Recaps

Kafka told the Astral Express crew that a Stellaron crisis had erupted on the Xianzhou Luofu and asked them to rescue Blade, stop the crisis, and clear the Stellaron Hunters’ names. On Fansha Star, Yan Bai, Hanxing, and Firefly checked into an inn, where Hanxing and Firefly shared a room with one big bed and considered going out to explore.

• Kafka warned Welt, Himeko, and March 7th that the Xianzhou Luofu faced a Stellaron crisis and said the Cloud Knights had captured Blade.
• Kafka asked the Astral Express crew to go to the Luofu, claiming that half the ship’s residents would die if they stayed away.
• Yan Bai explained to Firefly and Hanxing why Fansha Star’s places were named after sand and described its groundwater and efforts to plant trees.
• Hanxing and Yan Bai found the inn’s rooms too expensive, so Hanxing and Firefly agreed to share a room with one big bed.
• Hanxing and Firefly entered room 0206, and Hanxing suggested they go out and look around.

An official in Hanshuo City learned that Wind Erosion Town had fallen and noted a missing soldier as a new variable. Meanwhile, Hanxing and Firefly struggled to afford dinner, then returned to their inn, where Firefly got drunk and pulled Hanxing down beside her.

• A North Wind Government official learned that Wind Erosion Town had fallen and heard that a soldier had disappeared amid unusually high temperatures.
• Hanxing asked Firefly how they would afford food, and Yan Bai explained local customs before lending them his sixty-eight Cloud Amber Coins.
• Hanxing took Firefly to a restaurant, where they ate red-braised pork and rice and brought two bottles of liquor back to the inn.
• Firefly gulped down a bottle of liquor, while Hanxing finished his own and sent her to bathe before covering her with a blanket.
• Firefly asked Hanxing why she had drunk so much, then pulled him down onto the bed.

Hanxing and Firefly were summoned to the command post, where Lie Feng tested their claim that they were visitors from beyond the stars before accepting them. Hanxing and Firefly agreed to join the planned assault on Night Return Port and waited with Yan Bai for the general offensive.

• Firefly told Hanxing he had to take responsibility for what happened between them the previous night.
• Han Chuan summoned Hanxing and Firefly to meet Political Commissar Yan Bai and regimental commander Lie Feng.
• Lie Feng questioned Hanxing, then accepted his and Firefly's claim after hearing that Firefly followed the Path of Destruction.
• Lie Feng announced that his regiment would cooperate with the 135th Regiment to attack Night Return Port and seize the government that night.
• Hanxing and Firefly agreed to join the battle, traveled to the assembly point, and received instructions from Yan Bai to follow Han Chuan's personal guard squad when the attack began.

Hanxing and Firefly helped the Kangbu Revolutionary Army capture Night Return Port by breaking through the government forces and seizing a regimental commander. Lie Feng’s troops raised their flag over the city government, and Yan Bai noted that restoring production would be difficult.

• The Kangbu Revolutionary Army advanced toward Night Return Port as its division commander ordered his forces to retreat while resisting according to plan.
• Hanxing and Firefly attacked the enemy positions, and Hanxing captured a regimental commander after overcoming the guards and resisting the Pathstrider’s power of Order.
• Han Chuan used the captured commander’s telephone to issue a false retreat order, easing pressure on the front line.
• Firefly joined Hanxing and Han Chuan, and Yan Bai told them to rest until the war was over.
• Lie Feng led his troops in capturing the city government and raising the Kangbu Revolutionary Army’s flag over the building.
• Yan Bai saw the flag and remarked that restarting production would be troublesome.

Hanxing and Firefly agreed to help Yan Bai break the curse trapping Fansha Star, and they set out with his troops for Shuofeng City. As the soldiers rested during the journey, Firefly asked Hanxing how he would face the Stellaron Hunters, and he said he would let things take their course.

• Yan Bai explained that people from Fansha Star dissolved if they tried to leave for the stars, and Hanxing proposed that defeating the North Wind Government’s president might lift the curse.
• Hanxing and Firefly agreed to help break the curse, then Yan Bai received orders to attack Shuofeng City.
• Yan Bai invited Hanxing and Firefly to travel with him and the soldiers by truck toward Shuofeng City.
• A soldier recognized Hanxing for taking out a regiment’s command post, and Hanxing revealed that Firefly had piloted the mech that led the charge.
• As the exhausted soldiers slept, Firefly asked Hanxing how he would face the Stellaron Hunters, and he said he would let things take their course.
• Firefly kissed Hanxing and told him she loved him.

