Chapter Summaries

Hermes revealed his interest in the Little Garden and promised to help Jin and Lily’s Community, then praised Xiangling’s cuisine. His recognition unleashed a vast surge of Gourmet Wish Power that advanced Xiangling to the Fourth Revolution of Void Refinement.

• Hermes explained that Jin and Lily came from the Little Garden and said he could not reach it quickly without their help.
• Jin offered to guide Hermes into the Little Garden, and Hermes promised to resolve the troubles surrounding Jin and Lily’s Community.
• Xiangling and Hall Master Hu brought the dishes to the table, and Hermes invited everyone to eat together.
• Hermes tasted Xiangling’s food and praised her mastery of the path of gourmet cuisine.
• A vast surge of Gourmet Wish Power appeared and advanced Xiangling to the Fourth Revolution of Void Refinement.

Hu Tao fretted over her slow progress while Zhongli reassured her, and Jin prepared to return to Little Garden with Lily using Dimensional Random Jump. When Hermes tried to cross through the Gift, the Halloween Queen intervened, concealed his power, and reached an agreement with him before he withdrew.

• Hall Master Hu envied Xiangling’s rapid progress, and Zhongli told Hu Tao that her cultivation would break through naturally if she stayed patient.
• Jin and Lily reflected on how rare cultivation paths to Fourth Digit were in Little Garden, then Jin activated Dimensional Random Jump to return.
• Hermes sent Jin and Lily through the portal, but it could not bear the burden when he tried to cross himself.
• The Halloween Queen sensed Hermes’s finger reaching across worlds, concealed the disturbance, and made contact with him through the Gift.
• Hermes withdrew his finger after reaching an agreement with the Halloween Queen, who erased the traces and hoped he would avoid stirring up trouble in Little Garden.

Hermes learned that some Second Digits were fragile imitations of true Cosmic Truths and wondered why the Halloween Queen remained a Third Digit Anomaly despite governing one. He offered to send Hu Tao to the Little Garden, but Zhongli stopped her, and Hermes then offered to pay Xiangling for the meal.

• The Halloween Queen lamented that she had failed to ascend as a true Cosmic Truth and was instead called a Third Digit Anomaly.
• Hermes reflected on the shortcuts used by some Second Digits and questioned why the Halloween Queen's life essence had not advanced despite her Cosmic Truth.
• Hu Tao asked Hermes about visiting the Little Garden, and he offered to send her there to see Jin and Lily.
• Zhongli warned Hu Tao against going to the dangerous Little Garden, and she agreed to stay.
• Hermes praised Xiangling's cooking and offered to pay, but Xiangling said his praise was payment enough.

Hermes rewarded Xiangling with Floze’s Seven-Colored Brocade Galaxy Noodles, inspiring her to pursue a higher culinary path and making him consider building a Cosmic Truth-level culinary tradition. When Lumine invited the group to Penacony’s Charmony Festival, Hermes agreed to arrange invitations and sensed that the Great Universe and the Path of Beauty were calling him back.

• Hermes bought Floze’s Seven-Colored Brocade Galaxy Noodles for Xiangling and explained that the dish could help diners comprehend paths such as stars and clouds.
• Xiangling vowed to keep improving her cooking, and Hermes offered to introduce her to Floze if she earned his recognition.
• Hermes considered gathering culinary worlds and resources to help Star Crown Garden develop a culinary path at the level of Cosmic Truth.
• Lumine invited Hermes and the group to Penacony for the Charmony Festival after receiving a special Invitation Letter.
• Hermes sensed the Great Universe’s call and told group members they could visit Penacony, promising to arrange their Invitation Letters.
• Cynthia and Luo Qianqiu speculated that the festival would involve a major incident and that Hermes might claim the Honkai Star Rail Great Universe.

Hermes revealed that he was about to ascend to godhood in the Honkai Star Rail Great Universe, using his coming Administrator Authority and Perfect World to gradually influence the universe. The group members reacted with excitement and began making plans to witness the event.

