Recaps

Lin Feng reassured Herta after she questioned his interest in her puppets, then left her to study the Simulated Universe. Elsewhere, Bronya awoke from a lonely dream about Herta, while Xiaohei and the Herta Puppets waited anxiously for Lin Feng to return.

• Lin Feng told Herta that his affection for her made him care about her puppets, and Herta reluctantly forgave his earlier rudeness.
• Lin Feng asked when Herta would return so he could farm affection points, but Herta refused and reminded him that they had broken up.
• After Lin Feng left, Herta chose to keep studying the Simulated Universe because she wanted to see Bronya again.
• Bronya awoke in Belobog from a dream of Herta and wondered whether they would meet again.
• Herta Puppets played cards and discussed waiting for Lin Feng, while Xiaohei worried because he had not returned from the Simulated Universe test.

Xiaohei gathered nearly twenty Herta Puppets with promises of grape lollipops and Lin Feng’s special treatment while he searched for enough simulation points to earn an S-rank evaluation. When Lin Feng returned to his Hibernation Pod, he found the puppets eagerly waiting to be treated.

• Xiaohei continued recruiting Herta Puppets, and Number 7 and Number 11 praised Lin Feng’s special treatment to the sisters.
• Several puppets worried that Herta might punish them for leaving their posts, but the group decided to stay and enjoy the gathering.
• The system warned Lin Feng that fourteen hours remained to earn simulation points, and that he needed 170 more to reach an S-rank evaluation.
• Lin Feng ruled out Herta and Himeko as ways to gain points and hurried back to his Hibernation Pod, hoping Xiaohei had recruited puppets.
• Lin Feng found the gathered Herta Puppets clamoring to receive his treatment, with several arguing over who should go first.

Lin Feng treated a queue of Herta Puppets to earn Path of Elation Simulation Points while Xiaohei kept order outside his room. Meanwhile, Herta struggled to contact Lin Feng, posted a private bedtime photo for him, then deleted it when he did not respond.

• Xiaohei lined up the Herta Puppets outside Lin Feng's room and offered them lollipops while they waited.
• Herta Puppet No. 18 received Lin Feng's treatment and left flushed, while her sisters waited eagerly for their turns.
• Lin Feng gained Path of Elation Simulation Points and hoped to reach 3,000 before dawn.
• Herta repeatedly drafted and deleted messages to Lin Feng, then posted a bedtime photo visible only to him.
• After Lin Feng gave no sign that he had seen her post, Herta deleted it in disappointment.

Unable to sleep, Herta remotely controlled a puppet to investigate why Herta Puppets were queuing outside Lin Feng’s room, then experienced his mysterious treatment herself. She ended the link shaken by how intense it felt and wondered whether the Stellaron explained Lin Feng’s effects.

• Herta missed using Lin Feng as a body pillow and, unable to sleep, decided to spy on him through a Herta Puppet.
• Herta discovered puppets queuing outside Lin Feng’s room and learned from Number 72 that they were waiting for his special treatment.
• Herta entered the queue as No. 56, met Xiaohei posing as Younger Sister No. 250, and went into Lin Feng’s room.
• Lin Feng treated Herta Puppet No. 56, leaving Herta flushed, dizzy, and stunned by the experience.
• Herta cut off her link, drank purified water, and wondered whether Lin Feng’s body and the Stellaron were responsible for the strange effects.

Herta secretly used her Herta Puppets to experience Lin Feng’s advances, but after No. 158 revealed her presence, Lin Feng recognized her acting and explained how well he knew her. Herta was touched by his affection and wished she had never lived in a world without him.

• After No. 56 left, Lin Feng received 20 Path of Elation Path Simulation Points and wondered why she earned a super multiplier.
• Herta gave in to temptation and sent more Herta Puppets to Lin Feng, while he received repeated 20-point rewards.
• Herta Puppet No. 158 murmured Herta’s name, revealing that Herta was controlling the encounters.
• Herta dropped her act when Lin Feng recognized her habits and explained that he could tell her apart because he knew her so well.
• Herta was moved by Lin Feng’s words and wished she had never lived in a world where she had not met him.

