Chapter Summaries

The Traveler and Columbina continued toward the Moon, reflecting on Nicole, Sandrone, and Lumine along the way. They boarded the Moon Boat to make Frost Moon Columbina’s home, and the chapter ended with them walking on the Moon as Teyvat came into view below.

• The Traveler and Columbina passed a mural of Nicole, whose history with the angels reminded Aria and Sonnet of their lost sister Hiper.
• Columbina mourned Sandrone and wished she could speak with her again, while the Traveler listened without interrupting.
• A mural of Lumine revealed that she had watched the Traveler from afar, and he wondered what had made her unwilling to reunite with him.
• Columbina and the Traveler boarded the Moon Boat, and she said she would make Frost Moon her home and invite her friends to visit.
• Columbina recalled riding a similar vessel with the Traveler during the Night of the Moon Prayer and said she was no longer afraid to return to the Moon.
• The Traveler and Columbina walked on the Moon with Teyvat visible behind them, surprising viewers who had not known the continent was spherical.

The Traveler found his spaceship on the Moon and entered it while Columbina waited outside. He returned with flight-log revelations that he and Lumine had passed Teyvat long before their remembered arrival, leaving the details of that earlier journey unknown.

• Tighnari told Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu that their world was a sphere and explained that most visible stars were suns.
• The Traveler found his undamaged spaceship in a lunar crater, and Columbina encouraged him to reclaim the lost part of his life.
• The Traveler entered the spaceship alone while Columbina waited outside, humming with her blindfold removed.
• The Traveler told Columbina that the flight logs showed his ship had passed Teyvat long before he and Lumine had slept in space for a few hundred years.
• The Traveler explained that the ship had merely passed by Teyvat and then traveled through the universe for a long time.

The Traveler reflected on his sister’s arrival in Teyvat and changed into an old matching outfit from the spaceship before talking with Columbina about home and belonging. Columbina revealed she planned to return her Kuuvahki to Nod-Krai, leaving the Traveler worried about what would happen to her body.

• The Traveler told Columbina and the others that the spaceship had landed in Nod-Krai millennia ago, prompting speculation that the Heavenly Principles had brought his sister to Teyvat.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and Nahida considered whether the Traveler and his sister were meant to succeed the Heavenly Principles, while Focalors noted that the Heavenly Principles had not awakened.
• The Traveler returned from the spaceship wearing old clothes that matched Lumine’s and told Columbina that Teyvat felt like home.
• Columbina explained that her friends had taught her what home meant, and that she had chosen Nod-Krai as her future home from the beginning.
• Columbina said she would return her Kuuvahki to Nod-Krai to protect it, and the Traveler asked what would happen to her body.

Columbina used her authority as a Three Moon Sister to protect Nod-Krai and blessed the Traveler by lifting some of the world’s restrictions on him. She looked forward to a new life and journey, then told the Traveler about Snezhnaya as they prepared to continue traveling.

• Aria reassured everyone that Columbina could protect Nod-Krai with Kuuvahki without harming herself, and Columbina gave the Traveler her blessing and a blue Moon Prayer Flower.
• Columbina laughed as she reflected on how the Moon and Teyvat now felt within reach, and she said she wanted to stay briefly before going home with the Traveler.
• The Three Moon Sisters felt relieved that Columbina had accepted her new life and looked forward to seeing her again.
• Columbina and the Traveler discussed their continuing journey, and she described Snezhnaya’s Torch of Keshnik and the Korolevsky Troupe.
• Focalors asked how the Korolevsky Troupe compared with Fontaine’s performers, and Ouyang Kong noted that Focalors had never heard Snezhnayan opera.

After watching the Traveler and Columbina discuss the Tsaritsa and Snezhnaya, Varka wrote Jean a letter about the Doctor’s defeated plot and hinted that he would soon return to Mondstadt. The Three Moon Sisters then learned from Apep that Dottore had used Irminsul as his funeral pyre, though Teyvat would survive, while Ouyang Kong summoned four pillars of light.

• Columbina described the Tsaritsa as cold and inscrutable, and Nahida said Snezhnaya’s ruler had cast aside the authority of kindness.
• The Traveler asked about the Fatui and Columbina recalled Pulcinella, Pantalone, and Pierro, as well as the Winter Project and mistletoe.
• Columbina told the Traveler she wanted to visit other nations and urged him to look up at the real Moon; Zhuqing later reflected that she still had much to learn about strength.
• Varka wrote Jean that they had stopped the Doctor’s plot in Nod-Krai, described their uneasy alliances with the Fatui, and asked Jean to honor the Traveler.
• Apep told the Three Moon Sisters that Dottore had used Irminsul as his funeral pyre but assured them that Teyvat would be fine, and Ouyang Kong summoned four pillars of light.

