Chapter Summaries

Vacher confessed to the serial disappearances and was found guilty, but the Oratrice unexpectedly declared Tartaglia guilty as well. As Vacher was taken away, the Traveler told him they had met Vigne at the Fountain of Lucine.

• Vacher broke down in court, admitted he had abducted girls in an attempt to reunite with Vigne, and drank Primordial Seawater.
• The Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale declared Vacher guilty, and the Fontaine Security Force took him away.
• The Oratrice unexpectedly found Tartaglia guilty, and he fought the Gardemeks before Neuvillette subdued him.
• Furina slipped away as Neuvillette promised to investigate the verdict, while Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and Ouyang Kong suspected the Prophecy had influenced it.
• Vacher asked the Traveler how they knew Vigne, and the Traveler said they had met her at the Fountain of Lucine.

Vacher went to the Fountain of Lucine hoping to see Vigne, but the consciousnesses of the maidens he had killed revealed themselves and took revenge on him. After Vacher died, the scene shifted to Navia visiting Callas’s grave in the rain.

• Neuvillette agreed to take Vacher and the Traveler to the Fountain of Lucine so Vacher could try to hear Vigne.
• Vacher entered the Fountain of Lucine and spoke with an Oceanid who revealed that she was the merged consciousness of the maidens he had killed, not Vigne.
• The maidens told Vacher that Vigne hated him and did not want to see him, then swarmed him and tore apart his consciousness.
• Vacher died, and a doctor later determined that he had died of fright.
• Navia braved the rain to pay her respects at Callas's grave.

Navia and Neuvillette reconciled at Callas's grave as Neuvillette reconsidered what justice meant, while the Traveler asked him about Fontaine's Prophecy. In the Divine Realm, Nahida agreed to inspect the forbidden land where the Golden Dragon King was sealed, and Furina insisted that Neuvillette accompany her to meet The Knave.

• Neuvillette apologized to Navia at Callas's grave and explained how Callas's sacrifice had changed his understanding of justice.
• Navia accepted Neuvillette's apology, and their relationship warmed; as his spirits lifted, the rain in Fontaine stopped.
• The Traveler asked Neuvillette about the Prophecy and the Primordial Seawater, but many questions remained unanswered.
• Ouyang Kong, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, Nahida, Gu Yuena, and Di Tian arrived in the Divine Realm, where the Five God Kings welcomed them and proposed the God Realm Forbidden Land as a site for the Akademiya Branch.
• Nahida agreed to inspect the forbidden land and said clearing it would be acceptable if the location proved suitable.
• Furina insisted on meeting The Knave, and Neuvillette agreed to accompany her despite advising her to refuse the meeting.

The Knave met with Furina and Neuvillette, seeking access to Tartaglia, who had disappeared inside the Fortress of Meropide. Neuvillette sent the Traveler and Paimon to investigate under a false charge, which turned out to be stealing Furina’s cake.

• The Knave asked Furina and Neuvillette to transfer Tartaglia to Snezhnaya, then requested permission to visit him in the Fortress of Meropide; Neuvillette refused.
• Neuvillette proposed that the Traveler enter the Fortress as a third party and investigate Tartaglia’s disappearance, and the Traveler agreed.
• Neuvillette escorted the Traveler and Paimon to the Fortress of Meropide with a cake The Knave had prepared for Furina.
• Receptionist Marette registered the Traveler and Paimon for eating Furina’s cake without permission and sentenced them to forty-five days in the Fortress.

Ouyang Kong’s party opened the God Realm Forbidden Land, where Nahida subdued and began purifying the Golden Dragon King. Meanwhile, Wriothesley showed the Traveler and Paimon the Fortress of Meropide’s real forbidden zone and warned that rising Primordial Seawater beneath it could doom Fontaine.

• The Five God Kings opened the God Realm Forbidden Land, awakening the mad Golden Dragon King.
• Nahida used the Sanctuary of Surasthana and the Seed of Stored Knowledge to subdue the Golden Dragon King, then bound him in vines as she and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata began purifying the land.
• At the Fortress of Meropide, Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet investigated Tartaglia’s disappearance, and Freminet barely escaped Primordial Seawater while diving.
• After Wriothesley’s people rescued Freminet, the Traveler confronted Wriothesley, who led him and Paimon through three gates into the real forbidden zone.
• Wriothesley explained that a gauge beneath the gates was measuring rising Primordial Seawater and warned that Fontaine could be doomed if the barrier failed.
• Wriothesley said the Fortress of Meropide had no traditional founder and recalled that, under Egeria, criminals were exiled to a desolate shore.

Wriothesley showed the Traveler and Paimon his ship, built in response to Fontaine’s flood prophecy, before Primordial Sea Water breached the Fortress of Meropide’s underwater defenses. Neuvillette suppressed the flood, but declared he could not take part in the judgment.

