Chapter Summaries

Stelle and Robin’s allies discussed Penacony’s Holy Grail War, the Taiyi Dream, and a strange creature Old Aodi had summoned, while Jiang Lianqiu realized Sunday’s dream might transfer Aodi’s real-world shares when the creature was defeated. Meanwhile, Huanlong held Black Swan captive and read her memories, leaving Black Swan unable to resist the Aeon of Destruction.

• Artoria ate fifty high-calorie meals at a Dreamflux Reef restaurant while the group discussed their identities and Robin’s opposition to Sunday’s Order.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Old Aodi had summoned an incomprehensible creature that devoured him, and that Aglaea was searching for it.
• Jiang Lianqiu received Vivian’s message that 0.01% of Penacony’s shares, formerly owned by Old Aodi, had appeared under her name after an attack by a tentacled enemy.
• Jiang Lianqiu concluded that Sunday’s dream could make events in the Dream World affect reality, and Stelle rallied the group to find Old Aodi.
• Black Swan woke in a Daydream Hotel guest room and discovered that Huanlong had captured her and was reading her thoughts and memories.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Huanlong and showed Black Swan how Huanlong’s exposure to people’s prayers had awakened feelings she had never experienced before. He then bound Black Swan to him with a spiritual safety lock and asked her to help find a missing Heroic Spirit in the Holy Grail War, leaving her frozen after revealing a golden thread.

• Huanlong claimed she was pregnant, but Jiang Lianqiu arrived and challenged her story before comforting her about feeling sick from the prayers she handled.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Huanlong had begun to feel joy and sorrow in response to people’s wishes, and she wondered whether that change was good.
• Jiang Lianqiu kissed Black Swan and placed a spiritual safety lock on her, making her feel as if she were a kite tied to his string.
• Jiang Lianqiu arranged for Huanlong to meet Aglaea, then asked Black Swan to help locate a strange Heroic Spirit that had devoured Old Aodi and vanished across the Twelve Dreamscapes.
• Black Swan teased Jiang Lianqiu for more information, and he summoned a nymph that drew a golden thread around her fingertips, freezing her in place.

Black Swan used Jiang Lianqiu’s mental power to search Penacony’s memories while Hanabi helped lure Aventurine toward Old Aodi. Aventurine exposed himself to draw out an enemy, but Stelle interrupted his plan by attacking the monster, and Hanabi returned to Jiang Lianqiu to claim her reward.

• Black Swan asked Jiang Lianqiu to lend her his mental power so she could find someone in Penacony’s dreamscape.
• Aventurine reasoned that a third party was obstructing his plans, while Hanabi mocked him and exposed his secret about shattering his Cornerstone.
• Aventurine used the Cornerstone’s power to transform publicly and bait other Masters, drawing a monstrous Heroic Spirit from the sky.
• Stelle fell from the sky and struck Old Aodi with her Baseball Bat before Aventurine could finish invoking the Amber Lord.
• Hanabi reported her success to Jiang Lianqiu, who praised her and offered her candy as Black Swan rested nearby.

Jiang Lianqiu explained how the assault on Old Aodi would weaken him and let the Holy Grail destroy him and Taiyi Dream, while distributing the resulting wealth to protect his allies and conceal Jiang Lianqiu’s role. Meanwhile, Sunday ordered the Harmony Celebration to begin immediately, and Aventurine noticed that one Heroic Spirit was still missing from the battle against Old Aodi.

• Jiang Lianqiu spanked Hanabi after she accused him of harming Black Swan, and Hanabi escaped by pretending to have been fooled.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Aventurine’s attack would draw Old Aodi out, weaken him, and eventually lead him to try to seize Taiyi Dream, giving Jiang Lianqiu a chance to destroy Old Aodi and Taiyi Dream with the Holy Grail’s Wish Power.
• Hanabi realized Jiang Lianqiu planned to distribute Old Aodi’s final reserves among the Clover Family while hiding his own involvement.
• Sunday learned that Old Aodi had entered the war and ordered the Harmony Celebration to begin at once, while Dream Master Gopherwood agreed to leave contingencies.
• Aventurine counted the Heroic Spirits besieging Old Aodi and realized that one Heroic Spirit and its Master were still unaccounted for.

