Chapter Summaries

Theresa, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle reached Jarilo-VI, where the group built snowmen and Theresa used one to tease Welt. Her antics drew the Aeons into the Astral Express group chat, where they joined in the fun and Immortal Dragon Qin recognized Theresa.

• Dan Heng, March 7th, Stelle, and Theresa traveled deeper into Jarilo-VI's snowy plains, and March 7th and Stelle welcomed Stelle into their trouble-making group.
• Stelle suggested building snowmen, and March 7th made a snow bear while Stelle made a snowman resembling Theresa.
• Theresa spent Credit Points on decorations and used Judas to build a lifelike snowman of the Green Lily Lady, then shared it in the group chat to tease Welt.
• Welt retaliated by sharing an old picture of Theresa, prompting the Express crew to trade jokes in the chat.
• Aha invited several Aeons and Immortal Dragon Qin to the chat, where they reacted to Theresa's antics and Qin recognized her.

Theresa and the Astral Express crew traveled across the snowfield toward Belobog, encountering Fragmentum monsters along the way. When they investigated a trembling snow mound, Theresa accidentally struck the man hiding inside and injured his rear.

• Theresa joked in the Astral Express group chat, prompting the Aeons to tease Nanook about creating Stellar Cores.
• Dan Heng led March 7th, Theresa, and Stelle away from the snowfield and toward Belobog, the planet's only town with shelter.
• The crew encountered Fragmentum monsters and a Simulated Ebon as they traveled through the snow.
• The group found a trembling snow mound and discovered a tall man was hiding inside it.
• Theresa tripped and accidentally flung a branch into the man's rear, making him leap out and cry in pain.

Theresa, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle encountered Sampo in the snow and agreed to pay him to lead them to Belobog, but the Silvermane Guard confronted them along the way. Theresa recognized Sampo as a Masked Fool and bound him, while Gepard Landau ordered the group to surrender.

• Theresa accidentally stabbed Sampo in the butt while poking a snowdrift, and he tried to demand compensation from the group.
• Sampo lowered his demand to ten thousand Credit Points and agreed to lead everyone to Belobog.
• The Silvermane Guard spotted the group, and Sampo fell when he tried to flee because his injured butt hurt.
• Theresa called Sampo a Masked Fool and used Judas to bind and drag him through the snow.
• Gepard Landau blocked March 7th's ice arrows and ordered the group to surrender, while March 7th complained that they had been mistaken for accomplices.

Theresa, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle convinced Gepard that they came from beyond Jarilo-VI and were taken to Belobog for the Supreme Guardian to judge their identities. Sampo was recaptured, and the group entered the City of Preservation after Theresa easily destroyed an Abyss Monster attack.

• Theresa and Dan Heng told Gepard that the group came from beyond the planet and needed help, while March 7th showed him a photograph of frozen Jarilo-VI as proof.
• Gepard decided that only the Supreme Guardian could judge the visitors and asked Theresa to release Sampo, but the guards immediately caught him when he tried to get up.
• Gepard invited the group to accompany the guards to Belobog, where they would meet the Supreme Guardian.
• When Abyss Monsters attacked on the way, Theresa used Colored Flame to turn them to ash.
• Gepard welcomed the group to Belobog and led them through its gates after an inspection.

Theresa, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle entered Belobog with Gepard, who explained how the city survived the Great Cold under Qlipoth’s protection. He escorted them to meet the Supreme Guardian while discussing the Abyss Monsters threatening the city.

• Theresa, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle arrived in Belobog and remarked on its mild weather and clear sunlight.
• Gepard recounted Belobog’s history as humanity’s last fortress, protected from the Great Cold by Qlipoth.
• Gepard led the visitors toward the Supreme Guardian and warned them they could not move freely through the city yet.
• Dan Heng asked about the creatures outside Belobog, and Gepard explained that Abyss Monsters emerged from corrupted rifts and that elemental variants were overwhelming the Silvermane Guard.
• Gepard brought the group to the City Builders’ headquarters and explained the City Builders’ role in Belobog’s survival.

