Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang absorbed the World Stone, gaining a growing reserve of power and taking on part of the World Bubble’s burden against Honkai. After returning to St. Freya, he caught Rosaliya, Liliya, Yae Rin, and Lilith sneaking to observe him, then accepted a mission to defeat an Emperor-class Honkai Beast at a mine in the southern Far East.

• Han Jiang absorbed the World Stone, storing its energy within himself and merging the World Bubble with his body.
• After waiting twenty-four hours, Han Jiang left the World Bubble and returned to his damaged dorm room at St. Freya.
• Han Jiang caught Rosaliya, Liliya, Yae Rin, and Lilith conducting their Falcon Operation outside his dorm, while Bronya watched from nearby.
• Bronya explained that Rosaliya and Liliya had been causing trouble since arriving at St. Freya, and Han Jiang told her that caring for the children must be difficult.
• The next day, Han Jiang asked Theresa to arrange repairs for his room, and she assigned him to deal with an Emperor-class Honkai Beast threatening a mine in the southern Far East.
• Han Jiang accepted the mission, obtained clearance to use a duty vehicle, and set out for the mine.

Han Jiang and Kiana traveled to a mining area threatened by an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, where Captain Hari explained the mine’s importance and assembled her Valkyrie squad. As the team prepared to enter the mining town, Hari described Corina’s ambition to leave the mining-area unit for frontline combat.

• Kiana joined Han Jiang on his mission to the mining area, where they met Hari, the captain of its Valkyrie security squad.
• Hari explained that Honkai Beasts had attacked the important mine three days earlier and that its workers had been evacuated.
• Kiana urged the team to attack, and Han Jiang persuaded Hari that they should act quickly while protecting the mining equipment.
• Hari ordered the injured Corina to remain at the transfer station, then joined Han Jiang and Kiana in their commuter vehicle.
• Hari told Han Jiang that Corina was an outstanding, competitive new graduate who wanted to earn frontline combat assignments instead of guarding a mining area.

Han Jiang and Kiana reviewed the mining area's Honkai Beast threat and persuaded Hari to let them enter the monitored zone to gain combat experience. They slipped into the mining area, unaware that Hari was secretly following to protect them.

• Han Jiang explained battlefield treaties and the need to obey commanders, while Hari warned him and Kiana against acting recklessly.
• Hari showed them surveillance data revealing 135 Honkai Beasts led by a powerful Emperor-class beast, and described the casualties her squad had suffered.
• Han Jiang and Kiana convinced Hari to let them investigate the mining area by citing their combat records, though Kiana remained B-rank because of her cultural classes.
• Hari secretly followed Han Jiang and Kiana after they left, while they used the surveillance data to approach the Emperor Honkai Beast without alerting its minions.

Han Jiang and Kiana charged into the mining town and fought the Emperor-class Honkai Beast while Hari’s team watched and prepared a route to support them. After the pair killed the beast in ten minutes, Hari’s team witnessed their extraordinary strength and moved to clear the remaining Honkai Beasts.

• Hari saw Han Jiang and Kiana race toward the Emperor-class Honkai Beast and ordered Leqi and Zoe to prepare to retrieve them, but Zoe reported that reaching them would take too long.
• Han Jiang struck the Emperor-class Honkai Beast with his fist, then used Void Lances to wound it as Kiana joined the fight with her Herrscher of the Void abilities.
• Hari changed her team’s objective to opening a safe route and told them to prioritize their own safety after seeing Han Jiang and Kiana could handle the beast.
• Han Jiang and Kiana coordinated their attacks, using a flaming Void Lance and Gamma Particle Rays to kill the Emperor-class Honkai Beast in ten minutes.
• Han Jiang and Kiana began clearing the disorganized Honkai Beasts while Zoe and Hari’s team watched in shock at the pair’s strength.

