Recaps

Feng Chen and Yae Sakura followed Honkai Beasts to a school, where they encountered a Simulated Herrscher, while a Divine Key called Judas' Covenant fell into Feng Chen's hands. The chapter left Feng Chen separated from Yae Sakura by thorny vines and trying on the Lightning Empress armor as the battle began.

• Hiyori Maru explained that the Honkai Beasts were searching for a newly emerging Herrscher, so Feng Chen and Yae Sakura followed them.
• A golden cross crashed down before them, and Yae Sakura recognized it as Judas; Feng Chen learned it was the genuine Judas' Covenant and received quests to find Theresa Apocalypse and help her defeat a Simulated Herrscher.
• Feng Chen and Yae Sakura found the Honkai Beasts surrounding a school, where thorny vines attacked Feng Chen and Yae Sakura cut one away before it could poison him.
• The vines separated Feng Chen and Yae Sakura, and Feng Chen summoned the Lightning Empress armor, which turned out to be a torn sailor uniform with an Oni Mask.

Feng Chen and Yae Sakura fought through the Herrscher’s vines and reunited, but Feng Chen was poisoned when he struck a thorn-covered vine. The system said Yae Sakura could cure him with a kiss, leaving Feng Chen to tell her he had been poisoned.

• Feng Chen used his crosses and bloodied short blades to cut paths through the vines while searching for Yae Sakura.
• Feng Chen found Yae Sakura, and she and Hiyori Maru burned and cut down the vines as they fought toward each other.
• Feng Chen shielded Yae Sakura from a fast vine, then knocked another down with his injured left hand and received the title Left Hand Emperor.
• Judas' Covenant unfolded into tracking mode and carried Feng Chen and Yae Sakura away from the vines, where Yae Sakura noticed the bloody holes in his hand.
• The system explained that Feng Chen had been poisoned by the vine’s spines and said Yae Sakura could save him with a kiss, so Feng Chen told her he was poisoned.

Poisoned and near death, Feng Chen watched Yae Sakura confess that her heart belonged to Kallen before she dissolved into blossoms. As Sakura died, Feng Chen used a power to reach a familiar riverside scene, where he seemed to reunite with her in memory.

• Jizou Mitama brought the poisoned Feng Chen and Yae Sakura to Theresa, who confirmed that Feng Chen's wound carried deadly Herrscher poison.
• After Theresa left them alone, Yae Sakura thanked Feng Chen and asked whether he saw her only as a friend.
• Yae Sakura said she could not return Feng Chen's feelings because her heart belonged to Kallen, while her favorability continued rising.
• Yae Sakura transformed into sakura blossoms and died in Feng Chen's arms, telling him she wished they could see the blossoms together in another life.
• Feng Chen called out to Sakura and used his power to change the scene to a familiar riverside place.

Feng Chen searched Sakura Cycle for Yae Sakura’s soul and followed Hiyori Maru to the Tenshu-kaku to retrieve Jizou Mitama. They fought their way upward, where a Summoner Demon protected itself and summoned dead soldiers to attack them.

• Feng Chen found Yae Village empty, and the system explained that Yae Sakura’s death had left Sakura Cycle as an uninhabited outline.
• Hiyori Maru told Feng Chen that Yae Sakura had instructed her to guide him to Jizou Mitama in the Tenshu-kaku.
• Feng Chen and Hiyori Maru entered the tower, where a barrier cut off Feng Chen’s connection to the system; Hiyori Maru said only those carrying her Honkai Energy signature could enter.
• Hiyori Maru explained that the Herrscher of Erosion could analyze and project what she had eroded, giving Feng Chen hope that Jizou Mitama might help preserve Yae Sakura’s existence.
• Feng Chen carried Hiyori Maru past the lower floors’ dead soldiers, then faced a Summoner Demon that summoned a Ranger Mortal and a Guardian Mortal.
• Feng Chen threw Blood Knight: Moonbeam at the Summoner Demon, but its Honkai Energy barrier repelled the blade as the two summoned dead soldiers prepared to attack.

