Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang infiltrated Shencheng Pharmaceuticals by posing as a university student and joined a visit to its branch, where he investigated its suspicious research operations. He met gifted student Chu Tianqing, and the chapter ended as Shencheng Pharmaceuticals revealed its Artificial Stigmata research and caught her interest.

• Han Jiang asked Cheng Lixue to prepare an employment report and suggested using a low-profile cover to enter Shencheng Pharmaceuticals.
• Han Jiang disguised himself as a university student and joined a group visiting the pharmaceutical company with Cheng Lixue's help.
• Han Jiang introduced himself to Chu Tianqing on the bus, but she ignored him until she later grew curious about his distracted behavior.
• Branch manager Liu Cheng led the students through the research institute, where Han Jiang noted its security and wondered how it had obtained people killed by Honkai unnoticed.
• Liu Cheng announced Shencheng Pharmaceuticals' Artificial Stigmata research, and Chu Tianqing showed clear interest for the first time.

Han Jiang investigated Shencheng Pharmaceuticals after touring its research institute with Chu Tianqing, who recognized a living Deadwalker in a cultivation pod. His covert search uncovered disguised visitors and a shipment hidden in the institute’s basement, so he asked Chiyuan's Wing to hack the company network for more information.

• Liu Cheng showed the students Shencheng Pharmaceuticals' Artificial Stigmata research, and Chu Tianqing impressed the researchers with her observations.
• Chu Tianqing said a Deadwalker in a cultivation pod was still alive, and Han Jiang promised he could obtain living Deadwalkers for her research.
• Han Jiang joined Shencheng Pharmaceuticals as a security guard and secretly searched the institute, but found no evidence of World Serpent members or human experiments.
• Han Jiang noticed several visitors entered the company in disguise and learned that Liu Cheng personally received an important shipment.
• Han Jiang traced the shipment's empty crates and footprints to the research institute's basement, where he suspected he had found something significant.
• Han Jiang contacted Chiyuan's Wing to ask her to hack Shencheng Pharmaceuticals' internal network, and she agreed to try.

Chiyuan's Wing helped Han Jiang infiltrate Shencheng Pharmaceuticals' research institute, where he uncovered a secret third basement level and evidence of a planned materials transfer to Sky City. There, Han Jiang found an unusual male Deadwalker corpse, and Chiyuan's Wing retrieved files that revealed its importance.

• Chiyuan's Wing found only minor misconduct in Shencheng Pharmaceuticals' network and directed Han Jiang to the research institute's hidden third basement level.
• Han Jiang entered the research institute and hid when a masked woman and her assistant arrived to discuss transferring materials and data to Sky City for the Venerable Lord's plan.
• The masked woman and her assistant revealed the third-level entrance, inspected the material, and left after saying the transfer would happen the following night.
• Chiyuan's Wing opened the entrance, and Han Jiang discovered a male test subject who had transformed into a silicon-based lifeform but retained his human appearance.
• Chiyuan's Wing breached the main control area's defenses and sent Han Jiang the files on the unusual corpse.

Han Jiang uncovered World Serpent’s laboratory connections and was assigned to track the operative codenamed Weasel. When Weasel flew to London, Han Jiang followed him and began to suspect that the operative’s repeated comments about museums carried a clue.

• Han Jiang copied the laboratory records and learned that it was connected to eight locations in Shenzhou and a research site in London.
• Han Jiang delivered his findings to Cheng Lixue, who tasked him with mapping Weasel’s movements and contacts over fifteen days.
• Cheng Lixue sent followers after the test subject when Shencheng Pharmaceuticals transported it toward Sky City, while Han Jiang continued surveilling Weasel.
• Weasel became more active and bought a ticket to London, so Cheng Lixue ordered Han Jiang to follow him abroad.
• Han Jiang boarded Weasel’s flight and noticed that Weasel repeatedly mentioned museums, stirring a vague memory of an important clue.

Han Jiang lost Weasel in London and found the British Museum closed while Schicksal investigated the Second Divine Key. After a soccer ball hit him in a park, he ran into Rita and Durandal, and Rita invited him to dinner, leaving him in London with the two Valkyries.

• Han Jiang followed Weasel out of the airport but lost him in the crowd and decided to sightsee instead.
• Han Jiang found the British Museum closed because of renovations and suspected Schicksal was investigating the Second Divine Key there.
• Han Jiang visited crowded London attractions, then sat in a park and read messages from Kiana urging him to return to St. Freya.
• A young man’s soccer ball struck Han Jiang, and he recognized Durandal nearby before Rita approached and teased him about skipping class.
• Rita accepted Han Jiang’s explanation for being in London and invited him to eat with her; he eagerly agreed.
• Rita and Han Jiang left the bench as Durandal played soccer with local boys on the field.

