Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Ororon Looks for Grandma”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Sky Screen presents another comedic skit, this time centered on Ororon searching for his “grandma,” Citlali.
• Ororon arrives at Sandrone’s door carrying a basket of vegetables and repeatedly asks for his grandmother. Sandrone keeps insisting Citlali is not there and repeatedly slams the door in his face.
• When Ororon describes his grandmother as small, pink-haired, and fond of staying at home, Sandrone mistakenly assumes he is describing Aino and calls him a pervert.
• Ororon eventually explains that his grandmother is Citlali and that she works there. Sandrone realizes the absurd truth and allows him inside.
• Ororon identifies Sandrone as his grandmother’s boss because Citlali described her as someone who is always “wound up like a spring.” This leads to a series of increasingly forced spring-related puns, irritating Sandrone until she kicks him out.
• Ororon continues describing Citlali’s personality, revealing that she acts aloof despite caring deeply about someone, knows everything that person does, gave them a key to her home, and even hisses when embarrassed.
• Sandrone and Citlali both realize that Ororon’s description seems to fit them more closely than expected, especially when Ororon identifies the Traveler as his “grandpa.”
• The Traveler then appears in the skit. A misunderstanding develops when the Traveler talks about forming bonds with many people across Teyvat, while Sandrone interprets his words as evidence that he has multiple romantic partners.

Character Developments

• Ororon is portrayed as calm, clever, and deliberately provocative. He uses overly literal explanations and relentless wordplay to tease Sandrone, showing that his innocent demeanor hides a mischievous sense of humor.
• Sandrone becomes increasingly flustered and defensive. Although she claims not to care, her reactions—slamming doors, hissing, and kicking Ororon away—suggest embarrassment and possible emotional vulnerability.
• Citlali is embarrassed by being compared to a child and by Ororon exposing her private habits. Her exchanges with Mavuika show that she is defensive about her age and reputation but also deeply concerned about Ororon.
• The Traveler remains cheerful and oblivious, failing to notice the double meaning in Sandrone’s interpretation of his comments.
• Mavuika, Columbina, Rosalyne, Arlecchino, and others serve as amused observers. Columbina especially enjoys Sandrone’s humiliation, while Mavuika teasingly points out Citlali’s defensiveness.

Significant Themes

• Miscommunication: Much of the humor comes from characters interpreting ordinary statements in completely different ways, especially Sandrone’s misunderstanding of Ororon’s descriptions and the Traveler’s comments.
• Affection hidden behind hostility: Citlali and Sandrone both insist they do not care, yet their knowledge of and concern for others reveals strong emotional attachment.
• Teasing and wordplay: Ororon’s “spring” jokes demonstrate how playful language can provoke people, entertain bystanders, and escalate harmless teasing into comic conflict.
• Public image versus reality: Sandrone worries that the Sky Screen is making her look rude, while Citlali resents how the skit exposes her private behavior.
• Family and chosen relationships: The “grandma” and “grandpa” labels humorously frame Citlali, Sandrone, and the Traveler as part of an unconventional family dynamic.

Character Interactions

• Ororon and Sandrone: Their interaction drives the skit. Ororon remains polite but intentionally needles Sandrone, while she responds with escalating irritation.
• Citlali and Mavuika: Mavuika teases Citlali about her portrayal and popularity, while Citlali defensively denies being embarrassed.
• Sandrone and the observers: Columbina and Rosalyne laugh at Sandrone’s expense, while Zhongli and Raiden Ei remain comparatively composed. Sandrone angrily rejects everyone’s teasing.
• Sandrone and Citlali: Both silently question whether they resemble each other, then avoid acknowledging the implication.
• Ororon and the Traveler: Ororon greets the Traveler as his “grandpa,” leading to a comedic conversation in which the two unknowingly discuss entirely different meanings of the Traveler’s relationships.

Chapter Summary: Noble School Opening Season

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Traveler jokes that Sandrone and Columbina would become good friends. Sandrone misunderstands the situation, becomes furious, summons Faleu, and nearly attacks him.
• Ororon worsens the misunderstanding by referring to Columbina and Sandrone as his “grandmothers” and the Traveler as his “grandpa.” Sandrone reacts explosively, creating a blue mushroom cloud.
• On the Moon, Sandrone insists that the violent reaction was only a skit and denies being jealous or emotionally affected by Columbina. Columbina deliberately teases her by imagining living, eating, and singing with the Traveler.
• A second comedic skit features Citlali appearing in pajamas. Ororon fails to recognize her as his grandmother because she is too cute, while Sandrone and Columbina are successively misidentified as other “grandmothers” connected to the Traveler.
• Ororon claims that Sandrone, Citlali, and Columbina all reacted violently because of their feelings for the Traveler. Sandrone and Citlali flee in embarrassment, leaving the Traveler frozen and exasperated.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong analyze the complicated romantic implications from the Douluo Continent, with Rongrong concluding that Sandrone appears to like Columbina rather than the Traveler.
• The skit ends with Ororon questioning why Columbina has no “spring” on her, prompting her to innocently explain that it is unstable. Sandrone is relieved when the performance finally concludes.
• Venti and Guizhong comment on how entertaining the comedic story is. However, the Sky Screen immediately opens another skit titled “Teyvat Noble School Opening Season.”
• In the new scenario, set at the Sumeru Akademiya, Scaramouche and Flins discuss noble status. Furina introduces herself as a former Hydro Archon, while Scaramouche treats her as a fallen noble.
• Furina, Albedo, and Scaramouche humorously debate their connections to royalty, Celestia, the Cryo Archon, Rhinedottir, and various ancient dynasties. Flins becomes overwhelmed by the sheer number of “royal relatives.”
• The chapter ends with Focalors questioning whether she can truly be considered part of this extended divine and royal lineage, while admitting that the Archon of Life might count as her grandmother.

Character Developments

• Sandrone: Her fierce possessiveness and embarrassment become central to the comedy. She denies jealousy but repeatedly reacts strongly whenever Columbina’s relationship with the Traveler is mentioned.
• Columbina: Remains calm, innocent, and deliberately provocative. She uses apparently sincere questions to tease Sandrone and seems unaware of how much emotional chaos she causes.
• Ororon: Acts as an unintentionally destructive catalyst. His literal use of family titles exposes hidden emotional tensions and leaves the adults confused or embarrassed.
• The Traveler: Starts confidently, believing he can bring Sandrone and Columbina together, but quickly loses control of the situation and becomes the target of everyone’s misunderstandings.
• Citlali: Is embarrassed by being treated as a romantic rival and by Ororon’s refusal to recognize her as his grandmother because of her youthful appearance.
• Furina: Is portrayed as a mischievous former deity whose royal status remains questionable but amusingly impressive.
• Albedo: Reveals another layer of his identity and claims royal standing through his connection to Irminsul and Rhinedottir.
• Flins: Serves as the ordinary outsider, becoming increasingly stunned by the impossibly complicated noble genealogy.

