Recaps

Chen Li defeated Polka Kakamon and used his Miracle Card to contain The Erudition after forcing it into a choice. The Erudition revealed that it had sought to become a Miraculous Item, while Sparkle opened its trash can and demanded AI lewd pictures of Aha.

• Chen Li overwhelmed Polka Kakamon, whose Omniscience Domain collapsed, and left him to be beaten by the gathered geniuses.
• Chen Li confronted The Erudition with a choice between Aqua questioning it and being contained in a golden trash can.
• The Erudition overclocked the Path of Wisdom, but Chen Li locked onto its true body and sucked it into the trash can.
• Aha appeared, tried to pass off King's Bucket as the containment can, and vanished after Chen Li saw through the trick.
• Chen Li hired Sparkle to kill Aha, and Sparkle opened the trash can and asked The Erudition to generate AI lewd pictures of Aha.
• The Erudition revealed that it had deliberately acted to become a Miraculous Item and gain power to glimpse the world's secrets.

Polka Kakamon realized Chen Li had altered the history of the Third Abundance People War, then warned that changing the worldline could destroy the world. Chen Li promised to protect it and sent her into a golden trash can for reform through labor, sentencing her to work for him for eight hundred years.

• Chen Li forced Polka Kakamon to complete a planet-sized puzzle inside the Fate Invitation Space, where she used automatically reconnecting causal links to assemble it quickly.
• Polka Kakamon emerged and recognized that the puzzle depicted Chen Li's changes to the history of the Third Abundance People War.
• Chen Li said he would forge a Paradise Miraculous Item to save kind-hearted people even if the world were destroyed, while excluding the unkind.
• Chen Li reassured Polka Kakamon that the world would survive because he would protect it, and she accepted that she had lost.
• Polka Kakamon chose the trash can over a Poké Ball, answered that The Erudition was more handsome, and Chen Li sentenced her to eight hundred years of work before the golden trash can swallowed her.

Chen Li discovered that his Miracle Card’s Yandere Killer effect could attract a vast range of non-male beings, so he disabled it and worried about its consequences. As the reconstructed Third Abundance People War resumed, he used his power to annihilate the Buli Ren forces and the living planet, leaving the battlefield and the group stunned.

• Chen Li explained that the golden container holding The Erudition could be paid with data packets, while Polka Kakamon might appreciate dolls of him.
• Sparkle returned after Great Herta slapped her for asking for data packets and passed along Great Herta’s message to Chen Li.
• Chen Li realized Polka Kakamon’s unusually calm reaction might be linked to his Miracle Card, examined its broad effect on mentally ill and non-male beings, and switched off its passive effect.
• The puzzle was fully repaired, reviving the Third Abundance People War as Huai Yan transformed friendly humanoid troops into yingying creatures and the Buli Ren forces and living planet awakened.
• Chen Li adjusted his Slap Gloves and used a world-altering strike to crush the Buli Ren and destroy the living planet, leaving the group speechless.

Chen Li planned a Holy Grail War in Penacony that could summon up to three Aeons, and he gave Dan Heng and the Astral Express a slot. As the Fanghu battlefield stayed open for three days of loot collection, Chen Li used Feixiao and Fu Xuan as bait to draw out General Yue Yu and Fu Xuan’s teacher.

• Chen Li explained that he had deployed Hell across the area and planned to spend its Design Points on a Holy Grail War with powerful Heroic Spirits, possibly including Aeons.
• Sunday agreed to support the war after Chen Li offered Penacony two slots, and Chen Li gave Dan Heng a slot for the Astral Express.
• Chen Li’s group collected Destiny Treasure Chests from the Buli Ren on the Fanghu Xianzhou during a three-day period when one-fifth of the Xianzhou remained unsealed.
• Jing Yuan mapped the battlefield while Feixiao searched for General Yue Yu, and Chen Li cast Feixiao into the Friends Circle area as bait for the yingying monsters.
• Chen Li also bound Fu Xuan with a fishing line to draw out her teacher, and Feixiao asked Fu Xuan whether she had told Chen Li about the marriage alliance.

Fu Xuan, Feixiao, and Yu Kong argued over who should repay Chen Li, while Chen Li and Jing Yuan discussed the Luofu’s marriage alliance and Jing Yuan’s plans to change the past. The alliance remained in place, and Chen Li ended by asking whether he could keep one-fifth of the Fanghu Xianzhou to use as a weapon.

