Chapter Summaries

Lingchen awoke in a frozen wasteland after transmigrating into the Honkai: Star Rail world and learned that his system granted character cards through story encounters. When Sam and the Stellaron Hunters arrived, Lingchen recognized them and said he meant them no harm.

• Lingchen realized he had transmigrated to a snowy wasteland and activated the Honkai: Star Rail Check-in and Lines System.
• The system explained that checking in before story characters granted temporary character cards whose power adapted to the situation and whose rewards improved when Lingchen acted in character.
• Lingchen learned that his body had gained special adaptability from passing through the Tree and the Sea, then saw a ball of fire falling toward him.
• Sam’s armor crashed down nearby, and Sam warned Lingchen to flee as bugs descended from the sky.
• Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Sam arrived on the destroyed planet, and Lingchen recognized the Stellaron Hunters.
• Kafka questioned Lingchen about his presence, and Lingchen said he meant them no harm; Sam’s scans detected no hostility or fear from him.

Lingchen offered to help the Stellaron Hunters reach the Stellaron in exchange for a fight, then used three character cards to gain Emanator-level authorities over death, life, fire, and domination. The chapter left the Hunters surprised by his power as Lingchen floated toward the Stellaron and insisted he could befriend them despite their crimes.

• Lingchen refused Silver Wolf's invitation to join the Stellaron Hunters and explained that he had transmigrated into this world.
• Kafka said the Hunters needed to reach the Stellaron before three mother bugs arrived, and Lingchen offered to help on the condition that they fight him afterward.
• Lingchen activated his Herrscher of Rebirth, Herrscher of Fire, and Herrscher of Domination character cards, gaining Emanator-level powers.
• Silver Wolf and Kafka reacted with surprise when Lingchen revealed his immense strength, while Sam also sensed his change.
• Lingchen told the Hunters he liked them and could be friends with anyone who was not evil toward him, then floated toward the Stellaron.

Lingchen and the Stellaron Hunters reached the Stellaron, where Aha appeared after Lingchen blamed the Aeon for a crude rumor and checked in for Herta’s character card. When Aha’s power threatened the group, Lingchen countered it with [Purification], and Aha offered him an Emanator-level [Elation] mask in exchange for seeing his other powers.

• Lingchen teased Silver Wolf, then traveled with Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Sam to the Stellaron and noticed their growing ease around him.
• Lingchen grabbed the mindless Stellaron and handed it to Kafka, while joking about what the Stellaron Hunters planned to do with it.
• Aha appeared as a mask avatar, and Lingchen successfully checked in to obtain the Herta Character Card and Herta’s knowledge.
• Lingchen rejected Aha’s offer to become his wife and said he preferred real women, pointing first to Silver Wolf and then to Sam as his favorite mecha.
• Aha’s laughter unleashed [Elation], but Lingchen used [Purification] to free the three women and ease Sam’s Entropy Syndrome symptoms.
• Aha offered Lingchen a mask containing Emanator-level [Elation] power in exchange for seeing his other abilities, and Lingchen agreed.

Lingchen used Emanator-level power to destroy the Swarm and Antimatter Legion, then received Aha’s Mask and its power of [Elation]. Afterward, Firefly asked to become friends, and Lingchen tried to get Silver Wolf’s phone so they could stay in contact.

• Lingchen controlled the Swarm and sent it against the revived Antimatter Legion as Aha watched.
• Lingchen burned away the battlefield with pure fire, destroying the Swarm and Voidrangers across a vast area.
• Aha gave Lingchen a Mask containing Emanator-level power of [Elation] and the authority to make falsehood truth and truth falsehood.
• Kafka congratulated Lingchen, and Silver Wolf learned that he possessed powers from multiple Paths.
• Firefly asked Lingchen to call her by her name and requested that they add each other as friends.
• Lingchen asked Silver Wolf for her phone, and she resisted while he insisted he wanted it because she had used it.

Lingchen gave Firefly, Silver Wolf, and Kafka gifts that concealed powers, then learned the Xianzhou Luofu was 4.7 million light-years away. On the Luofu, Jing Yuan received a report about an Emanator-level energy surge near the Balanza Forge.

