Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin became an Emanator and vowed to keep protecting his friends before returning to Firefly. In the real world, he emerged in a new form—his lover’s silver-haired appearance—and announced his return as Tang Wulin.

• Firefly provoked Tang Wulin in the Path Between until he burned away the memory fragments surrounding him and declared he would not give up.
• Tang Wulin’s blue flames erupted, and his body vanished from the Path Between as Firefly watched the battle outside.
• Shrek Tang Wulin defeated Wu Zhangkong and reached for Long Bing, but a blue-flamed figure pierced his chest and emerged from him.
• The silver-haired figure revealed that she was Tang Wulin, revived in a new form of life, leaving everyone stunned.

Tang Wulin revealed himself in Liu Ying’s form, rescued Wu Zhangkong’s group, and sent them away to confront Shrek Tang Wulin. He realized his body was now a Meme shaped by his obsession with Liu Ying, while Shrek Tang Wulin emerged from the rubble wary of his new strength.

• Tang Wulin transformed from Liu Ying’s appearance into blue fire and kicked Shrek Tang Wulin through a wall.
• The seven men threatened Wu Zhangkong’s group, but Tang Wulin cut them down before they could capture anyone.
• Tang Wulin asked Wu Zhangkong to lead the others away while he stayed to fight Shrek Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin explained that his flesh-and-blood body had vanished and that he had become a Meme shaped by his obsession with Liu Ying.
• Shrek Tang Wulin emerged from the hole, and Tang Wulin recognized that his opponent had awakened to a new realm and now feared him.

Tang Wulin battled Shrek Tang Wulin, who survived his blue-flame attacks by transforming into a pinkish-blue-haired woman. Shrek Tang Wulin revealed that his father had empowered him with energy from beyond the world, then declared that Tang Wulin had to disappear.

• Shrek Tang Wulin emerged after Tang Wulin's attack and mistook his opponent's energy body for a sacrifice made to defeat him.
• Shrek Tang Wulin wrapped himself in a pinkish-blue cocoon, but Tang Wulin attacked it with the SAM Mecha's blue flames and a giant sword.
• Tang Wulin caught Shrek Tang Wulin with a Rider Kick and burned his body away, believing the attack had finished him.
• A pinkish-blue-haired woman appeared from the smoke, and Tang Wulin realized she was Shrek Tang Wulin in a new form.
• Shrek Tang Wulin explained that his father had infused him with energy from beyond the world and said Tang Wulin had to disappear.

Tang Wulin fought his alternate self, Shrek Tang Wulin, and realized they shared a hidden family connection. Their battle shattered the space around them and returned them to the empty Recruitment Fair, where Tang Wulin escaped his Mecha and prepared a decisive attack.

• Tang Wulin and Shrek Tang Wulin transformed into female forms and clashed at close range, wielding Light Swords and the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Wulin recognized the Clear Sky Hammer and deduced that he was the son of Tang San and Xiao Wu, but stayed focused on finding Liu Ying.
• Their powers shattered the battlefield’s space, returning them to the deserted Recruitment Fair.
• Shrek Tang Wulin struck Tang Wulin’s SAM Mecha and vowed to absorb his power, but Tang Wulin used the Mecha’s ejection system to attack from behind.
• Tang Wulin abandoned a slash for a thrust, pouring his Path Energy into an attack meant to make Shrek Tang Wulin lose himself.

Tang Wulin used the Path of Memory to overwhelm Shrek Tang Wulin with memories and defeat him using his emotion-infused Lin Ying Three Wonders. The chapter ended with Liu Ying reacting to the technique and wanting to see Tang Wulin even less.

• Shrek Tang Wulin taunted Tang Wulin about his Undying Body, but Tang Wulin immobilized him by targeting his mind with the power of memories.
• Tang Wulin recalled his first meeting and other moments with Liu Ying, then struck Shrek Tang Wulin with the Firefly-Entwining Palm and Firefly-Recalling Kick.
• Tang Wulin used the Lin Ying Sword to slash through Shrek Tang Wulin's Sea of Consciousness, leaving it severely damaged and nearly impossible to recover.
• Liu Ying heard about Tang Wulin's technique from within the Path Between and decided she wanted to see him even less.

Tang Wulin defeated and killed Shrek Tang Wulin by destroying his Sea of Consciousness, then prepared to leave Azure Blue Star and help the others. The Shrek Mother arrived, recognized Tang Wulin as her child, and seized him, intending to use Shrek Tang Wulin’s body to give birth to him again.

• Tang Wulin’s Lin Ying Three Wonders shattered Shrek Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness, killing him despite his overwhelming strength.
• Tang Wulin confirmed Shrek Tang Wulin was beyond recovery and decided to head to other battlefields on Azure Blue Star.
• The Shrek Mother arrived through a green portal and found her son’s corpse, then blamed Tang Wulin for killing him.
• The Shrek Mother recognized Tang Wulin as her child and seized him, saying she would use Shrek Tang Wulin’s intact body as a vessel to give birth to him again.

