Chapter Summaries

Lin Hai discovered that lucky stars from his game could summon characters from Star Rail and connect their worlds, first meeting Firefly and then summoning Sparkle. After Firefly and Lin Hai completed a round trip and activated their connection, Sparkle boldly teased him and challenged him to respond.

• Lin Hai opened a mysterious package containing ten lucky stars and summoned Firefly by gripping one.
• Firefly returned to Penacony with the star, then summoned Lin Hai to her world and gave the star back to him.
• Lin Hai returned home and saw a panel identifying Firefly as his contract target with affection at 85.
• Lin Hai used a second lucky star to summon Sparkle, who explored his home before teasing him and asking whether he wanted to try something with her.
• Lin Hai accepted Sparkle's invitation and challenged her to prove she dared.

Sparkle and Lin Hai shared a series of increasingly intimate kisses before her weakening in Lin Hai’s world forced her to return home using the Lucky Star. Lin Hai followed her to a dilapidated theater, where Sparkle tried to bargain for the star with another kiss.

• Sparkle tried to pin Lin Hai against a wall, but he reversed their positions and discovered that her powers were suppressed in his world.
• Lin Hai kissed Sparkle’s forehead, then the two traded awkward kisses before sharing a long, tender kiss.
• Lin Hai explained how the Lucky Star could return Sparkle to her world and bring him there, and he warned her not to use it recklessly.
• Sparkle watched a martial arts movie and ate food with Lin Hai, but she realized that staying in his world was draining her strength.
• Lin Hai gave Sparkle the Lucky Star, and she used it to return to her world; the star then brought Lin Hai to a dilapidated theater beside her.
• Sparkle offered to let Lin Hai kiss her shoulder in exchange for the Lucky Star.

Lin Hai reclaimed the Lucky Star from Sparkle, kissed her, and gained her invisibility ability before summoning Seele to his home. He gave Seele food to take back to the Underworld and began considering how to help its people.

• Lin Hai refused to trade the Lucky Star for a kiss, explained that only he could awaken its full power, and received it back from Sparkle.
• Lin Hai kissed Sparkle, returned to his world, and discovered that he had completed the hidden quest and gained the ability to turn invisible for ten seconds.
• Lin Hai tested [Unreliable Narrator] on camera, confirmed that it made him vanish, and then used another Lucky Star to summon Seele.
• Seele cautiously surveyed Lin Hai's home and marveled at the bright city outside before introducing herself and asking how she had arrived.
• Lin Hai explained that he had summoned Seele and gave her food to take back to the Underworld; she asked him for even more because it could save lives.

Lin Hai brought food from his world to the Underworld, where he and Seele distributed it to residents and caught Wildfire’s attention. After Seele supplied him with gold bars, the two agreed to use the Underworld’s gold and silver to obtain more food and supplies.

• Lin Hai ordered snacks and used the Lucky Star to travel with Seele and the food to the Underworld.
• Seele and Lin Hai handed out snacks to residents, while people questioned where the unfamiliar products and Lin Hai had come from.
• Wildfire members arrived to help keep order and investigate the food and Lin Hai.
• Lin Hai explained that gold and silver could buy supplies in his world, and Seele agreed to find as much as possible.
• Seele returned with a suitcase of gold bars, proposed a long-term partnership with Lin Hai, and he agreed to get more food.

Lin Hai returned from the Underworld with gold and bought essential supplies to help Belobog, then brought Seele to his home. After promising to keep caring for her, he held her as she asked him to hold her tighter.

• Lin Hai returned to his living room, where the panel showed Seele’s favorability had reached 89.
• Lin Hai used his gold to order food, cookware, warm clothing, and bedding for the Underworld.
• Lin Hai brought Seele to his home, showed her how to use the bathroom, and helped her dry her hair.
• Lin Hai sorted the delivered supplies into sacks while Seele offered to help, and he told her she had someone who cared about her now.
• Lin Hai promised Seele that he would always care for her and that conditions in the Underworld would change.
• Seele embraced Lin Hai and asked him to hold her tighter.

