Chapter Summaries

Chen Li brought the Astral Express to the Honkai world to collect Pardo and give everyone Stigmata, while Murata Himeko boarded the train and met her counterpart. The passengers prepared to depart, and March 7th asked Chen Li whether this world had someone like her.

• Chen Li told the Astral Express crew he would take them to the Honkai world to pick up Pardo and give them Stigmata.
• Sampo called Sparkle for help dealing with Acheron near Kliper Castle, and Sparkle agreed while hinting at a scheme.
• Pom-Pom announced the Astral Express would depart in thirty minutes as Himeko and Chen Li discussed earning Trailblaze energy by visiting the Honkai world.
• Murata Himeko boarded the Astral Express, surprising March 7th, and met her counterpart, Himeko.
• Murata Himeko tried Himeko's terrible coffee, then Chen Li used the God of Gluttony Miracle Card to make it delicious and attracted Tet, Tonghua, and Aha with food.
• March 7th asked Chen Li whether this world had someone like her and proposed taking a photo together, but Chen Li refused.

Chen Li prepared the Astral Express for a group trip while discussing how to grant group members Paths and blessings. Aha explained that Aeons could share their Paths, then asked Chen Li what would make him happy.

• Chen Li welcomed Elysia aboard and planned to take the group through different worlds on the Astral Express.
• Elysia used Beautiful Girl's Privilege to clean the party car with March 7th, while Tonghua asked Chen Li to make rice balls as bait for evil gods.
• Chen Li told Tonghua he could appoint Envoys of Voracity and use that power as material to create Exclusive Professions.
• Aha appeared and explained that Aeons had final authority over their Paths, then vanished when Pom-Pom arrived to investigate.
• Chen Li suggested Aha might not want to grant blessings because group members could take the power away, but Aha returned and said he wanted each person to find their own Elation.
• Aha asked Chen Li what would make him happy.

Chen Li hosted guests aboard the Astral Express as they brought tickets for the tournament, while Aha mocked him for working endlessly in pursuit of a carefree life. Sparkle arrived seeking a better escape Miraculous Item after Chen Li had framed her for stealing from Herta Space Station, and Chen Li agreed to forge one for her.

• Aha questioned Chen Li about what would make him happy, then laughed at him for working hard to lie flat and ran off before Tonghua could ask about a blessing.
• Lily Bell and the Little Evil God gave Chen Li God Slayer weapons as tickets, followed by Theresa, Welt, and Otto, who used one of Otto's Soul Steel bodies.
• Robin and Sunday visited the Astral Express, where Robin met March 7th and Sunday found the train familiar.
• Sparkle boarded the train and offered to introduce Chen Li to a woman in exchange for a service fee and a new Miraculous Item.
• Sparkle confronted Chen Li about impersonating her to steal Miraculous Items from Herta Space Station and pinning the theft of its trump card on a Masked Fool.
• Chen Li decided to forge Sparkle an escape Miraculous Item and began warning her that she would have to endure hardship.

Chen Li prepared the Astral Express party, welcomed Silver Wolf and the delayed Flame-Chasers, and received a powerful keepsake from Eden. The chapter left Aponia approaching Chen Li as Elysia reunited with Eden.

• Sparkle asked Chen Li to forge an artifact that would let her reach wherever the fun was, and he sent her to find Argenti aboard the train.
• Silver Wolf confronted Chen Li about not being invited, joined the party, and revealed that Acheron's new script was completely blank.
• Vill-V arrived with Mobius, Aponia, and Eden after Mobius delayed the train by putting Vill-V through surgery.
• Eden thanked Chen Li for changing the First Civilization Era and gave him a golden cup containing echoes, dreams, and a world-ending strike.
• Chen Li agreed to forge Eden a special Miraculous Item, then Elysia returned and greeted Eden and Aponia.

Aponia gave Chen Li a pop-up book that let him borrow the Flame-Chasers’ powers, and he tested its armor and bow forms aboard the Astral Express. The train arrived in Satou Kazuma’s world by crashing into Belldea’s castle, and the furious Demon King’s general was struck down by the train.

