Recaps

Chen Li used Merlin’s Day of King Selection trait and What If to show Artoria a world where Morgan became Britain’s king, then brought Hertia back in a temporary body and welcomed her into his home. Artoria chose to leave that world inside the album, while Chen Li’s Miracle Card progress reached two-thirds.

• Chen Li roasted Merlin, extracted his Day of King Selection trait, and used it with a painting of Artoria’s dream to create a world where Morgan pulled the sword and ruled Britain.
• Artoria woke from the dream and, with Artoria Alter, examined the album’s depiction of Morgan’s troubled reign and concluded that Britain had fared no better under her.
• Chen Li used the Great Holy Grail and the Rat Talisman to give Hertia a temporary body, then asked her to revive herself by watching ads.
• Artoria Alter confronted Artoria over becoming Chen Li’s Servant and receiving Avalon’s scabbard, learning that Artoria could supply Chen Li with mana instead of drawing it from him.
• Artoria decided to leave Morgan’s world inside the album rather than make it descend, and Chen Li’s Fictional World Theorist Miracle Card advanced to two-thirds.

After finishing the Holy Grail War in one day, Chen Li sought to raise the Type-Moon Plane Sphere’s star rating by studying Dead Apostles, while Great Herta advised Sirin to use their remaining six days to win Chen Li’s heart. The chapter ended with Sirin considering whether to use a Command Spell to let Chen Li decide where to take her.

• Chen Li reviewed the surviving Servants and collected tens of thousands of unregistered Spirit Origins from Iskandar’s restored Heroic Spirits.
• Chen Li decided to seek four more stars to upgrade the Type-Moon Plane Sphere and began studying Fou, raising the Dead Apostle puzzle piece to two and a half stars.
• Chen Li used Wish Granting to summon Alterhime Brunestud, then summoned Rizoal Strout and Fina Blood Svelten, knocking all three unconscious to study them.
• Great Herta urged Sirin to focus on conquering Chen Li’s heart during the six days they had together.
• Sirin proposed using a Command Spell to let Chen Li choose where to take her, and Great Herta said the tactic might not be enough to win his heart.

Chen Li learned that Root Shiki would appear as a Saber in the Seventh Singularity after he ate part of her connection to the Root, and he sought to resurrect Shiki with Zelretch’s help. After recruiting Zelretch as a Weekly Instance boss, Chen Li found Gudako turned into a chibi monster and climbing all over him.

• Great Herta advised Sirin to seduce Chen Li, break his heart, and comfort him, so Sirin stormed off to find him.
• Chen Li gave Zelretch three Dead Apostles, and Zelretch revealed that Root Shiki would appear in the Seventh Singularity after Chen Li ate part of her connection to the Root.
• Chen Li asked Zelretch to help resurrect Shiki, and Zelretch agreed in exchange for Starstones.
• Chen Li offered Zelretch five hundred Starstones to appear as friendly support in Shiki’s Weekly Instance, and Zelretch accepted.
• Chen Li found Gudako transformed into a chibi yingying monster asking Mash for a hug, then watched her rush over and climb on him.

Sirin found Acheron in Chen Li’s bed and questioned them about the night, but both insisted nothing had happened. Sirin arranged to supervise Chen Li in his room that night, while Acheron reminded him that a Heaven’s Lost Property appeared in his room every morning.

• Sirin discovered Acheron sleeping in Chen Li’s arms and demanded an explanation.
• Acheron and Chen Li both said nothing had happened during the night.
• Sirin agreed to spend the night in Chen Li’s room to supervise him, insisting the arrangement would not use one of her Command Spell opportunities.
• Acheron pointed out that a Heaven’s Lost Property appeared in Chen Li’s room every morning and damaged it.

Acheron and Chen Li dealt with a Heaven's Lost Property that turned out to be an evolving phoenix, while Sirin appraised it and Chen Li distributed its copies for research and training. At breakfast, Chen Li spoke with Ritsuka Fujimaru about Acheron joining the Second Singularity, then called Hertia to bring him pudding.

