Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang and Guan Xing traveled west to Baizhang Plain, where they encountered Durandal, who claimed she had come to take Guan Xing to Wushuang Camp for safety. When Guan Xing resisted, Durandal attacked Han Jiang, and he evaded her blows as she threatened to kill him.

• Han Jiang had Raven imprisoned beneath Yae Sakura's inn, while Guan Xing told Yae Sakura to inform the Chancellor that she should not concern herself with the succession struggle for now.
• Guan Xing and Han Jiang left the inn for Baizhang Plain, riding together on one horse, and Guan Xing explained that her Second Imperial Aunt's adviser, Jackal, had gathered private soldiers and generals.
• Guan Xing and Han Jiang reached the battlefield where three hundred thousand soldiers had slain the Honkai Beast Yanluo three years earlier.
• Durandal arrived, demanded that Guan Xing return with her to Wushuang Camp, and threatened to force her when Guan Xing refused.
• Durandal attacked Han Jiang with her spear, but he dodged her strikes and asked for a weapon so they could fight on fair terms.

Guan Xing and Han Jiang confronted Durandal over her intentions to take control of the empire, and Han Jiang defeated her in a spear duel. At Wushuang Camp, Guan Xing explained her plan to seal the Honkai beasts and asked Durandal to defend the area where they were expected to appear.

• Guan Xing questioned Durandal’s intentions, while Durandal insisted she wanted to protect Moonlight and guide the young heir until she was ready to rule.
• Han Jiang challenged Durandal and defeated her, convincing her to stop trying to take Guan Xing away.
• Durandal invited Guan Xing and Han Jiang to Wushuang Camp, where Guan Xing explained her plan to permanently seal the Honkai beasts and presented Otto’s token.
• Durandal pledged her support after recognizing the token, and Guan Xing asked her to hold the dangerous area while the Honkai beast was sealed.
• Durandal hesitated over being assigned to defend the area rather than lure the Honkai beast herself.

Guan Xing and Han Jiang were intercepted by Jackal and Kiana’s troops while traveling north, but Durandal arrived with reinforcements and Kiana turned against Jackal. Jackal urged her followers to fight their way out, leaving the two forces poised for battle.

• Guan Xing refused Durandal’s objections to her dangerous mission, and Han Jiang accepted a replacement spear after Durandal offered him hers.
• Guan Xing and Han Jiang rode north from Wushuang Camp, but Jackal and Kiana’s cavalry surrounded them and accused Guan Xing of usurping the throne.
• Jackal ordered her soldiers to seize Guan Xing, but Han Jiang refused to let Guan Xing dismount and debate her accusations.
• A scout reported that Durandal was approaching with three hundred soldiers, and Durandal halted the cavalry’s charge by landing before them.
• Kiana led forty percent of Bailu City’s troops away from Jackal, while Durandal’s soldiers joined Guan Xing and Han Jiang.
• Jackal rallied her remaining followers and urged them to break through the opposing forces and flee to the Western Regions.

Guan Xing and Wushuang Camp defeated Jackal’s rebellion, while Kiana acknowledged Guan Xing as the future emperor and returned to Bailu City. As Guan Xing completed the final formation node, she released a Sky Lantern and revealed that she suspected Han Jiang came from a distant place.

• Guan Xing offered Bailu City’s soldiers a chance to surrender, and Durandal led Wushuang Camp in an assault that defeated Jackal’s forces.
• Kiana ordered Jackal’s public execution, then saluted Guan Xing as the future emperor before returning to the city.
• Guan Xing left the captured rebels in Durandal’s hands, and Han Jiang reassured her as she struggled with the choices she had made.
• Guan Xing and Han Jiang reached the final formation node, where Guan Xing completed the formation and released a Sky Lantern in memory of her grandfather.
• Guan Xing told Han Jiang about her family’s Sky Lantern tradition and said she had realized he came from a distant place unlike her own.

