Chapter Summaries

Yae Sakura defeated Tianwu Huo in a staged public battle, then began reconciling Schicksal and Anti-Entropy under her new leadership. After the negotiations, she ordered Durandal to dye her hair white and spend the night with Kiana and the others.

• Anqi sent Yae Sakura and Tianwu Huo off the planet, where Yae Sakura defeated Tianwu Huo before Kevin intervened and rescued her.
• Kevin took Tianwu Huo back to the World Serpent base for treatment and said the Stigmata Project would proceed despite its opponents.
• Yae Sakura returned to Schicksal Headquarters, where Cocolia agreed to closer cooperation between Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.
• Yae Sakura and Cocolia discussed exchanges and other practical steps toward reconciliation, then agreed to continue talks the next day.
• After the meeting, Yae Sakura thanked Rita, Durandal, and Amber for their work and ordered Durandal to dye her hair white and stay with Kiana and the others.

Durandal set out to visit Kiana and the others with a photo album, while Yae Sakura explained to Rita why Durandal should confront her past. Sakura then tasked Rita with investigating troublesome officials and promised to share the burden with her, before asking Rita to take her to bathe.

• Rita braided and dyed Durandal’s hair white, then sent her off with a photo album documenting someone’s life for her to review with Kiana and the others.
• Yae Sakura told Rita that Durandal deserved the chance to face her history and make her own choices instead of having that past severed for her.
• Sakura gave Rita a list of officials to investigate and deal with, saying she wanted to remove the remaining obstacles to unity.
• Sakura comforted Rita and promised to share the emotional burden of her work, and Rita called Sakura her friend.
• Sakura asked Rita to take her to bathe, and Rita agreed as she became captivated by Sakura’s closeness.

Kiana and Durandal looked through a family photo album with Theresa and Siegfried, whose reactions hinted at the truth connecting the two girls. Theresa showed them a photograph of Kiana’s birth and identified Cecilia as their beloved mother, leaving Kiana and Durandal to continue searching the album for answers.

• At dinner, Siegfried and Theresa grew alarmed at how Durandal’s history and habits resembled Kiana’s.
• After dinner, Kiana and Durandal sat together to explore a photo album while the others nervously watched them.
• Theresa showed Kiana and Durandal a photograph of Cecilia holding baby Kiana beside Theresa and Siegfried.
• Theresa told Kiana that Cecilia was her mother and the person who loved her most.
• Kiana and Durandal exchanged a glance and turned to the next page.

Kiana and Durandal affirmed that Kiana would keep her name, while their friends overheard and teased Kiana. Meanwhile, Rita woke beside Yae Sakura and insisted their innocent night of cuddling was normal, though Sakura’s shy reaction left Rita feeling guilty and tempted.

• Durandal told Kiana that the name belonged to her and that she was the best Kiana.
• Anqi, Theresa, Fu Hua, and Raiden Mei overheard and echoed Durandal’s praise until Kiana shrieked and one eye turned golden.
• Rita woke beside Yae Sakura and worried that they had done something improper after drinking together.
• Yae Sakura teased Rita by asking if they were like that, and Rita claimed that girls often slept together as friends.
• Yae Sakura blushed at the thought of such intimacy, while Rita felt guilty but found the pure Archbishop alluring.

Anqi and Mobius worked out that using the cube to connect with the Imaginary Tree required a complete Herrscher seat, not avatars, while ascending through the Honkai God was unnecessary. Anqi stopped Mobius and Vill-V from risking their lives in experiments, leaving their dangerous curiosity temporarily restrained.

• Mobius guided Anqi through Otto's process of attaining godhood and helped her identify that her experiments had used avatars instead of a complete Herrscher seat.
• Mobius explained that a complete Herrscher seat could serve as a medium for the cube's connection to the Imaginary Tree, while the Honkai God was not needed.
• Anqi concluded that she needed to use the cube with the complete power and identity of a Herrscher.
• Mobius and Vill-V considered experimenting on themselves, but Anqi forbade them from integrating a Herrscher core into their bodies.
• Mobius rapped Anqi on the head, while Vill-V nervously laughed, and both temporarily held back their reckless plans.

