Chapter Summaries

Theresa prepared a lavish meal from another world, and the Valkyries gathered to eat together. Kiana devoured an astonishing amount of food, leaving Bronya baffled by how her stomach could hold it all.

• Theresa brought nearly twenty dishes to the dining hall with Mei and Rita, and invited everyone to eat.
• Sentience Treasure served Hua, Black Seele served Seele, and Kiana served Mei before they began eating.
• Bronya, Durandal, Sirin, and Himeko reacted in disbelief when Kiana ate from an enormous basin that Theresa had given her.
• Kiana ate a basin of food, a basin of soup, and a basin of stew ingredients, then sat happily with her full belly.
• Bronya questioned how Kiana could fit so much food inside her, especially when Kiana's swollen belly began shrinking back to normal.

Theresa warned Academy Head Theresa against recklessly awakening the Herrscher of Binding and explained the scale of her own power as the Aeon of Binding. She then called Raiden Mei over and had Himeko devour the violet-blue aura of the Herrscher of Corruption, leaving everyone stunned.

• Theresa promised to help Academy Head Theresa grow and become stronger after returning, but warned that becoming the Herrscher of Binding could endanger everyone.
• Theresa described the Herrscher of Binding's catastrophic power, and Hua agreed to keep watch over Academy Head Theresa.
• Theresa reassured the group that the Divine Keys' Herrscher Cores were nearly inert, then transformed into her Otsukiyo form and called Raiden Mei over.
• Theresa embraced Raiden Mei and told Himeko it was time for an extra meal, prompting Himeko to devour the violet-blue aura around Mei.
• The aura disappeared, and Himeko flew into Theresa's arms with a satisfied belly while the others stared in astonishment.

After Himeko devoured the Herrscher of Erosion attached to Raiden Mei, Theresa explained how the Honkai Will had concealed it and held Himeko through her transformation. Theresa left with Himeko and planned to take her to the Heavenly Keep, while Mei prepared to visit the Garden of Eternity with Theresa later.

• Himeko began transforming after devouring the Herrscher of Erosion, and Theresa contained the corrosive flames while holding her.
• Raiden Mei told everyone about the white space where the Honkai Will had confronted her after she helped Kiana.
• Theresa explained that the Herrscher of Erosion had hidden its aura within Mei and said Himeko was suited to restrain it.
• Theresa said part of the threat remained in the Heavenly Keep and planned to have Himeko devour Jizo Mitama there.
• Theresa told Mei she would meet her at World Serpent and later visit the Garden of Eternity with her.
• Theresa vanished while carrying Himeko, and Himeko thanked her for saving her.

Theresa carried Himeko into the ruins of Yae Village and entered the keep, where its Destruction Energy began testing Himeko as she re-formed. In her dream, Himeko relived Ling’s death and Sakura’s attempt to rescue her, ending with Sakura escaping Kevin’s attempt to stop her.

• Theresa brought Himeko to the keep in the ruins of Yae Village, where Jizo Mitama and the unfinished Divine Key of Erosion were located.
• Theresa opened the keep’s sealed doors, and the pink fireball in her arms absorbed the Destruction Energy inside.
• Himeko dreamed that she was Ling, imprisoned by Fire Moth soldiers who feared the Destruction Energy in her body.
• A Fire Moth soldier shot Ling, and her death awakened the Herrscher of Erosion, which spread infection and turned people into undead.
• Sakura confronted Kevin and insisted on taking Ling somewhere safe, while Kevin tried to keep her under supervision.
• Sakura used Kiana—All Things Severed to evade Kevin, spared him, and fled deeper into the prison; Kevin followed.

Sakura rushed to rescue Ling but found only her sister’s bloodied corpse in the prison, while the Herrscher of Erosion took control of Fire Moth’s systems and launched a global nuclear attack. After the Herrscher was sealed and the Previous Civilization’s last cities were destroyed, Sakura died in the ruins, and Kevin carried her away.

• Kevin heard from Dr. MEI that the imprisoned girl had awakened and hurried toward the thirty-third underground level as Destruction Energy turned people into zombies.
• Sakura fought through the zombies to Cell R-765, where she found Ling dead and fell into silent despair as Kevin arrived.
• Dr. MEI told Kevin that the Herrscher of Erosion had infiltrated Fire Moth’s systems and seized control of the world’s nuclear missile silos, then their communication was cut off.
• Sakura asked whether Ling was alive, then left to deal with the crisis as nuclear strikes devastated the Previous Civilization’s remaining cities.
• Kevin found Sakura dying amid the surface ruins and told her Dr. MEI had sealed the Herrscher; Sakura said she had preserved Ling’s pride and died as her blade shattered.
• Kevin picked up Sakura and resolved to bury her in their homeland.