• Aponia gave Chen Li her stand-in, the pop-up book The Story of Being Because of You, which contained the powers and attributes of the Flame-Chasers.
• Chen Li transformed the book into Elysia Armor and a bow, then accidentally used its Return arrow to send Sparkle away before she caught up with the departing Astral Express.
• Vill-V used an Elation mask to make the Astral Express move without silver rails, while Pom-Pom reacted in horror to the train’s talking locomotive face.
• The Astral Express arrived in Satou Kazuma’s world and demolished Belldea’s castle after Satou Kazuma admitted he had shot the Friends Circle Terminal there on an arrow.
• Belldea emerged from the rubble and threatened Chen Li, but the Astral Express charged him and sent him flying with its tail.

Chen Li turned the Astral Express’s chase of the Headless Knight into a plan to resolve the chaos aboard the party car by rallying everyone against a powerful enemy. The group killed the Headless Knight, and Kevin won the Destiny Treasure Chest as cabbages swarmed the train.

• The Astral Express rammed and pursued the Headless Knight, so Chen Li and Sparkle climbed aboard and discussed adding a whitelist to the Ram Miraculous Item.
• Stelle sent Chen Li to the party car, where Fu Xuan chased Qingque, Himeko confronted Otto, and Dan Heng reunited with Baiheng and Jingliu before Silver Wolf revealed Blade on a video call.
• Chen Li decided to use the Headless Knight as a common enemy, revived him, and rallied the passengers to attack while Eden recorded their echoes.
• Pardo’s projection used Canned Food to swap places and throw the Headless Knight, and the group attacked under Robin and Eden’s music until they killed him before Stelle could throw her Poké Ball.
• Chen Li barred Jing Yuan, Sunday, Hua, and Kevin from attacking again, but Kevin won the Destiny Treasure Chest after his Heavenly Fire, Unsheathed struck the Headless Knight first, as migrating cabbages battered the Friends Circle shield.

Chen Li’s chaotic team finally captured the Headless Knight, then welcomed Megumin and Darkness into Friends Circle and forged a God-Slaying Artifact. The chapter ended with Satou Kazuma using the artifact on Aqua while she grew increasingly angry, unaware of his presence.

• Chen Li’s Friends Circle teams repeatedly fought one another while the Astral Express damaged the Headless Knight, which Stelle eventually captured with a Poké Ball.
• Chen Li reviewed the battle scores, gave Otto a Revival Match, and brought the group to Axel to register their professions.
• Satou Kazuma introduced Megumin and Darkness, and Chen Li approved them for Friends Circle despite Kazuma’s objections.
• Megumin chose to pursue an Explosion Mage profession, while Darkness wanted to focus on defense and sensitivity.
• Chen Li forged the God-Slaying Artifact, and Satou Kazuma used it to sneak up on Aqua and stab her with its plastic knife.
• Tonghua returned from the Adventurers’ Guild and asked whether Chen Li had finished forging the artifact.

Chen Li demonstrated the God Must Die Miraculous Item, letting Satou Kazuma use its toy and Slaughter forms to terrorize Aqua before explaining its rules and weaknesses to Tonghua. The chapter ended with adventurers praising their profession’s versatility while Satou Kazuma silently lamented that he had chosen it only because his Attribute Points qualified him for nothing else.

• Satou Kazuma used God Must Die’s toy form to attack Aqua, and Chen Li explained that the carrot knife inflicted unavoidable damage on gods while hiding its wielder from other gods.
• Chen Li showed God Must Die’s Slaughter Form, and Satou Kazuma chased Aqua as she screamed and fled with Tonghua and Chris.
• Aha praised Satou Kazuma’s humor, while Chen Li explained the Miraculous Item’s traits, cost, escalating Bleeding effect, stamina cost, and limitations to Tonghua.
• Tonghua took God Must Die and declared that she would use it to strike in an invincible form, but Chen Li warned that Slaughter Form left its wielder unprotected.
• Adventurers discussed the benefits of their profession, and Satou Kazuma silently mourned that he had chosen Adventurer only because his Attribute Points disqualified him from other professions.