Lin Hai and Seele shared a kiss before bringing supplies to the Underworld, where residents eagerly received food and clothing. After Lin Hai left, Seele reported the distribution to Oleg, and Wildfire prepared gold for a future exchange as Seele looked forward to seeing Lin Hai again.

• Seele embraced and kissed Lin Hai, then helped him bring supplies to the Underworld and distribute them to residents.
• Lin Hai promised to bring medicine, especially anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers, on his next visit.
• After Lin Hai disappeared, Seele told Oleg about the supplies and the residents’ response.
• Oleg decided to meet Lin Hai and arrange a fair exchange, and Seele said Lin Hai needed gold.
• Wildfire gathered gold, and Seele stored a suitcase of gold bars for Lin Hai’s return.
• Seele recalled kissing Lin Hai and eagerly anticipated taking more initiative when they met again.

Lin Hai gained Seele’s Chaotic Butterfly ability and summoned Ms. Herta into his world, where she eagerly explored her new surroundings. She chose to stay and use her expertise to make money in international financial markets.

• Lin Hai tested Chaotic Butterfly and realized he needed the power of a Path to strengthen his base combat ability.
• Lin Hai summoned Ms. Herta with a lucky star, and she quickly noticed she could not use her usual powers in his world.
• Lin Hai explained how the lucky star could return Ms. Herta to her world, but she decided to stay and explore.
• Ms. Herta and Lin Hai walked around the neighborhood, where she observed the plants, vehicles, and differences in the world's physical constants.
• Ms. Herta proposed earning money through financial markets, then opened an international account and turned one US dollar into a thousand using leverage.

The Great Herta turned Lin Hai’s initial $1,000 into $100,000, then brought him to the Herta Space Station to investigate the nearly indestructible Lucky Star. After the Great Herta’s tests failed to explain it, Lin Hai began demonstrating one of its powers by making himself invisible.

• The Great Herta exploited market loopholes to turn $1,000 into $100,000 and told Lin Hai to use the money for now.
• The Great Herta used the Lucky Star to take Lin Hai to the Herta Space Station.
• The Great Herta showed Lin Hai her Herta Puppets and core laboratory, where she scanned the Lucky Star.
• The Great Herta found that the Lucky Star resisted scanning, high-energy particles, extreme chemicals, and simulated stellar conditions.
• Lin Hai told the Great Herta that the Lucky Star had other functions, then used Sparkle’s [Unreliable Narrator] skill to turn invisible.

Lin Hai kissed The Herta to test his Lucky Star and gained the Interpretation ability. After demonstrating that it could identify a weakness in The Herta’s mechanical body, they agreed to try taking their connection further, but she stopped while reaching for her belt.

• The Herta agreed to kiss Lin Hai so they could test whether he would gain an ability from her.
• Lin Hai received the Interpretation ability and tested it by finding a weak point in a rolling pin and snapping it.
• The Herta returned to Lin Hai’s living room, where he used Interpretation to identify a flaw in her dynamic balance system.
• Lin Hai suggested that a deeper connection might unlock more abilities, and The Herta agreed to try it with him immediately.
• The Herta removed her hat and reached for her belt, then paused before going further.

After pausing their intimate experiment, The Herta agreed to guide Lin Hai onto a Path the next time they met. Lin Hai restocked medicine for Belobog, summoned Seele, and invited her to hug him.

• The Herta shelved the experiment and promised to prepare to formally guide Lin Hai onto a Path at their next meeting.
• After The Herta returned to her space station, Lin Hai reflected on the remaining Lucky Stars, bathed, and resolved to avoid becoming like Homelander if he gained power.
• Lin Hai woke at noon and ordered a large supply of medicine to send to Belobog before ordering lunch.
• After the deliveries arrived, Lin Hai used Seele's Lucky Star to summon her.
• Seele admitted how much she depended on their connection, and Lin Hai told her he would never lose her before asking her to hug him.

Seele confided her fears about the Underworld’s looming famine to Lin Hai, who promised to help and brought medicine to Wildfire. After Lin Hai and Oleg agreed to long-term cooperation, Seele left the meeting relieved and waited for Lin Hai to hug her.

