Chapter Summaries

Himeko spent a peaceful night with her mother, while Cecilia returned and heard Theresa complain that Ling Yuan had forced new clothes on her. The next morning, Bronya and Mei woke beside their mothers, and Ling Yuan tried to wake Xiao Shi.

• Himeko agreed to visit her father with her mother the next day, then slept peacefully beside her.
• Cecilia returned and dismissed Theresa’s claim that Ling Yuan had mistreated her, learning that he had simply given her clothes.
• Ling Yuan told Cecilia that Otto only suspected something and asked whether she had any missions; Cecilia said she had days off.
• At World Serpent, Kevin asked Jackal to make another doll with lightning attributes.
• Bronya woke beside Alexandra and accidentally called her Mom, while Mei entertained the possibility that she was the girl’s mother.
• Ling Yuan tried to wake Xiao Shi, who rolled over and went back to sleep.

Ling Yuan found Kiana beside him, while Murata Himeko reunited with her parents. On a snowy plain, Bronya and Alexandra encountered a lightning-wielding Raiden Mei, leaving the reason for Mei’s arrival unclear.

• Ling Yuan discovered Kiana sleeping beside him, and Theresa walked in and called for Cecilia after seeing them together.
• Murata Himeko reunited with her parents, explained that she had come from 2017, and left with them for a family outing.
• Alexandra rode Bronya’s Heavy-Duty Bunny motorcycle across the snowy plain, and Bronya chased after her on another motorcycle.
• A purple-haired girl transformed into lightning and rushed toward Bronya and Alexandra as dark thunderclouds gathered.
• Raiden Mei appeared in violet lightning before Bronya and Alexandra, and Bronya recognized her.

Bronya found Baral, an outsider who resembled Raiden Mei, on the Siberian Snowfield and brought her toward Salt Lake Base for answers. As the group gathered to meet Baral, Kevin was still racing across the sea and Baral had not yet arrived.

• Bronya questioned Baral, who said her name was Ural and explained that she wielded elemental power and needed to return to uphold her eternity.
• Bronya gave Alexandra her motorcycle and flew toward Salt Lake Base with Baral following as purple lightning.
• Bronya reported the outsider to Welt, who told her to bring Baral to Salt Lake Base.
• Ling Yuan, Cecilia, Xiao Shi, Seele, and two Kianas arrived at Salt Lake Base, where they found two Welt Yangs with Tesla and Einstein.
• Kevin sprinted across the sea toward the base, while Raiden Mei arrived in a flash of lightning; Baral remained behind Bronya because the motorcycle was slow.
• Ling Yuan told Welt that outsiders entering their world were not unprecedented and urged the group to wait for Baral before drawing conclusions.

Baelzebub arrived in the Honkai world, where the others debated whether her Heavenly Principles were connected to the Honkai and how to find her world. Ling Yuan arranged a spar between Baelzebub and Kiana, and Baelzebub began opening the Pure Land of One Heart.

• Baelzebub arrived through a dark opening in space and mistook Kiana and Kiana for the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.
• Kevin joined the group, and Welt and the others speculated that the Heavenly Principles might be the Honkai, though Baelzebub's world and powers differed from what they knew.
• Kevin proposed locating Baelzebub's World Bubble with the Second Divine Key, and the 2017 group silently looked to Kevin as the likely source of it.
• Baelzebub asked Kiana to spar, and Ling Yuan warned that her power could destroy the base and suggested they fight in the Pure Land of One Heart.
• Ling Yuan gave Kiana the Herrscher of Thunder Core and challenged Baelzebub to show her strength; Baelzebub closed her eyes as purple lightning glowed at her chest.

Kiana and Baelzebub fought inside the Pure Land of One Heart, trading lightning and Imaginary attacks. Baelzebub opened the Wheel of a Hundred Desires and Eyes as Kiana summoned countless Imaginary Spaces, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Baelzebub drew Engulfing Lightning from her chest and transported Kiana, Raiden Mei, Xiao Shi, and Ling Yuan to the Pure Land of One Heart.
• Kiana transformed into the Herrscher of the Void and swallowed Baelzebub’s opening lightning strike with Imaginary Space.
• Baelzebub teleported behind Kiana and struck the ground, but Kiana escaped by transforming into lightning.
• Kiana launched Imaginary Spears at Baelzebub, who deflected them and countered with a lightning strike that Kiana redirected using the Imaginary Bands.
• Kiana threw a lightning-infused Void Lance, and Baelzebub dodged it before both fighters took positions atop the torii gates.
• Baelzebub revealed the Wheel of a Hundred Desires and Eyes as Kiana formed countless Imaginary Spaces behind her.