• Acheron stopped Chen Li from speaking and asked him to call her Mei before a meteor crashed through the ceiling; she cut the arriving Heaven's Lost Property in half.
• Sirin appraised the two fat birds and discovered they were phoenixes that split off attack-adapted copies and evolved by consuming them.
• Chen Li split the white bird into two and sent one to Mobius for Hua's surgery and the other to Fu Hua for training; he ate the black bird himself.
• Ritsuka Fujimaru met Acheron, and Chen Li offered to send her to help at the Second Singularity, but Ritsuka refused because he wanted his past self to face the trials.
• Chen Li asked Hertia to bring pudding, and her appearance caught Ritsuka Fujimaru's attention.

Chen Li explained how his Plane Sphere let Moon World rules function in other worlds, then tested the Carnival Phantasm Holy Grail’s malicious answers to wishes. He stored the dangerous gag Holy Grail and considered saving both Holy Grails for exploring new worlds.

• Hertia served Chen Li and Ritsuka Fujimaru pudding, and Chen Li explained that a four-star Plane Sphere could make another world’s rules descend, though his own was still only three stars.
• Chen Li confirmed that Avalon could block most damage under the Moon World’s rules, and Ritsuka learned Sparkle had borrowed the original Friends Circle.
• Chen Li asked the gag Holy Grail how to deal with women who pursued him, and it produced a kitchen knife and suggested he become a girl; he emerged from behind Hertia’s curtain with the knife.
• Chen Li explained that the knife could turn a boy into a girl when Moon World rules applied, and Sirin asked the Holy Grail for a way to remove her romantic rivals before stabbing it.
• Chen Li used a Poké Ball to store the gag Holy Grail and decided not to use either of Acheron’s Carnival Phantasm Holy Grails casually, considering them useful for exploring new worlds.

Chen Li and his companions wrapped up matters from the Fourth Holy Grail War, then returned to the Honkai Impact 3rd world to pursue new plans. After Merlin endured a day and night on the Miraculous Forging Platform, Chen Li caught him trying to escape with an illusion and began negotiating for his illusion skills.

• Ritsuka Fujimaru said Zouken Makiri had regained his sanity, given the Matou family fortune to Matou Sakura, and left Fuyuki City.
• Chen Li decided to send Kirei Kotomine to KonoSuba and considered forging the Land of the Past into a Two-star Artifact.
• Chen Li remembered Merlin and used Holy Grail’s Reconciliation Knife, accidentally mixing it up with the knife that turned boys into girls.
• Merlin emerged from a day and night on the Miraculous Forging Platform, but Chen Li saw through his illusion by following its floating attributes and caught him.
• Sirin used a Command Spell to demand that Merlin be controlled and teach her high-level illusions.
• Chen Li told Merlin he had convinced Alaya to return Artoria’s body, then threatened him with a knife while seeking friendly negotiations.

Chen Li pressured Merlin to help him obtain illusion abilities, using threatening kitchen knives and a fear-inducing alarm clock. Merlin proposed that Chen Li target the Merlin projection from the Seventh Singularity, leaving Chen Li stunned by Merlin’s willingness to sacrifice himself.

• Chen Li confronted Merlin with two dangerous kitchen knives, and Merlin abruptly praised Chen Li to avoid being attacked.
• Sirin told Chen Li that Sparkle had borrowed Judgment of All Things to get Ritsuka Fujimaru a Solomon King of Fist Manual, reminding Merlin of how he had once been forced to write one.
• Chen Li asked Merlin about his illusion abilities, and Merlin said Merli knew nothing about illusions.
• Chen Li sent Sparkle a Reverse Direction Alarm Clock, then used another one to frighten Merlin into quickly finding a way to help him obtain illusion abilities.
• Merlin suggested killing the Merlin projection from the Seventh Singularity to obtain his illusion skills, and Chen Li was shocked that Merlin was willing to sell out his own projection.

Chen Li took Merlin’s illusion ability, replaced it, and made Merlin Artoria’s Pixie rather than sending him straight back to the Tower of Isolation. Chen Li then gave Merlin a Negative Artifact that let other people read his mind, leaving Merlin to test it.

• Chen Li extracted Merlin’s illusion ability, gave it to Sirin, restored Merlin’s ability with Fictionalize, and paid him with Starstones and a Friends Circle Terminal.
• Chen Li arranged for Merlin to become Artoria’s Pixie, and Artoria captured him in a Poké Ball.
• Sirin suggested planting a coordinate in the Tower of Isolation so they could visit Merlin and farm coins from him.
• Chen Li split Beast King Transformation [Lion King] and used Fictionalize to make one complete belt for each Artoria.
• Chen Li gave Merlin the Negative Artifact Realm of Self-Examination, which let other people read Merlin’s mind when he opened it.
• Merlin pressed the mirror’s button and saw his own face reflected in it.

