Chapter Summaries

Wang Lei and his companions captured Sea Abyss City by disabling Anti-Entropy’s mechs and overcoming its personnel with little resistance. Cocolia surrendered under house arrest, and the group prepared to open the Sea of Quanta while Theresa and Nancy guarded against Gray Serpent.

• Wang Lei descended in the Schicksal to Sea Abyss City, cleared its Water Mines with the Simulated Fluid Authority, and protected the vessel from the city’s defenses.
• Wang Lei seized control of Sea Abyss City’s electronic systems, shutting down its mechs, and led his companions through the city as they subdued resisting personnel.
• Bronya reunited with Rosalia Arlin and Lilia Arlin, and Rosalia went to bring Cocolia while Nancy playfully grabbed Lilia’s sensitive tail.
• Cocolia surrendered to Wang Lei, who confiscated Anti-Entropy’s mechs, arranged house arrest for her, and promised her daughters would remain free.
• Wang Lei assigned Theresa and Nancy to guard Sea Abyss City and had Einstein prepare to open the Sea of Quanta.

Wang Lei entered the Sea of Quanta with Nancy and Bronya, but separated from them to explore and accidentally formed a World Bubble from his dispersed spiritual power. He awoke powerless in a strange world populated by identical versions of himself and met an Awakened called Knowledge-Seeking Wang Lei.

• Theresa interrogated Wang Lei about taking Bronya into the Sea of Quanta, and Bronya insisted on going to save Seele Vollerei while Nancy planned to rescue Welt Yang.
• Wang Lei, Nancy, and Bronya prepared to enter the Sea of Quanta, and Wang Lei killed the Honkai Beast Tlaloc as it emerged from the gate.
• Inside Welt's maze, Nancy recognized the boyish consciousness fragment as Joachim, while Wang Lei bypassed the trials and entered the Sea of Quanta alone.
• Wang Lei searched for World Bubbles by spreading his spiritual power, which was absorbed by the Sea of Quanta and caused a World Bubble to form around him.
• Wang Lei awoke in a medieval-looking city with most of his abilities gone and found that everyone on the streets looked exactly like him.
• At the castle, an Azure Blue version of Wang Lei introduced himself as Knowledge-Seeking Wang Lei and asked Silver Wang Lei to name his defining trait.

Wang Lei entered the Gene Engine’s manifested world, met the six Awakened versions of himself, and learned how their divided personalities had struggled to escape a resetting World Bubble. As the new Silver Prudence joined their Round Table Conference, he realized he was the original Wang Lei and the only one who still remembered the system; Aloof watched him silently.

• Knowledge-Seeking led Wang Lei through the castle and library, where Wang Lei met Desire and learned that six other versions of himself had awakened before him.
• Wang Lei approached the quantum data core and received memories describing a seven-hundred-year-old World Bubble, repeated resets, and the Awakened’s efforts to cooperate and escape.
• Gentle welcomed Wang Lei, who chose the name Prudence, and Knowledge-Seeking explained that the others could not reproduce their world-traveling ability or reach their stored items.
• Wang Lei recognized that the memories had concealed the system and concluded that he was the original body, the only one who remembered the system, and the only one who still had the World Bubble Computer.
• Gentle assembled the Round Table Conference, where Wang Lei met Courage, Cunning, and Aloof; the others argued while Aloof watched Wang Lei in silence.

Wang Lei attended the Round Table Conference, investigated the castle’s Treasure Vault, and learned from Aloof that the Stellaron had caused his consciousness to split. After Aloof merged with him, Wang Lei discovered that he needed to identify and seal the Stellaron’s original consciousness before reclaiming his original body.

• Mild ended the Awakened’s arguments and asked them to share their plans for escaping the World Bubble; Courage favored breaking through its barrier, while Knowledge-Seeking wanted to open the Treasure Vault.
• Wang Lei received a castle map from Mild, ate in the kitchen, and found Knowledge-Seeking testing Imaginary Number Energy frequencies at the Treasure Vault door, but their attempts failed.
• Aloof pulled Wang Lei into a room resembling his old apartment, revealed that he knew Wang Lei was not Prudent, and merged into him after asking whether Wang Lei was complete and whether a World Bubble could become a computer.
• Wang Lei received Aloof’s memories, which revealed that the castle was a Path blessing, the Treasure Vault held the core of Wang Lei’s original consciousness, and the reincarnation cycle had been maintained through fabricated records.
• Wang Lei learned that the Stellaron’s emerging consciousness had fought his weakened consciousness, producing the many Wang Lei personalities, and that the Stellaron’s original consciousness might still be among them.
• Wang Lei decided to find and seal the Stellaron’s original consciousness before absorbing the other personalities, and he resolved to hunt rather than wait passively.

