Chapter Summaries

Kiana and the others spent a passionate night on the Luofu before the Astral Express crew prepared to leave. After a farewell gathering, the train departed without a chosen destination, and March 7th asked whether they were still going to Amphoreus.

• Ling Sha sent Kiana incense and scented sachets for everyone on the train, including a special one for Fu Xuan.
• Fu Xuan and March 7th used the incense and elaborate outfits to try to overpower Kiana, but Kiana outlasted them, and they fell asleep by morning.
• Fu Xuan questioned Ling Sha about the incense's effectiveness, and Ling Sha suggested that she and March 7th were still weaker than Kiana.
• Fu Xuan, Qingque, Ling Sha, Huo Huo, Sushang, Guinaifen, and Jing Yuan Yuan joined others in seeing off the Astral Express crew, while Bailu was kept away at the Alchemy Commission.
• Pom-Pom printed the farewell photo for the observation car, and March 7th asked where the train was headed as it traveled slowly away from the Luofu.
• March 7th reminded Pom-Pom that they had discussed going to Amphoreus during their time in Penacony.

The Express crew voted to travel to Penacony, then stopped at Herta Space Station to restock and check Stelle’s Stellaron. Asta eagerly welcomed Kiana and persuaded her to transform into her childhood catgirl form, which left Asta delighted and cuddling her.

• Himeko and Black Swan suggested taking shorter trips before the Express began its long journey to Amphoreus, and the crew discussed Belobog, Herta Space Station, and Penacony.
• Stelle spotted a trash can survive an asteroid impact and declared it her destined one, interrupting the discussion about their destination.
• Pom-Pom counted the ballots and revealed that everyone had voted for Penacony; Himeko, Welt Yang, Stelle, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Kiana each explained their choices.
• The Express stopped at Herta Space Station to restock and examine Stelle’s Stellaron, where Asta welcomed the crew and led Kiana to her room.
• Asta asked to see Kiana’s childhood catgirl form, and Kiana transformed into a small white-haired catgirl with blue eyes and extra ears.
• Asta embraced Kiana and inhaled deeply as Kiana sat in her arms.

Herta examined Kiana after her return to the Space Station, and the results showed that Kiana had grown to Emanator-level strength through her own power. The chapter left Herta and Asta confronting how Kiana’s immense Honkai Energy defied the power system of the Star Rail universe.

• Herta arrived at Kiana’s room, caught Asta cuddling a kitten-sized Kiana, and withdrew after misunderstanding what she saw.
• Herta summoned Kiana to her laboratory for an examination, teased her about undressing, and secretly brought her a warm blanket.
• Herta’s scan revealed unusual data, and Asta went to the laboratory after finding Kiana missing from her room.
• Asta read the report and learned that Kiana’s body exceeded the strength of many Emanators and that she could release enough Honkai Energy to destroy a star.
• Herta and Asta faced the fact that Kiana had gained this power through herself rather than by following a Path.

Ms. Herta tested whether Kiana could give rise to a new Path in the Simulated Universe, then Kiana returned to Herta Space Station and Asta delayed the Express crew’s departure to celebrate her birthday. The chapter ended with Kiana and March 7th both surprised to learn that it was Kiana’s birthday.

• Ms. Herta accelerated the Simulated Universe to study whether Kiana’s growth could create a new Path, but the simulation ran out of computing power before producing a new Aeon.
• Ms. Herta sent Kiana and Asta out of her laboratory with Kiana’s blanket, snacks, and requested items, then slammed the door after Kiana called her a jerk.
• Asta doted on Kiana during her stay, while March 7th urged the Express crew to leave; Asta persuaded the others to delay their departure for two days.
• Asta won March 7th over by showing her the Kiana Cat collection and photographs, while the crew prepared to celebrate Kiana’s birthday.
• March 7th and Kiana both realized they had not known that the day was Kiana’s birthday.

At Kiana’s Space Station celebration, March 7th accidentally gave her alcohol, and the tipsy Kiana asked Asta and March 7th to stay with her overnight. March 7th asked whether Asta loved Kiana romantically, and later reassured the pretending-to-sleep Asta that she and Fu Xuan accepted sharing Kiana, leaving Asta listening in silence.

• Asta and the researchers celebrated Kiana’s arrival day, and Herta personally toasted her before leaving Asta a bottle of alcohol.
• March 7th unknowingly fed Kiana wine, and Kiana became flushed, sleepy, and unusually affectionate.
• Asta and March 7th brought Kiana to her room, where she pleaded with them to stay; March 7th persuaded Asta to sleep beside them.
• March 7th asked Asta if she loved Kiana romantically, and Asta silently questioned how she truly felt.
• Herta looked through old photographs of Asta and Kiana and wondered whether her efforts to bring them closer had worked.
• March 7th told the pretending-to-sleep Asta that she and Fu Xuan accepted sharing Kiana, while admitting she had felt jealous too.