• Wriothesley explained the floodgate’s history and showed the Traveler and Paimon the massive ship he was building to prepare for the prophecy.
• Gu Yuena demanded the Golden Dragon King’s power, but agreed to wait until Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and Nahida finished cleansing the God Realm Forbidden Land.
• Primordial Sea Water burst through the Fortress of Meropide’s floodgate, and Wriothesley froze it while Clorinde lowered the gate and helped him escape.
• Wriothesley and Clorinde stayed behind to defend the Fortress of Meropide as the Traveler went to find Neuvillette.
• Neuvillette arrived, sent the Traveler and Paimon to Palais Mermonia, and joined Wriothesley and Clorinde at the breach.
• Neuvillette used his power to force back the Primordial Sea Water, then said the calamity was too great and he could not take part in the judgment.

Neuvillette explained that he could not fully control the Hydro authority or stop Fontaine’s Prophecy alone, while Primordial Seawater flooded Poisson and took the lives of Silver and Melus. Navia continued rescuing the people, then mourned her friends at her father’s grave as the story left viewers reflecting on the sacrifices made to protect others.

• Neuvillette told the Traveler and Paimon that he had driven back the Primordial Seawater but remained incomplete and needed another way to fight the Prophecy.
• Apep warned that the gods would not willingly return their elemental authority and that the Usurper of Celestia might oppose Neuvillette.
• Nahida and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata discussed whether Heaven was dying before Ouyang Kong shifted the conversation to the Golden Dragon King and Gu Yuena.
• Primordial Seawater flooded Poisson, and Navia sent Spina di Rosula members to rescue residents as Silver and Melus dissolved in the water.
• Navia steadied herself and continued directing the rescue after the flood receded, then visited Callas’s grave with the Traveler and Paimon to grieve Silver and Melus.

Navia mourned the people lost in the Poisson disaster before joining the Traveler and Paimon to investigate ruins linked to the Prophecy. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena received the Golden Dragon King's power, and Navia appeared to face a strange trial after nearly falling into the Primordial Sea.

• Nahida questioned Gu Yuena about her motives, and the Golden Dragon King agreed to give her his power in exchange for having his damaged consciousness repaired.
• Navia grieved over the victims of the Poisson disaster, and Paimon told her that Melus and Silver had become heroes rather than a price paid for others' survival.
• The Knave asked the Traveler to investigate ruins that might be connected to the Prophecy, and Navia joined the Traveler and Paimon.
• Nahida extracted the Golden Dragon King's power while Greater Lord Rukkhadevata repaired his consciousness, and Gu Yuena immediately began merging with the power.
• Navia and the Traveler found rising Primordial Sea water in the ruins, and Navia nearly fell in when their bridge collapsed.
• Navia saw the deceased people of Poisson in a strange vision, then found herself in the defendant's seat at the Opera Epiclese as the audience recognized the people below as disaster victims.

Navia faced a trial staged by the dissolved people of Fontaine, who wanted to absorb her consciousness into their collective. Silver and Melus defended her independence as the crowd transformed into Oceanids and moved to keep her trapped.

• Ryanville accused Navia of helping the people of Poisson and declared that the court would keep her with them forever.
• Silver and Melus realized the trial was a trap and argued that Navia had helped others as an independent person, not as part of a collective.
• Ryanville claimed the majority’s shared will represented justice, but Melus rejected that claim and vowed to protect Navia.
• Navia remembered that the people around her, including Silver and Melus, were dead as the dissolved crowd demanded she stay.
• The dissolved people transformed into Oceanids and advanced on Navia, while Nefer reassured Jahoda that Navia would find a way out.

Neuvillette rescued Navia from the Oceanids’ collective consciousness, where Silver and Melus had protected her, and joined her and the Traveler in exploring the ruins. They found murals depicting Fontaine’s prophecy, including its people dissolving into the sea and Furina left weeping alone.

• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata explained to Nahida that a collective consciousness sought unity by discarding emotion and preserving Navia’s consciousness.
• Neuvillette ended the Oceanids’ trial and urged Navia to leave as Silver and Melus revealed themselves as Oceanids and said goodbye.
• The Traveler and Neuvillette helped Navia recover, and Neuvillette explained that two Oceanids had saved her when she fell from the bridge.
• Navia composed herself and invited Neuvillette to accompany the group as they continued into the ruins.
• The Traveler’s group found four slots for stone tablets and a message describing Fontaine as a nation destined to fall.
• Neuvillette and the others examined murals showing Egeria pleading before Celestia, Furina sinking into water, and Fontaine’s people dissolving into the sea while Furina wept alone.

