Chapter Summaries

Bai Luoming replied to the worried Astral Express Crew and March 7th while Herta slept, but Herta woke and punished him for messaging March 7th in front of her. In Belobog, March 7th hesitated to ask where he had been and deleted her unfinished messages.

• Bai Luoming read messages from Stelle, Himeko, Dan Heng, and Old Yang, then told them he was safe on the space station.
• Bai Luoming messaged March 7th, who began typing but stopped before sending a reply.
• Herta woke, noticed Bai Luoming waiting for March 7th's response, and twisted his waist after he said March 7th had come first.
• Bai Luoming and Herta fooled around, then Herta joined him in the bathroom after he went to shower.
• March 7th sat at the Goethe Hotel in Belobog, repeatedly typed and erased questions for Bai Luoming, and decided not to ask him where he had been.

Ms. Herta brought Bai Luoming to the space station for a physical examination after their hand-in-hand arrival sparked rumors that they were a couple. The examination confirmed his stable Stellaron fusion and dormant power approaching an Emanator’s level, and Ms. Herta declared that she had plenty of time to study him.

• March 7th sat alone in the Goethe Hotel, troubled by Evernight’s teasing about Bai Luoming.
• Ms. Herta dressed Bai Luoming in matching white clothes and led him by the hand to the Master Control Zone for an examination.
• Researchers photographed Ms. Herta and Bai Luoming together, and gossip about her supposed romance with an Astral Express Nameless spread through the space station and interstellar intelligence networks.
• Ms. Herta scanned Bai Luoming and found that the Stellaron had fused perfectly with his body, greatly enhancing his physical abilities and Imaginary Energy.
• Bai Luoming revealed a small golden flame and explained that he could call upon a dormant power close to that of a Lord Ravager.
• Ms. Herta concluded that Bai Luoming had gained several unusual powers and said they had plenty of time to study him.

Herta fought off an Antimatter Legion attack and discovered that Bai Luoming, a mysterious man who had saved Asta, drew the attention of multiple Aeons in the Simulated Universe. As he returned to the station with unusual people and artifacts, Herta grew attached to him, and when she later faced a catastrophe on Amphoreus, she chose to stay and fight rather than call him for help.

• Herta defeated the Antimatter Legion and the Doomsday Beast, then allowed Asta to bring the injured Bai Luoming to the station for treatment.
• After Bai Luoming awakened with the power of Destruction, Herta tested him in the Simulated Universe and found that multiple Aeons had come to observe him.
• Bai Luoming agreed to become Herta's tester, bought a starship with Asta's Credits, and began returning to the station with curiosities that Herta collected.
• Bai Luoming brought Firefly, March 7th, Jingliu, and Robin to the station, while Herta discovered that his presence suppressed Firefly's Entropy Loss Syndrome and grew unsettled by his closeness with the women.
• On Amphoreus, Herta learned that a Lord Ravager was being created to counter Erudition and decided to stay behind to delay the catastrophe.
• Herta considered calling Bai Luoming for help but closed her terminal, believing she would not see him again.

Herta prepared to sacrifice herself to stop the Iron Curtain, but Bai Luoming entered the Scepter instead and freed Amphoreus at great personal cost. After he returned alive and resumed traveling, Herta saw him appear on the space station’s surveillance feed and resolved to change their ending this time.

• Bai Luoming arrived as Herta prepared to fuse with the Iron Curtain, then entered the Scepter while Herta held Lygus off.
• Herta summoned Screwllum and Ruan Mei, and the three Genius Society members suppressed Lygus as the Iron Curtain’s birth progress fell to zero.
• Herta’s analysis revealed that Bai Luoming had used Cyrene’s accumulated memories to close Amphoreus’s causal chains and free the world from the Scepter, but he risked becoming lost in its cycles.
• Cyrene broke free from Amphoreus and caught Bai Luoming when he emerged, while Herta stabilized the newborn world and confirmed he was alive.
• Bai Luoming recovered, resumed traveling with Cyrene and other Nameless, and continued visiting Herta with curios; Herta never confessed her feelings before the end of the universe.
• Herta saw Bai Luoming appear on the space station’s surveillance feed and vowed to rewrite the ending and keep him by her side.

Herta paused her examination of Bai Luoming when Screwllum requested permission to visit the space station, and Bai Luoming left her office. After Arlan invited him to meet Asta, Bai Luoming wondered whether she was also a reincarnator, while researchers secretly gossiped about his relationship with Herta.

