Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang gave Fu Hua and Cheng Lixue privacy to discuss Cheng Lixue’s return and her plan to establish a Valkyrie squad in Shenzhou. After spending the day with Kiana, Mei, Bronya, and a hungover Himeko, he learned from Fu Hua that Schicksal’s influence would make the plan difficult, though Fu Hua remained determined to help.

• Han Jiang urged Fu Hua to take Cheng Lixue aside and talk privately so she could work through her inner demon and pursue becoming an S-rank Valkyrie.
• Kiana, Mei, and Bronya arrived at the training grounds, where Kiana said that seeing Chiyou had made her realize how much stronger she needed to become.
• Han Jiang returned to the dorm with the squad and found Himeko still drunk after celebrating her survival and gaining an Innate Stigmata.
• Fu Hua returned alone and told Han Jiang that Cheng Lixue had been given a place to stay, but Shenzhou’s plans to create its own Valkyrie squad would face political opposition and Schicksal’s interference.
• Fu Hua vowed to help Shenzhou build its own strength and said Cheng Lixue’s return could eventually give them the power to act independently of Schicksal.

Han Jiang and Fu Hua discussed Shenzhou’s future before Fu Hua threw him out for messing up her hair. At Himeko’s celebration, she suffered a Honkai Energy crisis linked to her time under Dark Jilin’s control, and days later her condition suddenly worsened as she began transforming into a Deadwalker.

• Fu Hua told Han Jiang that Cheng Lixue had gone to Shenzhou and that she would handle the arrangements, then threw him out after he ruffled her hair.
• Kiana summoned Han Jiang to a mission celebration for Himeko, where Theresa served bitter melon juice and Himeko prepared to summarize the mission.
• Himeko collapsed during the celebration, and doctors stabilized her with anti-Honkai serum while warning that unusual Honkai Energy remained in her body.
• Han Jiang, Mei, Kiana, and Fu Hua suspected that Himeko’s crisis stemmed from her encounter with Dark Jilin’s will inside Chiyou, while Theresa reported that Himeko needed long-term observation.
• Han Jiang comforted Kiana when she blamed herself for Himeko’s illness, but doctors then rushed Himeko into emergency care as her Honkai Energy surged and Deadwalker signs appeared.

After Himeko was injured, Kiana blamed herself for being too weak, but Theresa told the group that Himeko was out of danger and would recover after a month of rest. Kiana began special training with Theresa to become strong enough to protect those she cared about, while Fu Hua returned to the dorm exhausted and without an appetite.

• Kiana stayed at the hospital with Han Jiang, blaming herself for Himeko's condition, then ran back to the dorm and continued to brood.
• Mei invited Han Jiang to dinner, and Theresa arrived to announce that Himeko was out of danger but would need a month of rest before regaining her mobility.
• Kiana told Theresa she wanted to become stronger, and Theresa took her away to begin special training immediately.
• Bronya drank Theresa's bitter melon juice, then asked Han Jiang to play a fighting game with her while Mei prepared food for Fu Hua.
• Fu Hua returned from handling work connected to Cheng Lixue's Valkyrie squad, refused dinner, and went upstairs as Han Jiang suggested she was tired from her duties and missions.

Han Jiang watched for Cocolia’s agents and joined Bronya in fighting a Welt clone who abducted Mei. They rescued Mei, but the attacker remained dangerous as Fu Hua arrived and faced him.

• Han Jiang left the dormitory after gaming with Bronya and Mei, then hid outside to watch for the planned attack on St. Freya.
• Theresa gave Kiana the White Comet armor and activated a memory-based training simulation, where Kiana faced Yae Sakura.
• A cap-wearing Welt clone posing as Theresa’s secretary came to Mei’s room and knocked her unconscious; Bronya challenged him, and Han Jiang rushed in to help.
• The attacker blocked Bronya’s cannon and Han Jiang’s spear with a barrier, but Han Jiang and Bronya broke through and Han Jiang pulled Mei away from him.
• Fu Hua arrived and punched the attacker, while Han Jiang, Bronya, and Fu Hua surrounded him; Fu Hua told Han Jiang and Bronya to take Mei and leave.

Han Jiang, Fu Hua, Bronya, and Chiyuan's Wing fought a young man who revealed himself as the First Herrscher and used gravity to overpower them. As Han Jiang tried to protect Mei, the Herrscher began crushing Bronya and Heavy Cannon Rabbit.

