Chapter Summaries

Kiana challenged Phanes over her failure to learn resurrection, but reconsidered when Phanes warned she could lose her place in the family hierarchy. She then met Hermes’s Raiden Mei and watched Phanes show her the Raiden Sisters’ gratitude, leaving Hermes to offer them a chance to enter the Garden if they became Star Masters.

• Kiana complained that Phanes had not taught her how to resurrect her mother, and Phanes warned that Kiana might lose her second-place rank among their sisters.
• Kiana abandoned her planned rebellion when Phanes reminded her that the other sisters were rapidly growing stronger.
• Raiden Mei arrived with the Ten Stonehearts and called Hermes her master, shocking Kiana.
• Hermes seated Raiden Mei beside him while Phanes showed a projection of Raiden Ei and Makoto hoping to serve Hermes someday.
• Hermes said Raiden Ei and Makoto could apply to enter the Garden if they became Star Masters.

Hermes began building the Myriad Worlds Bank with Phanes and revealed to Herta that his newly forged Star Coin could function as currency across different worlds. Herta recognized the Star Coin’s Universal Passage property and realized how far Hermes’s plan could reach.

• Phanes took Hermes’s plan and authority, recruited the Ten Stonehearts, and set out to establish the Myriad Worlds Bank.
• Raiden Mei teased Hermes about calling many women his right-hand woman, while Kiana grew uneasy around him and left.
• Hermes coordinated the bank’s plans with Herta, Ruan Mei, Buer, and others to avoid overlapping projects.
• Hermes gave Herta a Star Coin, and she investigated it using the Ultimate Computer Lord of Wisdom.
• Hermes explained that the Star Coin could serve as currency in any world, and Herta recognized its Universal Passage characteristic.

Hermes explained that Star Coins could be minted by anyone who obtained minting rights, and Herta condemned his scheme before deciding to try creating Herta Coins herself. Hermes then listed Star Coins in the Chat Group Mall, where their cross-world exchange abilities and open-source minting attracted immediate interest.

• Hermes explained to Herta that Star Coins required no physical resources to mint and that their open-source rules would encourage worlds to create more, benefiting him as their creator.
• Herta called Hermes sinister, then proposed making Herta Coins to protect the reputation of Pure Beauty, but Hermes told her to master her own Cosmic Truth first.
• Herta said the Ultimate Computer Lord of Wisdom had accelerated her cultivation and returned to her research, determined to complete her Herta Cosmic Truth.
• Hermes listed Star Coins in the Chat Group Mall and invited members interested in minting currency to try.
• Luo Qianqiu reacted with disbelief to the Star Coins’ cross-world exchange abilities and open-source minting rights.
• Index welcomed the prospect of obtaining ritual materials and moving forward with her plan.

Luo Qianqiu tested a Star Coin ritual with the shrine maidens and successfully gained minting authority over the area around Chiaki Shrine. She left with the ability to generate Star Coins from actions aligned with the Principle of Pure Beauty and planned to use her new wealth against her enemies.

• Luo Qianqiu analyzed the Star Coins, bought more than ten thousand, and decided to test the ritual before seeking broader minting authority.
• Luo Qianqiu summoned Mahiru Shiina, Miko, Yukino, Hua, and Ai to help conduct the ritual at Chiaki Shrine.
• The shrine maidens meditated, performed a Kagura Dance, and chanted the honorific name of Hermes as Luo Qianqiu directed.
• The ritual succeeded and gave Luo Qianqiu minting authority within a hundred li of Chiaki Shrine.
• Luo Qianqiu produced a Star Coin worth 100 points and celebrated her new ability to mint more.

At Shuchiin Academy, Mashiro Shiina and Chika Fujiwara discussed the Student Council election and the growing threat of Sadako Yamamura. After Mahiru Shiina urged Mashiro to leave school and stay at Chiaki Shrine for safety, Chika begged Mashiro to introduce her to Mahiru.

• Chika Fujiwara lamented that supporting any of her friends in the Student Council president election would risk hurting the others, and Mashiro Shiina suggested she run herself.
• Mashiro received a message from her cousin Mahiru Shiina, who was concerned about her safety and had arranged a chance for her to study at Chiaki Shrine.
• Chika explained that Sadako Yamamura's Phone Kill had spread beyond videotapes and was devastating telecommunications around the world.
• Mashiro said she wanted to draw a horror manga inspired by Sadako, while Chika panicked at her willingness to capitalize on the threat.
• Mashiro told Chika that Mahiru wanted her to take leave from school and stay at Chiaki Shrine, prompting Chika to beg for an introduction.