Feng Chen fought through the Mortals in Tenshu-kaku, using Shadow Knight: Moonblade and his purified Honkai Energy to defeat the summoners and clear rooms. As he faced an endless horde on the remaining floors, a black-and-red Katana on the highest floor began to glow.

• Feng Chen broke the Ranger Mortal’s bow, then used a pillar of fire and Death Strength: Waning Moon to knock down the clustered Mortals summoned by the Summoner Demon and Warrior Group Shaman.
• Feng Chen survived the summoners’ Honkai Energy attack, redirected it into the Warrior Group Shaman, and forced the Summoner Demon to escape.
• Feng Chen and Hiyori Maru found the floors crowded with independent Mortals, and Feng Chen saw the Herrscher of Erosion create Mortals by projecting people she had seen and eroding them.
• Feng Chen told Hiyori Maru to hide and kept Shadow Knight: Moonblade in Eclipse Mode as he fought through the advancing Mortals.
• A black-and-red Katana on Tenshu-kaku’s highest floor emitted a dazzling red light while Mortals charged Feng Chen in wave after wave.

Feng Chen fought through the Mortals on the lower floors of the tower while the Herrscher of Erosion recounted how she had been imprisoned, manipulated into destroying humanity’s last cities, and later sealed away. He cleared the first floor but was badly wounded on the next, leaving his progress uncertain as the story continued.

• Feng Chen used his martial arts and Stigmata skills to defeat the Mortals on the first floor, while the Herrscher of Erosion described being arrested and imprisoned as a suspected Herrscher.
• Feng Chen upgraded Thousand Roaring Slash to Lightning Dual Blades and unleashed a charged Death Strength: Waning Moon, wiping out the remaining Mortals on the floor at the cost of heavy physical strain.
• Feng Chen advanced to the next floor, where stronger Imperial Guard Commanders and Divine Crossbow Marksmen attacked him.
• The Herrscher of Erosion explained that MEI and others had killed her, that she had agreed to seek revenge, and that she had used Honkai Energy to destroy humanity’s last two cities with a nuclear missile.
• The Herrscher of Erosion said Kevin Kaslana sealed her in a box, MEI tried to make her Core into a Divine Key, and she later survived the previous civilization’s destruction before Yae Sakura helped her revive.
• An arrow pierced Feng Chen’s shoulder and another struck his calf, leaving him leaning motionless against a wall as the Herrscher of Erosion continued her account.

Yae Sakura rescued Feng Chen after he collapsed from overexertion and cared for him at the shrine. In the Stigmata Space, Feng Chen learned that reviving Sakura would require One-Core Herrscher-level Honkai Energy reserves and discovered that Kallen Kaslana was connected to the Kaslana of the previous civilization.

• Yae Sakura arrived at Tenshu-kaku, drove off the attackers, and carried the exhausted Feng Chen back to Yae Village.
• Yae Sakura and Hiyori Maru removed Feng Chen's dirty clothes, cleaned his wounds, and mended his clothes while he remained unconscious.
• Feng Chen entered the Stigmata Space and learned that the Sakura he had seen was a soul containing only part of Yae Sakura's consciousness and memories.
• The system told Feng Chen that reviving Sakura required One-Core Herrscher-level Honkai Energy reserves and that Xiao Yun could not yet be awakened.
• Feng Chen learned that Hua had once defeated Kallen Kaslana with a single Divine Key, then discovered that Kallen's Kaslana lineage came from the previous civilization.

Feng Chen learned about Judgement of Flame’s lethal cost for the Kaslanas, then entered Yae Sakura’s dream to find her. He tracked her from Yae Shrine toward Bamboo Sparrow Forest, where Sakura and Kallen were likely spending time together.

• Feng Chen asked about Judgement of Flame and learned that Kaslanas could use it only at the cost of their lives, while Seele Vollerei had already used it twice.
• The system offered Feng Chen a chance to watch Yae Sakura’s dream and transported him into her consciousness.
• Feng Chen explored Yae Village and Yae Shrine, using the system’s map to teleport between locations.
• Feng Chen found Yae Shrine empty and learned that Sakura was near Shio-mi River outside Yae Village.
• Feng Chen reasoned that Sakura and Kallen were probably together in Bamboo Sparrow Forest, east of the bridge.

