Chapter Summaries

Himeko left her office to buy coffee, bewildering Kiana with her unusually gentle manner. When Kiana later tried to take Himeko’s alcohol collection, Himeko caught her and calmly reprimanded her, prompting Kiana to accuse her of being a monster.

• Himeko left her office to buy canned coffee after finding no coffee there, and encountered Kiana sneaking outside the door.
• Himeko gently comforted Kiana and asked whether she was heading to the dorm or to find Mei and the others, leaving Kiana confused by her unfamiliar warmth.
• Mei, Bronya, and Seele joined Kiana, and Bronya suggested Kiana take Himeko’s alcohol to see if it would restore her usual behavior.
• Kiana entered Himeko’s office and gathered the alcohol bottles into a box, but Himeko returned and caught her in the act.
• Himeko gently tapped Kiana’s forehead and explained that taking someone’s belongings without permission was wrong, and Kiana screamed that Himeko was a possessed monster.

Jiang Lianqiu found Murata Himeko beating Kiana after Kiana stole alcohol and insulted her, then explained that the furious Himeko was from another world. He rescued Kiana and let her escape before restoring control to Navigator Himeko, who settled down to brew coffee while Murata Himeko complained about its bitterness through their shared senses.

• Kiana shouted insults at Murata Himeko, causing her to seize control of their shared body and pin Kiana down for a spanking.
• Mei, Bronya, and Seele listened outside the office, where Seele revealed that Kiana had stolen the alcohol at Bronya's suggestion.
• Jiang Lianqiu entered the office, snapped Kiana onto a sofa, and explained that the earlier gentle Himeko had come from another world.
• Kiana called Murata Himeko another old hag, prompting her to threaten another beating, but Jiang Lianqiu secretly urged Kiana to run away.
• Jiang Lianqiu asked Murata Himeko to yield control, and Navigator Himeko returned and brewed coffee while Murata Himeko objected to its bitter taste.

Himeko told Jiang Lianqiu that she had awakened an evolved Stigmata that let her travel between star systems and draw power from Imaginary Space. They planned to awaken Stigmata in several counterparts to aid their efforts in Dual-Phase Paradise, while Murata Himeko went home with Jiang Lianqiu after spending the evening with him.

• Himeko explained that her Stigmata had awakened through her connection with Murata Himeko and could connect stably to Imaginary Space, potentially letting her fight at Phainon's level for a short time.
• Himeko relayed Herta's request to find more connected counterparts and awaken their Stigmata to expand research and help oppose The Family and the Garden of Recollection in Dual-Phase Paradise.
• Jiang Lianqiu proposed involving Seele, Bronya, Mei, and Cocolia, while Himeko offered to contact the Raiden ladies and search for Hwangcheon.
• Murata Himeko drank wine, teased Jiang Lianqiu in his office, and asked him to carry her back to her dorm after their encounter.
• Jiang Lianqiu found Murata Himeko's dorm in disarray, put her to bed, and left an Interstellar Peace Corporation household robot to clean before departing.

Jiang Lianqiu returned to the villa, where Seele’s sudden clinginess and jealousy drew Mei’s attention before Cecilia arrived home. The family gathered for dinner, and Jiang Lianqiu praised Mei’s cooking.

• Seele welcomed Jiang Lianqiu home, then recognized Himeko’s scent on his coat and quietly asked where Himeko was.
• Seele brought Jiang Lianqiu tea and edged closer to him, while Mei noticed her unusual attachment.
• Kiana lost a game against Bronya, complained to Jiang Lianqiu, and acted spoiled in his arms as Seele watched enviously.
• Cecilia returned from headquarters and said she would explain an incident from the afternoon over dinner.
• Mei served the family dinner, Kiana eagerly praised the food, and Jiang Lianqiu complimented Mei’s vegetables while teasing someone about blowing up kitchens.

Over dinner, Jiang Lianqiu explained his ancient role in establishing the Ley Lines and revealed that he planned to awaken the girls’ Stigmata, beginning with Mei that night. The meal ended with Cecilia keeping Kiana from joining Mei and Jiang Lianqiu, while Seele anticipated her own private session the next day.