Stelle, Artoria, Cú Chulainn, Ratio, and Asuna fought Old Aodi’s grotesque Heroic Spirit while Hwangcheon waited for a chance to attack Dream Master Gopherwood. Aboard the Astral Express, Mikhail reunited with the Nameless and agreed to help Jiang Lianqiu confront Penacony’s corrupted dream, but the dream world suddenly shook.

• Stelle attacked Old Aodi’s flesh-covered Heroic Spirit as Artoria rescued her and joined the assault, while Cú Chulainn’s Noble Phantasm failed against the heartless target.
• Ratio fired into the wounds Artoria carved, and Asuna’s singing strengthened their allies and slowed Old Aodi; Hwangcheon stayed ready to strike Dream Master Gopherwood.
• A livestream speculated that Old Aodi’s Heroic Spirit was Mikhail, who watched from the Astral Express and reunited with Pom-Pom, Himeko, and Welt.
• Mikhail told the crew he could not remain after the Holy Grail War, but agreed to help restore Penacony and asked to meet Jiang Lianqiu.
• Mikhail tested Jiang Lianqiu and asked why life slept; Jiang Lianqiu answered that people slept so they could awaken from their dreams, and Mikhail entrusted Penacony’s future to them.
• The beautiful dream world shook, though almost everyone in the Asdana star system failed to notice.

As the Taiyi Dream began collapsing, Aglaea revealed the contradictions in the dreamers’ fabricated memories and helped expose Sunday’s control over Penacony. Sunday prepared to defend the Philosophical Fetus, but Old Aodi’s flesh-and-blood storm attacked it, revealing a greed that alarmed him.

• Jiang Lianqiu confirmed that the Silver Crown Legion had assembled outside the Asdana star system and ordered Victory to keep the company fleet away.
• Aglaea used her weaving needle to sever the dream’s false threads, making people confront contradictions in their memories and causing Scott to flee from his angry supporters.
• Aglaea’s actions helped expose the Remnants of Order and Sunday’s attempt to control Penacony through the Taiyi Dream.
• Old Aodi transformed into a storm of flesh and blood and charged the Philosophical Fetus, while Sunday used the marionette strings and hymns to repel it.
• Some of Old Aodi’s flesh reached the golden phantoms and began devouring them and their strings, revealing a vast greed that shocked Sunday.

The Holy Grail War’s rules changed, issuing a mission to destroy the Taiyi Dream and empowering the Masters and Heroic Spirits as they fought the Philosophical Fetus and Old Aodi. As Artoria began her ultimate attack, Sunday remained trapped in the battle and the chapter left the fight unresolved.

• The Philosophical Fetus and Old Aodi continued battling while Stelle and the others debated whether to intervene, and Aventurine discovered that he had gained new chips.
• Ratio reappeared and warned Aventurine that his chips could save his life, then Aglaea issued a highest-priority mission to destroy the Taiyi Dream and empowered the unaffected participants.
• Aventurine and Hanunu joined the fight, and Cú Chulainn found that the Holy Grail’s blessing had pushed him beyond his Lancer class limits.
• A reporter’s speculation, guided by Huanlong, led the public to blame Old Aodi for organizing the Holy Grail War, while Sunday struggled against Old Aodi and the weakening of his power over dreams.
• Stelle spent a Command Seal to order Artoria to unleash her ultimate attack, and Artoria’s sword blazed with golden flame.

Artoria’s Holy Grail-powered strike shattered Sunday’s dream, but Dream Master Gopherwood seized control of Sunday and revived the Philosophical Fetus with the Stellaron. Hwangcheon unleashed overwhelming Nihility power and defeated it, leaving the restored auditorium and the Philosophical Fetus finally fading away.

• Artoria channeled the Holy Grail’s gathered wishes through her Holy Sword, destroying Old Aodi’s flesh and bringing down the Philosophical Fetus.
• The Philosophical Fetus stopped dissolving, and Gopherwood revealed that the Holy Grail kept the Taiyi Dream from collapsing completely before taking over Sunday’s body.
• Gopherwood revived the Philosophical Fetus with the Stellaron and used controlled dream figures to confront Robin and Hwangcheon.
• Hwangcheon cut the Dream Master’s control from the gathered figures, then faced the Stellaron-empowered Philosophical Fetus as it tried to restore Order.
• Hwangcheon summoned a manifestation of Nihility and struck the Philosophical Fetus down, after which the auditorium and dream fissures were restored and the creature began to dissipate.

