Chapter Summaries

• Plot points: Su Chen awakens on a space station during a catastrophic Antimatter Legion attack. As the Doomsday Beast tears into the station and prepares to crush him, a newly bound Myriad Worlds Role-Playing System skips its tutorial and opens a novice blind box. Su Chen draws and is forcibly fused with the divine-tier alter ego Rex Lapis in female form. Just before the Beast’s blow lands, she raises an unyielding Jade Shield, stopping its giant hand and unleashing a divine pressure that makes the Beast freeze.
• Character development: Su Chen shifts from a terrified, powerless gamer—paralyzed by the threat—to a composed, majestic figure after the fusion. He has no time to adjust to the transformation, but Rex Lapis’s calm and authority take over in the crisis.
• Character interactions: Su Chen collides with fleeing station staff as chaos spreads; he and the other workers are helpless before the attack. The system intervenes at the last moment, while Su Chen, through his new form, directly confronts the Doomsday Beast.
• Themes: Sudden displacement and survival; the contrast between human vulnerability and godlike power; chance and forced transformation; and the gap between knowing a threat from a game and facing it in reality.

Key plot points

• The Doomsday Beast unleashes a point-blank Destruction-energy beam, but Su Chen’s golden Jade Shield blocks it without damage.
• Su Chen struggles to adjust to his new body and heeled boots, yet the Female Lord’s commanding instincts take over. He forms the Star-Piercing Spear from Imaginary Energy and Geo.
• With a single throw, he summons a colossal Geo meteor from space. Gravity traps the Beast; the meteor crushes it, and the spear pins it to the station’s outer armor, killing it.
• Three Herta puppets arrive to scan and investigate Su Chen. When they touch the Jade Shield, its defensive backlash destroys all three.
• Herta confronts him over the damaged puppets and asks what he is. Su Chen identifies himself as “the Fourth Seat of the Imaginary Divine Court.”

Character developments

• Su Chen proves capable of extraordinary power, but remains uneasy in his unfamiliar body and is startled by the puppets’ destruction, which he did not intend.
• The Female Lord’s persona is cold, poised, and authoritative, taking control under pressure and presenting herself as a figure of divine status.
• Herta shifts from arrogant curiosity to caution after her instruments fail to measure Su Chen’s power and her puppets are wrecked.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and restraint: Su Chen’s defenses can be lethal even when he means no harm.
• Identity and transformation: His new body and the Female Lord’s presence complicate his sense of self.
• Curiosity meeting danger: Herta’s urge to study the unknown leads to the loss of her puppets.
• Authority and mystery: Su Chen’s grand declaration establishes an enigmatic identity and sets up further conflict.

Character interactions

• Su Chen faces the Doomsday Beast directly, using the shield to endure its attack before killing it with the meteor and spear.
• The Herta puppets approach Su Chen as a specimen to examine; their scanners trigger the shield’s counterforce.
• Herta speaks to Su Chen through a loudspeaker, first angrily demanding an explanation, then cautiously questioning his nature. Su Chen answers with a formal claim to divine rank.

Key plot points and events

• The Astral Express crew—Himeko, Welt, March 7th, and Dan Heng—arrive at the devastated station sector after hearing the name “Imaginary Divine Court” over the broadcast.
• They find the Doomsday Beast pinned outside the station by a gigantic square meteorite, with a spear through its neck, and three Herta puppets destroyed. The woman protected by a golden shield appears to have defeated them.
• Su Chen, posing as the imposing “Female Lord,” keeps his back to the crew to preserve the illusion that he belongs to the mysterious Divine Court he invented moments earlier. Their awe and fear earn him a large number of Shock Points.
• Himeko cautiously thanks the supposed Fourth Seat and invites her to the VIP Lounge. Su Chen accepts, inwardly anxious but maintaining a poised, intimidating manner.
• Near the lounge, Welt finally asks what purpose has brought the Divine Court to the station.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen continues bluffing, carefully managing his words and posture because he knows his story could unravel if questioned. Though uncomfortable and nervous, he appears dignified to the crew.
• Welt is shaken by the scale of the destruction and the implications of the word “Imaginary,” but his curiosity eventually overcomes his caution.
• Himeko takes the lead in approaching the powerful stranger, offering respectful thanks and hospitality while trying to keep the encounter peaceful.
• Dan Heng instinctively senses danger from the woman, while March 7th is openly stunned and frightened. The crew treats the supposed Fourth Seat with deference.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Su Chen’s composed, godlike persona hides a shaky, improvised bluff.
• Power and intimidation: The wreckage and the crew’s assumptions make the invented Divine Court seem vastly more powerful than Su Chen can prove.
• Fear, curiosity, and diplomacy: The crew balances self-preservation with a desire to understand who—or what—they have encountered.

