Chapter Summaries

Motoo Aiya used a Philosopher's Stone to escape the secret base that had been experimenting on her, then settled in an apartment in Akihabara. In the Chat Group, Luo Qianqiu livestreamed her power at Chiaki Shrine, inspiring Hana Yurikawa to resolve to cultivate harder and eat an extra bowl at every meal.

• Luo Qianqiu and the others discussed Motoo Aiya's escape and revealed that she was Raziel, a guardian angel associated with Wisdom.
• Motoo Aiya received a Star Rail version of the Philosopher's Stone from Hermes and used it to escape the secret base.
• Motoo Aiya redirected a meteor to destroy the island and the base, then appeared safely in an apartment in Akihabara.
• Motoo Aiya reported that the island was gone, and Luo Qianqiu started a livestream from above Chiaki Shrine.
• Luo Qianqiu dispelled the Anomalies and Evil Spirits surrounding the shrine, and Hana Yurikawa vowed to cultivate properly by eating an extra bowl of rice at every meal.

Luo Qianqiu traced a link through Mahiru Shiina to Enma Ai’s Hell and opened a passage toward it. Meanwhile, Unohana Retsu tested Ichigo Kurosaki in battle, then let Yoruichi Shihoin take him away and turned her attention to exploring the other world’s Hell.

• Luo Qianqiu followed the connection through Mahiru Shiina and identified Enma Ai as the Hell Girl.
• Luo Qianqiu used her divine power to open a black passage into Hell, where Yotsuya Miko saw Ox-Head and Horse-Face driving Evil Spirits onward.
• Unohana Retsu challenged Ichigo Kurosaki and praised how quickly his power and battle instincts had developed.
• Ichigo Kurosaki declared he would not give up on Rukia, and Unohana Retsu prepared to strike him with her Multiple Dimension Folding Slash.
• Yoruichi Shihoin rescued Ichigo Kurosaki with Flash Step, and Unohana Retsu decided to investigate the other world’s Hell.

Luo Qianqiu discovered that the crimson moon was an ancient Evil God beginning to awaken, and warned countries to prepare for increased evil activity. After recovering from the strain of seeing its true form, she asked the Chat Group’s experts why investigating it had caused such a severe backlash.

• Hermes warned Luo Qianqiu to look at the moon, and she used her Netherworld Heavenly Eyes to identify it as the ancient Evil God Ominous Blood Moon.
• Luo Qianqiu suffered a painful backlash from examining the Blood Moon, while Mahiru Shiina and the shrine maidens tried to help her recover.
• Luo Qianqiu ordered Haruno Yukinoshita to warn more than thirteen countries that the Blood Moon showed signs of awakening and to crack down on evil cults and Blood Sacrifices.
• Luo Qianqiu reassured the shrine maidens, told them to cultivate, and promised the Chat Group she would kill the Blood Moon when it awakened.
• Luo Qianqiu asked Hermes and Old Ink why investigating the Star-class Evil God had caused her backlash.

Luo Qianqiu faced the awakening threat of the Ominous Blood Moon without asking Hermes Brother for help, while Hermes advanced his Path Attainment by shaping the Great Universe. The chapter ended with the universe’s laws and energies cycling and expanding, making Hermes infinitely stronger.

• Hermes Brother explained that the Ominous Blood Moon had harvested and assimilated entire eras, allowing it to exist across the spacetime it had consumed.
• Binchotan told Luo Qianqiu she had begun cultivating and promised to help her fight when she grew stronger, and Luo Qianqiu welcomed her support.
• Luo Qianqiu vowed to refine the Ominous Blood Moon with her Phoenix Divine Fire, provoking its anger and turning all of Earth blood-red.
• Luo Qianqiu recognized that the Ominous Blood Moon had not fully awakened and chose to build her strength rather than ask Hermes Brother to intervene.
• Hermes Brother approved of Luo Qianqiu’s resolve, then traveled to the Thunder Pool to observe the Great Universe taking shape.
• Hermes merged his Ancestral Qi with the universe’s cycles and guided its laws, dimensions, and worlds, growing stronger with every passing second.

Hermes planned to use the Star Crown Garden as a fulcrum to leverage the Multiverse, but Buer interrupted his cultivation over suspicious souls in the Sea of Guixu. As the souls appeared, Hermes recognized several names and called on them to wake.

