Chapter Summaries

Seele brought the Astral Express Crew to Natasha’s clinic, where Wildfire agreed to help them confront the Stellaron if they could persuade Svarog at the Mechanical Settlement. Meanwhile, Bronya and Cocolia both rejected the Stellaron’s influence, forcing it to withdraw its power as the clouds over Belobog began to part.

• Sampo tried to collect his full guide fee, but Bai Luoming and Stelle offered him only half of half, and Seele warned him to stop exploiting people before he slipped away.
• Seele brought the group to Natasha’s clinic and explained that Bronya wanted to join forces with Wildfire against the Stellaron.
• Natasha agreed to help but said the group would have to persuade Svarog and the Mechanical Settlement themselves, then asked Seele to accompany them.
• Bronya resisted the Stellaron’s whispers, and Cocolia refused its offer after recognizing the damage it had caused.
• The Stellaron realized its plan to undermine Belobog had failed and withdrew its power, while the Fragmentum and Eternal Freeze began to recede.
• As Seele led the Astral Express Crew toward Svarog, sunlight broke through the clouds over Belobog.

Seele led the Astral Express Crew toward the Mechanical Settlement and explained that Clara might help them persuade Svarog to cooperate. Bai Luoming proposed confronting Svarog directly, but the group was ambushed by vagrants and dealt with them before continuing on.

• Seele explained that Svarog controlled the Mechanical Settlement and suggested finding Clara to gain his trust.
• Bai Luoming proposed going straight to Svarog and using force if he refused to talk, while Dan Heng urged the group to stop short of occupying the settlement.
• A group of vagrants surrounded the travelers near the Mechanical Settlement, and their leader demanded their valuables.
• Bai Luoming, Seele, and the others quickly defeated the vagrants without killing them.
• Seele stopped Bai Luoming from knocking out the leader and ordered him to move the fallen vagrants somewhere safe.
• The group continued toward the Mechanical Settlement.

Seele brought Bronya’s request for the Mechanical Settlement to help fight the Stellaron to Svarog, but he judged the odds unacceptable. Bai Luoming demonstrated his strength to add an unknown variable to Svarog’s calculations, yet Svarog still refused, and the group left believing they could defeat the Stellaron without him.

• Seele led the group into the Mechanical Settlement and asked Svarog to join the fight against the Stellaron.
• Svarog calculated that even the combined forces of the Silvermane Guards, Wildfire, and the Mechanical Settlement could not defeat the Stellaron at acceptable odds.
• Bai Luoming told Svarog the Astral Express crew would help and shattered a stone pillar with one punch to demonstrate his strength.
• Clara rushed in front of Svarog, fearing the group had come to hurt him, and asked them to spare him.
• Svarog still refused to support the operation, so Bai Luoming and the others left, saying they could defeat the Stellaron without him.

After Svarog refused to help, Bai Luoming’s group returned to Natasha’s clinic and agreed to move quickly against the Stellaron. When they reached the Upper District, they found Belobog’s sky suddenly clear, raising suspicions that the Stellaron had withdrawn its power, and Gepard summoned them to meet the Supreme Guardian.

• Seele left the Mechanical Settlement frustrated that Svarog had refused to help, while Stelle’s joke about his trash cans made her laugh despite herself.
• Bai Luoming’s group passed the vagrants they had fought earlier, and March 7th encouraged their leader as he cared for his injured companions.
• At Natasha’s clinic, Natasha arranged for a volunteer to manage the clinic and told Seele to take the group to Bronya while she gathered Wildfire.
• The group returned to the Upper District and saw sunlight over Belobog after the clouds had cleared.
• Bai Luoming and Dan Heng suspected the Stellaron had deliberately stopped sustaining the Eternal Freeze, and Gepard arrived to escort them to the Supreme Guardian at Kliperburg.

Bronya warned the group that the Stellaron was gathering power at Everwinter Hill, and they fought through an enemy blockade to reach the Creation Platform. The Engine of Creation started up, and its first blow sent Stelle flying, leaving her motionless in the snow.