Chen Li and the others considered how to use God Must Die against the Aeon of Abundance, while Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan worried about what would follow victory. The Astral Express then departed for Aincrad, with God Must Die still being sharpened and Sirin connecting the train to the Honkai: Star Rail network.

• Chen Li returned Jing Yuan’s sword and explained that Extracting its Hunt trait had not damaged it; Jing Yuan declined priority access to borrow God Must Die.
• Chen Li explained that killing the Aeon of Abundance would require chasing it for thousands of years, and he pointed out that Jingliu’s concern for Baiheng had made her hesitate.
• Great Herta told Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan about Chen Li’s Great Wisdom Foolishness card, and Fu Xuan considered using it alongside the Destiny Invitation Key to detain the Aeon of Abundance.
• Great Herta asked what would become of the Xianzhou Alliance if it defeated the Abundance People, and Jing Yuan joked about a political marriage between Fu Xuan and Chen Li.
• Chen Li had Tonghua sharpen God Must Die and offered to use Little Evil God as a whetstone for Starstones, while Lily Bell and Little Evil God argued over the proposed payment.
• Pom-Pom announced that the Astral Express would depart for Aincrad, and Sirin used her Herrscher of the Void Authority to connect the train to the Honkai: Star Rail network.

Chen Li brought Homura Akemi’s group to Aincrad and turned the plan to catch Kyubey into a competition for a new Miraculous Item, though Homura had not restarted the timeline yet. He then arranged for Kirito to teach Dual Blade Style and forged a Reporter’s Pass for Eden, whose strange paparazzi-like power left her puzzled.

• Houraisan Kaguya, Yakumo Yukari, Aha, Silver Wolf, and others joined Homura Akemi’s plan to trick Kyubey, but Chen Li offered the right to use his upcoming Starstone-related Miraculous Item to whoever helped capture one.
• Tonghua tried to seize the Miraculous Forging Guide, but Sirin teleported her away, and the group’s fight ended when Homura Akemi said she had not restarted the timeline yet.
• Chen Li arrived at Aincrad and asked Kayaba Akihiko to recruit Kirito as a paid Dual Blade Style instructor for an army of eight hundred thousand.
• Kayaba Akihiko and Otto initially bonded over their ambitions and forbidden work, then rejected each other after learning Kayaba sought a game world while Otto sought to revive his beloved.
• Chen Li forged Eden a Miraculous Item called a Reporter’s Pass, whose effect involved taking secret photos, and Eden questioned its resemblance to paparazzi work as Robin commented on reporters.

Chen Li reforged Eden’s Reporter's Pass into the War Correspondent's Pass, adding an alert system that allowed its wielder to intervene without being noticed until suspicion reached a threshold. Eden placed it in the Friends Circle public inventory, where it immediately attracted a flood of borrowing requests.

• Chen Li gave Eden the Reporter's Pass, which let its wearer observe and record events while remaining safe, and Eden kissed his forehead as a positive review.
• Elysia stole Vill-V’s chance to give Chen Li a positive review, while Sunday watched from a distance and Robin hid her face in embarrassment.
• Elysia suggested adding a way for the pass’s wearer to interfere slightly with events, and Chen Li agreed to reforge it with an alert-level function.
• Chen Li renamed the item the War Correspondent's Pass and gave it to Eden, who added it to the Friends Circle public inventory after leaving another positive review.
• Eden’s terminal received eighteen borrowing requests in one second, and she asked Vill-V what she needed the item for.

Chen Li learned Dual Blade Style and used Eden’s echo weapons before accidentally killing a wild Kyubey that the group had planned to use in a scheme for the Aeon Resurrection Tournament. As the group adapted their plan and argued over the competition’s rewards, Ruan Mei revealed that her parents had made a wish.

