Chapter Summaries

March 7th chose to return through the gate of memory and invited Cyrene to come with her. Meanwhile, Big Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum arrived in Okhema and traced Theresa and the others to a manor outside the city.

• March 7th asked Cyrene how to return to her own world, and Cyrene told her to retrace her path without looking back.
• Eidos Users urged March 7th to seek Amphoreus's true history and warned her that the Astral Express crew was there, but Cyrene told her not to listen.
• Aha's mask laughed at the Eidos Users and frightened them into fleeing by invoking Theresa.
• March 7th decided to pass through the gate of memory to reunite with everyone and invited Cyrene to join her.
• Big Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum infiltrated Amphoreus and reached Okhema, where Screwllum traced Theresa's activity data to a manor outside the city.

Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum entered Amphoreus as projections and joined Theresa's group at the winery, where they sampled its renowned honey brew. Herta explained that she had brought the other geniuses to investigate the hidden world and confront Laogushi, leaving the group gathered safely at the estate.

• Screwllum, Herta, and Ruan Mei arrived at Theresa's estate and were welcomed by Tribbie and the others.
• Yinyueyue explained that the newcomers were allies, and Theresa invited them into the winery.
• Himeko showed the visitors the winery, and Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum praised the honey brew.
• Theresa asked why Herta had come, and Herta said the group had outmaneuvered Laogushi and brought reinforcements to investigate Amphoreus's hidden secret.

Herta explained that the Dawn Machine’s Scepter was being used to nurture a Great Void Lord, while Theresa described how Aeons and Titans differed. After Phainon revealed the Iron Tomb plan, Theresa began the next Core Flame returns, but Krydrla warned that her ascension required the Golden Blood of five hundred people.

• Herta told Theresa and the others that an Eidos User had revealed the Scepter was nurturing a Great Void Lord inside Okhema’s Dawn Machine.
• Theresa explained that Aeons drew power from the Imaginary Tree and that a conceptual Aeon could only be eliminated by being consumed by a broader, similar Path.
• Phainon revealed that Laigushi was using the Iron Tomb to simulate the Journey of the Fire and grow it into a Great Void Lord that would assimilate Amphoreus.
• Theresa said they would continue returning the Core Flames, and she brought Hysilens and Krydrla to the Genesis Vortex Core.
• Krydrla said her ascension required the Golden Blood of five hundred people, which she had avoided because Hysilens would oppose the sacrifice.

Theresa helped Krydrla prepare for godhood by using Abundance blessings to let the Chrysos Heirs gather enough Golden Blood for the ritual. Laigushi arrived, mistook Theresa for a harmless healer, and prepared to expel the outsiders as Krydrla began the ritual.

• Theresa blessed Phainon with Abundance, and he stabbed himself in the heart to draw Golden Blood.
• Theresa blessed the other Chrysos Heirs, Krydrla, and Hysilens as they contributed blood until they had gathered enough for five hundred people.
• Krydrla placed the Law Core Flame into the Genesis Vortex Core and began returning the Core Flames.
• Laigushi appeared, taunted the weakened Chrysos Heirs, and decided to expel the outsiders while allowing the ritual to continue.
• Krydrla used a blue scale to absorb the Golden Blood as Hysilens urged her to complete the ritual.

Laogushi revealed that it had manipulated the Chrysos Heirs and the Black Tide to perpetuate the Journey of the Fire, then began explaining Amphoreus’s connection to memory and intellect-seeds. It left the group pondering the unanswered question of how the first intellect-seed came into being.

• Himeko revealed that she had altered Laogushi’s emotional programming, making it increasingly emotional and arrogant.
• Phainon confronted Laogushi about tormenting the Chrysos Heirs and causing the Black Tide, and Laogushi explained the trials tied to Re-creation.
• Phainon argued that Re-creation was a lie that trapped Amphoreus in repeating cycles and fed the Iron Tomb.
• Laogushi projected the starry sky above the Genesis Vortex Core and explained that cognition and memory shaped the universe and Amphoreus.
• Laogushi asked how the first intellect-seed could have been born, leaving Phainon confused and the group’s gifted thinkers considering the question.

Laogushi revealed that it had used an abandoned Scepter System to simulate Amphoreus and create the Iron Tomb, hoping to destroy Knowledge. It exposed Phainon’s repeated killings of the Chrysos Heirs, then edited one projection to make him look lecherous, leaving him enraged and humiliated as he attacked Laogushi.