Chen Li turned Merlin into an Artifact Wielder, and Merlin’s attempt to test a kitchen knife transformed him into a girl. Chen Li then brought Kirei Kotomine and Kallen Olsensia to their new home, leaving Kirei wary of Chen Li’s role in the Church’s chaos.

• Chen Li explained the mirror’s powers and drawbacks, then summoned a projection of Merlin and described the benefits of joining the Miraculous Item group.
• Merlin stabbed his projection with the kitchen knife Chen Li identified, and the projection’s gains transformed Merlin into a silver-haired girl when it vanished.
• Merlin agreed to join the group and asked to accompany Chen Li to the Aqusis Cult, while Sirin protested as Merlin clung to Chen Li.
• Chen Li brought Kirei Kotomine and Kallen Olsensia to a cozy house and told them it would be their home.
• Chen Li noted that the Church abroad was in chaos, and Kirei stayed silent because he feared Chen Li and knew he had helped cause the Church’s troubles.

Chen Li left Kirei Kotomine and Kallen in Aqua’s care, then helped Hua test the results of Mobius’s surgery before inviting her to Himiko’s inauguration. Mobius appraised a gemstone as the Inner Demon Gem suited to Gretel and tried to persuade Chen Li to help her evolve further.

• Chen Li entrusted Kirei Kotomine and Kallen to Aqua, who suggested that Kirei open a mapo tofu shop, and removed Kallen’s Abused Spirit Medium Constitution before leaving.
• Mobius apologized after Hua woke from surgery and explained that she had given Hua a new ability that turned shed hair into Cat Cakes after powerful attacks.
• Chen Li tested Hua’s new ability by flicking her forehead, and Hua’s fallen hair became a Cat Cake that increased her physical resistance and energy when eaten.
• Chen Li invited Hua to observe Himiko’s inauguration and help ensure Himiko became a Herrscher safely.
• Mobius appraised the gemstone and concluded that the Inner Demon Gem suited Gretel better than Elysia because Gretel could use it to create inner demons through her paintings.
• Mobius tempted Chen Li with the prospect of becoming a little girl again, then asked how much she could evolve if they cultivated together.

Mobius urged Hua to cultivate with Chen Li and proposed using his Miracle Crystal to give Elysia a new ability. Chen Li then gathered the group to witness Himiko's transformation into the Seventh Herrscher, while Seele led Dark Seele to meet the Sixth Herrscher.

• Mobius teased Hua about growing stronger by cultivating with Chen Li, then demanded Chen Li pay her for future fusion surgeries.
• Mobius proposed using Chen Li's Miracle Crystal as Elysia's Heaven's Lost Property, and Chen Li agreed to try it.
• Chen Li told Mobius he needed the Destiny Invitation Key to return the power of Equilibrium to the Equilibrium Aeon, startling her with a whispered explanation.
• The group gathered to watch Himiko become the Seventh Herrscher, and Dark Seele complained that Chen Li had skipped the Sixth Herrscher.
• Chen Li teased Dark Seele about combining three Seeles, then Seele took her hand and led her to meet the Sixth Herrscher.

Mobius encouraged Elysia to make a move on Chen Li before her fusion surgery, while Sparkle’s prank on Mobius led to Chen Li trapping her with a Lightbulb Candy. Sparkle tried several ways to get rid of it, but Chen Li ended the chapter by calling Vita over to help deal with her.

• Mobius teased Elysia about falling behind the other girls and whispered a plan for winning Chen Li over before her fusion surgery.
• Sparkle imitated Chen Li to scare Mobius, then offered to help her in exchange for a chance to photograph Chen Li.
• Chen Li caught Sparkle and gave her a Lightbulb Candy, which she put in her mouth and could not remove.
• Sparkle used Merlin's Mind-Reading Mirror to plead with Chen Li, then borrowed the War Correspondent's Pass and tried to make him help digest the candy.
• Chen Li confiscated Sparkle's pass, tied a golden thread to the candy, and summoned Vita, leaving Sparkle dangling from his fishing rod.

