Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang defeated Royce in the advanced integrated pharmaceutical factory and found Seele in the Dominance Herrscher’s Imaginary Space. Seele entrusted her body to her Alter Ego, who took the name Seele and awakened her stigmata to destroy the surrounding puppets.

• Han Jiang discovered the threads connecting Royce to his puppets, attacked Royce, and severed his connection to the Dominance Herrscher’s main body.
• Royce died, his remaining puppets collapsed, and Han Jiang collected five Quasi-Herrscher cores before the factory merged into the Imaginary Space.
• Han Jiang sensed Seele’s Alter Ego and hurried toward her while Seele faced more than thirty puppets and worried that he and Bronya would be concerned for her.
• Seele asked her Alter Ego to take full control of their body, trust herself, and share the name Seele; her Alter Ego accepted.
• The black Seele awakened her stigmata and used energy chains to turn the surrounding puppets to powder, leaving their Herrscher cores behind.

Seele’s Alter Ego defeated the Dominance Herrscher’s puppets, helped Han Jiang and Durandal escape the data space, and received praise from Han Jiang. Outside, they found that a Honkai outbreak had devastated the villa district, and Durandal began checking for casualties.

• Seele’s Alter Ego destroyed most of the Dominance Herrscher’s puppets before Han Jiang arrived and helped defeat the survivors.
• Han Jiang tended to Seele’s cuts, and she awkwardly tried to maintain the Main Personality’s relationships with him.
• Han Jiang and Seele found Durandal, and the three headed for the exit after Seele sensed its location.
• Han Jiang failed to break open the stone doors with his spear, but Seele shattered them with a burst of dark-red energy.
• Han Jiang praised Seele and patted her head, then asked what the Dominance Herrscher had said to her; Seele looked at him with disdain.
• Han Jiang and Durandal discovered that a Honkai outbreak had struck the villa district while they were inside the Imaginary Space, and Durandal contacted the investigation team to check for casualties.

Han Jiang, Seele, and Durandal crossed Storm City, where the Dominance Herrscher had seized control of machines, and learned the Herrscher’s location. Han Jiang let Seele join the fight after she agreed to run to him if she was in danger, and the chapter left her and Durandal pressing the Dominance Herrscher while disrupting each other’s attacks.

• Durandal reported that many machines in Storm City had gone out of control, and Han Jiang urged Seele to stay close to him.
• As they fought their way through the city, Han Jiang and Durandal discussed how the Herrschers of this era differed from those of the previous era.
• Durandal’s communicator revealed the Dominance Herrscher’s location, and Seele rushed toward it until Han Jiang made her promise to seek his help if she faced danger.
• Han Jiang, Seele, and Durandal reached the Dominance Herrscher’s true body, who claimed that a quarter of Storm City’s residents had already died.
• Seele and Durandal attacked the Dominance Herrscher while Han Jiang guarded against hidden clones, but the two women interfered with each other’s attacks.

Han Jiang let Seele fight the Dominance Herrscher alone, and she destroyed its main body before Schicksal’s forces continued clearing Storm City. Bronya arrived afterward to check on Seele, who struggled to face her companions now that she had taken control of the body.

• Han Jiang persuaded Durandal to stop attacking so Seele could fight the Dominance Herrscher alone, and Seele overwhelmed the weakened Herrscher and tore out its core.
• The Dominance Herrscher turned to dust, causing the controlled machines to collapse and the Honkai Beasts to attack indiscriminately; Durandal claimed the core for Schicksal and asked Han Jiang and Seele to help stabilize Storm City.
• Han Jiang and Seele spent the next few days clearing Honkai Beasts, while Bronya, Rosaliya, and Liliya came to Storm City to assist after the Herrscher was defeated.
• Bronya greeted Seele with concern, and Seele told her she had gained the power to protect her; Bronya blamed Han Jiang for taking Seele into danger, while Seele watched him struggle to defend himself.
• Han Jiang noticed that Seele seemed different and decided to tell Bronya so she could speak with her about it.