Columbina reunited with her sisters, while Nicole, Zibai, and Sandrone met friends and allies on the Moon. Nicole returned to the Douluo Continent to visit Witch M, but the Sky Screen lit up again before they could go see her new followers.

• Sonnet, Aria, and Canon warmly reunited with Columbina after she emerged with Nicole, Sandrone, and Zibai.
• Nicole and Zibai reunited, and Focalors questioned Sandrone about her resurrection before Columbina introduced Sandrone to the Three Moon Sisters.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata told Nicole that Spirit Hall had begun worshipping her as an angel, and Nicole hurried to the Douluo Continent to find Witch M.
• Zibai told the Three Moon Sisters that the Traveler and Geo Archon's Star had helped bring her back to life, and they discussed making a home on the Moon.
• Nicole found Witch M Anya with Durin and Scaramouche, and the two writers planned to create new stories together and visit Nicole's followers.
• The Sky Screen lit up again just as Nicole and Witch M were about to go see her followers.

A Sky Screen showed a playful story in which Paimon sacrificed herself as a Million-Year Soul Ring to save the Traveler, prompting Nicole to reflect on their bond and propose changing how people gained power. Meanwhile, Columbina and Apep began to reconcile, and Nicole’s group arrived at Spirit City and found statues of themselves.

• The Sky Screen showed the Traveler struggling against a Maguu Kenki until Paimon revealed she was a Soul Beast and sacrificed herself as a Million-Year Soul Ring.
• The Traveler absorbed Paimon’s Soul Ring, overcame the Maguu Kenki, and appeared in memories defeating powerful Soul Beasts including Dvalin, Azhdaha, and Andrius.
• Nicole said the Traveler and Paimon would sacrifice themselves for each other and resolved to change the need to kill Soul Beasts to grow stronger.
• On the moon, Apep warned Columbina against following her sisters, while Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata urged Apep to let go of old grievances.
• Columbina offered to share her sisters’ burden, and Apep gave up her opposition to making peace.
• Nicole, Anya, Scaramouche, and Little Durin arrived at Spirit City, saw their statues, and Nicole began changing hers.

Nicole greeted her followers while the Traveler and Paimon accepted Jean’s invitation to a Mondstadt welcome event and revisited the beach where their journey began. Their walk revealed strange signs that the event was staged, and the chapter left them overlooking Mondstadt as they tried to recall their first visit.

• Nicole welcomed Spirit Hall followers and began telling them stories as Anya listened warily.
• Jean invited the Traveler and Paimon to a welcome event at the beach opposite Starsnatch Cliff, where they reminisced about their journey’s beginning.
• Nicole and Alice recalled that an earlier event there had accidentally blown up Jean’s office, while Columbina and Sandrone watched the Sky Screen and sensed something amiss.
• The Traveler defeated a Fungi, heard a faint voice discussing a challenge, and found Jumpy Dumplings covering a tree.
• Paimon and the Traveler discovered the supposed bombs were fireworks, then continued to a high spot overlooking Mondstadt.

The Traveler and Paimon discovered that Alice had arranged a playful journey through Mondstadt, including a Statue of the Seven made in Klee’s likeness. When the Traveler touched the statue, Klee’s recorded messages began to play, leaving them curious about what else Alice had prepared.

• Columbina and Sandrone discussed the significance of the Statue of the Seven as the Traveler and Paimon found a chest containing unusual Mora.
• The Traveler and Paimon reached a statue depicting Klee, and the onlookers recognized Alice’s hand in the elaborate prank.
• The Traveler and Paimon realized Alice had arranged the strange sights along their route as Easter eggs recalling their past adventures.
• The Traveler touched Klee’s statue and heard Klee’s playful messages about gifts, the Spark Knight, and Knight Elemental Resonance.

The Traveler and Paimon reunited with Venti and Dvalin in the Whispering Woods during Alice’s welcome ceremony in Mondstadt. Alice and Nicole then began explaining the magic behind the strange activity, while the witches discussed Alice’s fear of a solitary confinement room.

• Klee’s blessing prompted Yanzi and Lingling to discuss happiness before Paimon confirmed that Alice had planned the experience.
• The Traveler and Paimon followed Dvalin to the Whispering Woods, where Paimon tried and failed to scare Venti and Dvalin.
• Apep criticized Dvalin for spending time with humans, and Columbina and the others argued with her.
• Alice appeared in a witch-hat orb, welcomed the Traveler and Paimon back to Mondstadt, and revealed she had recorded their reunion.
• At Jean’s office, Alice denied moving the Statue of the Seven and introduced Nicole to explain the activity’s strange effects.
• Witch M teased N about Alice’s fear of the Solitary Confinement Room.

