Chapter Summaries

Xina learned that Elysia and Mobius had disappeared from Elysium, while Su struggled to trace them through its vast, chaotic data. As Su continued investigating, Xina secretly learned that the Herrscher of Corruption had made the search harder by copying and scrambling useless data.

• Su told Xina that Elysia was gone, and Eden clarified that Mobius had disappeared with her.
• Xina offered to search for Elysia, while Aponia stopped Elysium Kevin from objecting and explained that Su was still checking what had happened.
• Aponia said she had sensed an unusual emptiness in Elysium about two and a half hours earlier and had asked Su to trace it.
• Su reported that the fifty-thousand-year-old data was chaotic and that he had traced less than one-third of it without finding Elysia.
• Xina secretly asked the Herrscher of Corruption what she had done, and the Herrscher admitted to copying and scrambling useless data to obstruct Su's search.

Xina agreed to help Su search Elysium of the Past for Elysia by destroying Abandoned Data before Su could perceive it. As Su searched, Xina and the Herrscher of Corruption worked together to eliminate waves of hostile data entities while Elysium Kevin watched from the shadows.

• Su asked Xina to help him deal with Abandoned Data, and Xina agreed because they both wanted to find Elysia.
• Xina entered Elysium’s effective area with Su, who began searching the data while asking her to handle any other troubles.
• Xina and the Herrscher of Corruption arranged for the Herrscher’s interference to appear as Abandoned Data attacking Xina instead of Su.
• Hundreds of hostile data entities emerged, and Xina destroyed them with small Pseudo-Black Holes as Su continued searching.
• Elysium Kevin secretly watched Xina clear the Abandoned Data with ease.

Xina helped the group search the Elysium data, but Su found no clues about Elysia and discovered that Mobius’s core data had vanished while her traces remained. The Flame-Chasers agreed to keep the news secret and continue investigating, while Aponia prepared to pursue the matter in her own way and quietly drew Xina aside.

• Xina hurled garbage data at Elysium Kevin and insulted him until he joined the cleanup.
• Su reported that he had found no useful information about Elysia and that Mobius’s core data had disappeared, though her traces remained.
• Aponia concluded that Elysia had departed, and the group reacted with grief and concern about Mobius.
• Elysium Kevin ordered the Flame-Chasers and Xina to keep the discovery secret while they searched other locations for clues.
• Xina agreed to cooperate until Elysia was found, and Aponia said she would investigate separately.
• Aponia took Xina aside, saying there were things the men should not hear.

Aponia left Su and Elysium Kevin alone to discuss the anomalies surrounding Mobius and Kevin’s undisclosed choice. Kevin began entrusting something to Su, whose trust wavered as azure light engulfed them.

• Xina left the corridor, and Aponia assigned Sakura and Eden to oversee the Elysium Archive Room before speaking with Kevin.
• Aponia noticed chaotic threads clinging to Kevin, then departed for the Deepest Depths to continue her experiment.
• Su told Kevin that Mobius was their only clue and suspected she might be dead or an enemy pursuing her own plan.
• Kevin revealed that an unexpected person had given him suggestions, but said he could not disclose the details without risking failure.
• Su offered Kevin unconditional trust, and Kevin said he had something to entrust to him.
• Azure light spilled from Kevin as Su’s eyes opened and a trace of hesitation surfaced in him.

Su and Elysium Kevin parted after discussing the darkness awaiting Elysium and its people. Later, Elysium Kevin met with an unknown being and agreed to a plan with less than a ten percent chance of success, leaving the fate of their only “sword” uncertain.

• Su told Elysium Kevin that his foresight showed only endless darkness, and Elysium Kevin asked how they would meet their end.
• Eden and Sakura found the Elysium Archive Room ransacked and discovered papers declaring that '■■■■ died.'
• Sakura found a larger note, read it, and clutched it while Eden tried to comfort her.
• Elysium Kevin told an unknown being that Eden and Sakura had confirmed the Archive Room's destruction and Elysia's death.
• Elysium Kevin agreed to the unknown being's plan despite its odds being less than ten percent, saying no other plan had even a one-in-ten-thousand chance.
• Elysium Kevin distinguished himself from the real Kevin, saying the long years the real Kevin bore did not belong to him.

