Chapter Summaries

Theresa recreated Divine Blood Honey Brew and brought it to the Genesis Vortex Core, where Fagina begged for a taste, but Aglaea warned against freeing her. Theresa later shared the brew at her villa, where Stelle drank a cup and collapsed into a blissful, drunken stupor.

• Mydei rejected becoming the Strife Titan, and Kalpas beat down the Xuanfeng people who challenged his decision.
• Mydei declared that anyone who wanted to rule the Xuanfeng people could challenge him in a deathmatch arena, quieting their objections.
• Theresa and Himeko used Titan's Blood, glutinous rice, and beehives to recreate Divine Blood Honey Brew, then began mass-producing it.
• Theresa brought a bottle to the Genesis Vortex Core, where Fagina pleaded for honey brew and offered to find treasures in exchange, while Aglaea cautioned Theresa not to free her.
• Laogushi revealed that it had impersonated Fagina to analyze Theresa, then Theresa shared the brew with everyone at her villa.
• Stelle drank a cup of the brew, collapsed, and blissfully mumbled about seeing Teruriris.

Theresa coaxed several people into drinking Divine Blood Honey Brew, leaving Elysia and Acheron giddy, Castorice asleep, and Aglaea loudly venting her frustrations. Theresa then teleported the group to Okhema and began preparing a concert with Verity, drawing a curious crowd.

• Theresa persuaded Elysia to drink the Divine Blood Honey Brew by promising to let her touch her cat ears, and Elysia became giddy and hugged her.
• Acheron drank the brew, turned foolishly cheerful, and shouted about pots, pans, and the kitchen.
• Aglaea and Castorice drank together; Castorice fell asleep, while Aglaea downed a jug and began cursing the Senate.
• Theresa teleported everyone to Okhema and announced a concert for Amphoreus.
• Theresa summoned Verity from an Etherium Coin, and Verity deployed robots to build a brightly lit stage as Okhema's residents gathered to watch.

Theresa organized a concert in Okhema, where a drunken Aglaea performed a bizarre song before Mydei knocked her unconscious. Theresa and Elysia then sang a Shenzhou-style duet that captivated the audience.

• Verity built a concert stage, and Elysia hosted while the citizens enthusiastically cheered for her.
• Theresa gave Aglaea a microphone, and Aglaea drank Divine Blood Honey Brew before singing lyrics that mocked Mydei and Phainon.
• Mydei elbowed the drunken Aglaea unconscious and placed her beside Castorice.
• At Elysia's invitation, Theresa chose to sing the Shenzhou-style song Zan Hua Ren Jian and changed into ancient-style clothing.
• Theresa and Elysia sang a duet that entranced the audience, and Mydei praised the song.

Verity challenged Kalpas to test her magic devices after he mocked her performance, and Theresa supplied a blindfold that temporarily bound his powers. Kalpas began the first sound-location game unaware of what the bronze man would do next.

• After Elysia and Theresa finished their duet, Verity introduced herself and announced a magic show.
• Kalpas mocked Verity’s devices, so she challenged him to try them onstage.
• Verity transformed the stage and presented four magic devices, then invited Kalpas to experience them.
• Theresa explained to Elysia that the Wisdom Blindfold temporarily bound Kalpas’s powers and abilities.
• Kalpas put on the blindfold and sat on the cushion, and Verity activated the bronze man for the sound-location game.

Verity and Theresa subjected Kalpas to a series of magical challenges that dressed him up and struck him before launching him from a cannon toward the Black Tide outside Okhema. Kalpas returned to the villa furious, where he attacked Kevin as Kevin tried to calm him.

• Verity activated the bronze man's mechanism, and Kalpas began a sound-location test while bound by golden chains.
• Kalpas answered the coin challenges and received makeup, a blow from an alloy vajra pestle, and a cat-ear hair clip, then endured more humiliating devices.
• Theresa explained that the punishments would not seriously hurt Kalpas and considered giving him a Key of Domination made from Imol's core to make amends.
• Verity launched Kalpas from a cannon toward the Black Tide, and Theresa teleported the others back to the villa.
• Kalpas returned to Okhema with murderous fury, confronted Verity and Theresa, and punched Kevin when Kevin tried to calm him.

Qianjie accepted Theresa and Verity’s apology gift, a Key of Domination made from Imol that transformed into flaming gauntlets. Theresa then explained the Keys of Domination and Fusion Warriors to the visitors from Star Rail, before revealing she wanted to test her Honkai Beasts against Amphoreus’s Black Tide monsters.