Kiana left Herta Space Station after Asta kissed her goodbye, prompted by March 7th, and later revealed she knew what March 7th and Asta had done while she was unconscious. The Express continued its journey, leaving Kiana and Asta’s relationship newly changed.

• March 7th and Asta grew close after discussing sharing Kiana, while Kiana woke with no clear memory of the previous night.
• Asta kissed Kiana farewell in front of the Express crew and asked her to visit again.
• On the train, Kiana worried that the farewell kiss had raised a death flag, and March 7th admitted she had encouraged Asta.
• Kiana pointed out faint lipstick marks and revealed she had realized what happened while she was unconscious, prompting March 7th to apologize.
• Kiana accepted that Asta’s kiss had shifted their relationship, noting that Asta had spent more time with her than March 7th had.

Kiana was separated from the Express and appeared on Herta Space Station during an Anti-Matter Legion attack, where she rescued Wen Shiling and set out to find Asta. The chapter ended with Wen Shiling leading Kiana toward the Master Control Zone.

• Pom-Pom announced an emergency stop after a black shadow appeared on the Star Rail, and Kiana used her spatial Authorities to keep the passengers from being thrown forward.
• Kiana vanished from the Express and woke in a storeroom on Herta Space Station, where Wen Shiling fled inside while escaping a Voidranger.
• Kiana recognized Wen Shiling and defended her from a Void Trash Trampler, crushing it with one hand.
• Kiana asked Wen Shiling to take her to Asta, and Wen Shiling agreed after realizing Kiana was the station master’s friend.
• Kiana defeated a Voidranger Raider waiting outside the storeroom and told Wen Shiling her name was Kiana Kaslana.

Kiana returned to Herta Space Station, reunited with Asta, and agreed to help drive back the Anti-Matter Legion. She then used the group chat to find March 7th and Dan Heng with the newly awakened Stelle, where March mistook her for a moon goddess named Kiana.

• Wen Shiling reunited with Wen Mingde and thanked Kiana by giving her a gift, while Asta introduced herself as the station's Acting Station Master.
• Asta asked Kiana to help protect important collections and research samples from the Anti-Matter Legion, and Kiana agreed.
• Kiana discovered that her phone contacts still worked and saw March 7th asking the group for the number for emergency services after finding an unconscious girl.
• Kiana traveled to the Nameless Interastral Peace Corporation area and found March 7th and Dan Heng with the gray-haired Stelle.
• March 7th explained that she had mistaken Kiana for Kiana, a moon goddess from Hawaiian mythology.

March 7th, Dan Heng, and Kiana found the newly awakened Stelle in a Curio exhibit, where she had lost her memories and briefly mistook Kiana for her mother. After the group tested the Score-determining Gun and Dan Heng headed to meet Arlan, March 7th prepared to escort Kiana and Stelle to the Master Control Zone, and Stelle found her baseball bat.

• Dan Heng mistook March 7th for an impostor, but the misunderstanding ended when Stelle woke and Kiana caught her as she stumbled.
• Stelle called Kiana “Mom,” and Kiana played along while Asta watched the surveillance feed and mistakenly inferred that Stelle was Herta’s granddaughter.
• Stelle remembered her name but not her past, and March 7th introduced herself, Dan Heng, and the Space Station’s emergency situation.
• March 7th brought the group to the Score-determining Gun, which gave Stelle 84 points, Dan Heng 88, and could not evaluate March 7th or Kiana.
• Dan Heng left to meet Arlan, while March 7th agreed to escort Kiana and Stelle to the Master Control Zone; Stelle then found her baseball bat.

Kiana defeated the Anti-Matter Legion at the station, then confronted Kafka and Silver Wolf in the Support Zone. She used a mysterious future group chat to unsettle the Stellaron Hunters before ambushing Silver Wolf, who discovered Kiana was the white-haired girl in the future photo.

• Kiana effortlessly defeated a Voidranger that sneaked up behind her and helped March 7th and Stelle fight off the Anti-Matter Legion.
• Kiana sent March 7th and Stelle toward the Master Control Zone while she went to the damaged Support Zone to seek revenge on Silver Wolf.
• Kiana watched Kafka and Silver Wolf arrive, then created a Stellaron Hunter Family group chat that appeared to have been created a year in the future.
• Silver Wolf and the others examined a future-dated group photo showing a white-haired girl with the Stellaron Hunters, while Elio stopped responding.
• Kiana lifted Silver Wolf from behind and teased her about her height before Silver Wolf saw that Kiana was the girl in the photo.

