Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu brought Vivian to his Starport and showed her the vast interstellar operation he had built. He asked her to manage Ginza Argentum Ring, and Vivian agreed, ending the chapter wondering whether that made her his housekeeper.

• After Hood took Victory away, Jiang Lianqiu contacted Vivian, who eagerly prepared herself and hurried to meet him.
• A Mech Servant used Warp Jump to bring Vivian to Jiang Lianqiu, and she excitedly held his hand before he revealed his world to her.
• Jiang Lianqiu showed Vivian the rapidly expanding Starport and reassured her that she was capable of standing by his side.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained his plans for Ginza Argentum Ring and asked Vivian to manage it.
• Vivian agreed to help and asked whether that made her Jiang Lianqiu's housekeeper; he told her to change how she addressed him first.

Jiang Lianqiu brought Vivian to Earth, where Shizuka Hiratsuka asked him to help find her missing student, Megumi Kato, who was last seen at the Yokosuka military base. He agreed to investigate, and Vivian suggested checking whether other people had disappeared as well.

• Jiang Lianqiu disguised Vivian's pointed ears before taking her around Earth, and she playfully called him her husband.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka invited Jiang Lianqiu and Vivian to a café and explained that her student Megumi Kato had gone missing.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka said Megumi was last seen during an open visitation day at the Yokosuka military base, where Japanese police could not investigate.
• Jiang Lianqiu agreed to look for Megumi and told Shizuka Hiratsuka he would consult his family and find her if she was alive.
• After leaving the café, Vivian offered to help investigate, and a report soon reached Jiang Lianqiu.

Jiang Lianqiu investigated disappearances linked to the Yokosuka base while Victory searched the Washington for the source of its rapidly growing false ship emotions. Aboard the carrier, Shoukaku sensed something wrong and rushed toward the reactor compartment with Megumi Kato.

• Jiang Lianqiu learned that fourteen people had gone missing during the base's open house, and that local authorities had pressured their families into silence.
• Victory told Jiang Lianqiu that the Washington's false ship emotions had appeared suddenly and were growing abnormally, suggesting an outside force was involved.
• A Mech Servant reported extensive corruption at the base and found no surveillance record of Megumi Kato, despite her having bought an open-house ticket.
• Jiang Lianqiu concealed himself with Vivian and flew toward the Washington to investigate its problems.
• Megumi Kato and Shoukaku, both semi-transparent and bound to the Washington, walked onto the deck while Victory searched nearby under stealth.
• Shoukaku sensed something troubling, covered her chest, and ran with Megumi Kato toward the reactor compartment.

Victory discovered that an invisible presence had disturbed the reactor compartment and mistook Shoukaku’s flute-controlled wrench for a spirit. Shoukaku and Megumi Kato recognized Victory, but she concluded that the wrench itself had become a ghost.

• Victory found a blood-drawn crane crest beside Washington’s reactor and rubbed part of it away.
• Shoukaku noticed the wrench move, and she used her flute to lift it while searching for the invisible intruder.
• Victory panicked and contacted Jiang Lianqiu, who reminded her that no ghost could be stronger than she was.
• Shoukaku explained that Megumi Kato’s crest had trapped them aboard Washington, and she hoped its damage would let them leave.
• Victory picked up the wrench, revealed herself and her rigging, and startled Shoukaku and Megumi Kato.
• Shoukaku played her flute again and made the wrench float, so Victory decided that the wrench had become a spirit.

Jiang Lianqiu found Shoukaku and Megumi Kato trapped in a ghostlike state aboard the Washington and brought them to the Ginza Argentum Ring for examination. Von Noymiau determined that both women were in an illegal entry state, leaving their circumstances unresolved.

