Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang led the evacuees through Honghua Gully to a checkpoint manned by the Yancheng Combat Department, while Su Yang worried about the city’s unpreparedness. After the civilians were admitted, Han Jiang challenged the commander about the defenses and evacuation plans, and the commander threatened him for interfering with military operations.

• Han Jiang led Lilith back to the old man's house and told the gathered residents to evacuate, with Su Yang guiding the group along the route.
• Su Yang explained that Yancheng had little disaster experience and that its dense population could make evacuation and the aftermath difficult.
• The group reached a hilltop checkpoint where combat personnel were building simple defenses and arranging the evacuees’ passage.
• Han Jiang left the civilians in the combat department’s care and criticized the checkpoint’s defenses, then stopped speaking when an officer warned him not to cause panic.
• After Su Yang and the others registered and passed through, Han Jiang asked the commander about the available weapons and plans for the civilians.
• The commander accused Han Jiang of questioning the Yancheng Combat Department and threatened him with punishment for interfering with military operations.

Han Jiang ignored the Combat Department commander’s orders and prepared to show off when Honkai Beasts approached the defensive line. He killed a Chariot Honkai Beast with the Book of Cang Xuan, leaving the commander and his team impressed and apologetic, while Lilith claimed the victory for defending her brother.

• Lilith tugged Han Jiang’s hand after the commander rebuked them, and Han Jiang decided not to argue with the Combat Department personnel.
• After central command warned that Honkai Beasts were approaching, Han Jiang took Lilith to a high spot along the defensive line while the commander urged them to evacuate.
• The commander ordered team members to knock Han Jiang unconscious, but they stopped when they noticed something unusual about him.
• Han Jiang brought out the Book of Cang Xuan, aimed at the approaching beasts, and killed a Chariot Honkai Beast with a shot to its core.
• The commander apologized to Han Jiang after witnessing his strength, and Lilith scolded the team for mistreating her brother.

Han Jiang learned that Yancheng's defenses were badly understaffed and that Honkai Beasts were advancing toward the city entrance and central command. He accepted Chief Commander Luo Ran's request for support, identified himself as a Shenzhou headquarters operative, and drove with Lilith toward the most dangerous front.

• Han Jiang asked about Yancheng's defenses and had the local commander contact central command to locate the area in greatest danger.
• Chief Commander Luo Ran told Han Jiang that Honkai Beasts were moving toward the city entrance and headquarters, then asked him to provide support.
• Han Jiang agreed to go, identified himself as a Shenzhou headquarters support operative, and requested command of the local c-rank Valkyries and stronger fighters.
• Luo Ran said Yancheng had only three c-rank Valkyries, including herself, so Han Jiang took a combat SUV to reach the front quickly.
• Han Jiang questioned why reinforcements from the provincial capital had not arrived and told the local commander to keep the civilians safe.
• Han Jiang and Lilith drove toward the most dangerous area, with Han Jiang steering around the abandoned vehicles by using the sidewalk.

Han Jiang and Lilith joined Yancheng’s defensive line and fought the advancing Honkai Beasts as the city’s under-equipped forces struggled to hold them back. Ten women in matching uniforms arrived and charged into the battle without coordinating with the defenders.

• Han Jiang drove into the Honkai zone and found the Emperor Honkai Beast leading more than fifty Honkai Beasts toward the command center.
• At the defensive line, Han Jiang took a sniper’s position and used the Book of Cang Xuan to shoot at the approaching beasts.
• When the Honkai Beasts came within range, Han Jiang and Lilith entered the battlefield and attacked them at close quarters.
• Ten women arrived in three military SUVs and entered the fight in pairs, disrupting the defenders’ ongoing battles by drawing the beasts away without coordinating with them.

Han Jiang and Lilith helped the Yancheng Combat Team defeat the Honkai Beasts, then Han Jiang clashed with the newly arrived Valkyries over their conduct and his abilities. He demonstrated his strength and took command ahead of the coming battle against the Emperor Honkai Beast.

• Han Jiang and Lilith fought alongside the Yancheng Combat Team as ten C-level Valkyries arrived and eased the pressure on the battlefield.
• Han Jiang and Lilith worked together to eliminate the Honkai Beasts while Han Jiang watched over the less experienced fighters.
• Han Jiang killed a Honkai Beast near two reinforcements, and Huanhuan accused him of taking credit for wounds her squad had inflicted.
• Han Jiang told the remaining fighters to stop and hurled his spear through the last Chariot Honkai Beast, nearly splitting its torso apart.
• Han Jiang introduced himself, claimed strength close to a top-tier A-rank, and ordered all Valkyries to accept his command in the coming battle against the Emperor Honkai Beast.

