Chapter Summaries

With Sellen’s help, Miquella prepared a pair of prosthetic eyes for Zhao Si as the stars changed after Radahn’s death and Rykard was found dead. Zhao Si suspected the Roundtable Hold had killed Rykard for revenge and his Great Rune, then agreed to surgery, though he grew uneasy as it began.

• After Radahn died, Thops noticed that the stars had shifted and wrote to Sellen, who told him not to panic and to trust Miquella’s Knight.
• Miquella told Zhao Si that Rykard had been killed and his Great Rune was missing, and Zhao Si reasoned that the Roundtable Hold was the likeliest culprit.
• Zhao Si suspected Bagralim and the Roundtable Hold had killed Rykard to avenge Alberich and seize the Great Rune, possibly for All-Knowing.
• Miquella took Zhao Si to Sellen’s room, where they showed him the cerulean prosthetic eyes they had made.
• Zhao Si agreed to have his necrotic eyes removed and the prosthetics implanted, but became anxious about the surgery as Sellen prepared her scalpel and Miquella offered him a Sleep Potion.

Miquella and Sellen successfully gave Zhao Si artificial eyes, restoring his sight despite their limited resolution and color detail. Zhao Si celebrated seeing Helena and the others again, and he told Malenia that she would soon receive eyes of her own.

• Malenia, Helena, and the others waited anxiously outside Sellen's room while Zhao Si underwent eye surgery.
• Sikatiya discussed the danger of Death dominating the Lands Between and clashed with Melina over whether she could ever prevail.
• Sellen announced that the operation had succeeded, and Zhao Si tested his artificial eyes.
• Zhao Si criticized the eyes' low resolution and limited colors, while Sellen and Miquella said they could not improve them yet.
• Zhao Si embraced Helena after seeing her again and told Malenia that her turn to receive eyes would come soon.

After Zhao Si received prosthetic eyes, Miquella and Sellen successfully fitted Helena and Irina with them as well. Zhao Si invited Malenia and Melina to travel beyond the Lands Between with him, and they agreed.

• Zhao Si tested his new prosthetic eyes and told Malenia that activating a Great Rune had shown him a vision of the Elden Ring and tempted him with the throne.
• Zhao Si and Malenia agreed to travel together through the Lands Between and beyond it, and Melina asked to join them.
• Helena saw herself and Zhao Si for the first time after her prosthetic eye procedure and eagerly explored the faces around her by sight and touch.
• Miquella and the others fitted Irina with prosthetic eyes, but the sudden flood of visual information frightened her, so she closed her eyes to adjust.

Zhao Si taught Helena and Irina to recognize basic colors while discussing Radagon’s plan to send Rennala to them. After learning that Mohg had escaped and attacked Miquella’s territory, Zhao Si agreed to find him and decide whether he should live or die, leaving Godwyn and Morgott to trust him with the matter.

• Zhao Si began teaching Helena and Irina to recognize red, yellow, and blue, keeping the room dim and simple for Irina.
• Zhao Si explained that Radagon planned to send Rennala to them as part of the political balance between Leyndell and the Haligtree.
• Zhao Si told Miquella and Morgott that Mohg had escaped the Sewers and that the Blood Nobles were his followers.
• Morgott offered to deal with Mohg, but Zhao Si said he knew where Mohg was through the Two Fingers and asked whether they wanted him alive or dead.
• Godwyn said Mohg could live if he repented and returned to the Sewers, while warning that his threat could not be ignored.
• Zhao Si agreed to handle Mohg, warning Godwyn and Morgott not to blame him if Mohg died.

As the Lands Between recovered, Miquella prepared for Rennala’s arrival and Malenia’s rebirth while Ranni struggled with the loss of her brothers and the disappearance of the Fingerslayer Blade. Bagralim offered to serve Ranni, and she sent him with Blaidd to eliminate a traitor as a test.

• Irina and Nepheli grew taller, Irina adjusted to her prosthetic eyes, and Radagon escorted Rennala to the Haligtree, where Miquella welcomed her and began examining her condition.
• Miquella prepared safeguards for Malenia’s future rebirth, while Sellen returned to researching demigod bodies, prosthetic eyes, and Soul Splitting.
• Ranni and Blaidd worried over Caria’s uncertain future, unaware that Zhao Si had the Fingerslayer Blade in his Inventory.
• Finger Reader Enia explained to Bagralim that Blaidd was cursed by the Two Fingers, while Bagralim was free to serve Ranni by choice.
• Bagralim offered to remove Ranni’s obstacles and claimed he could defeat demigods, so Ranni assigned him to eliminate a traitor as a test.