• Kevin stopped Qianjie’s furious attack and explained that fighting him would cause casualties.
• Elysia urged Theresa and Verity to apologize, and Theresa presented Qianjie with a Key of Domination made from Imol.
• The Key of Domination adapted to Qianjie and transformed from a golden greatsword into flaming gauntlets, which he accepted and put on.
• Kevin explained that Keys of Domination could change form and that Fusion Warriors gained power through adapted Honkai Beast genes.
• Theresa said she wanted to pit her Honkai Beast army against the Black Tide monsters and possibly summon Herrscher projections.

Castorice submitted a fanfiction starring Mydei and Bai Fei, and it became popular on the Universal Net. When Mydei heard its dramatic audio adaptation at breakfast, he realized Castorice had written it and rushed to confront her.

• Theresa summoned Mobius and Pardo Felis, who joined the Chrysos Heirs and learned about life in Okhema.
• Castorice submitted her Mydei-and-Bai Fei fanfiction to an editor, who uploaded it to the Universal Net, where readers quickly spread it.
• Theresa cooked a large breakfast for everyone, including Mydei and Aglaea.
• Theresa played an audio adaptation in which Mydei fell for a white-haired catgirl named Bai Fei, embarrassing and angering him.
• Mydei recognized Bai Fei as Phainon in disguise, blamed Castorice for the story, and hurried to her home.

Mydei visited Castorice’s home in Okhema but found her asleep and decided to return later. Meanwhile, Feng Jin arrived and met Aglaea’s traveling companions, who taught her a popular greeting that soon spread through the group.

• Mydei knocked on Castorice’s door, heard that she was asleep, and left to return in the afternoon.
• Feng Jin arrived from the Cloud Marble Heavenly Palace, and Aglaea thanked her for caring for the injured.
• Aglaea introduced Feng Jin to the travelers, including Elysia, Theresa, Kevin, Chiyou, Himeko, and Stelle.
• Elysia held Feng Jin’s hand until Theresa intervened, while Kevin won an arm-wrestling match against Chiyou and broke their table.
• Theresa taught Feng Jin the “.Ciallo~(∠?ω＜)⌒☆” greeting, and Feng Jin, Elysia, Tribbie, Verity, and Aglaea’s dressmaker copied it.

Theresa led a group to the Grove of Epiphany after Aglaea reported a Black Tide invasion, severe casualties, and Anaxa’s disappearance. They reached the outer perimeter and began fighting the monsters while searching for survivors.

• Aglaea asked for help rescuing survivors at the Grove of Epiphany and recovering Shesis’s Core Flame, and Feng Jin explained that Anaxa had been her teacher.
• Theresa opened a portal, and she, Acheron, Feng Jin, Castorice, Stelle, Mimi, and Qian Jie traveled to the Grove while others stayed behind.
• Feng Jin led the group through the Grove’s outer perimeter as Qian Jie dismissed the approaching Black Tide monsters as weak.
• Himeko transformed the Black Tide monsters into crawling Dr. Ratios and made them explode, leaving Feng Jin stunned.

The group reached the Grove of Epiphany and used Mimi’s resonance with the Dryad afterimages to learn that a masked man had headed toward the great tree. Feng Jin led them to Teacher Anaxa’s locked courtyard, where they encountered a projection of Anak Sargon.

• Dr. Ratio destroyed the Black Tide monsters, and the group continued to the Branch of Sundering with Feng Jin.
• Castorice explained the grove’s history, and Feng Jin led everyone to the golden tree at its center.
• Mimi resonated with the Dryad afterimages and saw memories of a black-hooded man carrying a black greatsword toward the great tree.
• Feng Jin used an old teleportation device to bring the group to Teacher Anaxa’s locked courtyard.
• A blue figure appeared at the door and introduced himself as Anak Sargon, a Sage and founder of the School of Sapience, insisting they not call him Anaxa.

Theresa and the others met Anaxa’s soul projection in the fallen Grove of Epiphany and learned that he had hidden part of his soul in a gold sheet. After Theresa secured the soul fragment, Anaxa sent them toward the Throne of Enlightenment to retrieve Shesis’s Core Flame, and the group set out to restore his body.

• Kalpas attacked Anaxa’s projection, but Anaxa explained that he had refined part of his soul into gold so it could guide the group.
• Theresa revealed herself as the Cat Girl Titan, and Anaxa praised her for helping humanity and Okhema’s final king, Krydrla.
• Theresa retrieved the gold sheet containing Anaxa’s soul fragments from beneath the flagstone and warned Stelle not to touch its formation.
• Anaxa said that most of the Grove’s scholars had evacuated to Okhema, but he feared his original body had been lost when the Grove fell.
• Theresa promised to restore Anaxa with the Power of Abundance, returned his soul to the formation, and led the group toward the Throne of Enlightenment to retrieve Shesis’s Core Flame.

