Chapter Summaries

As the Herrscher of Thunder overwhelmed the defenders of Jarilo-VI, Cocolia revealed Bronya’s origins and repeatedly risked herself to protect her daughter. Cocolia shielded Bronya from a fatal strike, but a sudden hammer blow rang across the universe and interrupted the battle.

• Gepard, Seele, and the Silvermane Guards fought the Honkai horde while the Express crew confronted the Herrscher of Thunder.
• Himeko struck the Herrscher with an orbital cannon, but the attack enraged her and she unleashed a storm that darkened Jarilo-VI and paralyzed its automatons.
• Cocolia returned to the summit despite Natasha’s protests, caught Bronya as she nearly collapsed, and revealed that Bronya had been born in the Underworld.
• The Herrscher caught Dan Heng’s spear, questioned why he had not used his full strength, then threw Cocolia’s lance through Stelle’s chest.
• When the Herrscher’s blade threatened Cocolia, Bronya tried to protect her, but Cocolia pushed her daughter aside and took the strike herself.
• Qian Renxue halted at the sight of Cocolia protecting Bronya, and a sudden hammer blow rang across the universe.

Stelle and Cocolia received the blessing of Preservation, and Belobog's defenders joined forces to knock the Herrscher of Thunder from the sky. Qian Renxue entered her final phase, while the chapter revealed that a mother and daughter faced an uncertain separation.

• Stelle passed through memories of Belobog and met the will of its first Supreme Guardian, who directed her to the Flame Spear.
• Cocolia called on Preservation to grant her the power to protect Belobog, and Kripper cast Their gaze upon the planet.
• The Creation Engine rebuilt itself, Stelle and Cocolia recovered, and both received Preservation's blessing as the Trailblaze and Preservation Paths resonated.
• Bronya, March 7th, Dan Heng, Seele, Svarog, Stelle, and Cocolia attacked the Herrscher of Thunder together, and Stelle's Flame Spear knocked her from the sky.
• Qian Renxue rose again, revealed an inverted triangular mark, and entered her final phase; the chapter ended by foreshadowing a long separation between a mother and daughter.

Lu Xueling gave Black Swan the memory of the battle at Everwinter Peak in exchange for a way to contact her and a search for Huang Quan. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue took Cocolia away after declaring Jarilo-VI fit to survive, and Sirin discovered Black Swan’s communication card when Lu Xueling returned home.

• Black Swan asked Lu Xueling for the memory of his battle, and he agreed on the conditions that she give him a communicator and find Huang Quan without acting independently.
• At Everwinter Peak, Qian Renxue defeated the Creation Engine, declared that Jarilo-VI could continue to exist, and carried Cocolia away on Kurikara.
• Bronya watched Cocolia disappear into the sky, while Welt Yang suspected Otto had arranged the ordeal.
• Lu Xueling returned to Sirin and told her that Little Xue was training a fourth member of the Five Chivalrous Ones of Chilu and that he had a candidate for the fifth.
• Sirin sensed another woman’s scent on Lu Xueling and used her spatial authority to reveal Black Swan’s communication tarot card.

Lu Xueling and Sirin reached Ruan Mei before she could take a dying fox, claiming the fox as an Immortal Boat citizen and agreeing to help with Ruan Mei’s research in exchange. Meanwhile, Kafka asked the Stellaris Train crew to change course for the Luofu to rescue Blade and clear the Stellaris Hunters’ name.

• Lu Xueling received the Minghuo Merchant Guild’s route data from Xiao Shi and took Sirin to search for a little fox.
• Ruan Mei found a fox wrapped in golden flames among the Star Raft Merchant Convoy’s wreckage, but Lu Xueling and Sirin arrived and demanded that she hand the fox over.
• Lu Xueling told Ruan Mei that the fox was an Immortal Boat citizen and offered one condition in exchange for taking her; Ruan Mei asked him to assist with her life research, and he agreed.
• Paimon began the Stellaris Train’s warp route meeting, but Kafka’s holographic projection interrupted and asked the crew to change their destination to the Luofu.
• Kafka revealed that a Stellar Core had erupted on the Luofu and that the Luofu had captured Blade, so she asked the crew to help rescue him and clear the Stellaris Hunters’ name.