• Jiang Lianqiu and Vivian followed Victory to the Washington’s reactor chamber, where they encountered the invisible Shoukaku and Megumi Kato.
• Shoukaku explained how she had been changed after saving Zuikaku and had come to Megumi’s world, while Megumi helped her try to control the Washington using Tsuruhime no Mikoto’s emblem.
• Jiang Lianqiu wiped the crane emblems from the reactor, and Shoukaku and Megumi were able to leave the Washington and stand on the sea.
• Jiang Lianqiu brought Shoukaku and Megumi to the Ginza Argentum Ring, where Von Noymiau examined them and reported that neither woman was in this world and both were in an illegal entry state.

Von Noymiau explained that travel between worlds required the Commander’s authorization, and that Shoukaku and Megumi Kato had become unrecognized by the world because of a supernatural loophole. Jiang Lianqiu recognized Shoukaku, restoring both women, and Shoukaku joined him as a Ship Girl; Von Noymiau then reported that research into the Crystal and the Severing the Connection Between Heaven and Earth project had revealed new rules of the supernatural.

• Von Noymiau explained that each world had identifying signals and only Jiang Lianqiu’s authorization gave travelers legitimate standing across worlds.
• Von Noymiau said Megumi Kato’s attempt to give Shoukaku the identity of Tsuruhime no Mikoto had created a loophole, while Jiang Lianqiu’s refusal to recognize the divine concept had caused the world to reject both women.
• Von Noymiau told Jiang Lianqiu that recognizing Shoukaku would restore her legitimacy and allow Megumi Kato to be recognized again.
• Jiang Lianqiu recognized Shoukaku, who formed a Mental Link with him and declared that she would serve as his Ship Girl; Megumi Kato also became visible again.
• Belfast helped Megumi Kato, while the Ship Girls welcomed Shoukaku.
• Von Noymiau told Jiang Lianqiu that her discoveries came from research into the Crystal and the Severing the Connection Between Heaven and Earth project, and that studying supernatural phenomena required imagination and symbolic thought.

Jiang Lianqiu and Von Noymiau discussed the Sirens’ cross-world experiment and planned to search other worlds for Zuikaku, while Megumi Kato agreed to help and began returning to ordinary life. The chapter ended with Shizuka Hiratsuka finding Megumi and insisting on driving her home.

• Von Noymiau told Jiang Lianqiu that Mech Servants had developed unexpected emotions and speculated that the worlds were beginning to influence each other.
• Von Noymiau said Zuikaku was likely safe in another world and that Megumi Kato could help search for her.
• Megumi Kato agreed to assist Jiang Lianqiu in checking other worlds for Zuikaku and accepted his advice to train and control her inherited ability.
• Megumi Kato left the Silver Crown Tower Building after failing to find Zuikaku, though she felt reassured that Shoukaku's sister was likely safe.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka found Megumi Kato, checked that she was unharmed, and offered to drive her home.

Christina took Megumi Kato home under Jiang Lianqiu’s protection, while Vivian settled into the Ophiuchus Starport and attended a welcome gathering with Jiang’s associates. The gathering introduced Vivian to the Starport’s residents and left Tsukishiro Yanagi realizing Eriri was the generous person who had shared melon with everyone.

• Christina assured Shizuka Hiratsuka that Megumi Kato was safe and drove her home with Ginza Argentum Ring staff assigned to protect her.
• Megumi Kato thanked Jiang Lianqiu by message, and he told her to contact Vivian or Lycan if she needed help.
• Vivian decorated her Starport room with Jiang Lianqiu memorabilia, and Victory brought her to a welcome dinner.
• Tsukishiro Yanagi attended the gathering with Hoshimi Miyabi and nervously took in the Starport and its guests.
• Lycan told Victoria Housekeeping that its staff, including Ai Lian and Ke Lin, would undergo daily professional training.
• Belfast told Eriri that Vivian would manage everyone's finances, and Tsukishiro Yanagi connected Eriri with the person who had shared melon with everyone.