Han Jiang confronted Zhu Tingting’s C-class Valkyrie squad over their late arrival and reckless conduct, then ordered them to help subjugate the Emperor Honkai Beast. When Huanhuan argued that Yancheng was not worth the risk, Han Jiang stripped her of her Valkyrie status and challenged the squad to prove they deserved their roles.

• Han Jiang demanded that Zhu Tingting explain why her squad arrived more than seven hours after the Honkai outbreak and entered battle without regard for the local combatants’ safety.
• Han Jiang cut the squad’s welfare benefits to one-third for three years, with further penalties if they failed to obey orders and subjugate the Emperor Honkai Beast.
• At the command center, Han Jiang heard that Yancheng’s combat division had suffered thirty-two deaths and one hundred fifty-three injuries, then set the Emperor Honkai Beast operation for an hour later.
• Zhu Tingting objected that fourteen combatants could not clear the city, while Huanhuan said Yancheng was not worth risking their lives to save.
• Han Jiang condemned Huanhuan for dismissing ordinary people’s lives, first demoted her to auxiliary status, then stripped her of her Valkyrie qualifications after she invoked her uncle’s influence.

Han Jiang organized the Yan Cheng forces to lure away the weaker Honkai Beasts while he and Lilith confronted the Emperor Honkai Beast. The squads dispersed to begin their mission as Han Jiang and Lilith went ahead to find a battlefield.

• Han Jiang challenged the c-rank Valkyries who wanted to evacuate, and Zhu Tingting and the Yan Cheng commanders agreed to join the campaign.
• Han Jiang arranged for the local forces to draw away weaker Honkai Beasts while he and Lilith handled the Emperor Honkai Beast.
• Seven c-rank Valkyries arrived, and Zhu Tingting explained that they had chosen to fight after learning Han Jiang had A-rank combat support.
• Han Jiang led Lilith toward the Emperor Honkai Beast and ordered the rest of the force to lure away the weaker creatures rather than fight them head-on.
• The force split into ten squads, each with a c-rank Valkyrie, and dispersed to draw the Honkai Beasts away from Han Jiang and Lilith.

Han Jiang and Lilith fought an Emperor Honkai Beast in the commercial center after Han Jiang wounded it with the Book of Cang Xuan. The battle continued as the beast unleashed its blades and energy attacks, and Han Jiang discovered Lilith had another weapon hidden in her axe.

• Han Jiang shot the Emperor Honkai Beast with the Book of Cang Xuan, wounding it and drawing the lower-level Honkai Beasts toward the commercial center.
• Han Jiang met Lilith at street level and prepared to lead the fight as the Emperor Honkai Beast approached.
• Han Jiang charged the Emperor Honkai Beast and pierced its torso, but its tough body limited the damage.
• Lilith deployed Blood Embrace to attack while Han Jiang struck the beast, and together they retreated when it released an energy ring.
• Lilith blocked the Emperor Honkai Beast's blades with a short sword hidden inside her battle axe, surprising Han Jiang.

Han Jiang and Lilith used the mall buildings and a coordinated ambush to fight the Emperor Honkai Beast. Han Jiang froze it with Plasma Kagehide, Lilith struck its torso, and Han Jiang launched a final spear thrust as it began to thaw.

• The Emperor Honkai Beast charged Han Jiang and Lilith, wounding Han Jiang as he pulled Lilith into the mall.
• Han Jiang lured the Emperor Honkai Beast toward the passage between buildings while Lilith moved clear of its laser attack.
• Han Jiang used Plasma Kagehide to freeze the wounded Emperor Honkai Beast and send ice spikes through its body.
• Lilith struck the frozen beast's torso with her battle axe, splitting its silicon-based mass and then retreating.
• As the Emperor Honkai Beast began breaking free of the ice, Han Jiang charged in with a burning Red Tassel and delivered a final thrust.

Han Jiang and Lilith escaped the Emperor Honkai Beast as it weakened and summoned the lower-level Honkai Beasts in Yancheng. Drone reconnaissance confirmed the Emperor Honkai Beast had died, and Han Jiang ended by teasing the Valkyrie who had doubted him.

• Han Jiang drove the Crimson Spear into the Emperor Honkai Beast, and Lilith carried him away before it could recover.
• The Emperor Honkai Beast's roars drew lower-level Honkai Beasts toward it, forcing Han Jiang and Lilith to retreat and call off the squads.
• Han Jiang regrouped with the ten squads and asked Sister Zhang to have headquarters check the Emperor Honkai Beast by drone.
• Sister Zhang received confirmation that the Emperor Honkai Beast was dead, and the Yancheng Valkyries thanked Han Jiang.
• Han Jiang asked the Valkyrie who had argued with him, "How about it, convinced?"

