Chapter Summaries

Chen Luo befriended Pardo Felice on Dusk Street, gave her supplies and a gun, then destroyed a Mad Dog Gang stall before returning safely to Fire Moth. Mei questioned him about the gun and made him agree to perform surgeries on at least four patients the next day.

• Chen Luo gave Pardo Felice the recovered reagent, food, credits, a handgun, and a communicator, and the two became friends.
• Chen Luo left Dusk Street with Hua, believing Pardo would be safer with a blessed necklace and deciding she was not suited to join Fire Moth yet.
• Chen Luo returned to Dusk Street’s entrance and used energy machine guns and a bomb to destroy the stall, terrifying the middle-aged woman and the burly man.
• Mei and Kevin discussed monitoring Chen Luo and agreed that Sakura should protect him on his return journey.
• After Chen Luo returned to Fire Moth, Mei asked about the gun; Chen Luo admitted he had given it to a friend, and Mei ordered him to perform surgeries on at least four patients the next day.

Chen Luo gave Herrscher of Knowledge the Gate of Babylon, explaining that its power would grow as it accumulated wealth. He also discussed her new ability to benefit from others’ emotions and how difficult it would be for her to reach SS rank.

• Chen Luo asked Vill-V for a discreet, portable scale, then used it to weigh Aili and teased her about her weight; Aili beat him up for it.
• Herrscher of Knowledge admitted her Nightmare Seed let her gain strength by sensing intense emotions, and Chen Luo explained that stronger people’s outbursts benefited her more.
• Chen Luo asked when Herrscher of Knowledge might reach SS rank, and she said ordinary breakthroughs would take time.
• Chen Luo gave Herrscher of Knowledge the Gate of Babylon, first offering a sentimental explanation and then admitting it was useless to him.
• Chen Luo explained that the five-star Gate of Babylon was empty, but its weapons and its sword would grow stronger as it collected wealth.

Chen Luo used the Gate of Babylon to give the Herrscher of Knowledge access to its supplies, then traveled to the immortal realm as the River God. After testing his powers on Zhou Yun'an, he learned about the realm’s connection to the lower world and acquired a high-tech phone watch.

• Chen Luo explained the Gate of Babylon’s retrieval, repair, and storage functions, and gave the Herrscher of Knowledge secondary ownership.
• Chen Luo disguised himself and appeared in the Heavenly River after Zhou Yun'an lost his Flying Sword in its Weak Water.
• When Zhou Yun'an claimed all three offered swords, Chen Luo sealed his spiritual energy and beat him before returning his sword and a stronger silver copy.
• Chen Luo questioned Zhou Yun'an about the immortal realm and learned that its inhabitants had brought technology up from the lower realm.
• Chen Luo tossed Zhou Yun'an’s phone watch into the river, replicated three watches, returned the original, and kept the golden one.

Chen Luo and Herrscher of Knowledge explored the Immortal Realm after Chen Luo outwitted Zhou Yun'an and took most of his belongings. They discovered that the realm was surprisingly modern and costly, and the chapter ended with Chen Luo reluctantly flying above a fragile Xuanyuan Sword while Herrscher of Knowledge sampled the local food.

• Chen Luo refused to sell Zhou Yun'an his upgraded watch, took most of the contents of his storage rings, and gave him a silver watch before letting him escape with a Thousand Mile Divine Movement Talisman.
• Chen Luo gave Herrscher of Knowledge a golden Little Immortal Phone Watch and explained that she should keep a low profile because she lacked an official identity in the Immortal Realm.
• Chen Luo equipped Herrscher of Knowledge with a masked disguise and the Xuanyuan Sword, then took her to explore the Immortal Realm while awaiting an Immortal Realm Conference.
• Chen Luo and Herrscher of Knowledge found a modernized Immortal Realm where cultivators rode Flying Swords, built houses with spells, and paid high prices in spirit stones.
• Chen Luo broke the fragile Xuanyuan Sword when he tried to ride it, then flew using his own ability with the sword hovering beneath his feet while Herrscher of Knowledge ate a Spirit Rice ball.

