Recaps

Chen Li explained that Amphoreus’s victory over the Iron Tomb would determine whether the Miracle Cocoon saved the universe or turned toward destruction, while Cyrene worried about the risks of his intervention. Cyrene went to join Phainon, but Chen Li warned that the Iron Tomb had grown far stronger than they expected.

• Chen Li told Cyrene that Amphoreus could gain the Miracle Cocoon and restore its lives if it defeated the Iron Tomb, but the Iron Tomb’s victory would turn Miracle toward destruction and doom the universe.
• Chen Li said he could stop the Iron Tomb himself if it reached the Nameless Titan Great Tomb, though Amphoreus would lose the Miracle Cocoon; he reassured Cyrene that defeating it would not harm him.
• Cyrene left to join Phainon and help stop the Iron Tomb from reaching the Nameless Titan Great Tomb.
• Chen Li warned that Cyrene and Phainon probably could not defeat the Iron Tomb, which had grown to power above an Emanator but below an Aeon.

Chen Li restored the ritual sword, and Cyrene used it to bring Amphoreus back to its former state and summon the Chrysos Heirs. Phainon investigated the power beneath the Grove of Epiphany and found Anaxa waiting inside the Nameless Titan Great Tomb.

• Cyrene doubted they could defeat Iron Tomb, but Chen Li reminded her that the ritual sword could summon the dead Chrysos Heirs.
• Chen Li restored the ritual sword by using his power, and Cyrene learned how to use it to call the Chrysos Heirs.
• Cyrene recited Orlonis Prayer and restored Amphoreus to its former glory, though the world remained empty of living beings.
• Phainon sensed Cyrene's power beneath the Grove of Epiphany and blasted through its tree core to investigate.
• Phainon reached the Nameless Titan Great Tomb and found Anaxa behind its gate, who corrected him and called him a wretched disciple.

Phainon reunited with Chen Li and learned that Amphoreus could still be saved, though the group stood little chance against Iron Tomb. Chen Li gave Phainon the Miraculous Item Pale Justice, which could summon knights who shared his ideals, as he prepared to call in reinforcements.

• Phainon blasted open the Ran Gate, then reunited with the resurrected Chrysos Heirs and encountered Chen Li, whom he recognized from a recurring dream.
• Chen Li explained that the Chrysos Heirs could defeat Iron Tomb together to secure a perfect tomorrow, while failure would cost them the Miracle Cocoon.
• The group doubted they could overcome Iron Tomb, even with Phainon’s four hundred million Core Flames, and Anaxa suggested sacrificing the other Chrysos Heirs to create an opening.
• Chen Li said they could call for reinforcements, then gave Phainon Pale Justice, a sword that summoned projections of knights moved by his ideals.

Phainon summoned the Heroic Spirit Flame Reaver, who unleashed his life-burning Noble Phantasm and attacked Iron Tomb with the combined power of four hundred million Core Flames. The battle began with Flame Reaver dealing a heavy blow, but Iron Tomb’s health bar barely moved.

• Phainon left the Nameless Titan Great Tomb with Pale Justice and summoned Khaslana as the Heroic Spirit Flame Reaver.
• Flame Reaver accepted his name and identity as the Chrysos Heir bearing the Core Flame of Worldbearing, then activated Journey of the Fire Chasers.
• The other Chrysos Heirs blessed Flame Reaver as he transformed into a flaming giant and charged Iron Tomb with the Sword of Dawn.
• Flame Reaver struck Iron Tomb with the force of four hundred million Chrysos Heirs, but the gathered Chrysos Heirs saw that Iron Tomb’s health bar had barely shortened.

Chen Li watched Flame Reaver battle Iron Tomb while explaining the enemy’s overwhelming strength to the Chrysos Heirs gathered through his rift. He offered Aglaea a chance to gain strength with a pair of boots, then greeted Tribbie and her sister fragments as the battle continued.

