Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi discovered that Phantylia was behind the Denizens of Abundance and secretly looted her warship while avoiding a direct fight. After he returned to the Minghuo, Phantylia appeared in the command room and found that her illusion could not affect him.

• Li Qiuzhi identified the Golden Ape leader as Phantylia, learned about Hheliobi, and judged that his abilities could protect him from her psychic attacks.
• Li Qiuzhi used Moon-Covering Tianquan to steal weapons and equipment from the Denizens of Abundance warship while Phantylia searched for the unseen intruder.
• Phantylia left the Golden Ape and ordered him to launch an all-out counterattack against the Xianzhou, so Li Qiuzhi teleported back to the Minghuo.
• Tingyun praised Li Qiuzhi for resolving the crisis on Baihuang Star and gained Friendship points with him.
• Phantylia cast an illusion over the Minghuo's command room, but Li Qiuzhi remained unaffected, and she appeared behind him in her spirit-flame form.

Li Qiuzhi protected the Minghuo from Phantylia’s illusion and agreed to escort Tingyun’s merchant ship to the Xianzhou Luofu. After earning a large reward for the battle at Baihuang Star, he returned to Wonderland Space to ask Raiden Ei about forging armor, but Raiden Makoto stopped him.

• Phantylia attacked the Minghuo with an illusion and unleashed Psychic Power as she withdrew, but Li Qiuzhi absorbed the blast into the Void Sea of Stars and freed Tingyun and the crew.
• Tingyun reported Phantylia’s attack to Lady Yukong, who commissioned Li Qiuzhi to escort the Minghuo back to the Xianzhou Luofu, and he accepted.
• Xianzhou forces captured the Denizens of Abundance after stopping their attempted escape, and Li Qiuzhi earned sixty million Credits in addition to his base commission fee.
• Li Qiuzhi met Nether Nine A and Invincible Boothill at the victory banquet, then boarded the Minghuo for its week-long journey to the Xianzhou Luofu.
• Li Qiuzhi searched for protective armor on the Interastral Peace Corporation’s shopping website and decided to have Raiden Ei assess materials for forging it.
• Raiden Makoto stopped Li Qiuzhi outside the Meditation Room and told him Raiden Ei was improving her power and should not be disturbed.

Li Qiuzhi cultivated with Raiden Makoto, whose friendship with him reached its maximum and granted him the Dreams of Truth ability. After learning that Makoto’s soul body had fully recovered, he agreed to accompany her and Ei to plant the Sacred Sakura the next day.

• Li Qiuzhi took Raiden Makoto to the hot spring bathhouse and cultivated with her until her friendship level reached the maximum.
• Raiden Makoto’s friendship skill, Dreams of Truth, gave Li Qiuzhi dream wish power, which he spent to increase his cultivation speed for 219 minutes.
• Fischl and Sucrose arrived at the bathhouse and joined Li Qiuzhi, giving the exhausted Raiden Makoto a chance to rest.
• Raiden Makoto told Li Qiuzhi that her soul body had fully recovered and asked him to join her and Ei in planting the Sacred Sakura the next day.
• Li Qiuzhi agreed to go to the shrine with them, since the Sacred Sakura seed needed to be planted.

Li Qiuzhi and the Raiden sisters successfully planted the Sacred Sakura by taking its seed five hundred years into the past. He then accompanied Raiden Ei into space to choose materials for forging new armor, placing an order through the Interastral Peace Corporation before they could collect it on the Xianzhou Luofu.

• Li Qiuzhi woke with Makoto, Ei, the Shogun, and Miko after their night together, and Ei agreed to help him find armor materials.
• Makoto took the group five hundred years into the past at the Grand Narukami Shrine, where she planted the Sacred Sakura's seed.
• Time accelerated around the seed, and the group returned to the present after the Sacred Sakura and shrine had grown back into place.
• Makoto returned to Wonderland Space, Miko went to assign work, and the Shogun returned to Tenshukaku, leaving Ei with Li Qiuzhi.
• Li Qiuzhi took Ei through a Spatial Rift to the Minghuo and showed her armor materials for sale on the Interastral Peace Corporation's website.
• Li Qiuzhi and Ei chose Scattered Stardust and Dreadnought hull alloy for armor, and he ordered the materials using nearly all his Credits.

Li Qiuzhi delivered invitations to foreign authors and illustrators for Inazuma’s Magnificent Irodori Festival, and the invitees he reached agreed to attend. Back at the Grand Narukami Shrine, he met Kuki Shinobu, soothed her fatigue, and heard that her sister had been nagging her about the Arataki Gang’s dangerous jobs.

