Chapter Summaries

Hermes completed a sweeping rewrite of the Bleach world's laws, establishing Taishan Fujun and the Great Cycle of Life and Death while creating a Seed of the Vortex of the Root. The world began its final Re-Genesis, and its sun transformed under the new mythology.

• The world's inhabitants sensed Taishan Fujun become a fundamental force governing time, space, and the Great Cycle of Life and Death, with Star Coins offered as feedback for contributing to the cycle.
• Unohana Retsu resisted the pull of the Dao Realm by using her sword intent to separate her sense of self from the knowledge threatening to absorb her.
• Shunsui Kyoraku broke free from the Dao Realm, gained immense Spiritual Pressure, and took satisfaction in seeing noble Bleach excluded from the transformation.
• Hermes explained that the Great Mythic Ritual had made Pathwalkers of the people and announced his plan to forge a Vortex of the Root for the realm.
• Hermes created and merged a Seed of the Vortex of the Root into the world, but stopped further changes when the world's worldview neared its limit.
• The world's laws began renewing in the final stage of Re-Genesis, and its sun gained a mythological aspect as the Bleach world's ultimate leap began.

Hermes reflected on how her experiment with a worldview as a Seed might lead toward creating worlds and attaining the Pure Beauty Dao, though she considered the experiment unsuccessful for now. Meanwhile, Luo Qianqiu declined to intervene in the Real Earth conflict, Unohana Retsu continued her work in the Mount Tai Realm, and the group discussed potential new members before Lumine sensed someone approaching.

• Hermes contemplated using a worldview as a Seed and glimpsed a possible path toward encompassing infinite multiverses, but judged her experiment unsuccessful.
• Luo Qianqiu rejected increasing her involvement in the Real Earth conflict and chose to keep watching while Zhu Youjian fought the Spider Queen.
• Unohana Retsu said she would remain in the Mount Tai Realm before visiting the Group Leader, while a blood-red sword light signaled the Tsunayashiro Clan's fall.
• Luo Qianqiu and Chen Nan discussed disappointing Chat Group recruitment options, including Batman and Mimi Tachikawa.
• Lumine complained that the group was chatting without her and felt a chill as a figure slowly emerged in the distance.

Lumine fought the fused Third Emperor, Black Tomb, and used Paimon’s news of an enormous commission fee to justify powering herself up with the chat group’s True Simulation. Her enhanced attack still failed against Black Tomb’s Time Collapse Formula, leaving Lumine’s sure-kill strike shattered.

• Lumine clashed with Third Emperor, whose fused form unleashed overwhelming Imaginary Energy and dark destiny.
• Paimon arrived, healed Lumine with Star Coins, and told her the mission had earned her a vast commission fee.
• Lumine declared she would defeat Third Emperor and spent a huge number of points to activate True Simulation and strengthen herself.
• Lumine charged Black Tomb with the Dawn Light Rainbow, and the two nearly tore apart the torrent of dark destiny.
• Black Tomb countered Lumine’s simulated sword strike with the Time Collapse Formula and shattered it.

Lumine used Cosmic Light to resist Great Black Tomb’s attempt to erase her from existence, while her power began creating new Worldlines. As Phanes and the others watched, Asmodeus and Naberius helped stabilize those timelines, and they prepared a generous reward for Lumine.

• Lumine spent more funding to unlock Cosmic Light and formed a Throne-shaped halo that witnessed abandoned destinies and began creating new Worldlines.
• Great Black Tomb attacked Lumine with the Physical Collapse Formula and then tried to erase her traces from all Worldlines and timelines.
• Lumine witnessed herself and made her existence solid again, while she and Great Black Tomb recognized each other’s Paths as deeply unpleasant.
• Phanes, Naberius, and Asmodeus watched Lumine’s growth and agreed to prepare an additional grand reward for her.
• Asmodeus stabilized the newborn Worldlines with her authority, while Naberius helped give the abandoned Dark Destinies a foundation for existence.
• Istaroth admired the expanding routes and reorganized histories in the Star Crown Garden.

Ronavah became Taishan Fujun in Hermes’s place, while Hermes, Phanes, and Herta discussed their plan and Herta’s investment in the Simulation of Heavens. Herta argued that Stelle should join the next step alongside the Astral Express Crew, and Hermes considered the crew’s potential to shape the future through Trailblaze.

• Ronavah sensed changes in the Star Crown Garden’s Life and Death Cycle and gained the authority of Taishan Fujun.
• Hermes appointed Ronavah to oversee Taishan Fujun’s duties and told her the Soul King and Bleach would handle the routine work.
• Hermes praised Herta for investing Great Black Tomb in the Star Crown Garden, and Herta denied that she had any embarrassing past.
• Phanes asked Herta about the next step of their plan, and Herta said Stelle was still necessary despite Lumine’s impressive performance.
• Hermes thought about Stelle, Himeko, March 7th, and the Stellaron Train, and considered how Trailblaze might shape the future.