• Herta examined Bai Luoming’s stable Stellaron fusion and began a more thorough check before Screwllum’s visit request interrupted them.
• Herta ended the examination and let Bai Luoming leave her office, where he checked his messages from March 7th and Stelle.
• Bai Luoming felt watched in the Master Control Zone, but saw no one paying attention to him.
• Arlan invited Bai Luoming to Asta’s office, and Bai Luoming agreed, wondering whether Asta had memories of the future like Herta.
• After Bai Luoming and Arlan left, researchers gathered to gossip about Bai Luoming and his connection to Herta.

Asta confronted Bai Luoming about his relationship with Herta and revealed that she had returned from the future, where she had been his girlfriend. Bai Luoming could not return her feelings, but Asta pressed her case before Stelle’s call gave him an excuse to leave.

• Asta left the forum post showing Herta and Bai Luoming together on her office screen and resolved to pursue Bai Luoming rather than watch from afar.
• Asta asked Bai Luoming if the report about him and Herta was true, then told him she had returned from the future and had been his girlfriend in her memories.
• Bai Luoming said he had no memories of that past and did not want to hold Asta back, but Asta told him she had chosen him for this life.
• Asta tearfully embraced Bai Luoming and asked whether she still had a chance with him; he comforted her but could not answer.
• Stelle called to say she was at the space station, and Bai Luoming left to meet her while Asta watched him go and smiled at the forum post.

Bai Luoming fled Asta’s office, unsettled by her advances, and met Stelle near the Realm Anchor, where station researchers were gossiping about him. He pulled Stelle into a secluded passage and told her he thought someone had set him up, lamenting that he could not stay on the space station another second.

• Bai Luoming left Asta’s office shaken and decided to meet Stelle before figuring out what to do.
• Stelle waited near the Realm Anchor, planning to raid the space station’s treasure chests and trash cans with Bai Luoming.
• Bai Luoming arrived and heard researchers accuse him of pursuing Herta, Asta, and Stelle.
• Bai Luoming grabbed Stelle and led her to a secluded passage to escape the researchers’ attention.
• Stelle teased Bai Luoming about having designs on her, and he flicked her forehead before checking that they were alone.
• Bai Luoming told Stelle he thought someone had set him up and said he could not stay on the space station another second.

Stelle told Bai Luoming she had come to the space station to meet someone who wanted to thank her, while Bai Luoming returned to Herta’s office and discovered that Herta’s puppets had been instructed to treat him as one of her own. Herta arrived with Screwllum, who greeted Bai Luoming as “Ms. Herta’s rumored boyfriend.”

• Stelle said she had come to the space station to meet someone who wanted to thank her, then left to rummage through its trash cans.
• Bai Luoming returned to Herta’s office and found Herta still absent.
• Bai Luoming woke Herta #10, who explained that the puppets’ behavioral guidelines had changed because he now belonged to Ms. Herta.
• Bai Luoming examined Herta #10’s body until Herta and Screwllum entered the office and caught him.
• Herta introduced Screwllum to Bai Luoming, and Screwllum greeted him as Ms. Herta’s rumored boyfriend.

Herta confirmed that Bai Luoming was her official boyfriend and protected him from the space station's gossip. She and Screwllum then agreed to lure Silver Wolf into the Simulated Universe to test her hacking skills and the system's defenses.

• Herta introduced Bai Luoming to Screwllum as her official boyfriend, and Screwllum said their relationship was already the station's most popular topic.
• Bai Luoming admitted that the gossip and attention made him reluctant to go out, and Herta promised to silence anyone who spoke against him.
• Screwllum redirected the conversation to the young woman who had infiltrated the space station, and Herta teased him about facing his old rival.
• Herta and Screwllum agreed to lure Silver Wolf into the Simulated Universe, where they would record her actions and test the system's defenses.
• Bai Luoming privately imagined Silver Wolf losing her seventy-six accounts and struggled to hide his amusement.

Herta refused to let Bai Luoming enter the Simulated Universe and recruited Stelle to thwart Silver Wolf’s plan instead. After Stelle and Screwllum entered the simulation, Herta drew close to Bai Luoming and asked him to explain how he had been set up.