Hanxing and the army took the presidential palace, but the missing president’s warning that he was among them preceded a suspected nuclear strike. The blast left Hanxing unconscious and devastated the forces in the city.

• Hanxing got carsick during the truck journey, and he used Star Eyes to recover before joining the assembly point.
• At dawn, the assembled armies launched their assault and captured the ruined city, raising a red flag over the presidential palace.
• Yan Bai received a report that the president was missing and had left a note saying, “I’m right among you!”
• The army spotted a lone bomber suspected of carrying a nuclear weapon, but it dropped a bomb despite the anti-aircraft fire.
• Firefly summoned Sam and shielded him as the blast swept through; Hanxing was knocked unconscious, and a soldier blamed him for coming to the wrong place.

Hanxing fought Basha after learning he had arranged the nuclear strike that nearly killed Hanxing and Firefly. Basha overwhelmed them, but as Hanxing fell, he declared that the fight was only beginning.

• Hanxing woke and used Star Eyes to heal Firefly, discovering that she had taken terrible injuries protecting him.
• Firefly lost consciousness after telling Hanxing she loved him, and Hanxing swore revenge on the president responsible for the attack.
• Han Chuan appeared, revealed himself as Basha, and admitted he had prepared the nuclear bomb for Hanxing and Firefly.
• Basha easily repelled Hanxing’s attacks and pierced Sam and Firefly with his scepter, leaving Firefly near death.
• Hanxing used Star Eyes’ final revival chance on Firefly, then summoned the Giant of Light-Slay Evil and attacked Basha.
• Basha destroyed Hanxing’s arrow and pierced the giant and Hanxing’s heart, but Hanxing smiled and said it was only the beginning.

Hanxing returned from a vision granted by Xipe with knowledge of his past and new power, then defeated Basha after Basha fused with a Stellaron. A giant hand struck Hanxing after Basha invoked Ena to seal his power, but Hanxing healed and remained standing.

• Yan Bai arrived and revealed that he had become an Emanator, while Firefly joined him against Basha.
• Hanxing recovered and blocked Basha’s strike, then wounded him with golden-streaked sword qi.
• Basha fused a Stellaron into his body, pierced Hanxing with a sword, and left him falling into a sea of stars.
• Xipe appeared to Hanxing and told him of his past before sending him back to reality.
• Hanxing learned that Yan Bai had fused with him alongside the residents of Fansha Star, then took Cocolia’s Stellaron and used it to slay Basha.
• Basha invoked Ena to seal Hanxing’s power before turning to dust, and a giant hand struck Hanxing as he healed himself.

Hanxing recovered his memories and learned that Basha had killed everyone on Fansha Star, whose wills had merged into the Blade of Ending and helped draw Harmony’s attention. He and Firefly planned to rebuild the dead in the universe within the blade, then prepared to leave the ruined planet.

• Hanxing repaired the Stellaron, stored it in a spatial portal, and told Firefly he had regained his memories but had no universe to return to.
• Firefly explained that Basha had drained the planet’s divine power, killing Yan Bai and everyone on Fansha Star, whose wills merged into Hanxing’s blade.
• Hanxing explained that the Blade of Ending contained a universe and proposed rebuilding the dead there so they could live in peace.
• Hanxing told Firefly that Harmony had blessed his eyes and that the Eye of Time was partly awakened, allowing basic spatial manipulation.
• Hanxing drew in the remaining souls, opened a spatial passage, and prepared to return with Firefly.

Hanxing returned to the Stellaron Hunters’ ship with Firefly, who agreed to keep her restored memories secret, and learned that their next mission would take them to Penacony, where the script predicted Firefly would experience three deaths. After Hanxing recounted how he had killed the Throne of Order and taken its Stellaron, Blade said he would take Hanxing and Firefly on the mission.

• Hanxing asked Firefly to hide that her memories had returned, and she promised to keep it secret.
• Hanxing and Firefly returned to the Stellaron Hunters’ ship and learned Kafka and Blade were coming back from the Xianzhou.
• Silver Wolf told Hanxing and Firefly that Elio’s next script sent them to Penacony and foretold that Firefly would experience three deaths.
• Kafka returned, and Hanxing explained that he had killed the Throne of Order on Fansha Star and taken its Stellaron.
• Blade arrived and said he would take Hanxing and Firefly to Penacony for the mission.

