Chapter Summaries

Zhu Youjian discovered that his system-issued identity placed him in a Primordial World whose history resembled a strange version of the Ming Dynasty. After learning that Zhu Yuanzhang had advised this world's Chongzhen Emperor to accept the dynasty's fall and save his sons, Zhu Youjian learned that the emperor gave up trying to reverse the collapse, but what happened next astonished everyone.

• Zhu Youjian questioned whether the system had arranged a legitimate identity, and the system directed him to open his Identity Gift Pack.
• Zhu Youjian found a modern identity card naming him Zhu Youjian, and the system insisted that this was simply a different version of the Primordial World.
• Zhu Youjian reviewed the identity's memories and learned he was the sixteenth Ming emperor, Great Emperor Chongzhen, in a world with strangely altered history.
• Zhu Youjian learned that Zhu Yuanzhang had visited Chongzhen, praised his efforts, and urged him to stop resisting the Ming Dynasty's fall and find a way to save his sons.
• After Zhu Yuanzhang's advice, Chongzhen gave up trying to save the dynasty, and the result left everyone dumbfounded.

Zhu Youjian learned that in this alternate history, Emperor Chongzhen had saved the Ming Dynasty by giving up on ruling and enfeoffing thousands of people, though he ultimately failed to make himself Global Sovereign because the population was too small. Shocked by the account, Zhu Youjian questioned what had happened to the original Chongzhen, and the system began receiving information.

• Emperor Chongzhen gave up governing and granted real fiefs and titles to thousands of nobles, scholars, commanders, and clans.
• A border general who seized land beyond Ming territory reported his victory and was immediately made a king by Chongzhen.
• The enfeoffed rulers competed for subjects by securing food, fishing, and raiding beyond the borders, driving the Ming into a prosperous age.
• The account said Chongzhen became a revered sage emperor but failed to become Blue Star's Global Sovereign because the population was insufficient.
• Zhu Youjian questioned the system about the original Emperor Chongzhen, and the system began seeking and receiving information.

Zhu Youjian learned that the future Emperor Chongzhen had entrusted him with the Emperor Chongzhen inheritance and fused with the identity before disappearing from Mount Tai. Above the Garden, Hermes defended allowing the system into the world, while Herta silently began considering an idea of her own.

• The system explained that the future Emperor Chongzhen had chosen Zhu Youjian to manage his inheritance until his reincarnation in seventy-nine years.
• Zhu Youjian learned that Emperor Chongzhen could not reincarnate early because bypassing the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate risked punishment.
• Zhu Youjian fused with the Emperor Chongzhen identity and vanished from Mount Tai.
• Phanes arrived at Mount Tai, found no abnormality, and sensed that hidden forces were making the world's future unpredictable.
• Herta questioned Hermes for admitting the system, and Hermes said it could not contaminate the world with Dao Contamination.
• Herta felt humiliated by Hermes's remark but began thinking of a brilliant idea.

Hermes proposed that Herta could develop a Lingbao Aspect by combining her Herta Cosmic Truth with the WorldEnd world, and explained the Path Attainment behind the idea. Herta requested time to study the plan, while Ruan Mei and Mei left to discuss inspirations of their own.

• Hermes suggested that Herta might develop a Lingbao Aspect and grew excited about the possibility of a Supreme Pure Herta Exquisite Dao Lingbao Celestial Venerable.
• After Herta demanded an explanation, Hermes described the Three Pure Ones and [One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones] as a Path Attainment that could lead to a multiverse.
• Hermes proposed using the Wisdom apocalypse in the WorldEnd world to nurture both a new era and Herta's Lingbao Aspect.
• Herta asked to study the detailed materials before deciding, and Hermes told her that Lord of Wisdom had already opened her reading access.
• Ruan Mei and Mei left to consult their colleagues about their inspirations, and Hermes worried they would soon devise another grand plan.

Luo Qianqiu used the Rat Talisman to accelerate her cultivation with phoenixes from different worlds, while Konan visited Gaara and affirmed her hope for the Ninja World's future under Hermes's Star Lord System. The chapter ended with Lü Dongbin marveling at the Twelve Talismans' astonishing potential for cultivation.

• Luo Qianqiu used the borrowed Rat Talisman to create various phoenixes and said that resources from other worlds had greatly sped up her progress.
• Index and Konan praised Luo Qianqiu's sense of responsibility for continuing to protect her world despite the burden it placed on her.
• Konan visited Gaara in Sunagakure, soothed him, and saw hope for change in the next generation of the Ninja World.
• Hermes offered to make Konan the ancestor of Chakra, but she refused and suggested incorporating Chakra into the Star Lord System instead.
• Lü Dongbin described how the Rat and Tiger Talismans had shown extraordinary potential when used for cultivation.

