Chapter Summaries

In 2010, Himeko’s Valkyrie squad searched Siberia for Emperor-class Honkai Beasts and the fugitive Siegfried, while Siegfried tried to care for K423 after rescuing her from Schicksal. The chapter ended with K423 asking about her mother, and Siegfried telling her that her mother had sacrificed herself and could never come back.

• Laguna led her squad to Siberia, where she assigned them to hunt Emperor-class Honkai Beasts and capture Siegfried if they found him.
• Siegfried hid with K423 in a remote town, grieving that he had rescued her but not his daughter and that Theresa had been imprisoned.
• Himeko noticed Laguna’s unusual warnings and suspected that their mission was more dangerous than she had been told.
• Siegfried cared for K423 through a serious illness, and she began speaking to him, asking if he was her father.
• Siegfried accepted K423 as his daughter and later explained that her mother had sacrificed herself and could never come back.

Siegfried named K423 Kiana and began training her to fight beside him, but Schicksal’s Valkyries tracked them down and tried to take the girl. The chapter ended with Siegfried striking Himeko as she carried Kiana away.

• Siegfried comforted K423 after she asked why he returned wounded, then taught her Gun Fu so she could help him fight Honkai Beasts.
• K423 secretly followed Siegfried into the snow and faced a Honkai Beast, but Siegfried rescued her and learned she wanted to protect him.
• On December 7, Siegfried named K423 Kiana Kaslana and decided to treat her as his daughter while continuing to plan a rescue of his biological daughter.
• Laguna led a Valkyrie squad to Siegfried’s town, where the team found evidence that he was hiding there and received orders to bring the girl back to headquarters.
• The Valkyries surrounded Siegfried and Kiana during a battle with an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, and Himeko seized Kiana while Laguna’s squad engaged Siegfried and the monster.
• Siegfried pursued Himeko to recover Kiana, and after Himeko evaded his flames while carrying the girl, he struck her neck with a knife-hand.

Siegfried and the Valkyries fought Sirin after Kiana's Herrscher consciousness awakened, and the battle devastated the village and killed several Valkyries. Kiana regained control and begged Siegfried to kill her, but he spared her, affirmed that she was his daughter, and asked Himeko to cut off his transformed arm.

• Siegfried defeated Himeko and faced Laguna's Valkyrie team, but Kiana's cries awakened Sirin, who killed three Valkyries with Void Lances.
• Laguna, Himeko, and Siegfried fought Sirin while Heli tried to escape, but Sirin unleashed Honkai Energy that engulfed the village and killed Heli.
• Sirin wounded Laguna and pressed Siegfried into the ground, forcing him to unleash the Honkai Beast power in his body and prepare to kill her.
• K423's consciousness awakened and stopped Sirin from striking Siegfried, pleading with him to kill her because she feared becoming a monster.
• Siegfried shattered Sirin's shield but spared Kiana, reassured her that she was his daughter, and asked Himeko to cut off his transformed arm.

Himeko recounted why she had chosen to trust Kiana despite the Second Herrscher killing her comrades, and Han Jiang learned that she had known Kiana's history for years. As Kiana's condition worsened, Han Jiang proposed using Anti-Honkai Serum and the God-Slaying Spear to help her.

• Siegfried persuaded Himeko that Kiana was an innocent child who deserved protection, and Himeko left without killing her.
• Siegfried severed his transformed right arm, then carried Kiana to safety and hid the truth about her fainting and his injury.
• Seven years later, Himeko told Han Jiang that she had long known Kiana's past and urged him to trust Kiana.
• Einstein and Tesla warned that Kiana's growing Honkai Energy and restless core made her condition dangerous, while Kiana credited Han Jiang's advice for her control.
• Guan Xing contacted Theresa about Anti-Honkai Serum production and Valkyrie deployments, prompting Han Jiang to suggest the serum for Kiana.
• Han Jiang brought up the God-Slaying Spear, and Fu Hua insisted that they had to trust Kiana.

Han Jiang and Anti-Entropy sought Schicksal’s Anti-Honkai Serum and Kiana’s biological records, negotiating an expedition to search Otto’s laboratory. At the conference on Schicksal Floating Island, Tesla and Theresa demanded Kiana’s records, but the talks turned tense as both sides argued over trust and their history.