Ruan Mei met Jiang Lianqiu at his expanded research base and examined his unusual life processes, then asked to use his Authorization in future research. Their negotiations ended without a full agreement, leaving Jiang Lianqiu asking whether Screwllum had noticed the Simulated Universe anomaly.

• Herta brought Ruan Mei to Jiang Lianqiu's base, where she explained that her fake body for Huanlong had a hidden contingency triggered by excessive Abundance Destiny Power.
• Ruan Mei examined Jiang Lianqiu and found that, though he was human, his body maintained its surroundings in a state of balance instead of accelerating entropy.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Herta bargained over moving the Research Hub between universes, and Herta agreed to help in exchange for one of his three requests.
• Ruan Mei asked Jiang Lianqiu to use Authorization for her future research in return for shared results and three research requests, while hinting that she wanted to experiment on him.
• Jiang Lianqiu rejected Ruan Mei's offer to fully cooperate with her experiments and asked whether Screwllum had reacted to the Simulated Universe anomaly.

Jiang Lianqiu, Ruan Mei, Herta, Tingyun, and Fu Xuan prepared to deceive Huanlong with a false Tingyun as Huanlong began attacking the Mínghuǒ Merchant Guild fleet. Jiang Lianqiu used the remote to make the false Tingyun insult Huanlong’s appearance, leaving Huanlong confused and suspicious.

• Tingyun and Fu Xuan arrived at Jiang Lianqiu’s base as the group anticipated Huanlong’s move.
• Ruan Mei showed the false Tingyun’s perspective from a Mínghuǒ Merchant Guild cargo skiff and explained that she could control the false body remotely.
• Huanlong destroyed the merchant fleet, killed the fabricated workers, and confronted the surviving false Tingyun to savor her fear.
• Jiang Lianqiu remotely made the false Tingyun call Huanlong ugly and vomit, disrupting Huanlong’s enjoyment.
• Huanlong checked her reflection, reaffirmed that she was beautiful, and grew suspicious of the false Tingyun’s behavior.

Jiang Lianqiu, Ruan Mei, and Tingyun used a fabricated consciousness to deceive Huanlong and plant a backdoor in her. Huanlong transformed into Tingyun’s appearance after destroying the decoy, while Ruan Mei revealed that the remote could control her after she devoured the Jianmu God Fruit.

• Ruan Mei explained that Jiang Lianqiu’s work on the Simulated Universe had inspired her to create fabricated consciousnesses that could fool even an Emanator.
• Huanlong attacked the fake Tingyun, whose repeated blows and insults provoked her as Ruan Mei’s backdoor transferred into Huanlong through the flames of Destruction.
• Huanlong burned the decoy to ashes and absorbed its false memories, then erupted in fury at the insults and destroyed the remaining starskiff wreckage.
• Huanlong transformed herself into Tingyun’s appearance and mocked the form, prompting Tingyun to insist that she did not shed fur.
• Ruan Mei said the backdoor was designed to control Huanlong after she devoured the Jianmu God Fruit, and Tingyun gave Jiang Lianqiu the remote as her benefactor.
• Fu Xuan asked to use the remote, but Jiang Lianqiu told her to beg and claimed he was only fifteen.

On Jarilo-VI, March 7th discovered that her camera alone could capture a mysterious phantom that followed her and Stelle. Himeko joined the expedition to investigate, while Dan Heng returned to the train, and the group continued toward the locals.

• Fu Xuan told Tingyun to stay with Jiang Lianqiu for her safety, and Tingyun said she wanted to remain by his side.
• March 7th photographed the snowfield and found a blurred figure in the image that she and Stelle could not see directly.
• March 7th took more photos, which showed the phantom drawing closer, while Dan Heng's phone captured nothing unusual.
• March 7th sent the photos to Himeko, and Himeko and Welt decided she would join the expedition while Dan Heng returned to the train.
• Himeko met March 7th and Stelle, recorded the location's coordinates, and agreed they would continue toward the locals to investigate.

