Chapter Summaries

Siegfried joined Anti-Entropy’s operation to search for the real Kiana, while Chen Luo prepared to help Durandal recover her lost childhood memories. Durandal entered a strange room and opened a diary, triggering her journey into the past.

• Siegfried agreed to infiltrate St. Freya Academy with Anti-Entropy despite the danger, hoping to find evidence that his real daughter was alive.
• Einstein briefed Siegfried on the operation, gave him a remote control for a quantum mech, and warned that Cocolia was pursuing her own plans.
• Cocolia refused to reveal the real Kiana’s identity or the person assigned to capture her, then urged Einstein and Tesla to begin the operation.
• Fu Hua left Himeko’s home to retrieve her belongings from the lost-and-found as Chen Luo sensed Anti-Entropy’s operatives entering the academy.
• Durandal opened a childhood diary in a sunlit room and vanished in a flash of white light.

Chen Luo and the Herrscher of Knowledge hypnotized Durandal to recover her buried memories, then protected her while he arranged a secret meeting between Kiana and Siegfried. As Kiana headed to the academy lake, Otto dispatched Theresa and Rita to repel an Anti-Entropy incursion at the central church, unaware that Chen Luo was setting events in motion.

• Chen Luo asked the Herrscher of Knowledge to hypnotize Durandal and help recover her lost memories while Fu Hua was nearby.
• After Fu Hua left, the Herrscher of Knowledge said Durandal's memories should return in about five minutes; Chen Luo took a selfie with her and set up protective threads and a Teleport Anchor.
• Chen Luo told Kiana through a sound-transmission technique that Siegfried had arrived at St. Freya Academy and instructed her to meet him alone by the lake.
• Kiana left Himeko's villa after losing to Bronya, pretending she was going out to get some air.
• Otto told Theresa that enemies had invaded the underground area of the central church and ordered her to stop them before they reached its contents.
• Rita reported that Durandal and Chen Luo were missing, so Otto sent her and Theresa to the church without them.

Chen Luo captured Tesla after she infiltrated St. Freya Academy’s communications network, then took her along to watch Kiana’s meeting with Siegfried. Kiana was knocked unconscious before she reached her father, while Durandal awoke with some of her memories restored and realized her memories of Cecilia were still missing.

• Chen Luo caught Tesla, bound and gagged her, and teased her about becoming the subject of a human experiment before admitting he was joking.
• Chen Luo decided Mobius would be better suited to perform the MANTIS surgery he hoped could help Himeko, then carried Tesla away after receiving news that something was about to happen.
• Kiana worried about how to greet Siegfried, tripped, and was knocked unconscious by Waite using gravity.
• Waite wrapped the unconscious Kiana in a Black Snake and lifted her into the air.
• Durandal woke up holding the family portrait and realized Chen Luo had restored memories of Siegfried but not the memories she wanted of Cecilia.

Durandal left to answer Kiana’s distress message while Siegfried was intercepted by a Waite clone, who held Kiana hostage and demanded Heavenly Fire Judgment. Siegfried handed over the Divine Key, leaving Waite wary and the encounter unresolved.

• Durandal learned that Rita and Theresa had gone to support the cathedral, then received and saved Kiana’s recalled distress message and ran toward its location.
• Siegfried traveled through the woods toward Kiana and was caught in a gravity field created by a Waite clone.
• Waite revealed that he had brought Kiana to Siegfried and threatened her while asking for Siegfried’s Divine Key.
• Siegfried tossed Heavenly Fire Judgment to Waite, who cautiously picked it up and suspected a trap.

Waite held Kiana hostage while confronting Siegfried and Durandal, and Einstein revealed that Durandal was Siegfried's missing daughter. Durandal surrendered Black Abyss White Flower to protect Kiana, but Waite then demanded that she cut off Siegfried's remaining right arm.

• Siegfried gave Waite both Heavenly Fire Judgment pistols and urged him to combine them, hoping the weapon's deadly special mode would kill him.
• Durandal arrived and stopped Waite's attack on Siegfried, then revealed that Cocolia had sent Waite to capture Kiana.
• Cocolia warned Waite that using Heavenly Fire Judgment's special mode could kill him, while Durandal used Black Abyss White Flower to erase Waite's attack on Siegfried.
• Einstein told Siegfried that Durandal was Bianca Atagina, the daughter Otto had rescued after Kiana disappeared.
• Waite used Kiana as leverage and demanded Black Abyss White Flower, so Durandal threw it to him and ordered him to release Kiana.
• Waite instead tossed Durandal a blade and demanded that she cut off Siegfried's remaining right arm as payment for his deception.

