Recaps

Stelle and March 7th defeated Serval and Pela in an Etherium War match, earning the Echoes Corridor champion badge and an Etherium Expansion Chip. They set off to collect the remaining badges, while Serval and Pela learned that Theresa had skipped the beginner events and gone straight to high-level matches.

• Stelle and March 7th solved the furnace puzzles, defeated the wild Etherium Spirits, and strengthened their team with data chips.
• Stelle and March 7th challenged Serval and Pela, who wagered the champion badge against three cups of Serval’s welcome wine.
• Stelle and March 7th defeated Serval and Pela’s Silvermane Guard team through coordinated attacks and Bubbles’ support.
• Serval gave Stelle the Echoes Corridor champion badge and Pela handed her an Etherium Expansion Chip, explaining that four Jarilo-VI badges were needed to qualify for the finals.
• March 7th and Stelle said they would head to the other arenas, and Stelle explained that Theresa had gone straight to galactic-level matches.

After winning the first championship venue, Stelle and March 7th defeated three company employees in an Etherium War battle and returned to the Goethe Hotel. Meanwhile, the group shared updates about their Etherium Spirits, and Theresa showed everyone a recording of her bizarre, overwhelming duel with Jing Yuan.

• Stelle and March 7th defeated the three company employees outside the Goethe Hotel after they challenged them to an Etherium War battle.
• March 7th told Stelle that they would travel to Flowing Cloud Crossing on the Luofu Xianzhou for the next championship venue.
• Stelle and March 7th checked in with Old Gede, shared a room, and messaged the Astral Express Family about their progress.
• Theresa told the group that she had filled her thirteen Etherium Spirit slots with versions of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers and had fused Suiyang into a powerful spirit.
• Acheron reported that Jing Yuan had challenged Theresa and lost, and Theresa shared Guinaifen's recording of their duel.
• The group watched Fu Hua's Etherium Spirit defeat Jing Yuan's Abundant Black Deer and Phantylia spirits, leaving Welt speechless at the fighters' repeated sit-ups and growing strength.

Stelle and March 7th teamed up with Guinaifen to defeat Master Gongshu at Flowing Cloud Crossing and earn the venue’s qualification badge. They then reached Herta Space Station for the third decisive match, where they encountered Giovanni and Silver Wolf.

• Stelle, March 7th, and Guinaifen solved the Flowing Cloud Crossing puzzle and challenged Master Gongshu.
• Stelle and March 7th defeated Master Gongshu’s mechanical Etherium Spirits, and he gave Stelle the qualification badge.
• Master Gongshu told Stelle and March 7th that Giovanni had mentioned their rapid progress, while Guinaifen recounted Theresa’s battle at Suiyuan.
• Stelle and March 7th defeated the three company employees again and warned them to stop pestering them.
• Stelle and March 7th traveled to Herta Space Station, questioned Giovanni about his repeated appearances, and learned from Silver Wolf to be wary of masked people.

Stelle and March 7th completed Herta’s certificate puzzle and won her qualification medal, then learned Bubble had once belonged to Asta. They planned to take Bubble to the Space Station after the finals and ask Asta if they could keep her.

• Silver Wolf explained that she had altered the Space Station’s surveillance system, while Herta instructed Stelle and March 7th to collect three certificates hidden by Wubba.
• Stelle and March 7th found the certificates and combined them into an advanced certificate.
• Herta reluctantly fought Stelle and March 7th with weak Etherium Spirits, then handed Stelle the qualification medal after losing.
• Stelle and March 7th returned to the Goethe Hotel on Jarilo-VI to rest.
• Verde told Stelle and March 7th that Bubble had been an early collectible of Asta and agreed to let them bring Bubble to the finals before returning her to the Space Station.
• Stelle and March 7th decided to go with Verde to negotiate with Asta about keeping Bubble after the finals.

Stelle and March 7th completed the Great Mine Area Decisive Park puzzle and defeated Giovanni in an Etherium Spirit duel. Giovanni gave them the final Qualification Badge and led them toward the Rivet Town finals venue, where they would meet the unknown master player.

• Stelle and March 7th met Topaz, who said she had disbanded her troublemaking support group and that Asta would negotiate with them after the Jarilo-VI finals.
• Stelle and March 7th registered with the traffic-light robot Guide and solved the Great Mine Area minecart puzzle by routing Geodough to its storage points.
• Stelle and March 7th found Giovanni in the largest Geodough mining zone and challenged him for the Qualification Badge.
• Stelle and March 7th defeated Giovanni's Etherium Spirit team, and he admitted the master player was a beautiful genius girl whose name he could not reveal.
• Giovanni gave Stelle and March 7th the fourth Qualification Badge and told them to assemble the four badges into a Finals Qualification Badge.
• Stelle and March 7th returned to Rivet Town to wait for Giovanni's transport to the finals venue.