• Han Jiang summoned Chiyuan's Wing and ordered her to help hold off the young man while Fu Hua faced his gravity attacks.
• The young man identified himself as the First Herrscher and used his gravity powers to pin Han Jiang and the others down.
• Fu Hua shattered the young man's barrier with a rapid Cun Xin Fist Style attack, freeing Han Jiang and letting Bronya and Chiyuan's Wing fire at him.
• The Herrscher intensified his gravity and declared he would take Mei's Herrscher core, while Han Jiang struggled to protect her and escape.
• Han Jiang endured the Herrscher's hurled masonry, and Bronya fired Heavy Cannon Rabbit to destroy another slab aimed at him.
• The Herrscher began crushing Bronya and Heavy Cannon Rabbit after deciding to punish her for resisting.

A young man’s attack forced Mei’s Herrscher consciousness to awaken, and she fought back despite a five-minute self-destruct countdown. Meanwhile, Theresa discovered that Otto had seized control of the training system as Kiana’s simulated Siegfried confronted her with disturbing memories.

• The young man destroyed Heavy Cannon Rabbit, injured Han Jiang, and attacked Fu Hua, who pretended to faint after seeing Mei awaken.
• Mei’s Herrscher consciousness emerged, dispelled the young man’s gravity, and began fighting him as a self-destruct countdown started.
• Han Jiang asked Chiyuan's Wing to record and analyze the battle while Theresa learned that the intruder had abducted Mei.
• Theresa summoned Kiana from training, but the system would not shut down, and Otto revealed that he had taken control of it.
• The simulated Siegfried told Kiana to abandon Mei, attacked her with Phoenix of the Holy Fire, and threatened her with its destructive greatsword form.

Kiana rejected the simulated Siegfried’s challenge, accepted his farewell, and joined the effort to save Mei as intruders breached St. Freya’s underground district. Theresa confronted Cocolia and a light-blue-haired woman who revealed she had cracked the classified system using a backdoor she had created sixty years earlier, raising questions about the identity of someone presumed dead.

• Kiana decided that the Siegfried before her was a fake, but he praised her choice and embraced her before dissolving into data.
• Otto reported that St. Freya’s defenses had lost their connection and ordered Theresa to send Kiana after Mei while Theresa handled the underground intruders.
• Siegfried contacted Han Jiang from outside the academy, warned him that Cocolia had prepared on two fronts, and told him to watch over Kiana.
• Theresa entered the underground control hub and confronted Cocolia and a light-blue-haired woman who had stolen information.
• The light-blue-haired woman revealed that she had built a backdoor into the system sixty years earlier, and Theresa recognized that the woman might be someone Schicksal had recorded as dead.

Theresa defeated Cocolia’s three Titan mechs, but Einstein revealed chambers containing Sirin Project test subjects and offered Theresa a deal. The chapter left Theresa shaken as Einstein assured her Otto could not hear their conversation.

• Cocolia deployed three Titan mechs to stop Theresa, while Einstein watched to judge her strength.
• Theresa destroyed all three mechs and pointed her spear at Cocolia, who claimed Anti-Entropy had a way to ensure their retreat.
• Einstein revealed experimental chambers containing cultivated bodies marked with Sirin Project designations, shocking Theresa with evidence of Otto’s secret research beneath St. Freya.
• Einstein approached Theresa and whispered that Anti-Entropy had blocked the signals and wanted a proper conversation, then proposed a deal.

Theresa confronted Einstein in the underground district and demanded to know why, while Han Jiang watched Herrscherized Mei battle the First Herrscher near the dormitories. Mei lost her power when her safety device activated, leaving her trapped as the First Herrscher attacked and Han Jiang prepared to intervene.

• Theresa asked Einstein why she was acting, and Einstein said she wanted to protect the people they loved.
• Chiyuan's Wing stopped Han Jiang from joining the battle and questioned whether they were in a World Bubble and who it centered around.
• Yae Sakura arrived with Hiyori, sent Rin to safety, and went toward Mei, but returned to Han Jiang after Mei told her to get lost.
• Mei overpowered the First Herrscher until her device activated Level Two safety measures and sealed her Herrscher energy.
• The First Herrscher used gravity to restrain Mei, while Raiden Ryoma urged Han Jiang to save his daughter and Mei taunted her attacker.

Kiana, Yae Sakura, and Han Jiang fought the young man who had attacked Mei, while Mei found a way to transfer her energy to Kiana without triggering the device in her heart. Kiana’s God-Slaying Armor transformed and she fired its Gungnir cannon at the young man, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Mei broke free of the young man’s gravity and prepared to unleash her power, but Kiana arrived and rescued her while Han Jiang attacked the young man.
• Yae Sakura joined Han Jiang in fighting the young man, and Kiana fired her pistols at him before exhausting her armor’s energy.
• Mei realized her heart device allowed her to absorb and guide Honkai Energy, then transferred energy into Kiana’s armor.
• Kiana’s armor fully charged and transformed into White Knight Moonlight, while Yae Sakura and Han Jiang withdrew from the battlefield.
• Kiana deployed the Gungnir Super Electromagnetic Cannon and fired it at the young man.