Significant Themes

• Miscommunication and mistaken identity: Much of the humor comes from characters misunderstanding romantic relationships, family titles, and personal identities.
• Complicated affection and jealousy: Sandrone’s denial contrasts with her obvious emotional reactions, while Columbina’s teasing exposes the tension between them.
• Family and inherited status: The noble-school skit mocks the importance of ancestry by making nearly every character connected to royalty, gods, ancient civilizations, or Celestia.
• Public identity versus private emotion: Characters insist that their relationships are fictional or irrelevant, yet their reactions reveal embarrassment, possessiveness, or insecurity.
• Comedy through overcomplication: Both skits escalate ordinary misunderstandings into absurd emotional and genealogical chaos.

Character Interactions

• The Traveler and Sandrone clash when she believes he is encouraging Columbina to become close to him.
• Sandrone and Columbina engage in a teasing argument over whether Sandrone would be upset by Columbina living with the Traveler.
• Ororon repeatedly labels Sandrone, Citlali, and Columbina as his grandmothers and the Traveler as his grandfather, unintentionally escalating the conflict.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong interpret the Sandrone–Columbina–Traveler dynamic, highlighting how outsiders perceive the characters’ tangled emotions.
• Venti and Guizhong provide commentary on the entertainment value of the unfolding skits.
• Scaramouche, Furina, Albedo, and Flins debate noble rank and royal ancestry, turning the Akademiya into a parody of an elite school filled with divine and imperial descendants.

Chapter 583 Summary: “Odette Is Shocked”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter begins with a discussion about the various Archons’ connections to the Heavenly Principles. Venti is described as Istaroth’s adopted son, with Zibai as his adopted sister. The Raiden sisters and the Dendro Archons also possess indirect connections, while Natlan’s Pyro Archon uses power originally borrowed from the Archon of Death. Morax appears to be the only Archon without an obvious connection.
• Zibai asks Zhongli about his mysterious past and mentions having seen him manifest as three separate individuals fighting at once. Zhongli dismisses this as an old pastime from before he accepted the responsibility of protecting Liyue.
• A Sky Screen skit shows Odette recruiting staff for a Snezhnayan theater:
  • Zhongli applies as a security guard, claiming he could eliminate seventy percent of Teyvat’s monsters in three days. Odette is shocked by his strength.
  • Venti applies as a harpist, boasting that even the Anemo Archon would hide if he appeared. Odette is shocked again.
  • Neuvillette applies as a legal representative, clarifying that he is not merely a lawyer but the judge. He offers to submit a complaint to Celestia against Ronava for murders at the theater, causing a third shock.
• The chapter suggests, humorously, that Zhongli and Venti might secretly work in Snezhnaya to assist the Tsaritsa in opposing the Heavenly Principles, though this is explicitly treated as speculation.
• The skit shifts to the Snezhnayan Council, where Pantalone and Tartaglia exchange sarcastic greetings. Rhinedottir and Ronava also trade teasing remarks about their reputations and roles.
• The chapter ends with Voyanissa cheerfully asking Odette to build a snowman with her.

Character Developments

• Zhongli: His past as a terrifying warrior during the Archon War is emphasized, contrasting with his present modest and composed personality. He is portrayed as vastly more powerful than the theater skit suggests.
• Venti: His hidden identity and battle attire are highlighted. He remains playful and boastful, though others recognize that his true abilities are far greater than his casual behavior implies.
• Neuvillette: His authority as Fontaine’s judge is humorously presented as so great that he could challenge Celestia itself.
• Odette: She becomes increasingly stunned by the absurdly overqualified “job applicants,” receiving three successive shocks.
• Zibai: She provides additional clues about Zhongli’s enigmatic history and shares a sibling-like relationship with Venti.
• Guizhong: She recalls Zhongli’s violent and intimidating side during the Archon War, though she treats the subject lightly and appears amused rather than troubled.
• Ronava and Rhinedottir: Their playful banter reveals familiarity and mutual teasing between the Archon of Death and the Archon of Life.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and concealed power: Gods and powerful beings disguise themselves as ordinary people, often underestimating how easily their true abilities could disrupt mundane situations.
• Connections to the Heavenly Principles: The chapter explores the complicated familial, political, and metaphysical relationships linking many major divine figures to the Heavenly Principles.
• The contrast between reputation and reality: Zhongli, Venti, and Neuvillette present themselves through ordinary professions, yet their actual identities make their applications absurdly excessive.
• Humor through role reversal: Archons and divine beings behave like applicants, lawyers, musicians, or guards, while mortal characters react with disbelief.
• Uncertain alliances: The possibility that the Archons may support the Tsaritsa against the Heavenly Principles is raised, but remains unresolved.

Character Interactions

• Venti and Zhongli: They tease each other about their powers, pasts, and humility. Venti recalls Zhongli’s fearsome Archon War reputation, while Zhongli counters that Venti’s winds could locate monsters more efficiently.
• Venti and Guizhong: Venti apologizes for mentioning the circumstances that awakened Zhongli’s murderous side, while Guizhong responds with mild amusement.
• Qian Renxue and her companion: They joke about hiring Archons as bodyguards and speculate that Venti might be interested in hearing Qian Renxue’s story.
• Rosalyne and Arlecchino: They discuss whether Neuvillette could truly file a complaint against Celestia and whether Celestia even has a tribunal.
• Focalors: She laughs at the absurdity of Neuvillette, the judge, attempting to prosecute another divine authority.
• Pantalone and Tartaglia: Their mock greetings reflect the competitive, sarcastic atmosphere of the Snezhnayan Council.
• Rhinedottir and Ronava: Their banter highlights their contrasting titles—Archons of Life and Death—while showing their familiarity.
• Voyanissa and Odette: Voyanissa’s cheerful request to build a snowman abruptly shifts the mood back to lighthearted theater life.