Hermes recalled his years as a Nameless and admitted that he had abandoned the Path of Trailblaze after losing his mother and finding his Hometown in ruins. He told Herta that Stelle was now simply a member of the Astral Express Crew, while Herta wondered why she could not detect the Stellaron Spirit.

• Hermes remembered his early Trailblaze adventures and how he had built his own Stellaron Train after meeting Akivili.
• He reflected that he had chosen Erudition over Trailblaze because he had lost faith that Trailblaze could save his Hometown or restore his mother.
• Hermes said he hoped the new Astral Express Crew might help a new Aeon of The Trailblaze bear its destiny.
• Herta shook Hermes from his thoughts and asked whether the Stellaron Spirit might be Akivili reincarnated.
• Hermes told Herta that Stelle was now a carefree Stellaron Spirit and Galaxy Bat Hero, with her former identity no longer relevant.
• Herta asked where Stelle had gone and complained that she could not detect any trace of her.

Hermes explained that the Astral Express Crew had entered a Detective Conan world governed by Conan Science, where their success could let them regain Trailblaze power and achieve Self-Coronation. He told Herta to stay focused on their project while he prepared changes to Star Crown Garden, as Nyarko’s scheme had already succeeded.

• Hermes said the Astral Express Crew would likely make a major leap after Trailblazing the Conan Science world.
• Herta questioned how the Crew had entered the strange worldview, and Hermes explained that Conan Science recognized them as aliens and eased their restrictions after they became known detectives.
• Hermes and Herta considered whether the Crew could regain control of Trailblaze power and achieve Self-Coronation without an Aeon overseeing them.
• Hermes told Herta to continue their project and not wander off while he made targeted adjustments to Star Crown Garden.
• Hermes recognized that Nyarko had achieved her goal by having him take the bait she had planted.

Herta declined to accompany the Astral Express Crew and chose to send Asta to share in their opportunity, while Hermes praised Asta’s abilities and considered her potential as a steward. Zhongli recommended Ningguang and Keqing, but Hermes judged them less suited than Asta, leaving Herta determined to train Asta further after her studies in the Conan Science World.

• Herta refused to join the Astral Express Crew’s opportunity and decided to send Asta in her place.
• Hermes praised Asta’s work and said he would recruit her if Herta let her become unemployed.
• Herta declared that she would train Asta herself and prepare her for a chance at Self-Coronation.
• Zhongli recommended Ningguang and Keqing as potential stewards for Hermes.
• Hermes said Ningguang and Keqing fell short of Asta, though he advised letting them gain more experience.
• Herta resolved to give Asta more responsibility after she returned from further studies in the Conan Science World.

Asta reflected on how she had abandoned the Harmony faction’s direct approach and used Equilibrium to bring about limited harmony across the universe. The chapter ended with her receiving a strange message from Ms. Herta asking her to open a detective agency, leaving Asta puzzled by the mention of Conan Science.

• Asta sneezed and coughed in Myth Court, then considered her rise on the Equilibrium Path and her Star Lord cultivation.
• Arlan told Asta that her parents wanted her to mediate for their old family friends, but Asta instructed him to leak that she could help only if the group reduced its numbers.
• Asta recalled how she once believed in the resonance of countless stars but turned to Equilibrium after realizing that openly pursuing Harmony from her position could cause upheaval.
• Asta reasoned that she could use Equilibrium to create a limited form of Harmony, while the Mother of Stars quietly watched over her without rejecting her.
• Asta received a message from Ms. Herta asking her to open a detective agency, and she wondered whether it was a joke and what Conan Science was.

Kazami Yuuka bonded with the Halloween Queen after recognizing her as a true Divine sun, while Yakumo Yukari and Canary were assigned to Scathach for special training. The Halloween Queen then transformed into a sun, having chosen to pursue Cosmic Truth through the path of the sun rather than Boundary Truth.

• Kazami Yuuka declared the Halloween Queen the Supreme Sun in her heart and stayed at her side.
• Yakumo Yukari reflected on Yuuka's rise and envied her close bond with the Halloween Queen.
• The Halloween Queen ordered Yakumo Yukari to train under Scathach and threatened to purge the youkai nature from her.
• The Halloween Queen also assigned Canary to Scathach's special training, despite Canary insisting she was human.
• The Halloween Queen chose the sun as her path to Cosmic Truth and transformed into an actual sun.