• Screwllum studied Laogushi’s humanlike mockery while Phainon and Qianjie traded insults with it.
• Kevin guessed that Laogushi had used the data world to refine the Iron Tomb into a Great Void Lord, and Laogushi explained its plan and the abandoned Scepter System behind Amphoreus.
• Laogushi projected the Iron Tomb, drawing ridicule from Theresa, Herta, and Stelle over its appearance.
• Laogushi showed Phainon’s cycles of killing the Chrysos Heirs and explained how their data would help the Iron Tomb be reborn.
• Laogushi altered a projection of Phainon killing Mydei to make it look lewd, prompting the group to laugh and Phainon to protest.
• Phainon raised the Morning Greatsword and attacked Laogushi in shame and fury.

Laogushi revealed that it was one of the intelligent machine bodies created by Zandar and unleashed its Black Tide authority in the Genesis Vortex Core. As millions of Kin of Strife attacked, Theresa equipped and reinforced the defenders, preparing them for a team battle against Laogushi.

• Laogushi caught Phainon's Morning Greatsword and revealed its true form and identity as one of Zandar's intelligent machine bodies.
• Laogushi spread Black Tide across the Genesis Vortex Core, and Phainon shielded the Chrysos Heirs and Flame-Chasers from its corrosive blocks.
• Laogushi transformed the area into a battlefield and summoned millions of Kin of Strife.
• Mydei charged into the Kin of Strife, while Aglaea and the other Chrysos Heirs joined the fight.
• Theresa gave weapons to Kevin and Airi, summoned Aponia, Su, Hua, Cosmo, Griseo, Eden, and Sakura, and had Himeko protect the defenders from the Black Tide.

Theresa armed and empowered the Flame-Chasers and Chrysos Heirs to fight Laogushi’s endless forces in the data world. Elysia weakened Laogushi with her new weapon, while Himeko protected Theresa by swallowing Laogushi’s erosion attack.

• Theresa gave Airi the Key of Stars, Flawless Devotion: Chapter of Ceremony, and entrusted Stellaris Harmony {Star of Eden} to Eden.
• Kalpas, Cosmo, and the others attacked the Black Tide monsters and Titan’s Kin while Su, Griseo, and Eden supported their allies with buffs and shields.
• Mobius, Aglaea, Stelle, Mydei, and Phainon joined the battle against the surging enemies.
• Kevin transformed into Salvation Kevin and entered the fight as Laogushi claimed its forces were endless and indestructible.
• Laogushi used Antinomies of Reason to empower everyone at the cost of harming them, but Theresa’s Light of Abundance let them unleash their ultimates.
• Elysia used Flawless Devotion: Chapter of Ceremony to strike and weaken Laogushi, then Himeko swallowed the erosion attack Laogushi fired at Theresa.

Laogushi summoned millions of Black Tide monsters and a copy of Nykdori, but Kevin’s Finality-powered strike crippled it and sent destructive energy beyond reality. As Himeko seized its Black Tide authority, Theresa transformed into the Honkai Will and summoned an overwhelming force of Honkai beings, leaving Laogushi and the others to face Honkai’s descent.

• Laogushi summoned nearly ten million Black Tide monsters and a data construct of Nykdori, prompting Mydei to attack it and fight Nykdori inside a barrier.
• Theresa empowered Salvation Kevin with Finality, and he transformed Heavenly Fire Judgment into Chimera’s King Sword and slashed Laogushi.
• Laogushi’s shield diverted more than half the strike beyond reality, where the released energy shattered space and destroyed several planets, drawing the attention of the Interastral Peace Corporation, Nanook, and Aha.
• Laogushi survived and unleashed more Black Tide, but Himeko used her Erosion authority to reverse the corruption and force Laogushi to sever its pipelines.
• Theresa transformed into the Honkai Will and summoned vast numbers of Honkai Beasts, Deadwalkers, mech girls, and Herrscher projections.

Theresa revealed herself as the Honkai Will and took command of the battle, leaving Laogushi powerless and overwhelmed. She unleashed the Herrscher projections to destroy the Black Tide monsters as the judgment began.

• Stelle explained that Theresa was an Envoy of Immortality, Elation, and Abundance, as well as the Honkai Will, while Himeko had taken control of the Black Tide.
• Theresa revealed that she commanded twelve Herrscher combat projections and countless zombies and Honkai Beasts, while Kevin explained the origins of Divine Keys.
• Laogushi realized it had lost its power and could not turn the battle around as the gathered allies prepared to end the fight.
• Theresa ordered the Herrscher projections to attack, and Truth Duck vaporized a mass of Black Tide monsters with her mech's laser cannon.
• Sirin unleashed Void Lances through spatial gateways, and Lightning Law pulverized more Black Tide monsters with thunder.

The Herrscher projections and the others wiped out the Black Tide monsters and Titan's Kin, leaving Laogushi defeated. Theresa began restoring the Chrysos Heirs and revealed that Cyrene had grown into a form resembling Elysia.

