Recaps

Kiana escaped with Kallen after defeating Arthur with the Mebius Aura, then learned that Kallen had stolen a dangerous weapon identified as the Divine Key Jizo-Mitama. Himeko, Bronya, Mei, Seele, and Theresa caught up with Kiana, while Lin Nai remained missing.

• Kiana struck Arthur with the Mebius Aura, then used a Mebius Cut to stop his masked allies and fled with Kallen.
• Kallen told Kiana she had stolen a weapon to keep it from people who might misuse it, and described it as a katana that could summon Jizo-Mitama.
• Kiana recognized the weapon as the Twelfth Divine Key, Jizo-Mitama, and recalled Lin Nai's remarks about its origins.
• Himeko punched Kiana when the group found her, then pulled her up while Bronya teased her and Mei checked on her.
• Kiana asked where Lin Nai was, and Seele said they had not seen him since entering.

Kiana and the others learned that Kallen was a data record and decided to help her despite Theresa’s warning that the real Kallen had died five hundred years earlier. Bronya used Lin Nai’s code list to arm the group with new forms and weapons, while Lin Nai watched over them and noted that the codes would vanish after one use.

• Kallen recognized Fu Hua as the Crimson Kite Immortal, and Fu Hua recalled their past encounter involving the Oath of Judas.
• Theresa explained that Kallen was only a virtual record, but Kiana insisted on trying to help her, and Theresa agreed.
• Bronya used Lin Nai’s code list to load combat forms and abilities for the group.
• Kiana, Mei, Theresa, Himeko, Fu Hua, Seele, Bronya, and Kallen reacted to their new appearances and equipment.
• Lin Nai watched from above and noted that the codes were single-use, in case Otto tried something.

Lin Nai prepared to confront Otto in the virtual space while Kiana, Bronya, and Mei Raiden chose to storm Schicksal Headquarters and install Kallen as Overseer. As Schicksal Headquarters exploded, Lin Nai taunted Data Otto and considered reconstructing a virtual world from a hidden Schicksal Database record.

• Lin Nai equipped the group for their virtual-space outing and decided to attack Otto, while Kiana, Mei Raiden, Bronya, and Seele discussed what they should do.
• After the discussion, Kiana, Bronya, and Mei Raiden led an assault on Schicksal Headquarters, aiming to overthrow its rule and make Kallen Overseer.
• Theresa questioned where the girls had gotten their blunt plan, while Lin Nai sneezed elsewhere.
• Lin Nai taunted Data Otto, who complained that Lin Nai had already carved him up three times.
• Lin Nai watched Schicksal Headquarters explode and considered using a hidden Schicksal Database record to reconstruct a virtual world.

Kiana woke from the virtual space after meeting a self-aware virtual Kallen and reflected on how real their encounter had felt. The chapter ended with Kiana remembering Kallen’s parting words and blushing.

• Lin Nai knocked Otto unconscious and considered creating a virtual Yae Sakura personality to meet Kallen.
• Bronya found she could only construct the Star of Eden, while Kiana, Mei Raiden, and the others battled through Schicksal Headquarters.
• Kiana’s group reached Nicholas Apocalypse’s office, and Kiana forced him to agree to make Kallen the Schicksal Overseer.
• Lin Nai learned that Chijie, Kevin, Su, Hen, and Cosmo had been feminized after drinking Elysia’s potion and decided to ask Elysia what happened.
• Kiana woke from the virtual pod and recalled meeting Kallen in the Schicksal Database’s hidden records.

Kiana woke from the virtual world and joined Lin Nai and the others for crayfish and drinks, while recalling Kallen’s unexpected words before she left. In the virtual space, Kallen wondered whether the peaceful world had truly changed and hoped it could become something more.

• Kiana climbed out of the virtual pod, joined Lin Nai’s meal, and eagerly ate crayfish while the others teased her.
• Kiana recalled that Kallen knew she was a virtual personality and had thanked her for helping, then said something that left Kiana flustered.
• Lin Nai and Himeko drank baijiu while Kiana cheered them on, Theresa drank bitter melon juice, and Fu Hua quietly drank water.
• Kallen wrote in her diary that several days had passed without the virtual space resetting or following its former course.
• Kallen looked over the peaceful city and hoped that, if possible, something more could happen.

