Chapter Summaries

During the race, contestants used extraordinary abilities and improvised vehicles to get ahead, while Ai-chan struggled to keep up. The leaders reached the scorching Crimson Abyss, where Himeko and Wendy had prepared the next obstacle.

• Ai-chan questioned the race’s unfair advantages, but Lin Nai said the Herrscher of Reason’s power made them legitimate, and Raven sped ahead to avoid disappointing Kong.
• Tesla, Durandal, and Bella encountered Otto, Siegfried, and Welt racing in a rocket-powered wheelchair, and Durandal blasted the vehicle apart with her ultimate attack.
• The wheelchair wreckage and its passengers crashed near Ai-chan, who hid beneath the wreckage before resuming the race.
• Rita and Kallen introduced the Crimson Abyss, where Himeko created intense heat and Wendy strengthened the flames, while Lin Nai’s shield protected Tesla.

Tesla struggled through the overheated track after her shoes malfunctioned, then reached the third race zone, where Kiana had filled the course with portals that sent contestants forward or backward. The racers learned they would have to avoid the portals or risk being sent back as they continued toward the finish.

• Tesla's shoes overheated, forcing her to stop using them and run on foot while Durandal and Bella pulled ahead.
• Tesla caught up to Raven near the third race zone, while Raven said Ai-chan was unlikely to have reached them yet.
• Kallen announced the third zone, Happy Frozen Land, and thanked Anna and Kiana for helping prepare it.
• Kiana left her hot-pot meal to carry out Lin Nai's request, while Bronya ate the food from Kiana's bowl.
• Durandal, Bella, and Raven were sent back by portals on the course, and Raven explained that some portals advanced racers while others set them back.

Tesla, Durandal, Raven, Bella, and Ai-chan struggled to cross Kiana’s shifting portal course, while Raven used Ai-chan to scout a route. At the course’s center, Durandal realized the portals could be sensed through their Honkai energy, but Ai-chan fell into a chain of portals and the others still faced the shifting maze.

• Tesla tried to speed through the portals but was sent back, and Durandal’s Golden Durandal charge also ended in a return to the starting point.
• Raven recruited Ai-chan to scout the portals by praising her talents, and the group followed her to the course’s center.
• Kiana danced to make the portals shift rapidly, and Durandal sat down to meditate after realizing the portals contained Honkai energy.
• Ai-chan charged ahead and fell through portals into an endless freefall, while Tesla floated clear and Raven studied the portals.

Raven discovered that hidden coins gave her powers to return through portals, and the contestants used items and teamwork to race toward the finish. Bella threw Tesla into Khrishna during the final sprint, leaving Tesla down while the other racers continued and Welt remained stuck headfirst in the first competition zone.

• Raven touched a hidden coin, gained the ability to return to the finish through a portal, and later turned Ai-chan into steel with another coin.
• Durandal charged through disappearing portals while Raven used boosts and teleports to keep pace; Tesla and Bella teamed up to catch the leaders.
• Rita announced that Durandal, Raven, Bella, and Tesla were the four remaining contestants in the final sprint.
• Tesla activated her backup energy source, while Bella gathered energy and Durandal summoned Khrishna to charge at her.
• Bella threw Tesla at Khrishna, and Tesla crashed to the ground as Einstein, Schrodinger, and Edison came to retrieve her.
• Welt remained stuck headfirst in the ground in the first competition zone.

Durandal won the race against Bella by using Black Abyss White Flower to cross the finish line, while Raven stayed out of the contest. That night, Lin Nai realized Otto and several others might still be buried at the venue, then returned to find Siegfried and Welt there too and pulled them out.

• Durandal beat Bella to the finish line by thrusting Black Abyss White Flower ahead, and Raven deliberately stayed at the back.
• Bronya took Lin Nai away to play games, then she and Kiana fought over food during dinner while Lin Nai and the others watched.
• Lin Nai remembered Otto might still be buried at the venue and asked whether Kiana had let Ai-chan out.
• Lin Nai returned to the venue and found Otto, Siegfried, and Welt still buried in the ground, then pulled them out.
• Welt and Siegfried prepared to wake Otto with a golf club and Heavenly Fire Judgment.

Otto escaped after detonating a bomb that launched him away from Welt and Siegfried, and Lin Nai rescued Ai-chan from a long fall. Kallen and Yae Sakura then interviewed Ai-chan’s friends, while Theresa tried to sell them bitter energy drinks.

