Recaps

Lin Hai took Cipher out for a walk, and they shared a meal before visiting an esports hotel. There, he started League of Legends and drew Cipher into his embrace as the game loaded.

• Lin Hai watched Cipher dance in a red dress, and they shared a long kiss.
• Cipher changed into sportswear, and Lin Hai took her for a walk beside the lake.
• Cipher suggested finding somewhere to eat, and Lin Hai took her to a Hong Kong-style café.
• After their meal, Lin Hai brought Cipher to an esports hotel and showed her the room and its gaming computer.
• Lin Hai started League of Legends and drew Cipher into his embrace as the startup screen loaded.

Lin Hai discovered that his enhanced perception made him overwhelmingly skilled at League of Legends, and Cipher tried the game herself, winning her first match. After celebrating, the two turned toward an intimate evening together.

• Lin Hai used Garen to dominate a match with twenty kills and no deaths, attributing his remarkable performance to his enhanced abilities.
• Cipher watched Lin Hai play several games, tried potato chips, and asked to play League of Legends herself.
• Cipher chose Garen for her first ranked match, gained a decisive lane advantage, and helped her team win.
• Cipher celebrated her victory by kissing Lin Hai, and he suggested they start a game of their own.
• Cipher agreed, switched off the light, and moved closer to Lin Hai.

After gaining Harmony power from the Underworld’s renewed hope, Lin Hai reunited with Bronya, who thanked him and leaned on him amid her conflict over Cocolia. He took her to an esports hotel to help her relax, where Cipher watched short videos while he opened League of Legends.

• Cipher rinsed her mouth, then joined Lin Hai, who clarified that he meant another League of Legends match before returning to the game.
• Lin Hai played Aphelios and felt his Harmony Path Power surge, sensing that something had changed in Belobog’s Underworld.
• Lin Hai returned to the Underworld and saw residents celebrating the completed connection of the ventilation duct and thanking him for bringing hope.
• Bronya thanked Lin Hai, linked arms with him, and confided through her weary demeanor how difficult her conflict with Cocolia had become.
• Lin Hai took Bronya to an esports hotel, where she met Cipher and began to relax as Lin Hai started a ranked game.

Bronya relaxed by playing League of Legends with Lin Hai and Cipher, then returned to Belobog after promising Lin Hai a special reward once the Underworld’s ventilation ducts were complete. Left alone, Lin Hai and Cipher prepared to spend more time together.

• Bronya quickly mastered League of Legends and won three ranked matches in a row while Lin Hai watched.
• Lin Hai ordered barbecue, and Cipher and Bronya discussed Belobog’s troubles as Cipher advised Bronya to stabilize the Underworld before tackling the Upper District.
• Cipher asked Bronya how far she and Lin Hai had gone, and Bronya said their intimacy had made her feel relaxed and safe.
• Lin Hai changed rooms so all three could play together, and their coordinated team won ranked matches through the night.
• At dawn, Bronya thanked Lin Hai, kissed his cheek, and promised him a special reward after the Underworld’s ventilation ducts were completed.
• Bronya returned to Belobog with the Contract Lucky Star, and Cipher asked Lin Hai if she should change into her red dress.

Cocolia’s worsening corruption made her see Lin Hai and the Underworld’s progress as threats, though she managed to restrain her urge to attack. As construction advanced and support for Lin Hai grew, he fused Cipher’s reward into his Nihility power and reached the intermediate level, then agreed to spend more time with her.

• Cocolia read reports about the Underworld’s unity and construction, and the Stellaron urged her to kill those it portrayed as threats.
• Seele and Bronya worked alongside the Underworld’s residents on the ventilation pipelines, while their efforts and growing support for Lin Hai strengthened his Harmony Path Power.
• Lin Hai received the Absorb Nihility reward through his marriage breakthrough with Cipher and fused it with his existing power, advancing his Nihility Path to the intermediate level.
• Cipher discovered that her authority of True Lies had grown stronger, and she and Lin Hai agreed to another round together.

After spending time with Cipher, Lin Hai wondered why intimacy with Sparkle had not granted him power from the Path of Elation. He met Sparkle in Belobog's Underworld and, hoping to discover the reason, arranged to be intimate with her again in his Maybach.

