Chapter Summaries

Hermes sent Alphamon and Omegamon to govern the newly born Digital World, then examined the Chat Group’s newly unlocked Specific Exchange function. Meanwhile, Kikyo reported that Yakumo Yukari felt watched and described the Penglai Emperor Lord’s preparations to invade the Moon Capital after Reisen accused the Moon People of abusing Moon Rabbits.

• Hermes ordered Alpha and Omega to take charge of the new Dimension Star Sea: Three Thousand Digital Worlds, and they departed to serve him.
• Luo Qianqiu announced that the Chat Group had unlocked Specific Exchange, and Ning Qingyu and Lumine discussed how it could help them obtain resources and earn money.
• Lumine discovered Kong was still contacting Abyssal Heralds and struck him with a punch through the air.
• Hermes studied Specific Exchange, which let members offer anything they owned in return for points and designate categories of items to receive.
• Kikyo told Hermes that Yakumo Yukari felt watched and reported that Reisen had accused the Moon People of mistreating Moon Rabbits, prompting the Penglai Emperor Lord to prepare an invasion.

Hermes studied Yakumo Yukari’s Boundary Manipulation across worlds and used Kikyo to tell her to stop evading his research. The chapter left Yakumo Yukari still unable to resist Hermes’s scrutiny, while the group joked about her predicament.

• Lumine, Dragon, Ning Qingyu, and Konan praised Luo Qianqiu’s script and discussed adapting it to their worlds.
• Lü Dongbin considered using the Group’s Specific Exchange function to confront the Eight Great Demons without asking other members for help.
• Hermes and Luo Qianqiu discussed Yakumo Yukari’s power and compared her Boundary Manipulation with the Halloween Queen’s.
• Hermes observed Yakumo Yukari trying to conceal herself and contacted Kikyo, ordering her to tell Yakumo Yukari to cooperate with his research.
• Luo Qianqiu teased Hermes about Yakumo Yukari’s humiliating predicament, while Hermes dismissed the joke.

Yakumo Yukari agreed to help Hermes research her Boundary Manipulation in exchange for Merit, while Hermes gave Himeko a Key of Boundary to prepare for the Starry Train’s journey to Amphoreus. The chapter left a Black Cat on the far side of the starry sky nearly going mad.

• Kikyo told Yakumo Yukari that the Great Celestial Venerable ordered her not to act unnecessarily and wanted her to cooperate with research into Boundary Manipulation.
• Yakumo Yukari agreed to cooperate after Kikyo offered her Merit for each session.
• Luo Qianqiu and Aozaki Touko reacted in the group chat to Yakumo Yukari’s change in attitude and Kikyo’s situation.
• Hermes left the group chat, and Himeko congratulated him on creating Star Crown Garden.
• Hermes gave Himeko the Key of Boundary, explaining that it could help the Starry Train escape Amphoreus.
• A Black Cat on the far side of the starry sky nearly went mad.

The Stellaron Hunters followed Elio’s plan to seek out Hermes, the 84th member of the Genius Club, whose actions had altered the script. Firefly delivered a special Light Cone to Hermes, and Elio’s offer left her hoping Hermes could give her the answer she had long dreamed of.

• Kafka carried out Elio’s script during the Yelper Rebellion and took the Stellaron, while Firefly told her she wanted to make choices beyond her role as Sam.
• Silver Wolf reported that Elio’s script had changed because of Hermes and said Firefly would be crucial to persuading him.
• Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Firefly traveled to the coordinates and found the former Star Crown Garden’s location empty.
• Hermes sensed the visitors and appeared before them, where Firefly offered him the Light Cone Elio had prepared.
• Firefly told Hermes that accepting the Light Cone would mean he agreed to Elio’s proposal and that he should let her stay to receive her hoped-for answer.

Hermes accepted Elio’s deal, helped Firefly reunite with Stelle, and studied the Light Cone Curio while the Stellaron Train resumed its journey. Meanwhile, Yagami Taichi gathered resources to cross spacetime and find his sister, and Lü Dongbin continued plotting around the Twelve Talismans.

• Hermes agreed to Elio’s arrangement, and Kafka and Silver Wolf left after speaking with Firefly.
• Hermes reassured Firefly, gave her the Light Cone to Elio, and arranged for Himeko to take her to see Stelle.
• Hermes studied the Curio Elio had sent him as the Stellaron Train departed Star Crown Garden.
• Yagami Taichi defeated the Dark Masters, obtained authority over the Iron Empire’s forces, and gathered resources to acquire a spacetime-crossing ability.
• Yagami Taichi escaped Lilithmon’s interception in the Dark Ocean and announced that he had enough resources to find Yagami Hikari.
• Lü Dongbin researched immortal arts and continued plotting around the Twelve Talismans while Luo Qianqiu praised Yagami Taichi’s resistance to Lilithmon’s seduction.

