Arc 7Miraculous Items and Empire Reform

Chen Li helped his friends pursue new powers and reunions while forging a device to suppress the Mara-Struck and testing a transformation item at Herta Space Station. He then helped Najenda reform the Revolutionary Army and began awakening a collective consciousness across the Empire.

  • Chen Li confessed to Acheron, who said she would consider his feelings, then received Robin’s anklet and gathered leg rings from many friends.
  • Chen Li reviewed the Resurrection Card applications, offered to help Robin revive her mother, and returned to Herta Space Station, where Little Herta ate Nanook’s Divine Body and gained stable Nihility power.
  • Chen Li accompanied Elysia around the Xianzhou, met Mobius and learned about her life-seed experiments, then helped Dan Shu and reunited Jingliu with Baiheng using a Summoning Ticket.
  • Chen Li forged a Miraculous Item to suppress the Mara-Struck, with HooH appearing during the forging and Chen Li swallowing a shrunken projection of the Aeon’s power.
  • Chen Li and Great Herta tested the Moe Ying Body item, which transformed station workers into snack-sharing yingying creatures, and Sirin escaped her cabin after borrowing Imaginary energy.
  • Baiheng led Jing Yuan to Jingliu, and Chen Li discussed his Equilibrium authority and Sirin’s connection to the Imaginary Tree with Great Herta.
  • Chen Li delayed Silver Wolf’s second contest, sent friends to help Najenda persuade the Revolutionary Army’s leaders, and awarded Starstones after Yakumo Yukari quickly captured the leadership.
  • Chen Li helped Najenda interrogate the Revolutionary Army leaders, then activated Beacon Fires to Deceive the Feudal Lords to create a basic Collective Consciousness across the Empire.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Considerate Robin and her well-worn thigh garter

Chen Li gave Acheron scissors that could sever Nihility’s contamination, lent her his sense of taste, and confessed before returning to the present. He reunited with Robin, who mistook his dejection for a failed confession, and learned that her concerts and fame had grown.

  • Chen Li explained that his scissors could cut Nihility’s influence from the world, and Acheron arranged to find him in the present after continuing her journey into nothingness.
  • Chen Li gave Acheron 500 Friends Circle Terminals for Blood Sin Spirits and rented her sense of taste for a hundred years to help her understand Nihility.
  • Acheron gave Chen Li the leg ring from her right boot, and Chen Li confessed to her; she said she would seriously consider it, leaving him stunned as he vanished.
  • Robin sensed Chen Li’s sadness and asked whether it came from a failed confession, while Chen Li blamed bad advice from the Miracle System.
  • Robin told Chen Li that she still had two concerts before returning to Penacony and showed him the Microphone Artifact that had helped her singing reach more people.

Ch. 152Chen Li: What do you mean I still have over 100,000 resurrection matches to fight?

Chen Li returned to the present, where Robin helped him complete his Leg Ring Collector trait and his friends flooded him with leg rings. He then discovered that the Galaxy Rangers had amassed over a million Resurrection Card applications, including more than 100,000 naming him as the person to revive.

  • Chen Li showed Robin a tiny piece of IX, which drew her gaze, and explained that it was part of the Nihility Aeon.
  • Robin gave Chen Li her anklet, and after learning about his Leg Ring Collector trait, she organized a discreet request for friends to send him their leg rings.
  • Chen Li received leg rings from numerous friends, completing and surpassing the trait, while his Friends Circle friends complained that he had consumed their connections.
  • Chen Li checked the Galaxy Rangers' Resurrection Card applications and told Robin that the rarest fragment had a drop rate of 1/3000.
  • Chen Li found over a million applications and discovered that many were for fallen Galaxy Rangers, while more than 1,000 of the first 10,000 applications named him for revival.

Ch. 153Chen Li: Quiet, I’m cooking for my food!

Chen Li explained to Robin how Resurrection Cards judged a target’s identity, relationship, and the user’s sincerity, then returned to Herta Space Station with new strength and Nihility power gained from consuming Nanook. He left Little Herta and Great Herta bickering after overpowering them, while Herta questioned him about his new ability.

