Chapter Summaries

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.

Eden learned that Elysia had spent the afternoon with Lin Nai, leaving the others to speculate about their relationship and brace for his return. When Lin Nai finally entered the house, Himiko ambushed him with a palm strike but hurt her own hand against his waist.

• Eden discovered from an Armed Doll that Elysia had not returned after making a purchase, prompting Pardo and Fu Hua to fear that Elysia had gotten together with Lin Nai.
• Ling complained that Sakura had not acted quickly enough, while Vill-V mourned that she had missed her chance with Lin Nai.
• Himiko teased Eden about getting another chance with Lin Nai, and Dessidobia took Cosmo to her room to watch movies and play games.
• Branca left with Kevin and Griseo, anticipating that Lin Nai would face a difficult reckoning that night.
• Lin Nai hesitated outside the house for half an hour before Elysia opened the door and led him inside.
• Himiko ambushed Lin Nai with a palm strike, but his waist stopped the blow and left her hand hurting.

Lin Nai returned to the Elysian Realm and found its residents acting strangely while preparing dinner. Eden ambushed him and brought him before Aponia, Sakura, and Ling, who said they had questions for him.

• Lin Nai returned and encountered Mobius, Vill-V, and the others preparing dinner in an unsettling frenzy.
• Chijie came back from fishing with a battered giant fish and told Lin Nai to cook it.
• Lin Nai noticed that Pardofelis, Branca, Dessidobia, and Cosmo were watching him and warning him to be careful.
• Eden sneaked up on Lin Nai, bagged him, and took him away.
• Aponia, Sakura, and Ling confronted Lin Nai under a white light as Aponia said they had questions for him.

Eden confronted Elysia and Lin Nai over a suspicious purchase, but Fu Hua soon sent Lin Nai away to cook. At dinner, Lin Nai agreed to bring Kevin and Su back to the Elysian Realm, while Ling revealed that Sakura had recently disciplined her.

• Eden questioned Elysia about what she had bought, and Lin Nai accidentally revealed that he knew the item was a condom.
• Fu Hua untied Lin Nai and sent him to the kitchen, where he found Dessidobia, Cosmo, Branca, and Mark listening at the door.
• Dessidobia asked Lin Nai to bring Kevin and Su back, and Lin Nai agreed to do it after mealtime.
• After two hours, Eden and the others emerged looking calmer, and Lin Nai served dinner.
• Ling explained that Sakura had dragged her away and disciplined her, prompting Lin Nai to laugh.

Lin Nai gathered the Flame-Chasers to plan a Holy Grail War and recruited Elysia as its referee, with Eden, Mobius, and Sakura assigned to supervise her. He prepared power from Heavenly Fire Judgment and the others to create bodies for participants, while Kevin and Su joined remotely and Kevin pressed Lin Nai about whether those bodies could taste food.

• Lin Nai used Heavenly Fire Judgment to summon remote projections of Kevin and Su, then began dinner while they watched the food longingly.
• Lin Nai explained that he planned to hold a Holy Grail War and needed the Flame-Chasers’ help, including a strong referee.
• Elysia volunteered to referee and persuaded Lin Nai to agree, so Eden, Mobius, and Sakura were assigned to keep her from causing trouble.
• Chijie and Hen contributed power to the Holy Grail, while Lin Nai used Heavenly Fire Judgment’s power to expand the pool of bodies it could create.
• Kevin asked whether the Holy Grail’s bodies could taste food, and Lin Nai gave him a contradictory answer.

At St. Freya Academy, Kiana, Mei Raiden, Bronya, and Seele worried that something had happened to Lin Nai while he was in Elysian Realm. Kiana decided that whatever was going on, they should bring him back.

• Lin Nai joked with Kevin about refusing to make him noodles, while Su, Pardofelis, and Mobius recalled Kevin's instant-noodle stockpile in Elysian Realm.
• At St. Freya Academy, Kiana and Bronya argued over a game while Seele tried to mediate.
• Mei Raiden admitted she felt distracted and heavy-headed, and Kiana and Bronya said they felt something similar.
• Kiana, Mei Raiden, Bronya, and Seele speculated that the Elysian Realm residents had taken Lin Nai and worried that he might be surrounded by them.
• Kiana said they should bring Lin Nai back no matter what had happened.