Chapter Summaries

Li Qiuzhi spent two days searching the Sea of Quanta and reached level 160 after cultivating with Arlecchino. He chose the Trinity racial specialty and planned to visit Herta Space Station afterward.

• Li Qiuzhi found five World Bubbles, bringing his total to thirty and raising the Assembled Continent's population to two billion.
• Li Qiuzhi and Ningguang discussed trade and academic cooperation with Asta at Herta Space Station.
• Li Qiuzhi reached level 160 and received a choice of three racial specialties.
• Li Qiuzhi chose Trinity, which linked his consciousness, soul, and body so that any one unharmed aspect could restore the other two.
• Li Qiuzhi checked his Character Panel and planned to visit Herta Space Station after reaching level 160.

Li Qiuzhi arrived at Herta Space Station to take the Astral Express crew to Teyvat, opening a spatial rift to Guyun Stone Forest. Before they could depart, an Antimatter Legion invasion warning interrupted them, leaving the group facing an imminent threat to the station.

• Li Qiuzhi boarded the Astral Express, where Himeko introduced him to the others and Pom-Pom welcomed him as a passenger and crew member.
• Li Qiuzhi explained that he would open a spatial rift for the train to travel to Teyvat, and Pom-Pom prepared the Express to depart.
• Li Qiuzhi opened a rift between the station and Guyun Stone Forest, and March 7th and Welt agreed to go through with him.
• A station-wide alert reported that the Antimatter Legion was approaching Herta Space Station, prompting personnel to flee toward the Outer Space Elevator.
• Li Qiuzhi and the others paused before entering the rift as March 7th worried the station had misread its fluctuations, and Li Qiuzhi used his psychic power to investigate.

Li Qiuzhi detected the Antimatter Legion attacking Herta Space Station and used his psychic power to destroy waves of invading Voidrangers. After Asta asked him to intercept approaching Doomsday Beasts, he put the group's plans to visit Teyvat on hold and set out to defend the station.

• Li Qiuzhi identified the Antimatter Legion's warships and Doomsday Beasts as they approached the Space Station.
• The station and Blue's Planetary Defense System launched attacks, but the Legion's shields blocked the lasers.
• Voidrangers teleported into the Space Station, and Li Qiuzhi crushed two waves of them, gaining millions of Experience Points each time.
• Himeko, Dan Heng, Welt, March 7th, and the others prepared to escort people to the Master Control Zone for shelter.
• Asta asked Li Qiuzhi to intercept the Doomsday Beasts, which were dodging attacks and rapidly approaching the station.
• Li Qiuzhi told Himeko and the others that he had to defend the Space Station, postponing their plans to visit Teyvat.

Kafka and Silver Wolf infiltrated Herta Space Station to steal the Stellaron, using Silver Wolf’s Ether Editing and hacking to overcome Voidrangers and security. They reached Herta’s Collection Room, where Li Qiuzhi noticed their presence through his psychic power.

• Kafka and Silver Wolf arrived in the Storage Zone and found Voidrangers that had been killed without visible injuries.
• Silver Wolf used Ether Editing to eliminate the Voidrangers that surrounded them, while Kafka wondered who could have defeated the others.
• Silver Wolf explained that they had to walk to the Stellaron because the Collection Room’s security systems made teleportation difficult.
• Kafka shot the Voidrangers blocking their path, and Silver Wolf hacked open the Collection Room door.
• Kafka and Silver Wolf spotted the Stellaron among the displayed curios, while Li Qiuzhi sensed them inside the room.

Li Qiuzhi caught Kafka and Silver Wolf after they implanted a Stellaron in the sleeping gray-haired girl and tried to escape Herta Space Station. He subdued the Stellaron Hunters, placed Command Spells on all three, and went to explain the situation to Asta and the others.

• Kafka implanted the golden Stellaron in the sleeping gray-haired girl, and Li Qiuzhi appeared to arrest her and Silver Wolf.
• Silver Wolf identified Li Qiuzhi as a powerful Security Consultant and warned Kafka that he might be the unknown danger from Elio's script.
• Kafka and Silver Wolf tried to teleport away, but Li Qiuzhi's Void Sea of Stars returned them to their original positions.
• Kafka used Spirit Whisper on Li Qiuzhi, but her attack failed, and he knocked both hunters unconscious with psychic power.
• Li Qiuzhi placed Command Spells on Kafka, Silver Wolf, and the gray-haired girl, then confirmed the Space Station was safe and teleported to the Master Control Zone.