Lin Feng asked Herta to upgrade Xiaohei into a more advanced, humanlike Herta Puppet before he left Herta Space Station with the Astral Express. After Herta accepted and reluctantly saw him off, Lin Feng reached an S-Rank Evaluation and chose to keep his life as it was.

• Lin Feng asked Herta to grant his remaining wish by giving Xiaohei a complete overhaul with the latest technology.
• Herta agreed to upgrade Xiaohei and tried to persuade Lin Feng to stay on Herta Space Station instead of following the Astral Express.
• Lin Feng reassured Herta that he would keep in touch, and Herta withdrew her consciousness from the puppet.
• Lin Feng continued treating two Herta Puppets, and the system awarded him an S-Rank Evaluation with the option to save his record or change his Fate Track.
• Lin Feng decided to keep his simulated life and make no changes.

Lin Feng prepared to leave on the Astral Express, while Herta and Xiaohei struggled with his departure. He reassured Xiaohei that he would return and arranged for her upgrade at Herta Space Station, leaving her grateful and newly hopeful.

• Lin Feng decided he would remain on the Path of Elation and keep the people and bonds he had formed in this world.
• Herta lay awake thinking about Lin Feng leaving with the Astral Express and resolved to do something the next day.
• Xiaohei asked Lin Feng to take her with him, but he initially refused and she pleaded not to be forgotten.
• Lin Feng embraced Xiaohei, promised he would return soon, and told her he had arranged for Herta to upgrade her while she stayed at the Space Station.
• Xiaohei thanked Lin Feng, confessed her love, and kissed his cheek.

Lin Feng gently rejected Xiaohei’s romantic feelings, telling her he saw her as a daughter and hoped she would find her own path. He left for the Starrail Platform to meet the Astral Express Crew, who were waiting to depart with him.

• Xiaohei told Lin Feng that staying by his side made her happy and that he was irreplaceable to her.
• Lin Feng said he saw Xiaohei as a daughter and asked her to tell him her true dreams after gaining more experience.
• Xiaohei felt crushed by the daughter card and secretly resolved to break free of it.
• After receiving messages from March 7th, Lin Feng headed to the Starrail Platform without luggage.
• Himeko, March 7th, the Astral Express Crew, and Herta Space Station members waited for Lin Feng, while Himeko hoped he would join them.

March 7th and Himeko waited at the Starrail Platform while Asta and Arlan argued over her passkey and her secret financial support for Lin Feng. An army of Herta Puppets gathered to bid farewell to Lin Feng as he prepared to leave on the Astral Express.

• March 7th wondered whether Herta had an ambiguous relationship with Lin Feng, but Himeko dismissed the idea and said the Herta Puppets were honoring him for defending Herta Space Station.
• Asta demanded her passkey from Arlan so she could get money, but he refused until she explained why she needed it.
• Arlan guessed that Asta had given Lin Feng the billion Credits that had gone missing, and Asta flusteredly denied that they were lovers.
• Arlan persuaded Asta to keep the passkey by asking what she would do if Lin Feng were kidnapped and she had no ransom money.
• The Herta Puppets gathered at the Starrail Platform for a farewell ceremony and discussed Lin Feng's departure on the Astral Express.

Lin Feng boarded the Astral Express after bidding farewell to Asta and the people of Herta Space Station. He left with the Crew to travel the stars, while Asta accepted their long-distance separation and held on to his promise to return.

• The Herta Puppets prepared to carry out the Creator's mission as they gathered to see Lin Feng off.
• Lin Feng arrived at the Starrail Platform and was welcomed by the Astral Express Crew and 249 Herta Puppets.
• Arlan wished Lin Feng a safe journey and said he would follow his example to find his own path of protection.
• Asta urged Lin Feng to stay safe, remember to message her, and let her know if he needed Credits.
• Lin Feng hugged Asta, promised to return, and boarded the Astral Express after saying goodbye.
• Asta read Lin Feng's message quoting a poem she loved and smiled through her tears.