Han Jiang shared lunch and a sightseeing trip in London with Durandal and Rita, learning that Durandal remembered their earlier encounter. After Rita left for her mission, Han Jiang found Durandal trying to pet stray cats, and one scratched her palm.

• Durandal stopped playing football, and Rita invited her and Han Jiang to lunch after Han Jiang explained that he had seen Durandal on a mission before.
• At lunch, Durandal pushed her dessert toward Han Jiang, saying she was returning it to him, and Rita offered Durandal her own dessert.
• Rita invited Han Jiang to tour London with her and Durandal, and he joined them as Rita guided the pair around the city's attractions.
• Rita left to carry out her mission, while Durandal continued sightseeing with her itinerary and Han Jiang returned to the park.
• Han Jiang found Durandal watching stray cats and encouraged her to pet one, but it scratched her palm and ran away.

Han Jiang helped Durandal feed stray cats before joining her at the museum, where Rita was investigating an artificial Honkai Beast attack. After Rita declined their help, Durandal invited Han Jiang to train at Schicksal Headquarters, but he had not accepted.

• Han Jiang bandaged Durandal's scratched hand and bought cat food, and Durandal patiently fed the stray cats, gaining favorability.
• Durandal and Han Jiang went to the museum, found an injured staff member, and Durandal punched through a wall to reach the building's interior.
• They found Rita at the museum, where she explained that an artificial cat-like Honkai Beast had attacked and that someone was directing it; Rita declined Durandal's offer to help.
• Durandal left with Rita's notes, and Han Jiang said he needed to return to St. Freya High School.
• Durandal criticized St. Freya's training and asked Han Jiang whether he wanted to train at Schicksal Headquarters.

After returning to St. Freya, Han Jiang skipped class with Kiana and learned her nightmares might signal Sirin’s awakening. Theresa then assigned him to take the Liquid Soul Steel Computer to Anti-Entropy, but Han Jiang brought in Chiyuan's Wing to try cracking it, and she began uncovering its contents.

• Han Jiang returned to St. Freya after his London trip, and Theresa reprimanded him and deducted his internship points for leaving his mission without permission.
• After Kiana was discharged, she skipped class with Han Jiang and told him she dreamed of choking Mei while unable to control her body; Han Jiang suspected her Herrscher consciousness was stirring.
• Theresa and Himeko summoned Han Jiang and asked him to deliver the Liquid Soul Steel Computer to Anti-Entropy because St. Freya could not access its data.
• Han Jiang called Chiyuan's Wing, who arrived with Hiyori and revealed that several laboratories she had used had caught fire and exploded during her experiments.
• Chiyuan's Wing began examining the computer, opened several sections of its surface, and projected screens showing static and fragments of text about Fuxi and the Eight Trigrams.

The Book of Cang Xuan transformed into an energy cannon after Fu Hua followed its instructions, while she and Himeko planned training and a team mission. Han Jiang later joined his class aboard the Hyperion for a mission to clear remaining Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers from an evacuated island city.

• The Liquid Soul Steel Computer responded to Fu Hua, revealed operating instructions, and unfolded into the Book of Cang Xuan, an energy cannon.
• Fu Hua proposed training students because Honkai incidents were increasing, and Han Jiang asked Chiyuan's Wing how to reactivate dormant Armed Puppets.
• Han Jiang walked Kiana back to her dorm, then discovered that Joyce had left for Anti-Entropy headquarters to help build the Moonlight Throne.
• Fu Hua and Himeko arranged a class mission to clear Honkai Beasts from an island near the Far East where local combat teams lacked manpower.
• The Hyperion descended toward the island city, and Fu Hua and Himeko discussed rising Honkai incidents as Kiana eagerly ate before the mission.

Han Jiang and the others cleared Honkai Beasts in the city before encountering several powerful targets. Han Jiang killed a Temple-class Honkai Beast with a long-range spear throw, then led the group away as a nearby Ballista-class beast began attacking.

• Kiana, Mei, Bronya, and Han Jiang searched the city for Honkai Beasts while discussing Welt's absence and Kiana's difficulty using her armor.
• Mei said she felt too weak to protect those she cared about, and Kiana and Bronya promised to protect her.
• Bronya warned that attacking a Temple-class Honkai Beast could draw in other powerful beasts, including a Ballista-class Honkai Beast two kilometers away.
• Han Jiang used the Red Tassel to kill the Temple-class Honkai Beast with a single throw from a thousand meters away.
• As the Ballista-class Honkai Beast began launching fireballs, Han Jiang led Mei, Kiana, and Bronya to safety, leaving the Red Tassel behind.

