Recaps

Chen Li continued Tartaglia’s brutal training under Scylla, repeatedly healing him with the Horse Talisman while keeping him trapped in the Golden House. Scylla and Chen Li’s relationship became clear to Tartaglia, who was left questioning their age gap.

• Chen Li let Scylla beat Tartaglia during training, healing him with the Horse Talisman and dragging him back when he tried to escape the Golden House.
• Scylla declared that Tartaglia had grown weaker, and Chen Li stopped her from continuing by tending to her after the fight.
• Tartaglia protested as Chen Li wiped Scylla’s sweat, but Scylla sharply told him not to be rude to Chen Li.
• Chen Li confirmed that he and Scylla were in a relationship, and Scylla called him her Grandmaster.
• Tartaglia learned that Chen Li was almost eighteen and challenged whether their relationship and age gap were healthy or normal.

Scylla and Chen Li sent Tartaglia away with the Geo Archon's Gnosis and a Weekly Instance pass after he misunderstood their master-disciple relationship. They prepared to confront Osial, while Tartaglia returned briefly to get Scylla's contact information.

• Scylla scolded Tartaglia for disrespecting Chen Li and gave him the Geo Archon's Gnosis, but he returned it because he did not want to interfere with her mission.
• Chen Li gave Tartaglia a Weekly Instance entry pass, and Tartaglia congratulated Chen Li and Scylla on their imagined future together before leaving the Golden House.
• Tartaglia warned Scylla that Chen Li might attract other women, then rolled out of the Golden House through Chen Li's opened door.
• Scylla stopped Chen Li from following Tartaglia to clarify their relationship, and they turned their attention to confronting Osial.
• Chen Li put another fake Geo Archon's Gnosis into the Golden House mechanism, and Tartaglia returned to ask Scylla for her contact information before leaving again.

Chen Li revealed that he had collected four Gnoses and that the Fatui had already left with a fake, while Liyue’s leaders tried to understand his precautions. He gave Keqing a copy of the Raiden's Gnosis and urged her to test it on Osial, who was rising from the sea.

• Chen Li assured Ningguang that the Golden House was safe, then showed her four Gnoses and explained that the one left there was fake.
• Keqing realized the Fatui had already departed with another fake Gnosis, and Ningguang questioned why Chen Li had left a copy in the Golden House.
• Chen Li clarified that the Geo Archon's Gnosis in his possession was also fake, then tossed the Raiden's Gnosis to Keqing as a reward.
• Ganyu explained that Morax had personally invited Chen Li and given him the Geo Archon's Gnosis, while Chen Li’s copies could be refined.
• Chen Li pointed Keqing toward the rising Osial and told her to try striking him with the copy of the Raiden's Gnosis.

Chen Li gave Keqing a Divine Eye infused with Honkai energy, letting her unleash powerful attacks on the immobilized Osial. As Ningguang sought help to save the Jade Chamber, Chen Li offered to preserve it in exchange for the entire structure, leaving her stunned.

• Chen Li fused Keqing's Divine Eye with her Divine Heart, then empowered it with Honkai energy after discovering her unusually high compatibility.
• Keqing used Honkai energy to unleash lightning attacks on Osial and chose to keep the upgraded Divine Eye rather than trade it back for the Divine Heart.
• Furina explained that her Miraculous cake could pin down even an Archon, while continuing to throw cakes at Osial from the Jade Chamber.
• Ningguang asked Furina about obtaining Miraculous Items, and Furina revealed that Chen Li forged them and suggested Ningguang ask him for help.
• Chen Li told Ningguang he knew her plan and could save the Jade Chamber, then demanded that she give it to him in return.

Chen Li negotiated with Ningguang and Keqing for objects whose imprints he could use to forge a Miraculous Item for expanding New Penacony. He revealed that he needed the Jade Chamber, Ningguang’s Liyue Millennium game, and Keqing’s well-traveled hairpin, leaving Ningguang and Keqing to consider lending them.

