Chapter Summaries

Gwen fought Tartarus while the New Generation warriors battled Tartarus’s forces at the Monster Graveyard. Tartarus’s group escaped through a portal with Belial Atrocious, and the heroes returned to the Land of Light, where Taro learned Zeta had lost the weapon again.

• Tartarus sent Dark Orb, Snake Heart Sword, Hyper Zetton, Belial, and Tregear to attack the heroes while he fought Gwen.
• Gwen activated Core Final and the Gene Lock, then used his spear to keep Tartarus occupied until reinforcements could arrive.
• Ginga helped the Minato Brothers defeat Dark Orb, and Tartarus called his forces to withdraw after their battles turned against them.
• Tartarus gave Dark Orb Absolutian energy and led his group through an interdimensional portal, carrying Belial Atrocious away.
• Edy arrived with Neos, Max, and Xeno, and the heroes returned to the Land of Light.
• Gwen told Taro that Zeta had lost Belial Atrocious to Belial again, and Taro reassured Zeta.

After Gwen was unexpectedly transported to Planet Babarue, he helped Libut fight Tartarus’s enhanced Artificial Mecha Zero. The battle continued when Zero arrived to confront Tartarus, newly empowered after his special training.

• Gwen spent time with Alicia and Mysterious in Silver Square until a strange fluctuation made him recall them and vanish.
• Tartarus sent Titan to Planet Babarue to eliminate possible threats, and Titan fought Libut before returning to the Absolute Kingdom.
• Tartarus deployed Alien Baltan’s enhanced Artificial Mecha Zero against the weakened Libut as a test of its combat strength.
• Gwen appeared on Planet Babarue, recognized the powerful D4 Ray, and used his barrier and Ultimate Light Arrow Storm to push back Mecha Zero.
• Gwen followed up with Mach Movement and a barrage of attacks that prevented Mecha Zero from firing again.
• Zero arrived and challenged Tartarus, showing off his fiery red form after completing special training.

Gwen and the Ultras defeated Alien Baltan’s Mecha Zero, and Noah gave Gwen and Alicia mysterious gifts. After Astra located the Kingdom, Gwen joined Hikari’s effort to reach it, then returned to Anor Londo, where Alicia invited Mobius to a tea party and Gwen met Phylannor.

• Alicia shared new insights with Gwen, who changed forms and destroyed Alien Baltan’s Mecha Zero with an upgraded Ultimate Light Arrow: Storm.
• Noah appeared and gave radiant spheres to Gwen and Alicia before Gwen returned to Planet Babarue and helped restore Libut’s energy.
• Astra revealed that he had sensed the Kingdom’s location, so Hikari began researching how to reach it and rescue Princess Yulian, with Gwen assisting.
• Gwen entered Anor Londo and watched Alicia invite Mobius to a tea party, then left them together.
• Gwen met Phylannor near the Grand Archives and carried her books toward her chambers.

Gwen joined the Land of Light’s rescue mission to the Absolute Kingdom, where the team searched for Princess Yullian while fighting Tartarus and the Kingdom’s forces. The rescue team reached the Tower of Radiance, and Gwen sensed Victory’s battle nearby as his duel with Tartarus continued.

• Phylannor told Gwen about a forgotten nightmare, and Eden warned him that his upcoming battle might be dangerous.
• After learning that Tartarus had threatened to kill a hostage unless the Land of Light surrendered, Gwen agreed to join the rescue operation.
• Gwen and the others entered the Absolute Kingdom, confirmed that its Tower of Radiance was dangerously unstable, and split up to search for Princess Yullian.
• Tartarus confronted Gwen and attacked him with ranged blasts while the rest of the rescue team battled the Kingdom’s forces.
• Gwen reached the area beneath the Tower of Radiance without serious injury, and sensed Victory’s Ultra Armor amid the fighting elsewhere.

Gwen entered the Absolute Kingdom's core to send the rescue signal, but its power transformed him into Dark Zagi. Though Gwen retained his voice and apparent reason, he eagerly unleashed a devastating attack on the Kingdom's army.

• Gwen entered the Kingdom's core, absorbed its power, and sent the signal before losing consciousness.
• Sola opened a passage, but Xeno failed to maintain it, so Father of Ultra ordered Zero to lead a rescue mission.
• Zero's team arrived to find the rescue squad separated from the Kingdom's forces, while a terrifying presence gathered at the tower.
• Dark Zagi emerged from the nebula, and Taro recognized him as Gwen, who said he felt great.
• Gwen ignored Taro's warning and released scarlet mist toward the Absolute Kingdom's army, prompting Tartarus to order the soldiers to raise their barriers.

