Recaps

Ellin reached the end of the Ley Lines and learned that Teyvat’s civilizations were repeatedly destroyed to prevent them from exhausting the world’s finite resources. She left with a clearer understanding of the cycle but still wondered who Feng'er was and what she was doing.

• Ellin found an ancient withered tree at the convergence of the Ley Lines, surrounded by prayer circlets left by priests.
• Ellin touched the tree and learned that the universe destroyed civilizations when they grew powerful enough to consume its finite resources.
• Ellin saw that Teyvat’s world erased its own advanced civilizations before the universe could destroy the unstable world itself.
• Ellin learned that each prayer circlet marked a priest who discovered the truth and chose not to tell their people.
• Ellin considered the conflict between humanity’s drive to progress and the world’s need to protect itself, then resolved to return to Feng'er for the remaining answers.

Ellin left the Ley Lines with a newly unified demon god core and returned to Liyue when its people called for help. She defeated the crisis by promising to protect Liyue as its god, and the people’s bow made her the new Geo Archon.

• Ellin completed her journey through the Ley Lines, uniting the power of all seven demon god cores into one pure-white core.
• The Immortals fought Osial for an hour, protecting Liyue Harbor but becoming badly wounded and exhausted.
• Ellin answered the people’s calls and appeared above the battlefield as the Immortals neared defeat.
• Ellin promised to watch over Liyue and grant its people a peaceful, free nation if they accepted her as their god.
• Led by the Liyue Qixing, the people bowed to Ellin and sealed the contract that made her the new Geo Archon.

After Liyue’s people accepted Ellin as their new god, she entered the battle against Osial and overwhelmed him with her strength. She stopped his attacks and dispersed the enormous waves threatening Liyue Harbor.

• The people of Liyue knelt to accept Ellin as their New God, sealing the contract and bringing about the birth of the Archon of Humanity.
• Ellin appeared on the battlefield, healed the immortals, and took over the fight as they withdrew.
• Osial attacked Ellin with a mountain-sized tail strike, but she blocked it with her raised wrist.
• Ellin tore apart Osial’s Water Blade Storm with anemo and struck him with an electro-and-pyro punch that sent him crashing into the sea.
• When Osial’s impact sent towering waves toward Liyue Harbor, Ellin stopped them and made them collapse with a single command.

Ellin overwhelmed Osial with her fused elemental power and moved to kill him, but Beisht intervened and Osial unleashed a desperate spacetime attack. The vortex vanished with Ellin inside it, leaving her fate unknown as Zhongli explained Osial’s last-resort technique.

• Ellin used a lightning spear to pierce Osial, then froze the sea and trapped him in the ice.
• Ellin struck Osial with Elemental Shockwave and prepared to crush him with a Geo Sword.
• Beisht appeared to shield Osial, and Ellin refused to spare them despite her admiration for Beisht’s devotion.
• Osial broke free of the ice and used his power as the God of the Vortex to drag Ellin into a spacetime vortex.
• Zhongli explained to Azhdaha that Osial’s technique cast an enemy into a temporal eddy at great cost.

Osial’s spacetime vortex sent Ellin to the past, where she arrived at Yaoguang Shoal and met Alice. Zhongli sensed Ellin’s arrival and recognized her as Liyue’s future Geo Archon, while Alice welcomed her as a destined best friend.

• At the Pavilion Tower, Zhongli reassured Azhdaha that Osial’s vortex would only send Ellin briefly into the past and would not harm her.
• Ellin appeared above Yaoguang Shoal and realized that Osial was still sealed at Guyun Stone Forest, confirming she had traveled back in time.
• Zhongli sensed Ellin’s immense aura, recognized the Geo Archon’s power and Osial’s lingering vortex energy, and chose not to approach her.
• Alice called Ellin her best friend and explained that her divination had predicted Ellin would arrive from the future.
• Ellin introduced herself to Alice and questioned her about astrologists divining their own fortunes, prompting Alice to dismiss the restriction.

Alice learned that Ellin would return to her own time after eight days in the past, which would amount to only eight seconds in her present. Ellin decided to spend the time with Alice, but after they flew to Celestia, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles attacked and Ellin fled with Alice.

