Recaps

Lin Chen forced Kafka to awaken Stelle with the Stellaron and alter her Whispering Spell so Stelle would believe he was her protective older brother. Stelle remained asleep as Kafka prepared to leave, while Lin Chen began his plan to earn her trust.

• Lin Chen slapped Kafka and ordered Silver Wolf to deactivate the Stellaron Restraint Device's containment field.
• Silver Wolf deactivated the field, revealing the sleeping Stelle.
• Kafka placed the Stellaron inside Stelle and began using her Whispering Spell to guide Stelle's awakening.
• Lin Chen demanded that Kafka tell Stelle he was her older brother and would always protect her.
• Kafka yielded to Lin Chen's threats and told Stelle that her older brother would stay by her side and be the person she could trust most.

Lin Chen learned that Kafka considered herself Stelle’s mother, then watched Kafka offer herself to protect Silver Wolf. The chapter ended with Kafka beginning to undress as Lin Chen watched.

• Stelle briefly woke, recognized Lin Chen, and fell asleep again from the side effects of the memory reset.
• Kafka said she was Stelle’s mother in a sense, leaving Lin Chen to realize that Stelle was supposed to be his little sister.
• Lin Chen teased Kafka and considered imprisoning her, while Kafka offered to go with him if he released Silver Wolf.
• Lin Chen freed Kafka from her restraints and activated his Antimatter Legion Master state.
• Kafka approached Lin Chen and began to undress.

Kafka kissed Lin Chen in exchange for his considering Silver Wolf’s release, but a farewell message from Little Wolf suggesting she was heading into a world beyond communication left him alarmed. Lin Chen tried to get Little Wolf’s location as the chapter ended.

• Lin Chen reassessed Kafka’s combat rank as F and considered her a formidable fighter.
• Kafka asked Lin Chen to agree to her condition and offered him a kiss; he said he would seriously consider letting Silver Wolf go.
• Little Wolf messaged Lin Chen that she was leaving on a mission to a distant world where she could not contact him.
• Lin Chen asked whether Little Wolf was in danger and requested her beacon location.
• Little Wolf refused to obey him, said she had never had romantic feelings for him, and asked him to forget her.

Lin Chen was devastated when Little Wolf blocked him after saying goodbye, then suspected that the crying Silver Wolf was actually his disciple, [Unbeatable Wolf]. He took her phone and opened Honkai: Star Rail Glory to check, while Silver Wolf tried to stop him.

• Lin Chen told Little Wolf he did not want to forget her, but she said goodbye and blocked him.
• Lin Chen froze in grief and guilt as Kafka watched him warily.
• Silver Wolf broke down crying, and Lin Chen wondered whether she was Little Wolf.
• Lin Chen took Silver Wolf's phone and opened Honkai: Star Rail Glory, while she rushed to stop him.

Lin Chen discovered that the silver-haired girl was Silver Wolf, his gaming partner, and read the unsent messages revealing her feelings for him. When he threatened to harm her master, Silver Wolf agreed to do whatever he wanted to protect him, leaving Lin Chen stunned by her willingness to sacrifice herself.

• Lin Chen recognized Silver Wolf as the player [Unbeatable Wolf] and found her unsent messages confessing how important he was to her.
• Silver Wolf angrily tried to take back her phone and punched Lin Chen, but he pulled her into his arms.
• Lin Chen teased Silver Wolf about loving her master, while she insisted he was not the person she knew.
• Lin Chen threatened to erase Silver Wolf's ordinary master unless she gave him a reason to spare him.
• Silver Wolf stopped resisting and offered to do whatever Lin Chen wanted, even what Kafka had done, to protect her master.
• Lin Chen was left stunned by Silver Wolf's willingness to sacrifice herself for him.

Lin Chen convinced Silver Wolf that he was the master she had admired, using memories and answers only the two of them would know. Silver Wolf accepted the truth but caught him admitting he had gone on dates with Asta and March 7th, and the system rewarded their growing bond.

