Chapter Summaries

Black Swan, Yomi, and Bai Heng warned that the Harmony Gala might conceal a plan to revive a fallen Aeon, so the Astral Express warped beyond Harmony’s influence while Bai Heng prepared a Nihility blade to threaten The Family. After Yomi revealed that Dr. Mobius had escaped Izumo with others, an Iron Cavalry unit intercepted the train.

• Black Swan recounted how The Family once turned every inhabitant of Bialy-Scamanderos into a member, and Yomi warned that Penacony’s Harmony was mixed with Order.
• Bai Heng produced a Nihility-wreathed imperial saber as a threat against The Family, and Dan Heng told Pom-Pom to begin the warp jump.
• The Astral Express warped away from Penacony, and Bai Heng informed the Corporation that its people should evacuate.
• Yomi told Bai Heng that Dr. Mobius and others had escaped Izumo and embarked on an interstellar expedition, and Bai Heng suggested searching for them.
• An Iron Cavalry unit with smoky-blue wings matched the Astral Express’s speed and attempted to intercept it.

Firefly arrived on the Astral Express to warn its passengers that Order had infiltrated Penacony’s dreamscape and was using the world’s desires to bring about an Aeon. She asked the Express crew to return to Penacony and awaken from the dream before it was too late.

• Pom-Pom opened the hatch and recognized the visiting silver mech as the Stellaron Hunter Sam.
• Sam spotted Yomi and Bai Heng together, then transformed into Firefly, who took Bai Heng’s hand.
• Yomi and Firefly greeted each other, and Bai Heng asked them to set aside their personal matters to discuss the urgent situation.
• Firefly explained that Order had infiltrated Penacony’s dreamscape and nearly trapped the world in its dream.
• Firefly asked the Express crew to warp back to Penacony and awaken from the dream while there was still time.

As the Astral Express prepared to warp, Bai Heng explained his past with Firefly and Yomi, then faced their question about whom he had come to find in Penacony. He eased the tension with a sympathetic answer, but another love-rival showdown awaited him on the Xianzhou Luofu.

• Bai Heng told Firefly and Yomi that he had likely reincarnated many times and explained his history with each of them.
• Yomi asked whether Bai Heng had come to Penacony to find her or Firefly, and Firefly waited for his answer.
• Bai Heng said he had sensed someone waiting for him, had been happy to find both women, and regretted making everyone unhappy.
• Firefly comforted Bai Heng, while Yomi's gaze softened; Black Swan recognized his answer as a calculated act.
• Bai Heng felt relieved to have survived the confrontation but anticipated another showdown aboard the Xianzhou Luofu.

Bai Heng awakened with Yomi in Penacony’s dream and left to settle the Dreamweaver’s debts while Firefly remained asleep. He extracted the Stellaron hidden in the Grand Theater and considered giving it to the Stellaron Hunters as a bride price for marrying Firefly.

• Bai Heng awakened in the dream corridor with Yomi and said he planned to leave the Nameless’ affairs to her.
• Yomi challenged Bai Heng over Firefly’s continued sleep and demanded concrete action before he left.
• Yomi asked Bai Heng to compare holding her hand with holding the other girls’ hands, and he honestly described her fingers as cold and comfortable.
• Bai Heng left the Corridor of Thought and decided to settle the Dreamweaver’s debts himself.
• Bai Heng sensed the collateral fused into Penacony’s Grand Theater and extracted its Stellaron.
• Bai Heng considered whether to give the Stellaron to Herta, the company, or the Stellaron Hunters as a bride price for marrying Firefly.

After removing the Stellaron from the Penacony Grand Theater, Bai Heng watched the dream fade and spoke with Silver Wolf about the life she had dreamed of. He returned to the operations vessel to help Topaz with evacuation work, where a joke about Emanators left her suspecting he had been involved with one.

• Bai Heng removed the Stellaron from the Penacony Grand Theater as the dream began to collapse into black rain.
• Bai Heng joined Silver Wolf on a skyscraper, and she described dreaming of them running a fast-food restaurant together.
• Bai Heng gave Silver Wolf the Stellaron as bride price before leaving to rejoin the others.
• Bai Heng returned to the operations vessel and helped Topaz review evacuation documents while Aventurine and Jade were away.
• Bai Heng reheated Topaz's meal, and her teasing about him flirting with an Emanator ended in an awkward silence when he gave a dry laugh.

Bai Heng received a Penacony travel guide from Topaz while Firefly asked Silver Wolf what he liked and took her advice on changing her hairstyle. In Dreamflux Reef, Yomi asked the Express Crew how to attract the attention of a man she shared with at least four other women, and Stelle urged her to play to her strengths.

• Topaz gave Bai Heng a guidebook titled "Penacony Travel Guide Even a Three-Year-Old Can Understand" after worrying about his dangerous behavior.
• Firefly tried on seven outfits and asked Silver Wolf what Bai Heng liked.
• Silver Wolf told Firefly that Bai Heng liked spiral single ponytails, and Firefly decided to tie her hair into one.
• Yomi asked March 7th and Stelle how to handle being in love with the same man as at least four other women.
• Yomi said she would stay in Penacony with him and asked how to draw his attention.
• Stelle told Yomi to dress up and play to her strengths, insisting that sexiness mattered more than cuteness.

At the Harmony Gala aboard the Spodumene Yacht, Bai Heng faced reporters on behalf of the Interastral Peace Corporation before Sparkle asked him about his girlfriend. He described her and shared a line about meeting again, leaving the identity of the woman watching him unstated.

• The Family moved the Harmony Gala from Penacony Grand Theater to the Spodumene Yacht after an emergency closed the original venue.
• Bai Heng answered reporters' questions about the Corporation's planned talks with The Family while Robin received attention nearby.
• Sparkle interrupted the interview and asked Bai Heng whether he had a girlfriend and whether she was at the gala.
• Bai Heng confirmed he had a girlfriend, declined to reveal her location, and described her as tall, beautiful, smart, and clumsy in relationships.
• Sparkle asked Bai Heng what he wanted to say to the girl watching, and he recited lines about destined people meeting again and looking forward instead of dwelling on regrets.