• Chen Nan speculated that Hermes would bring order to the chaotic Honkai Star Rail Great Universe, while Lumine and Binchotan teased him about getting serious.
• Index asked whether Hermes had created a Great Universe version of Konan's Infinite Tsukuyomi Technique, and Konan admitted she had begun considering it as a way to establish peace in her Ninja World.
• Hermes said he would not use a universe-wide Infinite Tsukuyomi Technique and announced that he was about to ascend to godhood.
• Hermes explained that his Administrator Authority and Perfect World would let him subtly improve the Great Universe's atmosphere by encouraging the virtuous and suppressing the wicked.
• Lü Dongbin vowed to refine a second primordial spirit, Floze prepared to travel to witness Hermes's ascension, and Hexi and Yagami Taichi asked whether they could bring others across worlds.
• Lumine asked Hermes to make her a Beauty Envoy.

Hermes prepared for his ascension to godhood and invited Herta and Ruan Mei to join a Genius Club gathering in Penacony, where he also planned to meet Dr. Chadwick. He reflected on his intention to give Amphoreus a perfect ending and free Cyrene from her causal loop, then suggested fishing in the Dream Sea, prompting Herta to demand a visit to the newly discovered Infinite Multiverse.

• Herta and Ruan Mei appeared before Hermes and asked about his planned ascension, while Herta excitedly praised the Pure Beauty Path.
• Hermes told Herta to invite Screwllum and Stephen Lloyd to Penacony and said he also needed to meet Dr. Chadwick.
• Hermes privately resolved to give Amphoreus a perfect ending and free Cyrene from her closed loop of causality.
• Herta and Ruan Mei regretted that Screwllum was occupied with the inorganic lifeforms and would miss the opportunities in Star Crown Garden.
• Hermes proposed that the group explore the Dream Sea and go fishing, and Herta insisted that he take her to the newly discovered Infinite Multiverse next time.

Ruan Mei decided that cultivating Hermes’s Star Lord Path would help perfect her own path, and Hermes agreed to invest resources in her. Aboard the Stellaron Train, Stelle woke from a nightmare as the crew approached Penacony, while March 7th said Qing Que would stop the Vidyadhara Dragonkin from harassing Dan Heng.

• Ruan Mei concluded that studying Hermes’s path to godhood would help her perfect her Star Master Path and become a Path-Breaker on his road.
• Herta told Hermes that she had helped Ruan Mei reconnect with her humanity, and Hermes agreed to invest generously in her.
• Stelle woke from a nightmare aboard the Stellaron Train, and March 7th wondered what could have frightened her.
• Himeko and Welt offered to block signals from the Xianzhou Alliance to protect Dan Heng from the Vidyadhara Dragonkin, but he refused because he no longer considered the Alliance his home.
• Stelle said Qing Que, now Luofu’s General Diheng, would settle the matter, and March 7th recalled the Luofu Four Heroes’ past exploits.

The Astral Express Crew discussed Xing’s dream of being struck down by the Galaxy Ranger Yomotsu, whose real name was Raiden Yomotsu Kari Mei, and suspected it foretold events in Penacony. Himeko revealed that Hermes had arranged a meeting there with several Genius Club members, leaving March 7th fearing the Charmony Festival would bring disaster instead of a vacation.

• March 7th told Himeko that Xing had dreamed an Emanator cut her down with a single slash.
• Xing described meeting Yomotsu, who identified herself as a Galaxy Ranger and whose real name was Raiden Yomotsu Kari Mei.
• Welt recognized Yomotsu’s resemblance to the Thunder God sisters, while Dan Heng and Himeko considered whether Xing’s dream was prophetic and tied to Penacony.
• Himeko said Hermes had arranged to meet Herta, Ruan Mei, Screwllum, Dr. Chadwick, and others in Penacony.
• March 7th worried aloud that the trip would involve tragedy, and Star gave up hope for a relaxing vacation.
• Dan Heng offered to accompany the group, but Himeko told him to rest on the train and reassured the crew that Hermes would be in Penacony.

