Chapter Summaries

Kosma told Griseo about a boy who could not accept painful choices and asked her to paint him as someone more mature. As the Herrscher of Corruption attacked, Griseo revealed she had put herself into the painting so Kosma would not be alone.

• Kosma described the boy’s failures and asked Griseo to depict him accepting reality calmly.
• Kosma asked Hua to deceive Griseo, but Hua contacted Griseo instead of using the Feather of the Wind on her.
• The Herrscher of Corruption realized Kosma’s resolve had been genuine and confronted Griseo, who said she could not leave.
• The Herrscher of Corruption attacked Griseo and a data version of Kosma, then discovered Griseo had drawn herself into the painting.
• Griseo explained that she had joined Kosma in the painting because she did not want him to be alone.

The Herrscher of Corruption lamented Kosma and Griseo’s self-sacrifice after destroying Griseo’s fading form and painting. Hua confronted her, and the Herrscher offered to end Hua’s experience peacefully as she prepared to fulfill her mission.

• The Herrscher of Corruption destroyed Griseo’s fading form and shattering painting, then emerged from the broken space gate.
• Hua told the Herrscher that Kosma and Griseo had chosen to give everything they could, and confirmed she had brought them there as paintings.
• The Herrscher asked Hua to describe Griseo’s painting, but Hua said she could not explain it and that the Herrscher was not the viewer Griseo had hoped for.
• Hua took a fighting stance to fulfill her mission, but the Herrscher took out an alarm-clock-like object and asked Hua to close her eyes instead.
• The Herrscher suggested Hua did not know what she truly wanted, and Hua denied understanding what she meant.

The Herrscher of Corruption challenged Hua’s sense of purpose and sent her into the Theater of Domination to fight an endless host of Honkai Beasts. After Xina’s intervention nearly erased Hua’s consciousness, the Herrscher of Corruption trapped her in a crystal coffin and returned to the true Elysium of the Past, where Xina helped her embrace a new way of choosing what to love.

• The Herrscher of Corruption told Hua she lacked a purpose of her own, then offered her an endless survival game instead of assimilating her.
• Lily dragged Hua into the Theater of Domination and announced that she must defeat five hundred thousand Honkai Beasts to reach the next act.
• Hua activated the Key of Consciousness to control a Honkai Beast, but Xina’s punishment drove her from its consciousness and sent her through a spatial rift.
• The Herrscher of Corruption placed the unconscious Hua in a crystal coffin and told her to rest until the world had changed.
• Xina comforted the Herrscher of Corruption and suggested she could destroy what she could not bring herself to love.
• The Herrscher of Corruption accepted Xina’s advice and decided to create what she loved while destroying everything she deemed unworthy of it.

Xina brought Pardofelis to the Herrscher of Corruption, who captured Su and used her authority to obtain the memories she wanted. After hearing Pardofelis’s honest reluctance to risk her life, Xina decided she could not bear to make her suffer.

• The Herrscher of Corruption pinned Su to a tree, turned him and his surroundings into data, and sealed him in a Crystal Coffin.
• Xina arrived with the sleeping Pardofelis before the Herrscher of Corruption could finish counting.
• The Herrscher of Corruption used her authority to obtain what she wanted from Pardofelis.
• Xina recalled finding Pardofelis asleep with a can and asking whether she would leave a safe, luxurious life to fight for Elysia and the world.
• Pardofelis admitted inwardly that she wanted only sunshine and naps and did not want to risk her life, and Xina resolved not to make her suffer.

Xina brought the four Crystal Flowers to Eden in the Elysium of the Past, where Eden and Aponia completed the final step of their plan and entrusted Xina with bringing Elysia back. As Eden faded away, she revealed that Elysia had been born a Herrscher and had spent her life wishing to become human.

