Recaps

Lin Chen blocked Lilith’s escape and used the Star-Sea Combat Group to attack her colossal meme entity, causing the damage to affect her true body. As Lilith faltered, he prepared to punish her and claim her rewards while the system concealed the livestream’s unsuitable content.

• Lin Chen resolved to capture Lilith rather than let her escape, seeing her as a source of conquest points and rewards.
• Lilith summoned her enormous meme entity and sent it lunging toward Lin Chen, threatening to take him down with her.
• Lin Chen ordered Star-Sea Combat Group No. 114 to bombard Lilith’s target with neutron pulse beams.
• The attacks hurt Lilith through her connection to the meme entity, leaving her trembling and disrupting its advance.
• Lin Chen told the system to censor Lilith’s appearance and sounds on the livestream, and the system confirmed it would do so.

Lin Chen defeated Lilith’s Meme Body and announced her destruction, earning more conquest points and widespread recognition for the Conqueror Legion. The broadcast ended with Lilith still alive and powerless, as Lin Chen approached her with a Portable Containment Device.

• March 7th, Arlan, and Asta watched Lin Chen overpower Lilith, while Lilith begged him to let her leave and promised to restore Herta Space Station.
• Lin Chen rejected Lilith’s plea and ordered the Star-Sea Combat Group to bombard her Meme Body with Neutron Pulse Beams.
• The bombardment annihilated Lilith’s giant winged-demon shadow, and people across Azure Star celebrated as Lin Chen and the Conqueror Legion dominated the news.
• Lin Chen received 15,000 conquest points, bringing his system balance to 50,000, then ended the Stars Live broadcast.
• After the Universal Countermeasure Card’s power receded, Lin Chen found Lilith still alive and summoned the Portable Containment Device as he approached her.

Lin Chen captured Night Queen Lilith after she devastated Herta Space Station, but the system revealed that she was a Dream God beyond the containment device’s limits. Lilith escaped and attacked Lin Chen with a ritual, while the system assured him she could not harm him.

• Lin Chen used the containment device to capture Lilith, turning her into a chibi demon girl inside its lantern.
• March 7th admired Lilith’s appearance until Lin Chen told her Lilith had nearly destroyed Azure Star and Herta Space Station.
• Lin Chen checked the system’s information and learned Lilith was a Dream God too powerful for the Portable Containment Device to contain.
• Lilith shattered the lantern, lunged at Lin Chen, and chanted a ritual invoking the Eternal Master and the Abyss of Eternal Silence.
• The system told Lin Chen that Lilith could not harm him, and he faced her with a wicked smile.

Lin Chen subdued Lilith after she escaped her strange cage, but Arlan struck her away before Lin Chen could finish restraining her. Lin Chen hid Lilith’s true form from Arlan and claimed she was only a remnant of the evil god’s soul.

• Lilith realized Lin Chen was unharmed and tried to slip out of his arms.
• Lin Chen stopped Lilith, teased her, and restrained her as she struggled to escape.
• Arlan sent Lilith flying onto a shattered island of Herta Space Station, believing he had defeated an eerie black vortex.
• Arlan asked Lin Chen what the vortex had been, and Lin Chen claimed it was a wisp of the evil god’s soul.
• Lin Chen privately resolved to keep Lilith’s true form secret from his companions, especially March 7th.

Lin Chen bought a Myriad-Form Serenitea Pot and trapped Lilith inside, cutting her off from her divine power and homeland. He considered keeping her as a collectible and using the pot to contain other defeated Evil Gods.

• Lin Chen asked the system how to contain Lilith and reviewed its suggested solutions.
• Lin Chen chose the Myriad-Form Serenitea Pot and spent 5,000 conquest points to obtain it.
• Lin Chen activated the pot and transported himself and Lilith into its isolated floating island world.
• Lilith realized the pot had severed her connection to her divine power and the Dreamlands, leaving her powerless.
• Lilith mistook Lin Chen's intentions and accused him of wanting to defile her, while Lin Chen considered keeping her as a collectible.

Lin Chen bound Lilith in silver chains inside the Serenitea Pot after she threatened him with the Dream Gods’ revenge. He accelerated time in the realm and left her there, then emerged in the Herta Space Station’s Master Control Zone, where an unseen person covered his eyes.

• Lilith warned Lin Chen that the Dream Gods would find him and bring nightmare and destruction to Azure Star and the surrounding star sector.
• Lin Chen dismissed Lilith’s threats and used silver chains to bind her inside the Serenitea Pot.
• Lin Chen slowed time in the Serenitea Pot so that nearly a hundred years would pass inside for every day in the real world.
• Lin Chen said he would return in a few hundred years, stroked Lilith’s hair, and left her alone in the realm.
• Lin Chen emerged in the Herta Space Station’s Master Control Zone as people cheered, and someone covered his eyes from behind.