Chen Luo attended the Immortal Realm Conference, where the Xuanyuan Sword automatically attacked gods who tried to divine his identity. The Heavenly Emperor arranged Faith Power compensation for Chen Luo, and the conference resumed with the injured gods arguing over who had avoided the sword.

• Chen Luo bought Spirit Rice and other goods in the Upper Realm before traveling to the Immortal Realm Conference through Faith Power.
• Chen Luo explained that he had become a River God through his Talent User ability and had appeared in the Heavenly River's Weak Water.
• The Xuanyuan Sword attacked gods who tried to divine Chen Luo, knocking many out of the conference and injuring the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion master when he touched Chen Luo.
• The Heavenly Emperor explained that the sword had struck the diviners' true bodies and promised to collect compensation for Chen Luo.
• Chen Luo requested Faith Power as compensation, and the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion master agreed to collect it from the injured gods.
• The gods returned to the conference and argued after one accused another of lying about his divination abilities.

Chen Luo met the immortals in the Immortal Realm Conference, where they discussed his duties, the Heavenly Prison, and how he might receive Faith Power. The Heavenly Emperor explained that traveling between worlds could eventually help Chen Luo advance to an SSS-rank Talent, then asked him to assist the lower realm in the contest for Abyss Channels.

• The Heavenly Emperor welcomed Chen Luo, and the gods discussed Jin Yang's Heavenly Prison, which had discouraged Talent Users from using Canghai City's Abyss Channel.
• Jin Yang agreed to give Chen Luo the seal controlling the Heavenly Prison so he could move it away from the channel, and warned him not to use Faith Power to strengthen himself.
• Xuan Ming Shi introduced himself as a disciple of Fuxi and offered to take Chen Luo as his disciple, but Chen Luo declined because he was not pursuing divination.
• The Heavenly Emperor offered Chen Luo Faith Power and explained that exploring other worlds might give him a path from SS-rank to SSS-rank Talent.
• The Heavenly Emperor described the agreement dividing Abyss Channels between the planes and asked Chen Luo to help the lower realm compete for the contested share.

Chen Luo agreed to deliver supplies and cultivation manuals from the Immortal Realm to the mortal world, and received a seal that gave him authority over the Heavenly Prison. After returning home, he and Herrscher of Knowledge discussed the Heavenly Emperor’s questions and the looming competition between the main plane and the Abyss Plane.

• The Heavenly Emperor explained that the Heavenly Dao opposed the immortals entering the fray but allowed them to aid the lower realm, and Chen Luo agreed to deliver supplies for the Immortal Realm’s deities.
• Chen Luo arranged for the three great sword sects to provide more manuals for Su Yuan and asked Shu Mountain’s leader to tell her master to stop investigating his identity.
• True Lord Jin Yang gave Chen Luo the seal and instructions for controlling the Heavenly Prison, while Shu Mountain’s leader handed him a letter and jade slip for Su Yuan’s master.
• Old Man of Heavenly Mystery arranged to gather the remaining deliveries and Chen Luo’s compensation within three days, and Chen Luo left after sensing an offering tossed into a river.
• Back home, Chen Luo told Herrscher of Knowledge that he had delayed moving the Heavenly Prison to maintain appearances, then wondered about the Heavenly Emperor’s interest in the River of Time.
• Chen Luo and Little Senti discussed the Abyss Plane, and Chen Luo compared its conflict with the main plane to the struggle between Gaia and Alaya.

Chen Luo discussed the struggle between the main plane and the Abyss Plane, then arranged for Su Yuan and Yun Xia to enter Xinghai City's Abyss Channel and place a Teleport Anchor. He planned to use the channel to explain Yvette's return to the main world, leaving the group preparing to explore its strange, assembled world.

• Chen Luo explained that the main plane and Abyss Plane needed to contest control of the Abyss Channel without fighting a ruinous war.
• Su Yuan told Chen Luo that Ye Yunshang had complained about the letter and jade slip, especially the Shushan Ancestor's Classical Chinese insults.
• Chen Luo asked Su Yuan to enter the Abyss Channel beneath Xinghai City's Heavenly Prison and place a Teleport Anchor.
• Chen Luo proposed sending Yvette into the channel and claiming she had been swept there through a spatial-temporal rift and survived with help from angels of other planes.
• Yun Lian'er said Su Yuan should bring Yun Xia and explained that entrants usually traveled in pairs because the Heavenly Prison could trap everyone.
• Patchouli asked what the Abyss Channel contained, and Yun Lian'er described a world pieced together from remnants of many planes.

