Chapter Summaries

Blake interrogated a captured Disciple of Sanctus Medicus and learned that the group had used the Stellaron to revive the Ambrosial Arbor and transform Cloud Knights. After hearing Stelle’s call for help, Blake threw a soap bomb that struck her boat on the way to Scalegorge Waterscape, leaving Stelle, Dan Heng, and March 7th capsized by friendly fire.

• Screwllum questioned the captured disciple, who revealed that the Disciples had used the Stellaron to revive the Ambrosial Arbor and praised Yaoshi and Abundance.
• The disciple described Mara-Struck as a blessing from Abundance and tried to tempt Fulisina with the promise of transformation.
• Blake heard Stelle calling for help against a Lord Ravager and threw a soap bomb after Fulisina cast a tracking spell on it.
• Stelle, Dan Heng, and March 7th traveled by boat toward Scalegorge Waterscape and sensed danger approaching.
• Blake’s soap bomb hit and capsized their boat, and Stelle realized that her delayed call for help had caused friendly fire.

Dan Heng was confronted by Blade, Kafka, and Silver Wolf before Yanqing intervened, and Blade revealed Dan Heng’s connection to the Imbibitor Lunae. Meanwhile, Stelle woke after being swept ashore with March 7th and Ye Yan, but learned that Dan Heng was missing.

• An explosion sent Dan Heng away from Stelle and March 7th, who fell into the sea and lost consciousness.
• Dan Heng encountered the three Stellaron Hunters, and Blade demanded that he reveal his true identity while Dan Heng insisted he was [Dan Heng].
• Yanqing arrived to arrest the wanted Stellaron Hunters, but Blade attacked Dan Heng and Yanqing joined the fight.
• Blade’s sword pierced Dan Heng’s chest, stirring the purple power within him, and Blade identified him as the Vidyadhara High Elder, [Imbibitor Lunae].
• The Stellaron’s voice woke Stelle, and Ye Yan and March 7th told her they had washed ashore while Dan Heng had not been so lucky.

Dan Heng fought Yanqing while trying to reach his friends, and Blade and Kafka escalated the battle. Yanqing revealed a milk-tea-themed sword, leaving Dan Heng convinced that their shared training made the move impossible to counter.

• Yanqing attacked Dan Heng and Blade, refusing to believe Dan Heng only wanted to find his friends.
• Kafka used Spirit Whisper to release Blade’s restraints, while Dan Heng hurried to end the fight.
• Dan Heng used the Cloud-Piercing Spear, but Yanqing blocked it with a sword that surprised Silver Wolf and Kafka.
• Yanqing revealed his milk tea sword, which he had commissioned and imbued with realistic milk-tea effects after learning the technique from Ye Yan.
• Dan Heng recognized the weapon and realized that, since he and Yanqing had learned from the same master, he had no way to counter its move.

Yanqing’s fight with Blade and Dan Heng ended when Jing Yuan arrived and allowed the Stellaron Hunters to leave. Jing Yuan then asked Dan Heng to do one last favor as Dan Feng in exchange for lifting his exile, and said Dan Heng’s friends from the Express were waiting.

• Kafka stopped Yanqing and Dan Heng’s fight with Spirit Whisper, then Jing Yuan arrived and sent Yanqing away.
• Jing Yuan let Kafka, Blade, and Silver Wolf leave, while Dan Heng agreed to go with him to Scalegorge Waterscape to meet his friends.
• March 7th and Stelle told Ye Yan how Blake had struck their boat with soap, and Stelle jokingly demanded milk tea as compensation.
• Jing Yuan asked Dan Heng to perform one last favor as Dan Feng and promised to revoke his exile afterward.
• Dan Heng insisted he was not Dan Feng, and Jing Yuan said his friends from the Express were waiting for him.