• Bronya reported that the Stellaron was concentrating its strength and entrusted Stelle with the first Supreme Guardian’s lance.
• Bronya joined Bai Luoming and the others as they set out for Everwinter Hill, where Fragmentum creatures and Antimatter Legion soldiers attacked them.
• Gepard and the Silvermane Guards held the front while Natasha, Wildfire, and Svarog’s Automaton Soldiers reinforced the battle.
• Bai Luoming led Stelle, March 7th, Dan Heng, Bronya, and Seele through the enemy ranks toward the Creation Platform.
• The Engine of Creation began activating, and Stelle charged it with the lance before its mechanical arm struck her and sent her tumbling motionless across the snow.

The crew disabled the Engine of Creation, and Stelle awakened the power of Preservation, but the Stellaron escaped and assembled a new body from battlefield wreckage. As the construct attacked Bai Luoming, time froze around him and a teasing voice spoke in his ear.

• March 7th found Stelle unconscious but alive and moved her away from the fight while the others continued battling the Engine of Creation.
• Himeko’s orbital cannon blasted open the Engine of Creation’s armor, allowing Bai Luoming to destroy its core and disable it.
• Stelle awakened the Path of Preservation, used the Flaming Lance to sever the Stellaron’s control, and gained the ability to command the Engine of Creation.
• The Stellaron detached from the engine and gathered battlefield wreckage into a humanoid body, then attacked Bai Luoming.
• As the Stellaron’s second strike approached, time froze, and a teasing voice spoke to Bai Luoming.

Bai Luoming met his future self, Old Bai, who used Terminus's power to grant him an advance of his future strength. Newly empowered, Bai Luoming defeated the Stellaron construct, but picking up the Stellaron caused time to freeze again.

• Bai Luoming confronted a man who looked exactly like him while the world was frozen, and the man revealed he was Bai Luoming from the future, calling himself Old Bai.
• Old Bai said he had borrowed Terminus's power to give Bai Luoming a cheat, then struck his chest and vanished as time resumed.
• The Stellaron construct's fist struck the ground, but Bai Luoming emerged from the dust and grabbed its wrist with overwhelming Path power.
• Bai Luoming manifested golden flames and a greatsword, then cut the Stellaron construct apart with a single strike.
• Bai Luoming picked up the fallen Stellaron, and the world froze once more.

Old Bai merged the Stellaron into Bai Luoming, causing him to awaken the Preservation Path before Old Bai vanished. Bai Luoming defeated the Stellaron construct but passed out, and the Lord Ravagers sensed a new colleague in the Path Rift of Destruction.

• Old Bai revealed that Bai Luoming was his target and merged the Stellaron into his chest, forcing him through a painful transformation.
• As the two Stellarons resonated, Belobog's will to preserve awakened the Preservation Path in Bai Luoming and gave Old Bai the same power.
• Old Bai left a message in Bai Luoming's consciousness, confirmed the fusion was complete, and vanished as time resumed.
• March 7th caught Bai Luoming after he defeated the Stellaron construct and collapsed, while Dan Heng confirmed he was stable and the group noticed the Stellaron had disappeared.
• Guiji told the gathered Lord Ravagers that a new colleague had briefly appeared in the Path Rift of Destruction, and Phantylia dismissed the newcomer as another lunatic.

Bai Luoming woke in the Goethe Hotel after the Stellaron crisis and told the gathered leaders and Astral Express crew that the Stellaron was stable inside his body. After everyone left, he began to investigate a message from Old Bai, but Himeko interrupted to remind him to call Ms. Herta.

• Bai Luoming woke to find March 7th, Dan Heng, Himeko, Natasha, Seele, Bronya, and others gathered around him, then joked before reassuring them that he felt well.
• Bai Luoming revealed that the Stellaron was inside his body and seemed stable, prompting Natasha and Dan Heng to recommend examinations and continued monitoring.
• March 7th explained that Stelle was operating the Engine of Creation outside while Welt studied it with Belobog's technicians.
• Bronya thanked the Astral Express crew and Bai Luoming, invited them to Belobog's victory banquet, and left to handle postwar matters.
• Natasha took a reluctant Seele away, and March 7th left with Dan Heng and Himeko after reminding Bai Luoming to rest.
• Alone, Bai Luoming sensed a message from Old Bai inside his consciousness, but Himeko returned to tell him Ms. Herta had asked him to call her.

Bai Luoming listened to Old Bai’s message explaining that his Lord Ravager-level power came from a future possibility, which Old Bai had fused into his greatsword before it vanished. After confirming the power behind the energy spike near Jarilo-VI had been his, Bai Luoming agreed to return to the space station for an examination and promised Asta local specialties.