Kallen found Data Yae Sakura’s body and a note suggesting she use it while Yae Sakura’s consciousness remained unfinished. The next morning, Lin Nai woke Himeko after a drinking contest, and the group started their day after Fu Hua served breakfast.

• Kallen found Data Yae Sakura lying on the floor and read a note suggesting she use the body for now.
• Lin Nai found Himeko asleep in the messy living room after she lost their drinking contest.
• Fu Hua stopped Lin Nai from using his rough hangover-soup method on Himeko and served her soup instead.
• Lin Nai asked Fu Hua for a life-saving item because he feared meeting the real Kiana at Schicksal Headquarters.
• Kiana came downstairs, ate the breakfast Fu Hua had prepared, and began the day with Lin Nai and Fu Hua.

Bronya and Lin Nai visited Hohom Paradise, where Bronya won a huge haul of prizes from claw machines. When Bronya asked for watermelon, Lin Nai was stunned by the fruit seller’s outrageous price and challenged him about it.

• Bronya took over the claw machine after Lin Nai failed to win anything and collected a mountain of prizes.
• Lin Nai pulled Bronya away when the claw machine owner begged them to stop and the neighboring shop owner closed up to avoid them.
• Lin Nai stored the prizes in his System Space and wondered why his system had gone quiet.
• Bronya asked Lin Nai for watermelon, and he went to a fruit stand with her.
• Lin Nai asked the seller the price and objected when the man demanded 4,000 Far East Coin for one watermelon.

Lin Nai and Bronya spent the day at Hohom Paradise, where Lin Nai exposed a vendor selling an unripe melon and endured Chijie's anger over his wasabi prank. The system then delivered Lin Nai a Holy Grail as a delayed reward for knocking Otto out, leaving him surprised by its sudden arrival.

• Lin Nai tested a vendor's claim that his expensive melons were ripe, smashed an unripe one, and called the police to have the vendor arrested.
• Bronya checked her plans for the day, which included taking Lin Nai street racing to watch the stars that night.
• Lin Nai visited Chijie and was told to get lost over his past prank of filling every sandwich cookie with wasabi.
• Lin Nai followed Bronya around Hohom Paradise as she rode attractions and took intimate photos with him to send to Kiana.
• The system gave Lin Nai a Holy Grail as a delayed reward for knocking Otto out with a club, and Lin Nai questioned why it had not arrived earlier.

Lin Nai and Bronya went to Hohom Paradise, where Theresa and Himeko joined them after Theresa tried to stop their date. Fu Hua watched from a distance, but a power outage shut down the park and left everyone disappointed.

• Lin Nai noticed a familiar figure and quietly headed toward an alley with Bronya.
• Theresa and Himeko appeared, and Lin Nai reminded Theresa that she had approved his leave request.
• Theresa tried to join Lin Nai and Bronya's outing, but Lin Nai offered to pay for her and Himeko to have fun separately.
• Lin Nai realized Fu Hua was watching them from a nearby mountain, and Fu Hua retreated after being spotted.
• Hohom Paradise lost power, ending the outing and leaving Theresa frustrated after a day of work.

After the blackout at Hohom Paradise, Bronya took Lin Nai for a dangerously fast motorcycle ride, and the two ended up at a police station. Tesla and Einstein collected them, where Bronya admitted her license had been revoked and Tesla was also accused of driving without a valid license.

• Theresa found Lin Nai and Bronya after the power went out, and Bronya decided they would return another time.
• Bronya constructed motorcycles and sped away with Lin Nai, leaving Himeko and Theresa behind.
• Lin Nai finished giving a statement at a police station and learned that Tesla and Einstein had come to collect him and Bronya.
• An officer scolded Bronya for street racing without a license, and Bronya said her license had been revoked.
• Tesla was recognized for having her own license revoked for speeding, so she claimed Einstein had driven them there.
• Einstein took Lin Nai home while Tesla praised Bronya's driving.

Lin Nai considered using the Holy Grail to bring back people Fu Hua wanted to see and planned a trip to World Serpent headquarters with her. Theresa and Himeko returned to the villa after playing at Hohom Paradise, while Bronya became suspicious about Mei and Seele leaving to find food.