• Yae Miko assigned Li Qiuzhi to invite bestselling foreign authors and illustrators to the Magnificent Irodori Festival.
• Li Qiuzhi found Albedo at his Dragonspine base, invited him as Chalk, and Albedo agreed to attend.
• Li Qiuzhi delivered invitations to authors in Fontaine, Natlan, and Snezhnaya, then found Xingqiu in Liyue and invited him as Zhenyu.
• Li Qiuzhi reported his progress to Yae Miko through the Beacon after returning to the Grand Narukami Shrine.
• Li Qiuzhi met Kuki Shinobu, gave her Harmonization Energy to ease her fatigue, and heard that her sister had scolded her over the Arataki Gang’s monster-fighting jobs.

Li Qiuzhi raised Kuki Shinobu’s strength and unlocked the Naku Weed Loop skill after their Friendship reached its maximum. He took her to the Wonderland Space hot spring to continue strengthening her, where she let him massage her shoulders and neck.

• Li Qiuzhi transferred harmonization energy to Kuki Shinobu, increasing her strength as they discussed her sister’s worries.
• Kuki Shinobu’s Friendship with Li Qiuzhi reached its maximum, unlocking the Naku Weed Loop, a defensive skill that reduced and reflected damage.
• Kuki Shinobu spotted her sister Ayu near the shrine and hid with Li Qiuzhi before he opened a spatial rift to take them away.
• Li Qiuzhi brought Kuki Shinobu to the Wonderland Space hot spring and explained that soaking there would help her absorb energy faster.
• After changing and entering the spring, Kuki Shinobu let Li Qiuzhi transfer energy through her shoulders, then agreed to let him massage her.

Li Qiuzhi helped Kuki Shinobu train in the Wonderland Space, and she reached level seventy before agreeing to stay there. The next morning, Mona asked Li Qiuzhi to take her and Layla beyond their world to study the stars, while Nahida explained that she had been working late to improve the Akasha Internet’s moderation system.

• Li Qiuzhi massaged Kuki Shinobu in the hot spring, then kissed her and trained with her until she reached level seventy.
• Kuki Shinobu reluctantly agreed to stay in the Wonderland Space, and Li Qiuzhi showed her around and helped prepare her room.
• Mona asked Li Qiuzhi to take her beyond their world to observe the stars, and suggested bringing Layla along; he agreed.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona went to the Sanctuary of Surasthana, where Nahida said she had worked late improving Akasha Internet’s filters.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested that Nahida appoint online disciplinary officers to help maintain a civil environment.

Nahida decided to invite the Akasha Internet’s users to help develop the Disciplinary Committee Member idea, while Li Qiuzhi and Mona went to meet Layla at the House of Daena. Layla agreed to join them on a trip to observe the stars, but Faruzan intervened, suspicious that they were trying to trick her.

• Nahida accepted Li Qiuzhi’s suggestion and began preparing an online post to gather ideas for Akasha Internet disciplinary committee members.
• Li Qiuzhi and Mona left the Sanctuary of Surasthana and went to the House of Daena to meet Layla for their Astrology study session.
• Mona announced that Li Qiuzhi could take her and Layla beyond the world to observe the stars, and Layla eagerly agreed to bring her Akasha Terminal.
• Faruzan overheard them, warned Layla not to trust them, and questioned their claim that they could travel to the starry sky.

Li Qiuzhi took Layla, Mona, and Faruzan to Layla’s home to prepare for their celestial observation journey, while Faruzan remained skeptical that they could safely travel among the stars. Li Qiuzhi shielded the group and opened a Spatial Rift, beginning their journey.

• Faruzan accused Li Qiuzhi and Mona of tricking Layla, but Layla defended them and Li Qiuzhi invited Faruzan to come along.
• Faruzan accepted the invitation to see how they planned to observe the stars, and Layla’s affection for Li Qiuzhi increased.
• Layla led Li Qiuzhi, Mona, and Faruzan to her home and retrieved her Akasha Terminal.
• Li Qiuzhi placed Devotion Shields around himself and the others, explaining that they would protect them and provide oxygen among the stars.
• Li Qiuzhi opened a Spatial Rift to begin the journey.

Li Qiuzhi took Mona, Layla, and Faruzan into space, where they observed a red planet and discovered a strange planetary system. While they studied, he used Lumine's Sword God to secretly knock out Louyue Giant Beasts on Baihuang Star for Experience Points, then agreed to investigate the system's unusual gas planet.

• Li Qiuzhi brought the girls through Projection Space, where they found an unfamiliar bubble that he anchored for later exploration.
• The group emerged near a red, barren planet, and Faruzan apologized after seeing that Li Qiuzhi could truly take them into space.
• Mona, Layla, and Faruzan recorded their observations while Li Qiuzhi directed Lumine's Sword God to knock out dozens of sleeping Louyue Giant Beasts on Baihuang Star, earning over seven million Experience Points.
• The girls discovered that the red planet belonged to a system of planets orbiting a gas giant, which itself circled a massive star.
• Mona asked to investigate the gas giant's unusual gravity, and Li Qiuzhi agreed to take them there.