After defeating the Emperor Honkai Beast, Han Jiang reassured Chu Tianqing about his injuries and encouraged her to improve the Anti-Honkai Serum. He refused to help the disgraced Valkyries return, while Huanhuan’s uncle disowned her and major reforms began brewing in the provincial capital.

• Sister Zhang ordered the team to rest before wiping out the remaining low-level Honkai Beasts the next day.
• Chu Tianqing brought Han Jiang a box of medicines and apologized for asking him to preserve the Emperor Honkai Beast’s corpse.
• Han Jiang told Chu Tianqing to focus on developing better Anti-Honkai Serum to protect soldiers from Honkai Energy.
• Sister Zhang asked Han Jiang about the three Valkyries demanding to return, and he refused to arrange transportation or provide Combat Department resources.
• Huanhuan’s uncle scolded her, barred her from returning to Valkyrie service or working in related industries, and excluded her from his pharmaceutical company.
• A reorganization of Shenzhou’s Valkyrie systems, regulations, and training began taking shape in the provincial capital.

Han Jiang and the Valkyries cleared Yancheng of Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers, then he returned to St. Freya as the new semester began. Just as he trained to fulfill his agreement with Fu Hua, a mission notice arrived in his communications system.

• Han Jiang led the Valkyries through Yancheng, recovered Red Tassel and the Emperor Honkai Beast core, and helped clear the city over the following week.
• Sister Zhang told Han Jiang that Su Yang's father had complained about him damaging a floor to force the family to evacuate, but the old man only wanted him to act less rashly.
• Han Jiang saw Zhu Tingting and the other support members off, warned them against acting arrogantly toward civilians and operations personnel, and returned to St. Freya after summer ended.
• Han Jiang trained against Honkai Beasts in the virtual system when a new mission notice arrived in his communications system.

Han Jiang received a direct order from Schicksal Headquarters to report after reaching A-rank, and Himeko and Theresa confirmed that he had to go. After registering at Schicksal Floating Island, Han Jiang learned that Otto wanted to meet him and considered giving him a hat that would sharply reduce his favorability.

• Han Jiang received a Schicksal Headquarters notice that raised his status and benefits and ordered him to report to headquarters.
• Han Jiang contacted Himeko, who consulted Theresa and told him to go, assuring him that he would be safe.
• Han Jiang traveled to Schicksal Floating Island and was escorted by Amber through the heavily secured headquarters.
• Han Jiang registered at the Mission Hub Center and learned how the system would assign missions and affect his benefits.
• Amber told Han Jiang that a gentleman wanted to meet him, and Han Jiang recognized that Otto was behind the invitation.
• Han Jiang checked his inventory and considered giving Otto a hat that would lower Otto's favorability by eighty points.

Otto explained that Han Jiang appeared in only one of the parallel worlds Schicksal observed and invited him to work at headquarters, but Han Jiang declined. Otto assigned him to a mission with Durandal and Blazing Blades, and the squad began its assault on a hidden rebel base.

• Otto told Han Jiang that parallel-world observations contained no record of him outside their own world and invited him to join Schicksal Headquarters, but Han Jiang said he would remain with the Far East Branch.
• Otto assigned Han Jiang to an upcoming mission, and Amber brought him to join Durandal and nine A-rank Valkyries from Blazing Blades.
• Han Jiang learned that the mission targeted a group exploiting Honkai and persecuting civilians, while its real purpose was to test Durandal's Lunar Paladin armor.
• Durandal led Blazing Blades to a Honkai-eroded city and ordered the airship to land near the concealed target base.
• Durandal and the squad defeated the Honkai Beasts surrounding the airship, then requested the route to the rebel organization's base.

Durandal and Han Jiang led the assault on the rebel organization's underground base, destroying its defenses and clearing its personnel with ease. After learning that the organization had turned humans into controlled Deadwalker test subjects, Han Jiang agreed that none of its members could be allowed to survive.

• Durandal and Han Jiang entered the base through its air-raid tunnel, where Durandal's Queen and King phantoms destroyed the laser defenses.
• Han Jiang disabled the last laser cannon with the Red Tassel, while Durandal smashed through the steel gate before he could hack its lock.
• Durandal and Han Jiang cleared the base's armed personnel and discarded Anti-Entropy mechs as their squad blocked escape routes.
• Reconnaissance reported that fleeing enemies had entered the passages and that Deadwalker test subjects were present.
• Durandal explained that the rebels had turned ordinary people into Deadwalkers and controlled them with mechanical chips, and Han Jiang said they could not leave any survivors.