Han Jiang and Guan Xing traveled to the Underwater Altar, surviving a storm and whirlpool to reach the ancient seabed ruin. There, Guan Xing began exploring the unfamiliar site while Han Jiang teased her about the kiss she had nearly agreed to give him.

• Guan Xing admitted she had laced Sakura Mochi with sleeping medicine so she could go to the Underwater Altar alone, but Han Jiang said he had burned the food and insisted they face the danger together as friends.
• Han Jiang and Guan Xing sailed north toward the Underwater Altar after Durandal arranged for nearby residents and fishermen to evacuate.
• A storm and enormous whirlpool frightened Guan Xing, and Han Jiang pretended they were about to die and asked her for a kiss.
• As the ship broke apart, Han Jiang carried Guan Xing through a membrane beneath the sea and brought her safely to the altar.
• Guan Xing examined the ancient ruins and statue while Han Jiang dried their clothes, then she called him a shameless scoundrel for teasing her about the kiss.

Han Jiang, Guan Xing, and Rita fought a Judgment-class Honkai Beast at the Underwater Altar, where Guan Xing activated powerful formations that helped Han Jiang kill it. As they prepared to return, space shifted above them, suggesting another threat was arriving.

• Guan Xing activated the Underwater Altar’s Seven Star Formation as a Judgment-class Honkai Beast emerged from a spatial rift and attacked Han Jiang.
• Guan Xing ordered Rita to join Han Jiang, then changed the sealing formations into suppressive and attacking formations while exhausting herself to power them.
• Han Jiang used Tai Xu Sword Qi and the Herrscher of Thunder’s power to defeat and decapitate the weakened beast, destroying both of his Tang Dao in the fight.
• Han Jiang checked that Guan Xing was safe and said they would return to purge the treacherous ministers and inherit the throne, while Guan Xing asked if he was leaving.
• Space shifted above the altar, and Han Jiang prepared for another possible arrival.

Han Jiang confronted William, a warrior from Remaining Fire who had come to take Guan Xing to the main universe, and defeated him after learning that Remaining Fire had once been part of Flame-Moth. William refused to leave without Guan Xing, so Han Jiang prepared to escort Rita and Guan Xing away while keeping watch on him.

• A spatial crack opened above the altar, and William fell through with his broadsword, mistaking Han Jiang for Guan Xing and demanding that he join Remaining Fire.
• William explained that Remaining Fire wanted Guan Xing to help fight Honkai in the main universe, but Han Jiang refused and said he had to protect his people.
• When William tried to take Guan Xing by force, Han Jiang attacked him with the Cun Xin Fist Style and revealed that he had a score to settle over Remaining Fire taking the Herrscher of Rock and the Ice Herrscher.
• Han Jiang defeated William in their prolonged fight, improving his mastery of the Cun Xin Fist Style while holding back from killing him.
• Guan Xing stepped forward, and William realized that she—not Han Jiang—was the person Remaining Fire wanted; he also said Remaining Fire believed Fu Hua was not Captain Hua.
• Han Jiang demanded that William tell his leader to return the two Herrschers, then prepared to leave with Rita and Guan Xing while watching for an ambush.

Han Jiang helped Guan Xing defeat the beasts, and the World Bubble’s Stone Figure granted Guan Xing and Rita eternal life. After Guan Xing became empress and reorganized the empire, Han Jiang asked her to come with him to his homeland, which was facing a great calamity.

• Han Jiang confronted William, then the altar opened and revealed a Stone Figure that granted Guan Xing’s wish for peace by giving her and Rita bodies that would not age or die.
• Rita explained that she had reached the altar through a passage recorded in the palace archives, and Han Jiang praised her loyalty to Guan Xing and the empire.
• Guan Xing returned to Moonlight City and ascended the throne as empress, renamed the state Huang, and rewarded Kiana, Durandal, Raven, Yae Sakura, and other officials.
• Over the following days, Guan Xing governed tirelessly while Han Jiang watched her settle the court and issue policies for the people.
• Ten days later, Han Jiang told Guan Xing that his homeland faced a great calamity and asked whether she would come with him.

