Chapter Summaries

Zhou Zhe weighed how to pursue Ghost Faith while developing a three-part Emperor’s Path, and Hermes urged him to first use True Simulation to secure the Southern Heavenly Gate. Meanwhile, Lü Dongbin sensed a hidden change in the Heavenly Dao of Equilibrium and activated a simulation that revealed three figures resembling the Eight Immortals.

• Zhou Zhe decided not to pursue Ghost Faith until he could strike decisively, and Hermes advised him to save points and simulate taking full control of the Southern Heavenly Gate.
• Hermes outlined a path joining the Southern Heavenly Gate, Ghost Faith, and Sequence Potions under Zhou Zhe’s rule as Heavenly Emperor.
• Herta and Luo Qianqiu discussed whether Hermes’s Trinity system would resist the birth of a multiversal Taishan Fujun.
• Zhou Zhe recognized the Trinity as a harmonious Emperor’s Path in which his Heavenly Emperor role could regulate three intertwined paths.
• Lü Dongbin sensed that the Heavenly Dao of Equilibrium was concealing something, then activated True Simulation and saw three figures resembling the Eight Immortals.

Lü Dongbin used his status as a being of the world to make the Equilibrium Heavenly Dao retreat, securing the Eight Immortals’ advantage over the present. He then explained how they could create Grand Unity Heaven and pursue the Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit, leaving them ready to begin their plan.

• Lü Dongbin confronted the Equilibrium Heavenly Dao, arguing that it could not attack him without harming a lifeform of its own world.
• The Equilibrium Heavenly Dao withdrew its gaze, ending the standoff.
• The Seven Immortals laughed with relief, while Zhang Guolao warned them not to underestimate the Heavenly Dao.
• Tieguai Li and the other Immortals urged the group to forge Grand Unity Heaven while they held the advantage.
• Lü Dongbin explained that the Eight Immortals would control an epochal cycle of reincarnation and transform its independent root into Grand Unity Heaven.

Chen Nan planned to fill the vacant positions of Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu with the Kudo Sisters, strengthening his Demon God: High Heaven civilization and his children. In the Chat Group, Hermes reassured Lumine that her foundation still put her far ahead of most members.

• Chen Nan told Aihara Enju that the positions of Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu were already occupied, and he planned to enlist the Kudo Sisters to fill them.
• Zhou Zhe and Luo Qianqiu compared Lü Dongbin’s Grand Unity Heaven with Zhou Zhe’s Heavenly Court blueprint, and Luo Qianqiu praised Lü Dongbin for advancing toward his Dao.
• Luo Qianqiu privately reflected on the growing potential of the Chat Group members and wondered whether some might have caught up to her if she had not attained the Dao early.
• Lumine lamented that Lü Dongbin, Floze, and other members seemed to be catching up while she was away, and worried that Floze and Li Hanyi would grow even stronger.
• Hermes reassured Lumine that her foundation remained far beyond the others’, and the chapter established Chen Nan, Index, and Lumine as the Chat Group’s leading members after Hermes and Luo Qianqiu.

Haibara Ai explained how the Astral Express Crew had repeatedly disrupted the Conan Science World with bizarre events, and Hermes said March 7th’s current plan might be the key to breaking free of its constraints. The chapter left March 7th and Chang Yeyue preparing their mysterious plan with Asta’s support.

• Haibara Ai wondered why the Chat Group had accepted her and then answered Hermes’s questions about the Astral Express Crew’s progress and Asta’s involvement.
• Haibara Ai described Himeko’s coffee festival, which ended with Conan drinking her God-Slaying Coffee and the world rebooting early.
• Haibara Ai recounted Welt’s Mecha-Detective Tournament and other strange events the crew had staged in the Conan Science World.
• Haibara Ai said March 7th and Chang Yeyue were organizing the latest event with Asta providing funding and materials.
• Hermes concluded that March 7th might be the one to break the world’s constraints, while Luo Qianqiu speculated about the crew’s possible connections to the Paths of Trailblaze and Memory.

Hermes considered making Trailblaze a transferable divine seat, while Lumine collected a promised mission bonus from Zhongli and used her Primordial Starlight to help Haibara Ai. Hermes then discussed the Taishan Fujun Rite with Ruan Mei, who questioned how the ritual could receive a response before Taishan Fujun was born.

• Hermes said he might turn Trailblaze into a transferable divine seat so Trailblazers could take turns experiencing it.
• Lumine cornered Zhongli and demanded a mission bonus, and Zhongli promised to prepare one after consulting the rulers of the Seven Nations.
• Lumine offered Haibara Ai Primordial Starlight in exchange for calling her Big Sister, and Haibara Ai accepted after Hermes explained its power.
• Hermes told Ruan Mei about the Taishan Fujun Rite, and Ruan Mei noted that Taishan Fujun would need to be born before he could answer its prayers.