Xina trapped Elysium Kevin and Vill-V in her Golden Royal Court and attacked them, claiming their resistance was futile. Elysium Kevin kept fighting as Xina prepared to defeat him and reveal what she considered the truth.

• Xina transferred the confrontation to her Golden Royal Court and demanded that Elysium Kevin and Vill-V choose whether they were friends or enemies.
• Elysium Kevin raised his sword, and Xina attacked him with her hammer and Decomposition Power Claw while Vill-V used her Magic Hat as a cannon.
• Xina crushed Vill-V’s flying platform and knocked Elysium Kevin away after his flaming sword struck her shoulder.
• Elysium Kevin repeatedly attacked Xina’s Ideal Fluid Shield, but the shield remained intact and his strength steadily waned.
• Xina raised her hammer and knocked Elysium Kevin dozens of meters away.

Xina overwhelmed Elysium Kevin in the Golden Royal Court, brutally crushing his body and breaking his resistance. After Kevin’s final struggle failed, Xina decomposed him into fragments of data, ending the battle.

• Xina trapped Elysium Kevin with solidified space and immense gravity, then smashed him into the floor of the Golden Royal Court.
• Xina struck Kevin with her hammer and dragged him toward the imprisoned Vill-V, while Kevin continued to resist despite his shattered body.
• Kevin tried to stab Xina with his broken greatsword, but a mouth on her back devoured the blade, and she impaled him with her claws.
• Xina beat Kevin repeatedly with the transformed Honkai Angel until he could no longer move.
• Xina pierced Kevin with the Decomposition Power Claw and watched as his body dissolved into fragments of damaged data.

Xina and the Herrscher of Corruption captured Extreme Evil Vill-V and demanded to know which version of Vill-V she was and what she wanted. Vill-V surrendered and began explaining herself, claiming that she and Xina shared a goal.

• Xina confronted Vill-V, who was restrained by the Herrscher of Corruption, and demanded an explanation.
• Vill-V joked about the Herrscher of Corruption's resemblance to Elysia and acknowledged seeing some of Xina's memories.
• Xina threatened to remove Vill-V's head when a three-minute alarm expired, while the Herrscher of Corruption played the conciliatory interrogator.
• Vill-V surrendered, then sat beside Xina and the Herrscher of Corruption and said she would explain how they shared a goal.

Vill-V of Extreme Evil recounted how fifty thousand years of imprisonment in darkness shaped her and how she seized a chance to escape by helping the Herrscher of Corruption sabotage Elysium of the Past. She ended by explaining that Vill-V’s use of her as a sacrifice drove her to betray them.

• Vill-V of Extreme Evil described spending fifty thousand years imprisoned in darkness, unable to affect the world outside.
• She said she saw the arrival of Xina and the Herrscher of Corruption as the opportunity she had awaited and helped conceal that two Herrschers had entered Elysium of the Past.
• Vill-V of Extreme Evil explained that Vill-V used her as a sacrifice to bear the harm inflicted by the Herrscher of Corruption.
• She said she was freed only to face execution, but took satisfaction in Vill-V becoming evil by sending her to die.
• Xina comforted the crying Vill-V of Extreme Evil, who declared that she had repaid her treatment with betrayal.

Xina exposed 'Extreme Evil' Vill-V's deception and confronted the real Vill-V hidden within her mind. After learning why Vill-V had awakened, Xina prepared to remove her from the stage, promising to pass along her farewell when the time came.

• 'Extreme Evil' Vill-V admitted she had used the Herrscher of Corruption's power to eliminate the other Vill-Vs and had surrendered to survive.
• Xina revealed that she had anticipated the Flame-Chasers' scheme, used Mobius to obtain their genetic data, and developed a targeted virus.
• Xina entered Vill-V's mind and met the ordinary-seeming true Vill-V, whom she called {the Fraudster}.
• Vill-V explained that her {Segmentation of Thought} let her inhabit another identity and that she had awakened after more than half of her thought regions disappeared.
• Vill-V said she had hoped to say goodbye to everyone, but Xina pointed her Decomposition Power Claw at her and said she would have to leave the stage for now.

