Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Stelle and witnessed Hanabi torment March 7th at the beach, then learned that Cyrene had regained her girl form. Cyrene remembered only fragments of Amphoreus, while Aglaea recognized her vaguely but could not recall why.

• Jiang Lianqiu teased Stelle about her affection and distracted her by claiming a naked Masked Fool was running around the beach.
• Hanabi ran naked with March 7th's swimsuit while March 7th chased her, and Hanabi threw the swimsuit to Jiang Lianqiu before fleeing.
• March 7th noticed Jiang Lianqiu watching her and buried herself in the sand in embarrassment.
• Aglaea told Jiang Lianqiu she had been studying military affairs and governance with Artoria and Signora Hood to improve her work in Okhema.
• Mimi transformed into Cyrene, revealing that she had grown enough to regain her girl form and carry some Elation divinity data back to Amphoreus.
• Cyrene told Jiang Lianqiu and Aglaea that she remembered Aedes Elysiae and fragments of the Journey of the Fire Chasers, but little about what happened after only she and Phainon remained among the Chrysos Heirs.

Jiang Lianqiu explained how Cyrene helped Phainon begin Eternal Recurrence, and the group planned to return her to Amphoreus with a divinity that could disrupt Iron Tomb’s birth. The next morning, Jiang Lianqiu woke with Stelle and March 7th in his bed, and Stelle faced his teasing punishment.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Cyrene sacrificed herself to become unrecognizable data outside Amphoreus and help Phainon initiate Eternal Recurrence, and Aglaea recognized her as a contributor.
• Aglaea took Cyrene to change clothes while Stelle rushed into the office and excitedly confirmed that the pink-haired puppy had become a girl.
• Herta and Aglaea agreed that the group should avoid entering Amphoreus together, and Herta said she would implant packaged divinity into its simulation to disrupt Iron Tomb and turn it into an Emanator of Elation.
• Jiang Lianqiu woke the next morning with March 7th and Stelle in his bed, and Stelle blamed March for sneaking in first before Jiang Lianqiu teased her about her sleeping habits.

Jiang Lianqiu and the others reached Amphoreus and learned how Aglaea and Cyrene would return to restart its suspended calculations before the Trailblazers followed. The chapter ended with the group back aboard the train, preparing to detach a carriage for their journey into Amphoreus.

• Black Swan revealed Amphoreus, a hidden world shaped like a glowing Mobius Strip, and Jiang Lianqiu explained that Screwllum's research station was concealed nearby.
• Jiang Lianqiu's group met Herta, Screwllum, Aglaea, and Cyrene at the station, where Screwllum explained that Aglaea and Cyrene had to return first to resume Amphoreus's calculations.
• Herta and Screwllum explained that the group needed to recover the Chrysos Heirs' data and gain control of the Death Titan rather than reverse time, and Aglaea said she would search for Xiadie after returning to Okhema.
• Screwllum gave the group a Moment Anchor for communication, and Aglaea and Cyrene prepared to enter Amphoreus first.
• Back on the train, Pom-Pom proposed detaching an ordinary carriage to take the Trailblazers into Amphoreus, while Stelle asked for the party car and Jiang Lianqiu checked on March 7th.

Jiang Lianqiu warned March 7th that her other self, Changye Yue, might appear in Amphoreus before the group entered the world. Aglaea returned to Okhema, stopped the Black Tide, and reunited with Tribbie, while Jiang Lianqiu and March 7th vanished during the journey and left Stelle alone in the carriage as it entered Amphoreus.

• Jiang Lianqiu warned March 7th that Changye Yue might emerge in Amphoreus, and March 7th worried she would miss adventures while her other self was in control.
• Black Swan sensed Aglaea and Cyrene entering Amphoreus, and Himeko arranged for Jiang Lianqiu, March 7th, and Stelle to travel in a detached carriage.
• Tribbie organized Okhema’s defenses as the Black Tide neared the city, then spotted Aglaea’s return in a blaze of golden light.
• Aglaea and her clothiers carved trenches through the land and helped Okhema’s army defeat the Black Tide before it could engulf the Holy City.
• Aglaea reunited with Tribbie, Trianne, and Ning, learned that the Light Calendar had reached 4899, and greeted Cipher, whom she recognized as Sephiria.
• Jiang Lianqiu and March 7th vanished during the carriage’s approach to Amphoreus, leaving Stelle alone as the carriage entered the darkened world.

