Chapter Summaries

Gwen unlocked the Gene Lock and fused with Raiden Mei to control the power building inside her and confront the Queen. As Schicksal forces raced toward Changkong City, Gwen’s surprise attack drove the Queen into Imaginary Space.

• Under the Queen’s pressure, Gwen unlocked the Gene Lock again but concealed the change and continued fighting defensively.
• After Gwen was struck down, Raiden Mei awakened to Herrscher-level power and stepped between him and the Queen, resisting the urge to surrender control of her body.
• Gwen revealed that his evolved light allowed him to fuse with Raiden Mei, then joined his power with hers to stabilize her growing Honkai Energy.
• Theresa, Murata Himeko, Fu Hua, and the Far East Branch Valkyries headed for Changkong City aboard the Hyperion, while Rita raced there with equipment for Gwen after Otto reassured her he could handle the crisis.
• After the fusion, Gwen attacked the Queen with a lightning-charged spear, forcing her to shatter space and retreat with him into Imaginary Space.

Gwen fought the Queen inside Imaginary Space while guiding Raiden Mei through her Herrscher transformation. After defeating and rendering the Queen unconscious, he escaped with Kiana and met Rita, who watched as he began to change back.

• The Queen attacked Gwen with gravity, Imaginary cubes, and Void weapons, but he endured behind a nebula barrier while guiding the Honkai Energy within Raiden Mei.
• Gwen urged Raiden Mei to focus on the energy flow and complete her Herrscher transformation without losing her will; Mei's Herrscher consciousness pushed her to stop relying on him.
• Gwen broke free of the Queen's cube prison with a golden lightning strike, seized her, and used seven-colored light to make her lose consciousness.
• Gwen opened a gate out of Imaginary Space and carried the unconscious Kiana into the damaged district, where Rita supported her.
• Gwen began transforming in front of Rita, and two figures appeared as the glow faded.

Gwen received the prototype fourth-generation God-Slaying Armor, Valkyrie Knight: Moonlit Sky, and used it to destroy Anti-Entropy Titan Mechs attacking him, Rita, and Raiden Mei. He then pursued the Twin-Turbine Duck and confronted a mysterious man controlling a mechanical body.

• Rita introduced herself to Raiden Mei, and Gwen thanked Rita for risking her life to deliver the new armor.
• Gwen opened and authorized Valkyrie Knight: Moonlit Sky, a powerful prototype equipped with quantum transmission technology.
• Anti-Entropy Titan Mechs attacked the group, and Gwen asked Rita to protect Raiden Mei while he fought.
• Gwen summoned a Flawless Dome overhead and used its light to fire arrows that disabled or destroyed the Titan Mechs.
• Gray Serpent watched the Flawless Dome from a secluded corner and said the answer was self-evident.
• Gwen knocked out the Twin-Turbine Duck and confronted a black-clad man whose mechanical body was remotely controlled.

Gwen accepted a mysterious key from Gray Serpent, then revealed his true affiliations and extraordinary age to Raiden Mei after the battle. He reassured Mei that his feelings and time with her were genuine, while promising they would soon search for her father together.

• Gray Serpent called Gwen the inheritor of True Self, directed him to the Elysian Realm for answers, and gave him a key before leaving.
• Gwen handed the unconscious Bronya to Rita and asked her to watch over Bronya and Kiana while he spoke with Raiden Mei.
• Gwen admitted to Mei that he was not simply an Anti-Entropy field agent and revealed that he was over fifty thousand years old, though he had spent most of that time asleep.
• Gwen explained that Schicksal had intervened against Cocolia's plan and had narrowed down possible locations where Mei's father was being held.
• Gwen disclosed his Schicksal and Institute 1504 affiliations and assured Mei that their relationship and time together had not been a deception; Mei accepted his explanation.

Gwen and Raiden Mei reconciled after he explained his deception, then flew to a prison and rescued Raiden Ryoma. The three returned to the Raiden home, where Raiden Ryoma recognized Schicksal’s Hyperion above Changkong City and worried Gwen might clash with Schicksal.

• Raiden Mei accepted Gwen’s apology but teased him about a punishment before a Schicksal terminal message interrupted them with an address and authorization.
• Gwen carried Raiden Mei in his armor and smashed through the prison to reach Raiden Ryoma’s cell.
• Raiden Mei reunited tearfully with Raiden Ryoma, and Gwen cut open the cell door and protected them from the responding guards.
• Gwen brought Raiden Mei and Raiden Ryoma back to their home and asked to stay there temporarily amid the chaos in Changkong City.
• Raiden Ryoma recognized the distant Hyperion and told Raiden Mei he was worried Gwen would clash with Schicksal.