• Fu Xuan and Feixiao competed to become Chen Li’s marriage alliance partner, and Yu Kong arrived after hearing about the plan to recover the heroes lost in the third Abundance People War.
• Dan Shu was thrown among the women, and Fu Xuan, Feixiao, and Yu Kong united against the suspected Abundance Fiend.
• Chen Li confronted Jing Yuan about the marriage alliance, and Jing Yuan explained that Chen Li would be the General’s wife rather than the General.
• Jing Yuan claimed he planned to use Phenomenal Record to return to the Cloudy Five era and change the past, potentially making Jingliu the Luofu General.
• Jing Yuan left to report the Fanghu Xianzhou’s holographic topographical map, and Chen Li asked whether he could keep one-fifth of the Fanghu Xianzhou to smash people with.

Chen Li restored the complete Fanghu Xianzhou, kept one-fifth of it, and reshaped part of it into a sword while Jing Yuan tried to manage the consequences. Chen Li then asked Jing Yuan to recruit Jingliu for a plan involving World-Devouring Rahu, and Jing Yuan left to obtain Xianzhou fragments.

• Chen Li and Jing Yuan discussed using one-fifth of the Fanghu Xianzhou as territory and an isolation zone, with Jing Yuan promising to persuade the Alliance before he stepped down.
• Chen Li restored the complete Fanghu Xianzhou, separated the missing portion, and shrank the ship into a model that he could wield as a weapon.
• Chen Li asked Jing Yuan to arrange for Luofu residents to remove the Abundance Fiends so Polka Kakamon could help turn the Fanghu portion into puzzle pieces and reshape it.
• Chen Li assembled the pieces into a longsword, accidentally knocked out pocket-dimension debris, and treated the heavy fragments as hidden weapons.
• Chen Li proposed using Xianzhou fragments to forge seven swords and discussed pulling Xianzhou out of World-Devouring Rahu with Jing Yuan.
• Chen Li asked Jing Yuan to get Jingliu to cooperate with forging a Miraculous Item, and Jing Yuan left to buy Xianzhou fragments.

Jing Yuan recruited Jingliu to alter the Luofu’s leadership timeline so she could marry Chen Li, while Chen Li prepared a Miraculous Item for her amid a growing crowd of admirers. The chapter ended with Kitsune Saiguu calling Chen Li to stop a fight between Ei and Morax after Ei’s cooking convinced Morax that he had been invited to a Hongmen Banquet.

• Jing Yuan persuaded Jingliu to become the Luofu Xianzhou’s general in the altered timeline, and she agreed to let Chen Li forge a Miraculous Item for her.
• Jing Yuan explained that a broadcast imitating Hu Lei would lure the Buli Ren toward Saran and trigger Wonder of U’s calamities.
• Chen Li showed Jing Yuan and Silver Wolf the Seven Swords he had made from Xianzhou fragments, including their ability to combine into one sword.
• Chen Li noticed more people gathering around him and urgently asked Jingliu to let him forge her Miraculous Item.
• Kitsune Saiguu told Chen Li that Ei and Morax had started fighting after Morax tasted Ei’s cooking, and asked him to come prove the meal was not a trap.

Chen Li stopped Raiden Ei and Jingliu’s destructive battle by imposing the weight of the world on their powers, then shared fries and soup with the gathered gods. Morax began discussing how to resist erosion, leaving Chen Li’s meeting with him underway.

• Kitsune Saiguu summoned Chen Li to stop Raiden Ei and Jingliu from fighting above Inazuma.
• Chen Li stabilized space and weakened their attacks with the power of the world, then distracted both gods with fries.
• Kitsune Saiguu asked to learn Chen Li’s ability, and he explained that her spiritual foundation could not yet support it.
• Chen Li shared food with Raiden Makoto, Raiden Ei, and Morax, who sampled Ei’s corrosive soup and marveled at Chen Li’s composure.
• Chen Li scolded Raiden Ei for sharing her cooking, and Morax began raising the question of resisting erosion.