Kiana and Baelzebub fought in the void until Sirin took control of Kiana and defeated Baelzebub with Imaginary Energy and lightning. The battle returned everyone to Salt Lake Base, where Baelzebub accepted her loss and Kiana explained that Sirin was another version of herself.

• Kiana sent a barrage of Void Lances at Baelzebub, who destroyed them with lightning and attacked with her Eternal Blade.
• Sirin took over Kiana, and the Herrscher of Reason blocked Baelzebub's strike with a stone pillar.
• The Herrscher of Reason countered Baelzebub's Nen-less Severance with the Heavenly Thunder Tachi and One Slash - Conclusion.
• The Herrscher of Reason overwhelmed Baelzebub with Imaginary Energy, and her lightning blade cut through a torii gate as the void shattered.
• Baelzebub admitted defeat after everyone returned to Salt Lake Base, and Kiana explained that Sirin was another version of herself.
• Tesla found the group outside the base and said she had wondered where they had gone.

Ling Yuan explained Teyvat’s connection to Honkai and invited Baelzebub and the others into his cross-world group chat. Baelzebub asked how she could return to her world, and Kevin said they had a lead involving the Second Divine Key and her energy.

• Tesla apologized for interrupting Ling Yuan’s attempt to scan their surroundings and learned that Baelzebub had sparred with him.
• Ling Yuan told Baelzebub that Teyvat had Honkai and linked the destruction of Khaenri’ah to Heavenly Principles’ efforts to contain it.
• Ling Yuan added Baelzebub and the others to the group chat, where the newcomers introduced themselves and Tesla argued with Einstein over their assigned names.
• Baelzebub asked Ling Yuan how to return to her world, and Kevin said he would retrieve the Second Divine Key before asking her to provide energy for their plan.

Ling Yuan discussed eternity with Baelzebub while Mei and Bronya went to bring their mothers to Anti-Entropy. Kiana arrived at Salt Lake Base aboard Belleronus with Bronya's parents and Mei's mother, then rushed to Theresa carrying a struggling captive.

• Ling Yuan sent Mei and Bronya to fetch their mothers, and they left with Kiana through her Imaginary Space.
• Ling Yuan asked Baelzebub about eternity, and she explained that she pursued it to protect Inazuma from destruction.
• Belleronus flew to Salt Lake Base, startling the Anti-Entropy members, and landed as Kiana and the others dismounted.
• Bronya brought Alexandra and Alexei to the base, while Mei's mother excitedly marveled at the outside world.
• Kiana ran to Theresa with someone in her arms, and the captive yelled for her to let go.

Kiana reunited the two Theresas and teased Twilight Theresa, while Baelzebub met Zhong Xiaoli and joined the others for dinner. Baelzebub asked Raiden Mei to teach her cooking, and the evening ended with Liliya and Rosaria proposing a song.

• Kiana brought Theresa to meet Twilight Theresa, teased them about their height, and was threatened by Twilight Theresa.
• Baelzebub met Zhong Xiaoli, briefly mistook her resemblance for a connection to Morax, then apologized after setting her down.
• Tesla invited Ling Yuan and Baelzebub to dinner, where Kiana tried to appease Twilight Theresa with bitter melon and Theresa brooded over being twenty-five.
• Baelzebub asked Raiden Mei to teach her cooking, and Raiden Mei agreed.
• Kiana complained about her noodle-heavy meals in World Serpent, and Raiden Mei promised to sneak her food through Imaginary Space.
• Liliya and Rosaria called for the Vodka Girls to perform a song, and someone asked to join them.

Welt invited Alexei and Alexandra to join Anti-Entropy, while Ling Yuan spoke with Baelzebub about her fear of losing Inazuma and urged her to visit Shenzhou. Baelzebub set off to see the ancient nation, and Ling Yuan gave Bella a pudding as Kiana went to find her cooked fish.

• Welt invited Alexei and Alexandra to become secret members of Anti-Entropy, and Alexei said he needed time to consider the offer.
• Ling Yuan discussed Baelzebub's pursuit of eternity and suggested that Heavenly Principles might preserve Teyvat from destruction.
• Ling Yuan urged Baelzebub to visit Shenzhou, whose human nation had endured for five thousand years, and she left to explore it.
• Kiana asked Belleronus to shrink down, and Bella transformed into a blue-haired girl and pledged herself to Kiana.
• Kiana went to get Bella a cooked fish, and Ling Yuan gave Bella a pudding that she placed in her blue Imaginary Space.

Kiana taught Bella how to eat a meal while Ling Yuan reunited with Cecilia and Xiao Li and spoke with Seele. Meanwhile, Baelzebub reached Shenzhou, where she introduced herself to Fu Hua and hua.

