Chapter Summaries

The Top 8 elimination matches began, and Firefly, March 7th, Sunday, and Eula advanced to the semifinals. As the venue prepared for the next round, Furina and Robin got ready backstage while a makeup artist suggested Furina buy more performance outfits.

• Aventurine announced the four Top 8 matchups, and Firefly defeated Welt after Incaross absorbed Younas's barrier and overwhelmed it with powerful attacks.
• Fu Xuan surrendered to Lisa Bu Bu after Dawn Rabbit's attacks failed to overcome its healing.
• Eula defeated Amber when Brookk's Heart of the Ocean steadily drained Big Hornet's stamina.
• Sunday's Nainifendo used Siren's Bliss to put Gager and nearby spectators to sleep, and Yanqing conceded.
• Firefly, March 7th, Sunday, and Eula advanced to the semifinals, which were scheduled to begin in half an hour.
• Backstage, a makeup artist told Furina that she needed more performance outfits as she and Robin put on makeup.

Firefly’s Incaross lost to Lisa Bu Bu, and Sunday’s Nainifendo advanced to the final after defeating Eula’s Brookk. As Nainifendo brought Lisa Bu Bu close to defeat, she underwent a Super Evolution into Mona Lisa and transformed the arena into a vast forest.

• Robin and Furina agreed to commission matching performance outfits from Aglaea after the competition.
• Lisa Bu Bu defeated Firefly’s Incaross by draining its stamina with pollen and repeated attacks.
• Sunday’s Nainifendo defeated Eula’s Brookk, and Aventurine announced Sunday and March 7th as the finalists, explaining Lisa Bu Bu was competing for the ill March 7th.
• Aventurine announced that the company would blacklist anyone who abused Elves and reclaim abused Elves.
• In the final, Nainifendo countered Lisa Bu Bu’s attacks and wore her down until she could barely move.
• Lisa Bu Bu underwent Super Evolution into Mona Lisa, then used Thousand-Layered Tree Shadow to raise a vast forest around the arena.

Mona Lisa defeated Nainifendo and then fought Mirais for an entire day, ultimately winning and becoming the Grass Type Spirit King. After the competition, Aventurine announced the Spirit King Rules, while the Express Crew's new prominence drew the attention of other factions.

• Mona Lisa overwhelmed Nainifendo with Thousand-Layered Tree Shadow, and Hu Tao and the others learned that Mona Lisa was Level 80 and could speak.
• Stelle and Mirais prepared to face Mona Lisa, and Furina and Robin performed Ascension before the challenge began.
• Mirais and Mona Lisa exchanged powerful attacks across Mirthful Little Broken Ball, while Aha repaired the damage behind them.
• Mirais ran out of stamina at dusk and lost, making Mona Lisa the new Grass Type Spirit King; Aventurine then announced the Spirit King Rules.
• Viewers across the universe celebrated and debated the fight, while factions began investigating the Express Crew's Spirit Kings.
• Nahida welcomed the Loving Family Big Group to New Sumeru, and Barnabas decided Snezhnaya needed to reconsider its development plans.

Nahida promoted New New Sumeru’s food and Canned Knowledge at dinner, while Welt recounted the Liyue storyline and the group returned to the Genshin dungeon. Jade resisted the IPC director’s attempt to share her elf essence business, then Ye Yun’s message was followed by an unfamiliar elf attacking Pier Point; the next morning, Stelle learned that pulling Teyvat characters could unlock their real-world Constellations, and that she was the protagonist of Honkai: Star Rail.

• Nahida introduced New New Sumeru’s farm products and sold Canned Knowledge, prompting Kiana to order textbook lessons and problem-solving methods to beat Bronya in exams.
• Welt described the Liyue main quest, and Zhongli refused to reveal the truth behind Rex Lapis’s apparent death so Stelle, Firefly, and Hu Tao could continue playing for themselves.
• Schneider accused Jade of selling Mirais and Mona Lisa, but Jade denied it and rejected the director’s proposal to let other IPC departments sell elf essences.
• Jade messaged Ye Yun after leaving the Court of Justice, and an unfamiliar powerful elf invaded Pier Point, badly injuring a Preservation Emanator before escaping.
• After a night of Genshin, Stelle exchanged her Primogems for Star Coins and ate breakfast with Hu Tao, Firefly, Amber, and the others.
• Ye Yun explained that Teyvat residents could unlock real-world Constellations by pulling their own characters, then told Stelle that Honkai: Star Rail had not yet been released and that she was its protagonist.

