Chapter Summaries

The Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate punished the Moon Capital [Sages] who insulted him, then used the people’s wishes to establish the Life Star Dao Path as an eternal law of the world. As the seeds of that path opened to everyone, Hermes realized he had formed an embryonic Cosmic Root that could persist beyond this world.

• The Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate’s heavenly punishment erased one Moon Capital [Sage] and branded nearly sixty percent of the others with lasting agony for their disrespect.
• Countless beings offered their wishes for peace, and the resulting golden torrent gathered into an immense force under the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate’s guidance.
• The Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate refined that force into the Source of Life Star, embedding his system into the origin of This Realm.
• Countless shooting stars descended, opening the Life Star Dao Path to the beings across the land as the livestream viewers watched.
• Hermes explained that he had condensed an embryonic Cosmic Root, a conceptual power that would remain part of him even after he left Kikyo’s world.

Hermes advanced his Cosmic Root and explained how his Path powers were growing, including his unexpected rise along the Path of Beauty. Meanwhile, Kaguya Houraisan seized the opportunity to master the path of the Star Lord and pledged to usher in the coming era as the Morning Star.

• Hermes bestowed the [heaven rewards diligence] talent on the embryonic Cosmic Root, allowing beings in Blue Star and Kikyo's world to help cultivate it.
• Hermes told the Chat Group that he had become able to ascend to godhood through Beauty, while Lumine and Luo Qianqiu discussed the appeal of becoming Beauty Envoys.
• Hermes explained that exchanging items and pioneering other worlds had also advanced his Path of Trailblaze, bringing him across the threshold of an Envoy.
• Hermes turned his gaze toward a bamboo grove, where Kaguya Houraisan sensed his attention within Eternity Mansion.
• Kaguya Houraisan drew in a falling star, mastered the path of the Star Lord, glimpsed the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate's Heavenly Will, and declared herself the Morning Star of the new era.

Kaguya Houraisan became the first Star Lord after establishing the Morning Star Path and was invested by Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate as the Penglai Emperor Lord of Nine Heavens Qiming. Her new authority reshaped the laws of the world, leaving nearby demons to submit or face her rule.

• Kaguya Houraisan established the Morning Star and created the Ascension Path, earning recognition as the first Star Lord of the new era.
• Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate invested Kaguya Houraisan as the Penglai Emperor Lord of Nine Heavens Qiming and commanded her to establish a court and guide living beings.
• Eirin Yagokoro praised the Emperor Lord’s decisiveness and advised her to subdue Nue and Hagoromo Gitsune, pacify the Western Lands, and eventually return to the Moon Capital.
• Nue and Hagoromo Gitsune feared that their lack of recognition from Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate would make them targets of the new Emperor Lord.
• Toga-Ō acknowledged the Emperor Lord’s legitimate authority, while Nurarihyon set out for Eternity Mansion to pay his respects.

Hermes examined Yakumo Yukari’s Boundary Manipulation and spared her, ordering her to serve Kikyo for a hundred years. After settling affairs in that world and speaking with Kikyo and Kaguya Houraisan, Hermes returned his consciousness to his own universe.

• Luo Qianqiu struggled to reconcile Kaguya Houraisan’s former NEET Princess image with her status as the Nine Heavens Qiming Penglai Emperor Lord, and Hermes explained that Kaguya’s Dao Heart had remained pure through time.
• [Kikyo] examined Yakumo Yukari, while Hermes studied the boundaries her ability could manipulate.
• Hermes decreed that Yakumo Yukari would serve Kikyo for a hundred years before she could leave freely.
• Yakumo Yukari accepted Hermes’s decree, and Hermes told Kikyo to give her any future trouble to handle.
• Hermes withdrew his will from the Divine Descent state, settled the remaining matters with Kikyo and Kaguya Houraisan, and returned to his own universe.

Hermes surveyed Teyvat after its Archons and allies defeated the Five Sinners and contained the Abyss Order, then began weaving a World Membrane to make the Blue Star System independent. He ascended into four-dimensional spacetime and revealed himself to Blue Star’s inhabitants as Primordial Beginning.

• Hermes reviewed Teyvat's preparations and saw that its Archons, Lumine, and their allies had suppressed the Abyss Order and eliminated the Five Sinners of Khaenri'ah.
• Hermes discovered that the Four Shades had become pillars and temporarily joined with Teyvat to delay its collapse, and he considered helping Phanes return.
• Hermes wove threads of Cosmic Root Ancestral Qi through the Imaginary Torrent, forming a World Membrane that gave the Blue Star System preliminary independence.
• Hermes ascended into four-dimensional spacetime and observed Blue Star’s history through a god’s-eye view.
• Hermes appeared in the consciousness of countless Blue Star inhabitants as a supreme being surrounded by threefold great power.

