Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang, Chiyuan's Wing, and Seele fought their way to the underground parking entrance they had come to find, drawing a horde of Deadwalkers and Honkai Beasts. They escaped inside just before an Alloy Chariot Honkai Beast crushed the entrance behind them.

• Chiyuan's Wing and Seele confirmed the underground parking lot beneath a building by the south gate was the entrance they sought.
• Han Jiang and his companions attacked the Alloy Chariot Honkai Beast guarding the entrance as Deadwalkers and more Honkai Beasts swarmed toward them.
• Chiyuan's Wing blasted through the Alloy Chariot Honkai Beast, and Han Jiang shattered its core with Red Tassel.
• Han Jiang pulled Seele away from the Deadwalkers while Chiyuan's Wing cleared rubble from the parking entrance, then they all ran inside.
• An Alloy Chariot Honkai Beast collapsed onto the entrance, and Han Jiang carried Seele deeper into the parking lot to escape the falling rubble.

Han Jiang, Seele, and Chiyuan's Wing found a concealed entrance and forced their way into a deep underground Flame-Moth factory. Chiyuan's Wing identified its production line as an Armed Puppet Prototype Site, leaving them to investigate what else the facility contained.

• Han Jiang and Seele cleared Deadwalkers while Chiyuan's Wing located a hidden entrance behind a wall in the parking garage.
• Chiyuan's Wing failed to crack the steel door's security system, destroyed its laser cannons, and blasted through the door with her energy cannon.
• The three opened the elevator's security system and rode it down to a brightly lit factory that was still operating.
• Chiyuan's Wing examined a chip from the conveyor belt and recognized it as a basic AI network matrix model.
• Chiyuan's Wing concluded that the underground factory was an Armed Puppet Prototype Site.

Han Jiang, Seele, and Chiyuan's Wing discovered evidence that Flame-Moth had planned to develop Armed Puppets, then fought Quantum Shadows that appeared in the warehouse. After the battle, Chiyuan's Wing said she needed more data to model their attacks as they prepared to face more of them in the Sea of Quantum.

• Chiyuan's Wing identified a chip as an Armed Puppets prototype, and Han Jiang realized Flame-Moth had been developing the technology fifty thousand years earlier.
• Seele saved Han Jiang from a Quantum Shadow, and she explained that the monster could travel through the void and was vulnerable only to certain weapons.
• Five Quantum Shadows attacked the group, and Han Jiang, Seele, and Chiyuan's Wing fought them in the warehouse.
• Seele warned Han Jiang to watch for a pause before the Quantum Shadows attacked, and he adapted to their patterns while suffering numerous wounds.
• Han Jiang and Seele eliminated the remaining Quantum Shadows, while Chiyuan's Wing said she wanted to build a mathematical model from more combat data.

Han Jiang, Seele, and Chiyuan's Wing searched a Flame-Moth factory for information about Armed Puppets, while Han Jiang reassured Seele that Bronya remembered her and promised to help her escape the Sea of Quantum. When the World Bubble began to shatter and numerous Quantum Shadows appeared, Han Jiang led the others toward the warehouse to seek safety.

• Han Jiang installed Chiyuan's Wing's rough Quantum Shadow attack-pattern plugin and the group searched nearby offices, where Chiyuan's Wing found human fantasy stories and proposed writing a story about their fight against Honkai.
• Seele expressed her wish to be remembered, and Han Jiang told her that Bronya still remembered her and wanted to rescue her; he promised to help Seele return to the main universe.
• Han Jiang and his companions searched the factory and learned that it produced Armed Puppet prototypes, but the core testing area was in another city that Chiyuan's Wing might be able to locate by decrypting Flame-Moth's network.
• Several enormous Quantum Shadows appeared as Seele warned that the World Bubble was about to shatter, sending her into another World Bubble and eventually resetting the worlds she had visited.
• Han Jiang ordered the group to retreat from the factory and sent Chiyuan's Wing into the warehouse while he prepared for the danger ahead.

Han Jiang was forced to leave Seele behind as their World Bubble collapsed, then reached his final destination: a parallel Mount Tai Xu devastated by the Flame Herrscher. After clashing with a suspicious girl who resembled Fu Hua, he learned the system wanted him to bring her back and let Chiyuan's Wing out to see the world.

• Seele urged Han Jiang to leave as Quantum Shadows overwhelmed them, and the World Bubble vanished before he could finish promising to save her.
• The system transported Han Jiang to an unfamiliar world, where he woke wounded in a room at Mount Tai Xu and received a mission to bring back the person wandering there.
• A girl accused Han Jiang of being a spy for the Flame Herrscher, Agata, after he said he came from Canghai City, and attacked him with a sword.
• Han Jiang defended himself with Red Tassel, and the girl reacted painfully to the flames before Han Jiang left her in the room to look around.
• Han Jiang recognized the courtyard as resembling Fu Hua's, wondered whether the girl was his mission target, and released Chiyuan's Wing.