Chen Li used the Moe Ying Heart on Morax, restoring his fighting spirit and memories, but Morax decided he wanted to explore the wider universe rather than return to battle. Chen Li then called Topaz to secure Morax a position in the Interastral Peace Corporation’s Market Expansion Department.

• Chen Li activated the Moe Ying Heart, turning Morax into a chibi Yingying who shared snacks with the people trapped inside Chen Li’s Friends Circle barrier.
• After returning to human form, Morax regained his memories and strength, then said he wanted to leave Teyvat and explore the wider universe.
• Chen Li supported Morax’s plans and contacted Topaz to arrange a job for him at the Interastral Peace Corporation.
• Chen Li requested the head position in the Market Expansion Department, telling Topaz that its current holder should move aside.

Chen Li arranged for Morax to become a supervisor in the Interastral Peace Corporation and offered the corporation a place in his planned Holy Grail War on Penacony. He revealed that he had exiled the Aeon of Abundance and altered The Erudition, while leaving Topaz to prepare the corporation for his upcoming plans.

• Topaz confirmed that the Interastral Peace Corporation had approved Morax for the Market Expansion Department supervisor position after Chen Li recommended him.
• Chen Li told Topaz that he had exiled the Aeon of Abundance and asked the Interastral Peace Corporation to publicize it, then revealed that The Erudition was producing lewd pictures of Aha.
• Chen Li offered the Interastral Peace Corporation a place in a modified Holy Grail War planned for Penacony, and Topaz agreed to send Aventurine.
• Chen Li promised Morax an enormous salary, saying it could buy ten Teyvats if powerful individuals were excluded.
• Chen Li reflected on the group members' pursuits, including Zelretch collecting Stands, Aqua preaching among yingying monsters, and Kevin planning to open a noodle shop.

Chen Li accepted Morax’s offer of Osial, Guyun Stone Forest, the Primordial Jade Cutter, and Liyue’s Attributes in exchange for his gifts, then prepared to forge Miraculous Items. A communication token connected him to Scylla, the Extreme Evil Rider’s disciple, and Chen Li appeared before her after claiming her as his own.

• Morax offered Chen Li Osial, Guyun Stone Forest, the Primordial Jade Cutter, and Liyue’s Attributes, while promising to reform the Market Expansion Department and help revive the other deceased yakshas.
• Chen Li accepted Morax’s offer and asked him to help resolve the yakshas’ lingering bonds, advancing his Dream Weaver Master Miracle Card’s goal.
• Morax offered the stone lock gifted by Guizhong as material for a Miraculous Item, and Chen Li began preparing to forge items for Jingliu and Morax.
• A communication token connected Chen Li to Scylla, who learned that the Extreme Evil Rider had lost her to Chen Li in a duel.
• Chen Li traveled through space to Scylla and pinched her cheek while examining her.

Chen Li brought Scylla through a portal and formally accepted her as his disciple, while the two struggled to navigate their new master-disciple relationship. Yakumo Yukari arrived to take Morax on a trip to gather power and immediately showed interest in Scylla.

• Scylla asked Chen Li to kill her, but he pulled her through a portal and brought her to Inazuma.
• Chen Li introduced himself to Scylla and declared that she was his disciple, while Scylla recognized Jingliu and the two Raidens nearby.
• Scylla learned that Chen Li knew about her agreement with the Extreme Evil Rider and offered to repay him for saving her.
• Chen Li asked Scylla to call him Master and not speak of repaying favors, and the two bonded over their harsh experiences as disciples.
• Jingliu advised Chen Li that masters could break the ice by having ulterior motives or choosing an ignorant disciple.
• Yakumo Yukari arrived to pick up Morax, examined Scylla, and asked Chen Li to hand her over as another disciple.

Chen Li tried to find something he could teach Scylla, his new disciple, and restored her limbs with the Power of Abundance. After Scylla asked for shoes, he created them with his Stand, but she tore the stockings while adjusting to her renewed strength.

