Recaps

After Liyue cleared Asura Yaksha’s name and announced a hundred-million-Mora bounty for finding him, Mo Fan feared his identity would cause conflict between Liyue and Mondstadt. He hurried toward Liyue Harbor with Ronova, but Xiao stopped them after sensing Karmic Debt on her.

• Ningguang confirmed that the video about Asura Yaksha was true, announced that Liyue had cleared his name, and offered a hundred-million-Mora bounty for finding him.
• People across Teyvat discussed the bounty, Ganyu’s confession, and the possibility that Liyue and Mondstadt would compete for Asura Yaksha.
• Mo Fan recalled his life as Asura Yaksha, including his efforts to atone for his sins and shoulder the Yakshas’ Karmic Debt.
• Fearing that revealing himself could spark a war, Mo Fan woke Ronova and left Wangshu Inn for Liyue Harbor.
• Xiao blocked Mo Fan and Ronova, pointed his spear at Ronova, and demanded to know why she carried such a strong aura of Karmic Debt.

Xiao mistook Ronova’s immense Karmic Debt for a threat to Liyue and confronted her, but Mo Fan revealed the Asura Yaksha’s familiar aura to make Xiao recognize him. Xiao excitedly called Mo Fan his brother, while Mo Fan kept his identity secret to protect Ronova.

• Xiao warned Ronova not to approach Liyue because her Karmic Debt reminded him of the resentment that had killed the Asura Yaksha.
• Mo Fan weighed leaving Liyue against persuading Xiao to accept Ronova and decided to speak with Xiao.
• Xiao refused to leave Ronova unattended, so Mo Fan briefly released the Asura Yaksha’s familiar aura using the Edict of Time.
• Xiao recognized the aura and excitedly asked whether Mo Fan was really Brother Asura.
• Mo Fan stopped Xiao from saying the name aloud and chose to keep his identity secret, especially to protect Ronova.

Mo Fan brought Ronova toward Liyue after Xiao agreed to keep her identity secret, while the Yaksha began gathering at Bosacius’s urgent request. On the road, Mo Fan spotted the Blonde Traveler being chased by monsters and rushed to help.

• Mo Fan asked Xiao to leave Ronova alone, and Xiao agreed without learning that she was the Ruler of Death.
• Xiao reflected on Mo Fan’s return and resolved to keep his identity secret, then spoke with Indarias about people discussing Asura Yaksha again.
• Bosacius arrived at Wangshu Inn and ordered Xiao and Indarias to gather the Yaksha at their old home on the Guili Plains while he went to find Menogias.
• Mo Fan carried the exhausted Ronova to a roadside tea stall, where he explained how humans struggle against death and Ronova considered the meaning of death.
• Mo Fan spotted the Blonde Traveler and her floating companion being pursued by Hilichurls and Treasure Hoarders, made an excuse to Ronova, and raced to help them.

Mo Fan saved Lumine and Paimon from Ruin Guards, then hurried away after introducing himself as an ordinary adventurer. At the Yakshas’ former residence, Bosacius gathered the surviving Yakshas to watch a video explaining why visitors had come to honor Asura.

• Lumine and Paimon faced a Ruin Guard missile barrage while exhausted and nearly out of Elemental Power.
• Mo Fan deflected the missiles with his Dull Blade and destroyed the Ruin Guards, then collected their cores.
• Lumine introduced herself and Paimon to Mo Fan, who gave his name and left; Lumine felt she had heard of him before.
• Xiao and Indarias arrived at the Yakshas’ former residence and found it crowded with visitors honoring Asura.
• Bosacius gathered Xiao, Indarias, Bonanus, and Menogias and played the Yaksha Chapter video to reveal the truth about Asura.

Mo Fan and Ronova arrived in Liyue Harbor, where Mo Fan found lodging and took another commission while Ronova struggled to find work. The video then revealed the Yakshas’ reaction to learning that Asura had willingly become a sinner for their sake, leaving Xiao holding back a secret.

• Mo Fan brought Ronova to Liyue Harbor, registered with the Adventurers’ Guild, sold a Ruin Guard core, and rented a spacious home.
• Mo Fan left to take another commission, and Ronova decided to find work to help support him.
• Ronova was rejected from dock and service jobs because she lacked the strength for heavy labor and could not smile, then applied to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
• The video ended, and Bonanus, Indarias, and Bosacius grieved over Asura’s sacrifice and their role in his death.
• Xiao started to explain something about Asura but stopped himself, confusing the other Yakshas.