Summary of “Remembered Because of a Day Off”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Odette sharply rejects Voyanissa, prompting discussion among the Harbingers about their friendship. Sandrone explains that Voyanissa is genuinely Odette’s close friend and has helped guide her, despite having an eccentric temper.
• The Sky Screen shows a Council meeting filled with sarcasm, arguing, and absurd proposals. Pantalone mocks Tartaglia’s supposed persistence in proposing that smoking be allowed at Council meetings, while the others debate whether the Council is truly formal or merely chaotic.
• The scene shifts to Rhinedottir and the others discussing their busy schedules and Istaroth’s habitual lateness, reinforcing that Ronava is apparently the only one taking her responsibilities seriously.
• Voyanissa and Odette perform a comedic exchange. Voyanissa sings to animals while pretending to be a legendary Water Sprite, and Odette criticizes his inaccurate lines and strange behavior. Their interaction reveals that Voyanissa is being carried by Odette, who is actually confronting his nesting doll rather than him directly.
• The Council discusses whether former Harbinger Zan should be considered a sacrifice. The proposal fails by one vote, meaning he will not receive a half-day of suspended work in mourning.
• Tartaglia jokes that the mourning leave should be much longer—eventually suggesting five half-days—because he is desperate for a vacation. Pantalone, whose vote supposedly opposed the proposal, becomes confused by Tartaglia’s reasoning.
• The discussion turns darker when the characters note that Rosalyne’s death resulted in a half-day holiday. Because of that benefit, more people remembered her sacrifice and even remembered that she had been a Harbinger.
• The final conversation addresses Snezhnaya’s “Winter Project,” acknowledging that the Tsaritsa’s plan may require her life and possibly the survival of Snezhnaya itself. The characters recognize the conflict between grand political goals and ordinary people’s need simply to survive.

Character Developments

• Odette and Voyanissa: Their friendship is portrayed as a chaotic contrast between Odette’s blunt, grouchy nature and Voyanissa’s theatrical, scatterbrained personality. Despite their disagreements, they clearly understand and tolerate each other.
• Sandrone: She demonstrates familiarity with Voyanissa’s true personality and compares his relationship with Odette to her own dynamic with Columbina. She also reacts cynically to the Council’s absurdity and Snezhnaya’s lack of holidays.
• Tartaglia: His irreverent humor and obsession with time off are emphasized. His exaggerated demands for mourning leave turn a serious matter into dark comedy.
• Pantalone: He continues to behave sarcastically and pragmatically, though his alleged vote against the mourning leave becomes part of the joke.
• Rosalyne: She confronts the painful irony that her death made her more memorable because it provided a practical benefit to others. Her reaction shows bitterness, self-awareness, and resignation.
• Ronava: She is portrayed as the only truly responsible figure amid the Council members’ constant distractions and unserious behavior.
• The Tsaritsa: Though absent, she is characterized through others’ discussion as someone pursuing an immense and dangerous plan that may demand enormous sacrifices.

Significant Themes

• Memory and usefulness: Rosalyne’s reflection suggests that people are often remembered not for who they were, but for how their existence benefits others. Her death becomes more publicly meaningful because it grants a holiday.
• Sacrifice and political ambition: The Winter Project raises questions about whether a nation’s survival or ideological goal justifies the sacrifices imposed on individuals.
• The conflict between work and human needs: The jokes about holidays and mourning leave reveal Snezhnaya’s oppressive work culture, where even grief is measured against productivity.
• Absurdity amid seriousness: Council meetings combine major political decisions with petty arguments, sarcasm, smoking proposals, and vacation jokes, presenting authority as both powerful and ridiculous.
• Friendship through contrast: Odette and Voyanissa’s relationship shows that people with opposite personalities can form genuine bonds through shared history and mutual tolerance.

Character Interactions

• Odette and Voyanissa banter over his theatrical performance and incorrect dialogue, highlighting their comedic friendship.
• Sandrone, Columbina, and Arlecchino comment on the Council’s lack of seriousness and compare different personalities and relationships.
• Pantalone and Tartaglia trade sarcastic remarks, especially concerning smoking, voting, and vacation leave.
• Sandrone and Rosalyne discuss the bleak meaning behind Rosalyne’s posthumous recognition.
• Sandrone, Rosalyne, and the others debate whether the Tsaritsa’s Winter Project can succeed and what it may cost Snezhnaya’s people.

Plot points and events

• The Heavenly Principles is believed to be dead or dying, prompting the Four Shades to discuss events on the Sky Screen. Cloud Retainer unexpectedly joins their meeting, while Istaroth and Rhinedottir tease her and Ronava about their chaotic gatherings.
• Istaroth says she is following another timeline in which the group fights Nanook in New Eridu. She reports that “the little rabbit” has reached a video store. Mitya offers a new idea, but Ronava decides to work things out herself.
• Istaroth rewinds the Sky Screen’s footage, replaying earlier scenes: Voyanissa being turned away by Odette, and Pantalone and Tartaglia trading insults.
• A Snezhnayan announcement says the council’s three days off will be reclaimed, leaving them with an impossible eight-day workweek. Pantalone and Tartaglia argue over the number of segments and who received an extra half-day off.
• The screen cuts to Scaramouche and Little Durin, then to the council, where Tartaglia jokes that Pulcinella may have taken an early day off. Pulcinella interprets this as a death wish.
• Further spoof footage shows Voyanissa rehearsing Little Red Riding Hood with Odette, who is represented by a nesting doll. The scene devolves into jokes about Shark Grandma, Odette’s unwillingness to perform, a bomb in Voyanissa’s backpack, and her ominously beautiful singing.
• Varka wonders how Klee became the story’s star in Snezhnaya. Venti denies arranging it and suggests Alice may have done so.

Character developments and interactions

• Ronava is repeatedly exasperated by the Shades’ jokes and distractions, but resolves to handle her own problems.
• Istaroth is playful and apparently capable of rewinding the footage; she also treats the meeting as a chance to joke rather than stay on task.
• Cloud Retainer feels overlooked when the others speak as if only three people are present, and bickers with them about being called a chicken.
• Pantalone and Tartaglia spar over the council’s accounting, while Pulcinella silently resents Tartaglia’s implication that he might die.
• Scaramouche refuses to discuss the Mausoleum joke with Little Durin. Nicole enjoys seeing the Four Shades mocked.
• Voyanissa struggles to stay in character, while Odette responds dryly and questions her role. Arosha is also caught up in the confused casting.
• Varka questions Venti, who deflects responsibility by blaming Alice.

