Recaps

Aqua’s destructive antics horrified the other Great Extinguishers, while Changye Yue spent five hours touring New Penacony with Chen Li and competing with his many admirers. She ended the outing determined to secure the Miracle Card for March 7th, despite the increasingly intimate rivals around Chen Li.

• Phantylia accused Aqua of damaging the Great Extinguishers more in a day than the Galaxy Rangers had, citing her act of connecting the War Forge to Light Decay’s mouth.
• Changye Yue reflected on how much she had enjoyed exploring New Penacony with Chen Li, even as the outing’s romantic complications left her anxious.
• Chen Li reassured Changye Yue that he would find another way to make a Miraculous Item for her and March 7th if they could not earn a Miracle Card.
• Changye Yue watched Tokisaki Kurumi, Aponia, Gretel, Shenhe, Raiden Ei, and Raiden Makoto show affection or closeness toward Chen Li during his visits to the Masters.
• Changye Yue fed Chen Li a piece of fried tofu from her mouth, determined to win despite the rivals and obtain the Miracle Card.

Changye Yue visited the sixth Master, Chongyue, and relaxed among Chen Li’s welcoming friends before heading to meet the final Master. There, she found Elysia waiting and realized the last challenge would be far harder than she had expected.

• At Ritsuka Fujimaru’s cafe, Changye Yue found no serious romantic rivals, though a backflipping Noblesse Bug captured the livestream’s attention.
• At Chongyue’s Realm Garden, Shu summoned Chongyue’s siblings to share a meal, and they enthusiastically filled Chen Li’s bowl while he fed Changye Yue.
• Changye Yue saw March 7th cheering her on and followed Chen Li toward the seventh Master, while Sparkle revealed she had arranged a difficult final encounter.
• Byakuyasha explained that her Servant, Flame Reaver, was using his Core Flames to pull cards on stream as part of his effort to gain popularity.
• Chen Li introduced Changye Yue to Elysia, and Changye Yue recognized her as a formidable rival when Elysia playfully suggested they become friends.

Chen Li, Elysia, and Changye Yue visited Phainon and Byakuyasha during a livestream, where Elysia's popularity surged and threatened Changye Yue's lead. Byakuyasha began questioning Chen Li with a lie detector.

• Elysia warmly held Changye Yue's hand, but Changye Yue pulled away and grew anxious about competing with her for the galaxy's affection for March 7th.
• Chen Li introduced Elysia as his friend and beginner's guide, while Changye Yue worried that their easy closeness left her no chance to win.
• Phainon mistook Elysia for Cyrene at first, then recognized she was someone else and spoke fondly of Cyrene; Elysia asked Chen Li to take her to Amphoreus.
• Elysia's appearance on Phainon's livestream quickly raised her popularity to second place, putting Changye Yue's lead at risk.
• Byakuyasha asked Chen Li questions on the livestream and presented a lie detector to ensure he answered truthfully.

Chen Li’s speculation about Morax’s ties to Preservation and wealth spiraled into a galaxy-wide rumor during Byakuyasha’s livestream. The Mysterious Aeon Mythus intervened, then granted Chen Li access to the Mysterious Path, leaving him plotting to claim its power.

• Chen Li answered Byakuyasha’s questions under a lie detector and suggested Morax’s rise and connection to amber pointed to the Preservation and Louis Fleming.
• Byakuyasha shared additional claims about Morax’s origins and his appointment at the Market Expansion Department, intensifying the livestream’s speculation.
• Viewers spread theories that Morax was the Interastral Peace Corporation’s crown prince, and a paper appeared arguing for a secret connection between Kliper, Louis Fleming, and Morax.
• Mythus brought the Mist of Thought and Rain of Sensation to New Penacony, but Chen Li’s Fictional Historian Miracle Card absorbed them and stopped the spread.
• Mythus connected the Mysterious Path to New Penacony and gave Chen Li high-level authority, which he resolved to use to take the Path’s power.

