Recaps

Kiana declined to become Belobog’s Supreme Guardian and prepared to leave, while Bronya took the role and Seele supported her. After a farewell banquet, Kiana and the Astral Express crew departed Yarilo-VI for their next journey.

• Bronya pledged to assist Kiana, but Kiana passed the Supreme Guardian position to Bronya and said she needed to continue her journey.
• Kiana said goodbye to Bronya and Seele, teased them into posing for a photo, and later secretly photographed Seele caring for an exhausted Bronya.
• Seele woke Bronya after she slept through a day, and Bronya hurried to prepare for the farewell banquet.
• Kiana, March 7th, Stelle, Bronya, and Seele ate a delicious feast before the Express crew said goodbye and left Belobog.
• Pom-Pom warned March 7th not to stand in the train aisles, and Himeko urged her to rest as the train departed Yarilo-VI.

After the crew returned from Belobog, March 7th and Kiana grew closer, while Stelle began asking whether the women around her were her mothers. At the route meeting, Kafka arrived and Himeko demanded to know why the Stellaron Hunter had come aboard.

• Himeko assigned Stelle to share her room and sent March 7th and Kiana to rest after the journey.
• March 7th woke Kiana for the route meeting, and Pom-Pom shared freshly baked cookies with the passengers.
• Pom-Pom thanked the crew for resolving the station’s problem and began announcing their next destination, but Kafka interrupted him.
• Stelle sensed a familiar connection to Kafka and asked whether she was her other mother or her father.
• Himeko stepped between Kafka and Stelle and demanded to know why Kafka had come to the train.

Kafka warned the Astral Express crew that a Stellaron had erupted on Xianzhou Luofu and persuaded them to investigate, though Dan Heng refused to go because of his painful connection to the ship. The train reached Luofu and received a broken landing response, suggesting the crisis there was severe.

• Kafka told Himeko and Welt that Blade had been taken by the Cloud-to-Guard and that the crew could help rescue him and resolve the Stellaron crisis on Luofu.
• Himeko held a vote, and four crew members chose to head for Luofu while Dan Heng declined to join the expedition.
• Pom-Pom jumped the train to Luofu, where Dan Heng described the ship and admitted that his subconscious made him physically uncomfortable about returning.
• Himeko requested permission to land, and Luofu sent back a garbled welcome to Star Skiff Haven.

After the Star Rail arrived at Luofu amid signs of trouble, Fu Xuan realized she had returned to the beginning of the Jianmu disaster and tried to assess how to change events. Kiana reunited with March 7th and Stelle, while Fu Xuan approached them cautiously, unsure whether Kiana remembered her.

• Luofu approved the Star Rail’s landing, but the broken communications and empty harbor left Himeko and the others wary.
• Fu Xuan realized she had traveled back to before the Jianmu disaster and sent Qing Que to report Mara-struck Cloud Knights at Liuyun Crossing and Central Starskiff Haven.
• The Star Rail crew found the harbor deserted and began looking for a local resident to explain what was happening.
• Kiana cheered Stelle up by giving her a tiny trash-can bracelet, and Stelle gratefully accepted it.
• Fu Xuan reconsidered exposing Phantylia, then decided to meet Kiana and observe whether she remembered their past.
• Kiana noticed Fu Xuan approaching but pretended not to recognize her, while March 7th called Fu Xuan a short pink-haired girl and Tingyun warned her that Fu Xuan was the Supreme Diviner.

Kiana used the Herrscher of Thousands’ authority to restore a Mara-struck Cloud-to-Guard soldier, discovering a possible way to reverse the condition. The group continued toward the Ship Lord’s Department, while Fu Xuan later hurried to the Divination Department after Jing Yuan asked whether she wanted to become general.

• Tingyun led Kiana, March 7th, Ouyang, and the Cloud-to-Guard soldiers toward Yukong, while March 7th grew jealous of Kiana’s attention to Tingyun.
• Kiana and March 7th discussed the Foxfolk and Buli Ren before they encountered a Mara-struck Cloud-to-Guard soldier.
• Kiana realized the Herrscher of Thousands’ authority might affect a living person’s mind and body, and she tested the idea on the soldier.
• Kiana severed the mental hub she had established, and the soldier’s golden branches fell away as his body recovered.
• Jing Yuan asked Fu Xuan if she wanted to become general and summoned her to the Divination Department, where she arrived excitedly.

Kiana helped a Mara-struck Cloud Knight recover, revealing an ability that could change the Xianzhou’s understanding of mara. The group reached the Star Skiff Sea, where Tingyun gave Kiana her contact information and sent her a file.

