Chapter Summaries

Seele won Theresa’s scythe-climbing challenge after Black Seele threw her toward the summit, while Lin Nai watched Kaiwen try to force Su to admit defeat. The chapter ended with Kaiwen still pinning Su down and Lin Nai warning her that Mei might hear her insults about Mei’s pancakes.

• Black Seele released her scythe, grabbed Seele, and threw her toward the summit, where Seele reached for the golden Holy Grail information.
• Seele won the challenge after using Black Seele’s jar as a foothold, and the narration noted that Rita might have won if Theresa had not increased the difficulty.
• Kaiwen used the Seven-Day Lock of Unbreakable Love to pin Su down, but Su refused to admit defeat despite Kaiwen hitting her with two hammers.
• Lin Nai imagined humiliating Su if she emerged from the sea as a woman and joked that he and Elysia would publicize the transformation.
• Kaiwen complained that Su’s mouth was harder than Mei’s pancakes, and Lin Nai reminded her that Mei might be watching.

Kaiwen panicked after Lin Nai and Elysia told her Mei had witnessed her behavior, while Su teased her about old punishments. Elsewhere, Seele read a clue placing the Holy Grail inside a giant beast sealed beneath the sea, and the group debated what the beast might be and whether they would need to search underwater.

• Lin Nai and Elysia made Kaiwen believe Mei had seen everything and warned that her funeral was near.
• Su told Kaiwen that Elysia had posted videos of Mei punishing her in the Previous Civilization, leaving Kaiwen to worry about what new punishments Lin Nai might invent.
• Kiana asked Seele about the Holy Grail clues and pushed Black Seele aside.
• Seele read that the Holy Grail lay inside the belly of a giant beast sealed in the sea for a thousand years.
• Kiana, Theresa, Rita, and Seele considered whether the beast might be a whale or a Honkai Beast and concluded that their next search might take them underwater.

Kiana and Sirin left the Holy Grail site as Seele sent its information to Bronya. At the racetrack, Fu Hua explained that Jilin had sacrificed herself to seal Chi You, while Lin Nai revealed that he had chosen the nearby island by coincidence and considered how to deal with the beast.

• Kiana and Sirin decided to leave as the Honkai energy suppression began fading, and Seele photographed the Holy Grail information for Bronya.
• After the race, Kallen woke up and joined the others for a meal while Otto and Yae Sakura fussed over her.
• Duck Duck told the group that Seele had sent Bronya information about the Holy Grail, including a clue about a giant beast sealed beneath the deep sea.
• Fu Hua explained that Jilin had sacrificed herself a thousand years earlier to seal the Honkai Beast Chi You in the Land of Nine Nether, along with her Stigmata and Xuanyuan Sword.
• Otto realized Lin Nai had chosen an island near Shenzhou, while Lin Nai privately noted the choice had been a coincidence and considered letting the Elysian Realm fight Chi You if necessary.

Bronya gathered the others at the beach after confirming the sealed beast was Chi You, while Raven and Edison waited for a chance to pursue the Holy Grail. Lin Nai returned from meeting Elysia’s group, and the story left off as Kiana and the others arrived to prepare for an underwater search.

• Fu Hua, Bronya, and Lin Nai confirmed that the sealed giant beast was Chi You and that it was part of the Holy Grail War.
• Bronya planned to tell Seele and gather their forces before they went underwater to investigate Chi You.
• Raven asked Edison when they would search for the Holy Grail, and Edison told her to wait until they could reap the benefits.
• Lin Nai returned hungry, avoided Tesla’s questions about perfume, and joked with Tesla and Einstein.
• Bronya summoned the others to the beach, where Kiana arrived and Bronya told her not to shout.

Bronya wondered when she would develop, while Su explained that Kaiwen had realized Mei had overheard her complaints about Mei’s cooking. The group prepared to investigate the sealed Honkai Beast Chi You, and a side story showed Mobius asking Lin Nai to teach her to cook.

• Bronya compared herself with her future self and hoped she would develop enough to attract Lin Nai.
• Su told Little Shix that Kaiwen had complained about Mei’s cooking without realizing Mei could hear her, leaving Kaiwen distraught.
• Theresa stayed silent after Kaiwen used her hammer to smash a building, covering Theresa in dust.
• Rita and Durandal discussed going underwater to find Chi You and retrieve the Holy Grail inside it.
• In the Previous Civilization side story, Mobius asked Lin Nai to teach her how to cook.