• Otto woke up and detonated a bomb, but Lin Nai shielded Welt, Siegfried, and Otto from harm as Otto blasted himself into the sky to escape.
• Lin Nai found Ai-chan still falling because Kiana had forgotten to close the portal, and he rescued her.
• Kallen and Yae Sakura began a live interview segment and visited Theresa’s energy drink stall, where Theresa persuaded them to buy three cups.
• Kallen drank the bitter green drink to support Theresa, while Yae Sakura looked uneasy about the sale.
• Kallen interviewed Ai-chan’s friends, who described her as a slacker, an electricity thief, and a good person whose cabbages were popular at St. Freya Academy.

Kallen interviewed Einstein about Tesla, who was away competing in an idol contest, and learned that Einstein hoped Tesla would win and become an idol. The interview ended with Tesla discovering that Einstein had given her bitter melon juice, leaving her furious off-camera.

• Theresa gave Kallen ten oversized cups of bitter melon juice as a surprise, and Kallen later passed the drinks to Otto and Einstein.
• Kallen interviewed Einstein, who described Tesla as a passionate scientist with poor emotional intelligence and said the laboratory had been more productive while Tesla was away.
• Einstein explained that Tesla winning could make her an idol, increase Anti-Entropy's funding, and improve life in the laboratory.
• Tesla arrived thirsty, and Einstein handed her the remaining bitter melon juice while Kallen and Yae Sakura left with Einstein.
• Tesla tasted the bitter melon juice and erupted into censored curses after Kallen and Yae Sakura were out of earshot.

Kallen and Yae Sakura interviewed people connected to the idol contestants, including Lin Nai, who described Tesla and Durandal before leaving to deliver supplies. Otto later gave the camera unflattering opinions of Siegfried and Welt, leaving Siegfried’s rumored misconduct and Otto’s long-running feud with Welt as the focus.

• Kallen asked Lin Nai to describe the contestants, and he praised Tesla’s enthusiasm while warning about her temper and cooking.
• Lin Nai described Durandal as straightforward and kind, then left to deliver supplies as Rita took over the interview.
• Rita praised Durandal’s character and mentioned her fondness for cats and football before Durandal arrived and joined them.
• Kallen and Yae Sakura interviewed people connected to the remaining contestants, including Cecilia and members of Siegfried and Welt’s circles.
• Otto called Siegfried a brute and Welt an idiot, then hinted at a rumor that Siegfried had touched every Valkyrie’s buttocks.
• Otto described Welt as petty and said Welt had opposed him for decades over an old clash.

Otto’s remarks about Siegfried and Welt led to a fight that Schicksal covered up as a gas explosion, while Kallen interviewed Xiao Kong at the idol competition venue. A few days later, the competition ended, and Kiana remained jealous of Bronya’s closeness with Lin Nai.

• Otto insisted he remained devoted to Kallen, then Siegfried and Welt broke into his office and attacked him, prompting Schicksal to announce a gas explosion.
• Kallen interviewed Xiao Kong, who explained that Lin Nai had brought her to watch Raven and that Stan was protecting her.
• Xiao Kong said she had secretly come to buy cheering balloons for Raven, and Kallen and Yae Sakura helped her carry them.
• Schicksal’s first idol competition officially ended a few days later.
• Kiana watched Bronya closely and complained about her taking Lin Nai away, while Seele and Black Seele sat dejectedly nearby.

Seele and Black Seele lamented their lack of chances to approach Lin Nai, while the Destiny Idol Contest reached its final day and contestants addressed the audience before the vote tally. The chapter left Tesla confused when the hosts thanked her for donating money to cover the floor she had smashed.

• Seele asked Black Seele for ideas to get closer to Lin Nai, but Black Seele suggested only a nighttime sneak attack and noted that Mei Raiden had made no progress.
• Little Shix sold snacks while Fu Hua watched her, and Kallen and Yae Sakura hosted the contest’s final day as Theresa worked overtime.
• Raven told the audience she had joined the contest for a mission but would give it her all for the children supporting her.
• Otto, Siegfried, and Welt discussed the competition, with Otto wearing a female body again and Siegfried and Welt privately vowing not to compete in another Otto-run event.
• Tesla confidently predicted victory before Kallen and Yae Sakura thanked her for donating extra funds to cover the floor she had smashed; Tesla said she knew nothing about it.

