Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen dreamed that he defeated the Intertwined Fate Great Fairy through repeated revivals and reclaimed March 7th’s pure soul. After waking at Sea Breeze Court, he learned that his bond with March 7th had unlocked a research center and other system rewards.

• Lin Chen defeated the Intertwined Fate Great Fairy, who revived in a second form and challenged him again.
• Lin Chen fought through eight revivals, ultimately destroying the fairy and taking March 7th’s pure soul.
• Lin Chen awoke from the dream in his room at Sea Breeze Court, where the mysterious girl had vanished, leaving cherry-pink hair and a faint floral scent.
• The system announced Lin Chen’s bond with March 7th, awarded him 4,000 conquest points, unlocked the Interstellar Armament Technology Research Center, and merged a legendary talent with him.
• Lin Chen inspected the research center and considered how its technologies could strengthen the Conqueror Legion.

Lin Chen gained the legendary Talent [The Legion Is with Me], which let him draw combat power from his deployed Conqueror Legion. March 7th and Asta confronted each other over their feelings for Lin Chen, and the chapter ended with March hearing a knock at her door the next morning.

• Lin Chen received the legendary Talent [The Legion Is with Me] and realized it could grant him combat power equivalent to his deployed Conqueror Legion, at the cost of troop losses when he was hurt.
• Asta found March 7th returning from Lin Chen's room after a nighttime encounter, and accused her of pretending to be Asta.
• March 7th defended her actions and confronted Asta about her own feelings for Lin Chen and the night Asta confessed to him.
• March 7th left Asta in the corridor, and Asta reflected that neither of them wanted to give up their romance with Lin Chen.
• The next morning, March 7th woke up sore and heard someone knock at her door, wondering whether Lin Chen or Asta was outside.

Asta visited March 7th after her night with Lin Chen, offered her milk tea, and reconciled with her. Asta then challenged March 7th to a swimming race to a lighthouse, secretly counting on March 7th’s lingering soreness to give her the advantage.

• Asta brought March 7th specially prepared milk tea, and March 7th suspected it might be drugged before drinking it.
• March 7th apologized to Asta for her actions with Lin Chen, and Asta said they could call it even.
• Asta took March 7th to the beach and proposed a race to the lighthouse as their final showdown.
• March 7th accepted the swimming challenge, while Asta privately planned to exploit March 7th’s lingering soreness.

March 7th and Asta competed in the final round of their war for love, with the loser agreeing to disappear from Lin Chen’s sight. March 7th won the race to the lighthouse and claimed overall victory, but Asta ended the chapter curled up silently on the beach.

• March 7th surged ahead in the swimming race, but Asta used her Starlight Blessing to overtake her.
• March 7th froze the sea with Six-Phased Ice and sprinted across it, passing Asta.
• Asta tried to follow across March 7th’s ice, but March 7th shattered it and sent her back into the sea.
• March 7th reached the lighthouse first and then brought Asta back to the beach with her Ice-Sea-Crossing Technique.
• March 7th claimed victory in the third round and reminded Asta that their agreement made her the overall winner.
• Asta curled up with her arms around her knees and stayed silent as March 7th questioned whether she would accept defeat.

After March 7th defeated Asta in their contest for Lin Chen, Asta left to buy ice cream and vanished. Lin Chen and March 7th searched the Golden Coast until dusk, but they still had not found her.

• Asta accepted her defeat and said she would stay away from Lin Chen, then offered to buy March 7th Azure Love ice cream.
• March 7th fell asleep while waiting, and when she woke, she realized Asta had not returned and her phone was switched off.
• March 7th told Lin Chen about their contest and Asta's disappearance, and he reassured her before they split up to search.
• Lin Chen and March 7th searched the Golden Coast until dusk but found no sign of Asta.
• March 7th worried that Asta might have hurt herself and felt guilty and heartbroken as she kicked at the sand.

Lin Chen found Asta crying by the shore and heard her resolve to give up their relationship so he could be with March 7th. He refused to leave, while Asta tried to drive him away by claiming she had never truly loved him.

