Chapter Summaries

Xina encountered the Herrscher of Corruption in the Elysium Garden and spoke with her about her appearance and identity. The Herrscher of Corruption flirted with Xina and explained that she grew by absorbing external data.

• After bidding Hua farewell, Xina heard Vill-V call to her from the High Tower and walked away without taking the stage.
• Xina sensed someone following her and turned to meet a blue-haired figure who revealed herself as the Herrscher of Corruption.
• The Herrscher of Corruption introduced herself as the Twelfth Herrscher and explained that she had adopted Elysia's appearance to feel closer to Xina and look cute.
• Xina praised the Herrscher of Corruption's own beauty and told her not to chase other people's approval.
• The Herrscher of Corruption kissed Xina's cheek, then said she would keep growing as she absorbed external data.

Xina met the newly born Herrscher of Corruption in the forest and tried to learn her plans, but their encounter turned into an intimate exchange that let them explore and counter each other’s corruption authority. Afterward, the Herrscher of Corruption asked why Xina seemed not to trust her friends.

• Xina pulled the Herrscher of Corruption into the shadows and asked what trouble she planned to cause.
• The Herrscher of Corruption teased Xina by calling her “my good Xina” and said she wanted their first meeting to be romantic rather than about work.
• The Herrscher of Corruption pounced on Xina and initiated an intimate encounter, using Elysia’s memories to distinguish herself from her.
• Xina and the Herrscher of Corruption shared memories and used their corruption authorities against each other, deepening the Herrscher’s understanding of the False God authority.
• The Herrscher of Corruption rested beside Xina and asked why Xina did not seem to trust her friends.

Xina cautioned the Herrscher of Corruption against trusting Vill-V and discussed how she had taken over data in the Elysium of the Past without destroying it. After the Herrscher of Corruption left, Xina revealed her own plans to pursue Elysia’s {Origin Power} and sent the Guard Honkai Beasts into action.

• Xina teased the Herrscher of Corruption about Vill-V being her first friend, then warned her not to trust people too easily.
• The Herrscher of Corruption admitted that she had used her authority to invade the Elysium of the Past and take over data without destroying it.
• The Herrscher of Corruption offered to transfer Elysia to Xina in data form, and Xina reassured her that Elysia and the Herrscher of Corruption were both unique to her.
• The Herrscher of Corruption left along the Shaded Path, while Xina decided to let the supposed villain role fall to someone else as she sought Elysia’s {Origin Power}.
• Xina summoned the Guard Honkai Beasts and directed them to continue hunting Memory Monsters throughout Elysium Garden.

Xina prepared a staged encounter with Elysia’s data and the Herrscher of Corruption, then began probing Fairy Aili about Elysia’s plans for Mist Island. Fairy Aili revealed she had been locked out of the Archive Room, leaving Xina questioning how she had left it unsecured.

• Xina sent the Guard Honkai Beasts away, visited Elysia’s crystal coffin, and reflected on how to show Elysia kindness.
• Xina told the Herrscher of Corruption to act freely among the Flame-Chasers while promising to support her.
• Xina waited near Mist Island and met Fairy Aili, who said Elysia had prepared many surprises on the island in hopes that Xina would stay.
• Xina teased Fairy Aili about neglecting her Archive Room duties, and Fairy Aili admitted she had gone out to play and nap.
• Fairy Aili said she returned to find the Archive Room locked, and Xina asked why she had left it unsecured.

Fairy Aili insisted that the Archive Room was harmless and tried to justify breaking into it after failing to open its locked door. Xina suggested smashing a window, and Aili hurried back to try it.

• Xina blamed the locked Archive Room on a possible break-in by Pardofelis.
• Fairy Aili admitted she had failed to open the door despite trying her lockpicking spells, which she described as prying and knocking.
• Xina suggested that Aili enter through one of the Archive Room’s windows instead.
• Fairy Aili decided to smash a window, claiming she had to stop someone’s scheme to kidnap her.
• Fairy Aili transformed into a wind fairy and sped away toward the Archive Room.

