Chapter Summaries

Yucheng explained the Sharingan and the Uchiha Clan’s curse to Charlotte, who photographed his eyes for her Steambird article. The next morning, Yucheng and Raiden Ei awaited the Sumeru Delegation at Ritou Harbor as onlookers speculated that a foreign god was arriving.

• Yucheng revealed his Sharingan to Charlotte and explained that its power came with a curse that could lead its wielder into darkness.
• Charlotte photographed Yucheng’s Sharingan, but he refused to disclose its abilities, awakening conditions, or costs and ended the interview.
• After Charlotte left, Yucheng told Kokomi he wanted to prepare for potential problems and began considering rules for the Uchiha Clan.
• The next morning, Yucheng and Raiden Ei went to Ritou Harbor to welcome the Sumeru Delegation, drawing a crowd of curious onlookers.
• Onlookers guessed that a god from another nation was coming because Raiden Ei had appeared to welcome the delegation.

As Inazuma welcomed Sumeru’s Lesser Lord Kusanali to Yucheng’s wedding, Nahida and Ei met, exchanged warm greetings, and began a friendship. Ei accepted Nahida’s homemade Date Honey and decided she should make Inazuman sweets in return.

• Rumors spread across Ritou that a foreign god was visiting Inazuma, and tourists gathered to watch the welcoming ceremony.
• A Sumeru-style ship arrived, and Nahida flew from its deck to meet Ei.
• Ei and Nahida clasped hands as the crowd cheered, confirming the identities of both Archons.
• Ei and Nahida praised one another and agreed they could be friends through their mutual friend Yucheng.
• Nahida gave Ei homemade Date Honey, and Ei resolved to make Inazuman sweets for her in return.

Ei and Scaramouche saw each other again in Sumeru, while Yucheng welcomed the visiting delegates and companions to Inazuma. Their reunion and greetings left the group looking ahead to Inazuma’s festivities, with Paimon jokingly offered as Yucheng’s wedding present.

• Ei noticed Scaramouche aboard the Sumeru ship, but she decided not to approach him yet, and she thanked Nahida for helping him start over under a new name.
• Nahida and Ei chatted about Scaramouche while he sensed their attention from below and chose to ignore them.
• Yucheng greeted Alhaitham, who said he was more certain than ever that he would give up his title and avoid being in charge.
• Yucheng reminded Cyno that registration for Inazuma’s Genius Invokation TCG Grand Prix ended that day, and told Collei that Amber was at the Mondstadt embassy.
• Paimon told Yucheng she and Lumine planned to enjoy the celebrations and his wedding banquet, then Lumine and Yucheng teased her about being an expensive wedding present.

Nahida met Yucheng and joined Zhongli and Venti at Tenshukaku, where they discussed their identities and gathered for a feast. Venti agreed to help remove the Archon Residue inside Collei, calling it his first-meeting gift to Nahida.

• Yucheng welcomed Nahida to Inazuma, while Alhaitham worried that Sumeru might gradually fall under Inazuma’s influence.
• The Sumeru Delegation dispersed after the welcoming ceremony, leaving Alhaitham to return to his room and read alone.
• Yucheng brought Nahida to meet Zhongli and Venti at Tenshukaku, and the four gods exchanged introductions and discussed the Ley Lines and the Dark Sea.
• Venti reached for the wine before Ei arrived, but Yucheng took the jar and pressured him to help Nahida by threatening to tell Barbara about his unpaid debts.
• Venti agreed to remove the Archon Residue inside Collei and asked Yucheng to fill his cup.

Yucheng hosted Nahida, Venti, and Zhongli at a gathering in Inazuma, where Zhongli advised Nahida on overcoming resistance within Sumeru’s Akademiya. The gathering continued as Ei beat Scaramouche in a storm offshore, with Yucheng assuring everyone that Scaramouche could endure it.

• Yucheng seated Nahida beside Zhongli and encouraged her to seek his advice about governing Sumeru.
• Zhongli explained that Nahida faced resistance because the Akademiya’s Sages shared power, and advised her to unite the majority against a small minority.
• Venti urged Nahida to leave governing to others and protect the people from the shadows.
• A violent storm erupted offshore, and Zhongli asked Yucheng what was happening.
• Yucheng explained that Ei was beating Scaramouche, and reassured Nahida that the puppet could withstand it and Ei could repair him.
• The group continued their food and wine as they watched Ei’s fight from Tenshukaku.

Ei confronted Scaramouche at sea and defeated him with her new Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu. She carried his unconscious body away, intending to upgrade and inspect it so he could begin a new life without regrets.