• Alice examined Ellin and said the power holding her in the past would fade in at least eight days, while only about eight seconds would pass in her own time.
• Ellin agreed to treat her stay as a vacation and traveled with Alice from Yaoguang Shoal to Mondstadt.
• At Windrise, Alice asked Ellin to take her to Celestia, and Ellin agreed after becoming excited by the idea.
• Ellin carried Alice above Celestia, where they looked around the floating island.
• The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles appeared and attacked Ellin and Alice, so Ellin chose to flee.

Ellin escaped the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles with Alice, then used her Geo Archon powers to give Alice Mora. In Mondstadt, Ellin saw young Sucrose grieving over her absent playmates and secretly left her an alchemy book, inspiring her to create Wonderland.

• Ellin teleported with Alice to Watatsumi Island, explained how teleportation worked, and then returned with her to Mondstadt.
• Alice told Ellin she had spent her money on Zhongli’s seven-day tour of Liyue, and Ellin created Mora with her Geo Archon powers to help her.
• After sharing a meal, Ellin spotted young Sucrose sitting alone and learned that her playmates had left Mondstadt.
• Ellin borrowed Alice’s book about biological alchemy and left it on the grass for Sucrose to find.
• Sucrose read the book and decided to create her own Wonderland so she could have good friends and no longer feel lonely.

A lonely girl who called herself Fischl tried to make friends in Mondstadt by imitating the heroine of her favorite fantasy novel. After the children challenged her to prove her invented powers, she led them outside the city and was left unable to keep up the lie.

• Fischl ran to Mondstadt’s plaza, hoping to find children who would play with her.
• She introduced herself as the Prinzessin der Verurteilung, but the children called her strange and began to leave.
• Fischl defended the name and described her supposed powers, including the ability to pluck stars from the sky.
• When the children asked her to demonstrate, Fischl led them to a hillside outside Mondstadt.
• Unable to prove her powers, Fischl stammered as the children pressed her to show them.

Ellin secretly used Planet Befall to make Fischl’s childhood wish come true when other children mocked her, leaving Fischl with a treasured memory of a mysterious white-haired girl. Years later, Fischl met Ellin at the Adventurers’ Guild and felt compelled to become her friend.

• Outside Mondstadt, children mocked Fischl for promising to pluck a star from the sky and threw dirt at her.
• Fischl removed her eyepatch and called down the stars, while Ellin used Planet Befall from a distant cliff.
• A meteor crashed into Cider Lake, frightening the children into fleeing and convincing Fischl that a god had saved her.
• Fischl treasured her memory of the white-haired girl, though over time she began to doubt whether the incident had really happened.
• Years later, Fischl approached Ellin at the Adventurers’ Guild, and Ellin answered her dramatic introduction with one of her own.

Ellin and Alice explored the underwater Seal at Guyun Stone Forest and discovered Beisht had spent thousands of years waiting beside her imprisoned husband, Osial. As they watched the creatures gather around the Seal, Ellin reflected on what she had seen, and the chapter ended with her and Alice appearing before Beisht.

• After spending several days in Mondstadt, Alice asked Ellin to take her to see the Seal beneath Guyun Stone Forest.
• Ellin concealed her aura and brought Alice underwater, where they saw Rex Lapis's eight Geo Spears forming a Barrier around the enormous, sleeping Osial.
• Alice noticed Beisht beside the Seal, and Ellin explained that she was Osial's wife.
• Ellin and Alice watched the area for eight hours as fish, shrimp, and sea beasts gathered around the Seal and mourned for Osial.
• Beisht continued waiting for Osial to wake, until the seawater churned and Ellin and Alice appeared before her.

Beisht defended Osial’s seal from Ellin, who questioned her and promised to spare them if Beisht could persuade Osial to abandon his hatred. Afterward, Ellin and Alice watched the sunset at Yaoguang Shoal as their time together came to an end.

