Recaps

Lin Feng pretended to be offended by Himeko’s joke and shut himself away, hoping to make her seek him out. Himeko tried repeatedly to contact him, but he rejected every friend request, leaving her flustered and unable to reach him.

• Himeko joked that Lin Feng might damage the Astral Express, and Lin Feng acted hurt before walking away.
• Welt Yang encouraged Himeko to explain herself to Lin Feng and clear up the misunderstanding.
• Lin Feng returned to his room and deliberately rejected Himeko’s friend request to create an opportunity for her to pursue him.
• Himeko sent several apologies and offers through friend requests, but Lin Feng rejected each one.
• Himeko grew anxious and preoccupied with Lin Feng after his repeated rejections.

Himeko reflected on her feelings for Lin Feng and decided to face them instead of continuing to avoid him. After repeated rejected friend requests, she invited him to her room to talk, and he finally accepted her request.

• Himeko offered Lin Feng several valuable gifts, but he declined each friend request she sent.
• Himeko wondered whether Lin Feng's anger meant he cared for her and recalled their past encounters and his role in saving her.
• Himeko concluded that Trailblazing meant facing her feelings and decided to repay Lin Feng's kindness.
• Himeko invited Lin Feng to her room for a proper talk and warned him not to reject her request again.
• Lin Feng accepted Himeko's friend request about two minutes later, leaving her hopeful and expectant.

Himeko invited Lin Feng to her room for a private late-night meeting, feeling flustered about being alone with him while intending to discuss his experience as a Trailblazer. Over coffee, she noticed his lingering gaze and realized she had some appeal to him.

• Himeko added Lin Feng as a friend and invited him to her room to discuss private matters.
• Himeko put the Jarilo-VI journey on hold and planned to have Lin Feng gain firsthand Trailblazing experience.
• Himeko welcomed Lin Feng to her room aboard the Astral Express and prepared him handmade coffee.
• Lin Feng admired Himeko's appearance while they drank coffee together.
• Himeko noticed Lin Feng staring at her, adjusted her dress, and concluded that her appearance stirred desire in him.

Himeko invited Lin Feng to speak with him, but his romantic flattery and shameless jokes turned their conversation into flirtation. She reassured him that she accepted him as a Stellaron Vessel and believed he could become a passenger aboard the Astral Express.

• Lin Feng told Himeko that her beauty would remain in his memories, and his sincere-sounding words made her heart race.
• Himeko asked whether Lin Feng knew why she had invited him, and he guessed that she wanted to watch the stars together.
• Lin Feng joked about watching the stars under the covers, embarrassing Himeko, then claimed he was tired and would behave like a gentleman.
• Himeko called Lin Feng shameless, and he said he would not let concerns about his reputation stop him from pursuing his ideals.
• Himeko told Lin Feng that she did not mind his being a Stellaron Vessel and acknowledged him as qualified to become a passenger aboard the Astral Express.

Lin Feng convinced Himeko to face her feelings for him, then began telling her a story whose characters mirrored them. Himeko recognized the resemblance but remained uncertain as their relationship grew more intimate.

• Himeko apologized for her earlier behavior, and Lin Feng admitted he had refused her explanations so they could be alone together.
• Himeko accused Lin Feng of toying with her feelings, while he suggested that her anger and worry showed she cared for him.
• Himeko insisted she only cared because Lin Feng had saved her, and he offered to tell her a story.
• Lin Feng described a handsome baseball-playing boy and a red-haired girl living in an era of space exploration, and Himeko asked what their names were.
• Lin Feng named the story’s leads Lin Feng and Himeko, prompting her to accuse him of taking liberties with her.

Lin Feng told Himeko a love story about two high school sweethearts whose shared passion for interstellar aerospace propulsion led them into a life together. When Himeko was chosen to pilot a Trailblazer Mech for humanity’s exploration fleet, Lin Feng urged her to pursue her dream and promised to wait for her return.

