All 3 Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual

[Niobe Hennigan]

Upon the Traveler and Paimon's arrival at Konda Village, they encounter a strange masked shrine maiden who introduces herself as Hanachirusato and gives the Traveler a ward. Hanachirusato asks the Traveler to lift a barrier and investigate it and promises a reward for the Traveler. The Traveler then goes around the village and talks to the various villagers to investigate strange happenings in the village. After some investigation, the Traveler uncovers the key to a locked well and finds a seal beneath the ground. After using the ward from Hanachirusato to lift the barrier, an Ochimusha appears and is defeated by the Traveler.

After the Ochimusha is defeated, Hanachirusato suddenly appears from behind much to Paimon's surprise. Hanachirusato tells the Traveler about the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual and asks the Traveler if they can help. The Traveler then travels to an abandoned shrine near Mt. Yougou after interacting with some Mysterious Shadows and obtaining the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Summary. However, this summary does not provide much help and so the Traveler and Paimon travel to the Grand Narukami Shrine to get professional help. After learning more about the ritual and obtaining the Memento Lens from Inagi Hotomi, the Traveler travels back to the abandoned shrine and they obtain the ward to lift the barrier. Once the barrier is lifted, the Traveler defeats another Ochimusha and Hanachirusato appears again to have another conversation about the ritual.

Next, the Traveler completes the rituals in Araumi, Kamisato Estate and Chinju Forest. The rituals at Araumi and the Kamisato Estate are fairly simple, but at Chinju Forest the Traveler meets a Bake-Danuki sealed in stone named Ioroi. After playing with several tanuki, Ioroi agrees to give the Traveler his ward.

Finally, after breaking the five barriers and purging the evil within each, Hanachirusato and the Traveler head over to the roots of the Sacred Sakura. Hanachirusato dispels the barrier around the Depths of Mt. Yougou, draining the Electro pool, and the Traveler enters the depths to defeat the "Miasmic Tumor." After purging the tumor, Hanachirusato appears again and reveals that she is filth condensed from the memory of the Kitsune Saiguu. In order to complete the ritual, all the filth must be cleansed, herself being no exception. The Traveler and Hanachirusato say goodbye to each other and Hanachirusato dissipates.

The Sacred Sakura and the Thunder Sakura symbolize the eternal watch of the Electro Archon, and they have the power to remove evil and cleanse the earth by absorbing the filth into its roots. However, the roots are not capable of purifying the accumulated filth on their own, so it is necessary to routinely purify these roots in what is called the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual, which is ordinarily performed by the Grand Narukami Shrine.[1][2]

The roots of the Sacred Sakura and the Thunder Sakura are all interconnected, and, should the roots be polluted, the filth will spread among all the roots. If too much filth accumulates, the polluted roots will be corroded and these tainted sections will form tumors and, if left unchecked, the Sacred Sakura will wither away which would be catastrophic for Inazuma. Thus it becomes necessary to routinely perform a Cleansing Ritual.[1]

The Cleansing Ritual is divided into minor and major cleansings. Performed more often than the major cleansings, the minor cleansings are routinely performed to check in on the status of the roots and to set up barriers around the roots. These barriers both protect the roots from the people and protect the people from the roots. The barriers protect the roots from anyone with malicious intent, like the Fatui, and also protect the Inazuman people by preventing any of the accumulated filth from leaking out.[3][4]

Once too much filth accumulates within the barriers, it becomes necessary to perform the major cleansing. This major cleansing must be performed every 60 years. The Sacred Sakura located at the Grand Narukami Shrine is the central tree and all the Thunder Sakura are its side-branches. When the Thunder Sakura absorb filth, much of the absorbed miasma will be transmitted up the roots to the central roots of the Sacred Sakura. Thus, it is necessary to perform the major cleansing in two parts: first purify the leftover miasma in the roots of the Thunder Sakura, then purify the central roots of the Sacred Sakura.[3][4][5]