• Ei pursued Scaramouche over the sea near Narukami Island, and he accused her of abandoning him and creating him as a vessel for her Gnosis.
• Ei drew Musou Isshin and revealed Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu, promising to forgive Scaramouche if he withstood the strike.
• Scaramouche stopped fleeing and charged at Ei, but her strike swallowed him in lightning and carved a vast canyon through the sea.
• Zhongli, Venti, and Yucheng marveled at Ei's attack while Nahida worried about Scaramouche, and Yucheng reassured her that Ei knew how far to go.
• Ei held the unconscious Scaramouche and resolved to inspect and upgrade his body as she welcomed him to a new life.

Ei returned to Tenshukaku with Scaramouche, and the four Archons gathered for a night of drinking. As Yucheng and Shenhe rehearsed their elaborate wedding rites, Shenhe called Sara, Eula, and Ayaka aside, leaving her reason unexplained.

• Ei arrived at Tenshukaku carrying Scaramouche's damaged body and promised Nahida she would rebuild him before Nahida returned to Sumeru.
• Yucheng teased Ei about fixing Scaramouche's foul mouth, and Venti urged Yucheng to gather all Seven Archons.
• The Archons and Yucheng drank together, while Nahida left Tenshukaku feeling far more experienced.
• Zhongli guided Yucheng and Shenhe through their wedding rehearsals as Sara, Eula, and Ayaka watched with envy.
• After rehearsal, Shenhe asked Sara, Eula, and Ayaka to follow her into a room so she could tell them something.

Inazuma’s wedding festivities drew huge crowds and profits, while the Genius Invokation TCG Grand Prix became a contest whose winner would determine the Four-Nation Talks’ agreement. As the celebration continued, Ayaka and Yucheng’s other partners considered their hopes of having children and the competition between them.

• Yucheng proposed that the nation represented by the Genius Invokation TCG Grand Prix winner should decide the terms of the Four-Nation Talks, and the leaders and Archons agreed to compete.
• Tourists flocked to Inazuma’s festivals and attractions, spending lavishly as Kokomi estimated that the celebration had already earned more than a quarter’s worth of past revenue.
• Kamisato Ayato worked tirelessly to organize the festivities, then learned from his blushing sister Ayaka that she had become Yucheng’s fourth wife.
• Ayato privately urged Ayaka to take the lead in having children, and Ayaka reflected on Shenhe’s secure position and her own doubts about competing for authority among Yucheng’s partners.
• Ayaka, Sara, and Eula all wanted children with Yucheng and understood his desire to strengthen the small Uchiha Clan.

Charlotte’s interview with Yucheng became a sensation in Inazuma, alarming people from Mondstadt and Liyue by highlighting their apparent lack of a god’s protection. Jean and Ningguang questioned Yucheng about the Fatui Harbingers and his Sharingan, and his flirtation with Ningguang was interrupted by Shenhe, Sara, Eula, and Ayaka.

• Charlotte published Yucheng’s interview as The Steambird’s Inazuma front-page story, and demand forced the branch to print extra copies using equipment borrowed from Yae Publishing House.
• Readers debated the revelations about Snezhnaya’s powerful fighters and the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan, while news of nations lacking visible Archon protection unsettled people from Mondstadt and Liyue.
• Jean and Ningguang visited Yucheng to complain that his interview had made their nations look vulnerable, and Yucheng said the public had drawn its own conclusions about the Anemo and Geo Archons.
• Ningguang asked how the strongest Fatui Harbingers compared with Yucheng, who warned that Pierro, Dottore, and Columbina were all dangerous and that Jean and Ningguang should seek Archon help if they encountered them.
• Ningguang asked about the Sharingan’s secrets, and Yucheng teased her about joining the Uchiha Clan before she left with Jean.
• Shenhe, Sara, Eula, and Ayaka appeared in the doorway, looking at Yucheng as if they wanted answers.

Yucheng faced visitors curious about the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan, then let Shenhe, Sara, Eula, and Ayaka know that he had a secret he would share only after they understood the consequences. The chapter ended with him asking Sara, Eula, and Ayaka whether they were prepared to learn it, since knowing it could make it difficult for them to leave.

• Several visitors, including Miko, Ei, and Nahida, questioned Yucheng about the Sharingan, and he turned down offers to examine or treat it.
• Miko joked that she would marry into the Uchiha Clan alongside Shenhe, but Shenhe accepted her proposal seriously, prompting Miko to flee in a panic.
• After the visitors left, Yucheng asked Sara, Eula, and Ayaka to leave while he spoke privately with Shenhe, upsetting the three women.
• Shenhe urged Yucheng to include Sara, Eula, and Ayaka in the conversation, and he explained that he had planned to share the Uchiha Clan’s secret after they officially joined the family.
• Yucheng warned Sara, Eula, and Ayaka that learning the secret might prevent them from leaving on good terms, and asked whether they were prepared.