The Yakshas learned from Bonanus that Asura had been reincarnated and decided to find him, despite Xiao’s efforts to keep his identity hidden. Meanwhile, Ronova applied to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, where Hu Tao hired her, and both she and Zhongli recognized each other’s true identities.

• Bonanus told the Yakshas that Rex Lapis had revealed Asura was alive and reincarnated, prompting them to agree to search for him.
• Xiao cautioned the Yakshas against disturbing Asura’s life, but Bonanus and the others insisted on finding him and helping him recover his memories.
• Ronova arrived at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor for an interview, and Hu Tao decided she was well suited to funeral work and hired her.
• Zhongli returned to the parlor, where Hu Tao introduced Ronova as the new employee.
• Ronova recognized Zhongli as the Geo Archon and asked why he worked as a consultant, leaving the parlor in stunned silence.

Mo Fan took a low-ranking Adventurers' Guild commission and learned that the Asura Yaksha video had driven Ganyu from Liyue Harbor and left the Ministry of Civil Affairs short-staffed. At the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Zhongli covered up Ronova's slip about his identity, and Hu Tao welcomed Ronova to the staff, only to discover she did not know what “getting off work” meant.

• Mo Fan accepted a commission to gather ten Qingxin flowers and heard that Ganyu had returned to Jueyun Karst, forcing the Ministry of Civil Affairs to hire more staff.
• Ronova accidentally called Zhongli the Geo Archon, prompting Hu Tao to question them.
• Zhongli claimed he and Ronova had once played a role-playing game in which he acted as Rex Lapis, and Hu Tao accepted his explanation.
• Ronova silently apologized to Zhongli, who was surprised by how different she seemed from his image of the Ruler of Death.
• Hu Tao invited Ronova to Wanmin Restaurant after work to celebrate her joining the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, and Ronova asked what “getting off work” meant.

Hu Tao explained the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s work to Ronova, who began looking forward to her new job after learning it would be far easier than her old duties. The group noticed a new video update, while Cloud Retainer’s fellow adepti teased her for changing her mind about smartphones.

• Hu Tao struggled to explain getting off work, so Zhongli told Ronova she would understand after trying a day at the funeral parlor.
• Hu Tao taught Ronova the undertaker’s duties and offered her a few days of helping out before officially starting work.
• Ronova noticed a new update to “A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation,” and Hu Tao and Zhongli checked their smartphones too.
• At Mt. Aocang, Shenhe, Mountain Shaper, and Moon Carver teased Cloud Retainer for having praised smartphones after previously criticizing them.
• Guizhong agreed that the Akasha Terminal smartphone was impressive, and Cloud Retainer found a trending side story titled “Archon War in Different Times and Spaces.”

Cloud Retainer and the other adepti watched a new A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation video that showed the brutal Archon War in the Guili Assembly. The video depicted Guizhong dying in battle, contradicting Liyue’s known history and leaving its people furious.

• Cloud Retainer, Mountain Shaper, Moon Carver, and Guizhong wondered whether a powerful being had erased their memories of Asura Yaksha.
• The video showed Rex Lapis and the adepti fighting a host of gods, including the God of the Vortex and the Yaksha God, as the Guili Assembly was overrun.
• Hu Tao watched the battle with Zhongli and Ronova, and Zhongli credited Liyue’s victory to the sacrifices of many people.
• The video showed the evacuated people escaping while Guizhong stayed behind, where the Yaksha God defeated her and pierced her with a spear.
• Liyue viewers protested the video’s portrayal of Guizhong’s death, insisting that she had survived the battle in the history they knew.

Guizhong recovered memories confirming that she had died in the Archon War, while the video showed Mo Fan using time reversal to bring her and the people of Guili Assembly back to life. Zhongli recognized that Mo Fan had used the power of time to save Guizhong.

• Guizhong remembered that the video’s account of her death was true, leaving the adepti confused about how she had survived.
• The video showed the Yaksha God killing Guizhong and slaughtering the people of Guili Assembly.
• Mo Fan arrived too late to stop Guizhong’s death, confronted the Yaksha God, and was pierced by his spear.
• Mo Fan cried, “Flow backward, time!” and reversed the destruction, reviving Guizhong and the dead.
• Ronova panicked at the display of time’s power, while Zhongli realized Mo Fan had used it to save Guizhong.

After turning back time, Asura Yaksha joined the defense of the Guili Assembly and fought the Yaksha God to save Guizhong. He used the Edict of Time to reverse his fatal wound and defeat the god, surviving with a grievously injured soul as the extra chapter ended.

