Recaps

Ling Feng revealed that he had known Kiana was the real one and tried to explain his intentions after she accused him of treating her as a substitute. He told her how Otto had kept her from Sigfried, gave her the ring her father had left for her, and ended with Kiana asking whose side he would take if she fought the other Kiana.

• Kiana confronted Ling Feng for recognizing that she was the real Kiana, and he admitted he had known while pretending otherwise.
• Kiana cried over her parents and her years at Schicksal, while Ling Feng explained that Otto had switched her with the other Kiana and that Sigfried had stayed away out of fear of Otto's schemes.
• Ling Feng showed Kiana the ring Sigfried had left for her and said her father still cared about her.
• Kiana accepted the ring from Ling Feng, who insisted that he saw her as herself rather than as a substitute.
• Kiana asked Ling Feng which Kiana he would support if she fought the other one.

Ling Feng and Kiana agreed to settle their argument with a card game in which each loser had to answer a question or remove an item of clothing. Ling Feng won the first round, and Kiana suffered another crushing defeat in the second when he played all twenty cards at once.

• Kiana challenged Ling Feng to a card duel after he refused to say which Kiana he would help, and she added removing clothing as an alternative for the loser.
• Ling Feng and Kiana sealed themselves inside a tent and began playing two-player Fight the Landlord.
• Kiana lost the first round after Ling Feng played four aces, four kings, four queens, and a straight, so she removed her battlesuit.
• Kiana received a powerful hand in the second round and expected to win, but Ling Feng played all twenty cards at once as an airplane and went out.

Ling Feng and Kiana continued their clothes-for-cards game, with Kiana losing repeatedly and Ling Feng admiring her as she stripped down to her socks. When Kiana faced losing her underwear or panties, Ling Feng deliberately threw a round so she could win and avoid further embarrassment.

• Kiana lost another round and took off her short skirt, leaving her in her underwear and panties.
• Kiana lost again, but removed one sock instead of her underwear, and Ling Feng protested that socks should not count.
• Kiana lost five rounds in a row and challenged Ling Feng to keep playing.
• Ling Feng saw that Kiana had a terrible hand and decided to throw the round rather than make her remove her underwear or panties.
• Kiana played a pair of eights, believing it was her last hope, while Ling Feng concealed his strong remaining hand.

Kiana challenged Ling Feng to keep playing cards, with the loser having to remove clothes, and she grew increasingly determined to win after losing. The chapter left her making a final wager: if she lost again, Ling Feng could do anything he wanted to her.

• Kiana won a round and made Ling Feng remove his shirt, then won again and made him take off his pants.
• Ling Feng stopped letting Kiana win and beat her in the next game, so Kiana removed her bra.
• Ling Feng quickly won another game while Kiana struggled to hold her cards with one hand, and she removed her panties.
• Ling Feng ended the game and told Kiana to get dressed, but she insisted on continuing so she could make him remove his underwear.
• Kiana offered to let Ling Feng do anything he wanted if she lost the next round.

Kiana lost a card game to Ling Feng and offered to let him do as he wished, but he stopped at kissing when he realized she was frightened. After she later chose to be intimate with him willingly, the two spent the night together.

• Kiana challenged Ling Feng to a card game and lost after he played a rocket and emptied his hand.
• Kiana kept her promise and let Ling Feng kiss her, but he gave her his shirt and stopped when he saw how scared she was.
• Kiana regained her spirits, promised to challenge him again, and kissed Ling Feng willingly.
• Kiana asked whether Ling Feng had slept with the other Kiana, then said she wanted to be intimate with him too.
• Ling Feng embraced Kiana and they had sex, while Kiana felt pleased that she had cheated on the impostor.

After discovering he had given True Kiana the wrong family ring, Ling Feng took it back and tried to persuade her to join him at St. Freya Academy. The pair continued exploring Nine Nether and found Himeko, Mei, Kiana, Bronya, and Fu Hua fighting a horde of Honkai Beasts near a huge stone gate.

• Ling Feng realized True Kiana wore the Kaslana Family ring intended for the other Kiana, then secretly took it back during the night.
• Ling Feng urged True Kiana to come to St. Freya Academy, but she hesitated over how they would explain her identity to the other Kiana.
• Ling Feng and True Kiana explored Nine Nether together, growing more affectionate as they searched for a way out.
• On the third day, Ling Feng and True Kiana heard fighting nearby and rushed toward the sounds to help.
• Ling Feng and True Kiana found Himeko, Mei, Kiana, Bronya, and Fu Hua battling Honkai Beasts before a sealed stone gate.

