Recaps

Kongming dropped her feigned amnesia after Chen Li exposed that he had seen through her from the start, then learned he could revive her late grandfather. Overwhelmed by anger, gratitude, and embarrassment, she asked to be left alone, and after Chen Li and Fu Xuan went downstairs, she cautiously emerged from beneath the blanket.

• Kongming tore out strands of her hair to make the Horse Talisman heal her, then admitted she could not remember Chen Li because thinking about him hurt.
• Chen Li revealed he had used Mind Reading to uncover Kongming's act from the beginning, and she angrily accused him of toying with her.
• Chen Li offered to revive Kongming's late grandfather with his Miracle Card, leaving her flustered as she reconsidered his earlier pretense of being her grandfather.
• Kongming hid beneath the blanket and asked to be left alone, while Fu Xuan wondered whether Chen Li had deliberately triggered her emotions to use his curio.
• After Chen Li and Fu Xuan left, Kongming cautiously emerged from beneath the blanket, still unable to calm herself.

Kongming discovered that Luna Kindred had not lost her memories and learned that she feared the young man she had bitten would lose his mind after forty-eight hours. Believing the Horse Talisman could cure him, Kongming persuaded Luna Kindred to repay him by offering herself in marriage, leaving her ready to make the proposal downstairs.

• Luna Kindred woke in the room, and Kongming realized her confusion seemed genuine rather than an act.
• Luna Kindred identified herself as A-872 and asked Kongming where the black-haired young man was, explaining that he had helped her when she lost control.
• Luna Kindred said she needed to find the young man before forty-eight hours passed because her bite could turn him into her puppet; Kongming reassured her that his Horse Talisman could cure him.
• Kongming persuaded Luna Kindred that she should repay the young man by offering herself in marriage, framing it as the proper way to apologize and give thanks.
• Luna Kindred accepted Kongming's advice and asked what to do if he rejected her, and Kongming told her to hug him and cry.

Kongming learned from Luna Kindred that Chen Li may have provoked her emotions to ease her psychological burden, then panicked when Luna went downstairs to offer herself to him. After hiding in the attic, Kongming came down and found Chen Li waiting in a HOMU costume, hinting that he had suffered while she rested.

• Luna Kindred told Kongming that Chen Li could fulfill wishes and relieve psychological stress after someone's emotions erupted, making Kongming reconsider his actions toward her.
• Luna went downstairs to apologize to Chen Li by offering herself, and Kongming retreated beneath the covers rather than interrupting her.
• Kongming later descended to the second floor, found it empty, and gathered the courage to face everyone downstairs.
• Kongming reached the first floor and saw the others occupied with their conversations and activities, while Luna sat beside a yellow mascot-costumed figure.
• Chen Li, wearing a HOMU costume, addressed Kongming and said that she had rested well while he had not.

Chen Li brought Kongming to the restaurant, where she endured a sip of bitter melon juice before he left to grant the Phantom Moon a wish. While he was gone, Kongming learned that Luna Kindred had taken Chen Li’s marriage response seriously, and Lord of the Hunt Lily approached Kongming, sensing she might become a Path of the Hunt Envoy.

• Kongming reunited with Chen Li and learned that the Theresas had left after receiving wishes, including one who left her two cups of bitter melon juice as an apology.
• Chen Li persuaded Kongming to taste the bitter melon juice, and she gagged after one sip before drinking milk to ease the bitterness.
• Kongming changed the subject to Chen Li’s purpose, and he said he needed to leave briefly to grant the Phantom Moon a wish.
• Luna Kindred thanked Kongming for advising her to cry, then explained that Chen Li had suggested they meet her parents or elders before discussing marriage.
• Kongming urged Luna Kindred not to rush into marriage, but Luna explained how Chen Li’s kindness had made her trust humans.
• Lord of the Hunt Lily approached Kongming and said she seemed to have the potential to become a Path of the Hunt Envoy, prompting Fu Xuan to question his judgment.

