Chapter Summaries

The Astral Express crew defeated Cocolia, and Bronya decided to protect Belobog’s people by presenting her mother’s death as a sacrifice for the city. With the Stellaron’s influence weakened and the lockdown soon to end, Belobog gained a chance to recover.

• Kiana fought Cocolia’s second phase as “Wildfire” played, and Star Girl’s ultimate thrilled the viewers and the Studio girls.
• After Cocolia’s defeat, the cold wave began to recede and the Fragmentum stopped expanding so violently, though neither vanished completely.
• Bronya took on the role of Great Guardian and chose to conceal Cocolia’s actions by saying she had sacrificed herself to save Belobog.
• Seele agreed to Bronya’s account, and the Astral Express crew accepted the decision.
• The crew returned to the Underworld and told Natasha that the lockdown would soon end, reuniting the Overworld and Underworld.

Kiana continued exploring Belobog as the Trailblazers prepared to leave, then sought out the game's funny dialogue and Easter eggs. She found Ines's rap, a Genshin Impact reference, and other strange interactions, and kept roaming the Overworld in search of more.

• Kiana and Himeko discussed whether Belobog's story had ended, while Kiana and the viewers felt reluctant to leave its characters and scenery behind.
• Kiana returned to the Underworld and found Ines, the NPC known as Eighty-Eight Degrees Mining Depths, then listened to her rap as Stelle joined in.
• Kiana explored Belobog and found that many conversations and interactable objects had mischievous, childish dialogue.
• Kiana spoke to bookseller Feisi, who recommended a fantasy novel about a traveler searching for her relative, prompting viewers to recognize a Genshin Impact reference.
• Kiana continued roaming the Overworld, laughing at the party's wanted posters and running toward a glowing point on a streetlamp to discover another interaction.

Kiana and Himeko laughed over Stelle getting her tongue stuck to a frozen lamp pole, while Mo Li’s friends teased him about writing the scene from experience. After Kafka and Jingliu revealed they planned to invest all their assets in Elysium Everlasting, Kiana finished Belobog’s story and prepared to leave, with Serval staying behind.

• Kiana chose to have Stelle lick a frost-covered lamp pole, and Stelle’s tongue froze to it.
• Himeko explained to Kiana that licking cold outdoor metal could make someone’s tongue stick, and Kiana joined in the laughter.
• Hu Tao and Pardo accused Mo Li of having licked a railing himself, but he said he had seen the idea online.
• Kafka and Jingliu returned from checking their assets and told Mo Li they planned to invest everything in Elysium Everlasting.
• Kiana completed Belobog’s main story and side missions, and Serval chose to stay in Belobog rather than board the train.
• The Trailblazer’s group said farewell to Belobog and prepared to leave.

Kiana watched the Astral Express leave Jarilo-VI and head toward the Xianzhou, where Kafka appeared aboard the train and warned that a Stellaron threatened the Luofu. She left the decision to the crew, who faced a choice about whether to intervene.

• Seele and Bronya made up after arguing as they watched the Astral Express pass overhead.
• The crew returned to the train, and Pam announced that they would depart Jarilo-VI with Fragmentum activity and Star Rail readings back to normal.
• An animated short showed Blade being escorted before Jing Yuan and Yanqing, while Dan Heng dreamed of Blade repeating, “There were five people. Three must pay the price.”
• Kafka appeared as a projection during the train's warp meeting and asked the crew to go to the Luofu, where a Stellaron had erupted.
• Kafka said the Xianzhou blamed the Stellaron Hunters, Blade had been captured, and half the residents could die if the crew did not intervene; she gave them the coordinates and vanished.

Kiana and the Astral Express crew decided to investigate the Stellaron crisis aboard the Xianzhou Luofu after Welt explained the Alliance’s strength and suspected a greater threat. They arrived at the enormous ship and began docking, leaving Dan Heng’s connection to the Luofu unexplained and the crew preparing to clarify their mission.