Lin Chen returned to Herta Space Station after the crisis ended and reunited with Asta, Arlan, and March 7th. He accepted Asta’s invitation to a small celebration, while March revealed she planned to stay on the station for a while.

• Asta welcomed Lin Chen back as the savior of Azure Star, and Arlan reported that the station appeared to have returned to normal.
• Lin Chen confirmed through the system that the gloom had dissipated and relaxed his guard.
• Asta invited Lin Chen to a small victory celebration, and he agreed to attend and share drinks with Arlan.
• Lin Chen and March 7th walked through the station, where March said she had taken leave from the Astral Express and had grown used to living there.

March 7th feared that Lin Chen would leave the Astral Express now that he had recovered his memories, while Lin Chen returned to Cabin 0276 and expanded the Conqueror Legion. The chapter left him asking the system whether Jim Raynor’s uploaded consciousness was still intact.

• March 7th asked Lin Chen whether he had remembered his past, and he admitted that he had other identities and could summon the Conqueror Legion.
• March 7th parted from Lin Chen, then cried alone because she feared he would soon leave the Astral Express and wondered whether she was special to him.
• Lin Chen returned to Cabin 0276 and purchased 200 Space Marines and ten Hellfire Battlewagons for 13,000 conquest points.
• Lin Chen asked the system whether Jim Raynor’s uploaded consciousness was still intact.

Lin Chen revived Reynolds and appointed him commander of Marine Legion No. 001, the Rangers. He reunited Reynolds with Tychus, then promoted Tychus to the Rangers' adjutant.

• Lin Chen spent 2,000 conquest points to revive Reynolds and appoint him commander of Marine Legion No. 001.
• Reynolds appeared before Lin Chen, who welcomed him and asked if he could command a larger force.
• Reynolds accepted command of the Rangers and expressed his gratitude to Lin Chen.
• Reynolds summoned Tychus, and the two old comrades reunited.
• Lin Chen promoted Tychus to adjutant of the Rangers and ordered him to serve alongside Reynolds.

Lin Chen promoted Tychus to adjutant, then returned to his phone and discovered Wolf Girl had sent him more than a hundred messages while he was away. When he finally replied, Kaka warned him to keep his distance from Wolf Girl, leaving Lin Chen puzzled by the warning and facing an unread voice message.

• Lin Chen spent 1,500 Conquest Points to promote Tychus to adjutant, upgrading his armor and weapon.
• Tychus thanked Lin Chen and promised to take on dangerous missions, then he and Reynolds returned to the legion base after Lin Chen ended the wartime summons.
• Lin Chen reviewed the Conqueror Legion's growth, decided to save his remaining Conquest Points, and checked the messages Wolf Girl had sent during his absence.
• Lin Chen messaged Wolf Girl in the Apprenticeship group, but Kaka replied from her account and warned him that Wolf Girl was dangerous and came from a different world.
• Lin Chen dismissed Kaka's warning and received an unread voice message from the account being used by Kaka.

Lin Chen resisted Kaka’s mental-control voice message and resumed chatting with Wolf Girl, who asked what he thought of the Conqueror Legion’s commander. The chapter ended with Wolf Girl calling Lin Chen a hypocritical schemer before redirecting their conversation to the game.

• Lin Chen’s mental resistance talent protected him from Kaka’s voice message, and he realized she had used a mental-control ability.
• Wolf Girl returned to the chat and asked whether Kaka had said anything strange; Lin Chen brushed off Kaka’s message.
• Wolf Girl told Lin Chen that the Starstream livestream footage of the Conqueror Legion’s battle with the Evil God was genuine.
• Lin Chen asked Wolf Girl what she thought of Commander Lin Chen, and she called him a hypocritical schemer who used justice as an excuse.
• Wolf Girl said only one person was worthy of her admiration, then changed the subject and urged Lin Chen to help her rank up in the game.

Lin Chen suspected that Wolf Girl had romantic feelings for him after she bought him every limited skin and played all night with him. After sleeping through the day, he went to Asta’s Victory Celebration, where March 7th, Asta, and another familiar girl greeted him.

• Lin Chen noticed that Wolf Girl had unlocked the full collection of limited skins and teamed up with her for a ranked match using official couple skins.
• Wolf Girl explained that she had chosen Vivian to make the match more challenging and denied that the couple skins meant anything, strengthening Lin Chen’s suspicion that she liked him.
• Lin Chen and Wolf Girl played together until six in the morning, then said goodbye and went to sleep.
• Lin Chen woke in the evening, got ready, and headed to Asta’s private Victory Celebration.
• March 7th, Asta, and another familiar girl warmly greeted Lin Chen when he entered the luxurious room overlooking the stars.