• Jiang Lianqiu told the family that Raiden Ei was an Electro Archon from another world and explained his history with the Ley Lines and Teyvat.
• Jiang Lianqiu described how Himeko had awakened a Stigmata and said he planned to awaken Mei, Bronya, Seele, and possibly Cocolia as well.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Mei’s Stigmata awakening had been incomplete and that Bronya needed the Core of Reason from Big Bronya before her own Stigmata could be activated.
• Jiang Lianqiu scheduled Mei’s Stigmata activation for that night and Seele’s for the next day, prompting Kiana to ask to come along.
• Cecilia refused to let Kiana join Mei and Jiang Lianqiu, while Seele quietly welcomed the chance to be alone with Jiang Lianqiu the following day.

Jiang Lianqiu activated Raiden Mei’s Stigmata by guiding her mental power into synchronization. Meanwhile, Raiden Ei’s attempt to cook under her allies’ instructions ended with another kitchen explosion, leaving her soot-covered and discouraged.

• The Herrscher of Thunder admitted that she had helped Mei dress up and prepare while Mei was dazed, and Mei was mortified when Jiang Lianqiu arrived.
• Jiang Lianqiu calmed Mei and placed a hand on her back, causing her Stigmata to appear as he adjusted her mental synchronization.
• Kujou Sara, Sangonomiya Kokomi, Kamisato Ayaka, and Yae Miko instructed Raiden Ei as she tried to cook in Tenshukaku.
• The cooking session ended in an explosion that destroyed the room, but Ei emerged unharmed and lamented that she had added too much oil again.
• Kamisato Ayaka gently reassured Ei and suggested that she start by using the lowest heat setting.

Raiden Ei’s latest cooking disaster exposed that she had triggered an elemental reaction, but the chaos escalated when the Herrscher of Thunder took control of her body. The Herrscher was confronted by Raiden Makoto before Ei woke in Jiang Lianqiu’s arms, where his hand was resting on her chest.

• Ei insisted her cooking failure was not her fault until Kujou Sara’s recording showed her Electro power reacting with the heated oil.
• Yae Miko laughed at Ei, but then sensed an unfamiliar Honkai aura spreading from her body.
• The Herrscher of Thunder took control of Ei’s body and delighted in its strength and power.
• Raiden Makoto struck the Herrscher and demanded that she give Ei her body back, but the Herrscher blurted out a challenge to fight the kitchen.
• Jiang Lianqiu stopped Mei’s Stigmata awakening when Ei’s consciousness became unstable, and Ei woke in his arms with his hand on her chest.

Jiang Lianqiu discovered that Raiden Ei and Raiden Mei had switched bodies after Mei’s Stigmata connected with Ei’s One-Mind Realm, while Ei trusted Makoto to contain the Herrscher consciousness. In another scene, Makoto subdued the consciousness controlling Ei’s body, and a change in the Stigmata caused the body to faint before Ei seemed to awaken.

• Jiang Lianqiu realized that Raiden Ei’s consciousness was in Raiden Mei’s body and explained that Mei was now in Ei’s body.
• Raiden Ei reassured Jiang Lianqiu that Makoto would manage the Herrscher consciousness, then agreed to let him continue awakening the Stigmata.
• Raiden Makoto forced Raiden Queen and Yae Miko to kneel, then questioned Raiden Queen about her identity and connection to Jiang Lianqiu.
• Raiden Makoto sensed through her bond with Ei that Jiang Lianqiu was touching Ei, and noticed the Stigmata on Raiden Queen’s back changing.
• Raiden Makoto touched the Stigmata, causing Raiden Queen to faint; when Makoto called to Ei, the fallen body opened its eyes.

Hwangcheon took control of Raiden Ei’s body, while Mei remained trapped in the One-Mind Realm beneath a dangerous black hole. Hwangcheon brought Raiden Makoto and Yae Miko into the realm, where they reunited with Ei and Mei.