• Bella ate the wrapper on a snack, then mistook chopsticks and plates for food until Kiana taught her how to eat.
• Cecilia asked Ling Yuan about Baral, and he said she had gone traveling to find her way; he introduced Xiao Li as his little sister.
• Seele told Ling Yuan that her other self said strange things in her sleep, and Ling Yuan realized Black Sir had been speaking.
• Schicksal detected Baelzebub racing toward Shenzhou, and Otto ordered Li Xue to handle the situation because Fu Hua was on leave.
• Baelzebub arrived at Mount Tai Xu, introduced herself as Baral or the Raiden Shogun, and explained that she had come to see Shenzhou and avoid misunderstandings.

Baelzebub began a two-day visit to Divine Land with Cang Xiao Xuan, Hua, Fu Hua, and Cheng Li Xue, who helped them gather money for the trip. At Salt Lake Base, Kiana and the others discussed countering the Constraining Herrscher, and Kiana proposed using power from beyond their world to weaken Honkai.

• Cang Xiao Xuan offered to guide Baelzebub around Divine Land and discovered that Baelzebub, Fu Hua, and Hua had no money with them.
• Baelzebub said she wanted to spend two days observing how ordinary people lived in the country Ling Yuan had described.
• Hua offered her savings, but Cheng Li Xue returned with ten thousand Divine Land currency and gave it to Cang Xiao Xuan for the trip.
• Cang Xiao Xuan chose the village at the foot of Mount Tai Xu as their first stop.
• At Salt Lake Base, Kiana and Tesla tested the dragons in the sea while Tesla studied the data and Ling Yuan considered designing a God-Slaying Weapon for Belleronus.
• Kiana told Kevin and the Welt versions that Bael's Elemental power could still work under the Constraining Authority and might help counter Honkai.

Ling Yuan and his companions toured the Eight Wonders before everyone parted ways and returned home. Back on the Divine Land Floating Island, Himeko returned to find Kiana with Bella, a Belleronus in human form.

• Kiana declined Kevin’s invitation to join World Serpent and said she planned to live an ordinary life in Ling Yuan’s world.
• Ling Yuan used the Herrscher of Reason’s power to reconstruct the Eight Wonders, then used the Herrscher of Death’s Authority of Decay to return them to ruin.
• Mei flew the girl back to the Far East, promised they would meet again, and heard the girl resolve to join Anti-Entropy.
• Bronya said goodbye to Alexandra, accepted her grandmother’s scarf, and rode Heavy-Duty Bunny away toward the void.
• Himeko returned to the Divine Land Floating Island and was shocked when Kiana introduced Bella as a Belleronus.

Baelzebub reconsidered her pursuit of Eternity after experiencing Shenzhou’s fleeting beauty, then she and the others said farewell and left through the spatial passage. Ling Yuan returned home with Kiana and Xiao Shi at ten at night, wondering whether Ranran was asleep.

• Baelzebub called Cang Xiao Xuan big sister to get a candied haw, then snatched it and teased her with Teleportation.
• Ling Yuan welcomed Baelzebub into the warmly lit house, and she reflected that Inazuma could endure without her and that fleeting beauty deserved to be cherished.
• Ling Yuan and the others said goodbye as Baelzebub, Kiana’s group, Welt’s group, and Cecilia departed through the spatial passage.
• Fu Hua praised Cheng Li Xue and told her to move forward without fear, bringing tears to Li Xue’s eyes.
• After the visitors left, Fu Hua took Cheng Li Xue and Cang Xiao Xuan back inside, while Cecilia flew toward Schicksal’s headquarters.
• Ling Yuan, Kiana, and Xiao Shi arrived home at ten at night, and Ling Yuan wondered whether Ranran had gone to sleep.

Ling Yuan brought Kiana into his household, where she revealed she had used her Herrscher powers to watch several dramas at once. After breakfast, Ling Yuan received the Divine Artifact Boosted Gear and began preparing to turn it into a God-Slaying Weapon for Belleronus.

• Ling Yuan settled Kiana into an empty room, and Thor waited up to greet him before going to rest.
• Ling Yuan woke beside Bella, Xiao Li, and Ophis, then discovered Kiana had made eight copies of herself to watch dramas and made her wash up before breakfast.
• Thor pounced on Ling Yuan downstairs, and Kiana introduced herself to Xia Ranran before jokingly asking if she was the main wife.
• Ling Yuan signed in and received the Divine Artifact Boosted Gear, which he recognized as a potential material for Belleronus's God-Slaying Weapon.
• Ling Yuan took the Boosted Gear and the Plague Core upstairs and examined the artifact's structure.