Guan Xing agreed to leave the Huang Empire with Han Jiang after learning she could return, and she spent ten days arranging for Rita to oversee the state. They traveled through the Sea of Quantum to the main universe, where they found a city devastated by Honkai and began rescuing survivors.

• Guan Xing asked for time to settle the empire’s affairs, then agreed to travel with Han Jiang after he explained that she could return anytime.
• Guan Xing gave Rita instructions and purged corrupt officials while Han Jiang fought off William’s repeated attempts to take her away.
• Han Jiang, Guan Xing, and William crossed the Sea of Quantum and emerged above a ruined city filled with Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers.
• Han Jiang contacted Himeko, who told him that Remaining Fire had organized neutral nations amid widespread Honkai outbreaks and warned him that his location was near its territory.
• Guan Xing sensed survivors trapped in a collapsed office building, and Han Jiang carried her toward the building to rescue them.

Han Jiang rescued survivors from a Honkai outbreak and reached a shelter where several people were already transforming into Deadwalkers. After the Hyperion and its rescue team arrived, Han Jiang introduced Guan Xing to his companions and began organizing further rescues.

• Han Jiang abandoned three mortally corrupted people in a tilted building and found the entrance to a nearby shelter.
• Han Jiang cut through the shelter door with Plasma Kagehide and discovered more than a hundred survivors, including several people nearing Deadwalker transformation.
• Han Jiang explained that the afflicted could not be saved, arranged for them to be confined or killed, and promised to protect Nan Nan after her father asked him to.
• Han Jiang learned of another shelter twenty kilometers away and assured the shelter manager that his teammates would soon arrive.
• Mei led the Hyperion and the Helios transport ship to the city, dispatched rescuers to the shelter, and Han Jiang introduced Guan Xing to Bronya, Wendy, and Seele.

Han Jiang brought Guan Xing out of her World Bubble to help with the Honkai crisis, while Mei’s forces and Remaining Fire rescued survivors in a ruined city. Afterward, Mei and Han Jiang spoke about their hopes for a future without Honkai, and the group held a simple welcome gathering for Guan Xing.

• Mei assigned rescue tasks and introduced herself to Guan Xing, while Han Jiang explained that he had brought Guan Xing back to help with military leadership.
• Mei described how the Ice Herrscher, the Herrscher of Rock, and the Herrscher of Reason had appeared as Honkai spread and humanity’s safe territory shrank.
• Han Jiang sent Guan Xing aboard the Hyperion with Seele and Wendy to learn about the world, and Guan Xing agreed after initially wanting to join the battle.
• Mei received word that a Remaining Fire battleship was approaching, and its forces joined the rescue operation under an agreement to respect the Far East’s boundaries.
• Han Jiang and Bronya had helped defeat two Emperor Honkai Beasts, and the rescue teams recovered more survivors while Han Jiang and Mei discussed the future after Honkai.
• Mei invited everyone to a late-night snack after nearly confessing something to Han Jiang, and the group held a simple welcome gathering for Guan Xing.

Han Jiang and Guan Xing assessed humanity’s shrinking territory and Guan Xing began drafting a strategic plan as the Far East finished rescuing survivors from the ruined city. Before leaving, Han Jiang wounded Chen Tianwu for his past actions but spared him and Anna, then resolved to settle future grudges before emotions complicated matters.

• Guan Xing reviewed the Honkai map with Han Jiang, judged humanity’s defenses inadequate, and began recording strategic proposals for leaders with greater authority.
• The Far East rescued 2,265 people from the ruined city and arranged to transport them to its super-cities after they agreed to leave.
• Anna and Chen Tianwu came to apologize to Han Jiang for their actions on Coral Island, and Anna explained that Chen had become a mindless puppet after saving her.
• Han Jiang attacked Chen Tianwu with his spear, piercing his waist, then warned Anna and Chen not to cause trouble again before letting them leave.
• Mei reassured Han Jiang that she could protect herself, while Bronya explained that his reluctance to kill reflected his humanity; Han Jiang concluded that he needed to settle grudges early.

