Chapter Summaries

Wang Lei bargained with the Herrscher of Sentience for Tai Xu Sword Qi by offering the Book of Cang Xuan’s battery, and the two Fu Hua identities arranged a teaching contest. After Kiana and Bronya joined the students, Fu Hua began teaching Wang Lei, who used the system and his computing power to create a basic Tai Xu Divine Sword.

• Wang Lei produced an Energy Battery for the Book of Cang Xuan and refused to hand it over until the Herrscher of Sentience taught him Tai Xu Sword Qi.
• The Herrscher of Sentience tried to seize the battery with Fenghuang Down, but Wang Lei’s mental defenses stopped her, and he flicked her forehead for attacking him.
• Fu Hua offered to teach Wang Lei, and the Herrscher of Sentience proposed a contest in which she and Fu Hua would teach students to prove who understood Tai Xu Sword Qi better.
• Wang Lei persuaded the Herrscher of Sentience to include Kiana and Bronya, and the two joined Wang Lei and Jingliu as students after arriving at the Tai Xu Sword Sect Ruins.
• Fu Hua taught Wang Lei the Five Aggregates of Tai Xu Sword Qi, and Wang Lei used the system and his computing power to form a three-foot Tai Xu Divine Sword.

Wang Lei tested Kiana’s Tai Xu Sword Qi in his mental space, then trained her to withstand mental clashes so she could challenge the Herrscher of Sentience. After Jingliu mastered the technique and Bronya collapsed from training, the Herrscher of Sentience agreed to fight Kiana to settle the comparison.

• Fu Hua prepared to assess Kiana, but Wang Lei brought her and Fu Hua into his vast mental space to test her without exhausting Fu Hua.
• Kiana defeated a Doomsday Beast, then Wang Lei used a storm of Tai Xu Divine Swords and distracting illusions to teach her mental combat, repeatedly knocking her unconscious.
• Wang Lei explained that Kiana would need to defeat the Herrscher of Sentience and persuade her that she was not Fu Hua, and he trained Kiana until their agreed time was nearly up.
• Wang Lei revived Kiana with Dream Syrup, and the group returned to find Jingliu improved, Bronya asleep from overloading the First Herrscher’s power, and the Herrscher of Sentience exhausted.
• Wang Lei revealed that he and Kiana had learned the Tai Xu Sword God and proposed a mental clash between Kiana and the Herrscher of Sentience; she accepted, believing victory would secure her freedom from being called a Herrscher.

Kiana defeated the Herrscher of Sentience in the Consciousness Space, and Wang Lei helped her accept her identity and move into a new body. The Herrscher of Sentience left Tai Xu Mountain with the Book of Cang Xuan, while Fu Hua reunited with Kiana and Bronya.

• Wang Lei urged the Herrscher of Sentience not to flee and encouraged Fu Hua to stop blaming herself before Kiana and the Herrscher of Sentience entered the Consciousness Space to fight.
• Kiana and Fu Hua defeated the Herrscher of Sentience, who admitted that doubts about her identity had weakened her.
• Wang Lei comforted the Herrscher of Sentience and explained that being a Herrscher did not make her an enemy of humanity; he then persuaded her to give Fu Hua her original body and crafted her a new one.
• The Herrscher of Sentience agreed to let the Book of Cang Xuan accompany her, and Fu Hua replaced the Book’s battery so it could awaken.
• The awakened Book of Cang Xuan mistook the Herrscher of Sentience for Fu Hua’s daughter, then agreed to travel with her after Fu Hua explained what had happened.
• The Herrscher of Sentience and the Book of Cang Xuan left Tai Xu Mountain together, and Wang Lei gave them a black card before Bronya teased him about supporting them.

Wang Lei and Jingliu returned from the moon to stop a worldwide Honkai outbreak, then discovered that Otto had triggered the crisis by bombing a North American Branch warehouse. Wang Lei suspected Otto had deliberately strengthened Honkai within limits, and planned to send Mei to World Serpent while the branch investigated further.

• Wang Lei and Jingliu tested the Tai Xu Sword God on the moon, where Jingliu created enormous craters without drawing a response from the Cocoon.
• Nancy urgently called Wang Lei back after a bombing breached the North American Branch's barrier and sparked massive Honkai outbreaks across the world.
• Wang Lei killed five Emperor-class Honkai Beasts and helped resolve the outbreaks, while Jingliu, Wendy, Himeko, and Welt aided the relief effort.
• Nancy and the others traced the bombing to an employee manipulated by Otto, who had hidden a miniaturized Honkai Disintegration Bomb inside the employee's daughter's teddy bear.
• Wang Lei concluded Otto had intentionally caused a limited Honkai escalation, reported the evidence to Durandal, and planned to send Mei to World Serpent to enter the Elysian Realm.

