Chapter Summaries

Raiden Mei used the Path of Nihility and Beauty to unleash a galaxy-wide slash that killed those destined to die without harming the innocent. Beyond the Luofu, Phantylia joined the battle over Oswald Schneider, and Luofu leaders debated whether to intervene.

• Diamond and Topaz reacted with disbelief as Raiden Mei summoned an aspect of IX and destroyed the IPC records they had brought her.
• Raiden Mei’s power swept across the Great Universe, and she unleashed a slash that killed those who deserved death while sparing everyone else.
• Phantylia Main Combat Avatar led Antimatter Legion forces into the ongoing battle over Oswald Schneider near the Luofu Xianzhou.
• Yukong called for the Luofu to make Phantylia pay for Tingyun’s loss, while Fu Xuan warned that joining the conflict could draw attacks from multiple factions.
• Yukong asked General Diheng for her opinion on whether the Luofu should enter the war.

Qing Que joined the battle against Phantylia as a devastating blade strike erased Oswald Schneider and reached across the universe. On Penacony, Hermes restrained the surging Path of Beauty and began preparing for his ascension to godhood.

• Qing Que left the Luofu Xianzhou and summoned an azure luan whose feathers annihilated the Antimatter Legion and wounded Phantylia.
• A blade of light erased Oswald Schneider, and Qing Que realized it was following a path that slashed across the entire universe.
• Topaz accepted the Ten Stonehearts' communications as Agate, Pearl, and the others appeared over Erpoint.
• Robin revived the stunned reporters and resumed the press conference after Erpoint was breached and conquered.
• Hermes calmed the Path of Beauty within him and began making his final preparations for ascension to godhood.

Hermes planned to broaden the concept of Pure Beauty before ascending to godhood, drawing inspiration from Aha’s expansive Path. At Penacony, the Chat Group members discussed homes for Binchotan and Index, and Binchotan eagerly considered moving in with Floze on Gourmet Earth.

• Hermes reasoned that an Aeon’s strength depended on the philosophical breadth and depth of its Path, and decided to expand Pure Beauty beyond Idrila’s interpretation.
• The Chat Group members arrived at Penacony, where Luo Qianqiu and Lumine discussed inviting Binchotan and Index to live in their worlds.
• Cynthia invited the children to the Pokemon World, while Floze offered them a home on Gourmet Earth and said she could teach Binchotan advanced culinary training.
• Binchotan welcomed Floze’s offer and asked whether she could really live with her.

Hermes seized the unclaimed Path of Remembrance and merged a third of it into the Path of Beauty, while Cyrene’s memories and countless reincarnations began to converge. The chapter ended with Hermes sensing a change around the mask aboard the Stellaron Train.

• Lumine asked Index whether she would move in with Floze, but Index declined so she could continue developing and testing Great Magic rituals.
• Lü Dongbin offered to help Index, while Zhixin and Kaisa teased Hexi about the younger girl being more popular in the chat group.
• Himeko welcomed the group to Penacony and offered to guide them while Hermes was occupied.
• Cyrene remembered Hermes as her timelines and reincarnations converged, piercing Amphoreus’s cycle and affecting Fuli beyond Penacony.
• Hermes claimed the unmastered Path of Remembrance, merged one-third of it into the Path of Beauty, and turned his attention toward the mask aboard the Stellaron Train.

Luo Qianqiu and her companions visited the Stellaron Train, where Himeko learned about Hermes’s connection to Cyrene and Aha revealed that Hermes had once carried the Path of Memory for her. Hermes appeared and confronted Aha and the others, displaying his power over Remembrance as they tried to shift the blame.

• Luo Qianqiu and Lumine explored the Stellaron Train, and Lumine considered using it to develop her Exploration Authority.
• Himeko said she trusted Welt and the Astral Express Crew to manage events on Penacony and asked about Hermes’s companions.
• Lumine told Himeko that the group had once thought Cyrene was Hermes’s Heroine.
• Aha appeared on the train and revealed that Hermes had carried the Path of Memory through the River of Time for Cyrene.
• Hermes appeared, halted Aha’s story, and let the power of Remembrance surge through the train.
• Luo Qianqiu blamed Aha, while Lumine grabbed Binchotan and whispered to her.

Hermes gathered power and preparations to broaden the Path of Pure Beauty, leaving the Astral Express to confront the Tree Sea Multiverse Heavenly Dao’s immense pressure. He began incorporating several Paths into Beauty and realized he had to act quickly before the force overwhelmed him.