• Tingyun and the Cloud Knights confirmed that Kiana had restored a Mara-struck soldier to normal, and the soldier’s status rose as the first known Xianzhou resident to recover from mara.
• Kiana admitted she had caused the recovery, and the Cloud Knights and Tingyun were overwhelmed by gratitude.
• The group found cargo containers blocking their route, and Tingyun suggested they locate a control terminal to move them.
• Kiana flew over the containers to check on March 7th at the terminal, while Stelle pointed out that Kiana could have carried everyone across; Tingyun had no answer.
• Tingyun piloted the group to the Star Skiff Sea and gave Kiana her contact information after Kiana asked for it.
• Kiana sent Tingyun a message, and Tingyun replied with a file.

Kiana met Jing Yuan on the Luofu, where he arranged lodging for her companions and asked Fu Xuan to show Kiana around. Their outing ended at Fu Xuan’s favorite teahouse, where she offered Kiana a cup of tea loaded with sugar.

• Tingyun brought Kiana and the others to the Divination Department, where Jing Yuan met Kiana in person and arranged accommodations for the group.
• Jing Yuan summoned Fu Xuan and introduced her as the future general, then asked her to familiarize Kiana with the Luofu.
• Fu Xuan asked Kiana where she wanted to go, and Kiana answered, “Your home,” leaving Fu Xuan confused and annoyed.
• Fu Xuan chose a teahouse for their outing and ordered her usual tea and jars of sugar.
• Fu Xuan drank tea mixed with an extreme amount of sugar, explained that it restored her energy, and offered Kiana a cup.

Kiana and Fu Xuan realized their memories and the strange changes around March 7th might be part of an Aeon’s simulation, and discovered Aha was behind it. The simulation ended, and Kiana and March 7th woke aboard the train after briefly passing through a mysterious fog.

• Fu Xuan took Kiana to her residence, where they discussed the inconsistencies in their apparent journey through time and suspected an Aeon was responsible.
• Kiana guessed that Aha had created the experience, and Aha appeared to confirm it was an unrestricted simulation that would not harm their original world.
• Kiana ended the simulation, and she and Fu Xuan watched March 7th panic as the simulated world collapsed.
• Kiana woke aboard the train after only ten minutes, and Himeko explained that a strange fog had made her and March 7th briefly fall asleep.
• March 7th woke from her own frightening dream, and Himeko told everyone to rest and monitor themselves after the fog encounter.

The Astral Express received an invitation for Kiana and the others to attend Origami University’s Trailblazing symposium and experience campus life as auditing students. As March 7th eagerly imagined school adventures, Kiana dreamed of Stelle surrounded by frozen monkeys holding bananas.

• Himeko told the group that Origami University had invited the Astral Express to a Trailblazing symposium and a campus celebration.
• Himeko invited Kiana, March 7th, Stelle, and Dan Heng to enroll as auditing students, and March 7th enthusiastically accepted the idea of school life.
• March 7th researched campus activities but filled her notes with plots from anime and novels about school.
• Kiana heard Pom-Pom announce the train’s final jump, then went to sleep and dreamed of Stelle lying among frozen monkeys holding bananas.
• Kiana woke eight hours later and found March 7th still asleep beside her notebook and phone.

Kiana and the Astral Express crew arrived at Penacony, where a startled Black Swan and a hole in the train delayed their departure. The group checked into the Dreamy Hotel as shareholders, and the manager revealed that Kiana was famous enough to ask for her autograph.

• Kiana woke March 7th with a fake classroom reprimand, and they joined Himeko in the observation car.
• Black Swan confronted Himeko for forgetting to include her in the accommodation application, then startled Kiana and March 7th; Kiana's counterattack left a hole in the train ceiling.
• Kiana and March 7th entered Stelle's room to wake her, and Stelle called Kiana "Mommy" while still groggy.
• Kiana, March 7th, Dan Heng, and Stelle reached the Dreamy Hotel, where staff ushered them past the check-in line because they were Penacony shareholders.
• The group received activated Dream Passports and learned that the hotel had prepared seven Platinum Suites, while the manager asked Kiana for her autograph.

Kiana and the others arrived at Origami University, where Kiana descended into a campus performance and March 7th introduced them to the university’s latest craze, the Sleepy Banana Monkeys. They met Montagna, who recognized Kiana, leaving the group poised to learn why she seemed familiar.