  • Chen Li told Robin that Resurrection Cards required accurate identification, a genuine connection to the target, and sincere intent, and offered to help revive her mother.
  • Robin declined Chen Li’s offer, thanked him for the free Resurrection Card link, and began watching ads while preparing for her concert.
  • Chen Li returned to Herta Space Station and reflected on the physical strength and Nihility power he had gained from consuming Nanook.
  • Little Herta provoked Chen Li, who picked her up and spanked her until Great Herta arrived and tried to join the confrontation.
  • Chen Li dispelled Great Herta’s Path-powered mirrors, and Great Herta shifted the blame onto Little Herta before Chen Li let her go.
  • Herta recognized Chen Li’s power as Nihility, and Chen Li explained that he had gained it from consuming Nanook.

Ch. 154Big Herta: Lick my fingers, Chen Li! / Little Herta: What do you mean I have a hidden backup power source now?!

Chen Li met with Aha and Herta, revealing that he had traveled back in time and eaten Nanook before bringing back part of Nanook's Divine Body. Herta considered the implications of Chen Li's powers, while Little Herta ate the Divine Body and declared it a backup energy source for her dolls.

  • Chen Li lured Aha out with a rice ball, ate one of Aha's masks, and learned that Aha had delivered his message to the Aeon of Intellect without receiving a response.
  • Chen Li told Herta and Little Herta that he had traveled back over a hundred years and showed them the Miracle Cards from his trip.
  • Chen Li produced a piece of Nanook's Divine Body, and Herta asked to buy a portion for research.
  • Herta questioned whether Chen Li's Miracle Cards could affect an Aeon's gaze and whether the Destiny Invitation Key could lure gods into its Invitation Space.
  • Chen Li noticed Nanook's Divine Body was missing, and Little Herta admitted she had eaten it to test it as a hidden backup energy source for dolls.
  • Chen Li and Herta blamed each other for Little Herta's reckless personality as she protested being pushed between them.

Ch. 155You even want to seduce the Aeon of Beauty? Elysia, you’re ruthless!

Chen Li helped Little Herta stabilize a fragment of Nihility, then Great Herta decided to give her a genius knowledge module. Later, Fu Xuan assigned Chen Li to show Elysia around Changle Tian, and Elysia eagerly dragged him off to explore the Xianzhou.

  • Chen Li transferred the Revival Match VIP privilege to Little Herta and prepared a golden trash can in case her Nihility power made her explode.
  • Little Herta's power stabilized as a backup hidden energy source, and Chen Li suggested she might use it to resonate with IX.
  • Little Herta borrowed Great Herta's laboratory to investigate her new power, while Chen Li and Great Herta discussed cultivating her into a Genius Society-level genius.
  • Great Herta logged off to install a genius knowledge module in Little Herta, and Chen Li used the offline doll as a pillow before reclaiming the Revival Match privilege.
  • Fu Xuan assigned Chen Li to accompany Elysia around Changle Tian, then fled after Elysia lifted her and called her a child.
  • Elysia took Chen Li by the hand and set off to explore the Xianzhou together.

Ch. 156Mobius, watched over by Abundance, Erudition, and Destruction all at once

Elysia recounted how the Aeon of Beauty had glanced at her and opened the trial of Beauty, while Chen Li encouraged her to pursue becoming an Aeon. Chen Li and Elysia then discovered that Mobius had become a Pathstrider of Wisdom and saw her demonstrate a miraculous bread tree grown with her scalpel and the power of Abundance.

  • Elysia explained that the Aeon of Beauty had noticed her after she called the Aeon cute, and that she had begun the trial of Beauty.
  • Chen Li suggested Elysia might one day become an Aeon, and Elysia teased him about becoming a cute girl.
  • Chen Li and Elysia visited Mobius to spur her on, and Chen Li realized she had stepped onto the Path of Wisdom.
  • Mobius explained that the Path of Wisdom let her predict how creatures would evolve after she assigned their potential points.
  • Mobius planted a seed and used the power of Abundance to grow a tree bearing spicy crayfish instant noodle-flavored bread.
  • Mobius revealed that she had created the seed by operating on several ingredients with her miraculous scalpel and draining their potential points.

Ch. 157Mobius, later known as the Little Aeon of Abundance!

Mobius revealed that her life-seed research had drawn the attention of several Aeons, and Chen Li tried to keep her experiments from endangering the Xianzhou. Mobius explained how her seeds could transform hostile environments and asked Chen Li to support her research, leaving him with a list of tasks to help her continue it.

