Chapter Summaries

Kallen recounted her past with Yae Sakura and learned that the black box’s Herrscher Authority had influenced her feelings. After Gwen showed her Sakura’s final moments and confirmed Hiyori Maru was destroyed, Kallen chose to grieve privately while Otto thanked Gwen and wished Yolandale happiness.

• Kallen explained how she had fled Schicksal with the black box, met Yae Sakura in Yae Village, and later claimed she loved Sakura while pretending to be mad.
• Kallen suspected the black box had influenced her thoughts, and she asked Gwen to destroy the monster that had manipulated people’s hearts.
• Gwen explained that the Herrscher Authority of Erosion had affected Kallen and revealed that Yae Sakura had been freed, then died after Hiyori Maru was destroyed.
• Gwen showed Kallen his memories of Yae Sakura’s final choice, and Kallen thanked him for ending Sakura’s suffering.
• Gwen told Kallen that Sakura of Setsuna was among the Flame-Chasers he had rescued, and Kallen agreed to keep in mind her resemblance to Yae Sakura.
• Kallen declined lunch and stayed behind, while Otto escorted Gwen and Yolandale out, thanked Gwen, and wished Yolandale happiness.

Vita watched Gwen and Yolandale together and was reminded of someone from her past, though she reassured Susanna that she was fine. Later, Gwen and Yorktown considered how to develop Yorktown’s Psionic Energy, leaving open the possibility that intense battles or strong emotions could help it grow.

• Vita watched Gwen and Yolandale holding hands, then turned away when Susanna came to call her to lunch.
• Vita told Susanna that seeing something had reminded her of someone and of the past, then let Susanna lead her to eat.
• Gwen and Yorktown tested Yorktown’s Psionic Energy and discussed how it had developed alongside her mental strength and Intent Energy.
• Gwen proposed that high-pressure battles might stimulate Yorktown’s Psionic Energy, while Yorktown suggested using powerful aliens in the virtual training room.
• Prometheus explained that building a larger military simulation system would be costly and unnecessary for Earth’s current needs.
• Gwen offered to take Yorktown to the Moon for training and suggested that strong emotions might also help Psionic Energy advance.

Gwen listened to Vita’s account of Sora and Forlos, then tested Yorktown’s combat abilities by having Vita command a Honkai Beast horde against her on the Moon. Yorktown won after a difficult half-hour battle, and Gwen was left with a measure of her strength and the losses her aircraft suffered.

• Vita told Gwen she wanted to join his circle and shared everything she knew about Sora and Forlos, hoping he would consider her wishes when planning how to deal with Sora.
• Gwen took Yorktown and Vita to the Moon and created a Honkai Beast horde for a combat experiment.
• Gwen gave Vita control of the horde and told her to pressure Yorktown as much as possible, while explaining that Yorktown was like a miniature aerospace carrier.
• Vita deployed the horde against Yorktown, using ranged units and powerful Honkai Beasts to attack her and destroy more than half of her Carrier Aircraft.
• Yorktown won after half an hour by staying mobile until her Carrier Aircraft recovered, then finishing the battle.

Gwen gathered the Flame-Chasers and revealed that Griseo had been lured to Forlos, where she was now asleep amid Sora’s attempt to transform herself into a new homeland using the Sea of Quantum. The group learned that Griseo was not in immediate danger, but Kevin warned that confronting Sora could carry serious risks.

• Gwen and Vita concluded that intense combat had helped Yorktown’s Psionic Energy grow, though they could not identify which factor caused it.
• Gwen arranged a meeting with the Flame-Chasers on Earth and told Eden he had important news to share.
• Gwen revealed that Griseo was asleep and assured the gathered Flame-Chasers that her life was not in danger.
• Gwen explained that Griseo had been lured to Forlos and that Sora was drawing power from the Sea of Quantum to make herself a new homeland.
• Kevin warned that Sora could be difficult to eliminate and might retaliate if the Flame-Chasers tried to stop her plan.

Gwen organized a mission to Forlos to rescue Griseo and make contact with Sora, choosing Kevin, Kalpas, Mobius, and Cosmos for the team. After the meeting, Kalpas sparred with Gwen, while Gwen later visited Mobius at her research institute as she resumed work on the Stigmata project.