Han Jiang introduced Guan Xing to Himeko and Theresa, who assessed her strategic abilities and gave her authority over five Valkyrie squads. Mei confessed her feelings to Han Jiang, but Hiyori accidentally witnessed the moment; the chapter ended with Guan Xing reporting her new appointment.

• Han Jiang brought Guan Xing to meet Himeko and Theresa, and Guan Xing presented them with a report analyzing the Far East’s strategy and deployments.
• Himeko and Theresa discussed whether Guan Xing could be trusted, then asked Han Jiang to leave while they assessed her and considered granting her military authority.
• Han Jiang told Mei that Anti-Entropy was modifying ordinary soldiers and warned that the Herrscher of the End might appear within years, but reassured her that they could still protect humanity.
• Mei confessed that she loved Han Jiang and kissed his forehead, then fled in embarrassment with the lunch boxes.
• Hiyori saw Mei and Han Jiang together through the window, promised not to tell anyone, and later acted strangely while Han Jiang remained distracted.
• Guan Xing told Han Jiang that Theresa had appointed her adviser to five Valkyrie squads, giving her authority over their operations in five cities.

Han Jiang prepared to return with Mei to Anti-Entropy Headquarters, where he asked Einstein and Welt to build a device for contacting World Bubbles. He left the meeting agreeing to assist Einstein’s research, while Welt arranged upgrades for his ship.

• Han Jiang checked on Guan Xing, then arranged for Han Jiang's Ship to depart with Mei.
• Han Jiang and Mei flew to Anti-Entropy Headquarters, where Raiden Ryoma welcomed his daughter and teased her about her relationship with Han Jiang.
• Han Jiang met Einstein and Welt and requested a two-way communication device for contacting World Bubbles in the Sea of Quantum.
• Einstein agreed to build the device but asked Han Jiang to participate in experiments, and Welt persuaded her to let him rest first.
• Welt promised to have Tesla upgrade Han Jiang's Ship before Han Jiang departed.

Anti-Entropy investigated multiple simultaneous Honkai outbreaks with identical, puzzling energy readings and began dispatching forces to rescue survivors. When a confirmed new Herrscher appeared in a southern city, Mei and Han Jiang volunteered to confront it while Welt stayed at headquarters.

• Einstein told Han Jiang that Anti-Entropy could build an information-transmission device within three to seven days, then began testing the effects of the Super Fusion Serum on him.
• An emergency report announced a high-level Honkai incident at N77 Base, and Welt called Anti-Entropy's Executors to assemble.
• Tesla reported that N77 Base had cut off communications, while S68 Base and locations across Far East reported similar energy signatures and outbreaks.
• Mei argued that the incidents were unlikely to be Herrscher awakenings because the casualties were comparatively low, while Tesla and the others struggled to explain the matching readings.
• Tesla confirmed a new Herrscher in a southern city of more than ten million people, and Mei and Han Jiang offered to fight it in place of the injured Welt.

Han Jiang confronted and killed a weak Dominance Herrscher in Ye Jia Highland, discovering that the new enemy was a collective of hidden Quasi-Herrschers. He warned Mei that the Dominance Herrschers could infiltrate human organizations, leaving Anti-Entropy facing a threat that could endanger cities from within.

• Tesla assigned Han Jiang the Thunder mech and sent him with Mei to defeat the Herrscher threatening Ye Jia Highland.
• Han Jiang sent Mei to coordinate the battleships and investigate while he entered the ruined city alone.
• A man in an Anti-Entropy uniform identified Han Jiang and proposed cooperating with Honkai, but Han Jiang attacked and killed him.
• The man's body disappeared and left behind a Dominance Herrscher core, which Han Jiang recovered and brought to Mei.
• Han Jiang and Mei identified the enemy as the Dominance Herrscher, a collective of Quasi-Herrschers that could recruit people and hide within human organizations.
• Han Jiang urged Mei to notify Welt and Theresa as they considered the danger the hidden Dominance Herrschers posed to ordinary people and cities.