Gepard brought the group to Qlipoth Hall, where they met Cocolia Rand and learned that she was Belobog’s Supreme Guardian. Theresa explained that the Stellar Core was causing the Great Cold and offered to seal it, leaving Cocolia to consider her proposal.

• Gepard handed Sampo over to the Guards and warned the group about his scams and disguises.
• Gepard led the group to Qlipoth Hall, where Bronya argued with Cocolia about sacrificing Guards before leaving.
• Cocolia dismissed Gepard and welcomed the group, revealing that she already knew they came from beyond their world.
• Dan Heng told Cocolia that the group had come to find a Stellar Core and connected it to the Great Cold and Fragmentum.
• Theresa explained that the Stellar Core was causing the disasters and offered to seal it if Cocolia showed them where it was.

Theresa and the Astral Express crew explained to Cocolia how a Stellar Core caused Belobog’s Great Cold and tried to persuade her to cooperate. Cocolia began to trust them, but Theresa’s malfunctioning system and strange claim that she could eat the Stellar Core left everyone bewildered.

• Theresa secretly activated Judas’s recording mode to capture Cocolia for Ruan Mei.
• March 7th explained that Stellar Cores brought the Great Cold, and Dan Heng confirmed her theory.
• March 7th, Stelle, and Theresa struck a ridiculous team pose before Dan Heng and Cocolia.
• Dan Heng told Cocolia that the crew needed to seal the Stellar Core so they could leave the planet.
• Theresa and the others asked Cocolia to let them help Belobog, and Cocolia asked whether they could seal the Stellar Core.
• Dan Heng said they had the means to seal it while Theresa declared that she could eat it.

Cocolia agreed to help the travelers while secretly planning to capture them, and Theresa suspected her offer was a trap. After Gepard lifted their movement restrictions, Theresa noticed the group was being watched by Silvermane Guards.

• Cocolia promised to help the travelers find the Stellar Core and offered them a hotel stay, while privately arguing with the Stellar Core and deciding to act.
• Gepard told Dan Heng, March 7th, Stelle, and Theresa that they were free to move around Belobog and recommended places to visit.
• Theresa asked Gepard what he would do if Cocolia ordered the Silvermane Guards to capture them, and he said he would make his own judgment.
• Theresa pointed out Silvermane Guards patrolling nearby, and Dan Heng realized they were being watched.

Theresa, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle toured Belobog while trying not to draw the Silvermane Guard’s suspicion after learning they were being watched. They met Pela at the Everwinter Monument, and March 7th gave her a photograph of the ice-covered Jarilo-VI before the group continued their cautious sightseeing.

• Theresa and Dan Heng warned March 7th and Stelle that the Silvermane Guard was surveilling them and urged everyone to behave normally.
• The group visited the Everwinter Monument, where Pela was teaching children about Belobog’s history.
• Pela introduced herself as a Silvermane Guard clerk and asked the newcomers about their journey from beyond the sky.
• March 7th showed Pela a photograph of Jarilo-VI, and Pela gratefully accepted it to share with her friend Lingbao.
• Pela offered to guide the group, but Theresa declined, saying they planned to rest at the Goethe Hotel after looking around.

Theresa and the others met Serval at the Everlasting Mechanical House, where they learned the outdoor performance was not taking place and chatted with her over drinks. Theresa then asked the Herta Space Station System whether it could sell things, and it excitedly announced that it could sell anything for Joy Points.

• March 7th, Dan Heng, Stelle, and Theresa arrived at the Everlasting Mechanical House and found no performance underway.
• Serval approached the group, explained that the red device was a broken heater, and invited them inside.
• Serval served the group drinks, and everyone introduced themselves before she asked why they had come.
• Theresa told Serval that Gepard had mentioned a possible outdoor concert, then asked the Herta Space Station System about its sales.
• The Herta Space Station System said it could sell anything, even Aha's mask, and revealed it needed ten million Joy Points in sales to take human form.

Theresa shopped through the Herta Space Station System while the group learned how Belobog’s Geodough-powered heating network worked. Serval explained that she repaired heaters for a city increasingly cut off from its Lower City.