0000 received Gorgon's plan for the assault on Kolosten and relayed Xina's approval. She then mobilized the War Behemoths for an advance into Kolosten, leaving their commanders ready for battle.

• A liaison officer brought 0000 Gorgon's plan to attack Kolosten, which called for five War Behemoths to gather for a decisive battle.
• 0000 asked the liaison officer to delay reporting the decision to the Queen, then let her connect to the Secondary Brain so Xina could review the plan.
• Xina approved the attack plan with a brief reply, and the liaison officer returned to Gorgon.
• 0000 told the War Behemoth commanders that the Queen wanted them to enter Kolosten the next day, while Gorgon's commander said her forces could go that night.
• The commanders of Sphinx, Echidna, and Cerberus pledged to deploy, and 0000 urged the Guards to fight to victory or death before disconnecting.

As Honkai Beasts conquered most of the world, they quietly began converting ordinary humans while Schicksal’s surviving forces gathered at Kolosten Town. As a giant enemy approached the town, Murata Himeko received orders to lead Theseus against the enemy air force.

• 0000 assigned idle Guard Honkai Beasts to receive and convert captured humans as spoils of war.
• Schicksal’s defenses and headquarters fell, and the remaining Valkyries withdrew to Kolosten Town.
• Guard Honkai Beasts infected people in occupied zones with Honkai Plant spores, beginning their conversion without causing them much pain.
• Schicksal’s forces prepared to defend Kolosten as a giant enemy approached beyond the Foundation Energy Shield.
• Amber Two gave Murata Himeko the keys and Identity Card, then ordered her to lead Theseus and its battle group against the enemy air force.

Murata Himeko took command of the Theseus after its captain and first officer were killed, then led the task force into the desperate battle outside Kolosten. The chapter ended with three Variant Hellfire Dragon-Class Honkai Beasts detected near the ship.

• Amber Two gave Himeko the Theseus's command gear after assassins killed Captain Lilia and First Officer Lydia.
• Himeko put on the command uniform and ordered the Theseus's systems checked for takeoff.
• The Theseus Task Force departed Kolosten and entered the battle between Otto's hidden Divine Machines, Titan Mechs, and Honkai Beasts.
• Himeko watched the brutal fighting below as the radar operator detected three Variant Hellfire Dragon-Class Honkai Beasts at the ship's three o'clock.
• The intelligence analyst warned Himeko that the airborne beasts had tough silicon-based skeletons and were difficult to damage.

Himeko led Theseus against the Honkai Beasts attacking the battlefield, destroying two Variant Hellfire Dragons before a Flesh Reaper overwhelmed the battleship’s defenses. She activated the Moonlight Throne main cannon and annihilated the massive creature, leaving its burning fragments to fall toward the ground.

• Himeko ordered missiles fired at the Variant Hellfire Dragons, bringing down one and damaging the others.
• Himeko fired Theseus’s main cannon at a retreating Hellfire Dragon and cut it in half.
• A Flesh Reaper appeared beside Theseus, ensnared its shield with its tentacles, and rapidly drained its energy.
• Himeko activated the Moonlight Throne main cannon with Amber Two’s prismatic key.
• The Moonlight Throne beam struck the Flesh Reaper, burning through its Honkai energy and breaking the creature apart.

Guard Honkai Beasts 3609 and 3897 launched a coordinated boarding assault on Himeko’s Schicksal fleet, using decoy-filled pods and interference bombs to breach its ships. The attack overwhelmed the fleet’s crews, while the second wave headed for the command ship Theseus.

• Guard 3609 learned that the Theseus had destroyed a Flesh Reaper and requested permission to lead a boarding assault with Guard 3897.
• Guard 3897 received intelligence from Gene Collectors embedded in the Schicksal fleet, and the sisters planned to kill its commander and disable its command system.
• Guard 3609 gathered more than a thousand Auxiliary Army Honkai Beasts and loaded them into drop pods alongside blind-box cans of monsters.
• Guard 3897 launched the first wave at the fleet’s smaller ships, where interference bombs disrupted shields and the pods unleashed Honkai Beasts onto their decks.
• The sisters launched a second wave of blind-box cans at the Theseus and entered their own drop pod for the decapitation operation.
• Honkai Beasts tore through the fleet’s ships, attacking crews as gunfire erupted across their compartments.