Lord of the Hunt Lily warned Kongming against following the Hunt Path, but Kongming secretly grew curious about meeting her future self. Meanwhile, Chen Li questioned the Phantom Moon about its wish to become the Devouring Star God, then returned to the restaurant and asked Sparkle whether she had seen First Ripple.

• Lord of the Hunt Lily told Kongming that her heart of vengeance came from her future self and warned her never to choose or summon a Hunt character, though Kongming secretly wanted to test the path.
• Chen Li confronted the Phantom Moon with the Miracle Card [Then I ask you] and heard it repeatedly wish to become the Devouring Star God.
• Aha took control of the Phantom Moon, blamed Ouroboros and then Hu Lei for the wish, while Ouroboros denied responsibility to Chen Li.
• Chen Li refused to grant the Phantom Moon's wish and left, unwilling to risk the trouble it could cause.
• At the restaurant, Sparkle and Great Herta teased Chen Li about his encounter with the Phantom Moon, and Chen Li asked Sparkle whether she had seen First Ripple.

Chen Li explained that he needed Kongming’s help to awaken a wish-granting being in her world, and offered her Character Cards so she could gain power to face the beasts threatening the Huang Empire. Luna drew four cards and discovered a purple one depicting a mature version of herself; Chen Li explained how she could use it.

• Chen Li told Sparkle that First Ripple and the Herrscher of Corruption had already gone to Destiny Headquarters, then explained his Miracle Card to Kongming.
• Chen Li said he planned to awaken the Wish Machine in Kongming’s world, and Kongming hoped to use its wish to defeat the beasts threatening the Empire.
• Chen Li gave Kongming and Luna the Book of Years and Unofficial History, Friends Circle Terminals, and 111 Starstones each so they could draw Character Cards.
• The Lord of the Hunt left to search for Abundance Fiends after Fu Xuan explained the Happiness Research Society’s use of Shuhu’s cells.
• Luna spent all four draws immediately and obtained a purple card titled “Luna Vow: Crimson Love (Theresa),” which showed a mature version of herself.
• Chen Li told Luna that she could use the card’s power, transform herself using it, or summon its character into the real world.

Luna used her character card’s Armament Form to become an adult and asked Chen Li to marry her, while Kongming helped him realize the Wish Machine could be questioned about its own wish. Chen Li learned that the Wish Machine wanted to become at least a Two-star Artifact, then offered Kongming one of its wishes, and she asked about following the Path of The Hunt.

• Kongming asked Chen Li about summoning character cards as real people and whether buffs could improve a card, and Chen Li explained the limits and costs.
• Luna transformed into her adult form, hugged Chen Li, and asked to marry him, but he postponed the decision by telling her to seek Sister Kallen’s blessing.
• Chen Li sent Luna with Cyrene to learn how to use the Slap Gloves, while Kongming suggested asking the Wish Machine what it wanted.
• Luna returned, teased Kongming about wanting to marry Chen Li, and argued that her figure made her the obvious choice.
• Chen Li asked the Wish Machine about its wish and learned that it wanted to become at least a Two-star Artifact.
• Chen Li offered Kongming one of the Wish Machine’s wishes, and Kongming said she wanted to learn about the Path of The Hunt.

Chen Li lent Kongming a powerful Spiritus so she could explore the Path of The Hunt, and she accepted it as a trial loan. After spending 111 Starstones, Kongming summoned her original self from a character card and was promptly ambushed with a birthday cake by Yingying.

• Chen Li offered Kongming his Spiritus, explaining its time-spanning slap and immense power, and she accepted it to test its abilities.
• Fu Xuan teased Chen Li about lending Kongming the Spiritus, and he claimed he chose Kongming because she had white hair.
• Kongming spent all 111 Starstones and drew the purple character card [Shorty Gazing at the Sky · Kongming].
• Kongming used the card to summon her original self, who presented her with a birthday cake bearing a mocking message in Kongming's own handwriting.
• Yingying snatched the cake and slapped it into Kongming's face, causing her to slip before Chen Li caught her.