• Welt explained that the Xianzhou Alliance was protected by Lan and powerful enough that a Stellaron alone should not threaten the Luofu, so he suspected the Stellaron Hunters were lying or a greater danger was present.
• Kiana recalled the trailer featuring Huanlong, an Emanator of Destruction, and grew eager to see the Xianzhou story; The Crew voted to go, while Dan Heng revealed that he was forbidden from visiting the Luofu.
• The Astral Express warped to the Xianzhou Luofu, whose immense size stunned March 7th and the others, while Dan Heng reacted with quiet nostalgia.
• The Luofu’s first docking transmission was garbled and eerie, but a later message welcomed the Astral Express and opened the Jade Gate.
• Himeko told Stelle that Welt’s experiences were far more exciting than his claims of making animation, then Welt began outlining the purpose of the trip and Stelle chose to taste the local cuisine.

The Astral Express crew arrived at the Xianzhou Luofu and found its cargo port deserted, with injured Cloud Knights and Mara-Struck soldiers. After helping Tingyun, they learned the Xianzhou was sealed off, and she offered to take them to Master Yukong.

• Welt Yang urged the crew to help the Xianzhou and stay true to the Trailblaze, and Stelle, March 7th, and the livestream viewers cheered.
• Stelle, March 7th, and Welt Yang explored the empty cargo dock, found injured Cloud Knights, and wondered what had attacked them.
• Tingyun and a surviving Cloud Knight were surrounded by Mara-Struck soldiers, so the Astral Express crew fought the attackers and rescued her.
• Tingyun introduced herself as a Ferry Envoy and asked the crew who they were; Stelle called herself the Galaxy Bat Hero before March 7th corrected her.
• After Welt Yang identified the group as the Astral Express, Tingyun explained that Sea of Stars was sealed and offered to take them to Master Yukong for her judgment.

The Astral Express crew reached the Sea of Stars with Tingyun and prepared to report their intentions to Yukong, while the players watched Mo Li and Tingyun’s teasing exchange. Tingyun privately questioned Stelle’s motives, warning that the Xianzhou authorities would suspect the crew of seeking immortality or the Stellaron.

• Tingyun’s sweet “benefactor” routine flustered Mo Li and prompted the others to tease her about sounding like Rita.
• Tingyun guided March 7th and the crew past Mara-Struck Cloud Knights to a ferry, where they fought off monsters before boarding.
• The crew arrived at the peaceful Sea of Stars, and Tingyun introduced the Tianbo Company before heading to Sichen Palace to report to Yukong.
• Welt cautioned the crew that Yukong would question why they came and how they knew about the Stellaron crisis, while March 7th worried they might be treated like they had been in Belobog.
• Tingyun messaged Stelle to ask whether the Astral Express had come only to help, explaining that Xianzhou officials would suspect them of seeking immortality or the Stellaron.

Tingyun brought the Astral Express to Yukong, who suspected them of ties to the Stellaron Hunters after discovering Silver Wolf had opened the Jade Gate for them. Jing Yuan defended the crew and enlisted them to find Kafka, while Welt suspected the general was concealing Blade’s escape; March 7th remembered that their last powerful ally had also failed to prevent trouble.

• Tingyun led the Astral Express to Tianbo Company, where Yukong refused their offer to help with the Stellaron.
• Yukong revealed that Silver Wolf had hacked the Jade Gate system to bring the Astral Express to the Luofu, making the crew look suspicious.
• Jing Yuan appeared by holographic projection, defended the crew, and refused their help with the Stellaron while asking them to find Kafka.
• Jing Yuan granted the crew authority to act on the Luofu and promised Yukong would share intelligence and assign support.
• Welt suspected Blade had escaped and that Jing Yuan was using the crew to draw out Kafka, while March 7th joked about the difference between Jing Yuan and Yukong.
• March 7th recalled that their previous powerful ally on Jarilo-VI had not prevented their troubles.