• Screwllum invited Bai Luoming to join the operation, but Herta firmly refused and kept him by her side.
• Stelle arrived and teased Bai Luoming about becoming the space station’s headline star; he insisted that he had been set up.
• Herta told Stelle that Silver Wolf had used Arlan’s name to lure her to the space station and gather information about the cartridge.
• Herta offered Stelle the chance to enter the Simulated Universe and disrupt Silver Wolf’s plan, and Stelle agreed after Herta asked her to help.
• Screwllum connected Stelle to the Simulated Universe, and she collapsed face-first onto the office floor as Bai Luoming watched.
• After Stelle and Screwllum entered the simulation, Herta leaned close to Bai Luoming and asked what he meant by saying he had been set up.

Bai Luoming challenged Herta over the rumors and resisted her attempt at “family discipline,” but he dodged their confrontation by pointing out that Stelle and Silver Wolf had reached the Simulated Universe’s final stage. The screen showed Silver Wolf facing a Herta Puppet and remarking that there was a little Herta there too.

• Bai Luoming decided Herta had engineered the rumors and accused her of setting him up.
• Herta pinched Bai Luoming’s cheek and threatened to teach him what family discipline meant.
• Bai Luoming challenged Herta to a fight, then panicked when she dragged him toward her private lounge.
• Herta offered to fight immediately or arrange a time, and Bai Luoming changed the subject by pointing to the virtual screen.
• The screen showed Stelle following Silver Wolf’s projection toward the Simulated Universe’s final stage, where Silver Wolf faced a Herta Puppet and commented on the little Herta.

Silver Wolf confronted Herta in the Simulated Universe after Bai Luoming failed to appear, and Herta retaliated by banning her game accounts and enabling parental controls. Meanwhile, Firefly joined Kafka and Blade on their mission to the Xianzhou Luofu, leaving Silver Wolf behind at the Stellaron Hunters' base.

• Silver Wolf appeared before Stelle and Screwllum in the Simulated Universe and angrily accused Herta of keeping Bai Luoming away from her.
• Herta connected to the Simulated Universe, taunted Silver Wolf, and revealed that she had banned her game accounts and enabled parental controls on her devices.
• Silver Wolf returned to the Stellaron Hunters' base, found her accounts frozen, and shouted angrily about Herta and missing Bai Luoming.
• Firefly watched her unanswered friend request, then learned that Kafka and Blade were leaving for the Xianzhou Luofu under Elio's script.
• Firefly asked to join Kafka and Blade, and Kafka agreed to take her along.

After the Simulated Universe test ended, Herta stopped Bai Luoming from leaving and dragged him to her private lounge to settle their family dispute. Bai Luoming finally resisted and kissed her, while rumors of their romance spread across the universe.

• Screwllum congratulated Bai Luoming on his study of love and left Herta’s office.
• Bai Luoming tried to escape with Stelle, but Herta stopped him and sent Stelle to collect her test payment from Asta.
• Herta dragged Bai Luoming to her private lounge, where he resisted her attempts to impose family discipline.
• Bai Luoming caught Herta’s wrist, pinned her against the wall, and kissed her.
• Rumors about Herta and Bai Luoming’s romance spread throughout the universe.

Bai Luoming and Herta spent a quiet morning together after their intimate night, but Herta’s suggestion that he stay on the space station went unanswered. Their teasing resumed when Herta showed him sensational news coverage of their relationship, which she had apparently helped provoke.

• Bai Luoming teased the sleepy Herta about winning their household rivalry, and she grudgingly admitted he was the best.
• Herta asked Bai Luoming to stop returning to the Express and stay with her on the space station, but he declined by calling her an old auntie.
• Herta tried to hit Bai Luoming for the insult, but he caught her and apologized with extravagant flattery until she let the matter go.
• Herta browsed news stories featuring photos of her and Bai Luoming and headlines speculating about their romance.
• Bai Luoming accused Herta of arranging the publicity, and she left the accusation unanswered while boosting a story she liked.

Himeko and Welt worried about March 7th after news involving Herta and Bai Luoming left her shut away in her room. Evernight provoked March 7th out of her despair by urging her not to give Bai Luoming up, and March 7th began to regain her resolve.

