Chapter Summaries

Kiana explored the Wind Herrscher’s abilities while Wendy and Theresa transferred Herrscher authorities to her. As Anna and Ling began their transfers, the Cocoon of Finality appeared above the lunar base, and Lin Nai learned it was a higher-dimensional civilization’s mechanism for testing and selecting civilizations.

• Kiana demonstrated that the Wind Herrscher’s authority could bend light to make someone appear invisible, surprising Wendy.
• Wendy transferred the authorities of the Herrscher of Flame and the Herrscher of Death, then Theresa gave Kiana the Herrscher of Binding’s authority.
• Anna and Ling began transferring their authorities, causing the Honkai energy around them to rise rapidly.
• Lin Nai spotted a purple object above the lunar base, opened a portal, and left Kevin to keep watch as he went to investigate.
• Lin Nai encountered the cracked Cocoon of Finality and learned it had manipulated Honkai energy on Earth to create periodic disasters as part of a civilization-selection trial.

Kiana confronted the Cocoon of Finality and explained that she wanted to help humanity overcome Honkai and move toward a better future. The Cocoon approached her after she affirmed her resolve, while Lin Nai and the others watched.

• Lin Nai learned that the Previous Civilization's achievements had not been completely erased because he had interrupted its final trial.
• Kiana and the others arrived, and Kiana discovered that she had become a pseudo-Herrscher of Finality.
• Lin Nai entrusted the confrontation to Kiana while he joined Bronya and the others nearby.
• Kiana introduced herself to the Cocoon of Finality and described her changing wishes, ending with her goal of making the story more perfect.
• Kiana said she would fight for the world and for the people striving to make it better, and the Cocoon stepped toward her after she affirmed her resolve.

Kiana gained the qualification of Finality and became the Herrscher of Finality after embracing the Cocoon. She chose to remain on the moon to work on making Honkai safe for humanity, then Lin Nai led everyone back through a spatial gate.

• Kiana became the Herrscher of Finality and recognized that the Cocoon of Finality was a mirror.
• Kiana told Lin Nai she would stay on the moon while she handled her new power and worked toward making Honkai useful to humanity.
• Kiana teased Lin Nai about spending time with her, while Bronya mocked her for using her new status to bully him.
• Kiana learned that they could return to the moon by passing through the Cocoon, but Lin Nai offered to take everyone back directly.
• Lin Nai opened a spatial gate, and Kiana said goodbye to the Cocoon before joining the others on their return to the moon.

Kiana enjoyed a week of carefree gaming on the Moon Base until Lin Nai, Cecilia, and Durandal caught her in a chaotic room. Cecilia decided Kiana would have to take online classes, and Lin Nai told her how everyone else was doing as life settled after the Honkai began to disappear.

• Kiana lounged amid scattered clothes and snacks on the Moon Base after Lin Nai left for Earth.
• Lin Nai, Cecilia, and Durandal arrived through a Shield of Paras portal and found Kiana's room in disarray.
• Cecilia proposed sending Kiana back to St. Freya Academy, but Lin Nai suggested online classes, which Cecilia approved.
• Durandal offered to stay and teach Kiana, while Kiana accepted that she could not avoid studying.
• Lin Nai updated Kiana on the others, including Bronya helping Anti-Entropy, Kevin and Mei traveling, and Theresa considering new work for Schicksal.

On the peaceful lunar base, Kiana learned that Durandal and the Doctors planned to keep her busy with training and lessons, while Raven opened a school and Shigure Kira joined the off-key Vodka Girls. One year later, Lin Nai questioned the chicken-shaped Crimson Kite Ship as it traveled toward the Moon, and Dan Zhu revealed that Cang Xuan and Vill-V had designed it.

• Durandal told Kiana she would teach her on the lunar base, and Kiana learned that the Doctors also planned to give her extra lessons.
• Lin Nai explained that Raven had opened a school for the children she had adopted, with former Schicksal Valkyries working as teachers.
• Durandal told Kiana that Shigure Kira, Rosalia, and Lilia wanted to debut as the Vodka Girls, though they could not sing in tune.
• Kiana gazed at Earth while Lin Nai and Durandal quietly stayed beside her, and Cecilia left to explore the lunar base and search for Doctor Mei's recipes.
• One year later, Lin Nai questioned the chicken-shaped Crimson Kite Ship as it traveled toward the lunar base, and Dan Zhu said Cang Xuan and Vill-V had designed it.