After Dark Zagi attacked the Kingdom and rejected Taro’s attempt to stop him, Gwen was thrown to Anor Londo and realized his fourth-stage Gene Lock had created an Inner Demon. With Alicia and the others gathered around him, Gwen confessed his desires and admitted he could no longer keep pretending, leaving Mobius to respond with a sly smile.

• Dark Zagi shattered Tartarus’s Absolute Destruction, wiped out the Kingdom’s army with the Dark Spark Wave, and struck Taro away when he tried to stop him.
• Gwen arrived injured in a crater outside Firelink Shrine, where he explained that his Inner Demon had emerged after his Gene Lock reached its fourth stage and had thrown him there.
• Alicia comforted Gwen, while Mobius challenged him and Eden asked him to explain what was troubling him.
• Gwen confessed that he loved Eden, had feelings for Mobius, and was greedy for more despite already having Alicia.
• Gwen said the Inner Demon had forced him to face his true desires, but the gathered women responded with faint smiles, and Mobius called him adorably naive.

Gwen entered Firelink Shrine’s flames to gather enough power to break through the Inner Demon’s blockade, while Alicia used the Trust Evolver to help him. Gwen breached the dark canopy and discovered the power of Dark Luciel and Finality within it, leaving Anor Londo swallowed by darkness as Alicia’s giant form faced the danger below.

• Eden, Mobius, and Phylannor encouraged Alicia to trust Gwen as he entered Firelink Shrine to face the Inner Demon.
• Gwen endured the shrine’s flames, drew the Spiral Sword, and launched himself toward the sky to break the blockade.
• The Inner Demon attacked Gwen with black-red lightning and meteors, but Alicia transformed into a pink giant to shield him and gave him a golden Signet.
• A black whirlwind smashed Alicia’s giant form to the ground, while Gwen continued upward and crashed through the canopy.
• Gwen recognized the power of Dark Luciel and Finality inside the canopy, and the remaining flames went out as darkness spread across Anor Londo.

Gwen broke through the Inner Demon’s sealed night sky and arrived in Anor Londo, where he faced his Inner Demon directly. As the Inner Demon entered Gwen’s world to confront him, the two began fighting, with the Inner Demon claiming to possess greater raw power.

• Dark Zagi overwhelmed the fighters in the Absolute Kingdom, turning Orb and Juggler into Spark Dolls and seriously injuring Titan and Libut.
• Alicia sang and gathered her power to help Eden, but a tiny flame appeared in the sealed sky and Gwen broke through into Anor Londo.
• Gwen acquired the Gemini Gold Cloth and Ultimate Bracelet, then shattered the Inner Demon’s scarlet meteor attack with a punch.
• Dark Zagi roared as he sensed Gwen’s breakthrough, abandoned the battle in the Absolute Kingdom, and sent his consciousness into Gwen’s world.
• The Inner Demon appeared atop Firelink Shrine, exchanged taunts with Gwen, and attacked him; Gwen met his fist with his palm as their battle began.

Gwen defeated Inner Demon Gwen with Primordial Chaos, but the wounded Inner Demon flew into the starry sky and began corrupting it. Gwen reassured Alicia and Eden and prepared to deal with the tainted heavens, asking Alicia to lend him her strength.

• Gwen mocked Inner Demon Gwen's claims of superiority and overwhelmed him after his conviction drove his Ether Energy to the fourth intermediate stage.
• Dark Zagi unleashed Primordial Darkness: Cosmic End, and Gwen answered with Primordial Chaos: World Creation, leaving the world washed in white before the clash ended.
• Gwen emerged victorious, but Inner Demon Gwen ignited himself with demonic flames and rushed into the starry sky to corrupt it.
• Alicia and Eden joined Gwen, and he explained that Inner Demon was lashing out in humiliation while Alicia checked his damaged Golden Cloth.
• Gwen asked Alicia to lend him her strength, reassured Eden, and raised a sphere of light in his palm.

Gwen defeated his Inner Demon, became Wingless Noah, and changed the Kingdom’s core before the Main God abruptly returned him to the Main God Space. He found the Main God apparently empty inside and reunited with Alicia, who asked why he had come back so soon.

