Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo handled Aili’s request for a way to cheer her up by sending her a self-destructing crossdressing photo, then teased her until she left in a fury. Back home, he heard Danzhu’s request to buy three expensive figures and considered how he could afford them.

• Aili followed Chen Luo into the kitchen, asked about his life at Fire Moth, and requested that he cheer her up.
• Chen Luo sent Aili an edited crossdressing photo that vanished after she saved it, then called her Auntie Aili until she stormed off.
• Chen Luo set four Soulium spider puppets to guard his home and returned to the bar.
• Danzhu asked Chen Luo to buy her figures, but he explained that his parents had frozen his travel funds.
• Danzhu said the three figures would cost twelve thousand, and Chen Luo began considering ways to raise the money.

Chen Luo bought Danzhu several Honkai Impact 3rd figurines and brought her and Cangxuan to St. Freya Academy to arrange jobs. He also recruited Ji Lin and Corrupted Ji Lin, but Corrupted Ji Lin chose to enroll as a transfer student instead of becoming a teacher.

• Danzhu revealed that she had watched Honkai Impact 3rd and persuaded Chen Luo to buy her Cangxuan, Immortal Crimson Kite, and Danzhu figurines.
• After paying for the figurines, Chen Luo told Danzhu and Cangxuan they would go to St. Freya Academy to find work, and Danzhu reminded him that Cangxuan did not know about Honkai Impact 3rd.
• Chen Luo brought Danzhu and Cangxuan to Theresa's office, where he argued that the academy should take in the two scholars and Ji Lin and Corrupted Ji Lin as teachers.
• Chen Luo found Corrupted Ji Lin riding Chi You in the Puppet Collection Vault and offered to take her to St. Freya Academy, where she could meet Fu Hua and find materials for her horse.
• Corrupted Ji Lin agreed to go to St. Freya Academy, but she and Ji Lin decided they had little to offer beyond their martial skills, so Corrupted Ji Lin became a transfer student.

Corrupted Ji Lin learned enough biology through Chen Luo’s Collective Network to become a teacher at St. Freya Academy, whose staff and students included an astonishing number of powerful figures. Chen Luo then took Su Yuan to spar with two other S-rank Talent Users, leaving Yun Xia curious about the differences between S-rank and SS-rank abilities.

• Corrupted Ji Lin explained that she had downloaded biology knowledge from the Collective Network, and Chen Luo said she could teach despite the cost draining the Honkai energy from her body.
• Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu joined St. Freya Academy’s laboratory, Ji Lin became Fu Hua’s classmate, and Corrupted Ji Lin became the biology teacher among the academy’s unusual staff.
• Chen Luo complained that St. Freya Academy was a Far East Demon Cave, and Theresa blamed him for bringing so many strange people there before being distracted by spilled bitter melon juice.
• Chen Luo told Su Yuan he would take her to spar with two S-rank Talent Users, while Yun Xia lamented that she had not had more time to grow close to Su Yuan.
• Chen Luo said he had arranged for Su Yuan to meet Liu Wenxuan and Yun Lian'er at the hospital, and Yun Xia looked forward to their reaction when they learned Su Yuan was an SS-rank Talent Holder.
• Su Yuan asked how SS-rank Talent Holders differed from S-rank Talent Users, and Chen Luo reminded her not to ask about or reveal anyone’s Talent.

Chen Luo revealed the abilities of his SS-rank Talent, Domination, to his companions and explained how his puppets could share powers and revive. At Yun Lian’er's hospital room, he also disclosed that his Vision was an immortal artifact, while Liu Wenxuan noticed the Void Archive had an even stranger, unreadable grade.

• Chen Luo demonstrated his Domination ability on Yun Xia and explained that his Talent could control, revive, and share abilities among an unlimited number of puppets.
• Yun Xia warned that Chen Luo's growing power could attract ancient threats, while Chen Luo acknowledged that powerful beings might emerge from their sealed places or other planes.
• Chen Luo gathered the others in Yun Lian’er's hospital room, had them sign contracts, and revealed that he was an SS-rank Talent Holder.
• Liu Wenxuan recognized Chen Luo's Vision as an immortal artifact and explained the Abyss Plane's item grading system.
• Chen Luo described the Vision's elemental recording and cultivation abilities, then lent Su Yuan a Vision form of the Void Archive.
• Liu Wenxuan found that the Void Archive appeared white rather than red to his blacksmith's vision, and Chen Luo dismissed it as an item from another world.