Key plot points

• In the VIP Lounge, Welt asks about the Imaginary Divine Court’s ambitions. Su Chen, secretly improvising the organization’s history, tries to maintain the intimidating persona of its Fourth Seat.
• When Su Chen accidentally cracks a porcelain cup with his strength, Welt reads it as a deliberate warning. Su Chen’s bluff gains credibility as he claims the Divine Court ignores mortal conflicts and watches the Aeons, possessing rules capable of destroying the universe.
• Su Chen invents further feats: the First Seat supposedly destroyed a black-hole life-form, and the Second Seat severed and buried a branch of a Path. Welt and Himeko are unnerved, partly because they witnessed Su Chen’s extraordinary power firsthand.
• Su Chen finishes by claiming that erasing a galaxy would be effortless for the Divine Court. The room falls silent as Welt struggles to process the threat.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen keeps up an imperious act despite physical discomfort from sitting rigidly in high heels. He improvises increasingly outrageous claims, and the system rewards him with Shock Points when they unsettle his listeners.
• Welt remains on guard but becomes increasingly shaken, interpreting Su Chen’s accidental actions as intentional signals and the organization’s alleged power as potentially credible.
• Himeko begins composed and hospitable, serving tea, but grows visibly tense as Su Chen describes the Divine Court’s supposed reach.
• Su Chen’s calm, dismissive manner contrasts with Welt and Himeko’s mounting fear, deepening the power imbalance in the conversation.

Significant themes

• Deception and performance: Su Chen invents a grand identity and history, relying on confidence and others’ assumptions to make his bluff convincing.
• Power and perspective: The Divine Court is portrayed as viewing cosmic disasters—and even the Aeons—as minor concerns, emphasizing the gulf between ordinary beings and higher powers.
• Fear shaped by evidence: Welt and Himeko’s belief is strengthened by the immense power they have already seen, even when Su Chen’s specific claims are fabricated.

Key plot points and events

• Su Chen, posing as the Fourth Seat of the Imaginary Divine Court, tells Welt and Himeko that his organization can sever the branches of Paths, erase galaxies, and contain the universe’s rules.
• Welt interprets these claims through his knowledge of the Imaginary Tree and Sea of Quanta, concluding that the Divine Court may stand beyond even the Aeons and their Paths. His fear and astonishment trigger a surge of Shock Points for Su Chen.
• Welt silently signals Himeko to stop testing or provoking Su Chen. She understands and carefully sets down the kettle without making a sound.
• Though outwardly composed, Su Chen is suffering from the pain of his high-heeled boots. He secretly uses Geo energy to steady his legs while maintaining his intimidating persona.
• Before Su Chen can find a reason to end the tense meeting, someone approaches the lounge. A mocking woman’s voice announces that there is a guest “more dangerous than the Stellaron.”

Character developments

• Welt shifts from cautious assessment to profound alarm, treating Su Chen as a threat beyond the known cosmic order. He uses the Express’s highest-level warning signal to protect Himeko.
• Himeko becomes acutely cautious after reading Welt’s warning, suppressing her instinct to act and avoiding even minor movements that might be misread.
• Su Chen successfully sustains his godlike façade and privately enjoys the Shock Points, but his physical discomfort exposes the strain behind the performance.

Character interactions

• Welt and Himeko communicate without words: his small gesture warns her to stand down, and she responds immediately.
• Su Chen’s claims reshape Welt’s view of the universe, while Welt and Himeko’s fearful deference reinforces Su Chen’s confidence in his bluff.
• The approaching woman’s taunt breaks the silence and introduces a new, potentially dangerous presence.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Su Chen seems omnipotent but is actually improvising while enduring painful shoes.
• Fear and power: The characters’ reactions are driven less by proof than by the possibility that Su Chen operates beyond their understanding.
• The limits of knowledge: Welt’s established cosmology is destabilized by the idea of an organization that might stand above the universe’s fundamental structures.