• Chen Li offered to forge Ningguang a Miraculous Item in exchange for the Jade Chamber, and Furina asked him to make one for her too.
• Chen Li startled Ningguang and Keqing by saying he wanted the brightest pearl atop the Jade Chamber, then clarified that he meant Ningguang’s Liyue Millennium game.
• Furina laughed, claimed she had just remembered solo-killing the Knave, and agreed to restrain Osial again.
• Chen Li asked Keqing for the hairpin she had carried while traveling across Liyue, and Keqing handed it to him.
• Chen Li explained that he would use the Jade Chamber, Liyue Millennium, and Keqing’s hairpin to forge a Miraculous Item for developing New Penacony, which Ningguang and Keqing could take turns using.

Chen Li refused to fight Osial himself because he needed to remain an Observer, so Scylla defeated the Vortex Archon while the others planned how to explain the crisis. After Osial fell, Chen Li obtained a new Miracle Card and Ningguang and Keqing offered him their help.

• Ningguang and Keqing agreed that Ningguang would receive the beginner Miraculous Item blueprint, while Keqing declined it.
• Chen Li explained that he could not personally fight Osial and proposed crediting Scylla with defeating the Vortex Archon after Childe stole the Gnosis.
• Scylla accepted the plan and told Ningguang, Keqing, and Ganyu that they could not rival her for Chen Li, while Furina taunted Osial from afar.
• Scylla defeated Osial with a sword slash, completing Chen Li’s Observer progress and granting him a new Miracle Card.
• Ningguang invited Chen Li to take the bright items he had collected from the Jade Chamber and reaffirmed her faith in his promise to make her Teyvat’s richest person.
• Keqing offered to help Chen Li with land planning and construction for his Miraculous Item, and he accepted her offer.

Chen Li heard that Old Audi had declared war on five main-tournament Servants in New Penacony, but chose to focus on forging Miraculous Items. Ganyu visited the Jade Chamber with chessboards for Chen Li’s furnace, only to learn that he knew embarrassing details about her childhood.

• Furina told Chen Li that Old Audi had revealed himself as a Master and declared war on five Servants in New Penacony.
• Chen Li judged that Old Audi’s bravado did not explain why he had provoked the other Servants, while the Galaxy livestream comments stirred up the controversy.
• Scylla asked whether Chen Li would return to New Penacony, but he said Miraculous Items took priority.
• Ganyu delivered secondhand Liyue Millennium chessboards funded by Ningguang, and Chen Li fed them into the Artifact Forging Furnace.
• Chen Li teased Ganyu with private childhood stories about her horns and her days following True Monarch of Clouds Ascending up the mountain.

Chen Li began forging a Miraculous Item from the Golden House while Ningguang learned that Morax figurines could sell for enormous sums in New Penacony. Ningguang rushed off to pursue the business opportunity, while Scylla revealed she had steered her there to fulfill Chen Li’s wish to see her hawking wares.

• Ganyu blushed at Chen Li’s teasing, then jumped from the Jade Chamber and opened her Wind Glider as Furina watched.
• Chen Li explained that he chose the Golden House over the Interastral Peace Corporation because it required less Miracle Fire, then told Furina and Ningguang not to disturb his forging.
• Scylla gave Ningguang the New Penacony Holy Grail War roster and suggested selling locally made Morax figurines, which could earn enough to buy a Star Destroyer.
• Ningguang hurried away to pursue the figurine business, returned to give Scylla her flyer back, and then left again by teleportation array.
• Scylla admitted that she had pointed Ningguang toward the figurine business because Chen Li wanted to see her hawking wares.
• The Trailblazer accepted Old Audi’s support flyers and promised to distribute them through her connections.

The Trailblazer traded Old Audi a Resurrection Advertisement Trial Card for three Command Seals, while Old Audi prepared to fight the Holy Grail War with Aha’s backing and a plan to become an intelligent Propagation Aeon. He remained confident in his strength, but the final fragment needed to make a Resurrection Card still would not appear.