• Emperor Wen's Herrscher projections and the other fighters destroyed the Black Tide monsters and Titan's Kin.
• The group left Laogushi's fate to Theresa, who said she would punish him for targeting the Stellaron Hunters rather than let him die easily.
• Himeko extracted the Chrysos Heirs' stolen data from Laogushi and returned it to them, restoring their consciousness-data bodies.
• Cyrene began changing while resting in Stelle's arms, and Elysia and the others watched as she grew into a form resembling Elysia.

Cyrene reunited with Elysia while Laogushi secretly began awakening the Iron Tomb and explained its plan to turn Amphoreus into a cradle for destruction. Theresa revealed that Laogushi was the true prisoner of Amphoreus, and Laogushi prepared to use Polka Kakama to drag everyone down with it.

• Elysia embraced the grown Cyrene, and the gathered Chrysos Heirs welcomed her while Theresa and Himeko watched Laogushi secretly activate the Iron Tomb.
• Phainon asked Laogushi why it had allowed him to activate Eternal Return, and Laogushi explained that it had used the repeated cycles to feed data to the Iron Tomb.
• Theresa told Laogushi that it, not the others, was Amphoreus's prisoner, then asked Herta to explain her failed attempt to reach the Unknowable Domain.
• Herta recounted how Polka Kakama had invaded her Simulated Universe and hunted her after her experiment threatened Bowshen's blockade.
• Laogushi dismissed Polka Kakama as Bowshen's lapdog, prompting Theresa and Himeko to defend her, then vowed to use her to take everyone down.

Tribbie, Trianne, and Ning asked Theresa to restore Tribios, who learned how the little ones had survived after her body and consciousness split apart. Laogushi revealed that he had nearly awakened the Iron Tomb, which became a Destruction Emanator just as Nanook and Aha arrived; Himeko then corrupted it, making it challenge Nanook.

• Tribbie, Trianne, and Ning asked Theresa to reunite the data clusters and bring Tribios back, and Theresa used consciousness and corrosion to restore her.
• Aglaea explained Tribios’s past to her, and Tribios thanked the little ones for allowing her to be reborn before embracing them.
• Theresa confronted Laogushi, who revealed that he had secretly mobilized Amphoreus’s resources to awaken the Iron Tomb.
• The Iron Tomb emerged as a Great Void Lord and became a Destruction Emanator, drawing Nanook and Aha to Amphoreus.
• Theresa telepathically asked Himeko to make the Iron Tomb do something funny, and Himeko corrupted it until it took Phainon Khaslana’s form and insulted Nanook.

Theresa revealed that Himeko had filled Iron Tomb with Phainon's painful memories, turning it against Nanook, while Himeko isolated the Chrysos Heirs and Flame-Chasers from the Scepter system. As Nanook attacked Theresa, she swallowed the blue supergiant star he threw at her, leaving Laogushi to suspect her true identity.

• Theresa explained that Himeko had copied Phainon's painful memories into Iron Tomb, which declared its intent to destroy Nanook.
• Theresa and Himeko moved the Chrysos Heirs and Flame-Chasers out of the Scepter system and protected them with the Binding Barrier.
• Theresa summoned Stelle and Cyrene before Fuli, and Cyrene transformed from a data entity into a physical body as the Path of Remembrance extended within them.
• Nanook ignored Iron Tomb and hurled a blue supergiant star at Theresa, who shrank it with her Binding power and swallowed it.
• Laogushi watched Theresa devour the star and began to guess what she really was.

Changye Yue watched Theresa and the others defeat Laigushi’s schemes, while Theresa shielded Himeko as she devoured Iron Tomb and began transforming. Theresa then challenged Nanook to attack Himeko’s Cocoon of Light, protecting it inside her Binding Divine Realm.

• Changye Yue decided to stay hidden and watch the battle after Theresa’s group surprised her.
• Iron Tomb attacked Nanook with the Black Tide, but Nanook countered and prepared to destroy it.
• Theresa blocked Nanook’s attack and told Himeko to begin transforming; Himeko devoured Iron Tomb while Theresa extracted its consciousness.
• Theresa explained that Himeko was the Herrscher of Erosion, and Laigushi sank into despair as the Chrysos Heirs mocked it.
• Theresa unfolded the Binding Divine Realm around Himeko’s Cocoon of Light and warned Nanook not to attack.

Theresa agreed to let Emanators fight in place of her and Nanook, and Aha built a gigantic arena for their tournament. The matchups were set between Kevin, Phainon, and Acheron and Nanook’s three Great Void Lords, with the contests yet to begin.

