Chapter Summaries

Griseo reunited with the Flame-Chasers after fifty thousand years and learned that Anqi had rescued her and saved the Current Civilization. Meanwhile, Kiana and Raiden Mei guided Barbatos and Morax through St. Freya Academy, where the gods were startled by the Earth counterparts of familiar Teyvat figures.

• Griseo rejoined the Flame-Chasers’ group chat, and the others welcomed her back with relief.
• Mobius explained to Griseo that Anqi was the Current Civilization’s Herrscher of Finality and reflected on how she could repay Anqi for rescuing the Flame-Chasers.
• Vill-V gave Griseo a St. Freya student ID and told her she would attend school to learn about the modern era.
• Raiden Mei and Kiana welcomed Barbatos and Morax to St. Freya Academy and explained the counterparts that existed between their worlds.
• Kiana learned that Teyvat had four Mei sisters, while Barbatos and Morax watched her and Raiden Mei together and wondered whether Erosion was involved.

Morax and Raiden Mei toured St. Freya Academy as Mei explained Earth’s civilization and the rarity of male stigmata-compatible fighters. Kiana tried to hide her memories of a drunken night with Anqi while Barbatos asked where to find a drink.

• Morax asked why St. Freya Academy seemed to have no male students, and Raiden Mei explained the history of stigma technology and its effects on compatibility.
• Raiden Mei said Anqi had brought back the original creator of the Stigmata Project, who would work on adapting it for the Y chromosome.
• Morax asked Raiden Mei about the Imaginary Tree theory and Earth’s academic papers, then considered how Teyvat could learn from Earth.
• Kiana offered Barbatos potato chips, then panicked when he asked where he could get a drink, fearing others would learn about her drunken night with Anqi.

The Anqi Faction recognized that the Cocoon of the Finality confined them to the Solar System and decided to keep strengthening their foundations while waiting for a chance to reach the Great Universe. Anqi then questioned Asis about her talents, leaving them both considering a song-and-dance troupe and lessons across the Seven Nations.

• The Anqi Faction found that even after mastering the Cocoon of the Finality, they could not break through the Solar System’s boundary and could not locate the Shugars or Heavenly Persons.
• Anqi wondered whether Ninti’s journey across the galaxy had scared the alien race away, and the Anqi Faction accepted that they might have startled their enemy.
• The Anqi Faction resolved to strengthen their position in the Solar System and trust that Su would offer help if they encountered trouble.
• Anqi noticed Asis beside the divine throne and asked whether she could dance or had other talents; Asis said she was only skilled in combat.
• Anqi considered forming a song-and-dance troupe from the Kandria royal guard, while Asis considered traveling to the Seven Nations to learn singing and dancing for Anqi.

Anqi gained quantum-side Herrscher authority, giving her faction a way to travel between the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quantum. Meanwhile, Kiana investigated a missing train in St. Fontaine and learned that Welt Yang was the only passenger still unaccounted for.

• Anqi absorbed Suo's transformed world bubble and demonstrated her new power to control the quantum void, while her faction welcomed the escape route it provided.
• Suo appeared as Vita and pledged to serve Anqi and the reborn Venus Civilization.
• Kiana arrived at St. Fontaine's Sky Rail station to investigate a vanished train and learned that Welt Yang was missing.
• Ninti arrived and reported that she could find no trace of Joachim beyond a strange spatial anomaly.
• The Houkai System ordered Kiana and Ninti to investigate the incident, and Kiana entered the station determined to uncover the threat and protect Earth.

After investigating the St. Fontaine incident, the Anqi Faction concluded that the spatial transfer route might lead beyond the Solar System into the Great Universe. Anqi decided to send Ninti out to explore while the civilizations prepared cautious rules and safeguards for contact with alien civilizations.

• Suo reported that the transfer technology resembled a variant provided by Him, though unknown variables made its workings impossible to fully analyze, and submitted her findings to Anqi.
• Researchers from several civilizations mapped the route and concluded it likely crossed the Death Domain and led to the Great Universe.
• Mobius said the Wandering Plan could be postponed because no clear threat had been confirmed and a warning would likely have come from the meddlesome squinty-eyed person.
• Anqi decided that Ninti would set out and called for rules governing contact with Great Universe civilizations, while the group noted that Welt was already abroad.
• The Anqi Faction proposed virtual planets, a friendly alien bridgehead, and other safeguards to buy time or retreat if hostile civilizations appeared.

Ninti traveled beyond the Cocoon of the Finality’s control range to reach the outer universe, where she lost contact with the Anqi Network and the Theater of Domination. She continued toward the unknown destination, planning to establish the Anqi Network there.

• Ninti transformed into a planetary-scale dragon and traveled through cracks in time and space while the Anqi Network monitored her signal.
• The Anqi Network warned Ninti that the connection was weakening and urged her to stay safe.
• Ninti lost all connection to the Anqi Network and could no longer sense the Theater of Domination.
• Ninti briefly felt homesick, then charged toward the unknown end of her journey.