Han Jiang joined Durandal and Rita to investigate a weapons factory where its reactor energy had vanished, weapons components had been hidden, and staff had disappeared. The evidence echoed the Second Herrscher’s appearance at Babylon Laboratory, leaving open the possibility that a new Herrscher had already emerged in the Arctic Region.

• Durandal summoned Han Jiang to Schicksal’s base to share the weapons factory investigation results, while he left Bronya, Seele, Rosaliya, and Liliya at the base.
• Durandal showed Han Jiang the factory’s empty main reactor and revealed that the energy in three backup reactors had also vanished.
• Rita explained that the missing weapons components had been found hidden in a warehouse, but the missing staff had not been located.
• Rita and Durandal connected the incidents to signs recorded before the Second Herrscher appeared at Babylon Laboratory.
• Han Jiang suspected another Herrscher might be involved, and Rita warned that a new Herrscher might already have appeared in the Arctic Region.

Han Jiang investigated whether another Herrscher had appeared and learned that Schicksal could no longer predict Herrschers through Imaginary Space. He joined Bronya’s team in rescuing survivors in Storm City, where Seele’s troubled mood and worry about Bronya became more apparent.

• Han Jiang questioned Durandal and Rita about a possible new Herrscher, and learned that Otto had disappeared before the Dominance Herrscher and Schicksal had lost its ability to predict Herrschers.
• Han Jiang proposed sharing intelligence, but Durandal said Schicksal would only disclose limited information; Han Jiang agreed that he and Bronya’s group would help clear Honkai from the far north.
• Tesla and Einstein refused to let the injured Welt travel to the far north, and Welt agreed to remain at Anti-Entropy Headquarters to recover.
• Han Jiang joined Bronya’s group as they cleared a path to a school sheltering over a thousand survivors, while Bronya explained the rescue’s dangers and Seele insisted she was fine.
• Han Jiang warned Bronya that another Herrscher might have appeared or might emerge soon, worsening her worry; Seele later blamed him for bringing up the Herrscher and found comfort in his company.

Han Jiang and the girls cleared Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers from the area around a school and rescued its survivors before celebrating at a cake shop. Bronya asked to visit her childhood orphanage and bring its children to safety, but Han Jiang’s plan to go there was complicated by the unresolved mission and the risk of a new Herrscher.

• Rosaliya and Liliya competed to kill Honkai Beasts, and Han Jiang promised them cake after the survivors at the school were rescued.
• After more than half a day of fighting, Han Jiang’s group cleared the nearby Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers and freed the students trapped in the school.
• Han Jiang took the exhausted group to a cake shop, where Seele tried dessert while Bronya asked to visit the orphanage where she had grown up.
• Bronya explained that she wanted to bring the remaining orphanage children to St. Freya or Anti-Entropy for their safety, and Rosaliya, Liliya, and Seele also wanted to visit their old companions.
• Han Jiang proposed informing Durandal and visiting the orphanage before returning to Storm City, but then refused to take the girls himself because he could not ensure their safety if a new Herrscher appeared.

Han Jiang agreed to ask Durandal whether Storm City had enough personnel to travel to Cocolia Orphanage, while keeping Seele close in case she was a Herrscher. Later, Han Jiang brought cake to Durandal, and their conversation about her personality left Rita imagining that they were planning a future together.

• Han Jiang rejected Seele's offer to protect Bronya and told her to stay by his side while he arranged support for the trip to Cocolia Orphanage.
• Han Jiang, Bronya, Seele, Rosaliya, and Liliya returned to the base after dessert, and Han Jiang packed two mousse cakes for Durandal and Rita.
• Han Jiang visited Durandal with the cakes and encouraged her to take a break from work and consider being more lively in private.
• Rita arrived with her own desserts and tried to dissuade Durandal from changing, but Durandal continued wondering whether livelier girls were wonderful.
• Han Jiang reassured Durandal that she could be serious on missions and cheerful in private, while Rita misread their conversation as talk of a shared future and imagined helping care for their children.

