Chapter Summaries

Bronya confronted a vengeful Welt in the final World Bubble and took control of Star of Eden after Joachim helped her find her answer. The world collapsed, and the chapter shifted to Han Jiang and his allies attacking the Herrscher of the End, whose power overwhelmed their forces.

• Bronya found herself in a world where Welt led Anti-Entropy forces against Schicksal, then watched him betray and destroy the Valkyries.
• Bronya fought through the attack on Babylon Laboratory, lost track of Seele, and faced Welt, who revealed his history and the destruction of Anti-Entropy’s founders.
• Welt claimed that hatred and despair were the source of power, but Bronya rejected his ideals and called him unworthy of the name Welt.
• Joachim gave Bronya control of Star of Eden, and she unleashed its power to dismantle the World Bubble.
• In another scene, the Herrscher of the End destroyed Hyperion, and Han Jiang, Fu Hua, Himeko, Kiana, and Mei charged into battle against her.

Han Jiang watched his companions fall to the Herrscher of the End, escaped with Kiana, and then met Kevin, who offered him a vial of power and predicted Han Jiang would seek him out. Back in the Sea of Quantum, Han Jiang reunited with Bronya and Seele as both Seeles argued over Welt’s Core of Reason, which Han Jiang then asked them to give to him.

• Mei, Fu Hua, and Theresa stayed behind to delay the Herrscher of the End while Han Jiang fled with Kiana, and he received farewell messages from fallen companions.
• Kiana woke, tried to hold off the Herrscher of the End so Han Jiang could escape, and Han Jiang continued onward alone.
• Han Jiang met Kevin in a desert World Bubble, accepted a vial that could strengthen him, and watched the world collapse.
• Han Jiang returned to the Sea of Quantum, where Bronya emerged with Seele and found Welt’s Core of Reason.
• Seele demanded the Core of Reason, Bronya refused so she could stop World Serpent, and Han Jiang asked them to give him the core instead.

Bronya and Seele clashed over Seele’s plan to trade the Herrscher of Reason’s Core to Kevin, but Seele ultimately chose to trust Bronya and was pulled away by Kevin’s safeguard. As Bronya reached the Core amid a collapsing space, Han Jiang wrestled with whether to take it for himself before stepping in to help her.

• Seele explained that Kevin had saved her after the X-1 experiment and insisted that giving him the Core would let her return to the real world, while Bronya refused to cooperate with World Serpent.
• Seele knocked Bronya down and tried to reach the Core, but Bronya appealed to their bond and warned that Kevin could control Seele; Seele agreed to trust Bronya instead.
• A monster emerged from the abyss, and Kevin’s safeguard dragged Seele away; she told Bronya she would wait for her rescue and apologized to Han Jiang.
• Bronya and Han Jiang pressed toward the Core as visions of possible futures appeared, and Han Jiang hesitated over whether to take the Core for himself.
• Bronya seized the Core, but it began corroding her body as silicon-based matter bound her; Han Jiang cut her free and promised to help.

Han Jiang helped Bronya master the Core of Reason, and the two defeated Kevin's Judgment-class Honkai Beast. They split up in the Sea of Quantum to pursue their respective goals, leaving Han Jiang in a World Bubble facing a scarred fruit seller.

• Han Jiang joined hands with Bronya, helping her master the Core of Reason and awaken as the Herrscher of Reason.
• Bronya and Han Jiang fought together and destroyed Kevin's Honkai Beast with Heavy Cannon Rabbit and the Red Tassel.
• Bronya learned that Welt's consciousness remained inside the Core and that she needed to gather its scattered power before rescuing Seele.
• Han Jiang and Bronya agreed to split up, with Bronya entering a World Bubble to collect the Core's power while Han Jiang followed a message from an old acquaintance.
• Han Jiang entered a World Bubble and found himself at a market, where a scarred fruit seller offered him apples.