• Beisht attacked Ellin when she appeared at Osial’s seal, but Ellin halted and restrained her.
• Ellin asked Beisht about her vigil and her hopes for life with Osial, and Beisht said she wanted peace and would try to dissuade him from revenge.
• Ellin promised Beisht a chance at survival and freedom if she could persuade Osial to let go of his hatred.
• Ellin and Alice returned to Yaoguang Shoal, where Alice noted that Osial’s power sustaining Ellin was nearly exhausted.
• Ellin and Alice watched the sunset beside the Statue of the Seven, and Alice thanked Ellin for their time together.

Ellin met a young Ningguang on Yaoguang Shoal and offered to fund her ambitions as a merchant. Ningguang accepted the investment and vowed to repay Ellin generously if she became wealthy.

• Alice told Ellin she planned to name her future daughter Klee and make Ellin the girl’s godmother.
• Ellin spotted a barefoot, struggling Ningguang selling fish on Yaoguang Shoal and revealed herself as an Adeptus.
• Ningguang explained that she had failed to sell any fish on her first day trying to earn startup money for a business.
• Ellin praised Ningguang’s principles and offered thirty thousand Mora for the fish plus two hundred and seventy thousand Mora as an investment.
• Ningguang accepted Ellin’s money and declared that she would give Ellin a generous return if she made a fortune.

Ellin shared a farewell evening with Ningguang and Alice before returning to her own time. Ningguang later remembered the fairy sister who encouraged her, and Alice kept their photograph as she said goodbye.

• Ellin grilled Chi Tiger Fish for Ningguang and Alice, then flew Ningguang home and encouraged her to believe she would become a remarkable merchant.
• Ningguang promised to work hard and watched Ellin fly away, inspired by the experience of seeing the world from above.
• As Ningguang rose to prominence, memories of Ellin shaped her view of the Adepti and helped motivate her to join the Liyue Qixing in hopes of meeting her again.
• Ningguang eventually recognized Ellin when she tasted the familiar grilled Chi Tiger Fish made by the Clear-Bell Flower-Butterfly Fairy.
• Ellin returned to Alice, promised to look after Klee in the future, and vanished into a time vortex while Alice kept their photograph.

Ellin returned to the battlefield and offered Osial and Beisht a choice: submit to her and stop harming humans or perish. Osial let go of his hatred, and Ellin healed the couple, made them her familiars, and blessed them to live freely in the sea; the story was left ready to move into its finale arc.

• Zhongli sensed Ellin return and realized she was the future Geo Archon he had once met and hoped would succeed him.
• Ellin reflected on Beisht’s devotion and the sacrifices of Osial’s sea creatures, then offered the couple survival if they submitted and abandoned their war against humanity.
• Beisht wept and shielded Osial, prompting him to remember his people’s sacrifices and recognize that his old war had lost its meaning.
• Osial and Beisht lowered their heads and submitted to Ellin, who healed them, made them her third and fourth familiars, and warned them not to harm humans.
• Ellin melted the ice and blessed the couple to live freely in the sea; they took human form, swore loyalty to her, and bowed together.

After Ellin resolved the Osial crisis with both righteousness and mercy, she met Ningguang in the Serenitea Pot and asked her to help govern Liyue. Their reunion ended with Ningguang urging Ellin to make more Mora as the Golden House’s reserves dwindled.

• Ellin let Osial and Beisht leave after placing her power within them, and they pledged loyalty to her and went to protect the waters between Liyue and Inazuma.
• People celebrated the crisis’s end, and Ellin cast the enormous Geo Sword into the sea as a landmark.
• Four days later, Ningguang met Ellin in the Serenitea Pot and acknowledged her as Fairy Sister.
• Ningguang reflected on how far she had come and admitted she had searched for Ellin to show her that her investment had succeeded.
• Ellin asked Ningguang to help govern Liyue, and Ningguang accepted before pointing out that the Golden House was running out of Mora and demanding that Ellin make more.

Ellin used the Mora she created to improve living conditions across Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma. At a sunflower picnic, she made Shenhe her second familiar, granting her adeptus power so she could stay by Ellin’s side.