Wang Lei absorbed Knowledge-Seeking and Courage, then exposed Gentle as the Stellaron’s consciousness and suppressed him with Desire and Cunning’s help. He reclaimed the Stellaron’s power and returned to his body, but still needed to resolve the World Bubble lodged in his Spiritual Sea.

• Wang Lei used Aloof’s knowledge to lure Knowledge-Seeking away from the Treasure Vault machine and absorbed him, gaining his memories and insights.
• Wang Lei found Courage preparing Imaginary Number Energy to breach the World Bubble, provoked him into a fight, and absorbed him before safely releasing the stored energy.
• Wang Lei summoned Gentle, Desire, and Cunning to an emergency meeting, sealed the room, and explained that one of them was the Stellaron’s consciousness.
• Wang Lei and Desire identified Gentle as the Stellaron’s consciousness, and Wang Lei suppressed him while absorbing Desire and Cunning.
• Wang Lei opened the Treasure Vault and returned to his body, reclaimed the Stellaron’s Imaginary Number Energy, and sealed the Stellaron consciousness in a Curio Storage Box.
• Wang Lei turned his attention to finding a way to remove the World Bubble lodged in his Spiritual Sea.

Wang Lei finished dismantling the World Bubble in his Spiritual Sea, found Schrödinger in the Sea of Quanta, and brought her back to the real world, where Nancy welcomed them. After learning about Nancy’s recent battles and the attack on Sea Abyss City, Wang Lei prepared to host a banquet for Schrödinger’s return.

• Wang Lei used the Stellaron’s power and his enhanced computing ability to extract the World Bubble’s energy, strengthen the World Bubble Computer, and preserve the castle as a mental space.
• Wang Lei encountered Schrödinger in the Sea of Quanta, restrained her when she attacked, and convinced her Nancy was alive by showing her their wedding photo.
• Wang Lei opened a portal to Sea Abyss City with the One-Time Void Herrscher Gem, contacted Nancy, and learned she was at the Schicksal North American Branch.
• Wang Lei used Ether Teleportation to return with Schrödinger, reconstructed her body, and reunited with Nancy, who embraced them both.
• Wang Lei read Nancy’s report and learned that she and Bronya had fought Kevin in the Sea of Quanta, while Kevin and Gray Serpent later defeated the defenders at Sea Abyss City before leaving.
• Wang Lei learned that Seele, Rosalia, and Lilia had joined Saint Freya Academy, and planned a banquet to welcome Schrödinger back.

Wang Lei went to Tianqiong City to keep Himeko from intervening prematurely in Kiana’s mission, then joined Himeko and Rita in tracking Kiana to World Serpent’s base. After Mei arrived to rescue Kiana, Wang Lei stopped the citywide Honkai Energy bomb by turning its energy into harmless fireworks over Tianqiong City.

• Wang Lei reviewed Himeko’s reports, traveled to Tianqiong City, and persuaded Himeko to search for Rita instead of watching Kiana.
• Wang Lei healed Rita and arranged for the North American Branch to join her operation against Shencheng Pharmaceuticals.
• Kiana attacked Raven but was weakened by serum gas and captured, so Wang Lei, Himeko, and Rita followed the transport truck to World Serpent’s base.
• Wang Lei seized the base’s network and gave Rita its intelligence while Himeko stayed to watch over Kiana and Mei.
• Wang Lei went to the central signal tower and converted the overloaded Honkai Energy engine’s power into harmless fireworks that lit Tianqiong City’s sky for half an hour.

After the Tianqiong City disaster, Wang Lei healed and intimidated Raven into carrying a threat to Kevin Kaslana, then accepted Rita as a transferred Valkyrie and his new secretary and maid. He brought Rita to the North American Branch, where Nancy welcomed her and Wang Lei granted her limited access while inviting her to spy on the branch.

• Wang Lei asked Himeko about Kiana and learned Durandal had taken her away while Honkai Energy erosion was impairing her senses and attacks.
• Himeko had badly burned Raven, so Wang Lei healed her and forced her to choose between delivering a warning to Kevin Kaslana and enduring sleep deprivation; Raven agreed to deliver the message and fled.
• Rita told Wang Lei that Otto had transferred her to the North American Branch, and Wang Lei invoked their old bet to make her his maid and secretary.
• Wang Lei, Rita, and Himeko traveled to North America, where Nancy welcomed Rita and appointed her to follow Wang Lei.
• Wang Lei gave Rita special C-level access and told her she could try to uncover the branch's secrets, with an extra week of maid service as the penalty if she was caught.

