Chapter Summaries

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.

The Sword Saint fought Raiden Shogun, blocking her lightning and avoiding her next strike with Substitution Jutsu before counterattacking with Anemo and Electro. The battle left Raiden Shogun’s puppet body damaged, and the Resistance realized the Sword Saint wielded two Visions.

• In the real world, Raiden Ei grew furious at Yae Miko’s remarks, but Raiden Makoto calmed her and Ei turned her attention back to the video.
• Raiden Shogun attacked the Resistance with a lightning bolt, and the Sword Saint cut through it with Lightning-Cutter.
• Raiden Shogun struck again at incredible speed, but the Sword Saint evaded her with Substitution Jutsu and explained that he had learned ninjutsu in a past reincarnation.
• The Sword Saint unleashed Ten Thousand Thunders Gale Slash, combining Anemo and Electro to damage Raiden Shogun’s puppet body.
• The Resistance saw two glowing Visions on the Sword Saint and realized he wielded both Anemo and Electro.