Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuena repeatedly failed to capture Articuno with Ultra Balls, while the others tried and failed to persuade Wang Qiuer to lend them her Master Ball. After Lu Yuan stopped them from taking it, Gu Yuena reset the game and began her capture attempt again.

• Gu Yuena paralyzed Articuno and weakened it, but it repeatedly broke free from her Ultra Balls until she had almost none left.
• Ice Empress, Di Tian, and Long Xiaoyao blamed the game and urged Wang Qiuer to lend them her guaranteed-capture Master Ball.
• Wang Qiuer refused their offers and threats, insisting the Master Ball was her property and that she would not trade it for promises or rewards.
• Lu Yuan forbade anyone from taking Wang Qiuer’s equipment, and the powerful figures returned to their machines.
• Gu Yuena reset the game, restoring Articuno to full health and her bag to ninety-nine Ultra Balls, then started trying to catch it again.

Gu Yuena captured Articuno after dozens of attempts, while Wang Qiuer revived Aerodactyl from Secret Amber and dreamed of building a fossil Pokémon park. In Cinnabar Island's abandoned mansion, Di Tian discovered that humans had created Mewtwo from Mew's genes, leaving him and Long Xiaoyao shaken by the revelation.

• Gu Yuena caught Articuno on her thirty-eighth Ultra Ball attempt, and the group left Seafoam Islands for Cinnabar Island.
• Wang Qiuer revived Aerodactyl from Secret Amber at the Cinnabar Pokémon Lab and imagined making a fortune with a prehistoric Pokémon park.
• Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao explored the abandoned Pokémon Mansion to find the Gym key, and Di Tian uncovered diary entries about Mew's discovery and naming.
• Di Tian found that Mew had given birth to Mewtwo and that Mewtwo had destroyed the mansion after humans failed to control it.
• Lu Yuan confirmed that Mewtwo was artificially created from Mew's genes, shocking Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao.

Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao battled through Blaine’s Cinnabar Gym, winning the Volcano Badge after turning its quiz rooms into a series of fights. Bill invited them to the Sevii Islands, and Wang Qiuer eagerly pushed the group to set off for the unexplored expansion map.

• Di Tian found the Secret Key in the burned manor and opened the Cinnabar Gym, where he answered the first quiz incorrectly and defeated its Trainer with Charizard.
• Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao got most of the Gym’s quiz questions wrong, battling their way through the rooms until they reached Blaine.
• Long Xiaoyao’s Charizard defeated Blaine’s Fire-type team, earning the group the Volcano Badge.
• Bill invited Long Xiaoyao and the others to travel to One Island in the Sevii Islands, and Wang Qiuer urged them to accept for the new Pokémon and treasures.
• The group accepted Bill’s invitation and boarded a luxury cruise ship bound for the Sevii Islands.

Wang Qiuer and the group arrived at One Island, where Jinhui gave them a Meteorite to deliver to Two Island. After Di Tian’s Dratini was defeated by a wild Persian, they headed for Two Island aboard a speedboat.

• Wang Qiuer, Di Tian, Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Mu En arrived at One Island and visited the Pokémon Network Center.
• Jinhui asked Wang Qiuer to deliver a Meteorite to the owner of the game hall on Two Island, and Wang Qiuer claimed it as collateral until she received an errand fee.
• Ye Xishui and Mu En marveled at the Pokémon storage network’s technology.
• Di Tian challenged a level 37 wild Persian with Dratini, but Persian landed a critical hit and knocked Dratini out in one strike.
• Di Tian sent out Charmeleon to defeat Persian, revived Dratini, and stopped sending it out first.
• Wang Qiuer urged the group to board the Seagallop for Two Island, where she planned to collect payment from the game hall owner.

After returning from the Sevii Islands, Wang Qiuer’s group reached Viridian City and defeated Giovanni to earn the final Gym Badge. Lu Yuan explained that they could now tackle Victory Road and challenge the Kanto Elite Four.

• Wang Qiuer returned Xiaomi to the arcade owner, collected her reward, and claimed all the Berries in Berry Forest under their contract.
• The group traveled back to Kanto and arrived in Viridian City, where they found the Gym doors open.
• Wang Qiuer and her companions discovered Giovanni was the Gym Leader, and Gu Yuena led a sweep of his team with Articuno and Vaporeon.
• Giovanni gave Wang Qiuer the Earth Badge, disbanded Team Rocket, and vanished.
• Lu Yuan told the group that all eight badges qualified them to take on Victory Road and the Elite Four, and Wang Qiuer set out for Indigo Plateau.

