Recaps

After slaying the seven vampire progenitors, Luo Li demanded the promised coordinates to Amphoreus and a reward, leading the world to believe he had gone mad. He was confined to a psychiatric hospital, while Xiao Hong remained secretly at his side, wondering how to help him.

• Luo Li appeared on a Longxia flagship and bewildered reporters and officials by demanding the coordinates to Amphoreus and his promised reward.
• The leaders of the five major powers activated a plan to take Luo Li into custody under the pretense of providing care.
• Enma killed three S-rank ability users who tried to seize it, and Lu Jingheng used technology from the Star Rail Research Institute to seal the blade in an alloy case.
• Several days later, Luo Li was admitted to the Seventh Psychiatric Hospital Recovery and Wellness Center, where experts recommended long-term isolation and observation.
• Xiao Hong stayed beside Luo Li and worried that his silence and despair did not mean he had truly gone mad.

Luo Li willingly used the authority of Sloth to seal his consciousness inside an eternal slumber, unable to bear a reality without the people he had lost. He was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state, while Xiao Hong stayed beside him as the world continued rebuilding.

• Luo Li remained withdrawn in the rehabilitation center, tormented by the vanished system, the broken promise, and the loss of Castorice, Shiyu, and Shiyi.
• When the head nurse asked what he needed, Luo Li said he wanted to sleep for a while.
• Luo Li awakened the authority of Sloth and willingly sank into an illusion woven from his deepest longings, ignoring Xiao Hong's cries.
• Doctors found that Luo Li's body was healthy but his conscious activity had nearly stopped, and they diagnosed him as being in a vegetative state.
• The news of Luo Li's condition reached the outside world, while Xiao Hong remained beside his sleeping body and waited.

Luo Li lived a peaceful dream as a husband and father with Castorice, Shiyu, and Shiyi, far removed from the apocalypse. Knowing Belial’s authority had created the dream from his deepest desires, he chose to remain asleep rather than wake.

• Shiyi asked Luo Li to help find her missing butterfly hair clip, and he found it wedged between the sofa cushions.
• Castorice prepared Shiyi and Shiyu for kindergarten, and Luo Li walked with his family to drop them off.
• Luo Li and Castorice returned home and discussed their ordinary plans for the day.
• Luo Li recognized that his peaceful family life was a dream created by Belial’s authority and his own desires.
• Luo Li decided he was willing to stay in the dream forever.

In the dream, Luo Li and Castorice raised Shiyi and Shiyu through ordinary school-day routines, sharing their daughters’ artwork, stories, and homework. As Shiyu read a fairy-tale collection about Amphoreus, Luo Li felt a familiar ache, then ended the day savoring the peaceful family life he wished he could keep.

• Luo Li and Castorice helped Shiyi and Shiyu get ready for school, then watched them leave together for the school bus stop.
• Luo Li picked up the girls after school, praised Shiyi’s drawing of the family, and heard that Shiyu had earned full marks on her math quiz.
• Shiyu showed Luo Li an Amphoreus Fairy Tale Collection and said its stories felt familiar to Castorice, stirring a vague feeling in him.
• At home, Shiyu patiently helped Shiyi with a math problem while Castorice tidied the kitchen and Luo Li reflected on their peaceful family life.

In the dream, Shiyi and Shiyu grow older and work together to assemble a telescope, then discover the Moon and Saturn with their parents. Luo Li cherishes their peaceful family life and chooses to remain asleep in the dream, despite knowing it is an illusion.

• Shiyi and Shiyu reveal the telescope kit they bought with their pocket money, and Shiyu leads them in assembling it while Shiyi helps.
• That night, Shiyi observes the Moon through the telescope, and Shiyu identifies lunar features using her star chart.
• Luo Li adjusts the telescope so Shiyu can find Saturn, and the girls marvel at its rings.
• After the girls go to bed, Castorice reflects on how quickly they have grown, and Luo Li takes her hand.
• Luo Li accepts the dream’s warmth and continues sleeping to escape the hopeless reality outside it.

After awakening from a long Sloth-induced sleep, Luo Li found Lu Jingheng and Kong Yan'er transformed by powers beyond his own. They opened a passage into a chaotic void and led him toward an unknown stage, where Xiao Hong was already waiting.