• Han Jiang and Fu Hua concluded that Schicksal might possess Otto’s original Anti-Honkai Serum formula, and Anti-Entropy prepared a small mission to obtain it for Kiana.
• The Herrscher of Reason revealed that Otto had arranged for her to disclose the serum information if Han Jiang raised the subject, leaving Han Jiang worried that Otto had anticipated his actions.
• Anti-Entropy and Schicksal agreed to search Otto’s Helheim Laboratory together, with Anti-Entropy exchanging thirty advanced mechs and their previous-generation blueprints for access.
• Han Jiang, Mei, Theresa, Fu Hua, Tesla, and Schrodinger arrived at Schicksal Floating Island, where Rita, Amber, and Nagamitsu welcomed them.
• Tesla demanded Kiana’s biological records as well as the Anti-Honkai Serum, while Theresa argued that Kiana was family and that Schicksal should help protect her.
• Amber and Rita challenged the request, and Tesla accused Schicksal of betraying Anti-Entropy during the Second Honkai as the negotiations grew heated.

Schicksal and Anti-Entropy reached an agreement to enter Hrimheim Laboratory, but a disaster there unleashed the Flame Herrscher and suspended their cooperation. As the floating island faced destruction, Han Jiang and Fu Hua set out toward the laboratory despite Schicksal’s order to stay put.

• Durandal agreed to hand Kiana’s biological data to Anti-Entropy, and the two organizations negotiated for four days over Hrimheim Laboratory and the Super Anti-Honkai Serum.
• Kiana’s condition worsened at Anti-Entropy Headquarters as she struggled to suppress the Herrscher of the Void core and Sirin’s consciousness, while Siegfried avoided visiting her for fear of breaking down.
• A massive explosion shook Schicksal’s floating island as the groups prepared to enter Hrimheim Laboratory, and Fu Hua and Mei sensed an unfamiliar Herrscher’s power.
• Rita announced that Hrimheim Laboratory was under emergency lockdown and suspended cooperation, while Nagamitsu identified a hidden Dominance Herrscher as the one who had opened the seal on the Plague Gem.
• A Quasi-Herrscher created by the Second Herrscher became the Flame Herrscher, absorbed Honkai Energy, and set Hrimheim Laboratory ablaze as Schicksal’s defenses failed.
• Han Jiang pushed past Alvit’s attempt to keep him inside and went with Fu Hua toward Hrimheim Laboratory to seek its records and the source fluid of the God-Slaying Spear.

Han Jiang and Fu Hua confronted the Flame Herrscher Agata as she emerged at Hrimheim Laboratory, while Rita uncovered Agata’s origins and her stolen Honkai energy. Meanwhile, Sirin took control of Kiana and flew toward Schicksal, and the battle at the laboratory continued as Han Jiang searched for the God-Slaying Spear’s original solution.

• Alvit reported that Han Jiang and Fu Hua had left without authorization, but Rita told her to let them go and assist with the Flame Herrscher situation.
• Fu Hua and Han Jiang reached Hrimheim Laboratory, recognized Agata, and learned through Rita’s investigation that Agata had been a Babylon Laboratory test subject and had absorbed the Plague Gem and stolen energy.
• Sirin took over Kiana’s body at Anti-Entropy Headquarters, rejected Welt’s demands, and escaped on Bella toward Schicksal after sensing a familiar power.
• Han Jiang, Fu Hua, and Durandal attacked Agata, and Han Jiang went into the ruins to search for the original solution of the God-Slaying Spear.
• The Herrscher of Reason took control of Fu Hua’s body and charged at Agata instead of guiding Han Jiang through the laboratory, prompting Fu Hua to restrain her within their consciousness.

Han Jiang retrieved the God-Slaying Spear serum while Sirin arrived at the Floating Island and joined forces with Agata, escalating the battle against Schicksal. The serum reached Tesla and Schrodinger, while Han Jiang stayed back to conserve his strength for a crucial moment.

• Rita gave Han Jiang the Hrimheim Laboratory blueprints, and he found two vials of God-Slaying Spear serum in a safe on the lowest floor.
• The Dominance Herrscher confronted Han Jiang, threatened that the Honkai would overwhelm the world, and fled.
• Tesla prepared to negotiate the Anti-Entropy doctors’ departure, but Sirin appeared through a portal and destroyed Schicksal’s defensive systems.
• Sirin recognized Agata as a revived Herrscher, and Agata urged them to destroy humanity; Sirin agreed.
• Fu Hua, Mei, Durandal, and Rita fought Sirin and Agata while Han Jiang returned with the serum and delivered it to Tesla.
• Han Jiang refused to join the fight, saying he needed to conserve his strength and go when it mattered.