  • Mobius told Chen Li that the Aeons of Intellect and Abundance had glanced at her after she first cultivated a life seed, and that the Aeon of Destruction had also noticed her when she examined the Ambrosial Arbor.
  • Mobius asked Chen Li to forge a Miraculous Item that could detect Life Force, while he warned her not to endanger the Xianzhou or pursue destruction.
  • Mobius said her seeds could adapt to harsh environments and potentially transform planets, but she lacked samples capable of growing in Honkai energy.
  • Elysia embraced Mobius, who resisted and asked Chen Li to intervene; Chen Li blamed the Previous Civilization's leaders for withholding support from Mobius's experiments.
  • Mobius asked Chen Li to find Void Archive, help locate Klein, gather biological samples with Life Force, and eventually make her a Life Force-detecting Miraculous Item.

Ch. 158Jingliu: Traitorous Disciple, I've Missed You So Much!

Chen Li approved Dan Shu’s Resurrection Card and watched her reunite with Yu Fei, whose Revival Match ended in defeat. After learning the Medicine Master’s Legacy had made a deal with Phantylia, Chen Li told Dan Shu to keep the group quiet and focus on bringing Phantylia to the Xianzhou; he then found Elysia talking to Jingliu.

  • Chen Li explained to Elysia that Honkai energy could be put to use, then received Dan Shu’s request for early approval after she gathered enough Resurrection Cards.
  • Chen Li entered the Revival Match and saw Dan Shu reunite with Yu Fei, who was matched against Frieza and quickly lost.
  • Dan Shu told Chen Li she would keep gathering Resurrection Cards but delay Yu Fei’s resurrection until her conflict with the Xianzhou was over.
  • Dan Shu revealed that the Medicine Master’s Legacy had reached a deal with Phantylia, and Chen Li told her to keep the group subdued while he focused on Phantylia.
  • Chen Li returned to find Elysia missing, tracked her with Friends Circle, and discovered her speaking with Jingliu.

Ch. 159Jingliu: You can make Baiheng unable to leave me? Then I choose the Heroic Spirit Curio! / The way to become an Emanator: turn Elysia into light!

Chen Li reunited with Jingliu on the Xianzhou, where she asked him to forge a Heroic Spirit Miraculous Item to summon Baiheng. He agreed, and the chapter ended with Elysia expressing interest in the Hall of Heroes and Chen Li revealing he had saved a Heroic Spirit attribute for the Previous Civilization.

  • Elysia found Jingliu in Changle Tian, and Chen Li disguised them both because they were wanted criminals.
  • Jingliu explained that she had come to the Xianzhou after learning Chen Li was there and had been guided to Changle Tian by a Cloud Knight.
  • Jingliu showed Chen Li Heroic Spirit-related items and asked him to forge a way to revive Baiheng.
  • Chen Li explained that a summoned Baiheng might need to stay close to Jingliu and receive magical energy from her, so Jingliu chose that item despite its constraints.
  • Jingliu asked Chen Li to forge the item for her, and he accepted without asking for anything in return.
  • Elysia returned after paying for the damaged table, and Chen Li explained Heroic Spirits and revealed he had saved a Heroic Spirit attribute for the Previous Civilization.

Ch. 160Jing Yuan: It was definitely the Masked Fool!

Elysia completed the Trial of Beauty and gained the Path of Beauty’s recognition, then proposed that Chen Li forge a temple to preserve everyone who fought for civilization. After Elysia became a pink sun above the Xianzhou, Jing Yuan blamed the Masked Fool to keep the incident quiet.

  • Elysia proposed a temple of civilization that would record everyone who fought for civilization, and Chen Li received her forging commission.
  • Elysia completed the Trial of Beauty, so Chen Li enclosed her in the Friends Circle and kicked her into the sky to keep her powers from affecting people nearby.
  • Chen Li fled with Jingliu and the tea table, then spoke with Elysia, who offered her projection as payment for forging the temple; he refused.
  • Jing Yuan confronted Chen Li about the pink sun and learned that Elysia had been recognized by the Path of Beauty.
  • Jing Yuan decided to claim that the Masked Fool had caused the pink sun, and Chen Li praised his explanation.

Ch. 161Vil-V: How about we get the Xianzhou back on its feet?!