• Xina sent the Herrscher of Corruption through a special gate, then followed Aponia into the Elysium of the Past with three Crystal Flowers.
• Xina and Aponia met Eden and Fairy Aili, who joined them in completing the final step of the plan.
• Eden and Aponia presented the four Crystal Flowers and asked Xina to bring Elysia, their hope, back into the world.
• As Eden faded from the memory space, she told Xina that Elysia had been born a Herrscher and had longed to become human.
• Eden urged Xina to take her share and welcome Elysia's return, then recalled the peaceful days she had spent drinking with Aili.

Eden, Aponia, and Elysia said their final goodbyes as the Elysian Realm faded, leaving Xina to approach the last door. Elysia’s final words affirmed her identity as the Herrscher of Human and entrusted her love to the future.

• Eden shared one last cup of wine with Xina and asked her to sing Elysia’s favorite song.
• Eden and Aponia vanished, and their empty coffins in another Elysian Realm received their tenants.
• Xina approached the final door and heard Elysia’s recollection of her final banquet and farewell.
• Elysia asked her companions to send her off and declared that tragedy could become the beginning of hope.
• Elysia disappeared among the stars, leaving her arrow, flowers, and love as seeds for a new life.
• Elysia named herself the first Herrscher, the Herrscher of Human.

Xina entered the garden of memories to find Elysia, learned the story of Elysia’s life, and discovered that Fairy Aili was formed from the Flame-Chasers’ longing for her. Xina persuaded Fairy Aili to join her at the banquet, where Elysia’s memories revealed how she understood herself as the Herrscher of Human.

• Xina arrived in Elysia’s garden and quickly absorbed the memories preserved there, while Fairy Aili urged her to prepare for the banquet.
• Xina learned about Elysia’s life and accepted that Elysia was genuinely kind and flawless.
• Xina produced a variety of roses for Elysia and realized Fairy Aili embodied the Flame-Chasers’ longing for her.
• Xina reassured Fairy Aili that she was unique and invited her to attend the banquet instead of sacrificing herself; Fairy Aili agreed and sat on Xina’s shoulder.
• Xina entered the hall with Fairy Aili and heard Elysia’s memories describe her realization that she was the Herrscher of Human.

Xina reunited with Elysia, welcomed her with golden roses, and told her that everyone's memories and affection had shaped the Elysia standing before her. Xina then revealed a surprise meant to help Elysia achieve a perfect ending, leaving its purpose about to unfold.

• Elysia greeted Xina after their long separation and asked whether she had missed her.
• Xina gave Elysia a bouquet of golden roses and welcomed her back with a kiss on her hand.
• Elysia asked how she differed from Xina's memories, and Xina praised her beauty.
• Elysia said everyone's memories had become part of her, and Xina explained that their affection was repayment for Elysia's sincere heart.
• Xina prepared a surprise involving the thirteen coffins kept in New Elysium, hoping to help Elysia achieve a perfect ending.

Xina prepared a lavish garden banquet for Elysia, then accepted her invitation to dance. Their playful contest ended with Elysia using a lucky slot machine to blast Xina with confetti bombs.

• Xina brought Elysia to a garden banquet and summoned her Guard Corps to fill the venue with a ceremonial procession, fireworks, roses, and an enormous tribute to Elysia.
• After the Guards withdrew, Elysia invited Xina to dance and recalled how she had once offered her hand to a guest at a banquet.
• Xina teased Elysia about making their dance a contest, then dimmed her halo to give Elysia a fairer chance.
• Elysia used three magic hats to conceal herself, but Xina blew the hats aside and exposed her.
• Elysia pulled a slot machine lever, lined up three matching symbols, and launched confetti bombs at Xina.

Xina and Elysia fought in the garden as Elysia revealed her power as the Herrscher of Origin and drew Xina into a starry battle space. The confrontation ended with Xina putting away her claw and joining Elysia in a midair tango.

• Elysia’s attacks failed to reach Xina, so she brought out her pink bow and transformed the garden with a shower of pink fragments.
• Xina said she would not need the strength of the thirteen Signets, and Elysia noted that Xina had received all thirteen.
• Elysia moved the garden into a space beneath a starry sky and fought Xina with her staff.
• Xina identified Elysia as the Herrscher of Origin and said she preferred the title Herrscher of Human.
• Elysia filled the space with snow and ice, and Xina asked for a more passionate fight.
• Xina put away her Decomposition Power Claw, took out Elysium Kevin-chan, and joined Elysia in a midair tango.

