Chapter Summaries

Mu En, newly reincarnated as an Erdtree, struggled to survive the poisonous land until he encountered villagers burning the infected forest. Nausicaä heard his voice and identified the land as the Valley of the Wind, leaving them poised to communicate.

• Mu En discovered that toxins in the air and soil were draining his runes and threatening to kill him.
• Mu En spotted people in the distance and hoped to gain energy from their faith, but saw them burning trees instead.
• Nausicaä led villagers through the Sea of Corruption to destroy infected trees and protect the valley from further contamination.
• The villagers found Mu En's golden tree surrounded by land untouched by the fungus, and Nausicaä heard his warning when she approached.
• Nausicaä asked who Mu En was and whether he had purified the land, and she told him her name and that they were in the Valley of the Wind.

Mu En, now a young Erdtree in the world of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, offered Nausicaä a way to purify the Sea of Corruption in exchange for spreading faith in gold. After Mu En used the Law of Regression to cleanse the land, Nausicaä accepted his offer.

• Mu En realized he had arrived in the world of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and recognized Nausicaä as a rare person who could communicate with him.
• Nausicaä asked Mu En how to purify the toxins threatening the Valley of the Wind, and Mu En offered her the power in exchange for helping spread faith in gold.
• Mu En assured Nausicaä that he would not demand her faith and used the Law of Regression to cleanse the forest, soil, and surrounding area.
• The villagers confirmed that the Sea of Corruption's fungi and toxins had been purged, and Nausicaä resolved to become one of Mu En's people.

Mu En blessed Nausicaä as the first Golden Person, making her immune to the Sea of Corruption and earning renewed faith from the Valley of the Wind. A golden fruit then appeared, and after Gol ate it, Mu En discovered that he had become a second blessed person.

• Mu En spent a Blessed Dew to bless Nausicaä, whose potential and strength exceeded his expectations.
• Nausicaä awoke with golden eyes and immunity to the Sea of Corruption's toxins, and she reassured Mito and the valley dwellers.
• Nausicaä explained the blessing to the crowd as their faith in the Erdtree grew.
• A golden apple appeared in the woodland, and Gol picked it up and ate it despite another villager's warning.
• Mu En saw a faint golden light radiating from Gol and realized that Gol had become a second blessed person.

Mu En discovered that Gol’s kiwi seed carried a faint blessing and mysteriously merged into his trunk, while Nausicaä received the Law of Regression incantation. Nausicaä used it to cleanse the remaining contaminated forest, then collapsed from exhaustion and fell asleep as Mito carried her home.

• Gol returned a small amount of Rune energy after eating the golden fruit, and Mu En realized the fruit’s seed might help create more blessed people.
• Mu En learned that Gol’s black seed came from a wild kiwi, asked to examine it, and watched it float into his trunk and disappear.
• Mu En granted Nausicaä the Law of Regression, and its casting method appeared in her mind alongside an Elden Ring mark on her hand.
• Nausicaä led a disaster relief team to establish a firebreak, saving the forest west of it while the land to the east burned.
• Nausicaä used the Law of Regression to destroy the remaining fungal spores, then collapsed from exhaustion and fell asleep in Mito’s arms.
• Mito carried the sleeping Nausicaä home while the villagers followed.

Mu En tested the Erdtree’s powers and discovered how his Golden Runes fueled his abilities, including a dangerous shockwave incantation. He followed a distant stream of faith and Rune energy toward the village in the Valley of the Wind, where the world suddenly came into focus.

• Mu En reflected on his new tree form, its limited movement and senses, and his heightened perception through golden energy.
• Mu En examined the Golden Order sigil and tested his incantations, finding that Erdtree’s Favor accelerated a nearby tree’s growth.
• Mu En cast Wrath of Gold and unleashed a destructive shockwave, realizing that using it at full strength could destroy the forest and exhaust him.
• Mu En tested Immutable Shield and Erdtree’s Protection, discovering that both had gained stronger effects, while advanced incantations consumed too much energy.
• Mu En sensed faith and Rune energy coming from east of the valley and extended his consciousness along the channel to its source.

Mu En used Nausicaä and Gol’s senses to observe the Valley of the Wind and discovered a devastated village with starving villagers and vast ruined fields. Nausicaä gave the villagers food and returned to the castle, while Mu En remained puzzled about what had happened to the valley.