Han Jiang and his companions left Storm City to find the Cocolia Orphanage and arrived at its hidden mountain base, where they reunited with Xing. As Bronya learned how the children had been surviving, she and Han Jiang grew troubled by Cocolia’s apparent neglect of them.

• Durandal approved Han Jiang’s trip to evacuate orphans, and Rita arranged a powerful off-road combat vehicle for the journey.
• Han Jiang drove Bronya, Seele, Rosaliya, and Liliya toward the orphanage, defeating an Emperor-class Honkai Beast along the way.
• The group reached the remote base, where Xing greeted Bronya and reacted with surprise to Seele’s return.
• Xing explained that she and the other children had rebuilt the orphanage and were struggling to find food and supplies.
• Bronya told Xing that Cocolia was well and that she had come to take away children who wanted to leave, while Han Jiang and Bronya questioned Cocolia’s lack of support.

Bronya reunited with Xing and the orphanage children, then helped them fight off a Honkai Beast attack. Afterward, Xing admitted she had wronged Bronya, but Bronya teased her that she should be thanking her instead of apologizing.

• Bronya asked Xing about Cocolia, then reunited with the sixteen children still living at the orphanage.
• Xing explained that her assistants had taken the Honkai Beasts away to protect the children and never returned.
• An alarm sounded, and Xing led the group to fight the Honkai Beasts outside the base.
• Bronya, Xing, Rosaliya, and Liliya quickly defeated the beasts while Han Jiang stayed with Seele.
• Xing told Bronya that she had done wrong in the past, and Bronya suggested Xing should thank her instead.

Bronya and Han Jiang arranged to take Xing and the orphanage children to Storm City, while Xing’s future placement remained uncertain. After stopping a fight between Xing and Seele, Han Jiang accepted Seele’s separate personality as another version of herself, leaving her unexpectedly moved and doubtful; he then contacted people in the Far East.

• Bronya and Han Jiang discussed the children’s relocation and Xing’s uncertain placement, then decided to take everyone to Storm City the next day.
• Xing told Han Jiang she did not expect to go with the children, and Seele entered carrying a scythe to confront her before Han Jiang stopped them from fighting.
• Han Jiang asked Seele about her personality and told her he would treat both personalities as Seele, after which she left feeling accepted but unsure of his sincerity.
• Han Jiang reflected on the personalities within Seele, Kiana, and Mei, then contacted Kiana and other people in the Far East.
• Chiyuan's Wing suspected Han Jiang had contacted her because he needed her to work on programming or software again.

As the children prepared to leave the orphanage for safety, Xing struggled with what future she could have, while Han Jiang encouraged Alter Ego Seele to trust him and accept that Bronya would welcome her. The chapter ended with Seele returning to the room and sitting beneath her blanket, lost in thought.

• The children looked forward to leaving, while Xing stayed awake worrying that she would have no place with the Far East, Anti-Entropy, or Cocolia.
• Bronya joined Xing in the corridor and pressed her about the worries she had carried since childhood.
• Han Jiang sparred playfully with Seele, then urged her to learn close-combat techniques and explained that he worried about her shared body.
• Han Jiang told Seele that Bronya likely knew she was different and that Main Personality Seele trusted and wanted her to meet Bronya.
• Seele asked Han Jiang whether she could trust him, and he assured her she could also trust Bronya and their friends.
• Seele returned to the room, pulled a blanket over herself, and sat in the corner thinking.

Han Jiang and the others left the base for Storm City with the children, and he tried to reassure Seele’s Alter Ego that she mattered in her own right. Seele’s Alter Ego accepted him as a companion and became curious about his fantasies and behavior, giving herself a new reason to stay interested in the world.

