Chapter Summaries

Hermes announced that he had devised the Blazing Fire Dao for Binchotan and began guiding her cultivation, while the Chat Group discussed dimension travel and the path’s principles. Ning Qingyu then reported three suns in her world and asked Hermes and Luo Qianqiu to investigate, leaving the group wondering what had changed.

• Zhang Zhiwei asked Luo Qianqiu about progress on the dimension-travel function and described the difficulty of finding Campiones to slay Unwilling Gods.
• Luo Qianqiu said the dimension-travel function was nearly ready, and Lumine looked forward to exploring other worlds and using Envoy Authority.
• Hermes told Binchotan that he had planned her cultivation path, then projected his consciousness to guide her in cultivating the Blazing Fire Dao.
• Hermes explained that the Blazing Fire Dao improved a flame seed through resonance with all things, rather than devouring different flames like Xiao's path.
• Ning Qingyu shared an image of three suns and asked Hermes and Luo Qianqiu to come look at the strange change in her world.

The Chat Group learned that Yue Buqun had returned to the present after reversing time, disrupting Ning Qingyu’s plans. Meanwhile, Herta and Ruan Mei praised Buer’s remarkable abilities, and Hermes considered letting her explore the Universal Galaxy before asking Herta about her research into the Alternate Account Technique.

• Luo Qianqiu told Chen Nan that her Chat Group had no hidden purpose or mission to hunt transmigrators.
• Ning Qingyu explained that his junior disciple, Yue Buqun, had reversed time and returned from a future in which Mount Hua had fallen into ruin.
• Hermes asked Luo Qianqiu to assess whether the group could afford to provoke Yue Buqun.
• Hermes found Herta and Ruan Mei admiring Buer’s intelligence and discussing her potential in the Universal Galaxy.
• Hermes said Buer should eventually explore the Universal Galaxy, then asked Herta how her research into the Alternate Account Technique was progressing.

Hermes agreed to support Ruan Mei’s research after reviewing her proposal, while Herta and the others enjoyed tea together. After Luo Qianqiu reported that Yue Buqun’s backer posed no major threat, the Chat Group opened a long-term mission to manage the collision of three wuxia worlds.

• Hermes discussed alt accounts with Herta and told Buer he had planned a path of cultivation for her.
• Hermes reviewed Ruan Mei’s proposal, judged it promising, and agreed to help her.
• The geniuses put aside their research and held a tea party with Ruan Mei’s tea and pastries.
• Luo Qianqiu reported that Yue Buqun had been bound by a contract with a newly independent faction weaker than Hermes.
• The Chat Group announced a mission to resolve the clashes between three merging wuxia worlds and guide their transformation.

The Chat Group prepared to activate its [Group Crossing] function while members discussed the difficulty of transcending a Worldview. In the Super God World, Kaisa and Hexi decided to bring Liang Bing back by killing Morgana if necessary, while Hermes suspected independent world wills had their own plans.

• Luo Qianqiu announced that the [Group Crossing] function was ready and warned members to arrange teams if they wanted to arrive together.
• Hermes explained that sending his true body across could burden a world's will and risk spreading Dao Contamination.
• Kaisa told Hexi they needed to bring Liang Bing back and would kill Morgana if she refused to come to her senses.
• Hexi agreed to Kaisa's plan, believing the Chat Group could help them restore Liang Bing at little cost.
• Hermes observed Ning Qingyu's world through the [Group Link] and suspected Yue Buqun's actions had merely triggered world wills that were pursuing their own schemes.

Hermes secured the Great Ming Comprehensive Wuxia World's sponsorship to enter and help it form a Martial Cosmic Truth, then arrived in the Great Ming Dynasty as its new emperor. He began meditating in Qianyuan Palace and wondered where Herta had gone.

• Hermes recognized that the Great Ming Comprehensive Wuxia World was preparing to ascend into a High Martial World and considered asking its world will for sponsorship.
• Hermes contacted the world will of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer through the Group Link, and it recognized him as the World Creator and trusted him.
• Hermes secured sponsorship and invited Herta to enter the Great Ming Comprehensive Wuxia World with him.
• Hermes and Herta entered the Great Ming Dynasty, where snow fell beneath three suns shortly after the new ruler had ascended the throne.
• Wei Zhongxian entered Qianyuan Palace to announce the emperor's meal, but the emperor's gaze overwhelmed him and sent him to his knees.
• After Wei Zhongxian withdrew, the emperor wondered where Herta had gone and whether she was on a different timeline.

Hermes, incarnated as Emperor Zhu Yimo of the Great Ming Dynasty, assessed the fused world and considered how to build a Martial Dao system capable of supporting its ascension. After summoning Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Yimo ordered a meal and requested that Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian be summoned.

