Chapter Summaries

Han Jiang’s attempt to secure World Serpent’s cooperation against the Herrscher of Constraint collapsed when Kevin demanded Ai-chan, whom Han Jiang refused to hand over. Meanwhile, Mei and Kiana obtained Remaining Fire’s combat information, and Luo Nianxi began sharing the group’s records with them.

• Theresa sent Han Jiang to negotiate with World Serpent while she and the others contacted the remaining factions.
• Han Jiang met Kevin and proposed a joint strike against the Herrscher of Constraint, but refused Kevin’s demand to hand over Ai-chan.
• Han Jiang told Himeko the negotiations had failed, and Himeko sent Fu Hua to try to repair relations with Kevin.
• Mei and Kiana met Luo Nianxi at Remaining Fire’s ruined base and asked for information about the Herrscher of Constraint.
• Luo Nianxi explained Remaining Fire’s losses and led Mei and Kiana to the archives to review its battle records.

Anti-Entropy, Schicksal, and World Serpent prepared to confront the Herrscher of Constraint after World Serpent located her in a city. As the serum’s effects began and the battle forces took their positions, a missile struck the city and the Herrscher of Constraint emerged, threatening to kill them all.

• Welt’s meeting concluded that the groups could not locate the Herrscher of Constraint without World Serpent’s information, while Kiana and Han Jiang held back from searching on their own.
• Kevin ordered Jackal to distribute an experimental Anti-Honkai Serum throughout the city to test the Stigmata Project, and World Serpent later told Anti-Entropy and Schicksal that it had found the Herrscher’s trail.
• Welt selected the battle forces, including Han Jiang, Kiana, Mei, Fu Hua, Bronya, and Seele, while Himeko stayed behind to recover.
• Han Jiang and Fu Hua joined Gray Serpent at a city skyscraper as the other fighters gathered at separate locations, and Jackal announced the serum was about to take effect.
• People across the city collapsed in pain as the serum began working, and Kevin ordered the attack.
• A missile struck the city, its explosion’s dust froze and fell as an invisible field absorbed the energy, and the Herrscher of Constraint rose from the blast and threatened the assembled forces.

Han Jiang, Kevin, and the others launched a coordinated attack on the Herrscher of Constraint, whose expanding domain suppressed their powers and threatened civilians. After Kevin drew her away from the city, the fighters agreed to attack in pairs and began preparing a final assault.

• The Herrscher of Constraint activated her domain as Fu Hua, Mei, and Kiana attacked, while Han Jiang ordered Bronya and Seele to hold back and prepared the Book of Cang Xuan as a sniper rifle.
• Raven wounded the Herrscher with the Third Divine Key, and Han Jiang followed with a shot from the Book of Cang Xuan that pierced her shoulder.
• Kevin attacked with ice and fire, forcing the Herrscher to defend herself and drawing her away from the city while World Serpent personnel organized a civilian evacuation for their experiments.
• Einstein identified three defensive layers in the Herrscher's barriers, while Tesla proposed a coordinated attack plan and recognized the difficulty of executing it perfectly.
• As the Herrscher expanded her domain to one hundred kilometers, Kevin proposed paired attacks to overwhelm its capacity, and the group agreed to the plan.
• Kevin began drawing the Herrscher's attention as Mei and Kiana gathered power for the first strike, with Rita and Durandal set to clear the way.

Kiana, Mei, Rita, Durandal, Han Jiang, and Fu Hua attacked the Herrscher of Constraint to weaken her defenses, but Kevin’s strike failed and she began suppressing him. Han Jiang and the others joined Kevin for a final coordinated assault, with their combined powers converging on the Herrscher of Constraint.

• Kiana and Mei struck the restraint field, followed by Rita and Durandal, whose attacks broke through several layers of it.
• Han Jiang and Fu Hua pierced the disrupted field with their spear and sword, bringing their attacks within one kilometer of the Herrscher of Constraint.
• Kevin charged with Jie Mie, but the Herrscher of Constraint absorbed his power, extinguished the sword’s flames, and began pursuing him.
• Fu Hua, Han Jiang, and Durandal moved to help Kevin while an unidentified person’s targeting ability locked onto Han Jiang and Durandal.
• Han Jiang called for everyone to join forces, and he, Fu Hua, Durandal, and Kevin unleashed their powers against the Herrscher of Constraint.
• Kevin struck first, then Han Jiang unleashed the Flame Herrscher’s authority as fire spread through Imaginary Space and the Sea of Quantum.

Fu Hua, Durandal, Bronya, and Han Jiang weakened the Herrscher of Constraint, but Honkai’s Will helped her escape their final attack. Seele killed the wounded Herrscher, claimed her Core, and learned that she had also received a Core of her own before Kiana and Mei found her beside the corpse.