Chen Luo explained his bar and Different Worlds to Liu Wenxuan and the others, then used the Friendship Revolver to make Yun Xia laugh uncontrollably after they misread what had happened inside the bar. He gave Liu Wenxuan five million Mora in a temporary storage ring and defended his reliance on support abilities by pointing to his escape skills and allies.

• Chen Luo revealed that his SS-rank Talent, Domination, let him open a bar connected to Different Worlds, but he hurried inside after hearing someone there recount an embarrassing story about him.
• Chen Luo returned from the bar, leaving its visitors exhausted, and his companions suspected he had done something improper until Sister Meng confirmed he was unharmed.
• Chen Luo shot Yun Xia with the Friendship Revolver, which made her laugh uncontrollably for ten minutes, and asked Liu Wenxuan to time the effect.
• Chen Luo offered Yun Lian'er Mora in exchange for real-world money, then gave Liu Wenxuan five million Mora in a temporary storage ring after receiving a commission.
• Su Yuan asked whether Chen Luo's support-focused abilities left him vulnerable in Different Worlds, and Chen Luo cited his ability to escape, call allies, and rely on the Herrscher of Knowledge as a bodyguard.

Chen Luo brought Su Yuan to the War Domain so she could spar with Yun Lian'er and Liu Wenxuan, while the group discussed their abilities and Chen Luo's past battle with Yvette. Su Yuan and Yun Lian'er fought cautiously and reached no satisfying conclusion, so Liu Wenxuan took the field with his life-consuming fighting style.

• Liu Wenxuan offered to forge items for Chen Luo, while Yun Lian'er and Yun Xia competed to ask him for more Mora and Yun Xia offered to lend him her cards.
• Chen Luo introduced Su Yuan as his cousin, an S-rank Sword Immortal, and invited Yun Lian'er and Liu Wenxuan to test swords with her in the War Domain.
• Liu Wenxuan recognized the ruined Gu Yun Pavilion and asked Chen Luo about killing Yvette and using Heavenly Fire Judgment; Chen Luo explained that he had fought Kevin and judged Liu Wenxuan could not beat Kevin at full strength.
• Su Yuan and Yun Lian'er sparred, but both held back because Yun Lian'er had limited prepared spells and Su Yuan's sword techniques were lethal.
• Yun Lian'er explained Liu Wenxuan's courage Talent and vitality-powered blood-red attacks, then Liu Wenxuan fought Su Yuan by enduring a sword aura and counterattacking despite his mangled arm.

Chen Luo discovered that a marked resident of Dusk Street had died, then set up a difficult game in his bar to encourage visitors to make wishes. After Kato Megumi failed the challenge and broke a keyboard, Chen Luo accepted her wish to raise her ability level, creating a new commission.

• Chen Luo traced an unfamiliar soul in his Puppet Collection Vault to a Dusk Street resident who had received one of his Puppet Marks at the amusement park.
• Chen Luo greeted Kato Megumi and explained that he had installed Antinomy of Common Flowers on a computer, offering to grant a wish to players who cleared the game or showed enough persistence.
• Kato Megumi said she wanted to raise her ability level, but Chen Luo delayed accepting her commission so he could see whether playing the game would increase its reward.
• Kato Megumi apologized for breaking the keyboard, and Chen Luo replaced it with a duplicate before agreeing to grant her wish because of her persistence.
• Chen Luo accepted a new commission to raise Kato Megumi's LV3 Electromagnetic Control ability by one level for 350 Primogems and 15 Kato Megumi Affection.

Chen Luo gave Kato Megumi an LV4 Superpower Crystal and accepted Yakumo Yukari’s request to repair the Hakurei Great Barrier. After planning a trip to Gensokyo, he beat a difficult game with his puppeteer skills and let the Herrscher of Knowledge make a wish, though she did not know what to wish for.

