Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen used his enhanced strength to fight Silver Wolf while Artanis battled Kafka, easily dodging Silver Wolf’s attacks and sending her crashing into a wall. Silver Wolf then trapped Lin Chen in a dark purple virtual space, leaving him facing an unknown threat.

• Lin Chen ordered Artanis to fight Kafka, and the two exchanged hundreds of blows as Artanis steadily pressed her back.
• Silver Wolf teleported behind Lin Chen and attacked, but he dodged every strike with ease.
• Lin Chen kicked Silver Wolf into the Space Station’s alloy wall, and she guarded with her arm blade but was left shaken.
• Lin Chen taunted Silver Wolf by calling her Little Wolf, enraging her into activating a panel of Quantum Modules.
• Silver Wolf distorted space and transported Lin Chen into a dark purple virtual space covered in endless chessboard squares.

Lin Chen broke Silver Wolf’s Imaginary domain by tackling her, then used the system to bind her while Artanis fought Kafka. Silver Wolf asked who Lin Chen was and realized his Conqueror Legion might reveal an impossible identity.

• Silver Wolf attacked Lin Chen with her ultimate, unfolding a dark-purple Imaginary domain around them.
• Lin Chen tackled Silver Wolf, shattering the domain and returning them to the Stellaron chamber.
• Lin Chen spent 500 conquest points to bind Silver Wolf with ultrahigh-strength nanofiber thread.
• Artanis continued fighting Kafka with his Psi Blades as Silver Wolf called for Kafka’s help.
• Silver Wolf asked Lin Chen who he was, and his mention of the Conqueror Legion led her to suspect he was one of the supreme beings beyond the rules governing Path power.

Silver Wolf imagined that Lin Chen might be an Aeon, but his treatment of her quickly shattered her reverence. Artanis defeated Kafka, and Lin Chen restrained her after Artanis reported the tactical objective complete.

• Silver Wolf concluded that Lin Chen might be an Aeon and feared she had opposed someone far beyond her strength.
• Lin Chen pinned Silver Wolf down, and she wondered whether he was an Aeon or an unknown being on a perverse Path.
• Silver Wolf urged Kafka to surrender, but Kafka refused and kept fighting Artanis.
• Artanis used Phase Prism and Blade Dash to defeat Kafka, knocking her weapon away and holding a Psi Blade to her neck.
• Lin Chen spent 500 conquest points on ultra-high-strength Nanofiber Filaments and bound Kafka.
• Artanis requested permission to return to the Antimatter Legion Base, and Lin Chen let him leave through warp light.

Lin Chen captured Kafka and Silver Wolf after defeating them and sent reinforcements to the ongoing battle against the Antimatter Legion. He challenged Kafka over the danger to Herta Space Station, and she explained the Stellaron Hunters’ willingness to make sacrifices for a future path.

• Lin Chen deactivated his Antimatter Legion Master state, secured Kafka and Silver Wolf with nanofiber filaments, and redeployed his troops to support Reynolds and Tychus.
• Kafka asked Lin Chen what he wanted, while he questioned the system and learned that the restraints reflected his subconscious.
• Lin Chen condemned Kafka for treating the people aboard Herta Space Station as expendable and warned that her death would not undo the catastrophe.
• Silver Wolf claimed responsibility for bringing the Antimatter Legion and urged Lin Chen to punish her instead.
• Lin Chen asked Silver Wolf why she had joined the Stellaron Hunters, but Kafka answered that they accepted their reputation and sacrifices in pursuit of a future among countless worldlines.

Lin Chen hesitated to kill Kafka after hearing her acceptance of death, and the system warned that the Stellaron Hunters’ deaths would prevent the Destiny Maiden from advancing the worldline. He spared Kafka and Silver Wolf, freeing Kafka and telling her to continue with the original plan.

• Lin Chen raised Kafka’s sword to her neck, while Silver Wolf watched in terror and Kafka accepted her fate.
• Lin Chen hesitated, and the system warned him that the Stellaron Hunters’ deaths would keep the Destiny Maiden from arriving.
• Kafka asked Lin Chen to spare Silver Wolf and offered to cooperate with him.
• Lin Chen rejected Kafka’s offer, withdrew the blade, and released her from the silver threads.
• Lin Chen told Kafka to get up and continue with the original plan.

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.