Chen Li dealt with the fallout from Elysia glowing like a pink sun, then visited the Gong Zao Division with Jingliu to forge a Miraculous Item against Mara-Struck. There, Vill-V revealed a Persona Mask created using one of her blank personalities and explained how she and her other personalities had gained the attention of the Path of Harmony.

  • Jing Yuan blamed the Masked Fools for Elysia’s arrival and planned to condemn them, while Chen Li warned him not to relax too soon.
  • Fu Xuan told Chen Li to keep Elysia’s identity as the pink sun secret, and Chen Li let the blame fall on the Masked Fools.
  • Elysia asked Chen Li to extend her time in the sky while he considered a Civilization Temple, and Chen Li mused that the Flame-Chasers could resonate with different Paths.
  • Chen Li and Jingliu went to the Gong Zao Division, where Chen Li forged a group-type Miraculous Item intended to suppress Mara-Struck.
  • Vill-V showed Chen Li a Persona Mask that could give personalities to people or objects, then explained that it contained an integrated platform created by the Path of Harmony and placed inside the mask.

Ch. 162Jingliu: Who is Foxian Shrine Maiden? Where’s my Baiheng?!

Vill-V explained how her Persona Mask, Inheritance, could unite weak personalities to control massive objects, while Chen Li helped Jingliu use a Summoning Ticket in hopes of calling Baiheng. Jingliu instead summoned Kitsune Saiguu, who learned she could pursue revival but had no way to replenish her magical energy aboard the Xianzhou.

  • Vill-V explained that Inheritance could combine pure personalities through her coordinating platform and potentially control the Xianzhou, and she confirmed she had built in a backdoor.
  • Jingliu used herself as the medium for Chen Li's Summoning Ticket, but the incantation summoned Kitsune Saiguu instead of Baiheng.
  • Jingliu nearly attacked Kitsune Saiguu, then spared her after Chen Li revealed he had another Summoning Ticket for a second attempt.
  • Chen Li explained the Resurrection Card and Revival Match to Kitsune Saiguu, who learned she might be fully revived if she won.
  • Kitsune Saiguu discovered she could not replenish magical energy through Jingliu or the Xianzhou's nonexistent ley lines, and Jingliu insisted she stay alive to avoid polluting the card pool.

Ch. 163Jingliu: Vixen! How dare you seduce my apprentice? / Big Herta, poisoning someone with her black stockings and jade feet! How despicable!

Chen Li helped Kitsune Saiguu secure a way to survive beyond her seven-day summoning, while Jingliu reunited with Baiheng. A teasing exchange between Chen Li and Kitsune Saiguu then made Jingliu mistake her for a seductress, and Jingliu attacked as Baiheng arrived.

  • Chen Li offered Kitsune Saiguu the charged Gnosis as a way to sustain her, and she agreed to supply him with mana.
  • Jingliu reunited with Baiheng, introduced Chen Li, and sent Chen Li, Vill-V, and Kitsune Saiguu away so she and Baiheng could talk privately.
  • Chen Li took over Kitsune Saiguu's Master connection, and she asked him how Resurrection Cards could let her return to life on the Xianzhou or in Teyvat.
  • Chen Li and Kitsune Saiguu joked about what she should call him, and Jingliu overheard their exchange and accused Kitsune Saiguu of seducing her disciple.
  • Baiheng emerged from the forging room as Jingliu attacked, leaving her confused by Jingliu's accusation.

Ch. 164Aeon of Equilibrium: Chen Li, I’ve put up with you for long enough! Take this punch!

Chen Li welcomed Jingliu and Baiheng, received the final trait needed to forge a Miraculous Item to suppress Mara-Struck, and hurried to Herta Space Station to begin forging it. There, he wrestled Great Herta after she tried to trick him with Laughing Powder, leaving their experiment unfinished.

  • Chen Li freed Kitsune Saiguu and told Jingliu that his Mara-Struck-suppressing Miraculous Item only needed one last piece, while Jingliu and Baiheng planned to visit Jing Yuan.
  • Jingliu asked Chen Li to stop calling her Master, and he agreed to call her Teacher instead.
  • Chen Li learned that Argenti had arrived, then received from him a children’s rose wreath whose Childlike Innocence trait completed the materials for the Miraculous Item.
  • Chen Li gave Argenti several items and teleported away to Herta Space Station, where he planned to forge the item away from the Xianzhou.
  • Great Herta offered her stocking-covered foot for their experiment, but Chen Li grabbed her ankle and used grappling moves on her; she surrendered, and they discovered he had ruined the Laughing Powder she had smeared on her stockings.

