Chapter Summaries

Qingque led March 7th, Stelle, Welt, Dan Heng, and Ye Yan through the Divination Commission to the Matrix of Prescience, explaining how its Jade Abacus worked. Ye Yan recalled an earlier failed attempt to convince a priestess that he was Yite, and the group continued toward the master diviner.

• Qingque brought the group through the Divination Commission's locked side entrance, which Ye Yan secretly opened while March 7th took credit for it.
• Qingque guided everyone to the Matrix of Prescience without encountering any Fragmentum Monsters.
• Qingque explained that the Matrix's Jade Abacus used talismans engraved in jade to process information and answer questions.
• Ye Yan recalled taking fruit from an offering at his church and claiming to a priestess that he was Yite, the Aeon of [Eternity].
• The priestess disbelieved Ye Yan and punished him by making him copy the Eternity Creed.
• Qingque told the group they were nearing the Matrix's heart, where the master diviner should be waiting.

Fu Xuan enlisted the Astral Express crew to clear the Divination Commission of Stellaron creatures while Qingque restarted the Matrix of Prescience. After learning that Ye Yan was an Emanator of Eternity, Fu Xuan turned to investigate the missing Stellaron Hunters.

• Jing Yuan asked Fu Xuan to restore the Matrix of Prescience and help deal with the Stellaron Hunters, then brought the Astral Express crew to assist her.
• Fu Xuan tasked the crew with clearing the Stellaron creatures and ordered Qingque to restart the matrix bases as punishment for skipping work.
• Qingque revealed she had worked at Ye Yan's milk tea shop, and March 7th and Stelle told Fu Xuan that Ye Yan was the Emanator of Eternity.
• Jing Yuan told Ye Yan, Welt, and Dan Heng that Kafka was in custody, Silver Wolf remained missing, and the Xianzhou would not hand over Blade.
• Ye Yan suggested Silver Wolf might have used a method like Jing Yuan's virtual projection, and Fu Xuan admitted she had never considered that possibility.

Jing Yuan sent Welt and Dan Heng to help Fu Xuan restart the Matrix of Prescience while he spoke privately with Ye Yan, who discussed fate and the possibility of Fu Xuan following Eternity. As Stelle, March 7th, Welt, Dan Heng, and Qingque worked on the terminals, March 7th accidentally revealed that Ye Yan was an Emanator of Eternity, making the others suspect that Fu Xuan’s ignorance of his identity was suspicious.

• Jing Yuan asked everyone to help Fu Xuan activate the Matrix of Prescience and guided Welt and Dan Heng away so he could speak with Ye Yan.
• Ye Yan discussed divination, fate, and Eternity with Jing Yuan, and suggested that Fu Xuan could become a follower of Eternity.
• Fu Xuan explained how the Matrix would interrogate Kafka and why it could not accurately locate the Stellaron, then sent Stelle and March 7th to restart the terminals with Qingque.
• At the Temporal Terminal, Qingque began operating it while March 7th joked that Ye Yan had led people astray by making portals an excuse for laziness.
• March 7th accidentally revealed that Ye Yan was an Emanator of Eternity, and the others began wondering why Fu Xuan did not know his identity.

Ye Yan warned Jing Yuan that members of the [Tavern] might visit the Luofu, then teased Fu Xuan about her height and invited her to divine his identity. Fu Xuan's attempt to divine Ye Yan overwhelmed her with a vision of a cosmic hand and a crimson mask, and she later prepared to interrogate Kafka with the Matrix of Prescience.

• Ye Yan gave Jing Yuan a warning about possible visitors from the [Tavern] and joked with Fu Xuan when she arrived.
• Ye Yan challenged Fu Xuan to uncover his origins through divination, and she became absorbed in a vision of an hourglass held by a gigantic hand before glimpsing a crimson mask.
• Stelle and the others activated all three matrix terminals and returned to Fu Xuan, who concealed that her divination of Ye Yan had left her shaken.
• Fu Xuan announced she would interrogate Kafka using the Matrix of Prescience, and Cloud Knights brought Kafka to the center of the matrix in shackles.
• Kafka asked after the missing navigator and Blade, then hinted that the group should be more concerned about Silver Wolf.