• Ellin created a mountain of Mora and let her friends spend it, prompting widespread repairs in Mondstadt and renewed spending by Zhongli.
• Ellin read Dodoco Tales to Klee during a birthday picnic in the Windrise Foothills.
• Ellin praised Shenhe for saving Liyue Harbor from Osial’s wave and protecting the things Ellin cherished.
• Ellin asked Shenhe to become her second familiar, and Shenhe gladly accepted.
• Ellin infused Shenhe with her power, making her a true adeptus and forming a bond that let them sense each other across any distance.

Feng'er opened her memories to Ellin and revealed Teyvat's history and the reason it chose Ellin. The chapter left Ellin poised to learn how Teyvat's weary will hoped she would judge its decision to destroy civilizations to protect the continent.

• Feng'er removed the barrier in their shared connection and let Ellin freely view her memories.
• Feng'er's memories explained that Teyvat's Heavenly Principle destroyed civilizations before they could attract the universe's attention and bring about the continent's annihilation.
• Teyvat's sentient will grew weary of repeatedly destroying civilizations and questioned whether its actions were selfish and cruel.
• Teyvat decided to summon a human from another world, help her become a god, and see what choice she would make as an Archon of Humanity.
• Teyvat found a human who loved its world, drew her into it, and became her system to guide and watch her.

Feng'er revealed that she was once the will of Teyvat, but became Ellin’s familiar to experience human life and help her grow. She asked Ellin to save Teyvat and the suffering Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.

• The will of Teyvat explained that it had brought Ailin from another world to see what choice a human who became a god would make for the collapsing world.
• During Ellin and Fischl’s first meeting, the will chose to become Ellin’s familiar amid a forest fire, taking the name Feng'er and sharing Ellin’s life and soul.
• Feng'er told Ellin the truth about her origins and apologized for bringing her to Teyvat and placing the choice of its fate upon her.
• Ellin said she was glad to have come to Teyvat, and Feng'er embraced her.
• Feng'er asked Ellin to save Teyvat’s people and the mad, tormented Sustainer of Heavenly Principles before she broke down.

Feng'er revealed to Ellin that the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles had been driven toward madness by the pain of repeatedly nurturing and destroying civilizations, and asked him to find another way to save her and Teyvat. She explained that the false sky protecting Teyvat was becoming unstable and that she and Alice were holding it together while buying Ellin time to grow.

• Feng'er told Ellin that the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles loved humanity but had to destroy flourishing civilizations to protect Teyvat from the universe.
• Feng'er explained that centuries of guiding civilizations and then destroying them had caused the Sustainer immense erosion, madness, and suffering.
• Feng'er asked Ellin to save the Sustainer, Teyvat, and every living thing by finding another choice.
• Feng'er explained that the original sky had shattered, leaving the false sky made from people's constellations and wishes to shield Teyvat from outside forces.
• Feng'er revealed that the false sky was growing unstable and that she and Alice were using their power to maintain it and buy time for Ellin to grow.

Ellin accepted the responsibility of using the authority of [Heavenly Principles] to prepare Teyvat for an approaching calamity and restore the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles. As the nations readied for war, she recruited Razor to help protect Mondstadt and went to Springvale after Diona pleaded for her to save the Spring Fairy.

• Ellin contacted the gods of the nations, explained that the calamity would arrive within six months, and said she planned to restore the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles and rewrite the order.
• Zhongli, Venti, and Ei urged the other gods to trust Ellin and prepare for battle, prompting the nations to stockpile supplies, manufacture weapons, and build defenses.
• Ellin told Razor that Andrius had passed his power to him and that his soul had dissipated, then asked Razor to help protect Mondstadt and gave him Artifacts and Wolf's Gravestone.
• Razor accepted Ellin's request, naming the people and Lupical he wanted to protect, and shared roasted meat with Ellin and the wolves.
• Ellin arrived in Springvale, where Diona begged her to save the Spring Fairy, who could no longer speak.

Ellin restored the Spring Fairy’s power and helped her reunite with Diona in Springvale. After blessing them and giving Diona Amos' Bow, Ellin left them to protect Springvale together.