• Mu En discovered that he could experience Nausicaä’s senses and observe the surroundings through Gol.
• Mu En noticed that the villagers and relief party were gaunt, and saw enormous scorched drag marks across nearly half the farmland.
• Mu En realized the Valley of the Wind looked devastated and wondered where the Tolmekian soldiers had gone.
• Nausicaä insisted Mito put her down and promised extra food rations to everyone who had helped save the forest.
• Mito organized the villagers into a line as castle guards distributed food, and Nausicaä entered the castle with Mito, Gol, and several guards.

Nausicaä returned to the castle and joined Great-granny, Mito, and Gol for a meal as they discussed the Valley of the Wind’s dwindling supplies and the Tolmekian Empire’s exploitation of its alliance. Mu En realized this was a different, earlier timeline than the one he remembered, and Great-granny sensed a stranger’s scent on Nausicaä.

• Nausicaä reunited with Great-granny and brought Mito and Gol to share dinner.
• Mito and Gol reminisced about flying and complained that the Valley’s grain stores were running low after the Tolmekians seized food and livestock.
• Nausicaä reassured the elders that another grain caravan would arrive, though Mito doubted it could relieve the shortage.
• Mu En concluded that this world’s events differed from the original story and took place before the film’s events, making his plot knowledge unreliable.
• Great-granny stopped stirring the porridge and asked Nausicaä why she smelled like a stranger.

Nausicaä showed Great-Grandma the Erdtree Mark, and the old woman warned her not to get close to the Erdtree or use its power. Great-Grandma then explained that the Sea of Corruption had destroyed the ancient kingdom of Eftal, leaving the Valley of the Wind’s people descended from refugees.

• Mito and Gol told Great-Grandma how the Erdtree had saved the forest and healed Gol’s paralyzed fingers.
• Nausicaä showed Great-Grandma the Erdtree Mark, and its vast mental presence overwhelmed the old woman.
• Great-Grandma advised Nausicaä to avoid the Erdtree and refrain from using its power, but Nausicaä defended her trust in it.
• Great-Grandma asked whether Nausicaä knew the Sea of Corruption’s history and described how Eftal had risen with ancient technology.
• Great-Grandma revealed that Eftal vanished after insects and fungi overwhelmed it, and that many people in the border nations descended from its refugees.

Mu En realized that the Valley of the Wind’s famine could help him gain believers if he used Erdtree’s Favor to grow crops, while the old woman warned Nausicaä that the Sea of Corruption could threaten the valley. The next morning, Nausicaä considered whether to keep using the Erdtree’s power when Mu En suddenly spoke to her, startling her into crushing part of the stone basin.

• The old woman warned Nausicaä that the Sea of Corruption might attack the Valley of the Wind if it learned the valley could purify its home, but Nausicaä insisted they needed the Erdtree to survive their current hardship.
• After dinner, the old woman recalled the prophecy of a blue-clad saint who would guide the people to a land of purity.
• Mu En recognized that the burned farmland and dwindling food stores made it hard to win believers, and he feared the Sea of Corruption’s Ohmu could overwhelm him and the valley.
• Mu En decided to use Erdtree’s Favor to make food crops grow rapidly and planned to work with Nausicaä on the valley’s future.
• The next morning, Nausicaä woke exhausted and questioned whether she should keep using the Erdtree’s power.
• Mu En suddenly spoke in Nausicaä’s mind, and she crushed part of the stone basin in surprise.

After Mu En contacted Nausicaä and offered a possible solution to the Valley of the Wind’s food shortage, she gathered crop seeds and experienced farmers to meet him. The group reached the golden Erdtree, leaving the skeptical agricultural elder Beruto staring at it in amazement.

• Mu En established a mental link with Nausicaä and asked her to bring crop seeds and experienced farmers, promising a way to address the food shortage.
• Nausicaä resumed overseeing the Valley of the Wind’s crises as Mito reported that spores had forced the burning of two-thirds of the forest and that rumors were spreading against her.
• Nausicaä and Mito led Beruto and a group of farmer foremen, hauling carts of seeds, through the burned forest toward the divine tree.
• Beruto complained that Nausicaä had wasted his time before and doubted her suspicions about people stirring up conflict in the valley.
• Beruto looked up at the group’s astonishment and saw a golden light ahead.

