Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang and Seele explored Changkong City, where the streets were empty and all networks had been shut down. At ME Company, Han Jiang found active defenses and discovered that the company filled a role similar to Anti-Entropy, while Schicksal did not exist in this world.

• Han Jiang rejected forcing his way into the shelter and drove into the city with Seele to investigate.
• Han Jiang found that Changkong City had no detectable wireless networks, and an office computer showed that its network had been manually disconnected.
• Han Jiang spotted the ME Company building and drove there with Seele, fighting Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers along the way.
• Han Jiang connected to ME Company's wireless network and found that most of its information was obscured, then broke into its intranet.
• Han Jiang discovered that ME Company fought the Honkai in this world and that Schicksal did not exist.

Han Jiang and Seele explored the abandoned ME Company headquarters, where they found the dead chairman and recovered the weapon Raikiri. With no way to bring Seele back to his universe, Han Jiang took her to an amusement park to spend time together, but the silent, automated park frightened her.

• Han Jiang explored ME Company headquarters with Seele and found its important records deliberately destroyed, while the Eighth Herrscher's mental contamination had killed the people inside.
• Han Jiang found the dead ME Company chairman and recovered Raikiri, choosing not to bind the weapon because he planned to offer it to Mei as a birthday gift.
• Han Jiang and Seele searched the headquarters but found no Herrscher Core, only a few kilograms of Soulium.
• Han Jiang realized the system could not help him bring Seele out of the Sea of Quantum, so he planned to spend time with her and learn more about her travels.
• Han Jiang took Seele to the amusement park and activated its facilities, but she clung to him in fear of the empty park.
• Seele told Han Jiang that simply being with him was enough.

Han Jiang stayed with Seele in the Sea of Quantum, searched ME Company for valuable technology, and helped her learn to make a birthday cake. When a powerful Quantum Shadow appeared, Han Jiang and Seele’s Alter Ego fought it together.

• Han Jiang told Seele about Bronya as they walked to a hotel, where they spent the night.
• Han Jiang and Seele searched ME Company for three days, and Han Jiang found the Core Energy Cannon Delta.
• Han Jiang promised to stay with Seele, and the two spent the following days exploring and making a cake.
• Seele’s Alter Ego sensed an approaching Emperor-class Quantum Shadow and led Han Jiang to an open area to face it.
• Seele and Han Jiang attacked the giant jellyfish-like Quantum Shadow, which stabilized and fired lasers at them.

Han Jiang and Seele fought a growing swarm of aquatic Quantum Shadows in the void, with Seele’s Alter Ego attacking recklessly while Han Jiang tried to protect her. The chapter ended with Han Jiang shielding Seele from the spikes released as “Patrick” exploded, though some pierced her.

• Han Jiang and Seele battled a jellyfish-like Quantum Shadow as more monsters began emerging from the void.
• Seele’s Alter Ego mocked Han Jiang and fought more fiercely, while Han Jiang noticed the strange presence of three voices between Seele’s two personalities.
• Han Jiang and Seele split up to fight more than twenty Quantum Shadows, including a fast-moving starfish-like monster he called “Patrick.”
• Han Jiang struck “Patrick,” but its body expanded and launched countless spikes as Seele charged another Quantum Shadow.
• Han Jiang shielded Seele from the exploding spikes, but some still struck her.

Han Jiang fought alongside Seele in a World Bubble, then persuaded her to show him the place she called home in the Sea of Quantum. After they entered the shifting passageways, their platform collided with a mountain range, where an unknown creature threatened them.

• Seele's Alter Ego defeated Patrick and confronted Han Jiang for shielding her, then returned control to Seele after he invited them to share cake.
• Seele explained that her presence attracted increasingly dangerous Quantum Shadows, and Han Jiang chose to accompany her into the Sea of Quantum instead of letting her leave alone.
• Han Jiang opened a route through the shattered space, and Seele guided him through the Sea of Quantum's shifting corridors and floating cubes.
• Their cube descended and struck a mountain range, exposing Han Jiang and Seele to a powerful energy shockwave.
• An unseen creature threatened to make Han Jiang pay in blood for awakening it, and Han Jiang and Seele prepared to defend themselves.

Han Jiang and Seele encountered Simulated Judas, a boastful battle doll stranded in the Sea of Quantum. After she defeated three Quantum Shadows and tried to recruit them, Han Jiang and Seele left, leaving Simulated Judas panicked about losing her chance to find help.