Yagami Taichi, Monkey D. Dragon, and Konan discussed the high cost and dangers of precise ability exchanges. Two newcomers, Hexi and Binchotan, joined the Chat Group, and Binchotan declined food gifts because her grandmother had taught her to earn her own meals.

• Yagami Taichi explained that precise spacetime requirements made exchanges cost several times more than the Dimensional Anchor ability.
• Monkey D. Dragon recalled that specifying the Heavenly King made its exchange price comparable to a weapon of similar power, and worried about its destructive potential.
• Konan said the Tailed Beasts posed little threat to Nagato’s Rinnegan and resolved to seal Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu.
• Hexi and Binchotan joined the Chat Group, where Floze and Hermes welcomed them and suggested that Binchotan buy food from the Group Mall.
• Luo Qianqiu sent Binchotan Rainbow Pudding, but Binchotan refused it, remembering her grandmother’s advice to earn money for her own food.

Binchotan used her check-in points to buy food and shared an emotional mukbang with the Chat Group, while Hexi joined and began questioning Luo Qianqiu about the Chat Group and her world. Hexi remained curious about why Luo Qianqiu was so interested in her timeline and the Super Seminary world's technology.

• Hermes and Luo Qianqiu guided Binchotan to exchange her check-in points for Roast Whole Pig Pork Chop Rice.
• Binchotan started a live stream, thanked the Big Sisters, and cried as she began eating.
• Lumine and Index comforted Binchotan and promised to share food and adventures with her.
• Hexi joined the Chat Group and watched Binchotan's mukbang, which improved her mood.
• Luo Qianqiu asked Hexi which period of her world she was in and expressed interest in its Divine Body Technology.

Hexi learned how the angels had squandered their strength after she and Kaisa went offline, while Yagami Taichi entered a new world using his Dimensional Anchor. Hermes helped Firefly awaken to her new life and used a special Light Cone to project his consciousness into the past, gaining a new way to act upon time.

• Hexi traded with Luo Qianqiu for [Plot] and learned about Kaisa going offline, then lamented how the angels had wasted their accumulated power.
• Yagami Taichi set off after arranging matters in the Digital World and the real world, then used [Dimensional Anchor] to enter a strange new world.
• Hermes and Murata Himeko watched Firefly awaken from the nutrient chamber, and Himeko helped her dress.
• Hermes explained that Grammer had sealed both Firefly's body and consciousness, while Firefly thanked Himeko and embraced her as she began her new life.
• Using a special Curio [Light Cone] from Elio, Hermes projected part of his consciousness into the past and ascended to High-Dimensional Oversight.
• Hermes surveyed timelines stretching from his infancy to a bleak future at the end of the universe and realized he had gained a key to acting on time.

Hermes used a spacetime projector to send his will into other eras, with Herta and Istaroth helping him operate it and Firefly assisting with the data. After several failed attempts, they reached a battlefield during the Universe Insect Disaster and began trying to interfere with that era, where Firefly saw a girl named Titania.

• Hermes built a spacetime projector using the Curio [Light Cone] and brought Firefly, Istaroth, and Herta to the Garden.
• Hermes traded Herta a [Momentary Flowing Light Brick] and assigned Istaroth to fine-tune the projector.
• Hermes sent his will and Firefly into the projector while Herta and Istaroth adjusted its settings, but their first projection landed in a black hole.
• After repeated experiments, Hermes and Herta projected into a battlefield where the Gram Iron Cavalry fought the star-devouring insect swarm.
• Hermes told Herta to help him interfere with that era, and Firefly saw a girl who looked like her: Titania.

Hermes arrived in the Grammar Empire’s past and discovered how the Grammar Council created Titania and the Gram Iron Cavalry, including Firefly. Unable to alter Firefly without losing his temporal anchor, he made a pact with Titania and possessed her, becoming a powerful Envoy of Propagation.

• Hermes stabilized his presence in the era after the Universe Insect Disaster and saw Firefly-like weapons being grown and conditioned with dreams of the Grammar Empire.
• Hermes watched the Grammar Council celebrate its savings while discussing making Titania disappear.
• Hermes reached the illusory Throne and realized Titania had been created in a form resembling a Propagation insect queen.
• Titania asked Hermes to help the child, and Hermes entered her body through Divine Descent Art.
• Titania’s emerald eyes awakened as Hermes drew on Propagation’s power, becoming a powerful Envoy and sensing the dying echoes of Propagation’s creations.

