Chapter Summaries

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.

Theresa and the Astral Express crew met Phainon and Tribbie, explained that they had come from beyond Amphoreus, and agreed to accompany them to help the refugees reach Ochema. After the refugees recognized Theresa as the “Cat Girl Titan,” she asked Phainon what the nickname meant.

• Phainon shielded Tribbie and questioned Theresa's group about their arrival, and Theresa explained that they were explorers from beyond Amphoreus who wanted to help.
• Stelle complained that Phainon had tried to take her bat, and Tribbie mediated until Phainon apologized and offered to guide the group.
• Acheron asked why Phainon and Tribbie were in the wilderness, and Phainon explained that they were escorting refugees to the Holy City Ochema.
• Stelle asked whether Phainon had a brother named Kevin, and Theresa projected Kevin's image, which shocked Phainon and Tribbie with how closely he resembled Phainon.
• Phainon led Theresa's group toward the refugees, who called Theresa the “Cat Girl Titan,” leaving her confused about the nickname.

Theresa was mistaken for the legendary Cat Girl Titan and proved her supposed identity by conjuring food for starving refugees, who began worshipping her. After Phainon left with the women, they entered a temple and found Janus’s priests arguing over whether to relocate to Holy City Ochema.

• Phainon told Theresa and the others that she looked exactly like the ancient Cat Girl Titan, and Theresa wondered if she had returned to Amphoreus’s past.
• Theresa conjured porridge, DIO Bread, and soy milk for the refugees, who hailed her as the Cat Girl Titan.
• Phainon asked Tribbie to distribute the food, ate a meal, and then set out again with the women.
• Theresa and the others entered a temple and found the elderly priest Noduss berating Virtus for asking the Chrysos Heirs to take the priests to Holy City Ochema.
• Phainon tried to reassure Noduss that they had come to save the people, but Noduss remained opposed to leaving the temple and its protection from the Gate of Myriad Paths.

Theresa and the travelers met Phainon and the priests at the Gate of Myriad Paths, where an elderly priest named Noduss refused to evacuate. Phainon asked them to retrieve Noduss, and Tribbie opened a glowing book to guide them onward.

• Virtus mistook Theresa for the Cat Girl Titan, but Theresa said they only looked alike.
• Phainon explained that the priests had fled after the Heaven's Punishment Legion destroyed their homeland, and that Noduss had stayed behind despite the danger.
• Phainon asked Theresa and the travelers to bring Noduss back, while Tribbie agreed to accompany them and answer their questions.
• The group followed Tribbie to a thick book that could lead them across the broken path.
• Tribbie prayed over the book, which began glowing blue as she invoked Orionis.

Tribbie led the Stellaron Hunters through the Deep Abyss to rescue the refugees, but her power was nearly spent. Stelle learned Orionis's Prayer, helped retrieve the stubborn old priest, and then questioned Phainon about Amphoreus and the strange legend connecting Theresa to a Cat Girl Titan.

• Tribbie used Orionis's Prayer to guide the Stellaron Hunters and refugees through the Deep Abyss, despite growing exhausted from using the Gate of Hundred Realms.
• Theresa realized Stelle had memorized Tribbie's prayer, and Stelle restored the ruined temple by using Orionis's Prayer herself.
• Stelle and the others found the stubborn old priest, who agreed to return to Holy City Ochema after Tribbie revealed she was Tribios, a high priest of Janus.
• Phainon explained that the apocalypse was approaching, that the Titans were old gods and enemies of humanity, and that Chrysos Heirs were prophesied saviors with Golden Blood.
• Yinyueyue demanded that Phainon explain the suspicious legend calling Theresa a Cat Girl Titan, since Theresa had never visited Amphoreus before.

Phainon told the Stellaron Hunters the legends of the Cat Girl Titan, including how she founded the Holy Fire Cat Cult and left behind a painting and storage bracelets. When Stelle photographed the Little Chicken Ascending the Mountain Painting, it transformed into a cat-ear hair clip and triggered a burst of light from Phainon.

• Phainon recounted how the Cat Girl Titan defeated the King of Castrum Kremnos and founded the Holy Fire Cat Cult, with Cipher as its leader.
• Phainon explained that his family had passed down the Cat Girl Titan's Little Chicken Ascending the Mountain Painting and an Imaginary Storage Bracelet.
• Theresa noticed hidden platinum-white words in the painting, and Phainon allowed Stelle to photograph it.
• Stelle's camera flash made the painting circle Theresa and transform into a cat-ear hair clip.
• Theresa placed the clip on Phainon's head, and platinum-white light burst from his body.