• Gwen explained that he would handle Sora while a team traveled to Forlos to rescue Griseo and inspect the Ark Project.
• Kevin, Kalpas, Mobius, and Cosmos agreed to go to Forlos, and Gwen gave them time to prepare.
• After the meeting, Kalpas asked Gwen to spar, and Gwen fought him until Kalpas was badly injured but laughing in a crater.
• Gwen left Kalpas to recover and asked Su to keep an eye on him.
• Gwen visited Mobius at her biological research institute, where she had resumed the Stigmata project and was working to complete male Stigmata genes and improve their functions.

Gwen visited Mobius in the laboratory lounge and teased her after she noticed him looking at her. Their flirtation turned to talk of having a child, leaving Mobius amused by Gwen’s desire.

• Gwen met Klein in the laboratory, and she directed him to Mobius, who was resting in the lounge.
• Gwen found Mobius lounging on the bed and tried to hide that he had glimpsed beneath her skirt.
• Mobius teased Gwen about looking at her, and he argued that she had invited him to see.
• Mobius pointed out that Gwen had brought Eden into his bed but still desired her, and Gwen said he had never thought her inferior to anyone.
• Mobius leaned toward Gwen and asked what reward he wanted, and he said he would be satisfied with a naturally conceived child.
• Mobius laughed and called Gwen greedy.

Kevin, Mei, and their companions learned more about Vita before Gwen confirmed Forlos’s location and brought the group there. Kalpas and Mobius entered the city, where Kalpas defeated the Honkai Beasts and won the little Vitas’ admiration.

• Vita answered Kevin and Mei’s questions, and Mei later wondered whether Vita reminded Kevin of Su.
• Gwen confirmed Forlos’s coordinates through mental resonance and opened a portal that brought the group to the planet.
• Kevin chose to enter Forlos’s city first, and Kalpas charged ahead toward it.
• Honkai Beasts attacked the city, and Kalpas defeated them with his bare hands.
• Yixin ran up to praise Uncle Kalpas while Mobius teased him, and the little Vitas began to trust the group.

Kalpas and the others returned to Forlos, helped rescue the Vitas and civilians, and entered the Ark to find Griseo. Griseo awoke and greeted Mobius as “Grandma,” leaving Mobius furious.

• Kalpas carried Yixin toward Forlos while Kevin and Cosmos carried Heguang and Yunxu, and Cosmos and Kalpas went to help the other Vitas.
• Gwen and Vita watched as Kalpas and Cosmos returned with four Vitas and the fleeing civilians, and the Vitas allowed Kevin’s group to enter the Ark.
• Kevin’s group found Griseo asleep, and Gwen helped awaken her from her endless cycle.
• Griseo greeted Kevin, Kalpas, Cosmos, and “Grandma Mobius,” then explained that Cang Xuan had told her Mobius was a generation above her mother.
• Kalpas laughed as Mobius’s smile stiffened and her anger rose.

Griseo reunited with Mobius, Kalpas, Kevin, and Cosmos but believed their appearance was another illusion because she knew they had died. Gwen explained that he had revived them and brought Griseo's consciousness to Earth, but she still doubted him.

• Mobius tried to persuade Griseo to call her Big Sister or Aunt, while Griseo repeated Alicia's advice and Kalpas mocked Mobius.
• Griseo noticed the familiar people around her and asked Kevin, Mobius, Kalpas, and Cosmos whether they were part of an illusion.
• Griseo explained that she believed the dead could not return, while Mobius, Cosmos, and Kevin struggled to convince her otherwise.
• Mobius called on Gwen for help, and he explained that he had devoured the Cocoon of Finality, taken the Flame-Chasers' souls before they dispersed, and recreated their bodies.
• Gwen introduced Vita as one of the people behind Griseo's ordeal, and Vita admitted her role and said she had surrendered.
• Griseo questioned Gwen's explanation and said his own existence was too absurd to believe.

Griseo realized that she had mistaken the scene around her for another illusion and felt mortified, then learned Gwen had brought her back to help draw Sora out of hiding. She proposed using her powers to provoke Sora, and Gwen agreed while arranging to limit the risk to Griseo and the others.

• Gwen reminded Griseo that she had created the illusion trapping her, and Griseo realized her suspicion that the present was another illusion was mistaken.
• Griseo blushed with embarrassment, accepted Gwen’s reassurance, and asked whether he had brought Kevin, Mobius, and the others for a purpose beyond rescuing her.
• Prometheus explained that Gwen wanted Griseo and the others to draw Sora’s attention so he could locate her true body in the Sea of Quantum.
• Griseo proposed making her apparent misunderstanding seem real by causing a commotion that might awaken Sora, and Gwen approved the plan.
• Vita warned that opening a passage to the Sea of Quantum would be difficult, so Gwen proposed that their battle accidentally blast one open.
• Gwen asked Griseo to wait while he adjusted the plan to avoid serious injuries and psychological scars.