Significant themes

• Comedy through confusion: Miscounted segments, impossible work schedules, mistaken identities, and muddled performances drive the humor.
• Meta-fiction and alternate timelines: Characters comment on a game based on Teyvat, spoof videos, and events unfolding in other timelines.
• Power and uncertainty: The belief that the Heavenly Principles may be dying, along with uncertainty about Istaroth’s limits, creates a serious backdrop to the comedy.
• Authority undercut by ridicule: Even powerful beings and officials become targets of teasing, workplace jokes, and chaotic spectacle.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen’s earlier scenes keep looping, frustrating Ronava as Mitya repeatedly announces plans, forgets them, and eventually decides to order two meals before testing his theory. Cloud Retainer persuades Ronava to let him finish speaking.
• Observers on Douluo Continent wonder why Ronava is focused on Mitya but cannot simply kill him. They recall that limits imposed by certain conditions prevent even the Archon of Death from causing death freely.
• On the moon, Arlecchino concludes that Ronava has been obstructing the Tsaritsa’s long-running Winter Project. Though she doubts the Tsaritsa can overcome the Four Shades, she and Rosalyne reaffirm their loyalty.
• The Sky Screen resumes with the Traveler, Paimon, and Varka locating a Wolf Spirit fragment. Varka transfers it into his sword and experiences memories of Boreas and his First Knight, Roland.
• The memory is interrupted by Roland’s voice declaring that he will serve the Abyss if it is the only way to escape an unjust fate. Varka feels pain but says the corruption is still weak.
• Varka asks the Traveler not merely to purify the fragment, but to reverse the corruption and separate Roland’s influence from the Wolf Spirit so they can examine his memories. He offers a vague, poetic instruction that neither he nor the Traveler understands.

Character developments and interactions

• Varka reveals that he anticipated the fragment’s corruption and wants to learn more about Roland as well as remove the Abyss’s influence. He tries to lighten the mood before the battle, but Paimon warns him against tempting fate with farewell-like remarks.
• The Traveler and Paimon help Varka retrieve the fragment; the Traveler is then asked to attempt an unfamiliar kind of spiritual separation.
• Ronava remains exasperated by Mitya’s interruptions and repeated changes of plan, but briefly listens to Cloud Retainer’s advice.
• Arlecchino and Rosalyne recognize the scale of the Tsaritsa’s challenge yet remain committed to supporting her.
• Boreas’s First Knight, Roland, emerges in the memories as a figure whose conviction has turned toward the Abyss.

Significant themes

• Memory and identity: The Wolf Spirit carries past memories, while its corruption raises questions about whether Roland’s influence can be isolated from the spirit itself.
• Love and understanding: Boreas suggests that asking how to love is itself evidence of love; the scene’s hopeful idea is sharply contrasted by Roland’s despairing response.
• Fate, corruption, and resistance: Roland sees service to the Abyss as a means of breaking an unjust fate, while Varka and the Traveler seek to undo that corruption.
• Loyalty amid doubt: Arlecchino and Rosalyne continue backing the Tsaritsa despite recognizing her weakness and the likely scale of the opposition.

Key plot points and events

• Varka explains how to retrieve Roland’s memory: anchor him through longing, then draw it out with emotion. He uses a letter Rustam wrote to Roland as that emotional connection.
• Although Varka admits he is unsure whether the letter will work, the Traveler tries it and successfully reverses some of the corruption on the Wolf Spirit, revealing Roland’s past.
• In the memory, Roland concludes that Khaenri’ah was unjustly punished and its people transformed into monsters. He pledges himself to the Abyss, believing it the only path to justice.
• The memory is watched by an unfamiliar eye, identified as belonging to Vedrfolnir the Prophet. Varka and the others infer that Roland learned Khaenri’ah’s fate from the Prophet’s vision and then devoted his knowledge and strength to the Abyss.
• Varka suspects the Prophet will not intervene directly, but Roland can use the Wild Hunt as a network of eyes and ears. He proposes a private strategy to the Traveler, though the screen does not reveal it.
• Elsewhere, Qian Renxue asks Dori whether people in Teyvat believe Khaenri’ah deserves sympathy.

Character developments and interactions

• Varka shows an improvisational approach, relying on an old letter despite uncertainty that it will work. His friendship with Mavuika is revealed through their drinking, while Citlali makes clear she guards knowledge of the Kingdom of the Night God.
• The Traveler successfully uses Rustam’s letter to reach Roland’s memory, confirming that soul assimilation can be reversed.
• Paimon questions Varka’s lack of preparation, then voices concern about the Prophet and the danger posed by Roland’s intelligence.
• Rosalyne is distressed to learn Rustam’s letter existed, feeling she failed him and may not have known him as well as she thought.
• Roland emerges as a tragic, principled figure: his loyalty to the Abyss stems from outrage at Khaenri’ah’s punishment, rather than simple malice.
• Mavuika and Citlali have a teasing but serious exchange: Mavuika trusts her own discretion, while Citlali insists that sensitive Natlan knowledge must remain protected.
• Qian Renxue and Dori begin a discussion about how Teyvat views Khaenri’ah’s suffering.

Significant themes

• Justice and moral conviction: Roland’s sense of chivalry leads him to side with the Abyss after witnessing what he sees as divine injustice.
• Memory and emotional bonds: Rustam’s unsent letter becomes a bridge to Roland, showing how longing and emotion can preserve or recover a person’s identity.
• Grief and incomplete understanding: Rosalyne’s reaction highlights the pain of discovering that even close relationships may contain unknowns.
• Strategy and secrecy: The Prophet’s apparent observation and the Wild Hunt’s role as Roland’s informants make foresight, surveillance, and keeping plans confidential central concerns.

Key plot points and events

• Dori argues that Khaenri’ah bears responsibility for its fate because it meddled with the Abyss. She considers Roland’s decision to join the Abyss out of sympathy either proof he was deceived or a profound act of foolishness.
• Qian Renxue and Raiden Makoto reflect on how dangerous the Abyss is and how hard Roland’s choice is to understand, given that his teacher, Rustam, died because of Khaenri’ah’s monsters. Rosalyne watches for more information.
• Varka rejects the Traveler’s objections to his risky plan to eliminate the lingering threat of a god. With the Wild Hunt closing in, he insists there is no time for another plan.
• Jahoda reports that two scouting squads are trapped in heavy fighting and unable to send updates. The main forces cannot reinforce them, but Ineffa reports that a logistics squad is available, carrying supplies for only one battle.
• The Traveler decides to send the squad to help one position, then use the freed troops to reinforce the other. Varka, the Traveler, Paimon, and the squad head to the battlefield.
• Faced with a relentless Wild Hunt assault, Varka orders the squad not to charge blindly and instead to look for useful terrain.

