Chapter Summaries

Lin Nai welcomed the Flame-Chasers to the moon and explained that their visit would give them a break while letting them train Kiana and the others. The next morning, Hen’s attempt to fish in a pit ended with the fish dead and his net broken.

• Lin Nai reunited with Griseo, noticed her sudden growth, and watched Hen arrive with fishing gear and his own fish.
• Su asked about Kevin, and Lin Nai said he had not seen him for several days while suspecting Mei was tormenting him.
• Lin Nai explained the group’s plans and asked Himiko to train Wendy; Himiko agreed to defer her payment.
• Hen dug a pit and tried to fish overnight, but caught nothing and broke his net.
• Lin Nai found the fish dead in the pit, and Hen drained the water in frustration.

Lin Nai and the Flame-Chasers gathered at the training grounds to plan how to improve Kiana and the others’ combat abilities before they faced the Cocoon of Finality. They struggled to settle on a training plan as Kiana and the others arrived.

• Lin Nai found Hen fishing unsuccessfully and invited him to the training grounds.
• Kevin teased Hen about catching nothing, and the Flame-Chasers laughed at Hen’s excuses.
• Lin Nai asked the Flame-Chasers for training ideas, but Kevin’s suggestion to teach Kaslana Gun Fu and Chijie’s proposal to keep fighting were dismissed.
• Eden asked where Elysia was, and Lin Nai said she was still asleep.
• Kiana and the others arrived as Lin Nai and Mei prepared the training equipment, while Hen gloomily considered breaking his fishing rod.

Lin Nai organized an hour-long battle between the Current Civilization and Previous Civilization warriors to train Kiana and the others before their fight with the Cocoon of Finality. The battle began with Durandal and Chijie clashing, until Kiana knocked Chijie away with Neko Charm.

• Kiana, Mei, and Bronya met the Previous Civilization Heroes, while Durandal and Theresa reminisced with them about Elysian Realm.
• Lin Nai assigned Wendy to train separately with Himiko so she could improve her control over the Gem of Plague.
• Lin Nai arranged the two teams, explained the training ground’s safety rules, and started the battle.
• Chijie crushed Bronya’s constructed weapon, then attacked Durandal, who blocked him with Golden Durandal Armor.
• Kiana struck Chijie with Neko Charm and sent him flying, then asked Durandal if she was okay.

Kiana and the others clashed with Chijie, who had entered Man-made Collapse, then fled when they realized they could not beat him head-on. They reached safety and discussed why Kiana had not used a portal, while Chijie and Su stayed behind.

• Kiana explained that her cat paws were made of Honkai Energy, but Mei warned that Chijie was approaching.
• Kiana collided with Chijie in a midair clash, and Bronya caught Kiana on a spring pad after the shockwave threw her back.
• Kiana recognized Chijie's Man-made Collapse and ordered everyone to run, following Siegfried's advice to flee an enemy they could not beat.
• Chijie deactivated Man-made Collapse after Kiana's group escaped, and Su joined him; they discussed the group's route and made plans to cook noodles.
• Kiana's group stopped to catch their breath, and Bronya asked why Kiana had not opened a portal; Kiana said Lin Nai wanted her to win using other methods.

Griseo and Cosmo fought Kiana, Mei, Bronya, and Durandal in a training battle, showing off Griseo’s destructive paint and Cosmo’s combat abilities. Cosmo dodged Kiana’s attacks as the battle continued.

• Cosmo and Griseo made a dramatic entrance, and Griseo summoned a knight with her brush.
• Griseo’s knight clashed with Durandal’s King and Queen modules while Griseo’s rainbow paint blasted at the Herrschers.
• Cosmo attacked Mei, then explained that his horns and claws were side effects of Fusion Warrior surgery that Lin Nai had made controllable.
• Kiana charged Cosmo with her Flame Lance, but he ran to avoid the attack.
• Kiana used the Mebius Aura to fire targeting reticles, and Cosmo dodged them across the field.

Cosmo fought Kiana and the others in the training ground, while Griseo faced Durandal. After Griseo surrendered, Lin Nai explained that Dessidobia had taken Cosmo away, and Griseo learned that Mark and Branca were planning to give her younger siblings.

