Chapter Summaries

Ellin and her friends staged a spectacular battle for Genshin Impact players before saying goodbye and returning to Teyvat. The author then explained why the novel ended, shared plans for a new Genshin Impact story, and thanked readers.

• Keqing, Kamisato Ayaka, Shenhe, Fischl, Noelle, and Sucrose destroyed the Ruin machines in a staged battle that left the crowd stunned.
• Ellin demonstrated her abilities against the remaining Ruin machines and defeated them with a series of elemental attacks.
• The players recognized the girls as real characters from Teyvat and begged them to stay, but Ellin and her friends entered a spatial rift and left.
• The author explained that poor health, exhaustion, the demands of writing Sumeru, and Ellin's great strength made ending the story the best choice.
• The author announced plans for another Genshin Impact novel with a golden-haired, dragon-horned girl protagonist and a break of about forty-five days.
• The author reflected on the story's gentle ending, explained why Ellin did not befriend every character, and thanked readers for their support.

Ellin explained how she inherited her late friend’s Genshin account, then reassured Noelle that the All-Devouring Narwhal could not reach Teyvat in its new universe. She revealed that Fontaine’s prophecy could still come to pass and recounted the origins of Egeria, the Oceanids, and Fontaine’s people.

• Fischl asked Ellin about her many weapons and characters, and Ellin explained that the account had belonged to a wealthy friend who later died.
• Ellin told Fischl she had found and reunited with her friend again.
• Noelle finished Fontaine’s main story and asked Ellin whether moving Teyvat would prevent the All-Devouring Narwhal and Fontaine’s disaster from appearing.
• Ellin said the Narwhal probably could not cross dimensions, but warned Noelle that Fontaine’s prophecy would be difficult to avert.
• The narration explained that Egeria made the Oceanids human by stealing the Primordial Sea’s power, prompting Celestia to punish Fontaine with a prophecy of rising seas and the Hydro Archon weeping alone.

Focalors devised a plan to save Fontaine by restoring the Hydro Dragon King's authority and making the people true humans while letting the prophecy appear to unfold. She split herself into the divine Focalors, who hid within the Oratrice Mécanique d'Analyse Cardinale, and Furina, who would publicly play the Hydro Archon.

• Focalors inherited Egeria's role as Hydro Archon and began seeking a way to save Fontaine from the prophecy.
• Focalors realized Neuvillette would need his full authority as Hydro Dragon King to transform Fontaine's people into true humans, which required the Hydro Archon's death and the destruction of her divine throne.
• Focalors invited Neuvillette to serve as Chief Justice, hoping he would come to understand humanity.
• Focalors created the Oratrice Mécanique d'Analyse Cardinale to gather indemnitium from people's faith in justice and eventually destroy her godhood.
• Focalors separated her divine core and power into the Oratrice Mécanique d'Analyse Cardinale and left her human body as Furina to play the Hydro Archon in public.

Furina’s reflection had asked her to impersonate the Hydro Archon to save Fontaine, and she had endured five hundred years of constant vigilance and mental suffering. After a citizen’s remark about generations passing, Furina broke down in private and wondered how long she would have to wait for the promised trial and her freedom.

• Furina’s reflection warned her that Fontaine would be lost if her identity as a mortal impostor were discovered, and Furina agreed to play the god.
• Furina endured five hundred years of public scrutiny while carefully performing the role of the Hydro Archon.
• A citizen told Furina that an ancestor from more than twenty generations earlier had once been received by her, and the remark brought Furina to tears.
• Furina disguised her tears as a display of Hydro power, and the devoted citizen praised her.
• Alone in her room, Furina wondered whether she had lost the ability to recognize her own crying and lamented that the promised grand trial had still not come.

Furina endured the loneliness of pretending to be the Hydro Archon while Neuvillette reflected on his growing attachment to Fontaine and his resolve to save its people. His walk was interrupted when he met the Heavenly Principles, whose arrival left him unsure how to respond.