Lu Xueling revived Tingyun with the Life and Death core and named her his Sun Moon Immortal Boat’s Edictflame Wielder, while arranging a mysterious gift for Gu Youyue. On Luofu, March 7th, Stelle, and Welt found Demon Yin victims and encountered Youlan Dale fighting the monsters.

• Lu Xueling used the Life and Death core and a crimson core to revive Tingyun, who asked whether she was still herself after Phantylia took her.
• Lu Xueling told Tingyun that her escort-envoy identity had died and gave her the title Edictflame Wielder · Life-and-Death Fox · Life-Forsaking Cloud Champion.
• Lu Xueling ordered Gu Youyue to collect his gift at Flowing Clouds Crossing in three Luofu days and nights, then examined projections of mechas, Valkyrie Armor, and Judah’s Oath.
• March 7th, Stelle, and Welt found wounded Cloud Cavalry soldiers at Flowing Clouds Crossing, and one warned them that people ahead had contracted Demon Yin.
• The three Nameless found a foxian woman protected by Cloud Cavalry soldiers as they faced Demon Yin monsters, and Youlan Dale swiftly defeated the attackers.
• Welt recognized Youlan Dale and exclaimed her name in shock.

Welt and the others met Tingyun and Gu Youyue in sealed Central Starskiff Haven, then agreed to follow Tingyun to Lady Yukong while offering to help with the Stellaron crisis. Dan Heng arrived separately, rescued Sushang and Rakshasa from Demon Yin Body soldiers alongside Yan Qing, and learned that Yan Qing had returned to Luofu.

• Welt mistook Gu Youyue for Durandal, and Gu Youyue questioned him about how he knew the name.
• Tingyun introduced herself and asked why the Nameless were on Luofu; Welt explained that someone had opened the Jade Gate and that the group had come to help resolve the Stellaron crisis.
• Tingyun believed Welt's explanation and offered to take the group to meet Lady Yukong at Central Starskiff Haven.
• Dan Heng arrived three system hours later, found that he could not contact his companions, and fought Fragmentum monsters while making his way forward.
• Dan Heng found Sushang and Rakshasa surrounded by Demon Yin Body soldiers, but Yan Qing swiftly defeated the enemies with a single sword strike.
• Sushang greeted Yan Qing and introduced herself, while Dan Heng identified himself as a Nameless and Rakshasa described himself as an ordinary merchant from beyond the stars.

Yan Qing escorted Dan Heng, Rakshasa, and Sushang toward the Star Skiff Sea Hub while revealing details about his master and Sun Moon. At the Divine Creation Bureau, Lu Xueling suspected the Luofu’s Stellaron disaster was deliberately caused and arrived as an unknown figure appeared elsewhere on the Luofu.

• Yan Qing told Dan Heng and Rakshasa that his master was the Ruinous General of Sun Moon and named three of the Five Chivalrous Ones, including his mistress, Sirin.
• Yan Qing led Dan Heng, Rakshasa, and Sushang out of Flowing Clouds Crossing toward the Star Skiff Sea Hub.
• Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan discussed using the Stellaris Train as bait to draw out whoever was behind the crisis.
• Lu Xueling arrived by projection, announced that Yan Qing and one of his S-rank Valkyries were returning, and said he would come to the Luofu himself.
• Lu Xueling suggested the Stellaron’s appearance might have been deliberate, and Jing Yuan identified the Ember Annihilation Legion as a possible culprit.
• An unidentified figure appeared in a secluded corner of the Star Skiff Sea and caused nearby young plants to grow to flowering.

Yan Qing returned to Luofu and told Jing Yuan that he had met Dan Heng and Rakshasa. Meanwhile, Gu Youyue declined to help the Nameless pursue Kafka, and Welt recognized the name of the Sun Moon Immortal Boat’s general, Lu Xueling, though he could not remember why it seemed familiar.