Before boarding the Astral Express, Lin Feng received a transforming star-silver weapon from Herta and a farewell song performed by all 249 Herta Puppets. He exchanged affectionate messages with Herta, then boarded the train to begin his journey.

• A Herta Puppet gave Lin Feng the Silver Demon, a star-silver weapon that could change into different forms.
• The puppet relayed Herta’s message that she hated farewells, then joined the other 248 Herta Puppets in singing for Lin Feng.
• Asta, Arlan, Himeko, and March 7th reacted to the heartfelt song and Herta’s thoughtful farewell.
• Lin Feng remembered sharing the song with Herta in Hare Sora City and messaged her to thank her and tell her he loved it.
• Lin Feng waved goodbye to everyone and boarded the Astral Express.

Lin Feng saved his S-rated Herta Space Station run and inherited its talents before starting the Jarilo-VI simulation. His first four attempts ended in failure, leaving him to face how powerful Cocolia had become.

• Lin Feng boarded the Astral Express, said goodbye to his friends on Herta Space Station, and chose to save the run.
• The system awarded Lin Feng an S-Rating and granted him Love Expert, Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, Bronze Skin and Iron Bones, and Super Holographic Image Creator.
• Lin Feng began the Jarilo-VI simulation and chose the Paths of Remembrance, the Hunt, Erudition, and Preservation in successive attempts.
• The Engine of Creation or Cocolia killed Lin Feng or his allies in every attempt, and he failed to earn even a B-Rank evaluation.
• Lin Feng concluded that Stellaron-powered Cocolia could break through his defenses and was far stronger than the Doomsday Beast.

After failing to defeat Stellaron-fused Cocolia, Lin Feng began another Path Simulation Life and chose Elation, hoping to gain a way to fight her. He drew an exceptionally strong set of talents and weighed which three to take before the simulation began.

• Lin Feng reflected that he lacked the strength to defeat Cocolia and continued to the next Path Simulation Life.
• Lin Feng selected the Path of Elation and received a luck-boosted draw of talents.
• Lin Feng drew the red talent They're All My Wings and learned that only specific characters in Path Life could qualify as wings; Herta qualified, but her puppets did not.
• Lin Feng considered the Love Light Cone Creator and Super Resurrection Coin alongside Huaqiang's Watermelon Knife, while rejecting weaker talents and struggling to choose his three picks.

Lin Feng began the Blizzard on Jarilo-VI simulation aboard the Astral Express and learned how his Love Light Cone Creator talent worked. He left more confident about growing strong enough to face Cocolia.

• Lin Feng examined the Astral Express and considered the dangers and 4,000-point requirement of the Jarilo-VI simulation.
• March 7th joined Lin Feng, and they teased each other while discussing who aboard the Express knew about their relationship.
• Lin Feng asked the system whether March 7th counted as one of his wings, and it confirmed that she qualified and was already bonded to him.
• The system explained that deep interaction with a girl created and enhanced her exclusive Love Light Cone, whose level-ups also gave Lin Feng strength and combat skill.
• Lin Feng decided the talent could help him grow stronger and felt more confident about turning the situation against Cocolia.

Lin Feng explored the Astral Express, arranged a secret late-night visit to March 7th’s room, and learned about the other passengers from Welt Yang. Welt’s account of Himeko left Lin Feng reflecting on her mysterious connection to his fragmented memories.

• Lin Feng asked March 7th to show him her room, and she arranged to meet him there late that night while warning him to watch out for Pom-Pom.
• Pom-Pom welcomed Lin Feng aboard as a crew member, asked him to share meals, and reminded him to follow the Express’s rules.
• Lin Feng visited Welt Yang and learned that March 7th had been found drifting in Six-Phased Ice and that Dan Heng had arrived on the Express after fleeing from the Xianzhou.
• Lin Feng asked Welt Yang about Himeko, and Welt described her passion, her bond with the Astral Express, and the dream guiding her life.