Key plot points and events

• Kafka and Silver Wolf enter the Express’s VIP Lounge. Himeko draws her weapon and Welt activates a gravity field, but Kafka says Elio’s script does not call for a fight.
• Kafka identifies Su Chen—the apparently motionless woman on the sofa—as the “uncontrollable variable” Elio predicted.
• Kafka probes Su Chen with Spirit Whisper, her mind-control ability. The Female Lord’s passive Jade Shield activates, shattering the mental attack.
• A divine warning about the consequences of breaking a contract rings through the room. The backlash injures Kafka, leaving her bloodied and stunned, while Welt and Himeko are overwhelmed by the display.
• Silver Wolf stops gaming and confronts Su Chen, preparing to hack into the Divine Court’s database.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen remains outwardly composed and lets the Female Lord’s power protect him. He privately enjoys the Shock Points earned from the others’ reactions, and his numb leg begins to recover.
• Kafka shifts from confident curiosity to shock and pain after her Spirit Whisper fails. Her attempt to test Su Chen turns into a clear defeat.
• Silver Wolf moves from detached gamer to angry defender of Kafka, challenging Su Chen with her hacking skills.
• Welt and Himeko begin ready for a fight, but their alarm gives way to awe and fear when the shield’s power becomes clear.
• The Female Lord barely acknowledges Kafka; her automatic defense does all the work, reinforcing the immense gap between her and the Hunters.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Kafka’s feared mind control is effortlessly stopped by a passive defense.
• The danger of probing the unknown: Kafka’s curiosity about Su Chen’s identity provokes a devastating response.
• Performance and hidden motives: Su Chen appears calm and statuesque, while privately anxious and pleased by the system’s rewards.
• Reputation and taboo: The Express crew’s reaction suggests that the Divine Court is feared as an untouchable power.
  The excerpt ends as Silver Wolf begins her attempted intrusion, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Silver Wolf’s hack is completely overpowered. She unleashes Ether Editing against Su Chen, but the golden defense around the woman he is impersonating stops the attack without effort. The system identifies Silver Wolf’s intrusion as no threat and traces it back to her.
• The system turns the attack into a devastating counterstrike. Dark-gold data surges through Silver Wolf’s connection, destroys her defenses, and crashes every holographic screen in the lounge. It then wipes her prized game account—reducing her level to 1 and erasing her currency and rare equipment. Silver Wolf breaks down, mourning the hours she spent building it.
• Kafka recognizes the danger and retreats. Already injured, she concludes that the woman’s combat and information-warfare abilities make her far too dangerous to leave in Elio’s script. She grabs the sobbing Silver Wolf, uses a smoke grenade to cover their escape, and disappears with her. Welt blocks the smoke with a gravity barrier, while the station’s ventilation soon clears the room. Su Chen does not pursue them, partly because his high heels make running impractical and partly because he must preserve his imposing persona.
• Herta makes a new offer. Once the smoke clears, she appears on a communication screen, thrilled by the system’s counter-tracking power, and demands to know its price.
  Character developments and interactions: Su Chen remains outwardly composed despite his fear, lack of technical knowledge, and cramping leg; he also feels guilty after seeing Silver Wolf’s devastation. Silver Wolf’s confidence collapses into grief when her account is erased. Kafka shifts from pain to urgent caution and acts to extract Silver Wolf. Welt provides defensive support, and Herta’s fascination sets up a potential negotiation.
  Themes: The scene contrasts apparent composure with hidden vulnerability, turns a high-stakes hacking duel into comic punishment, and shows how quickly power can reverse an attacker’s advantage. It also highlights the danger of underestimating Su Chen’s mysterious system and the value others place on its capabilities.

Plot points and events

• Herta arrives through a concealed ceiling panel in a puppet and immediately tries to buy the logic behind Su Chen’s reverse-intrusion code. She raises her offer to 100 million Credits, then proposes half the shares and benefits of Herta Space Station in exchange for a biological sample.
• Su Chen is tempted by the fortune but refuses, reasoning that a sample might expose his true nature—and that accepting would undermine his godlike persona as the Fourth Seat of the Imaginary Divine Court.
• He invokes Rex Lapis’s authority and orders Herta to “Step back,” unleashing a wave of Geo pressure that pushes her puppet across the room.
• Herta retreats but complains about his secrecy. The room grows tense as Welt and Himeko fear how easily the powerful Su Chen could overpower them.
• Himeko steps between Herta and Su Chen, firmly reminding Herta to show courtesy. She then offers Su Chen coffee, easing the confrontation.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen struggles between ordinary financial desperation and the need to protect his secret identity. He maintains his composed, divine persona despite the extraordinary offer.
• Herta is driven by scientific curiosity and greed for Su Chen’s technology and biology. Her blunt pursuit of a sample clashes with Su Chen’s boundaries, and she learns that his power is not merely theatrical.
• Welt recognizes the danger of provoking Su Chen and silently prepares for the worst, though he knows he would be helpless.
• Himeko takes a diplomatic role, confronting Herta without escalating matters and offering Su Chen hospitality.
• Herta’s aggressive bargaining and Su Chen’s refusal create the central conflict; Himeko intervenes to restore civility.