Stelle learned that she had been destined to face Nanook, while Poni fought Nanook to a draw and returned to the train. The company abandoned its plans to retaliate against Poni, and Furina and Robin continued their visit to Amphoreus.

• Firefly and Kafka told Stelle that she had three Paths and that Kafka's original script had planned for her to face Nanook, making Stelle excited to be the protagonist.
• Topaz explained that the company had summoned Poni to stop the Market Development Department from interfering with the spirit project, and Ye Yun said he had ordered Poni to hold back.
• Herta showed the train crew a photograph of Poni battling Nanook, and Ye Yun confirmed that Poni was fighting the Destruction Aeon; Herta then asked Ye Yun to open the Honkai: Star Rail instance.
• Poni returned and told Stelle and the others that he had fought Nanook to a draw, planned to rest for two days, and would then seek another match; he also agreed to try Herta's Simulated Universe.
• The company's directors called off their punitive expedition against Poni and arranged for Aventurine, Topaz, and Jade to apologize, while Furina and Robin met Phainon during their visit to the Cloudstone Bazaar.

Furina and Robin commissioned matching dresses from Aglaea, inspiring Aglaea and Tribbie to open a clothing shop aboard the train. The shop opened with help from the group, and the chapter ended after dinner, with Aglaea discussing online sales and arranging more custom outfits.

• Furina and Robin received matching tulip-patterned dresses from Aglaea and paid her 10 million Credits.
• Tribbie proposed opening a clothing shop, and Himeko offered Aglaea an empty train car to rent.
• Aglaea and Tribbie signed the rental contract and decorated the shop with help from Ye Yun and the others.
• Stelle and the group helped Dan Heng and Welt move supplies, finishing the shop before dinner.
• Jing Yuan let Qiqi taste a little baijiu, and Qiqi spat it out and said she disliked it.
• Aglaea asked Himeko and Kafka about running an online shop, and they arranged to have outfits made after dinner.

The group enjoyed their evening across several worlds, while Rimuru dealt with a visitor searching for Milim and the others reenacted Rex Lapis’s assassination. The next day, Bronya led Stelle and their companions to buy medicine for the Belobog orphanage, where they found the Herta Space Station laboratory in ruins after Phaethon’s Simulated Universe session.

• Jing Yuan was blamed by Qiqi and the other children for giving Qiqi alcohol, but Qiqi admitted she had asked for it herself.
• Rimuru shared black beer with the Hero King, then separated the Great Ogre Race Chief and a bald giant who had come looking for Milim.
• Milim reassured the bald giant that she was safe, sent him back, and returned through the Teleportation Portal to play games with Silver Wolf.
• Stelle and the others theatrically reenacted Rex Lapis’s assassination, while Zhongli told Welt he had likely supported the Cryo Archon to protect Liyue.
• Ye Yun announced the upcoming Snow Mountain map and character banners, and Stelle offered to help Bronya buy medicine for sick children at the Belobog orphanage.
• Bronya, Stelle, and their companions arrived at Herta Space Station and found its laboratory wrecked as Phaethon complained about the Simulated Universe.

Ye Yun and Bronya helped Cocolia bring the flu outbreak at the Belobog Orphanage under control with Special Medicine, while Xiangling failed to pull herself from the Genshin banner. Aventurine later enhanced his Aventurine Stone Shard into a Preservation Emissary Cornerstone, causing the Enhancement Machine to blacklist him.

• Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum saved the Simulated Universe data and focused on repairing it so Puni could try again.
• Bronya brought Special Medicine to the Belobog Orphanage, where Cocolia and the others distributed it and brought the outbreak under control.
• Xiangling spent 300 Pulls without obtaining herself, while Venti reached Max Constellation and brought his constellations into reality.
• Aventurine visited Ye Yun's shop and used the Enhancement Machine to raise his Aventurine Stone Shard from +3 to +15 without a single failure.
• Aventurine risked 1 million star coins on further enhancement and turned the shard into a Preservation Emissary Cornerstone, after which the machine blacklisted him.