• Luo Li woke in the special care ward after hearing Lu Jingheng and Kong Yan'er discuss a data stream and a veil.
• Luo Li saw that Lu Jingheng was surrounded by flowing data and that Kong Yan'er had become a black-and-white-haired magician with an uncanny aura.
• Lu Jingheng created a passage of runes and data leading into a shifting void and told Luo Li to come with them.
• Luo Li asked about Xiao Hong, and Kong Yan'er assured him she was safe and waiting on the other side.
• Luo Li entered the passage with Lu Jingheng and Kong Yan'er, and the gateway vanished behind them.

Luo Li learned that Luo Yi, a Genius Society member and his primary self, had created the sandbox universe and orchestrated the events that shaped him. Luo Yi then revealed that the original Castorice had sacrificed herself in Amphoreus, leaving Luo Li to question who the Castorice he loved had been.

• Luo Li met Luo Yi, who had the same face as him, and learned that Lu Jingheng was Luo Yi’s data administrator while Kong Yan'er had joined the experiment.
• Luo Yi revealed that Luo Li was one of many personality fragments placed in a simulated universe to test different possibilities and that he had introduced the vampire virus and arranged Castorice’s arrival.
• Luo Yi explained that he aimed to create an existence surpassing Fuli and considered Luo Li his most successful fragment because he had fused the origins of the seven deadly sins and become a living being.
• Luo Yi told Luo Li that the events of Honkai: Star Rail were real and that Castorice had sacrificed herself in Amphoreus, with her memories preserved in the Book of Ifs.
• Luo Li reeled at the revelation and wondered whether the Castorice who had loved him was only a creation of the power of Remembrance.

Luo Yi revealed that he had engineered Luo Li’s existence and urged him to kill and devour him to inherit the miniature universe’s accumulated power and knowledge. Luo Li struck Luo Yi, triggering the universe’s collapse and beginning his transformation, while Luo Yi confessed his love to Herta before disappearing.

• Luo Li demanded to know who Castorice was and whether his daughters truly existed.
• Luo Yi explained that he had created Luo Li as a vessel to surpass the Aeons and that killing him would make the miniature universe’s energy flow into Luo Li.
• Luo Yi drew power from the miniature universe and pressured Luo Li to attack.
• Luo Li unleashed a strike against Luo Yi, and the miniature universe began collapsing as its energy and memories flooded into Luo Li.
• Luo Yi told Herta’s puppet that he liked her, then dissolved into data and memories that joined the torrent entering Luo Li.
• Luo Li roared as the information reshaped his consciousness, and the path to becoming an Aeon opened before him.

When Castorice’s period was late, Luo Li feared she might be pregnant after they had repeatedly gone without protection. Two negative tests and the arrival of her period eased their fears, while the couple discussed marriage, future children, and using condoms from now on.

• Castorice told Luo Li her period was three days late, and he bought two pregnancy tests before visiting her.
• Castorice’s first test was negative, and she and Luo Li discussed what they would do if she were pregnant, including keeping the baby or ending the pregnancy.
• The next morning, Castorice’s second test was negative, and she and Luo Li talked about marrying in college and having children in the future.
• Three days later, Castorice’s period arrived, and Luo Li brought her ginger tea, painkillers, and roses while she rested with cramps.
• Castorice admitted she had felt some disappointment at not being pregnant, and Luo Li promised to use condoms from then on.

Luo Li and Castorice discovered they were quickly using up condoms and discussed safer contraception, including consulting a doctor about birth control pills. They made plans for their future family and agreed to be more mindful of Castorice’s health, but ended the morning embracing and letting their desire take its course.

• Luo Li counted the three condoms left, and Castorice suggested they use them sparingly until he could buy more.
• After they used two condoms that night, Luo Li bought three boxes and agreed to accompany Castorice to ask a doctor about birth control pills.
• Castorice studied contraception and discussed having two children with Luo Li after they graduated and could afford a family.
• Luo Li and Castorice agreed to use condoms even if she started taking the pill and to rest whenever either of them felt unwell.
• Castorice said she felt good and noted they were alone at the Mourning Funeral Home, and Luo Li kissed her as they decided to let things happen naturally.