Jing Yuan explained Dan Heng’s past and the danger Phantylia posed as he headed toward Dragon Exaltation Hall, while the Astral Express crew learned Ye Yan was an Aeon of [Eternity]. After Dan Heng reunited with them in his dragon form, Jing Yuan asked for their help, and Welt began reminding the crew that each Nameless must choose whether to continue the journey.

• Jing Yuan explained that the Xianzhou would retaliate against the Antimatter Legion and suspected Phantylia had another plan beyond the exposed Stellaron crisis.
• Himeko read March 7th’s message that Ye Yan was the Aeon of [Eternity], and Pom-Pom broke a tray before revealing that the secret concerned Pom Pom pie.
• Jing Yuan arrived at Dragon Exaltation Hall with Dan Heng, and March 7th learned that Dan Heng had gained dragon horns and hidden powers.
• Jing Yuan asked Dan Heng and the Astral Express crew to help stop Phantylia, whose target was the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Welt said he would help the Luofu but insisted the Express crew must decide for themselves whether to stay and assist.

Jing Yuan explained that Dan Heng had to open the path to the Ambrosial Arbor by drawing on his past as Dan Feng, while the Astral Express prepared to act. Deep beneath Scalegorge Waterscape, Phantylia confronted a Fool of the Tavern offering her ten cups of special-effect milk tea as a remedy, just as the Arbor began to shake.

• Jing Yuan explained that the Vidyadhara High Elders had sealed the Ambrosial Arbor with the Ancient Sea and asked Dan Heng to open the path to it.
• Fu Xuan spoke with Dan Heng about his reincarnation as Imbibitor Lunae and his past with the High-Cloud Quintet.
• Stelle tried to make Ye Yan secure compensation from Blake for her injuries, then declared she wanted to be the Church's holy maiden.
• Dan Heng sensed the Arbor's ancient roots stirring and felt memories of the past seize him.
• Phantylia rejected the Fool of the Tavern's ten cups of milk tea, but a tremor pinned her down as the mask urged her to absorb them before the Astral Express arrived.

Jing Yuan led the group into Scalegorge Waterscape to confront Phantylia while leaving Fu Xuan and the Cloud Knights to guard the passage. Ye Yan agreed not to intervene personally, but summoned Fulisina and Blake to help, as the group began opening the Vidyadhara seals.

• Jing Yuan ordered Fu Xuan and the Cloud Knights to guard the passage and follow his instructions if he failed to return.
• Jing Yuan led March 7th, Dan Heng, Ye Yan, and the others into the ancient Vidyadhara ruins to face Phantylia.
• Dan Heng explained that the group needed to undo three Vidyadhara seals, and the group examined murals depicting the Vidyadhara life cycle.
• At the Alchemy Commission, Blake lost control of the soap he had thrown after something collided with it.
• Ye Yan sent Fulisina and Blake messages ordering them to join the fight against the Lord Ravager at Scalegorge Waterscape.

Blake brought Tingyun to join the fight against Phantylia, who had seized the Ambrosial Arbor’s power. Phantylia survived Stelle’s soap attack thanks to the special-effect milk tea she had secretly received, while invisible Ye Yan confronted the mask responsible.

• Blake and Fulisina asked Tingyun to join them so she could take revenge on Phantylia.
• Dan Heng undid the final seal, and the group entered the Ambrosial Arbor’s Roots to face Phantylia.
• Phantylia grew to enormous size and used the Arbor’s power to attack the group with illusory flowers, gales, and vines.
• March 7th freed Stelle from the vines, allowing Stelle to throw her soap at Phantylia.
• Phantylia survived the soap’s explosion because the attack consumed one of the ten special-effect milk teas she had been given.
• Ye Yan confronted an invisible mask and learned it had fed all ten cups of milk tea to Phantylia.

Ye Yan and the Fool's Mask joked about the Church of Eternity's outrageous creed and its treatment of followers of other Paths. Meanwhile, Phantylia transformed into her third phase and began corrupting Jing Yuan before Blake arrived to join the battle.