Aventurine became a Preservation Emissary, and Silver Wolf briefly raised her Hacker Shortblade to +12 before it shattered. Meanwhile, Schneider led a fleet toward New Teyvat, where Asmoday confronted him and called in Screwllum’s forces.

• Aventurine absorbed the Preservation Emissary Cornerstone, gained a defensive barrier, and asked Jade and Topaz to keep his new status secret while he stayed in the Strategic Investment Department.
• Silver Wolf secretly enhanced her Hacker Shortblade to +12, but it shattered when she tried to raise it to +13, and Stelle and Firefly comforted her.
• Hu Tao joined Zhongli, Jing Yuan, Welt, and Huaiyan for a cricket fight on Mt. Tianheng, where her General Youyou battled the others’ crickets.
• Schneider led a Market Development Department fleet toward New Teyvat and fought Asmoday when she blocked its path.
• Asmoday called for help, and Screwllum arrived with a fleet, identified himself as Emperor Rupert III, and ordered his forces to attack Schneider’s fleet.

Asmoday, Screwllum, and Kiana drove Schneider and his fleet off, leaving him badly injured and the subject of company-wide gossip. Back at Ye Yun’s shop, Dan Heng and Sunday shared their giant potatoes, while Klee arrived with a dangerous new bomb made by her friend Wen Shiling.

• Asmoday ordered Screwllum to bombard Schneider, pinning him down while she relaxed and chatted with Kiana.
• Schneider broke through the barrage and attacked Asmoday, but Kiana intercepted him and defeated him by tricking him with Puni’s name before striking his kidneys.
• Schneider fled with only a dozen or so ships remaining, and Diamond spread the news of his defeat throughout the company.
• Hu Tao and Zhongli went home after Hu Tao’s General Youyou won, and the next day Dan Heng and Sunday showed Ye Yun their enormous Jumbo Potatoes.
• Dan Heng gave Bronya potatoes to cultivate in Belobog, while Stelle, Silver Wolf, and Lumine discussed items they had stored in Ye Yun’s Pocket Dimension Refrigerator.
• Klee showed Ye Yun a new bomb from Wen Shiling, and Ye Yun recognized it as a dangerous Mushroom Bomb and sealed it away.

Bronya asked Zhongli to expand Belobog’s farmland, and his stone walls created a new Agricultural District. Meanwhile, Dan Heng and Sunday showed Ye Yun’s group a Botanical Garden of unusual crops, where Stelle chased Hu Tao with a Gatling Pea Shooter as the visitors considered the crops’ market value.

• Ye Yun and the others confiscated the powerful Jumpy Dumpties from Klee and the other children, while Jashin-chan served Klee a burrito and sold Stelle another one.
• Bronya planted Jumbo Potato pieces in Belobog and, after speaking with Natasha, decided to ask Zhongli to help expand the city.
• Zhongli accepted Bronya’s payment and raised three stone walls around a new area, which Bronya named the Agricultural District.
• Belobog’s residents began clearing snow and preparing the protected land for farming, while Serval and Lynx discussed Clara and Lynx’s interest in exploration.
• Dan Heng and Sunday showed Ye Yun and the others their Botanical Garden, where Stelle used a Gatling Pea Shooter to chase Hu Tao and the visitors admired the giant crops.
• Topaz, Jade, and Aventurine discussed the crops’ potential market value and asked Dan Heng and Sunday whether they wanted to sell some.

Ye Yun took the Ten Little Ones sightseeing in Penacony, where Tribbie was stopped for driving without a license before Robin helped resolve the issue. Back on the train, Ye Yun arranged teachers for the children’s science and arts classes.

• Dan Heng refused Topaz’s offer to buy the vegetables he and Sunday had cultivated, while Jashin-chan brought home a giant watermelon and shared it with Baihe Ling, Pekora, Medusa, and Minos.
• Xiangling used Eula’s Song of Broken Pines to cut a giant Hami melon, and everyone ate before Stelle and the others chose plants for a Tower Defense Game in Teyvat.
• Ye Yun took the Ten Little Ones sightseeing in Golden Hour, where traffic police stopped Tribbie for driving without a license until Ye Yun called Robin and the officer let them go with a warning.
• Ye Yun took the Ten Little Ones shopping for desserts, clothes, and milk tea, then returned to the train and bought them claw machines.
• Ye Yun asked Jing Yuan, Zhongli, Welt, and Huaiyan to teach arts subjects, and they accepted payment to teach the children literature, calligraphy, history, and ideological and political education.