Kiana reunited with Silver Wolf and Kafka before intervening in the Doomsday Beast attack, disrupting the script. Welt Yang recognized Kiana as someone from his past, and Kiana prepared to deal with the pinned Doomsday Beast herself.

• Kafka calmed Silver Wolf, while Kiana transformed to resemble her and Silver Wolf discovered their near-identical genetic data and mysterious records.
• Kiana claimed to be Silver Wolf's future companion and produced personal items belonging to Silver Wolf and Kafka before returning to her original appearance.
• Silver Wolf and Kafka watched the Doomsday Beast attack as March 7th fell and Stelle moved to protect her, but Kiana stepped in and the beast's attack curved around her.
• A black sphere pinned the Doomsday Beast to the Platform, and Welt Yang arrived and greeted Kiana as an old acquaintance.
• Welt Yang considered how to handle the Doomsday Beast without causing costly damage, but Kiana said she would take care of it.

Kiana destroyed the Doomsday Beast and much of the Space Station’s Platform, then collapsed from exhaustion and woke in a room with Himeko, Asta, Stelle, and March 7th. As the group recovered from the crisis, Herta returned to the Space Station and Stelle mistakenly called her Grandma.

• Kiana erased the Doomsday Beast, the Platform beneath it, and the Space Station’s defensive barrier, leaving Asta to face the repair costs.
• Silver Wolf feared Kiana’s power, while Asta thanked the group and the Stellaron that had gone berserk returned to calm.
• Herta reconnected with a doll in the main control section, where Stelle called her Grandma and confused the gathered researchers.
• Kiana fell asleep beside Asta and later woke in a room, where Himeko and Asta said Herta believed she had overexerted herself.
• Stelle touched Kiana’s waist, then March 7th examined it too and asked how Kiana kept it so thin.
• Asta photographed Kiana and March 7th sitting close together after noticing how alike they looked.

Asta’s photo of Kiana and March 7th made March believe they were closely related, while Stelle jokingly claimed Kiana as her mother. Kiana later summoned Luocha to show Welt Yang someone who looked just like Otto, leaving Welt struggling to control his anger as Luocha asked where he was.

• Asta accidentally took a photo of March 7th and Kiana together, and the group noticed how much the two women resembled each other.
• Stelle feared March would steal Kiana from her, and March called Kiana “Mom” before saving their photo as her wallpaper.
• Kiana escaped March and Stelle’s attention, then asked Welt Yang if he remembered Otto and showed him a photo of Otto.
• Welt reacted furiously to the photo, so Kiana summoned Luocha, whose appearance and voice closely matched Otto’s.
• Luocha introduced himself as a passing merchant and asked where he was, while Welt struggled to restrain himself from attacking him.

Kiana reunited with Asta and the others after being sent outside the Stargate, then met Herta, whose puppets and familiar warmth toward Kiana left her curious about Kiana’s unexplained identity. Herta brought Kiana and Stelle to her office to test the Simulated Universe and examine Stelle, while privately wondering who Kiana really was.

• Luocha repeated Kiana’s requested line about being Welt’s guide, enraging Ouyang until Himeko calmed the situation.
• Ouyang recognized Kiana as the older sister and explained that she had returned to a familiar place after being sent outside the Stargate.
• Himeko and Stelle touched Kiana’s waist, and Asta offered her an IPC black card as payment, which Kiana refused while showing photos of their close relationship.
• Stelle asked whether Asta was the dad or the mom, and Herta arrived before Asta could answer.
• Herta summoned Kiana and Stelle to her office to test the Simulated Universe and examine Stelle, then introduced her scientific achievements through a display.
• Stelle learned that Herta’s puppet showed her childhood appearance, while Herta noted that she could find no records explaining Kiana’s identity.

Kiana used the Authority of Domination to animate Herta’s puppets in the Simulated Universe, prompting Herta to throw her out. As the Express prepared to leave the Space Station, Kiana chose to join its next journey alongside Stelle.

• Herta had Kiana and Stelle enter the Simulated Universe, where Kiana gained control of the Herta Puppets through the Authority of Domination and made them perform.
• Herta ejected Kiana from the Simulated Universe, and Asta and Himeko later found her sitting with snacks in the main control cabin.
• March 7th followed Kiana around the Space Station and secretly photographed her until Kiana pointed out the camera’s shutter sound.
• After the Express finished preparing to depart, Himeko invited Kiana and Stelle to join the crew, while Asta offered Stelle a chance to stay at the Space Station.
• Stelle left the choice to Kiana, and Kiana decided to join the Express and promised to visit Asta again.