• Mei’s consciousness appeared in the One-Mind Realm, where she met Raiden Ei, while Hwangcheon controlled Ei’s body outside.
• Jiang Lianqiu learned that Mei was trapped in the realm and prepared to help her through Ei’s body.
• Raiden Ei warned Mei not to look at the black hole hanging over the realm, which filled them with a terrifying sense of Nihility.
• Hwangcheon spoke with Raiden Makoto, acknowledged Jiang Lianqiu as her Anchor, and learned that Ei was trying to contact her from within the body.
• Hwangcheon brought Raiden Makoto and Yae Miko into the One-Mind Realm, where Raiden Ei greeted them in surprise.

Raiden Ei, Raiden Makoto, Yae Miko, Mei, and Hwangcheon learned that Ei’s One-Mind Realm had merged with Mei’s Stigmata Space, creating a new space with unusual powers. Jiang Lianqiu appeared and explained its uses, leaving the group with a way to communicate and potentially travel between worlds.

• Hwangcheon explained that contact with Nihility had altered the One-Mind Realm and warned that direct mental contact with her could make others sink into Nihility.
• Mei described her connection to Jiang Lianqiu and the Stigmata, while Raiden Makoto told the group that the One-Mind Realm had merged with Mei’s Stigmata Space.
• Yae Miko suggested the altered space might let them travel to other worlds, and Hwangcheon said it could work if her original body also had a Stigmata.
• Raiden Ei offered to teach Mei how to sense her body, and Raiden Makoto asked whether Jiang Lianqiu had taught Mei the Zelo race’s Meditation Technique.
• Jiang Lianqiu appeared with the Raiden Queen, and Hwangcheon shared a peach with him so she could better taste its sweetness.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that the merged space could enable communication, travel, and sharing power, while warning the others not to approach Nihility directly.

Jiang Lianqiu learned that the Stigmata changes could extend to the Raidens, then used Five Senses Resonance to control Hwangcheon's body in the Tavern and investigate its strange toilets. He discovered that their pipes led to an unknown space, but Sampo could not explain where they ended.

• Jiang Lianqiu discussed Mei's need to train her mental power, and the Raiden Queen refused Raiden Ei's offer of a body so she could stay with Mei.
• Jiang Lianqiu ordered Raiden Ei, Raiden Makoto, and Hwangcheon to visit Herta and help test whether their Stigmata would activate.
• Hwangcheon described being sent by an Aeon to the Tavern, where she had struck a Masked Fool with her sword hilt after he called her the God of Fun.
• Jiang Lianqiu used Five Senses Resonance to take control of Hwangcheon's body and return to the Tavern, where he inspected the toilets and found that their pipes connected to a space filled with negative emotions and memories.
• Jiang Lianqiu confronted Sampo about the toilets, and Sampo said a powerful Masked Fool had made them, though only that person knew where the pipes led; he added that the Aeon of Elation seemed to have been involved.

Jiang Lianqiu went to Dual-Phase Paradise’s Stellar Rail FES after Sampo hinted that a major incident was coming. There, he met Feiying, a pink-haired girl with an Abundance aura who revealed that he and the train crew were characters in a popular manga.

• Sampo told Jiang Lianqiu that Dual-Phase Paradise was holding a Stellar Rail FES and hinted that something exciting would happen there.
• Jiang Lianqiu watched a livestream showing Dan Heng in a paper-bag mask and fans cosplaying as people he knew, then headed into the venue.
• Feiying charged at Jiang Lianqiu, who caught her and carried her off before setting her down on a nearby bench.
• Jiang Lianqiu sensed the aura of an Abundance abomination around Feiying and connected it to the Ambrosial Arbor and the Medicine Master.
• Feiying showed Jiang Lianqiu the manga Blue Sky Route Fluffy Train, which depicted him as a cat and the train crew as cartoon animals.