Tesla and Schrodinger successfully tested the God-Slaying Spear serum, then prepared a dose for Han Jiang to give Kiana while the Herrschers fought across Schicksal Floating Island. Durandal badly wounded Agata, and Han Jiang helped keep Sirin from rescuing her as the battle continued.

• Tesla and Schrodinger mixed a test dose of God-Slaying Spear, and Tesla injected herself with it to confirm that it counteracted the Honkai Energy extract.
• The serum worked, so Tesla and Schrodinger prepared Kiana’s dose and sent Han Jiang to deliver it.
• Durandal unleashed Black Abyss White Flower’s Holy Lance Bloom, severely wounding Agata and damaging Schicksal Floating Island.
• Han Jiang confronted Sirin about their agreement, and he escaped her spatial attack while Fu Hua and Mei continued fighting her.
• Agata flew toward Sirin, but Han Jiang and the others held Sirin back while Rita blocked Agata’s path and Durandal prepared to face her again.
• Tesla and Schrodinger discussed whether to destroy Schicksal Floating Island with missiles, but Schrodinger rejected the idea as too much like Otto’s actions.

Han Jiang and Fu Hua battled Sirin while Mei and Durandal fought the Flame Herrscher, Agata, until Sirin trapped the fighters in Imaginary Space. After Han Jiang injected Sirin with the God-Slaying Spear, Kiana regained control and absorbed the Plague Gem to stop it from exploding, but Han Jiang took her hand and offered to absorb it himself.

• Mei flew to help Durandal fight the Flame Herrscher while Han Jiang and Fu Hua confronted Sirin.
• The last Dominance Herrscher briefly seized control of Schicksal's weapons, and Sirin sent the Flame Herrscher, Han Jiang, and Fu Hua into Imaginary Space.
• Agata gave Sirin her core before dissipating, and Han Jiang injected Sirin with the God-Slaying Spear during a direct assault.
• As Sirin's power weakened, she tried to detonate the Plague Gem, but Kiana woke and grabbed it to prevent the explosion.
• Kiana began absorbing the Plague Gem, and Han Jiang offered to take it from her, insisting he could control it.

Han Jiang absorbed the Plague Gem and encountered a mysterious human presence opposing the Honkai consciousness, while Kiana confronted the Herrscher of the Void in their shared mental world. Kiana asserted that they were two selves of Sirin, then demonstrated that she could use her abilities there, leaving the Herrscher of the Void confused.

• Han Jiang seized the Plague Gem, endured its painful fusion, and warned Kiana to move away as Honkai energy flooded into him.
• Han Jiang lost consciousness and saw a vast consciousness facing a human across a chessboard, with a familiar human spectator telling him it was his turn.
• Kiana expelled Fu Hua from Imaginary Space, stayed beside Han Jiang, and then fell asleep from exhaustion.
• In a dream on Schicksal Floating Island, the Herrscher of the Void told Kiana that she had returned because Kiana's doubts and helplessness had weakened her resolve.
• Kiana confronted the Herrscher of the Void, argued that they were two selves born from Sirin's desires, and said she had prepared to face her directly.
• Kiana fired at the Herrscher of the Void, who discovered that Kiana could use her abilities in their shared mental world.

Kiana confronted the Herrscher of the Void in the depths of her consciousness, arguing that they were two souls born from Sirin’s wishes and that Sirin had longed for warmth and a new beginning. She began facing the K423 origin she had avoided, while the Herrscher of the Void remained intent on destroying humanity.

• Kiana challenged the Herrscher of the Void’s claim to be Sirin, pointing to her attachment to Sirin’s companions and her longing for warmth.
• The Herrscher of the Void blamed humanity for Sirin’s suffering and rejected the kindness offered by Theresa, Siegfried, and Cecilia.
• Kiana said she was the second chance Sirin had yearned for, born from the memories and hopes carried in the Herrscher core.
• Kiana acknowledged her fear of accepting the past and vowed to face the echoes she had rejected, including her connection to the Herrscher of the Void.
• Kiana transformed their consciousness space into the K423 incubation laboratory and identified it as the place where their paths diverged.
• The Herrscher of the Void threatened to turn the incubation chamber into Kiana’s grave, but Kiana began changing the scene again.

