Chapter Summaries

Flins gave Columbina and the Traveler sugar sculptures, and they traded bites as Columbina began to understand the joy of sharing. Later, Columbina joined a Moon Spirit Match-Up game with Aino, Ineffa, Lauma, the Traveler, and Paimon, while Collei, Xiao Wu, and Lana started their own version.

• Flins gave Columbina a Moon Spirit sugar sculpture and the Traveler a lantern-shaped one.
• Columbina and the Traveler traded bites of their sugar sculptures, and Columbina reflected on how sharing filled her heart.
• Columbina took pictures with Lauma and the Traveler, then found Aino chasing Ineffa after losing Moon Spirit Match-Up and getting stickers on her face.
• Ineffa explained the game, and Columbina, Aino, Ineffa, Lauma, the Traveler, and Paimon began playing in teams.
• Xiao Wu suggested playing a matching game, so Collei used Genius Invokation TCG cards to start a game with Xiao Wu and Lana, with a turtle drawn on the loser's face.

On the Sky Screen, Ineffa was exposed for cheating at a sticker game, then cheered Aino up with egg rolls and showcased her robots. The conversation turned to how the Douluo Continent’s focus on Martial Souls would have left someone like Ineffa’s talents overlooked.

• Aino, the Traveler, Paimon, and Columbina noticed that Ineffa had never lost a round and accused her of tracking every Moon Spirit and player’s expressions.
• Ineffa admitted she had been calculating the game, and everyone covered her face with stickers; she offered Aino three egg rolls to soothe her anger.
• Ineffa showcased several robots from the Clink-Clank Egg Roll Factory and carried Aino around, making her think she was being taken home.
• Ineffa gave Aino freshly made egg rolls, and Aino quickly forgave her and celebrated the festival.
• The people watching discussed Ineffa’s inventions and agreed that the Douluo Continent’s emphasis on Martial Souls and Soul Power would have kept her from gaining recognition.

Columbina reunited with Sandrone at the Bite-Bite Frostfin Whale game, teased her, and beat her in several rounds. Before leaving, Columbina hugged Sandrone and said she would miss her, while Sandrone held back from returning the embrace.

• Columbina and Sandrone traded barbs, and Columbina invited Sandrone to play the Bite-Bite Frostfin Whale game.
• Sandrone demonstrated the game, then got bitten by the whale and was tapped on the head by Columbina.
• Sandrone tried again, but Columbina won several more rounds and offered to let Sandrone tap her head in return.
• Sandrone complained about Columbina leaving the Fatui and going to the Moon, while Columbina said she would always remember their time together.
• Columbina hugged Sandrone and said she would miss her, but Sandrone did not return the hug.

After Columbina and Sandrone parted, the Sky Screen began showing an alternate vision of Lumine corrupted by the Abyss and opposing the gods. The vision ended with Aether lying in a flower-filled coffin as Lumine sang.

• Sandrone drew herself in the sketchbook Paimon offered, then watched the Traveler and Paimon leave and muttered that she would not feel sorry for Columbina.
• The Sky Screen introduced “Unawakened Dream” with visions of Khaenri'ah in ruins and Lumine falling from a cliff after the person she tried to save became a monster.
• The Sky Screen showed Khaenri'ah consumed by flames and Lumine meeting a black-clad version of herself beneath a corrupted crystal.
• The black-clad Lumine persuaded her counterpart to unite with her, and a white flower turned black as images of the corrupted Lumine leading the Abyss Order against the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles and the Seven Archons appeared.
• Shui Yue'er admired the corrupted Lumine's appearance and argued with a companion about whether she could imitate the style.
• The Sky Screen showed Aether lying peacefully in a flower-filled coffin while Lumine's singing continued.

The Sky Screen showed a dark alternate fate in which Lumine led the Abyss Order against the Seven Nations, and the viewers debated its meaning. After the screen encouraged people to take brave steps, Columbina joined a children’s battle game during the Night of the Moon Prayer.

• Darkened Lumine’s song depicted the Archons falling and the Seven Nations being devastated in another fate line.
• Darkened Lumine confronted Venti, who was imprisoned in a cage, but the scene ended before their battle began as Venti greeted the Traveler.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata explained that the vision showed Lumine leading the Abyss Order against the Seven Nations, while Nahida reassured Focalors that this fate line did not exist.
• The Sky Screen urged everyone to take a brave step forward before returning to the Night of the Moon Prayer.
• Columbina met Xiya, who invited her to join a partner battle, and Jahoda pointed out the posted rules.

Columbina chose an Imaging Mechanism as her partner and defeated Xiya and Diedie in a partner battle. Afterward, she visited a Moon Prayer Candy stall and asked for unusual flavors to share with a friend.

