Chapter Summaries

The group traveled to the Containment Zone to investigate the danger there, with Theresa eagerly preparing to fight. After they entered the dark office area and restored its power, she covered everyone in a pile of protective blessings.

• Herta went offline after giving the group the Containment Zone access key, while Screwllum stayed behind to refine the Simulated Universe.
• Himeko led the group toward the Containment Zone, and Bronya struggled with the attention and physical discomfort of her new appearance.
• Himeko entered the access key and brought the group to Basement Level Five, where they found the Containment Zone in darkness.
• Theresa led everyone out of the elevator, and a small robot restored power to the office area's lighting.
• Theresa cast numerous Binding Blessings on the group, leaving everyone glowing and feeling immensely powerful.

Theresa led the group through True Stingers to Ruan Mei’s cultivation section, where they met the Kitten Cakes. Aha’s prank shattered the disguise bow holding Bronya’s appearance, exposing Welt in torn crossdressing clothes and leaving him humiliated.

• Theresa charged ahead with her Chainsaw Greatsword and cleared the True Stingers while Bronya supported the group with the Star of Eden.
• Lingbao led everyone through the sealed doors into the cultivation section, where the Kitten Cakes gathered around them.
• March 7th, Stelle, Himeko, Lingbao, Theresa, and Bronya hugged and cuddled the Kitten Cakes.
• Aha set off fireworks and counted down as the bow maintaining Bronya’s disguise cracked and shattered.
• Welt appeared in scraps of clothing, and March 7th, Stelle, Lingbao, and the Kitten Cakes reacted with shock and teasing while he insisted Aha had caused the prank.

Welt recovered his male form after Aha’s prank and set out with Theresa to hunt the Star-shattering King Worm Skalacabaz. They confronted the enormous creature in a ruined laboratory, where Welt restrained it and prepared an arsenal while Theresa stood ready to intervene.

• Welt reconstructed his clothes and withdrew his Quasi-Black Hole after Theresa warned him that an attack could damage the Space Station.
• Welt explained that he had transformed after losing a bet with Theresa, then announced he would hunt the King Worm.
• Theresa and Welt left the others to care for the Kitten Cakes and rode the elevator to the ruined laboratory.
• Skalacabaz materialized and began splitting into smaller Quantum True Stingers, but Welt used a miniature Quasi-Black Hole to pull it down and destroy hundreds of the creatures.
• Welt constructed weapons and robots to continue the fight, while Theresa watched from a platform and prepared to step in.

Welt and Theresa fought Pharaoh Queen Scarab Skalacabaz and its spawned True Stingers in the Containment Zone. They destroyed the queen and cleared the zone, then headed back upstairs as Welt asked Theresa to let March 7th and the others believe he had defeated it.

• Welt ordered the armed forces to attack Pharaoh Queen Scarab Skalacabaz and its True Stingers while Theresa raised a Binding Barrier around the area.
• Welt unleashed the Quasi-Black Hole, and Pharaoh Queen Scarab Skalacabaz countered by hurling a massive quantum sphere at it.
• The spheres collided and exploded, but Theresa's Binding Barrier absorbed the blast while her buffs protected Welt.
• Pharaoh Queen Scarab Skalacabaz was destroyed, and the remaining True Stingers collapsed and vanished.
• Theresa purified Welt's lungs, then agreed to let March 7th, Sister Himeko, and the others believe he had defeated the queen as they returned upstairs.

After Welt defeated the Propagation Emanator, the group made Kitten Cakes modeled after themselves. Theresa tried to make one from her tail hair, but the machine broke again, leaving her eager to find another way.

• Theresa told Himeko and the others that Welt had destroyed Pharaoh Queen Scarab Skalacabaz and cleared the Containment Zone of True Stingers.
• March 7th, Stelle, and Lingbao showed off their Kitten Cakes, named Ice Cake, Trash Cake, and Snow Cake.
• Himeko made Red Date Cake, and Welt repaired the machine and created Transcendent Cake.
• Himeko made Yae Cake using a hair from her tail, and it happily joined the other Kitten Cakes.
• Theresa tried using a hair from her tail to make her own Kitten Cake, but the machine split apart while her hair remained unharmed.

Theresa asked Immortal Dragon--Qin to make a Kitten Cake for her because ordinary machines could not analyze an Aeon's genes. Qin had her damaged device sent to him so he could improve it, then began refining it into a tool that could create Kitten Cakes for Aeons.