Jingliu arrived at Schicksal HQ for an exchange and learned that Otto mistook her for someone from a World Bubble, while Wang Lei and Rita traveled to ChangKong City to search for Kiana. Their search led them to Kong and a settlement of children with activated Stigmata, as Wang Lei sensed that Raven would arrive the next day.

• Jingliu arrived at Schicksal HQ aboard her Star Skiff, met Otto, and told him about Rakshasa, prompting Otto to guess that she came from a World Bubble.
• Jingliu and Rita's exchange passed peacefully for a week while Rita failed to uncover the North American Branch's secrets and was assigned another week of maid service after damaging a garbage-processing machine.
• Wang Lei took Rita, Tesla, and Himeko to ChangKong City to search for Kiana, and Mei joined them as their local contact.
• Wang Lei, Tesla, and Rita set up a Honkai Energy detection signal tower while Himeko and Mei patrolled the area and fought nearby Honkai Beasts.
• Himeko and Mei found the unconscious child Kong, who woke aboard the Moonlight Throne and told Rita about a settlement of children in ChangKong City.
• The group decided to visit the children's Nest, and Wang Lei sensed that Raven was approaching the city and planned to speak with her the next day.

Wang Lei and his companions helped the children of the Nest, then learned that Raven had been protecting them and sought his aid. After Raven objected to his plan to remove their Stigmata, Wang Lei restrained her, collected samples, and arranged to relocate the children.

• Wang Lei, Rita, and Mei brought supplies to the Nest, where they cooked a feast and entertained the children.
• Mei learned that a girl had seen Kiana in the West District, while Rita discovered the children bore Stigmata and suspected the Nest was connected to World Serpent.
• Wang Lei returned to the Moonlight Throne as a storm raised ChangKong City's waters, and Himeko went to drive off Benares.
• Raven thanked Wang Lei for helping the children, then asked him to move them somewhere safe because their Stigmata made them unable to live in low-Honkai environments.
• Wang Lei offered to research removing the children's Stigmata, but Raven opposed him, so he restrained her and collected her hair, blood, and Stigmata pattern.
• Wang Lei said he would relocate the children to an island in North America, and Raven activated her emergency distress signal before returning to the Nest.

Wang Lei brought Raven and the children at the Nest into plans to evacuate to North America, but Mei called him back after Kiana was rescued and taken to the Moonlight Throne. After learning Kiana had at most half a year to live, Mei begged Wang Lei to save her, and he told Mei that becoming the true Herrscher of Thunder could restore Kiana’s stolen Core and remove the excess Honkai Energy.

• Wang Lei let Raven send a distress signal and told the children at the Nest that he would take them to North America, where Raven confirmed the plan to them.
• Mei called Wang Lei to say that Himeko had found Kiana and brought her to the Moonlight Throne for treatment, so he returned there.
• Tesla stabilized Kiana but warned Mei, Wang Lei, and Himeko that Kiana’s three Herrscher Cores were eroding her body and that she had at most half a year to live.
• After Mei calmed herself, she joined Kiana in the infirmary, where Kiana thanked Wang Lei and asked him about her condition.
• Wang Lei told Mei that removing Kiana’s extra Herrscher Cores had a success rate below one percent, but Mei could save her more safely by ascending into the true Herrscher of Thunder and reclaiming her Core.

Wang Lei observed Otto’s experiment as the Imaginary Gate opened over ChangKong City, then destroyed it and fought off the monsters pouring through. World Serpent ambushers attacked Himeko and Wang Lei, and Wang Lei confronted Kevin Kaslana as the chapter ended.

• Wang Lei sent the Nest’s children away with Raven and returned to the Moonlight Throne with Raven and Rita.
• A quake and Chijou Issen’s pillar opened an Imaginary Gate above ChangKong City, releasing Shadows of Quantum and other monsters as Wang Lei confirmed the world’s Imaginary Tree was only a derivative of the true one.
• Wang Lei, Himeko, Kiana, Mei, Rita, and Raven fought the invading creatures, and Wang Lei used a giant Imaginary Blade to cut the gate apart.
• Jackal’s forces ambushed Himeko with electromagnetic nets and suppression gas, while another attacker struck Wang Lei with Judgement of Shamash.
• Wang Lei dodged the attack, appeared behind Kevin Kaslana, and challenged the World Serpent Sovereign to show his strength.