• Furina cried alone in her room and forced herself to keep enduring her role as the Hydro Archon for Fontaine's sake.
• Neuvillette walked through the Court of Fontaine on his day off and recalled how the Melusines had come to live peacefully among Fontainians.
• Neuvillette thought about the prophecy and resolved to protect Fontaine and its people from being swallowed by the sea.
• The Heavenly Principles approached Neuvillette, and he recognized her immediately.
• The Heavenly Principles teased Neuvillette about putting her on trial, leaving him momentarily speechless.

Ellin met Neuvillette in the Court of Fontaine and warned him that Fontaine’s prophecy was about to unfold, urging him to prepare for a disaster. Before leaving, she gave him a mental imprint he could use if he faced a dilemma over reclaiming the Ancient Dragon’s authority.

• Neuvillette struggled to respond to Ellin, who introduced herself and said she wanted to make friends with him.
• Ellin explained that the Prophecy of Dissolution was certain to happen and warned that Primordial Sea Water could soon flood Fontaine.
• Neuvillette inferred that Ellin opposed her predecessor’s prophecy and confirmed that she wanted to protect Fontaine’s people.
• Ellin asked whether Neuvillette would accept the Ancient Dragon’s authority if it were offered to him, and he demanded to know what she meant.
• Ellin gave Neuvillette her mental imprint and promised she could offer him and the others a third choice if he faced a dilemma.
• Ellin left to continue traveling, while Neuvillette remained behind in silence.

Ellin visited the Oratrice Mécanique d'Analyse Cardinale and tried to reach Focalors without exposing her plan. Ten days later, rising primordial seawater threatened Fontaine, and Ellin resolved to help.

• Ellin sat before the Oratrice's core and introduced herself, asking its hidden consciousness to be her friend.
• Focalors suspected Ellin was testing her and stayed silent, but Ellin sensed a flicker of emotion when she asked whether Focalors wanted to live happily and freely.
• Ellin promised to do her best and left Focalors wondering why the Heavenly Principles had come to see her.
• Over the next ten days, Fontaine's sea levels rose rapidly, coastal villages were swallowed, and primordial seawater appeared across the nation.
• Ellin recognized that Teyvat's growth in the higher-order universe had caused primordial seawater to well up beneath Fontaine, endangering its people, who dissolved on contact with it.

Fontaine faced rising seas and widespread eruptions of Primordial Sea water, while Furina’s inaction fueled public anger. Neuvillette considered The Knave’s offer to work together to uncover Furina’s secrets as the crisis worsened.

• Neuvillette rushed to the Fortress of Meropide and used the power of the Hydro Dragon Sovereign to suppress the ruptured seal.
• A young woman, whom Neuvillette recognized as Ellin, forced back a major Primordial Sea eruption in Poisson and saved residents.
• Fontainians confronted Furina while she was buying cake, demanding to know why she had done nothing about the crisis.
• Neuvillette questioned Furina about the prophecy, but she refused to reveal what she knew and fled.
• The Knave proposed that she and Neuvillette work together to obtain Furina’s information, and Neuvillette considered accepting despite his reluctance to harm her.

After Fontaine’s flood, Furina broke down under the citizens’ anger and her own helplessness. Ellin, the new Heavenly Principles, comforted her, but Furina recognized who she was and recoiled in terror.

• Furina stood alone in Poisson as citizens blamed her for failing to stop the flood.
• Overwhelmed by centuries of suffering and the townspeople’s accusations, Furina crouched by the water and wept.
• Ellin approached Furina with an umbrella and used the Soul-Cleansing Bell to soothe her.
• Furina met Ellin, then recognized her as the new Heavenly Principles and scrambled away in fear.

Ellin met a frightened Furina in Poisson and tried to reassure her, while Furina remained guarded about the Heavenly Principles. After Navia thanked Ellin for saving the town and her loved ones from primordial sea water, Furina began to wonder whether Ellin might truly be trying to prevent Fontaine’s prophecy.