Cyrene brought March 7th and Jiang Lianqiu to an interstice between Paths and gave March the chance to inherit the Seed of Years so she could join Stelle in Amphoreus. March and Jiang arrived at Januspolis, where they found Stelle alive after the train crashed, and the three reunited amid playful bickering.

• Cyrene explained that she had restored her memories and needed the Seed of Years to have an heir, then chose March 7th as the candidate.
• Cyrene gave March 7th the hope of inheriting the Seed of Years and sent her and Jiang Lianqiu through a door to the moment Stelle entered Amphoreus; before they left, Cyrene kissed Jiang.
• March 7th and Jiang arrived at the ruins of Januspolis and found the Astral Express carriage crashed and burning.
• March 7th found Stelle unconscious beside the rubble, but Jiang Lianqiu reassured her that Stelle was unharmed.
• Stelle joked about being abandoned and demanded a kiss from Jiang, who kissed her before March 7th pulled them apart.

Jiang Lianqiu, Stelle, and March 7th crossed the ruined Temple of Destiny's Three Aspects, where they met Phainon and Tribbie and learned that Aglaea had been waiting for Jiang Lianqiu's return. Tribbie guided them toward Okhema, but Jiang Lianqiu sensed that Nicadori's forces had begun attacking the city.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained that the eternal night had weakened Januspolis and that the Time Titan Ouronis seemed to help the group cross the temple ruins.
• Stelle charged through the Discord Minions and collapsed the temple, then emerged unharmed as Phainon worried about the evacuated people.
• Tribbie arrived, introduced herself as Januspolis's Saintess, and recognized Jiang Lianqiu, Stelle, and March 7th from Aglaea's account.
• Tribbie told Jiang Lianqiu that Aglaea had returned years earlier and had led the Chrysos Heirs on the second Journey of the Fire Chasers while waiting for him.
• Jiang Lianqiu sensed Nicadori's soldiers attacking Okhema, and Stelle dropped an enormous cylindrical weapon onto the ground.

Jiang Lianqiu, Stelle, and March 7th helped defend Okhema from Nicadori’s surprise assault and learned that the Titan’s true body and Core Flame were elsewhere. As Phainon and the others flew toward the Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace, Jiang Lianqiu stayed to clear the city and found a frightened girl hiding in an alley.

• March 7th stopped Stelle from firing a DF-5C missile near Okhema, while Jiang Lianqiu corrected the missile’s slogan.
• Phainon, Stelle, and March 7th joined the defense against Nicadori’s forces, and Jiang Lianqiu’s Azure Nether Bird turned attacking Discord Minions into statues.
• At the city gates, Jiang Lianqiu told Phainon that the Nicadori attacking Okhema was only one of its divine bodies, and Trianne explained that its true body was likely in Castrum Kremnos.
• Stelle and Jiang Lianqiu offered to take the group to Castrum Kremnos by plane or missile, so Trianne did not need to open the way herself.
• Jiang Lianqiu sent Phainon, Stelle, and March 7th toward the Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace on his enlarged Azure Nether Bird, then stayed behind to protect Okhema as Tribbie, Trianne, and Ning went to other fronts.
• After clearing Discord Minions from the city, Jiang Lianqiu found a little girl hiding behind boxes in an alley and reassured her.

Jiang Lianqiu rescued a deaf and mute girl in Okhema, healed her, and gave her the name Bertie. After Xiadie arrived and revealed her growing death power, Jiang Lianqiu startled her by asking to shake hands, despite the danger of her touch.

• Jiang Lianqiu found a terrified deaf and mute girl hiding in a crate and carried her through the market as he fought off Discord Minions.
• Jiang Lianqiu used Abundance power to restore the girl's hearing and voice, then named her Bertie.
• Bertie asked whether Jiang Lianqiu was Apollo, and he introduced himself as Jiang Lianqiu.
• Xiadie arrived and killed the Discord Minions with her growing power over death, which she said Cenatus had strengthened.
• Jiang Lianqiu asked Xiadie to shake hands, and she backed away, warning him to keep living despite the danger of her touch.