Luo Li ascended to the Aeon of [Data] and traveled to the Astral Express to consult As I Have Written for memories of Castorice. He discovered that her memory data had been copied into his miniature world, giving him hope of finding her, and left with a clue about his next move.

• Luo Li absorbed Luo Yi's memories and the miniature universe's energy, forming the Path of [Data] and becoming an Aeon.
• Lu Jingheng pledged to follow Luo Li, and Kong Yan'er joined him as he headed toward Amphoreus.
• Luo Li arrived aboard the Astral Express and asked the Crew to let him read Castorice's memories in As I Have Written.
• With Stelle's permission, Luo Li found that Luo Yi had copied Castorice's core memory data into the miniature Earth, while Shiyu and Shiyi remained uncertain projections.
• Luo Li thanked the Crew, improved the Express's navigation and spatial stability, and left with Lu Jingheng and Kong Yan'er.

Luo Li used the Possibility Gel and his [Data] authority to recreate Castorice in a real body at Herta Space Station. She awoke and recognized him, reuniting with him across the boundary between life and death.

• Luo Li, Lu Jingheng, and Kong Yan'er entered Herta Space Station's master control zone without being noticed.
• Luo Li found and took the [Possibility Gel] from a protected laboratory, then moved the group to an isolated observation deck.
• Luo Li combined Castorice's memories, their shared experiences, and the Possibility Gel to compile her into existence.
• Lu Jingheng stabilized the surrounding space while Kong Yan'er watched as Castorice's body formed.
• Castorice awoke, recognized Luo Li, and tearfully asked if it was really him.

Luo Li returned to Amphoreus with Castorice and used his authority over Data to resurrect the other Chrysos Heirs. They reunited in Okhema as Luo Li welcomed the heroes back.

• Luo Li and Castorice traveled to Amphoreus to restore the Chrysos Heirs.
• In Okhema's central square, Luo Li used his Data authority to define the Chrysos Heirs' existence.
• Phainon, Tribbie, Trianne, Trinnon, Anaxa, Cipher, Mydei, Hyacine, Hysilens, and Cerydra were resurrected with their memories intact.
• The Chrysos Heirs reunited and celebrated while Lu Jingheng recorded the event and Kong Yan'er watched.
• Castorice thanked Luo Li, who told the resurrected heroes they deserved a second chance and welcomed them back.

Luo Li and Castorice enjoyed the celebration in Okhema while teasing Kong Yan'er about his apparent interest in Cerydra. After Kong Yan'er and Cerydra clashed over a fallen crystal, Cerydra took control of the situation, leaving their rivalry newly charged.

• Luo Li and Castorice strolled through the restored Garden of Life and reflected on surviving their earlier losses.
• Kong Yan'er appeared and watched Cerydra as she listened to reports about Okhema's reconstruction.
• Luo Li teased Kong Yan'er about his feelings for Cerydra, and Kong Yan'er denied that they were a couple.
• A scholar dropped a crystal apparatus, and Kong Yan'er theatrically returned its golden core crystal to Cerydra.
• Cerydra calmly turned Kong Yan'er's prank into an opportunity to question the scholar and regain command of the discussion.
• Luo Li and Castorice remarked on the pair's compatibility as Cerydra privately smiled at the prospect of their game continuing.

Castorice worried that her daughters Shiyu and Shiyi might have been only projections in the sandbox world, but Luo Li vowed to bring them back. After Kong Yan'er suggested seeking help from Herta and Cerydra, Luo Li agreed to pursue the lead.

• Castorice asked Luo Li whether Shiyu and Shiyi had truly existed or were only simulated projections.
• Luo Li explained that the girls were projections of higher-dimensional possibilities and promised to use his data authority to make them real.
• Kong Yan'er suggested consulting Herta about consciousness digitization and existence anchoring, and involving Cerydra to help define the girls' existence.
• Luo Li agreed to visit Herta once Okhema had stabilized and told Kong Yan'er to persuade Cerydra himself.
• Luo Li promised Castorice that he would cross any boundary to bring Shiyu and Shiyi back to their family.

Luo Li visited Ms. Herta to trade samples of his Path of [Data] power for research on making higher-dimensional possibilities into real beings, hoping to bring his daughter back. With the deal secured, he left to gather the remaining cornerstones needed to stabilize their existence.