• Chen Luo gave Kato Megumi an LV4 Superpower Crystal, then accepted Yakumo Yukari’s commission to repair the Hakurei Great Barrier.
• Yakumo Yukari invited Chen Luo to Gensokyo the next day after she and Kaguya Houraisan smashed five keyboards trying to clear a game.
• Kaguya Houraisan challenged Chen Luo to the game, but he controlled a Thousand-Man Herrscher puppet with threads and cleared the stage.
• Chen Luo declared that he would slack off, but the Herrscher of Knowledge used her consciousness-altering ability to claim the right to make a wish.
• The Herrscher of Knowledge received the chance to make a wish from Chen Luo, then admitted that she did not know what to wish for.

Chen Luo received a second batch of hacked Sky Floating Lines from Aleister and considered using them to monitor Star River City. He then asked Mobius about Dusk Street, planning to distribute Puppet Marks there and explaining why Pardo’s extraordinary luck had made her a Flame-Chaser.

• Misaka Mikoto delivered Chen Luo a package that contained capsules holding the second batch of Sky Floating Lines Aleister had discarded after Chen Luo hacked them.
• Chen Luo told the Herrscher of Knowledge that he could use the Sky Floating Lines to monitor Star River City or keep them as collectibles.
• Chen Luo asked Mobius about Dusk Street while she performed fusion surgery, and she accidentally caused the volunteer to die repeatedly after he distracted her.
• Chen Luo said he planned to spread Puppet Marks in Dusk Street because it was connected to Chijie, Aponia, and Pardo, and he wanted to save more people from the Previous Era’s destruction.
• Mobius asked why Chen Luo had hired Pardo, and he explained that her supernatural luck helped her survive fusion surgery and repeatedly steer clear of danger.

Chen Luo discussed Dusk Street and Vill-V with Mobius, then performed three fusion surgeries before offering to suppress Kevin’s Honkai Beast Factor. He and Kevin visited Mei’s laboratory, where Vill-V was discussing the Seventh Divine Key and Mei agreed to let Chen Luo help Kevin.

• Mobius told Chen Luo that Vill-V had worked as a Wandering Magus in Dusk Street, and warned him not to break her.
• Chen Luo completed three fusion surgeries; one patient became a Flame-Chaser, and Kevin kept watch outside the operating room.
• Chen Luo offered to suppress Kevin’s active Honkai Beast Factor for half a minute, and Kevin accepted.
• Chen Luo and Kevin found Mei studying the Herrscher of Flame core with Vill-V, who wanted to design the Seventh Divine Key.
• Mei said she planned to give Kevin the Divine Key made from the core, then welcomed Chen Luo’s offer to suppress Kevin’s ice constitution.

Chen Luo helped Kevin suppress his Ice Pig constitution, giving Kevin and Mei a brief chance to embrace, then earned a commission reward by watching Vill-V perform a magic trick. As Chen Luo and Kevin returned to the Mei Biu Si Laboratory, Chen Luo worried that his assurances about surviving failed fusion surgery might mislead volunteers, while Kevin pointed out that Fire Moth had only been promised an roughly eighty percent survival chance.

• Chen Luo suppressed Kevin's Ice Pig constitution while pretending to be a novice, allowing Kevin and Mei to share a brief embrace.
• Vill-V offered Chen Luo a magic performance, and after their banter nearly derailed it, she produced a bouquet of flowers and completed his commission.
• Chen Luo and Kevin left Mei's laboratory, with Kevin heading to training and Chen Luo returning to the Mei Biu Si Laboratory.
• Chen Luo questioned whether his assurances about failed surgery had caused a volunteer to trust him too much, and Kevin clarified that the stated survival rate was around eighty percent.

Chen Luo gave Mobius a magically preserved rose, prompting Dan Zhu to tease them and Mobius to corner him over what he meant by calling it a return gift. Mobius accepted the rose and told him not to spend so much on another one, leaving Chen Luo unsure whether she liked it.