Chen Li and Moth Chasing Flame oversaw the ascension of the remaining Herrschers and arranged for them to surrender their cores, join the organization, or take on other roles. The chapter ended with Klein agreeing to join Mobius’s laboratory.

• Chen Li confiscated Sparkle’s Mind-Reading Mirror after she begged him for the Gourmet Cells, while Himiko emerged from the observation room as the newly born Seventh Herrscher.
• Vill-V described her plans for the Second God Key, accepted Chen Li’s Split-Thought Secret Art, and kissed his cheek before Mei resumed the ascension ceremonies.
• The Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Herrschers each surrendered their cores or accepted roles in Moth Chasing Flame, while Ling chose to hand over her core in exchange for Starstones and asked Chen Li to materialize another Herrscher of Corruption Core.
• The remaining Herrschers completed ascension, and Klein agreed to join Mobius’s Biological Laboratory after Blanka encouraged her.
• Mobius welcomed Klein to the laboratory and asked which Herrscher’s authority she had obtained.

Mobius used Elysia’s Beautiful Girl’s Privilege and Herrscher Cores to help Klein create two small clones, then planned Gretel’s fusion surgery. Chen Li freed Sparkle from her candy and fishing-rod torment, while Silver Wolf prepared to join Kafka and Blade on the Xianzhou; Chen Li ended by showing her a Herrscher Core.

• Mobius borrowed Elysia’s Beautiful Girl’s Privilege and had Klein absorb eight Herrscher of a Thousand Cores, allowing Klein to create two small clones.
• Mobius invited Blanka to bring Gretel for fusion surgery and explained that the gemstone would let Gretel paint impressions that could become guardians.
• Chen Li handed Sparkle’s fishing rod to Vita, but Sparkle copied Vita and posed for a selfie until Vita returned the rod.
• Silver Wolf emerged after Chen Li summoned her, and Chen Li freed Sparkle by giving her the projection of Gourmet Cells to eat the Lightbulb Candy.
• Silver Wolf said she was going to the Xianzhou to meet Kafka and Blade, while Chen Li asked about Blade and joked about Kafka’s useless note.
• Silver Wolf offered Chen Li the Holy Grail she had obtained in the First Singularity, but he declined and then asked her if she knew what a Herrscher Core was.

Chen Li rescued Black Swan after Tet caught her trying to read his memories, and Black Swan eagerly reclaimed her protective trait and asked to help make a Light Cone. After Sushang arrested her, Chen Li suspected Black Swan had manipulated her own memories to ensure she was sent to the Imprisonment Prison, though her purpose remained unclear.

• Tet trapped Black Swan in a Crystal Ball after she tried to read his memories, and Chen Li freed her and recovered the Miracle Crystal protecting her.
• Chen Li explained that Black Swan’s trait could draw her toward powerful people and precious memories, but Black Swan reclaimed it and accepted the risks.
• Black Swan asked to create a Light Cone alongside Chen Li the next time he forged a Miraculous Item.
• Sushang arrested Black Swan after Tet reported her for trafficking and molesting a child, and she took Black Swan away on a starskiff.
• Chen Li learned that Sushang was taking Black Swan to the Imprisonment Prison and suspected Black Swan had worsened her own crime to gain entry.

Chen Li created Miraculous Snacks from Star Cup ingredients and listed them for sale, then asked Tet to take him back to the Game Life world so he could explore other worlds for his World Painting Puzzle. Tet refused, preferring to stay on the Xianzhou, and claimed diplomatic immunity as Disboard’s ambassador.

• Chen Li and Tet discussed Black Swan’s plan to enter the Imprisonment Prison, and Chen Li decided he would blame Sparkle if Black Swan’s actions caused trouble.
• Chen Li bit Tet’s Star Cup and used it to create Miraculous Snacks, which restored energy and gained different effects depending on their ingredients.
• Tet tried ten Starstone-based snacks, found that each tasted different, and bought fifty bags of the snacks made with Honkai energy and Star Cup magic.
• Chen Li explained that visiting another world would advance his World Painting Puzzle and asked Tet to return with him to the Game Life world.
• Tet refused to leave the Honkai: Star Rail world, saying Shuvi and Riku could watch over Disboard and that she had diplomatic immunity as its ambassador to the Xianzhou.