As the Stigmata Project approached its final act, Kevin and Skyfire discussed the opposition they would face and Kevin’s inevitable death. Kevin asked Skyfire to witness the outcome, leaving her to silently accept his final request.

• Skyfire noted that Mobius also knew Gray Serpent’s loyalties, and Kevin accepted Gray Serpent’s connection to both the Stigmata Project and Mobius.
• Skyfire warned Kevin that Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and Great Void Mountain would oppose them once the Stigmata Project began, and admitted she could not stop them.
• Kevin said that facing the Current Civilization’s opposition was what they wanted.
• Skyfire suggested they say goodbye, recognizing that Kevin had no way back after taking on the Finality Power.
• Kevin asked Skyfire to witness the final outcome, and Skyfire silently sighed.

Anqi prepared the others for the coming battle after the Stigmata Project, assigning Durandal a Kaslana stigmata trial and sending Kiana and Raiden Mei into lethal training in the Theater of Domination. Siegfried remained behind, overlooked and wondering whether he needed training too.

• Anqi explained that Schicksal and Anti-Entropy were sharing intelligence and urged everyone to use the remaining three months to prepare for the Finality.
• Anqi sent Durandal to face the Kaslana stigmata trial and arranged special training for Kiana and Raiden Mei.
• Wendy pushed Delta toward the highest-spec training room despite Delta's protests.
• Anqi gave Kiana and Raiden Mei her Herrscher Cores so she could revive them, then sent them into the Theater of Domination to fight her monstrous, berserk form.
• Siegfried was left alone with snacks and tea and wondered whether he needed training.

Wendy and Delta talked about surviving the coming battles and imagined their life after the Honkai was defeated. The chapter ended with Wendy happily accepting Delta’s retirement fund as they playfully rolled around together.

• Wendy urged Delta to protect herself, remembering how badly she had been injured in the Eastern Sea.
• Delta assured Wendy that they would both stay safe and succeed.
• Wendy imagined supporting Delta after the Valkyries no longer had to fight and worried about the costs of caring for her.
• Delta gave Wendy her savings and explained that dividends from Great Void Mountain Group and Tachibana Group would support them.
• Wendy confiscated the bank card and playfully rolled around with Delta.

Himeko and Bronya completed an exchange plan between the Far East Branch and the East Sea Base while reflecting on their changing roles. Himeko returned to Anqi’s welcoming home, and Bronya was surprised when Seele arrived at the East Sea Base as a medical intern.

• Himeko and Bronya finalized an exchange plan sending Far East Branch interns and Valkyrie instructors to the East Sea Base in return for its engineers, administrators, and mecha troops.
• Bronya told Himeko that managing the East Sea Base was going smoothly, while Himeko confided her frustration at leaving frontline combat behind.
• Himeko went to Anqi’s house and found Anqi preparing dinner for her.
• Bronya returned to the East Sea Base and found Chen Tianwu and Anna in the living room, with Seele waiting in the kitchen.
• Seele told Bronya she had become an intern in the East Sea Base’s Medical Department, and Bronya welcomed her with an embrace.

Tachibana Yuki realized Sirin was unbothered by Schicksal because Anqi had taken it over, and Sirin offered to help fight the Herrscher of Finality. Tachibana Yuki reassured Sirin that she would win without forcing her to fight, and Sirin quietly shared half of her Void Authority with her.

• Tachibana Yuki checked the forum and worried that its discussions of Schicksal had upset Sirin.
• Sirin explained that Anqi's Schicksal belonged to her now, so it did not anger her.
• Sirin offered to help Tachibana Yuki defeat the Herrscher of Finality, but Tachibana Yuki said she would not force Sirin to protect humanity.
• Sirin denied that she was being forced and turned away, then transferred half of her Void Authority to Tachibana Yuki.
• Tachibana Yuki kissed Sirin and pounced on her while Benales continued preparing lunch downstairs.