After returning to Elysium, Xina revealed that Sakura’s sister Rin was still alive within the Twelfth God Key and offered to restore her, drawing Sakura into her plans. Kalpas interrupted before Sakura could accept the offer, leaving Xina facing his anger.

• Xina and the Herrscher of Corruption returned to Elysium, where Xina explained that her plans against the Flame-Chasers were still on track.
• Xina met Sakura and used Ksitigarbha Soul Control to let her hear Rin’s voice.
• Xina revealed that Rin’s consciousness remained alive inside the Twelfth God Key and said she could transfer it into a human body.
• Sakura eagerly reached for the God Key and promised to repay Xina for helping her.
• Kalpas descended in flames, confronted Xina, and declared that his long-suppressed rage would be unleashed.

Xina moved the battle with Kalpas to the Theater of Domination and observed his Artificial Honkai Eruption. After crushing him, she injected him with a genetic reagent based on Mobius's research.

• Xina transferred everyone to the Theater of Domination as Kalpas spread flames and attacked her with Fire Meteors.
• Xina swallowed the Fire Meteors with a Pseudo-Black Hole, and Kalpas intensified his flames by breaking his Black Mask.
• Kalpas entered Artificial Honkai Eruption and attacked Xina with a Rider Kick.
• Xina sent Kalpas through a chain of Teleportation Gates, then crushed him into the floor with immense gravity.
• Xina injected the Erupted Kalpas with a targeted genetic reagent developed from Mobius's experimental records.

Xina completed copying Kalpas’s memories while confronting him with the pain and self-hatred behind his anger. She uncovered that Kalpas had stayed with Moth Chasing Fire because he wanted a home, then left him to die as a sacrifice for the Elysium of the Past.

• Xina questioned Kalpas about Sakura destroying his second home and suggested his anger came from hating himself.
• Xina recalled Kalpas’s life as a porter at the sanatorium and said he had once enjoyed the children’s praise and smiled beneath his mask.
• Xina led Kalpas through memories of falling from the sky and being worshipped, imprisoned, and tied to a pillar by villagers who wanted his blood as a cure for the Honkai.
• Xina concluded that Kalpas had fought Sakura and remained with Moth Chasing Fire because he wanted a place to return to.
• As Kalpas’s body disintegrated, Xina completed the data copy and named him the next sacrifice of the Elysium of the Past.

Sakura confronted Xina after Xina emerged alone from the Theater of Domination, and Xina said Kalpas was dead. The Herrscher of Corruption mocked Sakura’s grief until Sakura condemned her for wearing Elysia’s face, leaving the group in tense silence.

• Sakura and the Herrscher of Corruption watched Xina emerge alone from the Theater of Domination.
• Xina told Sakura that Kalpas was dead, and the Herrscher of Corruption pretended to comfort her.
• The Herrscher of Corruption taunted Sakura, and Xina stopped Sakura from drawing her sword by pressing it back into its sheath.
• Sakura accused the Herrscher of Corruption of never becoming Elysia, and everyone fell silent.

The Herrscher of Corruption embraced her own identity and showed her affection for Xina, while Sakura continued to challenge them. Xina warned Sakura that she had no chance of winning and asked whether she would still oppose her despite her younger sister’s presence.

• The Herrscher of Corruption rejected Sakura’s attempt to unsettle her, saying she had chosen Elysia’s face because it was pretty and Xina liked it.
• The Herrscher of Corruption kissed Xina’s cheek, and Xina tried to hide her embarrassment.
• Sakura attacked Xina with Seven Thunders of Retribution, but a mouth that appeared on Xina’s hand bit the blade.
• Xina said Sakura could not defeat her, set down the Herrscher of Corruption she had been carrying, and asked whether Sakura would oppose her anyway.
• Xina waved Ksitigarbha Soul Control before Sakura as she waited for her response.