Li Qiuzhi defeated the Antimatter Legion and helped Herta Space Station recover, earning increased friendship from Asta and the Astral Express crew. After returning to Teyvat with them and introducing them to Ningguang, he sensed that Kafka and Silver Wolf had awakened and went back to the Void Sea of Stars.

• Asta told Himeko and the Astral Express crew that Li Qiuzhi had apparently taken the Antimatter Legion away, and Welt explained that powerful beings could draw on abilities beyond the Paths.
• Li Qiuzhi returned and confirmed that he had destroyed the Antimatter Legion, prompting Asta, March 7th, and Himeko to gain friendship with him.
• Li Qiuzhi told Asta and the others that Kafka and Silver Wolf had tried to steal Herta's Stellaron and fused it into a gray-haired girl; Asta proposed waiting for Herta to decide what to do about the girl.
• Asta announced that the crisis was over, and Li Qiuzhi led the Astral Express crew through the Void Sea of Stars to Teyvat.
• Li Qiuzhi brought the crew to the Jade Chamber, introduced them to Ningguang, and had Baiwen, Baixiao, and Baishi explain Teyvat to them.
• Li Qiuzhi sensed that Kafka and Silver Wolf had awakened and returned to the Void Sea of Stars.

Li Qiuzhi used his Command Spell to control Kafka and Silver Wolf, then discovered the waking gray-haired girl could potentially follow multiple Paths. The girl recognized Kafka but did not know who she was, leaving Li Qiuzhi to ask Kafka and Silver Wolf to explain.

• Li Qiuzhi told Kafka and Silver Wolf that they had to work for him because he had captured them.
• He used his Command Spell to make Silver Wolf and Kafka approach him and let him pinch their cheeks.
• Li Qiuzhi inspected the waking gray-haired girl and learned she had the potential to become a multi-Path Pathstrider.
• The gray-haired girl woke in Li Qiuzhi's portable space and asked who she and Li Qiuzhi were.
• Li Qiuzhi asked Kafka and Silver Wolf to explain the girl's identity, and she instinctively recognized Kafka.

Li Qiuzhi learned more about Stelle’s origins and her possible role in a future confrontation with Nanook, then brought her to stay at his home in the Wonderland Space. He left Kafka and Silver Wolf in the Void Sea of Stars and introduced Stelle to Lumine, Fischl, and Paimon.

• Kafka explained that Elio’s prophecy linked Stelle to a future crisis involving Nanook, and that Stelle was a vessel made to merge with a Stellaron whose memories had been sealed.
• Stelle remained unsure whether she wanted her memories restored, so Li Qiuzhi told her she could decide later and offered his support.
• Li Qiuzhi opened a Spatial Rift and took Stelle away, leaving Kafka and Silver Wolf in the Void Sea of Stars while he considered how to use them and the other Stellaron Hunters.
• Li Qiuzhi brought Stelle to his home in the Wonderland Space and offered her a room, where she could stay as long as she wanted.
• Li Qiuzhi noticed Stelle’s interest in a fighting game and brought her to join Lumine, Fischl, and Paimon, then introduced them.

Li Qiuzhi continued expanding the Assembled Continent and spending time with Stelle while testing Herta’s Simulated Universe. After reaching level 170, he gained the chance to choose a Racial Specialty and rejected Philosophical Fetus, which would eventually make him an Aeon.

• Li Qiuzhi found and fused two more World Bubbles, including a peaceful modern city that restored his Cultivation Progress gain to thirty thousand points per second.
• Li Qiuzhi welcomed Stelle into Wonderland Space, gave her the Beacon and other Friendship Skills, and raised her Friendship Level to six.
• Li Qiuzhi declined Herta’s request to study Stelle, but he and Stelle accepted Herta’s invitation to test the upgraded Simulated Universe.
• Over the next several days, Li Qiuzhi found enough World Bubbles to bring his total to thirty-six and farmed Experience Points in the Simulated Universe.
• Li Qiuzhi spent Experience Points to reach level 170 and chose not to take the Philosophical Fetus specialty because he did not want a Path to restrict him.

Li Qiuzhi chose Human Transmutation as his new racial specialty, then visited Herta’s Collection Room with Stelle to exchange their Herta Bonds for Curios. After helping Stelle redeem a black bat, he considered spending his remaining bonds on the Phase Spirit Fire.

• Li Qiuzhi chose Human Transmutation, which began drawing in natural forces to temper his body and improve his strength over time.
• Li Qiuzhi checked his Character Panel and saw that reaching the next level required eight billion cultivation progress.
• Li Qiuzhi and Stelle went to Herta’s Collection Room to exchange their Herta Bonds for Curios.
• Stelle chose a black bat Curio that cost eight bonds, and Li Qiuzhi covered the four-bond difference for her.
• Li Qiuzhi browsed Curios available for his remaining four bonds and stopped at the Phase Spirit Fire.