• Kiana found her room preserved as she had left it and sensed that Aha’s power still warmed the Dream Pool.
• Kiana descended above Origami University, interrupted a Romeo and Juliet performance to bless the actresses, and inspired a surge in drama club membership and the pair’s engagement.
• Kiana rejoined March 7th, Dan Heng, and Stelle, who told them about her strange dream and the suddenly popular Sleepy Banana Monkeys.
• March 7th explained the monkeys’ popularity and added the group to an alumni chat, sharing her username, Zhao Camera.
• Montagna introduced herself as Loves Banana Baby and heard everyone’s chat usernames before recognizing Kiana.

Kiana’s group attended Origami University’s Dreamweave Celebration, where Professor Banana announced classes and exams were canceled for the semester. At the tuning exam, Kiana revealed herself as the chief examiner, and Mr. Rick arrived as its director.

• A student explained that Origami University assigned students to academies based on their potential and gave Kiana’s group a handbook about the enrollment test.
• Professor Banana introduced himself at the opening ceremony and announced that classes and exams were canceled for the semester in favor of earning credits at the celebration.
• Kiana grew suspicious of the suddenly popular Sleepy Banana Monkey as her group headed to the public classroom for the tuning exam.
• March 7th, Stelle, and Dan Heng found their student numbers, while Kiana went to the podium and introduced herself as the chief examiner.
• Mr. Rick entered the classroom, introduced himself as the test’s director, and reminded the excited students to stay in character.

Kiana and the Express crew settled into Origami University, explored its clubs, and inspected their luxurious dormitory. March 7th ended by inviting Kiana to share her bed.

• Rick let Kiana choose an academy without interviewing her, while March 7th learned she had been assigned to Dreamweaver Academy and sought comfort from Kiana.
• Kiana and March 7th searched the university’s clubs, but March 7th was disappointed that it lacked the groups she had expected from anime.
• Kiana called March 7th “Big Sister March,” cheering her up, while Stelle questioned a Sleepy Banana Society recruiter and received a figurine.
• The Express crew toured the university, bought many things, and went to see their dormitories.
• Kiana, Stelle, and March 7th discovered their spacious duplex villa, and March 7th asked Kiana to sleep together.

Kiana, Stelle, and March 7th dealt with a mix-up over Stelle’s forgotten phone before attending their first university class with Dan Heng. The chapter ended when a visitor from the Xianzhou mistook Kiana for Ling Sha and urgently tried to take her to help Jing Yuan.

• March 7th messaged Stelle’s phone, which Kiana was holding, and accidentally replied to herself from Stelle’s account.
• Stelle returned to the dormitory, overheard Kiana and March 7th discussing the phone mix-up, and fell through March 7th’s ajar door.
• Stelle contacted Doctor Ratio to explain what had happened, and he responded with a reaction image saying he was dead.
• Dan Heng listened attentively in class while Stelle dozed and March 7th struggled to follow the lesson.
• Kiana arrived in a formal gown, and a Xianzhou visitor mistook her gradient-colored arm for Ling Sha’s and summoned her to help Jing Yuan.
• Kiana denied being Ling Sha, then set off hidden fireworks in her bouquet and laughed at everyone’s reaction.

Kiana, March 7th, and their classmates attended a dreamweaving class at Origami University, where the Sleepy Banana Monkey’s strange influence became increasingly obvious. After the Dreamweaving Banana Teacher abruptly fled from Kiana’s painting, Kiana and Ranpa privately compared their suspicions about the class.

• Sparkle revealed that she was Aha, then vanished as Ranpa joined the class and introduced herself as a ninja hunting suspicious troublemakers.
• The Dreamweaving Banana Teacher gave the students Meme Dye and instructed them to decorate the school corridor, while most students inexplicably painted the Sleepy Banana Monkey.
• Kiana painted the Cocoon of Finality with herself, Mei, Bronya, and others, while March 7th created a lifelike Formless Ice; the teacher gave both works zero points for not depicting the monkey.
• The Dreamweaving Banana Teacher saw Kiana’s painting, appeared frightened, and abruptly ended class before leaving.
• Ranpa privately asked Kiana whether she had noticed anything wrong, and Kiana questioned whether the teacher had ever set a theme for the assignment.

Kiana investigated strange memory and behavior anomalies at Origami University, which appeared connected to the original Doctor’s former researchers and the Sleepy Banana Society. She met Guinaifen at Dreamtide Reef, where Guinaifen examined a little girl and then Kiana before an unexpected visitor arrived.