Blaidd and Bagralim traveled to the Abundance Forest to hunt the traitorous Bloodhound Knight Darriwil, while Blaidd learned that Bagralim wanted to serve Ranni as an Empyrean's Shadow. Bagralim returned with the Bloodhound Knight's head, and Blaidd headed back toward Caria with him.

• Blaidd explained that Bagralim's unfamiliar scent could help them corner the Bloodhound Knight without alerting him.
• Bagralim told Blaidd he wanted to become an Empyrean's Shadow and had chosen Ranni because her side needed help.
• Blaidd and Bagralim traveled north toward Leyndell and reached the outskirts of the Abundance Forest.
• Blaidd gave Bagralim a bird-call whistle and sent him into the forest to locate the Bloodhound Knight while he waited outside.
• Bagralim returned carrying a bloody head, and Blaidd identified it as the Bloodhound Knight's before Bagralim headed back toward Caria.

Bagralim joined Ranni's faction after agreeing to kill Godwyn and Miquella's Knight, while rumors increasingly made Zhao Si a target. Old Man traveled toward the Mountaintops of the Giants, where Eleonora decided to seek the Secret Dynasty and meet Miquella's Knight.

• Ranni accepted Bagralim into her faction after he agreed to kill Godwyn and Miquella's Knight, and possibly Radagon.
• Gideon kept his knowledge that Miquella's Knight was Zhao Si to himself as rumors spread that Zhao Si had killed Radahn and Godwyn had stolen the credit.
• Bagralim left Caria for the Mountaintops of the Giants to pursue his assignment.
• Old Man traveled from Caelid, testing Rivers of Blood on passersby and killing members of the Inaba clan along the way.
• Old Man encountered Eleonora and Yura while they hunted Flying Dragons in Limgrave, then killed a dragon with a slash of blood.
• Eleonora asked Old Man about his power, learned of the Secret Dynasty, and set off for Caelid before promising to meet him at the Mountaintops of the Giants and meet Miquella's Knight.

Bagralim, Old Man, and a crowd of challengers arrived in the Mountaintops of the Giants seeking Miquella's Knight, but Zhao Si refused to meet them. Bagralim planned to use Blaidd to issue an official challenge, while Zhao Si stayed with Malenia and Helena at the Haligtree.

• Bagralim and Old Man met on the road and agreed to travel together to challenge Miquella's Knight.
• Juno Hoslow, Theodoric, and many others joined the journey, and Old Man restrained himself despite his hostility toward Yuno.
• The Haligtree soldiers reported the arriving challengers to Zhao Si, who refused to see them and stayed on his balcony with Malenia.
• Zhao Si and Malenia discussed his old acquaintances, Helena's safety, and the possibility of Malenia's rebirth and cure for Scarlet Rot.
• Bagralim told Old Man that he had asked Blaidd to come so they could issue Zhao Si a formal challenge through official channels.

Zhao Si accepted Ranni’s challenge and went unarmed to meet Blaidd, Bagralim, Old Man, Theodoric, and Juno Hoslow atop the Mountaintops of the Giants. After a tense reunion, Blaidd launched the first attack.

• Ranni set a contest: Blaidd and the others would challenge Miquella’s Knight, and Zhao Si agreed to meet them at the summit.
• Zhao Si climbed the mountain with Melina, reflecting on his old acquaintances and deciding how much to hold back in the fight.
• Blaidd, Bagralim, and Old Man prepared their weapons as Zhao Si’s presence reached the summit.
• Zhao Si greeted the group, recognized Bagralim and Old Man, and told Bagralim to leave while insisting he needed no weapon.
• Blaidd cut off their conversation and attacked Zhao Si with a surge of ice and bitter wind.

Zhao Si defeated Blaidd, Old Man, Bagralim, Theodoric, and Yuno, then had Melina heal Old Man and Bagralim before leaving. He admitted he wanted to escape further conflict after fighting Radagon and planned to visit Mohg, while Sikatiya suggested the Spirit World as a place where he could keep finding opponents.

