Chapter Summaries

Verity and the Flame-Chasers tried to awaken Griseo from her cryo pod, but Sosa had trapped her consciousness in a dream. Theresa and Sentience Treasure filled the dream with absurd chaos until Griseo woke, leaving her sitting in the open pod looking utterly exhausted.

• The group reached Griseo’s frost-covered Cryo Pod, but the Ark System failed to awaken her.
• Vita explained that Sosa had placed Griseo in hibernation and trapped her consciousness in a dream.
• Sentience Treasure entered Griseo’s mind and discovered she was unwilling to leave a dream she believed was real.
• Theresa shared her authority with Sentience Treasure, who projected a dream filled with Dr. Ratio zombies, cat guns, and a giant head-launching robot.
• Griseo woke as the dream dissipated and sat up in the open Cryo Pod, looking dead inside.

Griseo woke from an absurd dream to find the Flame-Chasers and others revived as Memory Fragments, with Su transformed into a woman. Theresa discovered Griseo’s embarrassing manga beneath the Cryo Pod, and Pardo found several more of her comics.

• Griseo woke from her strange dream and tearfully reunited with the others, including Mobius, Kevin, Verity, and Cosmo.
• Theresa explained that the group had returned as revived Memory Fragments, and Himeko introduced the transformed Su to Griseo.
• Theresa found Griseo’s manga, “The Domineering Kevin Would Never Fall for the Delicate Su,” beneath the Cryo Pod and began reading it with Elysia.
• Kevin and Kaiven tried to stop Elysia from reading the manga, while Himeko hid her face against Vita to escape its contents.
• Pardo searched nearby piles and found more comics Griseo had drawn about Kalpas and Cosmo, Elysia and Eden, and Hua and Mobius.

Theresa and Vita explained Sosa’s plans to Griseo and prepared to confront her while Theresa stayed out of the fight to lure Sosa from the Sea of Quantum. When Sosa’s Bud of Wishes appeared and the sky darkened, Griseo used her new power to paint a road toward the heavens.

• Vita found comics about Su and Kevin in Griseo’s collection, embarrassing the Flame-Chasers and prompting Griseo to ask why there were two Sister Sus.
• Theresa admitted that she had caused Griseo’s dream, and Vita explained how she and Sosa had used the Ark’s incubation chambers to transform Pluto into Planet Luo and keep Griseo asleep.
• Vita told Griseo that Sosa had stripped her of her authority after believing she had betrayed her, and Griseo thanked Vita for helping bring her companions back.
• Theresa told the group to hold back until Sosa appeared, especially Kalpas, because Theresa could not risk driving Sosa into hiding in the Sea of Quantum.
• Sosa’s Bud of Wishes appeared as the sky darkened and the ground cracked, and Griseo painted a road toward the heavens to lead everyone into battle.

Griseo created a rainbow road to the heavens, and the group rode Verity’s transformed Ark toward Sosa while trying not to alarm her. They fought Sosa’s grotesque incarnation and targeted its energy supply, hoping to draw out Sosa’s true body.

• Griseo used her brush to create a rainbow road, and Verity transformed the Ark into a warship that carried the group skyward.
• Verity unlocked the Ark’s hidden Annihilation Mode, and its weapons destroyed the Buds of Wishes blocking their advance.
• Sosa’s incarnation emerged from the clouds, and Griseo created a platform beneath the Ark so the others could fight it.
• Elysia led the group onto the platform while Theresa, Himeko, Vita, the two Griseos, and Verity stayed aboard the Ark.
• Verity charged the Moonlight Throne cannon, Kalpas struck the incarnation’s shell, and Sakura carved cracks into it with sword light.
• Kevin leaped toward the incarnation’s flower stem and swung the Jie Mie Greatsword at its energy supply.

The Flame-Chasers destroyed Sosa’s avatar and confronted Sosa in the judgment domain, shattering the clock before Sosa could complete the ritual. Sosa then revealed a planetary-scale true body, but Theresa swallowed its enormous attack and trapped everyone in the Heavenly Divine Realm.