Nausicaä brought seeds and experienced farmers to the Erdtree, where Mu En promised to help the Valley of the Wind in exchange for faith. Despite Beruto’s objections to risking precious seeds, Nausicaä planted samples beneath the tree to begin Mu En’s experiment.

• Mu En told Nausicaä that he wanted the people’s faith, not a material payment, in return for helping end the famine.
• Nausicaä thanked Mu En and prepared to scatter seeds, but Beruto refused to waste the Valley’s scarce supplies on an experiment.
• Mito physically stopped Beruto from intervening, allowing Nausicaä to take small samples of four crops.
• Nausicaä showed Mu En the Valley’s wheat, potatoes, soybeans, and grape seeds, which appeared stunted or unusual.
• Nausicaä cleared a patch of earth beneath the Erdtree and scattered the untreated seeds there at Mu En’s direction.

Nausicaä used the Erdtree’s Favor to make the crops mature in minutes, producing an abundant harvest of enormous, delicious wheat, beans, potatoes, and grapes. Beruto accepted that the Erdtree’s miracle was real, and his newfound faith surged.

• Nausicaä asked Mu En to perform the incantation while Beruto criticized her for planting seeds without preparing them.
• The Erdtree’s Favor made the crops grow and ripen within minutes, stunning the farmers.
• Beruto tasted the wheat and grapes, then dug up potatoes and confirmed that the harvest was extraordinary.
• Beruto apologized to Nausicaä and asked how she had done it, and she said the Erdtree was responsible.
• Beruto reconsidered his disbelief in gods and spirits, and a powerful surge of faith rose from his soul.

Mu En blessed Beruto after the agricultural elder helped test crops accelerated by the Erdtree, turning the skeptical farmer into a stronger Blessed. Beruto accepted the Erdtree as a true god, while Mu En was left wondering why Beruto's faith vanished after his blessing.

• Mu En asked Nausicaä whether he could bless Beruto, and she agreed, eager to see the atheist elder's reaction.
• Golden light blessed Beruto, restoring his strength and sharpening his mind, and he threw a laughing foreman over his shoulder.
• Beruto thanked the Erdtree, and Nausicaä teased him about previously believing only in his hoe.
• Mu En noticed that Beruto's blessing brought Runes but erased the pure faith he had provided, leaving Mu En puzzled about whether blessings and faith could coexist.
• Nausicaä explained the blessing to Beruto, who accepted the Erdtree as a true god and asked Mu En whether divine power had changed the crops' appearance.

Mu En explained that accelerated crops grew large because they avoided the poisonous air and received vitality from Erdtree's Favor, then granted Beruto and Nausicaä the growth incantation. Beruto proved it could produce abundant food, but rapid harvesting depleted the soil, so Mu En planned to investigate fertilizer and Pejite after the crisis.

• Mu En told Beruto and Nausicaä that their crops had likely regained their natural form because accelerated growth prevented them from absorbing poison in the air.
• Mu En gave Beruto and Nausicaä the Elden Ring mark and Erdtree's Favor incantation.
• Beruto planted seeds in a cleared field and used the incantation to grow a huge harvest in a few hours.
• Beruto discovered that two accelerated harvests had left the soil compacted and barren, and Nausicaä halted the experiment.
• Mu En explained that the crops had rapidly consumed soil nutrients and noted that fertilizer would be needed for future expansion.
• Mu En planned to have Nausicaä gather information about Pejite after the current crisis.

Mu En assessed the blessed harvest and discussed how Nausicaä could use it to address the Valley of the Wind’s food problems. Meanwhile, Yiduo secretly delivered a ration bag to the insect tamer and claimed he had intelligence about the empire’s plans.

• Mu En saw that the blessed crops had filled five carts and learned how Nausicaä and Beruto planned to store or use the harvest.
• Mu En estimated that Beruto’s and Nausicaä’s crop-growing abilities could feed far more people, but recognized the limits of farming and wanted Nausicaä to focus on ruling and military leadership.
• Nausicaä said she planned to leave food distribution to Beruto and restore normal supplies, and Mu En proposed an idea to solve the valley’s problems.
• Yiduo secretly entered the castle’s hidden passages after his shift and brought a ration bag to the insect tamer.
• Yiduo told the insect tamer that he had important intelligence about the empire’s plan.