Jiang Lianqiu let Feiying follow him into the venue, where they encountered Anaxa investigating Ancient Beasts and signs of Voracity. Anaxa revealed that his lead, the Common Wish Gang, had been wiped out before he could question them, leaving Jiang Lianqiu to suspect Feiying might know more.

• Jiang Lianqiu recognized that Feiying was tied to the Ambrosial Arbor, but she asked him to take her into the venue because she claimed she had no ticket.
• Jiang Lianqiu exposed Feiying's false claim that she had been captivated by him from the manga's first page, then entered the venue with her as security ignored them.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Feiying spotted Anaxa cosplaying himself and entertaining fans before Jiang Lianqiu dispersed the crowd and questioned him.
• Anaxa told Jiang Lianqiu that he was working with the Erudition Society to investigate Ancient Beasts and miracles connected to the Aeon of Voracity.
• Anaxa said the Common Wish Gang had been wiped out before he could question them, and that local Guards had detained him before releasing him without answers.
• Jiang Lianqiu recalled Hwangcheon's discovery of a space filled with a desire to devour, suspected a connection to Voracity, and gave Feiying a knowing look.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Stelle and Feiying at the Stellar Rail FES in Dual-Phase Paradise, where Stelle explained how she had entered the Phantom Moon Game. The group went to find March 7th, who had bought a Jiang Lianqiu collectible and was startled to see the real Jiang Lianqiu.

• Jiang Lianqiu learned that Feiying knew little about the Voracity Miracle, then stopped a reporter from provoking Stelle and cursed the reporter and cameraman with three days of bad luck.
• Stelle mistook Jiang Lianqiu for an impostor until he chopped her head, and she recognized him by his familiar touch and smell.
• Stelle told Jiang Lianqiu that she planned to make Himeko her mother to inherit her family’s fortune, then explained how Feiying had drawn her a mask for the Phantom Moon Game.
• Stelle learned that Feiying was a sentient Ambrosial Arbor, threatened her as an Abundance abomination, and told Jiang Lianqiu where the others had gone.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Stelle set out to find March 7th, who was lamenting her spending at a Blue Sky Route Fluffy Train merchandise stall before spotting Jiang Lianqiu.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with March 7th and Stelle at Stellar Rail FES, then split from them to investigate a possible Voracity Miracle. Meanwhile, Vivian confronted manga artist Xu Zhao in a private lounge to collect the overdue romantic extras Xu Zhao had promised her.

• March 7th confirmed Jiang Lianqiu was really himself and recognized Feiying as a classmate from Sparkle's false academy life.
• March 7th teased Jiang Lianqiu about the pink-haired girls he kept meeting, and he revealed that Feiying was the Ambrosial Arbor turned spirit.
• Jiang Lianqiu warned March 7th and Stelle that a Voracity Miracle had appeared in the world, then separated from them so his presence would not draw attention.
• March 7th entered the Stellar Rail FES main venue with Stelle and Feiying after securing Jiang Lianqiu's promise to meet them later.
• Xu Zhao finished signing manga and went to her private lounge, where Vivian appeared and demanded the overdue exclusive romantic extras.

Xu Zhao and Vivian spent hours creating an erotic doujinshi based on Vivian and Jiang Lianqiu, until Jiang Lianqiu caught them and read the finished work. He left Xu Zhao terrified by suggesting she should know how to apologize properly.

• Vivian guided Xu Zhao through revising her rough drafts into an explicit doujinshi depicting Vivian and Jiang Lianqiu.
• Xu Zhao and Vivian completed the special edition and excitedly admired its scenes and dialogue together.
• Jiang Lianqiu appeared behind the sofa, took the tablet, and commented on the intimate scenes and lines.
• Vivian admitted that only she and Xu Zhao had seen the doujinshi, and Jiang Lianqiu joked that they could silence Xu Zhao to keep it secret.
• Xu Zhao panicked, begged Jiang Lianqiu to spare her, and prostrated herself before him.
• Jiang Lianqiu asked Xu Zhao whether he needed to teach her how to apologize properly.