Titania began reshaping the Grammar Empire’s Iron Cavalry and Swarm under her control while Gramer’s rulers remained unaware. In the Amber Era, the sudden appearance of the Grammar Empire alarmed the IPC, whose investigation suggested time had been altered, but the Arbitrators deemed the change balanced.

• Titania called for the [Propagation] faction to include more than insects and began turning the Iron Cavalry into an unseen force while gaining control over the Swarm.
• Silver Wolf watched the news report the Grammar Empire’s clash with the IPC, and Kafka asked Elio whether he had foreseen its emergence.
• Elio realized his Curio deal with Seat #84 had led to the appearance of an entire Grammar Empire, far beyond his original plan to bring a few Gram Iron Cavalry soldiers into the era.
• The IPC’s Seven Directors reviewed conflicting records of the Grammar Empire and the Glamoth Republic, and the Technology Research and Development Department concluded that someone may have tampered with time.
• Diamond confirmed that his Envoy Authority had shown him two different sets of memories, and Talavan Keen urged the IPC to act quickly.
• The Technology Research and Development Department reported that the Arbitrators considered the new Grammar Empire a force that made the Universe more balanced and saw no reason to intervene.

The Equilibrium faction welcomed the Grammar Empire as a force capable of balancing the IPC and discussed who might be responsible for its sudden emergence. The meeting ended with Oswald proposing that the IPC send the Xianzhou Alliance a letter of inquiry, a measure the attendees unanimously approved.

• The Equilibrium faction decided the Grammar Empire's rivalry with the IPC was a welcome chance to restore balance, unlike the Xianzhou Alliance, which had struggled against the Abundance faction.
• The meeting participants considered blaming the Genius Club for the events, but learned Herta was unreachable and Screwllum was developing the [Black Hole Fortress].
• The attendees reviewed Genius Club members including Ruan Mei, Stephan Lloyd, and Hermes, and found them all suspicious.
• One participant proposed that the Xianzhou Alliance might have used a secret trump card involving The Hunt's arrows to create the Grammar Empire as an opponent for the IPC.
• Oswald proposed sending the Xianzhou Alliance a letter of inquiry, and the meeting approved the proposal unanimously.

Hermes and Herta celebrated the successful creation of the Grammar Empire, and Firefly thanked Hermes for making her hoped-for reality come true. After Firefly left, Herta and Hermes spoke with Ruan Mei and Screwllum about the fallout from their experiment and the danger posed by Polka Kakami; Herta remained confident that her new progress would let her challenge her.

• Hermes showed Firefly news about the Grammar Empire, and Firefly tearfully thanked him for making it real.
• Hermes asked Istaroth to lead Firefly away after reassuring her that the new reality was what he wanted too.
• Herta told Hermes that Screwllum and Ruan Mei had contacted her, and Hermes agreed to speak with them.
• Ruan Mei and Screwllum warned Hermes and Herta that the IPC, the Xianzhou Alliance, the Garden of Recollection, and other factions were reacting to the incident.
• Hermes said Polka Kakami had begun acting, and Herta vowed to confront her with the strength she had gained.

Yagami Taichi encountered a strange dungeon countdown in 2012 Tokyo while searching for Hikari, and Konan faced a new threat to Nagato’s Rinnegan amid a Ninja World war. The group urged Konan to strike back against Konoha.

• Ruan Mei, Herta, Hermes, and Screwllum agreed to join forces and share the risks of their research.
• Yagami Taichi saw reports of Leomon protecting Tokyo, then witnessed a scarlet screen announce a dungeon countdown.
• Yagami Taichi asked WarGreymon to check for Digital World energy, found none, and entered a shopping mall to avoid leading danger to Hikari.
• Konan learned that war had broken out with the Rain Country as a main battlefield and that Konoha’s Root Ninja were gathering outside Amegakure.
• Konan resolved that Konoha’s pursuit of Nagato’s Rinnegan had crossed her line, and Luo Qianqiu and Floze encouraged her to retaliate.

Konan’s doubts about changing the future were met with advice and offers of support from the Chat Group, including paid requests for Ninja World genetic samples. Meanwhile, Yagami Taichi reported encountering a bizarre situation involving Leomon and a Headless Shadow, leaving Luo Qianqiu baffled.

• Kikyo advised Konan that overthinking could make her lose more, while Hexi and Kaisa discussed her hesitation and praised her caring nature.
• Hermes asked Konan to collect Ninja World genetic samples in exchange for a customized Devil Fruit, and Konan thanked him.
• Hexi also asked Konan for samples and offered to fund the aftermath and develop a Chakra Scientific System for the Ninja World.
• Luo Qianqiu and Ning Qingyu reacted to the sponsorship offers, with Ning Qingyu envying the valuable resources available in other worlds.
• Yagami Taichi posted images of Leomon battling the Headless Shadow and an Instance Dungeon countdown, prompting Luo Qianqiu to question whether Taichi had entered the wrong world.