• Lin Chen held Silver Wolf close and explained that he was her master, [Invincible Cheng Ge].
• Silver Wolf tested Lin Chen with questions about their gaming history and private messages, and he answered them correctly.
• Lin Chen revealed that he had gone to Azure Star to date Asta and March 7th, prompting Silver Wolf to accuse him of being a liar and a pervert.
• The system registered beginner, intermediate, and advanced bonds with Silver Wolf, granting Lin Chen Space Marines, Storm Viking Fighters, and Abyssal Blaze Air Defense Missile Systems.

Lin Chen received new military assets, including an Abyssal Blaze Missile Defense System, then set aside his awkwardness and kissed Silver Wolf after she asked him to prove she was his cherished pupil. Kafka watched them in shock from a corner of the cabin.

• Lin Chen reviewed his bond rewards and welcomed the Abyssal Blaze Missile Defense System as a solution to the Conqueror Legion's anti-air weakness.
• Silver Wolf accused Lin Chen of still thinking about Kafka and asked him to prove she was his most cherished pupil.
• Silver Wolf asked Lin Chen to kiss her, and he answered her feelings with a passionate kiss.
• Kafka watched Lin Chen and Silver Wolf kissing and looked shocked and bewildered.

Kafka discovered that Lin Chen was the Stellaron Hunters’ master, Invincible Cheng Ge, and learned that Silver Wolf trusted him and had fallen for him. After the danger passed, Kafka realized how exposed and intimate she had been in front of Lin Chen and was overwhelmed with shame.

• Kafka used the Stellaron Hunters’ code phrase, and Silver Wolf answered correctly.
• Silver Wolf told Kafka that Lin Chen was their master, Invincible Cheng Ge, and said they were safe with him.
• Silver Wolf confronted Kafka for warning her to cut ties with Lin Chen, while Kafka struggled to explain herself.
• Lin Chen stared at Kafka’s torn clothing until Silver Wolf stepped in front of her and blocked his view.
• Kafka remembered how exposed she had been while pressed against Lin Chen and blushed with embarrassment.

Lin Chen told Kafka and Silver Wolf to leave the Stellaron Storage Chamber after their mission, while Silver Wolf tried to persuade him to let her stay. He reassured her that they could meet and play games online, leaving the three to part for now.

• Lin Chen draped his jacket over Kafka and got her to call him Master again.
• Lin Chen asked Kafka and Silver Wolf whether they planned to leave Herta Space Station, and Kafka confirmed they did.
• Silver Wolf invited Lin Chen to let her visit his room and play games, while Kafka objected that she needed Silver Wolf’s spatial editing ability to get back to their spacecraft.
• Lin Chen told Silver Wolf to take Kafka home because the Stellaron Storage Chamber was not a place to linger.
• Silver Wolf said she did not want to leave so soon, but Lin Chen stroked her hair and promised they could play games online and reunite later.

Silver Wolf and Kafka bid farewell to Lin Chen before leaving the Stellaron Storage Chamber through a spatial passage. Kafka kissed Lin Chen goodbye, then reunited with Silver Wolf aboard their shuttle, where Silver Wolf questioned her about staying behind.

• Silver Wolf opened a spatial passage, kissed Lin Chen on the cheek, and left after saying goodbye.
• Lin Chen assured Kafka that he would protect the sleeping Stelle, and Kafka thanked him as her Master.
• Kafka offered Lin Chen a goodbye kiss, then kissed him passionately and let him touch her before she pushed him away and left.
• Kafka reappeared aboard the shuttle, where Silver Wolf asked why she had taken so long and whether she had gotten handsy with Lin Chen.
• Kafka denied it, warned Silver Wolf about eating too many snacks, and turned her attention toward the Star Sea.

Kafka and Silver Wolf left after the unexpected events, while Kafka privately wondered whether her feelings toward Lin Chen had changed. Lin Chen received new Protoss troops from his bond with Kafka, then met March 7th and Himeko beside Stelle, where Himeko seemed wary and March questioned who Stelle was.