• The Trailblazer pawned Old Audi the Resurrection Advertisement Trial Card for three extra Command Seals, pretending they were meant for Mikhail before leaving with the seals.
• Old Audi guessed that March 7th had summoned a hidden Servant and crushed the trial card, hoping to collect enough advertisement fragments to make Resurrection Cards.
• After the final card fragment failed to appear, Old Audi consulted Aha, who confirmed their agreement to help him win the Holy Grail War and become an intelligent Propagation Aeon.
• Aha explained that Old Audi could use the Holy Grail to merge with the bug in Ritsuka Fujimaru’s hands, and Old Audi agreed that becoming an Aeon mattered more than obtaining a Miraculous Item.
• Old Audi relied on the Bug Network Miraculous Item and his contract with Aha as he prepared to fight five Servants, while Aha reserved the right to flee if an Aeon-level opponent appeared.

Aha abandoned Old Audi when Star Howl and Long arrived at his manor, leaving him trapped between Harmony and Propagation. Aha later recounted Old Audi’s final stand to Furina, but stopped before revealing what happened next.

• Aha left Old Audi after warning him that opening the door would reveal what awaited him.
• Old Audi opened the door under Commander Infinite’s influence and found Star Howl waiting with a declaration-of-war flyer.
• Star Howl sang a hymn to Harmony while Old Audi realized she had come for him.
• Long arrived and confronted Old Audi over his plan to join Propagation, leaving him with no hope of escape.
• Aha later told Furina that Old Audi had fought back, then refused to reveal the outcome until Furina threatened him with a small cake.

Chen Li dealt with Aha tricking Furina out of her special cakes while forging a Miraculous Item, then learned Stelle had gone bankrupt investing in Old Audi’s declaration-of-war flyers. The chapter ended with Chen Li offering Stelle a risky, potentially profitable way to recover her losses.

• Aha teased Furina with an absurd story, took three cakes, and ran off to give some to A Kivili.
• Chen Li told Furina that Aha had likely tricked her and revealed that he had spent three hours forging a Miraculous Item while Ningguang supplied ancient objects.
• Furina realized Aha might take the cakes to the Astral Express and rushed to visit, so Chen Li sent Scylla after her because Furina was a god too.
• Stelle called Chen Li after Old Audi’s declaration flyers vanished, revealing she had invested all her Paradise Coins and borrowed from Dan Heng and March.
• Chen Li refused to use a Miraculous Item to help Stelle, but after she begged for food, he offered her a risky scheme with potentially huge profits.

Chen Li forged Stellar Journey, a thousand-player Miraculous Item designed to build properties across worlds, and invited the Trailblazer to recruit players. After Ningguang and Keqing agreed to go to New Penacony, Chen Li departed with them and Ganyu; Venti arrived to find a gathering of familiar faces playing a tabletop game.

• Chen Li persuaded the Trailblazer to help organize players for Stellar Journey, a Monopoly-style Miraculous Item that could create buildings with lasting effects across different worlds.
• The Trailblazer agreed to recruit people interested in making money and winning New Penacony's Best Trailblazing Award, and Chen Li explained the game could support up to a thousand players.
• Ningguang and Keqing revealed they had competed over Rex Lapis dolls, then agreed to work together in New Penacony.
• Ningguang examined Stellar Journey and became eager to pursue opportunities on a greater stage, while Chen Li's joking response to Keqing's honey-trap accusation eased the tension between them.
• Chen Li prepared to depart for Penacony with Ningguang, Keqing, and Ganyu.
• Venti arrived at New Penacony after helping Mondstadt and found Zhongli hosting a tabletop game with Raiden Makoto, Raiden Ei, Furina, Eula, Ningguang, Keqing, and Yae Miko.

Chen Li explained the risks and rules of Stellar Journey to Venti, who chose to enter the game as a bard rather than risk Mondstadt as collateral. The game began as New Penacony’s unexplored regions continued to develop, while Old Audi remained trapped inside the Holy Grail.

• Zhongli introduced Stellar Journey to Venti, and Chen Li explained that players could mortgage real-world possessions and lose them if they went bankrupt.
• Chen Li reviewed the rewards from forging Stellar Journey and the Alchemy Table, raising his Miraculous Forger level to Lv9.
• Chen Li explained that Stellar Journey used players’ lifespans as game steps, that Starstones could recharge playtime, and that choices in the game could affect reality.
• Chen Li revealed that Old Audi remained asleep inside the Holy Grail and could make a wish if he woke up.
• Venti entered Stellar Journey and chose the identity [Bard · Venti] instead of [God of Wind · Barbatos].