Character developments and interactions

• Dori’s practical caution about the Abyss contrasts with Roland’s compassion for Khaenri’ah. Qian Renxue sees the Abyss as a terrifying danger, while Makoto and Rosalyne are troubled by Roland’s motives.
• The Traveler worries about Varka’s plan and asks whether there is a backup, but ultimately follows his lead. Varka shows confidence in his subordinates, naming Anselm, Albedo, and Jean as successors if he falls.
• Jahoda serves as the communication link between the front and command, though the escalating crisis leaves her visibly strained. Ineffa provides logistical information but cannot return to battle immediately.
• Xiao Wu, Rongrong, and Zhuqing are drawn into the tension of the military discussion. Layla explains that their reaction comes from the scene’s convincing atmosphere; her own experience of Irminsul’s burning has made her more accustomed to such crises.

Significant themes

• Responsibility and compassion: The observers debate whether Khaenri’ah deserves sympathy and whether Roland’s empathy was noble, misguided, or exploited.
• The danger of forbidden power: The Abyss is portrayed as capable of corrupting judgment and threatening entire worlds.
• Leadership under pressure: Varka accepts risk, commits to a plan, and prioritizes disciplined responses over impulsive action.
• War’s psychological weight: Even a map briefing can convey urgency and make distant observers feel the strain of battle.

Plot points and events

• Varka’s logistics squad prepares explosives, allowing the Favonius Knights to lure the Wild Hunt into position and inflict heavy losses. The squad then reports a broad area where the missing fragment may be located.
• Varka and the Traveler reinforce the Lamp-Bearers, who are struggling against another large Wild Hunt force. Together, they disperse the fog, destroy the summoning core, and stop the creatures from appearing.
• After further investigation narrows down the fragment’s location, the group advances. They destroy another core, but more Wild Hunt arrive to block the route.
• The Traveler and others volunteer to hold the line so Varka can continue alone toward the Wolf Spirit. Varka salutes them and rushes ahead, while the group fights to keep the enemy from reaching him.

Character developments and interactions

• Varka demonstrates calm, practical leadership: he coordinates the explosive ambush, reinforces allies, and directs attacks on the Wild Hunt’s summoning cores.
• The Traveler, Favonius Knights, and Lamp-Bearers work cooperatively, trusting one another to handle different parts of the fight. When Varka must go ahead, the Traveler and others insist they can defend the position.
• Ye Lingling admits that the scale of battle would frighten her, while Yanzi doubts her poison would affect the Wild Hunt.
• On Moon Mountain, Sasayuri’s memories of commanding troops—and dying in battle—prompt Chiyo to tease him about being unsuited to leadership. Kitsune Saiguu watches their familiar bickering with amusement.
• Qian Renxue contrasts the unity and discipline of Varka’s forces with the weak morale of armies on the Douluo Continent. Others note that Sumeru’s mercenaries have also shown discipline in a crisis.

Significant themes

• Unity and duty: Different groups coordinate effectively against a shared threat, and the defenders willingly risk themselves to let Varka proceed.
• Leadership and trust: Varka’s clear commands and the team’s confidence in one another keep the operation moving.
• Courage under overwhelming odds: Characters acknowledge how daunting an apparently endless enemy can be, yet the defenders hold their ground.
• Different forms of military discipline: The chapter contrasts the Favonius Knights’ cohesion with the low morale of Douluo’s armies, while recognizing that discipline can emerge in varied groups.

Key plot points and events

• Varka gathers the final Wolf Spirit fragment and fuses it into his greatsword, only for Roland—controlling the Wolf King’s body—to confront him.
• The two resume their duel. Roland fights at full strength, while Varka is weakened by earlier battles and holds back to avoid killing him.
• Roland realizes Varka has a plan, but argues that it cannot work: he knows the history and methods Varka is relying on. He breaks Varka’s sword, leaving the Wolf Spirit with nowhere to reside, then swallows Varka and invites him to serve the Abyss.
• Varka tells the Traveler to carry on before disappearing into Roland’s jaws. Later discussion suggests he has been sent into the Wild Hunt’s space, where the Abyss may try to brainwash him. Varka’s survival appears tied to help from the Traveler, his comrades, and Barbatos.

Character developments

• Varka remains confident and determined despite being outmatched. His apparent defeat does not erase his hope—or his trust in the Traveler.
• Roland is shown as a formidable, principled opponent: he insists on honorable conduct, yet is convinced that the Abyss’s darkness is the only righteous path.
• The Traveler arrives too late to prevent Varka’s capture but receives his trust and responsibility to continue.
• The Favonius Knights show their loyalty by urging the injured Traveler to reach Varka, even while they themselves need treatment.
• Qian Renxue reflects on the meaning of loyalty after observing the knights. Dori offers a practical view: people can be won through what they value, though loyalty purchased with money may be lost to a better offer.

Significant themes

• Chivalry and fairness: Roland condemns the unequal duel, recognizing that Varka is too depleted and restrained to fight freely.
• Loyalty and its motives: The knights’ concern prompts questions about whether loyalty is personal, institutional, or transactional.
• Hope and sacrifice: Varka accepts enormous risk and entrusts the outcome to others, even as his plan appears to fail.
• Darkness versus virtue: Roland presents the Abyss as the true path for the virtuous, challenging the heroes’ ideas of righteousness.

Character interactions

• Varka and Roland exchange respectful but opposing views before resuming their duel.
• The other observers debate who will win; Rosalyne recognizes Roland’s strength, while Columbina wonders why Varka did not rest.
• The injured knights insist the Traveler leave them and help Varka.
• Dori’s conversation with Qian Renxue turns the knights’ loyalty into a broader discussion about what motivates allegiance.
• After Varka is swallowed, Xiao Wu worries about him, while Layla and Rongqiu infer that he may have been drawn into the Wild Hunt’s domain.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Varka awakens in an unfamiliar space and realizes it is a realm formed from the North Wind and Roland’s consciousness, rather than reality. His greatsword remains intact, but the Wolf Spirit is gone.
• Guided by the Wolf Spirit, Varka follows a path through platforms and passages, finding weapons that carry the voices and memories of past knights.
• A Favonius Sword lets him hear Rustam, who urges the “lonely wanderer” to take him along. At another platform, Roland speaks of injustice and the limits of fighting it; Wild Hunt creatures and Rifthounds then attack. Varka defeats them and purifies an Iron Shadow Greatsword, which carries Ravenwood’s message that the title of the North must be inherited.
• Varka later hears Roland argue that saving people from injustice requires throwing oneself into the Abyss. The Wolf King appears, then vanishes as monsters attack. Varka defeats them and purifies Wolf’s Gravestone, hearing the First Knight of Boreas urge him onward.
• A violent wind blocks Varka’s route. The swords and voices of Rustam, Ravenwood, and the First Knight of Boreas successively shield him, allowing him to cross the passage despite their barriers breaking apart.
• At the end, Varka reaches a place resembling Wolvendom and meets Roland. Roland says Varka has attained godlike power through hardship, but a mortal’s peak cannot endure: in five or ten years, Varka will grow old. Roland then dodges among the pillars as Varka pursues him.