• Lin Chen followed the coordinates he sent March 7th and found Asta grieving beside a fire on the coast.
• Asta prayed to the stars, decided she had been greedy, and resolved to say goodbye to Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen emerged from behind the rocks, flicked Asta on the forehead, and tried to embrace her.
• Asta rejected Lin Chen and said they should become strangers, honoring her promise to March 7th.
• Asta insisted Lin Chen leave and called herself selfish, jealous, and someone who had only treated him as a toy.

Lin Chen reunited with Asta and kissed her, but March 7th arrived and caught them together. Asta tried to leave after March slapped her, but March grabbed her wrist, leaving Asta despairing over the loss of both love and friendship.

• Lin Chen confronted Asta about her feelings and kissed her until she stopped resisting.
• March 7th arrived with food and drinks and saw Lin Chen and Asta kissing.
• Asta tried to explain herself, but March slapped her and accused her of refusing to let Lin Chen go.
• Asta apologized and promised March she would have nothing more to do with Lin Chen, then turned to leave.
• March grabbed Asta's wrist, and Asta wondered whether she had lost both Lin Chen and March.

March 7th reconciled with Asta after catching her kissing Lin Chen, and proposed that they both become his girlfriends so neither had to leave. The girls made up on the shore, leaving Lin Chen with both of them and teasing him for causing their troubles.

• March 7th embraced Asta and reminded her of their promise to remain best friends.
• March 7th proposed that she and Asta both become Lin Chen's girlfriends, and Asta agreed.
• March 7th comforted Asta by kissing her bruised cheek and forgave her, though she demanded double the promised vanilla ice cream.
• March 7th and Asta hugged as Lin Chen watched, relieved that they had reconciled.
• Lin Chen interrupted their embrace, and both girls blamed him for the trouble between them.

Lin Chen spent a romantic night by the sea with Asta and March 7th, but his teasing about their figures earned him a slap from each of them. Later, Asta visited his room in a revealing swimsuit, leaving him astonished.

• Asta reflected on how happy she felt during their seaside trip, while March 7th complained that Lin Chen had made them cry.
• Lin Chen teased March 7th about her figure, and Asta accused him of favoring her.
• Lin Chen suggested that Asta and March 7th compare themselves in his room, prompting both girls to slap him and question his intentions.
• Asta and March 7th returned to the courtyard together, and Lin Chen decided not to message either of them that night.
• Asta knocked on Lin Chen's door late at night wearing a revealing white swimsuit, and he stared at her in surprise.

On the Explorer’s final night on Azure Star, Lin Chen spent the night with Asta and March 7th before the ship began a new voyage. March 7th joined the navigation roster, and Lin Chen discovered she had unexpectedly become an ace-pilot candidate despite being a poor student.

• March 7th teased Lin Chen with her battle-damaged outfit, and Asta joined her in visiting his room late at night.
• March 7th said she wanted to borrow Lin Chen’s bed, while Asta claimed she had come to protect her; the three spent the night together.
• The Explorer departed Azure Star after its hull and long-range firepower were upgraded with a Phase Array Load Engine.
• Captain Lin Chen assigned the new pilot March 7th to handle a jump voyage, and she declared she would not lose to Asta.
• Lin Chen checked March 7th’s personnel record and learned that she had graduated from Starflight Academy with Asta and become an ace-pilot candidate after outstanding exam results.

March 7th activated the Explorer’s Poseidon Deep Sea system to prove her piloting skill, but spatial turbulence disrupted the jump and left her unconscious. Asta took control and brought the ship safely to its destination, while Lin Chen revived March 7th and reassured her.

• March 7th activated the Poseidon Deep Sea system and sent the Explorer into a high-speed jump without warming up its engine.
• Spatial turbulence knocked the Explorer off course and caused March 7th to suffer a backlash from the system.
• Lin Chen shut down March 7th’s cockpit and transferred control to Asta, who corrected the trajectory and guided the Explorer safely through the folded-space relay belt.
• Asta asked Lin Chen to check on the unconscious March 7th after the ship reached its coordinates near the Sagittarius Great Nebula.
• Lin Chen carried March 7th from the cockpit and revived her, then reassured her that her safety mattered more than the Explorer.