Stelle, Hu Tao, and their friends turned a Plants vs. Hilichurls game into a battle against the Abyss, then strengthened their plants and set off to test them against an Antimatter Legion outpost. Meanwhile, Ye Yun prepared classes for the Ten Little Ones.

• Stelle, Hu Tao, and the others used plant turrets to attack a cannibal Hilichurl tribe near Konda Village, but Abyss Mages opened portals and reinforced the defenders.
• Hu Tao released special mushrooms that controlled, poisoned, and destroyed the monsters, and Stelle's group later found the remaining Hilichurl camps empty after the Abyss Order withdrew its forces.
• Jashin-chan suggested strengthening the plants, so Firefly bought Plant Orbs and evolved her plants, including Gatling Peas into Laser Beans.
• Stelle got coordinates for a planet with over thirty thousand Antimatter Legion soldiers from Topaz and borrowed a battleship to take the group there.
• Ye Yun summoned Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum to teach Biology, Physics, and Chemistry to the Ten Little Ones.

Stelle and her companions fought the Antimatter Legion on Aleka Planet while Ye Yun’s Ten Little Ones began school aboard the train. After the first day of lessons, Furina invited everyone to the opening of New Opera Epiclese the next day.

• Stelle and her companions set up Plant Turrets at the spaceport and defeated waves of Antimatter Legion soldiers on Aleka Planet.
• Ye Yun had Herta teach the Ten Little Ones their first lessons, and Herta assigned them simple physics homework before Jing Yuan taught Chinese.
• Stelle, Hu Tao, and the others returned from battle and watched the children attend class, while Welt dragged Kiana into a history lesson.
• The Ten Little Ones finished eight subjects, then settled in the Sofa Tea Break Area to do their homework as Ye Yun and his companions prepared dinner.
• Ye Yun explained the children’s future class schedule, and Furina invited everyone to New Opera Epiclese’s opening the next day; Rita also asked Furina to invite her.

Furina invited Rita and the others to New Fontaine for her performance, unaware that Rita was wanted there for harassing Melusines. Neuvillette and Focalors arranged for Rita to be restrained during the opening ceremony, while guests from across the worlds traveled to Fontaine for the event.

• Rita persuaded Furina to invite her to New Fontaine, and Furina sent Neuvillette the guest list for the Opera Epiclese opening ceremony.
• Neuvillette and Focalors recognized Rita's name and arranged to remove her wanted posters temporarily, protect the Melusines, and ask Theresa and her companions to keep Rita under control.
• Theresa agreed to bring Durandal, Mei, Tesla, and the others to Fontaine, then postponed New Canghai City's unveiling ceremony so they could handle Rita.
• The next morning, Ye Yun watched Jingliu teach swordsmanship while Stelle and the others prepared to travel to Furina's performance.
• Nahida, Collei, and other visitors planned to promote their regional goods at the concert, and Focalors welcomed the arriving guests at Palais Mermonia.
• Focalors led the group toward the Opera Epiclese and explained that Fontaine had sold 300,000 tickets and prepared space for another 300,000 spectators outside.

Focalors brought the concertgoers to the Opera Epiclese island, where they split up to enjoy the resort and prepare their stalls. As the evening performance approached, the group played on the beach while Bailu arranged to join Furina onstage for the opening ceremony.

• Focalors led the group aboard her and Neuvillette’s yacht, which carried them to the Opera Epiclese island, where the visitors scattered to explore.
• Nahida and Collei opened their Sumeru merchandise stall, and Collei overcame her shyness to advertise their goods to tourists.
• Ningguang, Yelan, Ganyu, Yae Miko, and Snezhnaya’s representatives set up stalls and began selling their goods.
• Stelle, Hu Tao, Lumine, Amber, and Eula played a water-gun battle at the beach until Firefly rescued Lumine, Amber, and Eula from a runaway cannon.
• Diona won a Furina life-sized doll at a ring toss stall, while Bailu told skeptical tourists that Furina had agreed to take her onstage that evening.