• Theresa asked Immortal Dragon--Qin for help after her attempts to make a Kitten Cake failed.
• Aha woke Immortal Dragon--Qin and brought him online in the group chat, where he confirmed he was real and offered to make Theresa's Kitten Cake.
• Theresa uploaded the damaged Kitten Cake device, and Qin opened a portal so she could send it to him.
• In another universe, Qin examined the device and explained its workings to Elysia and Pardo.
• Qin promised to improve the device for Aeon-level Conceptual Entities and entered the Artifact Refining room to begin work.

Qin introduced Little Fang, an artifact spirit that could create personalized Kitten Cakes, and Theresa and the others eagerly made several. Little Fang could also open portals, making it possible for people elsewhere to get their own Kitten Cakes.

• Qin introduced Little Fang, the artifact spirit born from his tribulation-tempered Kitten Cake device, and explained that it could make personalized Kitten Cakes from genetic material.
• Airi and Pardo each used a strand of hair to create True Self Cake and Dreamweaver Cake, while Pardo revealed her new form as a Nine-tailed Mystic Cat in the True Immortal Realm.
• Qin sent Little Fang to Theresa, where Aha jumped into the device and became a laughing Aha Kitten Cake; Theresa assured Welt that a Binding Barrier would contain any explosions.
• Theresa used her tail fur to create Moonlit Cake, which she held as March 7th and Stelle petted it.
• Qin explained that Little Fang could open spatial portals when given accurate information, prompting the group to consider summoning companions from elsewhere.

Jing Yuan, Fu Xuan, and Qingque asked Theresa to make Kitten Cakes from their hair, while Aha tried to interfere with the delivery. Little Fang thwarted Aha, and the three Kitten Cakes arrived safely at the Xianzhou Divination Department.

• Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan admired Kitten Cakes in the group chat and agreed that cats would be welcome on the Xianzhou.
• Fu Xuan collected strands of hair from herself, Jing Yuan, and Qingque and asked Theresa to make them Kitten Cakes.
• Theresa opened a colorful portal for the hair, but Aha overlaid it with a red portal to sabotage the transfer.
• Little Fang knocked Aha's portal aside, and Jing Yuan sent the three strands through the colorful portal.
• Theresa made Jing Yuan, Fu Xuan, and Qingque Kitten Cakes, then sent all three safely to the Xianzhou.
• Qingque played Imperial Jade with the three Qingque Kitten Cakes.

Theresa and the others returned from the Containment Zone with the Kitten Cakes and showed Asta, Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum Little Fang and their group chat with several Aeons. Theresa then asked Ruan Mei about Tingyun, and the group saw Tingyun's sleeping body floating in a cultivation tank with six glowing fox tails.

• Theresa and the others comforted the Kitten Cakes, then left to find Ruan Mei and ask about Tingyun's body.
• Asta and the staff met the Kitten Cakes, and March 7th explained that Little Fang could create them from strands of hair containing someone's genes.
• Theresa revealed Aha Kitten Cake, and Screwllum failed to analyze Little Fang's advanced protective formations.
• Theresa added Herta and Ruan Mei to the Astral Express family group chat, where they discovered several Aeons and Jing Yuan were members.
• Theresa told Ruan Mei that Welt had eliminated the weakened Star-shattering King Worm in the Containment Zone.
• Ruan Mei led the group into her laboratory, where they saw Tingyun asleep in a cultivation tank with six faintly glowing red tails.

Ruan Mei explained how she altered Tingyun’s body to contain the lingering power of Destruction, and Theresa gathered Tingyun’s scattered consciousness fragments to help her awaken. Aha secretly interfered, leaving Tingyun’s restored consciousness afflicted by a bizarre influence, while Theresa insisted she had done nothing wrong.

• Ruan Mei told Himeko and the others that she had given Tingyun five extra tails to contain the power of Destruction and that Theresa needed to gather Tingyun’s consciousness fragments.
• Theresa entered Tingyun’s consciousness and used her authority over Binding to gather the fragments together with the power of Destruction mixed among them.
• Aha hid in Tingyun’s consciousness and merged his Dr. Ratio-like influence into her reconstructed six-tailed fox consciousness.
• Tingyun’s consciousness began to awaken, but she saw the Antimatter Legion dancing and found herself dancing along with them.
• Theresa returned to the others, who pointed out Tingyun’s strange expression, and she denied causing the bizarre effect.

