Recaps

Xiu Yuan’s shadow defeated the Seven Archons repeatedly, then gave them Gnoses and ordered them to forbid technological development. After the gods departed, Xiu Yuan received a choice between remaining in his ninth lifetime and beginning the tenth and final reincarnation.

• Xiu Yuan watched his shadow battle the Seven Archons while discussing how thoroughly they should be defeated with the Lord of the Underworld.
• The shadow fought the Seven Archons for eight days, repeatedly restoring them after defeat until they became terrified and refused to continue.
• The shadow gave each Archon a Gnosis, explained its role, and ordered them to rule the mortal world while forbidding technological development.
• The Seven Archons accepted the order and left Celestia, while Morax wondered why the shadow seemed familiar.
• Xiu Yuan received a system prompt asking him to remain in the ninth lifetime or return to system space and begin the final reincarnation.

Kazuha and Beidou shared wine aboard the ship, and Kazuha revealed that he wanted to use his deceased friend's empty Vision as the prize in the Southern Cross Martial Arts Tournament. He hoped someone without a Vision might awaken it and help him understand what Visions mean to the gods.

• Beidou brought Kazuha wine, and he drank exactly five cups from the teacup his old friend had given him before refusing more.
• Beidou learned that Kazuha cherished the teacup because it came from the friend whose empty Vision he carried.
• Kazuha asked Beidou to make the empty Vision the prize for the Southern Cross Martial Arts Tournament.
• Kazuha explained that his friend had died challenging the Raiden Shogun to save him, and that he wanted to learn whether the empty Vision could awaken again.
• Beidou agreed to make the tournament open only to people without Visions and accepted the empty Vision from Kazuha.

As the Resistance Army advanced on Narukami Island, Kazuha drew on memories of his deceased friend Xiu Yuan and blocked the Raiden Shogun’s strike. He picked up his fallen Vision as the Traveler was pulled into the Plane of Euthymia.

• After learning that Kujou Takayuki had concealed the Tenryou Commission’s collusion with the Fatui, Sangonomiya Kokomi prepared the Resistance Army to attack Tenshukaku.
• When Kujou Sara and the Traveler entered Tenshukaku to reveal the truth, Kokomi launched the Resistance Army’s assault on Narukami Island.
• Kokomi ordered Kazuha and Gorou to lead soldiers through the Shogunate blockade, and they fought their way toward Tenshukaku.
• Kazuha remembered Xiu Yuan and resolved not to flee again, awakening his Vision and blocking the Raiden Shogun’s strike before knocking her blade aside.
• After the Raiden Shogun sent Kazuha flying and his Vision went dark, Gorou led the Resistance Army forward while the Traveler challenged the Shogun and was pulled into the Plane of Euthymia.
• Kazuha picked up his fallen Vision and said he had felt Xiu Yuan’s strength in the strike that blocked the Musou no Hitotachi.

Inazuma’s annual Sakura Festival gathered people from across the islands to honor Sasayuri, whose statue stood in the cherry grove. Kitsune Saiguu, Zebu, Chiyo, Yae Miko, and Baal held their traditional picnic beneath the statue, where Xiu Yuan’s faint figure watched them play Karuta.

• People from Watatsumi Island and Yashiori Island arrived early on Narukami Island to claim spots in the cherry grove.
• The festival honored Sasayuri, and the crowd upheld unwritten rules against littering and disparaging him.
• Kitsune Saiguu, Zebu, Chiyo, Yae Miko, and Baal gathered beneath Sasayuri’s statue and set out food and tea for Xiu Yuan.
• Kitsune Saiguu arranged the Karuta cards, and Zebu insisted she would win after the others teased her about her past losses.
• Xiu Yuan’s faint figure appeared beside the group, sipped tea, and silently watched them begin the game.

After completing all nine lifetimes, Xiu Yuan faced the system’s final choice and decided to remain in the Ninth Lifetime. He left the Lord of the Underworld behind, still questioning what Xiu Yuan’s commitment to doing right truly meant.

• Xiu Yuan learned he had seven days to choose between staying in the Ninth Lifetime and beginning a tenth lifetime, or face erasure.
• After reasoning that the first option must serve a purpose, Xiu Yuan chose to remain in the Ninth Lifetime and confirmed his decision.
• The system announced its self-destruction and fell silent.
• Xiu Yuan told the Lord of the Underworld he would leave and let Ei take over, then explained that he helped others because he believed it was right.
• Xiu Yuan vanished, leaving the Lord of the Underworld to wonder whether doing what was right meant abandoning himself for others.