Tang Wulin was nearly devoured by Shrek Mother after exhausting himself in battle, but Ruan Mei intervened and rescued him. Tang Wulin fled after receiving healing medicine, leaving Ruan Mei to face Shrek Mother and begin an experiment.

• Shrek Mother grabbed Tang Wulin and his counterpart, intending to absorb them and create a new Tang Wulin.
• A powerful strike severed Shrek Mother's arms and freed Tang Wulin.
• Ruan Mei introduced herself, gave Tang Wulin healing medicine, and told him to leave while she handled Shrek Mother.
• Tang Wulin drank the medicine, thanked Ruan Mei, and escaped as blue fire.
• Ruan Mei faced Shrek Mother, called their confrontation an experiment, and began playing her Ruan.

Shrek Mother tried to take Tang Wulin’s body and another Tang Wulin from Azure Blue Star, but Ruan Mei blocked her and sealed the portal to the Shrek God Realm. Ruan Mei revealed that she had studied their spatial technology and trapped Shrek Mother with a spatial lockdown.

• Shrek Mother arrived on Azure Blue Star and saw her son die at the hands of another Tang Wulin, so she decided to take the other Tang Wulin and her son’s body back to the Shrek God Realm.
• Ruan Mei confronted Shrek Mother and played her ruan, overwhelming her with its sound even after Shrek Mother used earplugs.
• Shrek Mother tried to escape through the Shrek God Realm’s portal, but it would not open.
• Ruan Mei explained that she and Herta had analyzed the portal technology and cut off the Shrek God Realm’s connection to the area.
• Shrek Mother called to Tang for help, but Ruan Mei revealed that spatial lockdown had trapped her and made even self-destruction harmless.

Ruan Mei trapped Shrek Mother in an isolated space and defeated her after her attempt to self-destruct failed. She took Shrek Mother back to the Herta Space Station as a research subject, hoping to study the power from beyond the world inside her.

• Ruan Mei explained that she had sealed Shrek Mother inside an independent space designed to prevent escape, outside help, hostage-taking, and self-destruction.
• Shrek Mother launched powerful attacks, but they could not harm Ruan Mei or escape the space.
• Fearing capture, Shrek Mother pulled out her Divine Core and charged at Ruan Mei to detonate it.
• Ruan Mei's space reversed the explosion, and she seized Shrek Mother's Divine Core and knocked her unconscious.
• Ruan Mei took Shrek Mother to the Herta Space Station to study the power from beyond the world in her body.

The Xianzhou Alliance learned that Tang had opened gates to Parallel Worlds, allowing endless Shreks to pour into the war. As the battle threatened to exhaust Yao Lan’s power, Klippah appeared and struck toward the Shrek God Realm with his hammer.

• Aventurine’s coins and chips rained down on Shreks as the Xianzhou Alliance and Interstellar Peace Corporation fought them across the universe.
• Jing Yuan and the Ten Lords of Hell found that defeated Shreks turned to green dust rather than duplicating, while more kept appearing.
• Hua contacted Yao Lan, who revealed that Tang had opened gates to Parallel Worlds and turned them into breeding grounds for Shreks.
• Yao Lan warned that the widening gates would eventually overwhelm the alliance and summoned the power of an Aeon.
• Klippah appeared and brought down an enormous hammer toward the Shrek God Realm.

The Amber Lord destroyed the Shrek forces and their God Realm with a hammer strike, while Na'er summoned the Dragon Ancestor to join The Permanence with The Preservation and seal the rifts to parallel worlds. The Xianzhou Alliance withdrew safely, and Hu Na sensed something familiar in the nine-colored light.

• The Amber Lord struck the Shrek Gate, destroying the Shrek forces and the Shrek God Realm.
• Na'er appeared as the Ancestor of Myriad Dragons of the Abyss and said The Preservation alone could not seal all the Space Gates.
• Na'er summoned the Dragon Ancestor, combining The Permanence with The Preservation to close the rifts into parallel worlds.
• The Xianzhou Alliance retreated beyond the Amber Lord's attack range after receiving Yao Lan's warning.
• Hu Na saw the nine-colored light from the Luofu Xianzhou and wondered why its power felt familiar.

Yao Lan watched the Xianzhou Alliance and two Aeons close the Parallel World gateway, but the Shrek flesh masses remained impossible to destroy. He began spreading Golden Silk to find Tang and connect the universes into an Imaginary Tree that would let him control everything.

• The Permanence and The Preservation helped shrink the Parallel World gateway until the Xianzhou Alliance and the Aeons destroyed or sealed it and cleared away the Shrek around it.
• Yao Lan turned his attention to the advancing Shrek flesh masses, which The Hunt, The Destruction, and Nihility could only slow.
• Yao Lan concluded that he could use the time to fill the Douluo Universe with Path Energy, while Herta admitted she had no explanation for the flesh masses.
• Yao Lan used Golden Silk to search the universe for Tang and planned to connect other worlds and Parallel Worlds under his control.
• Yao Lan envisioned the Golden Silk forming the Imaginary Tree, which he believed would let him control the universe and defeat Tang.

Tang watched his forces lose ground to Yao Lan and realized he could no longer win while hiding. When he sensed Yao Lan was closing in on his location, Tang emerged to make one final stand, setting up a decisive fight in the Douluo Main Universe.