Durandal won the Schicksal Idol Competition, while Tesla discovered Einstein had paid the production bill with her credit card. A week later, Lin Nai and the others prepared to fly to the moon, with Theresa joining the mission and leaving Otto to handle her work.

• Tesla learned that Einstein had used her credit card to pay the competition bill, then angrily resumed her idol act and vowed to win.
• Kallen and Yae Sakura announced that Durandal had received the most votes and won the Schicksal Idol Competition.
• Durandal postponed making her wish until after the trip to the moon, leaving Lin Nai with a vague sense of unease.
• At Schicksal's airfield, Durandal left Rita in charge of the Blade of Immortality Squad and Stan, and told Rita to intensify the squad's training.
• Theresa insisted on joining the moon mission as Kiana's aunt, leaving Otto to face the backlog of work.
• Cecilia told Kiana to listen to Lin Nai on the moon and reminded her to be careful.

Lin Nai and the others left for the moon aboard the Hyperion, while Welt, Tesla, and Einstein stayed behind. The ship set course for a five-day journey, and Theresa reported that the trip was going smoothly to the command center.

• Welt, Tesla, and Einstein declined to join the moon expedition, so Lin Nai and the others boarded the Hyperion without them.
• Ai-chan launched the Hyperion from Schicksal's landing platform and announced that the ship had entered space.
• Kiana found Lin Nai resting with Bronya after the two had kept him awake, then challenged Bronya to an online game while he slept.
• Theresa learned from Ai-chan that five days remained until the Hyperion reached the moon.
• Theresa updated Otto, Kallen, Himeko, Tesla, and Einstein, assuring them that the gravity simulation system worked and the journey was proceeding smoothly.

Theresa began preparing the Hyperion crew for a lunar trip by organizing drills for the ship’s upgraded systems and space combat. Lin Nai gave Black Seele a device that let her use Previous Civilization Herrscher powers, and her impulsive kiss left Seele and Wendy reacting with jealousy and interest.

• Theresa promised Otto that he and Kallen could use the Hyperion for a vacation if he finished his work before she returned from the moon.
• Theresa and Einstein arranged drills to test the Hyperion’s deep-space cruise and automated combat systems and to train the crew for space combat.
• Kiana, Mei Raiden, Thunder Queen, Bronya, Wendy, Seele, Black Seele, Fu Hua, Little Shix, and Lin Nai gathered on the Hyperion’s deck for the exercises.
• Seele borrowed Herrscher powers with her device, leaving Black Seele as the only one without Herrscher abilities.
• Lin Nai gave Black Seele a compressed device that let her use one Previous Civilization Herrscher power at a time, and she selected the Herrscher of Death card.
• Black Seele kissed Lin Nai, making Seele lament that her other self had acted without her, while Wendy considered trying to approach him too.

As the Hyperion prepared to travel to the moon, Lin Nai received a call from Kevin, who was trapped with Dr. Mei and her cooking. Dr. Mei invited Lin Nai to try her new dishes, leaving him silently wondering whether he could refuse.

• Theresa began lunar-environment drills while Lin Nai relaxed and chatted with the residents of Elysia's Realm.
• Ai-chan detected an unknown signal joining the Hyperion's communications, and Lin Nai ordered her to put it through.
• Kevin appeared on the call and said he might die because Dr. Mei had cooked.
• Lin Nai panicked and ordered the Hyperion to retreat, but then admitted he had been joking and called Kevin his brother in arms.
• Dr. Mei greeted Lin Nai and invited him to taste her new dishes, explaining that she had studied cooking in a World Bubble.

Mei welcomed Fu Hua and the Hyperion’s crew to the lunar base, while Lin Nai and Kevin avoided her cooking by fighting and eating instant noodles. The next day, Kiana panicked over a robot resembling Bronya, and Lin Nai recognized it as Prometheus No. 17, who greeted her as one of her Creators.

• Mei greeted Fu Hua and the others at the lunar base, and Fu Hua introduced Little Shix and the rest of the crew.
• Mei offered to arrange rooms and serve food, while Theresa learned that Mei’s cooking was intended for Lin Nai and Kevin.
• Lin Nai and Kevin fought through the day and secretly ate instant noodles to avoid Mei’s cooking.
• Kiana rushed to Lin Nai, claiming Bronya had turned into a robot, but Bronya appeared beside them and denied it.
• A Bronya-like robot appeared and identified itself as Prometheus No. 17, then addressed Lin Nai as one of its Creators.