• Bronya joined the assault on the Herrscher of Constraint, helping shatter her Authority, while the resulting spatial chaos forced Han Jiang and the others to choose between pursuing the Herrscher and rescuing their allies.
• Fu Hua and Durandal launched a final coordinated strike, but Honkai’s Will restored the Herrscher of Constraint’s strength, allowing her to escape as Han Jiang saved Fu Hua and the others.
• Seele confronted the fleeing Herrscher of Constraint, shattered her restraint field, and killed her despite the Herrscher’s warning that God would punish her.
• Seele took the Herrscher of Constraint’s Core and showed White Seele a second, blood-red Core that someone from the void had given her.
• Black Seele gave the blood-red Core to White Seele, saying she did not need it to share their body, and withdrew into their heart.
• Kiana and Mei found Seele beside the Herrscher of Constraint’s corpse and asked whether she was all right.

Seele killed the fleeing Herrscher of Constraint after gaining the authority of the Death Herrscher, and Anti-Entropy recovered the Herrscher’s body and Core. At a celebration banquet, Black Seele teased Han Jiang about her power while he asked whether it could resurrect souls.

• Kiana praised Seele for defeating the Herrscher of Constraint, while White Seele struggled to explain that Black Seele had acted.
• Mei contacted Dr. Einstein, and Kiana opened a short-distance portal so the group could move the Core before anyone stole it.
• Welt told Han Jiang, Fu Hua, and Bronya that Seele had killed the fleeing Herrscher, and Anti-Entropy withdrew to headquarters.
• Kevin ordered World Serpent to stop searching and compile data from the Stigmata Project operation, while Schicksal returned to prepare for another attack.
• At Anti-Entropy’s celebration banquet, Seele downplayed her role, but Black Seele later took control and spoke with Han Jiang.
• Han Jiang asked whether the Death Herrscher’s authority could resurrect souls, and Black Seele teased him instead of answering directly.

Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei traveled to Schicksal after it discovered the current era’s Erosion Herrscher, a withdrawn schoolgirl named Soraya. They met her in detention and saw how closely Schicksal monitored her, while Soraya remained absorbed in her book.

• Seele explained that her soul-related powers depended on her condition, then playfully stepped on Han Jiang’s face and joined Kiana and Mei for a card game.
• A month later, Tesla told Han Jiang that Schicksal had found the Erosion Herrscher, and he agreed to go with Kiana and Mei to investigate.
• Han Jiang woke Kiana, and the three traveled to Schicksal, where Amber and Rita guided them to the facility holding Soraya.
• Amber explained that Soraya’s unusual Honkai Energy had been discovered during a hospital examination after she injured classmates and teachers, though Soraya had shown no intent to harm anyone and was cooperating.
• Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei met Soraya through a glass partition and saw her quietly reading in her closely monitored room.

Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei reviewed Soraya’s history of abuse before Schicksal, World Serpent, and Anti-Entropy debated whether to detain or kill her. As the meeting ended without a final decision, Soraya’s Erosion Herrscher consciousness infiltrated Schicksal’s central computer and launched two nuclear missiles toward cities.

• Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei read Soraya’s files and learned that her family and classmates had abused and neglected her for years.
• Soraya told Han Jiang that she believed the human world was hell, while Kiana and Mei struggled to respond to her despair.
• Jackal urged the group to eliminate Soraya and conduct experiments, while Han Jiang recommended killing her if precautions could contain the Erosion Herrscher.
• Durandal postponed the decision until the next day and later allowed Jackal to experiment on Soraya under the Blazing Blades’ supervision.
• Han Jiang told Kiana and Mei that he personally accepted the possibility of killing Soraya because an outbreak could let her use Schicksal’s nuclear arsenal.
• Soraya’s Erosion Herrscher consciousness infiltrated Schicksal’s central computer, opened a Weapon Library, and started an irreversible launch sequence for two nuclear missiles.

Soraya’s sacrifice helped the group defeat the Erosion Herrscher, but Schicksal Floating Island then shook as Honkai outbreaks erupted across the world. Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei rushed toward the Far East while Kevin announced that the global crisis would trigger World Serpent’s Stigmata Project.

• The Erosion Herrscher launched nuclear missiles at two cities, and Rita, Raven, Durandal, and Han Jiang joined forces to attack it.
• Raven used the Staff of the Underworld to sever the Herrscher’s connection to the Imaginary Space, allowing Durandal to destroy its main body; Soraya’s earlier choice had kept the disaster from spreading further.
• Nagamitsu reported widespread Honkai incidents and detected a Herrscher with energy more than a hundred times that of an ordinary Herrscher, prompting Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei to hurry toward the Far East.
• Theresa, Himeko, and Guan Xing coordinated rescue and defense efforts as Honkai Beasts overwhelmed cities, while Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei flew toward the Far East on Bella.
• Kevin told Jackal that World Serpent had already distributed Stigmata Project serum and that the global change in Honkai Energy would soon set the project in motion.

As the Herrscher of the End approached, Han Jiang tried to send his friends to safety, but Guan Xing, Chiyuan's Wing, Blood Embrace, and others chose to stay and fight. After evacuations filled the island near St. Freya, Han Jiang and his companions traveled to Anti-Entropy Headquarters to prepare for the coming battle, while forces across the world made their final preparations.