Chen Li’s new Miracle Card effect let him use riddling language, and during an interview he concealed his true standards for a girlfriend while Elysia and Changye Yue were asked to compete for his attention. When Changye Yue walked away after believing she had lost to Elysia, Chen Li stopped her and confessed that he wanted to protect her and build a new future with her.

• Chen Li gained a Riddler effect for his [Fictional Historian] Miracle Card and used it to clear Morax’s name while sending him 1,000 Starstones as compensation.
• During Byakuyasha’s interview, Chen Li claimed his girlfriend standards were based on total damage and DPS, using a metaphor that made the lie detector glow green.
• Byakuyasha asked Chen Li to choose between Elysia and Changye Yue, then turned the livestream toward the two women so they could show their charms.
• Elysia’s wink overtook Changye Yue’s popularity, and Changye Yue decided to leave with dignity.
• Elysia pushed Chen Li beneath Changye Yue’s umbrella, and Chen Li told Changye Yue he had wanted to save her since learning of her sacrifice and would watch over her future.

Chen Li helped Changye Yue become an Envoy of Beauty by summoning an image of March 7th as the Aeon of Beauty, then Changye Yue pulled him into the World in the Mirror. After spending the long night exploring his memories, she discovered that beneath his deception lay genuine care for her.

• Chen Li placed Beautiful Girl's Privilege on Changye Yue, and Elysia's authority drew the Path of Beauty into New Penacony.
• The Aeon of Beauty appeared as March 7th and crowned Changye Yue, granting Chen Li a Miracle Card as Changye Yue became an Envoy of Beauty.
• Changye Yue kissed Chen Li and pushed him into the mirror, then followed him into the World in the Mirror.
• Changye Yue spent the night greedily exploring Chen Li's memories and left a mark on his neck.
• Changye Yue told Chen Li that she had uncovered the genuine sincerity beneath his lies.

Changye Yue gained the power of an Envoy of Beauty and shared an intimate night with Chen Li in her World in the Mirror, but Elysia interrupted and later joined them. Back outside, Changye Yue concealed what happened from March 7th and offered her the power of Beauty as protection.

• Changye Yue told Chen Li that she wanted his promise, gaze, and everything to belong to her until she drew the promised new full stop.
• Elysia broke into the World in the Mirror, overpowered Changye Yue’s attempt to expel her, and approached Chen Li.
• March 7th checked on Changye Yue, who claimed Chen Li had used the Tiger Talisman to balance the different Path powers within her.
• Chen Li explained that the World in the Mirror had formed from the powers of Beauty, mystery, and memory, and Elysia emerged from it.
• March 7th thanked Elysia for helping Changye Yue, while Changye Yue reluctantly thanked Elysia and tried to hide her anger.
• Changye Yue asked March 7th to fuse the two split Tiger Talismans and offered her the power of an Envoy of Beauty for protection.

Changye Yue and March 7th redistributed their powers after separating, and Changye Yue moved in with Chen Li. Changye Yue asked Chen Li for the Miracle Card, claiming it was hers by right, and the chapter left their dispute unresolved.

• Changye Yue transferred the power of Beauty to March 7th, and March 7th worried that the fusion had given her an urge to attack Chen Li.
• Changye Yue told Chen Li that the fusion had left her homeless, and Chen Li invited her to live with him.
• Changye Yue teased Chen Li about the dangerous consequences of her being able to reset her body through March 7th, then warned him to avoid unstable women except herself.
• Changye Yue interrupted Chen Li’s reflection and asked him for the Miracle Card.
• Chen Li offered to make Changye Yue another Miraculous Item, but Changye Yue insisted the Miracle Card belonged to her because she had traded her chastity for it.

Changye Yue insisted that Chen Li forge the Miracle Card [To the Beautiful World, Offer Pure Beauty] into a Miraculous Item, despite its insulting description. Chen Li began the forging for Changye Yue and March 7th, then gave March 7th the card’s second effect to try out.

