Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang visited Bronya in the hospital and suggested replacing her biological chip, but she chose to keep it because its protections had been strengthened and it had been left to her by Cocolia. After returning to St. Freya, Han Jiang was excused from class to help Bronya leave the hospital, while Kiana was ordered to study for the upcoming Valkyrie assessment.

• Han Jiang asked Bronya whether she would replace her biological chip, but she explained that it worked properly and held special meaning because Cocolia had left it to her.
• Han Jiang told Bronya to recover soon for the Valkyrie assessment, and she said she could leave the hospital the next day.
• Han Jiang met Kiana in the courtyard, where Theresa told him to take the rest of the day and the next day off to help Bronya with her discharge.
• Theresa told Kiana to attend class and study for the assessment, and said Himeko would tutor her because she might otherwise fail.
• Kiana complained that Han Jiang skipped class too, but he revealed that he had never failed a course, prompting her to accuse him of betraying their faction.

Theresa learned that Rita would visit the Far East Branch to inspect the Moonlight Throne and observe the Valkyrie rank examination, leaving her wary of Rita’s attention. The next day, Han Jiang found Bronya had discharged herself and joined Kiana in finding her at the library, where Kiana and Bronya began arguing over a game.

• Rita told Theresa that she would inspect the Moonlight Throne and observe the Valkyrie rank examination on Otto’s behalf, making Theresa wonder what Otto knew.
• Fu Hua trained Kiana at the training grounds because Kiana’s overall abilities were too weak for the Valkyrie assessment.
• Han Jiang went to the hospital to help Bronya with her discharge, but learned she had already left after approving the procedures herself through the hospital system.
• Kiana met Han Jiang outside the hospital and said she had helped Bronya with her discharge, though Han Jiang noticed the game console she was hiding.
• Han Jiang and Kiana found Bronya studying in the library, where Bronya explained that she had checked her own recovery and approved her discharge.
• Kiana teased Bronya with Homonculus Adventure, and Bronya challenged her to prove she could beat Bronya’s game record.

Han Jiang welcomed a Schicksal inspection team at St. Freya, only to learn that twelve male combat personnel had come to challenge him. He tried to refuse because he had an assessment the next day, but the visitors pressed him to accept their duel.

• Kiana fell for Bronya’s taunt, and Mei scolded Kiana for sneaking into the kitchen before inviting Han Jiang to lunch.
• Himeko summoned Han Jiang to the school airport, where Theresa and Himeko welcomed Rita and the Schicksal delegation.
• Han Jiang recognized Douglas, and Rita explained that the delegation included male combat personnel who wanted to test themselves against him.
• A tall boy challenged Han Jiang with a thrown glove, and Han Jiang said he had an assessment the next day while appealing to Theresa for help.

Rita arranged for Han Jiang to duel Schicksal's young men, many of whom resented his closeness to Durandal. Han Jiang began the contest at St. Freya's training ground as students gathered to watch.

• Rita told Han Jiang that a strong performance could exempt him from tomorrow's assessment or earn him bonus points, then explained she had selected Schicksal men around his age to meet him.
• Kiana rushed over hoping the contest would let her avoid studying and the Valkyrie assessment, but Han Jiang agreed to choose the training ground for the duel.
• Han Jiang took a wooden spear and challenged the group to face him one at a time or all together.
• Athanasius Misuraka stepped forward to introduce himself, but Han Jiang urged him to hurry because others were waiting.
• Himeko and Theresa watched as students arrived to support Han Jiang, while Kiana excitedly considered going to Schicksal Headquarters to wreck their place.

Han Jiang dominated Schicksal’s fighters in a series of sparring matches, while Rita secretly used Durandal’s admirers to target him. As Douglas attacked, the observers recognized that Han Jiang was controlling the fight, and Kiana left to eat lunch.

• Han Jiang defeated Athanasius Misuraka, then praised him despite having clearly held the advantage.
• Douglas Kaslana challenged Han Jiang, and Han Jiang deliberately made their match appear close while controlling Douglas’s attacks.
• Rita revealed that she had rallied Durandal’s admirers against Han Jiang because Durandal had never mentioned him to her.
• Himeko told Kiana that Han Jiang’s coordination could help her reach A-rank, but Kiana grew bored and went back to the dormitory for lunch.