Guard 3609 and Guard 3897 boarded the Theseus and confronted Murata Himeko in its command room. As 3609 fought Himeko, 3897 killed fleeing Schicksal soldiers and checked the progress of the other attacks.

• Guard 3609 and Guard 3897 emerged from a drop pod in the Theseus command room and identified Murata Himeko.
• Guard 3609 offered to spare Himeko if she surrendered, but Himeko attacked instead.
• Guard 3609 transformed and clashed with Himeko while Guard 3897 pinned a Valkyrie and killed fleeing Schicksal soldiers.
• Guard 3897 offered to help attack Himeko from behind, but 3609 chose to continue fighting her alone for now.
• Guard 3897 agreed to wait and used the Cluster Consciousness to check the progress of the attacks elsewhere.

The Valkyries and combat personnel defended the Theseus's armory from Honkai Beasts until a corrupted Titan Mech entered and began killing them. The A-Rank Valkyrie handed command to a wounded B-Rank Valkyrie and ordered her to lead the survivors in retreat.

• A Magma Emperor's self-destruction blasted open the armory wall, allowing armed Honkai Beasts to storm inside.
• The commanding Valkyrie destroyed a Honkai suicide infantry unit with a rocket, and the resulting damage opened a breach in the Theseus's hull that extinguished the flames.
• After the Honkai Beasts vanished, the commanding Valkyrie ordered everyone to hold out until the escape pods arrived.
• A corrupted Honkai Titan entered the armory and used decomposition rays to kill two Valkyries as the defenders opened fire.
• The A-Rank Valkyrie gave command to a lightly wounded B-Rank Valkyrie and ordered her to retreat with the survivors.

The Honkai forces destroyed the Theseus’s ammunition depot and trapped Murata Himeko in the command center. Guard 3609 threatened to keep executing prisoners until Himeko surrendered.

• An A-Rank Valkyrie died while trying to plant a bomb, but the surviving Valkyries destroyed the isolated Honkai Titan with concentrated gunfire.
• A Honkai Emperor ordered the Magma Emperor to charge into the Valkyries’ fire, and its self-destruction detonated the Theseus’s ammunition depot.
• Guard 3609 warned Himeko that the explosions would soon reach the ship’s power room, while Himeko sent the others toward the Escape Pods.
• Guards 3609 and 3897 revealed that Honkai troops had blocked the escape route, then boarding troops arrived with captured Schicksal personnel.
• Guard 3609 ordered the usual one-in-ten execution of the prisoners and threatened further killings unless Himeko surrendered.

3609 surrounded Murata Himeko and contacted Xina, but was stunned by Xina’s vast, star-like projection in the Cluster Consciousness. Xina insisted she was a Herrscher, not a God, while 3609 remained convinced that she was divine.

• 3609 surrounded Murata Himeko and contacted Xina to report her capture.
• Xina appeared within the Cluster Consciousness, leaving 3609 speechless with shock.
• 3609 asked whether Xina had become a God, and Xina rejected the title.
• Xina explained that she was a powerful Herrscher whose authority could be explained by science.
• 3609 agreed aloud but continued to believe Xina was a God.

Xina learned that Himeko wanted a private audience and appeared aboard the Theseus to meet her, accepting Himeko’s challenge to talk only after dismissing her Guards. She left Himeko shocked and furious over Kiana and Mei by demonstrating her power on 3609.

• 3609 told Xina that the captured Murata Himeko wanted to speak with her alone, and Xina agreed to visit her.
• Xina took over Guard 3897’s body in the Theseus command room and dismissed the surrounding Honkai Beasts so she could speak privately with Himeko.
• Himeko asked Xina whether she had been well, and Xina boasted about her power and mocked Himeko for rejecting her earlier goodwill.
• Xina threatened Himeko with several possible punishments and mentioned giving her a necklace like the ones Kiana and Mei had received.
• Himeko demanded to know what Xina had done to Kiana and Mei, but Xina brushed her aside and summoned 3609.
• Xina demonstrated her so-called power of science on 3609, who reacted with fervent admiration.