• Lingchen gave Firefly a communication necklace that could also cure her Entropy Syndrome, and gave Silver Wolf a life-saving bracelet.
• Lingchen gave Kafka earrings that could restore her sense of fear, while Kafka and Silver Wolf offered to repay his gifts.
• Silver Wolf sent Lingchen coordinates and told him the Xianzhou Luofu was 4.7 million light-years away; she also mentioned the nearby Balanza Forge.
• Qingzu reported an Emanator-level Imaginary Energy surge to Jing Yuan, who noted that it had occurred near the Balanza Forge.

Jing Yuan learned that an unknown Emanator had destroyed the Antimatter Legion and went to investigate a mysterious newcomer in Aurum Alley. Lingchen ate his way through the Luofu district while using Silver Wolf’s Credits, and she grew flustered by his teasing as he waited for Jing Yuan to arrive.

• Qingzu reported that Fu Xuan had detected an unknown Emanator, Swarm traces, and the Antimatter Legion at a Stellaron-destroyed site, and Jing Yuan told her to inform the marshal.
• Qingzu relayed that an unregistered outworlder had appeared in Aurum Alley and was eating snacks, so Jing Yuan left her with the paperwork and went to see him.
• Lingchen used [Elation] to warp to Aurum Alley and paid for food with Silver Wolf’s Credits.
• Silver Wolf teased Lingchen over spending her money, and he replied that living off a genius hacker felt sweet, making her blush in front of Kafka and Firefly.
• Lingchen wandered through Aurum Alley, rejected several strange dishes, and settled at Du's Teahouse while expecting someone important to approach him.

Lingchen befriended Bailu and challenged her attendants when they tried to take her back, then Jing Yuan arrived and sent them away. Lingchen gained character cards for the Herrscher of Rebirth and Welt, while Jing Yuan moved to protect Bailu and establish Lingchen’s connection to her.

• Lingchen spotted Bailu fleeing her attendants and invited her to sit with him as her friend.
• Lingchen comforted Bailu, offered her pastries and milk tea, and told the attendants not to interrupt them.
• Lingchen learned that the maid was named Mingyue and warned her that the Vidyadhara would not offend him for her sake.
• Lingchen checked in before Bailu and Jing Yuan and received character cards for the Herrscher of Rebirth and Welt.
• Jing Yuan arrived, stopped Mingyue from speaking, and dismissed Bailu’s attendants, promising to ensure her safety.

Lingchen agreed to stay at Fu Xuan’s mansion while Jing Yuan observed him, then accompanied Jing Yuan to the Seat of Divine Foresight to meet her. Fu Xuan arrived demanding an explanation, while Lingchen had not yet met his new landlady.

• Jing Yuan offered Lingchen a temporary room at Fu Xuan’s mansion as a way to monitor him, and Lingchen accepted.
• Jing Yuan said he needed to register Lingchen’s arrival at the Seat of Divine Foresight, and Lingchen agreed to go with him.
• Lingchen obtained Bailu’s contact details, while Bailu stayed behind to finish the desserts.
• Jing Yuan introduced Lingchen to details about life on the Luofu as they talked at the Seat of Divine Foresight.
• Fu Xuan arrived and demanded that Jing Yuan explain who he had brought and why her divinations had been interrupted.

Jing Yuan arranged for the newly arrived Emanator Lingchen to stay at Fu Xuan’s residence, and Fu Xuan agreed after learning that neither she nor the Matrix of Prescience could observe him. Lingchen and Fu Xuan returned to her home, where she assigned him a room beside hers.

• Jing Yuan introduced Lingchen to Fu Xuan as a newly appeared Emanator of [Elation] and asked her to host him.
• Fu Xuan agreed to let Lingchen stay with her, and they went to buy his daily necessities.
• Fu Xuan asked why her third eye and the Matrix of Prescience could not observe Lingchen, and he suggested she might learn more now that they had formed a connection.
• Lingchen agreed to let Fu Xuan attempt a close-range divination after they returned home.
• Fu Xuan showed Lingchen around her residence and assigned him the room beside her own.

After moving into Fu Xuan’s residence, Lingchen proved impossible for her Divine Eye to divine, and he revealed that he came from another universe. Fu Xuan agreed to keep his origin secret, while Lingchen’s teasing and a candid photo began to loosen the formality between them.