Han Jiang and Schrodinger left a World Bubble to search for Dr. Einstein, following a weak signal into a ruined city. There, Fu Hua’s squad mistook them for possible Herrscher clones, and Han Jiang’s effort to protect Schrodinger led to a fight with Fu Hua.

• Schrodinger told Han Jiang that Anti-Entropy’s leader Welt had died sealing the real world away from the Sea of Quantum, and Han Jiang explained the Eye of the Abyss could guide them home.
• Schrodinger detected Dr. Einstein’s black-box signal, and she and Han Jiang navigated the unstable Sea of Quantum to a World Bubble containing a ruined city.
• Han Jiang and Schrodinger found signs of a recent, powerful Honkai eruption and encountered a combat squad led by Fu Hua.
• Fu Hua’s squad demanded to inspect Schrodinger, whom Yun suspected of being a Herrscher clone, but Han Jiang refused to let them examine her.
• Fu Hua attacked Han Jiang after he apologized, and the two exchanged blows before retreating from each other.

Han Jiang and Schrodinger entered the Flame-Moth base, where they rescued Einstein and encountered Seele and Sakura. After Sakura accepted Han Jiang’s cover story and left to fight Herrscher clones, Schrodinger prepared to leave the World Bubble to stop World Serpent.

• Hua agreed to let Han Jiang and Schrodinger enter the Far East base and postpone their inspection, then gave Han Jiang a token and urged him to protect his friend.
• Han Jiang followed Schrodinger’s signal to Einstein’s location, broke through the floor, and freed the bound doctor.
• Einstein learned that Schrodinger had become half-human and half-Honkai, and the group discussed escaping the World Bubble and stopping World Serpent.
• Han Jiang recognized Seele and Sakura in the base, and Sakura accepted his claim that he and the doctors were on a mission for Hua and MEI.
• Sakura left to eliminate Herrscher clones, while Schrodinger prepared equipment to take two people out of the World Bubble; Han Jiang said he had another way to leave.

Han Jiang and Seele entered another Flame-Moth World Bubble, where they encountered a desperate Yae Sakura searching for her sister, Ling. While Sakura fought her way into the archive room, Han Jiang accessed Flame-Moth records and uncovered the origins of its Fusion Warriors as Seele prepared to offer Sakura help.

• Han Jiang brought Seele into a Flame-Moth base, where Yae Sakura freed them from a cell and asked whether they had seen her sister Ling.
• Sakura led Han Jiang and Seele past Mechanical Guards toward the archive room, then fought through the guards when they denied the pair access.
• Han Jiang bypassed the archive system and read records describing the devastation caused by the 11th Herrscher and the conflict between Flame-Moth and other organizations.
• Seele asked Han Jiang why Sakura was searching covertly, and he encouraged Seele to approach Sakura and offer help.
• Han Jiang read how MEI and Kevin had developed Fusion Warriors, with Kevin becoming the first test subject and later activating the Super Factor.

Sakura, Han Jiang, and Seele descended to Level 33 to rescue Sakura’s sister, Ling, but Kevin confronted them and demanded that Sakura stop. After Sakura refused to leave without Ling, Kevin suddenly cried out, and Sakura seized the chance to escape with the others.

• Sakura told Han Jiang and Seele that she planned to rescue Ling and offered to help them find Bronya after they escaped.
• Sakura found records showing that Ling had been transferred to Level 33, and the three descended there by elevator.
• Kevin confronted Sakura and revealed that Flame-Moth suspected Ling was the 12th Herrscher, while Sakura insisted that Ling’s life had to be protected.
• Han Jiang sided with Sakura, and Kevin urged her to meet Dr. MEI rather than continue toward Ling.
• Sakura agreed to meet Dr. MEI only after rescuing Ling, then drew her sword as Kevin prepared to stop her.
• Kevin suddenly cried out, and Sakura grabbed Seele and shouted for Han Jiang to run; Han Jiang struck the corridor with Red Tassel, collapsing a wall behind them.