• Hermes examined the fused world's intersecting timelines and rules while developing ideas for a Martial Dao system.
• Hermes reflected on his identity as Zhu Yimo, the newly enthroned emperor who had inherited the throne after other imperial heirs shifted responsibility onto him.
• Zhu Yimo considered the Great Ming's eunuchs and officials, including Wei Zhongxian, Cao Zhengchun, Yu Huatian, Liu Jin, Wang Zhi, Deng He, Zhu Wushi, and Guo Juxia, as resources for his plans.
• Zhu Yimo summoned Wei Zhongxian, whose awe of the emperor deepened after witnessing his majesty.
• Zhu Yimo agreed to eat first and ordered Wei Zhongxian to summon Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian.

Zhu Yimo summoned Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian, condemning the forces exploiting Great Ming’s crisis and hinting that someone must answer for the strange snow. He judged the depot chiefs’ martial arts inadequate and granted each a new cultivation method.

• Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian arrived at Qianyuan Palace and respectfully greeted Zhu Yimo.
• Zhu Yimo warned that people were scheming amid the strange snowfall, and Yu Huatian and Cao Zhengchun pledged their depots’ loyalty and offered suspects to punish.
• Cao Zhengchun reported that the rumored duel between Ximen Feixue and Ye Gucheng might conceal a plot involving Prince Pingnan.
• Zhu Yimo decided that someone should take responsibility for the crisis, and both depot chiefs agreed to act against the supposed monstrous evils.
• Zhu Yimo judged Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian’s martial foundations insufficient and imprinted a new cultivation method into each man’s mind.

Zhu Yimo strengthened his rule and cultivated the Martial Dao before confronting an otherworldly Martial God who tried to travel into the past and claim the era. Hermes withdrew from Zhu Yimo’s world and discussed the challenges of avatar techniques with Herta.

• Zhu Yimo granted Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian the Three Yang Blood Replacement and Great Yin God Transformation techniques, then considered how to strengthen the forces under his command and manage Zhu Wushi.
• Zhu Yimo studied the laws of the Martial Dao world while consolidating imperial power and preparing to purge the court.
• An unparalleled Martial God descended from beyond the heavens and traveled upstream through time to stop Zhu Yimo, and the two powers confronted each other across time and space.
• Hermes withdrew his will from Zhu Yimo’s world and judged the Martial God’s arrival a potential test for the Martial Dao.
• Herta struggled to use avatar techniques, and Hermes explained that her quick progress was impressive despite her limited mastery of Cosmic Truth.

Jing Yuan dealt with new troubles on the Luofu while reflecting on its lack of capable successors, then recognized Qing Que as an exceptional talent. He ended the chapter pleased that she had finished her duties early and gone to play cards.

• Oswald Schneider fled the IPC with confidential documents and became a target for Diamond and his many enemies.
• Fu Xuan told Jing Yuan that Oswald was hiding in a star system near the Luofu, and Jing Yuan asked her to find out whether the Alliance wanted the documents.
• Jing Yuan worried that Yanqing and Fu Xuan were not ready to succeed him as General, but thought the Luofu had found a promising new talent during its recent turmoil.
• Jing Yuan contacted Yanqing and learned that Qing Que had finished her official duties and gone to the Sizhi Chess and Cards Parlor.
• Jing Yuan praised Qing Que's work, while Yanqing objected that she had left early to slack off.

Qing Que struggled to understand why Jing Yuan was treating her as a peerless genius and burdening her with major duties, while her friends praised her achievements and urged her to expect a promotion. The chapter left Qing Que heading to play cards with March 7th and the Stellaron Spirit after they recalled the Luofu Four Heroes’ exploits.

• Jing Yuan decided Qing Que’s [Emperor] title and achievements made her a candidate for a Heavenly General, whom he considered naming Qing Luan Heavenly General.
• Qing Que left Changle Heaven early and spotted the Stellaron Spirit eyeing a trash can while March 7th tried to restrain her.
• Qing Que teased the Stellaron Spirit about trash-can blind boxes, then invited her and March 7th to find Bailu for a card game.
• Qing Que complained that Jing Yuan had piled administrative work on her after she cleared the Luofu’s story dungeons during Phantylia’s attack.
• March 7th and the Stellaron Spirit praised Qing Que’s role in capturing Danshu and Hulei, helping Bailu, and confronting Phantylia.

Qing Que, Bailu, March 7th, and A Xing decided to challenge the Phantylia dungeon, hoping to claim its first clear. Jing Yuan, Himeko, and Welt watched as the group entered, leaving the challenge about to begin.