Mei, Mobius, and Vill-V debated how to preserve humanity as escalating Honkai disasters devastated Earth and resources dwindled. They set aside competing plans for human ascension and considered whether to seek resources among the stars or in the Outer Dimension.

• Mobius blamed Mei's political approach for Earth's worsening condition, while Vill-V argued that acting on Mobius's plan would have collapsed civilization sooner.
• Mei, Vill-V, and Mobius discussed whether humanity should pursue Consciousness Ascension, Mechanical Ascension, or a combination of both.
• Mei said humanity still had a chance to remain human and identified space exploration and exploration of the Outer Dimension as the two ways to obtain enough resources.
• Mei, Vill-V, and Mobius faced the decision of where to explore as Honkai escalated too quickly for them to build an interstellar civilization in time.

The Fire-Chasing Big Three discovered what appeared to be the Dirac Sea and began planning research into quantum communication, summoning Elysia to help. In Penacony, Hermes fished with a Philosopher's Stone for bait while Herta tried to take it, and his Cosmic Truths transformed his rod into a conceptual artifact of Fishing.

• Laboratory 003 reported that it had apparently discovered the Dirac Sea, and Mei, Mobius, and Vill-V ordered the data projected for study.
• Mei asked Vill-V whether a Quantum Communication Device was feasible, and they decided to summon Elysia while continuing her tutoring.
• In Penacony, Herta watched Hermes fish and grabbed the Philosopher's Stone he tried to use as bait.
• Herta pocketed the Philosopher's Stone and complained that Hermes had never given her any, while he argued that she had already received many from him.
• Hermes baited his line with another Philosopher's Stone and cast it into the pool as Herta ate Ruan Mei's pastry.
• Hermes's Infinity, Quantum, and Cosmic Truth intertwined and transformed his fishing rod into a conceptual artifact of Fishing.

Hermes and Ms. Herta fished while the geniuses gathered and talked, and Polka Kakami arrived with cocktails. Screwllum explained that Hermes and Ms. Herta had reached the level of Aeons, with Hermes accumulating power to ascend as the Aeon of Beauty, then faced Stephan Lloyd’s question about what was happening with Herta.

• Hermes began fishing in the Endless Void Sea, and Ms. Herta copied his technique while Ruan Mei prepared pastries.
• Chadwick reflected on his past and envied Hermes and Ms. Herta’s carefree outlook.
• Polka Kakami served Hermes and the others cocktails, and Ms. Herta teased her about their past clashes.
• Stephan Lloyd appeared beside Screwllum and asked why Hermes and Ms. Herta seemed like Aeons.
• Screwllum explained that Hermes and Ms. Herta’s life essence matched the Aeons and that Hermes was accumulating power to ascend as the Aeon of Beauty.
• Stephan asked Screwllum why Herta seemed to have another version of herself superimposed over her.

Elysia met Yomotsu, an Emanator of Nihility, and tried to comfort her despite Yomotsu warning that closeness could lead to self-destruction. As Mei and the others reconnected their communication channel, Hermes noticed the Honkai world and revealed he knew Elysia came from beyond the universe.

• Jade, Topaz, and Robin feared the gathering of seven Genius Club members, while Sunday asked whether they were all geniuses.
• Elysia mistook Yomotsu for Mei, then introduced herself and took Yomotsu's hand after sensing her emptiness.
• Yomotsu warned Elysia to keep her distance because those who approached her risked falling into the abyss of self-destruction.
• Mei, Vill-V, and Mobius reconnected the communication channel, and Mobius suggested moving to the other world once they understood its situation.
• Pardofelis felt a mysterious gaze from Hermes on the screen, and Hermes playfully flicked her forehead.
• Hermes welcomed Elysia and Yomotsu, identified Yomotsu as an Emanator of Nihility, and said Welt would be happy to meet them.