• A tiny white-haired doll emerged from the rubble and introduced herself as Simulated Judas, claiming to be a noble vampire.
• Simulated Judas offered to protect Han Jiang and Seele if they accepted her as their master, then pointed out approaching Quantum Shadows.
• Simulated Judas fought and quickly defeated three Quantum Shadows with her oversized axe while Han Jiang and Seele watched.
• Seele said they could have handled the enemies themselves, and Han Jiang persuaded her that they should keep moving.
• Han Jiang and Seele left despite Seele warning Simulated Judas to be careful, and Simulated Judas panicked because she was stranded and had hoped they would help her.

Han Jiang and Seele welcomed Simulated Judas into their journey after learning she had left Mu Continent to search for vampires and wanted to find Chiyuan's Wing. As Simulated Judas shared her long years in the Sea of Quantum, Seele received toys to help pass the time.

• Simulated Judas persuaded Han Jiang and Seele to let her travel with them, and Han Jiang asked whether she came from Mu Continent.
• Simulated Judas recognized Chiyuan's Wing as her friend and explained that she had left Mu Continent to find vampires.
• Han Jiang concluded that Simulated Judas wanted to find Chiyuan's Wing, and he noted that the system could carry Armed Puppets in its inventory.
• Simulated Judas recounted her hardships surviving in the Sea of Quantum and described searching for stable World Bubbles.
• Simulated Judas gave Seele devices for watching videos, listening to music, and playing games, which Seele accepted after Han Jiang encouraged her.

Han Jiang, Seele, and Simulated Judas reached the valley where Seele had been trapped, but its strange changes separated Seele from them. Unable to help her for now, Han Jiang left with Simulated Judas to grow stronger and seek Chiyuan's Wing.

• Simulated Judas explained that her body absorbed Honkai Energy to recharge, then followed Han Jiang and Seele toward Chiyuan's Wing.
• Seele led them to the shifting valley where she had always lived, and Han Jiang lost his ability to sense her despite standing beside her.
• Simulated Judas discovered that Seele's data matched the valley's, while Seele urged Han Jiang to leave as the place began changing.
• The valley pushed Han Jiang and Simulated Judas out, drew Seele toward its center, and briefly revealed an enormous tree covered in pink petals before vanishing.
• Han Jiang decided to leave and become stronger so he could rescue Seele, and Simulated Judas questioned whether humans were all so heartless.

Han Jiang brought Simulated Judas back from the Sea of Quantum and introduced her to Chiyuan's Wing and the others at St. Freya. Simulated Judas reunited with Chiyuan's Wing, while the group learned how she had become an Armed Puppet obsessed with vampires.

• Han Jiang used the system to bring Simulated Judas from Chiyuan's Wing's former home in the Sea of Quantum back to the main universe.
• Han Jiang found Chiyuan's Wing playing Monopoly with Yae Rin, Lilith, Hiyori, and Ai-chan at Yae Sakura's dormitory.
• Han Jiang brought Simulated Judas out of the system warehouse, and Chiyuan's Wing recognized her as an Armed Puppet who had left about eight hundred years earlier.
• Chiyuan's Wing explained that Simulated Judas had modified herself and gone searching for vampires after hearing her stories, prompting Simulated Judas to complain about being misled before they embraced.
• Chiyuan's Wing defended her life as a teacher and criticized the Armed Puppets for abandoning teaching and scholarship.

Han Jiang introduced Simulated Judas to the group and coached Lilith through a dramatic vampire boast. Later, he gave Bronya a Core Energy Cannon for Heavy Cannon Rabbit’s birthday, then handed out powerful weapons to Mei and Kiana after Theresa and Kiana caught him.

• Simulated Judas introduced herself to the group as a mysterious and noble vampire, and Lilith moved closer to Han Jiang, insisting she was the real vampire.
• Han Jiang taught Lilith an over-the-top vampire declaration, which impressed Yae Rin and surprised Chiyuan's Wing.
• Han Jiang asked Bronya to summon Heavy Cannon Rabbit on her birthday and persuaded her to celebrate it as her partner too.
• Bronya apologized to Heavy Cannon Rabbit and accepted Han Jiang's Core Energy Cannon for it, increasing her affection for him by ten.
• Theresa and Kiana caught Han Jiang and Bronya exchanging weapons, and Han Jiang gave Mei Raikiri and Kiana twin Electromagnetic Cannons as well.

As preparations for Anti-Entropy’s handover of the Moonlight Throne kept Han Jiang confined to St. Freya, he spent a quiet evening talking with Kiana and helping the drunken Himeko. The chapter ended with Himeko teasing Han Jiang about whether he had secretly been drinking.