After collecting all eight badges, the group defeated Gary on Route 22 and demolished their way through Victory Road. They arrived at the Indigo Plateau Pokémon League, ready to challenge the Elite Four.

• Gary challenged the group, but Di Tian's Dragonite and Long Xiaoyao's Charizard overwhelmed his team and defeated him.
• Gary left for Indigo Plateau, vowing to win next time, while the group passed the League's badge checkpoints.
• At Victory Road, Gu Yuena sensed four powerful presences ahead and told Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao to flatten any obstacles.
• Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao used Dragonite and Charizard to smash boulders and defeat the cave's elite Trainers.
• The group emerged from Victory Road at the Indigo Plateau Pokémon League and prepared to challenge the Elite Four.

Wang Qiuer’s group defeated the Elite Four, with Mu En, Di Tian, and Ye Xishui overcoming Lorelei, Bruno, and Agatha before Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao crushed Lance’s team. Lance revealed that someone had beaten the Elite Four before them, and Lu Yuan pointed the group toward the Hall of Fame to meet a familiar old friend.

• Wang Qiuer’s group entered Lorelei’s room, where Mu En used Blastoise and Rain Dance to defeat her Ice-type Pokémon.
• Di Tian sent out Dragonite and defeated Bruno’s Fighting-type team with Wing Attack and Outrage.
• Ye Xishui defeated Agatha by using Venusaur’s Toxic and Leech Seed, along with Curse, to wear down her Pokémon.
• Di Tian and Long Xiaoyao grew furious when Lance’s supposed Dragon-type lineup included Gyarados, Aerodactyl, and Charizard, then Di Tian defeated Lance’s team.
• Lance revealed that another challenger had beaten the Elite Four first, and Lu Yuan directed Wang Qiuer’s group toward the Hall of Fame to meet a familiar old friend.

The group defeated the rival, became Champions, and watched their Pokémon enter the Hall of Fame. After Wang Qiuer realized her in-game fortune could not be withdrawn, Lu Yuan hinted that a new game was coming.

• The group beat the rival’s team with ease, and Professor Oak led them to the Hall of Fame.
• The group watched their Pokémon appear in the Hall of Fame and saw the game’s ending credits.
• Wang Qiuer demanded to withdraw her millions of in-game coins and items, but Lu Yuan told her they could only be used in the game.
• Lu Yuan asked whether the group wanted a more challenging game, and everyone eagerly asked if another new game was coming.

Lu Yuan introduced Honkai Impact 3rd to the internet café, where the Douluo powerhouses discovered its real-time combat and Kiana’s time-stopping perfect dodge. Wang Qiuer, meanwhile, became excited by the game’s Crystals and planned to rebuild her fortune, unaware of the danger of pity.

• Lu Yuan launched Honkai Impact 3rd, and Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao were stunned by its realistic opening and real-time combat.
• Di Tian learned the controls by fighting Honkai Zombies and praised the game’s fluid, forceful attacks.
• Gu Yuena performed a perfect dodge that triggered Global Time-Space Fracture, and Lu Yuan explained that the skill nearly stopped time around her.
• Mu En and the other powerhouses marveled at the game’s time-manipulating combat techniques.
• Wang Qiuer found 15 Crystals, learned they could be used to draw weapons and Valkyrie armor, and vowed to become rich again.

Lu Yuan introduced Honkai: Star Rail, and the players explored its galaxy-spanning setting and tactical turn-based combat. As Wang Qiuer ransacked Herta Space Station and the others tested Weakness Break and Ultimate attacks, the story ended with the group escaping a Voidranger: Trampler and a mysterious figure welcoming someone back.

• Lu Yuan introduced Honkai: Star Rail, its Aeons, and combat mechanics that let characters exploit weaknesses and interrupt enemy turns with Ultimates.
• Wang Qiuer became excited about the Interastral Peace Corporation, then discovered that smashing objects in Herta Space Station yielded credit points and parts, and began demolishing the station.
• Di Tian charged into a Voidranger battle but failed to break an enemy's defenses with a physical attack, while Gu Yuena used March 7th's Ice attack to freeze a weakness-vulnerable Voidranger.
• Mu En interrupted Voidranger: Trampler's lethal attack with Xing's Ultimate and defeated it before it could strike.
• The story showed Dan Heng, March 7th, and Xing fleeing after the Trampler summoned reinforcements, while a mysterious voice welcomed someone back.

As the group played through the Herta Space Station story, they learned that Asta had financed the station herself and helped calm its panicked researchers. The chapter ended as a gigantic cosmic beast attacked and Asta stayed behind to cover the others’ retreat, alarming Wang Qiuer.