Han Jiang and Kiana defeated an Emperor Honkai Beast in the Third Mining Area and returned to St. Freya High School. After Han Jiang promised to take responsibility for Kiana’s actions, Himeko assigned him to help Theresa with administrative work.

• Han Jiang and Kiana returned after defeating the Emperor Honkai Beast, and Hari warned them not to act impulsively on future missions.
• Han Jiang and Kiana returned to school, where Kiana tried to persuade him not to tell Theresa and Himeko that she had joined the mission.
• Han Jiang promised to bear the consequences himself, and Kiana teased him before heading back to the dormitory with Bella.
• Han Jiang reported the mission to Theresa and learned that repairs to his dormitory had already been arranged.
• Himeko told Han Jiang to help Theresa organize documents and distribute missions, and Han Jiang questioned whether he could handle the work.

Han Jiang began handling Far East Branch deployments and joined Kiana and Mei as St. Freya prepared for a crisis in Changkong City. Rising water levels and unusual Honkai activity prompted the Hyperion to deploy there with Himeko, Han Jiang, and the others.

• Himeko assigned Han Jiang to manage emergency reports and coordinate Valkyrie deployments, while the Armed Puppets provided him with a secure computer after he agreed to attend their play.
• Han Jiang received command of an armed helicopter and joined Kiana and Bella on occasional extermination missions as he settled into his new duties.
• Mei returned from Anti-Entropy Headquarters, and Einstein took Fusion serum data for Siegfried's treatment while Tesla stayed to modify St. Freya's Hurricane Mechs.
• Han Jiang and Mei noticed reports of rapidly rising water in Changkong City, Schicksal forces gathering, and World Serpent movements toward the east.
• Theresa left to consult Tesla, and later Han Jiang and Mei received deployment notices as the Hyperion set course for Changkong City.

Han Jiang and the Valkyries rested together before departing for Changkong City, where they investigated signs of a possible Herrscher emergence and unexplained flooding. The Hyperion reached the submerged city, and Himeko prepared a six-person squad to land and search.

• Han Jiang joked with Lilith about being a captain while Himeko and the others gathered for a meal, and Theresa found comfort in their company despite her exhaustion.
• Han Jiang learned from Cheng Lixue that Fu Hua had entered seclusion because of a problem with her physical condition.
• Himeko led the prepared crew aboard the Hyperion, while Anti-Entropy split its standby personnel into three teams to support the mission.
• Tesla gave Han Jiang a newly forged spear made with a Judgment-class core, and he went to test it before the Hyperion reached Changkong City.
• The crew saw that rising seawater had submerged most of Changkong City, and Himeko ordered a six-person squad to land and investigate the flooding and possible Herrscher emergence.

The team established a temporary camp in Changkong City, where Tesla’s detector found four nearby sources of special Honkai Energy. After testing Han Jiang, Tesla discovered he carried powers from multiple Herrschers and tried to examine him, but Himeko intervened to protect him.

• Ai-chan lowered the team from the Hyperion onto a rooftop in Changkong City, where Han Jiang and the others sensed unusually dense Honkai Energy.
• Tesla chose the rooftop as a base, organized the camp, and built a detector array to locate Honkai Energy eruption sites.
• The detector revealed four sources within two hundred meters, so Himeko suggested checking the Honkai Energy of Kiana, Mei, and Bronya first.
• Tesla modified the device to test Han Jiang and found traces of the Herrscher of the Void, the Herrscher of Thunder, and the Herrscher of Reason in his Honkai Energy.
• Tesla demanded that Han Jiang remove his clothes for an examination, but Himeko pulled him away and forbade Anti-Entropy from experimenting on him.
• Kiana, Mei, and Bronya stepped in front of Han Jiang to shield him after Himeko explained Tesla’s intentions.

Tesla analyzed Han Jiang’s Honkai Energy and discovered that it contained traces of the Erosion Herrscher, prompting her to question St. Freya’s unusual influence over Herrschers. The team split up to search flooded Changkong City, where Han Jiang and Kiana spotted a strange wooden bridge between rooftops.