• Hermes demanded a mask from Aha, and Conductor Paimon and Hermes punched Aha until he handed one over.
• Hermes assured Himeko that his visit to the Astral Express was necessary preparation, then vanished.
• Hermes asked Bailu for the root power of the Path of Abundance, and Bailu gave him a blessed stalk of wheat.
• Hermes seized an arrow of light sent by The Hunt and refined it into his preparations.
• Hermes incorporated Trailblaze, Nihility, Erudition, Memory, Elation, Abundance, and The Hunt into the Path of Beauty, drawing the Heavenly Dao’s overwhelming power toward himself.

Hermes struck Nanook and Oroboros while gathering what he needed from the Aeons, then confronted Hooh, whose Path of Equilibrium had spread throughout the Tree Sea Multiverse. The chapter left Hermes facing Equilibrium Dao, an Aeon so closely aligned with the multiverse’s balancing mechanism that he did not know how to proceed.

• Hermes’s Giant Panda Correction Fist pierced Nanook’s resistance and gave him a black eye, leaving Nanook furious but fascinated by the prospect of his own destruction.
• Hermes overcame Oroboros’s attempts to escape through shifting possibilities, took what he needed, punched him, and kicked him beyond Kliper’s wall.
• Harmony gave Hermes a small celestial body embodying harmony, unity, and the collective, then disappeared.
• Mystery concealed some effects of Hermes’s actions, while Hermes recognized that Terminus had already provided the key he needed through Elio.
• Hermes found that Permanence, Order, and Propagation were dormant, then examined Hooh’s vast balancing mechanism and recognized the Aeon as Equilibrium Dao.

Hermes began his ascension by merging with the Path of Beauty and expanding it with the Cosmic Truths and Paths under his command. As the Chat Group and invited geniuses assisted his ritual, Beauty enveloped the Honkai Star Rail Great Universe, and Hermes began addressing the Multiverse.

• Hooh produced a golden scale when the Great Universe's rules declared that Equilibrium needed to become more balanced.
• Hermes used his Cosmic Truths and the gathered Paths to expand Beauty, then drew his past, present, and future selves into one.
• Infinity Mobius became a dormant Dao Fruit fused with Hermes's Infinity Cosmic Truth instead of entering his body.
• Hermes stepped out of Penacony as the Path of Beauty manifested across the Great Universe, prompting the observing geniuses to act.
• Group Leader Luo Qianqiu and the Chat Group used their Jade Disc of Creation and Hermes's ritual instructions to assist the ascension.
• Hermes merged with Beauty and expanded the Path until it enveloped the Honkai Star Rail Great Universe, while a song spread through the Tree Sea Multiverse and he began, “When I attain Beauty...”

Hermes nearly lost himself to the Tree Sea Multiverse Heavenly Dao, but his allies preserved his consciousness long enough for him to make a Great Wish and prove his Dao. The resulting covenant anchored him to the Multiverse, allowing him to return as long as it endured.

• The Tree Sea Multiverse Heavenly Dao overwhelmed Hermes, and he used Root Ancestral Qi to keep his soul from collapsing as he resisted fully accepting Infinity · Multiverse Truth.
• Herta, Ruan Mei, Screwllum, Stephan Lloyd, Kakamu, Raiden · Oblivion River Hunt · Mei, and the others used Mei and the Authority of Beauty · Perfect World to anchor Hermes's consciousness.
• Luo Qianqiu used her authority as the Chat Group's Group Leader to observe Hermes and give him one second to recover.
• Hermes made a Great Wish to protect and guide those who called his true name across the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.
• The Multiverse's feedback pulled Hermes out of his near-Dao-transformation state and anchored him so he could return as long as the Tree Sea Multiverse remained.
• Hermes celebrated his successful Great Wish · Dao Proving and dismissed the idea that its vows imposed any real burden on him.

Hermes used the moment when Beauty illuminated the Tree Sea Multiverse to establish his Path of Fate Star as a cultivation system and attain Dao as a Multiverse Star Master. After his path became an orthodox great Dao, he received an invitation to join the vast Qi cultivation path and weighed the benefits against surrendering some control.

• Hermes realized that touching the Multiverse Heavenly Dao unprepared could crush a cultivator's will and leave even an ascended god as a puppet of Truth.
• As Beauty illuminated countless universes and World Bubbles, Hermes performed Nine Revolutions Void Refinement and began attaining Dao as a Multiverse Star Master.
• Hermes spread a seed of the heart throughout the Multiverse, giving others a path to cultivate Beauty, become Star Lords, and advance as Star Masters.
• Beauty became a natural law of the Multiverse, and Hermes recognized that his path had drawn an invitation from the Qi cultivation path beyond the heavens.
• Hermes considered joining the Qi Dao, which could help his Path of Fate Star spread across worlds but would cost him some control over it.