Lin Chen attended a dinner with Asta, Arlan, and March 7th, where Arlan thanked him for saving his life and everyone shared their cooking. The meal ended with March 7th forcing Lin Chen to swallow her bizarre dessert, Stellar Illusion.

• Arlan thanked Lin Chen for saving him from endless nightmares and drank a glass of liquor, which left him dizzy.
• Asta served Lin Chen food and explained that she, Arlan, and March 7th had each made their specialties.
• Lin Chen praised Asta's pastry and found that Arlan's dishes were among the most flavorful.
• Lin Chen hesitated over March 7th's pitch-black dessert, Stellar Illusion, and learned that she had never tasted it herself.
• March 7th jabbed the dessert into Lin Chen's mouth, and he swallowed it, overwhelmed by its indescribable flavor.

March 7th and Asta gathered with Lin Chen and Arlan for drinks, where March 7th asked Lin Chen whether he planned to leave with the Astral Express. Arlan revealed that he liked Lin Chen, triggering Lin Chen’s shock and earning him a system reward of twelve SCV Engineering Robots.

• March 7th made Lin Chen taste her bizarre Starry Mirage, then spat it out herself after he persuaded her to try it.
• Asta proposed a toast to Lin Chen, and the group drank and played truth or dare.
• March 7th asked whether Lin Chen planned to leave, and he admitted he wanted to travel among the stars as the Astral Express’s departure approached.
• Asta asked Arlan whether he liked anyone beyond friendship, and the drunken Arlan confessed that he liked Senior Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen recoiled in shock, and the system announced an intermediate bond with Arlan and delivered twelve SCV Engineering Robots to System Storage.

After Arlan and March 7th passed out from drinking, Asta invited Lin Chen to look at the stars with her. At the edge of Herta Space Station, Asta shared her childhood fascination with the stars, while Lin Chen worried about her precarious perch.

• Lin Chen received an SCV Engineering Robot after his bond with Arlan reached its upper limit.
• Arlan and March 7th drank until they passed out, leaving Lin Chen and Asta conscious.
• Asta asked Lin Chen to walk with her, and he accompanied her to a walkway overlooking Azure Star.
• Asta sat near the edge and told Lin Chen she trusted him to catch her if she fell.
• Asta recalled refusing her family's offer to buy and name stars for her because she believed it would be wrong without the stars' approval.

Asta confessed her feelings to Lin Chen beneath the stars and tried to show him that she was clearheaded, not influenced by the vanished succubus mark. The chapter ended with Asta boldly lifting her dress to prove there was no rune on her abdomen, while Lin Chen struggled to stay composed.

• Lin Chen tried to respond to Asta's wistful talk about stars, but failed to understand her hints.
• Asta asked Lin Chen whether she looked pretty, and he honestly complimented her appearance and hairstyle.
• Asta said she had dressed up for Lin Chen and moved close to him, prompting him to question whether she was drunk or affected by the strange power.
• Asta insisted she was clearheaded and that the strange mark had disappeared, then lifted her dress to show Lin Chen her unmarked abdomen.
• Asta noticed Lin Chen watching her and concluded that her bold approach had been right.

Under the stars, Asta confessed her feelings to Lin Chen and asked him to take her with him when he left. Lin Chen accepted her confession, and they began their relationship on affectionate, teasing terms.

• Asta recalled how Lin Chen had helped her leave the emotional confines of her sheltered life and asked him to take her along when he departed.
• Asta openly confessed that she loved Lin Chen and asked for his answer, admitting she feared he would disappear beyond the stars.
• Lin Chen embraced Asta and accepted her feelings, reassuring her that he was not acting out of pity.
• Asta began calling Lin Chen “Big Brother Lin Chen” and told him she really liked him.
• Lin Chen teased Asta about her princess-and-hero story, and she blushed and asked him to forget the embarrassing details.

Lin Chen accepted Asta’s confession and followed her into her quarters after she asked him to stay the night, while March 7th secretly watched and was devastated. The system then announced that Lin Chen had formed an advanced bond with March 7th and added twelve Viking Fighters to his Conqueror Legion.

• Lin Chen and Asta walked back to Herta Space Station holding hands after discussing her prepared confession.
• Outside Asta’s quarters, Asta embraced Lin Chen from behind and asked him to stay with her, and he followed her inside.
• March 7th secretly watched Lin Chen and Asta together and mourned that Asta had become close to him despite March believing she had been there first.
• The system announced that Lin Chen had formed an advanced bond with March 7th and awarded him twelve Viking Fighters.
• Lin Chen was surprised by the bond notification and wondered what had caused it.

Lin Chen received twelve powerful Storm Viking Fighters, then Asta changed into a combat suit and seduced him. She invited him to watch the stars together, and Lin Chen went to join her.