• Ye Yan and the Fool's Mask discussed the Church of Eternity's creed, which encouraged spreading Yite's faith and claimed that Eternity would forgive anything.
• The Church's teachings described pranks and violence against Antimatter Legion members and followers of Destruction as ways to help them.
• Jing Yuan, Stelle, March 7th, Welt, and Dan Heng fought Phantylia, and Jing Yuan's taunt enraged her into her third phase.
• Phantylia bound Jing Yuan with branches of the Ambrosial Arbor and poured Imaginary Energy into him to turn him into a Voidranger.
• Blake and another figure descended as music played, announcing the battle's second phase.

Blake, Stelle, Jing Yuan, and Tingyun drained and attacked Phantylia until she abandoned her body and fled, promising the Xianzhou’s destruction. The battle remained unresolved as she escaped to carry a threat to the Antimatter Legion.

• Blake arrived to confront Phantylia, but she swept him away, and Stelle drew her attention while Jing Yuan remained immobilized.
• Stelle used the [Eternity] hourglass and the Fool’s Mask to make Phantylia’s [Destruction] energy flow into Jing Yuan, who turned her power against her.
• Blake returned and replenished Phantylia’s energy while summoning Tingyun, who used the transferred power to attack her with her fan.
• Dan Heng and the others joined Tingyun’s attacks as Blake kept Phantylia supplied with energy, until he stopped and her body exploded.
• Phantylia declared that the Xianzhou’s destruction was near, ordered a pawn of Destruction to deliver her threat to the Antimatter Legion, and fled before a reassuring voice spoke.

After the Stellaron crisis ended, Ye Yan and the Church of Eternity dealt with the captured Phantylia, and Fulisina visited Ye Yan’s milk tea shop. Yanqing came to ask Ye Yan for sword instruction, but Ye Yan encouraged him to seek guidance from Dan Heng instead.

• Stelle and March 7th collected five bottles of special-effect milk tea after Ye Yan captured Phantylia in an iron cage.
• Blake said Phantylia was still alive but weakened, and Jing Yuan agreed to leave her in the Church of Eternity’s custody.
• The crisis was settled, Priest Fulisina went to handle the Stellaron, and the Xianzhou’s higher-ups accepted the Church’s request to take Phantylia.
• At Ye Yan’s milk tea shop, Fulisina introduced herself to Yanqing as the Holy Maiden of the Church of Eternity.
• Yanqing regretted missing the fight against Phantylia and asked Ye Yan to teach him, but Ye Yan advised him to seek guidance from Dan Heng.
• Fulisina encouraged Yanqing to ask Dan Heng for help and invoked the protection of [Eternity].

Ye Yan and the others discussed keeping the captured Phantylia sealed as a chandelier, while Fu Xuan thanked the Astral Express and recognized them as sworn allies of the Luofu. Fu Xuan then asked them to help reconstruct the events surrounding the Ambrosial Arbor disaster for her report to the Alliance.

• Fulisina praised Yanqing and considered recruiting him, while Ye Yan suggested a Church and Xianzhou exchange program for martial training.
• Ye Yan explained that Phantylia's consciousness was trapped just before [Eternity], leaving her powerless as a chandelier.
• At the Dusty Inn, Tingyun chose to keep Phantylia sealed rather than execute her, after Welt and Dan Heng warned of the danger of provoking the Antimatter Legion.
• Fu Xuan described the burden of serving as acting general and officially named the Astral Express sworn allies of the Luofu, granting them preferential treatment.
• Fu Xuan asked the Astral Express to help piece together the Ambrosial Arbor disaster so she could submit a complete report to the Alliance.

Fu Xuan reviewed Phantylia’s conspiracy and the Luofu’s remaining questions with the Express crew, then discussed the revived Ambrosial Arbor with Qingzu. Stelle and March 7th reflected on their role in saving the Luofu, and the chapter ended with Stelle wondering what Ye Yan was doing.