Ch. 165Chen Li: I became an Equilibrium Emanator? How could I possibly be an Equilibrium Emanator?!

Chen Li forged a Miraculous Item meant to suppress Mara-Struck among Xianzhou natives, provoking the Equilibrium Aeon, HooH, into an unprecedented attack. He trapped HooH’s glance inside Friends Circle and consumed it, but then sensed that something had gone very wrong.

  • Chen Li asked Great Herta to clear half of Herta Space Station so he could forge a Miraculous Item to suppress Mara-Struck.
  • Chen Li combined attributes in the Miracle Fire and finished forging the new Miraculous Item while Great Herta watched.
  • HooH appeared and raised a fist at Chen Li, while Great Herta hid behind him and tried to observe the Aeon.
  • Chen Li used a Miracle Card to freeze HooH briefly, then hurled a projection of Friends Circle around the Aeon’s glance and shrank it to the size of a ping-pong ball.
  • Chen Li swallowed the ball and digested HooH’s power, gaining a major boost before sensing something unusual.

Ch. 166The “Cutesy Mode” Is Go!

Chen Li learned that the Equilibrium Aeon had made him an Emissary of Equilibrium after judging that his Miraculous Items disrupted order while preventing greater destruction. He tested the new Moe Ying Body Miraculous Item on Great Herta and Ruan Mei, transforming them and researchers on the Herta Space Station into tiny, cutesy figures who handed out snacks.

  • Chen Li explained that the Equilibrium Aeon had granted him Emissary authority because he disrupted Equilibrium while trying to prevent the universe's destruction.
  • Great Herta asked Chen Li about the pink, heart-shaped Moe Ying Body Miraculous Item and agreed to test it on Ruan Mei.
  • Ruan Mei arrived at the Herta Space Station, and she and Great Herta began researching Chen Li and the item.
  • Great Herta activated Moe Ying Body by saying the required words, releasing pink light that covered the Herta Space Station but stopped before reaching the nearby planet.
  • The light transformed Great Herta and Ruan Mei into tiny figures who offered Chen Li snacks, then ran through the station as other transformed researchers handed out snacks too.

Ch. 167The “Cutesy Mode” Is Spreading! / Black Tower: Sirin, Chen Li Is Almost Becoming Just Like Me!

Chen Li explained the pink-heart Miraculous Item’s effects as it turned Asta into a snack-sharing yingying creature, easing her burdens and spreading the virus. The group wondered whether Little Herta might transform too, and her familiar “ying ying ying” rang out.

  • Great Herta and Ruan Mei returned to normal after distributing their snacks, and Ruan Mei realized they had been part of Great Herta’s experiment with Chen Li’s Miraculous Item.
  • Chen Li explained that the item spread the Whiny Body Virus, which transformed infected people into protected, snack-sharing yingying creatures when they were off work and helped clear their burdens.
  • Great Herta sent Asta off work, triggering her transformation; Asta shared snacks and produced a giant pink hammer when Great Herta tried to stretch her face.
  • Ruan Mei praised the item’s careful design, and Chen Li discussed its merit and the Xianzhou Alliance’s likely interest in temporary usage rights.
  • Great Herta tried to bargain with Chen Li to see him transformed, then she and Chen Li wondered whether Little Herta’s physical burden might make her transform too.
  • A familiar “Ying ying ying!” sounded as Chen Li and Great Herta discussed Little Herta.

Ch. 168Jing Yuan: Baiheng? Good grief! Is it finally my time to die?

Great Herta transformed Chen Li into his small, soft yingying form and used him to provoke Sirin into escaping her sealed cabin. Sirin shattered the spatial partition glass by drawing Imaginary energy from the Imaginary Tree, and Great Herta began revising Sirin’s training with the discovery that the Herrscher of the Void might connect to the Tree’s power.

  • Little Herta brought snacks to Chen Li, Great Herta, and Ruan Mei, while Chen Li noted that Vita and Aqua still had not replied to him.
  • Great Herta persuaded Chen Li to let her use the Moe Ying Body Miraculous Item, and Chen Li transformed into his small yingying form.
  • Great Herta and Ruan Mei handled and fed Chen Li, then Great Herta decided to use him to provoke Sirin into escaping her spatially sealed cabin.
  • Great Herta taunted Sirin with Chen Li and his snacks until Sirin punched through the partition glass by borrowing Imaginary energy from the Imaginary Tree.
  • Sirin cuddled Chen Li after escaping, while Great Herta reconsidered Sirin’s training and the Herrscher of the Void’s potential connection to the Imaginary Tree.