Ling Yuan crafted the God-Slaying Weapon Silver Dragon's Judgment for Bella and awakened her Forbidden Hand, Belleronus, which amplified a core's power enough to destroy a mountain. After fleeing the approaching energy signature, he returned home and learned from the system that he was Tier Nine, not Tier Ten.

• Ling Yuan made Silver Dragon's Judgment using Kagura's Verity as its material and invited Bella to inhabit the gauntlet.
• The system helped Ling Yuan name the weapon and enter a Forbidden Hand incantation for Bella.
• At Tiance Mountain, Ling Yuan recited the incantation and transformed into Belleronus, an armored form with orange wings of light.
• Ling Yuan tested the Forbidden Hand's amplified core power and obliterated a mountain, then absorbed the resulting flames into Imaginary Space.
• Ling Yuan sensed someone approaching and hid in Imaginary Space before returning home with his transformed Blazing Key pistols.
• The system corrected Ling Yuan's estimate of his strength, placing him at Tier Nine and explaining that controlling Feather of the End Acnologia completely might let him reach Tier Ten.

Ling Yuan tested his Forbidden Hand against Xia Annan and Xiao Qingya in Sunset City after learning he could combine the powers of different cores. The spar began with Xia Annan transformed into Phoenix form, and Ling Yuan’s Osmanthus Sword was knocked from his hand.

• Ling Yuan learned that his strength depended on wielding the Feather of the End and discovered a combination skill that used three cores at once.
• Ling Yuan took Ophis through a spatial passage to Sunset City, where Xia Annan, Xiao Qingya, and Karna were waiting for him.
• Xia Annan and Xiao Qingya agreed to face Ling Yuan together, and Xia Annan summoned the Phoenix while Xiao Qingya began Human-Deity Fusion.
• Ling Yuan activated the Forbidden Hand and challenged the transformed pair, then rushed at Xia Annan with the Osmanthus Sword.
• Xia Annan struck the Osmanthus Sword with his chain and knocked it away without damaging it.

Ling Yuan revealed the Sea Gem and fought Xia Annan, using his copied powers and a surprise attack to defeat and temporarily seal him. Xia Annan and Xiao Qingya prepared to face Ling Yuan together, and Ling Yuan drew his greatsword as Xiao Qingya summoned the Worldly Wind.

• Ling Yuan changed his orange Plague Gem into the Sea Gem and attacked Xia Annan with a water dragon, but Xia Annan destroyed it with a Flame Feather.
• Ling Yuan used his chains and lightning blade against Xia Annan, who caught the slash with his bare hands.
• Ling Yuan used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion as a feint, switched places with Xia Annan, and struck him into the ruins near Sunset City.
• Ling Yuan revealed that he had used Restraint to sever Xia Annan's connection to Phoenix, then restored Xia Annan's energy.
• Xia Annan summoned a crimson bow and Xiao Qingya a blue-and-white folding fan as Ling Yuan drew his orange greatsword.
• Xiao Qingya waved her fan and called, "Blow, Worldly Wind."

Ling Yuan fought Xiao Qingya and Xia Annan in a trial that showcased his swordsmanship and martial arts, even knocking Xiao Qingya back with an unfamiliar fist technique. The second round continued with both opponents attacking him, while Xiao Qingya used her wind to disperse the volcanic ash.

• Xiao Qingya summoned the Worldly Wind and challenged Ling Yuan, who met her spear attacks with his greatsword.
• Ling Yuan combined his sword techniques and powers to hold his own against Xiao Qingya, astonishing her and Xia Annan.
• Ling Yuan used a fist technique to break through Xiao Qingya's wind barrier and knock her back, then offered to teach her the move.
• Xiao Qingya and Xia Annan began the second round together, but Ling Yuan deflected and redirected their attacks with martial arts and Heavenly Hand Power.
• Xiao Qingya swept aside the incoming volcanic ash and residual energy with her folding fan and wind.

Ling Yuan survived Xiao Qingya’s powerful wind attack and joked with her and Xia Annan before leaving for home. At a bus stop, Little Lingxi teleported to him to ask him to play.

• Ling Yuan used Avalon to withstand Xiao Qingya’s Annihilation Wind, which destroyed a mountain range before dissipating.
• Xia Annan offered Ling Yuan a recommendation for Flame Nation’s Ninth Pillar, but Ling Yuan declined and said he preferred a relaxed life.
• Xiao Qingya checked that Ling Yuan was unharmed, and Ling Yuan teased Xia Annan by saying he wanted his Phoenix to become his dragon’s wife.
• Ling Yuan headed home and stopped at a bus stop, where Little Lingxi teleported onto his shoulders using spatial coordinates she had set on him.
• Ling Yuan swapped Little Lingxi with a pebble using Heavenly Hand Power, and she told him she had come to play.