• Mei discovered Cosmo hiding in dust, and the Thunder Queen struck the area with a large-scale lightning attack.
• Cosmo caught Seven Thunders of Retribution, then threw the Thunder Queen into Kiana’s Neko Charm, sending her flying.
• Kiana and the others surrounded Cosmo with Divine Keys and fired, engulfing him in flames.
• Griseo surrendered to Durandal, and her Knight dissipated into colorful paint as she and Cosmo were eliminated.
• Lin Nai told Griseo that Dessidobia had taken Cosmo away and that Mark and Branca were probably planning to give her younger brothers and sisters.

Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Durandal, and the others planned how to face the Fire Moths Heroes while hiding in a fortress Bronya made. After realizing Seele and Black Seele were missing, Mei and the Thunder Queen went to search for them.

• Branca dragged Hen away from special training, and Vill-V lured Lin Nai away after Griseo disappeared.
• Bronya built a hidden stone fortress, where Kiana and the others discussed the dangerous Fire Moths Heroes they still had to face.
• Kiana suggested leaving Chijie and Kevin for later, while Bronya warned that Fu Hua might be stronger than they expected.
• Mei explained that Discipline had stayed behind in Elysian Realm, and the group realized Seele and Black Seele were missing.
• Mei and the Thunder Queen transformed into lightning and set out to find Seele and Black Seele.

Seele and Black Seele fought Sakura and Eden, and Sakura defeated Black Seele by using her unusual movement ability. Seele continued her duel with Eden, who prepared to counter Seele’s attempt to attack through the smoke.

• Black Seele clashed with Sakura while Seele began a ranged fight against Eden using Divine Keys.
• Black Seele revealed that she had used her decay authority to weaken Sakura’s Jizo-Mitama, but Sakura evaded her finishing strike and defeated her.
• After Black Seele was teleported away, Seele refused to surrender and continued fighting Eden.
• Seele filled the area around Eden with suppressive fire and smoke to approach her, while Eden closed her eyes and listened for Seele’s movements.

Mei Raiden tried to escape Sakura by turning into crimson lightning while Seele kept Eden occupied, but Eden anticipated the ambush and blocked Mei’s attack. Eden explained that Sakura’s abandoned Jizo-Mitama had revealed the plan.

• Seele fought Eden with lightning and a tachi, while Eden used her musical notes to evade and counter.
• Sakura recognized Mei Raiden’s attempted assassination and pressed her to give up.
• Mei used a lightning dash to trick Sakura and raced toward Eden, while Seele tried to cover her approach with a louder attack.
• Eden evaded Seele’s slashes and blocked Mei’s ambush with her twin guns.
• Eden pointed out that Sakura’s Jizo-Mitama, left embedded in the ground when Seele unleashed electricity, had tipped her off.

Mei and Seele retreated from Sakura and Eden to seek the Thunder Queen, while Fu Hua tracked down Kiana, Bronya, and Durandal and began fighting Durandal. The chapter ended with Fu Hua pressing her advantage at close range after striking Durandal through her guard.

• Mei used a Kaslana secret technique to flee with Seele, and Sakura and Eden decided not to pursue them.
• Mei planned to find the Thunder Queen so she could assume her new form and fight Sakura and the others later.
• Fu Hua found Kiana, Bronya, and Durandal by punching through the area where Bronya had hidden their base.
• Durandal used fist pressure to attack Fu Hua, while Kiana and Bronya prepared to support her and watch for other Flame-Chasers.
• Fu Hua used a dust cloud to get past Durandal's fist pressure, struck Durandal's crossed arms, and closed in as Durandal landed.

Fu Hua overwhelmed Durandal in the training fight while Lin Nai encountered Black Seele, Kevin, and Su outside it. Meanwhile, Mei and Seele prepared to ambush Eden and Sakura, with Mei beginning her attack as Seele agreed to hold Sakura back.