• Yan Qing returned to the Divine Creation Bureau, greeted Jing Yuan, and reported meeting Dan Heng and Rakshasa on his way back to Luofu.
• March 7th asked Gu Youyue to help capture Kafka, but Gu Youyue said fate had already been glimpsed and left after receiving a Jade Omen message from the Bishop.
• Welt reacted with alarm when Gu Youyue mentioned the Bishop, but she vanished before he could ask about a blond person associated with lightning.
• Tingyun showed the Nameless communication footage that placed Kafka near Star-Returning Port and arranged for them to rest before setting out.
• Welt asked Tingyun about the Sun Moon Immortal Boat and learned that its general was Lu Xueling, whose name he found strangely familiar.

Gu Youyue received the new Immortal Star Anchor armor and met a mysterious healer who asked for her memories, so she went to report him to the Ruinous General. Meanwhile, Jing Yuan sent the Astral Express crew to help screen suspects connected to the Stellaron, and Welt reacted strongly to Rakshasa’s photograph.

• Gu Youyue collected her new Immortal Star Anchor armor and tested its weapons at Flowing Clouds Crossing.
• A hooded man who called himself a healer asked Gu Youyue for her memories, and she left to report him to the Ruinous General.
• The Astral Express crew met Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan as the Ambrosial Arbor began to revive.
• Jing Yuan asked the Astral Express crew to help the Bureau of Balance screen suspects who might have planted the Stellaron.
• Welt crushed Rakshasa’s photograph and declared the offworld merchant highly suspicious.

Lu Xueling returned to the Luofu and learned that an Emanator-level physician had infiltrated it, then encountered a physician offering immortality. Meanwhile, Welt investigated Rakshasa and saw footage of a blond man who resembled him, leading him to suspect there were two Ottos in the galaxy.

• Gu Youyue warned Lu Xueling that an unknown Emanator-level physician had infiltrated the Luofu, and Lu Xueling set out for the Divine Creation Bureau.
• A green-robed physician approached Lu Xueling in Chang Le Land and asked whether he desired immortality.
• At the Bureau of Balance, Welt asked Master Dahao to investigate Rakshasa, while March 7th and Stelle teased him about his suspicion.
• Master Dahao and Jingyan searched damaged Cycrane footage for Rakshasa, but Jingyan accidentally displayed a recording from several centuries earlier.
• Welt saw a blond man resembling Rakshasa greet Jing Yuan as the greatest alchemist in the universe, and he realized the galaxy might contain two Ottos.

Lu Xueling recognized the mysterious physician as the Chaos Physician and prepared to meet him while giving Jing Yuan intelligence on the Medicine King's Disciples. At the Artificer's Guild, Yan Qing fought the Abundance Black Deer until Phantylia revealed herself, but an unknown figure intervened and stripped the color from her flames.

• Lu Xueling identified the color-draining physician as the Chaos Physician, ordered Jing Yuan to keep his identity confidential, and decided to meet him personally.
• Lu Xueling gave Jing Yuan a sleeping Medicine King's Disciple and transmitted information about the group's members, hideout, medicines, and ingredients.
• The Abundance Black Deer emerged at the Artificer's Guild, and Yan Qing attacked it while telling Master Gongshu and Tingyun to retreat.
• Phantylia attacked Yan Qing from behind after Master Gongshu fell asleep, and Yan Qing pretended to be injured while preparing to draw something from behind his back.
• An unknown figure appeared atop the Dark Deer, drained the color from Phantylia's flames, and froze the Destiny Energy in her body.

A mysterious man drove Phantylia away with the Abundance Black Deer, then restrained Yan Qing before vanishing. Yan Qing was freed by Jingliu, while Phantylia crashed into Welt in Chang Le Land.

• The mysterious man healed the Abundance Black Deer, which rammed Phantylia out of the Artificer's Guild.
• Yan Qing charged the man, but vines bound him; the man recognized Yan Qing's connection to a Valkyrie and hung him upside down as a lesson.
• Jingliu freed Yan Qing, who questioned her presence and learned her name and origin: Jingliu, from Cang City.
• In Chang Le Land, Welt angrily muttered about Rakshasa and Otto as March 7th, Stelle, and Master Dahao tried to calm him.
• Phantylia fell from above and struck Welt on the head.

