Chapter Summaries

Xina weighed the risks of pursuing Elysia’s Origin Power and agreed to attempt Elysia’s trial, though she would leave after twenty-four hours. Elysia led her into the Golden Palace and began introducing her to the Previous Civilization.

• Xina considered four explanations for the Honkai Will’s warning and concluded that none offered her a favorable outcome.
• Xina decided to pursue Origin Power alongside her other plans, while another Xina emerged from a meteor and teleported away.
• Elysia offered to give Xina her power if Xina completed her trial and earned her approval.
• Xina agreed to attempt the trial but set a limit of twenty-four hours.
• Elysia led Xina into the Golden Palace’s technological hall and offered to introduce her to the Previous Civilization.

Elysia showed Xina the Flame-Chasing Elysian Realm’s lounge and tried to explain how it helped the group bond, while their teasing grew flirtatious. Xina ended the visit with a mouthful of stale, cough-syrup-like cola and confusion over Elysia’s explanation of the Elysian Realm.

• Elysia told Xina that she was Moth Chasing Fire’s second leader and led her into the meeting room and lounge.
• Xina sat on Elysia’s lap and teased her, briefly pinning her down and suggesting they get to know each other better.
• Elysia recovered from her embarrassment, showed Xina the lounge, and served her noodles from Vill-V’s automatic cooker.
• Xina spotted a bottle of Previous Civilization Cola, drank it, and complained that it tasted like carbonated cough syrup.
• Elysia explained that Elysium Everlasting was a complex Consciousness Space where thirteen streams of consciousness still clashed, leaving Xina unsure what she was meant to understand.

Elysia gave Xina the engraving of her soul as a gift and promised to test her during her remaining time in the city. After Xina accepted the emblem and teased Elysia, the two continued their flirtatious exchange.

• Elysia comforted Xina and teased her about being impatient for the test.
• Xina reminded Elysia that she would stay for only twenty-four hours and demanded the test before her remaining time ran out.
• Elysia offered Xina a golden flower emblem, explaining that it was the engraving of her soul and proof of her identity.
• Xina kissed Elysia's hand and took the emblem into her mouth, where it transformed into a glowing mark on her wrist.
• Xina teased Elysia about the mark, then reached beneath her arms, prompting Elysia to swat her hands away and adjust her clothes.

Xina entered Elysium of the Past to seek the Flame-Chasers’ Signets, but found all thirteen doors waiting for her at once. After learning she shared an unusual affinity with every Flame-Chaser, she chose to meet Kalpas and faced his challenge.

• Elysia sent Xina through a door of light, where Xina found thirteen Flame-Chaser doors gathered on a floating platform.
• Xina visited Elysia, who explained that all thirteen doors appeared because Xina had an affinity with every Flame-Chaser.
• Xina asked who had defeated the Herrscher of Ice, and Elysia identified Kalpas as the Flame-Chaser who bore the Inscription of Annihilation.
• Xina entered Kalpas’s door and met him amid a sea of roaring flames.
• Kalpas recognized Xina as a Herrscher and declared that she was worth killing.

Xina fought off Kalpas’s Honkai Beast minions and demanded his Signet, while Kalpas set the trial as a battle to the death. After he vanished, his golden Signet appeared and merged into Xina’s wrist.

• Kalpas sent waves of Honkai Beasts to attack Xina, and she quickly defeated them.
• Xina mocked Kalpas’s weak minions and demanded to know what she had to do to earn his Signet.
• Kalpas introduced himself as the Fusion Warrior known as the Ravager and declared that slaughter and battle were his trial.
• Xina dismissed Kalpas’s question about the people who had fallen there, and he praised her arrogance.
• Kalpas vanished after warning Xina to struggle in the paradise and show her rage, and his golden Signet merged into her wrist.

Xina earned Kalpas's recognition and then met Eden, the fourth of the thirteen elites, who invited her to share wine and music. After Xina played several pieces on Eden's piano, Eden prepared to sing “When Roses Bloom in Gold” with Xina accompanying her.

• Xina left Kalpas's memory space with the Signet and teased Elysia on the platform.
• Eden arrived, greeted Xina, and invited her to follow her through the golden goblet door.
• Xina introduced herself to Eden, and they shared wine while discussing its history and the lessons people failed to learn from it.
• Xina played several famous compositions and an original piece on Eden's antique piano.
• Eden praised Xina's musical talent and gave her the score for “When Roses Bloom in Gold” so she could accompany Eden's song.

Xina received the Signet of Gold from Eden after playing music and sharing drinks with her. Back on the red platform, Elysia described how she had known Eden before becoming a Fusion Warrior and recalled Eden's dazzling concert debut.

• Eden thanked Xina for accompanying her and gave her the Signet of Gold.
• Xina returned to the red platform, where she found Elysia lounging on a sofa.
• Xina asked Elysia about her unusual relationship with Eden, and Elysia said they had known each other before she became a Fusion Warrior.
• Elysia remembered Eden standing alone on a concert stage in a jeweled golden gown as fans cheered.
• Elysia described Eden as radiant, dazzling, brilliant, and beautiful.