Chen Li upgraded his Divine Marrow puzzle and obtained a four-star Game Life Plane Sphere, then learned that Feixiao, Jing Yuan, and Huai Yan had gone to the Imprisonment Prison over the Moe Ying Body. He met the generals at the food stall and asked Huai Yan about his repeated retirements.

• Chen Li took Tet through a thousand other worlds in ten minutes and obtained the Game Life Plane Sphere.
• Chen Li visited the sixteen races and examined Tet’s and the War God’s Divine Marrows, raising his Divine Marrow puzzle to four stars.
• Yun Li told Chen Li she was nearly done gathering Resurrection Cards and asked him to approve her use of one promptly.
• Yun Li explained that Feixiao, Jing Yuan, and Huai Yan had gone to the Imprisonment Prison over the Moe Ying Body.
• Feixiao, Jing Yuan, and Huai Yan returned to the food stall, where Chen Li asked Huai Yan about retiring into seclusion and coming back several times.

Chen Li learned why Huai Yan was so vigorous, then agreed to forge a time-catching Miraculous Item for Feixiao while deciding to leave Black Swan imprisoned for now. Meanwhile, Blade stole Yun Li’s skewers to provoke the Cloud Knight Army, and Yun Li went to fetch her grandfather.

• Feixiao told Chen Li that a Memokeeper had been caught in the Imprisonment Prison, then learned Black Swan had been arrested after Tet reported her for molesting him.
• Chen Li explained Black Swan’s attempt to peer into prisoners’ memories and chose to leave her in prison while Feixiao considered using her to test its security.
• Chen Li began forging Feixiao a Miraculous Item designed to catch up with time, combining entries that included Elation.
• Blade stole Yun Li’s Qiongshi Bird Skewers and encouraged her to summon the Cloud Knight Army.
• Yun Li challenged Blade with her heavy sword, lost, and went to fetch her grandfather, Huai Yan.

After Blade stole Yun Li’s Qiongshi Bird Skewers, Huai Yan confronted him and revealed that Blade was his disciple, Yingxing. Blade ended up unconscious after Huai Yan scolded him for joining the Stellaron Hunters and ordered him to return to forging.

• Blade taunted Yun Li after taking her Qiongshi Bird Skewers, so she ran to fetch her grandfather, Huai Yan.
• Jing Yuan and Huai Yan suspected Blade was a Memokeeper trying to get arrested and enter the Imprisonment Prison, and the generals went to confront him.
• Kafka messaged Blade and learned he was at the Zhuming Xianzhou’s Imprisonment Prison rather than the Luofu’s.
• Huai Yan arrived and scolded Blade, whom he called his disciple Yingxing, for stealing from Yun Li and eating one of her skewers.
• Jing Yuan told Feixiao that the Interastral Peace Corporation had reported Blade’s capture and rescue, and Huai Yan ordered Blade to leave the Stellaron Hunters and forge for a thousand years.
• Blade insisted he wanted to remain a Stellaron Hunter, so Huai Yan punched him unconscious and apologized to Jing Yuan and Feixiao.

Jing Yuan and Huai Yan arranged to take Blade back to the Zhuming Xianzhou, while Chen Li finished a Miraculous Item for Feixiao that let her travel to and interfere with points in her past. Feixiao agreed to let Chen Li extract the Yaoging Xianzhou’s attributes, then learned the device’s charging range reached back to the moment she first took shape.

• Jing Yuan agreed to help Huai Yan extradite Blade to the Zhuming Xianzhou, and Huai Yan dragged Blade away while telling Yun Li to stay with Jing Yuan.
• Chen Li learned Blade had been captured over Yun Li’s skewered birds and decided not to intervene.
• Chen Li showed Feixiao the hamster-wheel-shaped One-star Artifact he had forged and explained that it was called Phenomenal Record.
• Feixiao ran in the wheel until Chen Li revealed that it stored energy and could send her back to a past point in her life, where she could interfere with events.
• Feixiao agreed to let Chen Li extract the Yaoging Xianzhou’s attributes in exchange for using the Miraculous Item.
• Chen Li warned Feixiao that its charging range extended back to when her body first took shape, prompting her to reject the idea of traveling back to before her birth.

