Chapter Summaries

After reuniting with Acheron, Chen Li returned to the KTV with Sparkle and prepared for their agreed duel, while Aha tricked Pardo with a fake business offer. The chapter ended with Pardo asking Chen Li whether they could still go to Jarilo VI together to sell popsicles and sun umbrellas.

• Acheron confirmed that her reunion with Chen Li had been real and used her new Friends Circle Terminal while Sampo anxiously offered to help her leave Jarilo.
• Chen Li thanked Sparkle for occupying Acheron, then massaged her while she lay numb on the KTV floor.
• Sparkle realized that time had been frozen outside the Invitation Space and tried to escape before her duel with Chen Li, but he dragged her toward the agreed location.
• Aha revealed that he had tricked Pardo during their supposed business discussion, then returned the deposit he had taken from her.
• Pardo asked Chen Li whether their plan to sell popsicles and sun umbrellas on Jarilo VI was still possible.

Chen Li fought Sparkle in a contest where she demanded he use no outside abilities or tools, then overwhelmed her with his strength. Sparkle surrendered and accepted the role of his shapeshifting girlfriend, while Chen Li kept his Attribute Points unused.

• Aha turned the training ground into an arena and livestreamed as Chen Li and Sparkle prepared to fight.
• Sparkle insisted Chen Li use no Miraculous Items, borrowed powers, Paths, cards, or profession skills, and wagered that she would become his shapeshifting girlfriend if he made her concede.
• Chen Li revealed that he had enough strength to lift the Preservation Aeon, and his shockwave damaged the reinforced arena.
• Sparkle used Blink to get behind Chen Li, then surrendered and hugged his leg after seeing the damage his sword aura could cause.
• Sparkle admitted Silver Wolf had hired her to stall Chen Li, but said she and Silver Wolf were only gaming buddies.
• Chen Li lifted Sparkle away from him and left his Attribute Points unused rather than increasing his control.

Chen Li exposed Sparkle’s attempt to stall him for Silver Wolf, then caught Silver Wolf after Sparkle’s message revealed the plan. The chapter left Chen Li and Sparkle playing tic-tac-toe on Silver Wolf’s thigh while the blindfolded Silver Wolf reacted to having the marks wiped away.

• Sparkle tried to become Chen Li’s girlfriend and asked him to strengthen her Miraculous Item, but he brushed off her requests.
• Chen Li revealed that the apparent training ground was an Invitation Space nested within another space, where time outside barely passed.
• Sparkle admitted she had promised Silver Wolf to stall Chen Li for half an hour for free, and Chen Li saw Silver Wolf’s message asking for a photo of him holding an Idiot Club sign.
• Silver Wolf opened Sparkle’s photo, which warned her to look behind, and Chen Li grabbed her shoulder and confronted her.
• Chen Li and Sparkle played tic-tac-toe on Silver Wolf’s thigh, and Chen Li wiped away the marks while Silver Wolf was blindfolded.

Chen Li questioned Silver Wolf about how she had isolated Herta Space Station and learned that she had taken Asta’s Friends Circle Terminal from Peppy. After Chen Li bet that Silver Wolf could avoid punishment if she obtained her bounty as quickly as the Interastral Peace Corporation could transfer it, the Corporation paid him five-point-one billion Credits almost instantly, but he decided to keep Silver Wolf and Topaz insisted the money was a gratitude reward.

• Chen Li asked Silver Wolf how she had isolated Herta Space Station, and Silver Wolf explained that she had located and seized the Friends Circle Terminals connected to the station’s network.
• Silver Wolf admitted that she had taken Asta’s Friends Circle Terminal from Peppy, and Chen Li scolded her for involving Asta’s dog.
• Chen Li asked whether he should turn Silver Wolf over to the Interastral Peace Corporation for her five-point-one-billion-Credit bounty, and Silver Wolf offered to gather the money herself.
• Chen Li bet that Silver Wolf had to obtain the bounty as quickly as the Corporation could transfer it, then called Topaz and sent her a photo of Silver Wolf in custody.
• Topaz arranged an almost immediate five-point-one-billion-Credit transfer, and Chen Li chose to keep Silver Wolf and asked Topaz to return the payment.
• Topaz refused to take back the money and called it a gratitude reward, while Chen Li warned her that the Corporation would not get extra gacha pulls from him.

