Chapter Summaries

Kevin defeated Siegfried and took Phoenix of the Holy Fire, while Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei fought their way out of the base and arrived too late to intervene. The chapter left Kiana grieving over Siegfried’s injuries as Raiden Ryoma urged everyone to treat him and regroup.

• Kevin froze the desert, dismissed Siegfried’s control of his power, and withstood Siegfried’s strongest Phoenix of the Holy Fire attack before defeating him.
• Han Jiang and Mei fought Raven and the Mexican uncle while Kiana helped them escape on Beibeilong.
• Kevin took Phoenix of the Holy Fire and left after Raiden Ryoma restrained himself from challenging him; Raven then ordered World Serpent to seize the base’s resources.
• Kiana, Mei, and Han Jiang reached Siegfried, and Raiden Ryoma stopped Kiana from pursuing Kevin so they could treat Siegfried’s injuries.

After Siegfried was injured fighting Kevin, Han Jiang and the others brought him to Anti-Entropy Headquarters for treatment. Siegfried woke with his condition stabilized, but fully treating his Honkai mutation would take time, and the chapter left Han Jiang unaware that the Fusion Serum he carried might be the key to curing him.

• World Serpent retreated after Kevin took the Phoenix of the Holy Fire, and Han Jiang, Kiana, Mei, and Han Tongtong took the unconscious Siegfried to Anti-Entropy Headquarters aboard Beibeilong.
• Dr. Einstein brought Siegfried into the medical room, while Dr. Schrodinger reassured Kiana that Siegfried's life was safe though treatment would take a long time.
• Dr. Schrodinger explained that Siegfried needed the finest Fusion Serum from the Previous Era to resolve his mutation, but she withheld this from the children to keep them from confronting World Serpent.
• Siegfried woke, comforted Kiana, and told her he did not regret using the Fusion Serum to stop the Second Herrscher.
• Kiana left the medical room and marveled at the advanced technology throughout Anti-Entropy Headquarters.

Han Jiang returned to St. Freya, found Theresa and Himeko overworked amid the Far East Branch’s upheaval, and urged Himeko to let the students share the burden. Himeko proposed building three super cities in the Far East to protect civilians from the worsening Honkai threat.

• Han Jiang returned to St. Freya and learned from Bronya that Theresa and Himeko were buried in work while she cared for Seele, Wendy, Rosaliya, and Liliya.
• Han Jiang brought breakfast to Theresa, told her Kiana and Mei had stayed at Anti-Entropy Headquarters with Siegfried, and urged her to rest.
• Han Jiang found Himeko injured after she had stopped Far East Branch members from fleeing with resources, and insisted she recover and let the students help.
• Himeko showed Han Jiang a map and proposed building three super cities, with St. Freya at the center and two satellite cities on either side.

Han Jiang discussed the proposed supercities with Himeko, then learned that rising water-element Honkai Energy suggested the next Herrscher was near. His Xiao Yun Stigmata suddenly surged, pulling him through a spatial rift into a World Bubble, where he encountered people who had just slain a bear-shaped Honkai Beast.

• Han Jiang questioned Himeko about the difficulties of merging cities, and Himeko said civilians would choose safer places as supercities expanded from existing cities.
• Han Jiang met Bronya and Yae Sakura, who said Honkai incidents and water-element Honkai Energy were increasing worldwide; Yae Sakura left to lead a Valkyrie squad on a mission.
• Han Jiang's Xiao Yun Stigmata activated unexpectedly, giving him immense strength and making it difficult to control his movements.
• A spatial rift pulled Han Jiang into the Sea of Quantum and dropped him into a World Bubble.
• Han Jiang found a group of people fighting a Honkai-corrupted black bear, and they killed it before noticing him and demanding to know who he was.

Han Jiang joined Li Ran’s group on the way to Maple City and demonstrated overwhelming strength against a Honkai Beast, earning the group’s respect. He arrived in the crowded city ahead of the Xiao family’s marriage tournament, where Li Ran began suggesting potential matches for him.