• Han Jiang reflected on how handing out weapons had left him feeling shortchanged as Honkai incidents increased and he advanced his Tai Xu Sword Qi through sparring with Fu Hua.
• Tesla and Einstein secretly visited St. Freya to discuss transferring the Moonlight Throne, and Han Jiang learned enough about the plan to be placed on the Far East Branch’s protected-personnel list.
• After the handover plans were finalized, Han Jiang was confined to the school and barred from outside missions until the operation began.
• Kiana found Han Jiang brooding by the woods, guessed that he had been rejected by someone he liked, and listened as he denied dating or being dumped.
• Han Jiang and Kiana encountered a drunken Himeko on their way to the dormitory, and Han Jiang helped her throw up by the roadside while Kiana fetched supplies.
• Himeko wiped her face and teased Han Jiang about whether he had secretly been drinking.

Han Jiang helped a drunk Himeko back to the dormitory, where she broke down over the losses in her Fifth Valkyrie Squad before drunkenly insisting she could find a boyfriend. The chapter ended when a man from the school bar called to say Himeko owed 12,000.

• Han Jiang supported Himeko as she rambled about her past and confessed that she was the only one left in the Fifth Valkyrie Squad.
• Himeko broke free, sat on the ground crying, and refused to let Han Jiang help her up until Kiana and Mei came outside.
• Mei carried Himeko back to the dormitory, where Himeko climbed onto a table and declared that she could find a boyfriend whenever she wanted.
• Han Jiang answered the landline, and a man from the school bar told him that Himeko had spent 12,632 and would be charged 12,000.

Han Jiang paid Himeko’s bar bill after she got drunk and made wild threats, then asked Mei to send him a recording of the incident. Mei agreed hesitantly, leaving Han Jiang ready to take responsibility if Himeko complained.

• Han Jiang argued with the bar owner over Himeko’s twenty-thousand-yuan bill, then learned she had ordered several expensive bottles.
• Himeko drunkenly shouted threats while Mei supported her and corrected her claims about Honkai Beasts and Valkyries.
• After Himeko went to sleep, Han Jiang found the bar and paid eighteen thousand for her drinks.
• The bar owner offered Han Jiang an expensive bottle for Himeko, but Han Jiang refused to accept it for free.
• Han Jiang called Mei and asked her to send him the recording, promising to take the blame if Himeko complained.

Han Jiang exposed Himeko’s drunken blackout and learned that she had spent a large sum at a bar, while Himeko soon focused on preparing for a mission. Two weeks later, St. Freya deployed three warships to respond to a Honkai incident and unidentified giant warship over Canghai City, leaving Han Jiang and his classmates preparing for their first major warship deployment.

• Han Jiang showed Himeko her bar bill and a recording of her drunken declarations, and Himeko realized she had blacked out and spent eighteen thousand.
• Himeko apologized to the bar owner and avoided alcohol for a week while working diligently in preparation for the Moonlight Throne handover.
• Himeko told Han Jiang that Anti-Entropy would stage a feint attack on Canghai City and trigger a small Honkai incident, assigning him to protect his classmates while Fu Hua was away.
• St. Freya issued an emergency deployment notice after a Honkai incident and an unidentified giant warship appeared over Canghai City, and Schicksal deployed three Far East Branch warships.
• Kiana excitedly anticipated the mission aboard the Hyperion while Mei and Bronya urged her to behave cautiously, and Rikka Ruri asked Han Jiang whether he was nervous.

Valkyries landed in Canghai City to fight the growing Honkai outbreak while secretly arranging the Moonlight Throne’s handover to Anti-Entropy. Han Jiang discovered a suspicious cloaked man, prompting Himeko to change the plan, as Otto confronted Theresa about the battleship and Theresa prepared to go to Canghai City.

• Himeko led the Valkyries’ landing and rejected Kiana’s request to take the elevator, then allowed Kiana, Mei, and Han Jiang to use it after Han Jiang inspected it.
• The Honkai incident escalated to medium scale, and Han Jiang reached his assigned position to prepare to board the Moonlight Throne once the drones were deployed.
• Han Jiang spotted a cloaked man in the ruins and pursued him after reporting the suspicious target to Himeko.
• Himeko revised the plan and ordered Han Jiang to capture the target while notifying Anti-Entropy to prepare to withdraw the Moonlight Throne if necessary.
• Otto told Theresa that the Moonlight Throne could threaten the Far East Branch’s control of Canghai City, and Theresa acted alarmed and said she would go there herself.

Theresa concealed her unease after Otto warned her about Anti-Entropy’s Moonlight Throne mission, while Han Jiang pursued and fought a cybernetically enhanced intruder in Canghai City. Han Jiang subdued the man and reported his capture to Major Himeko, but the prisoner identified himself with a warning about World Serpent.