The groups began their submarine search for Chi You and the Holy Grail, while the submarine passengers chatted and bickered. Kiana spotted Anti-Entropy mechs moving through the deep sea, leaving the group wondering why they were there.

• Lin Nai regretted agreeing to teach Mei to cook after her attempts destroyed the kitchen, and he was forced to switch kitchens with her.
• Kiana and Bronya set off in a submarine with most of the groups to search for Chi You and the Holy Grail, while Otto took Kallen and Yae Sakura aboard his own submarine and Raven and Edison stayed behind.
• The passengers looked around the deep sea as Kiana admired the ocean, Mei Raiden read a book, and Kaiwen tried to steal noodles from Su.
• Big Duck Duck asked Fu Hua where the Land of Nine Nether was, and Little Shix suggested Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu might know, prompting Mei to point out they had forgotten to ask them before diving.
• Kiana spotted Anti-Entropy mechs outside the submarine, and Bronya confirmed they were heading somewhere but wondered why they were there.

Bronya, Kiana, and the others reached the Land of Nine Nether for the archaeological expedition, while Theresa resolved to find a stigmata for Himeko as well as the Holy Grail. Bronya stopped Kiana from rushing into the water by threatening to expose her past truancy.

• Bronya checked her phone and realized that Tesla and Einstein had messaged her about Anti-Entropy's archaeological expedition.
• In a Previous Civilization skit, Lin Nai tricked Kevin into eating Mei's blackened lunchbox, and Kevin collapsed after swallowing it.
• Kiana spotted the Land of Nine Nether, and Theresa recalled Himeko's fluctuating condition and decided to seek a stigmata for her.
• Durandal woke as the group arrived, while Kaiwen and Su stayed in the submarine to provide support.
• Bronya held Kiana back for a warm-up and threatened to tell Lin Nai and Himeko that Kiana had skipped Uncle Yang's classes.

Kiana and the others prepared to search the Land of Nine Nether for the Holy Grail, while Theresa and Cecilia caught Kiana admitting she had skipped class. Back in the audience, Himeko and Lin Nai planned Kiana’s punishment, leaving her unaware that trouble awaited after the Holy Grail War.

• Theresa and Cecilia lectured Kiana for skipping class, and Bronya hurried her along to warm up before the group entered the water.
• Theresa noticed that the Overseer’s submarine was missing, and Rita guessed that he had gone searching elsewhere.
• Bronya confirmed that the group’s wireless communication worked, while Durandal searched for an entrance to the Land of Nine Nether.
• Lin Nai jolted Kevin awake with lightning, and Kevin checked that he had not been turned into a woman.
• Himeko and Lin Nai devised a copywork punishment for Kiana, and Himeko planned to blame Lin Nai when Kiana asked about it.
• Pardo arrived with her food cart while Lin Nai watched from the audience.

Kiana and the others reached the ancient ruins of the Land of Nine Nether and found a stone gate they chose not to force open. After reading the tablets about Jilin and the Crimson Kite Bird, Fu Hua quietly reflected on the story while Bronya wondered why Elysia had hidden the Holy Grail inside Chi You.

• Pardo sold Lin Nai a box of watermelon on her tab and left Canned Food with him.
• Kiana and the others found the entrance to the Land of Nine Nether and gathered before its stone gate.
• Bronya stopped Kiana and Durandal from breaking the gate, and the group searched for another way in.
• The group found tablets describing Lian Shan's search for Jilin and the Crimson Kite Bird statue he made to accompany her.
• Cecilia asked Kiana to let Fu Hua reflect alone, while Bronya questioned why Elysia had hidden the Holy Grail inside Chi You.

Kiana and the others searched for the mechanism at the Crimson Kite Bird statue, but Kiana and Durandal were pulled through a stone wall. They found themselves in a vast sealed space, where Kiana noticed that Lin Nai’s Mebius Aura had appeared on her arm.