• Lin Hai rested with Cipher after their encounter, then ordered a new Maybach and drove her home through the rain.
• After leaving Cipher at comfortable accommodations, Lin Hai used the Contract Lucky Star to appear beside Sparkle in Belobog's Underworld.
• Sparkle detected Cipher's scent on Lin Hai, and he told her that he and Cipher had been intimate.
• Lin Hai asked Sparkle why he had not gained power from the Path of Elation, and she admitted she did not know.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle decided to try again, and he showed her a Christmas reindeer outfit before driving to an abandoned mine.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle kissed in the parked Maybach and explored whether their intimacy would reveal the secrets of the Path of Elation.

Lin Hai gained the beginner Path of Elation after embracing Sparkle and discovered that the power dramatically intensified their happiness. When an explosion and a freezing presence led them to the elevator plaza, they found Cocolia out of control and threatening the Underworld’s residents; Lin Hai and Sparkle arrived as a clash was about to begin.

• Sparkle asked Lin Hai whether he had felt the Path Power of Elation, and he unlocked the beginner Path after completing a hidden mission.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle embraced again and found that the Path of Elation made even a hug intensely pleasurable.
• An explosion near the elevator shook the Underworld, and Lin Hai and Sparkle drove toward the disturbance as a severe chill spread.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle suspected Cocolia had lost control, and Lin Hai said they would try to capture her unless she threatened their companions or civilians.
• At the elevator plaza, Cocolia floated above the crowd with ice lances aimed at the residents while Wildfire, Bronya, and Seele prepared to defend them.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle arrived between Cocolia and the gathered defenders, and the frightened residents took heart at Lin Hai’s arrival.

Lin Hai activated Super Burst and fought Cocolia, whose power and madness were fueled by the Stellaron. He gained the upper hand, but Cocolia unleashed the Stellaron’s black-purple energy to strengthen herself.

• Cocolia hurled ice spears at Lin Hai, who activated Super Burst and evaded them before charging through her barrage.
• Sparkle, Seele, Wildfire, the civilians, and Bronya watched as Lin Hai’s fighting renewed their hope, while The Herta observed from the battlefield’s edge.
• Lin Hai shattered Cocolia’s ice spears and broke through her freezing storm to confront her at close range.
• The Stellaron’s whispers drove Cocolia into a frantic assault, but Lin Hai dodged her attacks and blasted her backward with a wave of Nihility power.
• Cocolia released black-purple Stellaron energy that steadied her and sharply increased her speed and aura.

Lin Hai battled Cocolia as the Stellaron empowered her and tried to corrupt his mind, while The Herta watched and let their fight serve Belobog. When Cocolia awakened the Engine of Creation and sent it toward the Upper District, Lin Hai raced to confront the ancient weapon.

• Seele cheered Lin Hai, while Bronya accepted that her mother had become a threat controlled by the Stellaron.
• Lin Hai resisted the Stellaron's whispers and fought Cocolia through a powerful clash that left both standing.
• Lin Hai realized the tremors came from the Engine of Creation, and Cocolia declared she would use it to sweep away destabilizing forces.
• Lin Hai rode an elevator to the Upper District, where he and Cocolia resumed their battle in the snow.
• The Engine of Creation burst through the frozen ground, and Cocolia directed it toward Belobog's Upper District.
• Lin Hai charged toward the Engine's awakening site to stop it from reaching the city.

Lin Hai fought Cocolia and the Engine of Creation, discovering that battle awakened the Path of Elation and permanently strengthened him. As Sparkle watched his power grow, the story left Lin Hai pounding the Engine of Creation into the ice.

• Lin Hai charged the Engine of Creation and knocked its colossal body backward with a single punch.
• Cocolia attacked Lin Hai with a storm of ice lances, but he shattered them and sent the fragments back at her.
• The Engine of Creation struck at Lin Hai, who shattered its fist and sent it crashing into the ice again.
• Bronya, Seele, Oleg, Natasha, Sparkle, and The Herta witnessed Lin Hai overpowering the ancient machine.
• Lin Hai battered the Engine of Creation and felt the Path of Elation permanently increase his power.
• Sparkle recognized that Lin Hai was growing stronger through battle and called the process interesting.