Kiana defeated the Herrscher of the Void within their shared consciousness and absorbed her, then awoke beside Han Jiang on a deserted island. They returned to Schicksal Floating Island, where Han Jiang learned the crisis was still being handled and asked to rest and speak with Fu Hua after she returned.

• Kiana rejected the Herrscher of the Void’s accusations and fought her in their shared consciousness, relying on her own convictions and combat skills.
• Kiana defeated the Herrscher of the Void, who accepted her choice and dissipated into nourishment for her.
• Kiana awoke beside Han Jiang after three days, and the two learned that Honkai outbreaks had affected Schicksal and Anti-Entropy territories.
• Kiana and Han Jiang rode Bella to Schicksal Floating Island, where Alvit initially warned them away before they identified themselves.
• Mei told Han Jiang that Fu Hua was handling the aftermath of killing the last Dominance Herrscher puppet, while Tesla and Schrodinger remained under Schicksal’s protection.
• Han Jiang asked to rest and requested that Tesla tell him when Fu Hua returned so they could discuss matters before going back.

After Han Jiang returned from Schicksal as the Flame Herrscher, Anti-Entropy discovered that he had resisted the Herrscher consciousness, though the struggle left him exhausted. His examination uncovered his unusual resistance and a vision of Honkai’s consciousness playing chess, leaving him and the others wondering who the players were.

• Fu Hua found that Han Jiang had become the Flame Herrscher without developing a Herrscher consciousness, and the Herrscher of Reason declared that this was impossible.
• Fu Hua led the Anti-Entropy group back to headquarters, while Tesla demanded back half of Schicksal’s mechs because Schicksal had not traded away the requested goods.
• Welt, Einstein, Tesla, and Mei examined Han Jiang and found that he had formidable physical and mental strength, no negative effects from the Fusion Serum, and fatigue caused by resisting the Flame Herrscher’s consciousness.
• Welt told Han Jiang that his exhaustion would likely pass within one week to half a month, and Einstein and Tesla began considering whether he could be used to improve the Moonlight Throne.
• Han Jiang told Welt and Mei that he had seen Honkai’s consciousness and two people playing chess against it, and Mei recalled hearing Honkai call to her when she became the Herrscher of Thunder.
• Welt explained that the shadow was Honkai’s primary consciousness rather than the Herrscher of the End, and Han Jiang wondered whether someone could represent humanity in the game.

After recovering from becoming the Flame Herrscher, Han Jiang learned that even his growing strength had a limit and returned to fighting Honkai around the world. When Fu Hua reported that Cheng Lixue might have been attacked in Shenzhou, Han Jiang flew there on Bella, while Kiana stayed behind to handle the remaining Honkai.

• Welt and Han Jiang speculated that Otto or Kevin might have confronted the consciousness of Honkai, and Anti-Entropy decided to record Han Jiang’s account for later investigation.
• Han Jiang trained in Anti-Entropy’s simulated space, but the core computer found that his strength had increased by less than ten percent, prompting him and Fu Hua to discuss human limits and the Stigmata Project.
• After recovering, Han Jiang resumed missions to suppress Honkai and help residents relocate, while Fu Hua and the others remained busy with increasingly frequent Honkai incidents.
• Han Jiang told Kiana that Kallen and Yae Sakura had reunited and were traveling through Shenzhou together, drawing complaints from Theresa because their city district lacked a Valkyrie squad.
• Fu Hua urgently told Han Jiang that Cheng Lixue’s communication had been cut off during what sounded like a fight, and asked him to check on her in Shenzhou.
• Han Jiang left Kiana to handle the remaining Honkai in the area and flew toward Shenzhou on Bella, but Cheng Lixue answered only one of his three calls.

Han Jiang and Fu Hua investigated the mysterious attacker who had nearly killed Cheng Lixue, while Anti-Entropy analyzed evidence suggesting she could be a new Herrscher. They suspected the attacker might target Remaining Fire next, but her identity and motives remained unknown.

• Han Jiang found Cheng Lixue badly injured at Mount Tai Xu after an unknown woman attacked her, and he took her away for treatment.
• Tesla and Einstein reviewed the attack footage and found that the woman had killed the base’s Valkyries and staff by causing brain death, though the battle left surprisingly little damage.
• Cheng Lixue told Han Jiang that the attacker had reduced her strength, disrupted communications, and seemed to seek opponents rather than pursue destruction.
• Fu Hua arrived, heard Cheng Lixue’s account, and agreed to help find the attacker and demand an explanation.
• Han Jiang and Fu Hua decided to stay and investigate, while Han Jiang suspected Remaining Fire might be the woman’s next target.

