Chapter Summaries

Primordial Beginning developed the True Immortal cultivation system, using Talisman-Granted Spirit Status to help disciples cultivate truth through falsehood while warning that it could lead to Dao transformation. His two Daoist Friends discussed the system’s costs and safeguards before the youthful Daoist revealed himself as Lingbao.

• Primordial Beginning reflected on perfecting his Primordial Beginning Spirit Status and building a cultivation path distinct from Infinity and Pure Beauty.
• Primordial Beginning proposed that disciples use Talisman-Granted Spirit Status to cultivate truth through falsehood, calling the path True Immortal.
• Laojun praised the True Immortal Dao Fruit but warned that disciples might wait millions of years for its reward.
• The youthful Daoist argued that the opportunity was worth its cost, and Primordial Beginning explained that closeness to the Three Pure Ones’ Dao could cause disciples to undergo Dao transformation.
• The youthful Daoist suggested that Primordial Beginning’s Questioning Heart Finger could help disciples guard their True Selves.
• Laojun and Primordial Beginning asked the youthful Daoist for his Daoist title, and he introduced himself as Lingbao.

Lingbao revealed his Return to Ruins Dao and asked Primordial Beginning and Daode to acknowledge him as Lingbao. With their acceptance, the Little Garden Central Will granted him a Second Digit Spirit Status, and the three Heavenly Venerates transformed the Multiverse’s laws into an endless cycle of existence and nonexistence.

• Lingbao manifested his Return to Ruins Dao Fruit before Primordial Beginning and Daode, while the Little Garden Central Will examined him.
• The Little Garden Central Will waited for Primordial Beginning and Daode to decide whether they recognized Lingbao, as the absent twin Goddesses Alpha and Omega did not appear.
• Primordial Beginning and Daode greeted Lingbao as a Daoist friend, and Lingbao returned their salute.
• The Little Garden Central Will bestowed a Second Digit Spirit Status—Lingbao—on the young Daoist.
• Primordial Beginning, Daode, and Lingbao became three suns, joined with the Little Garden Multiverse Heavenly Dao, and changed its laws into a cycle from existence to nonexistence and back.

Shiroyasha watched as Little Garden’s Central Will rewrote history around Primordial Beginning, Daode, and Lingbao, making them the Multiverse’s three Big Daddies. She exposed Indra’s brothel freeloading to the Three Pure Ones and urged them to punish the gods, leaving Indra scrambling to stop her.

• Little Garden’s gods and other inhabitants sensed the Central Will changing history and making the three figures’ version of events absolute.
• Shiroyasha celebrated the upheaval from her shop in the lower levels and mocked the gods who had fought over the relationship between gods and humans.
• Shiroyasha explained that the new history presented Primordial Beginning, Daode, and Lingbao as the forces behind the Multiverse’s beginning, operation, and end.
• Shiroyasha accused Indra of visiting a red-light district without paying and urged her three Big Daddies to judge the gods.
• Indra rushed to silence Shiroyasha, protesting that she was exposing him because he had taken a Goddess Shiroyasha wanted.

Shiroyasha placated Indra by claiming she had subdued him, then used his unpaid red-light district bill to bring down a mysterious fist that left him battered. Meanwhile, Lingbao adjusted calamity laws with Primordial Beginning and Laojun urging moderation, and he reflected that their kindness made him seem black-hearted by comparison.

• Shiroyasha promised Indra she would look after Black Rabbit, then called herself his drinking buddy and offered to raise his wife and daughters if he died.
• Shiroyasha punched Indra down and appealed to the watching powers, accusing him of freeloading at a red-light district and asking them to punish him.
• A mysterious fist struck Indra despite his attempts to dodge, leaving him with a bruised face as he rolled on the ground in pain.
• Shiroyasha told Indra to repay the money he had freeloaded, and he blamed her while crying out in pain.
• Primordial Beginning and Laojun advised Lingbao to introduce his new calamity laws gradually so he would not punish too many gods at once.
• Lingbao compared their kindness with the black-hearted great powers he had encountered and concluded that they made him seem unusually ruthless.