• Himeko objected when Tesla raised the possibility of studying Han Jiang, and Han Jiang offered to cooperate with Anti-Entropy as long as its requests were reasonable.
• Tesla identified Wind Herrscher and Erosion Herrscher energy in Han Jiang’s data, then reassembled the array instrument and located a strong reaction point.
• Himeko assigned Han Jiang and Kiana to search for the reaction point while Bronya and Mei scouted for Schicksal and World Serpent personnel and another array site.
• Han Jiang and Kiana crossed the flooded city, and Kiana recalled meeting Mei and escaping Changkong City with her and Bronya.
• Kiana noticed a wooden bridge between two rooftops, and Han Jiang wondered whether it was connected to Raven’s children or to people left behind in the city.

Kiana and Han Jiang found a hidden settlement of children in Changkong City, while Himeko and Tesla learned more about the girl Mei had rescued. The group suspected the children’s mysterious teacher might be connected to the settlement, leaving the situation in Changkong City more complicated than they had expected.

• Kiana persuaded Han Jiang to explore a settlement, where wary children refused to trust them and asked them to leave until their teacher returned.
• Himeko ordered Kiana back to camp and sent Han Jiang to inspect the Honkai Energy anomaly, where he found a group of large Honkai Beasts and sent Himeko pictures.
• Han Jiang returned to camp and learned that Mei had rescued a malnourished girl named Kong, who had been separated from her family during the Honkai outbreak.
• Tesla explained that Kong lived with more than a dozen children in the settlement and that their teacher brought supplies every month or two but never took them out of the city.
• Tesla urged the others to keep watch for the mysterious teacher, while Han Jiang recognized her as Raven and ate Mei’s curry rice.

Mei, Kiana, Bronya, and Han Jiang searched for Kong’s missing guide robot, Mark Rabbit, but their search brought them into a tense confrontation with Raven. Raven feared they had harmed her student, while the Valkyries remained suspicious of her and World Serpent.

• Himeko asked Mei to speak with Kong, and Kiana joined her to reassure the child and bring her food.
• Kong told Mei and Kiana that she had lost Mark Rabbit, the robot her teacher had given her, and Kiana promised to find it.
• Mei and Bronya led Kiana and Han Jiang to a nearby rooftop, where Kiana found Mark Rabbit in the grass.
• Raven appeared and demanded to know what the group had done to her student, while Han Jiang deflected her incoming feather blades.
• Mei and Bronya questioned Raven’s claim that she was the children’s teacher, and Raven identified Kong and Mark Rabbit but remained alarmed when she learned Kong had been in their care.
• Raven challenged why four powerful fighters had searched for a guide robot and demanded to know whether Kong had been in danger.

Raven confronted Han Jiang, Mei, Kiana, and Bronya over their plan to take Little Kong, but agreed to let Mei care for the girl and the other children at Nest. The chapter ended with Raven accepting a future favor in exchange for the Far East Branch’s protection, while Han Jiang assured her the request would be small.

• Raven revealed that rescuing and protecting the children was her own decision, not World Serpent’s, and Mei and the others agreed to hear Little Kong’s account.
• Mei brought Little Kong to Raven, and Little Kong explained that Mei had saved her and helped her find Mark Rabbit, which had stopped working.
• Mei offered to repair Mark Rabbit and treat Little Kong’s dislocated arm at the temporary camp, and Raven reluctantly trusted Mei to keep the girl safe.
• Raven asked the Far East Branch to help protect the children at Nest, and Han Jiang said they needed a promise from Raven in return.
• Han Jiang proposed that Raven help them once without conditions if she lost to them, and Raven agreed after he assured her the favor would be small.