March 7th and Lin Chen continued their journey through the Sagittarius Great Nebula before March returned to the controls, while Pom-Pom indulged in yogurt aboard the Astral Express. The next morning, Lin Chen received 6,000 conquest points and a new hero-class unit, Artanis, leaving the Conqueror Legion stronger.

• March 7th admired the Sagittarius Great Nebula from the Explorer's bridge and assured Lin Chen she was fine after their dangerous flight.
• March 7th returned to Cockpit Two and restarted the crashed controls as the Explorer continued its voyage through space.
• Pom-Pom patrolled the Astral Express, then secretly drank two large glasses of stored yogurt before resuming the patrol.
• Lin Chen received 6,000 conquest points and unlocked the special achievement "Time for three" after his interactions with key figures.
• Lin Chen learned that Artanis, a hero-class Protoss Executor, had joined the Conqueror Legion's combat roster.

After returning to Herta Space Station, Lin Chen resumed playing Honkai: Star Rail Glory with Wolf Girl, who said she had a dangerous mission and an important secret to tell him when she returned. As Lin Chen wondered if she planned to confess her feelings, the system warned that a calamity and a theft at Herta’s collection were about to begin.

• Lin Chen returned to Herta Space Station after his trip to Azure Star, while March 7th went back to the Astral Express and Asta returned to work.
• Lin Chen logged into Honkai: Star Rail Glory and told Wolf Girl he had been away on business.
• Lin Chen and Wolf Girl played Ranked Matches for several hours, raising her to the top five in the Aeon Rankings.
• Wolf Girl told Lin Chen she had to leave for a dangerous mission and promised to reveal an important secret when she returned.
• Lin Chen wondered whether Wolf Girl would confess her feelings and considered how he might respond.
• The system warned Lin Chen that a calamity would strike Herta Space Station that night and a notorious thief would steal a secret treasure from Herta’s collection.

Lin Chen expanded the Conqueror Legion and prepared to defend Herta Space Station while using a psionic detector to track down the thieves targeting Herta’s Secret Treasure. At midnight, the Antimatter Legion appeared around the station, and Asta and Arlan recognized the invasion.

• Lin Chen spent 31,000 Conquest Points to recruit 400 Space Marines, ten Hellfire Battlewagons, and ten Storm Viking Fighters.
• Lin Chen briefed Reynolds and Tychus on defending Herta Space Station and defeating the invading enemies.
• Lin Chen scanned for high-energy targets, identified a likely target of the thieves, and went to lie in wait.
• At 11:55 p.m., spatial rifts opened around Herta Space Station as Antimatter Legion soldiers gathered outside.
• Asta and Arlan saw the Antimatter Legion through the Master Control Zone’s glass wall, and Arlan recognized the attackers.

As the Antimatter Legion invaded Herta Space Station, Asta called on Lin Chen for help while Kafka and Silver Wolf infiltrated the Stellaron’s hidden chamber. Lin Chen launched a livestream of the Conqueror Legion fighting the invasion, leaving its soldiers rescuing station staff and battling the Antimatter Legion.

• Asta ordered the station sealed and its security forces mobilized, then contacted Lin Chen after Arlan reminded her he was aboard.
• Lin Chen told Asta to shelter the station staff, reassuring her that he would handle the invasion.
• The Antimatter Legion phased through the station walls as Kafka and Silver Wolf used a hidden passage to reach the chamber containing the Stellaron.
• Lin Chen activated Stars Live to showcase the Conqueror Legion confronting the Antimatter Legion and counter rumors about its intentions.
• A Conqueror Legion soldier shielded a researcher from a Voidranger: Trampler, destroyed the attacker, and asked the shaken researcher if he was all right.