This purification is performed by breaking the barriers created by the minor cleansings with a ward, which will cause the filth to be driven out of the roots and condense into physical forms known as "defilement incarnate." These forms represent the defilement of the land: should the state of Inazuma be peaceful and happy, then they may condense into harmless forms such as the "Tofu Boys." But in times of strife, the filth will condense into something dangerous and must be swiftly neutralized. Once the Thunder Sakura roots have been purified, then the roots of the Sacred Sakura tree must be purified by the same process: once the barrier around the Sacred Sakura roots has been lifted, the ritual performers must enter the Depths of Mt. Yougou to purify the filth, which typically condenses into a tumor.[3][4][5][6]

If the Cleansing Ritual is not performed, then Inazuma will suffer catastrophic consequences. According to Hanachirusato, the records say that the Thunder Sakura almost withered several hundred years ago. The monsters raged unchecked and the seas around Inazuma turned black. The Thunder Sakura tried their hardest to absorb the evil and the filth, and they almost died in the process. The records say that someone did eventually perform the Cleansing Ritual and the situation was resolved.[3]

The most recent performance of the Cleansing Ritual was carried out by the Traveler and Hanachirusato. According to Inagi Hotomi, the Grand Narukami Shrine was making preparations to carry out the Cleansing Ritual, but Yae Miko had those preparations called off and told Inagi Hotomi to have the Memento Lens ready to give to a "blonde-haired outlander" when they arrive at the shrine.[2]

Genshin Impact has just recently been updated with its new 2.0 content. This update has added a new area, quests, and even new Genshin characters from Inazuma to collect. One quest players can get is to complete the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual.

For many, the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual is the first true regional quest in Genshin Impact's Inazuma region. It gives many players the opportunity to explore Narukami Island outside of Ritou in its totality. Nonetheless, given the complexity of the Cleansing Ritual in Genshin Impact, many players may find the quest a little bit difficult.

Updated on December 27, 2021, by Scott Vengel: Genshin Impact has only become more popular since the release of Inazuma. Once a game that was thought to be in stagnation, Genshin Impact no longer suffers from a lack of content with plenty of new features, character quests, limited-time events, and expansions in Inazuma given players an endless supply of entertaining content.

Though update 2.4 will see a return to Liyue, many new players are now just beginning to start their journeys in Inazuma. As such, this article will be updated to add clarity to the complex Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual, as well as add some helpful tips that may have been missed.

In order to get the quest, players will first have to unlock the Inazuma area. Players need to first be Adventure Rank 30 and have completed Autumn Winds, Scarlet Leaves, the prologue to Chapter 2 of the Archon Quests, as well. After that, players just need to speak with Katheryne in Liyue Harbor Adventurer's Guild. This will start the Setting Sail quest which leads players to a boat that will carry them to the Inazuma Islands area.

Once in Inazuma, players will need to speak to Kazari, an NPC that lives in Konda Village. Kazari is located initially at a roadside shrine between Ritou and Konda Village, where the player can find her inspecting the fox statue. She will start players on the five-part quest to complete a ritual called the "Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual", one of many quests found in one of the best mobile games of 2020.

The Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual will require that Genshin Impact players complete five total quests in order. These quests will drag players all over the islands, forcing them to explore and uncover the story bit by bit. These quests are:

Players will start the first quest by speaking with Kazari, the masked Shrine Maiden, who will give the A Strange Story in Konda quest. In order to move along with the quest, players will need to use an Electro ability on the Sky Kitsune Statue. After which, they will get the Ward associated with the statue.

Once players find these clues, they need to talk to the Village Chief again and read their diary on the rooftop. Following the diary's instructions, players will find the key to the well behind the house owned by the Village Chief.

Once players interact with the well with the key, they will be able to climb down. There is an Exquisite Chest at the bottom of the well and a breakable wall. After breaking the wall, players can use one of Genshin Impact's Electro abilities to get through the purple barrier.

Players will find several shrines with a constellation decoration on the wall past the barrier. Use the Ward to set the shrines in the order they appear on the constellation from bottom to top. Once players have set the shrines in order from 1-5, pray at the initial shrine one final time to trigger a mini-boss fight.

Upon finishing at the mysterious shrine, the player will be prompted to go to the Grand Narukami Shrine, where they will get the Memento Lens. Go back to the Abandoned Shrine and use the Memento Lens on the Earth Kitsune Statue three times to reveal the Seal lines. After doing this, recite the sacred words by interacting with the Sky Kitsune Statue to get the Ward.

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