Recaps

After Yoimiya and Klee returned to Inazuma City, they sought treatment at the Regent’s Office, where news of their attack enraged Yucheng. He learned Yoimiya could recover but might scar, and ordered rare medicines and restorative treatments for her.

• On the way back to Inazuma City, Klee regretted her recklessness, and the spirit in Hu Tao’s Puppet Core briefly said, “Inazuma… I’m sorry.”
• Hu Tao and Zhongli brought the injured Yoimiya and Klee to the Regent’s Office for treatment by Sangonomiya Kokomi and Kuki Shinobu.
• Yucheng rushed back from Seirai Island, concealed news of the Maguu Kenki attack, and gathered Inazuma’s senior officials while awaiting an investigation.
• Kokomi reported that Klee had only bruises, while Yoimiya had blade wounds, internal injuries, and severe blood loss but was expected to recover.
• Yucheng ordered Sara to provide Yoimiya with fresh Dragon Blood, medicinal baths, and Dragon Bone Meat Soup, and told officials to spare no expense on her treatment.

At a meeting, Takatsukasa Susumu challenged the Regent’s decision to reward Yoimiya with Dragon flesh and blood, hoping to secure some for himself. Yucheng defended Yoimiya’s actions and warned that if Klee were harmed in Inazuma, the whole nation would face destruction.

• Those attending the meeting learned that Yoimiya had been badly injured while saving Klee, and that the Regent had promised her fresh Dragon Blood and Dragon Meat as a reward.
• Takatsukasa Susumu objected that the reward was excessive and argued that Dragon flesh and blood should go to people who had served Inazuma.
• Takatsukasa Susumu revealed that Sara had rejected his own requests for Dragon flesh and blood, claiming he wanted it to restore his failing strength.
• Sara accused Takatsukasa Susumu of implying that she had concealed his request from Yucheng, and reminded him that Yucheng led the Uchiha Clan.
• Yucheng rose and declared that if anything happened to Klee in Inazuma, everyone in the nation would be buried with her.

Yucheng learned that Klee and Yoimiya had been endangered by Maguu Kenki on Yashiori Island and declared that harm to Klee could imperil all of Inazuma. He punished those who had complained about the pair by ordering them and the Takatsukasa Clan to relocate to Yashiori Island, then offered Takatsukasa Susumu a reward for developing it and went to visit the injured girls.

• Yucheng warned Takatsukasa Susumu that even he and the Shogun could not protect Inazuma if Klee were harmed, and Kuki Shinobu subdued Susumu after he collapsed.
• Sara reported that Maguu Kenki had attacked Yoimiya and Klee on Yashiori Island and that Hu Tao had smashed the puppet to pieces.
• Ayaka explained that Yoimiya had taken Klee to the island to avoid disturbing citizens, and Yucheng ordered the complainants to move there with compensation.
• Yucheng ordered the entire Takatsukasa Clan to relocate to Yashiori Island and take responsibility for its development.
• Yucheng told Sara to offer Takatsukasa Susumu giant dragon blood flesh if he developed the island well, then went to visit Yoimiya and Klee as Shenhe and Eula cared for them.

Yucheng visited the injured Klee and Yoimiya, praised Klee for choosing to care for Yoimiya, and offered Yoimiya dragon meat and blood to aid her recovery. After Yoimiya explained how she had combined her archery with Klee’s bombs against the Maguu Kenki, Yucheng called her one of the top five people he valued most, leaving her wondering if he had confessed his feelings.

• Klee leapt from her hospital bed to greet Yucheng, then refused his offer to play because she wanted to look after the injured Yoimiya.
• Yucheng sent Klee to fetch Yoimiya’s medicinal soup and reassured Yoimiya that she was not to blame for Klee’s danger.
• Yucheng praised Yoimiya for protecting Klee and offered her dragon blood and meat to help her recover.
• Yoimiya told Yucheng that her archery and Klee’s bombs had worked together against the Maguu Kenki.
• Yucheng praised Yoimiya as one of the top five people he valued most, and Yoimiya mistook his words for a confession.