The team recognized the danger of fighting Kevin at full power, and Durandal set their goal as defeating him while conserving as much stamina as possible. Everyone accepted the plan, while Anqi quietly began preparing even harsher training for them.

• Kiana understood the frightening scale of the figures describing Kevin's strength.
• Fu Hua solemnly acknowledged how badly a fight against Kevin at full power could go.
• Durandal declared that the team would defeat Kevin while conserving their stamina.
• The others accepted Durandal's resolve, believing she would risk her life if it created a chance to win.
• Anqi smiled at their determination and began planning harsher extra training.

Kiana woke with the complete Void Authority and mourned the Herrscher of the Void, who had disappeared after leaving it behind. Durandal tried to make Kiana more independent by having her help prepare lunch, but the family meal was interrupted when powerful fighters sensed something in the sky.

• Anqi helped Kiana wake up and get dressed while Durandal objected to how much she pampered her.
• Kiana recalled her last conversation with the Herrscher of the Void and regretted the hurtful things she had said before the Herrscher vanished, leaving her the complete Void Authority.
• Anqi comforted Kiana, and the two discussed breakfast and their plans for lunch and dinner as Durandal worried about Kiana's dependence.
• Durandal arranged for Kiana to help Fu Hua cook lunch, but Fu Hua and the others made excuses to leave, leaving the Kaslana family behind.
• Just as Durandal, Kiana, Siegfried, and Theresa prepared for lunch, the departing high-tier combatants stopped and looked gravely up at the sky.

Anqi prepared to ascend into a pseudo-god state while the Herrschers searched for a way out and planned for the coming battle. Fu Hua learned that she was Xiao Shi, the inner demon rather than the original Fu Hua, but Ji Lin’s affection helped her accept the revelation, and they set out determined to win the war.

• Anqi entrusted the coming battle to the others, vanished to complete her apotheosis, and the Herrschers split into three groups to search for an exit.
• Fu Hua asked Ji Lin whether she was the inner demon and learned that Ji Lin and the others had already recognized the truth.
• Fu Hua grew angry that everyone had concealed the truth, but Ji Lin cuddled and kissed her, leaving her unsure whom to blame.
• Ji Lin suggested traveling together and completing their engagement after the battle, and Fu Hua warned that marriage plans sounded like a death flag.
• Fu Hua, calling herself the Immortal Crimson Heron, vowed that they would defeat Kevin and the End, and Ji Lin encouraged her.

Fu Hua and Kevin reunited as enemies and asked whether she loved the current era; she affirmed that she did, and the two began their decisive battle. Kevin and Fu Hua transformed into their ultimate forms, leaving their allies to watch the clash begin.

• Kevin asked Fu Hua whether she liked this era, and Fu Hua said that she liked it very much.
• Kevin told Fu Hua to prove that she could protect the era, and she accepted his challenge.
• Kevin invoked Brahma Hundred Beasts and transformed into Asura Kevin.
• Fu Hua awakened Garuda's power, formed a feather-scaled battle suit, and took a martial arts stance.

Kiana and the others turned Kevin’s surprise attack into a counterattack, but he remained a severe threat as the fight continued on the moon. At the command center, the team worried that their fighters were nearing their limits and waited for Anqi to recover enough to join the battle.

• Kiana used her Authority to pull Fu Hua and Durandal in front of her, and they blocked Kevin’s charge.
• Raiden Mei and another fighter attacked Kevin from both sides, creating a miniature sun on the moon.
• Tesla, Mobius, and Vill-V discussed Kevin’s strength as Einstein warned that the fighters were exceeding their limits and could not hold out much longer.
• Tesla considered sending Vill-V’s Anti-Anqi Armament No. 007 into battle, while Anqi continued enduring the aftereffects of godhood.
• Wendy declared her faith in Delta, and the command center’s observers prayed for the women fighting on the moon.