• Lin Feng described how he and Himeko met over a book in their high school library and spent the seasons together without ever letting go of each other’s hands.
• He explained that after high school, Himeko studied interstellar aerospace propulsion while Lin Feng enrolled in history and literature at the same university.
• Lin Feng said humanity used Curvature Drive Engine technology from ancient alien ruins to explore beyond its home star system, but an alien civilization wiped out the first exploration fleet.
• The Human Federation regrouped and sent an escort fleet with Trailblazer Mechs, which only girls who passed compatibility screening could pilot.
• Himeko was selected as a Trailblazer Mech pilot and considered fleeing with Lin Feng, but he reminded her that exploring the stars had always been her wish.
• Lin Feng told Himeko to keep moving forward and promised he would wait for her return, no matter how much time or distance separated them.

Lin Feng told Himeko how the lovers were separated by war and the vast distances of space, leaving Himeko deeply moved and hoping they could meet again. He ended with their future uncertain, as messages between them would take 8.6 years to arrive.

• Lin Feng continued his story, explaining that Himeko contacted him months after their parting and promised to return after exploring the extrasolar ruins.
• A year later, Himeko messaged Lin Feng that an alien attack had destroyed much of her fleet and killed many companions.
• Himeko told Lin Feng her fleet was fleeing to the Sirius Sector, where messages between them would take 8.6 years, and begged him to forget her and find happiness.
• Lin Feng described how the lovers remained separated by the immense distance, while Himeko asked whether they could ever meet again.

Lin Feng’s story revealed that Himeko had sacrificed herself to save the fleet and vanished into the Sea of Stars, leaving Lin Feng devastated years later. The story deeply affected Himeko, who took Lin Feng’s hand and asked him to continue.

• Lin Feng’s tale described how he joined the United Cosmic Fleet to follow Himeko’s path and search for signs of her past.
• Lin Feng learned that Himeko had ignited her Fusion Reactor to destroy the alien fleet’s pursuit, after which her mech fell into the Sea of Stars and the mothership lost contact.
• Eight years later, Lin Feng watched the snowstorm and broke down in tears, believing his plans and future had lost their meaning.
• Himeko wept as she imagined the loneliness of her story’s namesake and felt that she would never forget the tale.
• Lin Feng asked whether Himeko wanted to hear the rest, and she took his hand and agreed to continue listening.

After hearing Lin Feng’s tragic story about two lovers separated by the Sea of Stars, Himeko asked whether its protagonist found her. Lin Feng said his journey was not over, leading Himeko to suspect that the story’s protagonists were herself and Lin Feng.

• Lin Feng read Himeko a story in which a message from the lost Himeko reached Lin Feng after years of waiting, and Lin Feng vowed to search the Sea of Stars for her.
• Himeko cried over the story and asked Lin Feng whether its protagonist had found Himeko.
• Lin Feng said that Lin Feng’s journey was not over yet.
• Himeko connected the story’s descriptions of Lin Feng and Himeko to herself and Lin Feng, and suspected they were its protagonists.

Himeko imagined that Lin Feng had spent three lifetimes searching for her and, overwhelmed by love and guilt, confronted him as he tried to leave. The chapter ended with Himeko embracing Lin Feng and declaring that she would give up the Astral Express and the Path of Trailblaze rather than lose him again.

• Himeko connected Lin Feng’s stories and his age to a supposed love spanning three lifetimes, imagining that he had searched for her across different worlds.
• Lin Feng told Himeko the bedtime story was over and said he would leave for Jarilo-VI to resolve the Stellaron crisis and repair the broken Star Rail.
• Himeko blocked Lin Feng from leaving and accused him of hiding that she was the lover he had searched for.
• Lin Feng insisted that the story was only a story and said he would not let love hinder Himeko’s journey through the Sea of Stars.
• Himeko hugged Lin Feng and said she would give up the Path of Trailblaze and the Astral Express rather than let him leave her again.

Himeko admitted that she was the lover Lin Feng had searched for and begged him not to leave again, then kissed him passionately. Afterward, she asked how she compared with March 7th, and Lin Feng's teasing touch left her embarrassed.

• Himeko embraced Lin Feng, told him she remembered their past, and asked him not to leave her again.
• Lin Feng comforted Himeko and resolved to change the fate he feared awaited her.
• Himeko locked the door and kissed Lin Feng passionately.
• Himeko asked Lin Feng how she compared with March 7th, and he teased her by pointing out her figure.
• Himeko blushed and called Lin Feng a pervert when he touched her chest.

