Chapter Summaries

Hermes entered the Yellow Turban Rebellion instance as Su Mo, hoping to earn a powerful new persona. He discovered soldiers massacring villagers and activated High-Dimensional Perspective as a burly attacker approached.

• Hermes selected the Yellow Turban Rebellion instance and created a player character named Su Mo.
• Su Mo woke in the countryside, tied back his hair, and investigated the nearby stench of blood.
• Su Mo found a Yellow Turban soldier dead and saw Han soldiers killing villagers to claim credit.
• An officer ordered San Niu to kill Su Mo, who prepared to defend himself with a spear.
• Su Mo activated High-Dimensional Perspective, tracking the enemies' movements and spotting players hiding nearby.

Su Mo created basic combat skills for his mortal avatar and used the village terrain to kill the soldiers hunting its people. He isolated the officer and left him exhausted and trapped in a deadly pursuit.

• Su Mo formed Spear Mastery, Throwing Mastery, and Basic Footwork to build his new avatar from a mortal starting point.
• Su Mo ambushed and killed a burly soldier as the countdown ended, alerting the other soldiers.
• Su Mo used the village terrain and his skills to evade the soldiers and kill them one by one, including a burly officer with a well-aimed spear.
• Su Mo lured the officer and his last three subordinates into a chase, then picked off the three soldiers with his spear.
• Su Mo continued circling the exhausted officer, whose instincts warned him that fleeing would leave him vulnerable to a fatal attack.

Su Mo defeated an elite Han Army squad, earned a Legendary Victory evaluation, and studied the instance’s rewards and cultivation system. After summoning and naming three cavalrymen, he ordered them to build an altar so he could offer sacrifices to heaven.

• Su Mo killed the officer with a spear after studying the general’s method of cultivating through resonance with soldiers.
• The instance awarded Su Mo one Legend Point, twenty units of Source of Instance, and three Random Troop Summoning Talismans for his Legendary Victory.
• Su Mo investigated the Legend Point and used the Source of Instance to strengthen his body.
• Su Mo used the talismans to summon three cavalrymen, then named them Su Long, Su Hu, and Su Lang.
• Su Mo ordered the three cavalrymen to build an altar for a sacrifice to heaven while he refined his unconventional plan.

Hermes learned that Polka Kakami had targeted Ruan Mei and Screwllum, so he and Herta prepared to confront her. Meanwhile, the Seven Arbiter-Generals of the Xianzhou Alliance gathered to address the IPC’s accusation against them.

• Hermes left Su Mo’s avatar to build its identity in the Yellow Turban Rebellion instance and returned to the wider galaxy.
• Hermes told Herta that Polka Kakami had set her sights on Ruan Mei and Screwllum and reminded her that she wanted to fight the Silent Lord.
• Herta eagerly agreed to confront Polka Kakami, confident in her recently upgraded trump card.
• Marshal Hua opened a closed-door meeting of the Seven Arbiter-Generals to discuss the IPC’s letter of inquiry.
• Jing Yuan noted that turmoil was already brewing on the Luofu, while Feixiao angrily denounced the IPC’s accusation and its attempts to infiltrate the Yaoguang.

Marshal Hua convened the Xianzhou Alliance’s Heavenly Generals to address the IPC’s accusations and the rise of the Grammar Empire, whose unified power threatened the balance of the Universe. Jing Yuan pointed to the Genius Club as the likely cause, while Feixiao concluded that the IPC was panicking because Preservation Kliper would not protect it.

• Yuque Yaoguang, Xuanquan, and Huaiyan argued over the IPC’s motives and the Alliance’s divisions as Feixiao grew impatient.
• Marshal Hua stopped the generals’ argument and asked who had altered the domain of time to create the Grammar Empire.
• Marshal Hua’s account of the empire’s unity under Empress Titania alarmed the generals, who feared that the same force could erase one of the Xianzhou.
• Jing Yuan said the IPC was trying to involve the Alliance because it lacked confidence, and the generals identified the Genius Club as the likely culprit.
• Feixiao mocked the IPC for expecting help from honorary chairman Preservation Kliper, who did not protect the company.

Jing Yuan arranged for the Stellaron Train to be received on the Luofu while weighing the dangers surrounding the Xianzhou. Elsewhere, the Silent Lord tried to assassinate Ruan Mei, but Ruan Mei repeatedly returned to life and declared she could not be killed.