• Fu Hua unleashed a series of Heart's Intent Fist techniques and suppressed Durandal while Kiana and Bronya joined the fight.
• Black Seele told Lin Nai that Sakura had knocked her out, and Lin Nai found Kevin and Su arguing over how they had both ended up outside the training grounds.
• Lin Nai assigned Kevin and Su to handle Mei's cooking, prompting both Flame-Chasers to cry out in dismay.
• Mei and Seele hid nearby and watched Eden and Sakura, then Mei proposed taking them out before rejoining the others.
• Mei drew Seven Thunders of Retribution, told Seele to stall Sakura while she dealt with Eden, and leaped into the air to launch their ambush.

Mei used an electromagnetic field created with Seele to detect Sakura’s movements and seal off her spatial ability, then fought her directly. Sakura overpowered Mei and appeared behind her with a finishing strike.

• Mei revealed that she had spread energy through the area to detect Sakura, with Seele secretly helping her set up the electromagnetic field.
• Sakura accepted that her spatial ability was countered, and Mei and Sakura resumed their fight while Seele kept Eden occupied.
• Sakura pressed Mei with superior combat skill, forcing her to dodge and block repeated attacks.
• Sakura vanished during their clash, reappeared above Mei, and continued to overpower her.
• Sakura disappeared again and appeared behind Mei, striking with Fleeting Moment: All Things Severed.

Mei and the Thunder Queen defeated Sakura by detonating lightning she had planted beneath the ground, and Eden surrendered after Sakura was eliminated. As Mei, the Thunder Queen, and Seele regrouped, Chijie arrived in his Man-made Collapse state and attacked them.

• Sakura froze Mei in place with Spirit Blade: Cold Prison Ice Sky, but Mei revealed that she had planted compressed electrical currents underground and ignited them with the Thunder Queen's lightning.
• The explosion defeated Sakura, leaving Eden to surrender to Seele, Mei, and the Thunder Queen.
• Eden and Sakura emerged to find Kevin and Su eating instant noodles after apparently eliminating each other through sabotage.
• Lin Nai brought Eden and Sakura chilled drinks and explained that Ling was attending class with Wendy.
• Mei reflected on Sakura's space-freezing slash before she and the Thunder Queen set out with Seele to find Kiana.
• Chijie descended in his Man-made Collapse state, and Mei prepared to fight as he attacked the group.

Mei, the Thunder Queen, and Seele fought Chijie while Durandal held Hua back and sent Kiana and Bronya to help. The chapter ended with Chijie’s punch sending Mei flying.

• Mei and the Thunder Queen charged Chijie, and Mei blasted him through a mountain with Seven Thunders of Retribution.
• Chijie emerged largely unharmed, so the Thunder Queen charged her Railgun while Seele tried to copy her.
• Chijie punched the ground to avoid the Railgun blast as Durandal and Hua paused their fight after hearing the explosion.
• Durandal sent Kiana and Bronya to support Mei, and Bronya built a thruster-equipped motorcycle to carry them there.
• Durandal and Hua resumed their close-combat fight while Chijie’s punch sent Mei flying backward.

Mei, the Thunder Queen, Kiana, Bronya, and Seele fought Chijie during special training, and Bronya’s booster-equipped motorcycle unexpectedly sent him flying. The battle resumed with Seele providing ranged support while Lin Nai, Kevin, and Su watched, and Kevin predicted Chijie would soon be eliminated.

• Mei and the Thunder Queen fused their power and struck Chijie with a lightning attack.
• Bronya’s motorcycle crashed into Chijie, sending him into a rock wall before the vehicle exploded and hit him again.
• Kiana confronted Bronya about the motorcycle’s nearly ten boosters, while Bronya considered adding a Hyperion booster.
• Chijie charged back into the fight, and Mei, Kiana, and Bronya attacked while Seele transformed and provided ranged support.
• Lin Nai, Kevin, and Su watched the battle, and Kevin said Chijie was likely to be eliminated.
• Lin Nai reminded Su that he would still have to eat Mei’s cooking, and Kevin took Su’s instant noodles and ate them.

Kiana, Mei, and Bronya tried combining their powers to overpower Chijie, while signs of the Cocoon of Finality appeared in the laboratory. After receiving Mei and Bronya’s Honkai Energy, Kiana found herself somewhere unfamiliar beneath a stormy sky.