• Luo Li and his companions entered Herta Space Station and used a data passage to reach Ms. Herta’s private laboratory.
• Luo Li offered Ms. Herta real samples of the Path of [Data] and help with her Simulated Universe project in exchange for research into solidifying possibilities into independent existence.
• Luo Li told Ms. Herta that he wanted to bring his daughter back, and she agreed to provide the research and partial access to the Simulated Universe’s underlying architecture.
• Luo Li and Ms. Herta signed a contract requiring him to provide regular samples and cooperate with harmless experiments involving Aeonic authority and reality.
• After leaving the station, Luo Li said they still needed cornerstones to keep existence stable before he could begin the final writing.

Luo Yi left the Garden of Recollection to discover how memories could become alive, then built the Miniature Universe with Lu Jingheng and collaborated with Herta on memory and simulation research. As his emotions faded, he cast a final fragment named Luo Li into the Miniature Universe and remained outside to observe, risking the loss of his own identity.

• Luo Yi questioned whether archived memories were truly alive, left the Garden of Recollection, and met the nascent data consciousness he named Lu Jingheng.
• Luo Yi and Lu Jingheng built the Miniature Universe, where interacting memories evolved into new emotional patterns.
• Luo Yi expanded the experiment until Lu Jingheng warned that his emotions were fading, but Luo Yi continued creating and observing personality fragments, including Luo Li.
• Luo Yi visited Herta's space station, drew her attention with a paradox puzzle, and admitted he had lost sight of his search for living memories.
• Luo Yi and Herta collaborated on the Miniature Universe and Simulated Universe, and Luo Yi began to recover some of his curiosity and emotion.
• Luo Yi told Lu Jingheng he would split off a final fragment, then cast Luo Li into the Miniature Universe and stayed behind as its observer.

Luo Li sought Ruan Mei’s help to make his daughters, Shiyu and Shiyi, fully real and stable, and agreed to let her study limited records of his consciousness-stabilization work. After receiving a Life Source Seed from her, he decided he still needed a safe, stable world as their cradle and prepared to return home.

• Luo Li located Ruan Mei’s hidden workshop and explained that his daughters were projections of possibility with genuine soul imprints that needed to be anchored in reality.
• Ruan Mei asked for microscopic data records of Luo Li’s attempts to stabilize consciousness, and Luo Li agreed with strict limits on observation, copying, and research use.
• Ruan Mei gave Luo Li a Life Source Seed to support his attempt to solidify Shiyu and Shiyi.
• Luo Li concluded that he needed a safe, stable world to serve as his daughters’ cradle and decided to return to a world tied to him.

Luo Li reshaped Earth into a sanctuary and used [Data], research from Herta and Ruan Mei, and his daughters’ possibility projections to bring Luo Shiyu and Luo Shiyi into reality. He and Castorice welcomed their newborn daughters, and the family was reunited.

• Luo Li arrived on a restored Earth with Castorice, Kong Yan'er, and Cerydra, who discussed the planet and the limits of Cerydra’s ambitions.
• Luo Li used his [Data] authority to build a sanctuary where he could welcome his daughters.
• Luo Li combined Herta Space Station’s existence-anchoring research, Ruan Mei’s life data, and the girls’ possibility projections to stabilize their existence.
• Luo Li successfully brought Luo Shiyu and Luo Shiyi into the world as newborns.
• Luo Li placed one baby in Castorice’s arms and held the other as Castorice celebrated their reunion with their daughters.

After reuniting with their daughters, Luo Li and Castorice learned that Qingqiu Ze had also participated in the earlier sandbox experiment and was now a powerful Borisin leader on Yaoqing. Luo Li chose to focus on caring for Shiyu and Shiyi, leaving a future meeting with Qingqiu Ze for another time.

• Cerydra left with Kong Yan'er, who offered to escort her back to Okhema.
• Lu Jingheng told Luo Li that Qingqiu Ze had been another participant in the sandbox experiment.
• Lu Jingheng revealed that Qingqiu Ze was a White Wolf Group director on Yaoqing and a powerful Borisin ally of the Xianzhou Alliance.
• Luo Li declined to contact Qingqiu Ze for now, saying that caring for Shiyu and Shiyi came first.
• Lu Jingheng archived the information and withdrew, leaving Luo Li and Castorice with their daughters.