Xina subdued Himeko and tried to force her into cooperating by revealing that Kiana and the others were imprisoned in her dungeon. The chapter ended with Xina pressuring Himeko to accept her demands under threat of tormenting the captives.

• Xina dismissed 3609 after demonstrating her mastery of biological science, and 3609 left the command room praising her Queen.
• Xina pinned Himeko down with gravity and mocked her beliefs, while Himeko argued that human emotions drove humanity.
• Xina revealed that Kiana, Mei, Wendy, Fu Hua, Theresa, Bronya, and Bronya's three little sisters were in her dungeon.
• Xina threatened that Himeko's lack of cooperation could cause the prisoners to suffer, then demanded that Himeko accept her special gift and praise her.

Xina forced Himeko through a humiliating lesson in Far East culture, using her Herrscher of Sentience powers to override Himeko’s control and torment her in her Consciousness Space. The chapter ended with Xina threatening to show Kiana and the others recordings of their supposed closeness, leaving Himeko shocked.

• Himeko cursed Xina after seeing the Far East-themed gifts, but Xina set up a projector and made her listen to the lesson.
• Xina teased Himeko by reading her thoughts and provoking her aboard the damaged battleship.
• Xina entered Himeko’s Consciousness Space, where Himeko insisted they were enemies and demanded that Xina leave her mind.
• Xina crushed Himeko’s resistance, took control of her body through her authority, and forced her consciousness to watch her body act on instinct.
• Xina pointed out a crab-like Warm Air Humidifier and falsely claimed it was a life recorder she could show to Kiana and the others, shocking Himeko.

Xina teased Himeko by threatening to visit Kiana, Mei, and the others, then returned to make Himeko accept her terms. She removed the seal on Himeko’s Consciousness Space, leaving Himeko to confront the mess her instincts had made in reality.

• Xina pretended she would go study with Kiana, Mei, and the others, prompting Himeko to beg her not to harm them.
• Himeko offered to agree to anything if Xina would leave her students alone, and Xina disappeared through the Teleportation Gate.
• Xina suddenly reappeared behind Himeko and seized her, leaving Himeko struggling to recover.
• Xina removed the seal on Himeko’s Consciousness Space, restoring her control over her body.
• Himeko saw the mess her instincts had made while studying, and Xina forced her to look at it.

Xina forced Himeko through an exhausting lesson in Far East culture before preparing to leave. Himeko questioned the gems in Xina’s halo and accused her of taking power from her allies, and Xina admitted it while claiming they supported her goals.

• Xina made Himeko study her Far East culture assignment, and Himeko eventually collapsed from exhaustion.
• Xina ended the lesson, covered Himeko with a piece of her skirt, and prepared to leave.
• Himeko asked about the twelve gems in Xina’s halo, but Xina dismissed most of them as irrelevant to her.
• Himeko accused Xina of taking power from her allies as well as her enemies.
• Xina admitted taking her allies’ powers and said they supported her goals after she explained her reasoning.

Xina and the Herrscher of Corruption staged a plan to manipulate the Flame-Chasers’ suspicions, with Xina approaching them while pretending to look for Elysia. The chapter ended as Xina asked the gathered Flame-Chasers where Elysia was, while concealing her real purpose.

• Xina waited for the Flame-Chasers to investigate clues planted by the Herrscher of Corruption before beginning their plan at the midnight Bell Toll.
• The Herrscher of Corruption praised Xina over their open communication channel, and Xina pointed out that she could hear everything.
• Kevin, Su, Sakura, Eden, and Aponia discussed Elysia’s unexplained absence and possible reasons for it.
• Xina approached the gathered Flame-Chasers and claimed she had arranged to go exploring with Elysia.
• Xina asked the Flame-Chasers where Elysia was and said she would keep looking if they did not tell her.