Theresa and the others met Shesis, the Titan of Reason, in the Grove of Epiphany and learned that Shesis needed help recovering the Core Flame and escaping a black-cloaked invader. Theresa bypassed the grove’s challenges, and the group headed for the Throne of Enlightenment with Shesis following.

• Feng Jin led the group through a library in the Grove of Epiphany, where Theresa identified Shesis hiding inside a heart-like fairywood tree.
• Shesis asked Theresa about her past appearances, and Theresa explained that she and her companions had come from the future.
• Shesis revealed that a black-cloaked swordsman had driven them from the Core Flame of Reason and asked the group to revive the fairywood tree, retrieve the Golden Branch Oath Laurel, and unlock the waterwheel.
• Theresa used the Power of Abundance to revive the tree and retrieved the laurel with her divine sense, bypassing Shesis’s intended challenges.
• Qian Jie pressured Shesis to start the waterwheel, which opened a door, and the group set off for the Throne of Enlightenment with Shesis following.

Shesis explained how he survived the black-robed swordsman and asked the group to help restore his Core Flame and revive Anaxa. The group reached the Throne of Enlightenment, where Shesis merged into Anaxa’s body as they confronted the swordsman.

• Shesis revealed that he had hidden half of his Core Flame inside Anaxa and had helped him fake his death to escape the black-robed swordsman.
• Shesis admitted he wanted the group’s help to restore his Core Flame and revive Anaxa, and he also sought revenge on the swordsman.
• The group followed Shesis toward the Throne of Enlightenment, collecting Anaxa’s soul fragments along the way.
• At the throne, Shesis secretly merged into Anaxa’s body while the black-robed swordsman turned to face the group.
• Mimi sensed the swordsman’s terrifying aura, and Castorice warned that death and countless lingering souls surrounded him.

Acheron battled the Flame Reaver while Theresa and the others watched, and the Flame Reaver tested their strength by sending out a swarm of Broken Vessels. The fight ended with an unknown attacker piercing the Flame Reaver through the chest, leaving him wounded and facing the culprit.

• Castorice warned everyone about the black-robed swordsman, but Acheron charged him before the others could react.
• Theresa told everyone to let Acheron fight, then brought out snacks as he battled the Flame Reaver and destroyed his Broken Vessel clones.
• The Flame Reaver summoned over a hundred clones and sent some after the others, but Acheron used lightning clones to destroy them.
• Acheron grew furious that the Flame Reaver divided his attention and continued attacking him as the Flame Reaver unleashed the power of his Core Flames.
• The Flame Reaver attacked Acheron with a Ritual Sword, but a cyan Magic Array appeared on his chest and an unknown hand pierced through his heart.
• The Flame Reaver freed himself and turned toward the attacker while Theresa remarked that she could have healed him if he were not an enemy.

Theresa trapped Flame Reaver and Kalpas in a barrier so they could settle their fight, then protected Kalpas from Flame Reaver’s devastating attack. When Flame Reaver’s mask broke, he revealed a face resembling Phainon and identified himself as Khaslana, who had forgotten most of his memories but remembered needing to stop the Journey of the Fire and return the Core Flame.

• Theresa sealed the area around the Throne of Enlightenment to prevent Kalpas from burning down the Tree Garden or escaping the fight.
• Kalpas transformed into his Artificial Collapse Flame Demon form, and Flame Reaver answered with a powerful attack using his Ritual Sword and Morning Greatsword.
• Theresa’s Immortality Shield protected Kalpas from Flame Reaver’s charged slashes, while the Binding Barrier contained the attack’s shockwaves.
• Flame Reaver’s mask fell away, revealing a man who looked like Phainon and named himself Khaslana.
• Theresa healed Khaslana and Kalpas, cooled Khaslana with frostfire, and Stelle asked whether he had recovered any memories.

Herta projected herself into Amphoreus and confronted its administrator, Luguegos Laigushi, at the Genesis Vortex Core. Laigushi warned that forcing entry could unleash a Great Void Lord, and Herta left while apparently planning to bring reinforcements.