Yucheng persuaded Yoimiya to become Inazuma’s gunpowder researcher, promising that her weapons would only defend the nation. After Yoimiya and Klee fell asleep in the hospital, Yucheng explained his military plans to Eula and Shenhe and prepared to meet the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor director and Rex Lapis.

• Yoimiya explained why her father had weakened a powerful fireworks formula, and Yucheng argued that Inazuma needed stronger defenses to earn respect as a nation.
• Yucheng persuaded Yoimiya to accept the post of gunpowder researcher, and authority over Naganohara Fireworks shifted from the Yashiro Commission to the Tenryou Commission.
• Klee fed Yoimiya Dragon Bone Meat Soup, then fell asleep beside her after the nourishing soup made them both drowsy.
• Yucheng, Shenhe, and Eula quietly left the hospital room, and Eula accused Yucheng of scheming to bring Klee to Inazuma.
• Yucheng explained that Klee’s Jumpy Dumpty and the Guizhong Ballista would help strengthen Inazuma, then announced that he would meet the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor director and Rex Lapis.

Hu Tao and Zhongli attended a feast hosted by Yucheng after saving Klee and Yoimiya, where Hu Tao discovered she had been eating dragon meat and insisted Zhongli try it. Hu Tao then asked Yucheng to help identify the spirit inside a Maguu Kenki core, and the spirit appeared before them.

• Hu Tao scolded Zhongli for refusing the feast and complained that he kept spending her Mora.
• Yucheng arrived with Shenhe and Eula, and Hu Tao learned the meat she had been eating was dragon meat.
• Yucheng, Shenhe, and Eula toasted Hu Tao and Zhongli for rescuing Klee and Yoimiya.
• Hu Tao gave Yucheng the Maguu Kenki Core and asked him to help fulfill the spirit's lingering obsession with Inazuma City.
• Yucheng speculated that the spirit might be a survivor of the upheaval five hundred years ago, and the core lit up as a blurry figure appeared.

Hu Tao discovered that the spirit reacted to Ei’s name, and Yucheng reasoned that it must have been someone close to the Raiden Shogun. After tracing the spirit’s likely connection to the Maguu Kenki, he concluded it was probably Iwakura Michihiro, Mikoshi Chiyo’s son.

• Hu Tao found that the spirit destabilized when she said Ei’s name, and Yucheng identified Ei as the Raiden Shogun’s human name.
• Yucheng explained that only Ei’s close friends and family would know her human name, while Hu Tao briefly asked about Rex Lapis’s.
• Zhongli asked Yucheng to identify the spirit, and Yucheng considered Ei’s known companions, including Sasayuri, Kitsune Saiguu, Mikoshi Chiyo, and Raiden Makoto.
• Yucheng ruled out Sasayuri because the Maguu Kenki technology appeared centuries after Sasayuri’s death.
• Yucheng connected the Maguu Kenki’s memories and sword technique to Iwakura Michihiro, also known as Mikoshi Doukei, and concluded the spirit was probably his.

Yucheng brought Hu Tao, Zhongli, and Eula to Tenshukaku after offering Hu Tao more Dragon Meat as thanks for saving Klee. He warned Ei about Klee’s near-fatal attack and persuaded her not to strike first against Alice, then said an old acquaintance wanted to see her.

• Yucheng offered Hu Tao more Dragon Meat, and Zhongli encouraged her to accept it as thanks for saving Klee.
• Yucheng led Hu Tao, Zhongli, and Eula through Tenshukaku’s security and went inside to announce them to Ei.
• Yucheng told Ei that Klee had been attacked by a Maguu Kenki on Yashiori Island and had been saved by Zhongli and his keeper.
• Ei considered attacking Alice first to protect Inazuma, but Yucheng warned that Alice’s unknown powers made a fight too dangerous and promised to protect Klee with Shadow Clones.
• Ei agreed to follow Yucheng’s advice and asked why he had come; Yucheng said an old acquaintance wanted to see her.