Ch. 169Three thousand years old is the perfect age to make a name for yourself! Go, Jing Yuan!

Great Herta investigated Sirin’s ability to draw on Imaginary energy while Chen Li joked with her and the others. Meanwhile, Jing Yuan mistook Baiheng’s appearance for a sign of his impending death, then discovered that Jingliu had returned and was standing before him.

  • Great Herta learned that Sirin had briefly borrowed Imaginary energy to break a barrier and hoped further practice would help her retain that power.
  • Chen Li teased Sirin and Great Herta, while Great Herta proposed using Sirin’s jealousy to draw out her strength.
  • Jing Yuan called Chen Li to ask for a Miraculous Item that could restrain the Mara-Struck condition, explaining that he believed he was about to die.
  • Baiheng’s spirit led Jing Yuan away from the General’s Mansion, and he mistook her for a death omen as he followed her.
  • Baiheng removed Jingliu’s Disguise Glasses, revealing her to Jing Yuan, who realized he had encountered another impossible resurrection.

Ch. 170Asta: Madam Herta’s in Trouble—She’s Fallen in Love!

Chen Li planned to use the Moe Ying Body Miraculous Item to pressure the Xianzhou Alliance into holding Moe Ying Day, while Great Herta learned about the powers he gained as an Emissary of Equilibrium. Chen Li explained that he could see connections between things, including the connection between Sirin and the Imaginary Tree.

  • Chen Li admitted he was afraid to listen to Jing Yuan's sixty-second voice message because it might raise sensitive issues about the Ambrosial Arbor and the Xianzhou.
  • Chen Li and Great Herta discussed the Moe Ying Body's power to cure long-lived races and his plan to make the Xianzhou Alliance understand the value of the item.
  • Chen Li reviewed his Novice Task progress and decided Moe Ying Day could raise his fame enough to complete it.
  • Great Herta asked about Chen Li's Emissary of Equilibrium abilities, and Chen Li described Equilibrium Trials and his protection from causal-chain influence by the Silent Lord.
  • Chen Li explained that he could see connections between things and bring them into Equilibrium, then showed Great Herta the connection between Sirin and the Imaginary Tree.

Ch. 171Silver Wolf, Reduced to Tears by Chen Li—This Grudge Won’t Go Unavenged!

Chen Li dealt with the aftermath of his Miraculous Item turning Herta Space Station staff into yingying creatures, while Haruhi Suzumiya’s influence left her four companions transformed and burdened with sacks of snacks. Haruhi planned a trip to the Xianzhou to play cards with Qingque, and Chen Li’s night ended with Silver Wolf demanding vengeance.

  • Chen Li explained to Great Herta that the Equilibrium Aeon could recover the portion of its gaze he had eaten, and Great Herta suggested strengthening Sirin’s connection to the Imaginary Tree.
  • Chen Li invited Great Herta to Peeping on the Silent Lord, and Asta mistook their warm interaction for a budding romance.
  • Chen Li found Haruhi Suzumiya collecting snacks from her four companions, who had remained yingying creatures while she influenced them.
  • Haruhi Suzumiya restored her companions with chops, and Chen Li explained that they had given away too much of their burden and needed to eat their snacks back.
  • Haruhi Suzumiya announced that she and her companions would visit the Xianzhou to play cards with Qingque, and Chen Li promised to give them a blessing.
  • Silver Wolf sent Chen Li a frantic message demanding vengeance.

Ch. 172Chen Li: Don’t Tell Me You’re Scared, You Little Silver Wolf! You Wimp! You Wimp!

Chen Li conceded the second contest to infuriate Silver Wolf, then tried to soften the blow by sending her an ad that awarded Resurrection Card fragments. Silver Wolf accepted his challenge to prepare for the third contest, but soon suspected the fragments had an impossibly low drop rate.