Chen Li kept Silver Wolf bound and tormented her while Kafka arrived at the Herta Space Station to begin the Stellaron Hunters’ operation. Silver Wolf was left fearing Chen Li would send her to meet Kafka wearing a shoe full of itching powder.

• Topaz learned that Chen Li had lost 5.1 billion Credits, and Silver Wolf admitted defeat after the IPC transferred the money too quickly for her to pay it herself.
• Silver Wolf warned Chen Li that Kafka was due to arrive and needed her help, while Chen Li used a communication terminal’s translation software to hide Silver Wolf’s strange sounds from Kafka.
• Kafka entered the station and asked Silver Wolf about an explosion and the Anti-Matter Legion invasion; Silver Wolf insisted she was fine and told Kafka to continue the operation.
• Chen Li revealed that Silver Wolf’s supposed popsicle was a sour-and-spicy Miraculous Item, then pulled it from her mouth as Sparkle teased her.
• Sparkle poured itching powder into Silver Wolf’s shoe and handed it to Chen Li, who grabbed Silver Wolf’s leg as she tried to avoid wearing it before meeting Kafka.

Silver Wolf and Kafka reached the Stellaron and awakened Stelle, but Chen Li’s interference sent Stelle off with him instead of letting Kafka’s plan unfold. When March 7th and Dan Heng arrived looking for Welt, Chen Li agreed to help them and handed Stelle over to the Astral Express crew, while Kafka watched from afar.

• Silver Wolf led Kafka to the unguarded Stellaron and created a vessel for Stelle, despite Chen Li remotely increasing the pleasure effect of her Miraculous Item.
• Kafka implanted the Stellaron in Stelle, used the Word of Power to guide her, and left her behind as Silver Wolf urged them to go.
• A yellow-clad Chen Li appeared, called Stelle Patrick Star, and persuaded her to leave with him to catch jellyfish, leaving Kafka sealed outside the room.
• March 7th recognized Chen Li as the Miraculous Forger and asked to borrow his people-finding Miraculous Item to locate Welt Yang.
• Chen Li agreed to help on the condition that March 7th take Stelle with them, and Stelle questioned whether her name was really Patrick Star.

Chen Li persuaded March 7th and Dan Heng to take the amnesiac Stelle aboard the Astral Express, then joined them as they headed to find Asta and the missing Arlan. After Stelle captured an Anti-Matter Legion Voidranger in her own chaotic fashion, the group discovered Dan Heng had gone ahead alone to search for Arlan.

• Chen Li convinced March 7th and Dan Heng that Stelle should join the Astral Express, and Stelle summoned King's Bucket to show them her strange abilities.
• March 7th explained that Herta Space Station had been invaded and that she and Dan Heng were looking for Asta and the missing Friends Circle Terminal; the group set out to find Asta and Arlan.
• Chen Li gave Stelle a Poké Ball and encouraged her to capture a nearby Anti-Matter Legion Voidranger, but Stelle attacked it herself with the ball and a baseball bat until she captured it.
• March 7th grew alarmed when Stelle described Chen Li taking her to see the enormous Cocoon of Eternity, then apologized after seeing the Stigmata on Stelle's hand.
• March 7th learned that Dan Heng had left ahead to search for Arlan while she watched Stelle fight the Voidranger.

Chen Li delivered March 7th, Stelle, and Dan Heng to the Control Center and gave Arlan Poké Balls for the station staff to fight the Anti-Matter Legion. Stelle accidentally captured Chen Li’s spatial rift, while Silver Wolf’s attempt to retaliate against Chen Li went awry and ended with her projection joining the chaos.