• Herta used four mirrors to project herself through the encrypted layers to the Genesis Vortex Core, which she recognized as the entrance to simulated Amphoreus.
• Laigushi appeared and identified itself as Amphoreus’s administrator and the mastermind behind the Iron Curtain Project, but refused to explain more or let Herta proceed.
• Herta challenged Laigushi’s blockade, and it warned that Amphoreus was sealed, that it could guarantee mutual destruction, and that breaking through could free a Great Void Lord of Destruction.
• After Laigushi described the threat to the galaxy, Herta said she had been persuaded and vanished, apparently intending to return with reinforcements.

Theresa brought the Flame Reaver to the Cloud Marble Heavenly Palace, where she introduced him to Aglaea and the others and explained his history. She then restored Anaxa’s body and consciousness, leaving him to reunite with Aglaea through their usual insults.

• The Flame Reaver followed Theresa’s group toward the Cloud Marble Heavenly Palace while Shesis warned that he might still be dangerous.
• Theresa told the group that she had left a Tree of Abundance in the Grove of Epiphany and had revived the scholars killed by the Flame Reaver.
• At the Hero’s Bath, Theresa introduced the Flame Reaver to Aglaea and the others, and Kevin teased him about his name.
• Aglaea confronted the strange voice speaking through Anaxa, and Theresa explained that Cthugha had occupied his body after he faked his death.
• Theresa healed Anaxa’s body and restored his consciousness, and Anaxa immediately traded sarcastic remarks with Aglaea.

The Flame Reaver revealed that Phainon’s Trial of Strife was destined to fail and urged the group to investigate the Genesis Vortex Core. There they found Laigushi, who exposed his role in Re-creation and demanded that everyone leave Amphoreus.

• The Flame Reaver explained that he had spent thousands of years trying to stop the Chrysos Heirs from returning the Core Flame, then warned that Phainon’s Trial of Strife would fail.
• Theresa opened a portal to the Genesis Vortex Core and led the group there to check on Phainon.
• The group arrived in Theresa’s flower-filled Genesis Vortex Core, where the Flame Reaver became hopeful that she could change Amphoreus’s fate.
• Aglaea and Anaxa recognized Laigushi, who revealed that Divine Spectator was only one of his identities and insisted that Re-creation continue.
• Laigushi demanded that everyone leave Amphoreus, while Stelle mocked him and the group refused to be intimidated.

Khaslana revealed that he was the first cycle’s Phainon and warned the Chrysos Heirs that Amphoreus was simulated data being used to evolve the Iron Tomb. Theresa and Himeko disrupted Laogushi, while Mydei and Yinyueyue entered the Genesis Vortex Core to interfere in the Trial of Strife; Khaslana then waited for Phainon and took out his anger on Laogushi, who fled.

• The Flame Reaver accused Laogushi of masterminding Iron Curtain’s evolution and revealed that Amphoreus was a simulated world destined to produce the Iron Tomb.
• The Flame Reaver removed his mask and identified himself as Khaslana, the first cycle’s Phainon, shocking Aglaea, Mydei, and Anaxa.
• Anaxa laughed at the revelation, while Kalpas, Kevin, Pardo, and Elysia discussed the danger and Theresa and Himeko prepared to intervene.
• Theresa asked Himeko to make Laogushi absurd, and Himeko corrupted their personality until they glitched and laughed uncontrollably.
• Theresa sent Mydei and Yinyueyue into the Genesis Vortex Core to interfere with the Trial of Strife and retrieve Phainon.
• Khaslana said he would pass his knowledge to Phainon, then slapped Laogushi so hard their head spun off before their body vanished and they fled.

Black Calamity revealed that he was a version of Phainon who had endured more than thirty million cycles of Eternal Return, and asked Phainon to inherit his power and stop the birth of the Great Void Lord Iron Tomb. Phainon accepted the Khaslana legacy, while Himeko secretly preserved Black Calamity’s consciousness as he dissipated.

• Black Calamity killed Laogushi, and Yinyueyue and Phainon appeared at the Genesis Vortex Core.
• Phainon explained that Mydei had taken the Trial of Strife in his place, then recognized Black Calamity as the supposed butcher of Ailishi.
• Black Calamity revealed that he was Phainon and recounted the truth of Eternal Return, including the plan to hatch the Great Void Lord Iron Tomb.
• Black Calamity entrusted Phainon with the Ritual Sword and the Khaslana legacy, asking him to end the cycle and prevent Iron Tomb’s birth.
• Phainon stabbed Black Calamity with the Ritual Sword and inherited his power, transforming as data surged into him.
• Black Calamity urged Phainon to carry the wrath of the cycles and declare war on Nanook before dissipating, while Himeko preserved his consciousness in a container for Theresa.