Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei defeated an Emperor Honkai Beast aboard the Moonlight Throne after it destroyed the Helios’s drone support. Han Jiang absorbed its core and upgraded Hundred Refinements into Limitless, then joined Kiana and Mei as they confirmed the beast was dead.

• Han Jiang engaged the Emperor Honkai Beast while Kiana and Mei fought the Rush-class Honkai Beasts, and he lured it toward the center of the deck.
• Himeko ordered the Helios to redirect drones to help Han Jiang, but the Emperor Honkai Beast destroyed all five drones with its lasers.
• Han Jiang froze the Emperor Honkai Beast with Plasma Kagehide, then coordinated with Kiana and Mei to attack it before finishing it with Red Tassel.
• Han Jiang chose to absorb the Emperor Honkai Beast core, upgrading Hundred Refinements into A-rank, evolvable God-Slaying Armor called Limitless.
• Kiana and Mei joined Han Jiang beside the dead Emperor Honkai Beast, and Kiana proudly claimed they had handled it.

Han Jiang, Kiana, Mei, and Bronya boarded the Moonlight Throne and discovered its automated defenses and an active self-destruct countdown. They reached the bridge, where Bronya found the main control system had no login password and all permissions were open, leaving the group wary of an unexplained trap.

• Bronya reported that the battleship entrance had been breached, and Han Jiang told her to wait before opening it until he and the others arrived.
• The group opened the entrance, fought off its automated defenses, and Bronya discovered the unmanned battleship was set to self-destruct within half an hour.
• Bronya cracked the only usable mech, and Han Jiang took it to smash through the battleship's defenses while Kiana reluctantly followed on foot.
• Han Jiang cleared a path to the bridge, where Bronya found the main control system had no login password and all operation permissions were open.
• Bronya contacted Himeko because the unlocked control system seemed suspicious, and Himeko confirmed that the situation was abnormal.

Bronya found a mysterious email in the Moonlight Throne’s control system, addressed to Kiana and explaining how to unlock the battleship’s navigation. After Kiana’s birthday opened the system and set the destination to St. Freya, Han Jiang warned that the battleship’s arrival had caused a Honkai event and brought an Emperor Honkai Beast.

• Bronya carefully searched the Moonlight Throne’s control system and discovered an email addressed to Kiana, describing the ship and four keys needed to activate it.
• Himeko asked Kiana whether she knew who had sent the email, while Han Jiang speculated that Einstein had left it behind and wondered whether it was connected to Kiana’s family.
• Kiana resisted sharing her birthday, but Han Jiang told Bronya it was December 7th, and Bronya entered it as the navigation password.
• The Moonlight Throne unlocked its navigation system and changed its destination from Canghai City to St. Freya High School.
• Mei said the sender seemed not to bear them ill will, but Han Jiang pointed out that the ship had caused a Honkai event and brought an Emperor Honkai Beast; Bronya confirmed the self-destruct system was disabled.

Bronya’s biological chip malfunctioned aboard the Moonlight Throne, causing her to attack Han Jiang, Mei, and Kiana until she collapsed. After Bronya recovered, Han Jiang realized events were unfolding differently from what he remembered, and Himeko assigned the group their next tasks.

• Himeko reported that the Moonlight Throne’s deck had mostly been cleared and the Honkai Energy in Canghai City was falling, then asked Han Jiang to check on Bronya after her communications cut out.
• Bronya’s Valkyrie system detected a chip anomaly and forced her into an emergency mode that targeted nearby enemies, prompting Han Jiang, Mei, and Kiana to fight her while holding back.
• Han Jiang prepared to strike Bronya, but she collapsed before he could hit her and soon woke in his arms.
• Bronya explained that interference had caused her biological chip to malfunction, and she asked Himeko to arrange a full examination at the academy.
• Han Jiang realized that the mission’s events no longer matched his memories, then remembered he still had to hand a captured World Serpent scout to the Dark Squad.
• Himeko sent the Moonlight Throne toward St. Freya, told Mei and Kiana to protect Bronya and assist with cleanup, and ordered Han Jiang to lead the cleanup operation on the ground.

Han Jiang tested the newly evolved Wuji Armor while returning to St. Freya, accidentally destroyed his drone, and discovered the armor could hover and switch into a Daoist robe. After reaching Hyperion, he learned that their captured World Serpent operative had self-destructed, leaving the organization’s motives and reach unclear.

