Recaps

Ei explained that human wishes change, but the dream of pursuing a better life remains eternal, and resolved to protect Inazuma as its people advanced. The Shogun accepted Ei’s new understanding and their relationship shifted from creator and tool toward recognition of the Shogun as part of Ei herself.

• Ei told Ellin and the Shogun that humanity’s changing wishes were driven by an enduring dream of a better life.
• Ei reflected on Liyue’s prosperity and concluded that humanity’s legacy could accumulate into strength capable of challenging the Heavenly Principles.
• Ei promised to protect her subjects as they pursued their dreams and shared her new understanding of eternity with Ellin.
• The Shogun accepted Ei’s new ideas and agreed not to oppose changes to the rules.
• Ei told the Shogun she no longer viewed her as a tool, but as herself, and the Shogun acknowledged Ei’s growth.

Ei reconciled with the Shogun and accepted her as her shadow, then heard Raiden Makoto’s voice emerge from Musou Isshin. Makoto explained why she had left a fragment of her will in the sword, and Ei’s reunion with her sister brought her buried grief to the surface.

• The Shogun accepted her identity as Ei’s shadow and asked Ellin and Ei to keep sparring with her.
• Ei and the Shogun shared a peaceful moment after reconciling, while Ellin congratulated them.
• Musou Isshin glowed, and a violet orb carrying Raiden Makoto’s voice appeared.
• Makoto said she had left a fragment of her will in the sword to wait until Ei acknowledged and mastered its power.
• Makoto apologized for leaving Ei with Inazuma’s burdens and teased her about the hardships she had endured.
• Ei’s voice trembled as she reunited with Makoto, who fondly laughed at her stubborn reply.

Makoto gave Ei the Sacred Sakura seed, which Ei planted through time to protect Inazuma, then said goodbye as her final consciousness faded. Back in the real world, Ei and Ellin watched the sunset together, and Ellin offered Ei a cold, creamy substance.

• Makoto gave Ei the Sacred Sakura seed and explained that Ei’s wishes would determine where it took root.
• Ei filled the seed with her dream of protecting Inazuma, and it traveled into the past to grow into the Sacred Sakura.
• Makoto thanked the Shogun and Ellin, declined Ellin’s offer to use Reconstruction, and shared a final farewell with Ei.
• Makoto’s consciousness faded into sakura petals, and everyone returned to the real world as dusk fell.
• Ei and Ellin sat together on a peak near Mt. Yougou, and Ellin handed Ei a cold, creamy substance.

Ellin gave Ei ice cream, revealing that she was the author of the novel that had comforted Ei, and told her her true name. Ei thanked Ellin and found peace resting beside her; Ellin then received a divine core and inventory rewards for becoming close friends with Beelzebul.

• Ellin gave Ei homemade ice cream and explained that she alone knew how to make it.
• Ei realized Ellin was the friend who had written The Domineering Electro Archon Falls for Me and asked her true name.
• Ellin told Ei her name was Ellin, and Ei thanked her for staying by her and helping her through her grief.
• Ei leaned against Ellin and fell asleep peacefully as Ellin held her on the mountain summit.
• The story described how Inazuma's wishes had called forth Ellin to help Ei face her inner turmoil and return her attention to her people.
• Ellin received 20 Artifact Inventory slots, 10 Weapon Inventory slots, and an electro archon divine core after becoming close friends with Beelzebul.

After helping Inazuma prepare to reopen its borders, Ellin traveled to Mt. Aocang, where Zhongli and Cloud Retainer were mourning Guizhong and holding on to Ellin’s promise to bring her back. Ellin arrived and announced that she had come to fulfill that promise.

• Ei announced that Inazuma would soon lift the Sakoku decree, and Ellin left Inazuma to visit her friends and family.
• Zhongli sat at the stone table on Mt. Aocang and placed a new Memory of Dust at Guizhong’s seat.
• Cloud Retainer joined Zhongli, and he told her about Guizhong’s lingering soul and Ellin’s promise to revive her.
• Ellin arrived on Mt. Aocang, greeted Zhongli and Cloud Retainer, and said she had come to fulfill her promise.