Kongming discovered that her future selves had arranged repeated cake attacks through the character cards, while Chen Li explained the cards and lent her a Curio to clean the stains. She began loading cards to gain strength before returning to her world, but the chapter ended with another unavoidable cake strike.

• Kongming blamed her future self for sending Yingying to smash a cake into her face, and Chen Li used Beautiful Girl's Privilege to remove the stains from her clothes.
• Kongming read the purple card's description and realized her future self had trained Yingying to control a spirit creature with precision.
• Kongming entered the blue Trainer Kongming card's portal, but Yingying caught the cake that appeared and smashed it into her face again.
• Chen Li told Kongming that she could stack character cards to gain strength, and she decided to load more cards before returning to fight feral beasts.
• Kongming loaded the white Realm: Kongming card and blocked Yingying's cake attack with her fan, but a cake appeared and struck her anyway because Weiling's slap reversed cause and effect.

Kongming endured a series of humiliating cakes, arranged for future versions of herself to send more, and prepared to return to the Huang Empire to confront Hulang. Chen Li offered her the Human Emperor Banner’s volunteer Heroic Souls as an army, while Luna Kindred stayed behind with Cyrene.

• Kongming accepted the cakes as the price of gaining power, then slapped one onto her own face and asked Chen Li to establish a service for sending cakes between her future selves.
• Chen Li agreed to Kongming’s cake arrangement, and Kongming realized she had already suffered four cakes despite her proposed limit of three.
• Chen Li prepared Kongming to return to the Huang Empire, where she chose Hulang as her first target because he plotted to kill her and control the court through Kiana.
• Chen Li offered to turn the Huang Empire into King's Land and summoned the Human Emperor Banner, whose volunteer Heroic Souls could serve as Kongming’s army.
• Luna Kindred asked to go with Chen Li, but Cyrene took her to find Sister Kallen while Chen Li prepared to leave with Kongming.

Kongming struck down Hulang, ended Kiana’s need to pretend ignorance, and left her to revive the late emperor while Chen Li and Kongming set out to save the world. After Kongming retraced her route and captured Fire Hound with Raven’s help, Chen Li found Golem and prepared to make his wish.

• Kongming slapped Hulang through a black hole, and Chen Li sent the Galaxy Rangers to spread Boundary Stones across the Huang Empire.
• Kongming told Kiana that Hulang had been removed and gave her a link to gather Resurrection Card fragments for reviving the late emperor.
• Kongming asked Chen Li to retrace the path that brought her to him, beginning with their encounter with the assassins.
• Kongming used her character cards to defeat Fire Hound, then captured it with a Poké Ball while Raven, exhausted, asked to rest.
• A colossal Golem rose from beneath the altar, and Chen Li addressed it as though it were the one making a wish.

Chen Li and Kongming turned Golem’s wish-granting offer into a series of failed attempts to free Raven from her Poké Ball. Golem traveled back in time to undo Raven’s capture, but returned battered, leaving his success—and the cause of his injury—unclear.

• Golem offered to grant a wish, but Chen Li insisted that Golem grant his own wish, and Kongming repeated the request on his behalf.
• Raven wished to be freed from Kongming’s Poké Ball, but Golem could not break its binding; Kongming then hid the Poké Ball in her Friends Circle red packet space.
• Golem proposed traveling back in time to prevent Raven’s capture and vanished to attempt it.
• Raven imagined escaping and fleeing with Golem’s help, but Kongming reminded her that she still could not defeat Chen Li and Kongming.
• Golem suddenly reappeared spinning through the air, then crashed to the ground with his stone face swollen.

After Golem failed to change the past and stop Raven from being subdued, Raven secured another chance by praising Kongming and Chen Li, but was ordered to learn Earth Spike. Golem then recognized Chen Li as a miraculous being and tried to find a wish it could grant, eventually asking whether Chen Li wanted to become emperor.