Kiana and the others drove off the intruder who had tried to abduct Raiden Mei, but he escaped, and the attack left St. Freya High School damaged. As the guards dealt with the remaining Anti-Entropy attackers, Han Jiang arranged care for the exhausted students and invited Yae Sakura for a walk the next day.

• Kiana's cannon strike failed to kill the young man, who escaped after trying to abduct Mei; Kiana then carried Mei as the battle ended.
• Han Jiang and his companions gathered Fu Hua and Bronya, while the school guard squad arrived and explained that Anti-Entropy personnel outside the school had delayed them.
• Trainee Valkyries demanded to fight the intruders, but the guards tried to keep them safe while Theresa handled the situation.
• Han Jiang prepared to take Bronya, Fu Hua, and Mei to the hospital and considered how to explain Chiyuan's Wing's origins amid concerns about Schicksal.
• Han Jiang invited Yae Sakura to go for a walk the next day, and Yae Sakura said Rin was recovering and would soon be placed in a suitable school.

Yae Sakura told Han Jiang she planned to leave St. Freya High School once Rin could enroll safely, because she wanted to find someone from her past. Han Jiang realized she was searching for Kallen and warned her to avoid Schicksal Headquarters and its Floating Island, where Otto might target her.

• Han Jiang and Yae Sakura spoke about Rin's recovery, and Yae Sakura said she would leave St. Freya after Rin could enroll without worry.
• Yae Sakura explained that the lively school was difficult for her after five hundred years alone and said she wanted to find someone.
• Han Jiang inferred that she was searching for Kallen, while Yae Sakura said she did not trust the records at St. Freya.
• Han Jiang warned Yae Sakura not to go to Schicksal Headquarters or its Floating Island because Otto might capture her.
• Han Jiang grew frustrated as he considered Otto's power and the danger Yae Sakura could face as a Quasi-Herrscher.

After Anti-Entropy withdrew, Theresa arranged shelter and medical care for the people at St. Freya. Outside the school, Joyce revealed his power by killing the injured Welt, then Einstein helped him and warned him not to overuse his abilities.

• Siegfried informed Han Jiang that Anti-Entropy had withdrawn, while the school guard continued searching the damaged grounds.
• Theresa arrived at two in the morning, arranged accommodations for displaced students, and sent Fu Hua, Bronya, and Mei to the hospital.
• The wounded Welt stumbled into Joyce in the eastern forest and tried to kill him with gravity after Einstein arrived.
• Joyce seized Welt and crushed him with a black hole, then collapsed coughing blood from the strain.
• Einstein supported Joyce and told him to conserve his remaining life; Joyce warned her not to trust Cocolia, and Einstein said she had already made an agreement with Theresa.

After Joyce returned to the dormitory, Chiyuan's Wing's intelligence and Soulium body made him suspect that St. Freya or Schicksal was watching him through Han Jiang. Anti-Entropy investigated Han Jiang and formed a team to study him, prompting Schicksal and the World Serpent to raise their alert as Cocolia worried her plan to replicate the First Herrscher might be exposed.

• Joyce returned to the dormitory after evading the academy's guard squad and told Han Jiang that teachers had held an emergency safety meeting.
• Chiyuan's Wing argued with Han Jiang about history, and Joyce grew suspicious of her humanlike intelligence and Soulium body.
• Han Jiang went to bed with Chiyuan's Wing, while Joyce contacted Einstein, Tesla, and other experts and ordered an investigation into Han Jiang.
• Anti-Entropy retrieved Han Jiang's records and formed a secret team to study him, while its leaders speculated about a new World Serpent.
• Cocolia worried that Joyce's return could expose her plan to replicate the First Herrscher, and Schicksal and the World Serpent raised their alert.

After Anti-Entropy's invasion, Han Jiang took Kiana to meet Yae Sakura, who was waiting beneath the cherry blossom tree with Rin. Kiana wanted to explain Kallen's message in light of her own experience fearing she might lose Mei, while Han Jiang and Rin talked nearby.

• Joyce decided Han Jiang was not worth devoting much effort to investigating and believed the student could not disrupt Anti-Entropy's plans.
• Kiana told Han Jiang that Mei needed to rest after overusing her Honkai Energy and that Bronya's Heavy Cannon Rabbit needed repairs.
• Kiana asked to accompany Han Jiang to see Yae Sakura and explained that she now understood the feelings behind Kallen's message after nearly losing Mei.
• Han Jiang brought Kiana to the athletic field, where Yae Sakura and Rin were playing beneath the cherry blossom tree.
• Han Jiang left Kiana alone with Yae Sakura and talked with Rin about her health and upcoming enrollment, joking that Kiana could help her study.