Significant themes

• Power versus wealth: Herta’s vast offers cannot sway someone who presents himself as beyond material concerns.
• Identity and secrecy: Su Chen’s refusal protects both his hidden nature and the persona he has carefully built.
• Curiosity without restraint: Herta’s pursuit of knowledge pushes past social and personal boundaries.
• Diplomacy amid danger: Himeko uses courtesy and calm intervention to defuse a confrontation that raw strength could make disastrous.

Plot and events

• Himeko serves Su Chen a cup of her notoriously foul coffee while the injured Stellaron Hunters and the crushed Doomsday Beast remain fresh in everyone’s minds.
• Su Chen considers refusing but feels he must preserve the dignified image of Rex Lapis, the godlike persona he is embodying. He takes a sip and is overwhelmed by the coffee’s bitterness, metallic taste, and sour stench.
• Though visibly struggling, he swallows and describes it as having “a depth beyond the grasp of mere mortals.” Himeko mistakes his strained praise for genuine appreciation and prepares to refill his cup.
• Before she can, Arlan bursts into the VIP Lounge, covered in blood, and collapses at Su Chen’s feet.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen maintains his composed divine persona despite nearly losing control after tasting the coffee. His polite, grandiose response accidentally encourages Himeko.
• Himeko is delighted to find someone who seems to appreciate her coffee and eagerly offers more.
• Welt silently watches in fear, unwilling to intervene after witnessing Su Chen’s power. His awe gains an undercurrent of sympathy when Su Chen visibly struggles with the coffee.
• The Herta puppet remains sulky and avoids the coffee’s smell.
• Arlan’s sudden arrival interrupts the uncomfortable exchange and signals an urgent new development.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Su Chen’s lofty divine image forces him to hide his genuine disgust.
• Miscommunication and comedy: His diplomatic compliment is taken literally by Himeko.
• Power and fear: The others’ caution around Su Chen contrasts with his vulnerability to something as ordinary as coffee.

Chapter Summary

• Arlan reaches the VIP Lounge injured: The Security Department head crashes through the door, badly wounded and bloodied. Himeko assumes the station’s defenses have failed and offers to help, but Arlan ignores her and drops to his knees before Su Chen, whom he calls a “true god.”
• The attack and the mysterious rescue are revealed: Arlan explains that the Antimatter Legion overwhelmed the station’s defenses, shattered its Ion Shields, and trapped the staff in the Master Control Zone without communications. Just as the 342 unarmed staff members were about to be killed, the golden stone pillar Su Chen had left behind emitted waves of gravitational pressure. The Legion’s weapons shattered, its soldiers panicked, and they fled—without a single staff member dying.
• Arlan repeatedly bows in gratitude: Convinced the pillar saved everyone, Arlan presses his forehead to the floor and thanks Su Chen on behalf of the station staff. Su Chen realizes the pillar’s lingering aura had far more effect than he expected, while the people’s awe generates a surge of Shock Points.
• Asta arrives and joins the worship: The station manager enters, disheveled from the crisis. After seeing Arlan kneeling and recognizing the apparent divinity of the figure before her, she kneels too. She resolves to establish a connection with the “Imaginary Divine Court,” regardless of the cost, and offers Su Chen the IPC’s highest-ranking Black Card.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Su Chen: Though outwardly composed as the Female Lord, he is internally unsettled by the reverence and uncomfortable with Arlan’s dramatic prostration. He also learns that one of his Geo constructs may radiate a powerful, frightening presence.
• Arlan: His terror and gratitude overwhelm his usual role as Security head. Having witnessed the Legion retreat and his staff survive, he becomes fervently convinced that Su Chen is divine.
• Himeko: She initially focuses on the practical emergency and tries to assist Arlan. His worshipful response leaves her stunned and forces her to reconsider the scale of Su Chen’s power.
• Asta: The normally wealthy and capable station manager loses her composure. She shifts from worldly confidence to religious awe and strategic devotion, offering an exceptionally valuable card to secure Su Chen’s favor.
• Key interactions: Himeko’s attempt to help Arlan is brushed aside as he kneels before Su Chen; Arlan’s account persuades Himeko of the pillar’s significance; Asta follows Arlan’s example and presents Su Chen with the Black Card.

Significant Themes

• Power mistaken for divinity: A construct left behind casually becomes a miracle in the eyes of those it saves.
• Awe and belief: Survival transforms fear into worship, reshaping how others understand Su Chen.
• Appearance versus reality: Su Chen’s calm, godlike exterior contrasts with his private discomfort and surprise at the consequences of his actions.