• Seele embraced Lin Hai and admitted she feared the Underworld’s dwindling food supplies would lead to famine.
• Lin Hai comforted Seele and promised the Underworld would not suffer a great famine while he could help.
• Seele used the Lucky Star to return to the Underworld, and Lin Hai followed with several bags of medicine.
• Seele introduced Lin Hai to Oleg, who asked whether Lin Hai wanted a transaction or a lasting partnership.
• Lin Hai offered the medicine, and Oleg thanked him and agreed to long-term cooperation with mutual benefit.
• Seele left Oleg’s residence relieved and raised her arms, waiting for Lin Hai to hug her.

Lin Hai returned from the Underworld with gifts from Seele and Wildfire, promising to bring construction materials and seasonings. Back home, he summoned Sparkle, who tried to take charge of their flirtation but ended up kissing and leaning against him as they watched a movie.

• Lin Hai and Seele walked through the Underworld, where he promised to bring building materials and seasonings to improve life there.
• Seele gave Lin Hai gold from Wildfire and a personal gift, and he returned to his home using the Lucky Star.
• Lin Hai summoned Sparkle, who teased him, ordered food, and paid with a piece of gold.
• Sparkle kissed Lin Hai to assert that she controlled their kisses, but he drew her into a longer kiss and teased her.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle watched a space war movie, with Sparkle resting against his shoulder and critiquing the film.

Lin Hai and Sparkle traveled to Penacony so Lin Hai could seek advanced technology to save people on an ice-covered planet. After entering the Reverie’s Dream Pool and arriving in Golden Hour, Lin Hai was surprised from behind by Kafka.

• Sparkle woke from a nap and told Lin Hai that her weakness meant she could not stay much longer.
• Lin Hai asked Sparkle to take him to Penacony, explaining that he needed technology to save people from her world who lived on a dying, ice-covered planet.
• Sparkle agreed to help him find scientific technology and took him to Penacony, where she showed him the Reverie.
• Lin Hai and Sparkle entered separate Dream Pools, and Lin Hai awakened in the Golden Hour, marveling at how real the dream felt.
• Kafka approached Lin Hai from behind, pressed a dagger against his lower back, and called him a disturber of causality.

Kafka confronted Lin Hai in Penacony’s dreamscape, believing he was an outsider who had disrupted Elio’s plans. She chose to keep him alive and learn about his origins, leaving Lin Hai to explain that he came from a distant blue planet.

• Kafka threatened to kill Lin Hai and led him to a private karaoke room to talk.
• Kafka explained that Lin Hai’s arrival had clouded the future Elio foresaw and undone years of her preparations.
• Kafka considered killing Lin Hai but decided to keep him alive as a gamble that he might create a better ending.
• Kafka revealed that Elio had sensed a disturbance in Penacony, but admitted she had bluffed when she first threatened Lin Hai.
• Kafka asked where Lin Hai came from, and he described a blue planet with technology far behind Penacony’s.

Lin Hai reached a partnership with Kafka after demonstrating that the Lucky Star let him travel between worlds. Back home, he told Sparkle about Kafka and asked who was stronger, and Sparkle confidently claimed she was.

• Kafka asked Lin Hai how he crossed worlds, and he argued that his unique ability made him valuable to the Stellaron Hunters’ plans.
• Lin Hai gave Kafka his room number, and they left their Dream Pools and met at The Reverie.
• Kafka noticed Lin Hai’s second Dream Pool and led him to a private suite, where she examined the Lucky Star.
• Lin Hai used the Lucky Star to vanish before Kafka, confirming his ability to travel between worlds and giving him greater leverage in their partnership.
• Lin Hai returned home and summoned Sparkle, then told her about Kafka and their agreement.
• Lin Hai asked whether Sparkle or Kafka was stronger, and Sparkle answered that she was.

Kafka decided to protect Lin Hai rather than eliminate him and asked Firefly to observe him and investigate his power. Meanwhile, Lin Hai and Sparkle shared an intimate moment before trying on the clothes and red high heels he had ordered, leaving Sparkle waiting for his judgment on her look.