Lin Nai and the others traveled toward the lunar base to visit Kiana, who stayed behind because she had not finished her homework. As the sightseeing ship neared the moon, the group shared food and discussed preparing for New Year's Eve.

• Lin Nai explained that Kiana had remained at the lunar base because she had not finished her homework, while Bronya and Black Seele teased her about gaming and instant noodles.
• Kevin revealed that he had stocked the lunar base with frozen instant noodles to survive Mei's cooking, then added Rita's chestnut pastries to his cup noodles.
• Lin Nai and Su began plotting how to give Kevin some warmth, while Cang Xuan called for Dan Zhu to save her.
• Fu Hua noted that Theresa had grown to Amber's height, and Lin Nai reflected on her increased ability to evade paperwork.
• Dan Zhu and Little Shix discussed the approaching New Year's Eve, and Cang Xuan suggested making dumplings while eating pastries.

The group watched the horror movie Sadako Hohom aboard the ship, while Lin Nai and Rita prepared desserts as they traveled toward the lunar base. The chapter left Lin Nai planning to step away from the kitchen as Sakura and Aponia worked with alarming intensity.

• Everyone voted to watch Sadako Hohom, and Black Seele edged closer to Lin Nai when the movie frightened her.
• Seele secretly photographed Black Seele, while Bronya played games and several others watched, meditated, or worked.
• Cang Xuan ate Theresa's green popcorn, found it unbearably bitter, and gulped down Dan Zhu's cola.
• With 36 hours remaining until the lunar base, Lin Nai and Rita prepared desserts while Sakura and Aponia vigorously chopped filling.
• Rita reflected on making desserts in space, and Lin Nai explained that the Honkai's effects would take time to resolve despite the decline in Honkai Beast activity.
• Lin Nai decided not to interrupt Sakura and Aponia and went to take a walk while the dough fermented.

Lin Nai and Durandal discussed the Kaslanas’ tendency to slack off before the ship suddenly lost gravity. After gravity returned, an announcement ordered everyone to assemble in the dining hall to address an unknown problem.

• Lin Nai found Durandal in the observation room, where she prepared photos of the ship and Earth to show Kiana.
• Lin Nai and Durandal video-called Siegfried, who revealed that he and Cecilia were vacationing in Hawaii.
• Lin Nai teased Durandal about Kaslanas slacking off and recalled Kevin eating instant noodles while on patrol.
• The ship lost gravity, and Lin Nai caught Durandal as they floated.
• The gravity system restarted, and Dan Zhu announced that everyone should proceed to the dining hall for an assembly.

Lin Nai used time reversal to reveal that Cang Xuan had hit her head on the Crimson Kite’s Soul Steel-coated ceiling after leaving her post, and the group discovered she had used a life-sized HOMU doll as a decoy. After a long space voyage, the Crimson Kite landed on the moon, where Mei and the others saw the lunar base’s new ecological environment.

• Cang Xuan complained about her mysterious head injury, but the others found no evidence of an attacker.
• Lin Nai rewound Cang Xuan’s time and revealed that she had struck her head on the ceiling while leaving the cockpit unattended.
• Vill-V and Mei explained that the Crimson Kite’s surfaces were coated with Soul Steel, while Klein blamed Cang Xuan for abandoning her post.
• Cang Xuan realized her life-sized HOMU body pillow was missing, and Lin Nai said he could not determine where it had gone.
• The Crimson Kite landed on the moon, and Wendy bounced across the lunar base’s new lawn as Mei remarked on how much the site had changed.

Lin Nai and the others arrived at the lunar base, where Vill-V teased a surprise magic trick and the group admired the improved grounds. Kiana was missing, so Lin Nai left Durandal to wake her while he went to bring more people to the moon.

• Lin Nai and Vill-V admired the lunar base's new lawn and flowers after a year of construction.
• Vill-V announced she had prepared a secret magic trick, making Mobius uneasy and Elysia curious.
• Seele and Durandal praised the moon's fresh air, and Durandal noted that Kiana could take more walks there.
• Bronya asked where Kiana was, and Durandal realized she was probably still asleep in her room.
• Lin Nai asked Durandal to wake Kiana, then used the Shield of Paras and a portal to bring the others to the moon.