Ellin began trying to resurrect Guizhong on Mt. Aocang, guarded by Liyue's immortals and Zhongli. She released the soul remnants from twenty-one Memories of Dust, leaving Guizhong bewildered as she found herself surrounded by her old friends and other remnants.

• Ellin told Zhongli and Cloud Retainer that she was ready to attempt Guizhong's resurrection and had an eighty-percent chance of success.
• Zhongli, Cloud Retainer, Xiao, Madame Ping, Azhdaha, and the other immortals gathered on Mt. Aocang to protect Ellin while she worked.
• Ellin explained that she would use [Reconstruction] and the seven elemental demon god cores to rebuild Guizhong's soul from its remnants.
• Ellin opened her Spatial Backpack and revealed twenty-one Memories of Dust, shocking Zhongli and the immortals.
• Ellin used white elemental energy to remove the seals from all twenty-one Memories of Dust without harming the soul remnants inside.
• Guizhong's soul remnant emerged, greeted Morax, then stopped in confusion when she saw her old friends and the other floating remnants.

Ellin helped Guizhong merge twenty-one soul remnants and reconstruct sixty percent of her soul, allowing her to form a body and reunite with her friends. Guizhong returned to Liyue, where the immortals welcomed her after a thousand years apart.

• Twenty-one of Guizhong's soul remnants awakened on Mt. Aocang, and Ellin urged them to merge before they ran out of energy.
• Ellin used the power of her demon god core to nourish the remnants as they merged into one soul.
• Ellin reconstructed sixty percent of Guizhong's soul, stopping before the process could risk changing who she was.
• Guizhong formed a body from dust, thanked Ellin, and apologized to her friends as she returned.
• The immortals welcomed Guizhong back after a thousand years apart.

After Guizhong returned to life, the adepti welcomed her at a banquet and shared the history of Liyue. She explored the prosperous harbor with Zhongli, whose happiness at her return was tempered by her extravagant spending, until they stumbled upon a lingerie shop bearing Qingling's name.

• The adepti gathered on Mt. Aocang to welcome Guizhong, thanked Ellin, and told Guizhong about Liyue’s history.
• Four stone stools were placed outside Cloud Retainer’s abode for Cloud Retainer, Guizhong, Zhongli, and Qingling.
• Guizhong took Zhongli around Liyue Harbor, spending eight million Mora on food, clothes, tea, and entertainment.
• Zhongli went to the Jade Mystery and used his Geo Archon authority and experience to win three pieces of top-quality jade.
• Guizhong and Zhongli continued exploring and found a brightly decorated shop called Qingling Flower Butterfly Slime Bra.

Guizhong dragged Zhongli into a Slime Bra shop, where she discovered what the products were and bought one while Zhongli endured the embarrassment. After word spread through Liyue Harbor, Zhongli hid at Moon Carver’s place for three months.

• Zhongli tried to steer Guizhong away from the shop, but she insisted on going inside to inspect its supposed magical devices.
• Guizhong picked a lace Slime Bra and followed the sales assistant to the fitting room, leaving Zhongli alone among the staring customers.
• Venti spotted Zhongli in the shop but pretended not to recognize him and hurried away.
• Guizhong learned what the Slime Bras were for, apologized to Zhongli, and asked him to pay for the one she had chosen.
• News of Zhongli’s visit spread through Liyue Harbor, and he reportedly hid at Moon Carver’s place for three months.

After settling Guizhong’s affairs, Ellin returned to Mondstadt and met Mona through Fischl. She treated the hungry astrologist to breakfast at Good Hunter, where Mona eagerly ate until she cried with happiness.

• Guizhong left Liyue Harbor to travel around Liyue, and Ellin returned to her family in Mondstadt.
• Ellin spent time with Klee and the others, then met Mona when Fischl introduced them in the plaza.
• Mona excitedly praised Ellin and agreed that Ellin could call her “Meg.”
• Ellin learned Mona had eaten only two Sunsettias for breakfast and invited her to Good Hunter.
• Mona devoured the extravagant meal in tears while Ellin and Fischl watched her enjoy it.

Mona attempted to divine Ellin’s fate, but the wishes of her followers obscured the reading, leaving Mona to interpret Ellin’s Radiant Sun constellation as a sign she would stand high above others and be alone. Fischl comforted Ellin, who pointed out that she was receiving warmth from Fischl in that very moment.