• Furina recoiled from Ellin, fearing the Heavenly Principles, and nearly reached a puddle of primordial sea water.
• Ellin told Furina she knew about her past, thoughts, and mission, leaving Furina shaken and wary.
• Navia arrived and thanked Ellin for saving Poisson’s residents, including Melus and Silver, from the flood.
• Ellin urged Navia to move everyone to higher ground, and Navia left to help with the rescue efforts.
• After hearing Navia describe Ellin’s actions, Furina’s wariness faded as she considered that Ellin might oppose the prophecy.

After Ellin saved the people of Poisson, Furina cautiously agreed to guide her around Fontaine the next day. Furina planned an outing filled with activities she secretly longed to try and fell asleep smiling for the first time in hundreds of years.

• Furina asked Ellin why she had saved the people of Poisson, and Ellin said she needed no reason to save people.
• Ellin told Furina she knew about her past and mission but warned that speaking certain truths aloud could ruin everything.
• Ellin asked Furina to guide her around Fontaine for a day, and Furina agreed to meet her on the southwestern coast outside the Court of Fontaine.
• Ellin handed Furina an umbrella to shield her from Primordial Sea Water, and Furina reluctantly accepted it.
• Furina planned an itinerary featuring ordinary clothes shopping, an amusement park, a zoo, and fried food, then fell asleep smiling.

Ellin disguised Furina so they could tour Fontaine without attracting attention, and Furina began enjoying the freedom of an ordinary citizen. The two started their outing at a working-class breakfast stall, where Furina happily ate a pumpkin fritter.

• Ellin met Furina on the coast southwest of the Court of Fontaine and stopped her from setting off alone.
• Ellin changed Furina's appearance and clothes so she looked like an ordinary Fontainian, then took her hand and began their tour.
• Furina agreed to act as Ellin's tour guide and led her to a breakfast stall outside the bustling districts.
• Ellin bought them sugar-frosted pumpkin fritters, and Furina ate hers with delight.

Furina took Ellin around the Court of Fontaine while temporarily free from the burdens of her Hydro Archon identity, enjoying the ordinary activities she loved. At a Blubberbeast show, she bristled at the host’s claim that the creatures had the world’s best high notes.

• Furina took Ellin shopping and bought two Blubberbeast-print nightdresses she liked.
• Furina and Ellin visited the aquarium, where Furina explained how its free-roaming marine animals came to work with the staff.
• Furina and Ellin watched a Blubberbeast performance as the host introduced the creatures and their powerful underwater sonic attacks.
• Furina heard the host praise Blubberbeasts’ high notes as unrivaled and wondered what that made her, given her own reputation as a singer.

Furina entered a high-note contest against five blubberbeasts at an aquarium and won a person-sized plush with her singing. The blubberbeasts admired her, earning her the unwanted but secretly pleasing title of blubberbeast boss.

• Furina challenged the blubberbeasts after the host invited her to compete for a limited-edition plush.
• Furina arranged the stage lighting and performed before the audience.
• The audience and host praised Furina’s singing, and the host awarded her the plush.
• The blubberbeasts nuzzled Furina to show their admiration, and a staff member called her the blubberbeast boss.

After a day exploring Fontaine with Ellin, Furina came upon an orphanage she had founded and saw the children playing a game based on the prophecy, with her cast as their protector. She remembered ignoring the director’s request to visit and play with them, leaving her to face the distance between the children’s hopes and what she had done.

• Furina took Ellin to sample Fontaine’s food and desserts, then wandered with her through the Court of Fontaine.
• Furina and Ellin found an orphanage where staff and children were playing a local version of Eagle Catches Chicks.
• Furina explained that the game cast a tsunami-summoning monster as the eagle and the Hydro Archon as the mother hen protecting Fontaine’s people.
• Furina recalled that the orphanage director had written asking her to visit and play with the children, who saw her as their god and benefactor.
• Furina remembered reading the letter but setting it aside and ignoring the request.

Furina, troubled by a letter questioning whether her long perseverance could protect Fontaine, found courage in Ellin’s encouragement to protect people through small acts of kindness. Disguised as an ordinary girl, she visited the Orphanage and introduced herself as Lady Furina’s familiar, delighting the children and director.