After finding no answers in the ruins, the Traveler spoke with Mona about Fontaine’s Prophecy and asked her to contact Witch B. The chapter ended as Neuvillette confronted Furina at the Palais Mermonia.

• Paimon and Navia noticed that the ruin paintings showed the Hydro Archon being swallowed by the flood before she cried, and the group left without finding more clues.
• The Traveler ran into Mona, who explained that Megistus was a title chosen by her teacher, Barbeloth Trismegistus, rather than an ancient family name.
• Mona said Fontaine’s Prophecy concerned the fate of the world and was too vast for her to divine, but Witch B might be capable of understanding it.
• Mona agreed to contact Witch B for the Traveler, while Anya praised Mona’s astrological talent and planned to include her in her story.
• Ouyang Kong connected the prophet mentioned by Mona to Vedrfolnir, one of Khaenri’ah’s Five Sinners, but found no known prophecies attributed to him.
• The scene returned to Neuvillette’s office, where Neuvillette confronted Furina.

Neuvillette confronted Furina about the Poisson victims and the ancient tablets, but she refused to reveal what she knew about The Prophecy. He proposed putting her on trial at the Opera Epiclese to force the truth out, and the chapter ended as the group gathered in Poisson to plan how to make it happen.

• Neuvillette showed Furina the Poisson victims’ list and questioned her about the three tablets depicting Egeria, but Furina denied knowing anything about them.
• Neuvillette accused Furina of secretly investigating The Prophecy, and she ordered him to trust her before leaving for the Opera Epiclese.
• Candace suggested Furina might be unable to speak about her secret without triggering The Prophecy, while Nilou wondered if Furina was not the real Hydro Archon.
• Neuvillette told the Traveler and Paimon that a trial might force Furina to reveal the truth.
• Navia, the Traveler, Paimon, Lyney, Lynette, Freminet, and Neuvillette gathered aboard a ship in Poisson to plan Furina’s trial.

Gu Yuena learned that she needed the hidden Heart of the Dragon God to reach the Dragon God's level, while Witch N told the Traveler that Fontaine's Prophecy would come true but hinted that the gods might not see everything. On the Sky Screen, Furina faced public anger over the Prophecy, vanished from the opera, and wept at the devastation in Poisson.

• Gu Yuena argued with the Golden Dragon King over why their merged power had not reached the Dragon God's level, until Di Tian urged them to stop.
• Ouyang Kong told Gu Yuena that she needed to find the hidden Heart of the Dragon God, which neither she nor the Golden Dragon King knew about.
• Witch N visited the Traveler and Paimon, confirmed Fontaine's Prophecy would come true, and suggested that events beyond the gods' sight might offer a way to change fate.
• Scaramouche and Little Durin remarked that Nicole had said less on the Sky Screen than she had in Nod-Krai, and Scaramouche guessed that A had told N to preserve her mystique.
• People in the Opéra Epiclese confronted Furina for doing nothing about the Prophecy, and Furina disappeared after the Marechaussee Hunters failed to calm the crowd.
• Furina saw the aftermath of the disaster in Poisson and began to weep.

The Traveler and Paimon found Furina hiding in Poisson and helped her reveal how long she had struggled against the Prophecy. Furina reaffirmed her resolve to protect Fontaine’s hope, but she stopped short of telling the Traveler her secret when the hidden house brought them to the Opera Epiclese stage.

• The Traveler and Paimon found Furina in Poisson, where she concealed her distress behind her usual performance.
• Furina fled from people pursuing her, and the Traveler and Paimon led her into a house arranged by Navia and Lyney as part of a plan.
• As the house was moved, Furina told the Traveler she had spent hundreds of years investigating the Prophecy and trying to prevent it, but believed its disaster was inevitable.
• Furina said she could not accept fate on behalf of Fontaine’s people and vowed to preserve their hope until the end.
• The Traveler offered to listen as a witness, and Furina considered sharing her secret but hesitated before the house opened onto the Opera Epiclese stage.

Lyney opened the trial of Furina, who agreed to face the accusations after initially seeming to surrender. The Traveler took the accuser’s seat, and Navia and Lyney explained how the Spina di Rosula and Fatui had staged the events that brought Furina to the Opera Epiclese.

• Lyney announced the trial of a god, and Furina challenged the idea that she could be put on trial before agreeing to face one.
• Clorinde stepped forward to duel Furina, but Furina raised her hands and said she would stand trial instead.
• Candace suggested that the real Hydro Archon was inside the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale, while Nilou reflected on the strain of pretending to be a god.
• Furina declared that she would show Fontaine what justice meant, and Neuvillette named the Traveler as her opponent.
• Furina asked how much preparation the others had made, and Navia revealed that Spina di Rosula members had stirred up the Opera Epiclese audience and lured Furina toward Poisson.
• Lyney explained that the Spina di Rosula had driven Furina into a Magic Box that teleported her from Poisson to Erinnyes Island, and noted that the Fatui had paid heavily for the operation.