• Diona begged Ellin to save the Spring Fairy, and Ellin summoned the weakened fairy from Diona’s palm.
• Ellin replenished the Spring Fairy’s power with Hydro Power, restoring her and making her stronger than before.
• The Spring Fairy offered to follow Ellin, but Ellin asked her to remain with Diona and protect Springvale.
• The Spring Fairy merged with Diona again, and Ellin blessed them as her fifth Familiar and gave Diona Amos' Bow.
• Ellin flew away as Razor guarded Wolvendom, Dvalin guarded Stormterror's Lair, and Diona and the Spring Fairy protected Springvale.

Ellin armed her allies and warned Aether that the Abyss Order must not exploit the coming calamity to attack the Seven Nations, promising Khaenri'ah's cursed survivors a chance to become human again afterward. Six and a half months later, the sky shattered and the calamity arrived.

• Ellin distributed Artifacts and weapons to her friends and subordinates across Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma before leaving Mondstadt again.
• Ellin confronted Aether in an underground chamber, declared herself the Heavenly Principles, promised Khaenri'ah's survivors a chance to reclaim their humanity, and threatened to erase the Abyss Order if it harmed the Seven Nations during the calamity.
• After Ellin's warning, Aether and the Abyss Order gathered Hilichurls, while Ellin monitored their actions and continued preparations for the calamity.
• Five months later, a tremor shook Teyvat and a crack appeared in the sky as Feng'er and Alice neared their limits.
• Six and a half months after preparations began, the sky broke open and revealed the Outer Realm, marking the arrival of the calamity.

A devastating calamity poured through spatial rifts and engulfed all Seven Nations, but Ellin’s warning let them prepare their defenses. The fighting spread across Teyvat as Mondstadt’s forces battled monsters on the ground, in the sky, and across Cider Lake.

• Monsters surged into all Seven Nations, and the nations counterattacked under their gods’ leadership.
• Lumine and Paimon fought on Sumeru’s front lines alongside Lumine’s new friends.
• Barbatos and Dvalin defended Mondstadt from aerial monsters while Noelle, Fischl, Sucrose, Diluc, Kaeya, and Lisa fought within and around the city.
• Shenhe froze Cider Lake and its monsters, then joined Rosaria, Eula, and the Reconnaissance Company in clearing the frozen battlefield.
• Jean coordinated artillery support for Mondstadt’s front lines as Razor, Amber, Albedo, and the Knights of Favonius fought the monsters in Wolvendom.

Diona and the Spring Fairy, Varka, and defenders across Inazuma fought to hold back the monsters attacking Teyvat. On Watatsumi Island, Teppei saved two squad members at the cost of a mortal wound and died believing he had become worthy of Lord Sky-Clearing’s attention.

• Diona and the Spring Fairy used combined Hydro and Cryo attacks to defend Springvale from the monsters.
• Varka returned to Mondstadt with his troops and led the eastern defense near the Temple of the Thousand Winds.
• Ei, Inazuma’s fighters, and Yae Miko battled the monsters, while Yoimiya commanded artillery fire.
• Kokomi directed Watatsumi Island’s defense as Gorou led repeated charges and Teppei fought with his squad.
• Teppei rushed to save two squad members from a Rifthound, killed it with his spear, and suffered a fatal wound.
• Teppei told his squad not to cry and died believing he had become a believer worthy of Lord Sky-Clearing’s attention.

Teppei received a Hydro Vision after Lord Sky-Clearing acknowledged his growth, then returned to battle. Across Teyvat, allies defended the land and seas from the calamity, with Osial and Beisht holding back monsters offshore and Liyue’s forces protecting key settlements.

• Teppei recalled how he had become a squad captain through a year of service, then asked Lord Sky-Clearing to recognize him as a worthy believer as he lay dying.
• Lord Sky-Clearing answered Teppei’s plea, healed his wounds, and gave him a Hydro Vision; Teppei thanked her and charged back into battle.
• Osial and Beisht led their sea beasts against millions of monsters, easing the pressure on Inazuma, Liyue, and Mondstadt.
• Beidou, Kaedehara Kazuha, and the Alcor crew fought on Liyue’s front lines while forces guarded the Academy shelter and defended areas around the Guili Plains and Sea of Clouds.
• Azhdaha protected Qingce Village by destroying waves of monsters, while Zhongli formed a Geo Spear defensive line at Jueyun Karst.