Hermes watched Halloween Queen pursue Sun Truth in the Star Crown Garden, then demonstrated his mastery of the Seventh Dimension, the Narrative Layer, to Herta. Herta saw the books through which a Creator could alter a world’s story and wondered whether her shares in the Star Crown Garden gave her access to the office.

• Hermes observed Halloween Queen’s Path Attainment as her Sun Truth brought together physical laws and the histories of Sun Gods.
• Hermes created a Dimensional Gate to reach the Seventh Dimension, and Herta asked to accompany him.
• Hermes explained that the Narrative Layer was a Creator’s office, where timelines formed passages of text and books represented complete worlds.
• Hermes showed Herta the Star Crown Garden’s book, and she realized that changing its listed systems could transform the world’s civilization.
• Herta recalled that she owned a small amount of original shares in the Star Crown Garden and wondered whether she could enter the office too.

Hermes rejected Herta’s request to enter the Creator’s Narrative Layer and explained why creating a world would not grant her access. He outlined the Dimensional Discipline’s path of ascension, leaving Herta to infer that Mei already possessed sixth-dimensional characteristics.

• Hermes refused Herta’s request to enter the Creator’s office, explaining that only a world’s Creator could access its Narrative Layer.
• Herta asked whether creating her own world would grant her a private office, but Hermes dismissed the idea and explained that world creation alone could not lead to the Narrative Layer.
• Hermes explained that the Dimensional Discipline centered on dimension ascension and warned that shortcuts could prevent Mei from advancing to Cosmic Truth.
• Hermes described how dimensions progressed from points and lines through planes and three-dimensional space, then outlined the discipline’s possible fourth- and fifth-dimensional stages.
• Herta inferred that the sixth dimension involved ascending spacetime and locking in a chosen future, and Hermes agreed that Mei already had sixth-dimensional characteristics.

Hermes explained how dimensional cultivators create the Seventh Dimension through Cosmic Truth, then transformed the Star Crown Garden’s Worldview by making True Seeds available to everyone. The Garden began moving toward the Sea of Trees Infinite Multiverse’s frontier, and Halloween Queen’s attempt to look beyond it ended when a superior power erased her transcendent will.

• Hermes explained to Herta that the Seventh Dimension was created through a dimensional cultivator’s Cosmic Truth, and that narrators refined their Narrative Layers by traveling between universes.
• Hermes combined a Worldview model with the Star Crown Garden’s origin to create the Sea of Stars, then used it to cultivate new True Seeds.
• Hermes lowered the threshold for advancement, decreeing that everyone in the Star Crown Garden could obtain and nurture a True Seed.
• The Star Crown Garden’s Worldview changed, and the Garden began moving toward the frontier of the Sea of Trees Infinite Multiverse as the surrounding Multiverse nourished it.
• Ruan Mei, Screwllum, and other powerful beings noticed the changes, while Halloween Queen sensed that the Garden had become independent.
• Halloween Queen used her Cosmic Truth to look beyond the world, but a power above the supreme Infinite Multiverse erased her transcendent will.

Halloween Queen witnessed the Infinite Dragon Serpent Infinity · Mobius · Hermes and learned that the Virtual Universe had matured into a living ultimate world. Ruan Mei, Buer, and Tiamat were recognized as its mothers, while Tiamat rejoiced at hearing her Children call her Mother Goddess.

• The Immeasurable Multiverse Heavenly Dao struck Halloween Queen down as she glimpsed Seeds absorbing Starlight to develop an embryonic Infinite Multiverse worldview.
• Halloween Queen saw the Infinite Dragon Serpent Infinity · Mobius · Hermes encircle the Immeasurable Tree Sea Multiverse and questioned her memories of such a being.
• The Virtual Universe used its authority to turn lives born from illusion into real people, completing its birth as an ultimate lifeform and world.
• Ruan Mei, Buer, and Tiamat recognized that the Virtual Universe had been born and were acknowledged as its mothers.
• Tiamat heard countless Children call her Mother Goddess and wept with joy.

Tiamat found fulfillment in the love of her children, while Ruan Mei recovered memories of her mother and discovered maternal love within herself. As plum blossoms filled her heart and the Star Crown Garden, Hermes returned and admired their beauty as Ruan Mei smiled at him.

• Tiamat felt complete after hearing the children of the Universal Galaxy call to her with love.
• Ruan Mei remembered her mother and realized she had once created life only for experimental data, without maternal love.
• Ruan Mei reflected on her rise toward divinity and her pursuit of life through research and Pure Beauty.
• Ruan Mei recognized the plum blossom fragrance as her own nature and cultivated an endless rain of blossoms in her heart and the Star Crown Garden.
• Hermes returned from the 7th Dimension Creator Office and praised the plum blossoms while Ruan Mei and he exchanged pleased smiles.

