Chapter Summaries

Xina finished decrypting the technologies hidden in Schicksal’s database and explained how she planned to expose them alongside Otto’s apparent death to trigger a technological arms race. She prepared to destabilize the balance between Schicksal and the other factions, while Sirin listened in alarm.

• Xina dismissed Sirin’s suggestion to begin a Great Honkai and took her to a guarded building where Schicksal technicians were decrypting data.
• Xina threatened the technicians and promised them gold and gems if they completed the job without trying to deceive her.
• The technicians completed the decryption, and Xina explained that Amber’s mechanical modifications had given her access to Schicksal’s hidden technologies.
• Xina revealed that she would publicize the technologies and Otto’s apparent death to provoke Schicksal’s branches and Anti-Entropy into competing for power.
• The technicians handed Xina the device containing the copied research materials.

Xina and Sirin took over the Schicksal signal tower and prepared a worldwide broadcast presenting themselves as God’s angels. Sirin’s dramatic appearance and staged declaration of divine judgment aired across Schicksal’s branches, leaving viewers stunned and some praying to her.

• Xina checked the researchers’ device, honored the deal, and let them leave with their gold and silver.
• Xina dressed herself and Sirin in priestly robes, gave them white wings, and brought Otto’s reassembled Soul Steel body to Destiny Headquarters.
• Xina persuaded the signal tower staff to help broadcast her message by presenting herself as an angel and using hallucinogenic spores to sway them.
• Xina arranged a stormy sky with a beam of sunlight around Sirin, then started the worldwide broadcast.
• Sirin recited Xina’s speech about God’s judgment and filled the clouds with purple lightning, while viewers across Schicksal’s branches watched in awe.

Xina staged a divine judgment against Schicksal, exposing its crimes, distributing Destiny Technology, and publicly burning an Otto decoy. When Otto revived underwater, he found Schicksal’s reputation ruined and several branches breaking away, leaving the human world in turmoil.

• Sirin descended toward the cross as Xina broadcast Schicksal’s crimes to the world.
• Xina appeared as a second angel, burned away the storm clouds, and distributed Destiny Technology to forces and individuals worldwide.
• Xina burned the Otto body and cross, declared that only Otto Apocalypse had been punished, and left with Sirin.
• Otto revived in the submerged Destiny Headquarters, confirmed that everything connected to Kallen was intact, and examined the damage.
• Otto discovered that four Schicksal branches had seceded and that Anti-Entropy and other forces had begun openly probing Schicksal’s branches.

Xina brought Sirin and Benares to Jormungandr’s underground Antarctic palace, which connected to human Gene Pools. She transformed Jormungandr into a girl, named her Yega, and left her with orders to think beyond manual labor and make the vast complex livelier.

• Otto left the flooded former Destiny Headquarters after copying everything related to Kallen, while Xina and Sirin traveled toward Antarctica with Benares.
• Xina waited on the Antarctic surface until Jormungandr swallowed her, Sirin, and Benares and carried them underground.
• Xina admired Jormungandr’s Golden Castle and nine Silver Castles, built beside the Human Gene Bank and species Gene Pool.
• Xina transformed Jormungandr into a golden-haired girl and named her Yega.
• Xina told Yega to use her intelligence and delegate crude work to Lower Honkai Beasts, then hinted that she wanted the underground palace to become livelier.

Xina encouraged Yega to make the underground palace livelier, then explained to Sirin how Herrscher authorities could overlap so she could turn Bella back into a human. After Sirin gave Xina a spatial gem in return, Xina began testing the Void’s teleportation ability and recorded her initial findings.

• Yega filled the underground palace with creatures and plants, then asked Xina what she should do next.
• Sirin visited Xina and asked for help turning Bella back into a human using the Serenity Gem’s power.
• Xina explained that Herrscher authorities shared abilities and gave Sirin an attribute-free Pseudo-Herrscher core to use on her Vassal.
• Sirin returned with a golden spatial gem for Xina, who absorbed it and began researching the Herrscher of the Void’s abilities.
• Xina tested teleportation on Honkai Beasts, animals, and other objects, then wrote down her preliminary experimental conclusions.