• Jing Yuan told Fu Xuan that the IPC would handle Gramer's crisis and that the Xianzhou Alliance would watch.
• Fu Xuan informed Jing Yuan that the Stellaron Train had requested permission to land on the Luofu.
• Jing Yuan considered asking Feixiao for help but decided against it to avoid worsening tensions within the Alliance.
• Jing Yuan ordered Director Yukong to receive the Stellaron Train and asked its crew to meet him after landing.
• The Silent Lord attacked Ruan Mei in Polka Kakami's probability-controlling domain, but Ruan Mei's body turned to ashes and she reappeared.
• Ruan Mei told the Silent Lord that neither she nor Hermes could be killed by her.

Ruan Mei used the Propagation Aeon’s data to resist Polka Kakami, but Herta intervened and challenged the Silent Lord at her peak. As Herta and Polka Kakami began a devastating battle, Hermes arrived to protect Ruan Mei, while Jing Yuan faced the fallout near the Luofu Xianzhou.

• Ruan Mei overwhelmed the Silent Lord’s attempt to decipher her by unleashing a data torrent based on the Propagation Aeon, Tzitzimitl.
• Herta appeared and sealed Polka Kakami in dimensional mirrors before confronting her over repeated sabotage of Herta’s research.
• Polka Kakami revealed that Herta’s experiments threatened Lord of Wisdom’s predicted future and declared that she could no longer tolerate them.
• Herta and Polka Kakami unleashed their power as Emanators, and their collision caused a cosmic catastrophe in an Imaginary Torrent.
• Hermes arrived and pulled Ruan Mei to safety, startling her with his godlike presence as he said he had not yet ascended to godhood.
• Jing Yuan sensed the immense forces from the nearby battle bearing down on the Luofu Xianzhou and braced for disaster.

Herta and Polka Kakami fought across the Universal Galaxy, unleashing cosmic disasters that threatened the Luofu Xianzhou. Herta trapped Polka in a time-manipulating domain, then promised Jing Yuan she could protect the Xianzhou while defeating her opponent.

• Herta and Polka Kakami clashed with their powers, and their battle sent Imaginary Torrents sweeping through the universe.
• The Astral Express Crew recognized Herta among the two suns and watched the battle from the Stellaron Train.
• Herta trapped Polka in a Dimensional Domain with her Three-Phase Great Magic, but Polka escaped by disrupting her Causality Chains and using the Domain of Omniscience.
• The battle intensified and threatened to pull the Luofu Xianzhou into the conflict, prompting Jing Yuan to plead with Herta for mercy.
• Herta assured Jing Yuan she could hold up the Luofu Xianzhou while suppressing Polka, and the Fourth Mirror briefly appeared to praise her.
• March 7th laughed at Herta's boast, while Stelle admired it and vowed to make a similarly grand declaration someday.

Hermes joined the Astral Express Crew and explained that Polka Kakami had targeted Ruan Mei as part of her hunt for Genius Club members. After Herta failed to capture the Silent Lord, Hermes subdued and sealed her, and Fuli created a Light Cone commemorating the moment.

• Welt, Himeko, and Dan Heng praised Herta's power and defended her conduct to March 7th.
• Hermes reunited with the Astral Express Crew and introduced Ruan Mei, who revealed that Polka Kakami had targeted her too.
• Ruan Mei explained that the Silent Lord had admitted to killing Genius Club members and had disrupted her experiments before.
• Hermes told the Crew he had tracked Polka Kakami and went to help Herta when she could not seal her opponent.
• Hermes immobilized Polka Kakami's soul with One Finger—Question the Dao and sealed her inside a scroll.
• Fuli appeared and formed the Light Cone Dawn of Epochs: A Probability Poem, which Hermes accepted.

After the battle, Hermes explained that he had seen a girl named Cyrene connected to Fuli, the Aeon of Memory. He revealed that the Memory Aeon in Memory's Domain was only an empty crystal shell and that the true Memory Aeon had yet to be born.

• Herta complained that Fuli's Light Cone failed to capture her feats, while Hermes pondered the causal loop he had glimpsed when Fuli appeared.
• Jing Yuan thanked Herta for protecting the Luofu Xianzhou, and he suspected that Hermes was Seat #84 of the Genius Club as the two departed.
• Aboard the Stellaron Train, March 7th marveled that Hermes had subdued the Silent Lord, while Herta pressed him to explain his words about causality.
• Ruan Mei and Screwllum joined the discussion, and Stelle tried to use her game's warp screen.
• Hermes showed the others the figure he had seen upon Fuli; Welt Yang recognized her as Elysia, but Hermes said she was Cyrene and revealed that the true Memory Aeon had yet to be born.