• Han Jiang dodged attacks from Li Ran’s guards, defeated one of them, and accepted Li Ran’s invitation to travel together to Maple City.
• Li Ran explained that the Xiao family was holding a martial contest for the hand of Third Miss Xiao, who would marry only someone able to defeat her.
• Han Jiang learned about the region’s dangerous Demon Beasts and the large crowds gathering for the tournament at Maple Villa.
• Han Jiang beat a bear-shaped Honkai Beast to the ground with his bare fists, astonishing Li Ran and the guards.
• Li Ran brought Han Jiang and his group to a friend’s crowded residence in Maple City, ten li from Maple Villa.
• Li Ran discussed the tournament’s social opportunities and offered to introduce Han Jiang to his younger sister.

Han Jiang joined the crowds at Maple Villa for the martial contest for marriage, where the Xiao family required contestants to prove they were under twenty and shift a six-hundred-jin cauldron. After the burly man qualified, Han Jiang passed the age test and was allowed to attempt the cauldron challenge.

• Li Ran introduced Han Jiang to his younger sister, Li Qingqing, as they set out for Maple Villa.
• At the villa gates, Han Jiang nearly fought with a burly man before the Xiao family opened the contest to anyone who could pass its tests.
• The Xiao family elder announced that contestants had to be twenty or younger and move a six-hundred-jin cauldron sideways by a fist's width to enter.
• The burly man passed the age test and flipped the cauldron, earning entry to Maple Villa.
• Han Jiang disrupted the elder's energy probe, then lowered her defenses and passed his examination of her age.

Han Jiang qualified for the Xiao family’s marriage contest by lifting the giant cauldron, then met Zhou Chanli, a powerful woman disguised as a man who also passed the test. The contestants were led into Maple Villa, where Zhou Chanli challenged Han Jiang to fight.

• Han Jiang lifted the giant cauldron above his head and set it down steadily, impressing the Xiao family steward and qualifying for the contest.
• A contestant questioned whether Han Jiang had passed because he lifted the cauldron instead of shifting it sideways, but the steward accepted him and a maid escorted him to register.
• Zhou Chanli of the Zheng Kingdom arrived without an invitation, received permission to take the test after a servant spoke to the old man, and lifted the cauldron one-handed hard enough to crack it.
• Zhou Chanli introduced herself to Han Jiang and said she wanted to fight him; Han Jiang recognized that she was a woman disguised as a man.
• The Xiao family servants escorted the qualified contestants to lodging in Maple Villa and gave them tokens granting access to most of the grounds.
• Zhou Chanli challenged Han Jiang to spar, dismissing the other qualified contestants as too weak, but Han Jiang did not agree to fight her then.

Han Jiang diverted Zhou Chanli from fighting him, then practiced Tai Xu Sword Qi at Maple Villa. Third Miss Xiao secretly entered his room and revealed that she was Xiao Yun from another World Bubble, but a sword-bearing young man arrived and threatened to expose her visit.

• Han Jiang convinced Zhou Chanli to save their match for later and challenge the prestigious clans' young masters instead.
• Han Jiang ate the Xiao family's meal and noticed that practicing Tai Xu Sword Qi felt more effective in the World Bubble.
• Third Miss Xiao evaded her maids and broke into Han Jiang's room, claiming she had gotten lost and wanted food.
• Xiao Yun explained that she was another version of herself from a World Bubble and had arranged the martial arts marriage contest to find exceptional fighters.
• A handsome young man with a sword entered through the window and warned that Xiao Yun's secret visit to a commoner could ruin the Xiao family's reputation.

Zhou Chanli challenged Han Jiang to a contest in exchange for keeping Xiao Yun’s secret, but their arm-wrestling match escalated into a destructive clash of cultivation techniques. Han Jiang defeated Zhou Chanli and exposed her as the little Princess of the Zheng Kingdom, leaving Xiao Yun amused and the guards unaware of the truth.