Yucheng accepted Sara, Eula, and Ayaka’s decisions to remain with him and join the Uchiha Clan, while considering how to protect the clan’s secrets and his descendants. He then revealed that, like the Traveler, he was not from this world, but the women appeared unsurprised.

• Yucheng explained that he feared the Uchiha Clan’s secrets could endanger its descendants and had placed the Doctor on his kill list.
• Sara recounted her loyalty to Yucheng and asked to stay in the Uchiha Clan, and Yucheng agreed.
• Eula revealed that the Lawrence Clan had been executed and that she was plagued by nightmares, so Yucheng comforted her and let her stay.
• Ayaka asked to give up the Kamisato surname for the Uchiha surname, explaining that she wanted to separate her identity from the Kamisato Clan, and Yucheng agreed.
• Yucheng told the women that he, like the Traveler, was not from this world, and they showed no surprise.

Yucheng explained his origins and the Uchiha Clan’s history to Shenhe, Eula, Ayaka, and Sara after they assured him they accepted him and considered Teyvat his home. He revealed that the Sharingan awakened when an Uchiha lost someone they loved, turning love into hatred and transforming their eyes.

• Yucheng learned that Shenhe, Eula, Ayaka, and Sara had already deduced he came from another world, but they said they trusted him and accepted his choice to stay in Teyvat.
• Shenhe asked Yucheng to explain the Uchiha Clan’s secrets, and he recounted its history and the deeds of Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, Uchiha Itachi, and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Yucheng explained that the Uchiha were not inherently cruel but felt love deeply, and that understanding love could awaken their innate physical and elemental abilities.
• Yucheng revealed that losing someone cherished could overwhelm an Uchiha with hatred and other negative emotions, causing a special energy to transform the eyes and awaken the Sharingan.

Yucheng explained the Sharingan’s perception, copying, and visual Genjutsu abilities, then demonstrated that he could copy Ayaka’s Kamisato Art and Vision techniques. Ayaka accepted that the Sharingan could reproduce her skills, but was disheartened when Yucheng’s copies seemed even more powerful than her own.

• Yucheng reassured Shenhe, Sara, Ayaka, and Eula after explaining that painful experiences could awaken the Sharingan, while Shenhe said she hoped their child would never have to endure that suffering.
• Yucheng described how the Sharingan could perceive minute movements and copy techniques, prompting the others to doubt his claims.
• Yucheng challenged Ayaka to a spar using only the Kamisato Art, and Ayaka agreed after Shenhe gave her approval.
• Ayaka and Yucheng exchanged identical Kamisato Art movements as Yucheng copied her techniques in real time.
• Yucheng copied Ayaka’s Hyouka, Kamisato Art: Soumetsu, and secret art, performing the moves with greater apparent power and range and leaving Ayaka convinced but discouraged.

Yucheng explained the Sharingan’s copying ability and the dangers of Genjutsu to the women after demonstrating how easily he could imitate their techniques. The discussion left them unsettled by how illusions could exploit their deepest wishes, though Yucheng reassured them and ended the lesson.

• Yucheng copied Eula’s and Sara’s techniques, prompting them to stop sparring and sulk with Ayaka.
• Yucheng explained that the Sharingan could copy techniques but not an opponent’s physical abilities or reaction speed.
• Yucheng described Visual Genjutsu and explained that illusions could use any of the five senses, with realism making them especially dangerous.
• Yucheng warned Sara that Genjutsu could exploit her obedience and leave her real body vulnerable while she mistook an illusion for reality.
• Yucheng described idealized illusions tailored to Eula, Ayaka, and Shenhe, leaving the women uncertain they could resist them.
• Yucheng reassured the women that the Sharingan was currently in his family and ended the lesson.

Yucheng brought Shenhe to the Kamui Dimension and revealed the Mangekyō Sharingan’s awakening, abilities, and terrible cost. They agreed to keep its secret within their main branch to protect the clan from pursuing its power recklessly.

• After returning to their room, Yucheng used his Sharingan to take Shenhe with him into the Kamui Dimension.
• Yucheng told Shenhe that he had withheld important information from the other women because some secrets needed to remain within the Uchiha Clan’s main branch.
• Yucheng explained that the Mangekyō Sharingan awakened when a Three-Tomoe wielder suffered an extreme emotional collapse and granted unique ocular techniques and access to Susanoo.
• Yucheng warned Shenhe that frequent Mangekyō use could ruin a wielder’s eyesight and that its awakening could trap sensitive Uchiha in destructive emotions.
• Shenhe understood why Yucheng wanted the secret kept among their descendants and decided to guard it.

Inazuma celebrated Yucheng and Shenhe’s wedding with dragon bone soup, poetry, and the presence of leaders and Archons from across Teyvat. As Shenhe waited for Yucheng to come collect her, she recounted how they first met, leaving her family amused, surprised, and wistful.