Mei explained that the Cocoon of Finality was hidden on the moon and that Lin Nai would be tasked with obtaining its power. The group still needed to find a way to see and enter the Cocoon, which existed in another space.

• Lin Nai and Kevin tried to avoid Mei’s cooking, but Mei made them eat breakfast, leaving both of them drained.
• Mei told Lin Nai, Kiana, and Bronya that the Cocoon of Finality on the moon was likely the source of Finality’s power.
• Mei showed the group blurry satellite footage of a purple silhouette that appeared as the Previous Civilization’s Herrscher of Finality dissipated.
• Mei explained that she learned about the Cocoon of Finality from a World Bubble in the Sea of Quantum and could not locate or enter it.
• Mei said Lin Nai would be the one to obtain the power of Finality because he was the strongest among them.

Mei explained that the Herrschers’ powers might help locate the Cocoon of Finality, so she restarted an experiment on the moon. The experiment left Kiana unable to join Lin Nai and Bronya, while Mei schemed to get Lin Nai alone that night.

• Mei said the Herrschers’ powers were keys to finding the examination room, but she and Lin Nai did not know its location.
• Lin Nai hurriedly left with Kiana and Bronya to avoid lunch, while Kevin failed to escape Mei.
• Mei brought the group to a lunar site and asked the Herrschers with cores to release their energy for an experiment.
• Mei explained that Seele and Black Seele lacked cores and that Lin Nai’s core belonged to a different system, so neither could participate.
• Bronya joined Lin Nai, leaving Kiana to help Mei with the experiment.
• Mei decided to deliver medicine to Lin Nai that night and planned to keep everyone else away.

Mei and Lin Nai tested whether the Herrschers could produce enough Honkai energy to reveal the examination site, but their output fell short of the level needed. Mei planned to build energy-amplifying and conversion devices, while she secretly looked forward to the chaos that might follow her invitations to Vill-V and Mobius.

• Mei sent Theresa to join Bronya on Lin Nai’s side, leaving Kiana without them for the test.
• Mei ordered the remaining Herrschers to transform and raise their Honkai energy output, but the examination site did not appear.
• Lin Nai explained that their energy was far below Finality’s level, and Mei told the Herrschers to stop.
• Mei decided to build a Honkai energy diffuser and converter, and said Vill-V was on her way to help.
• The group returned to the lunar base, where Mei began her research and Kevin took responsibility for cooking her meals.

While the group waited on the moon for Vill-V, Durandal put Kiana, Bronya, and Mei through exhausting training without Honkai energy. At lunch, Little Shix criticized St. Freya Academy's training, and Theresa explained why she had founded it.

• Lin Nai told Theresa that the group would stay on the moon for at least a few more weeks while Vill-V traveled there.
• Theresa learned that Durandal had stayed behind at the lunar base to train, and Lin Nai assigned Durandal to give Kiana and the others extra training.
• Durandal made Kiana, Bronya, and Mei run twenty laps around the lunar base without using Honkai energy, while Wendy collapsed after a few meters and went to the infirmary.
• At lunch, Kiana complained to Lin Nai about the punishing workout, and Durandal said she had used the Blade of Immortality's training methods.
• Little Shix criticized St. Freya Academy's low training intensity, and Theresa defended its goal of teaching Valkyries to live as people rather than become cold, cruel machines.

Little Shix copied Lin Nai’s old training methods and chased Kiana across the moon in a Great Void Sword Energy-powered jeep. Kiana was left pleading for rescue as Lin Nai chatted with Durandal nearby.

• Little Shix offered to train Kiana and recalled how Lin Nai had once trained Kevin by ramming him with a truck.
• The next day, Little Shix chased Kiana across the moon in a jeep while forbidding her from using portals.
• Bronya and Mei slipped away, Seele and Black Seele left for breakfast, and Fu Hua stayed behind to watch.
• Kiana accused Little Shix of taking revenge and called out for Durandal as the jeep charged at her again.
• Durandal sneezed while talking with Lin Nai, who explained that he had gotten up early after Theresa slept on him.