Theresa helped Tingyun recover her memories and awaken her will, then gained Aponia’s Discipline Signet. After returning to the Astral Express, Theresa activated the Honkai World Travel Device and entered a portal with Himeko, leaving time frozen in the current world.

• Theresa woke Tingyun from Aha’s strange dance and explained Tingyun’s identity, past, and possession by Phantylia.
• Theresa told Tingyun she had survived, carried traces of Nihility, and needed to face her Inner Demon; they made a promise for Tingyun’s future request.
• Aponia recognized Theresa and merged the Discipline Signet into her, granting her the power to impose Discipline.
• Theresa told the others that Aha had helped awaken Tingyun, and the group returned to the Astral Express to report their journey to Yinyueyue and Pam.
• Theresa bought and activated the Honkai World Travel Device, froze time, and entered the portal with Himeko.

Theresa and Himeko appeared in the Dominion Theater just as Kiana was about to be overwhelmed by the Herrscher of Thousand. Theresa restored Kiana’s will to fight and unleashed Oath of Judah against the Puppets.

• Kiana fought the Herrscher of Thousand’s Puppets while trying to save her wounded companions, but the Puppets pinned her down and deepened her despair.
• As Kiana’s resolve began to falter, a multicolored doorway opened and Theresa emerged holding Himeko.
• Seeing Theresa reignited Kiana’s will to live, and she blasted away the Puppets holding her down.
• Theresa summoned Oath of Judah and threw it into battle alongside Kiana.
• Oath of Judah transformed into Valkyrie Judas and fired thirteen Soul Steel spears, shredding the charging Puppets.

Kiana fought the Herrscher of Thousand as Theresa, Hua, and Bronya helped restore their allies and break the Dominion Theater. With their powers supporting her, Kiana transformed into the Herrscher of Flames and launched a decisive attack on the Herrscher of Thousand.

• Theresa directed Kiana into battle while the Oath of Judah held back the Puppets, and Kiana declared that Theresa had reignited her resolve.
• Theresa healed the suspended allies, and Hua and Bronya joined the fight to protect Kiana from the Puppets.
• Bronya lent Kiana the power of the Herrscher of Reason, and their combined barrage shattered the Dominion Theater.
• Hua used the remaining Authority of the Herrscher of Sentience to help Kiana evade the stone pillars and complete her transformation.
• Theresa played "MoonHalo" as Kiana became the Herrscher of Flames, broke through the Herrscher of Thousand's attacks, and swung the King of Flames Sword at it.

Kiana defeated the Herrscher of Thousand with a blazing sword, and the survivors escaped the ruined Dominion Theater. At the Hyperion, two identical Theresas met, leaving Kiana and the others unsure which one was the real Academy Head.

• Kiana broke through the Herrscher of Thousand’s seven shields and destroyed it with a fiery sword strike.
• Kiana checked on Theresa, Hua, and Bronya before the group left the ruined Dominion Theater, while Theresa secretly collected the Herrscher of Domination cores.
• The survivors met the real Theresa and discovered that another Theresa, wearing Goddess of Song armor, was already with them.
• Himeko recognized Academy Head Theresa as Yae Sakura’s younger sister, while the two Theresas confronted each other.
• Kiana asked which Theresa was her aunt, and Academy Head Theresa suggested the other Theresa had escaped from Otto’s laboratory.

Two Theresas met the group, and everyone tried to determine which one was the real Academy Head. Kiana recognized her aunt when Theresa comforted her, then broke down and cried over everything she had endured.

• White Seele questioned whether the nun-clad Theresa had escaped Schicksal, while Bronya advised the group not to provoke either Theresa.
• Theresa recalled stories about Kiana’s childhood, but Kiana remained unsure which Theresa was her aunt.
• On the Hyperion, Academy Head Theresa confronted the calm Theresa and grew angry when Kiana said her aunt could not be that smart.
• Academy Head Theresa drew Judas to threaten Kiana, who hid behind Theresa and was comforted by her.
• Kiana embraced Theresa and sobbed as she recalled her hardships, from becoming the Herrscher of Void to enduring the trials of the Herrscher of Thousand.

Theresa brought Kiana and the others back to St. Freya, where everyone pressed her to explain why a second Theresa had appeared. Before revealing her identity, Theresa used a portal to bring the incoming Anti-Entropy and Schicksal battleships near the Far East, and both groups arrived at St. Freya.