• Yucheng distributed dragon bone soup made from Ursa to Inazuma’s people in exchange for wedding blessings, though its nourishment gave some drinkers nosebleeds.
• Literary guests composed wedding poems, while leaders from Mondstadt, Liyue, and Sumeru and four Archons attended the celebration.
• Shenhe waited at Liyue’s diplomatic embassy with her masters, other adepti, and bridesmaids as Cloud Retainer shared childhood stories about her and Ganyu.
• Yelan asked how Shenhe and Yucheng had met, and Shenhe told the story of their first encounter after she took food from near Mt. Aocang.
• Xiangling took pride in having made the Spicy Meat Cornbread Shenhe had carried off, while Ganyu and Cloud Retainer realized their past actions had helped bring the couple together.
• Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper stood guard at the doorway, appearing ready to confront Yucheng for marrying Shenhe.

Mountain Shaper and Moon Carver struggled with Shenhe marrying Yucheng, but accepted that he was a worthy match. When Yucheng arrived at the Liyue Embassy to fetch Shenhe, they tested his commitment and allowed him to enter after he promised to care for her and remain faithful.

• Mountain Shaper and Moon Carver discussed their sadness over Shenhe leaving and their concern about Yucheng's many romantic entanglements.
• Mountain Shaper recalled how he had given up his feelings for Cloud Retainer after she fell in love with Rex Lapis.
• Festive music announced Yucheng's arrival at the Liyue Embassy with his groomsmen, including Itto, Cyno, and Alhaitham.
• Yucheng respectfully greeted Mountain Shaper and Moon Carver, who asked whether he would take good care of Shenhe.
• Yucheng promised to respect Shenhe and remain faithful to her for life, so the two adepti welcomed him inside.

Yucheng and the groomsmen overcame the bridesmaids’ wedding challenges before he reached Shenhe, where Cloud Retainer gave her blessing. Shenhe returned the jade comb that marked her apprenticeship, but Cloud Retainer affirmed that marriage did not sever their bond and entrusted the comb to Yucheng, asking him to care for Shenhe.

• Ningguang and Miko put Yucheng and the groomsmen through a series of obstacles, while Itto collapsed from an allergic reaction and Miko tormented Gorou.
• Yucheng used Cyno’s bad jokes to make the bridesmaids surrender, then saw Shenhe in her bridal attire.
• Cloud Retainer stopped Yucheng and entrusted Shenhe to his care, while Ganyu hurriedly dragged her away from an embarrassing story.
• Shenhe knelt and offered Cloud Retainer the jade comb that had marked her entry into the Immortal Sect, apologizing for returning to mortal life through marriage.
• Cloud Retainer rejected Shenhe’s guilt, gave the comb to Yucheng, and told him to comb Shenhe’s hair from then on.
• Yucheng and Shenhe accepted Cloud Retainer’s instruction together.

Yucheng and Shenhe rode through Inazuma City in a carriage pulled by Ursa the Dread Dragon, while crowds cheered their procession. After nearly two hours, they arrived at the Regent’s Office, where powerful guests had gathered for the wedding’s main event.

• Yucheng and Shenhe climbed into a panoramic carriage outside the Liyue Embassy as spectators cheered.
• Ursa the Dread Dragon descended from the sky and obediently harnessed itself to the carriage.
• Ursa pulled Yucheng and Shenhe through Inazuma City while locals and foreign tourists watched and offered blessings.
• Ursa brought the newlyweds to the Regent’s Office, where Barbatos, Morax, Beelzebul, Buer, Azhdaha, and other powerful guests awaited the main wedding proceedings.

Yucheng and Shenhe changed into wedding attire blending Liyue and Inazuman styles and welcomed guests to their banquet. Lumine and Paimon arrived with Baizhu, Hu Tao, and Xingqiu, who shared news about the feast and wedding preparations before Hu Tao revealed her unusual gift.

• Yucheng and Shenhe changed into wedding clothes designed by Chiori and Cloud Retainer, then welcomed guests at the Regent's Office.
• Lumine and Paimon discussed the wedding feast as they headed to the banquet and encountered Baizhu, Hu Tao, and Xingqiu.
• Xingqiu told them Xiangling was preparing Dragon Steak and that Beidou, Chongyun, Yun Jin, and Xinyan were helping with wedding duties and a performance of 'The Divine Damsel of Devastation.'
• Baizhu said Qiqi had hidden from Hu Tao, and Xingqiu explained that she had hurried to the Regent's Office after hearing about fresh Coconut Milk.
• Paimon asked what gifts they had brought, and Hu Tao proudly described her Wangsheng Funeral Parlor buy-one-get-one-free voucher.