Himeko and Lin Feng shared an intimate reunion aboard the Astral Express, and Lin Feng revealed that he had crossed more than two thousand years with Aha’s blessing to find her. Himeko accepted his past with March 7th and Herta, and the chapter ended with her too exhausted to continue their journey together that night.

• Himeko asked Lin Feng whether he and the Himeko from his distant story had been together, then invited him to watch the stars with her.
• After their intimate night, Himeko asked Lin Feng about the Path of Trailblaze, and he revealed that he followed the Path of Elation.
• Lin Feng explained that Aha’s blessing had let him survive and cross the years to reach Himeko, in exchange for bringing Aha the colors of elation.
• Himeko understood that Lin Feng had accepted the price out of love for her and offered to share whatever hardship came with it.
• Himeko learned that March 7th and Herta had also traveled with Lin Feng as Navigators, and she felt jealous of Herta’s experience.
• Lin Feng suggested Himeko could surpass Herta, but Himeko was too exhausted to continue their journey that night.

After their intimate night together, Himeko confessed that she had already cared for Lin Feng and had known about his visit to her hospital room. Lin Feng apologized, and the two acknowledged their love as Himeko joked about taking their unlicensed Starry Sky cab out again.

• Himeko was too exhausted to continue their journey through the starry vortex, and Lin Feng's consciousness returned to his body in her bed.
• Himeko told Lin Feng she had awakened in the hospital room that night, knew he had secretly visited, and had distanced herself despite already having feelings for him.
• Lin Feng apologized for sneaking into her room and offered to delete the photos, but Himeko told him to keep them and asked him not to call her little Himeko.
• Himeko suggested Lin Feng call her his wife, and he did, telling her sincerely that he liked her.
• Himeko teased Lin Feng about whether he said the same things to March 7th, Asta, and Herta, then asked if they would take the unlicensed Starry Sky cab out again.

Lin Feng and Himeko spent the night together aboard the Astral Express, earning him Path of Elation points and making Himeko one of his wings. The chapter ended with Lin Feng creating Himeko’s exclusive Light Cone.

• Lin Feng and Himeko began an intimate night together in Himeko’s room aboard the Astral Express.
• Pom-Pom heard noises from Himeko’s room and assumed she was working hard to drive the train.
• March 7th overheard Himeko and Lin Feng through the cabin wall and compared Himeko’s stamina to her own.
• Lin Feng received 400 Path of Elation points and learned that Himeko had become his wing.
• Lin Feng created Himeko’s exclusive Light Cone, which depicted her at the train’s controls beneath the stars.

Lin Feng created the exclusive Light Cone of Love [Night on the Milky Way] for Himeko, and she merged with it, gaining a tremendous increase in strength. Himeko understood the Light Cone’s power and resolved to use her enhanced strength to better protect the Astral Express.

• Lin Feng discovered that [Night on the Milky Way] had reached level five and attributed its strength to his intense connection with Himeko.
• Himeko saw the Light Cone’s revealing image and asked Lin Feng about the unusual item.
• Lin Feng explained that he had crafted the exclusive Light Cone for her and urged her to touch it.
• Himeko touched [Night on the Milky Way], which merged into her body and brought back memories of her relationship with Lin Feng.
• Himeko realized the Light Cone increased her overall strength by 125% and recognized that it could help her protect the Astral Express.

Himeko arranged to join the Astral Express’s expedition to Jarilo-VI, keeping Lin Feng by her side as her assistant while Welt Yang stayed aboard to guard against the Antimatter Legion. March 7th welcomed the plan, while Welt began to suspect Himeko’s real reason for going.

• Himeko thanked Lin Feng for her exclusive Love Light Cone and asked how to level it up, and he told her that intimate interactions would strengthen it.
• After Himeko and Lin Feng rested, Himeko summoned the Astral Express crew and announced that she would join the expedition to resolve the Stellaron problem on Jarilo-VI.
• Himeko assigned Lin Feng to remain by her side as her assistant and said Welt Yang should stay aboard in case the Antimatter Legion attacked.
• Welt Yang accepted Himeko’s arrangements but noticed a contradiction in her explanation and began to suspect her motives.
• March 7th enthusiastically supported Himeko joining the expedition and asked Lin Feng whether he agreed.