Hwangcheon and Mikhail forced Gopherwood to reveal himself in Penacony, but he escaped into the wider Asdana star system. Jiang Lianqiu’s fleet began a system-wide phase scan to track him down.

• Hwangcheon explained that her slash had infused Gopherwood with Nihility, preventing him from possessing anyone, and summoned Mikhail, Penacony’s Watchmaker.
• Mikhail confronted Gopherwood and used his authority over Penacony to make him appear in his original form.
• Gopherwood revealed that he could still hide in the Memetic vacuum beyond Penacony and escaped as March 7th’s arrow passed through his phantom.
• Mikhail showed everyone the fleet surrounding the Asdana star system and explained that it could prevent Gopherwood from escaping.
• Jiang Lianqiu ordered Hood to begin a star-system-level phase scan while Black Swan watched from the bridge.

Jiang Lianqiu’s forces used Lazarina’s research and Psionic Energy to defeat Gopherwood and recover the Stellaron, while Sunday surrendered to the Hound Family after accepting his defeat. The chapter ends with Jiang Lianqiu and Aglaea bathing together as he explains how observation shapes what people consider real.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained that his Mech Servants had adapted Lazarina’s research to counter Gopherwood and predicted that the Stellaron’s influence over him would deepen.
• Shoukaku’s aircraft and Zuikaku attacked Gopherwood, severed his connection to the Stellaron, and recovered the Stellaron as Gopherwood vanished.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Black Swan that he intended to pursue the power of Order, arguing that remnants of Order still existed despite its absorption by Harmony.
• Sunday voluntarily surrendered to the Hound Family, while Mikhail agreed to help preserve Penacony’s dream world and break The Family’s absolute control.
• Stelle reminded Robin that she was a major shareholder of Penacony, and Gallagher asked the group to explain what had happened.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Aglaea bathed together, and Jiang Lianqiu explained that what counts as real depends on what people can observe.

Jiang Lianqiu and Aglaea discussed her plans to remain outside Amphoreus, while Qingque arrived at Stelle’s bath and asked about the Penacony news. Later, Emerald and Topaz approached Jiang Lianqiu about a company contract to obtain a large amount of memetic material, leaving him questioning their plans.

• Aglaea chose to keep exploring with Jiang Lianqiu and wait until Herta determined Mimi could withstand an Aeon’s divinity before returning to Amphoreus.
• Stelle and Qingque barged into the private bath, where Qingque explained she had come to Penacony after receiving an invitation for people under 141.5 centimeters tall.
• Qingque asked why the Interstellar Peace Broadcast had not mentioned Jiang Lianqiu, and the chapter recounted the public account of Penacony’s Holy Grail War and political changes.
• Aventurine thanked Jiang Lianqiu for his help and led him to meet Emerald and Topaz aboard the Radiant Feldspar.
• Emerald presented a contract requesting memetic material for the company’s plan to transform planets into worlds of the Memoria for experiments.

Jiang Lianqiu negotiated a trade with Emerald and teased Topaz before introducing her to Artoria, who had remained alive in the Star Rail universe after the Holy Grail War. Artoria met the Astral Express crew, learned that another woman was called Guinevere, and ended the chapter with juice sprayed across Stelle's face.

• Jiang Lianqiu agreed to trade memetic material with Emerald for technology the Garden of Recollection was permitted to share, while Topaz failed to win him over with a discount.
• Jiang Lianqiu teased Topaz and cuddled Numby, prompting Topaz to ask about Heroic Spirits aboard the Radiant Feldspar.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Artoria had survived the war in her physical body and could not return to her original world, though she valued her second life.
• March 7th told Artoria that their friend Guinevere came from a place also called Camelot, and Artoria sprayed juice across Stelle when she heard the name.
• Topaz offered Artoria a shopping card, while Stelle repeated Jiang Lianqiu's warning about telecommunications fraud and asked Topaz for fifty thousand Credits.