Gwen left Rita with Kiana and Bronya at Raiden Mei’s former home, then returned to Changkong City to help with disaster relief. Theresa began coordinating the response and planned to seek answers in Gwen’s mission report.

• Raiden Mei told Raiden Ryoma that Gwen was a Schicksal A-rank Knight, and he reconsidered his assumptions about Gwen’s equipment.
• Theresa met Rita, who explained that Cocolia had tried to cause an artificial Honkai outbreak and that Gwen had contained the disaster.
• Gwen confirmed his role to Theresa, assigned Rita to watch over Kiana and Bronya, and transported them to Raiden Mei’s former home.
• Theresa recognized something familiar about Kiana but could not identify her before Gwen departed with Rita and the two unconscious girls.
• Gwen gave Rita a mark to summon him if she sensed danger, then returned to the disaster zone to join the rescue efforts.

Gwen returned to Raiden Ryoma’s residence after the rescue in Changkong City, where Ryoma asked why he planned to take Mei to Schicksal. Gwen explained that Mei had awakened as the Third Herrscher and would be safer under his protection, while Ryoma doubted he could protect her from Cocolia or Anti-Entropy.

• Gwen delivered a rescued girl to Hyperion’s medical area, met Fu Hua, and left after telling Theresa the rescue work was nearly complete.
• Gwen returned to the former Raiden residence, where Ryoma asked Mei what she wanted for her future and she could not answer.
• Ryoma invited Gwen to speak privately after Gwen arrived with Rita, while Mei waited anxiously with Rita in the living room.
• Ryoma asked whether Gwen intended to take Mei to Schicksal, and Gwen confirmed that he did.
• Gwen told Ryoma that Mei had awakened as the Third Herrscher and argued that she was vulnerable while unable to control her powers.
• Gwen asked whether Ryoma could protect Mei from Cocolia, noting that Anti-Entropy’s conservatives could not stop her.

Raiden Ryoma entrusted Raiden Mei’s safety to Gwen and sent her to Schicksal, accepting that they would have to part again. Gwen brought Mei, Rita, and the unconscious children to Schicksal Headquarters, where an email from Otto awaited them.

• Raiden Ryoma questioned whether Gwen could protect Mei from Schicksal, and Gwen assured him he could escape with her if necessary.
• Raiden Ryoma gave Gwen the Plasma Shadowshow katana and asked him to protect Mei.
• Raiden Ryoma apologized to Raiden Mei and told her to go with Gwen to Schicksal; Mei accepted the separation and reassured her father.
• Gwen left with Rita, Raiden Mei, and the two unconscious children, flying them to Schicksal Headquarters with Valkyrie Knight: Moonlit Sky.
• Rita began introducing Schicksal Headquarters to Raiden Mei, while Gwen and Rita received emails from Otto asking to meet them.

Gwen met with Otto and explained how he and Raiden Mei defeated the Herrscher of the Void, revealing that One-Body Fusion let him retain some of Mei’s Herrscher power. Otto recognized the discovery as a miracle and began reconsidering his plans, while Gwen also discussed Bronya and his gradually awakened stigmata.

• Rita took the unconscious Kiana and Bronya to the Medical Department while Gwen brought Raiden Mei to meet Otto.
• Amber escorted Gwen and Raiden Mei into Otto’s office, where they exchanged greetings and Gwen began recounting the mission.
• Otto questioned Gwen about using One-Body Fusion to help Mei become a true Herrscher, and Gwen demonstrated that he could control golden lightning afterward.
• Gwen credited Mei with helping create the miracle, and Otto’s estimation of Gwen rose as he considered how Gwen might help Kiana awaken.
• Gwen told Otto that he had brought back a silver-haired girl from Cocolia’s group, and Otto identified her as Bronya and left her to Gwen.
• Gwen said his stigmata had awakened and discussed how their effects and gradual development remained difficult to explain.

Gwen explained his Hyper-Evolution Factor and stigmata awakening to Otto, then confronted him about Kiana becoming the Second Herrscher. Otto revealed his plan to make Herrscher power serve humanity, and the chapter ended as he began to address Raiden Mei after Gwen and Otto's private conversation.