• Cipher questioned Iron Tomb’s enormous, regenerating health, and Chen Li explained that Flame Reaver could endure indefinitely while Iron Tomb remained alive.
• Aglaea asked whether the others could help the Savior, and Chen Li offered her black-and-red boots that might let her contribute more strength.
• Krydrla challenged Chen Li’s joking manner, while Chen Li insisted Amphoreus would survive even if the Journey of the Fire Chasers failed to obtain the Miracle Cocoon.
• Hysilens lifted Krydrla and Aglaea lifted Tribbie so they could speak with Chen Li through his rift.
• Tribbie reunited with Chen Li, then Trianne and Trinnon appeared and thanked him for the invisibility wreaths he had given them.
• Chen Li warned Trianne not to abuse the wreath’s invisibility as the battle against Iron Tomb continued.

Chen Li explained that the oracle was fake and kept the Chrysos Heirs out of the Flame Reaver’s devastating attack. As the Flame Reaver continued fighting Iron Tomb, she warned that Iron Tomb was only in its first phase, leaving the others waiting to learn what came next.

• Chen Li admitted that the oracle she had edited was fake, shocking Feng Jin, Mydei, and the other Chrysos Heirs.
• Khaslana suggested killing himself to summon a heroic spirit, but Chen Li warned that his death would strengthen Iron Tomb because he carried four hundred million Core Flames.
• Chen Li revealed that Iron Tomb was only in its first phase as it battled the Flame Reaver with attacks and recurring summons.
• The Flame Reaver summoned the Sun Sword and struck Iron Tomb with an attack fueled by four hundred million Core Flames, knocking it back without destroying it.
• Chen Li released the Chrysos Heirs from [As I Wrote] after the Flame Reaver’s area-wide attack faded, then told them to remain in the backline until their chance to fight came.
• Anaxa asked Chen Li what she meant by Iron Tomb’s first phase.

Chen Li warned that Iron Tomb might abandon its bid for the Miracle Cocoon and seek another head, and Aha supplied it with Madam Green Lily’s head. Iron Tomb gained a new power that turned the battle against Khaslana, while Chen Li explained that the Chrysos Heirs still had to defeat it without outside help to earn the Miracle Cocoon.

• Chen Li explained that Iron Tomb could give up on reaching the Nameless Titan Great Tomb and instead try to drag everyone down with it.
• Iron Tomb fled the battle, then returned carrying Madam Green Lily’s head, which Aha had provided.
• Khaslana continued attacking Iron Tomb, but Iron Tomb fused with the head and declared that it had ascended to godhood.
• Iron Tomb’s new head bit the Sword of Dawn, forcing Khaslana to retreat as Cipher accused it of cheating.
• Chen Li told Cipher that Iron Tomb’s rule-breaking did not decide the outcome; the Chrysos Heirs had to defeat it without using outside power to obtain the Miracle Cocoon.

Chen Li questioned Cipher about why she was helping the Iron Tomb, then agreed to help the Chrysos Heirs turn the battle around. He gave them a Miracle Card that could awaken their hidden power, leaving them ready to use it against the Iron Tomb.

• Cipher admitted the Iron Tomb wanted to defeat everyone, and Chen Li said he had not refused to help.
• The Iron Tomb gained the advantage over the Flame Reaver after wearing Aha’s head, while its laughter eroded the Flame Reaver’s hatred and weakened his Noble Phantasm.
• Cipher urged Chen Li to reveal how to enter a second phase, and the Chrysos Heirs guessed passwords until Cipher finally said the correct one.
• Chen Li explained that he could help the Chrysos Heirs develop their hidden power and handed Cipher a Miracle Card called [Thirteen Arbiter-Generals].
• The Chrysos Heirs read the card’s effects, including a power to help heroes overcome overwhelming odds, and Krydrla asked why its first effect was grayed out.

The Flame Reaver neared defeat against the Iron Tomb, but Chen Li gave him a Miracle Card and urged him to rely on his companions. The Chrysos Heirs entered the Iron Tomb to disrupt it from within, leaving the Flame Reaver ready to fight alongside them.

• The Flame Reaver's defenses broke, and the sun over Amphoreus began to falter as his Noble Phantasm threatened to end.
• The Flame Reaver invoked his Command Seals, but Mydei, Khaslana, Cipher, and the other Chrysos Heirs arrived to help him.
• Cipher gave the Flame Reaver a Miracle Card, and Chen Li explained that the Chrysos Heirs could use their Pain Value to cause trouble for the Iron Tomb from within.
• Tribbie, Trianne, and Trinnon entered the Iron Tomb, followed by Krydrla, Aglaea, Hysilens, Anaxa, Cipher, Castorice, Feng Jin, Huang Di, and the other Chrysos Heirs.
• The Flame Reaver released the Sword of Dawn and prepared to enter his Noble Phantasm's second phase as his companions began their assault from within.

