Recaps

Feng Chen reunited with Bella in the real world, then caught up with Yae Sakura and Kallen after their encounter with the Violet Heron Phantom Thief. As the Sakura Cycle ended, the souls departed and the system confirmed the space was free of disturbances, leaving Feng Chen to decide what to do next.

• Feng Chen found Bella at Shio-mi River, gave her his jacket, and carried her toward Bamboo Sparrow Slope while she explained that Kallen had taken Jizou Mitama and she had later ended up in the river.
• Feng Chen found Kallen and Yae Sakura together with Jizou Mitama, identified Kallen as the Violet Heron Phantom Thief, and introduced himself to her.
• Higanbana emerged from Jizou Mitama, and Feng Chen apologized for ignoring her before she transformed into a young girl.
• Yae Sakura gave Feng Chen her two swords and Jizou Mitama, while Kallen gave him a cross that the system required him to accept as a quest item.
• Yae Sakura, Kallen, and Hiyori Maru said goodbye as their souls departed, and the system confirmed that the Sakura Cycle was free of disturbances and recorded Sirin in its database.

After waking from the Sakura Cycle, Feng Chen learned that only a minute had passed and accepted that his mission was complete. He joined Theresa to confront the Simulated Herrscher, and Xiao Yun took control of his body as the battle began.

• Theresa woke Feng Chen, learned that Yae Sakura had become the Stigmata between his brows, and invited him to St. Freya.
• Feng Chen learned he had been unconscious for only a minute, and the system reluctantly counted his mission as complete because Jizou Mitama had returned to him.
• The system explained that Herrschers could live as long as a civilization and that Hua, Kevin Kaslana, Nuwa, and Fuxi had survived from the Previous Civilization.
• Feng Chen and Theresa found the Simulated Herrscher, who attacked them with vines and asked where the poisoned pink-haired woman had gone.
• Feng Chen drew the Demonic Blade Crimson Cherry Blossom, and Xiao Yun took control of his body as the battle began.

Feng Chen fought the Simulated Herrscher while protecting Theresa, and Theresa’s Judas’ Covenant weakened the enemy by sealing some of her Honkai Energy. After the Simulated Herrscher sent them high into the air, Feng Chen summoned Bella to rescue Theresa, leaving her shocked to be riding on a Honkai Beast.

• Feng Chen took a vine strike to protect Theresa, then reclaimed control of his body and attacked the Simulated Herrscher with Dimensional Slash.
• Feng Chen learned that his body’s load had reached 30% and that the Simulated Herrscher had not fully transformed into a Herrscher.
• Feng Chen pushed Theresa away from a vine as the Simulated Herrscher carried him into the air.
• Theresa threw a spear from Judas’ Covenant, and its Honkai Energy sealed part of the Simulated Herrscher’s power through a vine.
• The Simulated Herrscher sent Theresa and Feng Chen high into the air, so Feng Chen summoned Bella to catch Theresa.
• Theresa found herself safe on Bella’s back beside Feng Chen and reacted with alarm at being rescued by a Honkai Beast.

Feng Chen revealed that he was a neutral Herrscher and defeated the Simulated Herrscher after extracting her green crystal and stopping her transformation. He decided to enter St. Freya, leaving Theresa shocked by his choice.

• Theresa recognized Bella as the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Benarès and realized Feng Chen was a Herrscher, while Feng Chen said he sided with neither Honkai nor humanity.
• Theresa used Judas to bind the Simulated Herrscher, but Feng Chen pulled a green crystal from her and a black tree grew from her body.
• The Simulated Herrscher emerged from the withered tree, demanded her Herrscher Core, and attacked Feng Chen and Theresa with black mist and spears.
• Feng Chen used the Wind Barrier, Jizou Mitama, and Demonic Blade Crimson Cherry Blossom to suppress and destroy the Simulated Herrscher.
• Feng Chen told Theresa he had decided to enter St. Freya, and Theresa reacted with surprise.

After Theresa brought Feng Chen to St. Freya Academy, he secretly used Higanbana to cure the Simulated Herrscher’s poison and pretended to rest. Theresa and Himeko suspected he had a Stigmata, and Feng Chen passed the Academy’s Honkai Energy adaptability test with an S rating.

• On the Hyperion, Theresa arranged a room for the injured Feng Chen instead of returning to St. Freya for medical care.
• Feng Chen used Higanbana’s [Erosion] ability to eliminate the poison, then pretended to be weak when Theresa checked on him.
• Theresa told Himeko that Feng Chen might possess a [Stigmata], since he had survived the Honkai outbreak and did not seem like a Herrscher.
• After the Hyperion reached St. Freya Academy, Feng Chen recalled Bella and Higanbana into the Sakura Cycle before testing began.
• Feng Chen passed the Honkai Energy adaptability test with an S rating, surpassing most Valkyries and even Theresa.