Xina spent a month researching Honkai Beasts and her Authority before visiting Sirin and hearing that factions were secretly developing technology from the Honkai materials Schicksal had disclosed. She took the others to Paris to test humanity’s progress, where a Honkai Beast appeared and knockoff Drone Armors were deployed to fight it.

• Yega subdued the Emperor-class Guard Honkai Beasts and established Xina as their highest-ranked leader, with herself second.
• Xina spent a month underground researching her Authority, controllable Death Stalkers, a Honkai ecosystem, and ways to fuse living beings with machinery.
• Xina visited Sirin and learned from Yega that factions were secretly developing technology using the Honkai materials Schicksal had released.
• Xina teleported Sirin, Bella, and Yega to Paris to inspect humanity’s technological progress.
• Xina released Honkai energy that became a Tidal-class Honkai Beast, and a drone deployed two knockoff Drone Armors to confront it.

Xina investigated the increasing frequency of Honkai Beast sightings and used money to secure access to the Paris Times editor. The editor hesitated to give her the next day’s front-page headline and offered to run her report on the second page instead.

• Xina watched two Imitation God Machine Series Mecha kill a Variant Tide-class Honkai Beast, then learned from a passerby that Honkai Beast sightings had become more frequent in Paris.
• Xina sent Yega to make preparations and took Sirin and Bella by taxi to the Paris Times work center.
• Xina tipped the taxi driver with a large wad of cash and entered the newspaper office with Sirin and Bella.
• Xina bribed the receptionist and editor with gold bars, then asked the editor to put her report about European soldiers using special armor on the next day’s front page.
• The editor said the headline had already been decided and suggested placing Xina’s report on the second page.

Xina bought a newspaper office and paid its staff to prepare a free edition that would spur the city to study. After enjoying Christmas with her companions, she warned that humanity was facing its last winter, and the next morning the papers spread her message.

• Xina bought the newspaper office with gold and jewels, then used cash to persuade its employees to work overtime on Christmas Eve.
• Xina arranged the newspaper’s work and left the staff a large case of money before joining Sirin and the others at a hotel.
• As Sirin feasted, Xina toasted the city and said humanity was enjoying the last winter its civilization would ever see.
• The next morning, helicopters distributed the modified newspapers for free, and their headline urged readers to study before they fell behind.

Xina ordered Sirin to return to her original body so she could use a Herrscher Core for an experiment. Afterward, Xina confronted Fu Hua, who had been hiding nearby, and began explaining how she discovered her presence.

• Xina ordered Yega to prepare Plan Number 9 and summoned Sirin to her laboratory alone.
• Xina told Sirin to transfer her consciousness back into her original body, warning that otherwise she would become an unanesthetized test subject.
• Sirin transferred into her frozen body, and Yega helped her out of the Golden Castle and back to Bella.
• Xina asked the unconscious Kiana to reveal herself as Fu Hua, and Fu Hua appeared behind her.
• Fu Hua asked how Xina had discovered her, and Xina began recounting her review of the events that led Teacher Himeko to suspect her.

Xina explained how she deduced that Fu Hua had preserved her consciousness after death, then blamed Fu Hua for betraying Kiana to Otto. She revealed that Fu Hua was her intended research subject and used the Golden Castle's electrical current to trap and torment her.

• Xina recounted ruling out Theresa, Mei, Bronya, Einstein, Tesla, and Otto as the source of Himeko's suspicions before linking them to Fu Hua's God Key, Feather of the Wind.
• Fu Hua accused Xina of abusing everyone's trust, but Xina countered that Fu Hua had handed Kiana over to Otto.
• Xina said she planned to study Fu Hua rather than the Herrscher Core, prompting Fu Hua to try to escape.
• Xina used the Golden Castle's electrical current and magnetic field to force Fu Hua out of invisibility and restrain her.
• Xina increased the current and shocked Fu Hua, who clenched her teeth and endured the pain.