Hanxing, Firefly, and Blade entered Penacony’s Synesthesia Dreamscape through an abandoned Dream Pool, where Silver Wolf explained the Charmony Festival and the search for the Watchmaker’s legacy. Hanxing and Firefly arrived in the Golden Hour, and Hanxing suggested they explore the bustling city.

• Blade led Hanxing and Firefly to an abandoned Dream Pool so they could enter Penacony’s dreamscape without an invitation.
• Hanxing and Firefly endured the Dream Pool’s crushing Memoria and visions of death before reaching the dream together.
• Silver Wolf explained that Penacony was divided into twelve hours and that they had arrived in the Golden Hour.
• Silver Wolf revealed that the Family’s invitation called for guests to find the Watchmaker’s legacy and answer why life slumbered.
• Firefly said their goal was to get the Astral Express to pursue the grand legacy, and Hanxing suggested looking around the city.

Hanxing took Firefly to Dream’s Edge and revealed that he was a copy named Yinchen, destined to become Eternal Finality and destroy the multiverse. Firefly shared the truth about Glamoth and her designation, AR26710, and the two embraced beneath the stars.

• Hanxing led Firefly through the streets, where she bought them Oak Cake Rolls and SoulGlad after he realized he had no money.
• Hanxing drank his SoulGlad quickly, became drunk, and asked Firefly to take him somewhere secluded and atmospheric.
• Hanxing brought Firefly to Dream’s Edge and confessed that he was a copy from another timeline named Yinchen, destined to become Eternal Finality.
• Firefly told Hanxing that Glamoth had been a republic whose Iron Cavalry was created to fight Propagation and later sent on a suicide mission against an Emanator.
• Firefly revealed her designation, AR26710, and said she was now simply Firefly before Hanxing pulled her into an embrace.

Hanxing and Firefly waited for Caelus in Golden Hour, then tried to draw the Astral Express into a conflict over the grand legacy. After evading Penacony’s guards and meeting Gallagher, Hanxing learned his disguise had made them look like invited guests from Fansha Star, which could help their plan.

• Hanxing and Firefly waited for Caelus, then planned to disguise their faction’s pursuit of the grand legacy as a fight over a Stellaron to involve the Astral Express.
• Penacony’s suited guards chased Hanxing and Firefly, so Hanxing escaped into his space and spoke with Yan Bai, the merged soul within the Blade of Ending.
• Yan Bai showed Hanxing that he could control the blade, and Hanxing used Harmony’s Tuning to take on Yan Bai’s appearance.
• Gallagher stopped the guards from pursuing Hanxing and Firefly and apologized, mistaking them for honored guests rather than criminals.
• Yan Bai explained that Basha had submitted Yan Bai’s information to Penacony, making Hanxing’s disguise identify him as a guest from Fansha Star.

Hanxing and Firefly entered a distorted dream after Sparkle put them to sleep, searching for clues about the legacy and the Watchmaker. They became trapped among looping rooms and strange creatures, and the chapter ended as an eye-covered monster appeared.

• Hanxing told Caelus that the legacy was a Stellaron, then put him into an illusion and left with Firefly.
• Hanxing and Firefly met Sparkle, who sent them into a strange dream with a wave of drowsiness.
• Hanxing and Firefly explored the distorted dream, where Hanxing suspected the Family was hiding something about the legacy and the Watchmaker.
• Hanxing and Firefly crossed dream puzzles and rooms, using Hanxing's teleportation to bypass obstacles.
• Hanxing and Firefly became trapped in looping corridors as televisions filled the area and an eye-covered monster appeared.

Hanxing and Firefly escaped a powerful monster with help from Black Swan, while Caelus was deceived by Sparkle. Hanxing woke injured in the Dream Pool, found Firefly still unconscious, and prepared to return to the dreamscape to find her.

• Caelus told Gallagher that Hanxing, a new Stellaron Hunter, had attacked him, and Gallagher promised to issue a wanted notice.
• Hanxing protected Firefly from a powerful monster, and Black Swan restrained it long enough for them to escape through a portal.
• Sparkle tricked Caelus with yin-yang fish and left him unconscious.
• Hanxing woke in the Dream Pool with injuries, but Firefly remained unconscious beside him.
• Hanxing used Star Eyes to heal himself and decided to reenter the dreamscape to search for Firefly.

Hanxing and Firefly learned that Silver Wolf had drawn the Astral Express toward a dangerous hidden dreamscape, while Caelus, Black Swan, and Acheron joined forces inside it. Hanxing watched their group from hiding and suspected Acheron was an Emanator of Nihility as he followed them.