• Columbina chose the bow-adorned Imaging Mechanism to partner with her against Xiya and Diedie.
• Jahoda hosted the match, and Columbina’s Imaging Mechanism won after both partners entered the Empowered State.
• Xiya accepted her loss and promised to battle Columbina again when she was older.
• Ghost and the narrator discussed how exciting commentary could attract more visitors to the Great Soul Arenas.
• Columbina went to buy Moon Prayer Candy for a friend and asked the stall owner about flavors including Shadow-Dwelling Flower and sour cream.

Columbina celebrated the Night of the Moon Prayer with her friends, shared candy, and received an album of their portraits before preparing to return to the Moon. As Arlecchino accompanied her into the ruins, the Traveler and Paimon sensed that something was wrong.

• Columbina shared her Moon Prayer Candy with the Traveler and Paimon, while Layla gave Ning Rongrong Date Candy to try.
• Columbina saw the Moon Prayer Flower turn red and said she would visit the ruins before returning to the Moon.
• Aino, Ineffa, Nefer, Jahoda, Flins, Varka, Albedo, Little Durin, Scaramouche, Alice, Nicole, Lauma, and Arlecchino gathered to say goodbye and give Columbina an album of portraits.
• Columbina promised to send messages written in moonlight so her friends would know she was safe.
• Arlecchino accompanied Columbina into the ruins, where Columbina wondered about leaving her friends and returning to the Moon.
• The Traveler and Paimon felt that something was wrong, and Zhuqing agreed.

Columbina appeared to return home through the Moon Gate, but Dottore had intercepted her and imprisoned her, using the Three Moons’ power for his experiment. She opened the Moon Gate at the cost of her own fate, disrupting Dottore’s power and leaving the Traveler and their friends devastated.

• Columbina placed the Frost Moon’s power on the altar, opened a beam of light, and said goodbye to her friends before entering it.
• Dottore’s voice revealed that he had intercepted Columbina, and he froze everyone except the Traveler as he prepared to use the Three Moons’ power.
• The Traveler attacked Dottore with Pyro, Electro, and Hydro, but none of their strikes could break through his defenses.
• Columbina opened the Moon Gate and fell through it, while the Traveler rushed toward her but failed to stop her.
• The Three Moons’ balance broke and Dottore suffered backlash, shattering his aerial platform and sending the Traveler falling with Columbina’s picture book.
• Shui Yue'er, Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu condemned Dottore and wondered whether Columbina had made it home.

The Three Moon Sisters and the Traveler’s allies learned that Dottore had manipulated events to seize the Three Moons’ power and send Columbina into the Moon’s Reflection. Scaramouche returned with evidence that a false Savior had deceived the Hyperborean phantoms, though Dottore’s whereabouts and Columbina’s fate remained unknown.

• Sonnet, Aria, and Canon cursed Dottore and vowed that Columbina’s return would bring his downfall.
• Little Durin explained that Dottore had arranged variables to enable his plan, while the group realized Columbina had jumped into the Moon’s Reflection to stop him.
• The Traveler understood that Dottore had used the Three Moons’ authority to stop time, and Albedo concluded that Dottore sought to escape his fate and conduct a godlike experiment.
• Paimon asked where Scaramouche was, and Little Durin said he had left to investigate leads about Dottore.
• Scaramouche returned and reported that the Hyperborean phantoms’ history differed from Nicole’s memories because a false Savior had promised to create a moon and restore their Moon Goddess.

Scaramouche explained how Dottore manipulated the Hyperborean phantoms and used a counterfeit Moon to capture Columbina and take two pieces of Moon Marrow. The Sky Screen then showed a lighthearted song about Snezhnaya and the Fatui, ending with Rosalyne’s fiery fate.

• Lauma recalled that Nicole had noticed inaccuracies in the Hyperborean phantoms’ account, and Scaramouche explained that Dottore had caused their memories to change by disrupting causal links between phantoms.
• Scaramouche explained that Dottore used the accumulated knowledge to make a counterfeit Moon seem real to the teleportation spell, sending Columbina to him instead of the Frost Moon.
• Dottore took control of Columbina and used her power to seize two pieces of Moon Marrow.
• The Sky Screen paused, then showed a jaunty song depicting Snezhnaya, its queen, the Fatui, the Northland Bank, and the House of the Hearth.
• The song showed Columbina, Sandrone, Arlecchino, Rosalyne, and Pantalone before depicting Tartaglia and Rosalyne’s Witch of Flames form.