After a successful mission, Han Jiang joked with Durandal and her team on the airship, but his teasing and Durandal’s boxed meal sparked gossip and led the Valkyries to shun him. The team returned with Han Jiang and Durandal privately judging each other as petty.

• Han Jiang and Durandal’s squad defeated the rebels, killing 233 and capturing three leaders for trial.
• On the return trip, Han Jiang chatted with the Valkyries and told them a joke about a horse named Peppa Pig, pointing to Durandal as the one qualified to tame it.
• Durandal returned from filing her mission report and angrily handed Han Jiang the boxed meal she had once taken from him.
• The Valkyries misread Durandal’s reaction as romantic interest, then decided Han Jiang was a scumbag and left him alone.
• Han Jiang blamed Durandal and her team for being petty, while Durandal thought Han Jiang was petty and questioned St. Freya’s discipline.

After returning to Schicksal Headquarters, Han Jiang met Douglas, a Kaslana family member who revealed his interest in Durandal. Durandal noticed Han Jiang’s amused expression and angrily demanded to know what he was laughing at.

• Durandal’s teammates mistook her calm attitude toward Han Jiang for heartbreak and urged her to stay strong.
• The mission party returned to Schicksal Airport, where Han Jiang received notice that his rewards would be credited after evaluation.
• Douglas introduced himself to Han Jiang and explained that he was a B-rank Kaslana family member working at the airport.
• Douglas asked Han Jiang whether he had been on a mission with Bianca and admitted that he hoped to marry a Valkyrie like Cecilia.
• Douglas rushed to greet Durandal when she disembarked, but she ignored him and headed toward the office area.
• Durandal saw Han Jiang smiling at Douglas’s advances and demanded to know what he was laughing at.

After Durandal showed an unusual mix of anger and grievance toward Han Jiang, Douglas read their interaction as a sign of closeness and grew jealous. Han Jiang left Schicksal Floating Island before Douglas's plans to keep him there could succeed, while Durandal's many suitors mistook his departure for powerful danger-sensing.

• Durandal confronted Han Jiang with uncharacteristic emotion, then returned to her usual cold manner and walked toward the office building.
• Douglas noticed Durandal's behavior toward Han Jiang and asked about their relationship, but Han Jiang instead asked whether she usually acted that way.
• Han Jiang questioned Douglas about Siegfried's history and learned stories of his rise to S-rank and rumored escapades with Valkyries.
• Douglas invited Han Jiang to stay for a ball and meet Schicksal's younger generation, but Han Jiang arranged a flight back to St. Freya High School and left.
• After Han Jiang's plane took off, Douglas joined more than twenty jealous suitors of Durandal, who regarded Han Jiang's quick departure as evidence of his danger-sensing ability.

Han Jiang helped Cheng Lixue negotiate with Anti-Entropy for mech support for Shenzhou, then returned to his quiet life at St. Freya. A full-moon supply draw transported him to a deserted amusement park in a new World Bubble.

• Han Jiang reported his conversation with Otto to Theresa and Himeko, then visited Anti-Entropy with Cheng Lixue to discuss mech support for Shenzhou.
• Cheng Lixue, Tesla, and Einstein negotiated for three days, eventually reaching a satisfactory agreement involving mechs, materials, and trade routes.
• Han Jiang reunited with Han Tongtong while waiting for the negotiations and learned she had worried about him after the World Serpent attacked a small base.
• Back at St. Freya, Han Jiang learned that Lilith and Rin had joined Chiyuan's Wing's Heresy Inquisition, while he continued skipping class with Kiana.
• On a full moon night, Han Jiang's ten-pull triggered a teleportation to a deserted amusement park in a new World Bubble.

Han Jiang reunited with Seele in an eerily empty amusement park and investigated what had happened in the World Bubble. They found evidence that the park had evacuated its guests to an underground shelter, but no one answered when they reached it.

• Han Jiang encountered Seele at the amusement park and confirmed she was the Seele he had met before.
• Seele told Han Jiang that she had found no people nearby, only Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers in the city.
• Han Jiang and Seele searched the amusement park and discovered it was 2014 in this world.
• Han Jiang checked the park's work logs and found that it had closed seven days earlier and directed staff to take guests to an underground shelter.
• Han Jiang and Seele located the shelter, but no one answered their attempts to contact those inside.