Fu Hua and Durandal struck Kevin during their battle on the moon, destroying his physical body as he began receiving the power of Finality. Fu Hua collapsed after telling Anqi they had fulfilled their trust, and Anqi awakened deep within the planet.

• Kevin unleashed flames from the Jie Mie greatsword, and Fu Hua broke through them to attack him.
• Durandal, lying in a pool of blood, pierced Kevin's neck with a dark spear.
• Kevin released the power within the greatsword as Fu Hua struck him, and their combined attack devastated the moon.
• Fu Hua collapsed in the crater while Kevin's body transformed as he received the Finality Power.
• Fu Hua said they had lived up to the trust, and Chimera Anqi opened her golden eyes deep within the planet.

As Anqi and Kevin fought a world-shaking battle, the Final Battle Squad learned that Anqi had sent them a reason to survive rather than a real role in the fight. When Anqi asked for help tracing the Cocoon of the Finality, Vill-V discovered a backdoor left by Dr. Mei and prepared Kiana to use it, despite the danger.

• Vill-V opened the command room to reveal the battle and hundreds of feeds, while Mobius explained that the Previous Civilization had never fought Finality on this scale.
• Mobius told the squad that Anqi had only asked them to buy time so they would have a reason to survive, and explained the choices humanity faced if she lost.
• Anqi and Kevin continued their brutal battle across the planet and into space as Anqi began to tire and sent a request for help tracing the Cocoon of the Finality.
• Vill-V noticed a marking on Kiana's abdomen, recognized it as Dr. Mei's backdoor, and took Kiana to the laboratory to use it.
• Vill-V warned that she could not guarantee Kiana's safety, but Kiana agreed to proceed, reassured Raiden Mei, and vanished in a flash of white light.

Kiana reached Prometheus inside a strange space and persuaded her to help redirect the Finality Power from Kevin, despite the danger to Kiana. Meanwhile, the battle between the angel and Finality continued into outer space, with their latest clash lighting up the planet and moon.

• Kiana encountered Prometheus and asked her to help with the purple patterns on her abdomen.
• Prometheus explained that redirecting the Finality Power from Kevin was the only way to influence it and warned that Kiana’s fate would be miserable.
• Kiana insisted that helping was humanity’s choice, and Prometheus agreed to assist her.
• The angel and Finality continued their battle, exchanging powerful attacks that shattered space and drove the fight into outer space.
• The angel raised her scepter as Finality swung her double-edged sword, and their clash illuminated the planet and moon.

Ninti restored the Authority of Reason and used it to rebuild Earth, while Kevin fell to his death after the battle. He said farewell to his friends and vanished as light, leaving them as humanity’s world returned.

• Ninti rebuilt the Authority of Reason and flew off to activate it.
• Ninti’s towers covered Earth in energy waves, dissipating the civilization aggregate and restoring the planet.
• Ninti caught the falling Kevin and brought him to a flower-filled plain.
• Fu Hua, Flame-Chaser, Mobius, and Vill-V gathered around Kevin as he urged them to cherish their loved ones and send greetings to Su and Griseo.
• Kevin closed his eyes and shattered into specks of light that drifted away among the flowers.

Kiana and Anqi discussed how their Finality powers may have neutralized each other and returned them to an earlier state, and Anqi predicted they would soon go back. The chapter ended with Anqi suddenly practicing boxing, filling Kiana with foreboding.

• Kiana and Anqi fondly recalled their first meeting and argued over who had been stronger.
• Anqi deduced that their Finality powers had neutralized each other and caused them to revert to an earlier state.
• Anqi suggested that their presence there might be connected to causality or a subconscious memory and said they should return soon.
• Kiana accepted Anqi's explanation and relaxed, but then heard a metallic bouncing sound.
• Kiana saw Anqi practicing boxing and felt an ominous premonition.