• Kevin severed Sosa’s avatar’s floral stem, Verity blasted it with the Moonlight Throne, and Hua destroyed it with Inch-Punch: Heaven Splitter.
• Verity brought the Flame-Chasers to Sosa’s domain, where Sosa began the judgment ritual and attacked Vita.
• Theresa caught Sosa’s blast aimed at Vita while the Flame-Chasers attacked the clock; Kevin shattered its shield and the clock, bringing Sosa down.
• Vita urged Sosa to stop, but Sosa plunged into the Sea of Quantum and emerged as a vast flower larger than Pluto.
• Theresa swallowed Sosa’s enormous energy blast, then used her platinum-white staff to transport everyone to the Heavenly Divine Realm.

Theresa revealed herself as the Aeon of Binding and defeated Sosa, who relinquished her authority to Vita before disappearing. With Sosa's power passing to her, Vita began transforming as the Flame-Chasers celebrated by petting Theresa's wings and tail.

• Theresa descended in her divine form and surrounded Sosa with angels, revealing herself as the Aeon of Binding.
• Sosa fired a supergiant beam at Theresa, who compressed it into a pellet and swallowed it.
• After losing her power, Sosa's overgrown body crumbled, and Vita caught her as she fell from its center.
• Sosa thanked Vita, transferred all her authority to her, and disappeared into pale pink flames that formed a Cocoon of Light around Vita.
• The Flame-Chasers crowded around Theresa to pet her tail, ears, and wings, while Theresa concealed her divine realm and let them enjoy themselves.

After Vita inherited Sosa’s Authorities, Theresa asked her to help establish a permanent portal between Earth and Flos. The portal opened successfully, and Theresa began organizing support for Flos as the group prepared to visit the settlement.

• Vita awakened with Sosa’s Authorities and explained that she could manipulate time and the Sea of Quantum, as well as control the Starfarer.
• Theresa asked Vita to help create a permanent portal between Earth and Flos, and Vita agreed so she could control access to her territory.
• Theresa opened a portal near St. Freya while Vita opened one in Flos, and they joined the passages into a stable connection.
• Theresa told the St. Freya Valkyries about the portal and Flos’s Honkai outbreak, and the feminized Otto offered Valkyries for training.
• Welt offered Anti-Entropy mechs to help Flos’s people fight the Honkai, while World Serpent made no statement.

Otto reconciled with Kallen and agreed to make peace with Sakura as Kallen began sending Valkyries to Flos. Mei, Kiana, Bronya, and the other Earth factions arrived to discuss expanding the portal, while Vita insisted they let Flos’s citizens adjust to their presence gradually.

• Kallen comforted Otto about her appearance and urged her to get along with Sakura, and Otto agreed on the condition that Sakura stopped mocking her as the number one Green Hat.
• Otto announced that Schicksal would send Valkyries through the portal to explore Flos and teach its people to fight the Honkai.
• Anti-Entropy, World Serpent, and the Valkyries of St. Freya also began arriving on Flos through the portal opened by Theresa and Vita.
• Kiana met Vita, and Mei interrupted their greeting by taking Vita’s hand before Kiana could shake it.
• Mei asked Vita to enlarge the portal so Earth could send through warships and equipment, but Vita said the factions needed to arrive gradually so Flos’s citizens could adapt.

The Valkyries protected Flos and explained the Honkai threat to its residents, while Sentience Treasure and Shigure Kira caused chaos during their public appearance. In the Sea of Quantum, White Seele began transforming into a new Herrscher of Death with Vita’s authority.

• Otto and Welt agreed to keep disruptive entrepreneurs away from Flos and preserve its natural scenery for tourism.
• Sentience Treasure introduced the Herrschers to Flos’s residents, hypnotized them into praising her, and was bonked by Hua before the Valkyries explained the Honkai threat.
• Shigure Kira sang onstage and incapacitated the crowd with her deadly voice until Sentience Treasure erased their memories.
• Theresa gave Seele the core of the Herrscher of Death, and Vita offered her the Sea of Quantum’s one available Herrscher authority.
• White Seele accepted the core, and blue-violet branches and flowers formed a cocoon around her as her transformation began.

White Seele emerged as the Herrscher of Life and Death and demonstrated her Life and Death Domain before Theresa brought her and Black Seele back to Flos. As Flos prepared to defend itself against Honkai, Sparkle arrived on Earth and headed toward St. Freya.