Himeko tried to arrange a private Trailblaze journey to Jarilo-VI with Lin Feng, but March 7th insisted on coming along. Himeko reluctantly agreed, and the three prepared to travel together while Welt Yang, Dan Heng, and Pom-Pom stayed aboard the Astral Express.

• Himeko told March 7th and Dan Heng to remain aboard the Astral Express while she took Lin Feng to Jarilo-VI.
• Dan Heng accepted the assignment, but March 7th challenged Himeko and said she wanted to seek answers about her lost memories on Jarilo-VI.
• Himeko claimed March 7th would struggle against the planet's Ice-resistant Fragmentum Monsters, prompting March 7th to accuse her of thinking she was weak.
• Pom-Pom encouraged Himeko to let March 7th go, and March 7th privately teased Himeko about wanting Lin Feng to herself.
• Himeko agreed to bring March 7th along, and Lin Feng accepted the revised plan for their journey to Jarilo-VI.

Lin Feng, Himeko, and March 7th traveled from the Astral Express to Jarilo-VI to investigate the Stellaron disaster. They arrived in a frozen wasteland, where Lin Feng teased March 7th as Himeko joined in.

• Himeko chose Lin Feng and March 7th to accompany her to Jarilo-VI, and the three prepared to depart from the Astral Express.
• March 7th worried that Jarilo-VI might be her home and complained about the cold, while Lin Feng and Himeko teased her about needing warm clothes.
• The team used the Express’s orbital deployment equipment to descend from orbit and arrive in a snowstorm between two canyons.
• Himeko observed that Jarilo-VI had changed from a lush planet into a frozen, desolate world.
• Lin Feng echoed March 7th’s comments to annoy her, and Himeko joined in before explaining that she was trying to keep up with the younger crew.

Lin Feng, Himeko, and March 7th crossed Jarilo-VI’s blizzard-swept snowfields toward their destination, fighting a Fragmentum monster along the way. They continued onward with Himeko leading, while Lin Feng privately reminded her of something she had packed and she admitted she had forgotten it.

• An Everwinter Shadewalker ambushed March 7th, but Himeko blocked its axe and Lin Feng struck it down with Silver Demon.
• Himeko identified the creature using her terminal and led the group toward their destination through the blizzard.
• March 7th complained about the cold and the long walk, and Himeko teased her about once damaging the Tayzzyronth Grand Stadium.
• March 7th declared that the team could handle any trouble, while Himeko corrected her description of her suitcase as a treasure chest.
• Lin Feng quietly asked Himeko whether she had brought something in her suitcase, and Himeko blushed and admitted she had forgotten it.

The Trailblazer squad fought ice Fragmentum Monsters on Jarilo-VI, where Lin Feng used the Silver Demon to protect March 7th and defeat the attackers. Afterward, Himeko praised Lin Feng’s weapon and skill, while March 7th teased him about his relationships and Himeko awkwardly denied being involved with him.

• Lin Feng warned the squad about ice birds attacking from above, and March 7th, Himeko, and Lin Feng fought the Fragmentum Monsters.
• Lin Feng kicked March 7th out of the monsters’ path, then transformed the Silver Demon into longswords and defeated the remaining attackers.
• Lin Feng offered March 7th a hand and teased her after she complained that the kick had hurt and embarrassed her.
• Himeko warned March 7th to be more careful and praised Lin Feng’s skill and the Silver Demon weapon Herta had given him.
• March 7th accused Lin Feng of being greedy for wanting more “wings,” and Himeko hurriedly denied being involved with him before remembering March 7th’s earlier threat.

March 7th and Himeko teased each other as Lin Feng considered how much stronger he had become while fighting Fragmentum Monsters on Jarilo-VI. They found Sampo hiding in the snow, but when Lin Feng tried to greet him, Sampo reacted with terror and then asked about Lin Feng’s right hand.