Herta, Ruan Mei, and Hermes met Yomotsu, an Envoy of The Void who had endured a long journey toward self-destruction. Hermes invited her to become an Envoy of Beauty, and she accepted, reclaiming her name as Raiden Yomotsu Kari Mei and becoming the First Envoy of Beauty in Penacony.

• Herta introduced herself and regretted that her research schedule left no time to study Elysia and Yomotsu.
• Yomotsu recognized Herta, Hermes, and Ruan Mei as Genius Club members, and Ruan Mei invited her to visit for research.
• Hermes praised Yomotsu for resisting The Void’s corruption and offered to make her an Envoy of Beauty.
• Yomotsu accepted Hermes’s invitation and paid homage to Beauty Hermes as Elysia, Herta, and the others watched.
• Yomotsu reclaimed the name Raiden Yomotsu Kari Mei, balanced Nihility with Beauty, and became Penacony’s First Envoy of Beauty.

Hermes comprehended Mind Cosmic Truth as Raiden Yomotsu Kari Mei emerged from Nothingness and transformed into a radiant Envoy of Beauty named Mei. He invited Elysia to discuss Honkai and assigned Polka Kakami to manage Myth Court’s backlog as its Head Maid.

• Hermes understood the mind as another facet of the true spirit and gained his eleventh truth, Mind Cosmic Truth.
• Raiden Yomotsu Kari Mei broke free of her mental shackles, left Nothingness, and blossomed as the first Envoy of Beauty.
• Hermes corrected Elysia, telling her to call Mei by her original name, then invited Elysia to discuss Honkai in her homeland.
• Hermes asked Buer to explain the Great Universe to Elysia, but Ruan Mei welcomed Buer with her latest snacks before she returned to cultivation.
• Herta arranged for Asta to help with the work, while Hermes appointed Polka Kakami as Myth Court’s Head Maid and handed her its backlog.

Hermes used dimensional fishing to explore how the Chat Group might grow, while Ritsuka Fujimaru and his allies faced Tiamat and the Lahmu at Uruk. Tiamat overwhelmed the defenders, leaving the Old Man of the Mountain badly injured beside Ritsuka.

• Hermes fished across dimensions and realized that the Chat Group might gain nourishment through its members' lottery draws.
• Hermes felt his catch resisting, then pulled hard as an instinctive stagnation spread through the Endless Void Sea.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash arrived at Uruk, where Lahmu swarmed the city and Tiamat spread the Sea of Life.
• Romani explained that Tiamat could not die while life remained on Earth, ruling out Ritsuka's idea of defeating her with Servant self-destruction.
• Tiamat beat Ritsuka's allies, and the Old Man of the Mountain collapsed near Ritsuka with his Spirit Origin nearly scattered.

After Tiamat overwhelmed the battlefield, an unknown Angler hooked her and pulled her out of the Singularity. Hermes reeled her into Penacony and showed her a vision of the Great Venerable of Creation, leaving her to confront the idea that the universe’s living beings had never abandoned their Heavenly Father.

• Tiamat shattered the old man's blade and nearly consumed Ereshkigal's Authority as Gudako prepared to intervene.
• An ordinary fishhook pierced Tiamat and dragged her into the void, leaving the battlefield fighters baffled.
• Romani rejected Quetzalcoatl's guess that an extraterrestrial wandering star civilization had taken Tiamat, while Da Vinci proposed gathering intelligence on the Angler.
• In Penacony, Stephan Lloyd and the geniuses watched Hermes reel in a massive catch through a Fishing Hole.
• Hermes pulled Tiamat ashore, and she transformed from a Dragon Serpent into a silver-haired girl with horns.
• Tiamat lamented that her children had left her, and Hermes showed her the Great Venerable of Creation caring for all beings of the Great Universe.