Jiang Lianqiu reassured Firefly that her Entropyloss Syndrome could be cured, and she chose to work with Ruan Mei on an experimental treatment. After leaving the Dream World with Firefly, he woke at the Daydream Hotel to find Sirius sprawled on top of him.

• Artoria reacted with shock when Jiang Lianqiu showed her videos of a different Guinevere and Lancelot.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Firefly that her Entropyloss Syndrome could be treated, and Ruan Mei offered to study the condition.
• Firefly chose to cooperate with Ruan Mei, hoping her research would also help Jiang Lianqiu.
• Jiang Lianqiu arranged to bring Firefly to Ruan Mei's laboratory and left the Dream World with her while the others stayed for Robin's concert.
• Jiang Lianqiu woke in the Dreamdiving Pool at the Daydream Hotel and found Sirius sprawled on his chest.

Jiang Lianqiu brought Firefly to Ruan Mei’s research hub to begin treatment for her Entropyloss Syndrome. After the Trailblaze Beacon’s warp jump worsened Firefly’s condition, Jiang Lianqiu carried her to the laboratory, where Ruan Mei began assessing her.

• Jiang Lianqiu met Silver Wolf outside Firefly’s room, and Silver Wolf asked to accompany them to see what would happen with Firefly.
• Firefly defended the changed course of events and told Silver Wolf she preferred it to Aetherium’s script, while Jiang Lianqiu noticed the Entropyloss Syndrome markings on her neck.
• Jiang Lianqiu took Firefly, Silver Wolf, and Sirius to the Silver Crown Galaxy Research Hub using the Trailblaze Beacon and a shuttle.
• The warp jump aggravated Firefly’s condition, so Jiang Lianqiu carried her through the research hub while Silver Wolf hurried after them.
• Ruan Mei welcomed the group, checked Firefly’s condition with pastry crumbs, and called her a very good little lab rat.

Ruan Mei used the remnants of The Propagation to investigate the connection between Abundance and immortality while treating Firefly’s Entropyloss Syndrome, and the experiment affected everyone in the laboratory. Later, Kafka heard Silver Wolf and Firefly’s voices over the phone during the Symphony of Harmony and was shocked by what she inferred they were doing.

• Jiang Lianqiu brought Firefly to Ruan Mei’s laboratory, where Ruan Mei explained that she was studying the remnants of The Propagation and their relationship to Abundance.
• Ruan Mei began treating Firefly on the experiment table, while Silver Wolf refused to leave and stayed to watch.
• Ruan Mei revealed that the experiment explored life and immortality, and that she had tested the effects on herself; the powers affected her, Silver Wolf, Jiang Lianqiu, and Firefly.
• Ruan Mei warned that Firefly needed treatment soon, and Firefly cried out to Jiang Lianqiu for help as the situation escalated.
• At the Symphony of Harmony aboard the Radiant Feldspar, Kafka called Silver Wolf and heard Silver Wolf and Firefly’s suggestive voices, leaving her stunned.

Jiang Lianqiu recovered after Ruan Mei, Silver Wolf, and Firefly treated his Entropyloss Syndrome under the influence of The Propagation and Abundance. He discovered he had gained two Paths, while Firefly remained energized and Ruan Mei said she could vent her excess vitality by destroying an asteroid belt.

• Ruan Mei moved the treatment from her laboratory to her bedroom, where she, Silver Wolf, and Firefly overwhelmed Jiang Lianqiu under the influence of The Propagation and Abundance.
• Ruan Mei revealed that she had recorded the experiment and told Jiang Lianqiu that he had gained two Paths; he saw green light from the Abundance Path around his hands.
• Silver Wolf woke up embarrassed by what had happened, and Jiang Lianqiu used his new Abundance power to treat her and Firefly.
• Firefly woke and reached for Jiang Lianqiu, but Ruan Mei cooled her down and explained that her vitality would remain unusually high for a while.
• Ruan Mei suggested that Firefly could vent her excess energy by blowing up an asteroid belt.

Firefly recovered from Entropyloss Syndrome and awakened powerful Psionic Energy while piloting the Sam Mech, then thanked Jiang Lianqiu with a passionate kiss. The next morning, the Astral Express crew discovered Jiang Lianqiu, Firefly, and Silver Wolf were missing, and Kafka arrived seeking Silver Wolf and Firefly.

