Chapter Summaries

Professor Banana questioned Firefly about her feline traits, prompting her to reveal her past as a genetically modified Glamoth soldier and how Stelle and Theresa helped her overcome entropy loss syndrome. Theresa then stopped time and turned Professor Banana into a catgirl as punishment for transforming students into monkeys.

• Professor Banana asked Theresa and Firefly whether their feline traits were artificial and how Theresa had given Firefly cat ears and a tail.
• Firefly revealed that she had been a genetically modified Glamoth soldier whose implanted genes caused entropy loss syndrome, and that Theresa had cured her and transformed her into an Eternal.
• Stelle comforted Firefly, while Ranpa expressed kinship with her as another genetically modified person and Theresa joked about Stelle helping her overcome entropy loss.
• Professor Banana pressed Theresa to explain Firefly's transformation, and Theresa offered to let him experience it as punishment for turning the students into monkeys.
• Theresa stopped time with her Immortal Power and transformed Professor Banana into a black-haired, black-eyed catgirl.

Theresa turned Professor Banana into a catgirl and placed commandments on her to prevent future harm. After Ranpa rejected the Sleepy Banana Monkey genes in her body, Theresa began transforming her into a catgirl too.

• Theresa froze time, transformed Professor Banana into a black-haired catgirl, and resumed time with Aha's help.
• Theresa branded commandments into Professor Banana, forbidding inhumane experiments and urging her to create demi-human races.
• Ranpa approved of Professor Banana's punishment, while Stelle and March 7th admired her new catgirl form.
• Theresa asked Ranpa whether she wanted to become a catgirl, and Ranpa agreed to shed her Sleepy Banana Monkey genes.
• Theresa embraced Ranpa and began transforming her into an adorable catgirl.

Theresa turned Ranpa into a catgirl and used a Dr. Ratio memetic virus firework to reverse the transformations at Origami University. After the students returned to normal, the former Professor Banana accepted the name Reimu.

• Theresa gave Ranpa pink cat ears and a tail, and Ranpa noticed her enhanced senses and agility.
• Ranpa asked Theresa how to restore the Origami University students after the former Professor Banana said the Meme Virus could not be reversed.
• Theresa launched a Dr. Ratio memetic virus firework that neutralized the Sleepy Banana Monkey Meme Virus and returned the students to human form.
• The students struggled to blame the black-haired catgirl child because they found her adorable, while she sought the Stellaron Hunters' forgiveness.
• Theresa proposed the name Hajixen, but March 7th suggested Reisen and Theresa suggested Reimu, which the catgirl accepted.

Theresa took Reimu away from Origami University and arranged for her to meet Ruan Mei as a potential assistant. Meanwhile, Stelle auditioned for Director Rike, who declared her a natural actress as she joked through her introduction.

• Theresa changed Reimu into shrine maiden clothes and invited her to join the Express Crew, promising to introduce her to Ruan Mei.
• Theresa told Origami University's board that Reimu had turned the school into a Sleepy Banana Monkey experiment base, then took Reimu away after the board agreed to find a new principal.
• Theresa arranged for the anniversary celebration to continue for a semester and toured Origami University with Reimu.
• Stelle auditioned for Director Rike, who praised her camera presence and called her a natural-born actress.
• Stelle introduced herself as the Galactic Bat Hero, also known as the Bat Ninja, and Rike praised her for joking with the examiner.

Rick auditioned Stelle, March 7th, and Liu Ying for Penacony Origami University, and Stelle chose Dreamweavers Academy as a short-term auditing student. The three confronted Rick over his knowledge of the Stellaron Hunters just as a beautiful catgirl entered the classroom.

• Rick asked Stelle about her strengths and dreams, then recommended her for the Academy of Harmony.
• Stelle chose Dreamweavers Academy and received a Student ID listing her as Galactic Bat Hero · Stelle.
• March 7th chose the Academy of Harmony, while Liu Ying joined Stelle at Dreamweavers Academy after their auditions.
• Liu Ying transformed into Sam to block Rick, while Stelle pointed her baseball bat at him and March 7th watched with her bow drawn.
• A beautiful catgirl entered the classroom, leaving Rick staring at her in a daze.