• Yakumo Yukari teased Chen Li about being unsuited to teach, but he insisted on guiding Scylla away from the Extreme Evil Rider's influence.
• Scylla asked what Chen Li could teach her, and he offered to learn music, poetry, cooking, and exploration before asking her to demonstrate her combat techniques.
• Scylla examined Chen Li and Yakumo Yukari's apparent ages, and Chen Li accidentally disabled the Abyss power sustaining Scylla's phantom hand.
• Chen Li used the Power of Abundance to restore Scylla's limbs with real flesh and blood, then explained that she would have to follow the Path of Abundance to master the power herself.
• Scylla asked to learn the Art of Creation from Nothing so she could have shoes, and Chen Li used his Stand to create her shoes and cosmic stockings.
• Scylla tore the stockings while trying to put them on with her newly restored strength, and Chen Li offered to help her dress.

Chen Li promised to support Scylla’s dream of building a fairer order, then asked her to teach him her Abyss power and presence-lowering technique. He forged new Miraculous Items for Jingliu and Zhongli, but Jingliu claimed her gift before Chen Li could remake it, leaving him with mixed feelings about its result.

• Scylla explained that she wanted to create an order where power was no longer the ultimate law, and Chen Li promised to help her achieve it.
• Chen Li asked Scylla to demonstrate her Abyss power and teach him her technique for lowering her presence, then showed her his Friendship Points shop.
• Chen Li extracted Jingliu’s Madness skill puzzle piece and began forging it into a Miraculous Item with several traits, including Yandere Girl Wants to Fall in Love.
• Chen Li began upgrading Forced Transaction Coin for Zhongli by fusing it with Homa’s Covenant trait.
• Jingliu reached into the Miracle Fire and took the finished One Heart’s Aspiration before Chen Li could remake it.
• Chen Li learned that Yandere Girl Wants to Fall in Love’s Yandere Killer effect was temporarily hidden, so he was no longer a walking succubus.

Chen Li explained how One Heart's Aspiration strengthened people as they pursued fixed goals, then saw Jingliu's intense aspiration to become his sole teacher and feared its consequences. After the group celebrated the Miraculous Item's success, Yakumo Yukari turned her attention to the newly upgraded Covenant Gold Coin.

• Chen Li explained that One Heart's Aspiration let people choose fixed goals, accelerated their growth, and could influence reality, while aspirations related to him defaulted to red.
• Chen Li saw Jingliu's red aspiration to become his sole teacher and responded to her by promising to work together toward their goals.
• Yakumo Yukari and Kitsune Saiguu discussed One Heart's Aspiration as a possible component of a Paradise Miraculous Item, and Chen Li revealed it had earned back its cost.
• The group clinked their cups together, and Chen Li noticed Jingliu's aspiration pulsing more strongly as she interacted with him.
• Yakumo Yukari asked about the Covenant Gold Coin, and Chen Li explained that the upgraded Forced Transaction Coin retained its old functions and gained a covenant system that could set rules.

Chen Li explained the Covenant Gold Coin’s power and gave it to Zhongli, who planned to use it to establish rules for the Interastral Peace Corporation. He also described how One Heart’s Aspiration worked, leaving Yakumo Yukari reconsidering her wish and Raiden Ei choosing a smaller goal.

• Chen Li explained that the Covenant Gold Coin could establish binding rules for an organization if more than 51% of its members approved, and Zhongli received the coin to reorganize the Interastral Peace Corporation.
• Chen Li said Yakumo Yukari could use the coin in Gensokyo only after explaining her Worldview and submitting her proposed rules to Zhongli for review.
• Chen Li explained that One Heart’s Aspiration could affect reality and that smaller, achievable goals could be fulfilled through sustained effort.
• Yakumo Yukari tried to change her aspiration, but abandoned the idea when Chen Li proposed making Zhongli compel her to tell the truth.
• Raiden Ei chose what she considered the simplest of her three aspirations, and Chen Li’s response abruptly stopped.

Chen Li used Fictional Historian and White Snake to alter Scylla’s memories so she could pursue a red aspiration to defeat the Extreme Evil Rider. After he returned her memory disc, Scylla faced him and demanded that he kill her.

• Yae Miko proposed manipulating her memories to make a harder aspiration available, but Chen Li warned her not to deceive herself and she chose to gather Resurrection Cards.
• Yae Miko joked that Chen Li was depriving people of the right to pursue their aspirations, so he forced her to howl as a fox and revoked her fried tofu allowance for three days.
• Raiden Makoto chose the aspiration to resurrect herself and reunite with her younger sister.
• Chen Li asked Scylla to wait before choosing an aspiration and suggested trying to raise her wish to defeat the Extreme Evil Rider to red.
• Chen Li fictionalized Scylla’s past, extracted her memory disc with White Snake, altered it, and put it back.
• Scylla regained her senses, stood up, and shouted, “Kill me!”