After discovering that Teyvat had fallen from the Imaginary Tree and the Abyss was the Sea of Quanta eroding it, Xiu Yuan sought a way to stop the world’s destruction. He endured centuries of repeated erosion and regeneration before diving into the Sea of Quanta in search of hope.

• Xiu Yuan left Teyvat and learned that its world had fallen from the Imaginary Tree, leaving it to be consumed by the Sea of Quanta.
• Xiu Yuan realized that the Abyss was the Sea of Quanta’s erosion and that Teyvat would eventually be destroyed.
• Xiu Yuan tested the Sea of Quanta and discovered that Life Force could restore the body even as the sea corroded it.
• Xiu Yuan reclaimed his shadow power, then repeatedly exposed his legs to the Sea of Quanta while regenerating them.
• After hundreds of years and billions of reconstructions strengthened his body, Xiu Yuan plunged into the Sea of Quanta to seek a chance for Teyvat to survive.

Morax established the Liyue Qixing to handle human affairs, while Ganyu and the Yakshas organized its paperwork and Guizhong built Guizhong Ballistae and ran the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. Liyue flourished, and Morax sat alone on Mt. Tianheng drinking tea as the story’s ending remained open.

• After petty disputes overwhelmed the Millelith, Morax established the Liyue Qixing, with its first members selected by the Adepti and Yakshas.
• Ganyu volunteered as secretary, and the five Yakshas joined her in sorting paperwork while joking that hard work was “slacking off.”
• Guizhong continued building Guizhong Ballistae on the Guili Plains, determined to cover all of Liyue despite the Archon War having ended.
• Guizhong promoted the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, conducted its first successful funeral, and soon became busy handling funerals with help from the Adepti.
• As Liyue grew prosperous, Morax sat alone on Mt. Tianheng and drank strong tea.

After centuries of running the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Guizhong retired and traveled with Morax, and the two returned to Liyue married. Their friends held a small wedding feast on Mt. Tianheng; thousands of peaceful years later, a grotesque body floated in the Sea of Quanta.

• After Morax invited Guizhong to travel, she passed the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to Hu Linhao and retired once he proved capable of running it.
• Guizhong spent Lantern Rite with the Adepti and Yakshas, then left Liyue with Morax to travel the world.
• Guizhong and Morax returned married, and their friends held a belated wedding feast on Mt. Tianheng with six other gods in attendance.
• Over thousands of years, Teyvat remained peaceful, and Morax staged his own funeral before he and Guizhong returned to Liyue in human disguises.
• In the Sea of Quanta, a rotting, blood-red human body floated in darkness as its flesh and bones repeatedly vanished and re-formed.

As monsters increasingly made travel dangerous across Liyue, Golden Roc led a mining party to the Chasm and learned that attacks on the Millelith had grown severe. Azhdaha emerged from underground, marked by dark purple patches, and attacked Golden Roc.

• A Liyue escort-shop owner refused requests for distant jobs because rising monster numbers made the routes too dangerous, and he took his employees to mine instead.
• Golden Roc led the miners to the Chasm, where the party encountered several groups of monsters on the way.
• A Millelith guard told Golden Roc that eighty-two monsters had attacked in one day, leaving thirteen soldiers severely wounded and thirty-two with minor injuries.
• Azhdaha burst out from underground and stared blankly at Golden Roc, who noticed dark purple patches on his body.
• Azhdaha roared and stomped toward Golden Roc.

Azhdaha rampaged through The Chasm, forcing Golden Roc and the Thousand Rock Corps to fight to protect the miners and hold him back. As the battle grew dire, the other four Yakshas arrived above The Chasm.

• Azhdaha attacked Golden Roc, who broke through his fireball and ordered the Thousand Rock Corps to evacuate the miners and summon the Three-Eyed Five-Manifestation Immortal.
• Golden Roc rescued miners from Azhdaha's lightning and returned to The Chasm, where Azhdaha blasted him into the rock.
• Fifteen Thousand Rock Corps soldiers stayed behind to support Golden Roc, and he ordered them to keep Azhdaha occupied without attacking.
• The soldiers formed a spear barrier against Azhdaha's fire, but he prepared a water torrent and lightning strike that threatened to overwhelm them.
• Golden Roc tried to break Azhdaha's golden shield as the soldiers were lifted above the torrent, and the other four Yakshas appeared overhead.