Han Jiang met Cheng Lixue, the surviving Schicksal commander of a world nearly overrun by the Honkai, and suspected her world might be a World Bubble shaped by her memories. After Cheng Lixue reacted strongly to his Tai Xu Sword Qi, Han Jiang sent Chiyuan's Wing to investigate while learning that the Flame Herrscher had been repeatedly fighting Cheng Lixue instead of wiping out humanity.

• Han Jiang introduced himself to Cheng Lixue, learned she was Schicksal's supreme combat commander, and heard that the Overseer had died fighting the Flame Herrscher two years earlier.
• Cheng Lixue dismissed Han Jiang's claim that he came from another world and urged him to help defend humanity's last safe territory.
• Han Jiang demonstrated Tai Xu Sword Qi, causing Cheng Lixue to lose herself in memories and her unresolved inner demon.
• Han Jiang asked Chiyuan's Wing to investigate whether the world was a World Bubble, believing that its nature could determine how he might return to the main universe.
• Cheng Lixue explained that the Flame Herrscher repeatedly fought only her while the Honkai left humanity alive, and Han Jiang grew more convinced that the world might be shaped by Cheng Lixue's memories.

Han Jiang distracted Cheng Lixue with his stare, then asked to see the boundary between humans and Honkai Beasts. As Cheng Lixue explained why forces were divided between the border and safe zones, Han Jiang concluded that the World Bubble reflected her own imagination.

• Han Jiang stared at Cheng Lixue until she threatened him, and Chiyuan's Wing warned him that she was angry because she felt threatened.
• Han Jiang apologized and asked to inspect the boundary between humans and Honkai Beasts, easing Cheng Lixue's irritation.
• Cheng Lixue explained that combat forces guarded both the border and safe zones because three million people remained in the town and humanity could turn against itself.
• Chiyuan's Wing reported that the town seemed peaceful, and Han Jiang concluded that the World Bubble was Cheng Lixue's own.

Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing explored Cheng Lixue's peaceful World Bubble and saw the devastated lands beyond its fortified city wall. Cheng Lixue asked Han Jiang to help defeat the Flame Herrscher, while their conversation revealed that she had forgotten her master's identity and remained stuck just below S-rank.

• Cheng Lixue led Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing from Mount Tai Xu to a combat base, where they took an armed off-road vehicle toward the city wall.
• The three saw the lush, protected town inside the wall and the scorched wasteland filled with Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers outside it.
• Cheng Lixue asked Han Jiang to help defeat the Flame Herrscher after concluding that he came from another world because he knew Tai Xu Sword Qi.
• Cheng Lixue insisted that her missing master had no other disciples, but she could not remember who her master was.
• Cheng Lixue said she was at the peak of A-rank and needed to enter the Tai Xu Realm to approach S-rank.

Han Jiang learned that Cheng Lixue was the only A-rank fighter and tried to encourage her before testing the threats beyond the city walls. After discovering that he and Cheng Lixue perceived the Deadwalkers differently, Han Jiang returned to town and met Himeko, who cared for children orphaned by the disaster.

• Han Jiang realized Cheng Lixue was the only A-rank fighter and promised to help protect her, raising her favorability.
• Cheng Lixue tried to stop Han Jiang from going outside, so he had Chiyuan's Wing attack a Deadwalker from the city wall.
• Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing saw the fireball hit an invisible barrier, while Cheng Lixue believed it had struck the Deadwalker and failed to harm it.
• Han Jiang returned to town with Cheng Lixue and saw Himeko caring for a lonely little girl beneath a tree.
• Himeko explained to Han Jiang that she ran an orphanage and helped children cope with losing their families to the Honkai.

Han Jiang asked Himeko how to help Cheng Lixue confront the childhood wounds behind her inner demon, and Himeko said Cheng Lixue needed recognition from Fu Hua. An emergency report of children outside the city wall sent Han Jiang, Cheng Lixue, and Chiyuan's Wing to join a rescue, where they fought Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers as they anticipated the Flame Herrscher.

• Han Jiang recounted Cheng Lixue's past to Himeko, who said Cheng Lixue needed recognition from the elder who had cared for her.
• Cheng Lixue received an emergency alert about five refugee children outside the city wall and headed to the base with Han Jiang following.
• Cheng Lixue explained that the Flame Herrscher had appeared during previous rescues and might be using the children as bait.
• Han Jiang, Cheng Lixue, and Chiyuan's Wing flew to the southern wall, then went on foot to reach the rescue squad.
• Chiyuan's Wing flew to assist the squad while Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue fought the surrounding enemies.
• Cheng Lixue warned Han Jiang to retreat if the Flame Herrscher appeared, saying they would need at least five A-rank Valkyries to kill her.

Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue rescued five children from the Honkai Beasts, then faced the Flame Herrscher outside the city wall. As the battle escalated, Han Jiang used Red Tassel to attack a giant Quantum Shadow, while the Flame Herrscher turned her attention back to him and Cheng Lixue.

• Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue covered the retreat as five B-rank Valkyries carried the rescued children back toward the city wall.
• Cheng Lixue ordered the city wall’s defenses to bombard the pursuing Honkai Beasts, and the Flame Herrscher emerged from the resulting flames.
• Han Jiang provoked the Flame Herrscher and fought her alongside Cheng Lixue, while Chiyuan's Wing survived being engulfed in her fire.
• The Flame Herrscher unleashed a fierce blaze, and Han Jiang used Red Tassel to absorb her flames and protect himself and Cheng Lixue.
• Han Jiang sensed a disturbance in the void, then activated Red Tassel’s zeroth rated power and pierced a giant Quantum Shadow with the spear.
• The Flame Herrscher recognized Han Jiang as a threat and attacked him and Cheng Lixue while Red Tassel continued fighting the Quantum Shadow.

Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue fought the Flame Herrscher while Chiyuan's Wing kept the weakened Quantum Shadow occupied. After Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue gained the upper hand, the Flame Herrscher erupted into flames and announced that she was leaving them to face the Quantum Shadow.

• Cheng Lixue confronted the Flame Herrscher, and Han Jiang recalled Red Tassel to wound her and force her to retreat.
• The Quantum Shadow fully emerged, and Cheng Lixue agreed with Han Jiang to try to defeat the injured Flame Herrscher.
• Cheng Lixue drew the Flame Herrscher out with ice arrows and attacked her, while Chiyuan's Wing fired on the Quantum Shadow.
• Han Jiang joined Cheng Lixue, and their coordinated Tai Xu Sword Qi put the Flame Herrscher at a disadvantage.
• The Flame Herrscher unleashed flames around Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue and said she would leave the Quantum Shadow to them.

Cheng Lixue and Han Jiang drove off the Flame Herrscher, then used Red Tassel to defeat the Quantum Shadow. They returned to the city wall, where a rescued girl thanked them and grieved for the people who had died protecting her.

• Cheng Lixue and Han Jiang forced the Flame Herrscher to retreat, though Cheng Lixue was injured and her sword was chipped.
• Cheng Lixue took Red Tassel from Han Jiang, and it transformed into the Ruoshui Sword in her hands.
• Cheng Lixue and Chiyuan's Wing worked together to attack the Quantum Shadow, and Cheng Lixue destroyed it with the Divine Key.
• Cheng Lixue returned Red Tassel to Han Jiang, saying she could not sense its power even though it had easily harmed the Quantum Shadow.
• Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue returned to the city wall, where a little girl thanked them and explained that her parents and others had died so she could live.

After the rescue, Han Jiang offered to take responsibility for He Xue and teach her to fight Honkai. Cheng Lixue agreed, and Han Jiang proposed bringing the children to the empty rooms on Mount Tai Xu instead of housing them in the crowded town.

• Cheng Lixue brought the rescued children back to town, where Himeko was waiting to care for them.
• He Xue clung to Cheng Lixue and refused to go with Himeko, so Cheng Lixue tried to persuade her to accept help.
• Han Jiang offered to care for He Xue, learned her name, and asked whether she wanted to learn to fight Honkai.
• He Xue said she wanted to protect others and asked Han Jiang not to abandon her, so Cheng Lixue agreed to let him teach her.
• Cheng Lixue began arranging housing in town, but Han Jiang suggested using the empty rooms on Mount Tai Xu instead.

Han Jiang brought Little He Xue back to Mount Tai Xu, where Cheng Lixue agreed to let him stay and took on much of the child’s daily care. After searching unsuccessfully for Tai Xu City, Han Jiang returned and began planning Little He Xue’s recovery and training, while he and Cheng Lixue settled into an uneasy division of responsibilities.

• Cheng Lixue agreed to bring Han Jiang to Mount Tai Xu, and Himeko accepted Cheng Lixue’s assurance that he could be trusted.
• Han Jiang carried Little He Xue to Mount Tai Xu and left Cheng Lixue and Chiyuan's Wing to bathe and change her while he went to find wood for a bed.
• Han Jiang searched the back mountain for Tai Xu City but could not locate the relic.
• Han Jiang returned with wooden planks, praised Little He Xue for practicing her horse stance, and told her to focus on recovering before training.
• Cheng Lixue took Little He Xue to her prepared room, then challenged Han Jiang over who would raise her; Han Jiang assigned himself her education and Cheng Lixue her daily care.