• Silver Wolf took the shuttle back toward the Temporary Base while Kafka stayed behind in Lin Chen's coat and struggled with her thoughts about him.
• Lin Chen received eight Punisher Siege Tanks and twelve Zealots after forming basic and intermediate bonds with Kafka.
• Lin Chen inspected the Zealots and judged them to be powerful Protoss close-combat troops.
• March 7th and Himeko found Lin Chen beside Stelle in the Stellaron Chamber.
• March 7th asked Lin Chen who the gray-haired girl was, and Lin Chen could not explain much about Stelle.

Lin Chen introduced the amnesiac Stelle as his little sister after March 7th and Himeko found her in the compartment. Stelle began rummaging through a trash can, and March 7th tried to learn her treasure-finding secrets.

• March 7th and Himeko confronted Lin Chen about the sleeping girl, and he said she was his little sister.
• Stelle woke with no memories, and Lin Chen reassured her that March 7th and Himeko were his friends.
• Stelle noticed the trash can, got Lin Chen’s permission to inspect it, and found an Interastral Peace Corporation currency card.
• March 7th asked Stelle how she found treasure in trash cans and introduced herself as Lin Chen’s girlfriend and Stelle’s sister-in-law.

Himeko proposed that Lin Chen and the Conqueror Legion temporarily cooperate with the Astral Express, but Lin Chen questioned whether the partnership offered fair benefits. The chapter ended with him awaiting Himeko's response to his concerns.

• March 7th and Stelle bonded over their lost memories and shared enthusiasm for exploring metal buckets.
• Himeko approached Lin Chen and addressed him formally as Commander Lin Chen, keeping their reunion distant.
• Himeko invited Lin Chen to join the Astral Express temporarily as a partner rather than as one of the Nameless.
• Himeko explained that the Express could offer the Legion a good reputation and that both groups wanted to connect and influence the stars.
• Lin Chen argued that the Legion would contribute troops and protection while the Express gained support and prestige, and he questioned whether the proposed partnership was balanced.

Lin Chen and Himeko negotiated whether the Astral Express and the Conqueror Legion would cooperate, with Lin Chen pressing for better terms and teasing Himeko. Himeko refused his personal advances and maintained that her priority was the Express’s mission and a better future for the world.

• Himeko offered Lin Chen a partnership as an equal, but Lin Chen argued that the Astral Express’s ability to cross worlds was not enough to justify joining forces.
• Himeko acknowledged that she had failed to consider the Conqueror Legion’s strength and offered valuable Curios as bargaining chips.
• Lin Chen watched Himeko suggestively, prompting her to blush, cover her gown’s slit, and reproach him for acting like a scoundrel in front of March 7th.
• Lin Chen asked whether Himeko could offer the bargaining chip he wanted, but she said she would not trade her priorities for personal fulfillment.
• Himeko considered March 7th’s feelings and recalled the deluxe starlit adventure she had shared with Lin Chen on their final night on Azure Star.

Lin Chen told Himeko that his only condition for joining the Astral Express was for her to personally make him a cup of Night on the Galactic Railroad. Himeko agreed and offered to prepare it that night, while Lin Chen recalled someone once describing the blend to him.

• Himeko faced Lin Chen while imagining what dangerous challenge he might demand of her.
• Lin Chen said he would cooperate with the Astral Express if Himeko personally made him Night on the Galactic Railroad.
• Himeko recalled how she had created the blend from coffee beans gathered on worlds visited by the Astral Express and how the crew considered it nearly undrinkable.
• Lin Chen remembered Pom-Pom warning him that the coffee was extremely bitter and full of strange flavors.
• Himeko agreed to make the coffee and asked Lin Chen why he wanted to try it.
• Lin Chen described the imagined flavors of coffee from many worlds and said someone had once recommended the drink to him.

Lin Chen agreed to join the Astral Express after Himeko invited him, but an attack on Herta Space Station interrupted their meeting. As Asta warned that a Doomsday Beast was attacking, Lin Chen looked forward to confronting it.

• Lin Chen told Himeko he was interested in traveling with the Astral Express, and she welcomed him aboard.
• The cabin shook violently, and Himeko contacted Pom-Pom to find out what was happening.
• March 7th and Stelle tumbled into a trash can, but Stelle got up unharmed despite the impact.
• Lin Chen realized Stelle had extraordinary toughness and defense.
• Asta messaged Lin Chen that a Doomsday Beast was attacking Herta Space Station, and Lin Chen anticipated fighting it for conquest points.