• Zhou Chanli threatened to reveal Xiao Yun’s secret unless Han Jiang agreed to compete, and Han Jiang chose a Literary Duel based on an arm-wrestling contest.
• Han Jiang initially overpowered Zhou Chanli with his strength, but Zhou Chanli used her cultivation technique to match him.
• Han Jiang and Zhou Chanli escalated their contest until their force shattered the table and damaged the room.
• Han Jiang unleashed his full strength, defeated Zhou Chanli, and threw her onto the stone floor, where her hairpin fell out and her hair spilled loose.
• Xiao Yun recognized Zhou Chanli as the little Princess of the Zheng Kingdom, and Zhou Chanli fled the room while the guards mistook her for a man.
• Xiao Yun explained how she had seen Zhou Chanli before while accompanying her father to observe the subduing of a powerful Honkai Beast.

Han Jiang learned that Qiongqi was a Judgment-class Honkai Beast and agreed to stay with Xiao Yun until he could help her deal with it, while the Xiao family’s marriage tournament began. The chapter left Han Jiang defending Zhou Chanli from a contestant who challenged him to fight in the arena.

• Xiao Yun told Han Jiang that the World Bubble was nearing collapse, its exit was blocked, and Qiongqi had reached Judgment-class strength.
• Xiao Yun arranged for Han Jiang to stay at the Xiao family residence, and Zhou Chanli moved with him as she vowed to defeat him.
• Fifty-six contestants from humble backgrounds passed the selection, and the Xiao family’s marriage tournament opened at Maple Villa.
• Han Jiang recognized Xiao Da as the imposing Xiao family head and watched the prominent family members arrive at the tournament.
• A contestant mocked Zhou Chanli, so Han Jiang silenced the crowd and stopped her from attacking him.
• The contestant challenged Han Jiang to meet him in the arena, and Han Jiang accepted.

Han Jiang and Zhou Chanli competed in the Xiao family’s marriage contest, drawing attention with their victories, while Xiao Yun revealed her past as a disguised martial artist. After the first day ended with a lavish banquet, Xiao Yun slipped into Han Jiang’s room and found Zhou Chanli already waiting there.

• Han Jiang quickly defeated Liu Jiang, while Zhou Chanli also won her opening match, leaving them as the only common-born contestants unbeaten by midday.
• Xiao Yun visited Han Jiang and Zhou Chanli during lunch, where Zhou Chanli revealed Xiao Yun had secretly entered tournaments and become a martial leader in several small countries.
• Han Jiang and Zhou Chanli won two more matches each as the afternoon contests showcased the prominent families’ martial arts.
• At the evening banquet, Han Jiang declined to reveal his origins when Li Ran asked, and the gathered families assumed he and Zhou Chanli had powerful backing.
• After the banquet, Xiao Yun entered Han Jiang’s room, where Zhou Chanli appeared on the windowsill and called Xiao Yun an annoying pest.

When Qiongqi attacked its seal near Maple Villa, Xiao Yun and Han Jiang learned the beast might escape within three days, prompting the nearby kingdoms and families to prepare. Xiao Yun left Han Jiang’s room to join her parents, while teasing him about the kind of man she might marry.

• Xiao Yun and Zhou Chanli argued over the marriage contest until a violent tremor interrupted them.
• Xiao Yun identified Qiongqi as the source of the shaking and warned that it could break its seal within three days.
• Zhou Chanli explained how an immortal had sealed Qiongqi thirty years earlier, and Xiao Yun revealed that the immortal had been Fu Hua.
• Zhou Chanli left to contact Zheng Kingdom, while Xiao Yun agreed to alert her father and seek help from the imperial court.
• Xiao Da ordered the leaders of the families at Maple Villa to gather and prepare to seal Qiongqi again if it escaped.
• Xiao Yun told Han Jiang she would marry someone she liked, hinted that there were exceptions, and left his room to avoid worrying her parents.

Xiao Da gathered the families and states to prepare for Qiongqi’s escape, which was expected within three days, while their forces mobilized and fought Demon Beasts in Moonfall Forest. Han Jiang joined the experts sent into the forest and reached the barren clearing around Qiongqi’s seal.