Theresa confronted Rick after he deliberately lured the Stellaron Hunters to bring her to him, then agreed to help him film an Aeon. She planned to make a film about the Previous Civilization’s Flame-Chasers and arranged to bring the cast to the Golden Epoch.

• March 7th, Liu Ying, and Stelle told Theresa that Rick had seemed suspicious, and Theresa recognized him as an Eidos User seeking to film an Aeon.
• Rick admitted that he had manipulated the group to summon Theresa, and Theresa used her power to turn him into a catgirl as punishment.
• Theresa agreed to Rick’s film idea and proposed telling the story of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers of the Previous Civilization.
• Theresa invited Himeko, Acheron, Old Yang, and others to take part, assigning them roles and support duties for the planned films.
• Theresa told everyone she would teleport them to the Golden Epoch so Doctor Edward could create a dream bubble for the filming.

Theresa brought everyone to Doctor Edward to prepare a Dream Bubble production of The Journey of the Flame-Chaser, and learned that her earlier game had earned 1.2 billion Credit Points for the group. Inside the Dream Bubble, Elysia recorded the opening narration for the film, introducing herself as the first Herrscher, the Herrscher of the Human.

• Theresa led the group to Doctor Edward and announced that they would film The Journey of the Flame-Chaser inside a Dream Bubble.
• Doctor Edward said the Destiny Church had transferred all profits from Theresa’s online game to her, totaling 1.2 billion Credit Points pending approval from the Interastral Peace Corporation.
• Theresa assigned the money to the Astral Express’s reserve fund, and Pam thanked her.
• Theresa returned everyone to Origami University, set up a Binding Barrier, and led them into the dumbification crisis Dream Bubble.
• Theresa told the Flame-Chasers about the film, and Elysia recorded its opening narration as the Herrscher of the Human.

Theresa organized a dream-bubble reenactment of the Previous Civilization, assigning roles to the group before filming began. The story showed how the orphanage girl found her name, Elysia.

• Theresa cast Kafka as Celia, Welt as the First Herrscher, March 7th as the Herrscher of Void, Acheron as the Herrscher of Thunder, and Stelle as March 7th’s Stand.
• Theresa promised Acheron a date if she played her role without overusing her power, while Liu Ying scolded Stelle for leering at March 7th.
• Kafka, as Celia, adopted a pink-haired baby found in the forest near Vostok-51 and raised her at the orphanage.
• The girl refused the names others offered and was called Little One as she grew up.
• On her eighth birthday, Little One read Celia’s fairy-tale gift and chose the name Elysia.

Elysia continued filming her fictional journey, introducing herself by the name she had chosen and growing up in Vostok-51 Town. After strange monsters appeared, she left home to seek the paradise from her story, promising to bring everyone there if she found it.

• Elysia wrote her chosen name in the storybook as Rike prepared the cast to film the next part of the journey.
• Theresa created Fire Moth soldiers and other figures from memetic substance, while Welt prepared to play the First Herrscher.
• Little Airi announced to Celia and the orphanage children that her name was Elysia, and Celia welcomed it.
• Two years later, ten-year-old Elysia told Celia that monsters were appearing around Vostok-51 Town and that she wanted to leave to find paradise.
• Celia agreed to Elysia's journey, and the townspeople came to see her off as she set out with her bags.

Old Yang acted out the First Destruction as a chuunibyou Herrscher of Reason, fighting the Federation with enormous robots before destroying its headquarters. He left behind a Herrscher of Reason core for the troops to find and slipped away.

• Old Yang played a chuunibyou Herrscher of Reason who used constructed robots to battle Federation soldiers during the First Destruction.
• He combined his robots into a giant mech, destroying tanks and helicopters while the Federation escalated its response.
• The Federation fought him for two and a half months as Honkai Beasts and zombies spread across the world.
• Old Yang sent his damaged mech into the Federation headquarters, where it self-destructed and wiped the site out.
• He climbed from the crater, left a Herrscher of Reason core supplied by Theresa, and slipped away.
• Federation troops found the core and placed it in a small box.