Fu Xuan’s divination revealed that Kafka was not responsible for the Stellaron crisis and that the Astral Express Crew was tied to what she saw. Kafka explained to Stelle that the Stellaron Hunters had come to the Luofu to bring the Astral Express there, while the Church of Eternity’s involvement remained unclear.

• Fu Xuan divined that Kafka had nothing to do with the Stellaron and learned of a plot involving traitors within the Luofu and enemies outside it.
• Fu Xuan left to report her findings to Jing Yuan, leaving Stelle to question Kafka.
• Kafka told Stelle that Elio had foreseen the interrogation and that the Stellaron Hunters had waited for the right moment to become involved.
• Kafka explained that Silver Wolf, Blade, and she had appeared on the Luofu to bring the Astral Express there and help Stelle establish ties with the Xianzhou Alliance.
• Kafka said she knew little about the Church of Eternity and suggested Stelle ask Silver Wolf about it.

Kafka explained that Elio’s script sent Ye Yan to help the Luofu so the Xianzhou Alliance would aid him in a future battle against Nanook. Meanwhile, Fulisina traveled across the Luofu, repeatedly encountering Church acquaintances in disguise before heading toward Exalting Sanctum.

• Kafka told Ye Yan that helping resolve the Luofu’s Stellaron crisis would earn the Xianzhou Alliance’s favor for a future fight against Nanook.
• Fulisina traveled with Luocha and Sushang to Central Starskiff Haven after learning the Church of Eternity’s knights used protective devices to withstand attacks.
• Fulisina went to Ye Yan’s milk tea shop, where Tingyun told her Ye Yan had gone to Exalting Sanctum.
• Fulisina encountered Blake, disguised as Mr. Xiyan, at the Sleepless Earl teahouse after he had dealt with Phantylia.
• Fulisina met Screwllum, who was impersonating Blake, at a food stall and sent him to the Sleepless Earl for help.
• Fulisina discovered she could not pay for her food and went to wash dishes while Screwllum prayed to Lord Yite for rescue.

Fulisina spent the night without a room alongside Blake and Screwllum, then met Luocha and Sushang at the Artisanship Commission. After Fulisina healed the injured puppet judge Xueyi with the power of [Eternity], the others were astonished by her ability.

• Fulisina, Blake, and Screwllum sat outside the closed Sleepless Earl teahouse after Fulisina realized she had nowhere to sleep.
• Fulisina went to the Artisanship Commission and joined Luocha and Sushang in a conversation about Aeons, death, and the coffin Luocha was carrying.
• Luocha explained that he had promised to deliver the coffin to the Xianzhou, while Sushang described Xianzhou funeral customs.
• Fulisina, Luocha, and Sushang found Xueyi surrounded by Mara-Struck Soldiers, and Fulisina instantly killed the attackers.
• Sushang identified Xueyi as a puppet judge and said she needed to take her to the Earth-Balance Commission.
• Fulisina repaired Xueyi's damaged body with [Eternity], leaving Xueyi and Sushang amazed.

Sushang and her companions rescued Xueyi and were transported to the Alchemy Commission as the Ambrosial Arbor began growing again. Meanwhile, Kafka explained to Stelle how Aeons could fall and described the possible connection between Permanence and Eternity.

• Xueyi thanked Sushang and her companions for rescuing her, warned them about a dangerous Stellaron Hunter, and said the Ambrosial Arbor's growth was caused by a Stellaron.
• Xueyi led the group toward the Alchemy Commission, and Fulisina opened a portal that transported everyone there.
• Kafka told Stelle about three known ways Aeons could fall, including overlapping Paths, divine wars, and the Xianzhou Alliance's pursuit of Yaoshi.
• Kafka explained the Alliance's history with the Ambrosial Arbor and suggested that the Hunt's endless pursuit could also be considered a kind of Eternity.
• Kafka told Stelle that Eternity may have swallowed Permanence, leaving the Vidyadhara as its surviving descendants.