• Gwen and Alicia fired the Shield of Paraj’s arrow into a crimson star, and its arrowhead emerged from Dark Zagi in the Kingdom.
• Cosmos treated Dark Zagi while Tartarus attacked him, but Gwen appeared as Wingless Noah and struck Tartarus down with Noah Hellfire.
• Gwen rewrote the Kingdom’s core, changing its rays and weakening their harmful effects, then vanished in a shower of light.
• After completing his ascension, Gwen returned to the Main God Space and saw that the Main God appeared empty inside.
• Alicia emerged beside Gwen, and he explained that the Main God had abruptly brought him back while he was trying to resolve the conflict.

Gwen returned to the Honkai world after a year away and learned that Kiana had entered the Dominion Theater to confront the Herrscher of Domination. Kiana defeated Sirin, but the returned core gems flooded her mind with countless consciousness fragments.

• Alicia reassured Gwen that she had willingly given him the gift that helped him become Wingless Noah, and Gwen prepared to leave for the Honkai world.
• The Land of Light and the Kingdom reached a peace agreement, while Belial and Tregear left with Tartarus's sealed Ultimate Fighting Nizer and Juggler returned to his own world.
• Gwen returned to the Previous Civilization ruins, where Gray Serpent reported that a year had passed and Kiana's group had entered the Dominion Theater.
• Gwen reconnected with the Cocoon of Finality, learned that Kiana was confronting another consciousness, and traveled to the Dominion Theater.
• Kiana defeated Sirin, who urged her to keep fighting, then touched the core gems and was overwhelmed by fragments of consciousness.

Kiana endured Sirin’s memories, awakened as a Herrscher, and defeated the Thousand-Man Herrscher with Gwen’s help. The Dominion Theater battle ended, and Raiden Mei and Fu Hua found Kiana standing amid the shattered puppets.

• Kiana resisted the negative emotions in the core and Gem, forged a black-and-white sword from her convictions, and returned to the Dominion Theater.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher attacked Kiana, but it failed to control her Authority, and Kiana pierced its core with a sword.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher reassembled as a giant mass of resentment and struck at Kiana, but Gwen intervened with the Silver Giant’s shining fist.
• Gwen encouraged Kiana to use her convictions, and Kiana destroyed the Thousand-Man Herrscher and cleared the Dominion Theater of its malice.
• Raiden Mei and Fu Hua entered the theater and called out to Kiana as the light faded and the puppet remains fell across the stage.

Gwen reunited with Raiden Mei and the others after defeating the Dominion Theater’s threat, then stayed behind to confront the weakened puppet. The puppet revealed herself as Merlin Cavendish, leaving Gwen and her former acquaintance alone to talk.

• Raiden Mei initially treated Gwen as an enemy, but recognized her and embraced her after Gwen proved her identity.
• Gwen comforted Mei, congratulated Kiana on overcoming her confinement, and spoke with Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Sentience.
• Gwen asked Mei, Kiana, and Fu Hua to leave, then severed Otto’s connection to the Dominion Theater.
• Gwen asked the kneeling puppet whether she should call her the Herrscher of Domination or Merlin Cavendish.
• Merlin raised her head, acknowledged how pathetic she looked, and struggled into a chair while Gwen watched.

Merlin explained how she had infiltrated the Thousand-Man Herrscher and steered it away from causing greater destruction before Gwen defeated her plan. Gwen agreed to take her in with restrictions, then told Otto that his fusion with the Egg of Finality would grant him access to reincarnation and time, bringing Otto’s goal within reach.

• Merlin recounted her failed attempt to become a Valkyrie, how the Thousand-Man Herrscher targeted her negative emotions, and how she maintained her sanity while guiding it toward targeting other Herrschers.
• Gwen recognized that Merlin’s plan had endangered Kiana and the others, and Merlin admitted her mistake rather than claiming credit for reducing the Herrscher’s destruction.
• Gwen decided to incorporate Merlin under additional restrictions, and his voice awakened her as the ruined Dominion Theater returned to its former grandeur.
• Otto appeared in a puppet and praised Gwen’s growing strength, then asked about the extent of his power.
• Gwen told Otto that his fusion with the Egg of Finality would make him this world’s Herrscher of Finality, with authority over reincarnation and time.
• Otto resolved to stand his final watch and create the world she had wished for, and he clasped hands with Gwen in agreement.

Gwen celebrated his return and the resolution of the Thousand-Man Herrscher incident with the girls, then joined an impromptu dance party at home. After navigating the evening’s romantic tensions, he ended the night relieved that the girls had accepted his return and the two new people he had brought back.