Chen Lingbao explained that he had abandoned the Real Realm plan in favor of gaining control of an existing Immeasurable Multiverse, which could greatly strengthen him. Primordial Beginning and Daode asked how he had made sure they would let him compete to become Lingbao, and Chen Lingbao claimed his scheme could not fail.

• Primordial Beginning and Daode agreed that Chen Lingbao's plan could remove obstacles and help the Three Pure Ones advance toward Multiverse Truth.
• Chen Lingbao admitted that he had considered the Real Realm plan but judged its chance of success far lower than taking control of an existing Immeasurable Multiverse.
• Chen Lingbao envied Su Yuanshi for possessing the Tree Sea Multiverse and reflected on how his humble origins had left him without comparable resources.
• Primordial Beginning and Daode questioned whether Chen Lingbao had planned the Real Realm as a lure, Altair's arrival on Honkai Earth, and his bid to become Lingbao.
• Chen Lingbao laughed and insisted that his scheme had never had any possibility of failure.

Chen Lingbao proposed a plan to form a Three Pure Ones group, and Primordial Beginning and Daode agreed to join for reasons beyond its promised resources. As the group’s actions threatened to make all life and Cosmic Truths their descendants, Alpha, Omega, and Buddha confronted them and asked them to stop.

• Chen Lingbao showed Primordial Beginning and Daode a blueprint for a plan that promised them a vast harvest if they let him join their group.
• Primordial Beginning agreed because the plan embodied the path of [Pure Beauty], while Daode agreed to take part in subduing demons.
• The Three Pure Ones turned toward dozens of arriving Second Digit Great Powers, and Primordial Beginning challenged them to explain their imposing approach.
• The ordinary Second Digit beings shrank back, while Alpha, Omega, and Buddha stepped forward to ask the Three Pure Ones to restrain their actions.
• Alpha, Omega, and Buddha warned that the plan could make all life and Cosmic Truths descendants of the Three Pure Ones, effectively forcing them to call the three of them Dad.

The Cosmic Truths protested the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerate’s plans to rewrite history, fearing the effect on their origins and cultivation, while Kulimō refused to join their opposition. Primordial Beginning dismissed Daode and Lingbao’s concerns about provoking the Cosmic Truths and prepared to answer their demands by demonstrating Three Pure Ones Unity.

• A colossal True Dragon emerged from the torrent of time, and Kulimō suggested the Cosmic Truths should follow the Multiverse’s rules.
• Alpha Omega, Buddha Shakyamuni, and other Cosmic Truths rebuked Kulimō and argued that rewriting history would threaten their positions and future cultivation.
• Shiroyasha admitted the changes might not matter much, prompting Alpha and Omega to reproach her for siding against them.
• Kulimō transformed into a petite Goddess, declared herself an underage pure-blooded True Dragon, and appealed to Laojun for protection.
• Laojun and Chen Lingbao urged Primordial Beginning to reassure the Cosmic Truths, but Primordial Beginning insisted that the Three Pure Ones would not yield after attaining the Path.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate promised the Cosmic Truths an answer, then made the statuses of Primordial Beginning, Daode, and Lingbao resonate as he invoked Three Pure Ones Unity.

Primordial Beginning united the Three Pure Ones and manifested as Immeasurable Multiversal Truth · Pangu, revealing the power to create the multiverse. Pangu led the Cosmic Truths toward the most ancient era, where they witnessed him become the Dao.

• Primordial Beginning used [One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones] to unite the Three Pure Ones and reveal Pangu Great Celestial Venerable.
• Shiroyasha begged Pangu for help, and Pangu transformed her into a [Stelle] that became the eye between his brows.
• Alpha and Omega regretted not accepting Laojun's invitation, while Kulimō considered seeking a place in Pangu's body.
• Laojun and Chen Lingbao watched in astonishment as the Three Pure Ones truly returned to one and attained Immeasurable Multiversal Truth.
• Pangu led the Cosmic Truths through past ages and showed them a new multiverse taking shape in his hands.
• The Great Powers witnessed Pangu become the Dao of the Immeasurable Multiverse.