Luo Qianqiu praised the Twelve Talismans and revealed that Yue Buqun had entered the Main God Hall as a magical girl, shocking Ning Qingyu and the Chat Group. After Elk became interested in magical girls, Chen Nan considered whether they might offer a new future for the little girls in his care.

• Luo Qianqiu and Chen Nan discussed the Twelve Talismans' extraordinary cultivation potential and the Tiger Talisman's power to balance yin and yang.
• Luo Qianqiu told Ning Qingyu that Yue Buqun had entered the Main God Hall and shared an image of him as a magical girl.
• Ning Qingyu reflected on his complicated feelings about Yue Buqun, while Chen Nan and other group members reacted to the transformation.
• Hermes recommended magical girl anime to Elk, and she logged off to watch it with Binchotan.
• Luo Qianqiu threatened to take Chen Nan's eight million little lolis if he corrupted Elk, and Chen Nan later considered their future paths.

Hermes explained that Yue Buqun’s Kyubey magical-girl enhancement remained linked to the Law of Cycles, leaving him a possible way to escape the Main God Hall’s restraints. Meanwhile, Chen Nan asked the Chat Group to choose a cultivation path for his eight million Little Cuties, and Index proposed turning them into a civilization capable of ascending together.

• Hermes said Yue Buqun’s Kyubey-based magical-girl system retained a karmic connection to the Law of Cycles, despite the Main God Hall’s concealment.
• Luo Qianqiu and Hexi recognized Kyubey’s involvement, and Hermes described the Law of Cycles as the system’s true source and the force that saved magical girls from becoming witches.
• Chen Nan asked the group to recommend a cultivation path for his eight million Little Cuties and suggested Pretty Cure.
• Motoo Aiya rejected Chen Nan’s suggestion and proposed that the Little Cuties follow the path of angel evolution, prompting Hexi to ask about her angel-transformation work.
• Index argued that Chen Nan should use the Sisters’ viral connections and Aleister’s Personal Reality technology to create an independent phase dimension and raise their civilization to Demon God level.

Chen Nan was tempted to develop the Black Bullet girls into a Demon God-level civilization after Index proposed creating a supporting phase. Hermes outlined a plan to combine a godslaying ritual with Japan’s mythology, leaving Chen Nan wondering whether his lolis could become Demon Gods.

• Index said creating a phase capable of supporting a Demon God would be possible with Hermes’s help, and Chen Nan began considering the idea for the eight million girls.
• Lumine prepared to introduce Magnetic Field Rotation to Universal Galaxy, but Hermes punched her to stop a possible outbreak of magnetic field fighters; Lumine then argued with Paimon over lollipops.
• Hermes connected the Black Bullet girls, as the origin of future civilization, with Japan’s eight million Gods, and Index said their shared Personal Realities and Japanese mythology could support a phase dimension.
• Asuka Kudō worried Hermes was trying to take over her divine inheritance, but Hermes argued that she lacked direct subordinates and should make use of the opportunity.
• Hermes revealed that Emperor Ming Zhu Youjian had perfected a godslaying ritual and proposed that Chen Nan use it with Index’s phase to create a High Heaven Demon God civilization and spread through the multiverse.

Chen Nan settled on cultivation paths for his children and offered Index and Hermes Civilization Crystals for their help. The Chat Group then considered whom to recruit from Dragon Raja and unanimously chose Uesugi Erii.

• Yagami Taichi praised Hexi’s Sacred Language Algorithm, and Chen Nan thanked the group for helping determine his children’s cultivation paths.
• Chen Nan offered Index and Hermes some of his Civilization Crystals as payment, and both expressed interest in the resource.
• Luo Qianqiu announced that the Chat Group would recruit a newcomer from Dragon Raja and listed several candidates.
• Hexi read the Dragon Raja novel and noted the potential of its Dragon Blood abilities.
• Hermes and Chen Nan chose Uesugi Erii, and the other members agreed over Lu Mingfei and the remaining candidates.

Uesugi Erii joined the Chat Group, where its members reassured her and Hermes gained access to her Group Link. As the group members offered her places to find a home, Erii became captivated by Zhu Lan’s Pokémon pictures.

• Luo Qianqiu and the other members agreed that Uesugi Erii should join the Chat Group, and the group welcomed her.
• Luo Qianqiu deleted the Dragon Raja novel from the group chat and told Erii not to read its tragic story.
• Uesugi Erii worried that speaking might hurt the others, and Hermes reassured her and asked her to grant him access to her Group Link.
• Zhu Lan showed Erii pictures of Pokémon to entice her to visit Pokemon World, while Hexi promoted the angels’ home as another option.
• Uesugi Erii excitedly admired the Pokémon pictures, and Hermes sent a wisp of his will through her Group Link into the Dragon Raja world.