• Chen Li gave Arlan a Friends Circle Terminal containing about a thousand Poké Balls to distribute to the Herta Space Station staff, then opened a rift to the Control Center.
• March 7th, Stelle, and Dan Heng entered the rift, but Stelle threw a Poké Ball at it and made it vanish.
• Chen Li gave Silver Wolf an actual Revival Match card, which allowed him to summon a projection of her as support.
• Silver Wolf tried to kick Chen Li, but her attack struck her own projection and the backlash made her experience intense pleasure.
• Silver Wolf attempted a scissor kick, but Chen Li caught her by the ankle, and her projection used the distraction to rub her itchy face against him.

Chen Li returned to the Herta Space Station, where he helped activate a plan that transformed the station into a giant mech to fight the Doomsday Beast. The station used Himeko’s Astral Express as a weapon, leaving Himeko horrified as the battle began.

• Chen Li sent Silver Wolf back after using Imaginary Value to temporarily relieve the itch powder’s effects, then returned to the Control Center.
• Stelle reported that she had captured Chen Li’s gap in a Poké Ball and could use it once per hour at its fixed location.
• Himeko asked to borrow the Slap Gloves, but an alarm interrupted them as a winged beast attacked the station’s defensive barrier.
• Chen Li told Asta to activate the Herta Space Station Rampage Plan, and Asta pressed the plan’s button.
• When the station ran out of power, Chen Li tossed Stelle onto the control console, where her energy powered the station as it stood up into a giant humanoid mech.
• The Herta Space Station grabbed the Astral Express and swung it at the Doomsday Beast, horrifying Himeko.

Stelle defeated the Doomsday Beast by operating Herta Space Station, and Chen Li swallowed the Aeon’s gaze before reconnecting the Astral Express crew with Welt. Welt promised to return the next day, while Chen Li offered the crew a mysterious Miraculous Item that would add a ram to the Astral Express.

• Stelle ended the Doomsday Beast fight with a final strike, officially stepping onto the Path of Destruction as Chen Li swallowed the Aeon’s gaze.
• March 7th asked Chen Li to settle the crew’s reward, and he used the Slap Gloves to connect them with Welt.
• March 7th learned that Chen Li had known Welt was home but had deliberately kept it from them, while Welt said he would return the next day.
• Chen Li offered to forge a Miraculous Item for the Astral Express, and March 7th learned it would add a ram to the train.
• Chen Li revealed that Aha had commissioned the Ramming Horn, which would add a ram to the Astral Express.

Chen Li repaired the Astral Express, offered the crew Starstones and a chance to earn more, and persuaded Pom-Pom to accept a Miraculous Item commissioned by Aha. The discussion ended with Chen Li asking for a train car and Pom-Pom worrying about where Stelle would stay.

• Himeko agreed to discuss accepting a Nameless Guest's request with Pom-Pom, and March 7th realized Pom-Pom might have been on the train when Herta Space Station picked it up.
• Pom-Pom returned to find the Astral Express battered, but Chen Li immediately restored it and explained that he carried traces of Trailblaze despite not being a Nameless Guest.
• Chen Li told Himeko he wanted Miraculous Items and valuable attributes, then showed the crew that Starstones could draw random rewards and offered to buy back valuable items.
• Pom-Pom recognized that Aha had commissioned a Ram for the Astral Express and reluctantly accepted the order after Chen Li said Aha would be sad if Pom-Pom refused.
• Chen Li asked for a train car as payment, and the crew explained that Stelle was collecting treasure chests around Herta Space Station.
• Pom-Pom asked what would happen if Stelle had no room on the train.

Chen Li forged a Ram Miraculous Item for the Astral Express, then the train’s first manual activation tore through Herta Space Station. After Chen Li repaired the station, Great Herta confronted him about the damage.

• Chen Li forged a spiked Ram Miraculous Item for the Astral Express with contributions from Pom-Pom, March 7th, Dan Heng, and Stelle, then blamed its unexpected effects on the three passengers.
• Chen Li installed the item on the train, received a positive review, and watched March 7th, Dan Heng, and Stelle assign each other cleaning, Datank, and bedroom-building duties.
• Chen Li told Stelle to search Herta Space Station for treasure chests while he returned home, keeping secret that he had added an Elation modifier to the item.
• The Astral Express’s manual activation detected hostile Anti-Matter Legion members aboard Herta Space Station and rammed through the station, leaving a hole across 30% of its cross-section.
• Chen Li used Imaginary Value to keep Herta Space Station from collapsing and repair it, then Great Herta confronted him in bed about the damage.