• Chen Luo worried about how to treat his puppets and chose to let them live their own lives rather than regard them merely as tools.
• Chen Luo offered Mobius a rose, while Dan Zhu and Cang Xuan watched and Dan Zhu immediately earned more punishment writing by meddling.
• Chen Luo explained that Mobius had shown him great kindness, then revealed that he had spent thirty Honkai Crystals to make the rose last forever.
• Mobius pressed Chen Luo against a wall and questioned whether he thought their relationship had only reached a certain level.
• Mobius accepted the rose and warned Chen Luo not to waste so many Honkai Crystals on such things again.

Chen Luo received the Ice Archon's Gnosis and prepared to visit Gensokyo with his fox, Little Eight, hoping to find help for her cultivation. Yakumo Yukari took him through a door into Gensokyo, where Chen Luo immediately recoiled at the unfamiliar place.

• Chen Luo opened Kevin's gift and found the Ice Archon's Gnosis, then wondered about collecting the other Archons' Gnoses.
• Chen Luo decided to bring Little Eight to Gensokyo to seek advice from powerful foxes about helping her take human form.
• Yakumo Yukari arrived at the bar, and Chen Luo said he wanted to meet Patchouli Knowledge to help his friend Yun Lian'er develop her abilities.
• Chen Luo and Yakumo Yukari left through a door to Gensokyo, and Chen Luo shuddered as soon as he stepped outside.

Chen Luo accompanied Yakumo Yukari through the outside world toward Moriya Shrine, where she planned to introduce him to two weakened gods. After Moriya Sanae noticed their arrival, Chen Luo’s unusual lack of shoes drew attention when his disguise failed to fool her.

• Yakumo Yukari brought Chen Luo to the outside world and said they would visit Moriya Shrine to meet old friends.
• On the bus, Chen Luo discussed Gensokyo’s barriers and learned that the two gods at the shrine had grown weak from a lack of faith.
• Yakumo Yukari tried to punch Chen Luo, but her fist passed through him because he was floating in another dimension.
• Moriya Sanae returned to the shrine and found Chen Luo and Yakumo Yukari in the inner room.
• Sanae pointed out that Chen Luo was not wearing shoes, and Chen Luo explained that his Mystic Code concealed his bare feet through cognitive weakening.

Chen Luo brought the Anemo Archon's Gnosis to Yasaka Kanako and Suwako Moriya, who wanted its Faith Power to restore their strength. He agreed to sell them 1% under contract and used Moriya Sanae's laptop to connect to the local network, leaving the gods to inspect the Gnosis while he slipped back into Void Stealth.

• Yasaka Kanako asked to buy the Gnosis, but Chen Luo refused to part with the chess piece and offered to sell its Faith Power instead.
• Yasaka Kanako and Suwako Moriya each received a commission to buy 1% of the Faith Power, and Chen Luo agreed to the sale.
• Yakumo Yukari questioned why the Gnosis had more Faith Power than the copies Chen Luo used in drinks, and Chen Luo explained that he had only used replicas before.
• Chen Luo drafted a contract requiring the gods to take only 1% of the Faith Power, and Yasaka Kanako and Suwako Moriya examined it before signing.
• Chen Luo borrowed a laptop from Moriya Sanae, connected his Void Archive to the local network, and handed the Gnosis to the two gods.
• Chen Luo returned to Void Stealth as Yakumo Yukari pinched his thigh.

After Yasaka Kanako and Suwako Moriya paid Chen Luo for the Faith Power taken from Venti's Gnosis, Yakumo Yukari revealed that Chen Luo already possessed Faith Power from his own fanatical believers. Chen Luo recognized that his puppets were the source but remained wary of relying on faith or becoming a god.

• Yasaka Kanako stopped drawing Faith Power from the Gnosis when it reached one percent, completing Chen Luo's mission and earning him 1,600 Primogems, a random reward, and Lake Authority.
• Yasaka Kanako offered divine power or divine tokens as compensation, but Chen Luo rejected both suggestions.
• Yakumo Yukari proposed that Yasaka Kanako and Suwako Moriya move to Gensokyo and repay Chen Luo with Faith Power, then revealed that Chen Luo himself possessed a large reserve of it.
• Yasaka Kanako explained that Chen Luo's Faith Power came from fanatical believers and was exceptionally pure.
• Chen Luo realized that his puppets were the believers behind his Faith Power but said he did not know how to use it and did not want to become a god through faith.