March 7th and Stelle toured the finals venue with Giovanni, then reunited with their friends backstage before the Etherium War advancement matches began. The chapter ended as Welt, Clara, and Svarog prepared to face Bronya and Seele in the first match.

• Giovanni showed March 7th and Stelle around the finals venue and explained the advancement match format.
• March 7th and Stelle returned to the venue the next morning and reunited backstage with Liu Ying, Silver Wolf, Kafka, Blade, and their other friends.
• Kafka and Blade went to the spectator stands while Silver Wolf and Liu Ying prepared to compete.
• The Interstellar Victory Celebration announced the first advancement match between Welt, Clara, and Svarog's Mechanical Hot-Blooded Team and Bronya and Seele's Illusory Sea Dream Butterfly Team.
• Welt, Clara, and Svarog took their places against Bronya and Seele, whose Etherium Spirits included Alahato and Bronya's Mother of Falsehood form.

Seele and Bronya faced Welt and Svarog in an Etherium Spirit advancement match, where the Mechanical Hot-Blooded Team won. Seele and Bronya returned backstage after their defeat, with the host reminding them they could still enter regular matches.

• Welt, Svarog, and Clara entered the arena alongside Seele and Bronya, who reassured each other that they would remain friends regardless of the result.
• Welt summoned Alahato, Svarog summoned a giant version of himself, Bronya summoned Mother of Falsehood, and Seele summoned a group of Abyss Monsters.
• Alahato and Svarog attacked Seele's team, defeating its support units and leaving Outer Void Flame and Outer Void Ice badly weakened.
• Seele's surviving spirits damaged and froze the giant robots, while Mother of Falsehood summoned frost pillars to attack them.
• Alahato defeated Seele's remaining Abyss Spirits with its ultimate, and Svarog's self-destruct robots critically injured Mother of Falsehood.
• Welt and Svarog defeated Mother of Falsehood, winning the advancement match, and both teams returned backstage.

Silver Wolf and Liu Ying faced Stelle and March 7th in an Etherium Spirit tournament advancement match, but the Trailblazing Squad won after the Iron Guard Captain defeated the last two Kui Mulangs. Silver Wolf advanced to the championship challenge with her strongest Etherium Spirits still unrevealed.

• Silver Wolf and Liu Ying challenged Stelle and March 7th under the team name Give Me Back My Account Team.
• Both teams summoned their Etherium Spirits, and Silver Wolf and Liu Ying gained the first turn.
• The teams traded attacks and support abilities until their spirits were nearly all defeated.
• The two Kui Mulangs brought the Iron Guard Captain down to critical health, but its counterattack defeated both of them.
• Silver Wolf and Liu Ying recalled their spirits and conceded, and the Trailblazing Squad advanced to the championship challenge.

Stelle and March 7th defeated Welt and Svarog’s team to become joint champions with Silver Wolf and qualify for the Galactic Challenge on Penacony. Silver Wolf then challenged Theresa, and Theresa agreed on the condition that Silver Wolf grant her a reasonable request if she lost.

• Stelle and March 7th faced Welt, Svarog, and Clara’s Mechanical Hot-Blooded Team in the championship match.
• Stelle and March 7th used defensive and healing tactics to outlast Alahato and Svarog’s Etherium Spirits and win the match.
• Stelle and March 7th received championship medals and qualified for the Galactic Challenge on Penacony, scheduled for three days later.
• Silver Wolf advised Stelle and March 7th to train stronger Etherium Spirits before the Galactic Challenge.
• Silver Wolf challenged Theresa, who agreed on the condition that Silver Wolf fulfill one reasonable request if she lost.
• Theresa emerged through a portal onto the arena stage as the match against Silver Wolf was about to begin.

Silver Wolf nearly defeated Theresa’s Suiyang with a powerful first-turn assault, but it mimicked the Herrscher of Domination: Puppets and reset its health to 100,000. Theresa then dominated Silver Wolf’s team, turning its attacks against itself and leaving Silver Wolf facing a seemingly hopeless battle.

• Theresa summoned a Suiyang, and Silver Wolf answered with five offensive Etherium Spirits that reduced it to 200 HP.
• Theresa had the Suiyang mimic the Herrscher of Domination: Puppets, whose health reset to 100,000.
• Acheron explained that Suiyang spirits reset their health after mimicking and could mimic only once per battle.
• The Herrscher of Domination inflicted Domination on Silver Wolf’s five spirits and dealt area damage.
• Theresa used Domination to make Silver Wolf’s spirits attack one another, leaving them at low health as the Herrscher charged its ultimate.