• Fu Xuan explained that Phantylia had infiltrated the Luofu, armed the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus with a Stellaron, and sought to make the Xianzhou destroy itself.
• Fu Xuan said Elio’s prophecy had led the Stellaron Hunters to bring allies to the Luofu, and she promised to report the crew’s contributions while omitting their names from sections about Xianzhou affairs.
• Stelle asked Qingzu what would happen to the revived Ambrosial Arbor, and Qingzu said the Alliance could not destroy it without the Reignbow Arbiter’s power and would need the Six Charioteers to deliberate.
• March 7th reassured Stelle that the crew had earned credit for saving the Luofu, then showed her how she used Six-Phased Ice to store milk tea.
• Stelle wondered what Ye Yan was doing.

Dan Heng returned to the Luofu and decided to meet its current Vidyadhara High Elder to learn about his past as Dan Feng and make amends. At Ye Yan’s milk tea shop, Silver Wolf discussed the Church of Eternity and its dangers before learning that Ye Yan’s milk tea had its calories “locked” by Eternity technology.

• Dan Heng told March 7th and Stelle that he wanted to meet the Luofu’s Vidyadhara High Elder and understand Dan Feng’s past.
• Silver Wolf visited Ye Yan’s shop and criticized its location and appearance, while Ye Yan defended its unusual style.
• Sampo explained to Silver Wolf that Yite’s protection had placed the planet’s natives in a state resembling longevity.
• Silver Wolf recalled her Church of Eternity dungeon ordeal and claimed she had faced Blake and Genius Society #76 Screwllum.
• Ye Yan told Silver Wolf that his milk tea’s calories were locked by Eternity technology, leaving her to wonder if it had been blessed by the Aeon of Eternity.

Ye Yan’s milk tea remark led Silver Wolf to suspect his identity as the Aeon of [Eternity], while Jing Yuan thanked the Express Crew and freed Dan Heng from exile. As the crew prepared to return to the Express, Himeko invited them to Jarilo-VI for the [Paskonja Festival] and revealed that Pom-Pom was depressed.

• Silver Wolf’s comment about milk tea startled Ye Yan, who assumed she had discovered he was the Aeon of [Eternity] and planned to reveal himself in Belobog.
• Jing Yuan presented the Astral Express Crew with a Jade Abacus that could summon the Luofu Cloud Knights, while warning them to use it only when necessary.
• Jing Yuan rescinded Dan Heng’s exile but warned that the decree could not guarantee his safety from people who still blamed him for Dan Feng’s sins.
• Welt said Himeko had asked about the crew’s return, and the group agreed they should go back to the Express and report that they were safe.
• Himeko invited the crew to return to Jarilo-VI for the [Paskonja Festival] and announced that Pom-Pom was depressed, prompting shocked reactions in the group chat.

Ye Yan recalled the Express crew’s many past offenses while trying to figure out who had upset Pom-Pom, then handed the shop keys to Silver Wolf so he could go comfort the Conductor. At the Prison of Deep Seclusion, Jing Yuan confronted Luocha over his role in bringing the Stellaron to the Luofu, and a white-haired woman appeared to announce a coming clash against Yaoshi.

• Ye Yan ruled out the other Trailblazers and Himeko as the cause of Pom-Pom’s sadness, then blamed Aha and remembered the crew’s many crimes against the Conductor.
• Pom-Pom listed forty-six serious incidents, and the shadows admitted to several offenses, including the snowmobile crash, the Nasobeme breeding scheme, and taking the Express hot pot.
• Ye Yan gave Silver Wolf the milk tea shop keys and went to comfort Pom-Pom.
• Jing Yuan questioned Luocha about bringing the Stellaron to the Xianzhou Luofu and entering the Prison of Deep Seclusion, then revealed he knew about Luocha’s past and ordered him to surrender.
• Luocha declared himself an enemy of Yaoshi, and a white-haired woman appeared, warning Jing Yuan that the Xianzhou faced a choice of Paths and that her side would put Abundance to death.