After defeating Douglas, Han Jiang faced Schicksal students who challenged him over their admiration for Durandal, though he did not realize who they meant. Rita rallied them into group sparring, and Han Jiang tried to turn their rivalry against itself.

• The crowd challenged Han Jiang after Douglas lost, accusing him of lacking the courage to protect the girl he loved.
• Han Jiang failed to identify Durandal as the princess they admired, then called himself her prince to provoke them.
• Rita urged Durandal's admirers to join forces against Han Jiang, framing him as an evil dragon they had to defeat.
• Himeko tried to postpone further sparring, but Han Jiang asked the challengers whose achievement it would be if they defeated him together.
• Han Jiang pointed out that only one person could win the princess's love, sowing division among the group.

Han Jiang avoided fighting Durandal’s admirers by persuading them to choose representatives, then told Mei he did not know which princess they meant. After he left, Schicksal’s visitors began fighting among themselves while St. Freya students watched and streamed the duels.

• Han Jiang proposed that the knights select representatives to fight him, and they agreed to postpone their challenge because he had already fought twice.
• Han Jiang left the training ground with Mei and claimed he had only mentioned a princess to annoy the knights, though he did not know whom they meant.
• After Han Jiang departed, Durandal’s and Rita’s admirers began dueling, drawing a crowd at St. Freya.
• Kiana found a livestream of the fights, but Mei made her return to studying for the Valkyrie assessment.
• Mei wondered aloud who the princess was while Han Jiang, Kiana, Mei, and Bronya continued studying.

Han Jiang and Mei comforted Kiana after she described dreams about everyone abandoning her, while Han Jiang realized the future had changed. As the Valkyrie promotion assessment began, Fu Hua asked him how he would respond if Schicksal took someone close to him for experiments.

• Bronya identified Durandal as the princess from the livestream comments, and Han Jiang insisted that he had no connection with her.
• At the promotion assessment assembly, Kiana told Mei and Han Jiang that her dreams showed everyone driving her away, and they reassured her that they would stay by her side.
• Theresa explained the assessment format, and Han Jiang and Fu Hua each received a bye in the first round.
• Fu Hua asked Han Jiang what he would do if Schicksal seized someone close to him for experiments.

Han Jiang reassured Fu Hua that Shenzhou could protect itself and urged her to follow her heart if Schicksal came for Kiana. At the Valkyrie examination, he defeated Mei in the second round while hiding the full extent of his abilities from the onlookers.

• Fu Hua warned Han Jiang about Schicksal and worried what he would do if it captured Kiana.
• Han Jiang told Fu Hua that Shenzhou was stronger than before and promised to help her choose whom to support.
• Han Jiang, Mei, and Kiana discussed their examination results and why Mei and Bronya had delayed advancing to A-rank.
• Han Jiang faced Mei in the second round and fought with a Tang Dao instead of his spear.
• Mei conceded after several exchanges, and Han Jiang let her believe he had held back to spare her feelings.

As the assessment paused for lunch, Rita chose Kiana for a spar and recognized her Kaslana name, while Han Jiang wondered why he had not been selected. When he tried to take Kiana’s place, Schicksal students accused him of pursuing other girls despite dating Durandal, and he claimed he had only been passive.

• The morning assessment ended, and Theresa introduced Rita Rossweisse to the students before the virtual trial battles.
• Rita praised the students and asked to spar with one of them, then chose Kiana Kaslana after noticing her name.
• Kiana eagerly accepted Rita’s challenge, while Han Jiang questioned why Rita had not chosen him.
• Han Jiang asked to spar with Rita in Kiana’s place, but Kiana refused to give up the opportunity.
• Schicksal students accused Han Jiang of getting close to other girls despite dating Durandal, and Han Jiang said he had been passive.

Han Jiang drew Schicksal’s attention by boasting about his relationship with Durandal, while Rita guided Kiana and then sparred with him. After Han Jiang showed strength beyond an ordinary A-rank Valkyrie, he withdrew from the fight before Rita could hit him again.