After the worldwide Super Honkai Eruption was contained, Wang Lei brought Mei and Raven to World Serpent so Mei could begin the Elysian Realm trial. More than ten days later, machines across North America went berserk, prompting Wang Lei to prepare for the Herrscher of Domination’s attack and arrange for Bronya and Far East Branch personnel to come to North America.

• Wang Lei arrived at World Serpent headquarters with Mei and Raven, and Jackal raised an alarm before Kevin confirmed Wang Lei had come to fulfill their agreement.
• Kevin agreed to take Mei into the Elysian Realm, while Wang Lei returned Raven to World Serpent and warned Kevin that he would destroy the organization if anyone harmed Mei.
• Mei entered the base with Kevin and Raven, and Wang Lei returned to the North American Branch.
• After more than ten days, Nancy reported that automated machines across North America had gone berserk and contained residual Honkai Energy.
• Wang Lei arranged for Bronya to receive Herrscher of Reason training in North America, and Theresa agreed to bring Far East Branch personnel there with Jingliu staying behind.
• Wang Lei considered leaving before the Far East Branch group arrived so he could conceal Mei’s trial and use the Herrscher of Domination as an excuse.

Wang Lei entered the Theater of Domination while Theresa’s forces fought the Herrscher’s mechs at the Salt Lake Base. He defeated the puppets in his path and found Wendy captured, while Himeko had escaped deeper into the theater after surrendering the Gem of Disease.

• Theresa organized a trap at the Salt Lake Base, deploying four Herrscher Cores as bait while Wang Lei and Jingliu appeared in Shenzhou to draw the Herrscher of Domination out.
• The Herrscher of Domination dragged Kiana and others into its theater and sent a mechanical army against Theresa’s forces; Wang Lei secretly entered the theater through a spatial node.
• Wang Lei used simulated gravity and ice Authorities to destroy the puppets guarding the theater and learned that its puppets could not seize Authorities he had comprehended himself.
• A frightened puppet agreed to guide Wang Lei to Wendy and explained that resentment over his family’s deaths and financial ruin had turned him into a puppet.
• Wang Lei reached Wendy, who had been bound in threads, while the puppet reported that Himeko had escaped after throwing her Herrscher Core to the enemy.

Wang Lei rescued Wendy, exposed the Dominion Puppets’ scheme, and stayed out of Kiana’s trial while Himeko helped Kiana awaken as the Herrscher of Flame. After Kiana defeated the puppet leader, Wang Lei destroyed the newly consolidated Herrscher of Domination, then encountered Otto Apocalypse at Salt Lake Base.

• Wang Lei rescued Wendy, recovered her from her injuries, and persuaded the cowardly Dominion Puppet to lead him to a vantage point inside the Theater of Domination.
• Wang Lei uncovered the puppets’ plan to manipulate Kiana and agreed to let her face them without his intervention, betting that she could defeat them.
• The puppets showed Kiana the Gem of Disease, causing Sirin to seize control, but Himeko broke into the theater, returned the gem, and urged Kiana to wake up.
• Wang Lei sent Kiana power from the Herrscher of Sentience and a one-time Herrscher of Reason Core, helping her awaken as the Herrscher of Flame and burn through the theater.
• Kiana defeated the puppet leader and reclaimed Wendy’s Gem of Haste, while Wang Lei destroyed the newly empowered Herrscher of Domination and received three billion Energy Points.
• The Theater of Domination collapsed, and after Wang Lei was teleported to Salt Lake Base, Otto Apocalypse appeared through an Imaginary door.

Wang Lei negotiated with Otto, exchanging the Herrscher Core of Domination for Chijou Issen, then reunited with Himeko and the others. After Kiana thanked and bit him for hiding Himeko’s survival, Wang Lei left to check on Mei’s trial and prepare for Otto’s next move.

• Otto deduced that Wang Lei was connected to Honkai and wanted access to the Imaginary Tree, then asked for the Herrscher Core of Domination.
• Wang Lei gave Otto the core in exchange for Chijou Issen, which Otto had delivered to the North American Branch.
• Wang Lei returned to Himeko and the St. Freya group as Himeko reunited with Theresa, Kiana, and Bronya.
• Theresa restrained Wang Lei, and Kiana hugged him in gratitude before biting his shoulder to punish him for deceiving her.
• Wang Lei warned Himeko that Otto would soon act and said he would check on Mei’s trial while the others returned to the North American Branch.
• Kiana and Bronya asked to accompany Wang Lei to Mei, but he refused and left alone.