Hermes struggled with his instincts as he considered creating Taishan Fujun, while Ruan Mei realized he cared more about the attempt than its outcome. A surge in the Law of Cycles alarmed Akemi Homura, who feared its balance was failing because Madoka was nowhere to be found.

• Ruan Mei questioned Hermes about his conflicting instincts and his motives for creating Taishan Fujun.
• Hermes considered visiting the Multiversal Supremes in Chen Minghe’s Primordial Era, but decided to wait until after his Dao attainment.
• Hermes sensed the Law of Cycles and its Principle of Miracle surging across the multiverse, then suppressed the disturbance.
• Akemi Homura searched the Law of Cycles for Madoka but could not find her.
• Akemi Homura feared Madoka’s will was dissolving or that her own Demonic Nature could no longer balance Madoka’s Divinity.

Akemi Homura searched for a way to restore Madoka’s consciousness by balancing her Divinity with other magical girls, while Hermes watched her succeed. In Beika Town, Miwako Sato joined Juzo Megure’s effort against Conan Edogawa as Gin once again transformed Shinichi Kudo into the boy detective.

• Akemi Homura concluded that Madoka’s karma could not explain her leap to the Multiverse level and decided she needed an external variable to break their deadlock.
• Akemi Homura considered seizing the Law of Incubation, then identified three anomalous magical girls and Yue Buqun as potential help in balancing Madoka’s Divinity.
• Hermes observed Akemi Homura’s success, praised her, and turned her attention to Nyarko.
• Miwako Sato met Juzo Megure in Beika Town after awakening through a restart, and he asked her to help deal with Conan Edogawa.
• Gin struck Shinichi Kudo with an iron club and forced a pill into his mouth, transforming him into Conan Edogawa.
• Yukiko Kudo watched the transformation through binoculars and wept, wondering whether her son still existed.

Yukiko Kudo watched Shinichi be erased and replaced by Conan as the Astral Express Crew began investigating the world’s origin. March 7th recorded the event while Chang Yeyue used the Authority of Memory to expose and alter the past, present, and future across Earth and the Solar System.

• Yukiko Kudo watched Great Emperor Gin knock Shinichi Kudo unconscious and saw the world’s rules erase his identity, replacing him with a young child.
• Yukiko Kudo recognized the pink-haired girl behind her as one of the Outsiders among the Awakened.
• Welt and Himeko prepared the Astral Express Crew’s investigation, with Himeko noting they could use the train’s trump cards to escape if necessary.
• March 7th photographed Shinichi’s transformation with her Curio camera, preserving hidden information about the event.
• Chang Yeyue unleashed the Authority of Memory across Earth and the Solar System, exposing intersecting Worldlines and enabling memory to reshape reality.
• Welt remained wary of the Path of Remembrance and the Garden of Recollection, while lamenting that Miss Cyrene was not intervening in the wider conflict.

Chang Yeyue used the power of Memory to anchor Conan’s rewritten life, while Asta planned to use Myth Court’s influence to establish a rival Remembrance faction. As the Astral Express Crew and Asta prepared to shape the Conan Science World through Trailblaze and Harmony, Hermes appeared in the outer void and addressed Azathoth and Nyarko.

• Chang Yeyue embedded her power of Memory in the world’s Eternal Recurrence, making Conan’s actions nourishment for the [Cardinal of Myriad Memories].
• Asta considered recruiting Memokeepers and cultivating a Flawless Pure One to create a new Memory Envoy and weaken the Garden of Recollection’s influence.
• March 7th proudly asked Chang Yeyue whether their plan had worked, and Chang Yeyue said the operation had gone smoothly.
• Asta clarified that she followed The Harmony, not Equilibrium, despite using Equilibrium’s methods to balance the Universal Galaxy.
• Hermes appeared in the outer void, described Azathoth as the origin and Finality of existence, and told Nyarko that she had surprised him.

Hermes confronted Nyarlathotep in Azathoth’s dream and attacked the Black Law King after Nyarko redirected the blow toward him. The Black Law King was erased from the current Multiversal cycle but vowed to return and settle the score with Nyarko in the next era.

• Hermes recognized Azathoth’s sleeping dream as the endless Multiverse and asked Nyarlathotep why she had lured him there.
• Nyarko greeted Hermes playfully, but he struck at her with the power of Creation from Nothing.
• Nyarko replaced herself with the Black Pharaoh, who cursed her for making him take the blow.
• Hermes crushed the Black Law King’s defenses and erased his existence and imprints from the dream and its Multiverses.
• The Black Law King accepted that he would return in the next Multiversal era and warned Nyarko that he would seek revenge.

Nyarko revealed that she had lured Hermes into the dream-transformed multiverse and proposed that he become the Chief Demon God, Azathoth. She also disclosed that other factions had been drawn to the vacant throne, leaving Hermes to recognize the scale of her scheme.

