Vol. 4The Gem and the Ruins

Han Jiang moved between battles, expeditions, and St. Freya’s growing conflicts as he and his allies confronted World Serpent and uncovered ancient technology. The stretch ended with Han Jiang discovering a buried base beneath the Lake Baikal excavation site.

  • Han Jiang fought alongside Mei, Bronya, and Kiana aboard the Moonlight Throne, and Bronya redirected the ship toward St. Freya after disabling its self-destruct system.
  • Han Jiang tested Limitless and learned that the captured World Serpent operative had self-destructed as World Serpent attacked Anti-Entropy bases in North America.
  • Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue explored the Qin Range ruin, where Cheng Lixue secured a Quantum Computer after a confrontation with rival teams.
  • Han Jiang returned to St. Freya, defeated Mei in the Valkyrie assessment, and offered to face Rita in Kiana’s place.
  • Han Jiang and Kiana survived the Arctic World Bubble explosion, then joined Himeko’s team in rescuing Wendy from the devastated Oceania Branch.
  • Wendy accepted Theresa and Himeko’s offer to join St. Freya, while the Oceania Branch demanded her return and Anti-Entropy factions clashed over the gems.
  • Han Jiang and his allies stopped World Serpent’s plan to turn Sky City’s residents into Deadwalkers and rescued Rita from EOS.
  • Han Jiang infiltrated Schicksal’s Lake Baikal excavation and found an entrance to a buried base beneath the site.
Chapters 305–406 Read from ch. 305

Arc 13The Moonlight Throne Operation

Han Jiang traveled through the Sea of Quantum with Seele, then returned to St. Freya as the Moonlight Throne handover drew him into a battle with Anti-Entropy and World Serpent. The ship was redirected toward St. Freya, while Han Jiang learned that World Serpent’s operations were more concealed than he had expected.

  • Han Jiang explored Changkong City with Seele, found records of ME Company's fight against the Honkai, and recovered Raikiri while spending time with her.
  • Han Jiang joined Seele in the Sea of Quantum, where they fought Quantum Shadows and encountered Simulated Judas, before a shifting valley drew Seele away and forced Han Jiang to leave and seek a way to rescue her.
  • Han Jiang brought Simulated Judas back to Chiyuan's Wing, gave weapons to Bronya, Mei, and Kiana, and later helped Himeko through a drunken night before learning his role in the Moonlight Throne operation.
  • During the Canghai City operation, Han Jiang captured a mechanically augmented World Serpent operative while the Valkyries boarded the Moonlight Throne.
  • Han Jiang fought through the battleship with Mei, Bronya, and Kiana, helped defeat an Emperor Honkai Beast, and absorbed its core to evolve Hundred Refinements into Limitless.
  • Bronya found an email addressed to Kiana, entered Kiana's birthday as the navigation password, and redirected the Moonlight Throne toward St. Freya after its self-destruct system was disabled.
  • Bronya's biological chip malfunctioned and made her attack the group, but she collapsed and recovered, and Himeko then sent Han Jiang to lead cleanup on the ground.
  • Han Jiang tested Limitless's burst and long-range modes, then learned the captured World Serpent operative had self-destructed and that World Serpent had attacked Anti-Entropy bases in North America.
Chapters 305–329 Summaries Read

Arc 14Qin Ruins and Valkyrie Trials

Han Jiang accompanied Cheng Lixue into an ancient Qin Range ruin, where rival factions fought through its puzzles and contested its technology. He returned to St. Freya for the Valkyrie assessment, where Rita challenged Kiana and rumors linked Han Jiang to Durandal.

