Chapter Summaries

Cocolia weighed the danger posed by Anqi and set conditions for taking action against her. She left Anqi's fate to St. Freya for now, while reserving the right to act if Anqi served Honkai.

• Cocolia assessed Anqi's many Authorities and judged her difficult to handle in combat.
• Fu Hua asked what Cocolia planned to do, while St. Freya's people prepared to protect Raiden Mei.
• Cocolia said she would not act recklessly and would let St. Freya try to bring Anqi back to humanity's side.
• Cocolia warned she would intervene if that effort failed and Anqi served Honkai.
• Cocolia withdrew from the matter, easing the tension among those present.

Tesla and Einstein endured Iserin’s relentless scientific discussions until Ninti stopped her and imposed strict rest limits. Meanwhile, the Book of Cang Xuan confronted Skyfire over World Serpent’s Stigmata Project and left warning that Great Void Mountain would watch the organization.

• Tesla brought Iserin into headquarters to discuss Arahato, but their conversation continued until Tesla collapsed from exhaustion.
• After Tesla rested, Iserin questioned Einstein about quantum theory for another day, then grabbed Tesla to demand answers about the body’s design.
• Ninti knocked Iserin unconscious after seventy-two hours and explained the rules for limiting her work and forcing her to rest.
• The Book of Cang Xuan asked Skyfire about World Serpent’s actions and the Stigmata Project, but Skyfire said it was necessary to continue civilization and referred her to Kevin for details.
• The Book of Cang Xuan condemned World Serpent’s extreme path and warned that Great Void Mountain would watch it before leaving with Ji Lin and A-Lin.
• Skyfire stopped Gray Serpent from apologizing, and he withdrew while she sat silently.

Iserin and Ninti tricked Liesel and Frederica into leaving, while Wendy learned that Anqi had become a Herrscher but might still be redeemed. Delta reassured Wendy with more detailed intelligence, then coaxed her into comforting her.

• Iserin gave Liesel and Frederica a data disk, and they left Ninti with her before the two girls celebrated their plan.
• Wendy rushed to Delta with a Schicksal notice about Anqi becoming a Herrscher, while Delta teased her about their relationship.
• Wendy read Delta's S-Rank intelligence, which said Anqi had retained her sanity and been taken away by a Previous Civilization warrior.
• Wendy felt relieved by Otto's prediction that Anqi could still be redeemed, and Delta sulked until Wendy hugged and comforted her.

Wendy continued massaging Delta, who teased her by asking whether she loved her. Wendy avoided answering but accidentally revealed her bashful feelings, leaving Delta amused.

• Delta asked Wendy whether she loved her after pointing out how much of her body Wendy had touched.
• Wendy punched Delta and said the massages and bath were proper contact, while the kiss had happened because Delta tricked her.
• Wendy continued massaging Delta's waist and back, insisting that the pain meant there was still hope for her condition.
• Delta stopped talking when Wendy's dangerous grip made her fear for her spine.
• Wendy blushed and denied saying anything after admitting they had been through so much together.

Anqi hesitated over whether to explore the Kaslana stigmata, while Kiana entered a welfare dream and defeated a dream version of Siegfried. The stigmata selected Kiana for its final assessment, and Anqi discovered that Kiana had vanished from the dream.

• Anqi found an entrance to Kiana's Kaslana stigmata but worried that exploring it could endanger Kiana or expose her to the stigmata's defenses.
• Kiana sneaked through a bone passage and confronted Siegfried in a dream to reclaim Anqi's cat-ear headband.
• Kiana received ruler-level Honkai Energy, overwhelmed Siegfried, and took the headband after defeating him.
• The Kaslana stigmata's filtering mechanism judged Kiana qualified and prepared her for its final assessment.
• Anqi entered the empty welfare dream, realized Kiana was gone, and angrily demanded to know who had taken her.

Kiana was trapped in the Stigmata Space and faced Kevin, whose overwhelming strength left her terrified and unable to fight. Anqi entered to protect her, but Kiana seized the distraction to escape and leave Anqi facing Kevin.

• Kiana teleported away from Kevin’s attack, then collapsed in fear as he demanded that she stand and prove herself.
• Anqi sensed Kiana’s location and entered the Stigmata Space to protect her.
• Kiana regained enough courage to stand, but tried unsuccessfully to escape the space.
• Kevin closed in and brought his flaming sword down on Kiana.
• Anqi blocked Kevin’s sword with a Void Lance, and Kiana slipped away through a tear in space while they were distracted.

Anqi warned Kiana that they needed to escape or pass the trial before it became dangerous, then reassured her that the Herrscher of the Void might still win. Anqi continued searching for a solution as she studied the strange space around them.