True Kiana joined Ling Feng and the others in fighting a huge Honkai Beast swarm, then introduced herself to Kiana as her long-lost older twin sister. The group accepted her claim for now, and True Kiana began telling Kiana that Ling Feng had mistreated her.

• True Kiana worried that Ling Feng might favor the Kiana everyone else recognized, but he reassured her that he considered both women his wives.
• True Kiana deployed White Knight: Aurora, and Ling Feng summoned Chiyou before they joined the battle against the Honkai Beasts.
• Ling Feng coordinated with Kiana, Himeko, and Bronya while True Kiana prepared an explanation for her identity and asked him to keep their relationship secret.
• Ling Feng, True Kiana, Fu Hua, Bronya, and the others cleared the swarm in about ten minutes, after which Ling Feng handed out snacks to the exhausted group.
• True Kiana removed her armor and claimed she was Kiana's older twin sister, saying Otto and Siegfried had kept her existence secret; Kiana embraced her, while Himeko remained suspicious.
• When Kiana asked how she had met Ling Feng, True Kiana cried and claimed he had forced her to live like a star slave.

Ling Feng was accused of tricking True Kiana during a game of Fight the Landlord, and the Valkyries confronted him before learning that Fu Hua was pregnant. He reassured Fu Hua that he would support her and the child, while Rita hinted that she wanted a child too.

• True Kiana claimed Ling Feng had stripped her during Fight the Landlord and made him her lover, prompting the Valkyries to prepare to attack him.
• Fu Hua admitted that she and Ling Feng had been together, then became ill while approaching him.
• Rita suspected Fu Hua was pregnant, and Bronya's scan confirmed she was about one month along.
• Ling Feng asked Fu Hua why she had hidden the pregnancy and promised to respect her wishes and take responsibility.
• Rita told Ling Feng she wanted a child too and suggested they work on it that night.

Ling Feng and the Valkyries discovered that three keys hidden along separate routes were needed to open the stone door in the Nine Nether ruins, then split into groups to retrieve them. Ling Feng and Rita traveled together, with Rita appearing to have deliberately arranged for him to handle the fighting as they pressed deeper into the ruins.

• True Kiana and Kiana both claimed Ling Feng’s attention, while Mei interrupted their argument by reminding everyone to find a way out of the ruins.
• Fu Hua recognized the stone door as familiar and identified three symbols linked to stone tablets at the three entrances; the group concluded that each route concealed a key.
• Ling Feng, Rita, Himeko, Bronya, True Kiana, Fu Hua, Kiana, and Mei split into three teams to search the routes for the keys.
• Ling Feng and Rita found mostly Honkai Beast corpses along Rita’s route, and Rita could not explain why so few remained alive.
• Ling Feng and Rita continued through groups of Honkai Beasts, with Ling Feng sometimes carrying Rita over them using Chiyou’s gravity.

Ling Feng and Rita retrieved a golden key after hiding from an Anti-Entropy battle, then returned to the stone gate and reunited with Himeko, True Kiana, and Bronya. True Kiana handed over the second key, and Himeko learned that she shared the name Kiana with her younger sister.

• Ling Feng and Rita encountered a huge horde of Honkai Beasts and flirted while trying to stay hidden; Anti-Entropy mechs soon attacked the horde, led by Anya.
• Ling Feng and Rita waited until Anti-Entropy left, then continued to a hall, where Ling Feng defeated a metal puppet and took a golden key from a stone stele.
• Ling Feng and Rita returned to the stone gate around six in the evening and found Himeko, True Kiana, and Bronya waiting.
• True Kiana gave Ling Feng the key she had found, and the two keys appeared to match the stone gate's left and right markings.
• Himeko asked why two people were named Kiana, and True Kiana explained that she had been given no name when she was kept secret; Ling Feng postponed deciding how to distinguish them.

Ling Feng and the others gathered the three keys to Nine Nether, but Fu Hua’s group returned injured after fighting two Emperor-class Honkai Beasts. After they ate and opened the stone gate, they found the Xuanyuan Sword in a vast hall, where Anya and a group of mechs ambushed them.