• Golem admitted that traveling back in time had only caused Chen Li to slap Raven twice instead of once, and Raven broke down over her defeat.
• Raven praised Chen Li and Kongming, won another chance, and was ordered by Kongming to learn Earth Spike.
• Golem tried to see through Chen Li, suffered a backlash, and reverently called him Miracle Light before Chen Li introduced himself as the Miraculous Forger.
• Chen Li asked Golem to grant him a wish, but Golem could not provide Miracle Crystals and instead searched for a wish it could fulfill.
• After surveying the hypothetical wishes of seventeen-year-olds, Golem asked Chen Li whether he wanted to command all the armies under heaven or become emperor, while Kongming considered the idea appealing.

Chen Li confirmed Golem’s wish fulfillment, but Golem interpreted his wish as marrying him to Durandal so he could command all the armies under heaven. Kongming became furious and repeatedly tried to change the outcome, while Chen Li turned to planning how to advance the Wish Machine Miracle Card.

• Kongming persuaded Chen Li to let Golem grant his wish to command all the armies under heaven, and Golem resurrected the former emperor and issued a marriage decree betrothing Chen Li to Durandal.
• Golem revealed that Durandal had agreed to the marriage, leaving Kongming stunned and furious; Chen Li’s Wish Machine Miracle Card advanced to Stage Three.
• Kongming wished to become Grand Marshal of the Armies, then attacked Golem after he explained that Durandal would still command the armies, and finally demanded to become emperor instead.
• Golem agreed to grant Kongming’s wish to become emperor, while Chen Li considered separating the Miracle Card’s wish-attempt effect before forging it into an Artifact.

Chen Li brought Vita to the Sea of Quantum to use Sora’s traits to forge a Miraculous, and Vita eagerly handed over Sora’s Poké Ball. After Vita frightened Golem and learned it granted wishes, she turned her attention to the wishes it had already fulfilled.

• Chen Li explained that he needed a high-ranking wish-related trait connected to the Sea of Quantum, and Pixie suggested Vita.
• Chen Li persuaded Vita to give him Sora’s Poké Ball by offering her a third Miraculous, and Vita accepted.
• Vita arrived at the altar in the Sea of Quantum, recognized Golem as an Aether Singularity, and jokingly tried to sneak up on it.
• Golem tried to flee from Vita, but she stopped it with a mecha arm before releasing it at Kongming’s request.
• Kongming told Vita that Golem had granted wishes to her and Chen Li, prompting Vita to ask what they had wished for.

Chen Li left Golem’s altar with Vita, Kongming, and Raven after learning how Golem had fulfilled their wishes, then began forging an artifact in the Sea of Quantum. The hammering spread across countless World Bubbles, and Golem realized why Chen Li had warned that the Sea of Quantum would soon have no peace.

• Vita questioned Golem about Chen Li’s wish, learning that Golem had arranged a marriage decree between Chen Li and General Durandal; Kongming admitted she wanted to be emperor, prompting Vita to see her as a rival.
• Chen Li vouched for Vita to Golem, then announced that the group would leave for Earth because the entire Sea of Quantum would soon be disrupted.
• Vita proposed that Chen Li command Fulos by taking control of her, but Chen Li teleported away before she could persuade him; Vita followed, while Kongming declined Golem’s offer of another wish.
• Raven asked Golem to bury her halfway to death in money, but Kongming trapped her in a Poké Ball before Golem could grant the wish.
• Chen Li began forging an artifact with Azure Miracle Fire and high-brightness materials, and the hammering echoed through countless World Bubbles as Golem watched from within his own.

Chen Li completed an hourglass artifact as Great Herta fused the Herrscher of Corruption and First Ripple into a newborn Core Flame Aeon, then summoned another version of the Aeon. When Chen Li revealed the hourglass’s effects, the Sea of Quantum fell silent after understanding the rule it represented.