• Theresa bought gifts and supplies, considered purchasing a device that could take her to the Honkai world, and decided to wait until she was stronger.
• Serval told March 7th and Stelle that Geodough powered Belobog’s heaters and other equipment.
• Serval explained that Belobog’s Upper and Lower Cities had stopped interacting after an order from the Supreme Guardian, though resources still passed between them.
• Theresa asked how Belobog’s widespread heaters kept the city warm and how much energy they consumed.
• Serval said Silvermane Guards replaced the Geodough daily and hired mechanics like her to repair broken heaters.

Serval befriended the group and promised to help if they ran into trouble, while they checked into the Goethe Hotel and shared dinner. Theresa bought a Shenzhou cookbook and cooking skill from the Herta Space Station System, leaving her with 7,750 Joy Points.

• Serval told the group she was Gepard's older sister and accepted a model of the Astral Express from Theresa.
• Serval promised to help Theresa if the group ever faced trouble, then said goodbye as they left for the Goethe Hotel.
• Old Gede welcomed the group and arranged for them to stay and eat without Belobog Shields.
• The group ordered every dish on the hotel's menu, and Dan Heng scanned the food before they began eating.
• Theresa bought the Complete Shenzhou Cuisine Cookbook and Cooking Mastery from the Herta Space Station System for 2,000 Joy Points.

Theresa warned the others that Cocolia Rand seemed suspicious and might betray them, then prowled the hotel corridor trying to trigger its ghostly easter egg. She scared off a pair of eerie twin sisters with Judas, leaving March 7th, Stelle, and Dan Heng bewildered.

• Theresa, Dan Heng, and March 7th discussed Cocolia Rand’s reaction to the Stellar Core, and Theresa suspected she had made an agreement with it.
• Theresa warned everyone to prepare for a possible betrayal, and the group returned to their rooms for the night.
• Theresa secretly listened at several guest-room doors, hearing frightened conversations and strange sounds but failing to provoke anything into appearing.
• Theresa called out to the thing in one room, but it only scurried away from the door.
• Twin sisters appeared at the end of the corridor and invited Theresa to stay with them forever.
• Theresa declared that they were not human and raised an enlarged Judas, causing the twins to vanish and March 7th, Stelle, and Dan Heng to emerge from their rooms in confusion.

Theresa turned a ghost encounter into a game, then slept with March 7th and Stelle while Dan Heng kept watch. By dawn, Gepard had received Cocolia’s order to capture the Stellaron Hunters and went to Fortress City, where he met Bronya and questioned the accusation.

• Theresa told Stelle, Dan Heng, and March 7th about the ghost and proposed scaring it away instead of running from it.
• Theresa, March 7th, and Stelle hid in a wardrobe and leaped out roaring, frightening the ghost into fleeing.
• Dan Heng dreamed that Blade whispered “Five Names, Three Prices” beside his bed, then stayed awake to watch over the others.
• Cocolia ordered Gepard to lead the Iron Guards in capturing the Stellaron Hunters, and Gepard went to confront her at Fortress City.
• Gepard met Bronya and explained that the Stellaron Hunters had only visited the Eternal Winter Monument and Serval’s Everlasting Mechanical House, asking whether Cocolia’s accusation implicated his sister.

Cocolia ordered Bronya and Gepard to capture the Stellaron Hunters, while the possessed Supreme Guardian prepared to summon the Antimatter Legion. Sampo escaped custody and followed the Guards toward Belobog as he readied himself to act.

• Bronya explained that the Stellaron Hunters had only visited the Eternal Winter Monument, Serval, and the Goethe Hotel, but Cocolia refused to justify her accusations.
• Gepard challenged Cocolia over Serval's fate, and she ordered Guards to surround him and Bronya when they questioned her commands.
• Bronya and Gepard agreed to obey and led the Guards toward the Goethe Hotel to capture the Stellaron Hunters, dead or alive.
• The Stellar Core-possessed Cocolia revealed that she planned to summon the Antimatter Legion.
• Sampo picked the lock, knocked out a patrolling Guard, disguised himself in the Guard's uniform, and followed the troops marching toward Belobog.