Kafka and Silver Wolf escaped after the Ambrosial Arbor revived, while Stelle absorbed the Fragmentum Monsters with her hourglass necklace. Jing Yuan concluded that the Stellaron Hunters had brought the Astral Express to the Luofu to connect it with the Xianzhou, as the Church was better equipped to face the larger threat.

• Kafka escaped her Imaginary shackles as the Ambrosial Arbor revived, and Welt identified a Stellaron as the likely cause.
• Silver Wolf appeared beside Kafka and said she had rescued Blade, while Stelle released her necklace and absorbed the Fragmentum Monsters into the Stellaron inside it.
• Kafka and Silver Wolf left the Matrix of Prescience, and March 7th made excuses for not helping Stelle fight.
• Fu Xuan questioned whether Kafka had deceived the Matrix of Prescience, but Jing Yuan said the Stellaron’s spread supported his theory of an external enemy and the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus as an internal threat.
• Jing Yuan said Phantylia was unlikely to act soon and revealed that only the Author of the Ember's Desolation and the Lord of Eternal Joy could prompt the deity to intervene.
• Jing Yuan concluded that the Stellaron Hunters had drawn the Astral Express to the Luofu to connect the Xianzhou with the Express, since the Church could handle the looming threats.

Jing Yuan revealed that the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus had used a Stellaron to revive the Ambrosial Arbor and delayed an assault so the Cloud Knights could catch the traitors together. He assigned Fu Xuan and the Astral Express crew to support the operation while Ye Yan and Qingque took shelter at a milk tea shop.

• Jing Yuan told Fu Xuan that a Stellaron had caused the Ambrosial Arbor to grow again and that he wanted to wait for the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus to gather before acting.
• Jing Yuan recruited the Astral Express crew, and Fu Xuan accepted command of the Cloud Knights outside the delve near the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Jing Yuan promised to discuss a reward with the Express crew after the crisis and explained the Arbor’s history and its role in granting the Xianzhou people longevity.
• Ye Yan accompanied Qingque to a milk tea shop, where she said she trusted Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan to handle the crisis.

Ye Yan left Qingque to mind his shop while Jing Yuan explained the dangers of immortality and the Ambrosial Arbor’s return to Stelle and March 7th. Fu Xuan redirected the Astral Express crew toward the crisis, but the Abundance Ebon Deer crashed into the Matrix of Prescience before they could depart.

• Ye Yan settled Qingque in his shop, then headed toward the Alchemy Commission after sensing that help was already at the Artisanship Commission.
• Jing Yuan recounted how Yaoshi’s gift of immortality led the Xianzhou’s ancestors to overpopulation, Mara-Struck, and repeated wars with the Denizens of Abundance.
• Jing Yuan explained that a Stellaron had been placed beneath the Ambrosial Arbor to revive it, while Fu Xuan warned that the Alchemy Commission might have been compromised by the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.
• Fu Xuan said Kafka’s escape was expected and that the crew’s priority was addressing the Arbor, then left with Jing Yuan to act on the crisis.
• The Astral Express crew prepared to go to the Artisanship Commission, but the Abundance Ebon Deer crashed into the Matrix of Prescience.

Fulisina and Blake reached the Matrix of Creation, where their attack triggered a force that sent the Abundance Ebon Deer to the Divination Commission. There, March 7th, Dan Heng, Stelle, and Welt struggled to harm the deer as it regenerated, leaving them to restrain it and search for the source of its power.

• Fulisina defeated Master Gongshu's mechanical creations at the Artisanship Commission, and Blake persuaded him to direct them toward the Matrix of Creation.
• Master Gongshu told Fulisina and Blake that a wooden fiend had seized the Matrix of Creation and was controlling the commission's machines.
• Fulisina and Blake found the Abundance Ebon Deer beside the Matrix of Creation, and Fulisina struck it with an energy blast.
• A red wall appeared, and an unknown power hurled the Abundance Ebon Deer toward the Divination Commission.
• March 7th and Welt restrained the deer while Dan Heng and Stelle attacked it, but its wounds healed too quickly for them to cause lasting damage.
• Dan Heng and Welt suspected the deer was drawing replenishment from the revived Ambrosial Arbor, while Stelle prepared to keep fighting.