• Steward Li told the gathered families that Qiongqi would break free within three days, and Xiao Da called on them to unite against the Fierce Beast.
• Zhou Chanli reported that Zheng Kingdom would send troops, while Xiao Yun said the families had spent two days arguing over how many people to contribute.
• The Chu Kingdom imperial family and the rulers of other states ordered their armies to mobilize, and the Xiao family invited the martial-contest participants to fight for rewards or leave.
• Qiongqi’s leaking aura drew Demon Beasts to Moonfall Forest, so the armies battled them as the Xiao family sent experts of the Transformation Realm and above into the forest.
• Han Jiang, Xiao Yun, and Zhou Chanli fought through the Demon Beasts and reached the scorched clearing around Qiongqi’s seal, where Han Jiang felt its heat and realized its power was immense.

Han Jiang, Xiao Yun, Zhou Chanli, and the gathered forces watched Qiongqi break free from its seal and tried to draw the Judgment-class beast toward Rocky Forest. Qiongqi pursued the attackers through Moonfall Forest as the group fled toward the prepared formations.

• Qiongqi battered the sealing runes, and Han Jiang studied their patterns while Xiao Yun explained the plan to lure the beast into Rocky Forest.
• Qiongqi broke through the seal, killing several people as its flames and aura devastated the clearing.
• Xiao Da attacked Qiongqi and fled toward Rocky Forest, while a massive crossbow bolt wounded the beast and drew its attention.
• Han Jiang, Xiao Yun, and Zhou Chanli headed toward Rocky Forest as Qiongqi leaped after its attackers and set the forest ablaze.
• Qiongqi deflected a second arrow and pursued the experts, who kept attacking and luring it toward Rocky Forest.

Han Jiang, Xiao Yun, and Zhou Chanli helped lure Qiongqi into Rocky Forest, where the Xiao family had prepared a trap using stone pillars and ballistae. The trap’s first explosions failed to stop Qiongqi, which destroyed the central boulder and killed the three Squad Leaders, leaving the beast inside the prepared terrain.

• Han Jiang, Xiao Yun, and Zhou Chanli led the attack on Qiongqi while the other fighters drew its attention toward Rocky Forest.
• Xiao Da returned and told the group that the preparations were complete, but Qiongqi attacked as they tried to withdraw; a fleeing man was killed by an arrow from one of their own and then swallowed by Qiongqi.
• Xiao Yun led Han Jiang and Zhou Chanli through Rocky Forest, where she explained that immortal power had made the stone pillars indestructible to Qiongqi.
• Xiao Da and the elders harassed Qiongqi while the ballista crews fired explosive arrows, drawing the beast into Rocky Forest.
• The three Squad Leaders fired the final ballista arrow, but Qiongqi leaped onto the central boulder, crushed them, and smashed the ballista before the gunpowder exploded without harming it.

Xiao Da and the experts bound the Qiongqi with the Immortal’s chains, but the beast tide was gathering at Moonfall Forest and the allied factions refused to commit their forces. Han Jiang, Xiao Yun, and Zhou Chanli decided to attack the weakened Qiongqi themselves, but guards barred their way.

• Xiao Da led the experts in distracting the Qiongqi while ballistae launched chains that wrapped around and restrained it.
• Xiao Yun ran to her injured father, and Han Jiang later learned that Demon Beasts across Chu Kingdom were converging on Moonfall Forest while Chiyuan could not be found.
• Han Jiang concluded that the formation would not kill the Qiongqi and that delaying an attack would let it recover, so he and Xiao Yun planned to strike it while it was weak.
• Zhou Chanli joined Han Jiang and Xiao Yun, and the three tried to enter the formation’s restricted area to kill the Qiongqi.
• Guards stopped them, citing orders from the allied kingdoms barring anyone but formation personnel from approaching the beast.

Han Jiang, Xiao Yun, and Zhou Chanli attacked Qiongqi inside the immortal's formation, hoping to kill it before it recovered enough to break free. After the chains and pillars failed, Qiongqi pursued Han Jiang, while Zhou Chanli was restrained by her worshippers and left unable to help.