Fire Moth assigned the young Mobius to study the Herrscher of Reason’s Core, while Airi investigated rumors of vampires targeting women. The chapter left Mobius beginning her dangerous research and Airi gathering clues on her journey.

• After the Herrscher of Reason destroyed Federation headquarters, governments classified Honkai Beasts and Militants and secretly established Fire Moth.
• Mobius went to Fire Moth’s underground laboratory to study the Herrscher of Reason’s Core and complained when the higher-ups urged her to hurry.
• Mobius considered recruiting Klein as an assistant because Blanca was away preparing to give birth, and she resented Hen for marrying Blanca.
• Mobius warned the higher-ups about the Core’s danger, then began examining it with laboratory tools.
• Airi heard rumors of vampires whose victims were adult women and began investigating them using her ability to sense people’s intentions.

Little Elysia met Theresa, a catgirl vampire who had escaped from a laboratory, and invited her to travel together. The filming crew then discussed skipping ahead to the Second Eruption, where March 7th would appear.

• Little Elysia followed vampire rumors into an alley and found a sleeping catgirl, whom she identified as Theresa.
• Theresa pounced on Little Elysia and drank a few drops of her blood before apologizing and explaining that hunger had driven her to bite people.
• Theresa told Little Elysia that she had escaped from a laboratory after monsters broke open her cell, and that she needed blood every other day to keep her strength.
• Little Elysia invited Theresa to travel with her, and Theresa introduced herself as Moonlit Vow · Theresa before agreeing to join her.
• March 7th asked about the years before the Second Eruption, and Welt said the crew would film a few journey stories before skipping ahead to her entrance.

During filming, Theresa revealed that she had become the Honkai Will after returning to Welt’s world and helping its people overcome the Honkai, and everyone teased Sparkle about being made the gods’ joke. The crew then began filming the Second Honkai, with March 7th taking on a colder Herrscher-like appearance and Stelle making her entrance as White Platinum Star.

• Elysia and the others petted Theresa in her miniature cat form before Theresa returned to her original size and prepared March 7th for her scene.
• Theresa explained to Welt and the Express Crew that Aha had sent her to the Honkai world, where Prometheus transferred the Honkai Will to her.
• Theresa recounted how Sparkle had been toyed with by the gods of Welt’s world, prompting the group and Aha to laugh at Sparkle becoming the joke.
• Black Swan threatened to share catgirl Rike’s appearance with the Interastral Peace Corporation, and Rike tried to explain that her memetic body had no gender.
• Theresa granted March 7th the Authority of Space for the Second Honkai scene, and March 7th put on her mask as Stelle appeared as White Platinum Star.

March 7th played the Herrscher of Void and unleashed a horde of Honkai Beasts on Fire Moth, while Elysia and Theresa joined the fight as reinforcements. After March 7th blasted Theresa into a building, Elysia attacked her, and Theresa caught her when she teleported nearby.

• March 7th summoned Honkai Beasts and zombies through spatial portals, starting a battle with Fire Moth.
• Elysia and Theresa arrived to investigate the fighting, and Theresa destroyed a massive Chariot-type Honkai Beast with her chainsaw and brute strength.
• Elysia fired arrows through a crystal curtain to kill Honkai Beasts as March 7th sent more beasts to ambush Fire Moth.
• March 7th blasted Theresa into a building with a repulsion field, prompting Elysia to attack her with crystal arrows.
• March 7th redirected Elysia’s arrows through spatial portals, but Elysia’s massive arrow curved around a portal and exploded beside her.
• March 7th teleported near the damaged building, where Theresa emerged, grabbed her, and disrupted her attempt to escape.

Theresa and Elysia tried to protect the Herrscher of Void from Fire Moth, whose leaders would only spare her under strict supervision. The Herrscher of Void agreed to submit, secretly planning a ruthless act to test whether humanity and Herrschers could coexist.