Jim Raynor and the Conqueror Legion defended Herta Space Station from the Antimatter Legion, impressing Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan with their firepower and tactics. After watching the battle, Fu Xuan proposed inviting Lin Chen to the Xianzhou to discuss acquiring weapons, and Jing Yuan agreed that he wanted to meet him.

• Jim Raynor led Conqueror Legion soldiers through Herta Space Station and ordered a shaken researcher to return to his cabin.
• The Conqueror Legion fought Voidranger monsters across the station, protecting fleeing researchers as its infantry, combat vehicles, and robots overwhelmed the enemy.
• Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan watched the livestream and praised the Legion’s tactical coordination, weapons, and ground forces.
• Fu Xuan suggested inviting Lin Chen to the Xianzhou and purchasing weapons and equipment from him.
• Jing Yuan approved Fu Xuan’s suggestion and said he wanted to meet Lin Chen.

Bronya and the Silvermane Guards watched the Conqueror Legion fight the Antimatter Legion, and the broadcast strengthened Bronya’s hope for Belobog’s future. Meanwhile, Lin Chen waited inside Herta’s secret chamber as Kafka and Silver Wolf arrived to steal the Stellaron.

• Bronya recalled how the Antimatter Legion’s invasion had led to Jarilo-VI’s Eternal Freeze and the founding of Belobog.
• Gepard and Duncan watched the battle with Bronya, and Gepard admitted he did not know where the monsters came from.
• Bronya sent Gepard and Duncan back to their posts, then vowed to keep hoping that the Conqueror Legion would bring dawn to Belobog.
• Kafka and Silver Wolf entered the secret chamber where Herta stored the Stellaron and found Lin Chen waiting for them.
• Lin Chen greeted Kafka and Silver Wolf as adorable little mice and was surprised by their appearance.

Lin Chen confronted Kafka and Silver Wolf as they arrived to take the Stellaron, but the two mistook him for a cosplayer and dismissed him as an ordinary human. Kafka and Silver Wolf prepared to kill him, while Lin Chen began assessing their combat power.

• Lin Chen watched Kafka and Silver Wolf arrive and regarded Kafka with a predatory gaze.
• Silver Wolf recognized Lin Chen's resemblance to Commander Lin Chen, but Kafka dismissed him as a cosplayer hired by Herta.
• Kafka asked Lin Chen whether he was ready to pay with his life, while Silver Wolf urged her to kill him quickly.
• Lin Chen praised Kafka's combat power, and Kafka decided he had forfeited the chance to leave unharmed.

Lin Chen surrounded Kafka and Silver Wolf in the Stellaron chamber after Artanis stopped Kafka’s gunfire. Kafka realized Lin Chen was not simple and tried to bargain for their escape, offering the Stellaron and the Stellaron Hunters’ promise in return.

• Lin Chen provoked Kafka, who drew her submachine guns and fired at him.
• Artanis warped in and cut apart every bullet with his psionic blades.
• Lin Chen summoned blue-armored warriors and combat robots, surrounding Kafka and Silver Wolf.
• Kafka and Silver Wolf discreetly exchanged a tactical signal as Kafka assessed the blocked escape route.
• Kafka offered Lin Chen the Stellaron and a promise from the Stellaron Hunters if he let them leave.

Lin Chen confronted Kafka and Silver Wolf, but their sudden attack forced him to activate his Antimatter Legion Master mode. Artanis repelled Silver Wolf, while Kafka was left facing Lin Chen after the legion’s soldiers vanished.

• Lin Chen rejected Kafka’s attempt to negotiate and resisted her mind control.
• Kafka attacked the surrounding soldiers while Silver Wolf used a spatial rift to block their gunfire.
• Kafka drew the soldiers’ fire as Silver Wolf attacked Lin Chen with her arm blade and a summoned cube.
• Lin Chen activated Antimatter Legion Master mode, returning the soldiers to base and greatly increasing his power.
• Artanis struck Silver Wolf away and shattered her summoned cube with a psionic shock wave.
• Kafka survived the barrage but realized she would likely lose if the fight continued.