Character developments

• Varka shows quick judgment, courage, and persistence, recognizing the nature of the strange realm and pushing forward through danger.
• Rosalyne is deeply moved to hear Rustam’s voice again. Though overwhelmed by grief and joy, she accepts comfort from her companions and thanks them.
• Roland emerges as a central, challenging presence. His words frame the moral dilemma behind the journey and confront Varka with the limits of mortal strength.

Significant themes

• Legacy and succession: The past knights’ weapons and messages guide Varka, while Ravenwood’s words stress that the North’s title must pass to someone.
• Injustice and sacrifice: Roland questions whether ordinary resistance can overcome injustice ordained by fate, and invokes the Abyss as the only path to saving people.
• Mortality and human limits: Even strength comparable to a god is temporary for a mortal.
• Memory and companionship: The voices of the dead endure through their weapons, while Rosalyne’s companions help her face painful memories.

Character interactions

• Rosalyne shares her emotional reaction to Rustam’s voice with Arlecchino, Columbina, and Sandrone; they offer comfort, though Columbina’s blunt remark earns Sandrone’s rebuke.
• Venti observes that Rosalyne has finally calmed.
• Varka responds to Roland’s speeches with skepticism and continues on, aided by the voices and weapons of the previous knights.
• At the chapter’s end, Varka pursues Roland through the stone pillars, setting up their confrontation.

Plot points and events

• On the Moon, Columbina learns that Roland’s mindscape contains traces of Andrius and other Knights of Boreas, represented by weapons. Rosalyne notes that the Favonius Sword was Rustam’s usual weapon, though its connection to him remains unexplained.
• In the mindscape, Varka and Roland trade arguments about legacy, duty, and whether a knight should ask hope of others. Roland claims Varka’s body and consciousness are nearly spent; Varka demands that he reveal himself.
• Roland appears, and both acknowledge they are imperfect reflections, neither at full strength. Roland intends to guide Varka into the Abyss, then resume his own knightly path. Varka refuses, saying the world cannot withstand Roland’s continued interference.
• Roland points out that Varka’s Wolf-Spirit-carrying blade has shattered and claims he has no way to change the outcome. Varka replies that he still has an ally: Andrius.
• On the Douluo Continent, Qian Renxue and another observer infer that Varka has been carrying the Wolf Spirit inside his own body all along. Though the burden should be unbearable, Varka has hidden his suffering.
• Varka calls on Andrius to wake and resist Abyssal control. He receives only a faint, indifferent echo.

Character developments

• Varka remains resolute despite being physically and mentally at his limit. Rather than surrendering, he reveals that he has been relying on Andrius as his last hope.
• Roland is revealed as an incomplete Abyss-created reconstruction, powerful but mentally fixed in a traumatic moment. His conviction that he is following the knightly path makes him unwilling to reconsider.
• Raiden Ei reflects on her past recklessness in Khaenri’ah and recognizes it as a failure of responsibility toward herself and others. Makoto reassures her that she bore a burden she should not have had to carry.
• Qian Renxue recognizes the extraordinary endurance required for Varka to contain the Wolf Spirit.

Significant themes

• Legacy and hope: Varka believes one generation’s flame can inspire the next, while Roland sees mortal legacies as fleeting.
• Conflicting ideas of knighthood: Both claim to uphold knightly virtues, but Roland’s mission to force Varka into the Abyss clashes with Varka’s duty to protect the living.
• Endurance and sacrifice: Varka’s concealed burden shows the cost of his resolve.
• Responsibility and self-care: Ei’s reflection highlights that courage can become irresponsibility when someone endangers themselves beyond their duty.
• Conviction versus corruption: Roland’s belief that his intentions are noble does not make his actions harmless.

Character interactions

• Varka and Roland’s exchange shifts from philosophical debate to an impending fight, with neither able to persuade the other.
• Varka calls on Andrius directly, treating the North Wind Wolf as the reinforcements Roland believes he lacks.
• Makoto gently comforts Ei as she confronts guilt over the past.
• Columbina questions Sandrone and Rosalyne about the weapons in the mindscape, while Qian Renxue and her companion piece together Varka’s secret.

Plot points and events

• Andrius responds to Varka and begins returning to the Ley Lines. Roland realizes Varka’s shattered sword was only a decoy: Varka’s own heart has been carrying the Wolf King’s memories and feelings.
• Varka explains that the Wolf King’s soul can be housed in a mortal heart, though doing so threatens to consume the person. He drew inspiration from the Captain, who carries homeless souls within his own heart.
• Roland sees the danger: Varka and Andrius have become one, so if Andrius merges fully with the Ley Lines, Varka will likely be lost with him. Roland admits he can no longer save him.
• Varka refuses to accept that ending. Unlike Roland, he has friends—and fine wine—waiting for his return.
• The scene shifts to Venti’s “letter” cue: letters from the Knights of Favonius begin appearing, revealing the feelings and memories they hold for Varka. Jean’s letter recalls Varka leaving on his expedition and entrusting the Knights to her.

Character developments and interactions

• Varka shows both self-sacrificing resolve and a desire to live. Though he chose a perilous path to help Andrius, he insists he still has reasons to return. Off-screen, his friends tease him about settling down; he is embarrassed by watching his own heroic display.
• Andrius recognizes that returning to the Ley Lines is his choice and the answer to his long journey.
• Roland understands Varka’s plan and acknowledges its courage, but judges it an improper way for a knight to fight. He accepts that he cannot rescue Varka.
• The Captain is revealed to have met and fought Varka in Natlan. Mavuika suggests Varka may have taken inspiration from the Captain’s experience bearing souls.
• Venti, Zhongli, Guizhong, Citlali, and Varka’s friends watch and discuss the events; Zhongli and Venti trade familiar banter, while Varka’s companions encourage him to embrace a life beyond chivalry.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and the cost of resolve: Varka risks being absorbed into the Ley Lines to help Andrius.
• Memory, belonging, and connection: The Wolf King’s feelings endure through Varka’s heart, while the Knights’ letters show the bonds drawing Varka back toward life.
• Choosing one’s fate: Varka refuses to accept the tragic ending Roland predicts, asserting that his own journey is not yet over.
• The contrast between duty and personal life: Varka’s friends urge him to make room for companionship and happiness, not only chivalry.