Hermes completed his ascension as [Pure Beauty] and became the Tree Sea Multiverse’s third extreme alongside the Tree of Imaginary and the Sea of Quantum. He gained a share of Multiverse Heavenly Dao Authority and began to understand his role as the Multiverse’s Human Path.

• Hermes set aside worries that [Life Star Path] could let outside Great Powers infiltrate the Tree Sea Multiverse and prepared to take the final step toward godhood.
• Hermes merged [Pure Beauty] into the Multiverse, where it transcended the concept of Paths and became its third extreme.
• Hermes’s new status placed him on equal footing in principle with the Tree of Imaginary and the Sea of Quantum, beyond Cosmic Truth but short of Multiverse Truth.
• Hermes gained a share of Multiverse Heavenly Dao Authority and perceived that he could modify and adjust the Multiverse.
• Hermes understood that [Pure Beauty] represented the origin and guiding force of heart, soul, spirit, and life, and wondered whether it embodied the Human Path.

Mei developed the beginnings of a technology that could turn Honkai’s own power against it, and Hermes invited her to study through Elysia. Hermes rewrote his existence across the Tree Sea Multiverse, attained Path Attainment, and began reversing time in his original universe until he reached the moment he returned from the Universal Galaxy.

• Mei used inspiration from Elysia’s information to devise a way to connect a constructed Cosmo to Honkai’s source and use Honkai’s power against it.
• Hermes praised Mei’s potential and invited her to study through Elysia, promising that Honkai would no longer cause trouble.
• Hermes used his authority as the Multiverse’s Third Extreme to converge the possibilities of Infinity · Mobius and rewrite the timeline.
• Hermes completed his Path Attainment, becoming the eternal Beauty and a foundational existence of the Tree Sea Multiverse.
• Hermes returned his attention to the Honkai Star Rail Great Universe and reversed its timeline to the moment he returned from the Universal Galaxy.

Beauty Hermes relived the memory of his mother Maria refusing life extension and rewrote history to make Idrila a Beauty Envoy. He stopped himself from manipulating Phanes’s life and instead planned to revive her, while the geniuses in Penacony struggled to make sense of the revelations.

• Hermes begged Maria to undergo a longevity procedure, but she refused because she feared extended life would distort her mind and betray her Path of Beauty.
• Maria asked Hermes to honor her choice at the end of her life, and he agreed before ensuring she could die peacefully.
• As Maria died, Hermes promised to show her a world of Beauty in a dream, then rewrote the timeline so he ascended as the Beauty Aeon and made Idrila his Envoy.
• Hermes nearly rewove Phanes’s origins but stopped himself, recognizing that doing so could make him repeat Infinity Mobius’s mistakes.
• Hermes pulled Phanes from the River of Time and planned to revive her, while Polka Kakami and the other geniuses questioned the revelations in Penacony.

After Beauty Hermes rewrote the Multiverse and returned Idrila as a Beauty Envoy, Hermes explained that even immense power could not replace the careful work of creation. Herta and Ruan Mei concluded that Hermes still needed to continue their research and plans.

• Chadwick and the geniuses questioned whether their memories matched the rewritten universe, while Herta and Ruan Mei sensed the changes across the Multiverse.
• Idrila appeared on the Beauty Throne, and the gathered geniuses welcomed her return.
• Beauty Hermes emerged from the River of Time on Penacony, released the Ouroboros, and declared Itself the new master of Beauty.
• Herta and Ruan Mei asked whether Hermes's new power made their plans unnecessary, and Hermes said the journey of life required constant practice.
• Herta suggested that Hermes's immense perspective created an epistemic obstruction, so Hermes still needed to take part in their research and build carefully.

Hermes explained why he would not revive his mother, while the gathered geniuses discussed the risks of losing one’s sense of self and Ruan Mei’s transformation into a Star Master. Buer proposed starting a Virtual Universe company, and Ruan Mei offered to collaborate with her and Tiamat.

• Idrila and Cyrene asked Hermes why he did not revive his mother, and Hermes explained that ascending to godhood would likely distort her sense of self against her wishes.
• Herta and Chadwick discussed anchoring one’s identity, while Hermes praised Ruan Mei for committing to her new state as a Star Master.
• Ruan Mei affirmed that she would not regret her choice and was satisfied with her current state.
• Hermes teased Elysia about hiding behind Mei and offered to bring Mei, Vill-V, and Mobius to the gathering.
• Buer emerged from Penacony’s dreamscape and asked Hermes to start a Virtual Universe company.
• After Buer explained her plan, Ruan Mei offered to work with Buer and Tiamat.