After Himeko led Lin Chen and March 7th to Herta Space Station, they found the Doomsday Beast attacking its shield. Lin Chen hesitated to intervene, wondering whether Stelle was meant to confront the beast, while Himeko ordered March 7th to draw it toward them.

• Lin Chen reflected that defeating the Doomsday Beast might earn him more conquest points than killing ordinary Antimatter Legion soldiers.
• Himeko received news of the attack and hurried with Lin Chen and March 7th to the Starrail Platform.
• The group saw the Doomsday Beast battering Herta Space Station's force-field shield, and Lin Chen assessed its defenses while debating whether to let Stelle take the spotlight.
• Himeko suspected Lin Chen was holding back to test the Astral Express and decided the crew should take the lead.
• Himeko told March 7th to draw the Doomsday Beast over, but March 7th nervously suggested Himeko do it instead.

March 7th drew the Doomsday Beast’s attention and attacked it while Stelle tried to protect her. Himeko used Lin Chen’s livestream to promote the Astral Express, and Lin Chen decided he would find a way to get more out of their partnership.

• Stelle stepped in front of March 7th, who told her to move aside before drawing the Doomsday Beast’s attention with a volley of ice arrows.
• The Doomsday Beast roared, broke through the damaged repulsion shield, and charged toward the Starrail Platform as March 7th faced it with confidence.
• Himeko asked Lin Chen to turn the Starstream Livestream Room’s camera toward the Astral Express so its crew could gain publicity.
• Lin Chen shifted the camera to Himeko as she stood calmly before the charging Doomsday Beast.
• Lin Chen realized Himeko was using the livestream to promote the Astral Express and resolved to make sure their partnership benefited him too.

Viewers across the Star Dome watched the four humans face the enormous Doomsday Beast, while Gepard and Duncan discussed what its power would mean for Belobog. Elsewhere, Dan Heng watched the livestream from Mournful Woe's Eternal Joy Ship and felt reassured when he saw Lin Chen with Himeko and March 7th.

• The Doomsday Beast landed beside the Starrail Platform, tearing and denting the walkway as viewers watched in shock.
• Gepard admitted to Duncan that Belobog's forces would likely have to prioritize civilian evacuation if a monster like the Doomsday Beast attacked.
• Duncan said the Starstream Livestream Room had made him more hopeful by showing that humanity survived beyond Belobog and that heroes still rose to face calamities.
• Gepard agreed with Duncan's outlook and imagined that future travelers might one day discover the Silvermane Guards' resistance in Belobog's ruins.
• Aboard Mournful Woe's Eternal Joy Ship, Dan Heng recognized Himeko and March 7th in the livestream and relaxed when he saw Lin Chen with them.
• Dan Heng recalled Lin Chen's extraordinary background and resolved to thank him if they met again.

Himeko led March 7th and Stelle in a coordinated battle against the Doomsday Beast at the Herta Space Station, while Lin Chen watched and chose not to intervene. Himeko exploited the beast’s weakness and struck it with a beam from the Star Dome, apparently destroying it.

• Dan Heng decided he would visit Lin Chen someday to thank him for protecting the Astral Express, then disappeared into the starskiff night market.
• Himeko fought the Doomsday Beast with her suitcase weapons while March 7th and Stelle supported her, impressing Lin Chen with their strength.
• Himeko ordered March 7th to target the beast’s central core and Stelle to attack its flanks, then helped break the armor on its claws.
• Stelle shattered the armor on the Doomsday Beast’s right claw, and March 7th struck its exposed core with a barrage of Six-Phased Ice arrows.
• Himeko summoned a powerful blue beam from the Star Dome that hit the Doomsday Beast and left its enormous body missing from the platform.

After Himeko and the others defeated the Doomsday Beast, Lin Chen considered how to win Himeko over. A sudden laser threatened Himeko, but Lin Chen shielded her, saving her life and her chance to continue the Trailblaze.