• Hermes explained his Leverage Dao Proving Technique: using the Star Crown Garden's place in the great universe to claim a share of the Tree Sea Multiverse's power.
• Buer reported that souls in the Sea of Guixu bore no marks of the Tree Sea Multiverse, and Hermes took her there to investigate.
• Buer criticized the Sea of Guixu's crude handling of negative energy and argued that its processes should be refined and its dead properly settled.
• Hermes agreed that the Sea of Guixu needed more careful administration and considered assigning Naberius and Ronavah to oversee its work.
• Ghostly radiance gathered into unfamiliar souls, and Hermes called out to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Kochou Kanae, and Alice to wake.

Hermes awakened Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Kochou Kanae, and Alice in the Sea of Guixu, while Alice used her Spiritual Vision to examine him. The chapter left Alice realizing that Hermes was an immensely ancient god with roots in both Eastern and Western pantheons.

• Hermes called Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Kochou Kanae, and Alice awake, then nourished Kanae’s soul to help her regain consciousness.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi sensed Hermes’s divine nature and knelt in remorse over his failures and his lost chance to help his world ascend.
• Alice activated her Spiritual Vision and interpreted Yoriichi as a world-saving hero and Hermes as a god bestowing blessings upon him.
• Alice examined Hermes and perceived him in shifting forms, eventually recognizing him as an ancient god with complex Eastern and Western mythological roots.

Hermes revealed his vast nature and origins to Alice, shattering her understanding of mythology and humanity’s ability to restrain divine beings. He then offered Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kochou Kanae a chance to start over, leaving them to consider what they would do with it.

• Alice knelt before Hermes and listened as he and Buer discussed the Divine Path System of her world.
• Hermes asked Alice to look at him, and her Spiritual Vision showed that he was a Walking Myth whose identities and legends spanned countless worlds and creation myths.
• Alice realized that humanity had no means to restrain beings like Hermes and feared that the World-Ending Calamities would one day return.
• Hermes addressed Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kochou Kanae, asking whether they could give him a satisfying answer if they had a chance to start over.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi reacted eagerly to the possibility of another chance, while Kochou Kanae wept as she thought of Shinobu, Kanao, and her other sisters.

Hermes sent Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kochou Kanae to the Demon Slayer world, where they awakened with cultivation methods and prayed to the High God. After sending Alice back to her world, Hermes planned a trip to Penacony with Buer, hoping she would forge her own path.

• The High God sent Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kochou Kanae to the Demon Slayer world, where they awakened in an abandoned shrine and prayed to the High God.
• Hermes praised Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Kochou Kanae, then told Alice to return because she had not welcomed the Miracle with a sincere heart.
• Alice awakened in her room, dismissed her worried maids, and regretted missing her chance to move the High God.
• Hermes considered using Alice's connection to the Campione Worldview to find Zhang Zhiwei's world, while Buer tried unsuccessfully to restrict Quantum Truth's cross-world travel.
• Hermes told Buer to stop working and invited her to Penacony to meet Dr. Chadwick and seek a new path of cultivation.

Hermes reconsidered his cultivation path after realizing Infinity Mobius had already completed the work he had planned to do. He turned to the Chat Group and learned that Lü Dongbin’s plan to outwit a mechanical world will had unexpectedly failed at the last moment.

• Hermes reflected on Buer’s superior foundations and considered how to help her avoid fading into obscurity.
• Hermes decided he no longer needed to derive more Cosmic Truths or follow his original plans for space-time and the Star Crown Garden, since Infinity Mobius had completed those steps.
• Hermes concluded that the Tree and Sea Multiverse could develop on its own while he looked outward for new paths and companions to discuss the Dao.
• Hermes opened the Chat Group and saw Luo Qianqiu ask Lü Dongbin how his plan was progressing.
• Zhang Zhiwei and Index expressed surprise that Lü Dongbin had struggled against a mechanical world will.
• Lü Dongbin explained that his plan had nearly succeeded, but it had suddenly ended just before completion.

Lü Dongbin discovered that his Heavenly Dao was developing into the Balance Heavenly Dao and glimpsed the Wheel of Balance, a formidable force spanning past and future. Meanwhile, the group discussed Konan’s progress, the Sword Realm, and Hexi’s interest in advanced energy technology.

• Lü Dongbin revealed that his Heavenly Dao was evolving from the balance of good and evil into the Balance Heavenly Dao, and he saw the Wheel of Balance in the future.
• Lü Dongbin resolved to face the Balance Heavenly Dao himself and concealed his presence with Invert Yin and Yang.
• Luo Qianqiu asked whether Li Hanyi had sensed the Sword Realm, and Chen Nan and Hermes explained that it was a world formed from swordsmen’s intent and will.
• Konan admitted she had only recently subdued Teacher Jiraiya and had not yet conquered the Ninja World, prompting Chen Nan, Zhang Zhiwei, and Hermes to discuss using Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Luo Qianqiu urged Hexi to focus on energy research, and Lumine offered to sell her advanced energy technology, which Hexi agreed to discuss privately.

