Chapter Summaries

Nahida revealed that she had trapped Scaramouche in a dream and used her authority over dreams to control his senses. A parody video then showed Nahida defeating Fatui agents, leaving Sumeru’s scholars to reconsider the dangers of her powers and the Akademiya’s hidden plans.

• The Grand Sage reconsidered Sumeru’s cooperation with the Fatui after realizing that the god-creation project could succeed but carried serious risks.
• Nahida stopped Scaramouche from taking her Gnosis and explained that she had gathered enough data from his repeated attempts.
• Nahida revealed that Scaramouche was still dreaming, and the dream shattered to show him impaling Shouki no Kami in Tenshukaku.
• A parody showed Nahida cutting down a debt agent and an Anemoboxer vanguard, then claiming her dream authority could completely control all five senses.
• Alhaitham, Tighnari, and Cyno connected Nahida’s power over dreams with Sumeru’s lack of dreams, the Akasha, and the Akademiya’s secret activities.

Sumeru’s viewers recognized Nahida’s quiet protection of Aaru Village and resolved to protect their young god in return. A difficult question revealed that the Doctor ultimately recovered both Gnoses from Nahida, leaving Scaramouche stunned by the future loss of his Electro Gnosis.

• Nahida’s intimidating portrayal won Sumeru’s viewers’ admiration, while Candace explained that Nahida had secretly protected Aaru Village through its exiled scholars.
• Sumeru’s people concluded that Nahida was a worthy god and resolved to protect her from the Fatui.
• Yae Miko teased Scaramouche about dressing him in girls’ clothes before he was activated, and Raiden Ei’s question about his whereabouts made him abandon his plans in Inazuma.
• Scaramouche celebrated seeing his future self hold the Electro Gnosis, but the system’s question suggested he would ultimately lose it.
• Lumine speculated that Sumeru’s story had been changed, while the viewers debated which Harbinger recovered the Electro and Dendro Gnoses.
• Nahida answered that the Doctor had turned the tide, and the system confirmed her answer.

Nahida correctly identified The Doctor as the person who modified Scaramouche, then learned from the video that Sumeru’s sages planned to replace her with a new god. A Quicken Magic Transformation Wand gave her temporary transformations that strengthened her, and its Spread form made her look like Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.

• Nahida answered that The Doctor was responsible for Scaramouche’s modifications, and The Doctor admitted the question’s wording had misled him.
• Nahida realized the sages intended to create a new god to replace her, but the Traveler’s rescue in the video gave her resolve to keep helping Sumeru City.
• The system rewarded Nahida with a Quicken Magic Transformation Wand that granted her a first-stage Quicken form and a second-stage Spread form.
• At the Traveler’s urging, Nahida transformed into a teenage version of herself, then entered Spread and took on the appearance of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.
• Nahida focused on the great increase in her power and authority and concluded that the screen’s rewards were tailored to their recipients.

Nahida used the transformation wand and the milk reward to deduce more about forbidden knowledge and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, then seized control of the Akademiya sages. The screen began its final video of the day, a Fontaine story teaser that Furina identified as an illustrated opera apparently starring her.

• Nahida inferred that forbidden knowledge had irreversibly affected Irminsul and decided to take back full control of the Akasha that night.
• Nahida overwhelmed Grand Sage Azar and the other sages with her power, leaving them kneeling and proclaiming her Sumeru's only god.
• The people of Sumeru continued their celebrations while the other nations waited to see how the transfer of authority would unfold.
• The screen selected Fontaine's fifth and final video of the day, titled "La vaguelette," and Lumine explained that its storybook style could indicate a cutscene.
• The teaser showed an angry crowd surrounding a kneeling blond young man before a man with a cane announced that a woman was coming.
• Furina recognized the scene as an opera and claimed the video would naturally feature her.

Furina watched a musical whose Oceanid heroine’s sacrifice mirrored her own hidden burden, and she feared the screen would expose that she was not the real Hydro Archon. As the musical continued to show life returning to the land, Lumine wondered whether Fontaine’s prophecy would end with Furina sacrificing herself.

• Furina and the others watched a musical starring Furina, whose opening lyrics and plot echoed Fontaine legends and unsettled her.
• Furina recognized the Oceanid heroine’s self-sacrifice as an allegory for her own five hundred years of hiding the truth and protecting Fontaine.
• Neuvillette restored order in the courtroom as Furina steadied herself and resolved to keep the musical from exposing her secret or win a reward that could help avert the prophecy.
• The audience mostly treated the human-disguise plot as part of the musical, though some suspected it concealed information about Fontaine and Furina.
• The musical showed the heroine’s water renewing ruined lands and bringing people back to joyful lives.
• Lumine wondered whether Fontaine’s prophecy would end with Furina sacrificing herself.

Furina watched a musical that seemed to portray her sacrificing herself to resolve Fontaine’s prophecy and receiving a Hydro Vision, leading her to suspect Focalors would make the sacrifice. Lyney noticed the Vision’s unusual design and sent his discovery to the Knave, while Furina resolved to face whatever the next video revealed.