Theresa defeated Silver Wolf in their Etherium Spirit duel with a Suiyang mimicking the Herrscher of Domination, then collected on their wager by transforming Silver Wolf into a wolfgirl maid for a week. Silver Wolf accepted her loss and was left with wolf ears and a fluffy tail.

• Theresa's Suiyang mimicked the Herrscher of Domination and wiped out Silver Wolf's Etherium Spirits with a massive attack.
• Theresa won the duel, and the host announced that the next major Etherium Spirit battle would take place on Penacony in three days.
• Backstage, Theresa revealed that she wanted Silver Wolf to wear a maid outfit with wolf ears and a tail for a week.
• Silver Wolf tried to escape, but Theresa caught her, and Kafka, Liu Ying, and Blade declined to interfere.
• Silver Wolf accepted the wager, and Theresa transformed her by giving her wolf ears and a fluffy tail.

Theresa and the others split up after leaving Jarilo-VI, with one group traveling to Penacony for the Galactic Showdown and Etherium Spirit training. After enjoying the Daydream Hotel, they entered the Dreamscape to begin their adventure.

• Theresa let Lingbao stay on Jarilo-VI with Gepard and Serval while the others chose where to go.
• Welt and Himeko stayed with Serval to study the Creation Engine, Misha and Gallagher planned to explore Jarilo-VI, and Theresa led the Penacony group away.
• Theresa teleported March 7th, Stelle, Liu Ying, Kafka, Blade, Yinyueyue, and Silver Wolf to the Daydream Hotel on Penacony.
• Theresa and the group enjoyed the hotel's buffet and nearby entertainment before heading to the Supreme Suite.
• Theresa held Silver Wolf as the group fell asleep and entered the Dreamscape for Etherium Spirit training.

Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters trained and explored Penacony before the Etherium War Galactic Showdown opened. The tournament began with a randomized draw, leaving the contestants waiting to learn their matchups.

• The hotel staff sent Theresa and the others by ejector-seat Dream Train to the Etherium Spirit training grounds, where Stelle and March 7th trained while Theresa, Acheron, and Silver Wolf went sightseeing.
• Over three days, Stelle and March 7th caught five Etherium Spirits and used upgrade chips to raise their levels.
• The IPC gave the Trailblazers weekly Trailblazing subsidies and made Astral Express repairs free.
• Penacony opened the Galactic Showdown, and Theresa, Himeko, Silver Wolf, March 7th, and Stelle waited backstage while Acheron sat out.
• Theresa said Herta would likely join the tournament, and the organizers announced the elimination format, livestream, and randomized contestant draw.

March 7th and Stelle faced Aventurine and Topaz in the Etherium War finals and won with a decisive control strategy. Their team advanced, while Aventurine and Topaz entered the revival round.

• March 7th and Stelle reviewed the tournament matchups and suspected Aventurine and Topaz would be their opponents.
• Aventurine and Topaz arrived with Gambler's Amulet and Dimensional Cube as their only Etherium Spirits.
• March 7th and Stelle summoned their Etherium Spirits, including What Faces Death, and began the battle against Aventurine and Topaz.
• What Faces Death immobilized both opposing spirits, leaving Aventurine and Topaz unable to take their turns.
• Stelle boosted What Faces Death, whose ultimate instantly defeated Gambler's Amulet and Dimensional Cube, sending Everything the Trailblazer Says Is Right through to the next round.

Big Herta and Silver Wolf faced off in an Etherium Spirit promotion match, summoning giant robots and trading powerful attacks. Herta won after her Doomsday Beast survived with 1 health and defeated Silver Wolf’s Hacker Unrivaled.

• Jimi introduced Fallen Angels Are Also Angels Squad and Ms. Herta’s Unparalleled Beauty Squad, and Big Herta and Silver Wolf traded taunts.
• Silver Wolf summoned the giant Hacker Unrivaled, and Herta answered with a similarly huge Doomsday Beast.
• The Etherium Spirits exchanged attacks, and Silver Wolf’s Indiscriminate Bombardment left the Doomsday Beast near defeat.
• Herta used Doomsday Bombardment, leaving Hacker Unrivaled with 500 health, and Silver Wolf retaliated with Satellite Ray.
• The Doomsday Beast survived with 1 health after burn damage, then used Imaginary Tide to defeat Hacker Unrivaled and win the match.