The Astral Express crew learned that Jing Yuan was using Kafka’s escape as bait while Fu Xuan pressed him to name her successor. Tingyun arranged comfortable lodging for Stelle and March 7th, then revealed a clue to Kafka’s location; the chapter ended with Himeko learning Dan Heng feared his past and Blade would endanger the Crew.

• Fu Xuan questioned Jing Yuan about the Astral Express and demanded that he recommend her as his successor, while Jing Yuan denied deliberately letting the Stellaron Hunters escape.
• Tingyun escorted Stelle and March 7th to the Yichen Inn and explained that Yukong’s caution came from her duty to protect the Xianzhou.
• Welt asked about Kafka’s whereabouts, and Tingyun played an intercepted recording whose background noise led the Artisanship Commission to the Star Orbit Cavern shipbuilding facilities.
• Tingyun told the crew to rest before pursuing Kafka, but Stelle found that her phone had no signal when she tried to message Dan Heng.
• Himeko learned that Dan Heng had grown anxious after seeing Blade because Blade was connected to the past Dan Heng had fled and he feared it would involve the Crew.

Dan Heng boarded the Xianzhou and found Li Sushang and Luocha surrounded by mara-struck Cloud Knights, while Kiana and the livestream viewers tested Sushang’s combat skills and were surprised by her comic attacks. Li Sushang guessed that the game cast her as comic relief and pretended to be angry, hoping Mo Li would change her into a cool Sword Immortal.

• Dan Heng boarded the Xianzhou, found that the network was restricted, and followed fragments of Cloud Knight armor in search of Welt and the others.
• Dan Heng found Li Sushang shielding Luocha from mara-struck Cloud Knight Soldiers and joined the battle.
• Kiana used Sushang’s skill and Ultimate, which featured a sword smack and a giant chicken that dealt only 771 damage.
• The livestream viewers laughed at the contrast between Sushang’s Sword Immortal image and her weak, silly attacks, while Li Sushang felt embarrassed.
• Li Sushang asked Mo Li if she was comic relief, then pretended to be angry in hopes that he would make her a cool Sword Immortal.

Mo Li and the others watched Sushang meet Luocha in the game, while players joked about their chemistry. Kiana advanced the story to the search for Kafka, where Tingyun introduced Diting and Star Orbit Cavern, leaving the group to track Kafka through the Xianzhou's troubled shipyard district.

• Mo Li promised Li Sushang that her future 5-star version would look cooler, and Elysia teased them before steering the conversation back to the livestream.
• Luocha joined Dan Heng and Sushang in battle, revealing himself as a healer, then Sushang offered to escort the two men to safety and admitted she struggled to recognize characters.
• Players and the Studio girls teased Li Sushang about her apparent chemistry with Luocha, prompting her to blush and privately wonder whether being paired with Mo Li would be so bad.
• Kiana continued the story and reached the search for Kafka, where Tingyun borrowed Diting from the Artisanship Commission to track her.
• Tingyun brought The Crew to Star Orbit Cavern, explained its role in building star skiffs and the travel disruption caused by halted production, and told March 7th that businesspeople should hide their emotions.

Tingyun led the Astral Express crew through Kafka’s planted clues until Kafka confronted them and fought back. Fu Xuan then appeared, effortlessly deflected Kafka’s attack, and declared that Kafka was under her jurisdiction, leaving Kiana puzzled by how quickly Kafka was disarmed.

• Tingyun warned March 7th, Stelle, and Welt that she would not help if they encountered Kafka, while the livestream viewers praised Tingyun’s charm.
• Following clues that Kafka had deliberately left behind, the group realized she was leading them through a game of hide-and-seek.
• Kafka appeared with Cloud Knights under her Spirit Whisper, then left them to block the group while she moved ahead.
• The group caught up to Kafka, but she refused to explain herself to the Xianzhou, and a fight began.
• Fu Xuan arrived during the battle and used her divine eye to redirect Kafka’s gunfire before declaring Kafka under her jurisdiction.
• Kiana wondered why Kafka had seemed to surrender so easily, and Himeko told her to pay more attention to the plot.