Lu Xueling subdued Dan Shu and explained to Gu Youyue why the Hunt’s intervention in the war had saved the Xianzhou. Meanwhile, Tingyun led the Astral Express group into the Dan Ding Division, where Dan Shu awaited them.

• Jing Yuan and Lu Xueling questioned Dan Shu, who defended the Medicine King's Disciples and condemned the Hunt.
• Lu Xueling struck Dan Shu, then used his power to control her and told Jing Yuan to take her and her followers away after finding the Great Annihilation Lord.
• Jing Yuan inferred that Lu Xueling already knew the identity of the lord, but Lu Xueling left the investigation to him.
• On the way to Scales Abyss Realm, Lu Xueling told Gu Youyue a story about a giant who saved humanity and explained that the Hunt’s intervention had repaid the Xianzhou Alliance’s efforts.
• Tingyun led March 7th and Welt through the ruined Dan Ding Division toward the furnace, where Dan Shu appeared to be waiting for them.

Dan Heng encountered Kafka and Blade at the Scales Abyss Realm, where a mysterious Abundance-aligned physician hinted at his forgotten connection to Dan Feng. Meanwhile, after the Astral Express crew defeated Dan Shu, Tingyun revealed herself as Phantylia and transformed Dan Shu with Destruction’s power.

• Dan Shu stalled the Astral Express crew while Lu Xueling prepared to meet Nihility, and Welt attacked her with Eden Star before she transformed into a Honkai Dead Beast.
• Dan Heng heard someone call him Dan Feng while crossing the Ancient Sea of Waves, then reached the Scales Abyss Realm and faced Kafka and Blade.
• A mysterious Chaos Physician stopped Blade, told Dan Heng to ask Jing Yuan about their past, and said he would help the Luofu again.
• The Astral Express crew defeated Dead Beast Dan Shu, and Lu Xueling severed his consciousness link with her after she demanded that Phantylia fulfill her promise.
• Tingyun revealed herself as Phantylia, seized Dan Shu, and began transforming her into an Elite Monster of the Anti-Matter Legion with Destruction’s blessing.

Yan Qing fought Abundance Aberrations under Jingliu’s supervision, but she revealed her Mara-struck nature and attacked him before Gu Youyue intervened. At the Scales Abyss Realm, Lu Xueling met the healer Hua Qu Yu and agreed to consider a deal involving the Ambrosial Arbor.

• Jingliu coached Yan Qing as he fought Abundance Aberrations, and Yan Qing killed their Body Refiner summoner while wounded.
• Jingliu revealed her scarlet eyes and attacked Yan Qing, but Gu Youyue arrived and deflected her sword blossoms.
• Gu Youyue sent Yan Qing to the Scales Abyss Realm and confronted Jingliu.
• Lu Xueling met the healer at the Scales Abyss Realm, introduced himself, and learned the healer wanted Destiny Energy to improve his medical methods.
• The healer pointed to the Ambrosial Arbor as his proposed sincerity, then introduced himself as Hua Qu Yu.

Jing Yuan reunited with Hua Qu Yu, Blade, Dan Heng, Jingliu, and Gu Youyue as the High-Cloud Quintet gathered at the Scales Abyss Realm. After Dan Heng opened the realm, Lu Xueling asked Hua Qu Yu whether he had met Huang Quan, but Hua Qu Yu had not.

• Jing Yuan arrived at the Scales Abyss Realm and recognized Hua Qu Yu, while Blade chose to stay with Jing Yuan after Kafka mentioned Elio's hidden script.
• Jing Yuan stopped Yan Qing from attacking Hua Qu Yu and introduced him as an old friend of the Luofu.
• Gu Youyue arrived with Jingliu, who warned Jing Yuan that their debt remained unpaid, bringing the High-Cloud Quintet together again.
• Dan Heng transformed and parted the Ancient Sea of Waves to reveal the Scales Abyss Realm, while the Stellaris Train crew arrived.
• Lu Xueling privately asked Hua Qu Yu whether he had met the Self-destroyer Huang Quan, and Hua Qu Yu said he had not.