• Changye Yue asked Chen Li to use the new Miracle Card as forging material, then became furious when its description claimed Elysia had let her win.
• Chen Li restrained Changye Yue while March 7th picked up the card with her eyes closed, and Changye Yue demanded that it be forged immediately.
• Chen Li explained how the card’s effects could influence people, but Changye Yue still chose to have it split and forged for her and March 7th.
• Chen Li started the forging with materials bearing traits including [Memetics], [Propagation], and [Praise], while March 7th asked to try the card’s first effect.
• Chen Li refused to let March 7th experiment with the first effect and gave her [Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water] instead.

Chen Li forged a One-star Artifact for Changye Yue, a looping video that brainwashed anyone hostile to March 7th into becoming a fan of the Pink Cloud Heavenly Maiden. March 7th also used the Mirror of Pure Beauty to upgrade her camera, while Changye Yue accepted the artifact’s effect despite objecting to its use of her image.

• Chen Li explained that the Mirror of Pure Beauty could conjure idealized items or beautify objects in exchange for Pure Beauty Points, and March 7th upgraded her camera with it.
• Chen Li presented Changye Yue with a One-star Artifact derived from the Miracle Card, but she reacted with unease after checking her phone.
• March 7th’s upgraded camera forced Elysia into poses it judged beautiful until March 7th took a photo.
• March 7th and Elysia watched the artifact’s looping chibi video and became dazed before March 7th demanded to know what Chen Li had made.
• Chen Li explained that the video increased viewers’ fanaticism whenever they felt hostility toward the Pink Cloud Heavenly Maiden, and Changye Yue accepted the mechanism while questioning why it used her image.

Chen Li completed and published a Miraculous Item video that turns viewers with ill intent toward pink-haired girls into Pink Cloud Heavenly Maiden fans, while Changye Yue and March 7th discussed its model and effects. Elysia then persuaded Changye Yue to use the item to investigate how others, including Memokeepers, viewed March 7th.

• March 7th asked why her likeness was included, and Chen Li explained that the video model could be changed, prompting her to choose HOMU Sway before learning the item could affect multiple pink-haired girls.
• Chen Li reassured Changye Yue that he had designed the item to protect both her and March 7th, and Changye Yue deleted March 7th's texture model before Chen Li published it.
• The Miraculous Item took effect, earning Chen Li 168 Crystal, and Changye Yue watched the video's views and shares as Chen Li considered his next artifacts.
• Chen Li explained that the video would spread through New Penacony's official website and influence hostile viewers to join the fan club, then described how the item could be misused to brainwash an audience.
• Elysia asked to borrow Changye Yue so she could test how Changye Yue viewed her, then tempted Changye Yue with the possibility of checking the item's effect on Memokeepers.

Chen Li tested the Mirror of Pure Beauty, then confronted Sparkle and asked her to help him earn Pure Beauty Points. Their teasing escalated until Chen Li activated the Ansai Waist Drum on her.

• Elysia took Changye Yue and March 7th to check whether the Flowing Light Memory Court had found Changye Yue.
• Chen Li looked into the Mirror of Pure Beauty and saw Vishdale with an Ancestor Launcher, but he lacked enough Pure Beauty Points to create one.
• Chen Li spotted Sparkle hiding nearby and revealed that he had known she was behind the recent events.
• Sparkle argued that her meddling had helped Changye Yue and brought New Penacony onto the Mysterious Path and the Path of Beauty.
• Chen Li asked Sparkle to interact with him so he could earn Pure Beauty Points, and she mocked him until he lifted her up.
• Chen Li activated the Ansai Waist Drum, and Sparkle cried out as he struck her.

Chen Li stopped punishing Sparkle, gave her a Chen Li doll that shared sensations one-way, and was summoned by Robin to deal with Sunday’s altered halo. Sunday asked Chen Li to strengthen the restriction keeping Taiyi at Jade’s Pawnshop, though he denied wanting to provoke Taiyi again.