Yun Lian'er explained how Abyss Channels worked and described the risks and rewards of exploring them, while Chen Luo considered sending bar guests into them in the future. Kiana asked Chen Luo to take her to St. Freya Academy’s festival, and Theresa panicked when he threatened to give Kiana money from her secret stash.

• Yun Lian'er explained Abyss Channel treasures, special items, merchants, bosses, and the need to rest after major explorations.
• Chen Luo considered recruiting bar guests to explore Abyss Channels during a future conflict between the planes, but decided the timing was not right.
• Theresa arrived at the bar and confronted Kiana for failing math; Chen Luo teased Kiana about her grades before offering her a reward for improving.
• Kiana asked Chen Luo to take her to the St. Freya Academy festival, and he agreed; Mei arrived as Kiana shared the news.
• Chen Luo said he would transfer money from Theresa’s secret stash to Kiana, prompting Theresa to threaten him before fleeing when he appeared to consider erasing her memory.

Chen Luo revealed that he had Cheng Lixue’s soul and could revive her, prompting Fu Hua to ask him to do so. He took Fu Hua and the others upstairs to begin the revival.

• Fu Hua visited the bar and practiced acting by pretending to be jealous when Chen Luo asked to borrow money for Kiana.
• Fu Hua explained that the Second Honkai stage play would help promote cooperation between Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, and the group discussed its cast, including Kiana as Belenaus and the Armed Puppet as Cheng Lixue.
• Chen Luo revealed that Cheng Lixue’s soul had been collected through a contract with Otto from five hundred years ago and uploaded to the Collective Network.
• Fu Hua urgently asked Chen Luo to revive Cheng Lixue, while Chen Luo and the Herrscher of Knowledge argued over why the revival had been delayed.
• Chen Luo headed upstairs with Fu Hua and the others to revive Cheng Lixue.

Chen Luo revived Cheng Lixue, reuniting her with Fu Hua and helping her inner demon fade. Cheng Lixue chose a divine weapon as her gift, and Chen Luo planned to obtain a Key of Domination for her.

• A statue’s golden light gathered into Cheng Lixue, who charged at Sirin before stopping when Fu Hua called to her.
• Cheng Lixue reunited with Fu Hua, and Herrscher of Knowledge teased Fu Hua about leaving her disciple without explanation.
• Cheng Lixue said she trusted Fu Hua’s reasons for leaving, and her long-held inner demon began to disperse.
• Fu Hua explained that Sirin had taken Cheng Lixue’s life and asked Chen Luo what price he would offer to resolve the matter.
• Chen Luo offered Cheng Lixue Herrscher powers, a divine weapon, or improved Tai Xu Sword Qi, and she chose a divine weapon.
• Chen Luo planned for Fu Hua or Herrscher of Knowledge to retrieve a Key of Domination so Cheng Lixue could turn its gold form back into Ruoshui.

Chen Luo welcomed Cheng Lixue into his puppet collection and discussed where she would stay, while joking with Theresa about taking authority at St. Freya Academy. After explaining his healing statue and advising Kiana on becoming stronger, he left Kiana needing to master her Herrscher powers and Tai Xu Sword Qi before he could safely help her.

• Chen Luo proposed taking Cheng Lixue to his world and the Abyss Channel, but agreed she should first spend time at St. Freya Academy and stay in the Puppet Collection Vault that night.
• Theresa tried to ban Chen Luo from St. Freya Academy's celebration, but he jokingly asked Otto to make him superintendent before settling for a role as celebration inspector.
• Chen Luo explained that his River God statue healed nearby people, collected faith, and made it easier for his puppets to resurrect; Venti teased him about copying a Divine Statue and then fled to avoid paying for alcohol.
• Kiana asked Chen Luo to help her become Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie, and he suggested she could instead aim to become its strongest Herrscher.
• Chen Luo refused to strengthen Kiana until she had better control of the Herrscher of Void's power and had mastered Tai Xu Sword Qi enough to control her Herrscher Core.