Xina visited Mobius to seek her recognition and Signet after Elysia learned she had fought Kevin to a draw. After reversing Mobius's shrinking trick, Xina criticized the doctor’s research, setting up their confrontation.

• Elysia teased Xina about her interest in Eden, then tried to introduce Mobius while Xina asked specifically about the doctor.
• Xina told Elysia she had already fought Kevin, Hua, and Su, claiming she had drawn with Kevin, and Elysia let her go to Mobius.
• Xina entered Mobius’s domain and found herself shrunk on a floating platform beneath a dark green sky.
• Xina analyzed Mobius’s device, restored herself to normal size, and met the petite doctor.
• Xina inspected Mobius’s research materials and dismissed her experiments connecting Death Stalkers and human consciousness as outdated and inefficient.

Xina impressed Mobius by diagnosing flaws in her research and calculating that an experiment had a 54.2% success rate, then suggested using a powerful subject for repeated trials. Mobius became eager to study Xina, who warned her that her body would self-destruct if dissected or stripped of consciousness.

• Mobius tested Xina's understanding of research by giving her documents, and Xina identified an equipment problem and calculated an experiment's success rate as 54.2%.
• Mobius said the probability was high enough to justify trying the experiment, while Xina questioned her willingness to accept the risks.
• Xina pointed out that the experiment was unfinished and warned Mobius about rejection and other side effects from attempting it alone.
• Xina suggested repeated testing on a powerful individual as an alternative to using many test subjects, and Mobius stared at her with experimental interest.
• Xina showed Mobius that her severed limbs decomposed automatically and warned that her body would self-destruct if her consciousness were removed.

Xina offered Mobius living Herrschers as experimental subjects and bargained with her for a way to leave Elysium of the Past. Mobius revealed Klein could open a back door, but Xina instead asked about Mobius’s ability to revive from death, and Mobius began explaining that it appeared after her surgery.

• Xina told Mobius she had five and a half former Herrschers available for experiments and could reuse them with her Herrscher of Death Authority.
• Mobius offered to help Xina leave Elysium of the Past, and Xina recognized that Mobius was using the Herrscher of Sentience’s Core to make the transfer possible.
• Xina demanded a reward for helping Mobius, and Mobius offered a back door into Elysium Everlasting through her assistant Klein.
• Klein appeared as a miniature Armed Doll and explained that Xina’s arrival had forced her to modify Elysium of the Past’s systems.
• Xina rejected the back-door offer and asked Mobius about her revival-from-death ability, comparing it with the methods she could achieve through Herrscher powers.
• Mobius said her so-called miracle had appeared after her surgery and that, unlike other people’s changes, her ability had only beneficial effects.

Xina and Mobius devised an experiment to investigate the limits and cost of Mobius’s {Resurrection from Death} ability. They began constructing a simulated Mobius and experimental materials while Elysia waited anxiously outside the laboratory.

• Xina questioned how far Mobius’s rejuvenation after each rebirth could go and suggested testing the ability on a recreated version of her.
• Mobius realized the consciousness space and the Herrscher authorities might make Xina’s proposal possible, then led her to gather experimental data.
• Xina used the data to construct a simulated adult Mobius and experimental materials, impressing Mobius with her use of the Herrscher of Reason’s authority.
• Xina and Mobius began the unprecedented experiment together while Elysia worried outside the laboratory.

Elysia interrupted Xina and Mobius’s experiment, but Xina later met Mobius in secret and offered her a deal. Mobius rejected a projected version of herself and agreed to become Xina’s accomplice, while Klein warned that Xina’s presence had caused unprecedented data anomalies in Elysium Everlasting.

• Elysia entered Mobius’s laboratory and said she had promised to introduce Xina to people, prompting Mobius to let them leave before Xina could receive her Signet.
• After Elysia, Xina, and Klein left, Xina emerged from the shadows and offered to help Mobius return to the real world as the true Mobius in exchange for cooperation.
• Xina projected information copied from Klein, showing Mobius a data version that urged her to become like it, but Mobius destroyed the projection with shadow spikes.
• Mobius declared that she would surpass the path the projected version had chosen and accepted Xina’s deal, becoming her accomplice.
• Klein stopped Elysia and Xina on the platform and warned that Xina’s energy emissions and activity had caused more data anomalies in Elysium Everlasting than the previous thousand-plus years combined.

Klein guessed that the Memory Bodies were drawn to Xina Nash because she was a Herrscher, and Elysia asked Xina about the Herrschers of her era. Xina privately reflected on how badly most of her colleagues had performed, while Elysia noticed that the conversation had left her visibly flustered.