• Asura Yaksha asked Rex Lapis to let him defend the Guili Assembly, and Rex Lapis assigned him to its forces.
• Asura Yaksha met Guizhong, who praised his victory over a god-led vanguard with eight hundred Millelith.
• When the gods attacked the Guili Assembly, Guizhong arranged the evacuation while Asura Yaksha confronted the Yaksha God.
• The Yaksha God pierced Asura Yaksha and believed he had won, but Asura Yaksha used the Edict of Time to heal and restore his strength.
• Asura Yaksha struck down the Yaksha God with his Extreme Ice Formation-Breaking Spear and survived with a grievously injured soul.

After watching a bonus video reveal that Asura Yaksha turned back time to save Guizhong, the adepti speculated that Celestia had erased him from their memories and hoped he was still alive. Ganyu remained withdrawn over Asura, while Zhongli suggested the Temporal Traveler might have reincarnated in recent Liyue history without revealing what he knew about Mo Fan.

• Cloud Retainer and the other adepti discussed how Asura Yaksha had saved Guizhong by turning back time and guessed that Celestia had rewritten the world's laws to erase him from their memories.
• Guizhong said she hoped Asura was alive so she could repay him, and admitted she might grow attracted to him if they spent more time together.
• Cloud Retainer agreed that Shenhe should take the video to Ganyu, who had shut herself away after watching an earlier video.
• At Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Zhongli and Ronova explained that using the power of time was a curse that demanded a tremendous price.
• Zhongli told Hu Tao that the Temporal Traveler might have reincarnated in Liyue, then silently recalled Mo Fan's recent past life and kept its connection to Director Hu secret.

While gathering Qingxin near Mt. Tianheng, Mo Fan rescued Keqing from a monster horde at Dunyu Ruins by defeating a powerful Geovishap. Keqing offered him a centurion position in the Millelith, but Mo Fan refused and disappeared into the ruins.

• Mo Fan heard a battle while gathering Qingxin and rushed to help a wounded swordswoman surrounded by monsters.
• Keqing, trapped in Dunyu Ruins and overwhelmed by the monsters, watched Mo Fan defeat the powerful Geovishap with his Dull Blade.
• Mo Fan's attack broke the monsters' formation, and they fled in every direction.
• Keqing stopped Mo Fan, introduced herself, and learned that he was an adventurer named Mo Fan who claimed to be D-rank.
• Keqing offered Mo Fan a direct appointment as a Millelith centurion, but he refused and escaped through the ruins before she could catch him.

Mo Fan returned to Liyue Harbor and discovered that a new video about the Asura Yaksha had reignited public interest in his past. He unexpectedly reunited with Marchosius as La Signora and Childe arrived to meet the Liyue Qixing about uniting against the Heavenly Principles.

• Mo Fan returned to Liyue Harbor after gathering Qingxin and learned that a new video told a story about the Asura Yaksha during the Archon War.
• Mo Fan watched the video, felt relieved that it omitted the painful truth behind his deeds, and hoped the person posting the videos would stop exposing him.
• Mo Fan turned in his Qingxin at the Adventurers' Guild and returned home, where he found Ronova missing.
• Mo Fan went to the market and recognized a tiny orange bear as Marchosius, the God of the Stove and his old friend.
• La Signora and Childe arrived in Liyue Harbor to invite the Geo Archon to a meeting on the Tsaritsa's behalf and were escorted toward the Jade Chamber.

Mo Fan reunited with Marchosius in Liyue Harbor, where Xiangling briefly mistook him for Hu Tao’s grandfather, the former director of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. After returning home, Mo Fan found Ronova hiding that she had started working at the parlor, and she discovered a new reincarnation video about Inazuma.

• Mo Fan recognized Marchosius, now a powerless little bear with lost memories, and felt guilty that his old friend had sacrificed himself to quell the gods’ lingering resentment.
• Xiangling ran after Marchosius, whom she called Guoba, and briefly recognized Mo Fan as the former director before becoming confused and hurrying back to the market.
• Mo Fan bought ingredients and returned home, where Ronova concealed that she had gone to work at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
• Ronova saw a new video titled “Inazuma's Sword Saint: Crossing Time and Space to Save You” and opened it expectantly.

Raiden Makoto gathered Inazuma’s leaders at Tenshukaku to watch a new A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation video that might explain the memories and events erased from their recent past. Raiden Ei agreed to learn the truth despite fearing it would expose her past mistakes, and the video began.