• After breakfast at Good Hunter, Mona offered to read Ellin’s future, and Ellin agreed.
• Mona’s Hydromancy Board erupted in blinding white light when she first tried to divine Ellin’s fate.
• With Ellin’s permission, Mona tried again, but countless stars representing people’s wishes obscured Ellin’s information.
• Mona interpreted Ellin’s Radiant Sun constellation as a sign that she would shine over the world yet be destined to stand alone.
• Fischl angrily rejected Mona’s prediction and promised to stay by Ellin’s side.
• Ellin thanked Fischl and told Mona that she was receiving gentleness from someone right then.

Ellin helped Ei revive Inazuma by supporting the Irodori Festival, where her novel and ice cream drew huge crowds. After the festival, Ellin stayed in Inazuma to help with its recovery, while a barrier near Stormterror's Lair shattered and released a vast spatial rift filled with dark fog and filth.

• Ellin traveled to Inazuma after Ei lifted the Sakoku Decree, and Ei worked with the Tri-Commission to rebuild the nation and hold the Irodori Festival.
• Ellin gave Kujou Sara four limited-edition statues of the twin gods, and Sara accepted them all before patrolling the festival.
• Yae Miko revealed Ellin as the author of "The Domineering Electro Archon Falls for Me!" and sold a collector's edition alongside Ellin's ice cream, earning more than 70 million Mora from the ice cream alone.
• Ellin put her share of the proceeds and royalties into Inazuma's treasury and stayed to help Ei rebuild after the festival ended.
• The sealing barrier Ellin had erected near Stormterror's Lair shattered, and a huge spatial rift released pitch-black fog and filth into Mondstadt.

Spatial Rifts unleashed filth and monsters across Mondstadt, turning much of the land into a wasteland as the creatures advanced on Mondstadt City. Jean and the Knights of Favonius prepared to defend the city while Barbatos raised a Storm Barrier, and Razor led the wolves through the destruction at Wolvendom.

• A Spatial Rift opened at Stormterror's Lair, releasing black mist, sludge, Rifthounds, and other monsters that destroyed everything nearby.
• More Spatial Rifts appeared across Mondstadt, and corrupted Hilichurls and wilderness monsters joined the assault on villages and Mondstadt City.
• Jean rallied the Knights of Favonius outside Mondstadt's southern gate, where they destroyed the bridge and prepared to face the approaching Beast Tide.
• Barbatos appeared at Mondstadt's Statues of the Seven and created a Storm Barrier around the city, leaving the Knights outside to defend its people.
• Razor led the wolf pack through Wolvendom as monsters ravaged the forest, fighting to find a path to survival.

Razor fought to protect the wolves of Wolvendom from an overwhelming Beast Tide, unleashing his Electro Vision and defeating a powerful Rifthound. Thousands of monsters remained, and exhausted Razor was pulled back into the endless battle.

• Monsters slaughtered hundreds of wolves as the surviving pack tried to drag Razor to safety.
• Razor broke free, charged the monsters, and used his Electro Vision to kill a Rifthound with his claymore.
• Surrounded, Razor summoned a massive Electro avatar and fought through the horde with claws and lightning.
• Razor targeted a huge Rifthound and destroyed it from within using Ellin's [Thunder Dragon Breath] technique.
• Thousands of monsters remained in Wolvendom, and their unrelenting attacks left Razor visibly exhausted.

Razor fought the monsters to protect his wolf family, but collapsed from his wounds as the pack returned to defend him and suffered heavy casualties. Andrius arrived to save them, then looked over the devastation and Razor’s unconscious body with grim resolve.

• Razor exhausted himself fighting the monsters so the wolves could escape, but a monster struck him and left him gravely wounded.
• The wolves returned and gathered around Razor, then charged the monsters to protect him.
• Nearly two hundred wolves died in the renewed battle, and the remaining pack formed a guard around Razor as he lay near death.
• Andrius descended in a freezing gale and crushed the monsters attacking the wolves.
• Andrius saw the dead wolves and unconscious Razor, then regarded the calamity with a weary sigh and grim resolve.