Key plot points and events

• Asta offers Su Chen’s apparent “Female Lord” manifestation an unrestricted IPC Black Card containing one billion Credits, asking only for a place—even a marginal one—for the space station within the Imaginary Divine Court.
• Though Su Chen is intensely tempted by the money, he maintains the deity’s composed façade and returns the card, declaring that mortal wealth is insignificant to the Divine Court.
• He gives Asta a piece of Noctilucous Jade as a “memento” of their meeting. Asta interprets the unidentifiable stone as a powerful divine token and proof of the station’s connection to the Court.
• Asta gratefully accepts the gift, and Arlan relaxes as the station’s immediate danger seems to pass. Himeko also begins to relax—until March 7th arrives with news that the girl carrying the Stellaron has awakened.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen struggles to conceal his ordinary, money-conscious instincts. He sacrifices the chance at immense wealth to preserve his divine persona, then uses a humble item from his inventory to make the encounter seem meaningful.
• Asta moves from anxious desperation to intense reverence. She mistakes Su Chen’s restraint and the Jade’s mysterious nature for evidence of divine power.
• Arlan eases his fear once Asta receives the stone, believing it has secured the station’s safety.
• Himeko watches the exchange carefully, recognizes the significance of Asta’s card, and is relieved when the confrontation appears to end.
• March 7th interrupts the calm with news that the Stellaron girl is awake, setting up the next development.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Su Chen’s outward godlike composure conceals his very human desire for wealth.
• Faith and interpretation: Asta sees divine significance in an ordinary, unexplained stone because of her belief in the Divine Court.
• Power and security: Asta’s offer reflects her hope that association with a powerful organization can protect the space station.

Key plot points and events

• The group leaves the VIP Lounge and crosses the damaged space station to reach the medical room, where Stelle lies unconscious with a Stellaron sinking into her chest.
• Su Chen maintains the imposing persona of the Female Lord, though walking in high heels over the grated floor is physically difficult.
• Stelle wakes and sees Su Chen standing beside her. Mistaking him for a beautiful older sister, she jumps out of bed and clings to his legs.
• Everyone fears the Stellaron—or the Female Lord—will trigger a catastrophe. Su Chen hides his discomfort behind a cold expression and uses a thin Geo barrier to keep Stelle from soiling his clothes.
• A system alert reveals that the surrounding fear and shock have unlocked a mystery box for the Second Divine Court member.

Character developments

• Su Chen continues balancing his divine image with ordinary discomfort: he struggles in his heels and recoils internally from Stelle’s embrace, but refuses to break character.
• Stelle wakes disoriented but quickly displays an impulsive, affectionate, thrill-seeking nature, disregarding the danger of her Stellaron.
• The others remain wary of the Female Lord’s power and are stunned by Stelle’s reckless familiarity.

Character interactions

• Stelle’s enthusiastic embrace directly contrasts with Su Chen’s rigid, icy composure.
• Welt, Himeko, March 7th, Arlan, and Asta react with alarm, each expecting a violent response.
• Su Chen silently protects his divine attire with Geo while allowing the absurd encounter to continue.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Su Chen looks all-powerful but is privately struggling to maintain his pose.
• Fear and comic misunderstanding: The crew anticipates disaster, while Stelle sees only someone beautiful to cuddle.
• Power and performance: Su Chen’s carefully controlled divine persona shapes how everyone interprets even a harmless gesture.

Plot points and events

• Su Chen’s female Geo Avatar calmly detaches Stelle from her leg and tells the others she must meditate, then returns to the VIP Lounge and seals the door.
• Once the Avatar is released, Su Chen collapses onto the sofa, exhausted from maintaining the imposing figure. His Shock Points have exceeded the 50,000-point requirement, unlocking the Divine Court’s second-member blind box.
• Hoping to draw a formidable male villain such as Madara or Aizen, Su Chen opens the box. It produces a gold card depicting a young, gender-swapped Satoru Gojo: a white-haired little girl in a Jujutsu High uniform, eating a lollipop.
• Su Chen panics about how this childlike appearance will fit the Divine Court’s grand image, despite recognizing that Gojo’s abilities would be powerful.
• March 7th knocks, bringing a blanket and snacks on Himeko’s behalf. With his Avatar dismissed and the door potentially about to be opened, Su Chen fears his ordinary identity will be exposed.
• He hastily fuses with the Gojo card. Cursed Energy erupts through the lounge, shattering the glass coffee table.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen shifts from relieved relief after controlling the medical-room scene to exhaustion, excitement over the unlocked draw, disappointment at the unexpected result, and urgent fear when March arrives. He must improvise quickly to protect his secret.
• Stelle remains clingy and unguarded, rubbing her cheek against the Geo barrier until the Avatar gently pushes her onto the bed.
• Welt and Himeko are wary witnesses to the Avatar’s departure; Himeko later shows concern for Su Chen by sending March with supplies.
• March 7th approaches politely and quietly, unaware that her visit puts Su Chen’s deception at risk.
• The new Gojo Avatar is introduced through the card as a cheeky, lollipop-eating child, though the chapter ends before she fully appears.