• White Seele emerged from the flower cocoon with the souls Diana and Flora and explained that she had become the Herrscher of Life and Death.
• White Seele summoned her Life and Death Domain, where her authority could strengthen her powers and let the surroundings attack enemies or heal allies.
• Theresa brought White Seele and Black Seele to Flos, then reunited with the group as its people prepared for Valkyrie and mech training.
• The people of Flos began training plans with Schicksal and Anti-Entropy to fight Honkai Beasts.
• Sparkle landed on Earth in a crimson spacecraft, turned it into a mask, and headed toward St. Freya.

Sparkle arrived at St. Freya, where Elysia welcomed her and brought her to Academy Head Theresa. Seeking help with the corrosive Destruction Energy affecting her, Sparkle revealed her real name and prepared to apply to become a Valkyrie.

• Elysia hugged Sparkle and welcomed her to St. Freya, while Sparkle decided to stay close and learn to imitate her.
• Elysia led Sparkle through the academy as Valkyries greeted Elysia and invited students to her upcoming stream.
• Elysia brought Sparkle to Academy Head Theresa's office, where Theresa agreed to let her apply to St. Freya.
• Theresa questioned Sparkle's name, and Sparkle admitted that she was called Sparkle.

Sparkle nearly suffocated in Elysia’s enthusiastic hug, then Academy Head Theresa took her to meet Theresa about obtaining a Stigmata Injection. They arrived at the Golden Courtyard just as Theresa beat Vita at cards and revealed that Sparkle was there.

• Elysia hugged Sparkle so tightly that Theresa intervened, and Sparkle fled to Academy Head Theresa for help.
• Academy Head Theresa explained that Sparkle needed to pass written and physical entrance tests to receive a Stigmata Injection, then called Theresa.
• Academy Head Theresa led the wary Sparkle through the academy to the Golden Courtyard, where Theresa, Himeko, and Vita were playing Landlord.
• Theresa defeated Vita with a series of strong card plays, and Himeko revealed that her hand was made up of bomb combinations.
• Theresa pointed out Sparkle and Academy Head Theresa to Vita as their new guest arrived.

Theresa and Vita captured Sparkle when she tried to flee, then gave her a Stigmata Awakening Serum that protected her from Destruction Energy and awakened her Dreaming Fish ability. Theresa said Sparkle and Vita would have to serve as maids for a week, and the two reluctantly went to change.

• Theresa reversed time to stop Sparkle from escaping as a butterfly, while Vita helped keep her in custody.
• Theresa pressured Sparkle to drink a Stigmata Awakening Serum, and Sparkle reluctantly agreed in exchange for a favor.
• Sparkle's Destruction Energy corrosion faded as a fire-attributed Stigmata formed on her lower abdomen.
• Sparkle discovered her new Dreaming Fish ability, which let her create flames, a Little Goldfish, and smiling masks.
• Theresa ordered Sparkle and Vita to serve as maids for a week, and they reluctantly took their outfits to the bathroom.

Vita and Sparkle began a week of maid training under Rita after losing a bet, while Theresa and the others turned the lessons into an excuse to be pampered. The chapter ended with Rita assigning the newcomers to wash the Theresas’ and Durandal’s feet.

• Vita and Sparkle emerged in maid outfits, and Himeko excitedly hugged Vita.
• Rita and Durandal arrived at Golden Courtyard and found the group lounging together.
• Academy Head Theresa told Rita to train Vita and Sparkle as maids for a week, and Rita agreed to teach them how to serve people.
• Rita led Vita and Sparkle to prepare scented water and taught them to wash feet.
• Rita assigned Vita to wash Durandal’s feet and planned to wash Little Theresa’s, while Sparkle began removing Big Theresa’s shoes.

Theresa revived Cheng Lixue and the Cangxuan Danzhu sisters by retrieving their consciousnesses and blood samples from the past without changing history. After growing new bodies for them, she left the Flame-Chasers preparing for their return.

• Sparkle, Himeko, Rita, and Vita washed the two Theresas’ feet before Theresa ended their maid game and summoned the Flame-Chasers back from Flos.
• Theresa told Hua and the Flame-Chasers that she planned to revive Cheng Lixue and the Cangxuan Danzhu sisters.
• Theresa opened a temporal rift and extracted Cheng Lixue’s, Cangxuan’s, and Danzhu’s consciousnesses and blood samples without altering the past.
• Theresa used the Power of Abundance and three cultivation pods to grow bodies for the three women.
• Mobius expressed happiness that Theresa had revived her former assistants, Cangxuan and Danzhu.