• While waiting for Fu Hua, Mei, and Kiana, Ling Feng prepared hotpot with Rita, Himeko, Bronya, and True Kiana.
• Fu Hua returned with Mei and Kiana, who explained that they had fought two Emperor-class Honkai Beasts and obtained the third key.
• Ling Feng brought out the other two keys, and the group ate hotpot before opening the stone gate.
• The group entered a huge hall with an altar and identified the golden sword embedded in it as the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Anya appeared atop a mech with more mechs behind her and threatened to kill Bronya along with the others.

Ling Feng’s group captured Anya and agreed to let her join them while they searched for an exit. When Fu Hua tried to reclaim the Xuanyuan Sword, it became uncontrollable, and after Fu Hua let go, it began attacking the group and targeted Mei.

• Anya led hundreds of mechs against Ling Feng’s group, but Ling Feng swallowed their missiles and True Kiana captured her.
• Bronya recognized Anya and asked Ling Feng to spare her; Ling Feng agreed to let Anya join their search for an exit.
• Ling Feng pointed out the Xuanyuan Sword, and Fu Hua tried to reclaim it from the altar.
• The Xuanyuan Sword dragged Fu Hua through the air, and Ling Feng and True Kiana tried to help restrain it.
• Fu Hua let go after becoming nauseated, and the Xuanyuan Sword pierced a mech before turning toward Mei.

Ling Feng and the others fought Himeko after the Xuanyuan Sword controlled her, trying to separate her from the Divine Key without seriously hurting her. They subdued Himeko and restrained the sword, and Himeko regained consciousness in Ling Feng’s arms.

• The Xuanyuan Sword controlled Himeko, who attacked Kiana and the others until Fu Hua explained that the sword’s Herrscher consciousness had influenced her.
• Ling Feng and Fu Hua led the effort to stop Himeko, while True Kiana joined them and the others guarded the group.
• Ling Feng, Fu Hua, and True Kiana weakened Himeko and tried to take the Xuanyuan Sword, but they struggled to overpower her.
• Ling Feng grabbed Himeko’s breast to make her reflexively loosen her grip, allowing Fu Hua to wrench away the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Fu Hua used Feathered Dust to suppress the sword’s Honkai energy, and Himeko regained consciousness while Ling Feng held her.

Ling Feng learned that Jilin had sealed Chi You and that Danzhu and others were trapped in a space inside the creature. Though the others escaped through Jilin’s weakening vortex, Ling Feng stayed behind with Fu Hua and Rita to try to rescue them, relying on the Queen’s plan to open the devouring space.

• Himeko recovered, and Fu Hua completely suppressed the Honkai consciousness inside the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Jilin appeared and told Fu Hua and Ling Feng that they were inside Chi You, whose seal was weakening, and asked them to find a new master for the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Jilin opened a golden vortex to let the group escape and revealed that Danzhu and others were sealed beneath the altar in a space inside Chi You.
• Fu Hua and Rita chose to stay with Ling Feng while the others left, and Rita guessed that Ling Feng intended to rescue Danzhu and the others.
• Ling Feng asked the Queen for help, and she agreed to use the Honkai Wormhole to open a gap in the devouring space.
• Ling Feng returned and asked Fu Hua to help him smash the altar so he could reach the devouring space.

Ling Feng entered Chiyou’s Devouring Space with a spatial rope and rescued three people before returning to the Hyperion with Fu Hua and Rita. As the battleship headed back, True Kiana approached in a hostile stance, and Ling Feng realized he had forgotten her.

• Fu Hua and Ling Feng destroyed the altar and exposed the entrance to Chiyou’s Devouring Space.
• The Queen gave Ling Feng a spatial rope and warned that it might break after three minutes inside the Devouring Space.
• Ling Feng entered the Devouring Space, and Fu Hua and Rita discussed Rita’s relationship with him while they waited.
• Ling Feng returned with three rescued people, then carried Fu Hua and Rita out of the sea and onto the Hyperion.
• Bronya brought Anya aboard the helicopter, and Tesla briefed the crew about Chiyou as the Hyperion headed back toward St. Freya Academy.
• A white-armored figure identified as True Kiana approached the Hyperion, and Ling Feng realized he had left her behind.

Ling Feng reunited with True Kiana aboard the Hyperion and apologized for leaving her behind. In Imaginary Space, he met the newly awakened Danzhu and Cang Xuan, who recognized him from the Previous civilization and learned how much time had passed.