Significant themes

• Performance and deception: Su Chen’s authority depends on sustaining a convincing divine persona, even when alone he is exhausted and powerless.
• Chance versus control: He tries to choose a useful draw but gets an unexpected form that complicates his plans.
• Power and appearance: Gojo’s presumed strength contrasts sharply with her childish look, challenging the image Su Chen has built for the Divine Court.
• Rising stakes: A seemingly considerate visit becomes a threat because Su Chen’s false identity could be exposed.

Plot points and events

• March 7th, Welt, and Himeko wait to meet the feared “Female Lord,” expecting an imposing, six-foot-tall powerhouse.
• Instead, a swaggering white-haired child named Su Chen emerges, wearing tiny sunglasses and sucking on a lollipop. He claims to be the Divine Court’s Seventh Seat and immediately mocks March’s appearance and Welt’s cane, while approving of Himeko.
• Su Chen says he is hungry, prompting the crew to question the intelligence they received. Despite his childish demeanor, Welt senses an unfamiliar, immense force that subtly twists and restores space around him.
• When March asks where his family is, Su Chen rebukes her for treating him like a child and insists he has lived longer than she has. His exposed blue eyes briefly reveal an ancient, chilling quality.
• The tension breaks when Su Chen sneezes, loses his sunglasses, and becomes flustered while retrieving them. March’s fear gives way to affection, and she lunges to hug him.

Character developments and interactions

• March 7th moves from practiced politeness to skepticism, then briefly feels unnerved by Su Chen’s gaze. His awkward sneeze instantly triggers her protective, maternal instincts.
• Welt remains cautious throughout. He recognizes that Su Chen’s power is extraordinary and unlike anything he has encountered, even though he cannot identify its source.
• Himeko responds with amused curiosity and laughs at Su Chen’s blunt remarks.
• Su Chen presents himself as an irreverent, hungry child, but his insistence on his age and his ancient eyes hint at a much older, more formidable person. He dislikes being treated as a child, yet his embarrassment makes him seem childlike.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Su Chen looks like a small child, but his power, age, and gaze suggest something far beyond his appearance.
• Contrasts in tone: Menacing supernatural mystery repeatedly gives way to comic moments, especially Su Chen’s insults and sneeze.
• Protectiveness and vulnerability: March’s maternal response emerges as soon as Su Chen’s intimidating image gives way to visible embarrassment.

Key plot points and events

• March 7th rushes to hug the child-sized Su Chen, but an invisible force stops her. She slides down the barrier and cannot even reach him by extending a finger.
• Welt recognizes the effect as a real version of Zeno’s paradox: Su Chen has not raised a conventional shield but has stretched the intervening space infinitely, making contact impossible.
• Su Chen enjoys the crew’s alarm and Welt’s explanation, which earns him a rush of “Shock Points.” After coughing on his lollipop, he tells the others he simply wants to keep his clothes clean and orders them to take him to the Stellaron.
• Before they can proceed, the station’s alarms sound again. Arlan arrives injured and reports that a massive wormhole has opened outside the station, bringing the Antimatter Legion’s fleet.

Character developments and interactions

• March 7th shifts quickly from eagerness to confusion, then worry when Su Chen coughs. Her instinct to care for him is checked when his cold, unsettling gaze makes her retreat behind Welt.
• Welt takes charge, pulling March away from Su Chen. His scientific interpretation reveals both his expertise and his growing alarm at the Imaginary Divine Court’s power.
• Himeko watches Su Chen with increasing caution, recognizing that his childlike appearance hides frightening abilities.
• Su Chen remains playful and smug, treating the crew’s fear as entertainment and a source of reward, while casually directing them toward his goal.
• Arlan, despite his injuries, rushes to warn the group, shifting the scene from uneasy curiosity to immediate danger.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus power: Su Chen looks like a small child but wields an ability Welt considers godlike.
• Limits of ordinary understanding: Welt frames Su Chen’s power as a mathematical paradox made physical, unsettling the crew’s assumptions about defense and space.
• Danger beneath comedy: March’s failed hug and Su Chen’s smugness provide humor, but the station’s alarm and Arlan’s warning abruptly raise the stakes.
• Escalating threat: The Divine Court’s capabilities are already alarming; the incoming Antimatter Legion presents a new, immediate crisis.