Hermes agreed with Luo Qianqiu’s plan to publish the Dragon Raja story and expose its secrets to the world. Three days later, the novel became a global sensation, and Lu Mingfei was summoned to Principal Angers’s office to confront it.

• Hermes surveyed the future of the Dragon Raja world and concluded that conflict between humans, dragons, hybrids, and Dragon Kings would eventually erupt.
• Luo Qianqiu proposed that Hermes publish the Dragon Raja plot worldwide, and Hermes agreed that the resulting upheaval might send the world down a new path.
• Luo Qianqiu decided to ask Erii’s permission and planned to visit with her companions to watch the ensuing drama.
• Three days later, the novel Dragon Raja was released worldwide and sold more than ten million copies in less than a day.
• At Cassell College, Lu Mingfei was taken to Principal Angers’s office, where Angers showed him copies of the bestselling novel.

After learning that a bestselling novel exposed his life and secrets, Lu Mingfei agreed to Principal Angers's special training so he could prove himself different from the loser in the books. Meanwhile, the ramen chef recognized the truth in the story of his children and erupted in rage over their deaths.

• Principal Angers told Lu Mingfei that the books had sold ten million copies worldwide and verified that their information was authentic.
• Lu Mingfei read the books, recognized himself in their portrayal, and felt humiliated by how accurately they exposed his thoughts and choices.
• Angers promised to train Lu Mingfei and help him become powerful and impressive, and Lu Mingfei eagerly accepted.
• A student compared the ramen chef to the Shadow Emperor from [Dragon Raja], prompting him to read the novels.
• The ramen chef learned that Herzog had killed Uesugi Erii, Sogen Chisei, and Sogen Chihime, and his rage overwhelmed his grief and restraint.
• Hermes watched from above, satisfied that Erii's return would eventually rewrite everything.

Hermes integrated the Multiversal Dream Sea into the Virtual Universe and launched its first large-scale closed beta. He reviewed Mei’s plan to pursue Path Attainment with Mobius and Vill-V, assuring her that he could guarantee success if they proved even a tiny possibility.

• Lord of Wisdom began integrating the Boundless Empty Dream and other assets into the Virtual Universe, while 300 testers started its closed beta.
• Hermes considered inviting the Chat Group members, then added a long-term mission and notified them.
• Mei told Hermes that she, Mobius, and Vill-V would seek the author of Honkai Infinite Multiverse and refine the Honkai Worldview and their Path Attainment plan.
• Hermes adjusted the Virtual Universe’s systems as he listened, reflecting that it could manage assets and simulate worlds rather than act like an aggressive organization.
• Hermes reassured Mei that even a slight possibility of success would suffice, since his Infinity Truth could make it certain.

Yue Buqun remembered that the Chiaki Shrine Master had protected her and that she was now carrying out a Virtual Universe mission using a dimensional avatar. On Mount Hua, she recognized her new magical-girl form and discovered that her former master, Ning Qingyu, was present in the chat room.

• Yue Buqun recalled agreeing to work for the Virtual Universe and realized she had been sent on a mission rather than abandoned again.
• Yue Buqun arrived at Mount Hua, concealed herself with her magic staff, and accepted that she could not return to her old life.
• Aozaki Touko, Dragon, Unohana Retsu, and others discussed the companions they had brought, while Ichigo Kurosaki nervously agreed with Unohana.
• Ning Qingyu said he had joined the mission, and Yue Buqun was shocked to discover that her former master was there.
• Luo Qianqiu revealed that Yue Buqun was the tester assigned to the Real Realm, prompting the group to question whether she should face her former master.

Liu Xiu and Zhu Youjian discussed how to exploit their closed beta access, prioritizing contact with the Real Realm and a way to enter it. As Liu Xiu explained the Virtual Universe, Zhu Youjian questioned his system and learned that it had already had six previous hosts.

• Zhu Youjian proposed securing the copyright to [Campione] through the Real Realm and killing an Unwilling God to gain an Authority that would let them enter it.
• Zhu Youjian asked Liu Xiu to explain the Virtual Universe, while Liu Xiu celebrated taking control of the [Divine Han] faction and described their closed beta opportunity.
• Liu Xiu explained that the Virtual Universe was a vast creation inspired by other cross-world organizations and could provide opportunities for worlds to ascend.
• Zhu Youjian asked his system for its view, and the system dismissed the danger because it could survive even if its host died.
• Zhu Youjian recalled that the system had recorded the deaths of its six former hosts, beginning with a ruler who died of old age after uniting his world.