• True Kiana confronted Ling Feng for abandoning her, but forgave him after he apologized and fed her a late-night snack alongside Kiana.
• Ling Feng entered Imaginary Space, where Queen told him Danzhu and Cang Xuan had awakened and were eating instant noodles.
• Danzhu and Cang Xuan recognized Ling Feng and hugged him, while he admitted he did not remember them.
• Ling Feng explained that the Class President was Chiyuan and that he came from the Previous civilization, surprising Queen.
• Ling Feng told Danzhu and Cang Xuan that they were in Imaginary Space and that roughly five thousand years had passed outside.
• Danzhu lamented humanity's slow progress, and Queen agreed with her assessment.

Ling Feng learned how Danzhu, Cang Xuan, and Chiyuan had protected civilization across the ages, while the Queen grew jealous over Chiyuan and resisted letting the twins into her private space. After Ling Feng persuaded her to let him bring Chiyuan inside, he pinned the Queen against the wall and kissed her.

• Danzhu retrieved a Chiyuan figurine from the backpack, and Cang Xuan showed Ling Feng the final metal sphere from Dr. Mei’s Stairway Plan.
• Danzhu explained that Chiyou had threatened the ancient Yanhuang tribe, that they had helped Jilin defeat it, and that Chiyuan had stayed behind to guard Shenzhou while the others entered hibernation.
• Ling Feng told Danzhu and Cang Xuan that Chiyou remained sealed and that Chiyuan had forgotten much of her past but continued protecting Shenzhou.
• The Queen questioned Ling Feng about his wife Chiyuan and the other girls in his life, then warned him not to bring people into her private space.
• Ling Feng persuaded the Queen to let him bring Chiyuan inside, and she agreed on the condition that he bring no one else.
• Ling Feng pressed the Queen against the wall and kissed her.

Ling Feng brought Danzhu, Cang Xuan, and Xiao Lu into the Imaginary Space and warned them to keep the Herrscher of the Void secret. He then returned to the Hyperion and took Fu Hua into the space, while Otto learned that True Kiana had joined Ling Feng’s group and turned his attention back to the search for more memory metal spheres.

• Ling Feng asked the Queen for help bringing Chiyou into the Imaginary Space, and she assured him he could travel between the spaces safely without spatial rope.
• Ling Feng found Xiao Lu with Danzhu and Cang Xuan, ordered all three to conceal the Herrscher of the Void, and stopped Danzhu from insulting his wife.
• Ling Feng left the Imaginary Space and brought Fu Hua inside, while True Kiana remained aboard the Hyperion and wondered what he was hiding.
• Durandal informed Otto that True Kiana had left on her own and boarded the Hyperion under Ling Feng’s command.
• Otto set aside his concern about True Kiana and asked about the exploration of Nine Nether and the search for other memory metal spheres.

Otto learned that Chiyou was unlikely to awaken soon, while Ling Feng reunited Fu Hua with Danzhu, Cang Xuan, and Xiao Lu, who explained their shared past. Fu Hua and Ling Feng decided to give the last memory metal sphere to Tesla, and the chapter ended with Ling Feng agreeing to stay with True Kiana for the night after she begged not to be left alone.

• Durandal reported that Schicksal had not found what Otto wanted in Nine Nether, that the Far East Branch had taken the Xuanyuan Key, and that Chiyou would not awaken soon.
• Ling Feng brought Fu Hua to Imaginary Space, where Danzhu, Cang Xuan, and Xiao Lu recounted their mission and explained how the group had entered slumber and later awakened.
• Fu Hua recognized that her metal sphere was the last one and asked Ling Feng what to do with it; he chose to give it to Tesla, and Fu Hua agreed.
• Ling Feng arranged for Danzhu, Cang Xuan, Xiao Lu, and True Kiana to stay at St. Freya Academy, then gave them clothes for the night.
• True Kiana begged Ling Feng not to leave her alone, and he kissed her and agreed to stay, asking her to keep their relationship and his affection private.

Ling Feng reunited True Kiana with Theresa, then gave Tesla the final sphere from the Stairway Plan and explained that it contained the old civilization’s advanced knowledge. Tesla was eager to study it, but Ling Feng revealed that they needed Quantum Technology to access its data.

• Ling Feng secretly left True Kiana’s room the morning after spending the night with her, while Rita noticed his carelessness about being photographed.
• Ling Feng brought True Kiana to Theresa and revealed that she was the real Kiana, prompting Theresa to embrace her and invite her to stay at St. Freya Academy.
• Ling Feng left Theresa and True Kiana to talk and went to Tesla’s laboratory with breakfast and a white sphere.
• Ling Feng told Tesla that the sphere was the final Stairway Plan artifact, containing the previous civilization’s highest technology and theories, and Tesla excitedly hugged him.
• Ling Feng explained that the sphere held quantum data and required Quantum Technology to analyze, leaving Tesla unsure how to proceed.