Elysia attacked Xina with increasingly powerful pink projectiles, but Xina remained unharmed and amused. Elysia then summoned a pink planet through a spatial rift and struck it down toward Xina.

• Elysia launched two Blazing Blades at Xina, but Xina deflected them with the God Key.
• Elysia summoned a gigantic pink Manta Ray Honkai Beast, which opened spatial rifts and unleashed spiraling volleys of pink lights at Xina.
• Xina dodged the projectiles, caught several with her bare hands, and ate them.
• Elysia changed the volleys into denser explosive formations, but Xina emerged unharmed and called the attack fun.
• Elysia summoned a large planet and two satellites, then opened a spatial rift and brought a pink planet through it.
• Elysia passed through the pink planet, raised her staff, and struck it down toward Xina.

Xina and Elysia finished their fantastical battle, then watched the sunrise together as Elysia recalled the banquet and explained that she had sacrificed herself to leave hope for the Next Era. Elysia told Xina she now knew the answer about humanity’s power to change.

• Elysia unleashed a pink meteor shower and a manta ray’s energy breath, but Xina defeated the attack with a dark purple beam.
• After the battle ended, Xina and Elysia sat together in the garden and watched the sunrise.
• Elysia explained that everyone at the ancient banquet had expressed their love and trust in her before she dispersed herself.
• Elysia said she had gambled on her sacrifice changing the fate Aponia believed was inevitable and leaving hope for the Next Era.
• Elysia grasped Xina’s hand and said she already knew the answer.

Xina realized Elysia had given this civilization’s Herrschers the ability to think and thanked her for changing Xina’s fate. The two walked together through Eternity Everlasting, where Elysia explained why the amusement park was frozen in dusk and recalled the ride they had meant to take.

• Xina thanked Elysia for giving the Herrschers of this civilization the ability to think normally and for allowing Xina to preserve her consciousness.
• Xina invited Elysia to keep walking with her through Eternity Everlasting, and Elysia accepted.
• Elysia explained that she had frozen Eternity Everlasting at dusk because amusement parks looked prettiest with their lights on.
• Xina quietly said she wanted to defeat eternity and become eternity.
• Elysia recalled that she had planned to ride the roller coaster with Xina and visit a nearby island, and Xina asked whether the coaster could travel throughout the Elysium of the Past.

Elysia and Xina revisited the beautiful places of Eternity Everlasting before sharing an intimate farewell in the central plaza. The chapter ended with an abstract image of their intertwined colors beneath the dawn.

• Elysia admired a carousel and recalled vetoing it as a team-building activity because it had only twelve seats for the thirteen Flame-Chasers.
• Xina replaced the carousel with a larger one that could hold over a hundred people.
• Elysia and Xina passed a moon-pattern mural and a snack street before reaching the central plaza of Eternity Everlasting.
• Elysia praised Eternity Everlasting and proposed giving it a perfect ending with Xina.
• Elysia removed her black cloak and went with Xina into the clouds and rain.

Elysia and Xina shared one last roller-coaster ride as Elysia prepared to leave the Elysium of the Past and confront the Herrscher of Corruption. At the station, Elysia gave Xina the true Inscription of Ego, entrusting her with its Origin and the Flame-Chasers’ hopes.

• Elysia congratulated Xina on graduating from the Elysium of the Past and invited her on one final, slower roller-coaster ride.
• Elysia and Xina shared memories and promises, and Xina vowed to remember Elysia and the mark she had left on her life.
• Elysia said she intended to meet the Herrscher of Corruption and explained that she would fight for the Flame-Chasers and their story.
• At the roller-coaster station, Elysia said goodbye and gave Xina the true Inscription of Ego, bearing the Origin and the Flame-Chasers’ blessings.