Violet took Ragna’s letter for Himeko, who had vanished into the starry sky, and promised to deliver it across the universe. After leaving, Violet sensed a way to reach the Stargazer Train and spotted a red-haired woman aboard.

• Ragna told Violet she wanted to send a letter to Himeko, her former schoolmate who had set off to explore the starry sky.
• Violet wrote down Ragna’s memories, worries, and blessings, then charged her 648 XX coins for interstellar delivery.
• Violet left with the sealed letter, and Ragna found no one outside her door.
• Violet reflected that the pass she had obtained would let her contact the Stargazer Train and resolved to keep delivering letters.
• Violet sensed a presence beyond worlds and saw the train, where a red-haired woman was drinking coffee.

Violet Evergarden reached the Stargazer Train by following the connection between Himeko and Ragna’s memories, then delivered Ragna’s letter to Himeko. After Himeko asked her to carry a reply, Violet prepared to write it while the crew noticed her mechanical hands.

• Violet appeared outside the Stargazer Train and introduced herself to Pom-Pom, Himeko, Welt, and the others as an Auto Memory Doll.
• Violet gave Himeko a letter from Ragna and explained that she had followed the yearning connecting sender and recipient.
• Himeko offered Violet coffee, and Violet drank it before realizing how awful it tasted; Pom-Pom brought her fruit juice while March 7th helped her recover.
• Himeko read Ragna’s letter, felt reassured that her old friend was doing well, and asked Violet to carry a return letter.
• Violet removed her gloves and began preparing to type, revealing her metal hands; March 7th and the crew decided not to question her about them.

Violet delivered Ragna’s reply from Himeko and learned that following a Path could increase her power. She resolved to keep practicing her role as an Auto Memory Doll and set out toward another client’s yearning.

• Violet gave Himeko a purple flower that the Trailblaze Crew could hang on the train to summon her, and Pom-Pom approved the arrangement.
• Violet returned through the memories connecting Himeko and Ragna, then delivered Himeko’s reply to Ragna on the distant alien star.
• Violet realized that acting in accordance with a Path could build her power, and decided to continue her cosplay to explore it.
• Violet sensed purple flowers and the memories of yearning throughout the planet, then crossed into memory and walked toward the nearest one.

Ninti traveled through a new star system in search of the train's path, guided by a faint intuition that she was nearing her destination.

• Ninti resolved to accept reality and focus on cherishing her time to grow and treading carefully.
• Ninti's will remained as unshakable as her black dragon's body.
• Ninti patiently searched the new star system for the train's path.
• Ninti sensed that she was close to her destination.

The Trailblaze Crew fled the space station as the Doomsday Beast attacked, while Stelle revealed a dangerous burst of power. A mysterious dragonlike toddler appeared and erased the Antimatter Legion, leaving Welt to recognize her as Ninti.

• Himeko led March 7th, Dan Heng, and Stelle toward the platform and the Astral Express while March 7th worried about Herta and the space station.
• The Doomsday Beast broke through the platform’s shield and blasted the group, but Stelle shielded March 7th and emerged unharmed.
• Stelle began unleashing destructive energy, and Welt knocked her unconscious to stop the eruption.
• A vast dark presence enveloped the platform and the planet, then vanished along with the Doomsday Beast and the nearby Antimatter Legion.
• A tiny blonde dragonlike girl appeared on the platform, and Welt recognized her as Ninti.

Stelle woke up and learned that a huge black creature had turned into a cute girl who ate the Doomsday Beast. Ninti sat in the medical room after undergoing tests, confident that the space station’s equipment could not expose her secrets.

• Stelle took March 7th’s juice and asked what had happened after Uncle Yang knocked her out.
• March 7th told Stelle that a huge black creature had transformed into a cute girl, eaten the Doomsday Beast, and been brought to the medical room by Uncle Yang.
• Stelle and March 7th became curious about whether the Doomsday Beast could be eaten and pushed into the crowd to investigate.
• Ninti sat on the medical-room bed after the space station’s staff completed tests, scans, and measurements.
• Ninti reasoned that her Authorities could keep the medical equipment from discovering anything she wanted to conceal.

After a warm dinner aboard the Trailblaze Crew, Ninti asked to learn about the universe and joined the crew so she could stay with and protect Welt. Dan Heng agreed to show her the train’s Databank, then checked whether she was connected to the Xianzhou.

• Pom-Pom praised Ninti for being sensible and questioned Welt about letting a child cook, while Stelle and March 7th teased him.
• Welt lovingly called Ninti his junior and shared a meal with her, making the others recognize his affection for her.
• Ninti asked Welt to teach her about the universe, and he arranged for her to access the train’s Databank.
• Himeko welcomed Ninti to the Trailblaze Crew, and Dan Heng agreed to teach her how to use the Databank.
• Dan Heng asked Ninti whether she had any connection to the Xianzhou, and she said she did not know what it was.