Han Jiang and Kiana led separate trainee Valkyrie teams to clear Honkai Beasts after Han Jiang’s earlier attack disrupted the district. Their squads made steady progress, while the camp warned all Valkyries to avoid an area where several powerful Honkai Beasts had gathered.

• Han Jiang returned to camp after destroying a Temple-class Honkai Beast, and Himeko scolded him before accepting his explanation that he had triggered a dangerous area early to prevent casualties.
• Himeko assigned Han Jiang and Kiana to draw Honkai Beasts toward the teams, and Kiana challenged Han Jiang to a contest over who could kill more.
• Han Jiang divided his squad into positions around a U-shaped combat zone and instructed them to retreat if the situation became dangerous.
• Triss fired from a rooftop to draw Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers toward Han Jiang, whose squad repeatedly lured them into the formation and defeated them.
• Kiana’s team used Bronya’s Heavy Cannon Rabbit to attack gathered enemies while Kiana sought out powerful opponents, and both squads advanced through their assigned areas.
• The camp warned the trainee Valkyries to avoid the southwest, where three Ten-meter class Honkai Beasts were within range of three Ballista-class Honkai Beasts.

Han Jiang and Kiana went after the giant Honkai Beasts near Red Tassel, with Han Jiang drawing their attacks while Kiana fought the Knight-class Honkai Beast. Kiana discovered a new power in her White Comet armor, but her Light Wings unleashed deadly rays that also put Han Jiang at risk.

• Han Jiang left Triss’s squad and persuaded Kiana to join him in retrieving Red Tassel and fighting the giant Honkai Beasts.
• Han Jiang and Kiana reached Red Tassel, where Han Jiang assigned Kiana the Knight-class Honkai Beast while he drew the Chariot-class and Temple-class beasts’ attention.
• Han Jiang retrieved Red Tassel and attacked the Temple-class Honkai Beast as Kiana struggled to get past the Knight-class beast’s defenses.
• Kiana combined her pistols into a cannon and fired Gungnir, destroying the Knight-class mount’s head and triggering a transformation in her White Comet armor.
• Kiana called out Light Wings, unleashing Gamma Particle Rays that pierced the Honkai Beasts and cratered the ground as Han Jiang tried to escape their path.

Han Jiang and Kiana helped clear Honkai Beasts during a half-month mission, then returned to St. Freya, where Theresa assigned Han Jiang to deliver the Liquid Soul Steel Computer to North America. He met with Yae Sakura and the others, and the chapter ended with them sharing a cheerful meal while Han Jiang worried about the worsening Honkai threat.

• Kiana and Han Jiang defeated three Ballista-class Honkai Beasts and returned to camp, where Himeko accepted their actions despite their having gone off on their own.
• The class spent half a month clearing Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers from the city before returning to St. Freya for summer break.
• Theresa assigned Han Jiang to deliver the Liquid Soul Steel Computer to Anti-Entropy in North America, delaying his planned internship in Shenzhou with Cheng Lixue.
• Han Jiang visited Yae Rin, Yae Sakura, and Hiyori, and Yae Sakura agreed to help St. Freya.
• Han Jiang took the group out for hot pot, where Yae Sakura spoke more openly about the future while Han Jiang worried about the approaching Fourth Herrscher.

Han Jiang traveled to Anti-Entropy’s North American Branch to deliver the Soul Steel Computer and met Han Tongtong, who escorted him to Dr. Tesla’s hidden base. After Tesla accepted the item, she offered to have Tongtong show Han Jiang around.

• Han Jiang arrived in North America and met Han Tongtong, who explained how Anti-Entropy had rescued her during a Honkai outbreak in Shenzhou.
• Han Tongtong drove Han Jiang toward a secret handover site while several cars followed them, including one with a license plate marked by three 4s and two Ss.
• Han Tongtong escaped the tailing cars by switching vehicles with Han Jiang and taking him to a concealed base beneath a mountain valley.
• Han Tongtong brought Han Jiang into Dr. Tesla’s high-tech base, where he saw rows of mechs and a towering crimson mech.
• Han Jiang handed Tesla the Liquid Soul Steel Computer, and Tesla offered to let Han Tongtong show him around the base.

Han Jiang learned that World Serpent had begun targeting Anti-Entropy and was warned to tell Theresa to investigate the Far East Branch. After an unidentified force attacked Tesla’s base, Han Tongtong tried to escort him out, but Han Jiang hesitated at the evacuation passage.