Ye Yun took Bailu and the other children goldfish scooping while festival shops across Fontaine served customers and traded supplies. The chapter left Alhaitham reading aboard the train as Dan Heng introduced him to Sunday, while they planned to find animals for the train’s realm.

• Ye Yun took Bailu, Klee, Qiqi, Yaoyao, and the other children goldfish scooping, and Klee caught enough to fill several basins.
• Puni delivered the children’s goldfish to the Rose Castle, and Ye Yun and Clorinde continued touring Fontaine Court with them.
• Ningguang, Keqing, and Ganyu sold Liyue goods at the Opera Epiclese, while Nahida and Collei sold Sumeru goods; Cyno stayed to play Genius Invokation TCG.
• Hu Tao asked Ningguang to promote the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, while Lumine confronted Paimon after learning Paimon had collected her salary.
• Alhaitham delivered twenty little shroomboars to Pom-Pom, who inspected them with Lord Elio before Dan Heng and Sunday added them to the pigpen.
• Alhaitham read a star-chart book in Ye Yun’s library, where Dan Heng introduced him to Sunday and proposed that they look for animals to raise.

Dan Heng, Sunday, and Alhaitham built a ranch in the teapot realm, while Rita’s attempt to sneak into Melusine Street was foiled by Clorinde. As Fontaine’s celebration continued, Xiangling delivered lunch and Stelle’s group opened a stall selling Furina and Robin’s autographed photos, leaving the Signora stunned by their high price.

• Dan Heng, Sunday, and Alhaitham built a ranch and placed twenty kinds of small animals inside it.
• Clorinde stopped Rita from entering Melusine Street, then reunited her with Theresa, who took her to the Opera Epiclese.
• Neuvillette lifted the lockdown, and the Melusines went out to meet tourists, drawing attention to Fontaine.
• Xiangling, Jashin-chan, and Guoba delivered lunch to the visitors, while Stelle and her friends decided to sell autographed photos.
• Furina arranged for autographed photos of herself and Robin to be sent to Stelle, whose group sold two for 350,000 Credits.
• The Signora watched Stelle’s sale and was shocked at how much she earned.

Stelle and her friends donated most of their 100-million-Credit photo-sale earnings to Cocolia’s orphanage before attending Furina’s concert, where Furina revealed Teyvat’s past through a dramatic song. The chapter ended with the Seven Little Ones introducing themselves and surprising the host by saying they studied aboard the Astral Express.

• Stelle, Hu Tao, Firefly, Amber, and the others spent nearly 20 million Credits on supplies for Cocolia’s orphanage and transferred Cocolia the remaining 80 million.
• The Signora envied Furina’s success and considered pursuing entertainment, while Barnabas told her and Childe they were free to follow their own interests; Childe asked Jing Yuan about visiting the Luofu to spar.
• Furina performed a song depicting the battle of Khaenri’ah, and Zhongli confirmed that Asmoday and six gods had fought there five hundred years earlier, with the first Hydro and Electro Archons dying in battle.
• Furina sang “Light Ripples,” then the Seven Little Ones performed “Let the Wind Tell You” as Topaz and the backstage crew prepared Furina’s next outfit.
• The Seven Little Ones introduced themselves and said they were classmates who studied aboard the Astral Express, leaving the host confused about whether it had a school.

After Furina’s successful concert, the group celebrated in Fontaine while Barnabas, Childe, and The Signora visited Hearth Home. Barnabas found the orphans thriving, agreed to join them on a farm trip, and left with them for the island the next day.

• Topaz took the Seven Little Ones to a children’s playground, and they played with the children who had asked to meet them.
• Focalors held a banquet to celebrate the concert, where Neuvillette realized he needed to delegate more of Fontaine’s affairs.
• Barnabas, Childe, and The Signora visited Hearth Home, where The Signora reunited with the children and Barnabas handed out candy and clothes.
• Barnabas met Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet, learned they planned to build a farm for the orphans, and agreed to accompany them.
• Barnabas, Childe, The Signora, the Lyney siblings, and several children boarded a boat to visit the island Focalors had designated for the farm.