• Han Jiang offered to send Guan Xing back to the Huang Empire and Chiyuan's Wing and Blood Embrace to safety, but they all chose to remain.
• Han Jiang consulted Welt and learned Anti-Entropy had five evacuation slots available for him to assign as a contingency.
• Luo Nianxi chose to join World Serpent, while Anna and Chen Tianwu left for Anti-Entropy and William departed to join Han Jiang.
• Han Jiang joined Kiana and Mei in evacuating civilians from a city overrun by Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers, and the Far East completed its evacuation about a week later.
• Theresa assigned Himeko and others to defend the Far East while Han Jiang, Kiana, Mei, and Fu Hua went to Anti-Entropy Headquarters.
• Welt, Einstein, and Tesla reviewed preparations for the battle, and Anna, Chen Tianwu, and William joined the coming fight.

Han Jiang and the others prepared for the Herrscher of the End’s arrival on the moon, where they launched a coordinated attack after she emerged from Imaginary Space. The battle left the Herrscher largely unharmed, but Han Jiang signaled that the lunar devices were ready.

• Anna and Chen Tianwu joined Anti-Entropy’s forces, while William stayed behind and the others prepared for battle.
• After three days, the Hyperion carried the fighters to the moon as Anti-Entropy, Schicksal, and World Serpent readied their defenses.
• Seventy-two hours after arriving in space, Han Jiang, Kiana, and Mei explored the lunar ruins before the Herrscher of the End appeared.
• The Hyperion fired on the Herrscher of the End and drained about eleven percent of her energy, but she remained unharmed.
• Fu Hua, Anna, Chen Tianwu, Bronya, and Durandal attacked the Herrscher of the End as she retaliated and injured them.
• Three minutes into the battle, Han Jiang signaled that the devices on the lunar surface had been set up.

Humanity’s forces weakened the Herrscher of the End while Kevin, Mei, and Han Jiang confronted the Honkai consciousness in Imaginary Space. Mei and Kevin sealed the source of Honkai, Han Jiang returned exhausted, and Theresa and the others used the Staffs of the Underworld to seal the End.

• Fu Hua, Durandal, Han Jiang, Kiana, and the others attacked the Herrscher of the End, while lunar instruments drained her power.
• Kevin entered Imaginary Space through the Second Divine Key and joined Su and Otto in fighting the Honkai consciousness.
• Kiana teleported Han Jiang to the chessboard, where Mei revealed his unique nature and sent him to wear down the Honkai consciousness as she and Kevin prepared to seal it.
• Han Jiang fought the consciousness while Mei and Kevin became chains that sealed it; Kiana then brought the exhausted Han Jiang back to the real world.
• Wendy, Seele, Theresa, Yae Sakura, and Luo Nianxi reduced the Herrscher of the End's power, and Theresa and the others used the Staffs of the Underworld to seal her.

After the final battle, humanity rebuilt while the remaining Honkai Energy was collected and converted, and the former fighters settled into new lives. Han Jiang met Durandal in Siberia to pass along Siegfried’s apology, then returned to St. Freya as life continued after the war.

• Anti-Entropy and Schicksal merged two years after the battle, and Theresa became their leader after Durandal declined and Bronya was deemed too young.
• World Serpent disbanded, and its members took on new roles, including Raven living with the children and Chen Tianwu and Anna helping rebuild a devastated region.
• Han Jiang met Durandal at a Valkyrie base in Siberia and brought her to the site of Cecilia’s final battle, where he gave her a dress and passed on Siegfried’s apology.
• Han Jiang and Durandal talked about their past and the future of the Valkyries before returning to the base at sunset.
• At St. Freya, Mei asked Han Jiang about visiting Durandal, and Himeko pulled him away to drink while the others carried on with their evening.
• Otto continued searching beyond the world for a way to revive someone, while Han Jiang returned to work after a hangover and a mysterious girl watched the stars as fireworks lit the Imperial City.

The author reflected on finishing Five Years of Collapse, Three Years of Simulation, thanked readers, and discussed the novel’s shortcomings and ending. The author also promoted a new book and mentioned possible side stories.

• The author thanked readers for supporting the novel through more than two million words and acknowledged its plot holes, typos, and poor performance.
• The author explained that the story’s original cultivation-focused plan changed after reader feedback and said the protagonist’s goal of protecting the Valkyries had been too vague.
• The author said the novel ended with a happy conclusion, sparing Anna and Chen Tianwu while Kevin departed, and admitted the final battle against Honkai felt rushed.
• The author considered possible side stories, including dates with Valkyries, Welt’s wedding, and post-disaster reconstruction.
• The author promoted I Am a Lord in Genshin Impact and thanked readers, commenters, and Yuxin Liuguang for their support.
• The author remembered that Seele, Bronya, and Wendy had been left out of the ending.