Tesla brought Ein to St. Freya Academy to help decipher the metal sphere, while Ling Feng used Imaginary Space to transport Ein’s quantum equipment. After the researchers began their work, Ling Feng visited the bored Queen and later bought her a maid outfit, but she hesitated to put it on.

• Tesla asked Ling Feng if she could share the sphere’s knowledge with Ein, and he agreed because he trusted them both.
• Tesla contacted Ein, and Ling Feng used the Moonlight Throne and Imaginary Space to bring Ein and her quantum equipment from North America to St. Freya Academy.
• Theresa confirmed the identities of the twin girls and Xiao Lu, and Xiao Lu joined Tesla and Ein’s research team.
• Ein proposed trading herself to Ling Feng for the metal sphere and asked about his pregnant partners, while Tesla interrupted her and force-fed her durian.
• Ling Feng left the laboratory to visit the Queen in Imaginary Space, then went to Magic City and bought her a revealing maid outfit.
• Ling Feng presented the outfit to the Queen, who questioned its short skirt and put off wearing it.

Ling Feng reassured Theresa that he intended to marry and care for the women he loved, including both Kianas, before discussing marriage with Fu Hua. Fu Hua hesitated, leaving their decision unresolved.

• The Queen refused to wear the maid outfit and used her Spatial Ability to throw Ling Feng out when he tried to make her change.
• Theresa confronted Ling Feng about his relationship with the real Kiana and asked how he planned to protect the futures of both Kianas and the other women.
• Ling Feng said he intended to marry the women he loved and take responsibility for them for life, and Theresa warned him not to hurt either Kiana.
• Theresa chased Ling Feng with Judah after he teased her about her height, then joined Kiana and the others to play games.
• Fu Hua told Ling Feng she hoped to learn the knowledge held by the twin girls and Xiao Lu so she could keep protecting Shenzhou.
• Ling Feng asked Fu Hua whether she had thought about getting married, and Fu Hua hesitated as she recalled the losses she had faced over five thousand years.

Fu Hua accepted Ling Feng’s proposal to consider marriage and was ordered to give up her Valkyrie duties so she could rest and raise their child. Later, Mei took the initiative with Ling Feng, and he responded to her confession with a kiss.

• Fu Hua told Ling Feng that she feared outliving him and their child, while Ling Feng urged her to focus on the present and consider marriage in time.
• Ling Feng embraced Fu Hua and ordered her to relinquish her duties protecting Shenzhou and rest while preparing their child to become its next guardian.
• Theresa took True Kiana to her apartment, and Rita tried to invite Ling Feng to spend the night with her before Mei interrupted to ask for help imprinting her stigmata.
• Ling Feng erased Mei’s stigmata and massaged her, while Mei asked him about his encounter with Kiana and admitted she wanted him to choose her instead.
• Mei told Ling Feng she would no longer hesitate, and he helped her up and kissed her.

Ling Feng’s attempt to get closer to Mei was interrupted by Kiana, so he carried Kiana away and then helped her finish her homework. After putting Kiana to bed, he returned to the Imaginary Space and found that the Queen looked different.

• Ling Feng tried to continue with Mei, but Kiana walked in, and Mei pushed him out and locked the door.
• Ling Feng carried Kiana to her room and punished her while she kept playing a game with Bronya.
• Kiana remembered her homework, changed without putting on underwear, and began working at her desk.
• Ling Feng taught Kiana until they finished her homework at eleven, then carried her to bed.
• Ling Feng left Kiana to sleep, returned to the Imaginary Space, and noticed that the Queen had changed.

The Queen surprised Ling Feng by dressing as his maid and nervously serving him, including helping him bathe. Afterward, she wanted to keep playing the maid, but Ling Feng reassured her that simply staying by his side was what he wanted.

• The Queen greeted Ling Feng in a maid outfit and invited him inside, explaining that she had prepared to act as his maid.
• Ling Feng asked the Queen to heat water for his bath, and she prepared his clothes before entering to scrub his back.
• The Queen slipped while bathing and lost her towel, so Ling Feng lifted her and suggested they soak together.
• After their bath, the Queen put her maid outfit back on and asked whether she could do anything else for Ling Feng.
• The Queen offered to make instant noodles, but Ling Feng stopped her and told her that having her by his side was his greatest wish.