Xina held Fu Hua captive and tried to persuade Kiana to stay in her castle after Kiana woke up. Kiana rejected her offer, leaving Xina alone with her in the laboratory.

• Xina ordered Yega to lock Fu Hua in an electrified golden cage.
• Kiana woke up and recognized Xina after she changed her appearance back.
• Xina introduced the talking Pink Ashvins and showed Kiana its circular-saw arm.
• Xina offered Kiana luxury and safety in exchange for surrendering her freedom and staying in the castle.
• Kiana refused Xina's offer, and Xina ordered the angry Pink Ashvins to leave.

Xina released Kiana after provoking her and used the escape to prepare against her enemies. She later confronted Stryker for helping another prisoner escape and shot him.

• Xina forced Kiana to hold an icy gun to her forehead, then mocked her for refusing to shoot and let her leave after she ate.
• Yega reported that Xina's plan had unfolded as expected, and Xina gave him the YE-2 Inducer to test.
• Yega revealed that he had sent Kiana to the Hawaiian Islands, broadcast her information to every faction, and implanted a locator in her.
• Xina visited Stryker in his cage beneath Australia and accused him of helping the other prisoner escape.
• Xina said the escape had been part of her plan, assembled a firearm, and shot Stryker.

Xina delegated some of her duties to Sirin and watched humanity's technology race intensify as Honkai Beasts appeared in cities. On her birthday, Sirin and Yega surprised her with a cake, and Xina ended the day by reading academic papers in bed.

• Xina told Yega to have Sirin handle worshippers' visits and speeches, then used Vasuki's eyes to watch Kiana escape Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.
• Over the following months, Honkai Beasts appeared in cities more often as humans developed technology to fight them, raising Honkai intensity in turn.
• On Xina's birthday, Sirin smeared cake across her face, and Yega brought out a birthday cake.
• Xina gently put cream on Yega's face, told her to share the cake, and went to bathe.
• Xina took the night off from experiments and read academic papers in bed.

Xina published a dangerous-looking Honkai resistance study under the name Sylvia, attracting the attention of Jackal, a scientist working with the World Serpent. After the two exchanged research questions, Xina pretended her work was stalled because she lacked test subjects.

• Xina published an article outlining ways to increase resistance to Honkai energy, though its proposed methods risked triggering another Honkai eruption.
• Jackal read the article, judged that its findings could advance the Serpent's plan by fifteen to twenty percent, and asked Raven to investigate its author, Silvanna.
• Jackal contacted the author under the ID Siora, and Xina, using Sylvia, tested her expertise with several questions before they began discussing their research.
• Jackal asked for Sylvia's experimental data and offered compensation, and Xina replied that she lacked suitable test subjects to continue her research.

Xina traveled to Canghai City to investigate Siora, whose research offer and location seemed connected to Kiana’s disappearance. She immediately saw through Raven’s disguise, dismissed her, and demanded to speak with Siora instead.

• Jackal told Raven to test Sylvia and agreed to deal with her if anything seemed suspicious.
• Xina decided to visit Shenzhou in person after linking Siora’s address to the area where Kiana had disappeared.
• Raven waited at Canghai City Airport to meet Xina, while Xina arrived disguised as an arrogant mad scientist.
• Xina recognized that Raven was not Siora, insulted her, and refused to speak with her.
• Raven contacted Jackal, who told her to hand Xina the communicator so she could speak to her herself.

Xina accepted Jackal’s offer after seeing images of the Serpent’s research subjects, and Raven escorted her to a World Serpent stronghold in Canghai City. Once inside the warehouse, Xina began examining the specimens and discovered Stigmata-like patterns on the Death Stalkers.