Morax discovered that a strange force was corroding the Ley Lines and had infected Azhdaha, then gathered the Seven Archons to discuss the growing threat. The chapter ended when Azhdaha revealed that the force had begun corroding Morax’s divine power.

• Morax arrived after Azhdaha attacked the Thousand Rock Corps and used his divine power to restore Azhdaha’s reason.
• Azhdaha explained that a strange force had entered his body from the Ley Lines and was corroding him, so Morax sealed him while the Yakshas watched over him.
• Morax told Barbatos what had happened, and the Seven Archons gathered at the Chasm.
• Zebu reported that similar monsters had attacked ships and tried to invade Inazuma, where one had nearly injured Mikoshi Chiyo.
• Azhdaha said the Ley Line invasion would reach the surface within three months, and the Archons concluded that the monsters grew stronger closer to the surface.
• Azhdaha suddenly warned that the strange force was corroding the divine power.

Azhdaha revealed that the spreading corruption could infect divine power, prompting the gods to send Morax and Baal to Celestia for help. There they found a note from Xiu Yuan warning them to destroy invading monsters and avoid being injured, leaving them to face an approaching war without the Heavenly Principles.

• Azhdaha explained that the corruption could invade divine power as well as the Ley Lines, alarming the gods.
• Morax agreed to seek help from the Heavenly Principles while the gods lent their divine power to keep Azhdaha from being overtaken.
• Baal accompanied Morax to Celestia, where they found it deserted and discovered a note warning them to annihilate invading monsters without letting the creatures injure them.
• Morax and Baal realized the threat was serious and that Xiu Yuan had likely left to search for a solution.
• Morax concluded that another war was coming.

Baal explained why the Heavenly Principles may have withheld the warning about the monsters, and Morax agreed that an early warning could have turned Teyvat against Celestia. After Azhdaha was sealed at his own request, Morax returned to Liyue to consult Guizhong and kept the matter secret.

• Baal argued that the Heavenly Principles might not have known when the monsters would arrive and that warning the gods too early could have provoked them against Celestia.
• Morax considered Baal's reasoning and agreed that the Heavenly Principles had been right not to warn them in advance.
• Baal and Morax returned to the Chasm and told the others about the message from Celestia, leaving Azhdaha with no hope of being cured.
• At Azhdaha's pleading, the Seven Archons joined forces to seal him temporarily, and the other six gods left to prepare their nations for war.
• Morax told Bosacius he would consult Guizhong about what to do and ordered him not to reveal the matter to anyone.

Morax and Guizhong prepared Jueyun Karst as a defensible refuge while monsters emerged from the sea and spread a strange, incurable illness through Liyue. The chapter ended with citizens protesting the Thousand Rock Corps’ order to execute anyone showing purple patches.

• Morax told Guizhong about the monsters from deeper waters, and they chose Jueyun Karst as a defensive settlement.
• Morax reshaped the terrain while Guizhong went to explain the relocation to the Adepti.
• The five Yakshas defeated hundreds of sea monsters outside Liyue Harbor, then returned to cheers from the people.
• Injured people developed purple patches and went mad, so the Liyue Qixing sealed the harbor and closed the nation's borders.
• Bosacius ordered the Thousand Rock Corps to execute anyone with purple patches, provoking citizens to protest.
• Within a week, protesters gathered at the foot of Mt. Tianheng with flags and slogans.

Indarias forced Liyue protesters to choose between accepting the policy of executing people infected by monsters or leaving Liyue, while the Yakshas and Adepti prepared for a spreading calamity. The chapter ended as the Abyss-corrupted Demon Gods imprisoned beneath the land broke free and emerged from massive fissures.

• Indarias gave the protesters one minute to choose whether to stay in Liyue or leave, and sixteen people departed while ten agreed to stay.
• Indarias, Bonanus, and Menogias discussed the strain of the crisis and the plan to move people from the Guili Plains to Jueyun Karst as monsters grew stronger.
• Morax and the other gods helped Baal defend Inazuma and evacuate people from Watatsumi Island and Yashiori Island before leaving.
• After Bosacius and Golden Roc brought people from the Guili Plains to Jueyun Karst, a violent tremor and ancient roar came from Cuijue Slope and Tianqiu Valley.
• Abyss-corrupted Demon Gods burst from underground fissures, and the Yakshas and Adepti realized that the sealed gods had awakened.