Chen Li helped Scylla gain a red aspiration to defeat the Extreme Evil Rider, then turned her into a flying yingying creature before heading for the Xianzhou Alliance to use Covenant Gold Coins against corrupt officials. Raiden Ei called him back to investigate the Raiden Shogun’s resistance, which Chen Li suspected was caused by Ei’s cooking.

• Chen Li altered Scylla’s memories so she could refresh her aspiration, and she gained a red aspiration to defeat the Extreme Evil Rider.
• Scylla chose Chen Li as her teacher, and he transformed her into a custom flying yingying creature and took her snacks.
• Chen Li set out with Yakumo Yukari and Morax for Honkai: Star Rail, planning to pursue an Exclusive Profession and confront corrupt Xianzhou Alliance officials.
• After Chen Li left, Raiden Ei and Kitsune Saiguu remembered they needed his help with the Raiden Shogun and the Divine Sakura Tree.
• Raiden Ei called Chen Li back and explained that the Raiden Shogun resisted when Ei tried to taste her own cooking, while Yae Miko suggested Ei’s food might always have been terrible.

Yae Miko discussed ways to gain Starstones while Raiden Makoto prioritized resolving the Shogun and Divine Sakura Tree problems. Chen Li summoned Vill-V, who described her rapidly built Virtual World, and he considered upgrading his Miraculous Item after discovering the aspirations of Vill-V’s personalities.

• Yae Miko considered taking Raiden Ei’s place as Shogun, but Raiden Ei challenged her to drink a pot of bone broth and Yae Miko backed down.
• Raiden Makoto said they needed to solve the Shogun and Divine Sakura Tree problems, so Chen Li summoned Vill-V for advice.
• Vill-V explained that she had built a Virtual World for 3.5 billion players and planned to use Soul Network energy to support its educational features.
• Vill-V said The Erudition had overheated after Sparkle’s livestream drew a flood of viewers and was shut down after The Family reported it.
• Chen Li saw Vill-V’s personalities’ aspirations and agreed to consider upgrading One Heart’s Aspiration into a Two-star Artifact.
• Yae Miko asked whether Vill-V was trying to convert Soul Network energy into energy that could compensate for any action in dreams.

Chen Li arranged for Vill-V to modify Inazuma’s Mikage Furnace and discussed reforms with Raiden Ei, while Zhongli and Scylla received Paths. The chapter ended with Chen Li asking about Fontaine’s Star-Devouring Whale after Raiden Ei wondered whether it could be cooked.

• Yae Miko explained Fontaine’s Oracle device and cheap energy, prompting Vill-V to offer to modify the Mikage Furnace and study the device in Fontaine.
• Chen Li’s affectionate remark left the group speechless, and Raiden Makoto offered to help find Furina.
• Chen Li asked about Kujo Takayuki, and Raiden Ei said she planned to divide him into two forces to fight Sumeru and Liyue.
• Zhongli received the Preservation Path and Scylla received the Hunt Path, then Vill-V and Yae Miko set out to work on the Mikage Furnace.
• Chen Li warned Raiden Ei that entrenched social classes threatened Inazuma, and Raiden Ei said Raiden Makoto would take action.
• Chen Li asked Scylla about the Star-Devouring Whale in Fontaine, and Raiden Ei immediately asked whether it could be cooked.

Chen Li left Raiden Ei to deal with the Star-Devouring Whale and traveled with her to Mount Yougou to settle the conflict between her and the Raiden Shogun. Meanwhile, Raiden Makoto and the others brought Furina to them, while Zhongli prepared a trial for Ajax.

• Chen Li gave Raiden Ei the Star-Devouring Whale to deal with and went with her to Mount Yougou, while Raiden Makoto agreed to find Furina.
• Scylla asked Chen Li to restore her original form, then agreed that Zhongli could give Ajax a nonlethal trial.
• Raiden Makoto used the Slap Gloves to bring Furina from the Judgement of the Oracle, and Furina mistook the group for pursuers sent by the Heavenly Principles.
• Kitsune Saiguu tested Furina by overturning a small cake, then doubted her identity when Furina showed no reaction.
• At Mount Yougou, Raiden Ei entered the consciousness space beneath the Divine Sakura Tree and faced the Raiden Shogun.
• Chen Li teased Raiden Ei about her cooking, then encouraged her to pursue precious ingredients as she worked toward becoming his Exclusive Chef.