• Han Jiang bragged that he could be with Durandal, angering Schicksal’s young men and prompting the uncles on the podium to decide to lower his assessment score.
• Theresa quieted the crowd and cleared the training area for Rita’s guidance, while Rita privately seethed about Han Jiang and Durandal.
• Kiana sparred with Rita, held her own at first, then tired and stopped when Rita told her to rest.
• Han Jiang challenged Rita to a spar, and she struck his calf while pointing out flaws in his technique.
• Han Jiang’s speed and strength surprised Rita, but he ended the spar after several dozen exchanges and escaped further blows to his face.

After Han Jiang sparred with Rita, he reunited with Lilith and the others, then joined them for lunch before the examinees began their final virtual-combat assessment. Kiana’s immersion device synchronized beyond its limit, but the hostile module finished loading, leaving the assessment about to begin.

• Rita praised Han Jiang’s performance, and Theresa announced an hour-long break for the examinees.
• Lilith, Yae Rin, Chiyuan's Wing, Hiyori, and the others gathered around Han Jiang, who denied dating Durandal and explained his earlier remarks about her.
• Yae Rin invited everyone to lunch in her dorm, and Han Jiang accepted before the break ended.
• Theresa introduced the final assessment, in which examinees would use immersion devices to fight virtual opponents.
• Kiana’s device reported a 120% synchronization rate, but the screen announced that hostile module generation was complete.

Kiana defeated a simulated Emperor-class Honkai Beast after an immersion device malfunctioned, but she later fainted from exhaustion. An examination revealed energy residue from the Moonlight Throne engine in her body, matching what had been found in Bronya.

• The immersion device unexpectedly generated Ganesha, and Theresa and the others feared for Kiana as she fought inside the simulation.
• Kiana fully activated her White Knight Moonlight armor and defeated Ganesha, then challenged Rita to a future fight.
• Theresa ordered the malfunctioning device removed for investigation while the remaining Valkyries completed their assessments without incident.
• Himeko dragged Han Jiang to see off Rita and the Schicksal party, while Schicksal's young men planned to send Durandal photos and recordings of him with other girls.
• Kiana fainted as the group prepared to leave, and the school doctor found Moonlight Throne engine energy residue in her body, as had been found in Bronya.

After Kiana completed her assessment, Rita reported her observations of St. Freya to Otto, who became intrigued by Han Jiang and the changes in Shenzhou. When Himeko revealed that someone had sabotaged the immersion device, Theresa suspected Schicksal Headquarters was responsible.

• Han Jiang carried the exhausted Kiana back while Mei offered to cook for her, and the Schicksal group departed St. Freya.
• Rita sent Otto an observation report about Kiana, Han Jiang, and Fu Xue, then selected intimate photographs of Han Jiang with the girls to show Durandal.
• Otto and Amber discussed Cheng Lixue's influence in Shenzhou, and Otto expressed interest in Han Jiang, whom the Imaginary Tree and Void Archive could not observe across parallel worlds.
• Himeko told Theresa that a hidden miniature bomb had destroyed the immersion device after Kiana's assessment, with no casualties or clues to the culprit.
• Theresa told Himeko to set the investigation aside, and Himeko wondered whether Schicksal Headquarters had been behind the sabotage.

After the Valkyrie rank examinations, Han Jiang received a mission to support the fight against three Ice Emperor Honkai Beasts near the Arctic. Kiana secretly boarded his helicopter, and Himeko eventually allowed her to join the mission.

• Theresa began assigning tasks to search for the four gems as St. Freya's intelligence network mobilized.
• Han Jiang received an A-rank mission from Schicksal Headquarters and left class for the Arctic after Himeko dismissed him.
• Han Jiang discovered Kiana hiding aboard the helicopter and confronted her about sneaking onto the mission transport.
• Kiana argued that she could handle the mission, then contacted Himeko after Han Jiang warned that she would be sent back.
• Himeko agreed to let Kiana accompany Han Jiang and asked him to help her earn performance points.

Han Jiang and Kiana arrived in Siberia for a mission to eliminate Honkai Beasts drawn toward the remains of Benares, the Judgment-class Honkai Beast. After learning that one Emperor-class Honkai Beast had entered the Second Honkai War battlefield, Kiana asked Han Jiang to go after it with her.