The Crew explored Chang Le Tian while Fu Xuan prepared to interrogate Kafka, then encountered Bailu and learned that the Medicine King's Secret Teachings had returned. Stelle followed one of the cultists to uncover his offer of immortality, and the chapter ended with the cultists’ bizarre names for the Aeons.

• Fu Xuan took charge of Kafka and planned to interrogate her with the Poor-Viewing Array while The Crew explored Chang Le Tian.
• Welt told Stelle and March 7th that Kafka’s surrender seemed to follow Elio’s script, leaving them to wonder why the Stellaron Hunters had lured them to the Xianzhou.
• The Crew met Bailu, who explained that she was a Vidyadhara physician, and learned about the Vidyadhara and the Medicine King's Secret Teachings.
• A follower of the Medicine King's Secret Teachings named Green Hibiscus lured Stelle to a secluded place and offered her a trial to gain immortality.
• Green Hibiscus called The Hunt the Demon Bow Calamity Bringer, prompting the players to laugh at the cultists’ reversed Aeon titles.

Himeko explained the conflict between the Xianzhou, The Hunt, Yaoshi, and the Followers of Abundance while Kiana continued the story. Star Girl infiltrated the Medicine King's Secret Teachings, but her cover was exposed just after she met its Chang Le Tian leader and received an alleged immortality pill formula.

• Himeko explained that Yaoshi answered prayers indiscriminately, while the Xianzhou hunted the dangerous Followers of Abundance rather than all believers in Abundance.
• Kiana continued the story, and Star Girl began copying five hundred scriptures as Green Hibiscus's test.
• A Cloud Knight Soldier revealed he was undercover, helped Star Girl finish the copies, and faked his death so she could gain Green Hibiscus's trust.
• Green Hibiscus arranged for Star Girl to meet the person in charge of the Medicine King's Secret Teachings in Chang Le Tian, while the Cloud Knight Soldier returned to Shen Ce House to report.
• The Chang Le Tian leader gave Star Girl a formula he claimed could grant immortality, but her undercover identity was exposed and a fight broke out.

Star Girl and her companions met Qingque, the Divination Commission’s assigned guide, who was busy playing mahjong. As Qingque led them toward the commission, they found its entrances locked, but Welt opened the side gate, earning Qingque’s playful title of Xiaoyao Gate sect leader.

• Star Girl had Dan Shu appraise the prescription and reunited with March 7th before receiving a message from Qingque.
• Star Girl, March 7th, and Welt found Qingque playing tiles, and Qingque finished her winning hand before agreeing to guide them.
• Qingque led the group toward the Divination Commission and warned them to follow its rules around the Grand Diviner.
• The group found the commission’s main gate locked, so Qingque took them to the Xiaoyao Gate, which was locked as well.
• Welt fixed the side gate’s mechanism, and Qingque declared him the new Xiaoyao Gate sect leader.

Fu Xuan asked the Astral Express crew to help restart the Poor-Viewing Array and eliminate the Stellaron’s evil. After Qingque restored the array, Kafka teased Fu Xuan about interrogating her and offered to let her take the president’s seat.

• Fu Xuan asked Stelle, March 7th, and the others to restart the Poor-Viewing Array and deal with the Stellaron’s evil, while Qingque guided them to the array foundations.
• Fu Xuan awkwardly asked the crew to help, then told Qingque to forget what she had seen and heard before leaving.
• Qingque complained about being burdened with more work but led Stelle and the others through restarting the array foundations.
• Fu Xuan returned after the array’s talismans lit up and announced that she would interrogate Kafka, warning that the people near the array might feel an impact.
• Kafka teased Fu Xuan about interrogating the president and offered to let her sit in the president’s chair for a few days.
• Fu Xuan protested the jokes about her height as Kafka and Mo Li continued playfully teasing her.

During Kafka’s interrogation, Fu Xuan’s Poor-Viewing Array revealed that the Stellaron Hunters had come to Luofu to bring the Astral Express there and help it forge ties with the Xianzhou Alliance. Kafka explained that those ties would be crucial in a future battle against Nanook, leaving Stelle and the livestream audience stunned by her intentions.