Li Qiuzhi brought Mona, Layla, and Faruzan to explore an enormous gas planet, using an avatar to test the crushing atmospheric pressure as they descended. They reached the planet’s solid metallic layer, where Li Qiuzhi wondered whether it was metallic hydrogen, and prepared to investigate further.

• Layla and Mona were delighted when Li Qiuzhi agreed to explore the planet, and Faruzan gained Friendship points after they arrived near it.
• Mona guided Li Qiuzhi’s group past an asteroid belt and toward the aqua-blue gas planet, which they reached after several warps.
• Li Qiuzhi summoned a “Lumine's Sword God” avatar to test the atmosphere and found that the Devotion Shield withstood increasing pressure as they descended.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others passed through the planet’s storms, dense gas, and liquid layer before reaching its solid metallic layer more than ten thousand kilometers below the atmosphere’s surface.
• Li Qiuzhi wondered whether the metallic layer was superconducting metallic hydrogen and considered its value as a resource.

Li Qiuzhi and the others used Mona’s divination to locate a mechanical ruin beneath the metal surface of a gas planet’s core. After drilling through more than a hundred kilometers of compressed metal, they reached an empty space below and descended into it.

• Li Qiuzhi scanned the smooth planetary core but found no unusual features on its surface.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Mona to use astrology to locate a promising spot, and her Hydromantic Dish revealed mechanical structures, robots, drones, and a golden Mechanical Leader.
• Mona pinpointed the location of the images 3,400 kilometers and 722 meters away, and Li Qiuzhi warped the group there.
• Li Qiuzhi used Lumine’s Sword God and Sword Intent to drill through the metal, while Mona tracked its progress with her Hydromantic Dish.
• Li Qiuzhi bored through into an empty space, hollowed out the drill into a passage, and led the others down into the ruin.

Li Qiuzhi and the girls discovered a hidden logistics base beneath a gas planet, built from star-casting alloy invented by Rubert. After identifying the base’s robot commander as the strongest defender, Li Qiuzhi disabled the robots and prepared to take control of the facility.

• Li Qiuzhi used the Sword Intent pipe to teleport his group into an underground energy warehouse, where he identified the walls as star-casting alloy that could be used to build the Star-Sea Craft.
• Drones and combat robots attacked Lumine's Sword God with disruption rounds, but Li Qiuzhi turned it invisible and evaded their detection.
• Li Qiuzhi and the girls followed the robots through the alerted base, and Mona used divination to locate its strongest being.
• The group entered a control room and found a golden robot commander, which Li Qiuzhi identified as a remnant of Rubert’s Mechanical Empire.
• Li Qiuzhi used Psychic Tentacles to destroy the robots’ processors, disabling the commander and the other inorganic life-forms.

Li Qiuzhi and his companions cleared a Mechanical Empire logistics base, where they discovered a valuable Micro-Attractor Generator and a working energy-block production line. After returning to Sumeru City, Layla reached maximum Friendship with Li Qiuzhi, granting him the new ability Starlight's Blessing, whose effects he began to inspect.

• Li Qiuzhi used his summoned sword fighters to defeat the robots in the base and found its energy-block factory and warehouses still operating.
• Li Qiuzhi and his companions discovered a Micro-Attractor Generator, which could use gravity to move planets, and he decided to leave it intact for study.
• Li Qiuzhi took Mona, Layla, and Faruzan on a celestial observation journey before teleporting them back to Sumeru City.
• Nahida praised Faruzan and Layla as outstanding scholars, and Li Qiuzhi walked them home after they left the House of Daena.
• Layla thanked Li Qiuzhi and Mona at her residence, reached maximum Friendship with Li Qiuzhi, and granted him Starlight's Blessing.
• Mona began discussing star charts with Layla while Li Qiuzhi sat inside and opened the description of his new ability.

Li Qiuzhi tested his new Starlight's Blessing skill, then invited Layla to dinner in the Wonderland Space. While everyone welcomed Layla, Lumine told him that Marcel had been convicted for the disappearances and human experiments, and Li Qiuzhi turned to leveling up after Mona took Layla to study.

• Li Qiuzhi activated Starlight's Blessing and used it with Fischl's and Miko's affection skills to map the area and identify a Dendro Slime.
• Mona and Li Qiuzhi invited Layla to dinner, and he brought her to the Wonderland Space.
• Lumine told Li Qiuzhi that she, Paimon, Navia, and Chevreuse had traced the Serial Disappearances of Young Women Case to Marcel, who had experimented on women with Primordial Sea Water.
• Lumine explained that Marcel had been convicted and died at the Fountain of Lucine when the victims' collective will pulled out his soul.
• Li Qiuzhi and the other girls welcomed Layla at dinner, and Mona later took her to the laboratory to study the stars.
• Li Qiuzhi shifted his attention to Lumine's Sword God on Baihuang Star to earn the Experience Points he needed to level up.