• Chen Li stopped spanking Sparkle after she could no longer generate Pure Beauty Points, healed her with a Senzu Bean, and let her spend her points in the Pure Beauty Realm.
• Sparkle exchanged her points for a chibi Chen Li doll and discovered that its sensations affected Chen Li, but not the other way around.
• Chen Li left Sparkle and appeared after Robin called for help because Taiyi had beaten Sunday and made his halo spin around his head.
• Sunday told Chen Li that Taiyi had altered the Order and returned to Jade’s Pawnshop when his time out ended.
• Sunday asked Chen Li to strengthen the restriction on Taiyi, claiming he wanted to keep Taiyi away from Robin’s concert.

Chen Li promised Sunday a chance to use a friendship-themed Miraculous Item against Taiyi, while Taiyi secretly assumed Sunday’s identity and prepared to leave Penacony’s “cage.” The next morning, Sirin found Vita leaving Chen Li’s room and was baffled to learn that Chen Li had been there too.

• Sunday asked Chen Li for a brutal Miraculous Item to help him duel Taiyi, but Chen Li said he would forge a friendship-and-bonds Artifact the next day instead.
• Taiyi told Gofei Mu to address him as Sunday, hinting that he intended to leave Penacony and take Sunday’s place.
• Sirin saw Vita leave Chen Li’s room in pajamas and assumed she had spent the night with him.
• Vita insisted she had slept in Chen Li’s bed, and Sirin wondered where Chen Li had gone.
• Chen Li came out of the room, and Sirin touched, licked, and sniffed him to confirm he was not Sparkle in disguise.

Chen Li admitted that he had slept beside Vita to see whether it earned him Pure Beauty Points, leaving Vita upset that he had done nothing else. Sirin convinced Vita that Chen Li’s attention might mean she was abnormal, and Vita ended up blaming Fu Xuan for Changye Yue getting closer to him.

• Chen Li went downstairs for breakfast while Sirin found Vita on the verge of tears.
• Vita told Sirin that Chen Li had invited her to spend the night but had only used her as a body pillow, so Sirin offered to confront him.
• Chen Li explained that sleeping while holding Vita had earned him Pure Beauty Points, and he considered trying the same thing with Little Herta.
• Sirin suggested that Changye Yue’s place in Chen Li’s affections might explain why he had not acted on Vita’s beauty.
• Vita tested Sirin’s claim by hugging Chen Li and found that her mood improved, leading her to wonder whether she was abnormal.
• Sirin blamed Fu Xuan for pushing Changye Yue toward Chen Li, and Vita agreed that Fu Xuan was at fault.

Vita was upset that Changye Yue had surpassed her in Pain Value, and Chen Li showed her the Mirror of Pure Beauty, where she saw an idealized version of herself as Sora. Chen Li offered to fulfill Vita’s wish to help upgrade his Miracle Card, but stopped her from making a wish solely for his sake.

• Vita complained that she would demand compensation from Fu Xuan, and Sirin pointed out that her Pain Value had risen.
• Chen Li showed Vita the Mirror of Pure Beauty, where she saw a version of herself approaching with a Chen Li plushie.
• The mirror’s Sora offered to embrace Vita, but Vita shoved her back into the mirror while Sirin teased her.
• Chen Li offered to summon Sora or rewind her to before she abandoned her name, but Vita refused.
• Chen Li explained that fulfilling a wish could upgrade his Miracle Card, and Vita began to make a wish before he stopped her from doing it just to help him.

Vita agreed to have Chen Li forge a Miraculous Item that let her borrow Sora’s power, and Chen Li began making it. Vita then went to confront Fu Xuan but found her devastated over Changye Yue’s relationship with Chen Li and fled without raising her complaint.

• Vita asked Chen Li to forge her a Miraculous Item, and he proposed one that let her temporarily take power from a superior.
• Chen Li gave Vita the Poké Ball containing Sora and explained how Vita could stack powerful enhancements onto Sora before borrowing her strength.
• Vita agreed and planned to gather the energy needed for the Immortal Aeon’s power by draining Kyubey with Homura Akemi’s help.
• Chen Li began forging the item using the Azoth Sword and Solomon’s complete Ten Commandments.
• Vita went to confront Fu Xuan, but found her mourning that Changye Yue had become intimate with Chen Li first, and Vita hurriedly left.