• Tang watched the battlefield and admitted that Yao Lan had recovered his strength and outmatched him.
• Tang sealed himself inside his Little Black Room as Yao Lan destroyed his followers and cut off his support.
• Tang lost contact with his wife and son and saw his money, troops, and other forces fall in the war.
• Tang sensed Yao Lan using a golden thread of power to find him and decided he would rather fight than be captured.
• Tang left hiding and prepared to fight Yao Lan to the bitter end.

Yao Lan prepared for a final battle with Tang, confident that his victory was assured, while Tang burned his life to launch a last attack. The two collided in space as Herta and Ruan Mei protected the Sea of Stars Community, uncertain whether Yao Lan had another hidden card.

• Yao Lan sensed Tang emerge and headed to the outskirts of Herta Space Station to face him.
• Tang burned his life as he flew toward Yao Lan in a blue meteor, destroying everything around him as he passed.
• Yao Lan transformed into a golden meteor and charged Tang, refusing to retreat from their confrontation.
• The two meteors collided, and their shockwave destroyed countless nearby planets.
• Herta and Ruan Mei reinforced the space station and protected the Sea of Stars Community while wondering whether Yao Lan had another card to play.

Yao Lan drew Tang away from Azure Blue Star and unleashed all his Path Energy in a strike that erased Tang and devastated tens of millions of star systems. Although Tang disappeared, his faint smile left Yao Lan uncertain that he had truly won.

• Yao Lan's Black Hole attack vanished when Tang casually waved it away, so Yao Lan concluded that long-range attacks were useless.
• Yao Lan rushed Tang and struck with Piercing the Stars, combining his Path Energies and abilities to ensure the blow would land.
• Yao Lan lured Tang far from Azure Blue Star, where their battle's spatial cracks erased a planet and threatened the universe.
• Yao Lan's final punch destroyed tens of millions of star systems and made Tang vanish in a streak of blue light.
• Yao Lan saw Tang smile as the final blow landed and felt no happiness despite believing he had won.

After killing Tang, Yao Lan discovered that Tang had sent his memories beyond the world, prompting a giant hand to attack the Douluo Universe. Yao Lan gathered all his Path Energy and prepared to fight the force behind Tang, hoping to claim the universe if he won.

• Yao Lan questioned Tang's final smile and searched his memories of their battle for an explanation.
• A gigantic hand appeared and reached for Yao Lan, destroying or transporting away the star systems where it struck.
• Yao Lan realized Tang had used his death to send his experiences to his main body beyond the world.
• Yao Lan concluded that Tang had acted to protect the Douluo Universe, which he regarded as his foundation.
• Yao Lan stopped dodging the hand and gathered all his Path Energy for what he believed would be his final battle in the universe.

Tang's main body attacked Yao Lan from beyond the Douluo Universe, hoping to expel him and restore the world. Yao Lan revealed that he had been stalling until the universe could withstand his full power, then struck Tang with a Path Energy-infused elbow.

• Tang absorbed his avatar's memories, discovered Yao Lan's changes to the Douluo Universe, and reached through the world's barrier to attack him.
• Yao Lan dodged and neutralized Tang's attacks while buying time, and Tang offered him the universe if he would submit.
• Yao Lan refused, explaining that he had been waiting for his cheat and for the Douluo Universe to grow strong enough to bear his power.
• Yao Lan unleashed his full strength and sent a Path Energy-infused elbow strike through the barrier, hitting Tang in the face and knocking out a tooth.

Yao Lan transformed the Douluo Universe into the Astral Universe and used the power of Nihility to defeat the man outside the world. He then turned his attention to the Parallel Worlds, intending to deal with the lingering effects of the war.

• Yao Lan gathered power from across the Douluo Universe and its Parallel Worlds, forming the Imaginary Tree and recreating the factions and characters of Honkai: Star Rail.
• Yao Lan transformed the Douluo Universe into the Astral Universe, and the man outside the world attacked it in anger.
• The Astral Universe repelled the man's attacks and rebounded them, allowing Yao Lan to strike him with the power of Nihility.
• The man succumbed to Nihility and disappeared beyond the world.
• Yao Lan took control of the universe, decided to address the Parallel Worlds, and returned to the Herta Space Station on Azure Blue Star.

Six years after losing his body, Tang Wulin lived as a silver-haired girl and reunited with his friends on the coast of Eastsea City. He boarded the Star Dome Train to search for Liu Ying and a way to change back, beginning his journey through the universe.

• Tang Wulin recalled how his Meme body had grown into a young girl and how his parents had reacted when he returned home.
• Xie Xie, Yue Zhengyu, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yuan En Yehui met Tang Wulin, and he learned about their marriages and what Wu Zhangkong and Ye Xinglan were doing.
• Tang Wulin told his friends he still hoped to change back and would search the universe for a way to do so.
• Tang Wulin confirmed he would board the repaired Star Dome Train to find Liu Ying, and his friends wished him well.
• Tang Wulin departed aboard the Star Dome Train and began his Trailblazing journey.