Feng Chen received his third mission and learned that Yae Sakura’s stigmata was already within him, while Honkai discussed his analysis of Otto’s plans and revealed details about Cecilia, Siegfried, and Kiana. The chapter left Feng Chen questioning Siegfried’s motives for naming his daughter Kiana Kaslana.

• Feng Chen realized Sakura had favored Kallen more than him, and Honkai gave him a mission to defeat Jizou Mitama and stop the Violet Heron Phantom Thief.
• Honkai explained that the Stigmata World contained Yae Sakura’s consciousness and that Sakura’s stigmata abilities were already present in Feng Chen.
• Feng Chen saw Sakura’s threefold magatama stigmata between his brows and asked Honkai to hide it from others.
• Feng Chen argued that Herrschers could choose to protect the world and analyzed how Siegfried and Anti-Entropy might have uncovered Otto’s plans.
• Honkai revealed that Siegfried and Cecilia were married, that their daughter was named Kiana Kaslana, and that Cecilia had become part of the Herrscher Killer.
• Feng Chen wondered why Siegfried had given his daughter the name Kiana Kaslana, but Honkai said she could not understand human motives.

Feng Chen resisted Honkai’s attempt to turn him into a Herrscher and woke at Yae Shrine, where he learned the Yae Sakura before him was only a fragment from before her decision. He agreed to fulfill her last wish and continue the mission, though he refused to revive her without knowing whether his own Sakura would return.

• Honkai tried to exploit Feng Chen’s dissatisfaction with humanity, but the Stigmata bearing Yae Sakura’s lingering consciousness helped him resist and return from the Stigmata Space.
• Feng Chen woke beside Hiyori Maru, who bit him before his Honkai Energy burned her into letting go.
• Yae Sakura appeared, and Feng Chen realized the consciousness in her soul fragment was not the Sakura he had loved.
• The system explained that this Sakura’s affection was only ninety-five and that she could not be revived as Feng Chen’s Sakura.
• The system told Feng Chen that Yae Sakura’s last wish was for Jizou Mitama to have a true wielder and for Hiyori Maru to avoid her past suffering, so Feng Chen agreed to continue the mission.

After recovering, Feng Chen and Yae Sakura entered Tenshu-kaku to fight through its floors, relying on Sakura’s Stigmata and their combat skills after the system lost contact. Feng Chen defeated the Summoner Demons on Floor 3 and ended the chapter unleashing Death Strength: Waning Moon.

• Feng Chen asked Yae Sakura to accompany him to Tenshu-kaku, and she agreed.
• Feng Chen and Yae Sakura used Sakura’s Stigmata and attacks to clear the Mortals on Floors 1 and 2.
• On Floor 3, Feng Chen took on the Summoner Demons and their summoned Mortals while Yae Sakura fought the dual-blade Mortals.
• Feng Chen used Queen of Thunder’s Kirin, lightning chains, and Execution Mode to trap and defeat the Summoner Demons and their summons.
• Feng Chen transformed into his golden-patterned armor and struck the ground with Death Strength: Waning Moon.

Feng Chen and Yae Sakura fought their way through the third floor of Tenshu-kaku, where Honkai Beasts appeared alongside dead soldiers. After clearing the floor and stopping to rest, they faced a Honkai: Crush coming down from the fourth floor.

• Feng Chen suspected the Herrscher of Erosion was controlling the Honkai Beasts, but he could not confirm it without contacting the system.
• Feng Chen and Yae Sakura used the Imitation Judah and their sword techniques to defeat two Honkai: Crushes and two Demon Knights.
• Feng Chen judged Honkai Beasts more dangerous than dead soldiers because a single touch could be fatal, though the beasts were less difficult to fight.
• Feng Chen and Yae Sakura rested after clearing the third floor, but a Honkai: Crush crawled down the stairs from the fourth floor.