Kikyo discovered Higurashi Kagome, a girl who looked exactly like her and carried the Jewel of Four Souls, prompting Hermes to suspect that the Sacred Tree connected separate worlds rather than past and future. He sent Kikyo and Yakumo Yukari to investigate, while Kikyo worried about the fates awaiting Kagome and another version of herself.

• Kikyo told the group that she had met Higurashi Kagome, who resembled her and carried the Jewel of Four Souls.
• Hermes reasoned that Kagome might come from a parallel world and ordered Kikyo to investigate the Sacred Tree with Yakumo Yukari.
• Hermes imagined the possibility of having three Kikyos, making Kikyo blush and leaving Luo Qianqiu envious.
• Kikyo opened a livestream and watched Kagome near the Sacred Tree as Yakumo Yukari joined her.
• Kikyo asked Yakumo Yukari whether the Sacred Tree could reveal other worlds and worried about Kagome's and another Kikyo's likely fates.

Kikyo and Yakumo Yukari found the Sacred Tree, while the Chat Group discussed Yukari’s wasted potential and Luo Qianqiu asked Lü Dongbin for help. Kikyo let Higurashi Kagome face a demon to awaken her inherited spiritual power, but the demon seized her.

• Yakumo Yukari and Kikyo found the Sacred Tree, which could help summon their Divine Master without requiring him to come in person.
• Hermes, Lü Dongbin, Aozaki Touko, and Zhang Zhiwei lamented Yakumo Yukari’s squandered origins and potential.
• Luo Qianqiu asked Lü Dongbin to help her in Zhang Zhiwei’s alternate Campione world, but Lü Dongbin said he could not leave his world safely.
• Kikyo ignored Yakumo Yukari’s question about her expression and said it was not yet time to help Higurashi Kagome.
• Higurashi Kagome fled a centipede-like demon, screamed when it caught her, and the demon sensed an intoxicating scent from her.

Higurashi Kagome unleashed her Exorcism Spiritual Power against a centipede demon and met Kikyo and Yakumo Yukari, who took her along. In the group chat, Hermes discussed the Campione World and Madam Aisha, leaving Zhang Zhiwei wondering what was unusual about the three Campiones in his world.

• Higurashi Kagome’s disgust at the centipede demon’s licking sent her Exorcism Spiritual Power berserk, blasting away most of its body.
• Kikyo praised Higurashi Kagome’s potential as a miko, and Yakumo Yukari laughed at Kagome’s admiration of their beauty.
• Kikyo closed the Live Stream Room and took Higurashi Kagome along to discuss things on the way.
• Hermes told the group that Alice Louise Eve Nafal had visited from the Campione World and that his Quantum · Cosmic Truth had begun drawing people across Worldviews.
• Hermes said Madam Aisha could be considered either a different person or the same person, and that she was exceptionally difficult to kill.
• Zhang Zhiwei wondered whether something was wrong with Madam Aisha and reflected that the three Campiones in his world seemed unfathomable.

Hermes assigned Naberius and Ronavah to establish a basic life-and-death cycle for the Star Crown Garden and offered the four Goddesses authority as Heavenly Principles Maintainers. Their devotion moved him, and he wondered whether Infinity Mobius had changed time to reclaim what it had lost, including Cyrene.

• Hermes discussed with the Chat Group whether Emperor Ming might be a transmigrator and noted the mysteries surrounding the three Campiones who had faced the Last King.
• Hermes assigned Naberius and Ronavah to build a simple life-and-death cycle, postponing any reincarnation system until conditions were suitable.
• Ronavah and Naberius agreed that they could handle the task using the Great Universe authority granted by Hermes.
• Hermes invited the four Goddesses to become Heavenly Principles Maintainers, and they accepted his offer with gratitude.
• Hermes reflected on his attachment to the Star Crown Garden and wondered whether Infinity Mobius had tried to reclaim what it had lost, including Cyrene.

Hermes studied the Immortal True Spirit method while considering ways to resurrect Phanes, then detected an unlocalized outsider in the Star Crown Garden. He traced the intrusion to the Kindling Realm and went to investigate the outsider near Murata Himeko’s world administrator’s office.