• Fu Xuan and Lingchen settled into their neighboring rooms, and Lingchen assured her he would not enter the wrong house.
• Lingchen checked in before Fu Xuan and received an Otto Apocalypse character card.
• Fu Xuan pushed her Divine Eye to its limit but could not see Lingchen’s fate, so she asked if he came from another world.
• Lingchen confirmed he came from outside the universe, and Fu Xuan promised not to reveal his secret.
• Lingchen photographed Fu Xuan’s startled expression and set it as his home screen, prompting an argument that left them less formal with each other.

Lingchen used his power of [Purification] to ease Fu Xuan’s pain from the Divine Eye and revealed that he might eventually cure mara-struck illness. Fu Xuan agreed to keep his abilities secret, and Lingchen promised to treat her again in a month.

• Lingchen explained his comparison between the Medicine Buddha and Yaoshi, then showed Fu Xuan his power of [Purification].
• Fu Xuan mistook Lingchen’s life energy for [Abundance] before sensing that its aura was different and agreeing to trust him.
• Lingchen touched Fu Xuan’s Divine Eye and temporarily removed her pain and fatigue, though he also tried to take a photo of her reaction.
• Fu Xuan warned Lingchen that others might covet his abilities, and he explained that his healing was temporary but might one day cure mara-struck illness.
• Lingchen told Fu Xuan to keep his abilities secret and said he would treat her again when the purification’s effects wore off in a month.

Lingchen agreed to give Yanqing some guidance despite knowing little about swordsmanship, and told him to contact him to arrange a time. Yanqing left pleased with the offer, while Lingchen planned to use the opportunity to temper the young swordsman.

• Lingchen told Yanqing he knew no sword techniques and could only offer guidance in other areas.
• Yanqing insisted there must be something he could learn from Lingchen.
• Lingchen agreed to teach Yanqing when he had free time over the next few days.
• Lingchen told Yanqing to add his contact information and ask him when to come.

After Yanqing agreed to train under Lingchen, Lingchen received his first system settlement, gaining Emanator-level concepts and a scythe combat style. The next morning, he went for a walk and found Qingque playing mahjong with three Vidyadhara.

• Yanqing told Jing Yuan that Lingchen had agreed to teach him, and Jing Yuan urged him to learn diligently.
• Fu Xuan asked Lingchen if he was studying swordsmanship, and he said he might grasp it through spontaneous inspiration.
• Lingchen's automatic settlement granted him imaginary energy, several Emanator-level concepts, and the Herrscher of Rebirth's Scytheblade Combat Style.
• Lingchen collected the rewards and learned that the system had upgraded his first settlement as a beginner's gift pack.
• The next morning, Lingchen spotted Qingque playing mahjong with three Vidyadhara in the Central Starskiff Haven.

Lingchen joined Fu Xuan and Qingque on their way back to the Divination Commission, where Fu Xuan confronted Qingque about her habit of earning passing marks and assigned her to work by her side. The commission's diviners watched their arrival and speculated that Lingchen might be Fu Xuan's boyfriend.

• Fu Xuan arrived while Qingque was playing Imperial Jade and took her away from the crowd.
• Lingchen asked to accompany Fu Xuan and Qingque to the Divination Commission, and Fu Xuan agreed.
• Lingchen checked in with Qingque and received a Qingque character card.
• Fu Xuan questioned Qingque about her passing marks, then ordered her to help with work for the next few days and promised a promotion afterward.
• Fu Xuan brought Lingchen and Qingque into the Divination Commission, where the diviners wondered if Lingchen was Fu Xuan's boyfriend.

Lingchen became a familiar presence at the Divination Commission while his milk tea and closeness to Fu Xuan and Qingque fueled rumors. After Tingyun met him on Xuanye Avenue, the story looked back at Lingchen teaching Yanqing why battlefield swordsmanship must protect lives rather than preserve appearances.

• Over five months, Lingchen regularly brought Fu Xuan milk tea, and the Divination Commission spread rumors about his relationships with Fu Xuan and Qingque.
• Qingque became a Senior Diviner, while her mother encouraged her to pursue Lingchen and Qingque grew more attentive to him.
• Lingchen checked in with Xiyan, received Scott's character card, and dismantled it into a Blank Character Card because its concepts would bring him bad luck.
• Lingchen encountered Tingyun on Xuanye Avenue, teased her by calling her Duke Tingyun, and privately recalled events from three months earlier.
• Lingchen challenged Yanqing to consider why he wielded his sword and taught him that battlefield techniques should save Cloud Knights, even if they were not honorable.
• Yanqing accepted Lingchen's lesson and agreed to think about his reasons for fighting before beginning the next stage of training.