• Gwen explained that his Hyper-Evolution Factor and stigmata had awakened together after several life-threatening experiences, and Otto agreed to leave Raiden Mei's Schicksal arrangements in Gwen's hands, subject to safety measures and tests.
• Gwen asked Otto why Kiana had become the Second Herrscher despite the Second Herrscher having been defeated more than a decade earlier.
• Otto admitted that he had sought ways to make Herrscher power serve humanity and planned to use Kiana's happiness to control the demon within her.
• Gwen challenged Otto's methods but offered to help alter his plan, and Otto called Gwen humanity's most important person while considering how to secure his cooperation.
• After waiting alone for fifteen minutes, Raiden Mei watched Gwen and Otto leave the lounge, and Otto began to say something about her.

Raiden Mei stayed at Gwen’s home after joining Schicksal, where Rita, Yolandale, and Anna helped clean and welcomed her. After their guests left, Gwen explained that Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void were both continuations of Sirin, with different personalities and powers.

• Otto arranged for Raiden Mei to stay at Gwen’s home and asked Gwen to accompany her through onboarding the next day.
• Gwen brought Mei home, and they cleaned the dusty house together while getting to know each other.
• Rita, Yolandale, and Anna arrived with supplies, helped clean, and shared a meal with Gwen and Mei.
• Mei gained three friends at Schicksal, while Anna reacted tensely to her during their first meeting.
• Gwen told Mei that Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void were both continuations of Sirin, though Kiana could not use the Herrscher’s power.

Raiden Mei worried about Kiana’s fate and resolved to train to master her Herrscher power, while Gwen reassured her and explained the dangers Kiana faced. Later, Gwen discovered Alicia’s Stigmata and spoke with Alicia, who had returned and given him Eden’s necklace; their conversation began with questions about when she had arrived.

• Raiden Mei imagined what she might look like if the consciousness in her mind took over, prompting the Second Consciousness to interrupt her.
• Gwen told Raiden Mei that Kiana was safe for now but would need to master the Herrscher of the Void’s power, a process complicated by her hostile Herrscher consciousness.
• Gwen explained that Raiden Mei could not yet fully control her own Herrscher power and urged her to rest and begin training after finishing paperwork.
• Raiden Mei promised to master her power, and she and Gwen wished each other good night before returning to their rooms.
• Gwen spotted Alicia’s Stigmata on his back and heard Alicia return, recognize Eden’s music box necklace, and ask to see him wearing it.
• Gwen and Alicia began talking, and Alicia said she was unsure when she had arrived.

Gwen spoke with Alicia about her memories and the combat experience she had passed to him, then trained with Yolandale while Alicia observed the new world. He bought breakfast for Mei and Choukai, but found that Choukai had not returned home.

• Alicia recalled waking to Gwen's battles and giving him combat experience, then spoke with Gwen and Prometheus before letting him rest.
• Alicia stayed awake through the night and greeted Gwen when he woke early to train, while he explained his training and his need for privacy.
• Gwen trained with Yolandale, who noticed his improved performance, while Alicia asked about Yolandale's strength and background.
• Gwen finished training and bought breakfast for himself, Mei, and Choukai, then realized Choukai had not come home.

Gwen helped Raiden Mei complete her Schicksal trainee Valkyrie enrollment and took her to Institute St. 1504, where they learned Choukai had spent the night examining the young girl Cocolia sent to attack them. The chapter left Mei warned about the child soldier known as the Ural Silver Wolf.

• Gwen and Raiden Mei shared breakfast before following Amber through Mei's examinations and enrollment procedures.
• Amber made Mei a Schicksal trainee Valkyrie and placed her under Gwen's direct command until she became an official Valkyrie.
• Gwen brought Mei to Institute St. 1504, where they found Choukai asleep after working through the night.
• Choukai woke, greeted Mei, and told Gwen that a girl he had brought in had caught her interest.
• Gwen explained that Choukai meant the child Cocolia had sent to attack them and warned Mei that she was a trained child soldier known as the Ural Silver Wolf.

Gwen questioned the captured Bronya about Cocolia and Seele, then persuaded Bronya to pledge her loyalty by revealing Schicksal’s Sea of Quantum research. After leaving Bronya restrained while they sought help with her Bio-chip, Gwen told Raiden Mei that his glimpses of the future had shown an older Bronya alongside them.

• Gwen identified the captured girl as Bronya Zaychik and raised the subject of Seele Vollerei, prompting Bronya to explain that Seele had entered the Sea of Quantum.
• Bronya described Cocolia’s plan to use the Third Herrscher’s power to save Seele, and Gwen criticized Cocolia’s experiment and revealed Schicksal had explored the Sea of Quantum years earlier.
• Bronya pledged her loyalty to Gwen and offered to let him replace the Bio-chip in her brain; Gwen agreed it could help prevent Cocolia from controlling her remotely and ordered Bronya to remain restrained.
• Bronya asked for food and water, and Gwen and Raiden Mei left to find someone who could replace the Bio-chip.
• Gwen told Raiden Mei that he sometimes saw fragments of the future and had seen an older Bronya with them, though he did not know how they became companions.