• Himeko defeated the Doomsday Beast with a satellite orbital cannon, and March 7th praised her and Stelle for their roles in the battle.
• Stelle told March 7th that thinking about protecting someone gave her strength.
• Lin Chen watched the group's reunion and decided his old debt of gratitude to Himeko was largely repaid as he planned to pursue her.
• A cyan-blue laser shot toward Himeko, who instinctively raised her suitcase and prepared for death.
• Lin Chen stepped in front of Himeko and saved her from the laser, leaving her grateful that her Trailblaze journey could continue.

Himeko remembered choosing to leave her homeworld aboard the Astral Express and thanked Lin Chen for saving her from the fate of dying there. Lin Chen blocked the Doomsday Beast's beam, then destroyed the beast with one punch.

• Himeko recalled encountering the Astral Express, leaving her homeworld, and choosing to explore the Star Sea.
• Himeko thanked Lin Chen for changing the fate that had once led to her death.
• Lin Chen blocked the Doomsday Beast's destructive beam with his hand and reminded Himeko that she still owed him a favor.
• Lin Chen crossed the Starrail Platform and shattered the Doomsday Beast with a powerful punch.
• Lin Chen dissolved the beast's fragments and marveled at the strength of the Antimatter Legion Master.

Lin Chen destroyed the Doomsday Beast with one punch, confirming Himeko’s suspicions about his immense strength and leaving Stelle reconsidering whether she needed to protect him. On the Xianzhou Luofu, Tingyun watched the footage before turning back to work, while Yanqing practiced his swordsmanship in the Seat of Divine Foresight.

• Lin Chen blew apart the gravely wounded Doomsday Beast with a single punch and concealed the pain in his hand while the Starstream Livestream Room recorded him.
• Himeko recognized Lin Chen’s Emanator-level power, while Stelle felt glum that she could not protect her brother and decided she could rely on him sometimes.
• March 7th told Stelle that Lin Chen was a famous commander whose strength was only the tip of the iceberg.
• Tingyun watched Lin Chen’s fight from a cargo Starskiff, wondered how he compared with Jing Yuan, and then put away her phone when the ship arrived at Returnstar Port.
• Yanqing trained with his longsword in a courtyard at the Seat of Divine Foresight, sending sword light through the falling flower petals.

Yanqing demonstrated his swordsmanship to Jing Yuan, who was watching a Starstream Livestream Room broadcast of Lin Chen defeating the Doomsday Beast. Jing Yuan judged that Lin Chen’s true strength was difficult to fathom, while the Xianzhou’s political stance toward the Conqueror Legion left an invitation to Lin Chen undecided.

• Yanqing attacked Jing Yuan with his refined sword technique, but Jing Yuan easily blocked the assault while watching his phone.
• Jing Yuan praised Yanqing’s swordsmanship and explained that he had watched Lin Chen kill the Doomsday Beast with a single punch.
• Yanqing claimed Jing Yuan was stronger than Lin Chen, but Jing Yuan speculated that Lin Chen had used a fighting style he was less skilled in and had not revealed his true strength.
• Jing Yuan admitted that even with the Divine Lord, he might not gain the upper hand against a serious Lin Chen, and Yanqing asked to spar with him.
• Jing Yuan said Fu Qing had considered inviting Lin Chen to the Xianzhou, but the Alliance had not settled its position toward the Conqueror Legion.

In Belobog’s Underworld, Clara watched a broadcast of Lin Chen defeating a mechanical monster and wished he could save her world from the Eternal Freeze. Svarog doubted Lin Chen would ever arrive, leaving Clara to pray for his help as Svarog withdrew into the storm.

• Clara watched Lin Chen defeat a powerful mechanical monster on her phone and wished she had his strength.
• Clara told Svarog that Lin Chen might save Belobog and let its people live better lives.
• Svarog judged the chance of Lin Chen arriving to be virtually zero and promised to protect Clara until the Eternal Freeze consumed everything.
• Clara prayed to Lin Chen for help and said she would pay any price, while Svarog observed that her faith was a human response to crisis.
• Svarog turned away and disappeared into the wind and snow.