Recaps

After transmigrating into the Star Rail World as Theresa, Hua Ling joined the Astral Express and helped the crew survive the Space Station invasion. She gained the Power of Joy, then traveled with the crew to Jarilo-VI and reached Belobog, where Gepard brought them to the City Builders’ headquarters.

• Hua Ling and Gao Fushuai were struck by the Dull Goose Itasha and woke in the Star Rail World, where Lin Qin transformed Hua Ling into Theresa and made Gao Fushuai her Homu System.
• Theresa boarded the Astral Express and helped Welt, Himeko, March 7th, and Dan Heng fight the Antimatter Legion at the Space Station, where they also found Stelle.
• Theresa and the crew defeated the Doomsday Beast, and she explained her world’s Herrschers and the Oath of Judah before entering Herta’s Simulated Universe.
• Theresa met Aha, became an Envoy of Joy, and absorbed the Aeon’s power with help from her Immortal Power.
• Herta gifted the Express crew Stellar Jade and an automaton, while Theresa accepted a mission to defeat or kill Cocolia Rand for a Core of the Herrscher of Binding.
• Theresa led Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle to Jarilo-VI, where they encountered Sampo and were brought to Belobog by Gepard after fighting Abyss Monsters.
• Gepard guided the visitors through Belobog and explained its history, the dangers outside the city, and the City Builders’ role in its survival.

Theresa and the Astral Express crew investigated Cocolia’s connection to the Stellar Core, then descended into the Lower City and joined forces with Underworld Fire. Svarog’s records confirmed that the Core had brought Belobog’s disasters and bewitched Cocolia, leaving the group to seek a way to win the Mechanical Tribe’s cooperation.

• Cocolia agreed to help Theresa and the others find the Stellar Core, but she privately conspired with it while Silvermane Guards watched the newcomers.
• After Theresa encountered and frightened off a ghost at the Goethe Hotel, Cocolia ordered Bronya and Gepard to arrest the group, while Sampo helped them escape to the Lower City.
• Theresa brought Bronya along to see the Lower City, and the group met Oleg and Seele after helping expose Scott’s Fighting Club schemes.
• Theresa bought a fighter jet and flew the group to the Great Mine Area, where Seele introduced them to Svarog and Clara.
• Svarog attacked when Bronya asked for his Stellar Core records, but he surrendered after Clara pleaded with him.
• Svarog showed the group that the Stellar Core’s arrival brought the Antimatter Legion and the Great Cold, and that it had bewitched Cocolia.

Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters stopped Cocolia and the Stellar Core, helping Bronya take over as Supreme Guardian and Belobog begin rebuilding. The group left Galyol VI with Rin aboard the Astral Express, while Dan Heng’s ominous dream hinted at trouble ahead.

• Cocolia sent Gepard and most of the Silvermane Guards to the Lower City, while Theresa’s Vishnu power transformed her and helped her clear the Great Mine Area.
• Gepard and Bronya allied with Underworld Fire, then led the group through the Furnace Core passage to confront Cocolia at Everwinter Field.
• The Stellar Core froze Gepard and struck Stelle, but Stelle received Qlipoth’s recognition as the Creation Engine turned against the Core.
• Theresa stopped time, removed and swallowed the Stellar Core, freed Serval, and helped Cocolia recover her memories and apologize.
• Theresa later absorbed the Core of the Herrscher of Binding, then performed at Belobog’s Festival of Stars as Cocolia handed the Supreme Guardian’s position to Bronya.
• Bronya became the nineteenth Supreme Guardian, while Cocolia apologized to the people and pledged support to the families of fallen Underworld Fire members and Silvermane Guards.
• Rin joined the Stellaron Hunters with her family’s blessing, and the group returned to the Astral Express as Belobog began rebuilding.
• Dan Heng dreamed of a shackled man confronting Jing Yuan and warning that five people were involved and three must pay the price.

Theresa’s growing powers stunned the Aeons and the Astral Express crew as the train reached the Xianzhou Luofu. After helping the Cloud Knights and meeting Jing Yuan, the crew gained permission to investigate the crisis and planned to use Theresa’s transformations to draw Kafka’s attention while searching for the Stellar Core.

• Kafka contacted the Astral Express and asked the crew to help resolve the Luofu’s Stellar Core crisis and clear the Stellaron Hunters’ name.
• Theresa revealed her transformations and new Authority of Binding, whose immense power alarmed the crew and attracted the Aeons’ attention.
• The Astral Express crew traveled to the Luofu, where they fought the Abominations Legion and Theresa briefly restored a Mara-struck captain’s clarity before giving him a final farewell.
• Tingyun brought the crew to Lady Yukong, who refused their help and revealed that Silver Wolf had hacked the Jade Gate to guide their ship into port.
• Jing Yuan met the crew, explained that Blade had escaped, and offered to share intelligence while asking them to capture Kafka.
• Theresa identified herself as an Immortality Envoy and displayed the Colored Flame, convincing Jing Yuan and Yukong to let the crew move freely.
• At the General’s Office, Theresa demonstrated her Kiana transformation and proposed using it to attract Kafka’s attention while the crew searched for the Stellar Core.
• Jing Yuan gave the crew a passage Jade Seal and operating funds, then arranged for Fu Xuan to track Kafka with the Great Deduction Array.