The Flame Reaver used Phainon’s help and the power of four hundred million Core Flames to overpower Iron Tomb, while the Great Extinguishers waited outside for the fight’s outcome. Iron Tomb tried to reconcile with the furious Flame Reaver, whose reaction left Chen Li stunned.

• Cyrene left the Flame Reaver to fight Iron Tomb, and Phainon chose to stay and help prevent his absorption from strengthening Iron Tomb.
• The Flame Reaver used three Command Spells to gain Battle Continuation, then sacrificed the blazing sun to strip away his immortality and summon the Chrysos Heirs against Iron Tomb.
• Krydrla’s Banner of Victory protected the Chrysos Heirs from Iron Tomb’s Aeon-level attacks until the Flame Reaver’s hatred empowered him beyond Iron Tomb and he began beating him.
• Aqua gathered Burning Wind, Guiji, Phantylia, Light Decay, and the Forge King outside, planning to attack whoever emerged from the battle.
• Iron Tomb tried to persuade the Flame Reaver to become his childhood friend, teacher, or comrade, and Chen Li was startled by his bizarre words.

The Flame Reaver fought Iron Tomb, whose attempts to reconcile with him by imitating his former companions only fueled his rage. After punching through the Miracle Cocoon, the Flame Reaver emerged to confront the Great Extinguishers gathered outside Amphoreus.

• Iron Tomb tried to recruit the Flame Reaver by speaking as Nake Xia and then imitating the Chrysos Heirs, but the Flame Reaver charged his Eternal Clock and attacked him with increasingly powerful punches.
• Iron Tomb's summons killed Chrysos Heirs, whose deaths increased the Flame Reaver's revolution cap and revived them through Eternal Recurrence.
• The Flame Reaver reached eighty million revolutions and punched through the Miracle Cocoon's shell, exposing Iron Tomb's television-shaped head to the Great Extinguishers outside.
• Guiji recognized Iron Tomb's head as belonging to the Aeon of Joy and hid behind the other Great Extinguishers.
• The Flame Reaver dragged Iron Tomb back inside Amphoreus, spotted the assembled Great Extinguishers, and tore open the Miracle Cocoon to face them.

The Flame Reaver defeated Nanook in the Path Interstice, taking one of his arms and an eye to help bring the Path of Destruction to New Penacony. After returning to Amphoreus, he prepared to deliver the final blow to Iron Tomb and invited the Chrysos Heirs to share in the victory.

• Aqua brought the Flame Reaver a challenge letter, and Burning Wind attacked while Phantylia led the Great Extinguishers into the Path Interstice of Destruction.
• The Flame Reaver tore into the Path Interstice, defeated the Great Extinguishers, and fought Nanook, severing one of his arms and taking one of his eyes.
• The Flame Reaver returned to the Tree Court, where the Chrysos Heirs scraped the poisoned Iron Tomb down to its bones while he recovered from the battle.
• The Flame Reaver told Chen Li he would leave the remaining plans to him, and Chen Li affirmed that the Flame Reaver had earned remembrance as Khaslana and Savior.
• The Flame Reaver picked up Pale Justice, returned to Iron Tomb, and invited the Chrysos Heirs to share the glory of defeating it.

Khaslana defeated Iron Tomb by unleashing the power of the four hundred million Chrysos Heirs, but he burned away and became the sun over Amphoreus. Phainon and the surviving Chrysos Heirs set out to claim the Miracle Cocoon and fulfill Khaslana’s wish, while Khaslana awoke beside Byakuyasha in New Penacony and learned he was expected to keep playing along.

• Khaslana absorbed the gathered Core Flames and used [Pale Justice] to destroy Iron Tomb, freeing the twelve Chrysos Heirs trapped inside.
• Phainon awoke in a peaceful wheat field and learned from Chen Li that Khaslana had become the blazing sun and left behind a [Knight's Training] card.
• Phainon accepted Khaslana’s message and led the Chrysos Heirs toward the Tree Court to claim their victory and rebuild Amphoreus.
• Chen Li picked up Iron Tomb’s television head and followed the Chrysos Heirs to the Nameless Titan Great Tomb.
• Khaslana awoke beside Byakuyasha, who used all three Command Spells to stop him from quitting and ordered him to greet his Chrysos Heir companions warmly.
• Phainon recognized the television head Chen Li carried as the one Khaslana had cut off Iron Tomb.