• Himeko and Welt discussed Herta's decisive actions toward Bai Luoming and worried that March 7th had locked herself in her room without eating.
• Stelle dragged a large sheet of cardboard through the Parlor Car to make her bed more comfortable, hinting that someone else might furnish her room.
• Evernight found March 7th curled up in bed and, instead of comforting her, taunted her for missing her chance with Bai Luoming.
• Evernight called giving up on Bai Luoming “loser thinking” and urged March 7th to take him from someone else, insisting he should be hers.
• March 7th's eyes regained their color as she realized she did not want to let Bai Luoming go.

Bai Luoming left the space station after Herta gave him a parting gift and demanded he call her his wife. Afterward, Ruan Mei arrived seeking confirmation of the news about him, only to learn he had already departed and Herta considered him her property.

• Bai Luoming prepared gifts for the Astral Express crew and told Herta he would return to see her.
• Herta gave Bai Luoming a metal box of useful items and insisted he call her his wife while they were on the space station.
• Bai Luoming thanked Herta as his wife, then left through the Realm Anchor with his gifts.
• Herta reflected on memories of a previous life and regretted not making Bai Luoming take one of her puppets.
• Ruan Mei arrived at the space station and asked Herta's puppet whether the interstellar reports were true.
• Herta's puppet confirmed the reports and told Ruan Mei that Bai Luoming had already left; Ruan Mei realized she had arrived too late.

Bai Luoming returned to the Astral Express with gifts, finding March 7th still withdrawn and unable to bring himself to apologize. As the crew discussed Belobog, Stelle revealed that Topaz had erased the planet’s debt and asked about Bai Luoming.

• Bai Luoming gave gifts to the Express crew, while March 7th quietly accepted hers without showing much interest.
• Himeko made coffee with her new machine, and Bai Luoming nervously tried the first cup before declaring it delicious.
• Bai Luoming asked Stelle what had happened in Belobog after he left.
• Stelle said Topaz had assessed Belobog’s situation and wiped out its debt, and that the planet could now use Credits.
• Stelle added that Topaz seemed to know Bai Luoming and had asked the crew about him, leaving him surprised.

Bai Luoming went to March 7th’s room to explain the news about him and Ms. Herta, but March 7th broke down crying and fell asleep in his arms. He stayed beside her as Evernight appeared and told him to explain himself when March woke up.

• After everyone left the parlor, March 7th took Bai Luoming’s gift to her room and shut the door, leaving him troubled.
• Himeko urged Bai Luoming to check on March 7th, and he found his room freshly cleaned, with his clothes neatly folded.
• Bai Luoming entered March 7th’s room and tried to explain the news about Ms. Herta, but March 7th told him he did not need to explain.
• When Bai Luoming turned to leave, March 7th rushed into his arms and cried until she fell asleep.
• Bai Luoming carried March 7th to bed, but she clung to his clothes, so he stayed beside her.
• Evernight appeared and teased Bai Luoming about his time at the space station, then told him to explain everything to March 7th after she woke.

March 7th woke to find Bai Luoming exhausted from keeping watch and, encouraged by Evernight, acted sulky so he would make amends through his actions. Bai Luoming went to prepare breakfast, still unsure what March 7th was thinking, while Stelle returned to her room after offering him encouragement.

• March 7th woke and saw Bai Luoming asleep sitting up beside her bed, then privately wondered whether she should keep up Evernight's plan to make him feel guilty.
• Evernight urged March 7th not to back down and told her to make Bai Luoming show his remorse through actions.
• Bai Luoming woke and began apologizing, but March 7th turned away, so Evernight stopped him and suggested he make March 7th a hot breakfast.
• Bai Luoming left to make breakfast, while Evernight praised March 7th's acting and urged her to continue.
• Stelle came out of her room, teased Bai Luoming about making peace with March 7th, and advised him to keep coaxing her before returning to sleep.

Bai Luoming tried to make amends with March 7th, and Evernight showed him how to help her accept breakfast. March 7th forgave him but told him not to hide things from her again, leaving Bai Luoming overjoyed after she hugged him.

• Pom-Pom gave Bai Luoming breakfast for March 7th and urged him to help the passengers get along.
• Bai Luoming found March 7th silent and upset, and Evernight told him to feed her.
• March 7th shyly accepted the sandwich and milk as Bai Luoming fed her.
• March 7th hugged Bai Luoming, thanked him, and asked him not to hide things from her again.
• Bai Luoming kissed March 7th's cheek, and she blushingly shoved him out so she could change.