• Xing prepared a bus and two armored vehicles, and the group set out for Storm City with the children.
• During the drive, Han Jiang asked Seele’s Alter Ego to trust him, and she confessed that she felt her existence had no meaning apart from Seele.
• Han Jiang told Seele’s Alter Ego that she was irreplaceable and promised to remain her companion, which deeply affected her.
• Seele’s Alter Ego questioned Han Jiang about his feelings for Kiana and Mei, then learned about his fantasy of serving as Captain aboard the Hyperion with Valkyries.
• Seele’s Alter Ego agreed to keep Han Jiang’s secrets and decided to investigate whether his behavior was normal, finding a new reason to take interest in the world.

Han Jiang returned to Storm City with Seele and the orphanage children, where Kiana and Mei joined the group and Rita arranged a safe home for the children. Rita then revealed that Schicksal had found a way to predict where the Dominance Herrscher’s remaining clones might appear, including at their base, and called Han Jiang to join the operation.

• Kiana and Mei contacted Han Jiang from Storm City, explaining that Bronya had asked them to help escort the children.
• The convoy reached Storm City safely, and Rita arranged housing, clothes, and nutrition pods for the children.
• Kiana confronted Han Jiang for leaving without telling her, then insisted that he, Mei, and she go out for dessert together.
• Rita told Han Jiang that Schicksal had found clues to the remaining Dominance Herrscher clones and could predict their possible locations.
• Rita revealed that their base was one possible target, confirmed the children had been moved to safety, and took Han Jiang to join the operation.

Han Jiang and the others searched Storm City's largest base for the Dominance Herrscher, but Kiana and Mei were pulled into Imaginary Space after finding a spatial rift. Han Jiang failed to reach them and confronted the Dominance Herrscher's surviving puppet, which taunted him about the missing pair.

• Durandal and Rita divided the teams to search the base, and Bronya and Seele partnered while Kiana and Mei went together.
• Bronya told Seele she already knew about the other Seele, while Kiana and Mei found a stable spatial rift and were blinded by white light after Kiana attacked it.
• Han Jiang noticed Kiana and Mei's signals disappear and warned Bronya and Seele to avoid spatial rifts, suspecting the pair had entered Imaginary Space.
• Han Jiang blasted through corridors while trying to reach the vanished rift, and Durandal ordered everyone to stay clear of the damaged area.
• The Dominance Herrscher's surviving puppet ambushed Han Jiang, and it taunted him about Kiana and Mei before he attacked it with his spear.

Han Jiang entered the Dominance Herrscher’s Imaginary Space and broke free of an isolated pocket to rescue Mei from its psychological attacks. Mei asked whether he loved her, and Han Jiang admitted that he did as the Dominance Herrscher watched.

• Han Jiang entered the ruined-library Imaginary Space, while a blackout hit the base and a rift swallowed Seele and Bronya.
• The Dominance Herrscher taunted Kiana and Mei about their identities and feelings, then tried to unsettle Han Jiang by questioning his relationships with them.
• Han Jiang detected the Third Herrscher’s power, broke through the isolated space around himself, and tore open the space trapping Mei.
• Mei acted hurt and accused Han Jiang of bullying her until he reassured her and she buried her face in his chest.
• Mei asked Han Jiang if he liked her, and he said he loved her very much and would die for her.
• Mei called Han Jiang cunning and closed her eyes, prompting him to lean toward her while the Dominance Herrscher watched.

Han Jiang and Mei's near-kiss was interrupted when Kiana emerged from the Dominance Herrscher's space, and the three began searching for a way out. Elsewhere, Seele found Bronya, but the Dominance Herrscher's puppet stole the Core of Reason before Bronya and Seele could escape.