Lin Hai battled the Stellaron-corrupted Cocolia, defeated the Engine of Creation, and knocked Cocolia unconscious after Bronya briefly reached her. The Herta used the Genius's Childhood Kaleidoscope to weaken the Stellaron's hold, leaving Cocolia asleep and its whispers diminished.

• Cocolia healed and strengthened her Stellaron armor, then clashed with Lin Hai in a fierce battle.
• Lin Hai cracked Cocolia's armor and dismantled the Engine of Creation as his [Super Burst] countdown dwindled.
• Lin Hai shattered Cocolia's armor again, but Bronya stepped between them and pleaded with her mother to remember what she had wanted to protect.
• Cocolia briefly resisted the Stellaron's control before its whispers overwhelmed her again, so Lin Hai knocked her unconscious.
• The Herta arrived and gave Lin Hai the [Genius's Childhood Kaleidoscope], whose light weakened the Stellaron's whispers and left Cocolia asleep.

After defeating Cocolia, Lin Hai took de facto control of Belobog and planned to rebuild it into the foundation of a future empire. Back home, he summoned Sparkle to strengthen his Path of Elation, and she appeared in a revealing nurse uniform.

• Lin Hai discussed Cocolia's fate with The Herta and said he would revive Belobog and build it into a powerful empire.
• The Herta offered scientific and technological support, while Sparkle enthusiastically joined Lin Hai's plans.
• Lin Hai told Bronya that Cocolia would be taken into custody, and Bronya agreed to supervise her as those gathered accepted Lin Hai's control of Belobog.
• At home, Lin Hai meditated on his growing power on the Path of Elation and sensed he was close to reaching the intermediate level.
• Lin Hai summoned Sparkle and gave her a daring nurse uniform, which she put on before he praised her appearance.

Lin Hai reached an intermediate stage in the Path of Elation after an intimate encounter with Sparkle. He used a Contract Lucky Star to summon March 7th, who trusted him but grew curious when he hinted at surprising ways to use it.

• Sparkle washed and hung up the damaged nurse's uniform while Lin Hai felt his power in the Path of Elation break through to the intermediate stage.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle celebrated his breakthrough with affection and agreed to share another intimate encounter.
• Lin Hai relaxed on the balcony and used a new Contract Lucky Star to summon March 7th.
• March 7th arrived wary and confused, but Lin Hai explained the summoning and she felt that she could trust him.
• Lin Hai hinted that the Lucky Star's uses might be difficult to accept, and March 7th eagerly asked him to explain.

March 7th returned to the Astral Express with the Contract Lucky Star and told Himeko about meeting Lin Hai. After examining the mysterious object, Himeko agreed to invite him aboard while ordering the crew to prepare for his arrival.

• Sparkle explained to March 7th that the marks on her neck were hickeys before Lin Hai changed the subject and asked to visit the Astral Express.
• Lin Hai gave March 7th the Contract Lucky Star, which transported her back to a carriage on the Express.
• March 7th showed Himeko the Lucky Star and described her encounter with Lin Hai.
• Himeko analyzed the Lucky Star but could not identify its material or technology.
• After hearing that Lin Hai wanted to visit, Himeko agreed and told March 7th to notify Welt and Dan Heng and put the Express on security alert.

Lin Hai arrived aboard the Astral Express and asked Himeko to help Belobog reconnect with the outside world. He revealed that traveling to his Otherworld required forming an intimate bond with him, leaving Himeko curious but cautious.

• March 7th used the Lucky Star to bring Lin Hai aboard the Astral Express, where Himeko and the train's security system scrutinized him.
• Lin Hai introduced himself as a traveler from another universe and asked the Astral Express to visit Belobog and help its people connect with the galaxy.
• Himeko agreed that helping Belobog fit the Astral Express's mission, then asked whether she could visit Lin Hai's Otherworld.
• Lin Hai said a Contract Lucky Star could be formed through a sufficiently intimate relationship, mentioning hand-holding, hugs, and possibly playing with Himeko's feet.
• Himeko asked for evidence, and Lin Hai said The Herta had studied the Lucky Stars and confirmed that kissing was effective.