Primordial Heavenly Venerate explained that he had created Pangu because he was himself Multiverse Truth—Infinity, though he could not yet explain how to cross from a universe into a multiverse. As Daode and Lingbao studied the Pangu shell, Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Dao Fruit began transforming toward Pangu, guided by the mystery of Creating Something from Nothing.

• Alpha wondered how three Weak Multiversals had achieved Multiverse Truth and sensed that the Little Garden Multiverse had fundamentally grown.
• Lord of Morality and Chen Lingbao questioned Primordial Beginning about how the Three Pure Ones had created Pangu, since they could not understand or reproduce the process.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate said that he was Infinity and that he needed time to understand how he had crossed from a universe into a multiverse.
• Daode and Lingbao studied the Pangu shell, while Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s Primordial Dao Fruit grew by absorbing the essence of Pangu.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized that his Dao Fruit’s path to multiverse was the mystery of Creating Something from Nothing.

The Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerate returned to their seats after attaining the eternal Pangu Dao, while Shiroyasha discovered she had become a primordial star of the Multiverse. The twenty-seven Cosmic Truths bowed to the Three Pure Ones, and Pangu Great Celestial Venerable remained eternally present despite the dispersal of his form.

• Primordial Heavenly Venerate realized how to cultivate his Primordial Beginning Dao after witnessing the Three Pure Ones transform into Pangu Great Celestial Venerable.
• Pangu Great Celestial Venerable created Pangu Hall from nothing, led the Great Powers inside, and transformed back into the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerate.
• Shiroyasha emerged from between Pangu's brows as a primordial star of the Multiverse, then learned that Alpha, Omega, and Kulimō had origins tied to the Multiverse as well.
• Primordial Beginning scolded Shiroyasha for neglecting the cultivation method of reversing cause and effect, while Kulimō revealed she had used it to become the Dragon Ancestor.
• Primordial Beginning seated Shiroyasha and took his place beneath the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Venerate's highest seat.
• The twenty-seven Cosmic Truths bowed and congratulated the Three Pure Ones, while Pangu Great Celestial Venerate continued to exist eternally despite the Three Pure Ones dispersing his form.

Hermes considered how to advance his Pure Beauty path to the multiverse after learning how Infinity and Primordial Beginning attained their own multiversal paths. Herta confronted him over calling her Little Herta, and Hermes left her reassured that he admired her.

• Hermes reflected on Primordial Beginning’s use of Creation from Nothing and wondered how his Pure Beauty path should reach the multiverse.
• Hermes listened to Infinity explain how it shattered absolute impossibility among infinite possibilities to attain Multiverse Truth: Infinity.
• Hermes rejected copying either Infinity’s or Primordial Beginning’s method and found a small spark of inspiration for his own path.
• Herta challenged Hermes for telling her that her application for the Lingbao Tianzun position had failed and accused him of looking down on her as Little Herta.
• Hermes realized Herta cared more about his opinion than the Lingbao position, praised her sincerely, and Herta felt pleased.

Hermes calmed himself and completed Cosmic Truth · Mind, discovering that his other Cosmic Truths had also reached perfection. In the Chat Group, Hexi and Kaisa prepared to kill Morgana to restore Liang Bing, while Luo Qianqiu said the plan was progressing through the production of Super God Academy.

• Hermes reflected on his impatience, completed Cosmic Truth · Mind, and realized his other Cosmic Truths had already reached perfection.
• Hermes opened the Chat Group and saw Hexi and Kaisa facing two Morgana counterparts in the Fantasy · Super God World.
• The two Kaisas said they planned to kill Morgana and recall Liang Bing, but Morgana insisted that her fourth-generation Divine Body could not be separated from her past self.
• Luo Qianqiu told Hexi that the Super God Academy production team had been forced to accelerate the story and that Acknowledged Power was beginning to gather.
• Haruno Yukinoshita offered to buy the Super Seminary copyrights and recruit more creators, but Luo Qianqiu insisted that the original team continue the work.
• Hexi said she had long awaited Liang Bing's return, and Luo Qianqiu agreed that the plan could bring her back if all went smoothly.