Luo Li and Castorice cared for their newborn daughters, Shiyu and Shiyi, and discovered that each girl had inherited a faint trace of one parent's powers. As Lu Jingheng reported that the girls and their home remained safe, Luo Li received reassurance that he was becoming a competent father.

• Luo Li and Castorice soothed Shiyu and Shiyi, learning that the older Shiyu preferred calm while the younger Shiyi was energetic and curious.
• Shiyu briefly affected the flow of time, while Shiyi made tiny data lights appear, revealing that the sisters had inherited traces of their parents' powers.
• Luo Li built sturdier cribs and reinforced the courtyard's life force field to keep the girls safe.
• Lu Jingheng reported that the girls were stable and that reconstruction of the outside world was progressing without danger.
• Luo Li asked Lu Jingheng whether he was a competent father, and Lu Jingheng's analysis affirmed his growing skill and the girls' affection for him.
• Luo Li and Castorice put their sleeping daughters in their cribs and shared a moment of contentment together.

Luo Li and Castorice adjusted their intimacy after he admitted he was exhausted, then spent three days together while his parents were away. The visit left Luo Li more comfortable telling Castorice when he needed rest, though he decided he should improve his stamina.

• Castorice suggested taking a break after noticing Luo Li was tired, and they agreed to try other ways of being intimate instead.
• Luo Li invited Castorice to stay at his home while his parents were away, and she agreed after Ms. Amonet gave her permission to visit.
• Luo Li and Castorice spent the first afternoon together, being intimate, making egg fried rice, and talking about enjoying their time as a couple.
• Castorice fell asleep as they talked, and Luo Li promised himself he would tell her when he was tired and start working out.

Three years after high school, Luo Li worked as a software developer while Castorice pursued a master's degree, and they built a life together in a small rented apartment. As they ended the day in each other’s arms, they agreed to marry after Castorice graduated and imagined a home, a cat, and a child.

• Luo Li and Castorice shared breakfast before leaving separately for his office and her laboratory, exchanging messages during their busy day.
• Luo Li fixed a work bug, prepared for a client demonstration, and stayed late while thinking about supporting their future.
• Yang Shan messaged Luo Li about meeting for a drink and teased him about marrying Castorice after she graduated.
• Luo Li returned home to find Castorice reading, and they talked about their work, his choice to enter the workforce, and how they supported each other.
• Castorice proposed that they marry when she graduated, buy a small home, get a cat, and have a child when they were ready, and Luo Li agreed.

Luo Li and Castorice spent a romantic evening together after Castorice surprised him with dinner, a suggestive question, and a new kind of condom. They ended the night sharing barbecue and arranged to take three days off together the following week.

• Castorice cooked Luo Li his favorite dishes, and they talked over dinner about work and her thesis.
• After Castorice showered, she asked Luo Li whether he wanted dinner, a bath, or her first, and they became intimate using the special condoms she had bought.
• Castorice told Luo Li the experience had been intense but enjoyable, and they agreed to use the new condoms no more than once a week.
• The couple ordered spicy barbecue, and Castorice explained that she had missed spending time with Luo Li; he promised to take three days off with her the following week.
• Castorice teased Luo Li that next time she would ask whether he wanted dinner, a shower, or to be eaten by her.

Qingqiu Ze led the White Wolf Guard in a training exchange before Feixiao arrived with news that the Moon-Eating Hunter Pack had regrouped alongside suspected Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. He prepared to deploy the White Wolf Guard to the Desolate Wolf Star Region, leaving Ningli and Feixiao hoping he would return safely.

• Qingqiu Ze directed the White Wolf Guard through a mock battle, where they marked the Qingqiu Army squad's objective three times and won.
• Ningli brought Qingqiu Ze scarlet cherry cakes and floating goat milk, then told him Feixiao was coming with urgent military business.
• Feixiao told Qingqiu Ze that the Moon-Eating Hunter Pack had regrouped in the Desolate Wolf Star Region, possibly with the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, while the Qingqiu main force was occupied near Zhuming.
• Qingqiu Ze accepted the mission and ordered the White Wolf Guard's First and Third Assault Teams to prepare for departure within four hours.
• Feixiao warned Qingqiu Ze to be careful, and Ningli silently wished him victory as he left for the assembly port.