• Chen Li left the group fighting over Elysia’s Miraculous Item and went with Tonghua to learn Dual Blade Style.
• Chen Li used Eden’s recorded echo to wield two Tai Xu Sword Gods, then had Eden restore one so he could try to sell it to Kyubey.
• Chen Li entered the Party Car and killed a wild Kyubey, ruining Homura Akemi and Ruan Mei’s plan to send a captured Kyubey back as a spy.
• Great Herta explained that the competition would award a wealth-related Miraculous Item and the first use of the War Correspondent’s Pass, while Elysia proposed using a Miraculous Item to disguise a pet as Kyubey.
• Ruan Mei agreed to make Kyubey pay for Chen Li’s thrown weapon and then told Great Herta that her temporarily revived parents had made a wish.

Chen Li used the Game Life Miracle Card to have the group hunt jellyfish for treasure skills in Haruhi Suzumiya’s world, then sorted through the strange rewards. The chapter left Chen Li distributing or saving the skills while Elysia’s use of the War Correspondent’s Pass remained a secret to the others.

• Chen Li explained that the jellyfish dropped treasure skills and used the Game Life Miracle Card to determine who was best suited to hunt them.
• Kiana, Pardo, Satou Kazuma, Pom-Pom, and others attacked jellyfish and collected strange skills, including Split Personality and Anti-Cat Magnet.
• Elysia used the War Correspondent’s Pass to embrace Chen Li from behind and reveal that she was the Pixie from the Miraculous Forging Guide.
• Chen Li told Great Herta and the others that he would use some of the nearly one hundred skills for pranks and save others as rewards for future group activities.
• Chen Li chose Catnip Constitution, offered the remaining skills to the group, and refused to let Haruhi Suzumiya take Delusional Disorder, saying he would keep it for her.

Chen Li equipped Tonghua with Miraculous Items and a Miracle Card for her final battle against the evil gods, while the group prepared to see her off. Aqua then questioned whether Tonghua needed to go herself or could send a clone in her place.

• Haruhi Suzumiya opened the last Treasure Jellyfish and found a Pure Love Warrior Skill Crystal, but Chen Li swallowed it before anyone else could claim it.
• Chen Li took the group to his room and gave Tonghua a second God Must Die with two hours of sharpening time.
• Houraisan Kaguya and the others checked Tonghua’s preparations, and Tonghua received extra gear, including Eden’s War Correspondent’s Pass and Chen Li’s Miracle Card.
• Tonghua insisted that she had to face the evil gods herself to fulfill her destiny, despite Chen Li pointing out that he also deserved credit for equipping her.
• Aqua suggested that Chen Li summon Tonghua’s clone to fight the evil gods instead, asking whether the other world had a rule requiring Tonghua herself to go.

Chen Li and the group helped Tonghua lure the world’s evil gods into a battle inside the Friends Circle, while Tonghua used cheap projections to attack them and collect their divinity. As the gods dwindled toward a final confrontation, a projection of Tonghua crept up behind the God of War.

• Aqua proposed using Tonghua’s projections as disposable fighters, and Chen Li gave her the exclusive title “Poisonous Strategist.”
• Tonghua summoned serial-number 10086, prepared it for battle, and used the Ghoul Attractor and rice balls to draw every evil god into the Friends Circle.
• Tonghua’s projection joined the battle with God Must Dies and other Miraculous Items, while Tonghua stayed behind to summon replacements and equip them.
• Tonghua explained that she planned to share half the divinity with Chen Li, and said only around ten evil gods remained after nearly an hour of fighting.
• The group members started betting on which evil god would survive to face Tonghua in the final round.
• A projection of Tonghua approached the raging God of War from behind while holding two God Must Dies.

Tonghua defeated the God of War and consumed half of the compressed evil god divinity, transforming into a Fairy Tale Book before Chen Li restored her as the World. As the group prepared to leave for their final destination, Chen Li was mysteriously transported to a place ruled by The Heavenly Principles' Maintainer, who attacked him.

• Tonghua repeatedly sent projections to attack the God of War, and he finally fell within the Friends Circle.
• Chen Li split the remaining evil god divinity and gave Tonghua Gourmet Cells and the Constraint Bracelet so she could absorb the power safely.
• Tonghua transformed into a Fairy Tale Book, and Chen Li used the Wondrous Brush to change its name to World, bringing her back.
• Stelle released the Astral Express, but Chen Li vanished before joining the group.
• Chen Li found himself in a place above the clouds, where The Heavenly Principles' Maintainer attacked him as a despicable outsider.
• Chen Li snapped his fingers and opened countless Imaginary rifts behind him, though they did not release Spears of the Void.