Jiang Lianqiu demonstrated that Xiadie's death curse could not harm him, then revealed he had already cleared Okhema of Nicadori's minions and headed with Xiadie toward the Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace. Meanwhile, Stelle, March 7th, and Phainon confronted Nicadori as the Titan avatar made for Dawn Cloud Cliff.

• Jiang Lianqiu held and examined Xiadie's hands without suffering any harm, leaving her stunned that she could finally touch someone safely.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Xiadie that Okhema was quiet because he had cleared the city's enemies, and Yun Mo flying swords returned to him as Nicadori's avatar roared in the distance.
• Xiadie recognized Bertie as the deaf-mute girl from the orphanage, and Bertie explained that Jiang Lianqiu had healed her and given her a name.
• Jiang Lianqiu sent Bertie to the shelter, then flew with Xiadie toward the Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace as Feng Jin and Anaxa spotted them and reacted to Xiadie's ability to touch him.
• Stelle, March 7th, and Phainon found Nicadori heading toward Dawn Cloud Cliff, and March 7th struck the Titan avatar in the back with a Six-Phase Ice arrow.

March 7th and Stelle fought Nicadori with overwhelming modern weapons while Phainon was forced to act as bait. After Stelle’s electromagnetic cannon destroyed the Strife Titan’s avatar and collapsed a mountain, Phainon was rescued, while the cannon’s discharge left March’s hair frizzed and Stelle missing from the platform.

• March 7th struck Nicadori with a rocket launcher, drawing its attention toward Phainon and the others.
• Stelle made Phainon act as a meat shield while she and March planned a combo attack.
• Laigus noticed the intruders inside Amphoreus as Herta and Screwllum prepared to use the Simulated Universe’s rules against him.
• Stelle fired an electromagnetic cannon at Nicadori, piercing its avatar and causing a nearby mountain to collapse.
• A golden thread pulled Phainon back to the platform, where March found herself covered in static and Stelle’s faint voice came from overhead.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Aglaea after Stelle’s railgun defeated Nicadori, then brought Xiadie into the group and revealed the truth about Amphoreus and her past. Xiadie learned Jiang came from beyond the sky but remained uncertain whether she wanted to recover memories from countless cycles, just as March 7th interrupted them to invite him out.

• Stelle’s railgun recoil sent her into a tree, while its blast defeated Nicadori’s avatar and devastated the surrounding mountains.
• Jiang Lianqiu arrived carrying Xiadie, who explained that her death curse killed everyone she touched except him; Jiang warned March 7th and Stelle not to test it.
• Aglaea returned after helping defend Okhema and explained that Stelle’s attack had destroyed a Council of Elders warehouse.
• Xiadie led Jiang Lianqiu, March 7th, and Stelle to their guest room, then asked Jiang why he was immune to her power.
• Jiang Lianqiu shared information about the Scepter, the Aeons, Amphoreus’s cycles, and Xiadie’s sister Polyxena, leaving Xiadie overwhelmed but unsure she wanted memories spanning more than thirty million cycles.
• March 7th returned and cheerfully called Jiang Lianqiu to go have fun.

March 7th and Stelle left to explore Okhema while Xiadie stayed behind with Jiang Lianqiu, who exposed Baterus and Cipher hiding in the guest room. After releasing Baterus, Jiang Lianqiu stopped Cipher from leaving and placed a hand between her cat ears.

• March 7th and Stelle went out to explore Okhema after Xiadie said she needed time to process what she had learned.
• Jiang Lianqiu pulled Baterus out of hiding and caught the thief spirit in his hand.
• Cipher revealed herself as a disguised flowerpot, questioned Jiang Lianqiu, and was startled when he grabbed her tail.
• Xiadie wrote Cipher a guarantee that she would not casually touch other people, and Cipher asked Jiang Lianqiu to release Baterus.
• Jiang Lianqiu let Baterus escape without revealing that the thief spirit was the Titan Zagres.
• Cipher tried to flee, but Jiang Lianqiu stopped her with a coin and placed his hand between her cat ears.

Jiang Lianqiu revealed Amphoreus’s simulated cycle and other secrets to Cipher, then explained that she could help bring an outside force to change the world. As Cipher began to regain hope, Okhema recovered from the recent battle and March 7th arrived ready for an adventure.