Plot points and events

• The Astral Express crew discovers that an enormous Wormhole has opened near Herta Space Station, releasing a fleet of more than a hundred Antimatter Legion warships. The station’s defenses are down, and Welt believes the crew cannot stop the attack.
• Welt, March 7th, and Himeko prepare to fight, while Xingbao rushes in with a baseball bat despite her injuries and lack of proper equipment.
• Su Chen, appearing as a small white-haired girl, is overwhelmed by the noise. He suddenly appears in front of the window and uses Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue.
• His power creates an immense gravitational field that silently crushes roughly a third of the fleet into a compact ball of wreckage. The crew is left stunned by the scale of his power.
• A gigantic Antimatter Legion commander then bursts from the Wormhole and charges the station. As the others brace for impact, Su Chen faces it without fear and seems delighted by the new challenge. The chapter ends as he raises his left hand, preparing another technique.

Character developments

• Su Chen displays both childish irritability—his main complaint is the noise—and terrifying, controlled power. His delight at the commander’s arrival reveals a playful, possibly dangerous appetite for combat.
• Welt moves from grimly calculating the crew’s likely defeat to witnessing power far beyond his expectations. His awe underscores how formidable Su Chen is.
• March 7th and Himeko show resolve by preparing to defend the station despite overwhelming odds.
• Xingbao joins the defense even while injured and poorly equipped, though Su Chen’s attack leaves her too astonished to act.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power against impossible odds: Su Chen transforms a hopeless invasion into a one-sided slaughter.
• Appearance versus ability: His small, childlike form contrasts sharply with his control over space and gravity.
• Fear and excitement: While the crew sees imminent danger, Su Chen treats the attack as an entertaining challenge.
• The limits of ordinary resistance: The crew’s weapons and preparation seem insignificant beside Su Chen’s power.

Character interactions

• The crew’s defensive unity contrasts with Su Chen’s solitary response: they ready themselves to fight, but he steps forward and handles the fleet alone.
• Welt watches Su Chen’s abilities with growing disbelief, while the others react with shock and helpless amazement.
• The approaching commander focuses on Su Chen, setting up a direct confrontation as the chapter closes.

Key plot points and events

• Su Chen combines the opposing “Blue” and “Red” forces, creating Hollow Technique: Purple.
• He carefully sends the beam through the station’s reinforced window without damaging it. In space, it erases the Antimatter Legion Commander and destroys roughly a third of the enemy fleet.
• The beam collides with the fleet’s massive wormhole and collapses it, ending the immediate threat.
• The attack’s aftermath overloads the station’s systems: detectors explode, smoke pours from vents, and alarms and instruments fail.
• The stunned crew can barely process what they witnessed. Su Chen receives a huge influx of Shock Points, including a special reward for breaking Herta’s composure.
• A frantic Herta Puppet rushes in and lunges toward Su Chen, reaching for her shoulders.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen demonstrates remarkable control as well as overwhelming power, shaping the beam so it passes through the glass safely. Despite his childlike appearance, his feat leaves the crew terrified and awed; he quietly enjoys the Shock Points it earns him.
• Welt is shaken into recognizing that Su Chen’s power surpasses anything he can do, describing it as an assault from a higher dimension.
• Xingbao, March 7th, and Himeko react with stunned disbelief and fear. March braces for the window to shatter, while Himeko’s hand trembles even as she holds her weapon.
• Herta, absent until the end, appears in a state of feverish excitement or distress and lunges at Su Chen. Her motive is not yet explained.

Significant themes

• Power beyond established limits: Purple is portrayed as a force that can erase matter and space, dwarfing familiar weapons and abilities.
• Appearance versus capability: Su Chen’s small, childish body contrasts sharply with the cosmic scale of his power.
• Awe and fear of the unknown: The crew’s shock shifts their thoughts toward the mysterious Imaginary Divine Court and the even more powerful figures above Su Chen.

Key plot points and events

• Herta’s puppet charges Su Chen’s invisible Limitless barrier, breaking an arm as it collides with it. Unable to detect or explain the power, she becomes obsessed and offers money, Curios, and even star systems for a chance to study him.
• Su Chen silences her with a casual flick, sending the puppet tumbling away. The Astral Express crew are left shaken by how effortlessly he dismisses a Genius Society member and Emanator.
• Su Chen notices Xingbao and asks about the Stellaron inside her, calling it a “toy.” He threatens to dig it out and kick it around.
• Welt steps between them, despite knowing he may be powerless to stop Su Chen.
• A heavy impact echoes from behind the group, followed by a commanding woman’s voice ordering, “Gojo, that’s enough.”