Theresa confronted the Herrscher of Erosion, whose consciousness had merged with Jizo Mitama and taken on Ling’s memories. After defeating her warrior form, Theresa faced her as a giant fox and used a missile attack to set up a counterstrike, leaving the Far East watching as she appeared atop a colossal Immortal Dragon.

• Theresa carried the Destruction Energy-filled fireball to Jizo Mitama, where it fused with the Divine Key and formed a warrior puppet.
• Theresa asked whether the Herrscher of Erosion was Himeko or Ling, but the Herrscher rejected those names and declared her hatred of humanity.
• Theresa tried distracting the Herrscher by acting like a catgirl, then shattered her warrior form with a spinning kick.
• The Herrscher transformed into a three-tailed fox, attacked Theresa, and seized control of Far East bases to launch missiles at her.
• Theresa let the missiles appear to hit her, then revealed herself unharmed atop a colossal Immortal Dragon and prepared to strike back.

Theresa defeated the Herrscher of Erosion, made her surrender, and arranged for her authority to pass to Himeko in exchange for reviving Sakura. Himeko awoke as a nine-tailed fox Herrscher, and Theresa prepared to save Yae Rin and free Yae Sakura.

• Theresa used the Immortal projection to beat the Herrscher of Erosion, destroying hidden military bases as she bounced the fox across the Far East.
• The Herrscher of Erosion surrendered, and Theresa placed a commandment on her before offering to give her a new body and reunite her with Sakura if she handed her authority to Himeko.
• The Herrscher of Erosion agreed and went to sleep, allowing Himeko to awaken with the authority of erosion.
• Theresa brought Himeko to the cherry blossom forest and said she would save Yae Rin and free Yae Sakura from Academy Head Theresa.
• Himeko admired her new nine-tailed fox form, while Theresa joked about how Kiana would react and told her to learn to groom her tails.

Theresa and Himeko found Yae Rin’s consciousness in the cherry blossom tree at the Yae Shrine ruins and persuaded her to return with them to St. Freya. After placing Yae Rin in a consciousness-preserving bracelet, Theresa planned to have her frighten the Academy Head Theresa as a prank.

• Theresa and Himeko arrived beneath the cherry blossom tree and called out to Yae Rin.
• Theresa explained that she could help Yae Rin reunite with Yae Sakura and regain a body, while warning that Yae Rin’s consciousness would eventually fade if she stayed behind.
• Yae Rin chose to trust Theresa, left the tree, and entered the consciousness-preserving bracelet.
• Theresa asked Yae Rin to scare the Academy Head Theresa when they reached St. Freya, and Yae Rin reluctantly agreed.
• Theresa carried Himeko back to St. Freya and brought Yae Rin toward the dormitory at dusk.

Theresa brought the transformed Himeko back to the dormitory, where the others welcomed her and fussed over her fox tails. Theresa then used Yae Rin to scare Academy Head Theresa, who jumped into her arms.

• Kiana rushed to pet Himeko’s tails, but Mei shocked her with a metal spatula.
• Theresa introduced Himeko as the Herrscher of Erosion in her fully developed fox-girl form, and Sentience Treasure’s teasing prompted Hua to flick her forehead.
• The group went inside, where Academy Head Theresa and Kiana eagerly stroked Himeko’s fur and tails.
• Theresa told everyone that ghosts would appear during the Demon Hour, making the group uneasy.
• Theresa summoned Yae Rin, who appeared and howled at Academy Head Theresa, startling her into pouncing on Theresa before Theresa recalled Yae Rin.

Theresa revealed that her ghost prank had been Yae Rin, then used Himeko’s blood and the Body Cultivation Pod to begin restoring Yae Sakura and Yae Rin’s bodies. Yae Rin introduced herself and explained her agreement to live at St. Freya with her sister and train as a Valkyrie.

• Theresa admitted the ghost scare was a prank, apologized, and let everyone pet her cat ears and tail while Himeko’s fox tails also drew attention.
• Theresa asked Academy Head Theresa whether she remembered Yae Sakura and promised she could save her.
• Theresa used two drops of Himeko’s blood and the power of Abundance to create two embryos, then placed them in the repaired Body Cultivation Pod and activated it.
• Theresa summoned Yae Rin, who explained that she was Yae Sakura’s younger sister and had lived as a consciousness in the cherry tree at Yae Shrine.
• Yae Rin said she had agreed with Theresa that she and Yae Sakura would live at St. Freya and grow into Valkyries who fought Honkai.

While they waited for a body to grow, Yae Rin recounted how her sister Yae Sakura lost her to a sacrificial ritual and later met Kallen Kaslana. The chapter left Yae Sakura protecting Kallen from Yae Village’s demand that she be sacrificed.