Wang Lei entered the Elysian Realm to meet Mei and the Flame-Chasers, but Mobius diverted him into her data space, where their clash crashed the Realm’s systems. He reunited with Mei and the Flame-Chasers in the Golden Courtyard, where Aili Xiya proposed a tea party to hear what had happened.

• Wang Lei entered the Elysian Realm and cleared its trial stages before discovering that Mobius had brought him to her data space instead of the Golden Courtyard.
• Wang Lei resisted Mobius’s attempt to alter his data, and his counterattack crashed her space and disrupted the Golden Courtyard.
• Kalpas attacked Wang Lei after accusing him of causing the system failures, but Wang Lei dodged his punch and froze him with a counterblow.
• Mei identified Wang Lei as her companion and stopped the Flame-Chasers from attacking him, while Fu Hua confirmed that Kalpas was unharmed.
• Wang Lei provided Mobius with computational power so she could restore the Golden Courtyard’s systems, and Aili Xiya invited everyone to a tea party.

Wang Lei explained how he entered the Elysian Realm and revealed that a World Bubble supercomputer powered his unusual abilities, convincing the Flame-Chasers after Mobius and Vill-V inspected it. When Wang Lei said he had come to take Mei to help her companion, Aili Xiya objected, but Mei agreed to leave immediately.

• Su asked Wang Lei to explain the events from his perspective, and Wang Lei described entering the Elysian Realm and counterattacking Mobius after she attacked him.
• Mobius explained that Wang Lei had no Stigmata and possessed unknown powers, while Aili Xiya concluded that he was not a Herrscher.
• Wang Lei revealed that he had transformed a World Bubble into a supercomputer, and Mobius and Vill-V entered it to verify his claims.
• Mobius and Vill-V returned shaken, and Vill-V confirmed that Wang Lei's World Bubble system was real.
• Eden teased Wang Lei about wanting Aili Xiya, and he clarified that he had come to take Mei to help her companion.
• Aili Xiya refused to let Wang Lei take Mei, but Mei pushed her aside and agreed to leave immediately to help Kiana.

Wang Lei reassured Mei about Himeko, explained that defeating the Herrscher of the End would not end Honkai, and sparred with the Flame-Chasers. He then privately revealed that he knew Aili Xiya’s identity and offered to take her out of Elysian Realm Space, leaving her stunned by his apparent confession.

• Wang Lei showed Mei a photograph of Kiana, Theresa, Bronya, and Himeko together, then explained that Himeko had died but he had preserved her soul and given her a new body.
• Mei accepted Wang Lei’s explanation after confronting him, then described her progress in Elysian Realm Space and asked him to explain his plans later.
• Wang Lei told the Flame-Chasers that the Cocoon on the Moon spread Honkai and that passing Finality’s trial would not prevent Honkai from returning; Mobius requested his recorded data before withdrawing to study it.
• Aili Xiya encouraged the Flame-Chasers, while Wang Lei reassured Mei about Kiana and agreed to let the Flame-Chasers continue testing Mei.
• Wang Lei sparred with Hua, Sakura, Kevin, and Kalpas in the Martial Arts Arena, relying on sword techniques rather than his overwhelming powers.
• Aili Xiya visited Wang Lei privately, and he identified her as the Herrscher of Origin before offering to take her out of Elysian Realm Space; she was stunned by his apparent confession.

Otto announced his resignation and hinted that he planned a final act using the Herrscher of Domination Core, prompting Theresa and Nancy to lead a force to Kolosten. The group arrived to confront him, but Otto remained hidden and Durandal repeated a story about his plans that Theresa recognized as false.

• Otto revealed Honkai to the public, announced his resignation as Schicksal Overseer, and named Theresa as his successor, while politicians pushed Nancy as an alternative.
• Otto told Theresa that he had obtained the Herrscher of Domination Core and intended to stage a magnificent farewell; Theresa vowed to retrieve the Core and went to Kolosten.
• Theresa asked Nancy for help, and Nancy committed the Schicksal North American Branch to the mission, sending the Schicksal and accompanying Theresa with Jingliu.
• Theresa, Fu Hua, Nancy, and Jingliu arrived at Kolosten, where Durandal welcomed them on Otto's orders.
• Durandal claimed Otto had used the Second Divine Key, Chijou Issen, to contact the Imaginary Tree, and Theresa realized the account was false because Chijou Issen was at the North American Branch.