Wang Lei fought Kevin, drained his Honkai Energy, and beat him up after explaining that Kevin had struck his wife, Nancy. They set aside their fight and discussed Wang Lei’s aims, the Stigmata Project, and his wish to meet Aili Xiya, while Kevin agreed to arrange the meeting before the project began.

• Kevin mistook Wang Lei for the Herrscher of Human and attacked him, but Wang Lei overwhelmed him with his Authorities and extracted his Honkai Energy.
• Wang Lei knocked away the Judgement of Shamash and fought Kevin hand-to-hand, saying he was avenging Kevin’s attack on Nancy.
• After Wang Lei stopped beating him, Kevin asked about his goals, and Wang Lei said he collected Herrscher Cores and sought to protect the world alongside Nancy.
• Wang Lei asked to enter the Elysian Realm’s memories and meet Aili Xiya, promising to bring Mei after she awakened as the Herrscher of Thunder, and Kevin agreed.
• Wang Lei warned Kevin that he would not hesitate to oppose World Serpent if it interfered with his plans, then removed the Honkai Energy extraction barrier.

Wang Lei watched Kiana and Mei fight over Mei’s decision to take on the Honkai crisis alone, while Himeko eventually intervened. The confrontation left all three preparing to fight each other as Wang Lei remained hidden overhead.

• Wang Lei learned that Tesla had defeated Raven, Himeko had wounded Night Owl, and Mei had awakened as the Herrscher of Thunder and was fighting Kiana at Qianyu Academy.
• Wang Lei arrived invisibly above the ruins and watched Mei overpower Kiana, who kept using the Herrscher of the Void’s power to try to stop Mei from leaving.
• Mei demanded that Kiana retire from fighting, but Himeko intervened and told Mei that she had gone too far.
• Kiana awakened her complete Herrscher of the Void form and insisted that saving the world was her mission, while Mei declared that Kiana mattered more to her than the world.
• Himeko blocked attacks from both girls, challenged them to fight her instead, and turned their confrontation into a looming three-way battle as Wang Lei stayed hidden.

Kiana and Mei fought Himeko at the ruins of Qianyu Academy until the building collapsed, and Wang Lei rescued Kiana before she fell into the sea. After Mei joined the Schicksal North American Branch, Wang Lei decided to separate her from Kiana for their growth and arranged to leave Kiana at Saint Freya Academy.

• Himeko knocked Kiana unconscious, then fought Mei until their battle caused the ruined Qianyu Academy building to collapse.
• Wang Lei rescued Kiana from the falling building, reprimanded Himeko, and offered Mei a place in the North American Branch; Mei accepted and received a report-writing and pay-cut punishment.
• Wang Lei handed Raven over to Tesla and told her that Mei would join the North American Branch while Kiana would remain at Saint Freya Academy under Theresa's care.
• Wang Lei explained his plan to Mei, who agreed to the separation despite wanting to stay with Kiana.
• Wang Lei joked about Mei's outfit and asked to touch her horns, so Mei surrounded herself with lightning and drove him from her room.

Wang Lei led the North American Branch's response to the Herrscher of Ice outbreak on Coral Island, sending Mei and Raven to contact World Serpent while he joined Durandal to rescue civilians and reach the Herrscher. The chapter left Mei weakened by Night Owl's device, the Herrscher of Ice knocked down, and Wang Lei in possession of Purifying Thunder of Seven Sins as he freed Raven from paralysis.

• Wang Lei sent Mei, Schrödinger, Raven, and Rita to Coral Island, where the North American Branch deployed Quantum Titan Mechs to fight Honkai Beasts and rescue civilians.
• Wang Lei met Durandal and shared intelligence identifying Anna Shaniat as the Herrscher of Ice, prompting them to head for the orbital elevator.
• Durandal and Wang Lei found Mei weakened by a special device, Raven paralyzed, and the Herrscher of Ice about to attack; Durandal rescued Mei while Wang Lei struck down the Herrscher.
• Wang Lei confronted Night Owl, recognized him as Chen Tianwu, and took Purifying Thunder of Seven Sins from him.
• Wang Lei destroyed the Staff of the Underworld's magnetic field, ordered Mei to watch the Herrscher and Night Owl, then removed the neurotoxin paralyzing Raven.