Gwen took Raiden Mei shopping for necessities and helped her settle into the specially modified house next door. Mei cooked dinner for Gwen and Choukai, and after the meal Gwen asked Choukai to make time to guide Mei.

• Gwen told Amber about Bronya, and Amber said she would arrange an investigation; Kiana remained asleep but was out of danger.
• Gwen and Raiden Mei went shopping for clothes and daily necessities, then returned to Mei’s new home, which had a safety passage connecting it to Gwen’s house.
• Mei asked to cook one more meal for Gwen and invited Elizabeth, and she and Gwen prepared dinner together.
• Choukai joined Gwen and Mei for dinner, praised the meal, and joked that Mei should be her personal chef.
• After dinner, Gwen asked Choukai to spare time to guide Mei.

Gwen visited Kiana after she woke from a traumatic memory recovery and listened as she recounted Siegfried’s death at the hands of the Herrscher consciousness inside her. Kiana begged Gwen to kill her to prevent the consciousness from harming others, but Gwen insisted he could defeat it, and she began warning him about what might happen if he was absent.

• Gwen and Raiden Mei learned that Kiana had awakened and went to visit her in the medical department.
• Gwen stayed alone with Kiana, gave her half an apple, and gently encouraged her to speak about what she remembered.
• Kiana recounted her past, including how the Herrscher consciousness had taken control of her body and killed Siegfried.
• Kiana asked Gwen to kill her because she feared the consciousness would take over and destroy the world.
• Gwen told Kiana the Herrscher consciousness could not beat him, but Kiana warned that it might become stronger and began to raise the possibility of Gwen not being there.

Gwen persuaded Kiana to resist the Herrscher consciousness and accept his help, though he warned that her recovery would take time. After Kiana rested, Gwen met Otto, who had come to answer his questions in person.

• Gwen confronted Kiana about letting the Herrscher take control and urged her to become strong enough to resist.
• Kiana asked Gwen to help her and promised to try because she did not want to hurt anyone else.
• Gwen encouraged Kiana to rest, and she ate some apple before falling asleep; he then left her room.
• Raiden Mei told Gwen that Otto was waiting in the lounge, and Gwen went to meet him.
• Gwen told Otto that Kiana remembered everything from waking in the shattered incubation chamber onward, but neither of them knew whether she had recovered the memories herself or the Herrscher had returned them.

Gwen accepted Otto’s request to house Kiana while she recovered, then took part in a test with Raiden Mei to verify the power he could gain from her Herrscher authority. The experiment exceeded 1000 HW without becoming uncontrollable, and Gwen went outside to test the power further as a storm concealed the base from satellites.

• Otto told Gwen that Siegfried had died during the Second Herrscher’s awakening and asked him to let Kiana live with him while she recovered.
• Gwen agreed to house Kiana, and Otto promised him greater authorization and arranged for Kiana to observe a test of Gwen and Raiden Mei’s powers.
• Gwen returned to Institute St. 1504 with Mei and told Choukai that their friend was suffering from severe psychological trauma.
• At the North African base, Raiden Mei completed her Herrscher tests, followed by Gwen’s tests of the power he could draw from her authority.
• Gwen and Mei combined their powers, transforming Gwen and raising the Honkai Energy concentration above 1000 HW before he brought it under control.
• After the indoor tests, Gwen went outside through a temporary passage to test his power against prepared targets while heavy rain and clouds hid the activity from satellites.

Gwen demonstrated his destructive power to Otto, then returned to Schicksal Headquarters and began living with Kiana. Three months later, Kiana and Raiden Mei were training at headquarters while Otto kept them off the battlefield until they gained better control of their Authorities.

• Gwen used a lightning attack to devastate a mountain range, and Otto praised his power while Gwen admitted his control of electromagnetic force remained limited.
• Gwen and Raiden Mei returned to Schicksal Headquarters with Kiana, who moved into Gwen’s home after recovering from her injuries.
• Raiden Mei urged Gwen not to bully Kiana, and Kiana joked with them before the two girls went to sleep.
• Gwen entered his system space and realized it was the broken remnant of a Main God Space whose exchange functions had failed.
• Otto adjusted his plans after seeing Gwen’s strength, while Gwen resumed his daily routine with Kiana and Raiden Mei.
• Three months later, Kiana and Raiden Mei were training at Schicksal Headquarters, and Otto kept them from missions until they could better control their Authorities.