Chen Luo explained why Kiana needed to master Tai Xu Sword Qi to control her Herrscher Authority, while the Herrscher of Knowledge reluctantly agreed to teach Kiana, Bronya, and Raiden Mei in their dreams. He discussed finding Seele through Su, then Merlin arrived to ask Chen Luo about traveling to another world on behalf of the Second Magician.

• Chen Luo told Kiana that evolving her Herrscher Core would not help unless she gained control of its Authority, and warned her that downloading Tai Xu Sword Qi through his Collective Network could turn her soul into a puppet.
• Chen Luo suggested that the Herrscher of Knowledge teach Kiana Tai Xu Sword Qi through her Nightmare abilities, and Kiana chased after her to ask for lessons.
• Bronya asked Chen Luo when he would rescue Seele, and he said he could use Quantum Stigmata to reverse her quantum state if they could find her.
• Chen Luo proposed asking Su for help locating Seele, explaining that Su was still alive and observing other worlds, while Fu Hua and Bronya agreed that he was trustworthy.
• Merlin entered Chen Luo's bar and asked whether he knew of any suitable worlds to visit for the Second Magician.

Merlin asked Chen Luo to take Zelretch to a different world in exchange for help finding a Holy Grail War, and Chen Luo agreed if Merlin searched Fuyuki for the boy who would become Shirou Emiya. The next morning, Chen Luo was woken for Sirin’s celebration and urged Morgan to consider Soul Materialization so she could remain with him longer; she asked for two days to decide.

• Merlin explained that Zelretch would help find a Holy Grail War if Chen Luo took him to a different world, and Chen Luo accepted the commission.
• Chen Luo asked Merlin to find the young Shirou Emiya in Fuyuki so Chen Luo could study his magic circuits and Origin, and Merlin agreed.
• Little Sirin woke Chen Luo for her stage-play celebration, while the Book of Cang Xuan also stirred beside him.
• Chen Luo came downstairs, found Bavanshee watching Morgan study online lessons, and called Morgan and her daughter to breakfast.
• Chen Luo urged Morgan to consider Soul Materialization to extend her time outside the bar, and Morgan asked for two days to decide.

Chen Luo invited Morgan, Bavanshee, and others to attend the St. Freya Academy festival, then tried to help the exhausted Mobius get more sleep by stopping time. The time stop ended when Mobius moved, leaving her confused by the clock and Chen Luo drained.

• Chen Luo explained the festival plans and its food stalls, contracts, and schedule, and Morgan agreed to go with Bavanshee.
• Chen Luo discussed the festival and Sirin's afternoon stage play before Hua brought him breakfast and he asked to give Mobius's portion to her.
• Chen Luo entered Mobius's bedroom with breakfast, and Mobius pulled him onto the bed to use his arm as a pillow.
• Mobius asked Chen Luo to use the Herrscher of Knowledge's power to put her into deep sleep, and Chen Luo stopped time to extend her rest.
• Mobius's movement exhausted Chen Luo's magical energy and ended the time stop, and she wondered why the clock still showed 7:20.

Chen Luo and Mobius discussed her sleep and the risks of fusion surgery before finishing four surgeries early. After Aili punished Chen Luo for teasing her, he escaped to the bar, where Sirin had been waiting for him.

• Chen Luo told Mobius he had kept time frozen while she slept, and she teased him before asking him to keep doing it.
• Mobius suggested Chen Luo kill fusion-surgery volunteers at the start of each procedure and transform them into puppets, but he refused and they discussed ways to identify suitable candidates.
• Chen Luo and Mobius finished four fusion surgeries early, and Mobius asked when he would begin performing them independently.
• Aili attacked Chen Luo with a toy hammer over his joke about her weight, then agreed to let him make her two meals after he apologized.
• Chen Luo tried to have Hua hit Aili with the hammer, fled to Kevin, and later retreated to the bar, where Sirin forgave him for arriving late.

Chen Luo attended St. Freya Academy’s celebration with Little Sirin and the Herrscher of Knowledge, while rumors spread after a classmate mistook their banter for evidence that Fu Hua had a boyfriend. He later encountered Raven and Yakumo Yukari, and the chapter ended when Yakumo Yukari’s new commission required him to gently feed her a sesame ball.