Hermes manifested as the Supreme Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate, revealing power that astonished Great Herta, Murata Himeko, and everyone on Blue Star. As he demonstrated the paths of Fate Star and created a world within a speck of dust, Herta realized he was using Energy Studies to unify philosophical concepts and began exploring a path of her own.

• Great Herta sensed Hermes’s transformed existence and wondered whether it rivaled an Aeon’s.
• Hermes appeared above four-dimensional spacetime, and Murata Himeko and the people of Blue Star reacted with awe to his manifestation.
• Hermes traced the Questioning Heart Finger and the Ascension Path before demonstrating a world created within a speck of dust.
• Primordial Beginning watched Hermes’s creation and nodded as Perfect World guided it toward a beautiful future.
• Herta concluded that Hermes was using Energy Studies to absorb and unify philosophical concepts, then began constructing models for her own path.

Hermes used his Cosmic Root to give everyone on Blue Star the Questioning Heart Finger and Ascension Path, clarifying the route to becoming Star Lords and eventually Emperor Lords. He then traveled through the Sea of Quantum to Teyvat, where he found Raiden Ei and Himeko together in the kitchen.

• Hermes perfected the Star System methods and used his Cosmic Root to guide Blue Star's inhabitants through the Path of the Star Lord.
• Everyone on Blue Star synchronized with the Great Heavenly Venerate, performed the Questioning Heart Finger, and received the imprints of the Questioning Heart Finger and Ascension Path.
• Star Lords recognized the two methods as advanced systems for simulating a world's root source and developing dimensional science, while Hermes regarded their path as a rehearsal for his own ambitions.
• Hermes entered the Sea of Quantum and traveled toward Teyvat using Buer's coordinates, witnessing World Bubbles sinking into quantum tsunamis.
• Hermes reached the shattered universe of Teyvat and saw that Raiden Ei and Himeko had gone to the kitchen together.

Himeko and Raiden Ei’s Star River Coffee Pudding plunged Yae Miko and March 7th through their happiest memories and deepest despair, while Stelle loved it. Hermes praised the dessert, reassured Raiden Ei that Makoto was recovering, and told Himeko to prepare the Stellaron Train as he began moving Teyvat.

• Stelle admired the Coffee Jelly, and Yae Miko tasted it first despite her doubts.
• The pudding showed Yae Miko joyful memories with Kitsune Saiguu before plunging her into despair, leaving her in tears.
• Stelle devoured her serving with delight, and March 7th tried hers before losing focus as well.
• Hermes projected a Curio listing for the pudding and praised Himeko and Raiden Ei for creating a new kind of cuisine.
• Raiden Ei asked Hermes about Makoto, and he said her recovery was going well and they would meet soon.
• Hermes told Himeko to prepare the Stellaron Train as he began moving Teyvat, reflecting on the memories that had kept him sane.

Hermes began moving Teyvat through the Sea of Quantum toward the Collapse Iron Great World, revealing the false sky and protecting the fragile world as he went. The chapter ended with Lumine scolding Aether for taking on Khaenri'ah's burden and punching him until both his eyes were black.

• Hermes hoped Himeko would become a new emotional anchor and carefully gathered his power to move Teyvat without destroying it.
• Hermes shattered Teyvat's false sky, shielded the world from the quantum tsunami, and began moving it toward the Collapse Iron Great World.
• Himeko told Dan Heng to record the data as Teyvat's Seven Archons calmed their people and the exposed sky revealed the world's hidden history.
• The Whale of Devouring Stars fled from Hermes's colossal hand, but Hermes caught it by the tail and carried it away as Teyvat's people and gods watched.
• Lumine opened the Chat Group's Live Stream Room, praised Hermes, and wondered whether he would let her become a Beauty Envoy.
• Lumine accused Aether of being tricked into bearing Khaenri'ah's burden and punched him until his eyes were symmetrical, while Aether insisted he had reasons to accept it.

Hermes returned to the Blue Star System with Teyvat and fused it with Blue Star before leading the Star Lords in an ascension that created three thousand Digital Worlds. He named the completed realm the Dimension Star Sea: Three Thousand Digital Worlds.

• Lumine kicked Aether off a cliff and angrily challenged his defense of Khaenri'ah.
• Hermes examined the little whale, then carried Teyvat back to the Blue Star System using quantum teleportation.
• Hermes merged Teyvat with Blue Star, creating a much larger combined planet.
• The three thousand Star Lords raised their Lifesource Stars across dimensions as Hermes began constructing the Digital Worlds.
• Hermes drew power from the Paths of Trailblaze, Erudition, and Beauty until all three thousand Digital Worlds took form.
• Hermes named the new realm the Dimension Star Sea: Three Thousand Digital Worlds.