• Raiden Makoto summoned Inazuma’s ministers and Ei after hearing that a new video concerned Inazuma.
• Kamisato Ayaka, Kamisato Ayato, Kujou Sara, Sangonomiya Kokomi, Naganohara Yoimiya, Kaedehara Kazuha, and Raiden Ei gathered at Tenshukaku, troubled by the gaps in their memories.
• Kaedehara Kazuha described how the decrees had ended and Raiden Makoto’s identity had been revealed without his remembering how it happened.
• Raiden Makoto told the gathered leaders she hoped the video would reveal the erased truth and asked Raiden Ei whether she wanted to know it too.
• Raiden Ei admitted that she wanted the truth, and Raiden Makoto had the video started.

La Signora and Childe visited Ningguang and Keqing in Liyue to invite the Geo Archon to a meeting opposing the Heavenly Principles, and Ningguang asked them to watch a new video before they left. The video recounted Inazuma’s history and revealed how Raiden Ei’s puppet imposed the Vision Hunt and Sakoku Decrees, while viewers wondered what had happened to the supposedly dead Raiden Makoto.

• La Signora invited the Geo Archon to the meeting in Snezhnaya, and Ningguang suggested they invite him during the Rite of Descension.
• La Signora left for Inazuma while Childe stayed in Liyue, eager to attend the Rite and challenge the Geo Archon.
• Ningguang invited La Signora and Childe to watch a new video, which described Makoto and Ei building Inazuma and the disaster five hundred years earlier that killed Makoto.
• Viewers questioned how Makoto could have returned after her death and said Inazuma’s history seemed to have gaps in their memories.
• The video showed Ei’s puppet issuing the Vision Hunt and Sakoku Decrees, and explained that people whose Visions were taken lost their aspirations and fell into despair.

The video showed Yoimiya resisting the Vision Hunt Decree and condemning Inazuma’s god, then a mysterious wandering swordsman rescued her father from the Shogunate soldiers. The soldiers recognized the swordsman as a legendary Sword Saint, leaving his identity and next move unrevealed.

• Viewers discussed Inazuma’s Sakoku and Vision Hunt Decrees while Kaeya, Barbara, and Barbatos watched the video in Mondstadt.
• The video showed Yoimiya refusing to surrender her Vision after the Shogunate Army seized her father to pressure her.
• Yoimiya accused Inazuma’s god of being unworthy for taking away mortals’ wishes, leaving Raiden Ei grim and Yoimiya embarrassed as they watched.
• A wandering swordsman appeared, denounced the god, and promised to help Yoimiya rescue her father.
• The swordsman drew a reversed-blade sword, moved too quickly for onlookers to follow, and rescued Yoimiya’s father in an instant.
• A Shogunate soldier recognized the swordsman as the legendary Sword Saint, frightening the soldiers.

Yoimiya recognized the Sword Saint, whose reputation drove the Shogunate troops to flee when he came to her aid. After Ningguang and Keqing watched his story, Ningguang proposed a new bet about whether the Temporal Traveler could defeat the Raiden Shogun, with Keqing left weighing the stakes.

• Yoimiya recognized the Sword Saint and asked him to help her, and the Shogunate troops scattered when he drew his reverse-blade sword.
• The story recounted how the Sword Saint defeated pirates, won the Grand Tournament Before the Throne, beat Kujou Sara, and escaped the Tenryou Commission troops.
• Ningguang concluded that the Temporal Traveler had helped lift Inazuma's decrees and said he was now invincible, while Keqing doubted he could defeat the Raiden Shogun.
• Ningguang proposed that Keqing could escape wearing a cat-ear maid outfit if the Temporal Traveler lost, but would have to wear it and dance on livestream if he won.

Keqing accepted Ningguang’s bet that the Temporal Traveler could defeat the Raiden Shogun, while an exposure video showed the Sword Saint rallying rebels in Ritou to challenge the Electro Archon. Mo Fan recognized the coming revelation as connected to his own perilous battle with the Raiden Shogun, which he had hoped to keep secret.

• Keqing agreed to Ningguang’s bet after recalling the Raiden Shogun’s reputation and deciding she could risk another maid-outfit humiliation.
• Childe praised the Sword Saint’s strength, while La Signora worried that Childe might challenge the Electro Archon and be killed.
• The video showed the Sword Saint returning to Ritou, where Kamisato Ayato reported that many people had joined the rebellion under the Sword Saint’s leadership.
• The Sword Saint called on the rebels to raise their swords against Narukami Ogosho, and the gathered rebels answered him.
• Ronova asked Mo Fan why the Sword Saint wanted to challenge the Raiden Shogun, and Mo Fan privately recalled his dangerous battle with her and the preparations that had helped him survive.

Yae Miko arrived at Tenshukaku as Raiden Ei struggled with the discovery that many of her people had joined the rebellion. The video revealed that Miko had been a key rebel organizer, and the commenters began to question whether Kujou Sara had been Inazuma’s only loyal subject.