Han Jiang and Mei entered a compromised Anti-Entropy base to restore its systems, rescue survivors, and gather its remaining forces while the Dominance Herrschers remained a threat. After organizing the command center, Han Jiang led rescued soldiers toward a Weapon Library.

• Han Jiang explained that multiple Dominance Herrschers could be active and ordered the forces aboard his ship to defend against major threats.
• Han Jiang and Mei forced their way into the southern corps base, where a traitor’s actions, Deadwalkers, and Honkai Beasts had caused widespread chaos.
• With Tesla’s help, Han Jiang installed a plug-in to begin restoring the base’s locked core system and tasked the command-center personnel with coordinating the rescue.
• Han Jiang reassured inexperienced staff and left them under a veteran’s guidance while he and Mei split up to rescue survivors and clear Weapon Libraries.
• Han Jiang reached the largest cafeteria, joined soldiers who had fought their way out, and led them toward a Weapon Library.

Han Jiang and Mei rescued soldiers from Ye Jia Highland’s bases while the Dominance Herrscher tried to recruit Han Jiang by warning him that the Herrscher of the End would threaten those he loved. Mei and Han Jiang attacked the Dominance Herrscher’s core body, but it escaped after sacrificing six clones, leaving Han Jiang injured and the threat unresolved.

• Han Jiang organized the rescued soldiers from Base One and split the forces, sending Mei to rescue Base Three while he led a unit to Base Two.
• After the rescue at Base Two, Han Jiang confronted a Dominance Herrscher clone, while the Queen watched from a distance and proposed cooperation against the coming Herrscher of the End.
• Mei ambushed the Dominance Herrscher’s core body as Han Jiang realized its conversation had been stalling for time, and the two fought together.
• The Dominance Herrscher summoned six clones to restrain Han Jiang and Mei, then escaped as the clones detonated themselves.
• Han Jiang shielded Mei from the explosions, suffered burns and damage to his armor, and told the others that the Dominance Herrscher had escaped with its cunning intact.

After Han Jiang and Mei returned from Ye Jia Highland, Anti-Entropy confronted the global threat posed by the Dominance Herrscher and concluded that eliminating its many hidden bodies would be a prolonged effort. The chapter left the organizations facing the risk that the Herrscher would recruit humans and turn humanity against itself.

• Mei checked Han Jiang's burns after the Dominance Herrscher's explosion, but their near-kiss was interrupted by a communicator call.
• Han Jiang and Mei stayed at Ye Jia Highland for three days, then returned to Anti-Entropy Headquarters after the local situation stabilized.
• Han Jiang helped Einstein complete the final experiment while Dominance Herrschers were exposed and killed in several regions.
• Tesla, Einstein, Mei, Han Jiang, and Welt discussed how the Dominance Herrscher could hide among people, recruit desperate humans, and evade detection.
• Welt said Anti-Entropy would have to find and kill the Dominance Herrschers one by one, while Tesla said awakening the humans they controlled was extremely difficult.

Han Jiang, Bronya, and Yae Sakura established Manjusaka in North America to infiltrate local gangs and disrupt the Dominance Herrscher’s network. After Yae Sakura negotiated with the Church of Heaven’s Tommy, Manjusaka agreed to help steal an Anti-Entropy shipment for half the profits.

• Guan Xing sent Han Jiang and Bronya to North America to destroy Dominance Herrscher strongholds, and Yae Sakura joined them to help.
• The trio opened Manjusaka, an underground bar on the outskirts, and used their strength and Bronya’s hacking to build a fearsome reputation.
• Tommy, the Church of Heaven’s third-in-command, approached Yae Sakura about joining forces to rob an Anti-Entropy cargo shipment.
• Yae Sakura overpowered Tommy when he insulted her, then rejected the Church’s proposed seventy-thirty split in its favor.
• After hearing the Church lacked powerful fighters, Yae Sakura agreed to a fifty-fifty share of the profits.