Recaps

Hermes attained the Path of Beauty, rewrote the timeline, and restored Phanes as he reshaped the lives of those around him. The arc ended with Kikyo helping another version of herself find peace while Lumine challenged Phanes.

• Raiden Mei erased the IPC records and unleashed a universe-spanning slash, while Qing Que later destroyed Antimatter Legion forces and wounded Phantylia as the Luofu weighed entering the war.
• Hermes gathered the powers of multiple Paths and, with help from the Chat Group and other geniuses, expanded Beauty across the Tree Sea Multiverse and survived its overwhelming Heavenly Dao.
• Hermes made a Great Wish to protect those who called his true name, became a foundational existence of the Multiverse, and made Beauty a natural law that others could cultivate.
• Hermes rewrote the timeline, became the Beauty Aeon, and made Idrila his Envoy, while refusing to extend Maria’s life against her wishes.
• Hermes restored Phanes, whose return strengthened the former Shades and brought the rule of Human Realm Power into being, while Teyvat’s gods reacted to the changing balance of power.
• Hermes and Himeko discussed the Astral Express Crew’s growth and Penacony’s future, while Buer enlisted Ruan Mei to help build a Virtual Universe company.
• Kikyo and Yakumo Yukari entered the world of Inuyasha, where Kikyo offered to separate Higurashi Kagome from Kikyo’s soul and create a new body for Kikyo.
• Beauty Kikyo shared her memories with the resentful Miko, whose heart changed through Pure Beauty, and Lumine challenged Great King Phanes after Hermes announced her resurrection.

Hermes and the Chat Group helped new arrivals while Hermes’s actions in Little Garden, Amphoreus, and the Dream Sea reshaped several worlds. The stretch ended with Yahiko forced to confront Konan and Nagato’s challenge to his ideals as Dragon entered Pangu City.

• Elk and Asuka Kudō joined the Chat Group, and Hermes identified Elk as Elq Hawkins and revealed that her world faced humanity’s extinction.
• Hermes met the Halloween Queen in Little Garden, gained powerful Spirit Statuses and Organizer Authority, and offered her a place in his Multiverse.
• Hermes arranged for the Halloween Queen to support Asuka and her younger sister in a fair contest, with the winner inheriting High Heaven's Gods' legacy and the loser leaving Little Garden.
• Phanes offered to teach Kiana and help her revive Cecilia, Himeko, and the fallen Valkyries if Kiana called her Big Sister.
• Cyrene united Amphoreus’s timelines and worked with Ruan Mei, Tiamat, and Buer on a plan to turn its accumulated information into life.
• Laikush and Zandar merged with the Iron Tomb to become the Third Emperor, which used the Anti-Erudition Function to bring about Lord of Wisdom’s fall across its timelines.
• Beauty Hermes subdued Lord of Wisdom’s Anti-Erudition Function, refined its Star Computer, and developed the Dream Sea to support the plan to turn virtual worlds into reality.
• Hermes gave Gardevoir the Authority [Yellow Millet Dream], while Konan confronted Yahiko over his failures to protect the Rain Country and Dragon entered Pangu City.

Dragon’s assault on Imu ended with the Revolutionary Army withdrawing, while Hermes confronted the Great Powers behind the Real Realm and advanced several companions’ plans. The Virtual Universe took shape, and Sakura arrived at the Garden after the Counter Forces granted Hermes the right to establish a Dao Lineage in the Type-Moon World.

• Dragon fought Imu in Pangu City, but her many abilities overwhelmed him, and he ordered the Revolutionary Army to retreat after a strategic stalemate exposed the World Government’s weakness.
• Hermes pursued the Great Powers behind Altair’s arrival in the Real Realm, fought Nyarko and other beings, then secured Tree Sea Multiverse’s connection to Re:CREATORS after Azathoth’s dream erased their investments.
• Hermes sent Mei to witness the forming Multiverse, welcomed Konan onto the Star Lord Path, and discussed new paths with Himeko and the Astral Express Crew as Sissikarr seized a sliver of Erudition’s authority.
• Liu Xiu returned home as a registered Virtual Universe Player, while Lumine, Stelle, and Klee helped him defeat the Great Demon Master in a virtual instance.
• Herta and Screwllum reviewed the Virtual Universe’s vulnerabilities and Ruan Mei’s Life Heavenly Dao project, while Hermes agreed to meet Gaia and Alaya after they contacted him.
• Matou Zouken put Sakura in a pit of Imprint Worms after Tohsaka Tokiomi gave her to the Matou Family, but a dreamlike flower brought her to the Garden, where Hermes cleansed her of the worms.
• Hermes learned that the Type-Moon World’s Counter Forces had granted him permanent access and the right to establish a Dao Lineage, while Phanes urged him to punish the magi.

Hermes entered the Type-Moon world, founded the Myriad Worlds Bank, and helped Luo Qianqiu bring Earth under Star Coin rules while pursuing threats across worlds. As Herta, Ruan Mei, and Mei advanced their cultivation, Zhu Youjian arrived in an alternate Primordial World, leaving the story poised to follow his search for his missing companions.

• Hermes intervened in the Type-Moon timeline, consumed Matou Zouken with the Imprint Worms, and spread his Source of Pure Beauty across the multiverse.
• Hermes established the Myriad Worlds Bank and introduced Star Coins, while Luo Qianqiu used a ritual at Chiaki Shrine to gain local minting authority.
• Luo Qianqiu gained the Five Great Nations’ recognition and spread Star Coin sovereignty across Earth, drawing Hermes into pursuit of the Main God Hall, Reincarnation Paradise, and Nightmare Space.
• Luo Qianqiu summoned Hermes before humanity, and he accepted Earth’s covenant as the Creator’s Garden appeared to the world.
• Hermes examined the Comprehensive Anime World and prepared a move involving Re:CREATORS, while Lumine pursued Doctor Primitive and the Virtual Universe project took shape.
• Hermes taught Herta, Ruan Mei, and Mei about Cosmic Truth, and Mei attained Dao through her Way of Dimensions.
• Hermes advised Herta on cultivating her Cosmic Truth and claiming a pillar position, then sensed an unexpected development in the Star Crown Garden.
• Zhu Youjian entered an alternate Primordial World, confirmed its origins with his System, and wondered where Scathach and Aisha had gone.