Theresa revived Cangxuan, Danzhu, and Cheng Lixue, then prepared to leave Earth with Himeko after removing the Imaginary Energy tidal belt around the Solar System. She entrusted Vita and Kiana’s group with protecting Earth as it opened to the universe, and returned with Himeko to the night aboard the Astral Express.

• Theresa accelerated the incubation chambers and helped the Herrscher of Sentience reunite Cangxuan, Danzhu, and Cheng Lixue with their new bodies.
• Hua welcomed Cheng Lixue, while Mobius and the revived Servants of the Flame reunited with Cangxuan and Danzhu.
• Theresa told Vita that she and Himeko would leave, asked Vita to work with Kiana and the others to protect Earth, and created a giant Aeon of Binding statue at the South Pole.
• Theresa removed the Imaginary Energy tidal belt surrounding the Solar System and sent a small statue to Vita to share her farewell with everyone.
• Theresa and Himeko opened a spacetime portal and returned to the night aboard the Astral Express.

Theresa and Himeko returned to the Astral Express, received their settlement rewards, and transformed the Oath of Judah into the Oath of Binding. The next morning, Pam summoned the crew after a strange surge in the train engine’s Trailblaze Power.

• Theresa and Himeko returned to Theresa’s room aboard the Astral Express and relaxed together after their long trip.
• The System rewarded Theresa with an Equipment Evolution Voucher, Joy Points, and the Great Summoning Technique or the title King of Shenanigans.
• Theresa used the voucher to evolve the Oath of Judah into the Oath of Binding, then spent 300,000 Joy Points to upgrade Himeko’s Jizo Mitama.
• Theresa and Himeko went to sleep, but Pam’s broadcast woke them the next morning to report a huge surge in the engine’s Trailblaze Power.
• Theresa joined March 7th and Stelle after Pam called the crew to discuss the engine, while Stelle’s dream made March 7th blush and smack her butt.

Theresa helped Himeko become the complete Herrscher of Erosion, and Himeko revealed her beautiful nine-tailed fox form to the Express Crew. At breakfast, Theresa gave the crew thoughtful gifts, while Pam’s planned meeting about something strange that had happened to him was forgotten.

• March 7th greeted the awakened Express Crew, and Yue'er and Welt noticed the change in Himeko’s aura.
• Himeko announced that Theresa had made her the complete Herrscher of Erosion, and Welt explained the danger of her powers.
• Theresa assured the crew that Himeko would not misuse her abilities, and Himeko transformed into a nine-tailed fox as the others admired and touched her tails.
• Pam called everyone to breakfast and mentioned that something strange had happened to him, but Theresa’s gifts soon distracted the crew.
• Theresa gave Himeko Spiritual Energy coffee beans, Pam a comfortable bed, and Welt a collector’s edition Alahato model.

Theresa gave the crew new outfits, and they gathered in the parlor car to discuss the Express's unexpected surge in Trailblaze Power. Pam was left puzzled about what caused it, while the others suspected Theresa but did not press her.

• Theresa handed new outfits to Yinyueyue, March 7th, and Stelle, and the three went to change.
• March 7th photographed Yinyueyue in her new dress, and everyone praised the new outfits.
• Pam said the Express had mysteriously gained enough Trailblaze Power for at least five more warps and asked the crew what had happened.
• The crew described their activities from the previous night, while Theresa played coy and the others avoided revealing what they knew.
• Pam remained confused, while Himeko and Welt exchanged knowing smiles and let Theresa keep her secret.

The Astral Express crew prepared to travel to Penacony, where they would enjoy a vacation while keeping an eye out for clues about three Stellaron Hunters who had left the train there thousands of years earlier. The chapter ended with March 7th envying Theresa and the others for not needing to prepare menstrual products.

• Pam warned the passengers about Penacony's high memoria concentration, the Family's rules, and the request to investigate three Stellaron Hunters who had disembarked there.
• Himeko explained Penacony's history and said the former hunters were Tielnan, Ragwok Mikhail, and Lazarina.
• Theresa, Welt, and the others agreed to watch for clues during their visit without turning the vacation into a forced search.
• Theresa, Himeko, Stelle, and Yinyueyue joked that they did not need periods, while March 7th envied them and Himeko sympathized.