Chen Li captured The Heavenly Principles' Maintainer and brought her to the Astral Express, where the group realized Teyvat might be left without its Heavenly Principles. They sent Kitsune Saiguu toward her old world to establish a way back, then discovered Aha’s blessing had made everyone follow Aqua’s needlessly complicated plan.

• Chen Li chased down The Heavenly Principles' Maintainer with God Must Die, defeated her, and captured her with golden threads.
• Chen Li told the Astral Express crew he had earned rewards by killing The Heavenly Principles' Maintainer and carrying her away from Teyvat, but had no beacon or location coordinates to return her.
• Kitsune Saiguu warned that capturing The Heavenly Principles' Maintainer might leave Teyvat without anyone to maintain the Heavenly Principles.
• Aqua proposed using the Peaceful Longbow to send Kitsune Saiguu to one of her acquaintances in Teyvat, and the group used the bow before realizing they could have used Slap Gloves instead.
• Aha explained that his masks had made the group’s blessings of Elation and intellect resonate, causing them to follow Aqua’s plan, and his figure began to fade.

Aha withdrew the 67% of Joy power he had lent Aqua but left her mask imbued with power comparable to an Envoy, which Chen Li divided between himself and Aqua. The group then learned that Kitsune Saiguu had died and entered a Revival Match, leaving them watching her face a mysterious opponent.

• Aha explained that his resonance between Elation and Erudition had guided Aqua toward the most entertaining choice, then withdrew his power while leaving her a glowing mask.
• Chen Li identified the mask’s remaining Elation power as nearly equal to an Envoy’s, upsetting Sparkle, who had hoped to become an Envoy of Joy first.
• Chen Li broke Aqua’s mask apart, ate half to improve his resistance and save material for Sparkle’s Miraculous Item, then returned a quarter of it to Aqua.
• Satou Kazuma used Steal to take Aqua’s mask, but Chen Li noticed that Kitsune Saiguu’s three Command Spells had dimmed.
• Chen Li announced that Kitsune Saiguu had died and entered a Revival Match, then showed the group her battle against a scarred old man who summoned a sword.

Chen Li revived Kitsune Saiguu after her tournament defeats, then tracked down Raiden Ei and discovered that Raiden Shogun had accidentally killed her. He restrained Raiden Shogun and prepared to begin treating her, while Raiden Ei remained distraught over the loss of her friend and her sister’s sword.

• Kitsune Saiguu lost her first three tournament matches to Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Broly, and Carmilla.
• Chen Li used three Command Seals and the Slap Gloves to retrieve Kitsune Saiguu from a distant world, where he found Raiden Ei mourning over her ashes.
• Raiden Shogun attacked Chen Li with Musou Isshin, but the Friends Circle shield blocked her strike and Chen Li bit the blade in half.
• Raiden Shogun admitted that she had killed Kitsune Saiguu and broken the sword her sister had left her, then began crying.
• Chen Li used Pardo’s abilities and golden threads to restrain Raiden Shogun, then announced that he would begin her first course of treatment.

Chen Li turned Raiden Ei into a tiny yingying creature to calm her, but she attacked him while he stole and ate the tricolor dango she offered to Kitsune Saiguu’s ashes. After Ei returned to normal and tried the dango, she caught Chen Li gathering up the ashes.

• Chen Li removed the golden threads from Raiden Ei’s mouth and used Moe Ying Body to transform her into a tiny yingying creature.
• Raiden Ei placed tricolor dango before Kitsune Saiguu’s ashes, and Chen Li repeatedly stole and ate the offerings.
• Raiden Ei attacked Chen Li with a hammer and then a series of charging headbutts, while he speculated about using yingying creatures as ammunition.
• Chen Li took the last snack from Raiden Ei’s basket, returning her to normal, and offered her tricolor dango.
• Raiden Ei ate the dango and questioned Chen Li about its flavor before noticing him gathering Kitsune Saiguu’s ashes.