The Sky Screen’s portrayal of the Fatui led viewers to reconsider their motives, while Arlecchino resolved to fight Dottore as Peruere. Varka encouraged the despondent group to keep resisting, reminding the Traveler that the battle was not over.

• The Sky Screen showed the Fatui’s loyalty to the Tsaritsa, their past deeds, and their battles against the Abyss and false Celestia.
• Xiao Wu wondered whether the Fatui were good people, and Tighnari explained that morality depended on perspective and convictions.
• Arlecchino said she would fight Dottore as Peruere if the Tsaritsa continued to forbid the Harbingers from fighting.
• Varka told the group that Dottore’s temporary advantage could be challenged by creating their own variables.
• The Traveler admitted to blaming themself, and Varka reminded them that they were a true knight of the Favonius Knights.

After Varka organized a coalition to investigate Dottore and search for Columbina, the Traveler returned to Silvermoon Hall and found only Moon Spirits waiting for her. Sandrone urged him to focus on taking action, leaving the Traveler to find a way to rescue Columbina and stop Dottore.

• Varka assigned the groups roles in the fight against Dottore, with Lauma searching for Columbina, Nefer providing intelligence, and Aino and the others investigating Dottore's operation.
• The Traveler worried that Dottore's power made victory seem impossible, while Yanzi reminded him that they had overcome the Moon Hunter Raelir.
• The Traveler and Paimon visited Silvermoon Hall, reassured Luonnotar and the Moon Spirits, and played them a familiar song before leaving.
• The Traveler and Paimon encountered Sandrone outside Silvermoon Hall, and she said comfort would not help when they needed to find a way to rescue Columbina and foil Dottore's plot.

The Traveler and the others learned that Dottore had gone to the Northern Research Institute and prepared an expedition to confront him, leaving Varka and Paimon in Nasha Town. Meanwhile, Apep flew to the moon to confront the Three Moon Sisters, and the expedition set out as concern grew over the danger ahead.

• The Three Moon Sisters' grief affected Teyvat's moon, and Apep sensed their presence before flying toward the moon to settle her old grievance with them.
• Arlecchino's subordinate told Varka and the others that Dottore had gone to the Northern Research Institute and that Arlecchino and Sandrone were heading there ahead of them.
• The group concluded that Dottore had been acting on his own plans and agreed to split up, with Varka and Paimon staying in Nasha Town while the others went north.
• Aino lent the group Calm Down Duck, and Varka asked everyone to retreat if the situation became uncontrollable.
• The Traveler and the others set out for the Northern Research Institute as Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling worried about their chances against Dottore.
• Apep reached the moon above the Douluo Continent.

Apep confronted the Three Moon Sisters on the Moon but agreed to put their old grudges aside temporarily. On the Sky Screen, a Fatui soldier revealed that Dottore had taken Columbina’s Moon Marrow and was nearing completion of an artificial version, leaving the others to prepare for a dangerous fight.

• Apep met the Three Moon Sisters on the Moon and, at Nahida’s request, agreed to postpone settling their past betrayal.
• At the Northern Research Institute, Flins and his companions found signs of battle, wrecked rooms, and rampaging monsters.
• A Fatui soldier told them Dottore had returned from Snezhnaya with two glowing gemstones taken from Columbina, and that he was obsessed with the Three Moons.
• The soldier revealed Dottore planned to create an artificial Moon Marrow, and Flins’s group sent him to join the Knave’s subordinates at the Lunar Moment Force Experimental Bureau.
• Apep dismissed Dottore as a mortal who would fail, while Nahida warned that his technology could surpass the gods; people on Douluo Continent also reacted with astonishment to his plan.

The Traveler and the others confronted Dottore at the deepest part of the research institute, where he revealed that Sandrone had come looking for answers and claimed her subordinates were in danger. Sandrone left to protect them, while Dottore declared that he had two pieces of Moon Marrow and was close to becoming a god in the new world.

• Dottore welcomed the Traveler and the others, then said Arlecchino had disappeared and Sandrone had confronted him.
• Dottore told Sandrone that he had sent someone to the Kuuvahki Experimental Design Bureau and claimed her subordinates might be in danger.
• Sandrone left the research institute with Pronia to check on her subordinates.
• Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue discussed Sandrone's concern for her subordinates and questioned whether Dottore's threat was true.
• Dottore told the Traveler and the others that he had two pieces of Moon Marrow and would soon become a god in the new world.

Apep explained that Nod-Krai was the failed fourth moon, while the Traveler and allies fought Dottore, who captured the Traveler before escaping. The Sky Screen then showed Nahida asking the Traveler and Paimon to help fix a memory-swap bug caused by Liqueur Date Candy.

