told the Traveler that she feared her final night ending, but felt comforted by the friends who would accept her and remember the real her.
• Jahoda met Columbina at the Frostmoon Scions’ stall, where Columbina bought uninflated balloons and invited her to play.

Columbina joined Arlecchino, Nefer, and Jahoda in a water balloon fight during the Night of the Prayer Moon, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing organized another game. Afterward, Columbina tried on animal accessories at a stall.

• Shui Yue'er surprised Shui Bing'er with a water attack, and the sisters began playfully squabbling over ice and water balls.
• Arlecchino tried on animal ears at a Frostmoon Scions stall, then asked Jahoda where to find Columbina.
• Columbina accidentally hit Jahoda with a water balloon, and Nefer joined Arlecchino and Columbina in starting a fair-play water balloon fight with Jahoda on their team.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing invited Collei and Lana to play water balloon games while the Three Moon Sisters watched Columbina having fun.
• After the group dried themselves off, Columbina talked with Nod-Krai's little animals and tried on an Antler Crown and other animal accessories.

On the Night of the Moon Prayer, Columbina and Lauma shared their feelings about Columbina’s departure and hung up a wish for everyone in the Moonlit World to find a place to belong and meet again. As the Sky Screen began showing Alice and Klee, Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi were left wondering where they belonged.

• Columbina and Lauma discussed the wishes on the tags, including Lauma’s efforts to hang wishes for the animals she cared for.
• Xiao Wu said she wished for world peace and peaceful coexistence between humans and Soul Beasts, and Zhu Zhuqing remarked that it was a huge wish.
• Lauma reassured Columbina that she had done well and admitted she would miss her after she left for the Moon.
• Columbina and Lauma hung up a wish for everyone in the Moonlit World to find a place to belong and for Columbina to reunite with her friends someday.
• Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi wondered where they belonged as the Sky Screen revealed several other wishes, including ones from Little Durin, Jahoda, and Paimon.
• After a brief pause, the Sky Screen lit up again, showing Alice and Klee in a spacious, bright room.

Alice tried to explain away Klee overhearing an intimate moment with her husband, while the Sky Screen’s viewers reacted with embarrassment and amusement. The Sky Screen then showed Flins selling sugar sculptures at the Night of the Moon Prayer, where he met the Traveler, Paimon, and Columbina.

• Alice told Klee that her father was wonderful, but Klee recalled hearing Alice yell and punch a wall during a private encounter with him.
• Anya laughed at the scene, while Scaramouche declined to explain it to Durin and Zhuqing reluctantly explained it to Xiao Wu.
• Qian Renxue and the other viewers understood the implication, and Qian Renxue wondered who Alice’s husband was.
• The Sky Screen showed Flins disguised as a talking lamp and selling children sugar sculptures based on their personalities.
• The Traveler and Paimon gave Flins an illustrated book with Varka’s drawing, and Flins said he would draw one for Albedo later.
• Columbina asked Flins to identify the wondrous creature in her heart, while Dugu Yan and another girl discussed whether such creatures might be their Martial Souls and wondered about the sugar sculptures.