Han Jiang made a deal with Raven to protect the children and persuaded her to let Mei care for Little Kong while Raven handled other matters. Mei and the others repaired Mark Rabbit and learned how Raven had built and cared for Nest, as Himeko sent Han Jiang to investigate a possible World Serpent presence nearby.

• Han Jiang secured Raven's promise to give the Far East Branch a chance to negotiate rather than fight, and Raven let Little Kong go with Mei to have Mark Rabbit repaired.
• Raven told Little Kong she would take the children away in three to five days, then left as Han Jiang watched her hidden subordinates depart.
• Tesla repaired Mark Rabbit, and Himeko arranged Valkyrie protection for the children while sending Han Jiang to investigate an anomaly near Nest.
• Little Kong told Mei, Kiana, and Bronya how Raven had founded Nest, supplied the children, and taught them to live well and support one another.

Han Jiang and Kiana discovered Schicksal Valkyries operating at an unusual Honkai Energy site in Changkong City and reported their findings to Himeko. After Mei detected a nearby lightning-element eruption that might be linked to the Herrscher of Thunder, the factions prepared to intensify their investigations, while Otto and Kevin arrived in the city.

• Little Kong welcomed Mei, Bronya, Kiana, and Han Jiang to Nest, where the children asked her about Raven.
• Kiana left Nest with Han Jiang, and they decided to investigate an unusual Honkai Energy eruption before visiting places from Kiana’s past.
• Han Jiang and Kiana spotted Schicksal Valkyries at the eerily quiet eruption site, and Han Jiang chose to report them to Himeko instead of attacking.
• Himeko, Tesla, and Einstein discussed Schicksal and World Serpent’s unknown plans, while Mei and Bronya returned with news of a lightning-element eruption near Nest.
• Mei revealed that her powers had been slowly increasing, and the group arranged for more personnel to join the investigation.
• Otto and Kevin arrived in Changkong City as the three factions continued sending information and elite teams into the city.

Mei visited the Nest to say goodbye to Little Kong and the other children, while Raven explained how Mei had helped them recover hope. After the children departed, Kevin Kaslana appeared and tried to recruit Han Jiang and Mei into World Serpent, leaving Han Jiang to challenge Kevin’s urgency and methods.

• Han Jiang accompanied Mei to the Nest, where she said goodbye to Little Kong and the other children leaving with Raven.
• Raven told Mei that her kindness had helped the children overcome their fear and distrust, and a transport ship carried them away to receive care.
• Raven revealed that someone else wanted to see Mei, and Kevin Kaslana appeared through the mist at the Nest.
• Kevin praised Han Jiang’s strength and said World Serpent needed people to serve it, but Han Jiang refused on behalf of himself and Mei.
• Han Jiang accused Kevin of pursuing the eradication of Honkai at any cost and said the Far East Branch and Anti-Entropy would try to stop him, provoking a reaction from Kevin.

Han Jiang fought Kevin after refusing to let him decide Mei's future, and Kevin left when the Second Divine Key's beacon began affecting space over Changkong City. Han Jiang survived Kevin's attack, but Quantum Shadows emerged through the spreading rifts, and he and Kiana searched for Mei.

• Kevin offered Mei and her friends a chance to become ordinary people if she joined World Serpent, but Mei said Han Jiang could help choose her future.
• Han Jiang sent Mei away and fought Kevin, using Tai Xu Sword Qi and the World Stone's power to keep improving during their battle.
• A strange pillar of light and spreading spatial cracks appeared over Changkong City, prompting Himeko, Tesla, and Einstein to investigate the Second Divine Key's beacon.
• Kevin struck Han Jiang with Jie Mie's flaming blade and left to attend to the beacon, while Han Jiang was blasted into a crater with several broken bones.
• Quantum Shadows emerged from the rifts, and Kiana found Han Jiang and told him Mei was missing.
• Han Jiang saw Mei's map marker behind them and began searching for her as the spatial rifts spread across Changkong City.