• Jackal showed Xina processed images of experimental subjects, convincing her to cooperate with the Serpent.
• Raven and two robots put Xina in an official vehicle and drove her, after a long detour, to a temporary stronghold outside Canghai City.
• Raven brought Xina into a sealed warehouse filled with cultivation chambers containing Honkai Beasts, Death Stalkers, and other organisms.
• Xina gave Raven her locked briefcase of research materials, and Raven gave her an access card that opened the stronghold except for Warehouse One.
• Xina inspected the specimens and noticed Stigmata-like patterns on the Death Stalkers’ bodies.

Xina investigated Jackal’s experimental subjects and learned that the World Serpent was trying to activate fragments of humanity’s stigmata genes to help people survive the Honkai. She decided she could use her abilities as the Herrscher of Death to prevent their plan, while telling Jackal she would improve its chances of success.

• Xina examined Jackal’s modified test subjects and asked how people who had not been Valkyries came to bear stigmata-like markings.
• Jackal directed Xina to a disc, whose recording explained stigmata’s origins and the World Serpent’s efforts to activate their genes in humans.
• Xina connected the researchers’ references to the Previous Civilization and the Snake with their goal of surviving the Honkai.
• Xina resolved to use her power over human genomes to stop stigmata activation, then told the camera she would help improve the activation process.

Xina identified Raven’s destination as Shenzhou Pharmaceutical in Sky Dome City and sent Honkai Beasts to investigate. Meanwhile, Otto agreed to let World Serpent borrow the Second God Key in exchange for another God Key, with Schicksal permitted to record data during its use.

• Jackal praised Xina’s assessment, then ordered a second high-concentration Honkai energy injection for a test subject.
• Xina evaluated several research proposals and used Sangharaksa’s vision to follow Raven to Shenzhou Pharmaceutical in Sky Dome City.
• Xina ordered Sangharaksa to infiltrate the facility and nearby Guard Honkai Beasts to converge on the city.
• Gray Snake met Otto at Schicksal’s temporary headquarters and offered Judgment of Shamash as partial payment for borrowing the Second God Key.
• Otto secured World Serpent’s agreement to let Schicksal record data during the key’s use and instructed the Africa branch to prepare it for Durandal.

Sangharaksa discovered that Kiana was imprisoned in Shencheng Pharmaceutical’s underground laboratory and reported it to Xina, who permitted the Guard Honkai Beasts to rescue her if they chose. The five Guards debated how to reach Kiana without being caught and decided to send Cocolia evidence from the laboratory to lure Anti-Entropy into the situation.

• Sangharaksa used miniature One-Eyed Honkai Beasts to locate Kiana inside Shencheng Pharmaceutical’s underground laboratory.
• Xina told Sangharaksa that the Guards could rescue Kiana but did not have to risk themselves for her.
• Sangharaksa gathered the other four Guard Honkai Beasts at an abandoned factory, where Parvati estimated the rescue would take longer than the rapid-response mecha force’s arrival time.
• The Guards considered ways to distract the mecha force and debated risks involving Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, the Far East Branch, and the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb.
• Parvati released a hacker from a sack and had him send part of the laboratory’s contents to Cocolia to try to lure Anti-Entropy into the rescue.

The Guard Honkai Beasts launched two Honkai Energy Fission Bombs to destroy the Sky Dome City mech base and Shencheng Pharmaceutical, interrupting Jackal’s experiments and allowing Kiana to escape her restraints. They found Kiana unconscious and, unsure whether to take her with them, decided to blame Anti-Entropy.

• Sangharaksa organized the Guard Honkai Beasts’ rescue plans, but they abandoned preparations when Cocolia moved to dissect the test subject.
• Benares guided Ganesha as he launched a Honkai Energy Fission Bomb that destroyed the Sky Dome City mech base.
• Parvati marked Shencheng Pharmaceutical with an Ice Pillar, and Ganesha’s second bomb struck the facility, knocking out its power.
• Kiana escaped her restraints in the blackout but collapsed before reaching the exit, while Jackal tried to restore power.
• Sangharaksa found Kiana, and Parvati took the cultivation vessel’s Tonatiuh before the Guard Honkai Beasts decided to pin responsibility on Anti-Entropy.