Chen Luo learned about Faith Power’s uses and the ways to gain access to it, then revealed he possessed the Sea God Authority. Yakumo Yukari urged him to make Yasaka Kanako and Suwako Moriya repay their debt with faith, but Chen Luo suggested he had another plan.

• Yasaka Kanako argued that Faith Power could create life, grant immortality, and resurrect the dead, while Chen Luo demonstrated his own abilities by transforming and reviving a laptop robot.
• Suwako Moriya explained that Faith Power could boost attacks, and Kanako described three ways Chen Luo might learn to use it.
• Kanako offered hunting a high-level god and taking their divine office as another method, prompting Chen Luo to reveal his Sea God Authority to the gathered gods.
• Yakumo Yukari secretly warned Chen Luo that Kanako and Suwako had little to repay him with besides faith and would never sell themselves.
• Chen Luo challenged Yakumo Yukari for underestimating him, leaving his plan unclear.

Chen Luo persuaded Yasaka Kanako and Suwako to consider moving the Moriya Shrine to Gensokyo so they could gather faith and repay their debt. He then rewarded Moriya Sanae for helping him by showing her a mecha, leaving her thrilled at the sight of it.

• Chen Luo revealed his dimensional-travel ability and negotiated with Yakumo Yukari for a reward, then asked Yasaka Kanako for faith as repayment.
• Chen Luo proposed that Yasaka Kanako and Suwako move the Moriya Shrine to Gensokyo, and the two gods weighed the idea while considering Moriya Sanae's future.
• Chen Luo finished copying data from Moriya Sanae's computer and returned her laptop, then offered her a mecha as thanks for her help.
• Chen Luo used Yakumo Yukari's fan and passed through a wall to reach the courtyard, where Moriya Sanae followed with Yasaka Kanako and Suwako.
• Moriya Sanae excitedly touched the Anti-Entropy mecha after Chen Luo revealed it.

Chen Luo gave Moriya Sanae an Anti-Entropy mech and described Gensokyo as a refuge for beings with mysterious powers, prompting her to consider moving there with Kanako and Suwako. Sanae remained conflicted, but Kanako concluded that her heart was already leaning toward Gensokyo.

• Chen Luo gave Moriya Sanae an Anti-Entropy mech, showed her how to command it, and handed her a piloting guide.
• Chen Luo told Moriya Sanae that Gensokyo could provide faith for Kanako and Suwako and a place where Sanae’s unusual nature would be accepted.
• Chen Luo explained that Gensokyo lacked modern conveniences and had dangerous yokai, but said Sanae would belong among its gods and other mysterious beings.
• Chen Luo warned Moriya Sanae that going to Gensokyo might mean she could not return, leaving her uncertain about the choice.
• Kanako told Suwako they should speed up their relocation plans, believing that Sanae’s feelings already favored Gensokyo.

Chen Luo tricked Yakumo Yukari into agreeing that Yakumo Ran would teach Little Eight to take human form, then brought the fox to Ran for guidance. Ran judged Little Eight’s chances of transforming to be high and gave Chen Luo eight transformation methods, though the fox’s progress remained uncertain because she came from another world.

• Yakumo Yukari negotiated with Kanako and Suwako, then abandoned Chen Luo in the shrine after offering to take him to Gensokyo only if he accepted her terms.
• Chen Luo used a gun that forced Yakumo Yukari to laugh uncontrollably, then escaped to her home while she was unable to use her spatial abilities.
• Chen Luo gave Yakumo Ran fried tofu and reminded her that Yakumo Yukari had agreed to have Ran teach Little Eight how to take human form.
• Ran assessed Little Eight’s intelligence and spiritual power, said her chances of transforming were high, and cautioned that methods from their world might not suit her.
• Chen Luo gave Little Eight a spirit stone to wear, and Ran provided eight mainstream transformation methods and praised the fox’s appearance and recovery.