Chen Li used the Kingslayer Miraculous Item to borrow Acheron’s Aeon of Finality ability and connect the Path of Finality to New Penacony. When Terminus tried to reclaim it, Chen Li used the Fictional Historian Miracle Card to hold the Path in a stalemate, leaving Aha to urge Terminus to give up.

• Vita bound Kingslayer, a Miraculous Item that let its holder borrow power from someone above them or backstab them, and Chen Li lent it to Kafka to pass to Acheron.
• Chen Li took Vita and Sirin to New Penacony, where he borrowed Acheron’s Aeon of Finality ability and became the Aeon of Finality alongside Terminus.
• Chen Li and Acheron connected the Path of Finality to New Penacony, but Terminus revoked Acheron’s borrowed ability and tried to withdraw the Path.
• Chen Li used the Fictional Historian Miracle Card to become the Aeon of Finality again for one second and block Terminus from reclaiming the Path.
• Aha watched the resulting stalemate and advised Terminus to leave the Path of Finality in New Penacony rather than keep contesting Chen Li.

Chen Li persuaded the Aeon of Finality to let the End Path connect to New Penacony, then joined Aha in discussing which Paths to recruit next. After Equilibrium connected voluntarily, Chen Li spread a rumor about Aha and A Kivili while considering a One-star Artifact to compensate Terminus.

• Chen Li assured Terminus that he would borrow the End Path without destroying the world and promised compensation if he damaged it.
• Aha encouraged Chen Li to take more Paths, and Equilibrium connected to New Penacony to balance its eleven existing Paths.
• Chen Li used Aha’s remark about A Kivili being his superior to spread a rumor, while Sirin and Vita speculated about his motives.
• Sirin pointed out that the butter Chen Li had thrown on Aha was nearly melted, and Chen Li decided the punishment was enough.
• Chen Li proposed forging a One-star Artifact for Terminus, and Aha apologized as he began moving again.

Chen Li used the Fictional Historian’s Riddler effect to make Aha and A Kivili’s supposed past dynamic become real, trapping Aha aboard the Astral Express with A Kivili for half a day. He then planned to pursue more Hell Design Points and fulfill Holy Grail’s wish while keeping his promise not to stab Aeons in the back until Aha could watch.

• Aha admitted she had stabbed Chen Li with the Kingslayer dagger out of impulse, and Chen Li ordered her to return to the Astral Express and stay there until morning.
• Chen Li threatened to let Sparkle use the dagger and become the Aeon of Joy, then used the Covenant Gold Coin to send Aha back aboard the Astral Express.
• Vita realized Chen Li had used the Fictional Historian’s Riddler effect to make his rumor about A Kivili being on top when Aha was mortal come true.
• Aha fled from A Kivili, who pursued her aboard the Astral Express and claimed she had caught his attention.
• Chen Li explained that the Fictional Historian’s power had grown through repeated use and said he would keep his promise to Aha while seeking more Hell Design Points and fulfilling Holy Grail’s wish.

Chen Li discussed using the Stage Four Wish Machine Miracle Card to impose his ideals on the world, then admitted he had planned to kill those who rejected them. Sirin and Vita talked him down, and Chen Li moved on to finding an owner for the [Butter Thrower].

• Chen Li explained that upgrading the Wish Machine Miracle Card could let him obtain wishes from people across the world, and he named world peace, common prosperity, and Great Harmony Under Heaven as his wishes.
• Chen Li revealed that he wanted to send everyone into a future Paradise Miraculous Item, then kill anyone who refused to enter, shocking Sirin and Vita.
• Sirin and Vita persuaded Chen Li to reconsider, and Vita used the Karma Balance to collect Karma Coins for stopping his plan.
• Chen Li accepted that his idea was extreme but refused Sirin's suggestion to take a day off, then brought out the [Butter Thrower] and sought an owner for it.
• Vita volunteered to take the [Butter Thrower], while Sirin argued that she should receive it instead.