• Fu Xuan used the Poor-Viewing Array on Kafka and discovered that Kafka had no direct connection to the Stellaron crisis, while hidden traitors and outside enemies threatened Luofu.
• Fu Xuan left to report her findings to the general, and Stelle stayed behind to question Kafka.
• Kafka told Stelle that the Stellaron Hunters had maneuvered events to bring the Astral Express to Luofu and help it earn the Alliance’s favor.
• Kafka explained that the Alliance’s power of the Hunt would be needed when the crew faced Nanook, and said that Aeons could be killed.
• The livestream audience praised Kafka for helping Stelle, and viewers began calling her Kafka Mom.

The game revealed the history of fallen Aeons as Kafka escaped during the Jianmu’s sudden growth, while Jing Yuan explained his suspicions about the crisis to Fu Xuan. The story neared the end of Version 1.0, with Jing Yuan handing Fu Xuan the military seal and assigning her to support the operation outside the Dan Ding Si cavern.

• Luocha told Dan Heng and Sushang that Aeons could die, and explained the origins of the Xianzhou Vidyadhara.
• Kafka described fallen Aeons and explained two known ways an Aeon could be destroyed before the Jianmu began growing wildly.
• Kafka broke free of her restraints and escaped with Blade, while Stelle believed Kafka had not lied about helping the Xianzhou.
• Jing Yuan told Fu Xuan that he had suspected the Medicine King's Secret Teachings and an Emanator were behind the crisis, then asked her to devise a response.
• Fu Xuan proposed sending Cloud Knights to stop the Stellaron's influence at the Jianmu, and Jing Yuan later gave her the military seal and arranged support outside the Dan Ding Si cavern.

Fu Xuan took command with Jing Yuan’s military seal as the protagonist’s group defeated the Abundance Deer, while Dan Heng and Sushang headed toward the Dan Ding Si. After Dan Shu’s Cloud-Gleaning Dew Pill caused Stelle to suffer frightening symptoms, Stelle confronted her, learned her motives, and chose to let her go.

• Jing Yuan gave Fu Xuan the military seal and sent the protagonist’s group through the Artisanship Commission, where Master Gongshu helped them clear the Jianmu branches before they defeated the Abundance Deer.
• Dan Heng contacted Stelle, warned her that Blade was dangerous, and said he would try to catch up; later, Dan Heng and Sushang boarded a Starcraft for the Dan Ding Si.
• Dan Shu gave Stelle a Cloud-Gleaning Dew Pill, and Stelle swallowed it before suffering a sudden fever, breathing trouble, and hallucinations.
• After the Dan Ding Si healers found nothing wrong with Stelle, Qingzhou lent her Diting to track down Dan Shu at the Artisanship Commission.
• Dan Shu admitted she had deceived Stelle and explained that she hoped the pill would grant her immortality, then urged her to leave the Luofu and stay out of the conflict.
• Stelle chose not to fight Dan Shu, and the two parted with Dan Shu hoping they could have become true friends.

After finishing the available main story, Kiana kept playing and chatting with the livestream audience until dinner. At the meal, Mo Li teased her for claiming she would only eat Mei’s cooking, and Kiana found that no one would help her deny it.

• Kiana realized the game’s main story had ended on a cliffhanger and complained to the livestream audience.
• Kiana asked Mo Li whether dinner was ready, then chatted with viewers about who cooked for everyone.
• Mo Li used Bronya’s account to send Kiana a teasing message and briefly changed the account name to “License Revoked DuckDuck.”
• Kiana continued playing by farming materials and trying the Abyss and Simulated Universe, then ended her livestream when dinner was ready.
• Kiana complained to Bronya about Mo Li’s prank, while Bronya showed no real anger about it.
• Mo Li told Rita, Yae Sakura, and the others that Kiana had said she would only eat Mei’s cooking, and Kiana failed to find anyone willing to defend her.