• Furina froze outside the Orphanage, doubting whether her efforts could truly protect Fontaine.
• Ellin encouraged Furina to answer the children’s hopes and offer them a moment of peace as herself.
• Furina borrowed money from Ellin to buy presents for the children.
• After changing her appearance, Furina entered the Orphanage with a dramatic Hydro display and greeted the children.
• Furina told the director she was Lady Furina’s familiar, and the delighted director called more children into the yard.

Furina and Ellin visited an orphanage, where Ellin introduced herself as Furina’s Familiar and helped the children enjoy a game. When the children asked whether Fontaine’s people would dissolve in the sea, Furina could not answer, and Ellin reassured them that they would protect everyone.

• Ellin introduced herself to the director as Lady Furina’s Familiar, strengthening the director’s faith in Furina and warming Furina toward Ellin.
• Ellin conjured gifts for the orphanage children and presented them as gifts from Furina.
• Ellin led the children in a game, and Furina joined in to protect them from the sea monster.
• As Furina and Ellin prepared to leave, a child asked whether they would dissolve in the sea, leaving Furina unable to answer.
• Ellin comforted the child and promised that she and Furina would protect everyone.

Furina confided in Ellin about her fear that Fontaine’s people would not be saved, and Ellin reassured her that her five hundred years of perseverance had mattered. Furina found the courage to continue playing the Hydro Archon, unaware that a trial against her was taking shape.

• Furina thanked Ellin for giving her a day of freedom from pretending to be the Hydro Archon and admitted she trusted her.
• Furina asked whether Fontaine’s people would be all right and whether her five hundred years of endurance had meant anything.
• Ellin comforted Furina, promised that everyone would be safe, and thanked her for all she had endured.
• Furina cried, hugged Ellin, and left with renewed courage after Ellin promised to protect Fontaine.
• Furina put the Blubberbeast nightgowns in her secret treasure chest, slept peacefully, and dreamed of wearing matching ones with Ellin.
• As Furina slept, a trial against her quietly began to take shape.

As Primordial Sea Water spread through Fontaine and the crisis intensified, Neuvillette, Navia, and their allies set a trap to force Furina to reveal what she knew. At the Opera Epiclese, Navia accused Furina of impersonating the Hydro Archon, and the trial turned to whether Furina could survive contact with Primordial Sea Water.

• Primordial Sea Water contaminated Fontaine’s streets and water sources, driving the population into panic, disorder, and flight.
• Neuvillette, Navia, The Knave, and their companions concluded that Furina knew crucial information and arranged a trial to draw it out of her.
• At the Opera Epiclese, Navia accused Furina of impersonating the Hydro Archon and failing to act during the disaster.
• Clorinde blocked Furina from leaving, forcing her to choose between accepting the trial and fighting a Champion Duelist.
• Furina failed to prove her divinity by controlling the Oratrice Mécanique d'Analyse Cardinale or citing her long lifespan.
• Navia argued that Furina would dissolve in Primordial Sea Water if she was not the Hydro Archon.

Navia forced Furina to touch diluted Primordial Sea Water to test whether she was the Hydro Archon, and Furina endured it to protect Fontaine. After Sigewinne’s examination and Furina’s inability to demonstrate divine power deepened the court’s doubts, the Oratrice Mécanique d'Analyse Cardinale sentenced her to death.

• Navia brought Primordial Sea Water onto the stage and challenged Furina to prove she was the Hydro Archon.
• Furina, fearing that refusal would doom Fontaine, reached into the water despite believing it could kill her.
• Furina survived the diluted water and proudly claimed that this proved she was a god.
• Neuvillette asked Sigewinne to examine Furina, and Sigewinne found that her reactions matched those of an ordinary person.
• Navia demanded that Furina demonstrate her divine power, but Furina could not prove herself and pleaded with the court to believe her.
• Neuvillette declared Furina was not the Hydro Archon, and the Oratrice Mécanique d'Analyse Cardinale pronounced her guilty and sentenced her to death.