Great Herta proposed using three connected Miraculous Items to simulate the Honkai: Star Rail universe without Miraculous Items, and Chen Li agreed to help after everyone else gave their consent. Great Herta chose Amphoreus and the Solar System as her objectives as the simulation began.

• Venti complained that he could not drink in the game, and Zhongli explained that the seven days had not ended.
• Great Herta called earning money boring and proposed expanding the Game Field to cover the Honkai: Star Rail world, despite the greater risks and costs.
• Great Herta suggested combining [Stellar Journey], [Destiny Drawing Board], and [Life Scroll] to simulate the future without Miraculous Items.
• Ruan Mei, Screwllum, the Trailblazer, Robin, Sunday, and Changye Yue agreed to participate, while Great Herta told Black Swan to wait for another round.
• Chen Li used Magic Skill to connect the three Miraculous Items, and Great Herta selected Amphoreus and the Solar System as her preset objectives.

Chen Li assembled the three Miraculous Items and prepared everyone to enter a new simulation of Stellar Journey in New Penacony. Sunday was adjusting to being cast out of the Oak Family, while Silver Wolf arrived late and learned that players needed Starstones to progress.

• Chen Li assembled [Destiny Drawing Board], [Stellar Journey], and [Life Scroll], then asked everyone to prepare to enter the simulation.
• Sunday complained that Taiyi had expelled him from the Oak Family and taken over his identity, while Robin offered him a place to stay.
• Robin said she could stay at Chen Li's house, prompting the others to tease her and Sunday to misunderstand her intentions.
• Silver Wolf arrived at Raiden Ei's shop, stole Chen Li's seat, and learned she needed Starstones to keep playing the simulation.
• Chen Li explained that Starstones converted into different numbers of steps depending on a player's influence in the Honkai: Star Rail Universe, leaving Bronya and Tet with fewer steps than more influential players.

Chen Li refused to enter the game, explaining that if he landed in the Honkai: Star Rail world without his Miraculous Items, he might either be killed by Polka Kakamon or cause a catastrophe. Silver Wolf and Kafka debated what would happen if the Stellaron Hunters opposed him, and the chapter ended with Silver Wolf asking what kind of advantage she would gain if she joined him.

• Tet complained that non-local residents paid more to play, and Chen Li told him he had started working on making Game Life the Game Field.
• Great Herta tried to persuade Chen Li to enter the game, but he said he might die to Polka Kakamon or create a disaster in the Honkai: Star Rail world.
• Silver Wolf warned that Acheron's script might predict Chen Li's actions, while Chen Li argued he could join the Astral Express or Stellaron Hunters and follow the Path of Finality.
• Kafka arrived and saw that Stelle had become a staff member at Herta Space Station in the game.
• When Silver Wolf asked what he would do if the Stellaron Hunters tried to kill him, Chen Li said he would invoke Polka Kakamon to threaten anyone challenging the Circle of Knowledge.
• Silver Wolf asked what advantage she would have if she joined Chen Li.

Great Herta explained how the Cocoon of Eternity defeated her in [Stellar Journey], while Silver Wolf mocked her failed run. After Great Herta restarted the game, Silver Wolf reminded Chen Li that he had promised to forge her a Miraculous Item.

• Great Herta said the Cocoon of Eternity had nearly killed her, and she quit after learning recovery would take ten turns and returning to the Solar System risked another attack.
• Silver Wolf mocked Great Herta’s short run, whose evaluation was [Chapter 1: The Fallen Genius], while Great Herta defended her decision to conserve resources and explained her agreement with Screwllum.
• Great Herta and Silver Wolf argued until Chen Li told Great Herta she could restart the game, and she re-entered to pursue her goals.
• Silver Wolf asked Chen Li whether he remembered promising to forge her a Miraculous Item, then accused him of favoring Great Herta after he had made one for her.