• Anqi told Kiana that they had to escape or pass the trial as soon as possible.
• Anqi explained that Kiana's old man had failed the trial before and been marked by the Stigmata Space.
• Anqi warned that if Kiana's old man's mind lost control again, he might be pulled back into the space and never escape.
• Kiana reacted with shock, and Anqi patted her back and said she was thinking of a way out.
• Anqi gazed into the space where the virtual and real intertwined, growing solemn.

Anqi and Kevin fought at overwhelming levels of power until Kiana joined the battle, using the Void Authority to harass Kevin and create openings. Working together, Anqi and Kiana shifted the fight in their favor, leaving Kevin pierced and hurled a hundred miles away.

• Anqi concentrated her strength and Honkai Energy, meeting Kevin’s growing power in a collision that shattered space.
• Kiana overcame her fear and used the Void Authority to sneak up on Kevin, but he struck her away and injured her arm.
• Kiana returned to harass Kevin with flying spears while Anqi pressed her attack and drove him into the abyss.
• Anqi charged Kevin again, and Kiana continued supporting her from a distance despite Anqi’s silence.
• Kiana knocked Kevin’s sword off line with a Void Lance, allowing Anqi to pierce his chest and send him a hundred miles away.

Kiana woke in the hospital and pretended that exhaustion had caused her collapse, leaving the others unsure what had happened. Once she was alone, she curled up and silently cried.

• Theresa decided to contact Grandfather for help, but the medical staff announced that Kiana had awakened.
• Kiana claimed that overtraining and untreated injuries had made her collapse, and asked everyone to let her rest.
• Theresa told Kiana to rest and said they would check with the medical department before leaving the ward with the others.
• After Raiden Mei left and Kiana confirmed no one was outside, she curled up with her pillow and wept.

After Anqi let Kiana regain control, Kiana tested her newly awakened spatial power and decided to keep their promise by facing the future with a smile. She reunited with Raiden Mei and Bronya, whose teasing quickly reminded her that she still needed help with her schoolwork.

• Anqi checked Kiana's body and spirit, then let Kiana push her back into the depths of her psyche.
• Kiana used spatial authority to summon a water cup, then promised the memory of Anqi that she would keep smiling and honor their oath.
• Kiana left her room and hugged Raiden Mei, teasing her until Mei blushed.
• Bronya scolded Kiana for bothering Mei, and Kiana challenged her to a future combat lesson.
• Bronya warned Kiana that she might need tutoring before her next theory exam, prompting Kiana to apologize.

Otto praised Yae Sakura’s work and asked Amber whether Schicksal had found any trace of Anqi, the Thousand-Person Ruler. After learning the search had failed, Otto considered how to turn Anqi into an ally rather than a threat.

• Otto signed Yae Sakura’s evaluation and praised her work, comparing her favorably to Rita.
• Yae Sakura bashfully credited the people who had helped her, and Otto encouraged her to be more confident.
• Otto asked Amber whether Schicksal had found Anqi, and Amber reported that there were no clues.
• Otto reflected on Anqi’s abilities and Su’s possible influence, then began considering the World Serpent as a way to guide her.

An missed Ninti’s help while managing the household and dealt with Anna, who came to report on her Iron Pilot regiment. After Cocolia woke and joined the family for dinner, a message from Einstein summoned her to North America Headquarters to discuss new progress on Abyss City research.

• An brought Anna to Cocolia’s study, where they found Cocolia asleep after working through the night, and An covered her with a windbreaker.
• An sent Anna to watch cartoons with Rosaliya, Liliya, and Chen Tianwen while she prepared dinner.
• Cocolia dismissed Anna’s attempt to report on the regiment, but An persuaded her to let Anna stay for dinner with the children.
• Anna entertained the children with stories about fighting Honkai Beasts and her promotion to Iron Pilot regiment captain.
• Einstein messaged Cocolia that Abyss City research had made new progress and asked her to come to North America Headquarters.

After Ninti worried that she had failed Mother Cocolia’s task, Einstein and Tesla comforted her while Welt recovered from his dive into the sea. With the Eye of the Abyss simulation experiment complete and preparations finished, Einstein invited Cocolia to visit.

• Tesla and Einstein reassured Ninti that Cocolia would not blame her for failing to keep watch over Iserin.
• Welt arrived soaked from the sea, learned Ninti was safe, and waited while Einstein and Tesla comforted her.
• Welt praised staff members for their work on the experiment and promised them rewards.
• Tesla explained that Ninti was caring for Iserin as part of Mother Cocolia’s task, then complained about Cocolia’s funding arrangements.
• Einstein noted that the simulation experiment had passed and invited Cocolia to come by; Cocolia agreed.

Wendy fought her way through a monster-filled experimental base while searching for an exit, but a toxin weakened her even after she used a Valkyrie antidote. With the monsters pursuing her, she fled deeper into the facility.