Chen Li helped Vita and Sirin explore the limits of Kingslayer, then went to assist Zhongli with a miniature Oswaldo who had been revived and split into seven. The chapter ended with Chen Li deciding to send Oswaldo to the Astral Express.

• Chen Li advised Sirin to master Judgment of All Things and Vita to enhance Sora, while Vita considered following the Path of Nothingness or Abundance.
• Vita backstabbed Chen Li with Kingslayer and discovered that borrowing all of his abilities would overwhelm the Miraculous Item.
• Vita asked Chen Li through Friends Circle to strengthen Kingslayer, and Chen Li gave it three layers of magic technique buffs.
• Zhongli explained that البوتيو had revived Oswaldo and ordered him to split into seven, after which one miniature Oswaldo mistook Zhongli for Morax and confronted him.
• Chen Li decided to send the bound Oswaldo to the Astral Express instead of letting him die or be tortured.

Chen Li recruited Furina to help rescue the Archon of Life by confronting Gold Rhinedottir, promising her an endless supply of small cakes. Furina overcame her fear with the protection of the Friends Circle and prepared to judge Rhinedottir at the Moraqueous Palace.

• Chen Li sent Oswaldo to A Kivili, then invited Zhongli to visit Fontaine before dealing with Osial.
• Furina explained that she and Neuvillette were overwhelmed by cases uncovered after they used the Redemption Ticket.
• Chen Li gave Furina Kingslayer and urged her to strike Gold Rhinedottir, who had devoured the Archon of Life.
• Furina agreed to help after Chen Li promised to turn the Butter Thrower into a Cake Thrower, and she relied on the Friends Circle to feel brave.
• Chen Li tested Furina by taking the Friends Circle away, and she panicked until she got it back.
• Furina declared that she would judge one of Khaenri'ah's Five Great Sinners at the Moraqueous Palace.

Furina used Kingslayer to backstab Rhinedottir, who had fused with the Archon of Life, and Neuvillette arrived to find her safe with Chen Li. After learning that Neuvillette was overwhelmed by Fontaine’s surge of guilty suspects, Chen Li said he had promised Furina he would help end the trials quickly.

• Furina summoned Rhinedottir with Kingslayer and stabbed her, then panicked when Friends Circle vanished from her hand.
• Neuvillette rushed into Furina’s room, found her unharmed in Chen Li’s arms, and pulled the knife from Rhinedottir before Chen Li explained it was controlling her.
• Chen Li lent Friends Circle to Furina until Vill-V could make a replica, and identified the golden-haired figure as Rhinedottir fused with the Archon of Life.
• Neuvillette described how Redemption Tickets had exposed many criminals and overwhelmed Fontaine’s Duelist Representatives and courts.
• Chen Li reminded Neuvillette that he had promised Furina to help end the trials quickly.

Chen Li used the Wish Machine Miracle Card to summon Fontaine’s black-ticketed criminals to the opera house, then threatened those who delayed and arranged to become a Duel Proxy. After Neuvillette left, Furina and Chen Li watched the butter on Rhinedottir melt away.

• Chen Li announced that Fontaine’s black-ticketed suspects had three hours to reach the Oblicle Opera House and stand trial, then threatened delayed suspects with death.
• Furina objected to Chen Li’s coercive judgment, while Neuvillette insisted that Fontaine’s laws still had to be upheld.
• Chen Li declared that he would turn himself in and request a Duel Proxy match, then asked Neuvillette to make him a Duel Proxy so criminals could challenge him.
• Neuvillette left to arrange the Duel Proxy, warning Chen Li that he could not attack opponents who surrendered.
• Furina noticed Rhinedottir trembling, approached her with Chen Li, and asked whether the melting butter on her face could be used to make cakes.