Hermes revealed that Fuli’s origin and the Garden of Recollection’s history hid a universe-ending secret, then warned the Astral Express Crew that March 7th faced dangers tied to the Path of Remembrance. He gave March a Revival Coin as protection while explaining that Cyrene and Amphoreus posed an even greater problem.

• Hermes explained that Fuli was likely born at the end of the universe, and that the Aeon of Remembrance’s true birth would fix the timeline in an endless cycle.
• March 7th was overcome by unexplained terror, so Hermes gave her a Revival Coin that could return her as a Star Lord in the Star Crown Garden.
• Hermes warned the Astral Express Crew to distrust Pathwalkers of Remembrance and revealed that factions in the Garden of Recollection coveted the Aeon’s godhood.
• Hermes explained that Cyrene’s connection to Amphoreus and its closed karmic loop made preventing the Iron Tomb’s birth difficult, while an early ascension of Remembrance could doom them.
• Herta blamed Laikush for his role in the situation and questioned whether Zandar One Kuwabara had divided his intelligence among his clones.

Hermes, Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum worked to find ways to stop Amphoreus from reaching an irreversible fate. Meanwhile, Himeko brought the Astral Express crew to the Luofu, where Jing Yuan welcomed them and learned that several Genius Club members were aboard the train.

• Hermes, Ruan Mei, Screwllum, and Herta discussed how to protect Cyrene, stop Laikush, and use Hermes's Digital Tech Tree to overcome Amphoreus's closed karmic loop.
• The Astral Express crew temporarily left the Stellaron Train and traveled to the Luofu Xianzhou, while Dan Heng stayed aboard.
• Himeko gave March 7th her cherished bracelet and insisted that she never remove it, prompting March to grow wary of her lost memories.
• Jing Yuan and Yukong welcomed Himeko and the crew, and Jing Yuan asked to meet Herta so he could thank her with gifts from the Luofu treasury.
• Himeko explained that Herta was occupied with Hermes, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum, leaving Jing Yuan stunned by how many powerful geniuses had gathered on the Luofu.

Hermes brought Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum to the Star Crown Garden, which was transforming into a Great Universe. He considered whether to grant Ruan Mei and Screwllum shares in its foundational Cosmic Truths before the universe finished taking shape.

• Hermes led Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum through the barrier of the Great Universe to the Star Crown Garden.
• Ruan Mei and Screwllum were astonished by the energy vortex and the world being formed, while Herta proudly recalled her role in the Star Crown Garden's transformations.
• Hermes explained that the Star Crown Garden's powers were growing as it ascended, but its seven pillars of existence left its foundation weak.
• Hermes considered elevating Ruan Mei and Screwllum into potential pillars, but hesitated because he did not trust them as much as Herta.
• Herta urged Hermes to decide before the Great Universe took shape, and Hermes said he would consider it carefully.

Chen Nan and Zhang Zhiwei joined the Chat Group, and Chen Nan revealed he had transmigrated into the brutal world of Black Bullet. The group learned of his traumatic year there and questioned whether he was holding up as he considered the Chat Group a chance to gain power.

• Chen Nan and Zhang Zhiwei joined the Chat Group, prompting the members to welcome them and offer advice.
• Chen Nan recalled witnessing children die in the world of Black Bullet after he transmigrated there, and he resolved to find a way to grow stronger through the Chat Group.
• Zhang Zhiwei read the Chat Group’s information on Longhu Mountain and felt a new direction had opened after reaching the limit of his Qi path.
• Chen Nan told Luo Qianqiu that he had transmigrated into Black Bullet a year earlier, shocking the other members.
• Hermes confirmed Chen Nan’s world, while Luo Qianqiu asked whether he was mentally all right after enduring it firsthand.

Chen Nan joined the chat and revealed how cruel the world of Black Bullet was by uploading his memories, prompting the group to vow to rescue the children. The chapter ended with Luo Qianqiu asking whether Chen Nan had a Golden Finger, since he had not yet begun changing his world.

• Chen Nan realized that Luo Qianqiu and Hermes were fellow Transmigrators and begged them to save the children in his world.
• Hermes and Luo Qianqiu promised they would not stand by while the children suffered.
• Chen Nan uploaded his Black Bullet memories, and Luo Qianqiu restricted viewing to adults before the group watched them.
• The memories horrified the group members, who condemned the people harming the children and called for them to be rescued.
• Luo Qianqiu asked Chen Nan whether he had a Golden Finger, and Hermes wondered if he belonged to the Trash-tier genre.