• Yae Rin told how she and Yae Sakura grew up neglected by their father, the Yae God-Lord, while Yae Sakura cared for her sickly younger sister.
• During a drought, the villagers pressured the Yae God-Lord to sacrifice Yae Rin, and he confined Yae Sakura so she could not stop them.
• The villagers severed Yae Rin’s tendons, and the Yae God-Lord forced Yae Sakura to drive Spirit Blade: Cherry Blossom Snow into her sister’s heart; rain fell, and Yae Sakura vowed revenge.
• Yae Sakura trained with the Crimson Sakura Blade Technique and grew distant, while the Yae God-Lord remained indifferent to her hatred.
• Kallen Kaslana arrived in Yae Village, grew close to Yae Sakura, and unknowingly brought a cracking Soul Steel box whose Destruction Energy intensified Yae Sakura’s hatred.
• After Honkai-corrupted beasts began attacking the village and drought returned, the villagers blamed Kallen and demanded that Yae Sakura sacrifice her, but Yae Sakura refused.

Yae Rin recounted how Yae Sakura became a Quasi-Herrscher and how Kallen sealed her after the sisters helped defeat Crimson Fox Spirit. Theresa’s group welcomed the sisters and placed their consciousnesses into cultivated bodies, where they awoke safely.

• Yae Rin described how Yae Sakura’s hatred and the Herrscher of Erosion core led her to slaughter Yae Village before Kallen sealed her beneath the village.
• Yae Rin explained that her consciousness had lived in a cherry blossom tree and witnessed the tragedy between her sister and Kallen.
• Himeko, Rosaliya, Liliya, and the others expressed sympathy for the sisters, while Seele and Raiden Mei discussed the blame and the Far Eastern gods.
• Theresa explained that many Aeons existed and promised the group could learn about them after surviving the Honkai.
• Theresa asked Sentience Treasure to place Yae Sakura’s and Yae Rin’s consciousnesses into cultivated bodies, and the sisters awoke.

The group prepared for Raiden Mei's return to the Garden of Eternity, while Theresa strengthened Academy Head Theresa by granting her the Path of Abundance. Theresa decided to accompany Mei, setting up a trip that might bring chaos to the Garden of Eternity.

• Yae Sakura and Yae Rin thanked Theresa and Sentience Treasure for helping them adjust to their new fox-like bodies.
• Sentience Treasure and Black Seele nearly fought until Hua stopped them and assigned Sentience Treasure an intense training schedule.
• Theresa offered Academy Head Theresa the Power of Abundance, and Academy Head Theresa drank the life potion and transformed into a cat-eared Lesser Jade Grass King.
• Kiana, Raiden Mei, Durandal, and Theresa fussed over Academy Head Theresa's new cat ears and tail.
• Raiden Mei said she planned to return to the Garden of Eternity after resting, and Theresa announced she would go with her to meet Elysia.

Theresa and Mei prepared to leave St. Freya for World Serpent’s Garden of Eternity after Theresa spent several days with the others. They arrived at World Serpent’s hidden headquarters, where Gray Serpent welcomed them and asked whether Mei would resume her trials or meet Kevin.

• Rita sent Otto photos of Academy Head Theresa, and Otto ordered Rita and Durandal to monitor her and send him more pictures.
• Theresa told everyone she would travel with Mei to the Garden of Eternity, while the others arranged rooms for her, Himeko, and the Yae Sakura sisters.
• Theresa shared time and sparred with everyone over the next three days, demonstrating her Aeon power and completing a system mission by kissing the Valkyries.
• Theresa, Mei, and Himeko departed St. Freya aboard Kurikara, and Mei urged Kiana to grow stronger while asking Bronya to watch over her.
• Mei guided Kurikara to World Serpent’s hidden headquarters, where Gray Serpent greeted them and asked Mei whether she would continue the Garden of Eternity trials or meet Kevin.

Theresa, Himeko, and Mei met with Kevin to obtain access to the Garden of Eternity and retrieve the Flame-Chasers’ Memory Fragments. After Mei and Himeko entered Cryo Pods, Theresa transformed into Lumine and merged with Himeko to follow her inside.

• Theresa asked Gray Serpent where Kevin was, and Gray Serpent led Theresa, Mei, and Himeko through World Serpent’s base to meet him.
• Himeko revealed that she had evolved into the complete Herrscher of Erosion and said she had come to help Theresa transfer the Flame-Chasers’ Memory Fragments onto the Seal of the Ring.
• Kevin gave Mei a pass to the Garden of Eternity and said he would not accompany them; he asked Theresa to keep her promise and discussed how Hua, Griseo, and he could handle their Memory Fragments.
• Mei used Kevin’s pass to open the Garden of Eternity entrance, explained how the Cryo Pods connected them to it, and entered a pod first.
• Theresa transformed into Traveler Lumine, gave Himeko a bracelet resembling Paimon’s crown, and merged into Himeko after Himeko entered a Cryo Pod.