Blake offered to help Luocha pursue their shared goal of killing the master of [Abundance], while clarifying that he would act personally rather than involve the [Church of Eternity]. Back aboard the Astral Express, Ye Yan made amends with Pom-Pom, and the crew prepared to travel to Penacony before eventually visiting the Church.

• Blake entered the interrogation room and suggested that he and Luocha could cooperate against [Abundance], but warned that the [Church of Eternity] would not join the war between Abundance and the Hunt.
• Jing Yuan and Luocha understood that Blake was offering to participate in a personal capacity, and Blake approached Luocha.
• Ye Yan returned to the Astral Express, where Pom-Pom revealed that he had been crying because he thought he had failed to keep Ye Yan's identity secret.
• Ye Yan promised Pom-Pom extra sweets for guarding his secret for over a thousand years, then gave March 7th and Stelle bags of sweets as hush money.
• Himeko announced that the Express's next destination was Penacony, and said the crew could visit the Church of Eternity after two more stops if they had enough [Trailblaze] fuel.

At the Sleepless Earl teahouse, Ye Yan sampled Mengming’s new Cloud-Quelling Song tea before he and Stelle encountered Beina arguing with a restaurant owner over missing Faunus Red-Fleeced Sheep. Beina revealed she had planned to release the endangered sheep into Scalegorge Waterscape, prompting Stelle to react with alarm.

• Ye Yan praised Mengming’s Cloud-Quelling Song tea while learning Tingyun had inspired its creation.
• Stelle joined Ye Yan as they watched Beina accuse a restaurant owner of serving her missing Faunus Red-Fleeced Sheep.
• The restaurant owner denied taking Beina’s sheep and left after noticing Ye Yan and Stelle watching.
• Stelle raised her bat when Beina invoked the Lord of Abundance, but Beina insisted she was a law-abiding outworlder who released creatures into the wild.
• Beina explained that she had bought endangered Faunus Red-Fleeced Sheep to release into Scalegorge Waterscape, and Stelle questioned whether she meant to return them to the sea.

Stelle and Ye Yan accepted Beina’s request to investigate the missing Faunus Red-Fleeced Sheep and traveled to Scalegorge Waterscape, while March 7th got restaurant recommendations from Qingque. After Stelle and Ye Yan killed a pack of spirit beasts, Zhongshan claimed the wolves belonged to the Release Gang and demanded a fine.

• Stelle demanded payment for helping Beina, who agreed to exchange contact details and asked them to meet at the Alchemy Commission if they made progress.
• March 7th asked Qingque for restaurant recommendations, and Qingque pointed her toward Aurum Alley and Shang Ziwei.
• Stelle and Ye Yan searched Scalegorge Waterscape for the missing sheep and found red wool, bloodstains, and wolf-like footprints.
• Several Timberwolves and Golden Hounds surrounded Stelle, and she killed some of them with Ye Yan’s help.
• Zhongshan introduced herself and said the wolves belonged to the Release Gang, then told Stelle and Ye Yan they had to pay a fine.

Stelle and Ye Yan learned about the Release Gang’s eccentric philanthropists, including Screwllum’s milk tea releases, while Fulisina continued working at the restaurant. Fulisina then sensed that Qingque’s [Eternity] readings nearly matched her own.

• Zhongshan tried to bring Stelle and Ye Yan to meet the Release Gang’s philanthropists, and Stelle reluctantly went along.
• Stelle recognized Screwllum among the gang and heard how Donia, Beina, Hisman, Nannan, and Screwllum each released different things.
• Zhongshan revealed that Nannan released microorganisms in mineral water and Screwllum released milk tea from a shabby teahouse.
• Zhongshan explained Stelle and Ye Yan’s situation to the philanthropists, and Screwllum reacted subtly when he heard their names.
• At the [Shang Ziwei] restaurant, March 7th found Fulisina still working, and Fulisina’s [Eternity] detector showed Qingque’s readings nearly matched her own.