• Yae Miko joined Raiden Makoto, Raiden Ei, Yoimiya, and the others at Tenshukaku to watch the video.
• Yae Miko explained that Yae Publishing House had begun filming after seeing the popularity of the A Hundred Lifetimes of Reincarnation series.
• Raiden Ei asked Yae Miko whether she had taken part in the rebellion, and Miko hesitated rather than answer.
• In the video, the Sword Saint visited Yae Miko at the Grand Narukami Shrine and told her the resistance would attack Inazuma City the next day.
• Yae Miko revealed that she had prepared for the rebellion for hundreds of years and planned to make Raiden Ei abandon her vision of Eternity.
• The commenters concluded that Kujou Sara might have been the only loyal subject, then began doubting even her loyalty.

Raiden Ei saw that Yae Miko and Kujou Sara had turned against her, while the Sword Saint led the rebels into Inazuma City to confront the Raiden Shogun. The chapter ended with Ei despairing that no one in Inazuma was loyal to her.

• Raiden Ei grew furious after seeing Yae Miko mock her, while Yae Miko blamed the video for exposing her private complaints.
• Raiden Ei called Kujou Sara her only loyal subject, but Sara's conflicted reaction made Ei suspect she had betrayed her too.
• The rebel army and Watatsumi Island resistance gathered outside Inazuma City, where Sangonomiya Kokomi asked the Sword Saint when they would attack.
• Kujou Sara led troops out of the city, accepted the Sword Saint's promise to bring Inazuma new hope, and let his army enter through the gates.
• The Sword Saint led the rebels to Tenshukaku and challenged the Raiden Shogun, while Childe, La Signora, Ningguang, and Keqing watched the events unfold.
• Raiden Ei despaired after seeing Kujou Sara's betrayal and concluded that all of Inazuma had turned against her.

Kujou Sara recalled how the Sword Saint persuaded her to oppose the Raiden Shogun’s decrees, while making clear she had never wanted the Shogun removed. In the video, the Sword Saint’s call to surrender turned public sentiment toward the rebels, leaving everyone to wonder whether the people could truly overthrow the Shogunate.

• Kujou Sara remembered that the Sword Saint had debated Inazuma’s condition with her and convinced her the decrees threatened the nation’s survival.
• Kujou Sara explained that she had hoped to change the Raiden Shogun’s mind, not remove her from power, and Raiden Ei chose not to reproach her for the past.
• The Sword Saint broadcast a demand for the Raiden Shogun to surrender, and Inazuma’s people joined the rebel advance on Tenshukaku.
• Sangonomiya Kokomi, Kaedehara Kazuha, and Kamisato Ayaka discussed how the Sword Saint used his strength and insight into public sentiment to rally the people.
• Yae Miko explained the Sword Saint’s saying that the people’s support could determine who would win, while Yoimiya questioned whether the people could overcome the Shogun.

Keqing feared losing her bet after Ningguang reasoned that the Temporal Traveler might have accumulated enough power across his reincarnations to challenge the Raiden Shogun. In the video, the Sword Saint confronted the Shogun outside Tenshukaku, and their battle began as thunder and lightning filled the skies.

• Ningguang explained to Keqing that the reincarnations might follow the real timeline, allowing the Temporal Traveler to retain powers from his previous lives.
• Keqing realized the Sword Saint might be powerful enough to defeat the Raiden Shogun and feared losing her bet.
• After the Sword Saint led a rebellion to Tenshukaku, the Raiden Shogun left the palace and ordered the rebels to retreat or die.
• The Sword Saint challenged the Raiden Shogun, arguing that the people of Inazuma no longer truly revered their ruler.
• The Raiden Shogun unleashed a storm as she and the Sword Saint prepared to fight, thrilling the viewers.

Ronova watched a video of the Resistance confronting the Raiden Shogun while Mo Fan worried over her and rushed off to buy medicine. In the video, the Sword Saint and Yae Miko challenged the Shogun, setting the stage for a battle at Tenshukaku.

• Ronova doubted that the Resistance could defeat the Raiden Shogun as she watched the video.
• Mo Fan noticed Ronova had not started dinner, checked her temperature, and hurried to Bubu Pharmacy when she seemed feverish.
• After Mo Fan left, Ronova collapsed and struggled to understand the intense feelings his closeness had stirred in her.
• Outside Tenshukaku, the Raiden Shogun ordered the Resistance to surrender, and her divine presence shook the soldiers and commanders.
• The Sword Saint condemned the Shogun’s rule, and Yae Miko openly sided with the rebels and challenged the puppet and her master.