Character developments and interactions

• Herta abandons her usual rationality and dignity, consumed by curiosity about Su Chen’s power.
• Su Chen remains bored and playful, treating Herta’s fascination and Xingbao’s life-threatening situation as entertainment. His actions also generate more Shock Points for his system.
• Welt moves from stunned fear to protective resolve, putting himself between Su Chen and Xingbao.
• Himeko, March 7th, and Arlan react with fear: Himeko is unnerved, March hides behind Welt, and Arlan retreats from the confrontation.
• The Astral Express crew’s fear deepens as Su Chen shifts his attention from Herta to Xingbao.

Significant themes

• Power and helplessness: Su Chen’s abilities make even elite scholars and experienced fighters seem powerless.
• Knowledge versus the unknown: Herta’s scientific confidence collapses when faced with something her methods cannot explain.
• The danger of treating catastrophe as play: Su Chen’s casual threat to remove and use the Stellaron contrasts sharply with its deadly significance to everyone else.
• Protective courage: Welt intervenes for Xingbao despite the overwhelming imbalance in power.

Character interactions

• Herta pleads with Su Chen for access to study him; he responds with irritation and flicks her aside.
• Su Chen addresses Xingbao directly and threatens the Stellaron within her.
• Welt confronts Su Chen to shield Xingbao.
• An unidentified authoritative woman intervenes, ordering Su Chen to stop.

Plot points and events

• The Female Lord unexpectedly appears in the damaged corridor, interrupting Little Satoru Gojo’s attack on Xingbao.
• Su Chen secretly controls both Avatars at once, splitting his attention between the Female Lord’s composed authority and Gojo’s unruly personality. The strain leaves him sweating and in pain.
• The Female Lord rebukes Gojo for interfering with ordinary beings and bringing shame on the First Seat. Gojo dismisses Xingbao as a “toy,” prompting the Female Lord to threaten to seal her in Amber.
• After a tense standoff, Gojo drops her protective barrier and sulks on a supply crate, grudgingly accepting the Female Lord’s authority. The Female Lord forbids her from using her Cursed Technique without permission.
• The Astral Express Crew witness the exchange. Welt concludes that the Imaginary Divine Court is a powerful, strictly ordered organization, and silently warns Himeko and March 7th not to interrupt.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Chen demonstrates that he can maintain two distinct personas, using their staged conflict to rescue Xingbao and strengthen the Divine Court’s reputation. However, split-control is physically exhausting.
• The Female Lord is stern and commanding, asserting her rank and enforcing the Divine Court’s rules.
• Little Satoru Gojo remains provocative and childish, but her submission to the Female Lord reveals a clear hierarchy within the Court.
• Welt shifts from observing the scene to interpreting it as evidence of overwhelming power and disciplined authority. His fear leads him to caution his companions through gestures.
• Xingbao is frightened and humiliated, retreating behind Welt and staying silent.

Significant themes

• Performance and deception: Su Chen stages a believable dispute to shape how outsiders perceive the Divine Court.
• Hierarchy and authority: The exchange portrays strict rank, discipline, and punishment within the organization.
• Powerlessness before the unknown: The Crew’s awe and fear underscore the gap between ordinary people and the beings they have encountered.

• Plot: After the battle at Herta Space Station, the Female Lord apologizes to Himeko for Gojo’s behavior but insists that the Divine Court’s rules must be upheld. She sentences the unruly white-haired girl to travel with the Astral Express and learn how ordinary people live. Gojo protests, then reluctantly accepts under the Female Lord’s pressure. The Female Lord departs, and Pom-Pom reports that the hostile warships have vanished and the train can leave. Himeko declines Asta’s invitation to remain at the damaged station, and the Express prepares to jump to Jarilo-VI.
• Character developments: Su Chen struggles to control both the Female Lord and Gojo at once, but successfully disguises Gojo’s placement aboard the train as an officially sanctioned punishment. Himeko remains courteous despite her anxiety about taking such a powerful, unpredictable passenger aboard. Gojo quickly makes herself at home, taking Himeko’s favorite sofa and showing eager anticipation for the next stop.
• Interactions: The crew, shaken by the Female Lord’s presence, keep silent and defer to her authority. Himeko accepts the sentence and formally welcomes Gojo aboard; Gojo’s defiance fades when the Female Lord applies pressure. Afterward, Welt, March, Xingbao, and Dan Heng remain wary of Gojo, giving her space rather than challenging her.
• Themes: Authority and discipline are framed against impulsive freedom; power can compel obedience even when it earns no respect. The chapter also uses comic contrast between the crew’s fear and Gojo’s casual, trouble-seeking attitude, while setting up the tension of an immensely powerful newcomer joining their journey.