• Tesla told Han Jiang that Cocolia’s group had followed him and revealed that Anti-Entropy suspected a new organization, which she identified as World Serpent.
• Tesla warned Han Jiang that World Serpent had attacked Anti-Entropy’s small bases and asked him to urge Theresa to investigate the Far East Branch.
• Han Tongtong showed Han Jiang parts of the underground base, then escorted him to a room where he went to sleep.
• An alarm woke Han Jiang when an unidentified force attacked the base, and Han Tongtong came to evacuate him while Tesla directed the defense.
• Tesla assured Han Jiang that reinforcements were coming and ordered Han Tongtong to take him to another base, but Han Jiang questioned leaving while she planned to return.

Han Jiang escorted Han Tongtong and three children from the besieged Anti-Entropy base, then stayed behind to confront the forces pursuing them. After defeating the attackers, he was surprised by a voice behind him as he wiped his blades.

• Han Jiang chose to leave the base with Han Tongtong and three children after Dr. Tesla sealed the emergency passage.
• Han Jiang and Han Tongtong saw the base under heavy attack, then spotted enemy aircraft and armored vehicles pursuing their escape vehicle.
• Han Jiang told Han Tongtong to take the children ahead while he stayed behind to stop the pursuers.
• Han Jiang fought the attackers, killed the men from three armored vehicles, and defeated a particularly strong fighter who emerged afterward.
• Han Jiang crouched to wipe blood from his blades, then spun around and swung them when someone suddenly called out behind him.

Han Jiang and Siegfried returned to Tesla’s besieged base, where the enemy’s airships and ground forces threatened to overwhelm its defenses before reinforcements arrived. Siegfried took Han Jiang out to harass the attackers and slow their advance, leaving Han Jiang fighting beside him on the battlefield.

• Siegfried explained that he had come to help Tesla, and he and Han Jiang returned to the base after enemy forces jammed communications.
• Tesla reported heavy Mecha and defense-system losses, identified five airships as the main threat, and estimated that reinforcements would take more than two hours to arrive.
• Siegfried volunteered to delay the enemy while Tesla prepared an evacuation, and she gave Han Jiang a capsule containing a quantumized Mecha.
• Siegfried admitted that destroying an airship would be too costly and said their real goal was to attack ground forces and stall the offensive.
• Han Jiang drove an armored vehicle into the enemy formation while Siegfried transformed his pistol into the Greatsword of the Heavenly Fire and began destroying enemy vehicles.

Han Jiang and Siegfried fought World Serpent’s forces while Anti-Entropy’s base came under heavy attack. After Raven and her team retreated, Han Jiang and Siegfried returned to the breached base, where Tesla insisted on waiting five more minutes for Einstein’s reinforcements.

• Siegfried and Han Jiang escaped pursuing armored units, but Raven intercepted them and challenged Siegfried while five fighters surrounded Han Jiang.
• Han Jiang fought the five attackers, killed one Cyborg Warrior, and nearly struck another before Raven ordered her team to retreat.
• Siegfried drove Raven off and helped Han Jiang withdraw as an airship targeted them with energy cannons.
• Siegfried and Han Jiang returned to Anti-Entropy’s base to protect Tesla, whose defenses had been badly damaged and whose gates were breached.
• Tesla refused to evacuate immediately and asked everyone to wait five more minutes for Einstein’s airship reinforcements.

Siegfried and Han Jiang reached the main hall, where Tesla organized the remaining defenders as Einstein's fleet arrived to support the base. Tesla introduced the Battle Axe mech and regained the command center's morale, while World Serpent's forces prepared to assault the last defenses.

• Siegfried and Han Jiang followed Tesla's route through the damaged base and reached the main hall.
• Tesla ordered all combat personnel to return to the main hall and prepare a final defense as Siegfried reported facing an S-rank enemy.
• Einstein's fleet arrived, and Einstein ordered an airship's main cannon to attack World Serpent's fleet.
• Han Jiang saw the scarlet Battle Axe mech, and Tesla claimed it was her creation while Siegfried pointed out it was based on a recovered Godfather.
• Han Jiang praised Battle Axe, pleasing Tesla, and the defenders' confidence rose as World Serpent's advance slowed.

Tesla and Siegfried defended Anti-Entropy’s base as World Serpent breached its last defenses, while reinforcements struggled to arrive. The chapter ended with an enhanced Godfather Mech appearing against Tesla’s Battle Axe Mech, raising questions about how World Serpent had obtained it.

• Tesla learned that only five mechs remained, one had gone berserk, and communications were blocked while World Serpent advanced.
• Tesla told Siegfried and Han Jiang that Raiden Ryoma was coming, though contact with him had been lost.
• Raven ordered World Serpent to break into the base at any cost as the air battle threatened heavy losses on both sides.
• Tesla piloted the Battle Axe Mech and used its firepower to suppress World Serpent’s vanguard after the final blast door fell.
• An enhanced Godfather Mech entered the hall, and Tesla doubted that Cocolia could have developed it or would have given it to World Serpent.