Morax returned to Liyue and shielded Liyue Harbor from a gigantic tsunami while battling the Demon Gods who had escaped from Guyun Stone Forest. Bosacius and the other Yakshas left Jueyun Karst to defend Liyue, leaving Cloud Retainer to protect Guizhong.

• Morax blocked the tsunami threatening Liyue Harbor with a golden shield, and the people recognized him as the Geo Lord and celebrated his return.
• Morax struck the Demon Gods beneath Guyun Stone Forest twice with Planet Befall, but many survived and continued attacking him.
• A surge of faith from Liyue's people replenished Morax's power, and he sent countless Rock Spears down upon the Demon Gods.
• Bosacius told the Adepti that Guyun Stone Forest held more Demon Gods than Cuijue Slope and Tianqiu Valley combined, then asked Cloud Retainer to protect Guizhong.
• Bosacius, Indarias, Menogias, Golden Roc, and Bonanus set off toward Liyue Harbor to fight the Demon Gods.

Morax was pinned down by the Demon Gods attacking him at sea while a horde battered Liyue’s Protective Barrier. The Yakshas intervened and drove the monsters away from the city, then set out to draw them farther away and fight them there.

• Morax rushed toward Liyue but was intercepted by attacks from the sea and could not escape the Demon Gods holding him back.
• Twelve Demon Gods battered Liyue’s Protective Barrier, terrifying the people as cracks spread across it.
• Just before the barrier broke, three Yakshas struck the attacking Demon Gods, while another summoned stone slabs and a woman unleashed a massive flood.
• Bosacius sent lightning through the water, paralyzing the Demon Gods and sweeping the horde away from Liyue.
• Bosacius urged the Yakshas to lure the Demon Gods away from the city, and the five Yakshas charged after them.

The five Yakshas struggled to hold off twelve Abyss-tainted Demon Gods until Bosacius was infected and sacrificed himself with a devastating lightning attack. Morax sensed Bosacius’s death while continuing to evade the Demon Gods attacking him at Guyun Stone Forest.

• The five Yakshas changed to a defensive strategy as the twelve Demon Gods overwhelmed them with relentless attacks.
• Bosacius rescued Bonanus from an ice spike, but he was wounded and infected by the Abyss.
• Bosacius said farewell to the other Yakshas and unleashed “Annihilation of ten thousand thunderbolts” against the Demon Gods.
• Guizhong and the Adepti sensed Bosacius’s presence vanish as they fought at Jueyun Karst.
• Morax sensed Bosacius’s death but suppressed his rage and kept dodging the Demon Gods at Guyun Stone Forest.

The Yakshas sacrificed themselves to protect Golden Roc, but their combined explosion only killed six of the nine Demon Gods. Left alone to face the survivors, Golden Roc fought on until a smaller third explosion sounded.

• Bosacius's sacrifice left nine Demon Gods alive, and the exhausted Yakshas struggled to survive their attacks while waiting for Morax.
• Golden Roc realized Bonanus, Indarias, and Menogias had been using their skills to shield him, and saw that the Abyss had infected them.
• Bonanus, Indarias, and Menogias trapped Golden Roc inside their Protective Barriers, said farewell, and flew to their deaths against the Demon Gods.
• Their explosion killed six Demon Gods and shattered the battlefield, but three emerged from the crater and attacked Golden Roc.
• A long time later, a third explosion sounded, smaller than the first two.

Morax fought a vast Abyss horde at Guyun Stone Forest while the Yakshas’ sacrifice left Liyue vulnerable. After Ningguang’s forces brought down one Demon God, more approached the failing barrier, and the Thousand Rock Corps formed ranks to defend the city.

• Morax slaughtered ten of eighteen Demon Gods, then drew a vast horde of powerful monsters toward Guyun Stone Forest to keep them from Liyue.
• The Yakshas’ presences faded, and a surviving Demon God appeared behind Mt. Tianheng, battering Liyue’s Protective Barrier.
• Ningguang ordered Keqing to gather the defenders and Guizhong Ballistas, and fifty operators blasted the Demon God until it fell.
• More Demon Gods approached the cracked barrier, leaving Liyue’s people in despair.
• Several figures rallied thousands of armored soldiers from the Thousand Rock Corps and ordered them to form ranks.