• Qing Que led Bailu, March 7th, and A Xing around the Xianzhou and played Emperor's Jade Card with them.
• A Xing proposed challenging the dungeon [The Interweaving of Destruction and Abundance · Phantylia's Aesthetics], and the group agreed to attempt a first clear.
• Guinaifen and Sushang entered the dungeon after Sushang claimed she had learned Great Void Swordplay secrets from her mother.
• Stelle, Qing Que, Bailu, March 7th, and A Xing entered the dungeon as a party.
• Jing Yuan stopped Himeko from entering, and Himeko opened a virtual screen so she, Jing Yuan, and Welt could watch the group's run.

Qing Que, March 7th, Stelle, and Bailu fought through a recreated Luofu crisis and faced Jingliu, whose swordsmanship overwhelmed the group. Qing Que sealed Jingliu with nine Diheng Qiongyu tiles, and the team continued toward the next stage as Jing Yuan questioned whether the dungeon's Jingliu was an exact recreation.

• March 7th unleashed a rain of ice arrows to clear the Abundance creatures and mara-struck Cloud Knights from the streets.
• Jingliu attacked the group with devastating sword techniques, nearly leaving Stelle traumatized and forcing Bailu to rescue her.
• While March 7th and Bailu endured Jingliu's attacks, Qing Que calmly prepared nine Diheng Qiongyu tiles around the swordswoman.
• Qing Que used the tiles' linked runes to pin Jingliu in place and remarked that she hoped to face her swordsmanship again in reality.
• Jing Yuan watched the group advance beyond Jingliu's stage and asked Himeko whether the dungeon had recreated Jingliu exactly.

After Qing Que and the others struggled against the dungeon’s overwhelming versions of Jingliu and Phantylia, they returned to reality and prepared to part ways. Qingzu arrived with a special invitation from Jing Yuan, who wanted Qing Que at a banquet for the Stellaron Train guests.

• Himeko confirmed that she had upgraded the dungeon before the group entered, and Jing Yuan concluded that Qing Que’s strength made her Luofu’s future successor.
• Phantylia attacked the four girls with a Planet Rain, and A Xing tried to bat the falling planets away before being knocked out of the dungeon.
• March 7th complained about the dungeon’s extreme difficulty, while Qing Que wondered whether she had been baited by how closely its enemies matched reality.
• The group left the dungeon, shared Bailu’s Star Taro Boba Milk Tea, and prepared to say goodbye to March 7th and Star.
• Qingzu appeared and invited the group to Jing Yuan’s banquet, emphasizing that Jing Yuan had especially invited Qing Que.

Qing Que was unexpectedly appointed the Luofu’s new Heavenly General after Jing Yuan gave her the gilded seal, and her power manifested as an enormous Azure Luan. Grieving the loss of her carefree life, she chose the title General Diheng and accepted her new position.

• Jing Yuan invited Qing Que and the Stellaron Train guests to the Divisional Command, then handed Qing Que a gilded seal.
• Jing Yuan declared Qing Que the Luofu’s new Garrison Heavenly General, explaining that her recognized genius and service during the crisis made her appointment legitimate.
• Qing Que protested that she was unqualified and lamented that becoming a general would cost her days off and her beloved Diheng Qiongyu.
• Qing Que’s Path power surged, forming an Azure Luan whose wings enveloped the Luofu as its cry announced her rise.
• Qing Que rejected the title Azure Luan General and named herself General Diheng, while Jing Yuan cautioned her about the title’s implications.

Qing Que became the Luofu’s General and immediately put Fu Xuan in charge of arranging a meeting with the Six Yuxias. Hermes reflected on how Jing Yuan’s guidance had helped Qing Que rise, then explored Jade Pool Valley and met Li Bai at Qiaoying Village’s pier.

• March 7th admired Qing Que’s promotion and considered pursuing the Path of Memory to keep up with her.
• Fu Xuan visited Qing Que after news of her appointment spread, and Qing Que tasked her with arranging a gathering of the Six Yuxias.
• Hermes traced Qing Que’s rise to Jing Yuan’s training and chose not to rush his investigation into Great Ming.
• Hermes visited Qiaoying Village’s pier, invited Li Bai to join him on a boat ride, and heard the boatman recommend Yilong Port.

Su Mo and Li Bai met Hu Tao on a sightseeing boat and discussed Zhongli’s hidden strength and the turmoil surrounding Teyvat’s Hilichurls and Khaenri’ah survivors. As they headed toward Liyue to see what would happen with Zhongli, Su Mo recognized that the Hilichurl Curse was a world-level grand curse.