• March 7th teased Himeko about her feelings, and Himeko retorted by mocking March’s name for herself.
• Lin Feng reflected on his increased strength and confidence about facing Stellaron Cocolia as the group fought through Fragmentum Monsters.
• March 7th noticed a trembling snow mound, and Himeko threatened it with her Monomolecular Saw until Sampo jumped out.
• Sampo introduced himself and recoiled when Lin Feng reached out to shake his hand, repeatedly begging Lin Feng to stay away.
• Sampo led Lin Feng aside and asked what was unusual about his right hand, marveling that Lin Feng was alive.

Lin Feng learned that Sampo was an Emanator of Elation, and the two bonded over Lin Feng’s encounter with the Aeon Aha. Sampo led the Trailblazer Squad through Jarilo-VI toward Belobog, but March 7th and Himeko grew suspicious when he recommended a nightlife district.

• Sampo asked Lin Feng how he had won Aha’s favor, and Lin Feng admitted that he had met her once.
• Sampo revealed that he was an Emanator of Elation and lamented that he had never met Aha.
• Lin Feng and Sampo returned to Himeko and March 7th as friends, and Sampo offered to guide the squad to Belobog.
• March 7th worried that Sampo was untrustworthy, while Himeko agreed to follow his guidance cautiously.
• Sampo praised Belobog’s Nightfall Bar, prompting March 7th to kick him into the snow and declare herself Lin Feng’s girlfriend.
• As Himeko and March 7th prepared to confront him, Sampo denied knowing Belobog and tried to appease them.

Lin Feng, Himeko, March 7th, and Sampo encountered the Silvermane Guards, who tried to arrest Sampo and his companions. Lin Feng and the others fought them off, leaving the guards in disarray as March 7th prepared another attack.

• Sampo backed down from Himeko and March 7th, then told Lin Feng that winning over Cocolia through proper channels would be difficult.
• The group heard approaching footsteps, and Sampo recognized the Silvermane Guards before hiding behind Lin Feng.
• A Silvermane Guard called Lin Feng’s group suspects and ordered the soldiers to arrest them.
• Lin Feng transformed the Silver Demon into a greatsword and charged the guards, while Himeko and March 7th joined the fight.
• Lin Feng, Himeko, and March 7th drove back the guards, freezing several, and March 7th prepared to unleash her ultimate move as the soldiers tried to regroup.

Lin Feng, Himeko, and March 7th fought Gepard and the Silvermane Guards after Gepard ordered them to surrender. Gepard’s shield-enhancing technique turned the battle against the Trailblaze team, leaving Himeko weighing whether to unleash a decisive attack.

• Gepard blocked March 7th’s ice arrows and ordered the group to surrender.
• Lin Feng charged Gepard with Silver Demon, but Gepard blocked his spear and knocked him back.
• Himeko stepped in to shield Lin Feng and drove Gepard back with her Monomolecular Saw.
• Gepard called the Silvermane Guards to attack, and the three fought them in a stalemate.
• Gepard summoned a glacier that granted frost shields to himself and the Guards, putting the Trailblaze team under pressure.
• Himeko considered using a powerful attack, while March 7th asked whether they should retreat.

Lin Feng called on Himeko and March 7th’s power to unfurl the Wings of Love, then overwhelmed Gepard and the Silvermane Guards. After the fight, Himeko began to understand why Lin Feng sought to gather more wings, while March 7th complained that he had kept his ability secret.

• Himeko sent the Combat Drone to break the Silvermane Guards’ encirclement and urged Lin Feng and March 7th to retreat while she covered them.
• Lin Feng asked Himeko and March 7th to lend him the power of their wings, then awakened his ability as Gepard struck him away with his shield.
• Lin Feng unfurled his wings of light, charged the Silvermane Guards, and knocked more than twenty of them into the snow.
• Gepard unleashed a massive glacier, but Lin Feng shattered it with the Sky-Piercing Halberd and sent Gepard flying.
• Lin Feng dismissed his wings and explained that their power had increased his strength fourfold, while March 7th scolded him for not using it sooner.
• Himeko said she was beginning to understand why Lin Feng wanted to gather more wings.