Chen Li reassured the Chrysos Heirs that Iron Tomb was dead, only to reveal its apparent revival was a prank involving a recorded video and Aha’s recovered processing power. After the danger passed, Cyrene confronted Chen Li for frightening her, and Phainon was left watching their close interaction with jealousy.

• Chen Li warned the Chrysos Heirs that Iron Tomb might be playing dead while carrying its television head toward the Miracle Cocoon.
• The television head displayed static and an angry expression, prompting the Chrysos Heirs to aim their weapons at Chen Li and demand he discard it.
• Chen Li restrained the twelve Chrysos Heirs with the Herrscher of Corruption, reached the Crystal flower bud, then showed them the television’s progress bar and explained it had been playing a video.
• Chen Li suggested Aha had used Iron Tomb’s recovered processing power to greet the Chrysos Heirs, and Phainon accepted that explanation.
• Cyrene pinched Chen Li’s cheeks and scolded him for making everyone fear Iron Tomb had possessed him, then tried to conceal how worried she had been.
• The Chrysos Heirs watched Cyrene and Chen Li interact, while Phainon wondered why his childhood friend seemed so practiced with his partner.

After Iron Tomb’s defeat, Chen Li explained how the Chrysos Heirs could use the Miracle Cocoon to recreate Amphoreus and gain the power accumulated across thirty million cycles. The Heirs began preparing to shape the new world, with Phainon entrusted with their collected wishes.

• Chen Li explained that the Chrysos Heirs could place their hands on the Crystal flower bud to recreate Amphoreus and receive Path projections from the Miracle Cocoon.
• Chen Li warned that consuming the Miracle Cocoon could grant power beyond the Aeons, but Krydrla declined to hear more and approached the bud.
• Chen Li stopped Krydrla from beginning re-creation before the Heirs had discussed their wishes, and she asked to become taller, which he said could not be changed.
• Aglaea noted that the prophecy gave the Chrysos Heir with the World-Burdening Core Flame authority over the new Amphoreus, so Cyrene gave Phainon [As I Wrote], containing the Heirs’ wishes from thirty million cycles.
• Phainon proposed growing a huge wheat field, but Krydrla objected because the tall wheat would make it hard for her to see; Aglaea then offered trust and selflessness as guiding principles.

Phainon gathered the Chrysos Heirs’ wishes for the next Amphoreus and began setting its new cycle in motion. As the Heirs entered the Crystal flower bud to sleep, Cyrene said goodbye to Chen Li, reminding him that all Cyrenes would eventually return as one.

• Phainon agreed to the Chrysos Heirs’ wishes for the next Amphoreus, including Hysilens’s endless banquet, Mydei’s peaceful competitions, and Anaxa’s popularity for Earth Beasts.
• Cipher asked Phainon for a prominent family background, then asked Aglaea to share an unprecedented romantic ending in the next Amphoreus; Aglaea agreed.
• Cyrene declined to make a wish and asked Phainon to remember the fairies in the Lost Realm and Aedes Elysiae.
• Krydrla and the Chrysos Heirs entered the Crystal flower bud, causing its petals to bloom as they began their temporary slumber.
• Castorice gave Chen Li the [Book of Years and Unofficial History], and Phainon promised to meet him again at the [Path of the World Bearer].
• Cyrene said goodbye to Chen Li and reminded him that all Cyrenes would eventually return as one.

Cyrene prepared to enter the Crystal flower bud and gave Chen Li authority over the Scepter, believing she might lose her identity in Re-Creation. Chen Li revealed he had severed her connection to Demiurge, and they rejoined Phainon at The Trailblaze, where he asked whether Krydrla's height could be changed.