Feng Chen and Yae Sakura entered the fourth floor of Tenshu-kaku after Hiyori Maru sensed the enemies there. As Feng Chen fought the Demon Knights, he discovered their shared healing ability and was cornered until a mysterious egg appeared before him and began to crack.

• Feng Chen asked Hiyori Maru to sense the fourth-floor enemies, and she identified three Demon Knights, a Temple-class Honkai Beast, and two Summoner Demons.
• Yae Sakura assigned Feng Chen the Demon Knights while she faced the other enemies, and he quickly knocked two knights down.
• The third Demon Knight fled, and Feng Chen noticed that his speed had increased as he chased her.
• The fallen Demon Knights recovered and returned to the fight because their Bloodline ability healed them while all three remained alive.
• Feng Chen caught two spears but could not block a third attack from behind, so Emperor-class Honkai Beast energy surged from him and a red-and-white egg began to crack.

Feng Chen discovered that the egg had hatched Benarès, a Judgment-class Honkai Beast who called him her king and agreed to serve as his familiar until Sirin returned. After the fight, Benarès explained that Yae Sakura had lost much of her strength and could no longer use Blade Return, while Feng Chen learned why the system had chosen Benarès and what she still had to understand about humanity.

• Benarès emerged from the egg and told Feng Chen that God had sent her to become his familiar until Sirin was resurrected.
• Benarès defeated the three Demon Knights, then shrank to kitten size and let Feng Chen hold and pet her.
• Feng Chen noticed Yae Sakura's weakened fighting and learned from Benarès that Sakura was a wisp of a soul who could no longer use Blade Return.
• Feng Chen told Benarès to call him by name, but she insisted he was the King of Honkai and asked why he wanted to protect humanity despite being dissatisfied with it.
• Xiao Yun explained that Feng Chen loved the world's beauty, and Benarès began learning what love meant to humanity.

Yae Sakura defeated the Honkai Beasts with her sword technique, Zero Void Three Flashes, and agreed to teach it to Feng Chen. As the group prepared to continue upward with Bella, Feng Chen asked whether Sirin could still be saved, and Bella said she thought there was a chance.

• Yae Sakura used three rapid sword strikes to defeat the Temple-class Honkai Beast and the two Summoner Demons.
• Feng Chen praised Yae Sakura’s Zero Void Three Flashes, and she agreed to teach him the move in Sakura Cycle.
• Yae Sakura and Feng Chen petted Benarès, while Hiyori Maru tried to get their attention before Yae Sakura tucked her away.
• Benarès told Feng Chen that Sirin hated humans and human experimentation but deeply wanted to protect her companions.
• Feng Chen asked Bella whether Sirin could be saved, and Bella said there might still be a chance.

Feng Chen and his companions faced fifty Emperor-class Honkai Beasts on the fifth floor, while Bella took on the Lava Emperors and Feng Chen fought the others with help from the system's Honkai Energy Amplifier. The battle continued as Feng Chen bought Sylph's Sword, spending all his remaining Honkai Energy.

• Feng Chen found fifty Emperor-class Honkai Beasts on the fifth floor, including five Lava Emperors, ten Empress Honkai, ten King Honkai, and twenty-five Emperor Honkai.
• Bella transformed into her huge form and said she would handle the Lava Emperors, while Feng Chen and Sakura faced the others.
• Feng Chen accepted a Honkai Energy Amplifier from the system and injected it to strengthen his abilities.
• Feng Chen used Death Strength: Waning Moon and fought an Emperor Honkai with his weapons and Sakura's Dimensional Slash.
• Feng Chen asked the system about switching weapons, bought Sylph's Sword, and used up all his Honkai Energy.

Feng Chen used Sylph's Sword to outmaneuver and wound the Honkai Beasts, then realized the Emperor Honkai were feeding the Lava Emperor while the Empress Honkai and King Honkai stored its energy. After an unknown presence briefly took control of Feng Chen and destroyed the remaining Honkai Beasts, Sakura attacked him when she sensed his killing intent.