Jing Yuan and his allies fought Phantylia in the Scales Abyss Realm, but her Ambrosial Arbor power let her recover from their attacks. As Phantylia rose again, Hua Qu Yu reached out toward the Ambrosial Arbor while Lu Xueling watched in confusion.

• Phantylia transformed into a gigantic divine form and threatened the group with a planet she had dragged into her hand.
• Gu Youyue used Stellar Forge and fired Black Abyss White Flower through the planet and into Phantylia, while Jing Yuan and Dan Heng followed up with their attacks.
• Jing Yuan cut Phantylia in two, but Stelle realized she was regenerating, so Jingliu and Blade struck her vital points and severed her limbs.
• Phantylia reassembled herself and taunted Jing Yuan as the Ambrosial Arbor's Abundance energy restored her.
• Hua Qu Yu raised his hand and grasped toward the Ambrosial Arbor, leaving Lu Xueling to ask what he was doing with his potion.

Phantylia’s Ambrosial Arbor body was stripped away, and Jing Yuan’s allies defeated her attack, but she escaped before Gu Youyue could heal Jing Yuan. Lu Xueling and Hua Qu Yu cornered Phantylia in space, only for an unfamiliar Great Annihilation Lord to arrive and suppress Lu Xueling’s weapon.

• Hua Qu Yu used his power to strip Phantylia’s Abundance Divine Power and tear apart her Ambrosial Arbor body.
• Jing Yuan and the Four Lords of the Cloud struck Phantylia, who retaliated with two mystic lotuses that damaged the Divine General and wounded Jing Yuan before she fled.
• Gu Youyue healed Jing Yuan with Black Abyss White Flower and identified it as a Divine Key, while Jing Yuan and Jingliu suspected that Lu Xueling was manipulating the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Jing Yuan fainted, and Uncle Yang collapsed after finishing his heart pills as March 7th called for him to wake up.
• Lu Xueling and Hua Qu Yu cornered Phantylia in space, but an unfamiliar being wielding a Black Blade arrived and suppressed Heavenly Fire Judgment.

Lu Xueling and Hua Qu Yu fought Fenghuo after he appeared to confront Hua Qu Yu, then exchanged information and an Ambrosial Arbor sapling. Fenghuo vanished after declaring that he would destroy IX, and Lu Xueling and Hua Qu Yu set off toward Jing Yuan aboard a starskiff.

• Phantylia recognized Fenghuo and fled, while Lu Xueling prepared for a fight as Fenghuo confronted Hua Qu Yu.
• Fenghuo attacked, and Lu Xueling and Hua Qu Yu combined their powers to repel his strikes and force him to retreat.
• Fenghuo declared that he would eventually destroy IX, then vanished into the void.
• Hua Qu Yu apologized and explained that Fenghuo had been following him; Lu Xueling learned that Fenghuo's Black Blade held power comparable to the Seven Thunders of Retribution.
• Lu Xueling gave Hua Qu Yu a chip of information, and Hua Qu Yu gave Lu Xueling an Ambrosial Arbor sapling for his Xianzhou.
• Hua Qu Yu formed a starskiff, and he and Lu Xueling departed to catch up with Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan woke in the hospital and learned Luofu had survived the battle, while Yan Qing resolved to grow stronger. As Hua Qu Yu recklessly raced Lu Xueling through space, Dan Heng’s account of the Five Chivalrous Ones left Welt fainting after he heard that Sirin was the Queen of Finality.

• Jing Yuan awoke beside Yan Qing and Fu Xuan, learned Luofu’s losses were minimal, and tried to ask about Ruinous before Yan Qing urged him to rest.
• Yan Qing vowed to train harder after recalling how helpless he had felt against the powerful enemies in the Scales Abyss Realm.
• Hua Qu Yu drove his starskiff recklessly through space, striking meteorites, a comet, and a Yellow Dwarf Star while Lu Xueling warned him to slow down.
• Dan Heng told Welt and the Astral Express crew that Yan Qing had described the Five Chivalrous Ones of Chilu, including Qian Renxue and Huo Yuhao.
• Dan Heng revealed that Lin Xueyunxiao was Sirin, prompting Welt to realize she had become the Finality Herrscher and faint.