• Himeko joined the party, and Lu Yuan explained that her orbital cannon could destroy an entire city, shocking the onlookers.
• The party reached the Master Control Zone, where Asta explained the crisis and Wang Qiuer learned that Asta had largely paid for the space station herself.
• Di Tian botched Hinkel’s technical instructions until Gu Yuena pointed out the correct lever sequence.
• Mu En chose a reassuring response to Abraham’s despair, calming him while Ye Xishui objected to Mu En’s interference.
• The space station’s protective barrier shattered as a colossal beast appeared, and Asta told the others to leave on the train while she stayed behind.

Di Tian and the others fought the Doomsday Beast in the game, but Xing was knocked unconscious after shielding March 7th from its final attack. In a chaotic space, Welt Yang appeared and suppressed the Stellaron and Nanook’s gaze; Lu Yuan revealed that Welt had once been the Herrscher of Reason.

• Di Tian, Long Xiaoyao, Gu Yuena, and the others guided the team through the Doomsday Beast battle, breaking its parts and defeating both phases.
• The Doomsday Beast fired a final beam at March 7th, and Xing took the hit, falling unconscious.
• Xing encountered Nanook in a chaotic space as the Aeon’s presence threatened to trigger the Stellaron.
• Welt Yang appeared and calmed the Stellaron with a tap of his cane, dispelling Nanook’s pressure.
• Lu Yuan identified Welt Yang as the former Herrscher of Reason who had carried the survival of a civilization.

Xing woke after the Antimatter Legion’s attack and met Herta, the space station’s owner, who invited her to test the Simulated Universe, a project designed to investigate the Aeons. The café patrons reacted to Herta’s wealth and ambitions, and Lu Yuan prepared to activate the machine for them.

• Dan Heng told Xing that the Antimatter Legion had retreated after the Doomsday Beast fell, and directed her to find Himeko.
• Himeko introduced Herta as the space station’s true owner, and Herta explained that she had built it to contain the Stellaron.
• Gu Yuena recognized that Herta’s body was a remotely controlled puppet, and Herta offered Xing the choice of staying for research or traveling with Himeko aboard the Astral Express.
• In her office, Herta revealed that she and three Genius Society colleagues had built a machine containing a simulated universe to investigate the Aeons, naming it the Simulated Universe.
• Herta offered Xing money to test the Simulated Universe, exciting Wang Qiuer while Gu Yuena and Di Tian focused on the machine’s potential.
• Lu Yuan announced that the Simulated Universe was officially activated and invited everyone to enter.

Herta introduced Xing and the others to the Simulated Universe, where they drew the attention of Qlipoth and Fuli and discovered the power of stacked Blessings. After Fuli appeared, Herta upgraded the simulation for longer runs and better rewards, and Wang Qiuer eagerly agreed to continue testing it.

• Herta placed Xing, March 7th, and Dan Heng in the Simulated Universe and instructed them to fight monsters as Akivili.
• Di Tian led the party into battle, and Qlipoth appeared before vanishing; Herta said the encounter had drawn in the Aeon of Preservation.
• Long Xiaoyao chose the Blessing of Preservation called Macrosegregation, and March 7th's shield made Xing's attack powerful enough to defeat an elite monster in one blow.
• The party used Herta's enhanced Blessings to crush their enemies, but Qlipoth did not appear after the final boss was defeated.
• Fuli invaded the simulation with strange memories, and Herta confirmed that the Aeon of Remembrance had mistaken Xing for Akivili and spoken to them.
• Herta upgraded the Simulated Universe to support longer runs and better rewards, and Wang Qiuer eagerly welcomed the next test.

Wang Qiuer chose to stay on Herta's space station, unlocking a hidden ending in which the Astral Express departed without her and the game went straight to the credits. After restarting, Di Tian chose to board the Astral Express, beginning the journey among the stars.

• Wang Qiuer persuaded Herta and Asta to let her stay on the space station, then told Himeko she had decided not to board the train.
• The game showed Wang Qiuer living a quiet life as a station staff member while the Astral Express pursued its adventures, then displayed the credits.
• Di Tian laughed at Wang Qiuer's ending, while Gu Yuena explained that she had abandoned the path of the unknown.
• Wang Qiuer restarted the game and went to speak with Himeko again.
• Di Tian chose to board the Astral Express, where the group met its conductor, Pom-Pom, and began their journey through space.

The Douluo Continent group explored the Astral Express, discovering its crew’s belongings and learning about the Imaginary Tree, Aeons, and the Antimatter Legion. Pom-Pom announced a warp, and the group gathered in the observation hall as their journey to a new world began.