• Kiana laughed at Bronya for going on a date at the station, but Bronya reminded her that she had spent the day studying while Bronya spent time with Lin Nai.
• Lin Nai considered visiting World Serpent with the Holy Grail, which he confirmed could grant wishes, and imagined using it to bring back Yae Sakura and Kallen to torment Otto.
• Fu Hua said she would accompany Lin Nai and thought privately about finding a way to screw him over.
• Theresa and Himeko returned and explained that Hohom Paradise had regained power after Lin Nai left, so they stayed to play.
• Bronya asked where Mei and Seele had gone, and Kiana said they had left because the refrigerator was empty; Lin Nai knew the kitchen fridge was not actually empty.

Lin Nai and the others discussed Mei helping Kiana’s alliance sabotage Hohom Paradise’s power, while Himeko asked Theresa for leave. Theresa agreed to let Lin Nai take leave in exchange for extra work, and Lin Nai planned to find out where Kallen had sealed Yae Sakura.

• Mei had cut the power at Hohom Paradise after Kiana persuaded her to help the Anti-Bronya Alliance.
• Himeko asked Theresa for leave, but Theresa refused because she needed help with Lin Nai and her work.
• Theresa offered to lend Himeko to help Lin Nai, and Himeko silently rebuked her for implying she had no dates.
• Theresa agreed to Lin Nai’s leave in exchange for him handling an extra day of work, and Lin Nai accepted.
• Lin Nai considered bringing Yae Sakura to surprise Otto and realized he needed to ask Kallen where she had sealed Yae Sakura.

Lin Nai and Kiana followed Kallen’s directions to a ruined shrine in the Far East, where they learned about the Fox God and the village’s sacrifices. They reached the cherry blossom tree said to mark the seal’s location, but Lin Nai could not sense any sealing power.

• Lin Nai told Kiana to accompany him when he went to find someone connected to Kallen’s message.
• Mei Raiden and Seele returned to the villa with bags, while Bronya left the mystery of Hohom Paradise’s blackout unresolved and suspected Kiana was involved.
• Lin Nai and Kiana traveled to the ruins of Yae Shrine and discussed the Fox God and the human sacrifices once offered there.
• Lin Nai and Kiana explored the damaged shrine, noticing claw marks that might have come from a Honkai Beast.
• They found a cherry blossom tree at the supposed sealing site, but Lin Nai sensed no seal despite Kiana recalling that the Obsidian Spear and the Oath of Judah had created it.

Lin Nai tested whether the seal had lifted and drew Ling out, while Kiana met Yae Sakura and learned about her connection to Kallen. At a café, Ling complained about her old battle with Kallen, and Fu Hua arrived with a device after Lin Nai called her over, hoping Kiana would stir up trouble between St. Freya and the Fire Moths Heroes.

• Lin Nai tested the vanished seal with a loudspeaker announcement, and Ling emerged to attack him before realizing he had tricked her.
• Yae Sakura asked Kiana about Kallen, then learned that Kallen had died after telling Kiana about their past.
• Ling hugged Lin Nai at a café and complained that Kallen had ambushed her in battle fifty thousand years earlier.
• Lin Nai explained that Ling was a Fire Moth Hero whose older sister Sakura resembled Yae Sakura, and Kiana realized why Ling called him brother-in-law.
• Fu Hua arrived with a headset-like device and revealed that Lin Nai had called her over.

Lin Nai told Yae Sakura that a ritual could give her a chance to revive Kallen Kaslana. He revealed that the ritual was a Holy Grail War, whose rules he could change, though the Grail would need sixty years to recharge afterward.

• Fu Hua joined Lin Nai, Ling, and Kiana, and Ling teased Lin Nai about her sister while Kiana considered using Kallen’s advice against Bronya and the others.
• Lin Nai found Kevin stabbed on the ground, mourned him briefly, and then collected his body.
• Lin Nai told Yae Sakura that she could have an opportunity to revive Kallen Kaslana.
• Kiana asked whether Lin Nai could also revive Cecilia, and Lin Nai explained that revival required a ritual.
• Lin Nai revealed that the ritual was a Holy Grail War and that he could alter its rules, but the Grail would take sixty years to recharge after use.