• Kiana, Fu Hua, and the others decided to stop speculating about Chi You and follow the clue to the Crimson Kite Bird statue.
• Fu Hua led the group to Lian Shan’s statue, and Kiana approached the stone wall in search of a secret.
• A voice called the group filthy humans, and Kiana was pulled toward the wall; Durandal grabbed her, and they were both drawn inside.
• Rita tried to rush after them, but Theresa and Sirin said Kiana could escape danger, while Fu Hua warned that the wall’s inscriptions were ancient sealing spells.
• Kiana landed inside a vast space with Durandal and discovered a crimson wristguard on her arm that she identified as Lin Nai’s Mebius Aura.

Kiana and Durandal used the Mebius Aura to find their way through the tunnels after realizing they had been going in circles. They reunited with Mei, Bronya, Fu Hua, and the others, who had found another route out, and the group noticed a golden sword nearby.

• Kiana and Durandal searched the tunnels for an exit, but Durandal realized they had repeatedly circled back to the pit Kiana had made.
• The Mebius Aura on Kiana's arm emitted a beam that guided them along a new route.
• Kiana and Durandal met Fu Hua leading Mei, Bronya, and the others out of another cave entrance.
• The group worked out that the stone wall had sent them to different places, and Kiana explained that the Mebius Aura had guided them.
• Seele and Black Seele teased Lin Nai about his poor sense of direction, while the group spotted a golden sword.

The group found the Xuanyuan Sword in the Land of Nine Nether, and Kiana’s Mebius Aura glowed when she picked it up. Meanwhile, Lin Nai reached the shore to watch for Chi You’s awakening and joked with Hen about the nourishing noodles Branca had made.

• Theresa interrupted the conversation when a golden sword appeared, and Fu Hua identified it as the Xuanyuan Sword, a Key of Domination once wielded by Jilin.
• Kiana picked up the Xuanyuan Sword, causing the Mebius Aura on her arm to shine brightly; she dropped the sword and suspected something unclean was in the Land of Nine Nether.
• Little Shix bragged about winning over Lin Nai in one year, prompting the group to recall how she had offended the Flame-Chasers and others before hiding behind Lin Nai.
• Theresa timidly asked whether they should take the Xuanyuan Sword, steering everyone back to the matter at hand.
• Lin Nai arrived at the shore to watch for Chi You’s awakening and spoke with Hen, who was eating a bowl of nourishing noodles made by Branca.

Kiana and the others activated the Xuanyuan Sword while exploring the Land of Nine Nether, triggering the release of Chi You beneath them. They escaped through portals as the area shattered, leaving the Honkai Beast’s emergence unresolved.

• Kiana, Durandal, Mei, and Fu Hua turned the Crimson Kite Bird statues toward the Xuanyuan Sword, causing it to activate and attack them.
• Durandal, Kiana, and Little Shix knocked the Xuanyuan Sword back, and Kiana pulled it from the wall.
• The Xuanyuan Sword’s removal shook the ground, and Fu Hua realized it had opened a seal containing Chi You beneath the Land of Nine Nether.
• Bronya warned everyone to put on diving equipment as water entered through cracks and the ground split open.
• Kiana and Sirin opened portals, and everyone escaped before an overwhelming force shattered the area.
• Outside the Land of Nine Nether, Kaiwen played cards with Su, who suddenly reacted to something.

Lin Nai realized that a flying island was Raven’s villa island, and Raven learned it had vanished from its location. After Chi You attacked the island, the beast suddenly became unable to move.

• A gigantic tail launched Kaiwen and Su’s submarine into the sky, while Lin Nai watched an island fly away and recognized Raven’s villa on it.
• Raven wondered what had passed overhead, and Edison recognized the island’s design as her own work on Raven’s villa.
• Edison helped Raven compare the island’s location with their surroundings, and Raven realized her island might have been nearby.
• Raven called Gray Snake, who confirmed that her island had disappeared and reported that a flying island was heading toward the Far East.
• Raven broke down crying over her lost island, then blamed Honkai when Chi You emerged and sent seawater crashing onto the shore.
• Chi You tried to bite the island but suddenly found itself unable to move.

Lin Nai and the others fought Chi You, with Chijie briefly attacking before Lin Nai took over. After repeatedly smashing Chi You and explaining that Honkai Beasts did not feel pain or fear, Lin Nai left the battle unresolved.