• Jiang Lianqiu stopped Cipher from leaving and pressured her with the secrets of Baterus, Zagres, and the Dawn Machine.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Cipher that Aglaea knew the truth about her deception and had chosen to believe the lie through her divinity.
• Jiang Lianqiu revealed that Amphoreus was trapped in a simulation and explained how Aglaea had traveled beyond the sky.
• Cipher despaired at the thought that her world was a lie, but Jiang Lianqiu told her that its people could become real and that she might play a crucial role in changing Amphoreus.
• Okhema’s residents rebuilt the city and resumed daily life after the attack by Nicadori’s soldiers.
• March 7th arrived in Okhema, declaring that she had come to conquer and calling for time to turn back.

March 7th and Stelle helped restore Okhema, then met Chrysos Heir Anaxa while he cared for Earth Beasts. Tribbie summoned them to the Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace, where they found Aglaea and a girl named Gou waiting.

• March 7th used Ouronis's power to help rebuild Okhema, while Stelle wondered why her own clock tricks did not work.
• Stelle and March 7th encountered Anaxa praising and feeding Earth Beasts, and Stelle ate Red Soil after an Earth Beast seemed to challenge her.
• Anaxa questioned Aglaea's Journey of the Fire Chasers and demanded to know how Stelle produced food from her Personal Tactical Space.
• Tribbie messaged Stelle, March 7th, and Anaxa to return to the Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace for an important discussion.
• Stelle, March 7th, and Anaxa joined Tribbie and Aglaea in the shared lounge, where they saw Gou.

Aglaea reunited the Chrysos Heirs and explained Amphoreus’s true nature, leaving them to grapple with the revelation that their prophecies and roles were part of an experiment. Jiang Lianqiu realized the missing Earth Titan connection might fall to him, while Anaxa learned that Phainon had initiated every recorded world cycle.

• Feng Jin met Stelle and March 7th, while Tribbie revealed Aglaea’s long-standing feelings for Jiang Lianqiu and Aglaea’s humanity surged as she chased Anaxa through the bathhouse.
• Jiang Lianqiu joined the gathered Chrysos Heirs and noticed that one of the twelve Titan-linked figures was missing; he wondered whether he would have to fill the absent Earth Titan role tied to the Wild Flute.
• Aglaea told the Chrysos Heirs about Amphoreus, Jiang Lianqiu’s group, and her experiences beyond the heavens, revealing that their prophecies and roles had been part of an experiment.
• Mydei reacted angrily to learning that the prophecy surrounding his birth and the Chrysos Heirs’ oracle had been fabricated as part of the experiment.
• Anaxa excitedly asked whether any prior cycle had been created by an Earth Beast, and Aglaea said every world in more than thirty million cycles had been initiated by Phainon.

Aglaea and Jiang Lianqiu explained Amphoreus’s cycles, Phainon’s future confrontation with his older self, and Laigus’s role in the world’s design. With Silver Wolf reporting that the outsiders had seized some control of the Scepter, Jiang Lianqiu planned to change fate and retrieve the dead, but the group first had to face Nicadori; the chapter ended with Xiadie sharing her doubts with Jiang Lianqiu.

• Aglaea revealed that Phainon and Cyrene had repeated the experiment across more than thirty million cycles, and Jiang Lianqiu warned that Phainon would eventually confront his enraged counterpart.
• Mydei punched Phainon after learning that a future version of him might kill him, then joked that he was taking revenge early.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Aglaea pointed out that Laigus was the only known Antikytheran, prompting the Chrysos Heirs to question the world’s design and recognize that they had broken its mental restrictions.
• Silver Wolf reported that Herta and Screwllum had seized nearly 20% of the Scepter’s control and that her data attack could weaken its routines and make the prophecies changeable.
• Jiang Lianqiu proposed having Xiadie inherit the Core Flame of Death and going to the Underworld to retrieve Klyutdra and Hysilens, but the group postponed the plan until after confronting Nicadori.
• That night, Jiang Lianqiu found Stelle and March 7th asleep, then spoke with Xiadie, who admitted she doubted whether she could pass the trial.