• Nyarko watched the Black Pharaoh dissolve into chaotic Nihility after mocking his plan to unite the incarnations of Nyarlathotep against her.
• Nyarko questioned how Hermes had erased the Cosmic Truth-level Black Law King with a single palm strike.
• Hermes deduced that Nyarko had used the Real Realm as a rehearsal and was trying to become the Chief Demon God, Azathoth.
• Nyarko proposed that Hermes become the Chief Demon God and claimed that, as Azathoth's Messenger, she could decide who counted as the true Azathoth.
• Nyarko told Hermes that the Martial Dao League and other groups had also discovered the multiverse and its vacant throne.

Hermes questioned whether the Martial Dao League could pose a threat to Azathoth, and Nyarko was stunned when she used her Messenger perspective to see that Hermes embodied Primordial Beginning, Infinity, and Pure Beauty as one supreme multiversal ruler. The chapter ended with Nyarko overwhelmed by the impossible nature of his existence.

• Hermes doubted that Cosmic Truth-level newcomers could scheme against Azathoth and asked how many Multiverse Overlords the Martial Dao League had.
• Nyarko rejected the idea that the Martial Dao League could have several Multiverse Overlords, recalling how rarely she had encountered them.
• Nyarko invoked her status as Azathoth's Messenger to examine Hermes and was shocked by what she saw.
• Nyarko recognized Hermes as Triple Greatest Hermes, a Trinity of Primordial Beginning, Infinity, and Pure Beauty.
• Nyarko realized that a Multiverse Overlord should not be able to begin and encompass another Multiverse path, leaving her unable to understand how Hermes existed.

Nyarko explained why the Martial Dao League’s Cosmic Truths were gathering resources to build Multiverse Structures, and Hermes pieced together their plan to use Azathoth’s Multiverse Dream to cultivate their own Multiversal Reality. The scheme was called “Multiverse Dream: Eternal True Realm.”

• Nyarko realized that the reanimated Multiverse Overlord’s condition suggested an extraordinary connection to Azathoth, and Hermes asked why the Martial Dao League had acted so recklessly.
• Nyarko revealed that the League’s members were little more than unregistered disciples of a Multiverse Martial Ancestor, not true Multiverse Overlords.
• Nyarko explained that the League planned to build a Real Realm and several Multiverse Structures, using the resources of Cosmic Truths and other Great Powers.
• Hermes reasoned that the Great Powers might be using Azathoth’s dream as a springboard to cultivate strands of Multiversal Reality of their own.
• Hermes understood the purpose behind the scheme, and Nyarko named it “Multiverse Dream: Eternal True Realm.”

Luo Qianqiu discovered that the Great Powers’ supposed plan to create an Immeasurable Multiversal Great World concealed a scheme she had not been told about, though Hermes suggested the Chat Group had already secured her a place in it. She and Great Herta considered whether the Three Pure Ones would let the Real Realm join the plan, given their power and the other Great Powers’ near-bankruptcy.

• Luo Qianqiu realized the Great Powers had hidden the truth about their plan and angrily suspected they had misled her.
• Great Herta noticed Luo Qianqiu’s anger and wondered about her unusually rapid cultivation.
• Hermes told Luo Qianqiu that the Great Powers likely assumed she already knew because the Chat Group had fabricated her Phoenix Ancestor identity flawlessly.
• Luo Qianqiu asked the Chat Group whether it had invested in her, and it fell silent as she laughed awkwardly.
• Luo Qianqiu joked that the Real Realm had suffered bullying by the Three Pure Ones Hooligan Gang and questioned whether Primordial Beginning, Taishang, and Lingbao would let the other Great Powers pursue their plan.

Kikyo explained that she planned to advance through the Miko System rather than pursue Cosmic Truth, since her cultivation depended on Hermes’s power and favor. The others weighed whether to attain the Path early or build more foundation first, and Index decided to keep accumulating.

• Great Herta and Luo Qianqiu recognized that the Three Pure Ones controlled access to the Real Realm, leaving the other Great Powers uncertain about their investment plans.
• Kikyo decided to work harder so she would not miss the era’s opportunities, despite the bottleneck her High God’s influence placed on her pursuit of Cosmic Truth.
• Aozaki Touko questioned whether Kikyo could attain the Path, and Kikyo explained that the Chat Group could clear obstacles along the Miko System’s advancement route.
• Luo Qianqiu warned Kikyo that early Path Attainment could waste the fortune gained by accumulating a greater foundation, citing Great Herta’s difficult start as an example.
• Kikyo said her cultivation depended on Hermes and that attaining the Path would let her access more of his power; Index considered her approach but chose to accumulate more foundation.
• Chen Nan agreed that Index should keep building her foundation and said he aimed to reach Sect Leader Level in one stride.