As monsters overwhelmed Wolvendom and threatened Mondstadt, King Wolf-Andrius gave his remaining power to the gravely wounded Razor, naming him the new Ruler of Wolvendom. Andrius vanished, while Razor survived and led the wolves in battle, carrying his king’s legacy into an uncertain future.

• Andrius saw Razor risk his life for the wolves and recognized him as both wolf and human.
• Andrius gave Razor his remaining power, healed his wounds, and named him the new Ruler of Wolvendom.
• Andrius vanished forever, and the wolves mourned their departed king as Razor recovered.
• Razor wielded Cryo, Anemo, and Electro power, then charged at the monsters with the wolves and fought until nightfall.
• Razor and the wolves howled from a peak beneath the crescent moon to honor Andrius.

The Spring Fairy defended the evacuated town of Springvale from an endless monster tide, fighting for a day to protect its people, soil, and her memories with Diona. After exhausting her power, she collapsed beside the spring.

• The Knights of Favonius monitored cracks in Ellin’s barrier and prepared for the disaster, but only one signal flare reached the sky when the monster tide erupted.
• Jean evacuated Springvale’s villagers to Mondstadt, leaving the town deserted as monsters swept across the region.
• The Spring Fairy emerged from Springvale’s spring and chose to stay because she loved the town and wanted to keep her promise to Diona.
• The Spring Fairy fought the monsters for a full day, killing them and using her Purification Light to keep them from entering or contaminating Springvale.
• The Spring Fairy exhausted her power, and her blue light faded as her body turned into clear water and spilled onto the ground.

The Spring Fairy exhausted her strength protecting Springvale and prepared to return to the spring for a long sleep, believing she would never see Diona again. Diona reached her through the disaster and found her just before she left, bringing the friends together in the deserted village.

• The Spring Fairy spent her strength protecting the village and dwindled to a tiny form as she made her way toward the spring.
• The Spring Fairy said goodbye to Diona, expecting that the people of Springvale would be gone by the time she awoke.
• Diona, injured and in torn clothes, scooped up the Spring Fairy at the spring’s edge.
• Diona explained that the Spring Fairy’s birthday blessing had let her sense her friend was in danger, so she left her shelter and crossed the monster-filled disaster to reach Springvale.
• The Spring Fairy understood the hardships Diona had endured to find her and spoke to her with tenderness.

Diona found the exhausted Spring Fairy, who merged with her as an act of love and promised to travel with her after recovering. Meanwhile, Venti and Dvalin defended Mondstadt City’s eastern side, where Dvalin killed the Dread Dragon but faced an endless horde of Monsters.

• Diona reached the Spring Fairy after crossing the disaster’s devastated lands to find her friend.
• The Spring Fairy thanked Diona and merged with her, giving her power and promising to remain by her side.
• Diona promised to take the Spring Fairy to new lands and mountains once the fairy awoke.
• Venti and Dvalin fought the Monsters attacking Mondstadt City from the east.
• Dvalin severed the Dread Dragon’s wing, struck it with Wind Dragon’s Breath, and killed it, but the eastern horde remained vast.

Mondstadt’s defenders fought the endless monster horde on multiple fronts, using their strongest fighters, weapons, and coordinated attacks to hold the city. The chapter ended with Kaeya and Diluc fighting together against a massive black giant, which they wounded and knocked into Cider Lake.

• Venti and Dvalin unleashed powerful wind attacks that cleared monsters from the eastern battlefield.
• Jean and Lisa combined Electro and Anemo attacks, while cannons bombarded the monsters advancing on Mondstadt’s southern front.
• A black giant endured cannon fire on the western front and hurled a boulder toward Mondstadt’s wall, but Diluc shattered it with a flaming strike.
• Kaeya and Diluc joined forces to stop the black giant from reaching Mondstadt City.
• Kaeya froze the giant’s right foot in Cider Lake, and Diluc wounded its left ankle with Wolf’s Gravestone, sending the giant crashing into the lake.

Kaeya and Diluc beheaded a Black Giant at Cider Lake, while Eula and Amber defeated a massive lizard monster on Mondstadt’s northern front. The northern defenders continued holding the line against the advancing monsters.