Hermes completed the Heavenly Principles Maintainer, his Super Digital Computer, as the fusion of Blue Star and Teyvat began ascending into a new world. After discovering the Honkai Star Rail Great Universe lacked a unified timeline, he tried and failed to connect his past and future selves across spacetime.

• Hermes worked with Herta to combine the World Consciousnesses of three thousand Digital Worlds and build a Super Digital Computer.
• Hermes named the completed Digital Host the Heavenly Principles Maintainer and connected it to his stronghold.
• The fusion of Blue Star and Teyvat entered World Ascension, with Star Power and the Digital Worlds strengthening the newborn planet.
• Hermes used the Heavenly Principles Maintainer and discovered the unusual structure of the Honkai Star Rail Great Universe's River of Time.
• Hermes attempted to unify his Infinite Past Bodies and Infinite Future Bodies across spacetime, but the attempt failed.

Hermes failed to complete a Temporal Observation Station but established a small foothold in the domain of time before being forced out. He named the fused world Star Crown Court and met the revived Four Shades, leaving them poised to learn what he wanted from them.

• Hermes used Authority: Alchemy and the Heavenly Principles Maintainer to try to build a Temporal Observation Station, but the torrent of temporal information overwhelmed him.
• Hermes wondered how the Aeon of End moved freely through time and speculated that Akivili might be playing the Aeon of End as an alt.
• Hermes reviewed the Heavenly Dao Management System and named the fused world Star Crown Court.
• Hermes considered the value of the revived Four Shades—Naberius, Ronavah, Istaroth, and Asmodeus—and noted Istaroth could help with time research.
• Istaroth asked Hermes what he wanted the Four Shades to do after he had revived them.

Hermes gave the Four Shades the choice to remain after Phanes fell, and they chose to help build the Star Crown Garden. In the Chat Group, Lumine revealed that she had become a Trailblaze Pathwalker and gained immense power, while Cynthia reported that she had gathered the requested Pokémon.

• Hermes told the Four Shades that Phanes had fallen and let them decide whether to stay or follow their Venerated Master into death.
• The Four Shades chose to remain and witness the new era, and Hermes granted them Heavenly Dao authority and assigned them tasks.
• Hermes considered recruiting people from the Universal Galaxy, while Herta asked him to send the Four Shades to her for research.
• Lumine announced in the Chat Group that she had resonated with the Path of Trailblaze and become a powerful Pathwalker.
• Cynthia told the Chat Group that she had gathered the requested Pokémon after selecting suitable ones.

Hermes welcomed a newborn Ralts and introduced her to Buer and Nahida, while Chat Group members shared how their Pokémon were helping them. The group then fell silent when Chicken Slicing Sword Immortal joined, and members speculated about the newcomer’s strange name.

• Hermes claimed Ralts from the red packet and gently welcomed her as family.
• Buer returned from Sumeru, took Ralts, and agreed to consider her diet while Hermes mentioned Nahida could keep her company.
• Group members showed off their Pokémon, including Luo Qianqiu’s three Houndoom, Ning Qingyu’s Gyarados, and Floze’s healing Pokémon.
• Chicken Slicing Sword Immortal joined the Chat Group, prompting Luo Qianqiu, Li Hanyi, and Intermittent Amnesia to wonder what the name meant.

Luo Qianqiu trained Yukino Yukinoshita at Chiaki Shrine and discussed recruiting Hana Yurikawa and Haruno Yukinoshita as shrine maidens. She then turned to ask about Mahiru Shiina, whom she intended to recruit before the Blondie next door could win her over.

• Index admired the new Chat Group member's name, Chicken Slicing Sword Immortal, while Luo Qianqiu and the others wondered who it was.
• Luo Qianqiu corrected Yukino Yukinoshita's Kagura Dance, and Yotsuya Miko explained that Hana Yurikawa was preparing to come to the shrine.
• Luo Qianqiu said she would only help Hana with the Fierce Spirits tormenting her if Hana agreed to dance Kagura at Chiaki Shrine.
• Yukino asked Luo Qianqiu to let her older sister, Haruno Yukinoshita, join the shrine; Luo Qianqiu agreed to consider her after recruiting the first nine shrine maidens.
• Luo Qianqiu asked Yukino how her investigation of Mahiru Shiina was going.

Luo Qianqiu recruited Yukino Yukinoshita and Miko to her shrine maiden group while discussing the Chat Group’s new member. The newcomer, Lü Dongbin, fought Holy Lord again after the group gave him the humiliating nickname “Chicken Slicing Sword Immortal,” drawing the attention of the Seven Immortals and Seven Demons.