Chen Nan explained that his Civilization Evolution System required decades of development, and he asked the Chat Group to help punish the evildoers in his world. Hermes opened a link to the Black Bullet world and manifested the Eyes of the Firmament, beginning a judgment that left him understanding Phanes's mindset.

• Chen Nan told Luo Qianqiu and Hermes that his Golden Finger grew stronger through civilization-building, but he could not wait thirty years while children suffered.
• Luo Qianqiu asked Chen Nan to set limits on the group's actions, and Chen Nan urged them to use whatever methods they considered cruelest.
• Hermes asked Chen Nan to enable [Group Link], then connected to the Black Bullet world ten minutes later.
• The Eyes of the Firmament appeared over the world, and Chen Nan reassured Enju and the other children that its gaze would cleanse evil.
• Holy Child glimpsed the eye's will and understood that it had come to record good and evil before judgment, while Hermes declared that simply erasing the sinners would be too merciful.

As the Eyes of the Firmament appeared, Hermes blessed those who still revered goodness and promised them a happy new world. Tendou Kikunojo was transformed into a Hilichurl while retaining his consciousness.

• Holy Child heard a divine warning, then knelt and begged God to give the world's sinners one final chance.
• Elder Matsuzaki led the Cursed Children in prayer, hoping the gods would bring a new world where children no longer died in despair.
• A mother prayed for her daughter Iris to live freely and safely in the new world.
• Hermes blessed the chosen people with health, peace, and happiness, healing the sick and injured and teleporting helpless children to the first petitioner.
• Tendou Kikunojo transformed into a beastly Hilichurl as Holy Child watched, still conscious inside his new body.

Hermes gave the survivors a food-filled habitat and left them to rebuild their lives. He then discussed Zhang Zhiwei’s mixed-world setting with the Chat Group and checked in with Buer, learning that Ralts had evolved into a Gardevoir and feeling guilty for neglecting her.

• Hermes teleported the survivors to a carefully chosen habitat and transformed it into a world of abundant food, where they thanked him.
• Chen Nan and Luo Qianqiu thanked Hermes in the Chat Group, while Zhang Zhiwei described his world’s cultivation leaders and three Campiones.
• Hermes considered exploring Zhang Zhiwei’s mixed world and decided to invest resources in Ruan Mei and Screwllum’s work at Star Crown Garden.
• Hermes summoned Buer and learned that Nahida still needed centuries to reach adulthood and Ralts had evolved into a Gardevoir.
• Hermes admitted he felt guilty for adopting Ralts without having time to care for her.

Hermes gave Buer Digital Tech Tree gifts for Ruan Mei and Screwllum, then considered recruiting more geniuses to help with his work. After seeing Istaroth's excitement at the prospect, he decided to try bringing Phanes back and tasked the Four Shadows with clearing their work and awaiting his orders.

• Hermes asked Buer to deliver Digital Tech Tree gifts to Ruan Mei and Screwllum, and gave her the Whale of Devouring Stars for Ruan Mei to study.
• After Buer left, Hermes considered recruiting Stephan Lloyd, Yu Qingtu, and others, then wondered whether he should bring Phanes back.
• Istaroth appeared and excitedly asked whether Hermes truly intended to revive Phanes, her Venerated Master and source.
• Hermes agreed to try guiding Phanes back and told Istaroth and the other Three Shadows to finish their accumulated work and await his orders.
• Istaroth said she would notify Asmodeus and the others, while Hermes reflected on the combined potential of Phanes and the Four Shadows.

Su Mo formed an embryonic Azure Heaven Will by resonating with Qing Province’s collective will and shaping it around himself. Blessed as the Azure Emperor, he empowered three followers and charged toward a Han–Yellow Turban battlefield, where Azure Heaven’s influence began to stir.

• Su Mo gathered Qing Province’s confused collective will through resonance and molded it into an Azure Heaven Will centered on himself.
• Azure Heaven’s Favor appeared upon Su Mo as the Azure Emperor’s star rose, drawing the attention of cultivators across the instance world.
• Su Mo named Su Long, Su Hu, and Su Lang his personal guards, and resonance helped all three become Extraordinary Generals.
• Su Mo led the three men to a battlefield where several hundred Han soldiers were pressing nearly three thousand Yellow Turbans toward defeat.
• Su Mo charged into the battle and used Azure Heaven’s influence to urge Qing Province’s people to follow the Azure Emperor.