• Kiana cried in Theresa's arms, then apologized for wetting her clothes as Bronya gave her a tissue.
• Theresa told Academy Head Theresa that she would reveal her identity at St. Freya and insisted she was truly Theresa.
• After the Hyperion returned to St. Freya, Tesla and Einstein said they would come investigate the two Theresas, while Otto set out with Rita and Durandal.
• At the dormitories, Academy Head Theresa demanded an explanation for Theresa's identical Goddess of Song armor, but Theresa told her to wait for their guests.
• Theresa opened portals that transported the Anti-Entropy and Schicksal battleships near the Far East, startling Welt, Otto, and their companions.
• The Anti-Entropy and Schicksal battleships reached St. Freya and docked nearby without making any hostile moves.

Theresa revealed that St. Freya had been infiltrated by Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, prompting Otto, Welt, and their companions to arrive. When Kiana threatened Otto over Himeko’s death, Theresa claimed she could bring Himeko back and transformed into Otsukiyo, leaving Otto stunned and Academy Head Theresa delighted.

• Kiana described her conflicted feelings toward the sleeping Sirin, while the group joked about people having alternate selves.
• Academy Head Theresa learned from Hua that most of St. Freya’s staff were spies for Schicksal or Anti-Entropy and fell into despair.
• Theresa opened the dormitory doors to reveal Otto and Welt, who entered with Tesla, Einstein, Rita, and Durandal.
• Otto and Welt traded barbs until Kiana drew the King of Flames Sword and confronted Otto over Himeko’s death.
• Durandal and Rita protected Otto, and Theresa said she could bring Himeko back before transforming into Otsukiyo.

Theresa’s Otsukiyo form amazed the academy, and Otto and the others tried to determine whether she was Academy Head Theresa from the future. Theresa explained that she came from a parallel universe after crossing through a colorful door, then comforted the disappointed Academy Head Theresa with an embrace.

• Bronya photographed Theresa’s Otsukiyo form and posted the pictures on the academy network, making Theresa an online sensation.
• Academy Head Theresa eagerly touched Theresa’s hand, while Otto speculated that Theresa was her from more than ten thousand years in the future.
• Tesla and Einstein explained that two versions of the same person could not safely coexist at one point in time, then concluded that Theresa came from a parallel timeline.
• Theresa clarified that she had never claimed to be Academy Head Theresa grown up and said she had accidentally crossed over through a colorful door.
• Otto noticed Theresa’s similarities to his granddaughter, and Theresa hugged the embarrassed Academy Head Theresa.

Otto and Welt traded increasingly personal taunts at St. Freya, dredging up Otto’s killing of Welt’s father and his plan to revive Kallen. The chapter left the two facing off outside the dormitory as everyone else watched them prepare to fight.

• Otto manifested an imitation Heavenly Fire pistol, prompting Hua, Sentience Treasure, Welt, Tesla, Theresa, and the Valkyries to threaten or mock him until he put it away.
• Theresa warned Otto and Welt not to fight inside St. Freya, and Otto said he would not take a fight he could not win.
• Otto mocked Welt over his father’s death and offered himself as a substitute companion, making Welt’s glasses crack as his anger surged.
• Theresa pushed Otto and Welt outside, then privately encouraged Welt to return Otto’s treatment in kind.
• Welt taunted Otto over his efforts to revive Kallen and declared that Otto still had him to bicker and scheme with, provoking Otto to draw his pistol.
• Welt rose into the air with the Star of Eden as he demanded that Otto answer him, while the others watched and ate snacks.

Theresa stopped Welt and Otto from fighting at St. Freya, then negotiated with Otto for help in exchange for her assistance. The Herrscher of Sentience took over Hua and destroyed Otto’s Soul Steel body, ordering him back to Schicksal headquarters.

• Theresa stepped between Welt and Otto, and Welt left St. Freya with Tesla and Dr. Einstein.
• Theresa deduced that Otto’s Soul Steel body could be destroyed without endangering his real body and questioned his purpose for coming.
• Otto offered to arrange an identity for Theresa in exchange for her assistance, and she demanded a worthwhile offer.
• The Herrscher of Sentience took over Hua, slammed Otto into the lawn, and crushed his Soul Steel head.
• The Herrscher of Sentience ordered Otto to return to Schicksal headquarters and celebrated destroying his Soul Steel body.