• Kafka told Firefly that she had met Lin Hai and chosen to explore a future with him instead of eliminating him.
• Kafka asked Firefly to stay close to Lin Hai in Penacony, observe him, and discover the source of his power.
• Firefly returned to her room and entered her medical pod to sustain her vital functions while she immersed herself in the dreamscape.
• Lin Hai washed Sparkle's feet, and the two shared a tender, increasingly intimate exchange.
• Lin Hai retrieved a delivery of stockings, dresses, and red high heels, and Sparkle changed into white knee-high socks and the heels.
• Lin Hai told Sparkle that her look was attractive.

Lin Hai took Sparkle out to explore the city, where she enjoyed choosing clothes, eating barbecue, and listening to an abstract song. As they walked afterward, Sparkle grew weak from the pressure suppressing her power and said she could only remain in Lin Hai’s world for three to four hours.

• Sparkle chose more than a dozen outfits online, and Lin Hai told her he would buy them as gifts.
• Sparkle changed into Lin Hai’s oversized pajamas, and they went out to explore the residential complex.
• Sparkle spotted a barbecue restaurant and ordered skewers, including lamb kidneys for Lin Hai.
• Sparkle listened to a repetitive Hakimi song, enjoyed its meaningless fun, and tried cola for the first time.
• After dinner, Sparkle grew weaker and explained that she could stay for only three to four hours as her power was suppressed.
• Lin Hai carried Sparkle home, and she said she had enjoyed the outing.

Lin Hai gained a major physical enhancement after completing his events with Sparkle, then spent Firefly’s brief visit giving her a chance to see real fireworks. He left her in her medical pod and met her in a Penacony dream, where he promised to find a cure for her illness.

• The Contract Lucky Star rewarded Lin Hai with a Second-Order Physique Enhancement that doubled his base physical abilities.
• Lin Hai summoned Firefly, learned her condition had worsened, and offered to take her to her medical pod, but she chose to spend her remaining time with him.
• Firefly asked to see real fireworks, so Lin Hai bought and set off fireworks for her outside his home.
• As Firefly grew weaker, Lin Hai escorted her back to her medical pod in Penacony, where she told him where to meet her in a dream.
• Lin Hai entered the dream and found Firefly on a rooftop at dusk, where he embraced her and promised to cure her.

Lin Hai and Firefly shared a kiss and made plans for future outings, while he remained determined to find a cure for her illness. Back home, he summoned Cipher with a Contract Lucky Star and told her they might unlock its powers through intimacy.

• Firefly kissed Lin Hai, and he returned her kiss as they shared a tender moment in the dream.
• The Contract Lucky Star rewarded Lin Hai with the Primer Slash skill after he completed the kissing mission.
• Firefly and Lin Hai made plans to eat specialty foods, swim, and watch a movie together.
• Lin Hai returned home, reflected on Firefly's illness, and summoned Cipher with a new Lucky Star.
• Cipher examined the Lucky Star and asked how they could unlock more of its functions.
• Lin Hai suggested that becoming intimate might reveal further powers of the Lucky Star.

Lin Hai and Cipher discussed the Lucky Star, and Cipher used her True Lies authority to make it levitate and promised to help cure Lin Hai’s friend. Lin Hai gained new skills, a major physique enhancement, and the beginner power of the Path of Nihility, then revealed that he knew Cipher had fooled him.

• Cipher agreed to take the first step toward a deeper bond with Lin Hai but postponed further intimacy.
• Cipher claimed the Lucky Star held divine power and used her True Lies authority to make it hover before promising to help cure Lin Hai’s ill friend.
• Lin Hai’s contract panel awarded him Master Thief and a tier-three physique enhancement after recording his interactions with Cipher.
• The panel also granted Lin Hai the beginner power of the Path of Nihility for completing an important contract mission with Cipher.
• Lin Hai told Cipher that he knew she had fooled him, leaving her startled and wondering whether the Lucky Star had exposed her deception.