Luo Qianqiu arranged to expand the Shrine Maiden Group by inviting Mashiro Shiina and her friends, while the leaders of five great powers gathered for a United Nations meeting about the growing threat. The chapter ended with Luo Qianqiu arriving in a Kirin-drawn carriage as the leaders followed her into the conference hall.

• Mahiru Shiina told Luo Qianqiu that Mashiro Shiina planned to visit the Shrine with Chika Fujiwara, Kaguya Shinomiya, and Hinagiku Katsura, and Luo Qianqiu also invited Izumi Saginomiya.
• Daichi Fujiwara eagerly told Chika Fujiwara to leave school and serve Lord Chiaki at Chiaki Shrine, while Masakazu Fujiwara was relieved that the Fujiwara Family had not been overlooked.
• The leaders of the five great powers gathered outside the conference hall and waited for the Phoenix Goddess, prompting worldwide speculation.
• Luo Qianqiu arrived in her Kirin-drawn carriage amid auspicious light, and her Phoenix Divine Fire healed and rejuvenated the people present.
• The national leaders followed Luo Qianqiu into the conference hall.

Luo Qianqiu told the United Nations that Earth faced overwhelming Evil Gods and proposed gaining access to the Myriad Worlds Bank for help. The Five Great Nations recognized her authority over Earth, expanding her Star Coin minting power and drawing the attention of powerful beings.

• America's representative asked Luo Qianqiu whether she had a countermeasure, and she proposed finding a Big Daddy to carry the planet.
• Luo Qianqiu explained that the moon, sun, Zodiac Twelve Palaces, and Orion were manifestations of Evil Gods that threatened humanity.
• Luo Qianqiu presented several thousand Star Coins and said she would invite the Myriad Worlds Bank to open a branch on Earth if she gained the planet's minting authority.
• The Five Great Nations unanimously recognized Luo Qianqiu's nominal jurisdiction over Earth, expanding her control of Star Coin minting.
• Hermes sensed the spread of Star Coin rules across Earth and used them to block several watching gazes.

Luo Qianqiu discovered that foreign factions had been harvesting her world's Fate, Karma, Soul, and currency concepts, and ordered Pure Beauty to overwrite their currency-related rules with Star Coin sovereignty. Hermes then confronted the Main God Hall, Reincarnation Paradise, and Nightmare Space as they fled, using their links to currency to pursue them.

• As Luo Qianqiu prepared to trade her world's printing and minting rights for a Myriad Worlds Bank branch presidency, Pure Beauty revealed that foreign rules had eroded the Star Coin's sovereignty by 43%.
• Luo Qianqiu ordered Pure Beauty to shatter and overwrite the foreign currency rules.
• Pure Beauty spread Star Coin sovereignty across the planet, prompting distant powers to turn their attention toward it.
• Hermes recognized the Main God Hall, Reincarnation Paradise, and Nightmare Space, whose gazes fled using layers of protective disguises.
• Hermes pursued the fleeing factions, declaring that they could run but could not hide because Star Coin held part of their currency ownership.

After the Main God Hall fled from the presence of a Great Power, Yue Buqun explained why she had prepared for the possibility of its downfall. The Magical Girl Squad remained free of its control, but their connection to their home worlds was uncertain.

• Yotsuya Miko witnessed a glimpse of the Great Power known as Pure Beauty and wept in awe.
• Mahiru Shiina explained that Lord Chiaki had once traveled with the High God and might summon him from another timeline.
• Hachiko Hikigaya and Kazuko Kirigaya discovered that the Main God Hall had retreated and that their watches had become cheap, breakable imitations.
• Kazuko Kirigaya and Hachiko Hikigaya mourned the possibility that they might never return to their home worlds or see their loved ones again.
• Yue Buqun revealed that she had joined the Magical Girl Squad as a contingency, having expected the Main God Hall's methods to provoke a Great Power.

Luo Qianqiu invoked the many divine names of Hermes and called on him to protect Earth, forging a covenant between the god and humanity. Hermes accepted, appearing to the world as the Creator in a radiant vision.

• At the United Nations meeting, Luo Qianqiu confirmed that Hermes was the powerful being she wanted to bring to Earth.
• Luo Qianqiu convinced herself that securing protection for billions of people was a noble sacrifice, then left the conference room.
• Luo Qianqiu praised Hermes before reporters and onlookers, while people around Earth sensed that a sacred moment was approaching.
• Luo Qianqiu called on Hermes to descend and invited all spirits on Earth to honor his Dao, forging a covenant witnessed by humanity.
• Hermes accepted, and his radiant light revealed a vision of the Creator's Garden to the people of Earth.