Lingchen learned that the Minghuo Merchant Group, led by Tingyun, was under attack by the Borisin and went to rescue them. He arrived as the Cloud Knights faced overwhelming odds, saved Tingyun’s group with his Emanator power, and checked in for a new character card.

• Jing Yuan told Lingchen that the Minghuo Merchant Group had encountered a Borisin fleet and that Cloud Knights had been dispatched as reinforcements.
• Lingchen said he would rescue the group after learning that Tingyun was its chief representative, and Jing Yuan gave him their location.
• Tingyun and the nearby civilization’s troops struggled against the Borisin until the Cloud Knights arrived, but additional Borisin fleets threatened to overwhelm them.
• Tingyun refused to abandon the Cloud Knights and escape when they ordered her to leave, and Lingchen arrived with a scythe attack that killed the Borisin nearby.
• Lingchen checked in before Tingyun and received the Phantom Night Star Abyss character card.

Lingchen saved Tingyun from the Borisin and later received a Herrscher of the Void character card after checking in with Yukong. Months later, he spent time with Tingyun and Fu Xuan, who told him she would return to the Jade Abacus Xianzhou to discuss him with her family.

• Lingchen told Tingyun he had come to save her specifically, then wiped out the Borisin reinforcements with Everlasting Blossoms.
• Tingyun returned to the Luofu with Lingchen, and he received the Herrscher of the Void character card for checking in with Yukong.
• Over the next five months, Lingchen regularly visited Yukong and grew closer to Tingyun and Fu Xuan.
• Fu Xuan joined Lingchen and Tingyun at the Sleepless Earl, and the two women competed for his attention.
• Fu Xuan told Lingchen she would return to the Jade Abacus Xianzhou because her family wanted to discuss him with her.

Lingchen stayed with Fu Xuan while reassuring her and Tingyun that his future home could accommodate them, then discussed the Xianzhou’s leadership and his relationships with the Stellaron Hunters over messages. Silver Wolf and Firefly reflected on their growing feelings for him, with Firefly deciding to message him after seeing his affectionate description.

• Fu Xuan said she was not ready to marry Lingchen before becoming a general, and Tingyun invited him to stay at her home.
• Lingchen chose to remain with Fu Xuan for the next two days and hinted that his future residence would have room for everyone.
• Lingchen told Silver Wolf that some Xianzhou officials resented him after he made several elders permanently mara-struck.
• Lingchen praised Firefly to Silver Wolf and said he wanted all his romantic interests, while Silver Wolf teased him about choosing a multiplayer dating sim.
• Silver Wolf showed Firefly Lingchen’s messages, and Firefly blushed before deciding to message him herself.

Lingchen gave Silver Wolf candies that could slow Firefly’s Entropy Syndrome, then confronted Fuli, who wanted to exchange for his memories. Lingchen refused and proposed an equivalent exchange, while Aha appeared and teased him with a new nickname.

• Lingchen sent Silver Wolf to collect candies for Firefly and explained that they could slow her Entropy Syndrome.
• Silver Wolf teased Lingchen about his feelings for Firefly and reflected on how much he and the Stellaron Hunters had grown close.
• Silver Wolf left after warning Lingchen to stay safe, and Lingchen challenged the revealed Fuli about watching him.
• Fuli asked for Lingchen’s memories, but Lingchen refused and offered to negotiate an equivalent exchange somewhere safe.
• Aha appeared beside Lingchen, complained about being rejected, and dubbed him Warp Trotter Hero.

Lingchen negotiated with Fuli, the Aeon of [Remembrance], and agreed to trade some of his memories for Emanator-level power and authority. The chapter ended with Lingchen preparing to receive Fuli’s blessing.

• Lingchen explained that Aha’s power belonged entirely to him and said Aha gained amusement from watching him use it.
• Fuli offered Lingchen Emanator-level power and authority of [Remembrance] in exchange for his memories.
• Lingchen checked in before Fuli and received the Feixiao Character Card.
• Lingchen offered information about his former world, including its history and theories of the [Tree] and the [Sea].
• Fuli promised that Lingchen’s Remembrance authority could grow with his own power, and Lingchen agreed to the trade.