Chapter Summaries

Himeko confronted Guiji over killing her father while acknowledging that he had raised and cared for her, and the group decided to leave his fate to a vote in the main chat. Guiji joined the group chat under a new name, where other Great Void Lords and characters reacted to his capture.

• Guiji admitted defeat and calmly awaited Himeko's decision while she struggled with her feelings about his crimes and his role in raising her.
• Stellaron Essence, Old Yang, Theresa, and Himeko agreed that Guiji's fate should be decided by the wider group rather than by Himeko alone.
• Theresa freed Guiji and gave him a terminal, and he changed his name to Poor Old Dice Whose Pension Was Cancelled.
• The Astral Express Main Group welcomed Guiji, and several members questioned him about his capture and joked about his situation.

After Cyrene explained Guiji’s past and Himeko’s origins, the group discussed Guiji’s guilt, Himeko’s childhood dream of creating a giant robot, and the immense wish power it would require. Theresa then guessed that Blurry Two-Dimensional Horse was Aha, leaving Xuzhao startled in Dual-Phase Paradise.

• With Himeko’s permission, Cyrene recounted Guiji’s actions in Dual-Phase Paradise and revealed Himeko’s origins.
• Fu Xuan and the Great Void Lords discussed Guiji’s power and Phantylia’s battle against multiple Emanators on the Xianzhou Luofu.
• Guiji recalled Himeko’s childhood dream of creating the giant combat robot Trailblazer, while Himeko said she lacked the wish power to realize it now.
• Theresa guessed that Blurry Two-Dimensional Horse was Aha, and Xuzhao stiffened when she heard the accusation.
• Himeko joked that Aha was now “my wife,” prompting speculation about Aha and Aqevili.

Feiying revealed that she was a devoted fan of Xuzhao’s comic, and the Express group teased her by renaming her Pink Heavy-Duty Truck. The group then arranged a livestreamed contest between Feiying and Undying Path in Dual-Phase Paradise.

• Feiying praised Xuzhao’s Skyward Route: Rongrong and listed the cute animal versions of its characters.
• The group joked about which animals various members would resemble, and Theresa renamed Feiying Pink Heavy-Duty Truck.
• Feiying and Undying Path agreed to test whether she could knock him flying, while Bowshen handled the livestream network and Sparkle became referee.
• Sparkle introduced the contest outside the Tanuki News Agency building and noted that the Express Crew’s powerful members intimidated the Interastral Peace Corporation.

Feiying rammed Undying Path during a livestreamed contest, sending him tumbling into a lightning strike before he recovered and pretended the blow had not hurt him. Sparkle gave Feiying a gift from the Astral Express, while Manyuan's arranged haters began spreading doubts about the train.

• Undying Path agreed to let Feiying charge into him to help raise funds for his group, while Sparkle livestreamed the contest for the Astral Express.
• Sparkle explained that the Astral Express had commissioned her to witness the contest and that Bowshen was maintaining the network.
• Feiying struck Undying Path with enough force to send him spinning into the air, where lightning from the Great Yokai hit him before he crashed to the ground.
• Undying Path got back up, hid his pain, and claimed that the lightning—not Feiying's charge—had left him blackened.
• Sparkle declared Feiying the winner and gave her a gift box from the Astral Express, while the crowd fled when Feiying pretended to charge again.
• Manyuan's arranged haters began questioning the Astral Express and claiming its adventures were scripted.

Manyuan plotted to undermine Sparkle and discredit the Astral Express, driven by resentment from her traumatic past and distrust of genuine redemption. After Theresa learned of the smear campaign, she and several Stellaron Hunters left Nod-Krai for Dual-Phase Paradise to confront Manyuan.

• Manyuan ordered her employees to shut down Sparkle's livestream, but they could not interrupt it despite repeated attempts.
• Manyuan's memories revealed that she had survived the Bloodstained Games, been exploited by the Happy Smile Research Society and a television station, and eventually become director of Many Wishes TV Station.
• Manyuan ordered a smear campaign accusing the Astral Express of serving the Corporation, and hostile comments flooded Sparkle's livestream chat.
• Theresa learned about the campaign and decided to confront Manyuan, then asked Sando Meow to warn the Fatui about upcoming Memory Bubbles.
• Theresa and several Stellaron Hunters boarded the train and headed from Nod-Krai to Dual-Phase Paradise.

The Astral Express arrived at Dual-Phase Paradise to confront the slander against the crew and stop the remains of Voracity from reviving. The residents’ hostility quickly gave way to adoration, and Theresa learned where Sparkle Fire was livestreaming, though the crowd made it difficult to reach.

• Pam reacted coldly to Guiji’s return, while Guiji waited uncertainly to learn how the crew would deal with him.
• Theresa explained that the crew would investigate the danger in Dual-Phase Paradise and confront Manyuan for slandering the Astral Express.
• Phainon and Cyrene joined the others in opposing Dual-Phase Paradise’s denial of their sacrifices during the countless Amphoreus cycles.
• The Astral Express arrived at the docking station, where residents argued over whether the crew’s achievements were real.
• Himeko returned to her hometown, and many residents became fans after seeing the beauty of Theresa, Himeko, and Cyrene.
• Theresa asked where Sparkle Fire was livestreaming, and Xuzhao directed the crew to Lili Weekly as the crowd gathered around them.