Ninti risked her mind and body to absorb knowledge from the Vessel of Knowledge, hoping to uncover the truth of the Imaginary Tree and help the Anqi Faction. After the Vessel departed, energy from the Path of Erudition restored her as she lost consciousness.

• Ninti ignored her physical and mental deterioration and used her authority connection to send the knowledge she witnessed to the Finality Anqi.
• The immense information stream overwhelmed Ninti, but she continued trying to learn the truth of the Imaginary Tree.
• The Vessel of Knowledge departed after imprinting the assignment, “Analyze me, become me, become ■■,” in Ninti’s mind.
• Ninti’s energy reserves ran dry and her body began to fail as she watched the knowledge slip away.
• Energy from the Path of Erudition reached Ninti and began repairing her body before she lost consciousness.

After becoming an Envoy of Wisdom, Ninti returned to the train, where Stelle and March 7th eagerly asked to become her followers. Ninti accepted them, and the group celebrated together.

• Ninti left the hospital room and decided there was little point in hiding that she had become an Envoy of Wisdom.
• Stelle clung to Ninti's leg and asked her to become her adoptive mother.
• March 7th and Stelle explained that they wanted to benefit from having an Emanator on the train and competed to be Ninti's followers.
• Ninti happily accepted Stelle and March 7th as her followers, and the train car filled with laughter.

Herta recruited Ninti to help investigate the Antimatter Legion and the Rift, while Anqi traveled to Jarilo-VI to search for survivors. Anqi found the walled city of Belobog and headed to Kriper Castle to investigate Great Guardian Cocolia.

• Herta offered Ninti a generous reward for helping her, and Ninti planned to study the Power of Destruction and the Rift.
• Anqi arrived on frozen Jarilo-VI and searched the planet for signs of a surviving civilization.
• Anqi discovered Belobog, learned that Great Guardian Cocolia ruled it, and ordered a thorough investigation.
• Anqi passed through Belobog gathering information and reached Kriper Castle.

Bronya bathed with Cocolia and was comforted by her mother’s warmth, but noticed strange crystal scales on Cocolia’s wrist. Cocolia dismissed them as a necessary price, leaving Bronya quietly worried about her health and the cost of her Great Guardian mission.

• Bronya felt dejected because she believed she was still far from becoming a true Great Guardian.
• Cocolia asked Bronya what was wrong, and Bronya admitted she was shy because they had not bathed together in a long time.
• Cocolia recalled Bronya refusing to bathe with her after growing up, and Bronya explained that it had been because of her youthful self-esteem.
• Cocolia embraced Bronya, who noticed thin, transparent ice scales on her mother’s wrist.
• Cocolia called the scales a necessary price and ended the bath, leaving Bronya to wonder whether her mother was ill or suffering because of her mission.

Bronya questioned Cocolia about her abandoned guitar and was ordered to sell it, but she brought it to Silval instead and asked what had happened in the past. Silval recognized the guitar and was left facing Bronya’s question.

• Bronya asked Cocolia why she no longer played the guitar, and Cocolia said music could not save Belobog.
• Cocolia told Bronya to sell the guitar and donate the money to Kriper Castle’s public accounts.
• Bronya took the guitar to Silval’s “Eternal Motion” machine shop instead of going to an instrument store.
• Silval recognized the guitar and froze when she opened its case.
• Bronya told Silval she had seen Cocolia play a sorrowful, peaceful tune and asked what had happened in the past.

Silval relived how Cocolia’s departure had shaped her life, then vented her anger through a late-night guitar performance on her roof. Cocolia appeared and left after warning her, but when Silval fell, Cocolia caught her in her arms.

• Silval recalled Cocolia’s rejection, her own rise as a Silvermane Guard researcher, and her banishment over her Stellararon research.
• Silval climbed onto her roof and played an angry new song, shouting insults at Cocolia before running out of ideas.
• Cocolia appeared on the roof, criticized Silval’s late-night performance, and began climbing back toward Kriper Castle.
• Silval called after Cocolia and lost her footing while raising her guitar, tumbling off the roof.
• Cocolia turned back, used an ice spear to catch Silval against the wall, then caught her in her arms when her pajamas tore.

The squad leaders welcomed Silval’s visit to the Restricted Zone and questioned why Commander Gepard had stopped her. They left her status in the camp unresolved.

• More than half the squad leaders gathered around the conference table and looked toward their superior officer.
• The squad leaders asked whether Big Sister Silval had left and noted that she often repaired the camp’s machinery.
• The squad leaders said they would have welcomed Silval, even if she had come only for tea or a rock concert.