Elysia gave Xina the Origin Power and sent her onward to begin her own story, then entered a city formed from Elysium of the Past’s abandoned data and met the Herrscher of Corruption. The Herrscher questioned why Elysia had not deleted the simulation, and Elysia suggested that Xina had understood her choice.

• Elysia vanished after giving Xina the Origin Power, leaving a door out, while Xina wondered why her body had not changed.
• Elysia explored a vast city made from abandoned data and found the Herrscher of Corruption sunbathing on a rooftop.
• The Herrscher of Corruption asked why Elysia had not deleted Elysium of the Past and honored the companions’ sacrifices as planned.
• Elysia said Xina understood her well and began talking with the Herrscher of Corruption.

The Herrscher of Corruption learned that Xina wanted her to confront Elysia and help bring forth the Finality Herrscher. Xina explained that this could prevent Kevin from claiming all of Honkai’s power, while the Herrscher of Corruption only partly understood the plan.

• The Herrscher of Corruption realized Elysia had chosen Xina rather than her and felt inferior.
• Xina encouraged the Herrscher of Corruption to test her strength against Elysia in the doomed Elysium of the Past.
• The Herrscher of Corruption asked why Xina had taken her Herrscher Core, and Xina explained that the Twelfth Herrscher had to disappear for the Finality Herrscher to descend.
• Xina compared Honkai’s power to family property and said the Finality Herrscher could compete with Kevin for the inheritance.
• The Herrscher of Corruption claimed to understand Xina’s explanation, and Xina told her to go ahead.

Elysia fought the Herrscher of Corruption in Elysium of the Past, but the enemy nearly erased her and prepared to move into New Elysium. With the Flame-Chasers’ data returning to her side, Elysia united their Signets and destroyed the Herrscher of Corruption, ending Elysium of the Past.

• The Herrscher of Corruption merged with the decaying data city and attacked Elysia with data serpents, weapons, and cables.
• The Herrscher of Corruption bound Elysia and began deleting her, but Elysia reappeared before the process could finish.
• Eden, Mobius, and the other Flame-Chasers returned as data and helped Elysia break free of her restraints.
• Elysia united the thirteen Flame-Chaser Signets, revealed the Herrscher of Corruption’s true body, and attacked it with a barrage of arrows.
• The Herrscher of Corruption tried to rewind the data space, but Elysia sealed its routes and destroyed the city-like construct with a final pink beam.

After restoring the Flame-Chasers’ data in New Elysium, Xina visited Sirin, who was being held in the Imaginary Space, and used her authority to alter Sirin’s memories and mood. Xina then asked Sirin to give up her Herrscher of the Void Core, leaving Sirin’s response unknown.

• Xina restored the Flame-Chasers’ data in New Elysium, removed the Anti-Kevin Armor 666 and related memories, and left the reconstructed realm under the Herrscher of Corruption’s control.
• Sirin challenged the Guard Honkai Beasts holding her in the Imaginary Space, but they threatened to kill her if she tried to leave.
• Xina arrived and used the Herrscher of Sentience’s Authority to erase Sirin’s anger and give her a false memory of falling asleep during a meal.
• Xina and Sirin traveled to a Honkai-ravaged planet, where Xina recited a modified poem about its destruction.
• Xina told Sirin she needed the twelve Herrscher Cores and asked her to offer up the Herrscher of the Void Core inside her.

Sirin reluctantly gave Xina her Herrscher Core, leaving her drained and sleepy. As Xina prepared to carry the sleeping Sirin to bed, she sensed a Guard Honkai Beast calling her from a Schicksal underground base and saw that it had defeated Otto’s Soul Steel body and collected its head as a trophy.

• Sirin reluctantly offered Xina her Herrscher Core, and Xina assimilated with her to take it.
• Sirin lost her power, felt hollow and exhausted, then fell asleep in Xina’s arms.
• Xina sensed a Guard Honkai Beast calling her through the Cluster Consciousness network and synchronized with its perspective.
• The Guard Honkai Beast fought through a Schicksal underground base, destroying defenses and collecting enemy heads as trophies, including Otto’s Soul Steel body.