• Lin Nai restrained and hurled a Honkai Beast away while Chijie bombarded Chi You with meteors and fiery punches.
• Lin Nai told Elysia and Mobius that he would let Chijie fight for a while, and Mobius and Elysia teased each other about Lin Nai.
• Chijie was thrown onto the beach, and Lin Nai joked that he had grown weak after spending so long without a real fight.
• Mobius asked Lin Nai to cut off part of Chi You for research, and Elysia urged him on as he charged in.
• Lin Nai struck Chi You with Vertical Guillotine, caught its tail, and slammed it against the sea nine times before hurling it into the sky.

Lin Nai annihilated Chi You with his Photon Streamline while preserving the Holy Grail. Kiana rushed to retrieve it, but an unseen attacker struck near the Grail and sent it flying.

• Lin Nai carved Chi You apart with his Guillotine attacks, then destroyed it with Photon Streamline as the final blast also blew up the island.
• Kiana, Rita, Theresa, Fu Hua, and Little Shix watched the battle, and Fu Hua noticed that Lin Nai had protected the Holy Grail.
• The Holy Grail flew from the explosion toward the beach, and Theresa urged Kiana to open a portal so she could reach it.
• Kiana arrived beside the Holy Grail, but an unknown attacker struck nearby and knocked the Grail into the air.
• Kiana landed safely, drew the fused flaming lance of Heavenly Fire Judgment, and demanded to know who was there.

Otto arrived at the beach and claimed the Holy Grail, forcing Theresa’s group and Kiana’s group to prepare to fight him. As Otto provoked Welt by describing himself as a potential guide after killing Welt’s father, Welt cursed furiously while the standoff continued.

• Otto emerged from the sea, picked up the Holy Grail, and declared it belonged to him.
• Theresa confronted Otto and said she would fight him to obtain the Grail for Cecilia’s revival, and both sides raised their weapons.
• Otto revealed that he had killed the father of the current Schicksal Alliance Leader, then claimed he could have guided him in life.
• Welt cursed Otto furiously, while Siegfried and Lin Nai criticized Otto’s remarks.

Theresa rallied her allies to attack Otto and take the Holy Grail, but Otto fled on a motorcycle constructed with Void Archive. The group realized he had escaped with the Grail and called after him.

• Lin Nai promised Welt and Siegfried chances to knock Otto out from behind.
• Theresa urged the group to attack Otto before he could keep accumulating time with the Holy Grail.
• Bronya, Mei Raiden, Kiana, Seele, and Little Shix prepared to confront Otto as Theresa denied wanting to become Schicksal's Overseer.
• Otto judged that the assembled group was too dangerous to fight and escaped on a motorcycle made with Void Archive.
• Theresa's group watched Otto flee and realized he had taken the Holy Grail.

Theresa and the others chased Otto through the island, combining attacks to drive him out of the forest. The chapter ended with Theresa plunging toward Otto with Judas as he wondered how to stop her without seriously hurting his granddaughter.

• Bronya and Kiana pursued Otto on motorcycles, while Kiana and Sirin used portals to redirect attacks at him; Otto escaped into the forest.
• Durandal struck the forest with a massive lance, forcing Kiana to portal herself and the two Bronyas to safety and revealing Otto's position.
• Mei Raiden and the Thunder Queen fired a Railgun at Otto, blasting him away with its impact.
• Theresa descended toward Otto with Judas in Gravity Mode, while Otto reflected that he could not use an overwhelming attack against his granddaughter.

Otto escaped Theresa by deliberately letting her punch him and using the impact to launch himself away with a thruster. Theresa, Kiana, and Bronya were left unable to follow him, but they continued searching for the Holy Grail so they could revive Kiana’s mother.

• Theresa smashed the ground with Judah, sending Otto tumbling and covering him in dust.
• Theresa punched Otto in the abdomen, believing she had won.
• Otto revealed that he had baited Theresa into hitting him so the punch would help him escape, then activated a thruster and vanished.
• Kiana and Bronya realized they could not catch Otto, and Theresa admitted she did not know what to do.
• Kiana said they still had to search for Otto and the Holy Grail to revive her mother.
• Otto landed elsewhere clutching his abdomen and complained that Theresa’s punch hurt.