Chen Nan weighed the vast preparation needed to attain the Dao and reach the Sect Leader Level, then considered using his children and system to shorten the path. Yagami Taichi compared his progress with other Chat Group members and began asking what strengths he could rely on.

• Chen Nan calculated that he had a thirty percent chance of attaining the Dao now and could raise it to eighty percent with ten trillion Civilization Crystals.
• Chen Nan concluded that becoming a Great Supernatural Being at the moment he attained the Dao would require at least a hundred thousand years, while reaching Sect Leader Level could not be estimated.
• Chen Nan resolved to make full use of his system, the Chat Group, and his children, and hoped his system might help at the final moment.
• Yagami Taichi reflected on his slow progress in the Digital World and compared himself with the Chat Group's first and second echelon members.
• Yagami Taichi touched the Crest of Courage on his chest and asked himself what strengths he had.

Yagami Taichi realized that his pursuit of Digital Power had made him neglect the courage that had once defined him, while Yagami Hikari had advanced rapidly under True Seven’s guidance. He recommitted to his Hero’s Heart, but the Chat Group teased him about relying on his gifted sister and Hermes asked him to bring her for extra lessons.

• Yagami Taichi told Yagami Hikari he wanted to help shoulder True Seven’s burdens, then reflected on his failed attempt to master Digital Power.
• Yagami Taichi rediscovered the importance of his original courage, and the Crest of Courage warmed as his resolve settled.
• Yagami Hikari demonstrated her command of the conversion between [Light] and [Digital], revealing how far True Seven’s guidance had taken her.
• Yagami Taichi praised Yagami Hikari but felt pressure as he realized she might reach the Cosmic Truth before him.
• Luo Qianqiu laughed at Yagami Taichi for seeming to live off his sister, and Hermes offered to teach Yagami Hikari if Taichi brought her over.

Hermes offered to take Yagami Hikari as his personal disciple and train her toward becoming a Great Supernatural Being. Meanwhile, Aozaki Touko began the Cosmic Orange Project, severing Gaia and Alaya from their wider karmic connections as she pursued the Cosmic Truth.

• Hermes asked Yagami Taichi to find out whether Yagami Hikari would become his disciple and said she might one day reach the level of a Great Supernatural Being.
• Yagami Taichi agreed to ask Hikari, while Hermes suggested she could eventually join Jade Void Palace alongside Izayoi and Garj.
• Aozaki Touko said she was replicating the Cosmic Ishtar Project and Canghui Galaxy but still had no confidence in attaining the Cosmic Truth.
• Aozaki Touko deployed her Causal-Splitting Dolls to seal Gaia's channel, bind Alaya's consciousness, and cut the Counter Forces' karmic threads to other worlds.
• Gaia and Alaya erupted in resistance, but Aozaki Touko's barriers concealed her formation as she declared that the Counter Forces should stay out of her way.

Aozaki Touko reflected on the risks and hidden schemes behind pursuing magic and Cosmic Truth, while the Chat Group debated how attainable that realm was. Lü Dongbin sensed three figures crossing dimensional barriers toward his world, suggesting a new opportunity had arrived.

• Aozaki Touko dismissed her earlier plan to follow the path of the Magus and considered how powerful figures and pantheons shaped the Type-Moon Multiverse.
• Asuka Kudō told Yagami Taichi and Aozaki Touko that striving for Cosmic Truth was premature for them.
• Floze said she planned to work with the Gourmet Gods at the Star Crown Garden championship to pursue a Cosmic Truth for gourmet cuisine.
• Luo Qianqiu argued that Hermes was secretly funding and forcing the possibility of that Cosmic Truth, while Lü Dongbin said he could not yet glimpse the path to attaining Dao as Grand Unity.
• Lü Dongbin sensed three figures breaking through dimensional barriers and falling toward his world, then laughed at the opportunity he believed had arrived.

Lü Dongbin resolved to use the Equilibrium Heavenly Dao’s unexpected opportunity to begin pursuing Grand Unity while continuing to develop his Taiyi path. In the Chat Group, Hermes warned Hexi that Angel Civilization could not pursue Cosmic Truth without first building a solid foundation.

• Lü Dongbin explained how Grand Unity and Taiyi together formed his path to becoming a Great Supernatural Being.
• Lü Dongbin decided to use the opportunity from the Equilibrium Heavenly Dao to begin his path to Grand Unity, undeterred by how difficult it was.
• Hexi said Angel Civilization had made no progress toward Cosmic Truth and that even its concept remained beyond their grasp.
• Hermes told Hexi that her understanding of Cosmic Truth might be wrong and advised Angel Civilization to build a solid foundation instead of chasing it.
• Hermes warned that group members with insufficient ability would only make more mistakes by using the Chat Group to grasp Cosmic Truth.