• Kiana asked Asta and Ms. Herta about the apparent memory distortion at Origami University, and Ms. Herta suspected memetic contamination possibly linked to the original Doctor’s research.
• Ruan Mei reminded Kiana about a forgotten gift on the Luofu and warned her that a former researcher under the original Doctor had recently made a move.
• Kiana noticed the Sleepy Banana Society’s expanding membership and genuine monkeys, suspected a link to devolution experiments, and went to Dreamtide Reef to investigate with Guinaifen.
• Kiana found Guinaifen evaluating a little girl’s singing; Guinaifen examined the girl with her Harmony ability and assured her that she was healthy.
• Guinaifen examined Kiana with her ability, then a familiar voice addressed Kiana and Guinaifen as a big star and a Nameless.

Guinaifen discovered that a strange noise spreading through Dreamtide Reef was tiring her when she used Harmony to tune it, and she suspected it was connected to the Sleepy Banana Monkey. After Boothill heard that the Sleepy Banana Society might be linked to the Original Doctor, Kiana made them fake membership cards, and the three prepared to investigate the society in disguise.

• Guinaifen used Harmony to tune the strange noise in Boothill, restoring his speech while revealing that he was affected too.
• Guinaifen explained that the noise had spread alongside the Sleepy Banana Monkey and left her exhausted, then said she had investigated the Sleepy Banana Society but had not passed its admission process.
• Boothill learned that the Original Doctor might be connected to the society and resolved to get inside, since he wanted to confront the Genius Club member responsible for atavistic experiments.
• Kiana revealed that she could create usable copies of membership cards with the Herrscher of Reason's authority, and she made cards for the group.
• Guinaifen and Kiana disguised themselves, while Boothill reacted with astonishment to their sudden transformations.

Kiana and Boothill investigated the Sleepy Banana Society in Dreamtide Reef, where the society’s influence and strange effects led them to March 7th. Boothill woke after Kiana knocked him out, and the group’s meeting ended with Montagna mistaking him for a sheriff before learning he was the fugitive.

• Guinaifen noticed Dreamtide Reef was filled with Sleepy Banana Society members and found that the society’s area was free of the noise affecting her elsewhere.
• Guinaifen left Kiana and Boothill to investigate the noise and The Doctor, while Kiana stayed with Boothill inside the society’s area.
• A mysterious message appeared, and Boothill was affected by the Sleepy Banana Monkey’s influence; he mistook March 7th for an enemy and passed out.
• Kiana woke Boothill on a bench, and March 7th revealed that Sleepy Banana had given her a high-level membership card, making her the society’s secret boss.
• March 7th introduced Montagna, and Kiana joked that she and Boothill had come to steal bananas from the monkeys before Boothill admitted he was the fugitive.

Kiana called Aha with the mask he had left behind, and April First appeared as the strongest Pioneer Emissary. April First proposed blowing up Penacony to eliminate the monkeys, leaving Robin to question whether she could solve the crisis.

• Mika reported that Dreamtide Reef’s transformation was continuing and that more local residents were turning into monkeys.
• Boothill agreed to deal with the bananas in Dreamtide Reef, while Mika remained troubled by having violated the reef’s principles.
• Kiana prepared to attack the black hole above Dreamtide Reef, but March 7th stopped her because her strike could damage Penacony.
• Kiana used Aha’s mask to summon help, and April First appeared after she pretended she was about to leave.
• April First introduced herself as a former Trailblazer and Galaxy Ranger, then suggested blowing up Penacony to destroy the monkeys.

Kiana, Guinaifen, and their companions gathered Dreamtide Reef’s residents for a performance meant to counter the harmful song without surrendering the haven’s independence to the Family. Guinaifen took her place at the DJ console as the chorus was about to begin.

• Aha joked with the group, then left Guinaifen to handle the crisis in Dreamtide Reef.
• Kiana suggested using Harmony’s power, and she, Guinaifen, and Mika realized everyone could contribute their own voice rather than follow only the Family’s music.
• Boothill led the group to a stage in Old Dream Town, where Azure Jazz and the Origami Birds decorated the venue.
• April First used a megaphone to invite Dreamtide Reef’s residents, and Aha later brought the holdouts to the gathering.
• Boothill threatened the residents who refused to join, and they agreed to attend the chorus.
• Boothill encouraged Guinaifen to trust the gathered residents, and she stepped up to the DJ console to begin the performance.

Guinaifen’s performance spread Harmony through Dreamtide Reef, waking the residents and bringing the Banana Ape victims back to their senses. Professor Banana escaped briefly, but Kiana recaptured him, and Boothill and Ranpa took him away to question him about the Original Doctor; Ranpa then thanked Kiana with a baffling compliment that left everyone staring.