• Gwen reunited with the girls at Schicksal headquarters, and they celebrated his return and the Thousand-Man Herrscher incident at his home.
• Rita teased Gwen while Anna and Yorktown showed how his disappearance had affected them and how Yorktown’s METAization had begun to recede after his return.
• At Alicia’s suggestion, Gwen cleared the living room for a dance party, invited Anna to dance, and let Alicia teach Kiana.
• Gwen danced with Anna, Yorktown, Kiana, Alicia, and Mobius, ultimately managing even Mobius after activating Dance Mastery.
• After the party, Gwen reflected that the girls had accepted his return and the two people he had brought back, and he felt relieved to have avoided a serious quarrel.

After returning from another world, Gwen learned that Siegfried had survived his apparent death but was trapped in Kaslana’s Stigmata space after a severe Honkai Beast mutation. Gwen examined the space and set out to save him, while offering World Serpent information from his travels.

• Gwen accepted Otto’s document about a past incident and agreed to handle the matter while keeping it secret from Kiana and Yolandale.
• Otto asked about Gwen’s discoveries, and Gwen said Prometheus would upload the information to a special database.
• Welt Yang revealed that Siegfried had survived being bisected but was severely mutated and had not regained his sanity.
• Gwen learned from Kevin that Siegfried’s consciousness was trapped in Kaslana’s Stigmata space and examined the space with Kevin’s permission.
• Gwen left to save Siegfried and told Kevin and Su that he had brought back information from another world.

Gwen visited Anti-Entropy’s Yancheng Base and restored Siegfried’s body and consciousness, then told him about the years he had missed and Kiana’s life. The chapter ended with Gwen revealing that Bianca Yolandale Atagina had awakened her stigma after fighting through the Stigma Space that had held Siegfried.

• Gwen met Raiden Ryoma at Yancheng Base, reassured him that he would protect Mei, and followed him to Siegfried’s isolation chamber.
• Gwen reversed Siegfried’s physical transformation and retrieved his consciousness from the Kaslana Stigma Space.
• Siegfried regained consciousness, asked about Kiana, and went to wash after Gwen explained his condition.
• Gwen told Siegfried about Kiana’s growth and other changes in the world, and Siegfried warned him to remain wary of Otto.
• Gwen told Siegfried that Bianca Yolandale Atagina had awakened her stigma by fighting through the Stigma Space and handed him her details.

Yolandale completed a difficult virtual training battle, then joined Kiana’s birthday preparations and learned that Gwen had discovered her identity as Kiana Kaslana. As the family gathered to celebrate, Yolandale wore a dress Gwen had prepared for her, and she and Kiana embraced like sisters.

• Yolandale defeated a colossal simulated enemy in Schicksal’s upgraded virtual training room.
• Yolandale recalled learning she was Kiana Kaslana, the daughter of Cecilia Saniyat and Siegfried Kaslana, and chose to keep her identity secret.
• Yolandale arrived at Gwen’s house and found Kiana preparing to celebrate her birthday with their friends and family.
• Rita gave Yolandale a white dress that Gwen had chosen as a gift after learning her identity.
• Yolandale joined the celebration in her new dress, and Kiana hugged her and praised how beautiful she looked.

Gwen prepared a birthday surprise for Kiana by bringing Siegfried back to reunite with her and Yolandale. The sisters celebrated with their father and friends, and the chapter ended with Alicia asking Gwen to share future surprises with her sooner.

• Kiana eagerly searched for the birthday gift Gwen had prepared, and Gwen asked her and Yolandale to open a radiant door together.
• Kiana and Yolandale found Siegfried waiting behind the door, and he wished Kiana a happy birthday before embracing both of his daughters.
• Alicia rallied the guests to celebrate, and Kiana and Yolandale exchanged birthday wishes as sisters.
• Siegfried attended the banquet, where Yolandale explained the sisters' reunion and the guests offered their congratulations.
• After the banquet, Alicia playfully asked Gwen to tell her about any future surprises, then stayed with him until dawn.

Mobius created a prototype drug intended to awaken Gene Locks, using Gwen’s blood, and Gwen supported her effort to make the ability widely available. While worrying about distant threats to the world, Gwen was comforted by Eden and Mysterious, then offered Eden a dose of the prototype; she injected it but felt no noticeable effect.

• Mobius showed Gwen fifty syringes of her Gene Lock prototype and said she had tested it on herself without adverse effects.
• Gwen teased Mobius about the drug’s ingredients and asked her to be mindful of their public reputation, then left with the case.
• Gwen reflected on possible cosmic threats and his resolve to protect the world rather than abandon it.
• Eden and Mysterious noticed Gwen’s troubled mood and offered to share his worries, but he evaded their questions and changed the subject.
• Gwen offered Eden a syringe of Mobius’s prototype, and Eden injected it before reporting no immediate effect.