Hermes described his conflict with powerful beings in the world of Re:CREATORS and revealed plans to use Luo Qianqiu’s world as his next move. In the Chat Group, Asuka Kudō disclosed how quickly her training under the Halloween Queen had advanced, while admitting she missed her carefree former life.

• Hermes told the Chat Group that he had fought Kyubey, Screwllum, and Nyarko in Re:CREATORS, but Nyarko’s summoned Azathoth had driven him away.
• Hermes said he planned to make the first move using Luo Qianqiu’s world and could evacuate her if the plan went wrong.
• Luo Qianqiu reacted with shock to Hermes’s exploits, and Chen Nan reflected that Hermes had no system but could reshape history through his power.
• Asuka Kudō relayed that the Halloween Queen wanted Hermes to bring her over, then complained that intensive cultivation had made her miss her former carefree life.
• Asuka Kudō revealed she was close to surpassing the Fourth Digit, prompting Hexi to compare the Halloween Queen’s immense wealth with her own and Kikyo to marvel at Asuka’s rapid progress.

The Chat Group members compared their strengths while Hermes reassured them and prepared for a major plan involving the Comprehensive Anime World. He focused on the Re:CREATORS setting and ordered the Ultimate Computer Lord of Wisdom to gather data and power for his coming move.

• Asuka Kudō, Floze, and Kikyo discussed their formidable levels of strength, while Lumine, Dragon, and Aozaki Touko lamented how far behind they felt.
• Luo Qianqiu praised Hermes's ability to handle powerful enemies, but Hermes said he lacked absolute confidence and told her he felt she misunderstood him.
• Hermes agreed that the Comprehensive Anime Daily Life world was a promising choice and told Asuka Kudō to wait regarding the Halloween Queen.
• Hermes examined the Comprehensive Anime World and identified Re:CREATORS and its Acknowledged Power as central to his plan, while recognizing that powerful beings were likely hiding behind the scheme.
• The Ultimate Computer Lord of Wisdom began following Hermes's orders, using the Path of Erudition to calculate possibilities and convert Imaginary Energy into power for Hermes's coming move.

After Lord of Wisdom unexpectedly returned, Sissikarr and Yu Qingtu worried that he would reclaim what they had taken from the Path of Wisdom and moved to protect their assets. Doctor Primitive was interrupted by Pioneer Envoy Lumine, who had accepted a commission to hunt him down and demanded compensation after her sword broke.

• Sissikarr felt guilty about poaching from the Path of Wisdom, then began transferring her assets and considered meeting with her juniors.
• Yu Qingtu feared losing the [Amber Era] Tavern, so she made it break free of time and dimension and vanish from the Honkai Star Rail Great Universe.
• Doctor Primitive panicked that Lord of Wisdom had returned before he could poach from him and recognized that Pioneer Envoy Lumine had taken a commission to hunt him.
• Lumine attacked Doctor Primitive's defenses, but her Unedged longsword shattered during the assault.
• Lumine blamed Doctor Primitive for breaking her sword and demanded at least eighty or a hundred Curios in compensation.

Lumine failed to catch Doctor Primitive, while Herta and the others completed the initial framework of the Virtual Universe. Hermes prepared for another major move and noticed an outsider’s presence subtly changing the Star Crown Garden.

• Lumine attacked Doctor Primitive with her Trailblaze Unedged Sword Style, but he escaped again as the attack destroyed an uninhabited planet.
• Buer, Herta, Ruan Mei, and the others finished the initial framework of the Virtual Universe and saw Lord of Wisdom at the source of the Path of Erudition.
• Chadwick planned to recruit Firefly to help develop his Cosmic Security Force, while Herta left the Virtual Universe project to pursue Hermes’s next major move.
• Hermes calculated how to deal with powerful enemies and questioned an unseen existence whose presence was changing the Star Crown Garden.

Hermes explained to Mei how the cannibalistic path of assimilating alternate selves worked and why it was dangerous, while considering using his knowledge to fish for powerful targets. Herta interrupted the lesson, dismissed the path as inefficient, and sampled Hermes’s floral tea.

• Hermes explained that the Tree Sea Multiverse Heavenly Dao punished outside powers that tried to assimilate local beings through their names.
• Mei asked whether locals could assimilate their counterparts and grew wary after Hermes described the risks and difficulty of the cannibalistic path.
• Hermes distinguished attaining the Dao by eating one’s counterparts from Great Powers creating alternate accounts.
• Herta appeared, called the cannibalistic path a waste of time, and claimed Hermes’s floral tea.
• Hermes calmly drank from the same cup after Herta returned it and said the flavor was pretty good.