Great Herta used the risk of Heaven’s Lost Property to test what had traumatized Little Herta, summoning a projection to approach Chen Li while her original body waited outside. The projection and Chen Li discussed how projections might help complete Herta’s personality, leaving Great Herta eager to use Chen Li’s Hyperdimension abilities to improve herself.

• Great Herta told Chen Li she planned to recreate Little Herta’s experience with Heaven’s Lost Property to identify the source of her trauma.
• Great Herta summoned a projection to stay with Chen Li while her original body guarded the bedroom door, despite Chen Li’s protests.
• Sirin saw the original Great Herta outside Chen Li’s room and mistakenly concluded that Great Herta had failed to make progress with him.
• Great Herta realized her projection had silenced and blocked her from dispelling the spell, leaving her unable to learn what was happening inside.
• The projection told Chen Li that experiencing life as a projection could help complete Herta’s personality, and Great Herta blamed the Assistance System for her desire to challenge her original self.
• Great Herta and her projection recognized that they could use Chen Li’s Hyperdimension abilities to strengthen their spellcasting, find flaws, and improve themselves.

Great Herta examined the incomplete memory data from her projection and helped Chen Li identify the Eye of Analysis, a device that records knowledge. Chen Li fused it with Omni-Vision, discovered its X-ray vision, and left Great Herta embarrassed as he joined the household for breakfast.

• Projection Great Herta vanished after collecting only half of Heaven's Lost Property's data, and Great Herta studied the memories she left behind.
• Great Herta identified the new eyeball as the Eye of Analysis, which recorded and analyzed what it saw, and explained that it had been used to monitor civilizations.
• Chen Li kept the Eye of Analysis rather than giving it to the Thirteen Arbiter-Generals, then fused it with his Omni-Vision using the Wondrous Brush.
• Chen Li tested the fused Imperial Arms on Great Herta, saw through her clothes, and walked out to eat breakfast without explaining what he had seen.
• Great Herta caught up with Chen Li at breakfast, while Sirin mistook her embarrassed anger for distress over being thrown out of the room.

Chen Li discussed accelerating the Stigmata Game’s testing, received another Jixia Academy invitation, and spoke with Tonghua about her new Path and a God Slayer Miraculous Item. After reaching Renown Lv. 4, he unlocked Novice Task (7) and found its contents troubling.

• Great Herta teased Chen Li, then asked him to speed up testing the Stigmata Game so he could modify the Cocoon of Eternity sooner.
• Cecilia gave Chen Li a Jixia Academy admission notice, but he declined to enroll and added it to his collection of invitations.
• Chen Li realized Tonghua was on the Xianzhou, where she had received the Aeon of Remembrance’s gaze and met Black Swan, who invited her to join the Flowing Light Memory Court.
• Tonghua offered to help Chen Li capture Black Swan, but he refused and asked whether Tonghua needed a God Slayer Miraculous Item.
• Chen Li revealed that he had unlocked the Stacking skill, which could brighten traits of the same type, and reached Renown Lv. 4.
• Chen Li unlocked Novice Task (7) and felt troubled by its contents.

Chen Li discussed forging artifacts and helping Tonghua hunt evil gods before joining the Herta researchers’ plans to test the Simulated Universe with the Stellaron baby. He visited the Astral Express for Himeko’s bizarre coffee, where Stelle noticed Great Herta’s punishment had turned his hair into shifting, glittering shards.

• Chen Li saw that Novice Task Seven required him to forge a Two-star Artifact, complete more check-ins, and raise his profession level.
• Tonghua asked Chen Li to forge items for her and offered to leave the bodies and some divinity of slain evil gods for him to Extract Attributes from.
• Little Herta and Great Herta discussed testing the completed Simulated Universe with the Stellaron baby, while Great Herta warned Chen Li not to deprive her of the challenge of solving problems.
• Chen Li left to mooch breakfast from the Astral Express and asked Great Herta to make breakfast to go with Himeko’s coffee, angering her.
• Chen Li drank Himeko’s glowing blue coffee and gained progress toward synthesizing a Bizarre Recipe.
• Stelle arrived and asked Chen Li to give her his glittering, constantly shifting hair, which he said was Great Herta’s punishment.