  • Han Jiang tested his Limitless armor in Canghai City, then agreed to accompany Cheng Lixue to a Qin Province ruin while Shenzhou focused on evacuating civilians.
  • Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue entered the Qin Range as rival groups gathered, and the ruin’s guardians and puzzle trials forced the treasure seekers to compete for plaques and passage inside.
  • Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue navigated separate traps before reuniting with Raven, Rita, and their teams in the base, where Cheng Lixue secured the Quantum Computer after a tense confrontation.
  • Han Jiang found rune plaques and books on ancient formations, while Cheng Lixue summoned Shenzhou squads and assigned him to deal with mercenaries in the mountains.
  • Han Jiang returned to St. Freya, visited Bronya, and prepared for the Valkyrie assessment as Rita brought a Schicksal delegation and Han Jiang sparred with Durandal’s admirers.
  • Han Jiang provoked the admirers into fighting among themselves, then studied with Kiana, Mei, and Bronya before the assessment began.
  • Han Jiang received a first-round bye, defeated Mei in the second round, and promised Fu Hua that he would help her decide whom to support if Schicksal threatened someone close to them.
  • Rita chose Kiana for a sparring match, but Han Jiang offered to take her place and Schicksal students accused him of pursuing other girls despite dating Durandal.
Chapters 330–355 Summaries Read

Arc 15Wendy Joins St. Freya

Han Jiang and Kiana survived the Arctic World Bubble explosion, then led St. Freya’s team into the devastated Oceania Branch and brought Wendy back. Wendy joined St. Freya after learning her friends knew she was the Fourth Herrscher, while the Gem of Desire remained at the center of rising factional tensions.

  • Han Jiang and Kiana survived the World Bubble explosion in the Arctic, found the frozen Beibeilong, and returned to camp as Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent investigated the blast.
  • Himeko learned that the Gem of Desire was at the Oceania Branch and took Han Jiang, Kiana, Mei, and Bronya there for an exchange competition.
  • When a vast Honkai outbreak engulfed the Oceania Branch, Han Jiang’s group entered the burning base, rescued survivors, and found Wendy in a wheelchair.
  • Han Jiang led Wendy, Yisha, and Betty out of the base while Bronya and Mei helped fight their way through Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers.
  • Back at St. Freya, Chiyuan's Wing began designing regenerative armor for Wendy, and Himeko learned that the Oceania Branch’s experiments had made Wendy the Fourth Herrscher.
  • Chiyuan's Wing replaced Bronya’s biochip while Wendy watched, and Theresa and Himeko told Wendy they knew she was a Herrscher and offered her a place at St. Freya.
  • Wendy accepted St. Freya’s offer under the condition that a bomb be implanted in her heart, then received leg armor and a new biochip as she practiced walking.
  • After the Oceania Branch demanded Wendy’s return, Theresa refused, Otto reacted to her disappearance, Anti-Entropy’s factions clashed over the gems, and Tesla and Einstein arrived secretly at St. Freya.
Chapters 356–380 Summaries Read

Arc 16The Lake Baikal Ruins

Han Jiang and his allies thwarted World Serpent’s plan in Sky City, then he traveled to Lake Baikal to investigate the ancient ruins. After infiltrating Schicksal’s excavation operation, Han Jiang found a buried base beneath the guarded site.

  • Han Jiang and his allies escaped Schicksal’s pursuit, reunited with their companions, and uncovered World Serpent’s plan to use EOS’s engine to turn Sky City’s residents into Deadwalkers.
  • Han Jiang’s group raided EOS and Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, removed the ship’s engine, defeated the robots, and rescued Rita, who warned them about World Serpent’s scheme.
  • Han Jiang returned to Shencheng Pharmaceuticals to find Fu Hua, but Cheng Lixue fought Durandal and ordered him to withdraw.
  • Han Jiang traveled to Lake Baikal with Chiyuan's Wing, bought information from Owl, and learned that Schicksal was recruiting workers to excavate the ruins.
  • After Arius failed to guide him to the recruiter, Han Jiang disguised himself as a refugee and then as Schicksal staff to join the excavation team.
  • Schicksal assigned Han Jiang and the other recruits to peripheral excavation work and ordered them to inject Anti-Honkai Serum.
  • Chiyuan's Wing surveyed the ruins and spotted a vast black circle in Lake Baikal, while Han Jiang infiltrated the central excavation site and found an entrance to a buried base.
  • Chiyuan's Wing concluded that the base’s Honkai reactor had exploded before the Previous Era ended, allowing Honkai Energy to accumulate underground for millennia.
Chapters 381–406 Summaries Read
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