• Han Jiang activated the Wuji Armor’s burst ability, destroyed his drone, and began falling thousands of meters toward the ground.
• Han Jiang’s armor activated an antigravity device, allowing him to slow his fall and steer himself safely to the ground.
• Han Jiang discovered that the armor could switch into a long-range combat mode shaped like a Daoist robe, and suspected it would let him use offensive techniques.
• Himeko told Han Jiang that the captured World Serpent operative had self-destructed and appeared to be a remotely controlled intelligent machine.
• Himeko explained that World Serpent had attacked Anti-Entropy bases in North America and that Raven was likely a mercenary working for them.
• Han Jiang concluded that World Serpent was hiding its true operations and that he would have to adapt as events unfolded.

After reassuring Himeko, Han Jiang cleared Honkai Beasts in Canghai City and reunited with Su Yang, now helping evacuate civilians. Cheng Lixue then asked Han Jiang to join her at an ancient ruin in Qin Province, where his strength and reliability were needed.

• Himeko told Han Jiang to leave the next steps to her, and he went to clear the remaining Honkai Beasts in the city.
• Han Jiang tested his new Limitless armor while fighting and found its armored form greatly enhanced his strength.
• Han Jiang ran into Su Yang, who had joined Canghai City's combat team to evacuate civilians, and they talked about Su Yang's family.
• Cheng Lixue explained that Shenzhou was staying out of the Anti-Entropy and Schicksal conflict while focusing on civilian evacuation.
• Cheng Lixue asked Han Jiang to accompany her to an important ancient ruin in Qin Province because she needed reliable high-end combat power.

Han Jiang joined Cheng Lixue to investigate a newly discovered ruin deep in the Qin Range, while she warned him that World Serpent and other foreign forces posed a serious threat to Shenzhou. They headed toward the site with the ruin’s secrets and the rival organizations’ plans still unknown.

• Han Jiang asked Cheng Lixue for support and a guide, but she said she would accompany him and arranged to meet him at Qin Province International Airport three days later.
• Himeko brought the Honkai incident in Canghai City under control, and Han Jiang received leave on the condition that he return for St. Freya’s Valkyrie assessment.
• Han Jiang practiced with the Wuji Armor during his stay in Canghai City, then met Cheng Lixue at the airport and assured her no one had followed him.
• Cheng Lixue told Han Jiang that the ruin lay deep in the Qin Range, where ancient relics and Previous Era technology might be hidden.
• Cheng Lixue explained that Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent could seek the ruin, and described World Serpent’s extensive influence and the foreign infiltration of Shenzhou.

Cheng Lixue brought Han Jiang to the Qin Range ruins, where Shenzhou’s forces watched several unknown factions gather. As the ruins remained inactive, Shenzhou dropped a Honkai Energy reactor into the forest, while a disguised observer decided the disturbance was not yet enough to activate the ruins.

• Cheng Lixue and Han Jiang left their car and learned that more than twenty unidentified people had entered the area around the ruins.
• Cheng Lixue warned Han Jiang that his uncertain ties to Shenzhou and Schicksal made him a target, and Han Jiang said he was nearly at the Tai Xu Realm.
• Cheng Lixue explained that the ruins would open only after the Honkai Energy concentration became high enough, and said Shenzhou would prepare to guide the intruders.
• A sleepy man in camouflage gathered intelligence about Shenzhou, while five dark-clad Valkyries and various other groups waited in the forest.
• Two hours later, a Shenzhou helicopter dropped a transforming Honkai Energy reactor into the forest, but the sleepy observer judged the disturbance insufficient to activate the ruins.

Cheng Lixue and Han Jiang raised the Honkai Energy around the ruin, then hurried to investigate eight points of light after a mysterious voice announced a puzzle game. As Honkai Beasts appeared and mercenaries rushed toward the lights, the contest to reach the ruin’s treasure began.

• Cheng Lixue used the Ruoshui Sword to kill three birds mutated by rising Honkai Energy, and Han Jiang realized they were making others bear the cost of opening the ruin.
• Five dark-clad Valkyries deployed numerous small Honkai reactors while mercenaries struggled against newly formed Honkai Beasts.
• A mysterious voice announced that the first person to enter the hall after completing a puzzle game would receive the treasure, and eight points of light appeared around a rising stone pillar.
• Cheng Lixue ordered the Valkyries on the outskirts to stay put, then she and Han Jiang split up to investigate separate points of light.
• Overlord Saber sent his subordinates after the lights, while Honkai Beasts appeared to block the treasure seekers and a lazy-looking man approached a point nearby.
• Han Jiang killed a Honkai Beast with the Crimson Spear as more people gathered and the race for the unknown treasure began.