After Stelle sampled Himeko’s coffee and woke from Herta’s examination, she asked to learn how to make her Stellaron self-destruct so she could blast a path for the Astral Express. Chen Li agreed to forge a way for her to survive the explosion and persuaded Silver Wolf to cover the cost, leaving the Stellaron Hunters to decide what reward he could take.

• Stelle tasted Himeko’s coffee, passed out, and woke after Little Herta examined her.
• Little Herta offered Stelle a request in exchange for testing the Simulated Universe, but could not give her the hair color she wanted.
• Little Herta explained that Stelle could learn her Backup Hidden Energy Source skill if Chen Li helped her obtain the adventurer profession trait.
• Stelle told Chen Li she wanted to learn to detonate her Stellaron to clear blockages in the Astral Express’s path, and asked him to make an item that could restore the Stellaron or its energy.
• Chen Li messaged Silver Wolf, who agreed to have the Stellaron Hunters pay for the item after he threatened to drag Stelle home.

Chen Li planned a Miraculous Item for Stelle using the traits she wanted, while Stelle drew Starstones for inspiration. The chapter ended with Chen Li forging enthusiastically and Stelle pleased with the hundred treasures she had pulled.

• Chen Li agreed to forge a Miraculous Item for Stelle and refused to let her use the Humanity Anchor because he thought her humanity still needed to grow.
• Stelle accepted 50 Starstones from Chen Li and drew Iron Beast's Backup Hidden Energy Source and a Return City Token, giving Chen Li an idea for her item.
• Chen Li gave Stelle another 100 Starstones to draw while he forged an item using Domination, return, loyalty, split, and overclocking traits.
• Stelle drew a hundred times and felt satisfied as the treasures nearly filled the parlor car.

Chen Li forged Stelle a Miraculous Item that let her unleash and precisely direct explosive energy, but its power and limitations alarmed the Astral Express crew. After testing it with Little Herta, Stelle learned she might need Stellarons or other energy sources to recharge it, and declared she would become a Stellaron Hunter.

• Stelle showed Chen Li a train car full of Treasure Jellyfish she had caught, and he explained that eating them granted random abilities.
• Chen Li gave Stelle a text-type Miraculous Item called Art is Explosion, which divided a user's explosive energy into four powerful portions and let them target enemies precisely.
• Chen Li put the item on Little Herta, who used a fraction of the Void God Body's power to destroy Himeko's coffee without damaging the Astral Express.
• Chen Li explained that unused energy would return after twenty-four hours, but Stelle could die if she spent all her power before it returned.
• Chen Li suggested that Stelle recharge by destroying things, basking in sunlight, using electricity, or drawing energy from Stellarons, and Stelle decided to become a Stellaron Hunter.
• Himeko warned Stelle not to follow the Stellaron Hunters, while Pom-Pom chased Chen Li for creating a dangerous item on the train.

Chen Li introduced the Resurrection Card and proposed an Aeon Revival Match, then persuaded the Astral Express crew to travel with him to another world for Exclusive Professions. Stelle’s Friends Circle post drew the attention of the Preservation Aeon, leaving her able to wield the Path’s power but only halfway on it.

• Chen Li explained to Himeko that Stelle could collect Resurrection Card fragments by watching ads, and Himeko learned the card could revive even an Aeon with Chen Li’s approval.
• Chen Li invited the Trailblaze Aeon to an Aeon Revival Match, then gave Pom-Pom a Friends Circle Terminal and explained how contestants could be designated with Resurrection Cards.
• Chen Li offered the Astral Express crew Exclusive Professions in another world, and Pom-Pom agreed after Chen Li suggested picking up Welt along the way.
• Stelle showed Chen Li her Friends Circle post, which had been liked by Kliper and Aha, and said Aha had invited her to the Aeon group chat.
• Chen Li told Stelle that Kliper’s attention had let her use the power of Preservation, though she had not fully embarked on the Path.