Li Qiuzhi took Siskal’s Phase Spirit Fire relic from Herta and used it to summon her soul from the past. As Siskal’s soul traveled to the present, legends of her life began forming a stable spiritual body, and Herta prepared to invite her into the Simulated Universe research project.

• Li Qiuzhi explained that he wanted Siskal’s Phase Spirit Fire because it could serve as a relic for summoning her soul.
• Herta gave Li Qiuzhi the Phase Spirit Fire and questioned whether he could truly bring Siskal back.
• Li Qiuzhi clarified that his ability summoned a soul from the past rather than resurrecting someone in the usual sense.
• Herta became curious about Li Qiuzhi’s power and proposed inviting Siskal to help research the Simulated Universe.
• Li Qiuzhi activated Heroic Spirit Affinity, using the Phase Spirit Fire to draw Siskal’s soul from the moment after her death.
• Legends of Siskal gathered around her soul during its journey, stabilizing it and shaping a spiritual body.

Li Qiuzhi summoned Siskal, who agreed to join Herta’s Simulated Universe research, then returned to Wonderland Space with Stelle and examined the new traits gained from the Bat and Phase Spirit Fire. He later went through Celestia’s stone gate to investigate the world beyond Teyvat’s False Sky, arriving on a path beneath a starry darkness.

• Li Qiuzhi summoned Siskal, and she discussed her unfinished experiments before agreeing to work with Herta on the Simulated Universe.
• Li Qiuzhi and Stelle returned to Wonderland Space, where the Bat and Phase Spirit Fire expanded the space and granted it the Sturdiness and Heartfire traits.
• Li Qiuzhi tested Heartfire and found that enduring its burning sensation could temper his mind and will without injuring him.
• Li Qiuzhi decided to investigate the Abyss beyond Teyvat before helping the Astral Express connect the planet to interstellar civilization.
• Li Qiuzhi had the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles open Celestia’s stone gate, then passed through it and emerged on a stone path beneath a starry sky.

Li Qiuzhi discovered that the Abyss was a civilization and moved its entire space into a world bubble, resolving Teyvat’s long-standing crisis without destroying its inhabitants. He then joined the Astral Express as it departed Teyvat to trailblaze the surrounding galaxy.

• Li Qiuzhi probed the Abyss, found its inhabitants and civilization, and decided not to destroy the space because it might contain innocents.
• Li Qiuzhi enveloped the Abyss in the Void Sea of Stars, relocated it into the world bubble containing the Assembled Continent, and moved some Evil Moons there.
• Li Qiuzhi informed Heavenly Principles and the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles that the Abyss had been dealt with, and both gained affection for him.
• Li Qiuzhi told Himeko that the Astral Express could begin trailblazing Teyvat’s galaxy, and she scheduled their departure for two days later.
• Heavenly Principles removed the False Sky, and Li Qiuzhi met the Astral Express crew aboard the train as Pom-Pom gave them reminders.
• The Astral Express departed Teyvat and reappeared at the edge of its galaxy.

The Astral Express returned from Teyvat to Herta Space Station, and Stelle joined the crew. Li Qiuzhi then visited the captive Kafka and Silver Wolf to explain what he planned to do with them.

• Himeko explained that the Express could return to places it had visited and said it was heading back to Herta Space Station.
• The Express warped back to the galaxy where Blue was located, and Li Qiuzhi teleported it into the Space Station.
• The crew agreed to leave for a planet in one week, and Li Qiuzhi introduced Stelle, who decided to join the Astral Express.
• March 7th welcomed Stelle and showed her around the Express before the crew held a welcome party.
• Li Qiuzhi visited Kafka and Silver Wolf in the Void Sea of Stars, where Silver Wolf complained about being imprisoned and Kafka asked him to explain his plan.

Li Qiuzhi bound Kafka and Silver Wolf with Beacons and ordered them to return to the Stellaron Hunters and alert him when they met Elio. He then overrode their resistance and began punishing them while claiming he would raise their strength, leaving both prisoners under his control.

• Li Qiuzhi gave Kafka and Silver Wolf Beacons that allowed instant contact and teleportation, binding them to him.
• Li Qiuzhi told Silver Wolf to return to the Stellaron Hunters and notify him if she saw Elio, intending to control the other Hunters as well.
• Kafka agreed to help Li Qiuzhi if he would not harm her companions, while Silver Wolf refused.
• Li Qiuzhi used his control over their bodies to kiss Silver Wolf and make Kafka undress and sit on the sofa.
• Li Qiuzhi brought Kafka and Silver Wolf to the sofa and began touching them as he said he would raise their strength.