• Wendy found Honkai Beasts and Suicide Soldiers destroying the base as iron walls sealed off her retreat.
• Wendy covered her face against the mist and carved a path through the monsters while searching for an exit.
• Wendy broke through a doorway and collapsed against a wall as the toxin weakened her.
• Wendy injected a high-ranking Valkyrie potion, but her strength remained compromised.
• Wendy fled deeper into the base as the monsters pursued her.

Delta relented and let Wendy continue her S-rank evaluation, while Otto arranged for Durandal to cover Wendy’s recovery and nutrition. Rita began considering how to smooth over the strained relationship between Delta and Durandal, leaving the evaluation still underway.

• Delta decided to accompany Wendy to the end of her evaluation, despite knowing Wendy’s self-destruction plan was unnecessary.
• Otto hinted to Rita that Durandal should provide for Wendy’s recovery and nutritional needs.
• Rita offered Durandal’s full support for Wendy’s recuperation, and Durandal agreed.
• Rita pondered how to help Durandal avoid a grudge from Delta and decided she would need to find an approach through Wendy.

Otto suspected World Serpent had deliberately let Schicksal obtain valuable technical data as an offer to trade, so he ordered Amber to copy it and monitor for unusual events. He tried to avoid his paperwork, but Yae Sakura and Amber trapped him in his office.

• Otto reasoned that World Serpent had likely provided the data to propose a transaction with Schicksal.
• He considered what World Serpent might demand and ruled out several items he refused to give up.
• Otto told Amber to copy the data for Chouko and watch for abnormalities within Schicksal.
• When a stack of documents arrived, Otto tried to evade his work by drifting toward the office door.
• Yae Sakura locked the door while Amber stood behind Otto, leaving him trapped with his paperwork.

Otto sent Yae Sakura toward the Siberia 147 base inside a rocket, while Durandal proposed copying the method and was left behind. In Siberia, Raven learned that Jackal’s medicine could help the children in her care, but Jackal rejected Raven’s assumption that she would demand intimacy in exchange.

• Yae Sakura merged with Jizo Mitama and traveled toward the Siberia 147 base inside Otto’s rocket.
• Durandal suggested riding a rocket herself to join Sakura, but Rita and Otto distracted her with phone calls; her rocket vehicle was later approved for design and development.
• Jackal demonstrated her ability to control modified Honkai Beasts, and Raven asked why they still needed to find Benales.
• Jackal explained that her artificial Honkai Beasts could not reach Judgment-class strength and warned Raven that neither the Honkai nor the Stigmata Project could be escaped.
• Raven asked Jackal about medicine for Honkai Sickness, learned it could treat the children in the Nest who had awakened stigmata, and asked how to obtain it.
• Jackal denied that Raven needed to offer her body in exchange for the medicine, leaving Raven embarrassed.

Raven and Jackal's retreat from Benales was interrupted when Yae Sakura arrived to reclaim it for Schicksal. Jackal and Otto negotiated a compromise, and the World Serpent convoy departed with permission to seek a meeting with the Venerable Lord, leaving Sakura stranded in the snow.

• Raven ordered the World Serpent squad to retreat after confirming their preparations were complete.
• A rocket crashed in front of the convoy, and Yae Sakura emerged from the wreckage to challenge the World Serpent over Benales.
• Jackal and Otto exchanged threats and offers while negotiating Benales's ownership and use.
• Otto agreed to arrange a chance for Jackal to speak face-to-face with the Venerable Lord in exchange for the World Serpent's withdrawal.
• The World Serpent convoy left, and Yae Sakura realized that her rocket was gone and she had no way back.

Otto questioned Yae Sakura about World Serpent and Kevin, and she promised to help him despite the danger. At Anti-Entropy’s North American headquarters, Iserin, Tesla, and Einstein welcomed Cocolia as she arrived.

• Yae Sakura told Otto that Jackal was powerful and Raven was around Rita’s level after meeting World Serpent’s officers.
• Otto explained that Kevin was a warrior from the Previous Civilization, likely the strongest in the Current Civilization, and said he needed something Kevin possessed.
• Yae Sakura offered to do everything she could for Otto, and he responded with a heartfelt smile.
• At Anti-Entropy’s headquarters, Tesla and Iserin argued about Iserin’s refusal to rest while Einstein listened.
• Cocolia arrived by fighter jet, and the Anti-Entropy group went out to meet her.

Cocolia arranged work for the recovering Siegfried and briefed Anti-Entropy’s leaders on the disappearance of the magical dragon Benales. She suspected World Serpent was involved, leaving the group alert to whatever was coming.

• Cocolia confirmed Siegfried was recovering and persuaded him to take on dangerous work for Anti-Entropy.
• Ninti sent Iserin to her room to sleep while the others gathered in the lounge.
• Cocolia reviewed Anti-Entropy’s work reports as Welt asked whether she had found any issues.
• Cocolia revealed that Benales, monitored by Schicksal, had vanished without waking and said World Serpent was likely involved.
• Einstein asked how many informants Cocolia had placed near Otto, and Cocolia said there were too many to count.