• Otto told Theresa to stay alert and remain at Far East Headquarters while a Valkyrie unit supported her.
• Han Jiang chased a cloaked intruder through the Canghai City battlefield and confronted him after the man fired back.
• Han Jiang discovered that the intruder had extensive mechanical augmentations and resisted his spear attacks with armored limbs and torso.
• The intruder tried to recruit Han Jiang with promises of money and beautiful women, but Han Jiang continued fighting and severed his hands and feet.
• Han Jiang reported the subdued target’s location to Major Himeko, and the prisoner warned that World Serpent would eventually rule the world.

Han Jiang and the Valkyries prepared to board the Moonlight Throne while battling unusually frenzied Honkai Beasts, and Himeko launched the boarding operation despite an unidentified battleship raising the mission risk. Han Jiang neared the ship, while Kiana crashed her drone into a building but survived and awaited a replacement.

• Han Jiang captured a World Serpent member and left him to St. Freya's secretly trained Valkyrie squad for inspection and interrogation.
• Himeko learned that most Valkyries had reached their positions and ordered the Helios reconnaissance team to continue despite detecting an invisible unidentified battleship.
• Himeko deployed drones and ordered the Valkyries to board the Moonlight Throne, while Kiana complained that the plan had not been explained to her.
• Han Jiang boarded a drone and fought off Honkai Beasts as it carried him toward the ship, while Kiana accidentally destroyed a drone after mistaking it for a Honkai Beast.
• A Honkai Beast struck Kiana's drone, causing it to crash into a building that tilted into its neighbor; Kiana survived, and Himeko promised to send her another drone.
• Himeko reported that Han Jiang had passed through the dense Rush-class Honkai Beast zone and was close to boarding, while Kiana protested that she had only been delayed by bad luck.

Han Jiang, Mei, and Bronya boarded the Moonlight Throne and fought their way through its deck defenses as Valkyries moved to seize control of the battleship. Han Jiang defeated an active Anti-Entropy Tactical Mech and helped Mei kill a Honkai Beast, while Kiana finally drove off the Emperor Honkai Beast and reported that she had reached the ship.

• Himeko told Han Jiang to board the Moonlight Throne while Kiana fought an Emperor Honkai Beast, and Helios sent drones to help Kiana.
• Han Jiang landed on the battleship, defeated Deadwalkers, and joined Mei and Bronya in preparing to reach the bridge and seize control.
• An Anti-Entropy Tactical Mech attacked Han Jiang, who destroyed its control core and escaped its self-destruction.
• Han Jiang reached Mei and helped her defeat a Temple-class Honkai Beast; Mei said Bronya was cracking the hangar entrance code and Kiana had not yet boarded.
• Kiana announced that she had driven off the Emperor Honkai Beast and could see the Moonlight Throne.

Kiana, Han Jiang, and Mei boarded the Moonlight Throne as Bronya uncovered details about Anti-Entropy’s unmanned battleship and the team continued its operation. Kiana rushed off to find Mei despite Himeko’s orders, while Han Jiang and Mei pressed on to protect Bronya and open the ship’s doors.

• Bronya decrypted information identifying the Moonlight Throne as an Anti-Entropy combat-test battleship equipped with thousands of defensive installations, while Himeko ordered the Valkyries to prepare for the next stage.
• Han Jiang and Mei advanced toward Bronya’s position, discussing why the ship appeared to have no human crew as Far East Headquarters prepared to intercept Anti-Entropy forces.
• Kiana reported that she had reached the deck and announced she was going to find Mei, ignoring Himeko’s warning to stay in place and remain alert for the missing Emperor Honkai Beast.
• Han Jiang protected Mei from a Deadwalker, and Mei offered to cook for him after the mission as thanks for his help.
• Han Jiang and Mei continued toward the battleship entrance to protect Bronya while she worked to open the Moonlight Throne’s doors.

Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei regrouped aboard the Moonlight Throne while Valkyries continued fighting and trying to unlock its doors. An Emperor Honkai Beast led dozens of Honkai Beasts toward them, and Himeko warned the trio that they would reach their position in ten seconds.

• Han Jiang fought a Dual-wielding Schicksal Soldier until Kiana kicked it off the Moonlight Throne’s deck.
• Han Jiang checked the nearby area with Kiana, then took her to reunite with Mei, who had just finished fighting.
• Han Jiang read reports that all twenty-nine Valkyries were aboard, four were severely injured, and Bronya was making the fastest progress decrypting a door.
• Himeko scolded Kiana for using three drones to board and abandoning the battle plan to find Mei, while Kiana defended her actions as adapting to the situation.
• Han Jiang spotted several Rush-class Honkai Beasts returning, and Himeko warned that the Emperor Honkai Beast and dozens of others were approaching their position.