• Apep explained that the Heavenly Principles created four moons and that Nod-Krai was the failed fourth moon tied to Columbina's birth.
• Lauma, Nefer, Flins, and the Traveler attacked Dottore, but Arlecchino joined them and warned that Dottore's artificial Moon Marrow made him too powerful to defeat.
• Arlecchino helped the others flee the research facility, but Dottore trapped the Traveler in a matrix and disappeared with him.
• The Sky Screen showed people in Sumeru acting unlike themselves, including Faruzan, Collei, Cyno, Tighnari, Kaveh, and Alhaitham.
• Nahida explained that she had eaten the Liqueur Date Candy, causing pairs of souls to switch, and asked the Traveler and Paimon to help restore the scrambled memories.

The Traveler and Paimon watched people across Teyvat deal with a soul-swapping mishap, from Mondstadt to Inazuma. The swaps remained unresolved as the scene ended with Kujou Sara lamenting that she had not swapped bodies with the Shogun.

• Nahida promised the Traveler Primogems, then the Traveler and Paimon arrived in Mondstadt and found Kaeya and Diluc had swapped souls.
• Klee and Jean had swapped bodies, leaving Jean to fish with Jumpy Dumpty while Klee struggled with office work.
• At Wangshu Inn, Cloud Retainer used Ganyu's body and a Divine Brush to try to handle Ganyu's workload.
• Apep accused the Three Moon Sisters of abandoning the Dragon Sovereign Clan and blamed divine involvement in Xiuhcoatl's death.
• Xiao and Zhongli had swapped bodies, and Xiao's unfamiliar strength caused destruction while Zhongli drifted skyward with a kite.
• Raiden Ei and Yae Miko had swapped souls, while Kujou Sara, in Kuki Shinobu's body, wished she had swapped with the Shogun.

The Sky Screen showed people across Teyvat swapping bodies, while Apep complained about the Scarlet King and Neuvillette. The Traveler and Paimon then encountered more body-swapping mishaps in Natlan, ending with Ajaw trapped in a cage.

• Kujou Sara, Kamisato Ayato, and Arataki Itto revealed that they had swapped bodies, while Thoma warned Itto not to hide an Onikabuto in Ayato's sleeves.
• Neuvillette and Wriothesley switched bodies, and Navia and Clorinde also appeared to have swapped bodies during a trial.
• Apep criticized Neuvillette for helping humans and recounted how the Scarlet King and the other Sumeru gods had thwarted her during the Archon War.
• Nahida asked Apep about the elemental beings reborn within her, and Apep said they had lost their memories.
• In Natlan, Ifa and Kukuku swapped bodies, and the Traveler rescued Kukuku after he jumped from a height without realizing he had no wings.
• Ajaw took over Kinich's body and chased him until the Traveler locked Ajaw in a cage.

The Traveler was caught by Dottore and appeared to be trapped in an illusion, while Columbina awoke in a mysterious space inside the Moon’s Reflection. Following a golden guide, Columbina passed through a mirror and returned to the night of the Moon Prayer, where she heard, “Welcome home, Lord Yue Shen.”

• Nahida said that merging the Traveler’s collected items into Irminsul could return everyone’s souls to their rightful places, but the Traveler suddenly developed a headache and became Lumine.
• The Traveler woke in Nasha Town, realized the people around her did not match her memories, and recognized Dottore as the source of the apparent illusion.
• Dottore waved his hand and plunged the Traveler back into darkness, leaving Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Qian Renxue to speculate about his motives.
• Columbina awoke alone in a frozen, empty space, found that she could not open the Moon Gate, and resolved to conserve her strength and find a way back.
• Columbina sensed golden light that responded to her power, followed it to a mirror, and returned to the night of the Moon Prayer, where she heard someone welcome her as Lord Yue Shen.

Columbina revisited the Night of the Moon Prayer through the Moon Cage’s backward river of time and discovered that she could affect her memories by touching the Death Tarot Card. Meanwhile, Paimon learned that Dottore had captured the Traveler and broke down in tears.

• Columbina arrived at the Night of the Moon Prayer in Nasha Town and realized she was unseen and unable to touch most things in the memory.
• Columbina touched the Death Tarot Card at Barbeloth’s fortune-telling stall, causing Kuuvahki to ripple and the card to leap out of the deck.
• Columbina was pulled away by a force before she could call to the Traveler, while the observers speculated that her bond with Nod-Krai let her influence the past.
• Lauma, Arlecchino, Nefer, and Flins returned to the Secret Archive without the Traveler and told Paimon that Dottore had captured him.
• Paimon tried to accept that the others could not save the Traveler but ultimately began to cry.