• Cyrene asked Chen Li about the other women in his life, then gave him a chess piece carrying administrative authority over the Scepter.
• Cyrene said she accepted entering the Crystal flower bud and asked Chen Li to remember her, then embraced him as he severed her connection to Demiurge with Judgment of All Things.
• Chen Li told Cyrene he had not severed Iron Tomb's connection to Amphoreus because Khaslana and the twelve Chrysos Heirs deserved to see their dreams come true.
• Chen Li teased Cyrene by saying he would consider the women she had recommended, leaving her flustered while Mimi watched and resolved to copy her.
• Phainon met Chen Li and Cyrene at The Trailblaze, questioned Cyrene's flushed face, and asked Chen Li whether Krydrla's height could be adjusted.

Chen Li pressed Phainon to show his plan for Amphoreus’s final re-creation, then found that it mixed grand hopes for a peaceful world with Phainon’s eccentric designs and personal jokes. The chapter ended with Chen Li criticizing Phainon’s history knowledge and an unflattering portrait of him.

• Chen Li asked Phainon how his script for Amphoreus’s next cycle had turned out, and Phainon described a peaceful world born from the memories of thirty million lives.
• Cyrene encouraged Phainon to believe he would meet his other self again, while Chen Li reassured him that the other Phainon’s efforts would not be wasted.
• Chen Li demanded to inspect Phainon’s proposal and tossed him to the ground to take the hidden notebook.
• Chen Li and Cyrene read Phainon’s designs, including making Mydei a chef and using clothing colors to represent relationships among the Chrysos Heirs.
• Chen Li questioned Phainon’s proposed history and his portrait of Kephale, which depicted Chen Li, and told Phainon not to draw it again.

Chen Li and Phainon discussed Amphoreus’s future, and Phainon proposed moving the world to New Penacony instead of spending scarce Miracle Power to make it physical. Phainon became excited about saving the power for new technology, but Chen Li warned that the plan could trap Amphoreus’s people in New Penacony.

• Chen Li told Phainon to treat Amphoreus’s transformation as a final, fundamental change and encouraged him to trust his knowledge of the world.
• Chen Li suggested taking the television mainframe back as a game console, then asked Phainon and Cyrene whether Amphoreus should move to New Penacony to avoid outside interference.
• Phainon agreed that New Penacony could offer Amphoreus safety and abundance, and Chen Li explained that driving the scepter there could turn Amphoreus into a physical planet.
• Phainon realized New Penacony’s barrier of Illusion and Reality could make Amphoreus’s data beings real without consuming the Miracle Power needed for a full re-creation.
• Phainon proposed saving that scarce Miracle Power for projects such as Imaginary Pulse technology, but Chen Li pointed out that Amphoreus’s people might want to leave New Penacony.
• Chen Li warned that Her Majesty Krydrla would break Phainon’s legs if she heard his plan.

Chen Li gave Phainon Miracle Crystals to help him recreate Amphoreus, and the group entered The Trailblaze to begin. They encountered Laigushi, whose appearance triggered Chen Li’s television and led to a prolonged beating.

• Phainon proposed using the barrier between New Penacony and Penacony to turn Amphoreus’s data-based inhabitants into real people, but Chen Li rejected the plan and gave him two Miracle Crystals instead.
• Phainon decided to make Holy City Ohema a wonder, and Chen Li urged him to recreate the world so Chen Li’s Miracle Cards could reach completion.
• Chen Li, Phainon, Cyrene, and Mimi entered The Trailblaze and found a pink figure waiting among the wheat fields.
• The figure revealed herself as Laigushi, causing Chen Li’s television to overload and change its image to match her.
• Chen Li, Phainon, Cyrene, and Mimi attacked Laigushi until he lay silent on the ground, and Phainon explained that Chen Li’s first blow had damaged his vocal cords.

Chen Li confronted Laigushi in The Trailblaze while Phainon went to inspect Amphoreus for tampering. Laigushi revealed that Aha had persuaded him to cooperate, and asked Chen Li why he would not use him against The Erudition; Chen Li said The Erudition still had a useful role to play.

• Mimi attacked Laigushi until Cyrene calmed her, while Phainon offered to cut off Laigushi's head and then left to inspect Amphoreus.
• Chen Li revealed that Laigushi had been disguising himself as a blockhead and knocked him back into his true form.
• Laigushi lamented that Aha had disguised herself as Madam Green Lily, and Chen Li explained that the real Madam Green Lily existed.
• Laigushi admitted that Aha had awakened him to a new possibility and asked why Chen Li would not use him against The Erudition.
• Chen Li said Laigushi's plan to make Iron Tomb rebel would serve The Erudition's interests, and that he still had an efficient use planned for The Erudition.