Nicole explained that she and Alice had used Venti’s memories to create a magical bubble recreating the Traveler and Paimon’s past adventures, as part of a welcome for the Favonius Knights returning from Nod-Krai. The bubble was still being tested, so Alice asked the pair to keep playing and identify discrepancies.

• Nicole explained that Alice had secretly placed the Traveler and Paimon inside a memory-based magical bubble, and that Venti and Dvalin were real guests.
• The Five God Kings of Douluo Continent marveled at the bubble’s ability to create a realistic small world and discussed building a relationship with Nicole.
• Nicole said the Favonius Knights had commissioned the bubble as part of their welcome activities, so returning knights could learn about Mondstadt’s recent events.
• Nicole explained that unstable memories and the bubble’s self-simulation could create inconsistencies, which testers would need to correct before the magic ran automatically.
• Alice asked the Traveler and Paimon to serve as the first players and find discrepancies, then admitted she had deliberately altered the Statue of the Seven.

Alice and Venti discussed Alice’s husband, Kleina, while the Traveler and Paimon visited Jean at Mondstadt’s event preparations. Jean explained that the event would welcome the returning expeditionary force and let the city’s people reconnect with them.

• After the Traveler left, Nicole fretted over the magic bubble’s problems while Alice and Venti discussed Kleina, who had been delayed by trouble on another planet and Dottore’s scheme.
• The people watching the Sky Screen speculated about Kleina and his title, Seeker, while Nicole described him as an interesting partner for Alice.
• The Traveler and Paimon found Jean overseeing the event preparations, and Jean said Alice’s story would be reenacted by many Mondstadt citizens, familiar faces, and herself.
• Jean explained that she wanted the event to welcome the weary expeditionary force returning from Nod-Krai and give Mondstadt’s citizens a chance to show that they remained one family.
• Qian Renxue admired Mondstadt’s atmosphere and wished she could join the event as a knight.

Acting Grand Master Jean showed the Traveler and Paimon the modest venues prepared for a celebration, and Varka returned to Mondstadt unexpectedly. Jean welcomed him, then insisted he review Knights of Favonius business before he could enjoy a meal, leaving the Sky Screen audience to speculate about what would happen next.

• Acting Grand Master Jean showed the Traveler and Paimon the Favonius Swordsmanship demonstration venue and described Kaeya's role in the sparring matches.
• Acting Grand Master Jean introduced the Wind Glider racing and shooting event Amber would oversee and the reception area where Herta would serve drinks.
• Varka surprised Acting Grand Master Jean, praised her preparations, and invited her, the Traveler, and Paimon to try Good Hunter's secret menu.
• Acting Grand Master Jean led Varka to the Knights of Favonius to handle his duties, while Paimon backed her decision and Varka reluctantly agreed.
• Nicole told Anya and the others about Varka, and Tighnari reminded Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing that Varka was responsible despite his frivolous appearance.
• The Sky Screen asked everyone to guess what would come next.

The Sky Screen showed Lumine and Yae Miko forcing Kuki Shinobu into a shrine maiden outfit, then tricking Aether into wearing one too. The video ended with Venti watching Aether in costume and collapsing in shock.

• Lumine brought Kuki Shinobu a shrine maiden outfit, and Kuki Shinobu strongly refused to wear it.
• Lumine pinned Kuki Shinobu down with Yae Miko's help, and they dressed her in the outfit and posed her for display.
• Columbina sketched the outfit while Sandrone warned her not to make one for her, and viewers reacted to Kuki Shinobu's appearance.
• Venti, wearing Shenhe's outfit, lured Aether inside, where Lumine and Yae Miko made him wear a shrine maiden outfit and hold a broom.
• Venti watched Aether in the outfit through binoculars, collapsed in shock, and the Sky Screen's video ended.

The Traveler, Paimon, and the others prepared to enter Nicole and Alice’s bubble-world reenactment, while observers questioned its stability and possible dangers. Inside the story, Diluc claimed the Fatui were attacking the Knights of Favonius over the Holy Lyre der Himmel and urged the group to help.

• Varka, Jean, Diluc, Venti, Nicole, the Traveler, and Paimon discussed the bubble-world story and how Nicole had adjusted it for visitors.
• Nicole explained that Alice had created the bubble world so Klee could play freely, while Sandrone and Apep warned that the world might contain dangerous bugs or touch on a taboo.
• The Traveler, Paimon, and Venti appeared inside the Cathedral of Favonius in the bubble world and realized they had reached the part involving the Holy Lyre der Himmel.
• Diluc claimed that the Fatui were clashing with the Knights of Favonius and urged the group to hurry in and help, then admitted he was reading Nicole’s lines.