Yucheng realized the soul in the Puppet Core might belong to Mikoshi Chiyo rather than her son, while Ei decided to meet it and make amends with the Oni. When Hu Tao summoned the soul, it danced toward Ei, who recognized it as Chiyo.

• Yucheng considered that the soul might be Mikoshi Chiyo, since multiple Maguu Kenki existed and one could have killed its own mother without recognizing her.
• Ei reflected on losing her friends and blamed herself for the Oni's decline, then agreed to meet Doukei's soul and reconcile with the Oni.
• Ei left the room and met Hu Tao, who confirmed she had the soul in the Puppet Core.
• Hu Tao summoned the incomplete soul, and it turned toward Ei and struggled to say her name.
• The soul began dancing toward Ei, who grew pale and recognized it as Chiyo.

Ei recognized the incomplete spirit as Mikoshi Chiyo and rushed to the Grand Narukami Shrine so Yae Miko could use the Sacred Sakura to restore her. With her features and voice recovered, Chiyo saw Ei and apologized.

• Ei recognized the spirit’s sword dance and realized she was Mikoshi Chiyo, then tried to embrace her but passed through her incorporeal form.
• Yucheng sent the Oki-tan away, and Ei asked him to take everyone to the Grand Narukami Shrine so she could communicate with Chiyo.
• Yucheng transported the group to the shrine, where Ei ordered the visitors evacuated and explained Chiyo’s condition to Yae Miko.
• Yae Miko used the Sacred Sakura’s power to replenish Chiyo’s incomplete spirit, restoring her features.
• Chiyo opened her eyes, saw Ei, and said, “Ei, I’m sorry!”

Ei reunited with Chiyo at the Grand Narukami Shrine and told her about Inazuma's losses and changes over the past five hundred years. Seeing that Ei had found hope and begun moving toward the future with Yucheng's help, Chiyo let go of her lingering attachment and prepared to pass on.

• Chiyo reunited with Ei and assumed Ei was unwilling to acknowledge her because she had once rebelled against Inazuma.
• Ei stopped Chiyo from disappearing and explained that Yucheng had helped her understand Makoto's vision of eternity and change Inazuma's direction.
• Yucheng introduced himself to Chiyo, who praised his influence on Ei and asked where Kitsune Saiguu was.
• Yae Miko told Chiyo that Kitsune Saiguu had been consumed by darkness while seeking a way to cleanse Chiyo's curse.
• Ei recounted the fall of Makoto, Chiyo, and Kitsune Saiguu, along with Inazuma's history and recent reforms under Yucheng.
• Chiyo saw hope in Ei's eyes, let go of her lingering attachment, and began to fade away.

As Chiyo prepared to pass on after reconciling with Ei, Yucheng interrupted their farewell and revealed that Ei might be able to save her. The chapter ended with Ei searching the Plane of Euthymia for Chiyo’s preserved arm and horn as Hu Tao challenged Yucheng’s plan.

• Chiyo comforted Ei and said she was ready to leave, while Hu Tao urged Ei to accept the laws of life and death.
• As Ei prepared to say goodbye, Yucheng stopped her and asked whether she still had Chiyo’s severed right arm and oni horn.
• Ei confirmed she had preserved both in the Plane of Euthymia, and Yucheng said they might give him a chance to save Chiyo.
• Ei opened the Plane of Euthymia to search for the remains as Chiyo’s fading soul filled with hope.
• Hu Tao accused Yucheng of trying to defy the laws of life and death, and Yucheng defended his plan by comparing Chiyo to Qiqi.

Yucheng prepared to use Impure World Reincarnation to revive Chiyo, using her preserved arm and Oni Horn as materials. He revealed that he had brought Sergei, the missing Snezhnayan ambassador, to Inazuma as a potential sacrifice.