Chen Luo and the Herrscher of Knowledge’s illusion forced Durandal and Siegfried into a false choice over Kiana, but it broke when Siegfried sacrificed his arm in the vision. After Chen Luo fled and the group subdued the situation, Einstein confirmed that Durandal was Siegfried’s biological daughter, leaving him to face her anger over his insults.

• In the illusion, Waite threatened Kiana and demanded that Durandal or Siegfried cut off an arm, and Siegfried severed his remaining arm to spare Durandal.
• The illusion shattered, revealing Chen Luo with Heavenly Fire and Black Abyss White Flower; Durandal confronted him, but he dodged her knee and teleported away.
• Siegfried rescued Kiana, and he and Durandal turned on Waite, who claimed he was a Thousand-Man Herrscher puppet and had surrendered.
• Durandal freed Tesla and vouched for Waite, while Siegfried remarked that Durandal was blank and silly as a child.
• Einstein told Siegfried that Durandal was the real Kiana, and Durandal coldly confronted him about how he had described his biological daughter.

Chen Luo escaped Durandal and went to rescue Raiden Mei, then brought her to the prison where her father, Raiden Ryoma, was held. After reuniting, the three prepared to leave, though Raiden Ryoma remained wary of Chen Luo’s closeness with Mei.

• Chen Luo teleported away from Durandal and decided to continue his plan to clear Waite’s name.
• Chen Luo found Waite II defeated by Yae Sakura, then reunited with Raiden Mei and took her to rescue her father.
• Chen Luo and Raiden Mei appeared in Raiden Ryoma’s prison cell, where Mei excitedly reunited with him.
• Chen Luo recovered his portable Teleport Anchor while Raiden Ryoma listened to Mei’s recent experiences and eyed Chen Luo suspiciously.
• Chen Luo urged Raiden Mei and Raiden Ryoma to leave before it was too late, and Raiden Ryoma thanked him for the rescue.

Chen Luo brought Raiden Ryoma to St. Freya Academy, where the reunited Siegfried and Durandal discussed Kiana’s identity and enlisted Chen Luo to tell her the truth. As the group arranged family portraits, a wanted notice revealed that Raiden Ryoma had escaped from prison.

• Chen Luo teleported Raiden Ryoma and Raiden Mei from the prison to St. Freya Academy.
• Raiden Mei met Siegfried and learned that Durandal was Kiana’s older sister, while the group agreed to reveal Kiana’s identity gradually.
• Siegfried assigned Chen Luo a commission to tell Kiana the truth about the K423 incident, and Chen Luo accepted.
• Raiden Mei noticed Durandal’s wooden family portrait, and Kiana and Mei each asked Chen Luo to carve one for them.
• Siegfried and Chen Luo received an urgent notice declaring Raiden Ryoma an escaped prisoner and issuing a wanted alert.

Chen Luo offered to help Siegfried suppress Kiana’s dangerous Celine personality so Siegfried could stay near her, while he arranged lodging for Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma. Back at the bar, Durandal continued searching her memories with the Herrscher of Knowledge as Otto revealed he still hoped to revive Kallen without sacrificing himself.

• Chen Luo read out Anti-Entropy’s wanted notice for Siegfried, then suggested that Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma stay at St. Freya Academy.
• Chen Luo told Siegfried that Kiana had a powerful split personality that Siegfried’s presence could awaken, and offered to suppress it with a Spirit Sealing Technique.
• Chen Luo arranged for Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma to sleep on the second floor of his bar and returned there with Durandal to help restore her memories.
• Chen Luo sent the Herrscher of Knowledge upstairs with Durandal to search through her memories again, while Raven complained that the bar had suffered without Chen Luo there.
• Otto told Chen Luo that Durandal had likely learned she was the real Kiana and explained that he still sought a way to revive Kallen without dying.
• Otto said seeing two Mobius figures had strengthened his belief in the Previous Era, and that being sent back fifty thousand years would be preferable to losing either one.

Otto offered Schicksal to Chen Luo in exchange for reviving Kallen, then commissioned him to revive Cecilia, while Raven asked him to find her brother. Chen Luo traded an imitation Gem of Pestilence to Otto for a villa island, leaving Raven furious after she realized she had sold him the gems cheaply and still owed him money.