• Guinaifen turned her concert into a DJ set, and Harmony drew the crowd into a shared dance that dispelled the surrounding noise.
• Ranpa defeated the Banana Apes and, with Stelle and Dan Heng, helped return the transformed residents to Dreamtide Reef, where Guinaifen guided them back to their senses.
• Kiana and Aha prepared a collar for Professor Banana, while Boothill and Ranpa threatened him, but Rake revealed that he was only a puppet and the real Professor Banana had escaped.
• Kiana produced the real Professor Banana, and Boothill, Ranpa, and the crowd beat him before dragging him away to question him about the Original Doctor.
• Ranpa thanked Kiana and told her, "You were really great last night," leaving March 7th and the others confused.

March 7th discovered that Stelle had founded the Trash Can Society and become its president, while Black Swan helped erase the campus incident from most people’s memories. The Express crew attended Guinaifen’s school anniversary performance, then left Penacony before their seven-day visit expired.

• Kiana teased March 7th as Stelle’s Trash Can Society recruited students with its promises of blessings from the King of Trash Cans.
• March 7th recognized Stelle as the society’s president and realized she had forgotten Stelle’s invitation to join.
• Black Swan helped Rook alter memories of the Origami University incident, but a memory of the Pioneer Emissary nearly contaminated her.
• Kiana quieted the crowd and cleared a path for the Express crew to reach the front of Guinaifen’s school anniversary performance.
• The Express crew boarded the train before their seven-day stay in Penacony ended, leaving March 7th with regrets about her unfinished campus visit.

After the Astral Express suffered a brief energy-system disruption, it returned to Penacony before it could leave, and damaged components forced the crew to extend their stay indefinitely. The crew made plans for the delay, while Stelle hurried back to Origami University and Kiana entered the Dream Pool.

• Stelle reluctantly left the Trash Can Society at Origami University, giving its members a treasured trash can as a parting gift.
• Pom-Pom was cheerful because Stelle had left her real trash can behind, while Kiana said she would return to Penacony when Ruan Mei's surprise arrived.
• The Astral Express shook after an unknown interference, briefly malfunctioned, and then followed a strange radiance back to Penacony.
• Himeko inspected the train and found damaged components, so she extended the crew's stay until repairs could be completed.
• March 7th went shopping with Kiana, Dan Heng went to read in the hotel lounge, and Stelle returned to Origami University through the Dream Pool.
• Pom-Pom questioned whether Kiana had caused the train's abnormality, while Kiana entered the Dream Pool and fell asleep.

Kiana and March 7th investigated a mysterious Guinaifen who vanished in Penacony, then learned that Stelle had spotted a second Kiana at Origami University. The group headed to the university to investigate the strange doubles and their possible connection to Sparkle.

• Kiana and March 7th followed a disguised Guinaifen in the Dreamy Hotel district, but she vanished, and a message from the real Guinaifen revealed she was elsewhere.
• Kiana asked Silver Wolf to obtain surveillance footage and promised to help get her seventy-six game accounts unbanned; Herta later lifted the bans.
• Kiana and March 7th woke from the Dream Pool and met the real Guinaifen with Himeko at the train platform.
• Kiana recalled that Sparkle had disappeared after the earlier events and suspected she might be connected to the duplicate Guinaifen.
• Stelle sent the group photos of a petite white-haired girl resembling a younger Kiana whom she had seen at Origami University.
• Kiana and the others decided to go to Origami University and investigate the strange doubles.

Kiana and her companions discovered that Ruan Mei had brought Cat Cakes to Penacony, while Kiana remained curious about the surprise Ruan Mei promised. After Tingyun suddenly vanished on the Xianzhou, Yukong contacted Kiana for help, and Kiana showed March 7th her phone.

• Kiana and her companions found Ruan Mei with Cat Cakes resembling Kiana, Guinaifen, and the Stellaron Hunters.
• Ruan Mei gave Kiana embroidery and pastries, explained that the Cat Cakes were marvelous little changes, and hinted at a surprise.
• March 7th admitted that Ruan Mei's imposing presence made her restrain herself around her.
• Kiana recalled that Sunday had been secretly released and noticed Guinaifen's unease about him.
• Yukong told Kiana that Tingyun had vanished in front of witnesses, prompting the Xianzhou authorities to launch a search.
• March 7th questioned why Kiana was concerned about Tingyun, and Kiana handed her the phone to explain.