• Kiana, Mei, and Bronya struggled to defeat Chijie without using their full strength, so Mei suggested transferring their powers to Kiana.
• Bronya and Mei infused Kiana with their Honkai Energy while Seele fought Chijie to hold him back.
• Mei detected signs of the Cocoon of Finality appearing near the training grounds, and Mobius urged her to locate it.
• Vill-V called Lin Nai, who learned that Mei and Bronya had transferred their Honkai Energy to Kiana.
• Kiana opened her eyes in an unfamiliar place beneath dark clouds filled with intertwined crimson and violet lightning.

Kiana returned to the training grounds after a strange vision and joined Seele in fighting Chijie. Outside the arena, Lin Nai and the others investigated a brief appearance of the Cocoon of Finality, and Lin Nai prepared to search its approximate location as the battle continued.

• Kiana saw a tsunami and a strange blue void before cracks appeared and she returned to the training grounds.
• Kiana knocked Chijie back and rejoined Seele in the fight.
• Lin Nai, Kevin, and Su discussed the sudden surge of Honkai energy, while Little Shix suggested the three Herrschers’ powers had resonated.
• Lin Nai told Vill-V he had sensed the Cocoon of Finality’s approximate coordinates, and Vill-V went to notify Mei and Mobius.
• Chijie left the arena after being eliminated, and Lin Nai noted that Fu Hua was the only one left in the match.

After Kiana received the Herrschers’ powers, the Cocoon of Finality appeared, and the group discovered that their connected minds had temporarily concentrated those powers in her. Elysia hinted that a solution was being prepared, while the others scattered to leave Lin Nai alone with Kiana and Mei.

• Fu Hua, Kiana, and the others learned that the Cocoon of Finality had arrived, drawn by the powers concentrated in Kiana.
• Kiana described seeing a thunderous sea, a tsunami, and a vast blue emptiness when she received the powers.
• Little Shix tested Kiana and explained that she could briefly use the other Herrschers’ authorities, though the powers would not remain in her for long.
• Elysia returned and said she could solve the problem, but the group had to wait until Mobius finished preparing a device and their preparations were complete.
• Kiana said she was hungry, and Lin Nai tried to change the subject when Mei’s fused Thunder Queen teased him.
• Kevin and Su hurried away, while Elysia headed to the laboratory and Eden and Sakura chose not to join the others.

Mei, the Thunder Queen, and the others discussed how to locate the hidden Cocoon of Finality, using Kiana’s brief resonance with three Herrscher authorities to revise their plan. Lin Nai prepared to summon the other Herrschers to the moon and test whether their theory could reveal the Cocoon’s true hiding place.

• The Thunder Queen and Mei visited Lin Nai, while Wendy carried a huge stack of books that Himiko had assigned as key points.
• At noon, Lin Nai met the group in Mei’s laboratory and learned that they had narrowed down the Cocoon of Finality’s approximate location on the moon.
• Mei and Dr. Mobius explained that they planned to transmit Honkai energy to a Herrscher rather than emit fluctuations to attract the Cocoon.
• Little Shix recalled that Kiana had briefly resonated with Mei and Bronya, allowing her to use the powers of three Herrschers.
• Lin Nai asked Dr. Mei to finish the device and said he would summon the other Herrschers to the moon to test their theory and find the Cocoon’s true hiding place.

On the moon, the Herrschers gathered to transfer their powers into Kiana so they could lure and locate the Cocoon of Finality. After receiving several powers, Kiana entered a storm during Wendy’s transfer and found that her right hand had disappeared.

• Lin Nai brought Anna to the moon, where the Herrschers prepared to help Kiana integrate their powers and track the Cocoon of Finality.
• Mei completed the Honkai energy transmission device, and the group gathered in the refurbished training ground while Lin Nai and the others stood ready outside.
• Elysia transferred her power to Kiana, guiding her through a beautiful realm filled with stars and memories of beauty.
• Mei and Bronya transferred their powers together, and Little Shix quickly gave Kiana the power of the Herrscher of Reason.
• Wendy began transferring the Wind Herrscher’s power, and Kiana found herself inside a storm with her right hand seemingly gone.