Yagami Taichi explained how instances descended into his world and how players could earn Source of Instance and Legend Points by clearing them. Hermes recognized the potential of these rewards and considered how Source of Instance differed from his Philosopher’s Stone.

• Hermes asked Yagami Taichi to share what he had learned about instances.
• Yagami Taichi explained that instances began appearing ten years earlier, drawing material from history, legends, mythology, and popular works.
• Yagami Taichi described how clearing instances could prevent disasters and grant players Source of Instance, items, skills, and knowledge.
• Yagami Taichi explained that Legend Points were needed for certified Rank advancement and for preserving certain identities after an instance merged with reality.
• Hermes realized Source of Instance was more versatile than his Philosopher’s Stone, which could not directly strengthen his body, raise his skills, or increase his Rank.

Hermes examined the miraculous Source of Instance and asked Luo Qianqiu to investigate whether a hidden force was manipulating Yagami Taichi’s world. Elsewhere, Ning Qingyu reflected on his plans to improve his world, while Kaisa sought Hexi’s advice on the future direction of the Angel Race.

• Hermes explained how the Source of Instance bypassed the conversion processes required by the Philosopher’s Stone and the world’s source, then warned Luo Qianqiu that a mastermind might be operating in Yagami Taichi’s world.
• Luo Qianqiu worried that the Chat Group might face powerful cross-world criminals and said she would investigate immediately.
• Ning Qingyu reviewed the progress of his Cave Heaven Blessed Land Plan and Alien Sunflower Seeds, then wondered why Buqun had been acting strangely.
• Kaisa visited Hexi and said the Angel Race’s future depended on the two of them, since the younger angels could not solve its problems alone.
• Kaisa asked Hexi what direction the Angel Race should take, explaining that she had begun to suspect flaws in their current divine body system.

Kaisa reflected on the limits of her civilization’s technology while Little Binchotan learned to fish and cook with help from the Chat Group. Hermes visited to assess her and choose a cultivation system, and Floze finished preparing golden crispy fried fish for everyone.

• Kaisa compared her civilization’s energy use and divine-body limits with the greater potential of other systems.
• Lumine showed Little Binchotan how to use a fishing trap, and they caught several large river fish.
• Hermes visited Little Binchotan and said she should begin preparing for cultivation, offering to find a suitable system for her.
• Floze taught Little Binchotan, Lumine, and Hermes how to cook the fish with gathered seasonings.
• Floze served Golden Crispy Fried Fish for everyone to enjoy.

After sharing a meal with Little Cutie, Floze, Lumine, and Hermes learned from Luo Qianqiu that Taiyi’s world was undergoing World Ascension and recruiting outsiders to raid its dungeons. The Chat Group announced a long-term mission allowing members to create local-style player avatars for 1,000 points, with dungeon rewards theirs to keep.

• Little Cutie invited Floze, Lumine, and Hermes to eat, and they shared Floze’s Golden Crispy Pan-Fried Fish together.
• Luo Qianqiu announced that her investigation found no mastermind behind the world Taiyi had entered.
• Luo Qianqiu explained that the world was undergoing World Ascension but lacked the strength to develop its dungeons, so its World Consciousness sought outside players.
• Luo Qianqiu said members could spend 1,000 points to create an avatar and enter the world through the Group Link function.
• The Chat Group issued a long-term mission for elite players and warned that avatar deaths would shock their players’ consciousness.

The Chat Group members praised World Will True Seven for treating outsiders fairly and discussed the limits and benefits of its dungeon system. Hermes began reviewing the available dungeons, which included historical battles, a rule-horror scenario, a zombie apocalypse, and a conflict in the Digital World.

• Aozaki Touko, Konan, and Li Hanyi praised True Seven's fairness and compared it favorably with the wills of their own worlds.
• Hermes expressed interest in visiting True Seven to observe its World Ascension and possibly help.
• Aozaki Touko noted that Yagami Taichi had entered a dungeon without WarGreymon, whose power level made him ineligible.
• Hermes and Luo Qianqiu advised the group to assess their abilities and prepare for mechanics-focused dungeon challenges, while Luo Qianqiu warned Index and Binchotan not to enter carelessly.
• Hermes opened the mission interface and reviewed dungeon options including the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Salamis, Last Elevator, Biohazard Apocalypse, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Dark Masters Mountain.