• Silver Wolf sent Hanxing and Firefly into a dangerous dreamscape and shared coordinates for it with the Astral Express.
• Welt relayed Silver Wolf's message, and the Astral Express decided to investigate the hidden map in the locked Dream Hotel.
• Hanxing watched Caelus and Black Swan meet Acheron, and the three worked together to defeat the Dreamjolt Troupe.
• Acheron explained that a Masked Fool had sent her into the dreamscape, then asked Caelus and Black Swan to travel with her.
• Silver Wolf identified the woman as Galaxy Ranger Acheron, and Hanxing sensed her immense Nihility power before following the group.

Hanxing witnessed Firefly’s first death, then used Silver Wolf’s tracker to find her in Dreamflux Reef, where he confronted Dahlia. After Hanxing and Dahlia probed a dangerous memory, he embraced Firefly and warned her that she might one day have to kill him.

• Dormancy struck Firefly with its wing blade, and she dissolved into Memoria in Hanxing’s arms.
• Hanxing disguised himself as Yan Bai and joined Caelus and Acheron, claiming he wanted to avenge his girlfriend.
• Silver Wolf revealed that Firefly had undergone surgery to dream temporarily and had a tracker that located her in Dreamflux Reef.
• Hanxing used the tracker to reach Firefly, confronted Dahlia, and drew his blade when she claimed to be Firefly’s sister Hua.
• Hanxing and Dahlia glimpsed a memory from another world, and Dahlia warned that probing it again could bring the universe to its worst possible end.
• Hanxing embraced Firefly and whispered that he was sorry in advance in case she ever had to kill him.

Hanxing and Firefly, acting as Sam, clashed with Acheron and the others before sharing Elio’s instructions and Acheron’s message about Finality. They returned to Dreamflux Reef and brought Robin to their hidden room, where Firefly prepared to involve her in the investigation.

• Hanxing and Firefly confronted Acheron, Caelus, and Black Swan after defeating the Dreamjolt Troupe, but Black Swan whisked Caelus away and Sam fought Acheron.
• Acheron stopped fighting and questioned Firefly, while Hanxing revealed Elio’s instruction to have the Astral Express pursue the grand legacy and Firefly urged Acheron to investigate the Family.
• Acheron gave Hanxing a message for Sam about their fated reunion when Terminus ascended again, and Firefly said she still hoped to claim the right to begin.
• Firefly and Hanxing returned to Dreamflux Reef with Dahlia, and Firefly explained that death in the sweet dream led to the hidden Land of Exile, where Dormancy abducted people and Gallagher was suspected of controlling it.
• Firefly contacted Robin, persuaded her to meet privately, and Dahlia transported her into the room where Hanxing welcomed her.

Hanxing, Firefly, and Dahlia met Robin in a dream and explained their investigation into Gopher Wood’s loss of control over Penacony. Robin revealed that the Dream Master’s power had once affected her connection to the Path of Harmony, and the group set out to show her what they had found.

• Hanxing and Firefly introduced themselves to Robin in Dahlia’s new home within the sweet dream.
• Firefly and Dahlia told Robin that Gopher Wood was losing control of the dreamscape and that they had found a buried crime they believed was connected.
• Firefly said her purpose involved a reunion, a rescue, and a farewell, and Robin chose to trust her.
• Robin explained that the Dream Master’s commandment had led her to follow Harmony, but she lost her voice and power in The Reverie while remaining unaffected in Dreamflux Reef.
• Robin suspected Gopher Wood had followed the Path of Order, while Firefly said they had a different theory.
• Dahlia invited Robin and Hanxing to see the group’s discovery for themselves, and Hanxing agreed to go.

Dahlia showed Robin, Firefly, and Hanxing a memory of Gopher Wood betraying and killing a Glamoth Iron Cavalry member, then asked Robin to help uncover the past. Dahlia found evidence of a disaster in the Memory Zone, but an unknown woman interrupted them.

• Dahlia revealed a memory in which Gopher Wood killed a wounded Glamoth Iron Cavalry member who had fought the Swarm on Penacony.
• Gopher Wood claimed the Iron Cavalry were Pathstriders of Propagation and said the soldier's death would help establish the Eternal Paradise.
• Firefly said the soldier had been her friend and had chosen to fight the Swarm, while Robin promised to make sure her sacrifice was remembered.
• Dahlia asked Robin to lend her a memory so she could draw scenes of the past out of the Memory Zone, and Robin agreed.
• Dahlia used violet flames on Robin's memory, uncovered what she called a disaster, and opened a massive portal.
• A hostile female voice interrupted, calling what they had found nothing but lies.