Sakura fought Xina and was defeated, refusing to abandon her resolve even when offered a chance to reunite with her sister. Xina placed Sakura in a peaceful illusion, then confronted Aponia in the depths of her mind and pressed her to submit.

• Sakura challenged Xina with her Instantaneous Slash, {All Things Without Light}, but Xina outpaced her and spread Corruption through her body.
• Sakura asked Xina to make her die in greater pain so she could understand her past failures and preserve her pride as an older sister, then refused to yield.
• Xina claimed Sakura’s data, filled a Crystal Coffin with it, and created an illusion of Sakura’s sister, hometown, and a peaceful world.
• Xina told 'Vill-V' to proceed with the plan, and 'Vill-V' entered the door leading to the 'Unknown Door' as Xina took another path.
• Aponia struggled through the mental labyrinth Xina had created until she encountered Xina, who urged her to submit in exchange for a different ending for Elysium and humanity.

Xina broke down Aponia’s will by overwhelming her senses and showing her what she had become, then consumed her Memory Body. Aponia became part of Xina and the Cluster Consciousness as its first martyr to abandon resistance.

• Xina used her fused Herrscher Authorities and Infinity to overwhelm Aponia’s senses and grant her Sharpened Senses.
• Xina halted the poison’s corrosion and projected Aponia’s altered appearance from multiple angles, further weakening her will.
• Aponia’s reason collapsed, and she pleaded with Xina to grant her the ending that would change fate and prophecy.
• Xina accepted Aponia’s plea, consumed her Memory Body, and welcomed her into the Cluster Consciousness.
• Aponia became one of Xina’s trophies, unlike the other Flame-Chasers whose Memory Body data was copied and transmitted.

Xina corrupted Aponia and secured her agreement to help persuade Eden. Meanwhile, the Herrscher of Corruption confronted Kosma in a birdcage and challenged his willingness to sacrifice himself by recalling what happened to Kalpas on Mu Continent.

• Xina branded Aponia's consciousness with an indelible binding mark and made her agree to help persuade Eden.
• The Herrscher of Corruption entered through the Unknown Door disguised as Vill-V and was overwhelmed by Elysia's lingering sorrow.
• Kosma trapped the Herrscher of Corruption in a birdcage and declared that she would not advance further.
• The Herrscher of Corruption questioned Kosma's plan to use {Overweight Hypermutation} and warned that it could leave him with nothing.
• The Herrscher of Corruption recreated the events on Mu Continent, reminding Kosma that Kalpas's sacrifice had failed to save his teacher and friend.

Kosma fought the Herrscher of Corruption in his Overweight Hypermutation form, using Vishnu’s devouring instinct to slow her corruption and buy time. She scattered his data with her bow, but Kosma returned, and her next arrow tore open a corner of the world, revealing that someone else was hiding nearby.

• Kosma rejected the Herrscher of Corruption’s pleas and transformed into an Artificial Honkai Eruption to fight her.
• The Herrscher of Corruption pinned Kosma and realized Vishnu’s instinct to devour was slowing her corruption by consuming his own data.
• The Herrscher of Corruption fired her bow and blasted Kosma into scattered data fragments, believing he would be reconstructed later.
• Kosma suddenly returned and attacked the Herrscher of Corruption from behind.
• The Herrscher of Corruption suspected someone was hiding in the dark and fired an arrow that tore open a corner of the world.

The Herrscher of Corruption realized Kosma had become one of Griseo’s paintings, and Griseo recreated how Kosma had asked her to paint a boy’s story. The painting stopped as Kosma described the boy’s father-like ally, leaving Griseo to recognize what his request meant.

• The Herrscher of Corruption asked Griseo if Kosma had become one of her paintings, and Griseo confirmed it.
• Griseo’s painting showed Kosma asking her to help defeat a bad person without using his color, and Hua agreed to help her.
• Kosma asked Griseo to paint a small, thin boy who wanted to become a hero and began describing his adventures.
• Griseo changed the boy’s story into a black-bodysuit rooftop scene beneath the moonlight.
• Kosma described the boy’s teacher-and-friend ally as someone with the image of a father, and Griseo recognized the implication.