The Halloween Queen watched Buer begin her Path Attainment, astonished by the immense support Hermes had prepared for her. Buer faced a choice that would determine how powerful her Cosmic Truth became as the World Tree began to break apart.

• The Halloween Queen learned that three beings in succession were challenging the Cosmic Truth and looked toward the Star Crown Garden.
• The Queen saw Buer's World Tree and marveled at the resources and authority supporting her Path Attainment.
• Buer realized the World Tree's foundation was so overwhelming that she might attain the Dao by relying on a powerful patron, while the tree showed signs of breaking.
• Hermes explained that Buer would have to bear the immense Karma of the Three Thousand Worlds and their living beings' Transcendence.
• Herta complained to Hermes that Buer's success was inevitable and resented that he had not given her comparable support when she attained the Dao.

Herta confronted Hermes over his apparent favoritism, but learned that her own refusal to work had left her without support. Hermes offered her a lucrative envoy position, and she accepted after hearing she could study a powerful Multiverse artifact and claim the remnants of the fallen organizations’ wealth.

• Herta accused Hermes of favoring the Halloween Queen, and Hermes reminded her that she had refused overtime when he was broke.
• Herta asked why Hermes had kicked the Halloween Queen, and he explained that she had been naughty and was interfering with his plans for the Star Crown Garden.
• Herta glimpsed the vast resources Hermes commanded and begged him for wealth, so he offered her a part-time job.
• Hermes described the rising conflicts among Great Powers in the Real Realm and asked Herta to deal with the rebellious Reincarnation Paradise, Nightmare Space, and Main God Hall.
• Hermes promised Herta temporary access to his share of a hidden Multiverse artifact and the organizations’ remaining knowledge and riches.
• Herta reframed the position as an envoy role rather than a job and eagerly accepted it.

Hermes arranged for Herta and others to earn resources by taking on work, while Buer used her temporary, overwhelming power as Greater Lord Kusanali to try to make it her own. As Ruan Mei and Tiamat watched, the World Tree entered nirvana and Greater Lord Kusanali called for the world to forget her.

• Hermes reflected on outsourcing the study of a multiverse curious object and the remnants of the Three Scoundrels of the Endless Void to Herta and his allies.
• Herta welcomed the chance to earn resources, while Buer considered how to absorb her immense wealth and use it to secure her Path Attainment.
• Buer surveyed the worlds and histories within the World Tree, then said she needed to fall once to imprint her own identity on its borrowed power.
• Tiamat attained the Cosmic Truth of the Mother of All Things and worried as the World Tree showed signs of collapse.
• Ruan Mei recognized that the Lord of Heavenly Principles had placed what she needed along her own path, while she smiled at the name of her Cosmic Truth.
• The World Tree entered nirvana, and Greater Lord Kusanali's final words were, "Let the world completely forget me!"

Greater Lord Kusanali sacrificed herself and the World Tree to transcend into the Eternal Realm of Annihilation, where she would eventually be reborn. As Lumine continued battling the Great Black Tomb, the Chat Group praised her growing strength and dubbed her Heavenly Emperor Lumine.

• Greater Lord Kusanali burned herself and the World Tree, creating a cluster of worlds as Tiamat asked whether Buer could return.
• Ruan Mei explained that Buer would reunite with the power she had buried in eternal annihilation and return once they became one.
• Hermes nurtured a sprout containing Buer's newly born consciousness, while Herta left for the Real Realm and asked Hermes to pass her congratulations to Ruan Mei.
• Binchotan praised Lumine for saving people, and Luo Qianqiu called her Heavenly Emperor Lumine.
• Asuka Kudō said she had considered supporting Lumine with Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, but Lumine had shown she could become invincible herself.

Dragon questioned why Lady Imu kept matching his growing strength, and Hexi suggested Imu was likely a sentient planetary Eidolon with powers resembling a Devil Fruit. The discussion ended with Luo Qianqiu telling Dragon to call Imu “Mom” next time he saw her.

• Dragon wondered why Lady Imu could keep matching his strength despite spending her time shut away in Pangu City.
• Luo Qianqiu reminded Dragon that he still had not dealt with Lady Imu, while Chen Nan and Hexi discussed her mysterious origins and abilities.
• Liang Bing, Kaisa, and Hexi discussed the advanced technology of the Honkai: Star Rail universe and the overwhelming geniuses of the Genius Club.
• Dragon asked Hexi whether Imu was a sentient Devil Fruit, and Hexi said her calculations pointed instead to a sentient planetary Eidolon.
• Elk wondered whether Imu might be an Aeon, and Luo Qianqiu told Dragon to call her Mom.