Lin Nai helped Yae Sakura enter the virtual data space to meet Kallen, but Kallen awkwardly tried to touch her while Sakura was unconscious, leaving Sakura blushing when she returned. Theresa then met Yae Sakura and struggled to make sense of her connection to Kallen.

• Lin Nai offered to make a consciousness copy of Yae Sakura, but she asked to enter the virtual data space herself so she could see Kallen.
• Lin Nai and the others returned to St. Freya, where Yae Sakura connected to the improved machine and entered the data space.
• Yae Sakura found herself unclothed in the virtual world, and Kallen entered, believing Sakura was unconscious and touching her.
• Fu Hua noticed Yae Sakura's flushed face, and Lin Nai realized something had happened in the data space.
• Theresa met Yae Sakura and wondered whether she should consider Kallen her mother because Kallen was her ancestor and lover.

Lin Nai explained the Holy Grail War and its power to resurrect the dead, prompting Theresa to ask him for one final favor so she could bring Cecilia back. The chapter ended with Theresa misunderstanding Lin Nai’s teasing offer and panicking about it crossing the line.

• Yae Sakura blushed after leaving the data space, while Ling clung to Lin Nai and called him her brother-in-law.
• Fu Hua explained how Ling had joined them, and Bronya grew jealous when Ling took her place beside Lin Nai.
• Lin Nai explained the Holy Grail War’s rules and the Holy Grail’s wish-granting power to the group.
• Theresa asked whether the Holy Grail could resurrect Cecilia, and Lin Nai cautiously said it probably could not directly remove Honkai.
• Theresa offered to grant Lin Nai any request in exchange for one last favor, and he teased her until she panicked about his intentions.

Lin Nai gathered participants for the Holy Grail War and tricked Theresa into signing a contract to work for him for five years. He invited Raven to join after learning she already owned an island villa, and she asked what the Holy Grail War was.

• Lin Nai asked Theresa to help him finish ten years of work, and she negotiated the request down to five years in exchange for a chance to revive Cecilia.
• Theresa signed Lin Nai's contract, then learned from Fu Hua that she had already been among the original participants and realized she had been tricked into working for him.
• Bronya, Mei Raiden, and Seele expressed interest in joining the Holy Grail War, while Lin Nai kept the identities of other participants secret.
• Lin Nai counted Theresa, Kiana, Mei Raiden, Bronya, Seele, Fu Hua, and Yae Sakura among the participants and considered inviting Otto and people from World Serpent.
• Lin Nai asked Raven about her wishes, learned that she wanted lots of money and already owned an island villa, and invited her to join the Holy Grail War.
• Raven asked Lin Nai what the Holy Grail War was.

Lin Nai accompanied Fu Hua and Ling to World Serpent’s hidden Elysia Realm, an ark containing people from the Previous Civilization. As they entered, Ling asked Lin Nai to help stop her sister, Sakura, while Fu Hua reflected on how the Heroes could handle a Herrscher.

• Lin Nai explained the Holy Grail War to Raven, who agreed to participate and hoped to retire after the job.
• Lin Nai and Su tried to outwit each other in a skit, but Chijie and Hen joined forces against Lin Nai.
• Fu Hua brought Lin Nai and Ling to World Serpent’s hidden base and explained that Elysia Realm had been moved into a separate dimension.
• Ling asked Lin Nai to help stop Sakura, and Lin Nai agreed while secretly planning to let Ling draw her sister’s attention.
• Ling proudly recalled that she had once been a Herrscher, while Fu Hua noted that the Previous Civilization’s Heroes could gang up on one.

Lin Nai entered the Elysian Realm and was ambushed by Hen and Chijie, who beat him to vent their resentment over his earlier actions. After Fu Hua pulled him from the ground, Hen stopped short of punching him and agreed to let the matter end.

• Lin Nai entered the Elysian Realm, where Hen and Chijie confronted him while Fu Hua locked the gate behind them.
• Hen attacked Lin Nai with a string of improvised martial arts moves, and Lin Nai dodged his Monkey Steals the Peach strike before retaliating against Hen.
• Chijie threw Lin Nai to the ground and drove his head into it, then left after welcoming him back.
• Fu Hua pulled Lin Nai out of the ground, and Lin Nai admitted he had let the Heroes vent their anger because he had been in the wrong.
• Hen ran up and stopped his punch just before it hit Lin Nai, then waved off the fight and said he would let the matter go.