Yiduo reported the valley’s grain shipment to a Tolmekian insect trainer, who dismissed it and pressured him to continue aiding the plan. Elsewhere, a male insect trainer received intelligence, sent coded orders west with a messenger insect, and prayed for the forest to cover the earth.

• Yiduo told the insect trainer about the grain shipment and the rumors of divine powers, but she dismissed them as an illusion.
• The insect trainer frightened Yiduo with corpse worms and reminded him that Tolmekia was the Valley of the Wind’s only hope.
• She reassured Yiduo that reinforcements were coming, urged him to think of his lost family, and told him he could stop after completing his task.
• Yiduo left the castle, told his friend Pao he would join him later, and muttered that he was a hero saving the Valley of the Wind.
• A male insect trainer received intelligence by telegraph, wrote coded orders, and sent them west inside a messenger insect.

Nausicaä argued with Mu En over whether to distribute the grace crops equally or reward people according to their contributions, while Mu En warned that the Valley of the Wind needed reform before the Sea of Corruption threatened it. With his Rune reserves nearly exhausted, Mu En planned a village-wide celebration to win followers and establish a contribution system within a week.

• Nausicaä objected to Mu En's proposal to reward contributors with food, arguing that it violated the Valley of the Wind's traditions.
• Mu En explained that the clan's leadership system lacked clear laws, advancement, and incentives, and warned that people spreading rumors were not simply acting out of famine-driven desperation.
• Mu En revealed that his Rune reserves were dangerously low and that he needed the Valley of the Wind's people to become believers before he withered.
• Mu En planned to hold a celebration, display the Erdtree's power, and prioritize food for villagers who had supported the clan leader and helped with disaster relief.
• Mu En set a one-week deadline for his plan, fearing that the Valley of the Wind's loose system would fail against the Sea of Corruption.

Mu En urged Nausicaä to replace the Valley of the Wind’s tradition of equal shares with a rune-based system of rewards and a new government structure, but she had not yet decided whether to accept his reforms. Their discussion was interrupted by Mito’s news that Lord Yupa had returned, and Nausicaä rushed to greet him and two masked passengers.

• Nausicaä objected that Mu En’s contribution system would undermine the Valley of the Wind’s traditions of equality and mutual aid.
• Mu En argued that fair rewards, institutional care for those unable to work, and stronger defenses were necessary to protect the Valley from Tolmekia.
• Mu En outlined a government led by Nausicaä, supported by a Council of Elders and three departments, with Golden Runes rewarding work and strengthening citizens.
• Mito announced that Lord Yupa had returned to the village with two masked passengers on a second Horseclaw.
• Nausicaä recognized Lord Yupa through the window and hurried out to welcome him, while Mito followed more slowly.

Yupa returned to the Valley of the Wind with Eliana and her son Lucian, revealing that the Kingdom of Pejite had effectively collapsed. He began explaining the events behind its fall, which had started with an agreement six months earlier.

• Yupa reunited with Nausicaä and Mito in the castle hall.
• Yupa introduced Eliana and Lucian, who revealed that she was the Queen of Pejite.
• Yupa announced that Pejite existed in name only, shocking Nausicaä and Mito.
• Nausicaä sent Eliana and Lucian to rest, then asked Yupa whether Tolmekia had conquered Pejite.
• Yupa explained that Pejite's collapse began before the mass conscription and that Tolmekians had temporarily stabilized the city.
• Yupa blamed himself and began recounting an agreement made six months earlier.

Yupa recounted how Pejite collapsed into unrest and civil war, forcing Eliana and Lucian to flee with refugees. As Nausicaä considered how to shelter them, Mu En recognized a familiar pattern in the Valley of the Wind’s troubles, and Nausicaä concluded that someone was trying to recreate Pejite’s downfall there.

• Yupa explained that Deus vanished, Pejite fell into famine and civil war, and he helped Eliana and Lucian escape the city.
• Yupa said Ebo City’s governor had provided relief and escorted refugees, and he and the others had traveled north with them through the Valley of the Wind.
• After learning the valley could barely feed its own people, Yupa questioned whether Nausicaä could help more than a hundred refugees.
• Nausicaä asked Mu En for help, but Mu En noticed similarities between Pejite’s collapse and the unrest in the Valley of the Wind.
• Nausicaä realized the valley’s troubles might have been engineered and declared that someone was trying to repeat Pejite’s tragedy.