Jiang Lianqiu exposed Xu Zhao’s crypto losses and discovered that her doujin had accumulated a dormant force of will tied to him. He turned it into bait to draw out hidden enemies, while Vivian seized the chance to get close to him.

• Jiang Lianqiu wiped out Xu Zhao’s crypto account and debt-trapped her repeatedly with the Emperor’s Scepter until she swore off trading.
• Jiang Lianqiu extracted a dormant mass of force of will from Xu Zhao and traced it to the doujin Vivian had commissioned her to draw.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Xu Zhao’s detailed depictions of him had generated the force of will, which could never birth a Phantasmagoric Species because he blocked it.
• Jiang Lianqiu flicked the force of will toward Stelle, intending to use it as bait to lure dangerous hidden beings.
• Vivian climbed onto Jiang Lianqiu’s lap and asked whether he had free time.

Vivian enlisted Xu Zhao to help her and later rewarded her, while the Stellar Railway crew confronted Dawn Squad at the Penacony venue amid growing public hostility. Undying Path recognized Dawn Squad's members and warned them to abandon Wish Fulfillment, but Ash chose to stand with his teammates as the confrontation escalated.

• Vivian persuaded Xu Zhao to stay and help her by offering her a greatly increased bonus and royalty share, then paid her twenty million Credits after their time together.
• Vivian watched the Stellar Rail FES livestream as Stelle's group arrived at the Penacony venue and faced a hostile crowd and Dawn Squad.
• Stelle's companions learned that rumors and fan-driven posts had turned the public against the Stellar Railway, while Jiang Lianqiu had prevented an interview segment from worsening the situation.
• Undying Path and Signora Kuchiba encountered Dawn Squad and Undying Path recognized the members as Takeshi, Shina, Hoshihara, and Masahiro.
• Undying Path warned Dawn Squad that their path was dangerous and urged them to leave Wish Fulfillment, but Masahiro declared that he would not betray his teammates.
• Red Flame denied that Dawn Squad were Death Heralds and claimed they had not come to slaughter anyone this time, as the two groups prepared to clash.

March 7th defended Silver Crown against the Dawn Squad, sparking a battle atop a speeding train in Dual-Phase Paradise. As Yao Guang explained the factions’ plots involving Shuhu’s flesh and blood, the Delusion Angels took on Pom-Pom King while the fight was broadcast to the crowds.

• March 7th angrily rebuked Red Flame for accusing Silver Crown of conspiring with the Stellar Railway, then attacked the Dawn Squad.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Yao Guang discussed the factions targeting Shuhu’s flesh and blood, including the Flowing Light Memory Court’s plan to use Voracity’s power and create an Immaculate Child.
• Yao Guang revealed that Undying Path was the former leader of the Sea Navigating Rangers and had something dangerous sealed in his arm that may have helped bring down Zhuluo.
• Jiang Lianqiu concluded that the Flowing Light Memory Court was also plotting to use Shuhu’s flesh and blood with the Cocoon of Finality to enable Fuli’s descent.
• The Stellar Railway and the Dawn Squad fought atop a train racing through the clouds as the Delusion Angels triplets repeatedly slammed Pom-Pom King and viewers watched the broadcast.

The fight with Pom-Pom King escalated when it absorbed a surge of wish power and pulled the train into a strange space. Stelle and the others were separated from Undying Path and the rest, while Jiang Lianqiu reassured Himeko that the missing group was safe for now.

• Robin and Tingyun watched the three little ones’ popularity surge as they stomped Pom-Pom King, while March 7th and Stelle decided not to interfere.
• Nangong, Chinatsu, and Airi crashed onto the train roof, and Pom-Pom King absorbed a powerful surge of will energy and transformed.
• Undying Path invoked the Star Hunt Oath as Pom-Pom King dragged the train and its passengers into a bizarre space.
• Stelle, March 7th, Chinatsu, Nangong Yu, and Airi landed in a purple void filled with floating building wreckage and a vast vortex, then realized the others were missing.
• Jiang Lianqiu identified the aura as Voracity, and he told Himeko that Stelle and the others were safe for now.