• Theresa restrained the Herrscher of Void while Elysia joined them and asked her to stop the Honkai Beasts.
• Theresa carried the Herrscher of Void and offered to save her, but the Herrscher said humanity would never accept her.
• After the soldiers demanded the Herrscher's execution, Hen told Theresa and Elysia that Fire Moth would spare her under strict supervision and with a Destruction Energy suppressant.
• Theresa and Elysia refused to entrust the Herrscher's safety to Fire Moth, so Hen ordered soldiers to raise their guns at them.
• The Herrscher of Void agreed to submit to supervision so she could test whether humanity and Herrschers could coexist.

The Herrscher of Void escaped Fire Moth’s custody and plotted to destroy the other organizations, while Theresa and Elysia joined Fire Moth and formed the Origin Squad. The Herrscher of Void remained intent on sparing them, at least for now.

• Hen drove Theresa, Elysia, and the Herrscher of Void to Fire Moth headquarters, where soldiers took the Herrscher of Void away for observation.
• The Herrscher of Void pulled her vehicle into Imaginary Space, killed its soldiers with Destruction Energy, and escaped with the locations of more than a dozen other bases.
• The Herrscher of Void planned to recover, summon Honkai Beasts, and destroy the organizations besides Fire Moth, which she intended to leave for last because of Theresa and Elysia.
• Theresa and Elysia met Fire Moth’s higher-ups and chose to create their own squad rather than join an existing one.
• Elysia became captain and Theresa became vice-captain of the newly established Origin Squad.

Theresa and Elysia formed Origin Squad and met Klein while exploring Fire Moth, then followed her to Mobius’s laboratory. Mobius tried to treat them as lab rats, but Theresa and Elysia restrained her instead.

• Theresa and Elysia named their team Origin Squad, with Elysia as captain and Theresa as Vice-Captain, and arranged to share a villa.
• Elysia and Theresa met the exhausted Klein, helped her gather documents, and agreed to accompany her to the laboratory before going to the cafeteria.
• Mobius approached Klein and invited Elysia and Theresa to her laboratory, calling them potential lab rats.
• Mobius led the group through a hidden elevator into her gloomy laboratory and announced that her guests could not escape.
• Theresa and Elysia grabbed Mobius by both arms and turned her attempt to capture them back on her.

Su helped Kevin grow closer to Mei while researching Honkai Sickness, and Mei agreed to join Fire Moth after Mobius recruited her. The chapter ended with Mei learning that two Honkai eruptions had already struck and that another could come.

• Theresa and Elysia teased Mobius on set before Reke moved filming to the Senba Academy arc.
• Su helped Kevin approach Mei by forging their handwriting and supplying topics that interested her.
• Su researched the three stages of Honkai Sickness as the Third Honkai approached.
• Fire Moth's leadership noticed Mei's paper on the Sea of Quantum and had Mobius contact her.
• Mei agreed to join Fire Moth after finishing her studies and learned about the previous Honkai eruptions.

Over two months, Kevin and Mei grew closer, and Mei gave him her first homemade bento, which he ate despite its awful taste. As Mei collapsed during a sudden storm, Kevin sensed purple particles gathering in the air and rushed to carry her to the infirmary.

• Kevin and Mei became more comfortable together, and Mei gave Kevin a homemade bento on the academy rooftop.
• Kevin ate Mei's badly cooked squid-ink bento to spare her feelings, and his constitution seemed to awaken.
• Thunderclouds gathered and purple particles filled the air as Mei began to feel weak and collapsed.
• Kevin caught Mei and carried her down from the rooftop, intending to take her to the infirmary.

Kevin and Su discovered that Mei had contracted Honkai Sickness and learned that an antibody at Fire Moth might save her. They left Senba Academy with Mei, while Kevin armed himself with a baseball bat.

• Kevin carried Mei through the chaotic academy and rescued Su from a crazed student with a powerful kick.
• Kevin and Su reached the infirmary, where Su found purple markings spreading across Mei’s body and identified them as early symptoms of Honkai Sickness.
• Su explained that Destruction Energy caused the sickness and that people with resistance, like Kevin, grew stronger from exposure.
• Su contacted his mentor and learned that Dr. Tuo at Fire Moth held a special antibody that could save Mei.
• Kevin gave Mei to Su to carry, took the baseball bat from the door, and led them out of Senba Academy.