• Feng Chen examined Sylph's Sword and discovered that its wind abilities greatly increased his speed and agility.
• Feng Chen dodged the Honkai Beasts' attacks, wounded an Emperor Honkai with Flash Slash and Blade Return, and later used Wind Barrier and repeated strikes to bring down many enemies.
• Xiao Yun and the system criticized Feng Chen for performing flashy attacks without killing any Honkai Beasts, so Feng Chen focused on injured targets and strengthened his strikes with Sword of Serenity.
• Feng Chen and the others realized the Emperor Honkai supplied energy to the Lava Emperor while the Empress Honkai and King Honkai stored it, and the Empress Honkai threatened Yae Sakura.
• Sylph's Sword pierced three Empress Honkai, then an unknown presence took control of Feng Chen, snapped its fingers, and turned the remaining Honkai Beasts to ash.
• Sakura sensed killing intent from Feng Chen and attacked with Zero Void Three Flashes after he regained control of his body.

Bella unlocked her Dragon of Fire form and defeated the five Lava Emperors, while Feng Chen’s conversation with Honkai was exposed to Yae Sakura. The chapter ended with Yae Sakura drawing her two katanas and confronting him over keeping Honkai’s contact secret.

• Bella unlocked her Dragon of Fire form and swept the five Lava Emperors away with fire attacks until Feng Chen told her to stop.
• Feng Chen asked Yae Sakura whether she was angry that he had kissed her, and Bella and Hiyori Maru argued over whether Sakura should forgive him.
• Honkai teased Bella about her scheming personality and told Feng Chen that other-world dungeons could help him grow stronger.
• Bella told Feng Chen that Yae Sakura was looking for him, and Sakura realized he had been speaking with Honkai.
• Yae Sakura accused Feng Chen of hiding his connection with Honkai and drew her two katanas.

Feng Chen fought Jizou Mitama alongside Yae Sakura and Bella, using Xiao Yun’s out-of-control Stigmata to protect Bella and weaken their enemy. After recovering and learning the mask’s technique, he launched an Inch Punch at Jizou Mitama’s neck.

• Feng Chen drew Jizou Mitama out of her Katana and fought her while Yae Sakura faced a blade wave.
• Xiao Yun’s Stigmata let Feng Chen see Jizou Mitama’s hand before her attack landed, and Bella tore the hand off.
• Jizou Mitama hurled Bella and Feng Chen toward the ground, but Feng Chen cushioned Bella’s fall and used Xiao Yun’s powers to damage Jizou Mitama’s arm.
• Feng Chen gave Sylph’s Sword to Yae Sakura, who used it to keep Jizou Mitama’s hands under attack.
• Feng Chen studied the mask’s technique, then leaped from Bella and struck Jizou Mitama’s neck with Inch Punch: Mountain Collapse.

Feng Chen fought Jizou Mitama as she recovered from attacks and wielded the Three Sacred Treasures, then used the Seed to create a second Jizou Mitama. The new figure, identified as the Herrscher of Erosion, shattered the sacred weapons on his command.

• Jizou Mitama absorbed Honkai Energy and attacked Feng Chen, who used his memories and the gathered energy to awaken as a One-Core Herrscher.
• Feng Chen attacked Jizou Mitama repeatedly, then erased her shadow, but she regenerated and summoned Ame-no-Murakumo, Yasakani no Magatama, and Yata no Kagami.
• The system delivered the Seed, and Feng Chen used it to create a second Jizou Mitama with golden eyes.
• Feng Chen ordered the Herrscher of Erosion to break the Three Sacred Treasures, and she shattered them with three sword strikes.

Feng Chen sealed Jizou Mitama and learned that he needed to enter her memories to resolve the Herrscher of Erosion’s hatred of humanity. Inside the memory, he met the young Herrscher of Erosion and tried to comfort her after she said humans had captured them.

• Jizou Mitama absorbed the Three Sacred Treasures’ fragments and summoned a black version of herself, while Hiyori Maru transformed into a giant fox to fight it.
• Feng Chen fought Jizou Mitama, retrieved the Divine Key from inside her body, and sealed her.
• Hiyori Maru returned to her small form, and the group learned that Jizou Mitama was sealed but not yet defeated.
• The system told Feng Chen he could enter Jizou Mitama’s memories to resolve the Herrscher of Erosion’s hatred of humanity, and Feng Chen decided to go in.
• Yae Sakura hugged Feng Chen before he entered the darkness, where he found a young girl resembling Hiyori Maru and told her he had also been captured.