Jing Yuan competed under the alias Old Jing and faced Theresa in an Etherium Spirit duel, hoping to avoid another humiliating defeat. Theresa transformed her Suiyang into the planet-class Honkai Beast Bellerophon, leaving Old Jing facing an enormous new opponent.

• Herta defeated Silver Wolf, and the tournament moved on to the match between Old Jing and Theresa.
• Jing Yuan entered under the alias Old Jing and summoned a five-spirit lineup that included Phantylia and the Abundant Black Deer.
• Theresa teased Old Jing about reporting his use of Abundance spirits to Lan, while Aha threatened to tattle before Theresa said her Chains of Binding had restrained Aha.
• Theresa summoned a Suiyang spirit fused with Acheron's spirit, raising its HP to fifty thousand.
• Old Jing's team attacked Theresa's Suiyang and dealt more than thirty thousand damage.
• Theresa transformed her Suiyang into the ten-thousand-meter planet-class dragon Honkai Beast Bellerophon.

Theresa’s colossal Bellerophon overwhelmed Jing Yuan’s Etherium Spirits in their qualifying match. Theresa won and advanced, while Jing Yuan left the arena after accepting his defeat.

• Theresa summoned her enormous Bellerophon and struck Jing Yuan’s team, freezing four of his Etherium Spirits and badly damaging them.
• Jing Yuan ordered his remaining Etherium Spirits to attack, and Phantylia’s ultimate charged Bellerophon’s ultimate in return.
• Bellerophon unleashed its ultimate and defeated Jing Yuan’s team, leaving Phantylia to fight alone in her third phase.
• Phantylia’s strongest attack cut Bellerophon’s health roughly in half, but Bellerophon’s Fusion Strike defeated her.
• The announcer confirmed Theresa had qualified to advance, and Jing Yuan put away his Etherium Spirits and left the arena.

Theresa defeated Jing Yuan in their Etherium War duel, and he prepared to return to the Luofu. Sunday and Ms. Nightingale then faced Kafka and Blade in the next match, summoning their Etherium Spirits as the battle began.

• Theresa put away her Etherium Spirit after defeating Jing Yuan, who accepted his loss and said he would return to the Luofu to handle work.
• Jing Yuan told Theresa that Fu Qing had bet on her victory and would no longer help him with work for a month.
• Jimy introduced the fourth match, featuring Sunday and Ms. Nightingale against Kafka and Blade.
• Kafka and Blade discussed Silver Wolf's defeat by Herta before summoning Etherium Spirits modeled after themselves.
• Sunday and Ms. Nightingale summoned Dominus Day and the Binding Harmony Dove, whose health was bound to Dominus Day's.

The Etherium Spirit tournament narrowed to a championship match between Theresa’s squad and Stelle and March 7th’s squad. Before the final began, Theresa let the pair choose a Flame-Chaser opponent, and they selected Kevin.

• Sunday and Ms. Nightingale defeated Kafka and Blade, while Ruan Mei’s Kitten Cakes defeated Sparkle’s squad, leaving five teams qualified.
• Theresa’s squad drew a bye, and Everything the Trailblazer Says Is Right defeated Sparkle’s Joy Above All Squad.
• Herta’s Peerless Beauty Squad lost to Ruan Mei’s Kitten Cakes Squad after Giant Hachimi defeated Herta’s Doomsday Beast.
• Stelle and March 7th defeated Ruan Mei’s squad when What Faces Death eliminated Giant Hachimi with its Dream Death mechanics.
• Theresa met Stelle and March 7th before the championship and offered them a choice of Flame-Chaser opponent besides Griseo and Pardo.
• Stelle and March 7th chose to face Kevin’s Etherium Spirit.

Theresa’s Demon God Kevin defeated March 7th and Stelle’s What Faces Death in the Etherium Finals, securing her the ultimate championship. March 7th and Stelle lost the battle, and the story left Theresa celebrated as the tournament’s winner.

• Theresa summoned Demon God Kevin, and March 7th and Stelle called forth What Faces Death to challenge him.
• Demon God Kevin evaded What Faces Death’s opening attack and struck it with his Jie Mie Greatsword, dealing heavy damage.
• What Faces Death pierced Demon God Kevin and lost a wing blade when he froze and shattered it.
• Demon God Kevin blasted What Faces Death from a spatial rift, then crushed it with a glacier until its HP was nearly gone.
• Demon God Kevin dodged What Faces Death’s ultimate and destroyed it with Jie Mie Unsheathed, giving Theresa the championship.