Lin Feng asked Welt Yang whether Himeko was single, then approached her on the Astral Express and formally greeted her. Himeko welcomed him aboard and shook his hand, though she quickly pulled away after noticing his gaze and feeling unsettled.

• Lin Feng asked Welt Yang whether Himeko was single, and Welt said he believed she was.
• Himeko overheard Lin Feng's question and wondered about his interest in her, recalling their complicated connection and their encounter in the hospital.
• Lin Feng approached Himeko at the window, and she asked why he was not spending his free time with March 7th.
• Lin Feng said March 7th was reading and introduced himself to Himeko, asking for her guidance.
• Himeko told Lin Feng to call her Big Sister Himeko and welcomed him aboard the Astral Express.
• Himeko shook Lin Feng's hand, then quickly withdrew it after noticing his gaze and feeling unsettled.

Lin Feng teased Himeko aboard the Astral Express and admitted he had secretly taken photos of her in her hospital room for Melon Farmer Pamela. Himeko was left shaken, unsure what Lin Feng intended to do with the pictures.

• Himeko considered why she enjoyed being close to Lin Feng and asked what he wanted to call her.
• Lin Feng called her “little Himeko,” and Himeko threatened to throw him off the Astral Express.
• Lin Feng claimed he was over two thousand years old, but Himeko dismissed his story.
• Lin Feng told Himeko that Melon Farmer Pamela had requested a high-definition photo of her smiling face.
• Lin Feng admitted he had secretly taken photos of Himeko in her hospital room, leaving her frightened about what he might do with them.

After Himeko discovered that Lin Feng had only taken harmless photos of her sleeping, he apologized and told her that she reminded him of a woman he had loved and searched for across the stars. Himeko believed he had spent millennia seeking Murata Himeko’s reincarnation, and his story left her emotions unsettled.

• Lin Feng showed Himeko photos of her sleeping, and she realized they were not the compromising pictures she had feared.
• Himeko accepted Lin Feng’s apology for taking the photos, though she asked him to stop calling her “little Himeko.”
• Lin Feng told Himeko that she resembled a woman he had loved but was not the same person.
• Himeko asked whether Lin Feng had been waiting for that woman for a long time, and he said he had searched across the Sea of Stars in vain.
• Himeko wondered whether she was Murata Himeko’s reincarnation and was moved by Lin Feng’s enduring devotion.

After Lin Feng left Himeko wondering whether she was the person he had truly been searching for, March 7th questioned him about their conversation. Lin Feng admitted that Himeko reminded him of someone from his past, and March 7th encouraged him to pursue her.

• Lin Feng left Himeko after suggesting that she reminded him of Murata Himeko, while Himeko wondered whether she was the person he was truly seeking.
• March 7th stopped Lin Feng and pressed him to explain what he and Himeko had discussed.
• Lin Feng told March 7th that Himeko resembled someone he used to know and that meeting her had brought back some of his missing memories.
• March 7th concluded that Lin Feng and Himeko shared an unusual connection and urged him to make the most of it.
• March 7th said she hoped Lin Feng could win Himeko over because she often seemed lonely.

Lin Feng postponed the Astral Express’s warp to Jarilo-VI and reflected on Himeko’s loneliness and March 7th’s missing memories. Later, March invited him to her room, where their private encounter unfolded as a fantasy battle between a hero and a fairy.

• March 7th told Lin Feng she believed Himeko had grown accustomed to loneliness and recalled Himeko saying she would smile when the journey ended.
• Lin Feng decided to delay anchoring to the Path of Elation, and he put off the warp when Pom-Pom asked if he was ready.
• Himeko agreed to postpone the warp until the next day, and Lin Feng later visited Dan Heng and saw his books and Data Bank.
• March 7th invited Lin Feng to her private room, explained that photographs helped her record experiences after losing her memories, and said she remembered him in her heart.
• Lin Feng entered March 7th’s imagined Dark Forest as a hero, defeated attacking slimes, and confronted the Entwined Fate Great Fairy with a series of powerful techniques.