Han Jiang and the others regrouped at St. Freya Academy while an unknown enemy continued to threaten their forces, and the reunited friends spent a relaxed evening together. The chapter ended with Kiana beginning a ghost-story game by recounting a strange incident from her childhood.

• Han Jiang proposed gathering everyone at Anti-Entropy Headquarters or St. Freya Academy, and the group decided the St. Freya students would return to the Far East while Anti-Entropy guarded its own headquarters.
• Cheng Lixue went to St. Freya Academy to recover, and Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, and Wendy reunited there.
• Bronya told Han Jiang and Fu Hua that her neglected game company had earned around thirty million dollars.
• Mei, Kiana, and the others shared dinner and talked about their experiences before Han Jiang suggested a ghost-story game.
• Kiana began the game by telling a story about her childhood cat Sola and other pets reacting fearfully to something nobody could see.

Han Jiang told a frightening story about exploring an abandoned school as a child, then revealed its mundane explanation. The ghost stories left Kiana, Mei, Seele, Wendy, and Theresa too scared to sleep alone, so the group crowded together for the night.

• Kiana and Bronya shared ghost stories, and Theresa tried to end the gathering until Kiana teased her about a white shadow under her bed.
• Han Jiang told the group about sneaking into an abandoned school building, where they heard cries, a dog, and the sound of a fire before finding only a person, a table, a chair, a fan, and a ruler.
• The story gathering ended at two in the morning, and Han Jiang was assigned a guest room while the frightened students took responsibility for dormitory cleaning for a month.
• Kiana, Mei, Seele, and Bronya each sought company to use the bathroom, and Mei asked to sleep with Han Jiang.
• Kiana and Mei joined Han Jiang in his room, and the three eventually slept on floor bedding after Han Jiang pretended there was something under the bed.
• Seele and Wendy clung to Bronya as they slept, while Theresa nervously shared Himeko's bed and complained about the cramped space.

The Herrscher of Constraint attacked Remaining Fire’s base, where her Authority weakened the fighters’ powers and killed more than a hundred ordinary soldiers. William wounded her by exploiting a gap in her domain, but the battle continued as she targeted Remaining Fire to test her abilities and eliminate its strongest members.

• Han Jiang and Guan Xing discussed the benefits and risks of technological development while Han Jiang brought gifts to Shenzhou.
• Anna took Chen Tianwu on a mission and encountered a woman who identified them as traitors and attacked them.
• Luo Nianxi and Remaining Fire’s fighters confronted the woman, who revealed herself as the Herrscher of Constraint and weakened their attacks with her domain.
• The Herrscher of Constraint expanded her domain around Remaining Fire’s base, killing more than a hundred ordinary soldiers and deflecting the fighters’ attacks.
• William struck the Herrscher of Constraint with a deep wound after searching for a gap in her control of the domain.
• The Herrscher of Constraint continued fighting Remaining Fire because she wanted to test her power and remove the organization’s threatening members.

The Herrscher of Constraint overwhelmed Remaining Fire, destroyed much of its base, and escaped after Kevin intervened. Kevin took the thing Remaining Fire had brought back, while Anti-Entropy discussed the Herrscher’s threat and the need to coordinate with Schicksal and World Serpent.

• Remaining Fire’s attacks wounded the Herrscher of Constraint, but she expanded her domain to engulf the base and nearby cities, incapacitating many people.
• Luo Nianxi fired the base’s energy cannon at the Herrscher of Constraint, destroying half the base but failing to kill her.
• Kevin broke through the domain and wounded the Herrscher of Constraint, but she escaped despite Anna’s and Kevin’s efforts to freeze her in place.
• Kevin demanded that Luo Nianxi hand over the thing Remaining Fire had brought back, and she agreed before he left with it and his companions.
• Luo Nianxi grieved over the destroyed base and admitted she had underestimated Honkai.
• At Anti-Entropy, Theresa, Fu Hua, Cheng Lixue, and Han Jiang discussed the Herrscher of Constraint’s power, and Han Jiang urged them to contact Schicksal and World Serpent.