Chapter Summaries

Sparkle sent Sampo flying on a giant firework, and Stelle accidentally batted him away like a meteor. Kiana then recruited Sparkle into a prank involving Sampo, while Bronya rushed to investigate Kiana’s report of a suspicious man at the hotel as Cocolia snapped at the Stellaron.

• Sparkle lit the fuse of the rocket Sampo was tied to, sending him soaring over Belobog as residents watched the fireworks.
• Stelle mistook Sampo for a meteor and struck him with her club, sending him flying away again.
• Sparkle contacted Kiana, who revealed she was a Fictional Historian, and the two agreed to meet.
• Kiana revealed herself to Sparkle as Silver Wolf before teasing her with a story about Sampo’s antics.
• Sparkle disguised herself as Old Goethe and sent Sampo to Stelle’s room using a fake registration form while Kiana arranged a further prank.
• Kiana reported Sampo’s suspicious behavior to Bronya, who hurried out of Kliperburg, while Cocolia told the Stellaron to shut up.

Bronya rushed to the Goethe Hotel after Kiana warned her that she might be in danger, but Kiana was safe with Stelle and March 7th. The group caught Sampo with help from Sparkle, whose muscular Jing Yuan disguise frightened him, and left him in Silvermane Guard custody.

• Bronya sent Kiana urgent messages, gathered Silvermane Guards, and arrived at the Goethe Hotel with Gepard.
• March 7th worried that Belobog had lured them into a trap, but Kiana appeared and reassured her and Stelle.
• Bronya thanked Stelle and March 7th for helping Kiana, and the group went upstairs together.
• Sparkle, disguised as a muscular Jing Yuan, grabbed Sampo as he tried to hide an invitation, while Kiana secretly replaced the slips in his pocket.
• Bronya and Gepard found the invitation, and the Nameless ones recoiled from the cards that spilled out of Sampo's pockets.
• Gepard's guards arrested Sampo, who clung to Gepard in fear of Sparkle's disguise; Dan Heng arrived and was appalled by the scene.

March 7th recovered memories of a previous Trailblaze journey and warned Bronya that Cocolia would frame her and Stelle, but Bronya remained unsure whom to trust. After Yomi arrived in Belobog by mistake, Bronya and Kiana disappeared, prompting Cocolia to suspect Sampo and March 7th to report that Kiana had been kidnapped, though Kiana denied knowing anything about it.

• March 7th clung to Kiana and told Bronya that Cocolia would order her to arrest March 7th and Stelle, then revealed secrets from her recovered memories.
• Bronya apologized but remained loyal to Cocolia, and Yomi appeared at the hotel asking whether she had reached Penacony before agreeing to travel with Kiana's group.
• Cocolia ordered Bronya to arrest March 7th and Stelle, then learned that Bronya and Kiana had vanished and that Sampo had escaped.
• Gepard and Pela told Cocolia that Sampo was suspected of taking Bronya and Kiana, so she summoned March 7th and Stelle to Kliperburg for help.
• March 7th and Stelle agreed to search for Sampo, while March 7th posted in the group chat that Kiana had been kidnapped.
• Kiana replied that she had not known she was kidnapped, leaving Himeko and Ouyang baffled by March 7th's claim.

Kiana joined Oleg, Seele, Bronya, and the Underworld Fire as they fought to reclaim the geomarrow mine from an expanding Cracked Boundary. Svarog prioritized protecting Kiana, and the battle shifted when two opposing Void Flames emerged from the boundary.

• Kiana teased Seele about worrying over her, then persuaded Oleg and Seele to let her accompany the Underworld Fire to the mine, while Bronya joined them too.
• Sampo knocked out Stelle and March 7th, put them in a trash cart, and headed toward the Lower District as Yomi wandered off and got lost.
• At the mine, Svarog arrived with mechanical soldiers and declared that protecting Kiana was his highest priority, even if he and the others had to be sacrificed.
• As the Cracked Boundary expanded, Void creatures attacked, the Underworld Fire suffered casualties, and Kiana treated the wounded while Seele protected her.
• An Outer Void Flame emerged, raising the temperature, then a differently colored counterpart appeared and brought the temperature back down.

Kiana and the others stopped the Cracked Boundary creatures in Belobog, while Sparkle delivered a mysterious gift that set Blade on a berserk course toward the planet. Kiana returned to a celebration in the Lower District, where Sampo was trapped with two unconscious women he had brought to Natasha’s clinic.

• Yomi destroyed the Outer Void Ice and Outer Void Flame, then crushed their Quiescent Cores and reunited with Kiana.
• The group eliminated the remaining Void creatures, stopped the Cracked Boundary from expanding, and Kiana helped rescue the wounded.
• Sparkle revealed herself to Silver Wolf and Kafka, delivered them a box from Darling, and vanished after they opened it.
• Sam warned Kafka and Silver Wolf that Blade had hijacked a spaceship and was heading toward Belobog after hearing of Abundance pests and traces of Shuhu.
• Natasha questioned Sampo about the two unconscious women he had brought to her clinic, while Kiana returned to Rock Town to a celebration.