• Han Jiang and Mei nearly kissed, but Kiana's explosive arrival interrupted them, and they awkwardly explained that they had been looking for her.
• Kiana sensed spatial fluctuations and led Han Jiang and Mei onward, suspecting that someone else had entered the Dominance Herrscher's space.
• Bronya fought the Dominance Herrscher's puppets while Seele escaped a labyrinth and defeated a group of Quantum Shadows.
• Seele reached Bronya, but a puppet struck Bronya and another puppet extracted the Core of Reason before vanishing.
• Bronya reassured the worried Seele that the Dominance Herrscher could only borrow the Core of Reason's energy, then urged them to find a way out.

The Dominance Herrscher used the Core of Reason to attack Han Jiang and his companions, leaving Bronya injured after borrowing its power. After escaping the Imaginary Space, the group sought Schicksal's help for Bronya while Welt, Tesla, and Einstein reacted to the news at Anti-Entropy Headquarters.

• Seele and her Alter Ego helped Bronya escape the puppets while Kiana led Han Jiang and Mei through the Imaginary Space.
• The Dominance Herrscher revealed she was borrowing the Core of Reason's power, and Han Jiang and Mei destroyed her puppet before she escaped with her remaining puppets.
• Bronya explained that using the borrowed power had damaged her body, and the group found the exit after Han Jiang broke through the reinforced gate.
• Mei asked Durandal for Schicksal's specialists to help sever Bronya's connection to the Dominance Herrscher, while Han Jiang rested after exhausting his strength.
• Seele blamed herself for Bronya's injury, and Bronya later came to visit her.
• At Anti-Entropy Headquarters, Tesla and Welt argued over not going to Storm City, and Einstein ordered Tesla to handle the council while warning that opponents seeking to overthrow Anti-Entropy should be dealt with.

Einstein, Welt, and Raiden Ryoma arrived in Storm City to monitor Bronya after the Dominance Herrscher ambush, while Chōsen Chōkō examined her at Schicksal's base. Han Jiang left Bronya in Mei and Kiana's care and returned to the backup base, where Xing asked him to pass along her regards.

• Einstein decided that she and Welt would handle the Storm City issue, while Tesla stayed behind to deal with the councilors and the Dominance Herrscher remnants.
• A Schicksal team brought Chōsen Chōkō to examine Bronya, and Han Jiang, Mei, and Kiana found Bronya connected to equipment in the laboratory.
• Chōsen Chōkō explained that Bronya's energy had been borrowed by someone else and insisted she could trace the connection to the Dominance Herrscher; Han Jiang agreed to let her investigate.
• Einstein, Welt, and Raiden Ryoma joined Han Jiang on the way to a backup base, and Einstein explained Chōsen Chōkō's long history and importance as a weapons master.
• Han Jiang checked on the sleeping Rosaliya and Liliya at the backup base, then told Xing that Bronya would recover and that their move would be delayed.
• Xing asked Han Jiang to pass her regards to Bronya, admitting that she could not leave the children and felt awkward visiting her directly.

After Bronya’s core was taken, Han Jiang and the others tried to understand her condition and find a way to track the Dominance Herrscher. The chapter ended with Master Changguang joining Mei, Kiana, and Han Jiang for breakfast as the search and research continued.

• Master Changguang examined Bronya, who said she felt exhausted but otherwise had no serious problems, while Han Jiang reassured Seele and urged her to stop blaming herself.
• Master Changguang explained that tracking the Dominance Herrscher through Bronya would require a device and Anti-Entropy’s cooperation, then asked Rita to show him the base’s manufacturing room after breakfast.
• Bronya secretly visited Einstein and Welt, described what happened in the Imaginary Space, and confirmed that she could no longer sense the Core of Reason.
• Theresa and Himeko refused Fu Hua’s requests to go to Storm City, while the Far East remained too busy to send help to Han Jiang’s group.
• Master Changguang arrived as Mei and Kiana brought breakfast to Han Jiang’s room, and Han Jiang scolded Kiana for grabbing food without washing her hands.