Feixiao used the Phenomenal Record to revisit the memories of her life and found the moment she wanted to return to, while Chen Li explained how changing the past might work. Jing Yuan then explored ways to preserve multiple timelines, prompting Chen Li to consider a dangerous plan to create vast numbers of powerful beings across parallel worlds and World Bubbles.

• Feixiao touched the Phenomenal Record’s progress bar and relived memories from her life, including her first meeting with the woman who became her general.
• Chen Li explained to Jing Yuan that Feixiao could either alter history by saving Yue Yu in the past or bring Yue Yu into the present.
• Jing Yuan asked whether the Phenomenal Record could preserve both changed and current histories, and Chen Li said that would require a higher-star Artifact or another method.
• Jing Yuan admitted he wanted to save Cloudy Five, and Chen Li described how a Three-star Artifact might let them repeatedly change history and create multiple generals.
• Chen Li considered using connections across parallel worlds and World Bubbles to create enormous numbers of Emanator-level beings, but Jing Yuan warned that this could destroy the Honkai: Star Rail world.
• Chen Li decided to share the plan with the group, and Jing Yuan realized he might become known as the top contributor to creating dozens of Aeons for Earth.

Chen Li explained the limits of using Kyubey and Miraculous Items to manipulate causality, then helped Feixiao accelerate her preparations to travel thirty years into the past. Feixiao continued running toward her goal of saving General Yue Yu, and Chen Li told her to focus on what else she could gain from the trip.

• Chen Li concluded that Kyubey would need stronger Miraculous Items and a suitable world before attempting to reshape vast amounts of causality.
• Chen Li told Jing Yuan that Phantylia was coming and planned to let her help Tingyun rise in rank before intervening.
• Chen Li explained why Feixiao's time-travel progress had seemed stalled, then adjusted the progress bar so she could track it more clearly.
• Chen Li lent Feixiao the Rabbit Talisman, increasing her running speed and reducing the projected time needed to travel back.
• Chen Li urged Feixiao to bring Miraculous Items and consider how to maximize the gains from her trip to the past.

Feixiao and Chen Li compared the costs of taking Miraculous Items back thirty years to save people lost in the Third Abundance People War, and Feixiao chose a cautious plan that used Chen Li’s Flower Blooming Skill. Jing Yuan then explored ways to use time travel to change the past, while Chen Li explained the limits and declined to run the Phenomenal Record for him.

• Feixiao learned that taking Friends Circle back thirty years would require more than ten days of rewind energy, so she and Chen Li compared cheaper Miraculous Item plans.
• Feixiao chose to borrow Chen Li’s single-use Flower Blooming Skill, planning to turn casualties of the Emperor Bow Light Arrow into durable puzzle pieces and restore them in the present.
• Feixiao rejected using Chen Li’s Magic Skill to forecast the consequences, deciding that changing thirty years of history carried too much risk.
• Chen Li suggested Jing Yuan use the Miraculous Dragon Transformation Method to address the Cloudy Five, and Jing Yuan asked whether Feixiao could run to accumulate rewind energy for him.
• Chen Li explained that each person’s rewind energy was separate, while Jing Yuan proposed testing Friends Circle’s support function and Feixiao agreed to seek ways to increase her speed.
• Feixiao suggested Chen Li run the Phenomenal Record because he was faster, but Chen Li refused.

Chen Li brought Jing Yuan, Feixiao, the God of War, Tet, and Yun Li to meet HooH in the Invitation Space and exchanged his mutated Emissary of Equilibrium power for a normal one. HooH agreed to help Chen Li seek a power that could act across time, and Chen Li left the Invitation Space with his companions as time resumed.

• Chen Li called Great Herta to ask permission to use the original Destiny Invitation Key, and Great Herta suspected he had used its projection on another woman.
• Chen Li introduced himself to HooH as its emissary, prompting HooH to reluctantly confirm the claim when Chen Li mentioned Gaia and Alaya.
• Chen Li argued that his Miraculous Items could be dangerous but that he was restraining them and helping HooH grow stronger.
• HooH reclaimed Chen Li's mutated Emissary of Equilibrium power and granted him a normal version in return.
• HooH asked for a modifier that could overcome time and resolve crises across the timeline, and Chen Li said he would seek it from Gaia and Alaya.
• Chen Li opened the door and left the Invitation Space with the others, and Jing Yuan wondered why Chen Li treated HooH differently from other Aeons.