• Ruan Mei confirmed that Firefly's bodily functions and genes had returned to normal and that her Entropyloss Syndrome was gone.
• Silver Wolf awakened Psionic Energy that let her connect directly to the internet and bypass firewalls, while Firefly suspected she needed to pilot the Sam Mech to awaken her own power.
• Firefly flew through space in the Sam Mech, effortlessly melting asteroids, and found that the mech had been restored and greatly strengthened.
• Firefly told Jiang Lianqiu that she had enjoyed piloting the mech without pain, kissed him, and said she wanted to ignite him too.
• The next morning, March 7th and the others learned that Jiang Lianqiu had left Penacony with Firefly, while Mimi was dispirited because he was gone.
• Kafka asked the group where Silver Wolf and Firefly were, explaining that she could not reach Silver Wolf despite hearing she was with them.

March 7th and Stelle traveled to Silver Crown ahead of the train, while Himeko welcomed Kafka, Black Swan, and Hanabi aboard after Jiang Lianqiu approved revealing the Trailblaze Anchor Points. At Jiang Lianqiu’s home, they found Silver Wolf waiting and learned that Firefly and Jiang were still occupied as Firefly burned off the excess power from Ruan Mei’s treatment.

• Kafka asked to wait aboard the train for Silver Wolf and Firefly, and Welt and Dan Heng decided to return to the Luofu Xianzhou together.
• Hanabi revealed photos of Black Swan fainting after looking into Hwangcheon’s memories, and Black Swan and Hanabi joined the group heading to Jiang Lianqiu.
• Himeko received Jiang Lianqiu’s permission to tell the newcomers about the Trailblaze Anchor Points, and March 7th and Stelle teleported ahead to Silver Crown.
• March 7th and Stelle found Silver Wolf at Jiang Lianqiu’s home, wearing his shirt after losing a boss fight and asking for food.
• Silver Wolf explained that Firefly was burning off excess power after Ruan Mei’s treatment, and March 7th and Stelle both rushed upstairs while Silver Wolf watched their shoes fly back down.

Jiang Lianqiu experienced Firefly’s memories of the Gramer Iron Cavalry’s last battle, then found himself in a memory of Stelle’s time with the Stellaron Hunters. Stelle remained conscious and suspected the memory space was connected to March 7th’s sudden burst of ice, while Jiang Lianqiu wondered whether Stelle’s Stellaron was protecting her.

• Silver Wolf waited for Stelle and March 7th, then found labeled food in the refrigerator and ate March 7th’s pudding.
• Silver Wolf sensed the power of Remembrance near the stairs.
• Jiang Lianqiu witnessed Firefly wake on a battlefield strewn with Swarm and mecha remains, ask if anyone was alive, and collapse in despair.
• The memory shifted to Stelle’s former room aboard the Stellaron Hunters’ ship, where Jiang Lianqiu helped her realize she was in a memory space.
• Stelle recalled March 7th’s ice bursting out and freezing everyone, then claimed her knowledge of Remembrance helped her stay conscious.
• Jiang Lianqiu suggested Stelle’s Stellaron might be keeping her conscious, and Stelle tried to make him feel for it through her chest.

Jiang Lianqiu, Stelle, and Mimi searched March 7th’s memory illusion and found themselves inside a scene from Hoshimi Miyabi’s childhood. They encountered a red-eyed girl who looked like March 7th, but Jiang Lianqiu recognized that she was someone else.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained that March 7th’s memory power had created the illusion and that they needed to find her consciousness to leave safely.
• Mimi traveled to Stelle’s room and used her memory powers to locate an abnormal fluctuation, then led Jiang Lianqiu and Stelle through a door.
• The group explored a memory of Stelle’s spacecraft and found no memories of Aetherium before entering the source of the fluctuation.
• They arrived at the burning Hoshimi residence, where young Hoshimi Miyabi mourned her mother, who had been pierced by Tails-less and was undergoing De-corporealization.
• A red-eyed girl resembling March 7th appeared and addressed Jiang Lianqiu, who told her she was not March 7th.