Han Jiang continued teaching He Xue martial arts while Cheng Lixue’s memories of her own childhood began to stir. As Cheng Lixue’s Tai Xu Sword Qi briefly fluctuated and the World Bubble was found to be shrinking, He Xue insisted on making Han Jiang her master, worrying Cheng Lixue that he might eventually disappear from her life.

• Han Jiang taught He Xue the Cun Xin Fist Style, and watching them brought back fragments of Cheng Lixue’s childhood memories.
• Cheng Lixue spoke with He Xue about becoming strong enough to protect the people she cared about, while Han Jiang sensed a fluctuation in her Tai Xu Sword Qi.
• Chiyuan's Wing told Han Jiang that the World Bubble’s observable range was shrinking and might lead to its collapse.
• Han Jiang and Chiyuan's Wing returned to find Cheng Lixue and He Xue arguing, and He Xue declared that she wanted Han Jiang to take her as his disciple.
• Cheng Lixue opposed He Xue’s decision because she feared Han Jiang might leave and He Xue would be left searching for him.

Han Jiang tried to help Cheng Lixue move past her attachment to the past, but she recovered her memories and revealed that the town and its people had been part of her World Bubble. She demanded that Han Jiang explain how to return to the main universe, and he ended by telling her to beg him.

• Han Jiang asked He Xue to imagine being forgotten by her master, prompting Cheng Lixue to consider that people could reconnect even after losing their memories.
• Cheng Lixue's favorability increased after she gained insight, while the World Bubble rapidly shrank until only Han Jiang's courtyard remained.
• Cheng Lixue told Han Jiang she had recovered her memories and explained that He Xue and the vanished town had been formed from her memories and fantasies.
• Cheng Lixue identified the Flame Herrscher as Agata, a weakened false Herrscher tied to her inner demon, and said she could handle her herself.
• Cheng Lixue repeatedly ordered Han Jiang to tell her how to return to the main universe, but he demanded that she beg him.

Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue escaped the collapsing World Bubble and returned to St. Freya High School, where only twenty minutes had passed despite their long journey through the Sea of Quantum. Han Jiang arranged to meet Cheng Lixue later so he could explain the fifteen years since her presumed death and learn what had happened at the school.

• Cheng Lixue borrowed Han Jiang's Divine Key, fought the Flame Herrscher, and returned injured as the World Bubble began to collapse.
• Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue were transported back to the main universe, arriving in Han Jiang's room at St. Freya High School before dawn.
• Han Jiang checked the school's internal network and discovered that the date had not changed during their time in the Sea of Quantum.
• Han Jiang told Cheng Lixue that fifteen years had passed since her presumed death and arranged to meet her at an internet café at 6:20.
• Cheng Lixue used her strength to leave the school unnoticed while avoiding the surveillance cameras.

Han Jiang told Cheng Lixue about the fifteen years she had missed and urged her to return to Shenzhou to build an independent force against the Honkai. Cheng Lixue began reconsidering her loyalties and was stunned to realize she was nearly forty.

• Han Jiang met Cheng Lixue at an internet café and explained that the Second Honkai had ended fifteen years earlier and that Theresa Apocalypse now ran St. Freya Academy.
• Han Jiang told Cheng Lixue that Cecilia might have died or become lost in the Sea of Quantum, leaving Cheng Lixue shocked and uncertain about what to do next.
• Cheng Lixue worried Schicksal might subject her to experiments because of her return from the Sea of Quantum, and Han Jiang suggested she go back to Shenzhou and gather its forces.
• Han Jiang argued that Shenzhou needed its own strength to remain an equal partner with Schicksal, and Cheng Lixue reconsidered what she had overlooked.
• When Cheng Lixue asked Han Jiang's age, he said he was seventeen, prompting her to realize she was nearly forty.

Han Jiang brought Cheng Lixue to meet Fu Hua, reuniting the disciple with her long-lost master. Cheng Lixue decided to return to Shenzhou and build her own Valkyrie squad to help Fu Hua protect it, while Han Jiang left the two to talk privately.

• Han Jiang asked Cheng Lixue to consider leading Shenzhou, and she said she lacked the authority to unite its provinces.
• Han Jiang took Cheng Lixue to the training grounds, where she recognized Fu Hua as her master.
• Fu Hua struggled to remember Cheng Lixue, but Cheng Lixue explained how she had survived the Second Honkai War and reassured her.
• Cheng Lixue said she would return to Shenzhou, establish a Valkyrie squad, and help Fu Hua protect it.
• Han Jiang declined to join their private discussion, and Cheng Lixue's favorability toward him increased by 10.