Kiana told Yae Sakura that Kallen had loved her and wanted her to keep living, while Han Jiang secretly considered a way to recover Kallen’s consciousness from a Stigmata Space. He encouraged Yae Sakura to believe they would reunite, leaving her with renewed hope.

• Kiana explained to Yae Sakura that Kallen had remembered and loved her for five hundred years and wanted her to live well.
• Yae Sakura said she wanted to go out and search for Kallen, while Han Jiang considered whether he could retrieve Kallen’s consciousness from a damaged Stigmata Space.
• Han Jiang hid his idea, and Kiana told him she had said everything Yae Sakura needed to hear.
• Han Jiang suggested they take a stroll to relax, and Kiana insisted on joining him.
• Han Jiang told Yae Sakura that separation could lead to reunion and promised her that she would meet Kallen again.

Han Jiang and Himeko infiltrated a Schicksal base in Shenzhou to retrieve a Liquid Soulium Quantum Computer, disguising themselves as Anti-Entropy agents and triggering a diversion outside. After stealing the sphere, they were spotted by guards as they tried to escape.

• Han Jiang agreed to join Himeko on a mission to recover a Quantum Computer found inside Chiyou's remains.
• Han Jiang and Himeko reached a concealed Schicksal base in Shenzhou and wore Anti-Entropy uniforms to disguise their identities.
• The pair knocked out guards, raised the alarm, and used the resulting confusion to infiltrate the base.
• Himeko bypassed the underground defenses, and Han Jiang took the glowing Quantum Computer from its storage room.
• Guards spotted Han Jiang and Himeko as they exited the room, forcing them to flee.

Han Jiang and Himeko retrieved a Quantum Computer with Anti-Entropy’s help, then Theresa asked Han Jiang to choose between serving Schicksal and taking on secret missions for St. Freya. Han Jiang chose St. Freya, and later he heard that Himeko was nearly recovered while Kiana regretted losing her excuse to skip class.

• Himeko blocked their pursuers, then escaped with Han Jiang through a blasted passage while Dr. Tesla and Anti-Entropy covered them.
• Himeko explained that St. Freya had agreed to share the Quantum Computer’s decrypted data with Anti-Entropy, and she and Han Jiang returned to school with the device.
• Theresa and Himeko asked Han Jiang what he had learned from the mission, then revealed that they had chosen him because he understood the potential for cooperation with Anti-Entropy.
• Theresa offered Han Jiang a choice between a future with Schicksal and risky secret missions for St. Freya, and he chose St. Freya because he cared about the school and its people.
• A few days later, Han Jiang learned that Himeko was nearly recovered, and Kiana admitted she had hoped Himeko would stay in the hospital so she could keep skipping class.

After Himeko recovered, Fu Hua took Kiana on a mission, and Han Jiang accepted a well-paid support mission to Shenzhou. He arrived at Mount Tai Xu, where Cheng Lixue—now using the name Fu Xue—welcomed him.

• Theresa held a party to celebrate Himeko's recovery, where Kiana stole Mei's pastries and argued with Fu Hua over who had helped save Mei.
• Schicksal Headquarters assigned Fu Hua an investigation mission, and she dragged Kiana away for practical training despite Kiana's protests.
• Han Jiang received a support request from the Mount Tai Xu Combat Division, accepted the mission for its reward, and flew to Shenzhou.
• Cheng Lixue greeted Han Jiang at his destination and told him she now publicly used the name Fu Xue.
• Han Jiang complimented Fu Xue's name and appearance, making her blush as she drove him toward Mount Tai Xu.

Han Jiang accepted Cheng Lixue’s mission to investigate World Serpent’s hidden presence in Shenzhou, beginning with Shencheng Pharmaceuticals. After receiving the case files at Mount Tai Xu, he discussed his ability to travel through the Sea of Quantum and agreed he would try to bring Cecilia back if she was lost there.

• Cheng Lixue explained that she had influence over Shenzhou’s Valkyrie forces and described how Anti-Honkai Serum companies supported the region’s defenses.
• Cheng Lixue revealed that missing people had been found in Shencheng Pharmaceuticals and that her investigation had uncovered an organization codenamed Snake.
• Han Jiang recognized Snake as World Serpent and worried that he was too weak to confront its cadres, but Cheng Lixue clarified that he only needed to locate its deployments across Shenzhou.
• Han Jiang agreed to investigate Snake’s forces, and Cheng Lixue gave him the documents after they returned to Mount Tai Xu.
• Cheng Lixue asked Han Jiang about his ability to cross the Sea of Quantum, and he said his journey with her had been luck and that he might search for Cecilia there.