Han Jiang fought the mercenary Serval over a clue platform and forced her to leave, then discovered that the platforms had to be charged with energy to open the ruins. The chapter left Han Jiang questioning whether the mysterious voice was directing them through the process.

• Han Jiang found a wooden horse figurine and a box on a stone platform, where Serval challenged him for the prize.
• Han Jiang and Serval fought fiercely, introduced themselves, and kept their battle away from the platform.
• Han Jiang revealed his full strength and warned Serval to leave or die, so she abandoned the item and departed.
• Han Jiang waited to make sure no one else was nearby before approaching the platform, while Cheng Lixue found a matching platform with a dragon figurine after killing two men.
• The voice told the clue seekers to charge their platforms with any form of energy, then stopped before giving further instructions.

Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue fought the guardian puppets defending the ruins and collected wooden plaques from their platforms. After they reunited, Han Jiang tried to take a plaque from another platform, but its defenses attacked him and the girl's image warned him to follow the rules or provide more energy.

• Han Jiang and the others charged the eight stone platforms, activating the ruins' defensive guardians.
• Han Jiang fought an armored horse, while Cheng Lixue battled a laser-firing dragon and other teams faced their own guardian beasts.
• Cheng Lixue destroyed the dragon, collected its glowing plaque, and found another wooden plaque in the platform's box.
• Han Jiang destroyed the horse by striking its core and retrieved a plaque marked with a horizontal line.
• Cheng Lixue summoned Han Jiang to help her fight a golden pheasant, and he ran to the platform to collect its plaque.
• A barrier and laser weapons attacked Han Jiang when he reached for the box, and the girl's image warned him to follow the rules or replenish more energy.

Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue defeated the guardian pheasant and gathered with the surviving groups at the ruins’ Eight Trigrams gate. Rita arrived and confronted Raven, setting the stage for a tense standoff over the ruins.

• Han Jiang joined Cheng Lixue to defeat the guardian pheasant after the mysterious voice announced that the puzzle game had begun and explained that the wooden plaques opened the base.
• Cheng Lixue and Han Jiang discussed the ruins’ likely origins, and Han Jiang suspected they had been left by legendary figures of ancient Shenzhou.
• The survivors gathered around a Taiji-patterned stone disk with eight grooves, where the wooden plaques appeared to be keys to the gate.
• Overlord Saber and Serval recognized Raven and Chen Tianwu, while Serval assessed Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue.
• Rita arrived with five Valkyries, exchanged hostile remarks with Raven, and raised tensions among the groups.

The factions discovered that wooden plaques had to be placed in the Eight Trigrams platform to open the ruin, though Han Jiang warned that incorrect placements could trigger danger. After the groups filled the grooves, the platform rotated and a massive water column erupted, leaving everyone facing an unknown threat.

• Cheng Lixue declared that the ruin was in Shenzhou, while Raven questioned Schicksal's presence and the factions redirected their attention to opening the ruin.
• Han Jiang explained that the wooden plaques represented Yin and Yang lines and told everyone to place them in the grooves, warning that those unable to handle the danger should leave.
• Rita asked to delay, but Cheng Lixue ordered the groups to proceed, and Han Jiang placed the first two plaques as the puzzle began.
• The groups filled the remaining grooves before time ran out, causing the Eight Trigrams platform to rotate and a towering column of water to blast from the ground.

Han Jiang and the others continued solving the Bagua platform’s mechanisms while competing for access to the ruins. The chapter ended with injured Valkyries taken into Shenzhou’s custody and several participants deliberately keeping plaques misplaced.

• Han Jiang and Overlord Saber’s team were struck by water and fire mechanisms, and Han Jiang gained the Kan and Li trigrams.
• Overlord Saber and Serval tried to leave with their wooden plaques, but Han Jiang and Raven made them surrender the plaques before departing.
• Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue correctly placed their plaques and continued through the platform’s trials while Raven and Rita’s groups also remained in place.
• After more than half an hour of mechanisms, two of Rita’s Valkyries were severely injured and withdrew from the platform.
• Cheng Lixue sent Shenzhou personnel to take the injured Valkyries for treatment, while Cheng Lixue, Raven, and Han Jiang each deliberately left a plaque misplaced.

Cheng Lixue and Han Jiang entered one of five passages in an ancient Shenzhou base, followed by Raven and Chen Tianwu on a different route. Rita remained undecided outside, unsure how the doors worked or which passage her group should take.

• After the Eight Trigrams platform passed the assessment, it descended into the base and cut off communication with the outside.
• The rotating disk revealed five passages, and the group hesitated while considering how to choose.
• Cheng Lixue picked a passage and entered with Han Jiang; the iron door slammed shut behind them.
• Raven and Chen Tianwu chose another passage and entered, leaving Rita and her team still deliberating.

Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue fought through Cang Xuan’s modern traps and robots, but an explosion and falling barrier separated them. They communicated through the wall and chose to conserve their strength rather than break through.

• Rita led her three Valkyries into the passage, while Raven’s group and Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue faced separate traps.
• Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue fought three Taiji-marked robots, and an exploding robot arm triggered a collapse that separated them behind a metal wall.
• Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue called to each other but could not communicate through their disabled communicators.
• Cheng Lixue tapped a message in Morse code through the wall, and Han Jiang understood and replied.
• They agreed not to force their way through the Titanium Alloy and Soulium wall, conserving their strength for the dangers ahead.

Han Jiang reached the ruins’ base hall and recovered a liquid Quantum Computer containing Previous Era knowledge. When Cheng Lixue, Rita, Raven, Chen Tianwu, and the Valkyries arrived, they clashed over who would claim it, leaving the hall tense.

• Han Jiang navigated the shifting passage and reached a dusty base hall, where he restarted a cleaning machine with Honkai Energy.
• Han Jiang connected to the Quantum Computer and found demonstrations of Cang Xuan using formations and talismans, then took the terminal for himself.
• Chen Tianwu and Raven arrived, followed by Rita with three Valkyries and then Cheng Lixue.
• Cheng Lixue claimed the Quantum Computer for Shenzhou, while Rita offered to share its contents in exchange for handing it to Schicksal.
• Cheng Lixue rejected Rita’s offer and demanded that Schicksal share the information it had recovered from earlier computers, making the standoff over the terminal tense.

At a ruined base, Cheng Lixue and Han Jiang’s group clashed with Raven, Rita, and Chen Tianwu’s teams over a computer terminal. After testing each other’s strength, the leaders called off the fighting, leaving the groups still inside the base with no clear way out.

• Rita urged her team to take the item, but Chen Tianwu questioned how anyone would leave the base once they had it.
• Cheng Lixue attacked Raven and Rita, and Han Jiang confirmed she had become an S-rank Valkyrie.
• Chen Tianwu and two Valkyries attacked Han Jiang, who fought them with the Book of Cang Xuan and then the Crimson Spear.
• Cheng Lixue, Raven, and Rita traded attacks, while both sides held back from using their full strength.
• Cheng Lixue stopped the battle, and Raven and Rita agreed to leave the fight after assessing her strength.

Han Jiang and Cheng Lixue negotiated control of the ruins’ Liquid Soul Steel Computer terminal, then explored the base and found rune weapons and two valuable books. After the groups emerged, Rita left for St. Freya High School, while Han Jiang stayed in Shenzhou to study and was assigned to deal with wandering mercenaries.

• Han Jiang stopped fighting and persuaded Chen Tianwu and the others to negotiate, and Cheng Lixue claimed the Liquid Soul Steel Computer terminal while letting them take other items.
• Han Jiang explored the base and discovered wooden rune plaques that fired powerful energy beams when he infused them with Honkai Energy.
• Han Jiang found books about Taiji, the Two Principles, the Four Symbols, and the Eight Trigrams that could help him learn to use runes.
• The three groups left the base, and Cheng Lixue summoned Shenzhou Valkyrie squads while Raven and Chen Tianwu departed on World Serpent business.
• Rita said she was leaving for St. Freya High School’s Valkyrie examination, and Han Jiang stayed in Shenzhou to study before Cheng Lixue assigned him to deal with mercenaries in the mountains.

Han Jiang returned to St. Freya after a week spent helping Cheng Lixue deal with mercenaries drawn to a rumor about a superweapon in the Qin Range. At the school hospital, he learned Bronya’s biochip had been affected by the Moonlight Throne engine and hesitated over whether to ask her to replace it, leaving her wondering what difficult request he had in mind.

• Cheng Lixue told Han Jiang about an international mercenary forum post claiming fragments of a Previous Era superweapon were scattered across the Qin Range, and asked him to stay nearby.
• Han Jiang spent a week in Shenzhou helping handle invading mercenaries, then returned to St. Freya because he knew the Fourth Herrscher would erupt soon.
• Han Jiang visited Bronya in the school hospital, where she explained that the Moonlight Throne engine’s energy had affected her biochip but that she was otherwise well.
• Bronya analyzed Han Jiang’s worries about the Valkyrie assessment, and he asked whether she would agree to an excessive request.
• Bronya said she would help him with a simple request because they were friends, then began wondering if his difficult request might be romantic.