Chen Li showed Silver Wolf and Screwllum the Alchemy Table, a Miraculous Item that could fuse or decompose objects, while Screwllum struggled to explain that Great Herta had become Emperor the Third. As players were expelled from the simulation, Chen Li quietly examined the Alchemy Table and let Stelle test it with increasingly bizarre items.

• Chen Li showed Silver Wolf the Alchemy Table and explained that it could fuse items or decompose them into useful resources.
• Screwllum reported that Emperor the Third had appeared but the experiment had failed, and Chen Li pressed him to explain what happened.
• Players were kicked out of the simulation and revealed that Great Herta had become an overwhelmingly powerful Emperor the Third, leaving Silver Wolf and Stelle bewildered.
• Silver Wolf told Stelle that Chen Li had stopped discussing the simulation and was quietly studying the Alchemy Table.
• Chen Li explained the Alchemy Table to Stelle, who began testing it by tossing in items such as Golden Trash, a baseball bat, and a Flame Spear.

Chen Li examined the Trailblazer’s bizarre Alchemy Table disassembly results, while she proposed disassembling The Erudition to take his intelligence. After the simulation ended, Great Herta’s achievements transformed into the garbled title of an Aeon, leaving everyone stunned and asking what had happened.

• Chen Li pulled the Trailblazer out of the Alchemy Table’s disassembly slot and explained that recreating her would require her recipe and a pure white soul.
• The Trailblazer asked whether disassembly could restore her and suggested adding intelligence during resynthesis.
• The Trailblazer proposed disassembling The Erudition to divide up his intelligence, but Kafka dragged her away as the others pulled Chen Li back from the Alchemy Table.
• Great Herta’s simulation ended after the other players had been eliminated, and she returned shaken and unsteady.
• Great Herta’s achievement changed from [Emperor the Third] to [Perfect Scholar] and then to [▇▇ Aeon], astonishing everyone.
• Silver Wolf asked Great Herta what had happened and what kind of Aeon she had become, but Great Herta curtly told her it was none of her business.

Chen Li checked Great Herta’s Simulated Universe logs and learned how she had gained control of the Cocoon of Eternity before merging with the Iron Tomb. The logs ended with the combined Emperor the Third corrupting Screwllum and Ruan Mei and unleashing a galaxy-wide calamity.

• Great Herta borrowed Chen Li’s [A Friend from Afar] and Friends Circle, then entered the Fate Invitation Space to settle a grudge with the machine-like Zandar or Laigushi.
• Chen Li synchronized time inside the Invitation Space and read Great Herta’s game logs while the others gathered to watch.
• The logs showed Great Herta repeatedly beating up Otto as she investigated the Honkai, the Cocoon of Eternity, the Imaginary Tree, and the Sea of Quantum.
• Great Herta passed a check using her retained knowledge and gained control of the Cocoon of Eternity, then modified it to return energy to Earth.
• Great Herta fused with the Iron Tomb after failing to defeat it, creating Emperor the Third, which corrupted Screwllum and then Ruan Mei’s Propagation Envoy before beginning to slaughter the galaxy.

Chen Li explained that The Erudition’s defeat could restore parallel worlds, including dangerous worlds without him, and showed Screwllum Great Herta’s record of becoming Emperor the Third. Convinced the threat required immediate action against The Erudition, Screwllum sent Great Herta back into the Invitation Space with Laigushi.

• Chen Li showed Screwllum a Miracle Card that could let its holder observe events without interference or withdraw past interference.
• Chen Li and Screwllum reasoned that The Erudition’s removal might bring back parallel worlds, including worlds where Chen Li had never existed.
• Chen Li shared part of Great Herta’s game record, revealing her choices while merging with Iron Tomb and her transformation into Emperor the Third.
• Screwllum concluded that they needed to dismantle The Erudition immediately, and Stelle questioned how quickly he had changed sides.
• Screwllum pushed Great Herta back into the Invitation Space, where she confronted Laigushi again with her whip.

Great Herta summoned Laigushi to the Invitation Space and whipped him while mocking him, revealing that she knew the Iron Tomb was gestating inside Scepter δ-me13. Laigushi tried to work out how she learned so much and suspected the Miraculous Forger was involved.