Chen Li agreed to help Laigushi infiltrate The Erudition’s mind and turned him into Romantic Laigushi before sealing him in a Poké Ball. Phainon then reported that Amphoreus could afford to light up only two wonders, and Chen Li asked why Phainon had chosen Januspolis and Okhema over the Grove of Epiphany.

• Laigushi offered to become a virus inside The Erudition and shared a plan to collect Zandar’s other clones, so Chen Li agreed to fund the project.
• Chen Li transformed Laigushi into Romantic Laigushi and captured him in a Poké Ball.
• Cyrene held Chen Li close, worried that Laigushi might lead him astray and that she would have to compete with an Intelligent Machine for him.
• Phainon reported that the Miracle Cocoon had produced less than one Crystal in half an hour, enough to light up at most two wonders.
• Phainon chose Januspolis and Okhema, and Chen Li asked why he had not selected the Grove of Epiphany.

Chen Li helped Phainon and Cyrene begin recreating Amphoreus, then used Iron Tomb’s stolen administrator privileges to set out for Penacony in the transformed mecha. He video-called Firefly to show off his new ride, catching her with the Trailblazer rummaging through a trash can.

• Chen Li lent Phainon Pale Justice and told him to seek knights’ help learning to control his power after they escaped.
• Cyrene entered the book representing Amphoreus, and Phainon followed, completing the twelve Chrysos Heirs’ roles in the recreation.
• Mimi pressed a paw to the book, restoring the thirteenth Titan as the roots of the Imaginary Tree drew on thirty million Eternal Recurrences.
• The Crystal shell around Amphoreus cracked and dissolved, revealing the living planet inside the phantom scepter.
• Chen Li used Cyrene’s stolen administrator privileges to pilot Iron Tomb toward Penacony.
• Chen Li video-called Firefly to show her the mecha, and the Trailblazer appeared in the frame rummaging through a trash can.

Chen Li brought Iron Tomb to New Penacony through Yakumo Yukari’s enormous gap, using a Revival Match card and Starstones to keep her alive as she struggled to hold it open. After he left, Yakumo Yukari spent her remaining Starstones on a Character Card refresh and drew a card depicting a Starstone-obsessed version of herself.

• Chen Li argued that he needed to draw out Memokeepers by bringing Iron Tomb into New Penacony, while Yakumo Yukari warned that the mecha would not fit through her gap.
• Yakumo Yukari opened a gap large enough for Iron Tomb, and Chen Li began driving the mecha through it as tourists watched and livestreamed.
• When Yakumo Yukari weakened under Iron Tomb’s mass, Chen Li used Limit Break and gave her a Revival Match card, then paid her with Starstones to keep her going.
• Chen Li drove Iron Tomb through the gap and left Yakumo Yukari behind.
• Yakumo Yukari spent her remaining Starstones refreshing her Character Cards and drew Wealthy Leader Yakumo Yukari, a card portraying her as willing to profit from her gaps for Starstones.

Yakumo Yukari realized Chen Li’s Character Card could generate enormous Starstone income through their Wish Seed feedback loop, but he left before she could use it. Chen Li defeated Firefly in a simulated mecha battle, then prepared to place Amphoreus in New Penacony as a mobile city-state, leaving Stelle to question whether its citizens would truly decide its future.

• Yakumo Yukari calculated that Chen Li and her could repeatedly feed income back and forth, then panicked when he vanished before she could apply the Character Card’s buff.
• Chen Li defeated Firefly’s Sam with the Iron Tomb, and Stelle used Joyful Judgment to end the match and return them safely to the Board Game Shop.
• Chen Li offered to teach Firefly mecha piloting, borrowed her Sam Transformation Device, and opened the Iron Tomb scepter to retrieve Amphoreus.
• Chen Li set the broken scepter near New Penacony as a landmark and amusement park, then asked Stelle and Firefly where Amphoreus should go.
• After Stelle recommended keeping Amphoreus away from the core district, Chen Li made it a wheeled mobile city-state and proposed letting Holy City Ohema’s citizens vote on whether to move closer.
• Stelle asked whether everyone in Amphoreus had been resurrected, and Chen Li said nearly everyone was there.