Herta explained how she attained her Path without mastering every underlying principle, revealing that her Envoy Authority of [Simulation] let her Three-Phase Great Magic eliminate incorrect possibilities and find the optimal solution. The others were left marveling at her talent and courage.

• Herta redirected the conversation toward other selves, parallel timelines, and the uniqueness of the self, while silently encouraging Ruan Mei to learn from Hermes.
• Hermes questioned how Herta had attained her Path without understanding the principles behind the knowledge involved.
• Ruan Mei praised Herta’s bravery, and Herta boasted that she had known success was assured before taking the step.
• At Mei’s request, Herta explained that she had incorporated her Envoy Authority of [Simulation] into Herta’s Three-Phase Great Magic to automatically eliminate wrong options.
• Mei recognized the skill behind Herta’s use of her authority, while Hermes affirmed that Herta’s Path Attainment would have succeeded even without it.

Hermes explained how Envoy Authority and Path Attainment worked, then taught Herta, Ruan Mei, and Mei that the key to attaining Cosmic Truth was understanding the word [True]. Mei attained enlightenment in her Way of Dimensions, while Hermes continued his lesson on the false importance of merely lofty laws and realms.

• Hermes explained that Envoy Authority combined a Path's authority with an Emanator's possibilities, and that seizing it under an Aeon's gaze amounted to overcoming a tribulation.
• Hermes told Herta, Ruan Mei, and Mei that the key to attaining Cosmic Truth was [True], and Herta and Ruan Mei immediately grasped the lesson.
• Mei connected [True] to her Way of Dimensions and attained Dao, prompting Hermes to recognize that she had followed a path similar to Herta's.
• Hermes suspected Herta had not repaid her debt, and Herta demanded Philosopher's Stones as compensation before agreeing to keep listening.
• Hermes explained that cultivators who fixated on lofty [Truth] and nested realms overlooked what was genuinely true, making their cultivation pointless.

Hermes explained to Ruan Mei that reaching Cosmic Truth depended on grasping the underlying truth, not merely gaining a cosmic principle, while Herta realized her simulations had led to her own insight. When Herta asked how to cultivate beyond Cosmic Truth, Hermes admitted he had advanced so quickly that he barely understood the stage, leaving Mei to consider whether she could use a small shortcut of her own.

• Hermes told Ruan Mei that attaining a cosmic principle would not ensure success unless she grasped the truth behind it.
• Hermes explained that Herta’s simulations becoming real had enabled her Path Attainment, and Herta felt an insight stirring.
• Herta asked Hermes how to cultivate after attaining Cosmic Truth, and he said his rapid advance had left him unfamiliar with that stage.
• Herta and Ruan Mei silently compared their cultivation struggles with Hermes’s extraordinary progress.
• Mei considered using the power of acknowledgment, her script in the Real Realm, and Herta’s approach as a small shortcut to overtake others.

Hermes explained orthodox cultivation and offered Herta the Fishing the Heavens method, while Herta pressed him to teach her how to create her own currency and cultivate like a tycoon. Just as Hermes was about to put her in her place, he sensed something happening elsewhere in the Star Crown Garden and reacted with shock.

• Hermes described how cultivating through a Great Universe’s full cycle could ripen one’s Dao Fruit, and warned Herta not to rely on shortcuts like accelerated time.
• Hermes advised Herta to claim a pillar position in the Star Crown Garden once her Cosmic Truth hatched, then admitted to himself that he had used shortcuts throughout his own cultivation.
• Herta coaxed Hermes into offering the Fishing the Heavens method, but insisted she wanted to create Herta Coins instead.
• Hermes said Herta could not print currency without greater power, and Herta argued that money creation was the ultimate cheat-like cultivation style.
• Hermes sensed a strange development in a certain direction within the Star Crown Garden and looked over in disbelief.

Zhu Youjian arrived in a world he believed was the Primordial World, but its eleven Great Daos made him question its identity. His System confirmed that Pangu Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate had opened this alternate version of the Primordial World, and Zhu Youjian accepted the explanation.

• Zhu Youjian stepped through a black-hole-like vortex onto an uninhabited part of Mount Tai and cautiously sensed his surroundings.
• Zhu Youjian questioned whether the world was truly the Primordial World after discovering that it had only eleven supreme Great Daos.
• The System scanned the world and confirmed that the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate, also called Pangu, had opened it and that it was an alternate Primordial World.
• Zhu Youjian accepted the System's explanation and recalled how it had helped him become Great Emperor Chongzhen, master his Authorities, and defeat the Last King.
• Zhu Youjian wondered about his missing compatriots, Scathach and Aisha, and reflected that Aisha might be wandering through an unknown time and space.