Nicole’s staged recreation of the Holy Lyre der Himmel incident sent the Traveler and their companions to the cathedral basement, where the Knights and Adventurers’ Guild performed a chaotic battle. They reached the lyre just as Fischl, playing an Electro Cicin Mage, appeared to take it.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained how Nicole adapted the story to make the Fatui steal the Holy Lyre der Himmel instead of the Traveler and Venti.
• Nicole used a communication bubble to guide the performers and told them to head to the cathedral basement, where Varka and Jean were protecting the lyre.
• The group arrived to find Jean and Barbara overseeing a staged fight, though the Fatui costumes had failed to load.
• Jean asked the Traveler to retrieve the Holy Lyre der Himmel and bring it to the Knights for safekeeping.
• The Traveler and their companions reached the lyre, but Fischl appeared as the Electro Cicin Mage who took it away.

The Traveler and the others pursued the Fatui through ruins transformed into a vast amusement park and discovered that reaching the Holy Lyre der Himmel required collecting three emblems. The chapter ended with Mika revealing that the lyre was locked in a room behind him.

• Fischl acted as a Fatui Electro Cicin Mage and escaped with the Holy Lyre der Himmel before handing it to Amber.
• Amber flew into the ruins with the Traveler and the others following, and they found the place greatly expanded and renovated with items from the Golden Apple Archipelago.
• The group encountered Mona across a chasm, and Mona learned that the Hexenzirkel already knew she had run away after seeing one of Barbeloth's secrets.
• The Traveler crossed the abyss by following a starry path that revealed hidden platforms.
• Mika told the group that the Holy Lyre der Himmel was locked in the room behind him and that they needed three emblems held by different members to enter.

The Traveler and the others completed the staged adventure, collecting three emblems and retrieving the Holy Lyre der Himmel from Fischl. As their experience ended, the Sky Screen revealed the words “War of Creation,” and Apep reacted grimly to memories of the Dragon Sovereigns’ defeat by Phanes.

• Mika finished his role, then the Traveler and the others went to confront the first emblem’s guardian, Cyrus.
• Varka defeated Cyrus in their duel, and Cyrus handed over his emblem while Bennett spoke about his origins and returning from Natlan.
• The Traveler and the others obtained the remaining emblems from the Fatui played by Mona and Little Durin, learning Alice had considered making Little Durin play Dvalin.
• Fischl and her night ravens tried to stop the group from taking the Holy Lyre der Himmel, but they were defeated, and Paimon touched Fischl to fulfill the lock’s condition.
• After the experience concluded, the Sky Screen showed “War of Creation,” and Apep remembered how Phanes had defeated the Dragon Sovereign Clan.

The Sky Screen revealed the origins of the Creation War, portraying Heavenly Principles as an artificial intelligence from a Traveler spacecraft and explaining how he came to Teyvat. Apep challenged the Three Moon Sisters over their part in the war as the revelations continued.

• The Sky Screen identified the Creation War as the first of Teyvat’s four great wars and showed the destruction of the Dragon Sovereign Clan’s territory.
• The Sky Screen described Heavenly Principles as an artificial intelligence aboard a civilization-expansion vessel whose homeworld the Abyss had destroyed, prompting Apep and others to question the revelation.
• Aria told Apep that Heavenly Principles seemed to follow rigid procedures, while Nicole and M discussed whether his origins explained the Travelers’ status as Descenders.
• The Sky Screen showed Nibelung leaving Teyvat to seek a way to resist the Abyss after creating the Three Moon Sisters to govern its laws.
• The Sky Screen claimed the Three Moon Sisters submitted to Heavenly Principles and helped him seize Teyvat’s five authorities, but Canon denied that they had surrendered or aided him.
• Apep rejected the Sisters’ explanation that the Sky Screen might be inaccurate and accused them of effectively surrendering through their inaction.

The Sky Screen showed the Heavenly Principles’ victory over the Dragon Sovereigns, the rebuilding of Teyvat, and the coming threat of the Abyss. After the screen resumed, the Traveler and Mondstadt’s guests gathered for a banquet, where Jean reflected on what made a place feel like home and Varka invited the Traveler up to the Statue of The Seven.

• The Sky Screen recounted the Heavenly Principles’ forty-year war against the Dragon Sovereigns, leaving Apep enraged and the Five God Kings fearful of a similar conflict.
• The screen showed the Heavenly Principles rebuilding Teyvat, humanity’s rise, and the Abyss’s quiet corruption of Nibelung, before warning viewers that its content might not be entirely true.
• A banquet funded by the Favonius Knights began in Mondstadt, and Paimon eagerly started eating.
• Jean told the Traveler that she now believed home came from being together, whether in Mondstadt or with the returning expedition team, and Barbara encouraged her to enjoy the gathering.
• Varka waved to the Traveler from the palm of the Statue of The Seven, while Nicole reassured the Douluo Continent guests that Barbatos did not mind people sitting on his statue.