  • Silver Wolf raged after Chen Li forfeited their second contest and told her he would choose the third contest the next day.
  • Chen Li apologized to Kitsune Saiguu for leaving her stranded on the Xianzhou and compensated her with ten Starstones.
  • Kafka sent Chen Li a photograph of Silver Wolf crying, and he printed it to hang in his bedroom.
  • Chen Li sent Silver Wolf a Resurrection Card advertisement, and she watched it long enough to receive a fragment.
  • Silver Wolf pleaded with Chen Li to finish their second contest, but he refused and warned her that the third contest could be deadly.
  • Silver Wolf vowed to watch enough ads to collect a hundred thousand Resurrection Cards, then complained that the fragment drop rate seemed unusually low.

Ch. 173Sirin: You Don’t Actually Think I’m That Gullible, Do You? (4k)

Sirin reacted jealously to Houraisan Kaguya’s misleading remarks, then admitted she enjoyed being coaxed by Chen Li and had made a reward deal with Great Herta. Chen Li arranged for Kitsune Saiguu to help Najenda persuade the Revolutionary Army’s leaders in exchange for 200 Starstones, while Saiguu also planned to visit Yu Kong at her new internship.

  • Houraisan Kaguya’s morning complaint about her aching waist made Sirin believe she and Chen Li had married, until Little Herta explained that Kaguya was joking about Chen Li being crushed by an object from Heaven’s Lost Property.
  • Sirin chased Kaguya and Little Herta with Judgment of All Things, then calmed down when Chen Li encouraged her Herrscher ambitions and praised her.
  • Sirin explained that she liked Chen Li’s coaxing and had agreed with Great Herta to complete her targets in return for Great Herta persuading Chen Li to give her reward-based education.
  • Chen Li asked the group to help Najenda persuade the Revolutionary Army’s leaders, and Kitsune Saiguu volunteered because she was free that morning.
  • Kitsune Saiguu told Chen Li she had met Yu Kong on the Xianzhou and planned to bring her a gift before going to her internship.
  • Chen Li offered Saiguu 200 Starstones for the mission, explaining that Najenda had mortgaged ten Imperial Arms and antiques to obtain 500 Starstones from him.

Ch. 174The Curio Chat Group’s Hardest Worker—Yukari Yakumo! (4k)

Najenda brought Chen Li and members of the Miraculous Item group to the Revolutionary Army headquarters to seize its leaders and resources, hoping to help reform the Empire. Yakumo Yukari completed the commission almost instantly, while the others abandoned the contest and turned their attention to sightseeing and research.

  • Najenda explained that she had pawned ten Imperial Arms to fund reform and asked Chen Li for a Miraculous Item that could govern the Empire without error.
  • Chen Li approved the group members’ applications to travel, and Najenda welcomed them with a map of the Revolutionary Army headquarters and its marked targets.
  • The arriving members scattered to shop, study, eat, and explore, while Chen Li became absorbed in watching Civilization Value rise.
  • Yakumo Yukari returned within seconds, using her gaps to deliver the bound Revolutionary Army higher-ups and their treasures, gold, and Imperial Arms.
  • The group members admitted they had given up competing with Yakumo Yukari, then discussed an outing and collecting Dangerous Species for food and experiments.
  • Chen Li awarded Yakumo Yukari most of the Starstones, gave one each to thirteen others, and granted Houraisan Kaguya an extra Starstone for her contribution.

Ch. 175Yae Eirin’s Urging to Get Married

Najenda learned that the Revolutionary Army contained both idealists and corrupt factions, then chose to awaken a Collective Consciousness focused on protecting the Empire’s people. Chen Li created it and offered to accelerate civilization’s timeline, leaving Najenda and the group members to decide whether to take part.

  • Yakumo Yukari helped Najenda interrogate the Revolutionary Army’s leaders, and the Forced Transaction Coin compelled them to cooperate.
  • Najenda explained that the Revolutionary Army included sincere idealists as well as ambitious and corrupt members, and Chen Li gained Civilization Value and Starstones from its transformation.
  • Chen Li offered to awaken the Empire’s Collective Consciousness, and Najenda chose to prioritize the continued existence of the people over the Empire itself.
  • Chen Li activated the Miracle Card Beacon Fires to Deceive the Feudal Lords, creating a basic Collective Consciousness that enveloped the Empire.
  • Chen Li offered to accelerate civilization’s timeline and let participants choose whether to join the events, and Najenda asked what would happen to their memories.
Arc 7 of 65
Arc 7 of 65