Lin Feng created an exclusive Light Cone for March 7th after defeating the Entwined Fate Great Fairy in a vision of battle. March 7th absorbed the Light Cone and its memories of their time together, while Lin Feng received a boost to his strength.

• Lin Feng defeated the Entwined Fate Great Fairy and took March 7th’s pure soul in the dark forest vision.
• The system announced that Lin Feng had created March 7th’s exclusive Light Cone, Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw, which raised her combat power by 75% and granted him 20% of its effect.
• March 7th recognized the creation as a legendary Light Cone, and Lin Feng explained that he had made it for her.
• March 7th touched the Light Cone, which dissolved into starlight and merged into her body as memories of her time with Lin Feng surfaced.
• Lin Feng received warm energy and a physical strength increase after March 7th accepted the Light Cone’s blessing.

Lin Feng gave March 7th the exclusive love Light Cone [Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw], which moved her and greatly increased her strength. They began leveling it up together, while their nighttime role-playing disturbed Pom-Pom and Himeko.

• March 7th cried with joy after experiencing the memories in [Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw], and Lin Feng comforted her.
• March 7th discovered that the Light Cone had enhanced her physical abilities and control over Six-Phased Ice.
• Lin Feng claimed that love’s radiance had given March 7th her power, and she believed him.
• Lin Feng explained how they could enhance the Light Cone, and March 7th eagerly agreed to level it up.
• March 7th and Lin Feng acted out another battle between the Entwined Fate Great Fairy and the Holy Spear Hero, which Pom-Pom overheard and Himeko endured from the next room.
• Himeko fell asleep and dreamed that a man in a commander’s uniform carried her away after asking her to tutor him.

Himeko woke from a vivid dream in which she and Lin Feng acted out a Valkyrie-versus-Honkai-Beast battle, then tried to dismiss her feelings for him as dream nonsense. Elsewhere, Lin Feng defeated March 7th again, and their efforts raised her love Light Cone to LV4, boosting her strength by 100%.

• In her dream, Himeko played a Valkyrie fighting Lin Feng as a Honkai Beast and was pinned after her sword was knocked away.
• Himeko awoke embarrassed, blamed March 7th for her strange ideas, and wondered whether she had fallen for Lin Feng before dismissing the thought.
• Lin Feng defeated the Entwined Fate Great Fairy, March 7th, in their independent world.
• Lin Feng and March 7th raised the [Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw] Light Cone to LV4, bringing its strength boost to 100%.

Lin Feng flirted with Himeko in the Astral Express lounge, stirring her feelings while hinting that her stargazing reminded him of someone he had sought. As the Express prepared to jump, he found March 7th exhausted and declining her usual challenge.

• Lin Feng joined Himeko in the lounge and told her that watching her admire the stars was more beautiful than the scenery itself.
• Himeko questioned Lin Feng about his earlier claim that she was not the person he was looking for, and he said her stargazing had changed his mind.
• Himeko changed the subject and told Lin Feng the Astral Express would jump in ten minutes, advising him to sit somewhere comfortable.
• Lin Feng went to the red booth seating, where Pom-Pom offered March 7th orange juice and asked about her usual no-falling-over challenge.
• March 7th declined the challenge because she was tired, and Lin Feng found her embarrassed, exhausted appearance amusing.

The Astral Express reached frozen Jarilo-VI, where an abnormality caused by a Stellaron disrupted the route and extended the crew’s stop indefinitely. As Himeko and March 7th worried about the Stellaron inside Lin Feng, Welt Yang said removing it was nearly impossible and dangerously risky.

• The Astral Express warped to Jarilo-VI, and Himeko and March 7th saw that the planet was frozen and barren.
• Pom-Pom reported abnormal spatial readings, a Star Rail stability of 12%, and an indefinite extension to the train’s stop.
• Welt Yang identified a Stellaron as the cause of the anomaly and explained that it was the same substance housed inside Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng asked whether his Stellaron could explode, while privately considering its power and the risks it posed.
• Himeko and March 7th urged Welt Yang to help Lin Feng, and he warned that removing the Stellaron after it had merged with Lin Feng would be extremely risky.