Sakura, Han Jiang, and Seele fought through the collapsing Flame-Moth base to find Sakura’s sister Ling, while Seele lost control of her stigmata during an abnormal Honkai Energy surge. They reached Ling’s confinement room and found her dead, leaving Sakura devastated and questioning who among them was truly human.

• Kevin left to respond to MEI’s report that a Herrscher had awakened, allowing Sakura, Han Jiang, and Seele to continue through the base.
• Seele’s stigmata flared during an abnormal Honkai Energy fluctuation, and Sakura and Han Jiang restrained her until she regained consciousness.
• Sakura, Han Jiang, and Seele fought through Deadwalkers and descended to Basement Level 33 to search for Ling.
• Sakura found Room 766 and opened the confinement room, where she discovered Ling lying dead in a pool of blood.
• Sakura blamed herself for not reaching Ling sooner as Seele recoiled from the sight of the dead child.

Sakura grieved over Ling’s death and confronted Kevin about Flame-Moth’s treatment of her sister. When the Erosion Herrscher seized control of the base, Sakura set out to find Ling, and Han Jiang and Seele agreed to go with her.

• Sakura sat beside Ling’s body and mourned her sister while Han Jiang and Kevin reached the room.
• Kevin told Sakura that Ling had been a Herrscher and that Sakura must answer for infiltrating the base, prompting Sakura to condemn Flame-Moth for imprisoning and executing Ling.
• MEI warned Kevin that the Erosion Herrscher had breached the base systems and was taking control of its defenses and nuclear missile silos.
• Kevin rushed to help MEI, while Sakura insisted on searching for Ling despite the danger.
• Seele asked Han Jiang to accompany Sakura, and Han Jiang agreed to go with them.

Sakura and the others fought the Erosion Herrscher’s mechanical monster while MEI tried to trap it in a black box, but Sakura was mortally wounded and died after asking Kevin to protect Seele and Han Jiang. As Seele mourned, the World Bubble faded and then gave way to the Void Land, where she and Han Jiang stood before a vast cherry blossom tree.

• Sakura restrained Han Jiang and Seele with her power, then left alone to face the danger at the base.
• Han Jiang and Seele followed Sakura to the core, where Sakura and Kevin battled the Erosion Herrscher’s mechanical monster while MEI prepared the black box.
• Sakura reached the monster’s core and tried to awaken Ling, but the monster pierced her; MEI used the opening to seal the Herrscher in the black box.
• Sakura died after telling Kevin to spare Seele and Han Jiang, and she urged Seele to keep protecting someone and believe the world still held hope.
• The World Bubble disappeared as Seele mourned, and she recalled returning Sakura’s body to a ruined hometown with no cherry blossoms.
• Seele and Han Jiang found themselves in the Void Land before an enormous cherry blossom tree in full bloom.

Kevin revealed that he intended to revive World Serpent and urged Han Jiang to join him, but Bronya and Han Jiang fought to stop him. As the Eye of the Abyss opened a route back to the real world, Kiana arrived to help them.

• Kevin explained humanity’s past defeats by Honkai and asked Han Jiang to follow him, but Han Jiang refused.
• Bronya arrived, recognized Kevin as World Serpent, and confronted him alongside Han Jiang.
• Kevin overwhelmed Bronya and Han Jiang, but Han Jiang used Red Tassel and stolen Herrscher powers to keep fighting.
• Schrodinger and Einstein located the group and activated the Eye of the Abyss, giving them fifteen minutes to return before it closed.
• Kiana entered through the Eye of the Abyss and joined Han Jiang, explaining that she had followed his aura because she was worried about him.

Kiana joined Han Jiang, Bronya, Seele, and Welt in the Sea of Quantum, where they fought Kevin as the Eye of the Abyss began to close. As Kevin prepared to escape, Han Jiang used Red Tassel to unleash a new power and managed to injure him.