Himeko, March 7th, and Stelle encountered Sampo in the snow before being brought to Belobog, where Bronya met them after learning Outworlders had been found. Bronya asked about the world beyond, but Cocolia dismissed her and began a private discussion with the guests.

• Stelle salted a moving snowdrift until Sampo emerged, then introduced herself as the Hunt Star God.
• Bronya reflected on her dreams of a world beyond Belobog before Pela reported that Gepard had found Outworlders.
• Bronya hurried to Cocolia's office, where Himeko, March 7th, and Stelle introduced themselves, and Stelle claimed to be the Destruction Star God.
• Bronya welcomed the guests and asked them about the world outside Belobog.
• Cocolia told Bronya to step back because she had important matters to discuss with the three Outworlders.

Bronya learned that Cocolia had labeled Stelle and her companions as rebels and ordered their arrest, while an unseen Zuikaku tried to warn Stelle from inside a wardrobe. The chapter ended as March 7th knocked on Stelle’s hotel-room door, just as Stelle remained inside the wardrobe.

• Cocolia told Bronya that the three guests were Underworld rebels and ordered her to arrest them when they returned to the Goethe Grand Hotel.
• Stelle climbed into a wardrobe after hearing a strange voice urge her to try it, and discovered that she could hear Zuikaku while inside it.
• Zuikaku explained that she had recognized Cocolia’s corruption and had been trying to alert Bronya, but could not make herself noticed.
• Zuikaku pleaded with Stelle to escape and call her companions, while Stelle repeatedly climbed in and out of the wardrobe instead.
• March 7th knocked on Stelle’s door, and Zuikaku hoped the girl who could photograph her would help.

Stelle, March 7th, and Himeko escaped the Silvermane Guards with help from Zuikaku, who only Stelle and March could hear from inside a wardrobe. They followed Zuikaku toward the Underworld District, while Bronya’s pursuit ended in failure and Cocolia chose not to reprimand her.

• Stelle persuaded March 7th to climb into the wardrobe, allowing her to hear Zuikaku’s voice too.
• Himeko arrived to warn Stelle and March 7th that Silvermane Guards had surrounded the hotel, and the three escaped through a window with Stelle carrying the wardrobe.
• Bronya and Pela pursued the group into the Fragmentum after discussing Stelle’s strange behavior, but lost them there.
• Zuikaku told Stelle and March 7th that she had been the phantom March photographed and offered to guide them to the Underworld District.
• Stelle carried March 7th inside the wardrobe while Himeko followed them toward the Underworld District; Sampo watched them leave.
• Bronya reported the failed pursuit to Cocolia, who told her it was fine as long as the fugitives did not cause trouble in the Overworld District.

Bronya and Jiang Lianqiu met in a shared dream at the Sakura Empire naval base, where he revealed the truth about Jarilo-VI and Cocolia’s connection to the Stellaron. Bronya resolved to investigate the Underworld District, but she did not know how to wake from the dream.

• Bronya explored the Sacred Tree in her recurring dream and unexpectedly encountered Jiang Lianqiu.
• Jiang Lianqiu identified himself as an Outworlder and explained that Jarilo-VI had been isolated after the Stellaron Disaster.
• He told Bronya that Cocolia had been bewitched by the Stellaron and urged her to visit the Underworld District and meet its sealed-away residents.
• Bronya said she would verify Jiang Lianqiu’s claims and try to stop Cocolia, while he warned that Cocolia might act soon.
• Bronya asked Jiang Lianqiu how she could wake herself from the dream, and he told her not to panic.

Bronya escaped a memory space and set out for the Underworld, while Jiang Lianqiu joined Welt and Dan Heng aboard the Stellar Railway to investigate Jarilo-VI’s mysteries and search for someone he suspected was there. Pom-Pom ended the chapter upset after Jiang Lianqiu questioned whether he counted as an honorary passenger.