• Great Herta laughed at Laigushi’s plea for mercy and recalled how she had spent the first thirty minutes whipping him without asking her question.
• Great Herta explained that Laigushi was one of nine bodies carrying Zandar I Sangyuan’s will and that the Iron Tomb was being cultivated inside Scepter δ-me13 to kill The Erudition.
• Great Herta told Laigushi that she knew the Iron Tomb was having a difficult birth and understood the scepter’s time flow and the place where three Paths intertwined.
• Laigushi suspected the blue-haired Pathstrider who had tested the Iron Tomb virus, then asked whether The Erudition had revealed the scepter’s secrets to Great Herta.
• Laigushi guessed that the Miraculous Forger was connected to the abnormal fluctuations in the Path of Wisdom and had supplied Great Herta’s invitation item and whip.

Laigushi traded secrets with Great Herta inside the Invitation Space and became intensely fascinated with Chen Li after learning he was the Miraculous Forger. When Laigushi emerged from the space, Chen Li was horrified by his fanatical behavior, while Great Herta tried to play off how she had revealed Chen Li’s identity.

• Laigushi wagered his life on Polka Kakamon being unable to appear in the Invitation Space, then asked Great Herta about the Miraculous Forger.
• Laigushi pointed out that the scenes outside the Invitation Space’s door had changed, leading Great Herta to suspect Chen Li had tampered with the Invitation Key.
• Great Herta whipped Laigushi with [A Friend from Afar], and Laigushi became ecstatic about the soul-deep pain and praised Chen Li.
• When the Invitation Space expelled Laigushi, he crawled toward Chen Li and declared his admiration before the barrier stopped him.
• Chen Li recoiled from Laigushi, and Great Herta claimed she had accidentally revealed Chen Li’s identity.

Great Herta returned from the Invitation Space and learned that Chen Li had run several new Simulated Universe saves, while Black Swan’s reputation had changed dramatically. After discovering Chen Li and Screwllum were decomposing The Erudition’s head, Great Herta argued with Chen Li over his reasons, and he and Screwllum discussed choosing a new moment to guide possible worlds toward happiness.

• Great Herta handed Chen Li the Destiny Invitation Key and learned that time had continued outside the Invitation Space and the Simulated Universe was already on its fourth save.
• Great Herta noticed Black Swan playing in the Simulated Universe, and Chen Li explained that the simulations had turned her from a suspicious intruder into a respected Memokeeper and ally.
• Great Herta asked Chen Li to load a save so she could investigate Black Swan’s sudden reputation shift, but then learned Screwllum was decomposing The Erudition’s head in an Alchemy Table.
• Chen Li said he was decomposing The Erudition to help people in possible worlds find happiness, and he named Laigushi as the inspiration for the plan, angering Great Herta.
• Great Herta kicked at Chen Li, then shoved the remaining mechanical head into the Alchemy Table while Screwllum asked what moment they would forge next.
• Chen Li ruled out a moment in which Emperor the Third slaughtered the galaxy, and Screwllum agreed that Intelligent Machines needed to prevent Emperor the Third from emerging.

Chen Li and his companions dismantled The Erudition and considered how to handle the Path energy and divinity it left behind. They tried to enlist Aqua’s wisdom to restrain The Erudition’s remains, but Aqua refused to enter the Alchemy Table, leaving the group still trying to persuade her.

• Chen Li explained that he planned to create a world that could reach a happy ending across its possible paths before letting go of it.
• Chen Li and Screwllum examined the results of dismantling The Erudition: scrap metal, Zandar, and a mass of Path energy and divinity.
• Great Herta suggested adding Aqua’s wisdom when they synthesized The Erudition’s remains, and the group summoned Aqua’s projection.
• The group praised Aqua and offered her ten thousand Starstones to contribute her wisdom, but she refused, arguing that it could make The Erudition stronger.
• Chen Li explained that Aqua’s projection would melt in the enhanced Alchemy Table, but Aqua clung to a pillar and resisted, prompting Satou Kazuma to question why she feared for her projection if her original body could survive.