• Zhao Si blocked Blaidd's sword, drove him back, and used Gravity Wave to repel Old Man and Bagralim as they attacked.
• Bagralim and Old Man explained that they had chosen to fight for their own reasons, and Zhao Si realized he had misunderstood before inviting everyone to attack together.
• Zhao Si overwhelmed Theodoric, Yuno, Bagralim, Old Man, and Blaidd in turn, leaving them severely injured but alive.
• Melina and Sikatiya discussed Zhao Si's growing strength and his boredom with fights below the Demigod level.
• Zhao Si took the Godslayer's Greatsword and Rivers of Blood, asked Melina to give Old Man and Bagralim minimal healing, and left with her.
• Zhao Si told Melina he wanted to avoid future challengers after fighting Radagon, and Sikatiya proposed the Spirit World as a destination where he could keep fighting.

After Zhao Si defeated Ranni’s allies, Ranni lost hope and Blaidd never regained consciousness. Malenia collected Ranni from Caria Manor and took her toward the Haligtree, leaving Caria’s royal family with no one to protect it.

• Zhao Si’s victory left Blaidd, Bagralim, Old Man, Yuno, and Theodoric severely injured, and news of his strength spread across the Lands Between.
• Ranni learned of Blaidd’s defeat and despaired that her plans and the destiny foretold by the Snow Witch had come to nothing.
• Bagralim and Old Man parted ways in Caria; Old Man performed seppuku and died, while Bagralim withdrew to live in seclusion.
• Blaidd remained unconscious, and Ranni asked Iji to end his life before breaking down in grief.
• Malenia arrived to take Ranni to the Haligtree to live with Rennala, and Ranni left Caria Manor with Loretta.

Zhao Si and Melina set out for Caelid, while Ranni was confined in the Haligtree with Rennala and learned how her poison could be cured. Zhao Si arrived in Caelid as Godrick and Fortissax dealt with monsters emerging from fallen meteorites.

• Zhao Si and Melina rode past Malenia and Ranni on their way to confront Mohg, and Ranni hid from Zhao Si behind the carriage curtain.
• Malenia escorted Ranni to Rennala and confined them together in a room, where Ranni broke down crying and Rennala comforted her.
• Sellen visited Ranni and provoked her into revealing that meteorite life could cure her poison; Sellen understood and left to thank Radahn.
• Malenia reported Ranni's cryptic advice to Miquella, who realized the meteorites Radahn had drawn down could provide the cure.
• Zhao Si and Melina reached Caelid, where Godrick and Fortissax were clearing monsters that had appeared where meteorites fell.

Zhao Si and Melina crossed the underground abyss and charged through Mohg’s territory, killing his followers until they reached the mausoleum. Zhao Si confronted Mohg with the Serpent Spear and Miquella’s Unalloyed Gold Needle, leaving Mohg trembling and asking the Formless Mother what he should choose.

• Zhao Si took Melina down a lift into the underground and explained that they would cross the abyss to reach Mohg.
• Zhao Si and Melina rode Flying Rabbit across the abyss into Mohg’s secret dynasty.
• Zhao Si charged through the swamp and mausoleum grounds, killing the giant mosquitoes, flies, Albinaurics, and Blood Nobles in his way.
• Zhao Si reached Mohg and identified himself as Miquella’s Knight, while Mohg recognized him from the battle against Starscourge Radahn.
• Zhao Si offered Mohg a choice between the Serpent Spear and Miquella’s Unalloyed Gold Needle, and Mohg asked the Formless Mother what to choose.

Zhao Si defeated Mohg and restrained him for imprisonment, then witnessed Godrick defeat Astel in Caelid. Godrick celebrated his victory as his soldiers cheered.

• Mohg chose to fight Zhao Si after the Formless Mother urged him on.
• Zhao Si struck Mohg unconscious, bound him with the Shackles, and inserted an Unalloyed Gold Needle before taking him away with Melina.
• Near Caelid, Godrick challenged Astel and kept attacking despite being repeatedly knocked down.
• Godrick severed Astel’s claw, then defeated it with Lightning Strike and Golden Dragonbolt.
• Godrick’s soldiers cheered his victory, and Zhao Si praised his growth.

Godrick continued fighting the Meteorite Monsters in Caelid and went to meet the mysterious Greatbow archer he hoped to recruit. The chapter revealed that Ogha had disbanded the Redmane Army after Radahn's death and was now fighting the meteorites alone.