Key plot points

• Kaeya, Razor, Rosaria, and other Favonius companions send Varka letters and memories of their bonds with him. The Traveler and Venti use the Traveler’s connection to Varka to deliver their messages.
• The letters’ voices reach Varka, allowing him to resist assimilation and defeat Roland’s argument. Roland disappears, but leaves Varka surrounded by the Wild Hunt and Abyssal creatures, warning that countless unjustly dead souls will oppose him.
• Varka fights his way through the enemy forces, guided by his companions’ words and support. After reaching the place where he first awoke, he faces one final airborne attack and unleashes a last slash. The Sky Screen turns white before revealing the outcome.
• After a brief break, the Sky Screen abruptly switches to a comic scene: the Tsaritsa appears as the adorable, round Ice Empress Mixue, escorted through Snezhnaya and into Zapolyarny Palace, where she takes her throne and says, “Gurua!”

Character development and interactions

• Varka remains cheerful and fearless even when surrounded, embracing the prospect of fighting his way out. His companions’ messages affirm that he is not alone and help him keep going.
• Roland recognizes that Varka has overturned his reasoning through the strength of others’ bonds, and admits defeat before vanishing.
• The Traveler acts as the bridge between Varka and his companions, while Venti helps deliver their messages.
• Xiao Wu and her friends choose to believe that spirit and faith can create miracles. Yanzi also encourages a self-doubting companion by reminding them that healing is valuable and everyone has a role.
• Rosalyne, Sandrone, Arlecchino, and Columbina are startled by the Tsaritsa’s unexpected, cute appearance; Rosalyne laughs, while others concede that the sight is charming despite seeming undignified.

Significant themes

• Companionship and connection: Messages from loved ones give Varka strength and help him resist being consumed.
• Hope and belief: Xiao Wu and her friends insist that miracles are possible when people believe in them.
• Courage and different forms of strength: The chapter values not only combat power but also support, healing, and keeping faith with others.
• A shift in tone: Varka’s desperate battle gives way to playful comedy through the Tsaritsa’s unexpected transformation.

Plot points and events

• Before the Sky Screen resumes, Arlecchino and Sandrone joke about the Tsaritsa’s unexpectedly cute image among players. Venti keeps the teasing going, while Varka suspects he is being set up.
• Varka struggles through a seemingly endless white space, guided by the Wolf King and a drifting green leaf. Along the way, he encounters visions of people awaiting his return: Razor, Rosaria, Kaeya, Diluc, Jean, and the Knights of Favonius.
• He pauses before several swords belonging to fallen fighters, pours out wine in their honor, and promises to protect Mondstadt, its Knights, and their oath. He also leaves Rustam’s letter with Roland’s sword, asking that it be read to Roland’s reflection.
• Exhausted and unable to continue, Varka hears Venti’s words—“Let the wind guide you”—and is carried back to Windrise. The Knights and the Traveler welcome him home, and the Traveler returns his sword.
• On the Moon, the characters discuss the limits and value of divine help. Venti explains that the wind does not restore the dead themselves; it carries the longing people feel for them. Zhongli reassures Guizhong that Liyue will remember her.
• Alone with the Traveler afterward, Varka explains that his plan relied on the blade as a feint and the heart to preserve his soul, while the memories of others would guide him out of the Ley Lines. He admits the escape was uncertain and thanks the Traveler for helping separate Roland’s impurities. If that failed, Venti might have tried to bring him back, at great cost. Asked what using a god’s power costs, Varka jokes that it calls for a glass of Dandelion Wine—on his tab.

Character developments and interactions

• Varka’s return is framed as a homecoming shaped by fatigue, duty, and remembrance. He honors the fallen and renews his commitment to the people and ideals they protected.
• The visions of his companions show how deeply he is missed: Jean and the Knights await him, while Kaeya, Diluc, Rosaria, and Razor each express their own response to his return.
• Varka acknowledges the Traveler’s crucial role and reveals his confidence in them, while also admitting he had no certainty his plan would work.
• Venti acts as Varka’s final guide, but insists that what endures is people’s longing and remembrance, not a god’s ability to restore the dead. Zhongli’s gentle reassurance helps Guizhong understand that she remains present through Liyue’s memory.

Significant themes

• Memory and longing: The living keep the absent present by remembering them.
• Duty and legacy: Varka pledges to carry forward the fallen’s work and protect Mondstadt.
• Faith and uncertainty: Varka’s escape depends on trust in the Traveler, his loved ones’ thoughts, and Venti, despite uncertain odds.
• The limits of divine power: Gods can guide and help, but they cannot prevent every loss or replace human remembrance.

Key plot points and events

• The Traveler’s conversation with Varka concludes. With Roland’s Reflection defeated, the Expeditionary Force can begin returning in groups; Albedo and Durin are expected with the first. Varka plans to head back to the northern outpost in Nod-Krai after handling Knights of Favonius business, though he jokes about leaving Mondstadt’s work to Jean. He stays at Windrise, reflecting that the wind of home is more intoxicating than wine.
• The scene prompts Qian Renxue to wonder where her home is. She remembers her father, Qian Xunji, as loving and devoted to her, and mourns that she will never see him again. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing also lack easy paths home, while Ning Rongrong can return to her family whenever she wishes.
• Layla offers the Akademiya as a home for anyone who needs one. Qian Renxue gratefully accepts, and Layla encourages her to pass that kindness on to future juniors.
• The Sky Screen announces a spectacle titled “Fatui vs. the Four Rulers.” Sandrone, Arlecchino, and Rosalyne fear the prospect of fighting the rulers of life, death, time, and space, though one suggests the scene may be a parody.
• The vision shows Arlecchino and the House of the Hearth children facing Ronava, the Archon of Death, amid a ruined battlefield. Arlecchino admits that she would feel fear, grief, and anger if her children were threatened, and vows to protect them at any cost.
• The scene then shifts to the moon, where Columbina confronts Asmoday, the Archon of Space. It ends with the ominous claim that the gods are not merely rulers of the world—they are the world itself.

Character developments and interactions

• Varka appears responsible and attached to Mondstadt, while using humor to deflect questions about his future.
• Qian Renxue faces painful memories of her father and her estrangement from her mother. Layla’s offer gives her a possible sense of belonging beyond either of her old homes.
• Arlecchino reveals that her composure hides genuine fear and deep attachment to the children in her care. Her exchange with Sandrone highlights how unusual it is for others to see her vulnerable.
• Layla acts as a supportive senior, framing care between generations as something to be repaid by helping others later.