Li Qiuzhi farmed Experience Points on Baihuang Star, then received the honorary title of prince from Furina in Fontaine. Afterward, Navia asked him and Lumine to help move Poisson and the Spina di Rosula headquarters aboveground.

• Li Qiuzhi knocked out more than a hundred Louyue Giant Beasts overnight, earned over sixteen million Experience Points, and leveled up to Lv117.
• Li Qiuzhi spent the late night cultivating with Amber and Kuki Shinobu, then traveled with Lumine and Paimon to visit Furina in Fontaine.
• Furina granted Li Qiuzhi the honorary title of Fontaine Prince, and Neuvillette drafted the official document announcing it.
• Li Qiuzhi checked his new title and discovered it increased Friendship with Fontaine residents and let him establish laws within a certain range.
• Navia asked Li Qiuzhi and Lumine to help move Poisson and the Spina di Rosula headquarters from their underground cavern to the surface, and they agreed to take a look.

Li Qiuzhi helped Navia by lifting the underground town of Poisson onto the surface, saving the residents the cost and effort of rebuilding their homes. Charlotte eagerly arranged to interview him as the townspeople celebrated and Navia and Chevreuse helped manage the crowd.

• Li Qiuzhi teleported Navia, Milles, Lumine, and Paimon to Poisson after Navia asked him to help with its rebuilding project.
• Li Qiuzhi suggested raising Poisson itself instead of constructing a new town, and Navia sent Milles and Silver to evacuate the workers.
• Charlotte arrived to report on Poisson's redevelopment, while Navia explained her plan to promote the town as a tourist destination.
• After the site was cleared, Li Qiuzhi used sword energy and enormous translucent tentacles to lift Poisson from underground and set it on nearby ground without damaging it.
• The townspeople applauded as Navia and Chevreuse helped keep order, and Charlotte excitedly secured an interview with Li Qiuzhi.

Li Qiuzhi helped Navia restore Poisson, then returned to the Wonderland Space and reached maximum Friendship with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, gaining the Lord of a Thousand Trees skill. He wondered whether the skill might let him connect to the Imaginary Tree, though he doubted his level was high enough.

• Li Qiuzhi used his powers with Lumine to lower Poisson into the construction site and repair the damage, completing the work in less than half a day.
• Navia insisted on paying for Li Qiuzhi’s help, so he agreed to accept Primogems collected by the Spina di Rosula in the future, and Navia’s Friendship toward him increased.
• Li Qiuzhi told Lumine and Paimon about the Mechanical Empire Logistics Base on the gas giant, then teleported alone to the Wonderland Space to share the discovery with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata agreed to explore the ancient ruin with the scholars, then became intimate with Li Qiuzhi and reached maximum Friendship with him.
• Li Qiuzhi gained the Lord of a Thousand Trees skill, which let him connect with plants to gain their characteristics, draw vitality, and distribute damage among them.
• Li Qiuzhi considered whether the Imaginary Tree counted as a plant he could connect with, but concluded that its level was likely beyond his and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata’s combined levels.

Li Qiuzhi gained Guizhong’s max-Level Friendship Skill, Return to Stardust, then traveled with Tingyun to the Xianzhou Luofu. Tingyun welcomed him home and invited him to stay so she could show him around, as their mutual interest grew.

• Li Qiuzhi called Guizhong to the library, and after she caught him with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, he persuaded her to cultivate with him.
• Guizhong’s Friendship reached its maximum, granting Li Qiuzhi Return to Stardust, a power that could destroy anything it struck and reduce it to nothingness.
• Li Qiuzhi took the scholars to study a Mechanical Empire logistics base while the Minghuo approached the Xianzhou Luofu.
• Tingyun told Li Qiuzhi that they had reached the Luofu and led him to the command room, where he saw the enormous ship and the Jade Gate.
• Tingyun invited Li Qiuzhi to stay on the Luofu for a few days, and his Character Panel showed her Friendship had reached Level 7.

Li Qiuzhi arrived at the Xianzhou Luofu with Tingyun and met Yukong at the Palace of Astrum. Yukong arranged to pay him for protecting the convoy and said she would apply for a long-term Xianzhou visa.

• Tingyun guided Li Qiuzhi through the Jade Gate and explained that visiting craft had to dock at the spaceport before passengers could travel by starskiff.
• Tingyun took Li Qiuzhi to the Palace of Astrum, where Yukong welcomed her back and thanked Li Qiuzhi for protecting the merchant convoy from Phantylia.
• Li Qiuzhi gave Yukong his text number so she could arrange his commission payment.
• Yukong offered to have Tingyun show Li Qiuzhi around and said she would apply for his long-term Xianzhou visa.