Theresa transformed Phainon into a cat-eared girl, and the group learned about the Titans and Tribbie’s power to alter reality. As Tribbie opened the Gate of Hundred Realms to send everyone to Holy City Ochema, Theresa abruptly shut the portal.

• Phainon transformed into a beautiful, cat-eared girl, and Theresa and the others reacted with amusement.
• Phainon introduced herself to Tribbie as Bai Fei, while Tribbie suspected her true identity.
• Tribbie explained that the Destiny Three Titans granted priests the ability to recreate brief moments from the past and said Stelle had the talent to become a priestess of Orionis.
• Tribbie sang an ancient ballad about the Twelve Titans for the refugees and the Stellaron Hunters.
• Tribbie began opening the Gate of Hundred Realms to send everyone to Holy City Ochema, but Theresa used emerald-green light to shut it.

Theresa opened a portal to Okhema, where the Heaven's Punishment Legion had invaded, and helped the city fight back with her healing tree and the Stellaron Hunters. After the battle, Phainon admitted to Tribbie that she was Little Bai and explained how the Cat Girl Titan's gift had changed her.

• Theresa restored Tribbie's strength and opened a portal directly to Okhema, revealing that the city was under attack.
• Tribbie and the others entered Okhema, where citizens explained that Titanica Dolli's Heaven's Punishment Legion had invaded and begged the Cat Girl Titan to save them.
• Theresa grew a giant Tree of Abundance that healed the wounded citizens and soldiers, while Phainon, Stelle, Yinyueyue, and the soldiers fought the invaders.
• The defenders defeated the Heaven's Punishment Legion, and Tribbie led Phainon and the Stellaron Hunters aside to meet Aya.
• Tribbie recognized Phainon as Little Bai, and Phainon explained that Theresa had uncovered a secret in her scroll painting and the Cat Girl Titan's gift had transformed her.

Phainon asked the Stellaron Hunters to help defend Okhema, and they agreed before Himeko attacked the Heaven's Punishment Legion. After Himeko's attack accidentally turned the Legion into explosive Dr. Ratios, Mydei arrived and took Phainon's hand.

• Phainon and Tribbie begged the Stellaron Hunters to help Okhema, and Stelle and Himeko agreed to fight while Yinyueyue offered help with reservations.
• Theresa warned Phainon and the others not to betray them, and Himeko asked permission to stretch her limbs.
• The group encountered praying civilians surrounded by the Heaven's Punishment Legion, but the believers refused to evacuate.
• Himeko struck the Legion with pink-and-black fireballs, turning its members into violet-black Dr. Ratios that exploded among the other attackers.
• Theresa asked whether Himeko's transformation of the Legion was deliberate or accidental, and Himeko called it deliberately accidental.
• Mydei arrived with Castrum Kremnos soldiers, recognized Phainon, and affectionately took her hand.

Mydei mistook Phainon, who was disguised as Bai Fei, for a beautiful stranger and flirted with her while the travelers met Trianne and Ning. After hearing that Janusopolis had fallen and seeing Theresa’s giant tree and portal, the group wondered where the absent savior had gone.

• Mydei grabbed Phainon’s hand and pursued her, then mistook Theresa for the returning Cat Girl Titan when he saw her cat ears.
• Theresa, Yinyueyue, Stelle, Acheron, and Himeko introduced themselves, and Mydei asked Phainon for her name.
• Phainon introduced herself as Bai Fei, and Mydei flirted with her while Tribbie and the others kept her identity secret.
• Tribbie told Trianne and Ning that Janusopolis had fallen and that Theresa had opened a portal and cultivated the enormous tree.
• Stelle asked why there were three Tribbies, and the girls introduced themselves as Trianne, Ning, and Tribbie.
• Mydei asked where the savior had gone, while Phainon glared at him and Mydei felt jealous when she seemed to defend the savior.

Tribbie led the travelers through Cloud Stone Market, where they met Castorice and fought the Heaven's Punishment Legion. The group headed toward Aglaea's place, while Castorice remained puzzled by Bai Fei's resemblance to Phainon.

• Mydei agreed to help evacuate the refugees, while Tribbie sent Trianne and Ning away and took the travelers to meet Aglaea.
• Phainon led the group to Cloud Stone Market, where Castorice arrived and froze nearby Heaven's Punishment Legion soldiers with her aura.
• Tribbie introduced the travelers to Castorice, who warned them to stay away from her deadly aura and led them onward.
• Acheron instantly killed two elite Heaven's Punishment Legion soldiers, and Castorice asked Tribbie where Phainon was.
• Theresa destroyed another group of soldiers with multicolored lightning, and Tribbie led everyone toward Aglaea's place.