After winning the Etherium War finals in Penacony, Theresa and the Astral Express crew gathered to choose their next destination. They considered several worlds affected by Stellar Core disasters, with Amphoreus also under discussion, but had not yet decided where to go.

• Theresa explained that she had created the Flame-Chaser Etherium Spirits from her own memories, then accepted the Etherium War trophy alongside March 7th and Stelle.
• The Astral Express crew gathered for a route meeting as Black Swan rode along, and Sunday, Ms. Nightingale, Acheron, Gallagher, Misha, and Lingbao discussed their roles on the journey.
• Himeko told the crew that Black Swan believed they would choose Amphoreus, and Stelle suggested they decide their destination together.
• Pam presented Ocean Planet Ruzhka as the first option, and Misha said his former home was suffering from a Stellar Core disaster.
• Pam introduced Agate World Melushtein, and Himeko explained that it was associated with Idrila and was reportedly another source of Stellar Core disasters.

The Astral Express chose the Eternal Land of Amphoreus as its next destination, and March 7th became mysteriously drowsy during the journey. Theresa discovered that a power connected to The Remembrance - Fulai was changing March 7th, and the chapter ended with the group deciding whether to let the transformation continue.

• The passengers voted overwhelmingly to Trailblaze Amphoreus, and Pam announced it as their next destination.
• The group chose March 7th, Yinyueyue, Lingbao, Acheron, and Theresa to explore, while Herta secretly prepared to follow the train.
• March 7th asked Stelle what part of a journey she looked forward to most, then fell into an unusually deep sleep.
• After the train reached a new star field, Black Swan revealed Amphoreus, and the group discovered that March 7th could barely get out of bed.
• Black Swan found an icy-blue barrier covering March 7th's mind, and Theresa discovered that The Remembrance - Fulai was causing a beneficial transformation that could cost March 7th her past memories if broken.
• March 7th asked Stelle to take her camera and batteries and photograph the journey while she rested.

Theresa and the others prepared to explore Amphoreus while March 7th stayed aboard the Astral Express to recover. After restraining Black Swan over her suspected connection to March 7th’s condition, the team launched in a modified train car, which Theresa used to repel an ambush as it landed.

• Lingbao and Himeko stayed behind to care for March 7th, while Theresa, Yinyueyue, Stelle, and Acheron were chosen to explore Amphoreus.
• Theresa suspected March 7th’s strange condition was connected to Amphoreus, and Black Swan admitted that March 7th’s past might be tied to the world.
• Theresa bound Black Swan’s memetic body and left her under guard while the others prepared to depart.
• Welt transformed the Astral Express’s final car into a landing pod, and Theresa, Acheron, Himeko, and Stelle set off for Amphoreus.
• A golden spear and lightning from a giant eyeball attacked the descending car, but it blocked the strikes and Theresa slapped the creature away.
• Theresa’s group landed safely and stepped out as a hollow-chested robot watched from the shadows.

Theresa, Acheron, Stelle, Yinyueyue, and Himeko explored the ruins of Amphoreus after arriving and followed a mysterious pink creature through shifting scenes of the city. They reached a platform facing the Titan Kephale and moving stone statues, where Theresa stopped Acheron from drawing her blade.

• Laigushi saw the newcomers arrive and chose not to confront them after recalling that their train car had driven off the Sky Titan.
• Theresa and the others left the train, secured it, and messaged the Astral Express Family about the ruins and their safe arrival.
• Stelle spotted a pink rabbit-like creature, and the group followed it through a door protected by Theresa’s Binding Sanctuary.
• The surroundings repeatedly shifted between a ruined city and a bright, restored city as the group followed the creature toward a platform.
• The group saw the Titan Kephale, the Dawn Machine on his back, and stone statues beginning to move.
• Acheron prepared to draw her blade, but Theresa stopped her before she could unleash her power.

Phainon intervened when statue monsters attacked Theresa and the others, but Theresa elbowed him after he grabbed Stelle’s bat. Once they cleared up the misunderstanding and Phainon explained Chongyuan’s danger, the group put away their weapons and introduced themselves.

• Phainon descended and killed several statue monsters, then told Theresa and the others to put away their weapons.
• Phainon grabbed Stelle’s baseball bat, so Theresa elbowed him into the monster remains and returned the bat to Stelle.
• Tribbie rushed to Phainon, and Theresa healed his injury, prompting the civilians to call her the Cat Girl Titan.
• Theresa, Acheron, Stelle, Yinyueyue, and Himeko introduced themselves to Phainon and Tribbie.
• Phainon explained that carrying weapons in Chongyuan provoked its soldiers and endangered nearby civilians, so Acheron and Yinyueyue put theirs away.