Ruan Mei learned that Tiamat could attain Life · Cosmic Truth by spreading her creations through the Great Universe, and Hermes planned to help her combine their strengths. After speaking with Ruan Mei and Herta, Hermes turned to Jade, Topaz, and Robin to recruit them for an important plan.

• Ruan Mei explained that Tiamat could claim the Great Universe's concept of life by spreading life and bringing Dao Contamination to it.
• Hermes said Tiamat's progress could accelerate if she and Ruan Mei combined their strengths, and he left the method for Ruan Mei to work out.
• Ruan Mei thanked Hermes, while Herta objected that his investment seemed to be winning Ruan Mei over rather than merely helping her.
• Hermes defended the resources he had spent to bring Tiamat from the Type-Moon Multiverse, including burning through most of his latest Philosopher's Stones.
• After sending Herta and Ruan Mei away, Hermes spoke with Screwllum and the others, then invited Jade, Topaz, and Robin to sit with him as he prepared to recruit them for a crucial plan.

Hermes told the Ten Stonehearts and the Fire Moth members that he had created his own Great Universe, then revealed the Star Crown Garden as proof. He explained that Aeons could create universes too, but their Paths kept them from doing so; the story left the others grappling with the scale of Hermes’s achievement.

• Topaz asked why Hermes had personally received the Ten Stonehearts, and Hermes said he had spent years recruiting talent across the Universal Galaxy.
• Jade and Robin discussed Hermes’s recruitment of specialists and the suspicion that he had discovered another universe.
• Hermes revealed that he had opened up a Great Universe of his own, shocking Topaz, Jade, Robin, Elysia, Mobius, Vill-V, and Mei.
• Mobius doubted that an Emanator could create a Great Universe, while Vill-V and Mei considered how such a feat might be possible.
• Hermes opened the Star Crown Garden before the group, and its cosmic laws and true name confirmed that it was a genuine Great Universe.
• Hermes explained that Aeons could create Great Universes but generally did not because doing so conflicted with their Paths.

Hermes sent Raiden Mei to Erpoint with Jade and the other executives to take control of the IPC and remove its inhuman leaders. Mei arrived during the IPC’s press conference and struck at Diamond, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Topaz and the other executives agreed to serve Hermes but worried the IPC would not let them leave.
• Hermes ordered Raiden Mei to go to Erpoint, purge inhuman executives, and have Jade and the others take over the IPC and its credit currency system.
• Raiden Mei opened a rift in space-time with her blade and traveled to Erpoint.
• At the IPC’s press conference, Diamond condemned Myth Court over the fate of Talavan and the employees trapped as NPCs in [Infinite Ship Control].
• Raiden Mei appeared above Erpoint and nearly froze the planet; Diamond threatened her with the IPC’s retaliation.
• Raiden Mei swung her blade at Diamond, unleashing a strike that could annihilate all things.

Raiden Mei defeated Diamond and helped Jade, Topaz, and Robin begin taking control of the IPC in the name of Divine Lord Hermes. When Diamond warned that resistant executives could plunge the galaxy into chaos, Mei proposed dealing with them all at once, though their vast dispersal made that difficult.

• Diamond summoned hidden amber vaults to form a warhammer and tried to block Raiden Mei’s slash, but she overwhelmed him and left him gravely wounded.
• Raiden Mei signaled Jade, Topaz, and Robin to take action as Diamond accused them of betraying the company.
• Jade moved to seize key company divisions, while Robin headed to announce a new era for the IPC.
• Topaz explained that Hermes had nearly ascended to godhood and had sent Mei to handle the company before revealing his name.
• Diamond offered to help control part of the IPC’s fleets and management but warned that other leaders could cause catastrophic turmoil.
• Raiden Mei told Topaz and Diamond to compile a list of resistant executives so she could deal with them all at once.