• Vita hoped Chen Li’s stored materials would produce a high-ranked artifact for her, but Great Herta explained they were being reserved for the main forge.
• Chen Li said the Sea of Quantum’s response would determine whether his final hammer strike landed on the artifact or the Sea itself, while First Ripple and the Herrscher of Corruption prepared for their transformation.
• Elysia arrived to encourage the Herrscher of Corruption, flirted with Adult Luna Kindred, Kallen, and Kongming, then reacted warily when Kongming heard from Mobius.
• Great Herta used Polymerization to fuse the Herrscher of Corruption and First Ripple with Great Extinguisher Iron Tomb, creating a warm, curious Core Flame Aeon, and summoned Emperor the Third as a second, cold version.
• Great Herta activated the Sea of Quantum faction Bond, drawing the Sea of Quantum’s oppressive will over the group, but Chen Li’s final hammer strike dispelled the pressure and completed an obsidian-framed hourglass filled with glowing blue sand.
• Chen Li revealed the artifact’s effects, and the Sea of Quantum and everyone present reacted with astonishment.

Chen Li revealed the Wish Hourglass, an artifact that could grant a world's shared wishes while irreversibly hastening its destruction, and used it to begin negotiating with the Sea of Quantum. As the Sea feared he would extract its Attribute, Chen Li assured it through Pixie that doing so would cost too much, though the negotiation remained underway.

• Chen Li displayed the Wish Hourglass, whose referendum could be triggered by one person's wish and whose fulfilled wishes consumed a world's future until it ended.
• Kongming and the others reacted to the artifact's danger, while Vita recognized that its operation resembled Sora's destructive ability.
• Cyrene defended Chen Li's intentions, and Great Herta suggested that the artifact's many negative effects concealed greater potential beneath its One-Star rating.
• Chen Li began communicating with the Sea of Quantum through Pixie, whose translation portrayed it as refusing concessions and fearing that Chen Li would burn it like Sora.
• Chen Li told Pixie to assure the Sea of Quantum that extracting its Attribute would be too costly, and Pixie relayed that the Sea distrusted him.

Chen Li used the Wish Machine Miracle Card to force the Sea of Quantum to spread the Wish Hourglass across its World Bubbles, where nearly every civilization accepted its benefits despite the cost of their worlds’ futures. He then made a second wish to broadcast a warning to every living being and make it part of the Sea of Quantum’s rules.

• Pixie relayed the Sea of Quantum’s threat to ally with the Imaginary Tree, and Chen Li decided to act rather than wait for it to cooperate.
• Chen Li captured the Sea of Quantum’s projection and used the Wish Machine Miracle Card to make it show the Wish Hourglass to every living being in every World Bubble.
• Nearly every World Bubble approved the Wish Hourglass, trading portions of its lifespan for widespread prosperity, while the Golem realized its world had begun a countdown to destruction.
• The Sea of Quantum offered a marriage alliance, but Chen Li ignored the proposal and made a second wish to broadcast his words throughout the Sea of Quantum and embed them in the rules governing new World Bubbles.

Chen Li announced that the Wish Hourglass would freeze every world at its happiest moment, then bound it to Vita after she realized it could earn her Starstones and Wish Sand. As Vita watched the sand accumulate, a Miracle Card named [Human Evil] appeared before Chen Li.

• Chen Li broadcast his plan to turn the Sea of Quantum into an Eternal Paradise by freezing each world at its happiest moment, drawing mixed reactions from living beings across the World Bubbles.
• Chen Li offered the Wish Hourglass to Vita, who first refused because she saw no personal use for it, then grabbed it when he mentioned it could bring her Starstones.
• Chen Li bound the Wish Hourglass to Vita, and she learned that worlds frozen by the artifact would generate Wish Sand for its user.
• Chen Li warned Vita not to expect too much from the Wish Sand as grains rapidly accumulated from worlds that were already fading away.
• A Miracle Card appeared before Chen Li, and Vita recoiled when she saw its name: [Human Evil].

Chen Li began forging a new artifact to remove evil people’s status as humans, while the Sea of Quantum panicked over the damage caused by the Wish Hourglass. As wish sand accumulated, Vita showed off her Wish List and explained that the sand could grant world-class wishes.