• Lin Chen discovered that March 7th's bond with him had advanced even though he and Asta had made no progress, and the system did not explain why.
• Lin Chen inspected the Storm Viking Fighter and learned that the system had rewarded him with twelve units capable of both air and ground combat.
• Asta showed Lin Chen her new combat suit, sat on his lap, and kissed him.
• Asta climbed onto the bed and messaged Lin Chen that she wanted to watch the stars with him that night.
• Asta sent Lin Chen a suggestive photo and told him not to run away, and Lin Chen went to join her.

Lin Chen and Asta attempted a hyperspace jump to the Orion Nebula, despite Asta’s lack of piloting experience and Lin Chen’s limited practical skills. They reached their destination safely, where Asta admired the nebula and Lin Chen pondered humanity’s purpose in exploring the stars.

• Lin Chen ordered Asta to pilot the Explorer through a folded-space relay ring, and she admitted she had lied about her qualifications and had never made a long-range jump.
• Lin Chen guided Asta through the jump using theoretical knowledge while the ship’s resonance field became unstable.
• Asta pushed the warp engine to full power, and the Explorer passed through the relay ring and emerged at the Orion Nebula.
• Asta celebrated their arrival and admired the nebula, while Lin Chen rose from the deck and mused about the meaning of human civilization and its desire to explore the stars.

Lin Chen piloted the Explorer with Asta as they visited eight nebula coordinates before returning to Herta Space Station, where their relationship advanced and the system granted him several rewards. He examined the new Punisher Siege Tanks and considered their potential against the Antimatter Legion.

• Asta asked Lin Chen to pilot the Explorer himself, and he agreed to take the controls.
• Lin Chen and Asta traveled to eight designated nebula coordinates before returning safely to their home port.
• The system rewarded Lin Chen for forming an advanced and ultimate bond with Asta and completing an intimate interaction, granting eight Punisher Siege Tanks, a Planetary Command Center, 4,000 conquest points, and the Energetic talent.
• Lin Chen inspected the Punisher Siege Tanks and considered how their firepower could help the Conqueror Legion fight the Antimatter Legion.

Lin Chen considered his rewards and learned that intimate encounters could earn conquest points, though the gains from any one person would diminish. Asta woke after spending the night with him and discovered March 7th had seen what happened, leaving Asta struggling to explain while March 7th insisted she did not care.

• Lin Chen judged the Planetary Command Center and Energetic talent, then decided the talent could help him during intimate encounters.
• Lin Chen asked the system about earning conquest points through intimacy, and it confirmed that rewards from each key individual could gradually decrease.
• Lin Chen resolved to grow stronger so he could escape a predetermined fate.
• Asta woke exhausted in her quarters and privately considered her night with Lin Chen a success.
• March 7th messaged Asta, revealing she had seen what happened, and Asta tried to play dumb and explain.
• March 7th claimed Lin Chen was only an ordinary friend and that she did not care, leaving Asta frozen.

After Asta realized March 7th had blocked her, she decided to find her and try to repair their friendship while still pursuing Lin Chen. March struggled with her feelings for Lin Chen and cried in the Astral Express lounge, where Himeko found her and offered to listen.

• Asta saw that March 7th had blocked her and decided to seek her out for a proper conversation.
• March recalled how she and Asta had become close friends and wondered why Asta’s relationship with Lin Chen hurt her so much.
• March tried to block Lin Chen but could not bring herself to tap his profile, remembering their time together instead.
• March dropped her phone and cried in the Astral Express lounge.
• Himeko found March, recognized that she had been crying, and invited her to share what was troubling her.

March 7th confided in Himeko about Lin Chen and Asta, then asked whether she should leave on the Astral Express. Himeko urged her to face her feelings, but March misunderstood the advice and decided to compete with Asta for Lin Chen.

• March 7th told Himeko that Lin Chen and Asta had gone to Asta’s room together and described what she had overheard.
• March 7th said she wanted to keep her distance from Lin Chen and Asta and asked Himeko to make the Astral Express leave sooner.
• Himeko told March 7th that running away would not heal her heart and encouraged her to stay true to herself.
• March 7th regained her courage and vowed not to lose to Asta, leaving Himeko surprised because she had meant for March to talk things through.

March 7th confronted Asta about her secret night with Lin Chen and refused Asta’s plea to restore their friendship. The chapter left them divided, with March 7th insisting there was no going back.

• March 7th excitedly described her plan to teach Asta a lesson, and Pom-Pom overheard and teased her.
• Asta arrived at the Astral Express carriage, and Himeko and Pom-Pom left March 7th alone with her.
• March 7th taunted Asta about her intimate night with Lin Chen and pressed her to admit that it had felt good.
• Asta asked March 7th to stop being angry and return to how they had been before.
• March 7th said their friendship could not go back to what it was after Asta secretly met Lin Chen.