• Hu Tao objected to reviving Chiyo, while Yucheng and the others considered how her case differed from Qiqi's.
• Yucheng explained that Impure World Reincarnation required the deceased person's soul and some of their flesh, and he had studied the technique in private.
• Ei returned from the Plane of Euthymia with Chiyo's severed arm and broken Oni Horn, and Yucheng confirmed they could be used.
• Yucheng pulled Sergei from distorted space and dropped him on the ground.
• Eula recognized Sergei as the missing former Snezhnayan Diplomatic Ambassador and realized Yucheng had abducted him.

Yucheng used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Chiyo’s spirit into Sergei’s body, restoring her to life as an immortal but weakened being under the caster’s control. Ei and others asked whether the technique could bring back their deceased loved ones, but Yucheng explained that it required both suitable remains and a soul still present in the world.

• Yucheng prepared a summoning formation with a piece of Chiyo’s flesh and told her not to resist the force that would come for her.
• Yucheng activated Impure World Reincarnation, turning Sergei into a paper vessel as Chiyo’s spirit entered it and took shape in a new body.
• Chiyo discovered that her new body was weaker than her original one, but it healed automatically after Yucheng cut her in half.
• Yucheng explained that the technique summoned the dead into immortal, pain-free bodies that lacked living sensations and remained under the caster’s control.
• Ei asked whether Yucheng could revive Makoto, Kitsune Saiguu, and Sasayuri, while others thought of their own lost loved ones.
• Yucheng said the technique required both physical remains and a soul still in the world, leaving Ei and Miko discouraged because they had no remains of Makoto or Kitsune Saiguu and Sasayuri had died a thousand years earlier.

Yucheng assured Zhongli that Impure World Reincarnation was not forbidden knowledge, but agreed to treat it as a forbidden jutsu and restrict its use and spread. After Zhongli and Hu Tao left the Grand Narukami Shrine, Inazuma celebrated Chiyo's resurrection, while Ei shared heartfelt words with her and watched Yucheng tenderly.

• Zhongli asked whether Yucheng's Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu was forbidden knowledge, and Yucheng said it was not.
• Zhongli warned Yucheng about King Deshret Al-Ahmar's ruin after he used forbidden knowledge to resurrect Nabu Malikata.
• Hu Tao cautioned Yucheng against abusing the jutsu, and Zhongli said the dead revived through it were unwelcome in Liyue.
• Yucheng promised not to teach the jutsu to outsiders and to restrict its use, after which Zhongli and Hu Tao left the shrine.
• Chiyo worried that her resurrection had upset Zhongli and Hu Tao, and Yucheng explained that her lingering soul and Ei's preservation of her arm had made it possible.
• The people of Inazuma held a welcome celebration for Chiyo, where Ei spoke with her and repeatedly glanced tenderly toward Yucheng.

Chiyo adjusted to her immortal reincarnated body, explored her clan’s descendants, and wondered whether several Inazuma residents might be reincarnations of people she once knew. Yucheng learned that Sara had assaulted him under the influence of Ei and Miko’s scheme, but his time with Sara and Shenhe ended when his approval to enter Sumeru arrived and he had to prepare for another diplomatic journey.

• Chiyo sparred with Ei and adapted to her reincarnated body, though its permanent cracks troubled her.
• Chiyo visited the Mikoshi Clan’s descendants and saw possible echoes of her sons in Mikoshi Genichiro and Mikoshi Genjiro.
• Chiyo saw Arataki Itto and left, thinking he resembled the Otogi King.
• Yucheng woke beside Shenhe and Sara and learned that Sara had assaulted him before his diplomatic mission to Liyue.
• Sara explained that Ei and Miko had drugged Yucheng and arranged for Sara to take him to his room so he would become more closely tied to Inazuma.
• Yucheng received word that the Sumeru Akademiya had approved his entry, requiring him to set out on another diplomatic journey.

Yucheng chose who would accompany him on the Sumeru mission as Kokomi, Ayaka, and Sara all sought to go. Kokomi won approval by offering to retrieve Watatsumi Island’s lost Mirage Jade Casket, while Ayaka was chosen over Sara, leaving her worried about her place among Yucheng’s women.