• Otto said he would give Schicksal to Chen Luo if he revived Kallen and received a commission to revive Cecilia.
• Raven asked Chen Luo to find her brother, Natasha Ciora, and Chen Luo accepted the commission without asking for work points.
• Chen Luo offered Otto an imitation Gem of Pestilence and received a villa island in exchange.
• Raven recognized that the imitation gemstones she had sold Chen Luo could be worth villa islands and shook him in anger.
• Chen Luo told Raven her villa island was being purchased, reminded her she owed half its cost, and offered a discount based on her work.

Chen Luo treated Shenhe’s baleful energy and accepted a commission to accompany her to the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony. Mobius then confronted him about neglecting his lab work, while her younger self watched their argument.

• Chen Luo greeted the bar’s customers and deliberately walked past two green-haired sisters to speak with Shenhe.
• Shenhe told Chen Luo that one red rope had been untied and asked him to accompany her to the Seven Stars Immortal Conferment Ceremony; he accepted the commission for the day after tomorrow.
• Chen Luo extracted Shenhe’s killing intent and baleful energy, and she explained that her Master wanted her to test whether she had adapted to city life.
• Mobius confronted Chen Luo about taking a salary without working, while Shenhe offered to deal with her and then settled in to observe.
• Chen Luo sat beside Mobius and claimed he had avoided interrupting her conversation with her younger self, prompting both Mobius versions to challenge his remarks.

Chen Luo agreed to join Mobius's lab the day after tomorrow, where she planned to teach him and put his surgical skills to use. When Aili and Eden arrived, the two Mobiuses competed to keep Chen Luo at the table before letting him leave.

• Mobius asked Chen Luo to start working at her lab, and he agreed to report the day after tomorrow.
• Mobius warned Chen Luo that Cangxuan and Danzhu might make him wash bottles, then offered to teach him and use his surgical skills to ease her workload.
• Aili and Eden arrived, and Chen Luo tried to leave to make room for them.
• Big Mobius and Little Mobius each tried to keep Chen Luo close, while Aili offered to sit on his lap instead.
• The Mobiuses dropped their rivalry long enough to send Chen Luo away, and he left the table.

Chen Luo completed Durandal’s mission and opened rewards that gave him Herrscher of Thunder and Herrscher of Void Talents, along with the five-star Savior achievement and a Soul Summoning Bell. The chapter left him pondering the burden of Durandal’s achievement and looking forward to opening more rewards.

• Chen Luo returned to the bar counter and joked with Raven, who kept working rather than spending her work points.
• Chen Luo received a mission-completion notification and opened a random reward that granted him the Herrscher of Thunder Talent.
• Chen Luo opened another reward and gained the Herrscher of Void Talent, then wondered whether he could become the Herrscher of the End.
• Chen Luo received the five-star Savior achievement from Durandal’s reward and reflected on how much she had borne.
• Chen Luo examined his new spatial Authority and obtained a Soul Summoning Bell that could summon a Friend’s phantom.

Chen Luo examined several random rewards, including a Doctor title, a Soul Extractor, modified Heavenly Scented Cardamom, Backstab, and a Book of Contracts. His final reward was half of a Raiden Shogun Puppet Exchange Coupon, and he turned to Raven with an offer to sign a contract as a bar employee.

• Chen Luo received the Doctor title, which granted recognized doctorates and discounted access to advanced knowledge in each world.
• Chen Luo obtained a Soul Extractor and realized it could help him address Kiana's problem.
• Chen Luo received ten modified Heavenly Scented Cardamom and considered planting two of them, then drew the Backstab skill and a Book of Contracts.
• Chen Luo's final reward was a Raiden Shogun Puppet Exchange Coupon (1/2), leaving him frustrated that the exchange coupon was incomplete.
• Chen Luo considered making and selling god-themed figurines, then asked Raven to sign a contract and join the bar as an official employee.

Chen Luo wrote a casual employment contract for Raven, offering work points, benefits, and a fifty-percent discount on her villa island purchase. He then used the Book of Contracts to make their signed agreement enforceable, leaving Raven stunned by its power.