Gwen gave Griseo a paintbrush-shaped gift that let her fight, and she used it against Kevin and the others aboard the Ark. Kevin and the others tried to restrain her without hurting her, while Kalpas drove monsters outside; the battle continued as Kevin began following Gwen’s new plan.

• Griseo adapted to Gwen’s gift, which took the form of a paintbrush, and summoned monsters to attack Kevin, Mobius, and Cosmos.
• Kevin used Fire of Annihilation to destroy Griseo’s monsters while carefully keeping the flames from reaching her.
• Outside the Ark, the little Vitas saw monsters burst through its walls, and Kalpas ordered them to flee before returning to the fight.
• Griseo continued resisting Kevin’s group, forcing them to fight cautiously as she summoned more monsters throughout the damaged Ark.
• Kevin learned Gwen’s new plan and unleashed a powerful blast of destructive light; Griseo dodged it, but the blast melted the Ark’s upper levels.

Kevin forced his way into the Sea of Quantum to confront Sora and draw her attention while Gwen located her true body. As Kevin and Sora clashed, Vita watched with conflicted feelings, and the little Vitas prepared Forlos’s Holy Relic for a possible threat.

• Kevin used Griseo’s hidden light to break open a passage above the Ark and rushed into the Sea of Quantum.
• Mobius confronted Griseo for lying, while Cosmos stayed silent and Kevin’s return interrupted the exchange.
• The little Vitas’ keys reacted to Kevin’s attack, and the Seer led Yixin and their companion back to Forlos to prepare the Holy Relic.
• Kevin destroyed the Paradise Guard and confronted Sora, whose barrier stopped his first strike.
• Sora attacked with darkness, but Kevin scattered it and continued his assault to keep her attention focused on him.
• Gwen observed Sora’s weakened state beside Vita, who watched with a complicated expression.

Vita asked Gwen what ending he would choose for Sora, and Gwen offered several ways to change her fate. Gwen then captured Sora in the Sea of Quantum, restored her emotions and human form, and left her for Vita to explain what had happened.

• Vita asked Gwen what kind of ending he wanted for Sora, and Gwen said he could destroy her, turn her into an auxiliary system, or restore what she had separated from herself.
• After Uncle Kevin returned to the Native World, Sora tried to retreat into the Sea of Quantum but discovered she could not move.
• Gwen appeared as Wingless Noah and held Sora in his palm while Griseo saw his radiance from the Ark; Gwen nodded to her, and she glowed with light.
• Gwen used chains of light to shrink Sora and gather her scattered consciousness, while Sora resisted without success.
• Gwen returned Sora's emotions using the little Vitas' keys and left her weeping in his palm before heading back to the Native World.

After the Honkai threat was resolved, Gwen asked Kalpas to protect Forlos and then gave Vita the orb containing Sora. Inside the orb, Vita confronted Sora with the truth about her capture and the Herrscher who helped Gwen find her.

• Gwen confirmed that the Honkai had been dealt with and asked Kalpas to guard Forlos, which Kalpas accepted with a grumble.
• Gwen praised Griseo and arranged for Mobius to speak with her while Kevin and Cosmos stayed aboard the Ark.
• Gwen opened a passage to Forlos and handed Vita the golden orb containing Sora.
• Vita entered the orb and found Sora, who recognized her voice and asked her to explain what had happened.
• Vita told Sora that a powerful Herrscher had helped Gwen find and seal her, provoking anger and fear in Sora.

Vita returned to Forlos with Gwen after meeting Sora, and she planned to tame her while deciding how much of Sora’s accumulated power to claim. Gwen reassured the little Vitas that Forlos was safe and helped restore the city’s damaged homes.

• Vita took the golden orb from Gwen, kissed his cheek, and hinted that she planned to tame Sora while considering how to handle her power and wealth.
• Vita and Gwen returned to Forlos, where the little Vitas welcomed Vita and described the Honkai Beasts’ attack to her.
• Vita teased the little Vitas into guessing Gwen’s relationship to her, while Gwen introduced himself and explained that Forlos’s crisis had been resolved.
• Gwen gave the little Vitas Immortal’s Joy Tea and restored Forlos’s destroyed buildings, while Vita and Heguang helped him move on to the next household.