• Kiana admitted she had used a false assignment to board Han Jiang's helicopter and explained that she wanted to join his mission.
• During the flight over Siberia, Han Jiang told Kiana about the Second Honkai War and reassured her that they would face any Herrscher together.
• Han Jiang and Kiana landed at a camp, where Leanna briefed them on the scattered Honkai Beasts near Benares's frozen remains.
• Leanna reported that three Emperor-class Honkai Beasts had appeared, accompanied by Chariot-class beasts, and that one had entered the Second Honkai War battlefield.
• Kiana asked Han Jiang to go with her to deal with the Honkai Beast inside the battlefield.

Han Jiang secured Kiana a place on the mission to the Second Honkai battlefield, and Colonel Lewis arrived to lead the operation. Han Jiang and Kiana drove toward the frozen battlefield, where satellite imagery showed they were near the edge of a vast crater.

• Han Jiang persuaded Leanna to let him volunteer to hunt the lost Emperor Honkai Beast, and he recorded that the decision was his own to protect Leanna from blame.
• Colonel Lewis arrived as a last-minute replacement and began the pre-battle meeting, assigning the ten Valkyries to three squads.
• Han Jiang volunteered for the battlefield mission, and Lewis approved after checking his mission record.
• Han Jiang and Kiana set off together in a combat vehicle while Leanna and Lewis led the other squads in different directions.
• Han Jiang showed Kiana a satellite projection that placed their vehicle at the edge of a deep crater left by the Second Honkai War.

Han Jiang and Kiana hunted an ice Emperor Honkai Beast near the ruins of the Second Honkai, where Han Jiang discovered a damaged World Bubble. After his attempt to probe it triggered its collapse, he fled with Kiana, but the World Bubble exploded in the main universe.

• Han Jiang explained that nuclear bombs and the Second Herrscher had created the vast craters, then redirected Kiana's attention toward the ice Emperor Honkai Beast.
• Han Jiang and Kiana caught up with the beast and defeated it together.
• Kiana said something was calling to her from the direction of Beibeilong's corpse, while Han Jiang investigated a spatial fluctuation and found he could open a passage toward a World Bubble.
• Han Jiang's probing strike destabilized the damaged World Bubble, so he rushed Kiana away in the car.
• The World Bubble exploded, and Han Jiang used the Wuji Armor to carry Kiana away as the blast struck them.

A spatial quake from the World Bubble’s collapse hurled Han Jiang and Kiana through the air, leaving Han Jiang gravely injured and Kiana unharmed. After the system spent crystals to repair him, Han Jiang regained the ability to stand, and he and Kiana tried to contact the others.

• Theresa’s attack and the World Bubble’s explosion sent Han Jiang and Kiana flying, and Han Jiang shielded Kiana before they crashed to the ground.
• Han Jiang lost consciousness with severe injuries while the system used his crystals to repair his body and the factions detected the spatial disturbance.
• Kiana wept over Han Jiang until he regained consciousness and weakly reassured her that he was alive.
• After about half an hour, Han Jiang stood and examined the cracked ground, while Kiana made him sit when his coughing showed he was still unwell.
• Han Jiang and Kiana tried to use the communicator, but heavy static left them with only fragments of the other party’s voice.

After the Arctic explosion, Han Jiang and Kiana confirmed they were safe and found the frozen Beibeilong, which Kiana sensed was crying and lonely. Han Jiang reassured Kiana that he would stand by her despite others possibly condemning her sympathy for a Honkai Beast.

• Han Jiang and Kiana told Himeko and Theresa they were safe, and Schicksal Headquarters reported that Colonel Lewis, Lieutenant Leanna, and the other team members had survived.
• Kiana sensed that the presence drawing her was close, and she led Han Jiang to a frozen dragon-shaped Honkai Beast.
• Kiana said she could feel Beibeilong crying and lonely, while Han Jiang identified it as a Judgment-class Honkai Beast.
• Kiana asked whether it was wrong to pity Beibeilong, and Han Jiang told her that her feelings were not wrong but might be misunderstood by others.
• Han Jiang put his arm around Kiana and promised that he would always stand by her.