Feng Chen rescued the newly awakened Herrscher of Erosion and fought Kevin Kaslana, who tried to stop him from taking her away. The Herrscher of Erosion vanished into the Stigmata Space, while Feng Chen faced Kevin and Hua searched for her.

• Feng Chen found the Herrscher of Erosion after a group of people shot her, then erased them with a white cube and carried her away.
• Honkai infused the girl with Honkai Energy and explained that the world stood above Honkai; the Herrscher of Erosion soon woke in Feng Chen's arms.
• Kevin Kaslana confronted Feng Chen and demanded that he leave the girl behind, but Feng Chen attacked and later sent her into the Stigmata Space.
• Feng Chen caught Kevin's Judgement of Flame and used Hua's martial art, Death Strength: Waning Moon, to knock Hua away.
• Kevin ordered Hua to search for the Twelfth Herrscher while he fought Feng Chen, who identified his ability as Destruction.

Feng Chen and Sirin fought Kevin, whose strength soon began to falter under their combined attacks. Mei arrived wearing the Key of Blankness, and Feng Chen recognized the Gem of Conquest she carried as the chapter left the battle still underway.

• Kevin transformed Judgement of Flame into pistols and then a greatsword, while Feng Chen attacked him with lightning and blood swords.
• Feng Chen used a golden sphere to summon Sirin, who agreed to fight Kevin alone before joining Feng Chen in the attack.
• Sirin and Feng Chen overwhelmed Kevin with spears and blood swords until his stamina began to fail.
• Mei arrived wearing the Key of Blankness, and Kevin warned her to leave before accepting that she would stay.
• Feng Chen recognized the Gem of Conquest in Mei's armor, while Sirin told him that her time was nearly up.

As Sirin disappeared, Feng Chen absorbed the seed’s power and fought Kevin and Mei, using explosive blood swords to turn the battle in his favor. He disarmed Mei and held the blades to her neck, while a white figure raised a greatsword behind him.

• Sirin vanished after asking Feng Chen to survive and promising to remember him, and Feng Chen turned to face Kevin and Mei.
• Feng Chen merged the seed into his body, greatly increasing his Honkai Energy, then attacked with blood swords while Xiao Yun maintained the Red-Clad Swordsman state.
• Feng Chen threw a blood sword at Mei, and its explosion destroyed a building and killed many people; he declared he would take responsibility for the child he considered one of his kind.
• Feng Chen drew Kevin away with another blood sword and charged Mei, and Kevin rushed into the explosion to stop it.
• Feng Chen knocked Mei’s Katana away and crossed his blood swords at her neck as a white figure raised a greatsword behind him.

Feng Chen survived after the Herrscher of Erosion surrendered herself and arranged for him to live, but humanity’s final cities were still destroyed by nuclear bombs. In the darkness afterward, the Herrscher of Erosion revealed she had been watching Feng Chen and accepted him as her master, then vanished.

• Kevin and Mei questioned Feng Chen about the missing Twelfth Herrscher while the system offered Feng Chen a chance to travel to other worlds and grow stronger.
• The Herrscher of Erosion revealed that she could control anything connected to technology and threatened humanity’s remaining cities, then offered to stay behind if Feng Chen was released.
• Kevin hid Feng Chen’s Honkai Energy from the arriving Fire Moth support, and Mei disguised the Herrscher of Erosion’s identity while Fire Moth treated her.
• Half a month later, Feng Chen left the hospital, but nuclear bombs accidentally destroyed humanity’s final three cities after a Fire Moth member fell asleep during weapons testing.
• Feng Chen realized the Herrscher of Erosion had deliberately caused the butterfly effect, then found himself in darkness with her on his back.
• The Herrscher of Erosion admitted she had not tested Feng Chen, declared him qualified as her master, and disappeared in a burst of light.