• Bai Luoming opened Old Bai’s one-way message and learned that his future possibility of becoming a Lord Ravager had been extracted and fused into his greatsword.
• Bai Luoming briefly summoned Destruction power, then dispersed it to avoid damaging the Goethe Hotel.
• Bai Luoming called Herta and admitted he had probably caused the Lord Ravager-level energy fluctuation near Jarilo-VI.
• Herta told Bai Luoming to return to the space station for a comprehensive physical examination.
• Asta asked whether Bai Luoming was injured, and he reassured her before promising to bring her local specialties from Belobog.

Bai Luoming reunited with Stelle and Welt in Belobog and teased Welt by introducing him to Cocolia, whose resemblance to someone from Welt’s past unsettled him. The group prepared to leave for a banquet at the Goethe Hotel, leaving Bai Luoming surprised that he had been brought back to the place he had just left.

• Bai Luoming met Stelle and Welt outside the Goethe Hotel after Welt had run tests on the Engine of Creation with Stelle.
• Stelle and Bai Luoming jokingly claimed to be each other’s siblings, then argued over which of them was older until Welt tapped them on the head with his cane.
• Bai Luoming and Stelle accompanied Welt to Bronya’s office, where March 7th, Dan Heng, Himeko, Gepard, Seele, Natasha, Serval, and Cocolia had gathered.
• Bai Luoming introduced Cocolia to Welt, who was struck by her resemblance to someone he remembered and wondered whether the Honkai would bring him another familiar face.
• Bronya announced that the group would head to a banquet at the Goethe Hotel, and Bai Luoming realized Stelle had unknowingly led him back there.

Belobog celebrated its victory at the Goethe Hotel, where Bai Luoming warmly accepted the soldiers’ toasts. As March 7th suddenly lost consciousness and reopened her eyes with an eerie red glimmer, she watched Bai Luoming and remarked that the situation was interesting.

• Bronya toasted Belobog’s past, present, and future, then thanked the Astral Express Crew for saving the city.
• Bai Luoming encouraged Seele to give a speech, embarrassing her and amusing Natasha and Welt.
• Belobog’s soldiers crowded around Bai Luoming to thank him, and he drank with each of them while Dan Heng stopped Stelle from drinking alcohol.
• March 7th felt dizzy and briefly closed her eyes as Himeko and Natasha worried about Bai Luoming drinking so much.
• March 7th reopened her eyes with an unnervingly deep gaze and watched Bai Luoming, saying, “How interesting.”

At the Belobog banquet, Bronya arranged for the drunken Bai Luoming to be taken to her private residence, intending to meet him after the celebration. Evernight secretly interfered and redirected the Guard to take Bai Luoming to her room at the Goethe Hotel, leaving Bronya unaware that her plan had been thwarted.

• Bronya watched Bai Luoming drink and, when he became hazy, stopped the Guards from offering him more liquor.
• Bronya arranged for a trusted Guard to escort Bai Luoming to her private residence near Kliperburg.
• Evernight followed Bai Luoming and used her influence over the Guard to redirect him to the Goethe Hotel guest rooms.
• Evernight made sure Bai Luoming reached her room, then returned to the banquet and resumed March 7th's cheerful manner.
• Bronya remained at the banquet, anticipating what she would do after it ended.

After the banquet, Evernight took control of March 7th’s body and used the chance to get closer to the sleeping Bai Luoming. Meanwhile, Bronya returned home expecting to see someone, but found her residence empty.

• Bronya ended the banquet, and Gepard directed the Silvermane Guards to clean the hall as the guests departed.
• Dan Heng noticed that March 7th seemed unusually bright but dismissed his concern, while Evernight returned to her room with Bai Luoming asleep in her bed.
• Evernight revealed herself to March 7th and pressed her to admit her feelings for Bai Luoming.
• Evernight took control of March 7th’s body, silenced her protests, and saved a suggestive photo of herself and Bai Luoming on his terminal.
• Bronya returned to her residence near Kliperburg, searched the living room and bedroom, and found nobody there.

Bai Luoming woke to find Evernight beside him and learned that she had taken control of March 7th’s body and been intimate with him. March 7th returned to consciousness, panicked and conflicted, while Bai Luoming gave her time to decide what their relationship meant and left to change clothes.