Significant themes

• Home and belonging: Home is defined less by residence than by memory, attachment, and the people who offer acceptance.
• Loss and estrangement: Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing each have reasons that make returning home painful or impossible.
• Found family and protection: The Akademiya’s welcome and Arlecchino’s devotion to the House of the Hearth children show family as something created through care.
• Fear, duty, and sacrifice: Varka’s obligations and Arlecchino’s readiness to die protecting her children show how responsibility can coexist with fear.

Key plot points and events

• A film depicts the Fatui’s top Harbingers confronting the Four Shades: Columbina faces Asmoday, Dottore faces Rhinedottir, Capitano faces Istaroth, and Arlecchino faces Ronava.
• The battles intensify. Columbina evades Asmoday’s spatial attacks and lands a close-range Kuuvahki beam, while Dottore’s experimental subjects break free and surround Rhinedottir.
• Capitano initially pressures Istaroth with his swordsmanship, but she eventually touches him and freezes him using her authority over time.
• Arlecchino launches a furious, determined assault on Ronava, but the Archon of Death’s casual attacks leave her struggling just to defend herself.
• The Tsaritsa urges faith in the struggle, while Pierro’s narration warns that the Fatui may be facing a war they cannot win.

Character developments and interactions

• Columbina explains that she inherited only the remnants of her sisters’ authority and could merely protect herself against the real Asmoday. She also doubts the film’s portrayal of her victory, arguing that both Asmoday and her spatial authority are shown as much weaker than they should be.
• Sandrone questions why Dottore is sent against Rhinedottir and later teases Columbina about her apparent victory. Rosalyne asks Columbina to explain her doubts.
• Venti wonders aloud how the Fatui could hope to overthrow the Four Shades. Zhongli cautions that the film is only speculation, but suggests the Tsaritsa may understand that rules can be opposed only by other rules. Zibai, a former Moon Envoy, believes the Cryo Archon has little chance unless the Four Shades make a mistake.

Significant themes

• The limits of power: The Harbingers’ courage and skill do not necessarily match the overwhelming authority of the Four Shades.
• Rules versus rules: Challenging the Heavenly Principles may require using their own framework against them.
• Resolve in the face of defeat: Arlecchino and the other Harbingers press forward despite the apparent odds, while the Tsaritsa calls for faith in their cause.
• Uncertainty and perspective: The characters debate how seriously to take the film, especially when its portrayals may distort the true strength of the combatants.

Key plot points and events

• Istaroth, the Archon of Time, freezes Capitano in place and repeatedly cuts him while he cannot resist, demonstrating how helpless even a powerful fighter is against her control of time.
• Rhinedottir pursues Dottore through his laboratory without immediately attacking him. Both are described as brilliant, ruthless scientists, though Rhinedottir pursues alchemy while Dottore seeks to surpass every limit.
• Asmoday, the Archon of Space, retaliates against Columbina by trapping her inside a tiny space-cell held in her palm.
• Arlecchino attacks Ronava, the Archon of Death, but cannot hurt her. Ronava disarms and grievously wounds her, leaving her apparently near death.
• Sonnet explains that the Heavenly Principles imposed severe restrictions on the Power of Death: Ronava is meant chiefly to guide the dead, not freely execute the living.

Character developments and interactions

• Mavuika recognizes that Capitano’s strength offers little protection against the Four Shades’ powers.
• Sandrone’s hatred of Dottore is personal: he killed her. Arlecchino also despises him, though she acknowledges his intelligence and considers him suited to face Rhinedottir. Dottore appears confident that Rhinedottir’s pursuit is part of his plan.
• On the Moon, Guizhong asks Venti and Zibai about the Archons. Venti admits he knows little about the Archon of Space, while Zibai recalls that Istaroth can manipulate time freely.
• Arlecchino accepts how outmatched she would be by Ronava; Columbina confirms that ordinary mortals cannot withstand the Power of Death without some means of resistance. Sonnet adds crucial limits to that power.

Significant themes

• The Four Shades’ overwhelming power: Time, space, and death can render ordinary strength and combat skill useless.
• Limits and order: Even seemingly absolute divine powers are constrained by the Heavenly Principles to preserve Teyvat’s stability.
• Ambition and scientific obsession: Rhinedottir and Dottore embody different forms of extreme pursuit of knowledge and power.
• Mortality and vulnerability: Arlecchino’s injuries—and the discussion around them—underscore the gulf between mortals and the divine.

The Fatui launched a desperate counterattack against the Four Shades, with each Harbinger confronting a different Archon. The Sky Screen showed the Fatui seemingly victorious, but Columbina remained alone as the moon crashed into Teyvat.

• Sandrone questioned whether the Tsaritsa had to follow the Heavenly Principles’ rules to oppose Ronava, while the Sky Screen showed Capitano, Rhinedottir, and Arlecchino struggling against the Four Shades.
• Arlecchino vowed to return and protect the innocent children, while Asmoday strangled Columbina and Capitano confronted Istaroth.
• Dottore declared that the gods must fall, and Rhinedottir revealed a monstrous creation as the Fatui prepared to strike back.
• A beam freed Columbina from Asmoday and rewound her to the moon, where she summoned its power and hurled it toward Teyvat; Sandrone and Columbina suspected the displayed events were exaggerated.
• Arlecchino transformed and wounded Ronava, Capitano overpowered and sealed Istaroth, and Dottore used a secret weapon before siphoning Rhinedottir’s authority of life.
• Asmoday escaped, Columbina watched the moon crash into Teyvat, and Ronava retreated into her enormous eyeball after Arlecchino wounded her, leaving the Fatui apparently victorious.

After the Sky Screen showed Arlecchino's imagined battle and the moon falling toward Teyvat, characters across Teyvat debated whether such power was possible. A new segment then questioned the plans to overthrow the Heavenly Principles, warning that the Abyss and Holy Landification could still doom Teyvat afterward.

• Kaveh worried that the moon might fall, and Alhaitham struck him and reminded him the Sky Screen showed an imagined scene.
• Dori suggested Rex Lapis might have power to move the moon, while Bibi Dong refused to believe a god could be so powerful.
• Arlecchino admitted she could never match the power shown, but said she would risk her life to protect the children of the House of the Hearth.
• Zhongli explained that returning the Frost Moon to the False Sky was far easier than sending it crashing into Teyvat.
• The Sky Screen introduced a segment about how players interpret Genshin Impact, and Gold Rhinedottir warned that the factions opposing the Heavenly Principles had no solutions for the Abyss or Holy Landification.