• Kuki Shinobu and Miko were not chosen for the Sumeru mission, as Kuki preferred her freedom with the Arataki Gang and Miko had no reason to keep watch over Yucheng.
• Kokomi sought a publicly funded vacation but applied to accompany Yucheng on the grounds that she could retrieve Watatsumi Island’s lost Mirage Jade Casket in Sumeru.
• Yucheng approved Kokomi’s request, confident that she would help manage the mission and its negotiations.
• Yucheng left Sara in Inazuma to help Shenhe and Ganyu oversee affairs, officially avoiding suspicion from Sumeru about Sara’s role as Minister of National Defense.
• Yucheng chose Ayaka to accompany him instead of Sara, and Ayaka wondered whether she was already competing for fourth place among the women close to him.

At Inazuma’s farewell banquet before the delegation’s trip to Sumeru, Yucheng reunited with Klee, Yoimiya, and Albedo and arranged safeguards for their dangerous experiments. Hu Tao then accepted Chiyo’s resurrection, though she believed Chiyo might one day ask Yucheng to undo it.

• The Shogunate held a large farewell banquet for the delegation, where Shenhe appeared publicly as the Regent’s wife alongside Sara, Eula, Ganyu, and Yelan.
• Yae Miko gave Yucheng a knowing smile before Klee rushed into his arms with Yoimiya and Albedo.
• Klee begged Yucheng not to leave for Sumeru, and he reassured her that he could still protect her from afar.
• Yucheng assigned Chiyo to guard Klee and Yoimiya’s workshop and left a Shadow Clone with enough chakra to use the Kamui Dimension as an emergency escape.
• Hu Tao told Yucheng she could accept Chiyo’s existence and trusted his character, while suggesting Chiyo might someday ask him to reverse the technique.

At the banquet, Ei and Chiyo thanked Yucheng for bringing Chiyo back through Impure World Reincarnation, and they discussed the technique’s risks and limitations. Chiyo remained hopeful that Yucheng might someday restore her senses, while Yucheng prepared to leave for Sumeru the next day.

• Hu Tao left the banquet suspicious of Yucheng, while Ei and the masked Chiyo approached him together.
• Ei toasted Yucheng for bringing Chiyo back, and Chiyo asked him to call her by name and described her new body’s shortcomings.
• Ei and Chiyo worried that Impure World Reincarnation might harm Yucheng, but he explained that its forbidden status came from its effects on the dead and its moral dangers.
• Yucheng suggested there might eventually be a way to restore Chiyo’s sense of taste and smell, giving her hope.
• Chiyo toasted Yucheng with her mask raised only enough to reveal her mouth, and the banquet ended before Yucheng’s final night in Inazuma.

On the voyage to Port Ormos, Kokomi gave Yucheng a lesson on Sumeru’s government and Akademiya while he struggled to stay focused. The chapter ended with Yucheng comparing the Akademiya’s scholar ranks to academic degrees from his previous life.

• Yucheng recalled the previous night’s battle until Kokomi called him back to her lesson about Sumeru.
• Kokomi explained Sumeru’s rainforest and desert regions, its Archons, and the Akademiya’s role in governing the nation.
• Kokomi described the Akademiya’s six major schools, their fields of study, and their Sages, including Great Sage Azar of Rtawahist.
• Kokomi told Yucheng about notable scholars and figures, including Cyno, Faruzan, and Kaveh, and outlined the stages for becoming Great Sage.
• Yucheng compared the Akademiya’s advancement stages to academic credentials from his previous life.

Setaria reported to Azar that Nafis and Tighnari had refused to assist with the Project, which Azar planned to advance without their interference. As preparations continued toward the Sabzeruz Festival, Setaria reflected on the discrimination that had driven her to abandon her desert identity and adapt to the Akademiya.