• The Herrscher of Knowledge impersonated Fu Hua while buying takoyaki, and Kallen, Otto, and Yae Sakura greeted Chen Luo during the celebration.
• Raven told Chen Luo that Grey Serpent had hired her to film St. Freya Academy, and her request for Chen Luo to feed her takoyaki made Little Senti protest.
• Lina overheard Little Senti’s outburst, concluded that Fu Hua had a boyfriend, and posted the rumor on the academy intranet, where it quickly topped the trending list.
• Chen Luo and the Herrscher of Knowledge walked through the celebration as guests watched them, while Raven went off to film restricted areas for her commission.
• Chen Luo found Yakumo Yukari stealing snacks with Space Manipulation and learned that Ran and the little fox were eating fried tofu together.
• A new commission appeared, and Chen Luo gently fed Yakumo Yukari a sesame ball.

Chen Luo accompanied Mei around the St. Freya festival after she arranged for Herrscher of Knowledge, Little Sirin, and Yakumo Yukari to leave them alone. As they discussed the stage play and Elysian Realm training, Mei’s classmates posted increasingly scandalous rumors about the pair on the academy intranet.

• Yakumo Yukari teased Chen Luo after he completed her commission, while Herrscher of Knowledge fed him teppanyaki squid and discovered he had given her the extra-spicy wasabi flavor.
• A St. Freya student posted a video suggesting that Chen Luo was two-timing the class president, and an administrator pinned it alongside another rumor about the class president having a boyfriend.
• Chen Luo met Mei at a potato-pancake stall, accepted her commission to accompany her around the festival, and watched her lure Herrscher of Knowledge away by offering her a lighting-technician role.
• Mei sent Little Sirin to the theater with potato pancakes and Yakumo Yukari left on the pretense of searching for her fox, leaving Mei and Chen Luo alone.
• A student posted a rumor titled “A fourth party enters the fray? Raiden Mei's brilliant scheme to rule the world!” after seeing the pinned gossip posts.
• Chen Luo and Mei discussed the stage play and Elysian Realm training, and Chen Luo warned Mei that Mobius could be the greatest danger to newcomers there.

Chen Luo helped Raiden Mei’s Herrscher personality safely attend the festival, and she held his hand before Mei returned and fled in embarrassment. After Chen Luo left with Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu, Yakumo Yukari edited misleading footage of the encounter and posted it on St. Freya Academy’s network.

• Mei explained that Vill-V had helped her and her Herrscher personality learn to coexist, then the Herrscher personality emerged while they were in a secluded area.
• Chen Luo absorbed the Herrscher personality’s leaking Honkai energy, stopped the bomb’s countdown, and suppressed her powers so they could visit the festival safely.
• Herrscher Mei took Chen Luo’s hand and went with him to get a crepe, then returned to Mei’s body when Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu arrived.
• Mei saw what her Herrscher personality had seen, blushed, and ran back toward the theater while Chen Luo joined Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu.
• Yakumo Yukari selected and edited festival footage to make Mei appear to storm off in anger, then posted it prominently on St. Freya Academy’s internal network.

Chen Luo discovered that Cangxuan and Danzhu wanted him to supply Herrscher Cores for their upgraded Valkyrie Armor, then saw a viral series of posts falsely claiming he was five-timing. He tracked the posts to Yakumo Yukari, struck her with a toy hammer, and ordered her to fix the scandal before lunch.

• Cangxuan showed Chen Luo the upgraded Shadow Knight Moonbreaker Armor, which could use up to six weakened Herrscher Cores, and asked him to provide them for Hua.
• Chen Luo offered several kinds of disposable Herrscher Cores, and Cangxuan chose Void, Death, Wind, Ice, Flame, and Restraint.
• Danzhu showed Chen Luo pinned posts accusing him of having multiple girlfriends, and Chen Luo entered her communicator as streams of data to find their source.
• Yakumo Yukari revealed that she had compiled and promoted the posts, so Chen Luo emerged from her communicator and hit her with a toy hammer.
• Chen Luo ordered Yakumo Yukari to resolve the scandal perfectly within an hour, threatening her with endless sleeplessness if she failed.