Lin Hai met Himeko aboard the Astral Express and returned home, where he spent a quiet evening with Sparkle. The chapter left Lin Hai and Sparkle alone beside a lake, with Sparkle teasing him beneath her trench coat.

• Himeko told Lin Hai that the Astral Express meeting was not the right time for verification, but she remained open to meeting him again in Belobog.
• Lin Hai returned to his bedroom, where Sparkle asked about his meeting with Himeko and watched television with him.
• Sparkle suggested that the old war drama Tunnel Warfare could offer lessons for developing the Path of Harmony in Belobog.
• Lin Hai fell asleep on the sofa, and Sparkle covered him with a blanket before falling asleep beside him.
• After waking, Lin Hai and Sparkle went to the balcony, where Sparkle changed into her nurse outfit and shared a quiet moment with him.
• Lin Hai lent Sparkle a trench coat, and she revealed her shoulder beside the lake and asked whether he liked her appearance.

Lin Hai spent time with Sparkle before collecting a shipment of supplies and traveling to Belobog. Bronya told him that everyone awaited his decision about the former Supreme Guardian.

• Lin Hai and Sparkle shared an intimate moment by the lake before returning home.
• Sparkle changed into a school uniform while Lin Hai received notice that a shipment had arrived.
• Lin Hai traveled to a warehouse and stored food, medicine, and machinery parts in The Herta's modified cube.
• Lin Hai used the Contract Lucky Star linked to Bronya to travel to Belobog.
• Bronya told Lin Hai that his opinion was needed to decide what to do with the former Supreme Guardian.

Lin Hai decided to use former Supreme Guardian Cocolia’s support to weaken resistance from Belobog’s old noble factions, then reunited with Bronya in an intimate moment. When Seele arrived to discuss Underworld supplies, Lin Hai hid beneath Bronya’s desk, leaving Bronya struggling to conceal her embarrassment.

• Bronya asked Lin Hai to decide how to deal with Cocolia, and he said he would use her support to undermine the old nobles’ resistance to Belobog’s new order.
• Lin Hai warned that nobles who continued obstructing reforms would eventually be removed, and Bronya agreed that Cocolia’s backing could invalidate their excuses.
• Bronya kissed Lin Hai and, at his urging, took the initiative as they shared an intimate moment.
• When Seele approached to report on distributing supplies among Underworld stations, Lin Hai hid beneath Bronya’s desk.
• Seele noticed Bronya’s flushed face and trembling, but Bronya claimed she was only feeling hot.

Lin Hai reunited with Seele and Bronya in Kliperburg, told them the Astral Express would support Belobog, and discussed unidentified people near the city. He persuaded Seele to try a nurse outfit and Bronya to wear yoga clothes, and both went behind screens to change.

• Lin Hai emerged from beneath the desk, embraced Seele, and asked whether she had missed him.
• Lin Hai told Seele and Bronya that he had found powerful allies from the Astral Express.
• Bronya reported that unidentified people had been active around Belobog, and Lin Hai advised investigating them discreetly.
• Seele agreed to try a nurse outfit, while Bronya agreed to wear yoga clothes.
• Lin Hai produced the outfits, and Seele and Bronya went behind separate screens to change.

Bronya reunited with Lin Hai after their intimate encounter, and he delivered a large shipment of supplies to Belobog. They agreed to build a statue and considered designing a shared totem to help unite the Upper District and the Underworld.

• Bronya left the observation deck and found Lin Hai meditating in a side hall, where he embraced her and praised her beauty.
• Lin Hai opened a modified extradimensional cube and unloaded a vast shipment of equipment, food, medicine, and industrial materials for Belobog.
• Bronya told Lin Hai that residents of both districts wanted to build a statue of him, and explained how his aid had become a bond between them.
• Lin Hai agreed to the statue and proposed a new Belobog totem combining a dragon with the region’s snow-covered mountains.
• Lin Hai invited designers to prepare proposals for the totem, then teased Bronya about doing yoga again.