Luo Qianqiu told Hermes that she had mortgaged most of her savings and her Star Coin printing privileges to infiltrate the Twelve Heavens through a temporary Great Power-level self. As Hermes watched the battle unfold, he warned her about Ancestor Minghe, whose actions left Luo Qianqiu realizing that the apparent enemies were caught up in schemes of their own.

• Luo Qianqiu asked the Chat Group whether her risky plan would succeed, and it estimated her chances at over seventy percent.
• Luo Qianqiu privately warned Hermes not to kill her temporary self by accident, and Hermes praised her for finally taking a major risk.
• Hermes asked how Luo Qianqiu had infiltrated the Twelve Heavens, and she explained that she had mortgaged her savings and Star Coin printing privileges to fund the plan.
• Hermes warned Luo Qianqiu to avoid Ancestor Minghe, whom he described as a two-faced schemer who might set her up.
• Luo Qianqiu watched Ancestor Minghe charge into battle and was stunned that he appeared to be fighting fiercely while secretly cooperating with their side.

Hermes helped Luo Qianqiu conceal the flaws in her attempt to use the Phoenix Ancestor’s power, while discussing with Chen Lingbao their preparations to lure powerful beings into an infinite-flow conflict. Chen Lingbao revealed that their bait had been taken and that numerous forces, including Hermes’s Chat Group, had joined the scheme.

• Hermes watched Luo Qianqiu use the Phoenix Ancestor’s identity to influence ancient history and assimilate characters associated with [Phoenix], then secretly covered up flaws in her actions.
• Chen Lingbao questioned Hermes about merging a world filled with Starry River Time-Space Weird Gods into the Real Realm, and Hermes explained that its potential had enabled the fusion and earned him credit in the Re:CREATORS world.
• Hermes asked how Chen Lingbao’s plan was progressing, and Chen Lingbao pointed out that the bait had already been taken.
• Hermes saw the Main God Hall, Nightmare Space, Reincarnation Paradise, Infinity Space, Myriad Realms City, and the Dimensional Chat Group joining the infinite-flow melee.
• Chen Lingbao said that casting a wide net might catch extra fish, and Hermes agreed that a fisherman would welcome more catches.

Chen Lingbao explained that he wanted to attract Great Powers to help fund the creation of an Immeasurable Multiverse, while Hermes and Laojun worried he planned to sacrifice them. The Three Pure Ones agreed to first kill Lolth before pursuing the investment plan.

• Laojun joined the Three Pure Ones' private chat and explained that Lingbao had invited many Great Powers to join his plan.
• Chen Lingbao said the Three Pure Ones lacked enough foundation to create an Immeasurable Multiverse alone and wanted to attract investors.
• Hermes and Laojun suspected Lingbao intended to sacrifice the recruited Great Powers, but Lingbao denied it and said he wanted them to help build the multiverse in exchange for a share of the profits.
• Hermes proposed killing Lolth before attracting investment, and Lingbao and Daode agreed.

Hermes warned the Real Realm’s will that outsiders could take the multiversal artifact and abandon it during its attempt to advance, then began teaching it how to protect itself. The Real Realm’s will recognized the danger, but the outsiders’ intentions remained unresolved.

• Hermes watched the battlefield in the torrent of time and focused his hostility on Spider Queen Rose.
• Hermes invoked his status as a shareholder to ask the Real Realm for access to its multiversal artifact and a share of its authority.
• When the Real Realm hesitated, Hermes pointed out that the artifact’s ownership was a hidden danger that could threaten its survival during its advancement.
• Hermes explained that a dozen or more Great Powers could withdraw with the artifact at the critical moment without suffering a true loss, while the Real Realm could perish.
• The Real Realm’s will trembled at the risk, and Hermes began instructing it in how to guard against the outsiders running off with the funds.