Theresa and the Astral Express crew were taken under Guard escort after Cocolia ordered their arrest, but Sampo knocked out most of the group with smoke bombs at the Lower City station. The chapter ended with Sampo revealing himself while Theresa, Dan Heng, Bronya, and Gepard remained conscious.

• Theresa received a mission to persuade Bronya and Gepard to go to the Lower City and leave Cocolia without allies.
• Gepard and Bronya brought the Guards to the Goethe Hotel to arrest Theresa and the others, but agreed to move them somewhere less crowded.
• Theresa persuaded Bronya and Gepard to discuss Cocolia’s strange behavior at the sealed Lower City station.
• Sampo threw smoke bombs that put most of the Guards, March 7th, and Stelle to sleep, while Theresa, Dan Heng, Bronya, and Gepard resisted the effects.
• Sampo removed his Guard disguise and greeted the group.

Sampo helped Theresa and Dan Heng escape the Silvermane Guards by knocking them unconscious with smoke bombs, then offered to take them to the Lower City. They set off on a Geodough-powered train, bringing the sleeping Bronya along and breaking through the chains blocking the route.

• Sampo used sleep-inducing smoke bombs to incapacitate the Silvermane Guards, March 7th, Stelle, Bronya, and Gepard.
• Sampo explained that he was a Lower City merchant and urged Theresa and Dan Heng to meet Oleg of Underworld Fire, which opposed Cocolia and fought Abyss Monsters.
• Theresa and Dan Heng agreed to go to the Lower City, and Sampo said he could drive the train using Geodough while Theresa broke the chains sealing the way.
• Sampo loaded the Silvermane Guards' weapons onto the train, and Theresa brought the sleeping Bronya aboard as a hostage.
• Theresa broke the blocking chains with Oath of Judah's Soul Steel spear as Sampo started the train toward the Lower City.

Theresa took Bronya into the Lower City as a hostage to keep Cocolia from acting recklessly and had March 7th and Stelle help change Bronya out of her Silvermane Guard uniform. The chapter ended with Theresa feeling envious while dressing Bronya, as the Herta Space Station System announced a mysterious mission for her.

• Theresa and the train broke through the chains blocking the route to the Lower City while guards found Gepard stripped to his underwear and blamed Sampo for his swollen buttocks.
• Theresa explained to Dan Heng that bringing Bronya as a hostage would make Cocolia wary, then decided Bronya should see the real Belobog.
• Theresa woke March 7th and Stelle with medicated oil and asked them to help change Bronya out of her Silvermane Guard uniform.
• Theresa, March 7th, and Stelle removed Bronya's chest binder and dressed her in a fitted formal dress resembling a qipao.
• The Herta Space Station System announced the mission “Accept your true self” as Theresa adjusted Bronya's dress and felt unexpectedly envious.

Theresa brought Bronya to the Lower City and reassured her that she could make amends by helping its residents. The group stepped off the train as curious locals gathered around them.

• Theresa considered accepting herself to earn an unknown reward but prioritized the mission to scare Cocolia and gain the Herrscher of Binding’s Core.
• Sampo saw Bronya in her formal dress, took pictures of her and the others, and ran off to find the Underworld Fire leader.
• Theresa asked the guilt-ridden Bronya to help solve the Lower City’s problems and returned her weapon.
• Bronya thanked Theresa and hugged her, nearly suffocating her before March 7th and Stelle pulled them apart.
• Dan Heng watched the curious Lower City residents gathering around the train and kept them at a distance with his weapon.

Theresa, Bronya, March 7th, Stelle, and Dan Heng found lodging at the Lower City's Goethe Hotel, where its formidable landlady welcomed them. They settled in for a month, though Theresa ended the chapter trapped in the landlady’s crushing hug.

• Bronya carried Theresa through the Lower City as residents admired the group and glared jealously at Dan Heng.
• Theresa asked the locals where they could stay, and March 7th led the group to the Goethe Hotel.
• The landlady welcomed the girls, warned off nearby youths, and questioned whether Dan Heng was with them.
• March 7th asked about cave-roasted salamander and rock crab, and the landlady promised her more authentic food.
• Theresa paid for a month of lodging for the group, and the landlady scooped her up in a powerful embrace.