Bronya asked Lin Hai to take her into the snowy wilderness, where they shared an intimate encounter, unknowingly watched by Topaz. Topaz later infiltrated Belobog, prompting Lin Hai, Bronya, and Seele to plan to find her and learn why she had come.

• Bronya asked Lin Hai to take her beyond Kliperburg so she could enjoy the snow in private, and he carried her into the snowfields.
• Bronya removed her cloak and kissed Lin Hai, and the two spent over half an hour together while Topaz watched from nearby.
• Topaz followed Lin Hai and Bronya back to Belobog, saw the guards salute them, and secretly flew over the city wall.
• A guard reported the unknown intruder to Bronya, who showed the report to Lin Hai.
• Lin Hai told Bronya and Seele to find the intruder and speak with her before deciding what to do.

Topaz arrived in Belobog to assess its recovery and investigate the Interastral Peace Corporation’s claims about the planet’s debt. After meeting Lin Hai, she heard him warn that the corporation’s demands could amount to a declaration of war, leaving her uncertain how far he would go.

• Topaz observed Belobog’s rapid reconstruction and heard tavern patrons credit Lin Hai with the supplies and projects transforming the city.
• Silvermane Guards found Topaz and escorted her to Kliperburg to meet Bronya and Lin Hai.
• Topaz introduced herself as an IPC senior executive and explained that she had come to assess Belobog’s situation and explore cooperation.
• Topaz raised the IPC’s claim that Jarilo-VI owed an enormous debt and said she would assess the planet’s ability to repay it.
• Lin Hai rejected negotiations over the debt and warned Topaz that creditor demands could be a declaration of war.

Lin Hai rejected Topaz’s pressure to repay Belobog’s debt, warning that armed collection would cause the Interastral Peace Corporation severe losses. After Topaz asked Aventurine for support, Lin Hai and Bronya visited Cocolia, who thanked Lin Hai for stopping her and acknowledged the Stellaron’s influence.

• Lin Hai refused to yield to Topaz, while Bronya declared that Belobog would not negotiate under unfair coercion.
• Topaz agreed to report the meeting to the company and left Kliperburg to reassess Lin Hai and Belobog.
• Topaz reported the situation to Aventurine and asked him to come support her.
• Lin Hai and Bronya visited Cocolia, who thanked Lin Hai for stopping her from bringing Belobog to ruin.
• Lin Hai told Cocolia that he had sensed her resisting the Stellaron, and she lowered her head in shame.

Lin Hai secured Cocolia’s support for relocating Belobog’s Upper District and Underworld into a shared new city, then faced resistance from nobles at a council meeting. Bronya backed the plan with incentives and cuts to support for those who stayed, while the meeting ended with the city’s future still contested and Bronya teasing Lin Hai.

• Lin Hai asked Cocolia to help integrate Belobog by leading a relocation plan, and she agreed to move first.
• Lin Hai proposed moving residents from both districts to a new southern city, drawing objections from Upper District nobles and support from Wildfire representatives.
• Lin Hai argued that relocating only the Underworld would preserve the divide, while Bronya cited The Herta’s survey data in support of the new site.
• Cocolia entered the council chamber and endorsed relocation, saying Belobog needed the courage to begin again.
• Bronya promised priority housing, jobs, and school places for voluntary movers and said those who stayed would lose infrastructure maintenance and material rations.
• After the meeting, Lin Hai praised Bronya, who teased him about how she would do even better later.

Lin Hai washed Seele’s feet after Bronya revealed she was wearing Seele’s nurse outfit, while Bronya quietly wished for the same attention. The new city south of Belobog began construction under The Herta’s design, and she asked Lin Hai to spend more time with her.

• Bronya revealed that she was wearing a nurse’s outfit instead of yoga clothes and made Lin Hai wash Seele’s feet as his punishment.
• Lin Hai gently washed Seele’s feet while Bronya watched and began to long for similar care.
• Construction began on the new city south of Belobog, with Underworld residents and Upper District citizens joining the work as Lin Hai prioritized the new city for supplies.
• Lin Hai and Seele surveyed the construction site, and The Herta drove them over and said she had devoted special effort to designing the city for Lin Hai.
• The Herta told Lin Hai she wanted him to spend more time with her, and Lin Hai asked whether she wanted more than his company.