• Chen Luo and Raven negotiated her work schedule, wages, benefits, uniform rules, and a fifty-percent discount while he drafted their contract.
• Chen Luo added a clause forbidding Raven from getting a partner before he did, and Raven struck him on the head before signing.
• Chen Luo sacrificed the Fake Herrscher Gem to record their agreement in the Book of Contracts.
• The Book of Contracts polished the contract's wording and warned that breaking it could lead to property being taken or, in severe cases, a soul being claimed.

Raven received ownership of her villa island and immediately skipped work, risking punishment under the Book of Contracts. Chen Luo then met Estelle, a powerful witch who came to his bar seeking help and asked whether he could use magic.

• Amber delivered the villa island transfer contract and confirmed the island was now in Raven’s name.
• Raven celebrated by leaving work early, while Chen Luo worried that the Book of Contracts would punish her for violating their agreement.
• A new customer, Estelle, entered Zero Bar and introduced herself as a Perfumer Witch.
• Chen Luo served Estelle black tea and explained that the bar could help fulfill wishes.
• Estelle confirmed she had a wish and asked Chen Luo whether he could use magic.

Chen Luo accepted Estelle’s commission to help her travel ten years into the past and save Serena, then demonstrated his magic and earned Estelle’s confidence with his Space Magic. Estelle planned to find another witch before calling him, and Chen Luo asked to borrow her basic magic textbooks.

• Estelle explained that her Time Reversal Magic would create another timeline where Serena could be saved, and Chen Luo accepted the bar’s commission to help her.
• Chen Luo offered to join Estelle’s trip as a bodyguard and showed her three powerful Modified Fireball Techniques, which he could only detonate.
• Chen Luo demonstrated his Space Magic, and Estelle decided to bring him along because teleportation could help in an emergency.
• Chen Luo told Estelle he wanted no payment beyond the bar’s reward and asked to borrow her basic magic textbooks.

Chen Luo gave Estelle a Commission Card and considered the limits of magic across worlds. After a sleepy scuffle with the little fox and breakfast at the bar, he decided to visit St. Freya Academy to discuss bringing Venti back from the Oceania Branch.

• Chen Luo explained that basic magic was more likely than advanced magic to work across worlds and gave Estelle a Commission Card to contact him if she found a cooperating witch.
• The little fox woke Chen Luo at six in the morning, but he knocked it away with a pillow and sealed his door to go back to sleep.
• Chen Luo apologized to the little fox at breakfast and won its forgiveness with three increasingly extravagant meals of fried tofu.
• The Herrscher of Knowledge asked the Book of Cang Xuan about her online classes and stole one of her crab roe soup dumplings.
• Chen Luo decided to visit St. Freya Academy and ask Theresa about bringing Venti back from the Oceania Branch.

Chen Luo sent Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma back to St. Freya Academy after altering their memories to hide a compromising photo. He then tried to take Rin to school, and after Sakura helped uncover Rin’s insecurity about being a Herrscher, Chen Luo reassured her that St. Freya Academy already included several Herrschers.

• Chen Luo photographed Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma asleep in an embrace, then deleted the picture to complete their commissions.
• When Siegfried noticed a photo of himself with Durandal, Chen Luo used the Herrscher of Knowledge to alter Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma’s memories.
• Chen Luo told Siegfried that Otto would leave him alone at St. Freya Academy, and Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma left the bar.
• Chen Luo tried to make Rin attend St. Freya Academy, but Rin resisted because she had barely had time to enjoy herself after waking.
• Sakura asked Rin why she refused to go, and Rin admitted she felt a Herrscher did not belong at a Valkyrie school.
• Chen Luo reassured Rin by listing the Herrschers and future Herrschers connected to St. Freya Academy.

Chen Luo used the Soul Extractor to remove Sirin’s consciousness from Kiana, then revealed he planned to use it to hatch an Armed Puppet. He left the golden crystal containing Sirin in his care, with the puppet egg ready for her consciousness.

• Chen Luo brought Ling to Himeko’s house, explained that Raiden Mei and Kiana were Herrschers, and sent Ling off to class.
• Chen Luo used the Soul Extractor on Kiana, with Durandal and Siegfried watching, and carefully separated Sirin’s consciousness from Kiana’s.
• Chen Luo pulled a golden crystal containing Sirin from the extractor and stopped Siegfried from destroying it, reminding him that the extracted item belonged to Chen Luo.
• Chen Luo revealed that he intended to hatch an Armed Puppet using Sirin’s consciousness and produced the unhatched puppet egg.