Chen Li helped Raiden Ei and Raiden Shogun pursue their aspirations while battling the Shogun in the space of consciousness. After Raiden Shogun evolved through repeated fights, Chen Li shattered her aspiration to pursue eternity, leaving her gazing at him in the aftermath.

• Raiden Shogun declared that pursuing eternity was her aspiration and challenged Chen Li and Raiden Ei.
• Chen Li protected Raiden Ei and sparred with Raiden Shogun, whose aspiration continually made her stronger.
• Raiden Shogun evolved into a formidable form, and Chen Li explained that his response to her had accelerated her growth.
• Chen Li revealed that One Heart's Aspiration could be shattered, causing its holder to lose both the aspiration and the related obsession.
• Chen Li struck Raiden Shogun and shattered her aspiration, then asked how she felt as she held his hand against her face.

Chen Li and Raiden Ei reconciled with Raiden Shogun and tried to send a transformed Divine Sakura seed five hundred years into the past. After Chen Li added numerous powers and materials to it, the seed became too difficult to send through the time rift, leaving its planting uncertain.

• Raiden Ei promised Raiden Shogun that she would no longer treat her as a tool or impose unchangeable laws, and Raiden Shogun agreed to continue her duties.
• Chen Li and Raiden Ei combined the Divine Sakura seed with the Divine Object of Abundance, an Ambrosial Arbor branch, Herrscher gems, and other materials using Wondrous Brush.
• Raiden Ei asked Chen Li to send Raiden Shogun's design technology into the past, and Chen Li left to find Scaramouche.
• Chen Li returned after Scaramouche exploded himself when Chen Li told him the truth about the three betrayals, and he proposed erasing Kabukimono's past and saving his friend.
• Chen Li opened a rift to the past and tried to send the transformed seed through, but its increased weight and the Shogun design information made the crossing difficult.

Chen Li planted the Herrscher of Reason in Inazuma five hundred years in the past, then returned to find that she had grown into a talkative presence on the Divine Sakura Tree. Her contact with the World Tree revealed how she had learned Chen Li would come back for her.

• Chen Li punched open a rift in time, planted the Herrscher of Reason beneath Mount Yougou, and left her Shogun blueprints before sealing the rift with Starstones.
• Chen Li found Raiden Ei and the Raiden Shogun discussing the Shogun’s aspiration to help him capture the world’s delicacies, while he saw that she also aspired to become his eternal companion.
• Chen Li brought Raiden Ei to the Divine Sakura Tree, where the Herrscher of Reason announced herself as Fu Hua and revealed that she had taught the Thousand Herrscher Cores to cheer for her.
• The Herrscher of Reason told Chen Li that she had eaten calamities as nutrients and had learned of his return from the World Tree, which she had contacted while growing on the Divine Sakura Tree.

Chen Li returned to find the Herrscher of Reason trapped in the Divine Sakura Tree and learned that Aqua had encouraged Zhongli to split into Good Zhongli and Evil Zhongli, who had gained the Paths of Preservation and Destruction. After scolding the group for their reckless antics, Chen Li reassured Focalors about his plan for the Star-Devouring Whale.

• Chen Li learned that the Herrscher of Reason had eaten parts of the World Tree and linked it to the Divine Sakura Tree, but he left her trapped in its branches.
• Raiden Makoto introduced Focalors to Chen Li, and the two greeted each other through a black hole.
• Kitsune Saiguu explained that Aqua had persuaded Zhongli to use the Tiger Talisman, splitting him into Good Zhongli and Evil Zhongli.
• Good Zhongli took the Path of Preservation while Evil Zhongli fought the War God on the Xianzhou and gained the power of the Path of Destruction.
• Chen Li scolded the group for using the Tiger Talisman recklessly and explained that it was intended to separate split personalities.
• Focalors asked how Chen Li would deal with the Star-Devouring Whale, and Chen Li joked that he would mince it into filling before admitting he was joking.