• Bai Luoming woke with a hangover, found Evernight’s Memory Spirit beside him, and discovered Evernight under the covers.
• Evernight told Bai Luoming he had undone her seal and kissed him.
• March 7th regained control of her body, realized she was naked beside Bai Luoming, and hid under the covers in embarrassment.
• March 7th argued with Evernight in her consciousness and told Bai Luoming she could not yet answer what they were to each other.
• Bai Luoming reassured March 7th that he would accept her decision, then wrapped himself in a bath towel and returned to his room to change.

Bai Luoming dressed and left the Goethe Hotel, where he met a sleep-deprived Bronya, who had discovered that someone had tampered with a Silvermane Guard’s perception. After seeing the marks on Bai Luoming’s neck, Bronya suspected March 7th, then invited him to walk through Belobog, and he agreed.

• Bai Luoming found that most of his clothes were ruined, changed into a black T-shirt, white jacket, and cargo pants, and noticed the marks on his neck.
• Bronya waited outside the Goethe Hotel after learning a Silvermane Guard’s memories and perceptions had been altered to conceal who escorted Bai Luoming.
• Bronya saw the marks on Bai Luoming’s neck and suspected March 7th was responsible for tampering with the guard’s perception.
• Bai Luoming noticed Bronya’s exhaustion and encouraged her to rest and ask Cocolia for help with government affairs.
• Bronya invited Bai Luoming to walk through Belobog and see the city after the Eternal Freeze ended, and he accepted.

Herta discovered that March 7th had taken an intimate photo with Bai Luoming and summoned him to the space station. Bai Luoming left Belobog immediately, leaving Bronya alone during their tour.

• Herta checked Bai Luoming's monitoring records, found Silver Wolf's failed intrusion attempts, and strengthened the firewall.
• Herta opened a newly added photo of Bai Luoming asleep beside March 7th and confirmed it was genuine.
• Herta called Bai Luoming and ordered him to come to the space station immediately.
• Bai Luoming apologized to Bronya, promised to continue their tour later, and teleported away through a Realm Anchor.

Bai Luoming was brought before Herta, who had discovered evidence of his night with Evernight and ordered him punished. After the puppets finished scrubbing him, Herta sent them out and left him alone with her in the room.

• Herta Puppets carried Bai Luoming to Herta after telling him he had been found out.
• Herta ordered the puppets to bathe Bai Luoming and scrub the marks from his neck and collarbone with a steel-wool ball.
• Herta showed Bai Luoming a photo Evernight had taken, and he realized she knew what had happened.
• Bai Luoming accepted that he was in trouble, and Herta ordered the puppets to throw him onto the bed before sending them out.
• Two puppets guarded the closed door and joked about Bai Luoming and Herta being ill-fated lovebirds.

Asta tracked Bai Luoming’s return to the space station and found his signal in Herta’s private lounge, where Herta’s Puppets refused to let her in. After Bai Luoming rejected her calls, Asta secretly activated her watch’s audio-synchronization function and broke down in tears at what she heard.

• Asta finished approving the station’s funding requests and received a watch alert linked to Bai Luoming’s return or vital signs.
• Asta went to the Realm Anchor but found it empty, then tracked Bai Luoming’s signal to Herta’s private lounge.
• Asta called Bai Luoming twice, but he rejected both calls, prompting her to hurry to Herta’s lounge.
• Two Herta Puppets stopped Asta at the door and refused to explain what Herta was doing inside.
• Asta returned to her office and secretly activated her watch’s ambient audio synchronization function.
• After hearing the audio, Asta dropped her terminal, collapsed onto her bed, and cried.

After Herta wore Bai Luoming out and restored his energy by unsealing his Stellaron, he asked why she had treated him so affectionately from their first meeting. Herta claimed she had returned from the future with her memories, where she was his girlfriend, and Bai Luoming accepted her explanation as they settled down together.

• Herta revealed that she had cut off the Stellaron’s energy supply to make Bai Luoming’s punishment effective, then unsealed it so he could recover.
• Herta teased Bai Luoming about continuing, but he pleaded for her to spare him, and they rested together.
• Bai Luoming asked why Herta had been so affectionate toward him since they first met on the space station.
• Herta told Bai Luoming she had returned from the future with her memories and had been his girlfriend there.
• Bai Luoming connected Herta’s confession to the behavior of Asta, Evernight, Silver Wolf, and Bronya, then held Herta as she cuddled against him.