Stelle and her companions investigated the Artisanship Commission for a way to counter the Abundance Ebon Deer and the Ambrosial Arbor. After using the Commission’s devices to clear a path, Stelle tried to absorb the Arbor’s power with her necklace.

• Stelle and March 7th froze and restrained the regenerating Abundance Ebon Deer, then followed Welt toward the Artisanship Commission.
• At the Matrix of Creation, Fulisina and Blake found themselves trapped behind a red barrier and sensed that the Abundance Ebon Deer had been sent toward the Divination Commission.
• Master Gongshu explained that the Transmutation Arcanum could connect spatial coordinates, but the Ambrosial Arbor’s branches had tangled its screen.
• Stelle used the Luminflux Pyxis to destroy the Arbor’s branches after her flaming lance proved ineffective.
• Stelle placed her hourglass-shaped necklace on the ground and attempted to draw on the Ambrosial Arbor’s power from within.

Ye Yan stopped Stelle from drawing too much power from the Ambrosial Arbor and revealed that Aha had trapped Fulisina and Blake while sending the Abundance Ebon Deer to the Divination Commission. He brought the others to the Matrix of Creation, where they found the two Emanators still trapped, and prepared to explain what had happened.

• Stelle tried to absorb energy from the Ambrosial Arbor, but Ye Yan warned her that doing so could make her an Emanator of [Abundance].
• Ye Yan met Silver Wolf at the Divination Commission and pitched her on hiding in a Luofu milk tea shop as a special live-action game.
• Aha appeared to pester Ye Yan, who accused the Aeon of causing the chaos and mocked Aha for losing face.
• Ye Yan led the group to the Matrix of Creation, where they found Fulisina drawing in the dirt and Blake writing in the Book of Eternal Virtues.
• March 7th recognized Fulisina and Blake as Master Gongshu's helpers, while Dan Heng and Welt worried that the pair had been trapped; Ye Yan agreed to explain the situation.

Ye Yan revealed himself as the Aeon of Eternity when he shattered the barrier imprisoning Fulisina and Blake, and the Astral Express crew accepted his identity. After the Abundance Ebon Deer broke free and was killed, Master Gongshu warned the crew that the Alchemy Commission would be even more dangerous.

• Ye Yan broke the crimson barrier, revealing his power, and Stelle realized he was an Aeon while March 7th struggled to understand.
• Welt and Dan Heng explained Ye Yan’s identity to March 7th, and Blake gave Ye Yan the Book of Eternal Virtues he had prepared.
• Fulisina and Blake argued about Himeko’s coffee and whether Blake deserved to remain Chair, until Stelle and March 7th stopped him from drinking the leftover coffee.
• The Abundance Ebon Deer broke free and leaped to the Artisanship Commission, where Fulisina and Blake killed it with a single shot before Master Gongshu arrived.
• Master Gongshu described the danger of the Ambrosial Arbor and urged the crew to continue to the nearby Alchemy Commission, warning that it was likely even more dangerous.

Stelle baited Phantylia into considering the Path of [Eternity] while Phantylia brooded over her failed plans on the Luofu. March 7th then asked Ye Yan about becoming an Aeon, and Stelle regretted the nicknames she had given him.

• Phantylia messaged Stelle about the revived Ambrosial Arbor and its fruit, hinting that she wanted its power and an immortal lifespan.
• Stelle suggested Phantylia walk the Path of [Eternity] and directed her toward the Church of Eternity, leaving Phantylia to wonder if she had been set up.
• Phantylia blamed Yite and considered using [Abundance] and [Destruction] to challenge the Xianzhou general and the Church Chair.
• March 7th asked Ye Yan what it felt like to become an Aeon, and Ye Yan explained that his current body was fabricated and he did not strictly count as an Aeon.
• Stelle asked whether she could take back the nicknames she had given Ye Yan in Belobog, and Ye Yan noted that she had given the Aeon of [Eternity] many nicknames.