• Han Jiang and Xiao Yun knocked down the woman and guards who tried to stop them, then Zhou Chanli followed them into the formation.
• Han Jiang, Xiao Yun, and Zhou Chanli fought Qiongqi while the camp rushed to the formation and watched the battle through the flames.
• The three wounded Qiongqi, but the fight lasted until sunset and the five pillars toppled, leaving Qiongqi free of its chains.
• Han Jiang fled as Qiongqi chased him deeper into Rocky Forest, and Xiao Yun pursued them.
• Zhou Chanli tried to follow, but her two worshippers disarmed and restrained her before leaving with her for safety.

Han Jiang and Xiao Yun fought Qiongqi in Rocky Forest while Zhou Chanli rallied experts from the kingdoms to help. As Han Jiang was about to be killed, he unleashed the Tai Xu Sword God and split Qiongqi’s attack, then Chiyuan appeared and gently caught his fall.

• Han Jiang and Xiao Yun battled Qiongqi among the stone pillars, while Zhou Chanli persuaded the kingdoms and great clans to send experts against the beast and the gathering Demon Beasts.
• Zhou Chanli led more than a hundred experts into Rocky Forest, where Xiao Yun took command of their coordination and Han Jiang continued to attack Qiongqi.
• After the experts suffered casualties, Qiongqi abandoned them and charged Han Jiang, breaking through the stone pillars and trapping him beneath its descending body.
• Han Jiang recalled Fu Hua’s Tai Xu Sword Qi and unleashed the Tai Xu Sword God, splitting Qiongqi’s fireball and striking toward the beast as his sword shattered.
• Chiyuan appeared beneath the exhausted Han Jiang, slowed his fall with her paper umbrella, and praised how much of the Tai Xu Sword God he had learned.

After Chiyuan destroyed Qiongqi, she explained that another Honkai Beast would soon emerge and proposed linking the World Bubble to Han Jiang through its World Stone. Han Jiang accepted despite the danger, and Chiyuan and Xiao Yun went to prepare for the attempt in ten days.

• Xiao Yun checked the unconscious Han Jiang while Chiyuan confirmed he was only exhausted and had created the sword strike that killed Qiongqi.
• Chiyuan explained that Qiongqi would reappear within half a month and suggested Han Jiang could help bear the World Bubble’s Honkai erosion by linking with it.
• Han Jiang confirmed he could steal Herrscher power and agreed to attempt the procedure despite Chiyuan estimating a thirty percent chance of success.
• Chiyuan told Xiao Yun that Han Jiang’s sword had carried most of the Divine Rhyme of the Tai Xu Sword God and that his growth surpassed anything she had witnessed.
• Chiyuan and Xiao Yun entered the abyss beneath Moonfall Forest, where Chiyuan revealed the World Stone was located.

Chiyuan and Xiao Yun prepared the World Stone so Han Jiang could attempt to fuse with it, while Han Jiang discovered he could absorb energy from Qiongqi’s core. After enduring the World Stone’s painful assimilation and experiencing the world’s history, Han Jiang awoke with a new way of seeing the worlds and the people around him, leaving Chiyuan to ask whether the fusion was over.

• Chiyuan and Xiao Yun found the World Stone and spent three days preparing formations to make its energy safe for Han Jiang to absorb.
• After recovering, Han Jiang took Qiongqi’s core with Xiao Yun’s permission and unexpectedly absorbed some of its energy into himself.
• Xiao Yun examined Han Jiang and found his body unusually capable of containing different kinds of power without apparent harm.
• Seven days later, Chiyuan brought Han Jiang to the World Stone and instructed him to surrender himself to it; the stone absorbed him as it began assimilating with him.
• Han Jiang endured the World Stone’s crushing pressure and experienced the world’s cycles of life and death, its struggle against Honkai, and its plan to seek a new home.
• Han Jiang awoke able to see threads connecting people to other worlds and lights representing the worlds and their inhabitants, and Chiyuan asked whether the process was over.