• Kiana arrived and attacked Kevin, who urged her, Bronya, and Welt to join World Serpent.
• Bronya collapsed as the Core of Reason left her, but Welt reassembled his body from the Core and joined the fight.
• Han Jiang, Kiana, and Welt coordinated their attacks against Kevin while Seele helped the exhausted Bronya.
• Welt told Han Jiang and Kiana to escape through the Eye of the Abyss before its fifteen-minute opening ended, and Kevin froze the space around them to stop Kiana.
• Han Jiang rushed to shield Kiana from Kevin's attack, then received the method for using Zero Power from Red Tassel.
• Han Jiang combined Herrscher power with his own origin power through Red Tassel, shattered Kevin's simulated Phoenix of the Holy Fire, and wounded Kevin as the spear broke apart.

Han Jiang fought Kevin in the Sea of Quantum but could not stop him from escaping through the Eye of the Abyss. Welt, Han Jiang, and the others escaped just before the passage closed, and their return to Abyss City set the stage for a major confrontation between World Serpent, Schicksal, and Anti-Entropy.

• Han Jiang pushed his power against Kevin until his Crimson Spear shattered, but Kevin survived and left through the Eye of the Abyss after inviting Han Jiang to join World Serpent.
• Welt urged Bronya, Seele, Kiana, and Han Jiang toward the exit as their collapsing World Bubble filled with Honkai Beasts and Quantum Shadows.
• Seele's Alter Ego took control and used the Death Herrscher's power to help clear the passage while the group raced toward the closing Eye of the Abyss.
• Everyone emerged from the Sea of Quantum at the last moment, and Bronya fainted from exhaustion as her companions gathered around her.
• Himeko reprimanded Kiana for rushing into danger to help Han Jiang, then arranged for the injured Han Jiang to rest.
• Welt called Anti-Entropy reinforcements as Schicksal and World Serpent gathered forces in Abyss City, and Otto finally began to act.

Han Jiang and his companions watched as Otto, Kevin, and Welt met amid the armed forces of Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent. Kevin asked the other leaders to support the Stigmata Project, but Welt rejected it, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Han Jiang persuaded Einstein to let him, Kiana, Mei, and Bronya travel to the deployment site, where Himeko and Theresa warned them not to cause trouble.
• Otto taunted Kevin and Welt during the leaders’ meeting, but Kevin tried to leave until Otto summoned the Void of Ten Thousand Graves and invited him inside.
• Otto welcomed Kevin and identified him as the Kaslana ancestor and executor of the Stigmata Project, then asked what Kevin would offer in exchange for Schicksal’s support.
• Kevin said World Serpent sought help with the Stigmata Project rather than war, and Welt angrily refused because it would abandon much of humanity.
• Otto treated the project as a bargain and activated the Star of Eden, while Welt broke a hole in the cage and reaffirmed his opposition; Kevin called Welt’s ideals naive.

Otto, Welt, and Kevin negotiated a withdrawal rather than risk a war as Honkai outbreaks approached. Back in Abyss City, Han Jiang visited Fu Hua, who admitted she was unsure whether to support Kevin or his opponents, and he encouraged her not to force herself to face Kevin.

• Otto pushed Welt to leave so he could speak privately with Kevin, but Kevin ordered Otto to get to the point and warned that humanity could not afford an all-out war.
• Welt and Otto agreed to withdraw their forces, and Kevin arranged to meet Otto three days later.
• Welt returned to Anti-Entropy's camp and told Einstein that they needed to prepare for the approaching Honkai outbreaks; Kiana wondered why everyone was talking about winter.
• Otto ordered Schicksal's forces to withdraw and invited Theresa and Himeko to a meeting with Anti-Entropy's senior personnel.
• Han Jiang visited Fu Hua and learned that the Key of Domination's core had fused with him; Fu Hua said she was unsure whether to support Kevin or the others.
• Han Jiang told Fu Hua that the Previous Era's legacy still lived on and urged her not to see Kevin if she did not want to.

After Abyss City’s crisis, Han Jiang arranged to take Kiana and Mei to Anti-Entropy’s Mexico Base to meet Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma. The group arrived at the secret facility before dawn and prepared to enter under strict security rules.