Fu Xuan explained that the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus had poisoned the Aureate Elixir Furnace’s mist to turn the Cloud Knights Mara-Struck, and enlisted the group to stop it. She revealed that the enemy had prepared for the Xianzhou forces but not for outside help, leaving Ye Yan’s role as the unconventional force in focus.

• The group reached the Alchemy Commission with Phantylia disguised as Tingyun and fought Disciples of Sanctus Medicus infiltrators along the way.
• Fu Xuan returned and explained that the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus had emerged during the Stellaron crisis and were tied to the disaster.
• March 7th protested that the group kept getting assigned dangerous work, but Fu Xuan clarified that they would not lead the Cloud Knights into battle.
• Fu Xuan showed the group the Aureate Elixir Furnace and explained that the Disciples had poisoned its mist with drugs that induced the Mara-Struck condition.
• Welt realized that the Cloud Knights’ frontal assault was a diversion meant to draw attention while the group extinguished the furnace and stopped the smoke.
• Fu Xuan explained why the mist threatened all Long-Life Species, and everyone turned their attention to Ye Yan as an outside force the enemy had not anticipated.

Stelle, March 7th, and Fu Xuan extinguished the furnace’s sinister mist and confronted Dan Shu, who defended the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus’ pursuit of immortality. Stelle challenged Dan Shu to consider believing in [Eternity], leaving Dan Shu at a loss for words.

• Fu Xuan explained how the memories and emotional burdens of Long-Life Species could lead them to become mara-struck, then warned that the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus were likely waiting for a turning point.
• Stelle used her [Eternity] hourglass to suck up all the sinister mist and extinguish the furnace, while Fu Xuan prepared to bring the Cloud Knights.
• Fu Xuan and the Cloud Knights confronted Dan Shu at the furnace and accused her of grave crimes, including reviving the Ambrosial Arbor and luring people into becoming mara-struck.
• Dan Shu defended the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus by arguing that they followed the Xianzhou’s ancestors in seeking the blessings of Abundance.
• Stelle urged Dan Shu to believe in [Eternity] and asked whether Yaoshi had ever truly answered the Disciples’ prayers.

Dan Shu’s attempt to summon the Abundance spirit beasts was interrupted by Dan Heng, and Phantylia revealed herself as a Lord Ravager after killing Dan Shu. When Phantylia tried to leave, Stelle used her hourglass necklace and called for Chair Blake to launch a soap-style nuclear strike.

• Fu Xuan rejected Dan Shu’s pitch for restoring the old ways, and Dan Shu summoned Abundance spirit beasts.
• Dan Heng struck Dan Shu with Cloud-Piercer and interrupted her attempt to call on the Compassionate Medicine King.
• Dan Shu revealed that Phantylia had given the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus a Stellaron, and Phantylia killed her before revealing her true form.
• Phantylia introduced herself as a Lord Ravager and summoned Voidrangers to cover her escape.
• Stelle flew up to block Phantylia, activated her hourglass necklace, and called for Chair Blake to strike her with a soap-style nuclear attack.

Stelle’s necklace nearly caught Phantylia, but the Lord Ravager escaped by feeding Stelle milk tea before the group set out for Scalegorge Waterscape to stop her reaching the Ambrosial Arbor. At the Alchemy Commission, Fulisina reunited with Sushang and Luocha, then found Screwllum questioning a prisoner and trying to promote the Church of Eternity.

• Phantylia escaped Stelle’s necklace by snatching Ye Yan’s milk tea and feeding it to Stelle, interrupting her long enough to flee.
• Fu Xuan identified Phantylia as the Lord Ravager behind the rebellion and ordered the group to head for Scalegorge Waterscape to protect the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Fu Xuan explained that the Vidyadhara had guarded the sealed Ambrosial Arbor for generations, while the group wondered where Jing Yuan had gone.
• Fulisina reunited with Sushang and Luocha at the Alchemy Commission, where Luocha described how mara-struck Cloud Knights had attacked their own forces.
• Fulisina found Screwllum questioning a captured believer, and Screwllum said the Luofu’s unrest was a chance to promote the Church of Eternity.