• Su Mo and Li Bai boarded a sightseeing boat, and Hu Tao used Star Power to join them.
• Li Bai told Hu Tao that Zhongli had attained the Dao and become a Star Lord, surprising her because Wangsheng Funeral Parlor had nearly gone bankrupt over one of his bills.
• Hu Tao asked whether Su Mo and Li Bai were cultivators, and the two privately resolved to visit Liyue and watch Zhongli’s situation unfold.
• Hu Tao mentioned Lumine’s Brother, the Khaenri’ah survivors, and the Hilichurls, while Li Bai said he believed Phanes had been right to punish Khaenri’ah.
• Su Mo reflected on the curse’s function and concluded that the Hilichurl Curse was a world-level grand curse.

Hermes left Hu Tao and Li Bai after considering ways to improve the Star Crown Garden and recruit Floze for a culinary path. Back in the Garden, he found the Chat Group welcoming Motoo Aiya, who recognized several members and identified Hermes as a character from a popular novel.

• Su Mo excused himself from Hu Tao and Li Bai, and Hu Tao invited him to visit the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and try Xiangling's cooking.
• Su Mo considered creating a more efficient way to cleanse negative energy and establishing a path of cuisine, possibly by inviting Floze to the Star Crown Garden.
• Hermes returned to the Garden and reflected on Li Bai's rapid cultivation and the prospect of more Star Masters emerging.
• Hermes checked the Chat Group and saw Motoo Aiya excitedly react to joining and make an inappropriate request to Hexi.
• The members discussed familiar stories and games in Motoo Aiya's world, and Motoo Aiya recognized Hermes as a character from Tree and Sea: Infinity Mobius.

The Chat Group learned the outline of Hermes’s original story, in which he became Infinity Mobius but failed to save Cyrene and lost his Hometown, Hesperides. Hermes then sensed that DEM had captured Motoo Aiya and sent her a red packet to help her escape.

• Motoo Aiya explained that Hermes had traveled through the Honkai: Star Rail world, reached Amphoreus, and carried the memories of its thirty million reincarnations to save everything.
• Motoo Aiya said Hermes returned to Hesperides, smelted everything he possessed into Infinity Mobius, and spread his existence throughout the Tree and Sea multiverse.
• The Chat Group discussed Hermes’s attainment of the Dao and the loneliness that followed Cyrene’s death.
• Hermes remembered Hesperides, where his mother was buried, and described how its civilization had been lost despite his later restoration efforts.
• Hermes sensed that DEM had captured Motoo Aiya and sent her a red packet so she could escape.

Hermes realized that Heaven rewards diligence was the manifestation of his own infinite origin, and that his future identity as Infinity Mobius could not be erased by changing the past. The Chat Group welcomed Motoo Aiya and Unohana Retsu as members.

• Motoo Aiya thanked the others and logged off after her situation was settled.
• Hermes saw the Infinity Mobius wheel and understood that his present self and future self were one, with causality and time unable to separate them.
• Hermes concluded that his limitless growth came from his own origin and joked that his achievements came from his hard work.
• Luo Qianqiu and Chen Nan discussed Motoo Aiya's endurance, while Cynthia reflected on the cruelty of other worlds.
• Luo Qianqiu welcomed Unohana Retsu to the Chat Group, and Hexi called the new members cute girls.
• Unohana Retsu said she had never been called a girl before, and Lumine explained Hexi's unusual age standards.

The chat group discussed the merged Great Ming Wuxia World and Hermes’s encounter with a peerless Martial God, while Li Hanyi explained why she had abandoned her planned duel with Zhao Yuzhen and cultivated in seclusion. She revealed that her Sword Dao had changed to contend with the Heavenly Mandate, and the chapter ended with the group discussing the dangers of abandoning a struggle for the throne.

• Hexi, Lumine, and Luo Qianqiu discussed the long lifespans of the Angel Civilization, while Li Hanyi questioned Ning Qingyu about the power of his world.
• Luo Qianqiu learned that The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world had merged with [Wind and Cloud], and Hermes said powerful experts and the force behind Yue Buqun were occupied by him.
• Ning Qingyu felt relieved that he had not tried to monopolize the opportunity in his world, and Li Hanyi lamented that her Sword Dao was not yet complete enough to challenge the Martial God Dao.
• Sikong Changfeng visited Li Hanyi in Snow Moon City and asked why she had returned from her planned duel with Zhao Yuzhen and secluded herself for over a year.
• Li Hanyi said seeing Zhao Yuzhen would have drawn her into the torrent of Heavenly Mandate, revealed her new Sword Dao, and ordered Sikong Changfeng to leave her to cultivate.
• Luo Qianqiu, Chen Nan, and Hermes discussed Sikong Changfeng, Xiao Se, and the rule that those who enter a struggle for the throne must either succeed or die.