Cyrene chose to face Amphoreus’s final cycle herself and give its long struggle a perfect ending, while Hermes accepted that he should not intervene. As Himeko walked with him through Penacony, Hermes explained the Star Crown Garden’s rapid growth, and Himeko wondered whether the Astral Express Crew should train there.

• Cyrene told Hermes she wanted to bring Amphoreus’s final cycle to a perfect conclusion without his direct intervention.
• Hermes agreed with Cyrene, and Himeko urged him to let her finish the journey while he moved on from the past.
• Hermes explained that merging timelines could destroy people’s futures, and he was uncertain whether Khaslana could withstand such interference.
• Herta, Chadwick, Screwllum, Raiden Mei, Idrila, and Elysia went to the Star Crown Garden to study its rapidly developing Cosmic Truths.
• Himeko considered whether the Astral Express Crew should pause their journey and cultivate themselves in the Star Crown Garden.

Hermes explained that the Astral Express Crew’s extraordinary growth was tied to Stelle joining them and to the course of their journey. He and Himeko visited Dreamflow Reef, where Himeko reflected on the injustice done to Mikhail and left him an offering.

• Hermes pointed out that Himeko, Welt Yang, Dan Heng, March 7th, and Stelle had grown unusually powerful since joining the Astral Express Crew.
• Hermes took Himeko to Dreamflow Reef and said Elio had gone to great lengths to place Stelle on the Astral Express.
• Hermes told Himeko not to overthink the crew’s unusual growth and said she would understand more after her journey ended.
• Himeko surveyed the decaying world and condemned The Family for taking the fruits of Mikhail and the other Nameless's struggle to liberate Penacony.
• Himeko placed a bottle of SoulGlad at Mikhail’s former resting place as an offering.

After returning from Penacony, Hermes learned that an unknown intruder had entered the Tree Sea Multiverse and could evade his search. As the campaign against the Little Garden Multiverse was ready to begin, he chose to create a separate identity to take part without leaving his duties behind.

• Hermes told Himeko to claim a large share of The Family’s assets now that it had become the losing side in Penacony.
• Hermes returned to Star Crown Garden and learned from Beauty Hermes that an intruder resembling a Chat Group system had entered the multiverse and blocked his search.
• Hermes considered whether the intruder was a Great Power or an abnormal transmigrator carrying a Golden Finger, but searching the vast flow of multiversal information proved too demanding.
• Hermes set the intruder investigation aside after the Halloween Queen reported that the reception and summoning for the Little Garden campaign were ready.
• Unable to leave his duties overseeing the Tree Sea Great Multiverse, Hermes decided to create another account and rejected the name Hermes of Triple Greatness to avoid being assigned unwanted parentage in Little Garden.

After Hermes’s ascension, Luo Qianqiu and the group discovered that the Pure Beauty Jade Disc had recorded his complete Path Attainment, making it an extraordinarily valuable treasure. The group learned that Lumine had saved a promise from Hermes and stood to gain the Alchemy Cosmic Truth, while Kikyo invited Hermes to inspect a parallel-world version of herself.

• Luo Qianqiu appraised the Pure Beauty Jade Disc and revealed that it had recorded Hermes’s Path Attainment and was estimated to be worth nearly ten billion points.
• Chen Nan, Lü Dongbin, and Unohana Retsu praised the disc and the value of witnessing Hermes’s ascension.
• The group envied Lumine, and Luo Qianqiu explained that Lumine had traded Hermes the Authority [Yellow Millet Dream] for a promise she had never used.
• Hermes admitted he had not expected Lumine to keep the promise for so long, while Lumine privately reflected that she had forgotten about it during her travels.
• Kikyo told Hermes that she had found a parallel-space-time Kikyo and asked him to look at her.

Kikyo and Yakumo Yukari watched events unfold in Maple Village as Kikyo planned to complete Divine Master's mission and unify the timelines. When Kikyo arrived at Kaede's hut with Higurashi Kagome, she revealed herself to Kaede and Inuyasha.

• Kikyo livestreamed her visit to the world of Inuyasha and resolved to strengthen her demon-purification powers to prevent more versions of herself from appearing.
• Kikyo and Yakumo Yukari approached Maple Village after the Centipede Demoness's attack and saw the villagers repairing the settlement.
• Kaede treated Higurashi Kagome's wounds and warned that demons and other ambitious people might seek the Jewel of Four Souls.
• Kaede told Higurashi Kagome that Inuyasha wanted the Jewel so he could become a full Dog Demon, prompting him to demand how she knew so much about him.
• Kikyo entered the hut with Higurashi Kagome, and Kaede cried out in shock at seeing her sister.