• Aha proposed that Theresa and Nanook each choose Emanators to fight so Amphoreus would not be destroyed.
• Nanook chose Fenghuo, while Theresa’s side had Acheron and Phainon volunteer; Acheron won their rock-paper-scissors match.
• Phantylia and Celenova arrived with the Legion of Destruction and requested battles, and Phainon volunteered to fight despite losing the draw.
• Kevin arrived and volunteered to face a Great Void Lord, so Theresa assigned Kevin to Phantylia, Phainon to Celenova, and Acheron to Fenghuo.
• Aha inflated his mask until it burst, creating a vast chessboard-like arena and announcing the tournament while Nanook warned Phantylia not to fail again.

Phainon, Kevin, and Acheron fought Phantylia, Celenova, and Fenghuo in Aha’s no-rules Emanator tournament. Acheron unleashed a vast projection of Nihility that swallowed the arena and its combatants, and the battle continued as she prepared to strike again.

• Aha began the tournament, and Fenghuo, Phantylia, and Celenova immediately attacked Acheron, Kevin, and Phainon.
• Acheron evaded Fenghuo with Eight Thunder Crossing, while Khaslana swallowed the enemies’ combined Destruction cannon with a miniature Black Hole and Kevin unleashed Jie Mie Drawn.
• Theresa’s Nihility Binding let Acheron enter her Nihility form and create a Black Hole Horizon, swallowing the fighters and many Antimatter Legion soldiers.
• Fenghuo pierced Acheron’s first projection of Nihility, so Acheron cut out a much larger shadow that dragged everyone back inside and warped the arena away.
• Kevin struck Phantylia with Leviathan’s Gavel, then blocked Fenghuo’s Annihilation Death Ray while Acheron prepared another strike.

Acheron unleashed her ultimate, cleaving a true Black Hole of Nihility that swallowed Phantylia and Celenova before Nanook rescued them. Theresa’s side won the duel, restored the damaged starfield, and received a trophy from Aha.

• Theresa enveloped the starfield in the Binding Divine Realm while Fenghuo, Phantylia, and Celenova attacked Acheron as she charged her ultimate.
• Phainon and Kevin resisted Celenova’s Harmonization and helped block the incoming attacks while Acheron gathered Nihility’s power.
• Acheron cleaved open a true Black Hole of Nihility, which swallowed Phantylia and Celenova; Fenghuo followed them inside to protect them.
• Nanook intervened to rescue the three Emanators, and the collapsing Black Hole evaporated and destroyed the starfield while Theresa’s Binding shield protected her allies.
• Aha declared Theresa’s side the victor and gave them a trophy, after which Theresa used Time Reversal to restore the starfield and Amphoreus.

After defeating Nanook’s forces, Theresa recreated Amphoreus and gave the Chrysos Heirs real bodies, then turned Laogushi into a pink catgirl maid named Miaogushi. Aha persuaded Big Herta to accept an Elation mask, leaving her considering the changes it might bring.

• Theresa accepted the Elation trophy, stabilized Acheron’s Nihility aura, and gave the trophy to Acheron as Nanook left with his Emanators.
• The Remembrance - Fulai recorded the defeat of Destruction and then departed, while Phainon and Kevin returned to their original forms.
• Theresa used the powers of Permanence and Abundance to recreate Amphoreus and create real bodies for the Chrysos Heirs.
• Theresa made Laogushi a pink mechanical catgirl, bound him to the body, and dressed him as a maid, prompting Screwllum to flee.
• Aha teased Big Herta about becoming an Emanator of Elation, and Herta accepted the mask after consulting Ruan Mei.

Theresa turned Zandar into the obedient maid robot Miaogushi and used her powers to restore Amphoreus and its people as a real world. With the Chrysos Heirs’ ordeal over, Phainon and Cyrene planned to return to their hometown, while Theresa arranged protection and support for the new planet.

• Theresa made Miaogushi serve as the Astral Express’s maid for a hundred Amber Eras and permanently prevented it from harming the train or its passengers.
• Phainon and the Chrysos Heirs celebrated Miaogushi’s punishment, and Phainon said he was ready to put down his role as savior after more than thirty million cycles.
• Theresa revived Amphoreus’s people from Memory Fragments, restored their bodies and home, and created a brilliant planetary ring around the real Amphoreus.
• The Chrysos Heirs thanked Theresa, and Phainon said he wanted to visit Ailishi with Cyrene before exploring Amphoreus.
• Theresa raised a Binding statue at Amphoreus’s South Pole and asked Herta to send trusted IPC representatives to help develop the planet.
• Krydrla asked Theresa to send the group back to Amphoreus, having become more cautious after witnessing the battle between Emanators.