Black Swan exposed Dahlia’s deception and helped Robin escape, while Hanxing searched the Memory Zone for Firefly. He found her unconscious but alive and carried her away.

• Black Swan revealed that Dahlia had pretended to be a Stellaron Hunter and warned Hanxing and Firefly to ask Silver Wolf about their real companion.
• Dahlia sent Firefly into the turbulent currents of memory, and Hanxing threatened Dahlia before leaving to search for her.
• Black Swan used Sunday’s message, “Melodi-Dove,” to gain Robin’s trust and offered to take her back to the Oak Family.
• Hanxing searched the Memory Zone, followed a purple will-o’-the-wisp, and found Firefly lying unconscious.
• Hanxing picked Firefly up, promised to get her out, and tore open space to carry her away.

Firefly recovered after Dahlia banished her to a Memory Zone, and she and Hanxing went shopping before hearing an IPC announcement about a performance at Clock Studios Theme Park. Meanwhile, the Astral Express Crew agreed to meet with Aventurine and Acheron to investigate Penacony, and Hanxing and Firefly headed toward the announced event expecting trouble.

• Hanxing told Firefly that Dahlia had banished her to a Memory Zone, then set her down after she recovered.
• Firefly suggested visiting the shopping street, and she pulled Hanxing through a spatial rift to explore it.
• Near the Penacony Grand Theater, two identical men discussed putting their plan first.
• Himeko, March 7th, Caelus, Yan Bai, Welt, and Acheron agreed to continue cooperating and seek an explanation from Aventurine.
• An IPC announcement invited people to a performance at Clock Studios Theme Park, and Firefly warned Hanxing that a fight might break out there.
• Hanxing opened a spatial portal, and he and Firefly set off for Clock Studios Theme Park.

Aventurine turned the gathering at Clock Studios Theme Park into a deadly game, claiming Caelus would become the cause of a third murder. The Astral Express Crew fought back, but Aventurine survived their attacks, while Hanxing waited to see when Acheron would act.

• Aventurine welcomed the Astral Express Crew and announced that a third murder was about to happen at Clock Studios Theme Park, blaming Caelus.
• Aventurine recounted his survival and declared that the game had begun, then crushed his Stoneheart stone and summoned dice and chips around the crew.
• Caelus blocked the chips as March 7th, Yan Bai, and Welt attacked Aventurine; Yan Bai knocked aside incoming chips and joined Welt in the assault.
• March 7th froze Aventurine with an exploding bear-shaped arrow, and Yan Bai struck him with a wave of golden sword energy.
• Aventurine emerged unharmed, and Hanxing noticed Acheron gripping her sword as he wondered when she would make her move.

Hanxing intervened to stop Acheron’s devastating slash from harming Penacony, and Xipe gave him new power that let him halt time and counter the attack. After falling, Hanxing woke in a spatial corridor and realized Firefly and the others were likely there too.

• Yan Bai, Caelus, and March 7th attacked Aventurine, and Yan Bai wounded him before Aventurine unleashed a golden domain and rained chips over Penacony.
• Hanxing protected Firefly from the falling chips while Acheron drew her tachi and sent a massive slash toward Aventurine.
• Hanxing used the Stellaron from Fansha Star to block Acheron’s attack, and Xipe appeared to grant him divine power and change his right eye.
• Hanxing stopped time, clashed with Acheron’s sword energy, and destroyed the attack in a blast that swept across Penacony.
• Hanxing fell as time resumed, then woke in a spatial corridor and restored his badly damaged arm with the power in his eye.

Hanxing, Firefly, and Yan Bai revealed their identities and joined Caelus and Welt in traveling to Dreamflux Reef. There, the group connected the disappearances to the Watchmaker and learned Gallagher might offer a lead.

• Hanxing and Firefly found themselves in the dream corridor, and Hanxing proposed coming clean to Caelus and the others.
• Yan Bai agreed with Hanxing, and the group approached Caelus after he woke.
• Hanxing revealed he was an Emanator of Harmony, explained Yan Bai’s connection to his clone, and introduced Firefly as his girlfriend.
• Caelus welcomed Hanxing and Firefly to travel with the Astral Express crew, and they used the Memoria torrent to reach Dreamflux Reef.
• Firefly explained that the creature called Death brought abducted dreamers to Dreamflux Reef, while Welt linked its appearances to the Watchmaker.
• Firefly mentioned hearing Gallagher’s name, and Welt told Caelus that Himeko and March 7th had gone ahead and the group should follow.