• Kaeya froze Cider Lake around the Black Giant, trapping it so he and Diluc could strike from opposite sides and behead it.
• Diluc returned to the city wall, and Kaeya followed to resume commanding their forces.
• Eula led the Reconnaissance Company and other defenders in fighting lizard-shaped monsters in the shallows of Cider Lake.
• A Giant Lizard attacked Eula, but Amber fired a High-Explosive Arrow into its open mouth, blasting it apart and giving Eula a chance to strike.
• Eula severed the Giant Lizard’s forelimb and badly wounded it, then Amber shot an explosive arrow into its eye and killed it.

As Mondstadt’s defenders grew exhausted during the endless monster assault, nearly two hundred Rifthounds entered the city and attacked its helpless residents. Albedo, Klee, and Sucrose rushed to protect them, and Klee joined the fight with her bombs.

• The Millelith held back monsters at Stone Gate while the Liyue Qixing chose not to send troops to Mondstadt, fearing an attack on Liyue and a pincer assault.
• After eight hours of fighting, Venti, Dvalin, Jean, Lisa, Kaeya, Diluc, Eula, and Rosaria continued battling despite their exhaustion.
• Nearly two hundred Rifthounds tore open space and entered Mondstadt, attacking the elderly and children while most fighters were outside the city.
• Albedo brought Klee and Sucrose to defend the residents after Klee insisted on helping protect Mondstadt.
• Sucrose, Albedo, and Klee attacked the Rifthounds together, defeating seven and continuing toward the monsters.

Noelle and Fischl defended the Orphanage while Bennett and the elderly Adventurers fought to protect the Adventurers' Guild. The spatial rift closed after eleven hours, but Mondstadt still faced nearly a million monsters, and all thirty-two elderly Adventurers had fallen defending Bennett.

• Noelle and Fischl fought Rifthounds outside the Orphanage to protect the children.
• Bennett held off eighteen Rifthounds outside the Adventurers' Guild, refusing to let them reach his elderly dads.
• Wounded and exhausted, Bennett was stopped by his dads, who thanked him and went out to fight in his place.
• The thirty-two elderly Adventurers fought the Rifthounds and all fell in battle.
• After eleven hours, the spatial rift vanished, but nearly a million monsters remained as Mondstadt's defenders ran out of ammunition and grew exhausted.

As Mondstadt’s exhausted defenders faced overwhelming monster hordes and Rifthounds, they prayed for Ellin to return. Sensing their desperate wishes in Inazuma, Ellin teleported to Mondstadt, froze thousands of monsters, and appeared to the city as its hope of salvation.

• After eleven hours of fighting, Mondstadt’s forces ran out of ammunition and struggled against the remaining monsters, while Rifthounds attacked the city.
• At the Orphanage, Fischl and Noelle defended more than a hundred children from the Rifthounds as they and other defenders silently wished for Ellin’s return.
• In Inazuma, Ellin sensed a powerful surge of painful wishes from Mondstadt shortly after discussing recovery plans with Ei.
• Ellin teleported above Mondstadt, saw the enormous monster horde, and estimated that at least two and a half million monsters had descended on the region.
• Ellin struck the horde with an Ice Spike, freezing more than ten thousand monsters, and the people below recognized her as the Sun Knight and rejoiced.

As Mondstadt faced overwhelming monster attacks, Ellin witnessed the devastation of the land and the suffering of her friends and its people. She put on Xiao’s mask, awakened as a Demon God and the new Anemo Archon, and was recognized by the people as their god.

• Ellin attacked monsters across the battlefields but could not strike those near Mondstadt’s defenders without endangering them.
• Ellin surveyed the ruined land and saw her friends and the people fighting, suffering, and dying.
• Ellin recalled Xiao’s words about the Yaksha Mask, summoned it, and put it on as tears fell onto the battlefield.
• The system announced that Ellin had gained a Demon God Body and Core and fulfilled the conditions to become an Archon.
• Mondstadt’s bells and Statues of The Seven blazed as the people’s wishes gathered around Ellin and divine power proclaimed the birth of a new god.
• Ellin declared herself the Archon of Humanity, and the people instinctively recognized her as the new Anemo Archon.