• Luo Qianqiu learned that Yukino had news about Mahiru Shiina and urged Yukino and Miko to keep training for her plan to assemble a nine-member Shrine Maiden Group.
• Luo Qianqiu asked Pioneering Wisdom to guess the new Chat Group member, and they discussed whether the newcomer came from a comedy series.
• Lü Dongbin complained that the Chat Group had named him Chicken Slicing Sword Immortal after he accidentally struck Holy Lord in the crotch.
• Lü Dongbin blamed Holy Lord for his humiliation, and the enraged Holy Lord rose to fight him again despite his injuries.
• The Seven Immortals and Seven Demons became curious about Holy Lord’s strength and madness, then set off to watch the renewed battle.

The Chat Group learned that Lü Dongbin and Holy Lord shared an embarrassing history, prompting members to discuss changing their nicknames. In another world, Lü Dongbin defeated Holy Lord, who vowed revenge, while the demons questioned his reckless approach to their immortal roles.

• The Chat Group recognized the newcomer as Lü Dongbin and recalled his embarrassing history with Holy Lord, leaving members relieved their own dark pasts had not been exposed.
• Digimon Savior Wants a Little Sister asked the Group Leader to make a nickname-changing plugin, and Multi-Fandom Great Female Protagonist logged off to investigate it.
• Hermes introduced the group to the newcomer’s world and its balance between good and evil.
• Lü Dongbin and Holy Lord continued fighting as Tieguai Li, Zhang Guolao, and the Eight Immortals and Eight Demons arrived to watch.
• Lü Dongbin pierced Holy Lord’s heart with the Pure Yang Sword and knocked the Twelve Talismans out of him.
• Holy Lord threatened revenge after awakening, while the demons criticized him for acting too impulsively and Lü Dongbin complained about what he had lost.

After humiliating himself in front of the immortals and demons, Lü Dongbin maimed and sealed the Holy Lord, then drove off the remaining demons. In the Chat Group, members discussed the Twelve Talismans and lamented that the Holy Lord had barely used their powers.

• Lü Dongbin cut out the Evil Dragon's liver and stabbed the Holy Lord through the heart, sealing him while inflicting the agony of ten thousand swords.
• Tieguai Li fled after overhearing Lü Dongbin, while He Xiangu innocently asked what he meant by “chicken cutting,” prompting the demons to spread rumors about him.
• Lü Dongbin attacked the demons, but they fled rather than face him, and he left to calm himself.
• Luo Qianqiu told Lü Dongbin to change his Chat Group nickname, and Monkey D. Dragon and Ning Qingyu tried to comfort him.
• Lumine asked whether Lü Dongbin had obtained the Twelve Talismans, and the group members described the powers they wanted most.
• Luo Qianqiu noted that the Holy Lord had possessed powerful talismans but had failed to use them in his clashes with Lü Dongbin.

Lü Dongbin learned how powerful the Twelve Talismans were and began considering how to acquire them safely. After mistaking Holy Lord’s repeated defeats for a deliberate act, he remained wary of the risks, while Hermes turned his attention to a powerful fighter about to appear under his command.

• Hermes and Lumine discussed the risks of Lü Dongbin taking the Twelve Talismans, and Lü Dongbin said he had ways to obtain them despite the Heavenly Dao’s fate.
• Luo Qianqiu and Hermes explained the talismans’ powers, especially the Rat Talisman’s ability to turn fictional characters into reality.
• Luo Qianqiu uploaded a file about the Twelve Talismans, and Lü Dongbin read it and realized Holy Lord had possessed many powerful abilities he had not used.
• Lü Dongbin speculated that Holy Lord had deliberately acted foolishly to comply with the balance between Righteous Qi and Evil Qi, and silently admired him.
• Lü Dongbin continued planning to obtain the Twelve Talismans safely, while Hermes turned back to reality as a top-tier combatant was about to appear under his command.

Hermes and Herta collaborated to complete the creation of Alphamon and Omegamon in Four-Dimensional Spacetime. The two Super Ultimates were born and pledged their loyalty to Hermes.

• Herta joined Hermes at the [Heavenly Principles Maintainer] and offered her Authority of Simulation to help strengthen Alphamon and Omegamon.
• Hermes shared some of their data with Herta but kept the [Power of Initial Acquisition] and the [Power of Final Acquisition] secret.
• Hermes and Herta finished the two Digimon's designs and discussed how difficult it would be to create other Super Ultimates without help from a life-science specialist.
• Alphamon evolved first, followed by Omegamon, and both appeared before Hermes in Four-Dimensional Spacetime.
• Alphamon and Omegamon paid respects to Hermes and acknowledged him as their lord.