Zhu Youjian learned that his system’s previous hosts had met varied fates, including one killed by an Abyssal Evil God, and discovered that a powerful enemy had crossed timelines into the Primordial World. Hermes planned to use Zhu Youjian to draw Spider Queen Rose’s attention while keeping him unaware of the danger.

• The system recounted the previous hosts’ achievements and deaths, including the sixth host’s final battle against an Abyss invasion.
• The system warned Zhu Youjian that an Evil God linked to the sixth host’s death had been detected and that the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate was rewriting history after a battle across timelines.
• Zhu Youjian asked whether he could flee, but the system told him he was registered as a Primordial Era native and could not realistically escape.
• Hermes realized Spider Queen Rose had killed the sixth host and planned to make Zhu Youjian draw her attention while he took on the resulting Karma.
• As Zhu Youjian accompanied Liu Xiu to seek out magic associations, he sensed danger and asked whether the Abyssal Evil God had discovered him.
• The system chose not to reveal the truth, believing that telling Zhu Youjian would make his chances of survival worse.

Mei, Mobius, and Vill-V discovered that a novel’s mythic story reflected possible futures for them and found themselves wielding the powers it described. As they planned to study and keep those powers, Altair urged the Three Heavenly Venerates to defeat the Honkai world’s Creator and reclaim their rights.

• Mei and Mobius read online discussions in which the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate appeared as the origin of various mythologies.
• Vill-V studied a novel that portrayed her as Yin-Yang Heavenly Venerate, while Mei confirmed that the story depicted one possible future for them.
• Mobius rejected the novel’s portrayal of her as an inhuman, endlessly evolving Infinite Ouroboros Serpent and denied being so insane.
• Mei explained that their newly gained Acknowledged Power was both false and real, and she, Mobius, and Vill-V decided to study it and keep it.
• Altair called on the Three Heavenly Venerates to defeat the Creator of the Honkai world and reclaim their rights, driven by her desire to avenge Setsuna.

Hermes confronted Minghe and a coalition of Great Powers who tried to force him into the fate of Pangu opening heaven, while he prepared to turn their scheme to his advantage. The battle began with both sides holding back their deeper plans and waiting for an opportunity.

• Minghe explained that Hermes had to undergo the Pangu tribulation to attain the Path of Pangu Primordial Beginning, while Hermes rejected the claim that they could make him his tribulation.
• Spider Queen Rose warned Hermes to cooperate as the coalition’s web of fate began fixing Pangu’s creation and transformation as the inevitable outcome.
• Hermes unleashed Pure Beauty, but Incubator Kyubey and eleven Great Powers formed the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Formation to hold him within the opening-heaven battlefield.
• Minghe wielded Yuantu and Abhi against Hermes, who recognized a chance to use the swords and Spider Queen Rose to advance his own plan.
• Hermes and the coalition clashed as hidden forces and an unknown multiversal wonder remained poised to enter the conflict.

At Jade Void Palace, Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate praised Izayoi’s rapid progress but lamented that the Three Pure Ones needed a Lingbao partner for their imminent debut. He decided he could not keep the position open for Herta, leaving the search for a suitable candidate unresolved.

• Izayoi asked Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate what troubled him while Garj silently vowed to surpass her.
• Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate praised Izayoi’s mastery of the Primordial Golden Chapter · Infinity and predicted she could become a Third Digit God King.
• Izayoi estimated that she needed at least ten years to reach the Third Digit, while Garj compared her progress with his own.
• Garj asked Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate whether he could help, and his master explained that the Three Pure Ones needed to find a Lingbao partner.
• Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate recalled that Kiana, Herta, Garj, and the twin Goddesses were possible candidates, but each had drawbacks or reservations.
• Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate concluded that he could not reserve the position for Herta because the Three Pure Ones needed to make their debut soon.

Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate explained that Canary had used her Poet Spiritual Status to create Izayoi, while Black Heaven had secretly influenced Izayoi’s birth. He also urged Izayoi to return because Canary was near death and to bring her younger brother Homura Saigou for training.

• Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate told Izayoi that Canary was near death and that her younger brother Homura Saigou might be talented enough to join his sect.
• Izayoi questioned whether she had a younger brother and reflected on Canary’s cruelty and abilities.
• Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate explained that Canary had spent centuries using her Poet Spiritual Status to create Izayoi, nearly exhausting it.
• Garj was astonished that a Fourth Digit poet could create someone as powerful as Izayoi.
• Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate revealed that Black Heaven had secretly meddled in Izayoi’s birth and explained his reasons for destroying Arcadia and exiling its leaders.