• Setaria told Azar that Nafis had refused to participate in the Project and that Tighnari had also declined, citing his work in Avidya Forest.
• Azar dismissed their refusals, said Nafis must not be allowed to interfere, and decided to let Tighnari's time as a Forest Watcher wear down his pride.
• Setaria recalled how discrimination at the Akademiya had cost her credit for her research and led her to hide her desert origins and change her religious allegiance.
• Setaria reported that the Project was proceeding according to plan and would begin on the day of the Sabzeruz Festival.
• Azar said they should properly celebrate the birth of a god.

Azar dismissed the Inazuma delegation’s status and ordered Kavus to receive them in Sumeru City while ensuring they were given Akasha Terminals. When Yucheng, Kokomi, and Ayaka arrived at Port Ormos, they were met with a ship inspection and no high-ranking welcome, leaving Yucheng intent on confronting Azar.

• Setaria told Azar that Inazuma’s Regent was leading a diplomatic delegation to Sumeru, but Azar refused to receive them and assigned Kavus instead.
• Azar ordered Setaria to make sure the delegation members received Sumeru’s Akasha Terminals, then privately resolved to create a new God for Sumeru.
• The Inazuma delegation arrived at Port Ormos, where port officials inspected their ship before Rasa greeted them.
• Rasa explained that Kavus was waiting in Sumeru City rather than at the port, and Kokomi and Ayaka frowned at the breach of diplomatic protocol.
• Rasa handed Akasha Terminals to Yucheng and the other delegates, and Yucheng responded with an imperceptible cold smile.

The Inazuma delegation received Akasha Terminals and completed the document review at Port Ormos before continuing toward Sumeru City for its diplomatic visit. After the delegation departed, Rasa discovered through the Akasha that Yucheng was far more dangerous than he had assumed.

• Kokomi and the Inazuma delegation tried Akasha Terminals for the first time and praised their usefulness.
• Rasa’s secretary confirmed that the delegation’s documents were in order, and Rasa cleared Yucheng and his party to continue to Sumeru City.
• Rasa explained the origins of the Sabzeruz Festival and told Yucheng that scholars had failed to recreate the purple-red Padisarahs associated with it.
• Yucheng led the delegation back to its vessel and sailed inland toward Sumeru City.
• After reporting through his Akasha Terminal, Rasa told Masrur that the terminal had revealed Yucheng’s alarming reputation, and Masrur searched for information about the Regent.

Yucheng called Kokomi and Ayaka to discuss the Akasha Terminal’s hidden risks, and Kokomi deduced that it could be used to surveil its users. Yucheng explained how the Akademiya’s control of the Akasha could expose Inazuma’s diplomatic secrets or feed its delegation false information.

• Yucheng removed his Akasha Terminal and asked Kokomi and Ayaka what they thought of the device.
• Kokomi reasoned that the Terminal’s free distribution and ability to record work could make it a means of surveillance.
• Yucheng praised Kokomi’s deduction, while Ayaka was surprised and compared her own insight unfavorably with Kokomi’s.
• Ayaka asked whether the Akademiya could truly monitor Terminal users, and Yucheng explained the Akasha’s connection to Irminsul and the Ley Lines.
• Yucheng warned that the Akademiya could use the Akasha to learn Inazuma’s negotiating position or give its delegation false information.

Yucheng, Kokomi, and Ayaka planned to use the Akasha Terminals to feed the Akademiya false information while concealing their scheme from their own staff. Yucheng delayed the delegation’s arrival in Sumeru City by stopping in Vimara Village, where the village chief Amaziah approached them.

• Ayaka moved to forbid the delegation from using Akasha Terminals, but Kokomi stopped her and proposed using the terminals to mislead the Akademiya.
• Yucheng gave Kokomi authority to plan a performance that would fool both the Akademiya and the delegation’s staff.
• Yucheng ordered the ship to slow down and the delegation to rest in Vimara Village rather than hurry to Sumeru City to meet Sage Kavus.
• Yucheng told Kokomi to investigate the Akasha Terminal’s hidden functions, then privately examined a terminal and considered obtaining it for himself.
• The delegation docked at Vimara Village, drawing the attention of the villagers, and chief Amaziah approached Yucheng and the two women to ask why they had come.