The Thousand Rock Corps sacrificed itself to stop five Demon Gods from reaching Liyue, destroying the legs of two at the cost of nearly all their soldiers. Three Demon Gods kept advancing, and the last survivor begged the Geo Lord to save Liyue.

• Over a thousand soldiers of the Thousand Rock Corps charged the Demon Gods, determined to defend Liyue despite the deadly Abyssal attacks.
• The soldiers climbed a Demon God's legs and detonated bombs against its joints, destroying both legs and bringing it down.
• The Thousand Rock Corps tried to use the fallen Demon God as bait, but the other Demon Gods' fireballs did not harm one another and instead killed the soldiers.
• After thousands of soldiers died, three Demon Gods continued toward Liyue, while the last survivor clung to a leg and pleaded with the Geo Lord for help.

As the Demon Gods and monsters destroyed Liyue, Ningguang sacrificed the Jade Chamber to stop two attackers, but the last Demon God broke through the barrier and Liyue Harbor fell. Morax fought desperately to reach the burning city until Zebu arrived, held off their pursuers, and gave him a chance to escape in search of his wife.

• Ningguang dropped the Jade Chamber onto the Demon Gods, pinning two but failing to stop the third from shattering Liyue's Protective Barrier.
• The monsters flooded Liyue Harbor, and a little girl was killed just after releasing a Sea Lantern stained with her blood.
• Morax saw the bloodstained Sea Lantern drift toward him but could not reach it while fighting the Demon Gods and monsters.
• Zebu arrived from Inazuma and told Morax that Inazuma, Baal, and the people under her protection were lost.
• Morax said his wife might still be alive, and Zebu stayed behind to cover his escape.

Morax found Liyue and Jueyun Karst devastated, then discovered Guizhong alive and realized he was being consumed by a mysterious force. A familiar box unlocked his memories of Xiu Yuan, and as Morax cried out for his brother, Xiu Yuan answered that he had always been there.

• Morax saw the destruction across Liyue and Jueyun Karst, then killed the two surviving Demon Gods with Planet Befall.
• Morax found Guizhong unconscious in a cave and broke down with relief when he saw she was alive.
• Guizhong warned Morax that six Demon Gods had attacked, then noticed his hand turning purple as the force began consuming him.
• Morax searched his Storage Space for help, but a box he had bought with Guizhong triggered the return of his buried memories of Xiu Yuan.
• Morax remembered Xiu Yuan's role in Liyue's history and cried out for him, and Xiu Yuan answered that he was there.

Xiu Yuan returned after Teyvat was destroyed, comforted Morax, and restored the world before disappearing. Morax discovered that Celestia and the Archons’ Gnoses were gone, then The Seven received a command to lift all restrictions on technology.

• Xiu Yuan appeared before the grieving Morax, reassured him, and put him to sleep as Guizhong watched.
• Morax woke to find Liyue restored, and Guizhong confirmed that their memories of its destruction were real.
• The Adepti and Yakshas returned and reported that the monsters, virus, and revived Demon Gods had vanished; Morax said Xiu Yuan had restored them.
• Morax discovered that Celestia, his Gnosis, and the box linked to Xiu Yuan were missing, then learned that the other Archons’ Gnoses were gone too.
• The Seven received a message ordering them to lift all restrictions and allow technology to develop freely.

After enduring thousands of years in the Sea of Quanta, Xiu Yuan created a new, empty Teyvat and returned to find the original world overrun by monsters. He persuaded the Lord of the Underworld to help revive its inhabitants, then killed Morax and Guizhong so their souls could be gathered and transported to the new world.

• Xiu Yuan sensed the Archons falling as the Sea of Quanta swallowed Teyvat, then emerged and used One Thought, Three Thousand to create a new Teyvat.
• After spending thousands of years enduring the Sea of Quanta’s corrosion and restoring his body, Xiu Yuan returned to find monsters and Demon Gods ruling the ruined original world.
• The Lord of the Underworld mocked Xiu Yuan for returning late, but agreed to revive Teyvat’s dead after Xiu Yuan promised the new world would give them a chance to live again.
• Xiu Yuan met Morax and Guizhong, then killed them as the Lord of the Underworld opened his realm and drew in every soul in Teyvat.
• Xiu Yuan used his power over space to envelop the Underworld and teleport it to the new Teyvat.