• Klein explained that Memory Bodies had likely focused on Xina Nash and her identity as a Herrscher.
• Xina jokingly accepted responsibility and buried her head in Elysia's chest while pretending to reflect on her mistakes.
• Elysia moved Xina out of her arms and asked whether the Herrschers of Xina's era were all beautiful girls.
• Xina considered the records of her fellow Herrschers, recalling that she had laid off Mei, Wendy, the Herrscher of Sentience, and Kiana.
• Elysia noticed that Xina's defenses had visibly cracked as she thought about her colleagues.

Xina chose Pardofelis's door and explored the cat-eared girl's empty stall, where she threatened a cat for taking a necklace. Pardofelis arrived to confront Xina, who greeted her by making a huge diamond.

• Xina followed Elysia's introduction and entered Pardofelis's door.
• Xina searched Pardofelis's unattended stall and picked up a necklace.
• A cat named Can took the necklace, so Xina aimed her weapon at it until it dropped the necklace and fled.
• Xina collected items from the stall and read Pardofelis's thoughts as she approached.
• Xina greeted Pardofelis by name and made a large diamond, surprising her.

Xina Nash and Mobius studied the effects of Xina’s genetic weapon on a MANTIS construct, then prepared to dissect a living Herrscher construct. Mobius chose the Herrscher of Sentience, and Xina convinced her that the Fu Hua-faced construct was genuine by showing footage of its capture.

• Xina used a genetic weapon to dissolve a MANTIS construct, which resisted for five minutes before losing all signs of revival.
• Xina explained that the weapon destroyed genetic chains, decomposed matter, and cut off the subject’s energy flow.
• Mobius teased Xina by imitating Elysia, then asked for a living Herrscher construct to dissect.
• Xina summoned several Herrscher constructs, and Mobius chose the Herrscher of Sentience.
• Mobius doubted the Fu Hua-faced construct was genuine, but Xina showed her capture footage and persuaded her to believe it.

Xina obtained Mobius's Signet, then used an extravagant display of diamonds, gems, and artwork to win Pardofelis's friendship and receive the {Empty Dream} Signet. The chapter ended with Xina admiring the new emblem on her wrist.

• Xina interrupted Mobius before her experiment and demanded a small reward, prompting Mobius to grant her Signet through writhing shadows.
• Xina offered Pardofelis a huge diamond in exchange for her name, and Pardofelis introduced herself as the Flame-Chaser of {Empty Dream}.
• Xina showered Pardofelis's shop with gems and offered her a mammoth-tusk artwork, persuading her to become friends.
• Pardofelis gave Xina the {Empty Dream} Signet as proof of their friendship, and Xina thanked her while admiring the emblem on her wrist.

Xina traded for Pardofelis's insignia and then followed its suggestion to visit Aponia. Aponia welcomed her into a dark, cage-like space, where Xina introduced herself and found herself resting in Aponia's lap.

• Xina exchanged handicrafts for Pardofelis's insignia, gems, and friendship, then returned to Elysia.
• Elysia told Xina she could visit any Flame-Chaser, and Xina followed the pendant's suggestion toward Aponia's door.
• Xina entered Aponia's dark space and lit it with the golden halo behind her head.
• Aponia embraced Xina and admitted she had used her ability on her, while assuring her that neither she nor the space meant harm.
• Xina gave Aponia her name, and Aponia led her to a seat and placed her head in her lap.

Xina rested on Aponia’s lap, secretly prepared a backup body, and used an ability she had copied from Aponia after waking. She then settled in to learn more about Aponia as their conversation began.

• Aponia soothed the exhausted Xina and let her sleep with her head on her thighs.
• While resting, Xina planned to take the Flame-Chasers away with her and awakened a hidden spare body beneath the Pacific Ocean, which dissolved into the sea.
• Xina woke after an hour, thanked Aponia, and used a copied version of Aponia’s ability on her.
• Aponia freed herself from Xina’s influence and asked what questions Xina wanted to ask.
• Aponia began describing her fondness for colorful butterflies and lustrous-feathered birds as Xina rested against her.

Xina met with Aponia, who praised her wings and told her she would soon meet the children Griseo and Kosma. Xina left Aponia’s private space and found Pardofelis counting coins instead of Elysia waiting for her.

• Xina unfurled her white wings and wrapped them around Aponia, who admired their beauty.
• Aponia told Xina that two adorable children would like her and identified them as Griseo and Kosma.
• Aponia ended their meeting and wished Xina luck in earning the children’s approval.
• Xina exchanged a cheek kiss with Aponia and left her private space.
• Xina found Pardofelis hugging a jar of coins and counting her money.

Xina returned from Nia Jie's place and playfully petted Pardofelis before Elysia arrived. Elysia asked Xina to prove she had missed her, and Xina offered her wings for Elysia to touch.

• Pardofelis welcomed Xina back and admired her white wings.
• Xina lured Pardofelis close with feathers and petted her ears and tail.
• Elysia arrived and teased Xina about being interested in Pardofelis too.
• Elysia asked Xina to show some sincerity, and Xina offered her wings.
• Elysia stroked Xina's feathers while Xina embraced her with her wings.