• Hermes used the Chat Group to obtain the Immortal True Spirit method and analyzed it with the Heavenly Principles Maintainer’s computational assistance.
• Hermes considered several possible resurrection methods for Phanes but decided to keep studying the Immortal True Spirit method to create a mature approach.
• Hermes sensed an outsider in the Star Crown Garden and traced clues that were not connected to Quantum Truth’s salvage.
• Hermes appeared beside Murata Himeko as she managed the Kindling Realm’s rules and watched over its First Cause flame.
• Hermes turned his attention toward the outsider’s location in the Kindling Realm.

Jin Russell and Lily Liser entered a Kindling Realm dungeon to seek a Kindling Invitation that could help restore their ruined Community, no nome. Sacred Oath Holder explained how they could obtain one, leaving them to face the first floor of Rarala Dungeon.

• Jin Russell and Lily Liser entered a dungeon with the last resources of no nome and a Gift crafted by the Halloween Queen.
• They encountered Sacred Oath Holder, a five-digit Demigod guarding the dungeon, who mistook them for young adventurers seeking training.
• Jin learned that Kindling Invitations were dungeon drops needed to solidify a World Anchor and travel between the Kindling Realm and Little Garden.
• Sacred Oath Holder told Jin and Lily they could obtain a Kindling Invitation by conquering the first floor of Rarala Dungeon, the Nilo Corridor.

Hermes explained why he wanted access to Little Garden, an unusually welcoming Multiverse, while weighing the strength of its highest-ranked beings. In Rarala Dungeon, Jin Russell and Lily Liser faced the first floor’s Golden King Beast and prepared to use Black Rabbit’s trump card.

• Hermes told Murata Himeko that Little Garden welcomed outsiders and explained that its creators had built it to favor Gods and Buddhas.
• Hermes considered the uncertain power of Little Garden’s Second Digits and said Infinity Mobius could intervene if needed.
• Jin Russell and Lily Liser defeated the dungeon’s ordinary monsters and two elite Rifthounds before reaching the Golden King Beast.
• Jin and Lily recognized the Golden King Beast as a five-digit Demigod and decided to use the trump card Black Rabbit had given them.

Jin Russell and Lily Liser defeated the Golden King Beast with Gifts from Black Rabbit and secured the [Kindling Invitation]. They encountered Hermes, who revealed himself as the creator of the world, while his growing Cosmic Truth of [Pure Beauty] made his ascension to godhood inevitable.

• Jin Russell and Lily Liser used the Gifts Black Rabbit had given them to trap and slay the Golden King Beast.
• Jin collected the kindling and [Kindling Invitation], and the two children used Dimensional Random Teleportation to stabilize the Invitation.
• Hermes appeared beside Jin and Lily, who recognized him as a Second Digit Cosmic Truth.
• Hermes introduced himself as the creator of the world and sensed that [Pure Beauty] was driving him toward ascension to godhood.

Hermes rescued Jin Russell and Lily Liser from the Kindling Realm and took them to Liyue, where they encountered a world transformed by new rules and technology. Murata Himeko resolved to become more useful, while Zhongli and Li Bai sensed Hermes’s arrival and wondered if the Supreme Principle/Patriarch Primordial Beginning had descended.

• Hermes introduced himself to Jin Russell and Lily Liser as Lord Hermes, accepted their apologies, and brought them from the Kindling Realm to rest in the main world.
• Murata Himeko watched Hermes depart and reflected on her desire to contribute to building the world, unaware that Hermes admired her pure resolve and steady progress as a Star Lord.
• Hermes took Jin Russell and Lily Liser to Liyue, intending to collect a meal owed by Hall Master Hu.
• At Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Zhongli discussed changes to the life-and-death cycle with Hall Master Hu while Li Bai asked whether Zhongli recognized Su Mo; they then sensed a powerful aura and looked outside.
• Hermes led Jin Russell and Lily Liser through Liyue, where the two noticed its distinct atmosphere and residents mistook Hermes for a powerful Star Lord.

Hermes brought Jin Russell and Lily Liser to Wan Ming Tang for a meal, where they met Hu Tao, Zhongli, Xiangling, and Li Bai. As Zhongli noticed the children’s unusual divine aura, he asked Hermes where they had come from.

• A Liyue restaurant owner mistook Hermes’s visit for the arrival of a major figure and sent word to Ningguang, while Hermes laughed at the commotion.
• Hermes arrived at Wan Ming Tang with Jin Russell and Lily Liser, and Hu Tao greeted him about their previously agreed meal.
• Zhongli welcomed the guests and arranged a private room, while Jin and Lily recognized him as a Fourth Digit god.
• Xiangling invited the group inside, and Makoshus became overwhelmed by Hermes’s presence.
• After Xiangling and Hu Tao left to prepare the food, Zhongli asked Hermes where Jin and Lily had come from.