Kiana reunited with the Express crew and traveled with them toward Jarilo-VI, while Aha appeared to tease her and offered her the chance to become an Emanator of Joy. After the train arrived near the snow-covered planet, Kiana wondered whether Akivili had truly left a mark there.

• Kiana and Stelle boarded the Express, and Pom-Pom explained the train’s rules to the new passengers.
• Kiana met Aha outside the train, recognized him through his disguises, and turned down his offer to become an Emanator of Joy.
• Kiana returned to the train and slept beside Stelle and March 7th; the next morning, she stopped Stelle from pouncing on her with a golden barrier.
• The Express jumped through space and arrived near Jarilo-VI, where March 7th celebrated surviving the jump and embraced Kiana.
• Kiana recalled her question about whether Akivili had left a mark on Jarilo-VI and soon received confirmation of her suspicion.

The Astral Express arrived at snow-covered Jarilo-VI, where the crew discovered that a Stellaron had caused severe spatial anomalies and began their Trailblaze mission. After Kiana fell through a hidden passage, it opened into a bath where she landed in front of Bronya, leaving them face to face.

• Kiana and the Astral Express crew spotted Pom-Pom's mark on Jarilo-VI and learned the planet had lost contact with the outside world seven hundred years earlier.
• Pom-Pom reported unstable star tracks and a Stellaron anomaly, and Himeko assigned Kiana, Stelle, and March 7th to explore the planet.
• Kiana rescued Pom-Pom from the snow, then was accidentally knocked into a concealed passage by March 7th.
• Kiana followed the passage beneath the snow until it led to a bath in Belobog, where Bronya was bathing after arguing with Cocolia.
• Kiana fell through the passage's ceiling into Bronya's bath, and Bronya warily asked who she was.

While Cocolia struggled against the Stellaron’s influence, her concern about Bronya’s recent happiness led her to visit Bronya’s home and meet Kiana. Cocolia shared dinner with Bronya and Kiana, but the chapter ended with someone declaring admiration for Miss Seele.

• March 7th led Stelle through the snowfield by following footprints, while Sampo hid in a snowdrift and lured the pursuing Silvermane Guards back toward him.
• Cocolia resisted the Stellaron’s attempts to control her, and Bronya’s changed behavior made her suspect her daughter might be in love.
• Bronya returned home to Kiana, who welcomed her and began preparing dinner, while Cocolia arrived outside with a spear in hand.
• Kiana invited Cocolia inside, introduced herself as Bronya’s stray cat, and joined Bronya and Cocolia for dinner.
• Cocolia relaxed and enjoyed time with Bronya and Kiana, while the Stellaron realized the situation was going badly.
• Someone said, “I’ve admired Miss Seele for a long time.”

Kiana entered the Lower District through a hidden passage and won over Seele and the residents of Rock Town by giving them supplies and healing the injured at Natasha's clinic. Seele took Kiana under her protection, while Natasha wondered who the mysterious girl from the Upper District was and considered asking Sampo.

• Kiana used a hidden passage to reach Rock Town, where Seele confronted her and then shielded her from suspicious residents.
• Kiana conjured food, clothing, and heating and lighting supplies for Rock Town, earning Oleg's gratitude and prompting Seele to invite her to stay with her.
• Seele led Kiana toward Natasha's clinic, and Kiana helped residents along the way while reassuring Seele that she wanted to help everyone in Belobog.
• Kiana entered the clinic and healed the injured Underworld Fire members with drifting white particles, astonishing the patients and Seele.
• Seele took Kiana's hand and led her out of the clinic, while Natasha wondered how Kiana had reached the Lower District and thought Sampo might know her identity.

March 7th and Stelle found Sampo hiding in the snow, and he tricked March into paying him 5,000 Credit Points to guide them to Belobog. After Sampo vanished when Silvermane Guards confronted them, the women agreed to go with the Guards and saluted Gepard, who had arrived behind them.

• Stelle struck the snowdrift with an icicle, exposing Sampo, and she and March 7th confronted him.
• Stelle repeated Kiana’s words about Gepard and Bronya, making Sampo suspect they had already contacted Bronya.
• Sampo claimed he could escort March 7th and Stelle to Belobog, and March paid him 5,000 Credit Points.
• Two Silvermane Guards arrived to arrest Sampo and his accomplices, but Sampo escaped and left March 7th and Stelle behind.
• March 7th persuaded Stelle to accompany the Guards, and they saluted when Gepard arrived behind them.