Hermes used the system within Zhu Youjian to gather causality across the Sea of Trees Infinite Multiverse and create the Heavenly Clouds of All Heavens, a power that guided his good causes and repelled harmful effects. Elsewhere, Buddha Shakyamuni began his ascent into Nirvana, Great Dream of Samsara.

• Hermes noticed that the Real Realm’s will seemed to be growing toward Heavenly Dao and blamed Lingbao Tianzun for its change.
• The system within Zhu Youjian told Hermes it was ready to cooperate and grafted the causality of attaining the Dao onto him.
• Hermes gathered causality throughout the Sea of Trees Infinite Multiverse, forming the Heavenly Clouds of All Heavens above his head.
• Daode and Lingbao sensed a slight stir but did not investigate, while Buddha Shakyamuni stopped preaching and announced that he was about to attain the Dao.
• Buddha Shakyamuni let Glazed Pure Fire consume his golden body and entered Nirvana, Great Dream of Samsara, before the horrified Gods and Buddhas.

Hermes used the Heavenly Clouds of All Heavens to unravel karma and forge a lethal blade while Buddha Shakyamuni entered extinction to secure the Future Buddha’s attainment. During the battle, the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate provoked Ancestor Minghe by teasing Abhi, prompting Minghe to secretly synchronize Yuantu with the Blade of Karma and prepare a deadly counterattack.

• Hermes watched Buddha Shakyamuni enter extinction and recognized how his cause would secure the Future Buddha’s attainment.
• Hermes used the Heavenly Clouds of All Heavens to untangle the karma of Path Attainment as Spider Queen Lolth continued weaving her Fate Spiderweb.
• The Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate shattered the Twelve Heavens Demon Gods’ assault and taunted Ancestor Minghe by reaching for Abhi.
• Ancestor Minghe’s killing intent surged, but Kyubey the Incubator urged him to hold back so the Killing Calamity would not erupt prematurely.
• Ancestor Minghe suppressed Yuantu and Abhi while secretly connecting Yuantu to the Blade of Karma, and Hermes gathered karmic threads to temper the blade.

Zhu Youjian discovered that the system had outsourced the Karma tied to its fallen previous host, whose stolen chance to attain the Dao had created a dangerous connection with an Evil God. Rather than avoid the upheaval, Zhu Youjian decided to risk using a strange artifact to pursue a chance at success, and the system accepted his resolve.

• Zhu Youjian sensed the system was hiding something and demanded to know whether it planned to replace him.
• The system revealed that it had transferred and outsourced the great Karma connecting it and Zhu Youjian to its fallen previous host and the Evil God who stole his chance to attain the Dao.
• Zhu Youjian recalled how the previous host had risen toward godhood while pursuing his Great Wish, and he acknowledged the predecessor’s achievements.
• Zhu Youjian proposed using a strange artifact to take advantage of the world’s Acknowledged Power and challenge the Evil God despite the danger.
• Zhu Youjian argued that outside backing raised his odds enough to justify betting everything, and the system agreed to let him proceed.

Kikuhara Aki confronted the terrifying new anime project, Index's New Era Archon Path, as she overheard a girl seek Othinus's support for an experiment involving Acknowledged Power. She recognized Othinus and realized she was caught in the middle of a plan that could affect the entire world.

• A discussion on the A Certain Magical Index forum praised the new Index anime and mentioned other parallel-worldline productions, including stories about Konan, Hexi, and Kaisa.
• Kikuhara Aki reviewed the surge of suspicious new anime releases while working for Tokyo's Special Events Countermeasures Department.
• Governments feared the fantasy figures behind the projects and could not safely interfere with Old Ma's work.
• Kikuhara Aki heard a girl say Earth's population might be too small to generate enough Acknowledged Power.
• The girl told Othinus that the experiment would test her theories and offer the Demon God an opportunity, and Kikuhara Aki recognized the two girls with dread.