After Gwen restored Forlos, Vita explained the truth about the Holy Relic and helped the little Vitas find a new guardian. Kalpas agreed to stay in Forlos by his own choice, and Yixin pulled him into the meeting.

• Gwen restored Forlos's damaged houses, and the residents returned home believing the crisis had ended.
• Vita told the little Vitas that the Holy Relic had been the source of the danger and confirmed that Forlos's crisis was resolved.
• Discipline asked what Forlos would do without the Holy Relic and whether Vita could remain as its guardian, but Vita said she had other work to do.
• Vita suggested that Kalpas could replace the Holy Relic's protective power, and the little Vitas worried that he would have to leave his home.
• Kalpas told the little Vitas he would stay because he wanted to, and Yixin brought him into the meeting.

Aponia awakened inside Gwen’s summoner and learned that its systems had mistaken her for a sealed soul, putting her through a trial that changed her soul but caused no lasting harm. Gwen returned to Schicksal headquarters, where he gave Griseo a terminal to help her adapt to the world.

• Vill-V and Gwen discussed how the Vitas’ sincere welcome had softened Kalpas, while Aponia awakened and joined their conversation.
• Aponia explained that the summoner’s unusual rules had kept her from leaving until she underwent trials, and Gwen discovered its systems had treated her like an imprisoned soul.
• Gwen apologized for making Aponia leave the Elysian Realm, but she said the experience had eased her accumulated sorrow and was outweighed by what he had done for her.
• Aponia watched Kalpas surrounded by the children and called him a stubborn child, while Gwen and Vill-V laughed.
• After the Vitas left, Gwen returned to Schicksal headquarters and gave Griseo a terminal containing a Prometheus subprogram to help her adapt.

Griseo reunited with Eden and Aponia at the banquet, while Gwen joined the gathering in Alicia’s place. The story then shifted to Forlos, where Vita met Gwen on the clock tower and teased him about the little Vitas.

• Gwen told Griseo to treat him like Kevin or Cosmos, and Griseo admitted she was unsure how to interact with him after years of isolation.
• Eden comforted Griseo and suggested Gwen introduce her to Kiana and the others after the banquet.
• Mei invited Gwen to the gathering, and Eden asked him to consider himself there in Alicia’s place.
• Aponia reunited with Griseo and embraced her, while Little Herrscher led them to dinner and agreed to spar with Aponia someday.
• Gwen left a thought-form on Forlos so Kalpas could attend the banquet, then met Vita after she had put the little Vitas to sleep.
• Vita sat with Gwen beneath Forlos’s artificial moon, and Gwen teased her about being a mischievous older sister.

Several months after Gwen and Vita discussed her plans, Tesla, Einstein, Welt Yang, Nancy, Otto, and other leaders struggled through negotiations over Earth’s future after the Honkai threat was subdued. Their meeting ended with major social and technical challenges still to solve, while powerful new visitors arrived beyond the Solar System.

• Gwen and Vita agreed to use the contract later, and Vita said she would help preserve Gwen’s humanity by spending the night with him.
• Beyond the Solar System, a massive force arrived outside the internal-energy tidal belt, frightening the civilizations beneath the stars.
• Several months later, Tesla, Einstein, Welt Yang, Nancy, Otto, and other influential figures met to draft plans for Earth’s future.
• Nancy helped the group anticipate the reactions of wealthy and powerful opponents, while Otto praised her contributions.
• The participants weighed how to rebuild society, including the limits and dangers of expanding artificial intelligence like Prometheus.
• Gwen set aside his urge to punish the corrupt opponents because the group needed to resolve its plans through discussion.

Gwen discovered that the Antimatter Legion had gathered beyond the Solar System and prepared Earth and Forlos for an interstellar invasion. Fu Xuan’s divination independently revealed a military disaster, and Gwen left to confront the enemy while Earth’s defenders took responsibility for protecting the two worlds.

• Gwen detected Doomsday Beasts beyond the Solar System and warned the conference that the Antimatter Legion could invade.
• Fu Xuan divined signs of a military disaster near the cosmic spectacle and messaged Vill-V, who passed the warning to Gwen.
• Gwen summoned Earth’s top combatants and explained that the Imaginary Energy Tidal Belt might not stop the Antimatter Legion’s Emanators.
• Yolandale and Kiana promised to defend Earth and Forlos while Gwen confronted the enemy beyond the Solar System.
• Gwen opened a passage for Forlos’s residents to evacuate to Earth and designated Forlos as the first battlefield.