• Theresa faced growing divisions within the Far East Branch while Han Jiang remained unaware of the political trouble.
• Tesla gave Han Jiang the Mexico Base’s coordinates and access code after he explained that he wanted to take Kiana and Mei to see their fathers.
• Han Jiang found Kiana and the others on an island, invited Kiana and Mei on his mission, and told Bronya to rest and return to St. Freya.
• The group learned that Fu Hua had returned to Shenzhou, then Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei departed for Mexico by armed helicopter.
• At the base’s security perimeter, Anti-Entropy personnel ordered the visitors to disable their devices and wear blindfolds, while Han Jiang tried to reassure Kiana and Mei about the precautions.

Han Jiang brought Kiana, Mei, and Bella to Anti-Entropy’s Mexico Base, where Kiana and Mei reunited with their fathers, Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma. After a day of catching up, Siegfried underwent a checkup that revealed his Honkai Beast genes were eroding his body, while the fathers privately worried over their daughters’ feelings for Han Jiang.

• Han Jiang removed the blindfolds from Kiana, Mei, and Bella after they arrived at the Mexico Base, where Kiana and Mei reunited with Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma.
• Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma welcomed the group, and Kiana and Mei spent the morning catching up with their fathers while Siegfried teased Kiana about Han Jiang.
• Kiana and Mei shared snacks with Han Jiang at the base cafeteria, prompting both fathers to worry about their daughters’ closeness to him.
• Raiden Ryoma told Siegfried it was time for his routine checkup, and Siegfried reluctantly left Kiana to undergo the examination.
• Raiden Ryoma found that the Honkai Beast genes were still eroding Siegfried’s body within controllable limits, though Siegfried said his suppressants were losing effectiveness.
• After the checkup, Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma privately speculated about Kiana and Mei’s feelings for Han Jiang while the three young women continued chatting.

Han Jiang, Mei, and Kiana explored an Anti-Entropy base and met scientists who fawned over Mei and Kiana because of their fathers. Their conversation about the fathers’ admirers was interrupted when Han Tongtong arrived and teased Han Jiang about other women he had met on missions.

• Han Jiang and the others chatted with a researcher, while female scientists recognized Mei as Raiden Ryoma’s daughter and warmly introduced themselves to her.
• The scientists recognized Kiana as Siegfried’s daughter, and one offered to show her weapons she had developed.
• Mei said she would understand if Raiden Ryoma found someone to keep him company, while Kiana insisted Siegfried would never marry again.
• Han Jiang joked about whether their fathers could handle having so many admirers, then dodged Mei and Kiana’s question by bringing up World Serpent.
• Han Tongtong thanked Han Jiang for protecting her during an earlier attack and hinted that a beautiful female scientist named Chu Tianqing had asked about him.
• Mei and Kiana grew suspicious of Han Jiang’s past missions, and Mei considered accompanying him on future missions.

Mei tried to confess her feelings to Han Jiang, but a World Serpent assault on the Anti-Entropy base interrupted her. As Han Jiang and the others fought to protect the base, Siegfried confronted Kevin, who began summoning the Phoenix of the Holy Fire.

• Mei led Han Jiang outside the cafeteria and gathered the courage to confess, but an explosion at the base entrance interrupted her.
• Han Jiang recognized the infiltrators as World Serpent, and Kiana and Bella ran outside while Raiden Ryoma and Siegfried arranged to protect and evacuate the group.
• Siegfried sensed Kevin approaching and went to hold him back, while Raiden Ryoma authorized Han Jiang, Kiana, Mei, and Bella to help defend the base and evacuate its researchers.
• Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei prepared to fight Raven, Jackal, Chen Tianwu, and World Serpent's fighters as the enemy entered the base.
• Siegfried confronted Kevin outside the base, and Kevin tried to summon the Phoenix of the Holy Fire from Siegfried's grip.