Lin Nai returned to the Elysian Realm and learned that the Flame-Chasers were waiting to confront him over his past actions. While trying to find Eden at Golden Court, he got lost in the expanded realm and stumbled into a district full of Armed Dolls.

• Hen warned Lin Nai that a major confrontation was coming and suggested he meet the others or face them all at Golden Court.
• Branca and Griseo greeted Lin Nai, and he chatted with them before their family left.
• Fu Hua headed to Golden Court with Ling, leaving Lin Nai to visit the others on his own.
• Lin Nai tried to find Eden at the bar but got lost in the Elysian Realm's greatly expanded streets.
• Lin Nai encountered a crowd of Armed Dolls, who recognized him and joked about collecting his corpse.

Lin Nai tried to escape the Armed Dolls after they mistook him for a prize, but their pursuit turned into a brawl before an unknown Armed Doll led him away. A brief flashback showed Lin Nai intervening in a battle with the Herrscher of Rock and taking its core and the Heavenly Fire Greatsword.

• The Armed Dolls learned Lin Nai was alive and planned to alert the Flame-Chasers, hoping to watch the drama unfold.
• Lin Nai ran from the Armed Dolls, who chased him through the area and tried to claim rewards for catching him.
• A mechanical dog lured Lin Nai into an alley, where the Armed Dolls surrounded him and then began fighting each other over their loyalties.
• An unknown Armed Doll tugged Lin Nai by the hem and led him away.
• In the mini-theater, Lin Nai rescued Kevin and Mei from the Herrscher of Rock, then appeared holding its core and the Heavenly Fire Greatsword.

Lin Nai followed Klein to Mobius’s laboratory, where Mobius confronted him for putting her teammates into hibernation. She tied him to an operating table and began an alarming examination before someone interrupted.

• Lin Nai followed Klein through a hidden passage and learned she was taking him to Mobius’s laboratory.
• Mobius mocked Lin Nai for putting her teammates into hibernation and called him a traitor to her trust.
• Lin Nai joked about bondage, and Mobius had Klein tie him up and place him on the operating table.
• Mobius began touching Lin Nai as she said she wanted to go deeper, and Lin Nai protested that the situation would get censored.
• An unseen voice objected that Mobius could not keep Lin Nai to herself.

Elysia interrupted Mobius while Lin Nai was tied up, then joined Mobius and Lin Nai in an intimate encounter in the laboratory. Afterward, Elysia revealed Mobius’s plan to frustrate Lin Nai, and she warned him that their score was not settled.

• Elysia arrived at Mobius’s laboratory and declined to rescue Lin Nai, saying she had come to join in.
• Mobius transformed back into her mature form, and she, Elysia, and Lin Nai had sex while Lin Nai remained tied to the operating table.
• Lin Nai asked Mobius why she had taken that form, and Elysia revealed Mobius had planned to leave him pent-up because he could not act against her in her smaller form.
• Elysia tried to get revenge by punching Lin Nai, but his defense blocked her attacks.
• Elysia told Lin Nai that she and Mobius would settle the score with him when he returned that night.

Elysia reminded Lin Nai to reach the Golden Court before dinner and joked about rules for staying safe there. At the Golden Court, the others waited for Lin Nai and learned that Elysia had bought condoms with Eden’s money, leaving everyone wondering what she planned to do.

• Elysia warned Lin Nai to reach the Golden Court before dinner and avoid wandering at night, while Mobius objected to Elysia’s teasing rules.
• In a flashback, Vill-V asked Lin Nai to test her new game, but he refused unless she took over his chores.
• The Golden Court residents discussed dinner while waiting for Lin Nai, and Klein returned exhausted after finishing overtime before collapsing asleep.
• Eden told everyone that Elysia had bought a box of condoms from the convenience store using Eden’s money.
• Pardo asked why the Elysian Realm sold condoms, and Eden explained that they stocked them for the rare chance that Fusion Warriors could get pregnant.