Theresa and Himeko entered the Garden of Eternity disguised as Caelus and Paimon, where Kalpas initially tried to send them away before warming to their teasing. Elysia and Mei joined them, and the group was left bewildered by the newcomers’ playful claims.

• Theresa and Himeko arrived in the Garden of Eternity and met Kalpas, who told them to leave.
• Theresa said they were close companions of Mei, prompting Kalpas to inspect Himeko and ask what she was.
• Theresa and Himeko called Himeko the Mouth of God and Emergency Food, and Kalpas laughed before introducing himself.
• Elysia returned with Mei, was surprised to see Kalpas chatting with the newcomers, and welcomed Himeko into her arms.
• Theresa introduced herself as Caelus and a god as well as a traveler, leaving Kalpas and Elysia confused.

Theresa revealed her godlike abilities to the Memory Fragments in the Garden of Eternity, then playfully transformed herself and Himeko. She finally took on Honkai 2’s Finality form, leaving Elysia tearful and the others stunned.

• Mei confirmed that Theresa’s abilities made it reasonable to call her a god, while Kalpas questioned her purpose in visiting the Garden of Eternity.
• Kevin’s Memory Fragment arrived and asked who Theresa was, and Theresa introduced herself as Caelus, a woman who liked cute girls.
• Elysia cuddled Theresa, and Eden joined Airi and the others in a group hug.
• Himeko transformed into a nine-tailed fox girl and revealed that she had become the Herrscher of Erosion, alarming the Memory Fragments.
• Theresa changed back into her true appearance, then transformed into Honkai 2’s Finality and asked how it felt.

Theresa pretended to be the Herrscher of Finality, frightening the Thirteen Servants of the Flame into preparing to fight her. After she explained the prank, changed back into her Otsukiyo form, and showed them the Seal of the Ring, the group stopped treating her as an enemy.

• Theresa imitated the Herrscher of Finality and restrained everyone, prompting Kevin and Kalpas to prepare to attack her.
• Theresa revealed that she had been joking and used time reversal to restore the damaged hall.
• Theresa released Elysia, who transformed into the Herrscher of the Human form to stay cautious.
• Himeko pointed out that Theresa still looked like Finality, so Theresa changed into her Otsukiyo form and explained her Ever-changing ability.
• Theresa summoned the Seal of the Ring and the Thirteen Servants of the Flame's illusory figures, convincing them she was not their enemy.
• Elysia, Himeko, and Eden admired Theresa's cat tail and Himeko's fox tails.

Theresa teased Kevin and Kalpas about the Current Era’s self-aware Herrschers and offered to answer the Flame-Chasers’ questions about the wider universe. She and Kalpas made a wager, then the group headed to the Garden of Eternity’s plaza to prepare for their fight.

• Theresa told the Flame-Chasers that several Herrschers in the Current Era fought for humanity and said she planned to revive Joyce, Wendy, and Anna.
• Mei taunted Kalpas for wanting answers, and the two traded barbs until Kalpas challenged her to fight.
• Theresa challenged Kalpas to a wager, promising to answer his questions if he won and asking him to fulfill one request if he lost.
• Kalpas accepted the wager on the condition that Theresa’s request could not harm anyone or the Garden of Eternity.
• Airi arranged for everyone to gather at the plaza, while Eden and Airi planned to protect the arena before the fight.

Theresa and Himeko arrived at Eternal Paradise, where they introduced themselves to the Flame-Chasers and revealed Theresa’s plan to free them from the Quantum Computer. The Flame-Chasers were stunned, while Mobius eagerly asked whether Theresa could really make it happen.

• Elysia teleported Raiden Mei to Eternal Paradise, and Mei complained that she had struggled through the trials when Elysia could have brought her there directly.
• Elysia explained that she wanted Mei to meet the Flame-Chasers, while Mei and Kalpas traded barbed remarks about his hostility toward her.
• Elysia summoned Cosmo, Griseo, Verity, Mobius, Su, Hua, and Pardo Felis to the garden and introduced Theresa and Himeko as Herrschers from the outside world.
• Theresa revealed that she had been the Herrscher of Binding before ascending to godhood, and she reassured the Flame-Chasers that she meant them no harm.
• Theresa announced that she wanted to free the Flame-Chasers from the Quantum Computer and let them return in physical bodies, prompting Mobius to ask if she could truly do it.