After waking in Natasha’s clinic, Stelle and March 7th reunited with Kiana, and the group celebrated their victory over the Cracked Boundary. Kiana then sealed the Cracked Boundary at the mine, giving Belobog hope that one of its long-standing dangers could be resolved.

• March 7th woke in Natasha’s clinic and complained that Sampo had kidnapped her and Stelle by stuffing them into a trash can.
• The Underworld Fire members surrounded Sampo and took him away to punish him for kidnapping Kiana’s friends.
• Natasha explained that generations of Supreme Guardians and City Builders had failed to resolve the Cracked Boundary or the cold wave, while Kiana agreed to try dealing with it.
• Kiana teased Stelle by asking whether she mattered more than the trash can, then told her to bathe and change if she rummaged through it.
• Kiana and the others returned to the mine, where Kiana recognized the Cracked Boundary’s similarity to her Imaginary Space.
• Kiana enveloped the Cracked Boundary in golden particles and made it shrink until it vanished.

Kiana erased Belobog’s Cracked Boundary, giving the Lower District hope and prompting Cocolia to reconsider her plan. Meanwhile, Blade attacked the Stellaron after mistaking a hidden Abundance fruit for a sign of his enemy, until Kafka intervened.

• Kiana removed the Cracked Boundary, and the Underworld Fire members celebrated while Svarog and Clara arrived.
• Svarog learned what Kiana had done and asked whether it had cost her much energy, while the Lower District spread news of her power.
• Cocolia learned that Kiana could destroy Cracked Boundaries and that Bronya was safe in the Lower District, but the Stellaron sensed she might abandon its plan.
• Blade entered his Mara-struck state and attacked the Stellaron, mistaking a peach from the Abundance Black Deer for evidence of Abundance.
• Kafka calmed Blade, who suppressed his Mara-struck state and left the Stellaron alone.

After the districts resumed contact, Kiana teased March 7th about her supposed future romance and revealed she had heard the claim before. The next morning, Bronya announced that Cocolia had gone missing, leaving the group to face a new crisis.

• Gepard and Pela restored relations between the Upper and Lower Districts, while Cocolia sent supplies and an apology to the Lower District.
• Sparkle left the Goethe Hotel after finding that Kiana had returned to the Upper District.
• Cocolia received an urgent report at Kliperburg and left Bronya to manage the guests as she went to deal with the situation.
• Seele and Yomi both tried to take Kiana to their rooms, but Kiana chose to stay with March 7th and her companions.
• Kiana teased March 7th about her memories of their future relationship and said she had heard the claim several times before.
• Bronya told the group that Cocolia had gone missing, while Clara explained that Svarog had gone to prepare breakfast.

Kiana and her companions reached the Creation Platform and found Cocolia and the Silvermane Guards watching a battle between a miniature Jianmu and Abundance Black Deer and the Stellaron’s Void creatures. Kiana recognized the Abundance presence as connected to her past actions and prepared to intervene as Destruction’s forces gained the upper hand.

• Bronya told Kiana that Cocolia and the Silvermane Guards had disappeared after leaving Kliperburg, and Kiana reassured her while they planned Belobog’s response.
• Kafka and Silver Wolf used surveillance to discover a miniature Jianmu and Abundance Black Deer fighting the Stellaron’s forces, with Cocolia and the Silvermane Guards trapped nearby.
• Bronya and her companions set out for Eternal Winter Ridge, and Kiana sensed both the Stellaron and Abundance ahead, recalling that she had arranged for an Abundance fruit to be sent there.
• The group crossed the eerie, snow-covered battlefield and hurried toward the Creation Platform after hearing Void creatures nearby.
• Kiana and her companions found Cocolia and the Silvermane Guards unharmed but bored, watching the Abundance Black Deer attack the Void creatures beneath the miniature Jianmu.
• Kiana watched the Stellaron’s forces press their attack and snapped her fingers, preparing to intervene.

After Kiana received Yaoshi’s glance, she woke during the battle with Cocolia’s Stellaron-created shadow and sealed the Stellaron herself. Belobog learned its disasters would no longer worsen, and Cocolia named Kiana the next Supreme Guardian.

• Yaoshi stared at Kiana for a long time, then left the Path Narrow as Stelle fought Cocolia’s shadow on the Creation Platform.
• Kiana woke, told Stelle to rest, and charged at the Stellaron while Kafka and Silver Wolf decided to leave with Blade.
• Kiana seized the Stellaron and sealed it, astonishing Bronya, Seele, and Cocolia.
• Belobog’s people heard that the Stellaron was gone and that the Cracked Boundary had stopped expanding, while the old cold wave remained.
• Cocolia apologized for the harm caused by her mistakes and announced that Kiana Kaslana would become Supreme Guardian.

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.