• After defeating Astel, Godrick fought a Black King and learned to break through the creature's stone skin with repeated strikes.
• A soldier told Godrick that the purple-arrowed archer had appeared on a hillside, and Godrick headed there to meet him.
• At Redmane Castle, Jerren presented Radahn's final letter, which named Ogha as the authority over Redmane affairs if Radahn died.
• Jerren left for Caria, while Ogha declared the Redmane Army disbanded and its soldiers scattered.
• Ogha later took up his bow to fight the Meteorite Monsters, prompting Godrick's men to report his location.

Ogha struggled to protect Caelid as a wandering former Redmane Knight, intercepting meteors while running short on arrows and supplies. When Godrick arrived to recruit him, Ogha attacked him in Radahn’s name, and Godrick offered him a meal instead of killing him.

• Ogha shot down a meteor and gathered his scarce Great Arrows, reflecting on his devotion to Radahn and his difficult life as a wandering knight.
• Godrick rode onto the hillside with soldiers and called out to Ogha, who recognized him as Radahn’s enemy and fired a Great Arrow at him.
• Godrick deflected Ogha’s first arrow and dodged his gravity-charged attack before charging close enough to snap Ogha’s bowstring.
• Ogha demanded that Godrick kill him because Godwyn had killed Radahn, but Godrick said he wanted to recruit him and suggested he eat a full meal first.

Godwyn and Miquella captured Mohg and prepared to imprison him beneath Leyndell, while Godwyn questioned him about his betrayal and the Formless Mother. Ranni spoke with Zhao Si about their past and asked whether Miquella could cure Rennala, leaving him unable to answer.

• Godwyn questioned the bound Mohg about trying to act independently and sending people after Miquella, then Miquella gave him a sleeping paste that silenced the Formless Mother.
• Godwyn and Miquella placed Mohg in a lily-lined stone coffin, planning to keep him in the Haligtree dungeon until they could seal him underground.
• Godwyn calmed Morgott, who was upset about Mohg's betrayal, and then Malenia agreed to fetch Zhao Si at Ranni's request.
• Zhao Si told Ranni that their meeting had depended on his first encountering Malenia and that they might never have met otherwise.
• Ranni asked Zhao Si whether Miquella could cure Rennala, and Zhao Si fell silent.

Zhao Si explained Miquella’s dream-based plan to treat Rennala and encouraged Ranni to stay by her mother’s side. After Zhao Si left, Ranni sat with Rennala, reflecting on her resentment and fleeting thoughts about being ill.

• Ranni asked Zhao Si whether Miquella could help Rennala, and Zhao Si told her to ask Miquella instead.
• Zhao Si described a dream treatment that he and Miquella had used to save Godwyn, suggesting Miquella might explore Rennala’s dreams to find the source of her illness.
• Zhao Si suggested Ranni might need to help with the treatment because she was Rennala’s daughter, then urged her to keep her mother company.
• Ranni asked whether Zhao Si would help anyone with scarlet rot, and he said he would.
• Zhao Si left, and Ranni leaned against Rennala as they sat together in silence.

Zhao Si helped Malenia undergo rebirth using Rennala’s Amber Egg, Larval Tears, and Silver Tear connections. Malenia emerged with her limbs and eyes restored and her Scarlet Rot under control, though some of it remained within her.

• Zhao Si reassured Malenia before the rebirth ritual and entered Miquella’s sealed Pure Gold chamber with her and Rennala.
• Malenia’s first attempt, using her Great Rune and one Larval Tear, failed to change her body.
• Zhao Si removed Malenia’s prosthetics and used Radahn’s Great Rune and Ash’s connection to help her try again.
• When the Amber Egg needed more Larval Tears, Zhao Si supplied the remaining Tears, and the rebirth drew Malenia inside.
• Malenia emerged with restored limbs and eyes, while Zhao Si explained that Silver Tears had filled in her missing parts and that some Scarlet Rot remained sealed within her.

After Malenia regained her body, Zhao Si recounted how he had driven Scarlet Rot and its Split People from the Amber Egg during her rebirth. He then left to teach Malenia to recognize things, while Helena would teach her colors.

• Malenia examined her restored hands and feet and thanked Zhao Si for repairing her body with Silver Tears.
• Zhao Si explained to Miquella how Scarlet Rot erupted during the rebirth and produced four Split People to attack him.
• Zhao Si defeated the Split People with the Serpent Spear and Giant's Flame, clearing the chamber of Scarlet Rot.
• Malenia emerged from the flames with her body restored, and Zhao Si finished recounting the events to Miquella.
• Zhao Si went to teach Malenia to recognize things and said Helena could teach her colors.