Han Jiang rescued Mei from the Quantum Shadows, but the chaos caused by the Second Divine Key awakened the Herrscher of Thunder within her. As Mei struggled for control, a strange clockwork monster appeared and began reversing the destruction around it.

• Kiana and Bronya returned to the Hyperion while Han Jiang went to find Mei, despite Kiana's wish to stay and close the rift.
• Han Jiang found Mei surrounded by Quantum Shadows and destroyed them with a spear strike before urging her to leave with him.
• A flash transformed Changkong City as the rift's effects spread, and Mei began absorbing Honkai Energy while the Herrscher of Thunder's consciousness fought her for control.
• Han Jiang comforted Mei and absorbed some of the lightning energy, while Mei struggled against guilt and painful memories.
• A strange longsword struck Han Jiang as he carried Mei, then clocks and rubble formed a mechanical monster around it.
• The monster's arrival caused nearby buildings to restore themselves, seawater to flow backward, and rain to return to the sky, astonishing Otto, Kevin, Einstein, and Tesla.

Han Jiang fought the Imaginary Corpse to protect Mei, but the monster revived stronger and targeted her Herrscher core. As Kiana raced to close the rift, Mei chose to defy Han Jiang’s order and return to help him.

• Einstein and Tesla called for information about the monster, while Otto recognized it as the Imaginary Corpse, the corpse of a god.
• Han Jiang carried Mei through the floating ruins and ordered her to escape while he fought the Imaginary Corpse alone.
• Han Jiang shattered the Imaginary Corpse with his spear, but it absorbed power from the rift, reassembled, and pursued Mei.
• Han Jiang intercepted the Imaginary Corpse again and drew on the Qiongqi core, while Kiana rushed toward the rift to close it.
• Mei resolved to fight beside Han Jiang, believing she could not let him choose her future if he disappeared.

Mei accepted the Herrscher of Thunder’s power, helped Kiana close the spatial rift, and defeated the Imaginary Corpse after Han Jiang collapsed from fighting it. Han Jiang woke after Mei and Kiana feared he was dead, and the Hyperion arrived to take him for medical treatment.

• Mei resolved to stop running and accepted the Herrscher of Thunder’s power, while the Herrscher consciousness dissipated into lightning energy.
• Kiana used the Herrscher of the Void’s power to close the spatial rift as Han Jiang shattered his spear and brought down the Imaginary Corpse, then passed out and fell into Mei’s arms.
• Mei and her battle phantom fought the revived Imaginary Corpse while Kiana sealed the rift, and Mei decomposed the monster until it vanished.
• Mei found Han Jiang gravely injured on a rooftop and blamed herself, while Kiana closed the rift and the other forces withdrew or helped clear Changkong City.
• Han Jiang woke as his Stigmata began healing him, and Mei clung to him in tears, insisting he had promised to help choose her future life.
• The Hyperion arrived with Himeko, Bronya, and medical personnel, and Mei let them treat Han Jiang.

Han Jiang woke in St. Freya’s hospital after the battle in Changkong City, where Mei nearly confessed her feelings while caring for him. Himeko began reviewing the monster’s abilities with Han Jiang, and that evening Mei brought him a private meal as Kiana watched him with conflicted feelings.

• Han Jiang woke after three days in the campus hospital, and Mei told him how the others had escaped Changkong City and how dangerous the monster had been.
• Mei asked Han Jiang to guide her in the future, but Himeko and Chiyuan's Wing interrupted before he could answer.
• Chiyuan's Wing mistook Mei’s blushing and racing heartbeat for a mysterious illness, and Mei fled while Himeko explained that she was fine.
• Himeko, Han Jiang, and Chiyuan's Wing worked into the evening to review the battle data, while Han Jiang learned that Kiana was physically well but had been acting strangely.
• Mei returned with dinner for Han Jiang, whispered that she had made his meal especially for him, and Kiana left after giving him a conflicted look.