• Chen Li put the [Human Evil] Miracle Card into the furnace and began forging an artifact to revoke evil people’s humanity.
• The Sea of Quantum warned Chen Li to stop forging, but Chen Li continued hammering while it hissed helplessly.
• Vita watched the wish sand accumulate and pretended she needed to spend it before the hourglass filled.
• Vita displayed her Wish List to Adult Luna Kindred, who avoided asking about it, then turned to Kongming when she asked about the sand.
• Vita explained that each grain of wish sand had world-class priority but did not reach the Curio-class priority she had expected.

Vita learned that Wish Sand could not affect Chen Li, and the Sea of Quantum recognized her as Sora’s Wish Seed and gave her immense power. After bargaining with the Sea of Quantum to act as its representative and persuade Chen Li to abandon his plan, Vita received an even greater surge of power, leaving Great Herta stunned.

• Vita explained that Wish Sand could influence worlds but could not reach Artifact-level priority, and Great Herta warned that Vita could not use it to challenge Chen Li.
• Vita revealed that Wish Sand had to sit in the upper chamber of its hourglass for twenty-four hours before it could be used, and Great Herta suspected Vita would never get to use it.
• The Sea of Quantum recognized Vita as Sora’s Wish Seed, rushed at her, and asked whether she craved power.
• Vita rejected the Sea of Quantum’s attempt to call her Sora, but it gave her a powerful anchor that made her base strength surpass Sora’s peak.
• The Sea of Quantum asked Vita to negotiate with Chen Li and persuade him to stop draining it, and Vita demanded more power in exchange.
• The Sea of Quantum trembled and sent another concentrated surge of deep-blue radiance to Vita as Great Herta watched in shock.

Vita became an Aeon of the Sea after negotiating with the Sea of Quantum, then obtained a gigantic empty world bubble and turned it into an enhanced Poké Ball. She left Great Herta and the others suspicious about what spirit she intended to capture.

• Vita told Great Herta that the Sea of Quantum had granted her Aeon-level power in exchange for persuading Chen Li to abandon his plan to drain it.
• Vita revealed that the Sea of Quantum had created an enormous Empty World Bubble for her, nearly exhausting its remaining power.
• Vita painted the Empty World Bubble red and transformed it into a Poké Ball, claiming she wanted to recapture Sora after its revival.
• Vita asked Chen Li to enhance the Poké Ball, and he improved its quality and added an affection-boosting effect after she threatened to kill herself.
• Great Herta suspected Vita did not intend to catch Sora, but she could not determine what Vita planned to capture.

Chen Li forged the Two-star Artifact Guardian of Human Order and offered it to Sparkle, who accepted despite suspecting it was a trap. After learning its effect, she stopped before signing her name, leaving the artifact’s ownership uncertain.

• Chen Li completed the Guardian of Human Order while Sparkle and Vita watched.
• Chen Li offered Sparkle the Two-star Artifact, and Vita teased her about accepting it after showing off her own three Artifacts.
• Sparkle put on a helmet and began signing the trophy’s base after Chen Li told her the Artifact would strip her of being a Fool and punish ill intent.
• Sparkle wrote only a grass radical, then lowered the pen and stopped signing.

Chen Li revealed the Hyperion Artifact and recruited Sparkle as its navigator, explaining that he wanted it to salvage World Bubbles frozen as paintings. He planned to place them inside Cyrene’s Story of Being Because of You, where their will to live could restart their time and let them move toward the future.

• Sparkle tried to flee rather than sign Chen Li’s trophy, but he erased her name after she promised to do anything he asked.
• Chen Li showed Sparkle the Hyperion model and explained that its special navigation effect required a morally bankrupt girl; Sparkle angrily refused the job.
• Chen Li revealed that Hyperion could salvage World Bubbles that had become paintings after reaching Finality.
• Chen Li explained that he wanted to send those World Bubbles into Cyrene’s Story of Being Because of You so their desire to survive could reactivate them.
• Cyrene and Great Herta praised the plan, and Cyrene said the World Bubbles could settle inside her Artifact.