The Traveler accused Furina of not being a true god, and the trial began with her immortality and divine identity challenged. Furina rejected the charge and tried to persuade the Traveler to drop it, but the Traveler pressed on by suggesting her long life came from a curse.

• Furina confirmed the trial preparations and revealed that the Traveler’s assigned task had been to distract her, though the Traveler said they had hoped she would reveal her secret first.
• The Traveler accused Furina of not being a god, stunning the audience and prompting the Angel God to speculate that Furina was a god’s agent.
• Neuvillette accepted the charge, and Furina denied it while insisting she was Focalors, one of The Seven Archons.
• Furina appealed to the audience and urged the Traveler to withdraw the accusation, but Navia encouraged the Traveler to continue.
• The Traveler challenged Furina’s claim to 500 years of immortality by suggesting she was long-lived or cursed, and Neuvillette recognized the aura around her as a curse.

During Furina’s trial, the Traveler and Paimon challenged her claims of divinity, while Neuvillette required her to follow the court’s rules. Furina failed to demonstrate any divine power and ended the chapter demanding proof that the real Hydro Archon existed.

• The Traveler and Paimon confronted Furina about Tartaglia’s verdict and argued that her supposed miracles came from the real Hydro Archon.
• Neuvillette told Furina that, as the defendant, she had to answer truthfully, and Furina insisted the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale operated independently.
• Nahida, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, and Ouyang Kong connected Furina’s trial to the third stone tablet and The Prophecy.
• The Traveler challenged Furina to demonstrate her divine power, but Furina could not manipulate Hydro and claimed she had converted her power into Indemnitium.
• As the audience doubted and blamed her, Furina demanded that the Traveler prove the real Hydro Archon existed.

Navia tested Furina with low-concentration Primordial Seawater, and Sigewinne confirmed that Furina reacted like a human. As Furina’s pleas went unheard, the Oratrice delivered a verdict of guilty and sentenced the Hydro Archon to death.

• Navia challenged Furina to touch Primordial Seawater, while Neuvillette reminded Furina that she could refuse the test.
• Furina plunged her hand into the water, suffered a human-like reaction, and insisted that she was still a god.
• Sigewinne examined Furina and confirmed that her symptoms matched those of a human exposed to the seawater.
• Navia revealed that the group had used low-concentration seawater to avoid risking Furina’s life, but the audience no longer believed Furina’s claims.
• Ouyang Kong asked the Five God Kings whether their Divine Realm could withstand a Star-Swallowing Whale, and the Good God King said it would likely struggle.
• Neuvillette proceeded to the verdict, and the Oratrice declared the Hydro Archon guilty and sentenced her to death.

Neuvillette’s verdict sentenced the Hydro Archon to death, leaving everyone puzzled because the trial had established that Furina was not the Hydro Archon. Freminet brought the recovered first Prophecy Slate, and the Traveler connected its images to Fontaine’s history and the prophecy, bringing the real Hydro Archon’s crime closer to being revealed.

• Neuvillette’s death sentence for the Hydro Archon confused the audience, the Traveler, and Paimon because Furina had already been proven not to be the Hydro Archon.
• Furina silently wept as those watching recognized the burden she had carried and the scene she feared from the prophecy.
• Freminet arrived with the recovered first Prophecy Slate, which The Knave had tasked him with finding underwater.
• Neuvillette and the Traveler examined the slate, and the Traveler inferred that the former Hydro Archon had transformed Oceanids into humans.
• The Traveler and Paimon reviewed the four slates, connecting them to Fontaine’s people, their Original Sin, the Hydro Archon’s punishment, and the coming flood.

The Traveler and Paimon connected the Prophecy Slates to Fontaine’s disasters, and Neuvillette revealed that Fontainians were Oceanids transformed into human forms by Egeria using stolen power from the Primordial Sea. The Fontainians struggled to accept their origins, while one audience member mistakenly blamed the current Hydro Archon, Focalors, for creating them.

• The Traveler and Paimon matched the four Prophecy Slates to the disappearances, Furina’s trial, Navia’s experience, and the Primordial Sea eruptions.
• The Traveler concluded that the first slate showed Fontainians were not truly human, shocking Lyney and Lynette.
• Neuvillette explained that Egeria transformed Oceanids into human mimics by stealing power from the Primordial Sea, and that contact with its water could turn them back.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata said Egeria might have acted from her own longing and that her sin should be washed away after her death.
• Fontainians reacted with disbelief, and one questioned how they could sentence the Hydro Archon who had created them, confusing Egeria with Focalors.