• Wang Qiuer explored the train and March 7th’s room, but Pom-Pom’s hints stopped her from taking the phonograph, and she tried to find a way to copy the Aido operating system.
• Mu En and Gu Yuena studied Dan Heng’s databank, while Himeko explained the Cosmic Tree theory and how Aeons and Emanators could travel between stars.
• Ye Xishui learned from Welt that the Antimatter Legion served Nanook and destroyed for destruction’s sake, which she condemned as mindless.
• March 7th offered the passengers her method for pinching away anxiety, prompting Di Tian to mock it.
• Pom-Pom announced that the train was about to warp, and Lu Yuan gathered everyone in the observation hall to watch their first journey to a new world begin.

The Trailblazers learned that March 7th had been rescued from a block of Six-Phased Ice in space and had no memories of her past. As the Astral Express prepared to warp toward Jarilo-VI, the group watched the countdown reach zero and the warp begin.

• March 7th told Xing that she had awakened from a block of ice drifting through space and remembered nothing about her origins.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress identified the ice as Six-Phased Ice, a spacetime seal governed by the Imaginary Law.
• Wang Qiuer proposed exploiting March 7th's forgotten past to raise money through a search-for-parents charity, prompting Di Tian to rebuke her.
• Pom-Pom warned the passengers to sit down before the Astral Express warped, while March 7th vowed to stay on her feet.
• Himeko revealed that the train's next destination was Jarilo-VI, a planet it had last visited thousands of years earlier.
• The passengers followed Welt's advice and took their seats as Pom-Pom counted down, and the Astral Express began its warp.

As the players were interrupted by system maintenance, Lu Yuan revealed that Tang Ya and the Shrek Seven Monsters had destroyed the Iron Blood Sect and reclaimed the Tang Sect grounds. Tang Ya dissolved the Tang Sect and gave Lu Yuan its former site, which he announced would become the Heaven Dou City branch of Origin Internet Cafe.

• Wang Qiuer and Di Tian protested when maintenance froze their game just before they reached Jarilo-VI.
• Lu Yuan pointed out that Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Bei Bei, and the others had been absent because they went to Heaven Dou City with Tang Ya.
• Lu Yuan explained that Tang Ya and the Shrek Seven Monsters destroyed the Iron Blood Sect and executed its leaders, allowing Tang Ya to reclaim the Tang Sect grounds.
• Tang Ya dissolved the Tang Sect and gave the reclaimed site to Lu Yuan as thanks for the internet cafe changing their fate.
• Lu Yuan announced that the former Tang Sect site would become Origin Internet Cafe's Heaven Dou City branch, with games and a cross-city network connecting it to the main store.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Seven Monsters destroyed the Iron Blood Sect, and Tang Ya chose to give its ancestral land to Boss Lu rather than rebuild the Tang Sect. The land became the Heaven Dou City branch of the Origin Internet Cafe, which Lu Yuan opened with the group.

• Huo Yuhao silently took out the Iron Blood Sect's outer guards, and He Caitou blasted open the sect's gate with a modified soul cannon.
• Tie Li and the Iron Blood Sect elders attacked, but Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, and Wang Dong overwhelmed them with coordinated strikes and buffs.
• Tang Ya used mutated Blue Silver Grass plants to defeat Tie Li and destroy the Iron Blood Sect.
• Tang Ya refused to rebuild the Tang Sect, said she wanted to explore new game worlds, and gave the land to Boss Lu.
• Lu Yuan opened the Origin Internet Cafe's Heaven Dou City branch on the former Iron Blood Sect grounds.

The Shrek Seven Monsters and their allies watched the Astral Express begin its first expedition to Jarilo-VI, where a Stellaron had frozen the planet and disrupted the Star Rail. The Trailblaze squad set out across the snow, with the players learning that the Path of Trailblaze protected its followers from the extreme cold.

• Lu Yuan announced the expedition as the Astral Express emerged near snowbound Jarilo-VI, and Pom-Pom reported that abnormal readings had forced an indefinite stop.
• Welt and Himeko identified a Stellaron as the source of the spatial anomaly and explained that the crew had to find it to resume the Trailblaze.
• Himeko assigned the Trailblazer, March 7th, and Dan Heng to retrieve the Stellaron, and the three made their preparations aboard the train.
• Dan Heng shared survey findings while March 7th wondered whether Jarilo-VI might be connected to her past and Six-Phased Ice.
• March 7th led the squad onto Jarilo-VI, where Dan Heng explained that the Path of Trailblaze helped them withstand the harsh climate, and the group began crossing the snowy wilderness.