• Jiang Lianqiu identified Bronya’s dream as a memory space and guided her into a state of emptiness, allowing her to wake up.
• Bronya decided to go to the Underworld before visiting her mother, despite knowing her trip would be discovered.
• Jiang Lianqiu found Trigger waiting to protect him, reassured her about her health, and kissed her.
• Dan Heng told Welt that the Anti-Matter Legion had invaded Jarilo-VI and theorized that Guiji had led its gradual campaign before the Stellaron Disaster halted it.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Trigger arrived aboard the Stellar Railway, where Jiang Lianqiu told Welt and Dan Heng he suspected the Path of Remembrance and someone he was searching for were connected to Jarilo-VI.
• Pom-Pom worried about Trigger, then scolded Jiang Lianqiu for letting Miss Victory treat the Train Conductor like a dress-up doll and became dejected when he questioned his honorary-passenger status.

Jiang Lianqiu and Trigger entered Belobog to look for Zuikaku, then witnessed Seele struggling to secure supplies for the Lower District. Jiang Lianqiu revealed that Seele’s seemingly greedy trading partner was dying and had been using the trade to support fallen comrades, leaving Seele shaken by the Upper District’s dire situation.

• Jiang Lianqiu promised Pom-Pom a future Starport platform and left the train with Trigger, while Welt postponed activating the beacon until the Stellaron was sealed.
• Trigger experienced snow for the first time as she and Jiang Lianqiu entered Belobog unnoticed by the Silvermane Guards.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Trigger followed voices to an alley, where Seele argued with a hooded trader over scarce supplies and medicine for the Lower District.
• Seele accepted the trader’s terms and left, but Jiang Lianqiu brought her onto a rooftop to hear the trader admit that he was dying and had been supporting fallen comrades’ families.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that the trader had likely been wounded by Rift Zone monsters and that the Upper District was suffering too, leaving Seele to wonder whether the Upper District was also in such a desperate state.

Jiang Lianqiu showed Seele the devastation Belobog faced and joined her in carrying medicine to the Lower District, where they found the Trailblazer crew caught in a chaotic mine fight. Jiang Lianqiu recognized Zuikaku among the combatants and used his strange power on her, while Zuikaku gave up trying to explain herself.

• Jiang Lianqiu told Seele about other worlds and the Stellaron, and Seele resolved to deliver medicine to the Lower District despite the danger.
• Jiang Lianqiu, Seele, and Trigger reached Boulder Town, where a Wildfire member reported that four people from the Upper District had sparked a brawl at the mine.
• Seele sent the supplies to Doctor Natasha and rushed toward the mine, intending to beat everyone into submission.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Seele found Stelle swinging a wardrobe, March 7th fighting with swords, Bronya exchanging gunfire, and Himeko calmly drinking coffee amid the fight.
• Jiang Lianqiu recognized Zuikaku, said “Authorization,” and unexpectedly received a golden statuette as Zuikaku remained unable to make the others hear her.

Zuikaku became able to interact with the world again and fought Seele before Jiang Lianqiu revealed that he had been searching for her. After learning he was Shoukaku’s brother-in-law, Zuikaku attacked him, while Shoukaku warned them both not to fight.

• Zuikaku took a bullet to the forehead without injury, then fought Seele until they called off their battle.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained how Fuli, Aha, and Zuikaku’s connections had led Bronya, March 7th, and him to sense her.
• Zuikaku recognized Stelle, and Bronya told her she had seen the Sakura Empire and its Sacred Tree in a dream involving Lianqiu.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Trigger emerged, and he told Zuikaku he was her brother-in-law; Zuikaku drew her blade and attacked him.
• Shoukaku warned Zuikaku not to bully the Commander and told Jiang Lianqiu not to bully Zuikaku, then Zuikaku asked whether her sister was good to sleep with.
• Jiang Lianqiu agreed, and Zuikaku swung at him again, but he stopped her blade with his fingers.