Li Qiuzhi finished cultivating with Kafka and Silver Wolf, then returned to the Herta Space Station to test the Simulated Universe and meet Ruan Mei. Ruan Mei asked him to test a life-form she had cultivated as an Emanator Mimic.

• Li Qiuzhi brought Kafka and Silver Wolf to the Wonderland Space, introduced them to the others, and later sent them back to the Herta Space Station to carry out their plan.
• Before Kafka and Silver Wolf left, Li Qiuzhi gave them Friendship skills to help them avoid being discovered and subdued by their leader.
• Li Qiuzhi tested the Simulated Universe in Herta's Office, earning enough Experience Points to bring his total to three hundred million.
• After the test, Ruan Mei privately asked Li Qiuzhi to help assess the strength of an Emanator Mimic she had cultivated using her research on the All-Devouring Narwhal.

Li Qiuzhi accompanied Ruan Mei into the Seclusion Zone to inspect the Swarm Emanator Mimic she had cultivated. They found the level 153 Starcrusher Swarm King, Skara-Kabaz, whose power and dangerous origins left Li Qiuzhi impressed.

• Ruan Mei and Li Qiuzhi entered the Seclusion Zone before Herta could learn about the experiment.
• Two small creatures Ruan Mei had cultivated followed them until she told them to stay behind because the path ahead was dangerous.
• Ruan Mei explained that she had cultivated countless forms of life and could not always look after them.
• Ruan Mei and Li Qiuzhi passed an identity check and entered the chamber containing the Swarm Emanator Mimic.
• Li Qiuzhi used his Golden Eye of Conviction and Miko's affection skill to identify Skara-Kabaz as a level 153 replica with thirty percent of the original's power.

Li Qiuzhi helped Ruan Mei study a synthetic Starcrusher Swarm King by holding it at bay until its ten-minute lifespan ended. Ruan Mei was satisfied with the results, offered him her help, and then asked her new friend to assist with more experiments.

• Ruan Mei explained that the synthetic Starcrusher Swarm King could survive for only ten minutes without consuming planets, and asked Li Qiuzhi to fight it when it awakened.
• The Starcrusher Swarm King broke out of its chamber and attacked, but Li Qiuzhi manipulated the distance between them and prevented its strikes from reaching him.
• Ruan Mei recorded the Swarm King's vital changes as it tried various attacks, then watched it disintegrate when its lifespan ran out.
• Ruan Mei said Li Qiuzhi's help exceeded her expectations and offered to assist him in return; she and Li Qiuzhi agreed to call each other by name.
• Ruan Mei called Li Qiuzhi her friend and asked him to help with several more things.

Li Qiuzhi agreed to let Ruan Mei study his blood and examine him under strict conditions, then returned to Wonderland Space and began a relationship with the Goddess of Flowers. Her Friendship Level reached its maximum, granting Li Qiuzhi the new ability Boundless Fragrant Sea of Flowers.

• Li Qiuzhi agreed to provide Ruan Mei with blood and a physical examination, provided she used a space and equipment he approved and did not cultivate life-forms from his blood.
• Li Qiuzhi returned to Wonderland Space, where the Goddess of Flowers questioned him about the unfamiliar girl's scent and learned about his work at Herta Space Station.
• Li Qiuzhi and the Goddess of Flowers became lovers, and her Friendship Level rose to Lv.9.
• Li Qiuzhi bestowed Friendship skills on the Goddess of Flowers, bringing her Friendship Level to Lv.10.
• Li Qiuzhi obtained Boundless Fragrant Sea of Flowers, an ability that produced an affection-inducing fragrance and a beneficial, intoxicating floral domain.

Li Qiuzhi discovered that the Goddess of Flowers' Friendship Skill could steadily increase the affection of nearby women who smelled his floral fragrance. He traveled to Fontaine to spend time with Furina and Clorinde, and learned they were heading to the opening of the Teyvat Fashion Design Competition.

• Li Qiuzhi examined the Goddess of Flowers' Friendship Skill and found that its faint fragrance could continuously increase nearby women's Friendship toward him.
• After lunch, Li Qiuzhi planned to raise Furina's and Clorinde's Friendship, then contacted Furina and teleported to her.
• Li Qiuzhi found Furina and Clorinde walking beneath a parasol in the afternoon sun and asked why they were out.
• Clorinde explained that Furina had been invited to the opening ceremony of the Teyvat Fashion Design Competition at the Opera Epiclese.