Nancy and Jingliu confronted Otto’s plan in Kolosten, but Otto’s trap opened an Imaginary Gate and pulled Jingliu into Imaginary Space. Nancy escaped to the Schicksal, where she learned Jingliu was alive and found Theresa and Fu Hua had reappeared in town.

• Einstein warned Nancy and Theresa that the spacetime distortion centered on Purple Iris Plaza could lead to an Imaginary Invasion, and Nancy prepared the Quantum 7 Bomb as a countermeasure.
• Nancy, Jingliu, Theresa, Fu Hua, and Durandal encountered Old Otto, who explained that he had been brought from five hundred years earlier and then toured Kolosten with them.
• Amber invited the group to Saint 537 Church, where modern Otto appeared and welcomed them before Rita struck Old Otto and extracted the Herrscher of Domination’s Herrscher Core.
• Nancy realized Old Otto was the true source of the Imaginary Singularity, and Rita kicked his body toward Nancy and Jingliu before escaping with Otto, Theresa, Fu Hua, and Durandal.
• Jingliu cut apart Old Otto’s body and used her Path power to clear a route for Nancy, who escaped through a Micro Wormhole as Jingliu was swallowed into Imaginary Space.
• Wang Lei told Nancy that Jingliu was alive but could not be retrieved immediately, and Nancy paused her planned bombardment after Einstein reported that Theresa and Fu Hua had reappeared in Kolosten.

Theresa and Fu Hua returned to the Schicksal and explained Otto’s actions, while Nancy prepared to stop his plan and ordered Kolosten evacuated before a bombardment. Otto revealed that he intended to sacrifice himself to reverse time by five hundred years, and Nancy warned that his plan would sacrifice humanity outside Kolosten and give the Honkai another chance to destroy civilization.

• Theresa told Nancy that Otto had brought her and Fu Hua into the Theater of Domination, claimed he would hand over Schicksal, and sent them back to Kolosten after Durandal and Rita left with him.
• Nancy reassured Theresa that Jingliu was alive in Imaginary Space and said Kiana could later use the Herrscher of the Void’s authority to retrieve her.
• Fu Hua explained that Otto’s attack on Nancy was likely connected to his plan to save Karen, and Nancy concluded that Otto was provoking her to push Kiana further.
• Nancy ordered Tesla to broadcast an evacuation warning and announced that Kolosten would be bombarded in two hours; Changgong then surrendered to the Schicksal with her luggage and research materials.
• Otto contacted the Schicksal, revealed his location, taunted Welt and the others, and declared that he would reverse time by five hundred years at the cost of his existence.
• After Otto ended the call, Nancy explained that his plan would empower the Honkai and sacrifice everyone outside Kolosten by erasing five hundred years of history.

Nancy ordered Schicksal to bombard Otto’s position at Saint 537 Church, breaking the Herrscher of Binding barrier with the Star Destroyer Cannon. As Kiana and the others prepared to attack, Changgong’s message revealed Otto’s plan, and Durandal set out to confront him.

• Theresa declared Otto must be stopped, and Nancy directed Schicksal to target Saint 537 Church after Einstein reported Otto’s location and over a thousand Honkai Steel clones.
• Schicksal’s salvos destroyed many clones, but Schrödinger identified the golden barrier as the Herrscher of Binding’s Authority, and Nancy rejected Tesla’s proposal to use Silver Bullets because Durandal was nearby.
• After warning Kolosten’s residents to retreat, Nancy ordered Schicksal to fire its Star Destroyer Cannon, which shattered the outer barrier and exposed the church while a second barrier protected Otto from the remaining blast.
• Kiana and the ground forces prepared to assault Otto as Durandal, Rita, and Amber listened to Changgong’s message explaining Otto’s plan to sacrifice 500 years of history.
• Durandal entrusted the World Bubble inside her to Rita and went to confront Otto, while Rita continued her defensive assignment and Amber decided to serve Theresa afterward.

Durandal confronted Otto about his plan to erase the present and return history to revive Karen, but Otto used his new power to banish her before activating a vast Grace of God Barrier over Kolosten. Nancy and Theresa stopped the barrier with Oath of Judah’s Zero Rated Power, after which Nancy called Wang Lei back to claim his gains.