• Furina saw the musical end with her future self turning into water as a Hydro Vision descended, and wondered whether Focalors would sacrifice herself to resolve the prophecy.
• The Knave interpreted the performance as evidence that Furina might be more involved in confronting the prophecy than she had assumed.
• Viewers joked about the musical, while Lyney noticed that the Hydro Vision shown on screen differed from the Visions he knew.
• Lyney warned Lynette and Freminet that the Vision’s edges resembled sharp fangs, then secretly reported his discovery to the Knave.
• Other observant viewers privately began investigating the Vision, while Furina decided to endure future revelations and hoped Neuvillette would support her.

Viewers debated who had given Furina a Vision, while Furina tried to hide her suspicions that Neuvillette was involved. Venti revealed that the white-haired god who had separated Lumine and her brother was named Asmoday, then ruled her out as the answer, leaving the other options unresolved.

• The screen asked who had given Lady Furina her Vision and listed Egeria, Focalors, Xingqiu, Sangonomiya Kokomi, Neuvillette, and Asmoday as options.
• Furina recalled the unusual dragon-fang details on the Vision in the video and privately suspected that Neuvillette might be the answer, but she chose not to respond.
• Venti told Lumine that the white-haired god who had separated her from her brother was named Asmoday.
• Venti ruled out Asmoday as the one who gave Furina a Vision, and viewers continued debating the remaining options without reaching a conclusion.

Arataki Itto wrongly guessed that Focalors would grant the Vision and received a year-long model-citizen punishment, which he immediately tried to avoid. Wriothesley then correctly chose Neuvillette, earning a floating city and leaving Furina and Neuvillette troubled by what the answer implied.

• Arataki Itto guessed Focalors and was marked incorrect, ruling out Furina as the answer.
• The system sentenced Arataki Itto to spend a year acting as an exemplary Inazuman citizen, and he used an exemption to escape the punishment.
• Raiden Ei considered the punishment beneficial to Inazuma, while Yae Miko agreed to reward Arataki Itto for eliminating a wrong answer.
• Wriothesley chose Neuvillette, who admitted he might help backstage in Furina's musical if she begged him.
• Neuvillette wondered how Furina had survived shattering her divine throne and becoming human, while Furina realized Wriothesley's answer confirmed Neuvillette would grant her future self a Vision.
• The system awarded Wriothesley a Civilian-3 Small Floating City designed to transport people and equipment and house up to 100,000 people temporarily.

Wriothesley and Furina diverted attention from Furina’s Vision by revealing Fontaine’s prophecy, while Lumine predicted it would come true. As Fontaine’s people rallied around Furina’s reassurance, Navia’s suspicions alarmed Vacher, who considered killing her but feared the attention her disappearance would draw.

• Wriothesley said he wanted the floating city to evacuate people from the Fortress of Meropide if the prophecy threatened Fontaine.
• Lyney described the prophecy that Fontaine’s people would dissolve as the sea rose, leaving the Hydro Archon weeping alone.
• Lumine said the prophecy would likely come true and that the protagonist would help the locals avert its crisis, prompting an uproar among Fontainians.
• Furina reassured the people that she had not ignored the prophecy, and The Knave urged her to take practical action.
• Furina looked to Neuvillette with new expectations, while he reflected on his long experience in Fontaine and began to understand her intentions.
• Vacher realized Navia was close to uncovering a clue and considered dissolving her with Primordial Sea Water, but hesitated because her sudden disappearance would attract suspicion.

After the second day of videos, the nations responded to what they had learned: Mondstadt prepared to force Dvalin out of hiding, Liyue planned for Rex Lapis’s test, and Inazuma brought Watatsumi under the Raiden Shogun’s direct rule. In Sumeru, Nahida struggled to reach Greater Lord Rukkhadevata through Rifthounds in her dream, but believed Lumine’s arrival could help resolve the crisis.

• Snezhnaya urged the other nations not to trust the videos, while Natlan’s people were relieved that none of the videos had exposed their secrets.
• Jean stopped Barbara from organizing an Anemo Archon honor guard, the Knights and Traveler restored the Holy Lyre der Himmel, and Venti planned to capture Dvalin for compulsory treatment.
• Keqing led the Liyue Qixing in an overnight effort to prepare for Rex Lapis’s test, while Zhongli accompanied Hu Tao to The Chasm to search for Bosacius’s traces.
• Raiden Ei found no sign of Scaramouche, took control of Watatsumi Island, suspended the Vision Hunt Decree, and proposed making another puppet from materials taken from a defeated god in the Dark Sea.
• Nahida found that Rifthounds blocked her from reaching Greater Lord Rukkhadevata in her dream, rejected Alhaitham and the others’ offer to accompany her, and said Lumine’s visit could help resolve Sumeru’s crisis.