Jiang Lianqiu told Xiadie about her forgotten past and reassured her that passing the Titan Trial could break her death curse. He then asked Herta to make the Dawn Machine follow a day-night cycle, and a Herta Doll arrived to manage it.

• Xiadie admitted that she had feared the oracle because she thought her curse would make her kill someone she embraced, and Jiang Lianqiu held her hand.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Xiadie and Polyxena were twin sisters, and that Polyxena had recreated Xiadie after her sacrifice while becoming Cenatus and the Giant Dragon Polyxeus.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Xiadie that restoring death's authority and unblocking the River Styx would break the curse, then comforted her as she leaned against his shoulder.
• Jiang Lianqiu contacted Herta to ask whether the Dawn Machine could be turned off at night, and Herta agreed to provide a Herta Doll with the necessary permissions.
• A Herta Doll fell from the sky and crashed headfirst into the ground in front of Jiang Lianqiu and Xiadie.

Jiang Lianqiu had the Herta Doll shut down Okhema’s Dawn Machine, replacing its light with a skywide clock, weather report, and insulting broadcast. Aglaea tracked the Flame Reaver but found he had escaped, while Cipher confronted Jiang Lianqiu over the loss of the machine, and he claimed he had turned it off because it was too bright at night.

• Jiang Lianqiu asked the Herta Doll to shut down the Dawn Machine and synchronize it with the world’s day-night cycle.
• The Herta Doll broadcast an announcement across Okhema as the Dawn Machine went dark, displaying the time, tomorrow’s weather, and a message calling Laigus an idiot.
• Laigus recognized the arrival of the Path of Elation and resolved to stop the Trickster Titan’s growing influence.
• The Flame Reaver fled when Aglaea arrived at his hiding place, and Aglaea found traces of his presence before returning to the Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace.
• Cipher grabbed Jiang Lianqiu and demanded that he pay for the Dawn Machine, while Aglaea tried to calm her.
• Jiang Lianqiu said he had shut down the Dawn Machine because its light was too bright at night, leaving Xiadie embarrassed by his explanation.

Jiang Lianqiu reassured Xiadie and helped her laugh freely as Amphoreus prepared to restore its normal day-and-night cycle, though the Dawn Machine’s restart briefly crashed the sky. Aglaea then announced that the Chrysos Heirs and heroes beyond the prophecy could defeat the Black Tide without recreating the world, while Herta struggled with a flood of prayers and the departing heroes suffered airsickness aboard their aircraft.

• Jiang Lianqiu reassured Cipher that the Dawn Machine would light up again and helped Xiadie release her pent-up pressure by laughing with Aglaea and Cipher.
• As the Dawn Machine restarted, Amphoreus’s sky briefly blue-screened because Herta and Laigus’s struggle over permissions had frozen a crucial process, so the Herta Doll restarted the system.
• Aglaea told Okhema’s citizens that the Chrysos Heirs and heroes beyond the prophecy had found a way to defeat the Black Tide without recreating the world, and the citizens prayed for the heroes as they departed by aircraft.
• The citizens’ prayers overwhelmed the Herta Doll after she took over Kephale’s permissions, so Aglaea activated the dolls’ automatic response mode and the Titans’ believers were collectively blacklisted for a month.
• March 7th and Stelle watched Phainon and Mydei vomit aboard the aircraft as they flew toward their battle with Nicadori.

Jiang Lianqiu, Cipher, and Xiadie traveled to Styxia to reach the tower beneath the twin moons, where they repeatedly encountered Mydei’s soul returning to battle after dying in the fighting with Nicadori. The chapter left Mydei heading back for another attempt while the others watched in amusement.

• Cipher complained about the weather, joked with Jiang Lianqiu and Xiadie, and agreed to transport them to Styxia for payment.
• Jiang Lianqiu carried Xiadie while Cipher used her power to take them to Styxia, then accepted more gold to stay with them.
• The group traveled through Styxia’s ruins, and Xiadie recalled what she had learned about the city and her past.
• At the tower entrance, they met Mydei’s golden soul, who said March 7th’s bombardment had killed him during the fight with Nicadori.
• After Mydei left to revive, the group encountered him twice more; he said Stelle’s antimatter grenade had injured Nicadori, and Jiang Lianqiu and Cipher laughed at his repeated deaths.