Wang Lei extracted the Herrscher of Ice and Herrscher of Rock Cores, then preserved Anna Shaniat and Night Owl by transferring their damaged consciousnesses into new Honkai Steel bodies. Anna and Night Owl awakened alive, though Anna had lost her memories of him, and Durandal agreed to keep their survival secret.

• Raven recovered from Night Owl’s ambush and beat him while accusing him of betraying the Sovereign, as Mei, Durandal, and Wang Lei watched.
• Anna briefly regained control of the Herrscher of Ice and recognized Night Owl, but the Herrscher consciousness took over and stabbed him; Night Owl then awakened as the Herrscher of Rock.
• Wang Lei removed both Herrscher Cores, preserved Night Owl’s life and Anna’s spirit, and transferred their consciousnesses into newly made Honkai Steel bodies.
• Night Owl awakened and panicked about Anna, while Anna woke with severe memory loss and attacked him after mistaking his embrace for unwanted advances.
• Durandal explained their situation to Anna, and Wang Lei told the pair to live under different names; Durandal agreed to keep them alive and hidden.

After the Herrscher of Sentience destroyed buildings at Schicksal HQ, Jingliu fought her in a prolonged battle that nearly brought down the floating island. Otto stopped them before civilians were endangered, and the Herrscher of Sentience turned her attention to him.

• Durandal returned to Schicksal HQ, filed a report concealing that Anna and Night Owl had survived, and resumed training with Jingliu.
• Explosions destroyed buildings across B3 Area, and Jingliu recognized the newly awakened Herrscher of Sentience as Fu Hua and challenged her.
• Jingliu and the Herrscher of Sentience fought with martial techniques and powerful attacks, damaging much of the floating island.
• Otto ordered them to stop before the island fell and endangered civilians, and both fighters ended their battle.
• The Herrscher of Sentience threatened Otto and asked Jingliu if she could beat him into a pile of meat; Jingliu told her to do as she pleased.

Otto sent the Herrscher of Sentience toward Kevin and World Serpent HQ, while Jingliu and Wang Lei followed to watch what happened. After Kevin returned Fenghuang Down to her, Wang Lei found the exhausted Xiao Shi asleep near the Egyptian Pyramids and prepared a meal to wake her with a surprise.

• Otto convinced the Herrscher of Sentience to leave Schicksal HQ by revealing that Kevin held Fenghuang Down, then gave her directions to World Serpent HQ.
• Jingliu left Schicksal HQ and tracked the Herrscher of Sentience toward North Africa, while Wang Lei arranged to meet her there and sent Rita back with a One-Time Void Herrscher Gem.
• Wang Lei and Jingliu watched as the Herrscher of Sentience fought Kevin, and Kevin returned Fenghuang Down to her before suggesting she seek Wang Lei's help if she needed it.
• The exhausted Herrscher of Sentience fell asleep beneath a rock near the Egyptian Pyramids, and Wang Lei used Void Power to conceal himself and Jingliu while setting up a barbecue.
• The smell of Wang Lei's food reached Xiao Shi, who woke after dreaming that she was eating.

Wang Lei brought the Herrscher of Sentience and Fu Hua to Tai Xu Mountain, where the Herrscher of Sentience recovered memories from Fenghuang Down feathers and confronted evidence about her identity. After Jingliu saved a village from Honkai Beasts, Wang Lei led everyone to the Tai Xu Sword Sect ruins and challenged Jingliu to search for the inheritance of Tai Xu Sword Qi.

• The Herrscher of Sentience woke to the smell of Wang Lei's barbecue, ate most of the food, and activated the sealed Fenghuang Down at Wang Lei's request.
• The Herrscher of Sentience restored Fu Hua's spiritual body, and Wang Lei explained how Fu Hua's consciousness and the Herrscher of Sentience had come to inhabit separate forms.
• Wang Lei persuaded the Herrscher of Sentience to travel with Fu Hua and Jingliu to Tai Xu Mountain, where the Herrscher recovered memories from hidden Fenghuang Down feathers.
• Wang Lei sensed Honkai Beasts attacking a village, and Jingliu defeated them before Wang Lei healed villagers and protected the settlement with a barrier.
• Wang Lei argued with the Herrscher of Sentience about whether she had drawn the Honkai Beasts to the mountain, and she threatened him with a piece of bluestone.
• At the burned Tai Xu Sword Sect ruins, Wang Lei challenged Jingliu to search for the inheritance of Tai Xu Sword Qi, and the Herrscher of Sentience claimed she already knew it and demanded that he beg her to teach him.