• Durandal questioned Otto about his plan to sacrifice five hundred years of history, and Otto explained that he had bargained with the Honkai Will and intended to reach the Imaginary Tree.
• Durandal attacked Otto, but Otto used the Imaginary Gate to make her vanish and planted her abandoned Abyss Flower outside the church.
• Otto activated a rapidly expanding Grace of God Barrier, while Tesla warned the trapped Kiana, Bronya, and others to escape Kolosten.
• Nancy used Quantum 7 Bombs to slow the barrier, then devised a plan for Theresa to wield Oath of Judah from a temporary Honkai Steel body.
• Theresa activated Zero Rated Power, causing her barrier and Otto’s to cancel each other out; Nancy then contacted Wang Lei and summoned him back.

Wang Lei left the Elysian Realm to help Kiana and joined Nancy, Theresa, and Durandal in pursuing Otto into his Imaginary Space. The group confronted Otto in his transformed form, and Wang Lei prepared to test his strength before letting the others fight.

• Wang Lei left the Elysian Realm with Mei, who restored Kiana's strength and shared the Herrscher of Thunder's power with her.
• Kiana defeated Otto's remaining Honkai Steel clones, while Wang Lei returned to the Schicksal group and joined Nancy in heading to Saint 537 Church.
• The group found Otto inside an Imaginary rift, and Wang Lei persuaded Theresa to let Durandal accompany him and Kiana inside.
• Wang Lei cleared the dangerous passage through Imaginary Space, and the four reached Otto's illusory Church.
• Otto manifested a black-and-gold winged form, and Wang Lei offered to test its strength before yielding the fight to Nancy, Kiana, and Durandal.

Wang Lei tested Otto’s pseudo-god forms before letting Nancy, Kiana, and Durandal fight him together. After Otto’s second form was worn down, Kiana exiled him from the space, but Otto opened an Imaginary Number gate and swallowed Wang Lei as well.

• Wang Lei fought Otto’s first pseudo-god form, analyzed its energy, and cut off part of Otto’s wing.
• Nancy, Kiana, and Durandal attacked Otto together, forcing him to reveal a stronger form that reshaped the church into his inner landscape.
• The three women coordinated their Herrscher abilities and Durandal’s mounted charge to overcome Otto’s enhanced defenses until his energy ran out.
• Nancy and Kiana beat Otto while he continued trying to recover, and Wang Lei arranged for Durandal to pin him down so Kiana could exile him.
• Kiana exiled Otto from the space, but Otto opened an Imaginary Number gate and swallowed Wang Lei.

After Otto drew Wang Lei into Imaginary Space, Wang Lei accompanied him to the tip of the Imaginary Tree and helped clear the path while Otto shared his final thoughts and sacrificed himself to create a new worldline for Karen. Wang Lei recorded Otto’s Power of Existence, survived an attack by an End-class manifested Honkai Beast, and escaped through an Imaginary Gate with the knowledge and treasures he had gained.

• Nancy stopped Kiana from forcing her way into Imaginary Space and explained that Wang Lei could return on his own, so they left the collapsing space to seek help if needed.
• Wang Lei found Otto badly injured near the tip of the Imaginary Tree, helped him walk, and listened as Otto reflected on death, love, his plan, and the people he was leaving behind.
• Wang Lei fought off the Imaginary Tree’s manifested replicas and a Judgment-class Honkai Beast, clearing the way for Otto to reach the tree’s edge.
• Otto gave Wang Lei two Herrscher Cores and Void Archives, then sacrificed his existence to create a new worldline for Karen.
• Wang Lei recorded Otto’s Power of Existence, was pierced by an End-class manifested Honkai Beast, and erased much of it with the Stellaron’s power.
• Wang Lei opened an Imaginary Gate and left the space between worlds after deciding he had gained enough data from Otto’s final journey.

Wang Lei returned after Otto’s death, explained the Imaginary Tree and Otto’s final act, and arranged a burial that preserved his historical significance. He then rescued Jingliu and privately revealed his discovery of the Power of Existence, before planning to pursue the Herrscher of Corruption and travel to other worlds.

• Wang Lei told the Schicksal bridge that Otto Apocalypse had been erased from existence and showed the assembled group a recording of Otto’s final moments.
• Wang Lei sealed Void Archives, kept the Herrscher Cores, and explained that Otto had opened a new timeline where Karen lived by sacrificing his own existence at the Imaginary Tree.
• Wang Lei proposed recording Otto’s contact with the Imaginary Tree as a human milestone and burying his recording and a personal account with his coffin beneath the tree at the Apocalypse Ancestral Estate.
• Wang Lei and Kiana entered Imaginary Space and found Jingliu meditating among the remains of Imaginary monsters; Jingliu asked to return there for sword training.
• Wang Lei told Jingliu, Nancy, and Himeko that he had discovered the Power of Existence, then outlined plans to find the Herrscher of Corruption and visit other worlds.