Feng Chen joined a history class at St. Freya, reunited with Yae, Bronya, and Kiana, and impressed the class with a perfect test score. Theresa then appointed him to teach Honkai Energy Control and Application that afternoon, leaving him scrambling to prepare.

• Theresa took Feng Chen to class, where Teacher Yang introduced him as a transfer student and taught a lesson on Honkai history.
• Feng Chen studied for a short test and scored highly, then met Yae and Bronya while Kiana slept through class and the exam.
• Kiana lunged at Bronya, but Feng Chen pulled Bronya aside and Kiana crashed into Yae.
• Fu Hua summoned Feng Chen to Theresa, who announced that he would teach Honkai Energy Control and Application despite his objections.
• Feng Chen asked the System for a crash course, and a fellow Herrscher offered to teach him before his first lesson in the gymnasium.

Feng Chen arrived at St. Freya as the teacher of a new course on controlling and applying Honkai Energy, then demonstrated how to absorb and use it for defense. The lesson left Bronya reassured that her reliance on Heavy-duty Rabbit 19C would give her an advantage in later topics.

• Yae and Bronya wondered why Feng Chen and Kiana had not arrived, and Fu Hua brought the sleeping Kiana to the gymnasium.
• Theresa introduced Feng Chen as the teacher of the new Honkai Energy course, surprising most of the class.
• Fu Hua explained Honkai Energy, and Feng Chen asked why humans could not control and use it too.
• Feng Chen demonstrated absorbing Honkai Energy for defense by catching Yae's wooden sword after she attacked him.
• Bronya struggled with the technique, so Feng Chen explained that Heavy-duty Rabbit 19C supplied and controlled her Honkai Energy and would matter more in the coming lessons.

Feng Chen taught the St. Freya students how to strengthen attacks with Honkai Energy, demonstrating the technique with Kiana’s pistol. After class, Fu Hua invited him to try a new Divine Land restaurant, and Theresa asked to join them.

• Feng Chen asked Kiana to shoot a target, and she hit its bull’s-eye with Moon God's Protection.
• Feng Chen explained how compressing Honkai Energy could strengthen attacks, then split the target with a shot that made it fall unnaturally slowly.
• Feng Chen assigned Kiana to seek combat advice from Fu Hua, gave Bronya full marks, and watched Mei adapt the technique.
• Fu Hua invited Feng Chen to a Divine Land restaurant, then left him to invite Kiana, Mei, and Bronya because she had to visit the headmaster’s office.
• Theresa contacted Feng Chen and asked to join the meal, suggesting the academy budget could cover the cost.

At dinner, Himeko and Theresa drank themselves unconscious, and Fu Hua arranged for Feng Chen and the others to take everyone back to the dormitories. After an explosion woke Fu Hua, Feng Chen rescued the Herrscher possessing Yae from a man calling himself Welt, and Fu Hua confronted him as he tried to flee.

• Himeko joined Fu Hua, Theresa, Kiana, Mei, Yae, and Feng Chen for a meal, then drank until she passed out.
• Theresa accidentally drank Himeko's wine and also fell asleep, while Kiana dozed off at the table.
• Fu Hua assigned Feng Chen and Bronya to carry Kiana back, took Himeko and Theresa herself, and had Yae prepare hangover tea.
• An explosion woke Fu Hua, who found Yae standing over an unfamiliar man calling himself the First Herrscher, Welt.
• Feng Chen rushed back and embraced the Herrscher possessing Yae, then withdrew her power after learning it would trigger a bomb in her heart if used for more than five minutes.
• Feng Chen punched Welt and drove him off, and Fu Hua confronted him as he attempted to escape.

Anti-Entropy attacked St. Freya, and Feng Chen and Fu Hua fought back while the fake Welt escaped. Afterward, Feng Chen slept through the morning following a night of cleaning up mech wreckage, and Bronya secretly brought him borscht.

• Fu Hua recognized Cocolia and kicked the fake Welt out of the academy before Feng Chen arrived and helped her destroy the Titan Mechs.
• Fu Hua pursued the fake Welt, who encountered a man and Einstein outside the academy; the man used gravity to make him disappear, then coughed up blood and left with Einstein.
• Fu Hua found a crater instead of the fake Welt and returned to St. Freya after Theresa ordered her to avoid further risks.
• Feng Chen fell asleep in Theresa's office after cleaning the dormitory area all night, then sleepily confronted Theresa about making him clean the mech wreckage.
• Bronya brought borscht for Feng Chen and asked Fu Hua to keep her identity secret; Fu Hua stopped Theresa from drinking it, and Feng Chen later finished the soup without asking who had made it.

Feng Chen joined Theresa, Himeko, and the Valkyries on a mission to find Nine Nether in Divine Land, where earlier Valkyries had disappeared. In Guangzhou, he took Bronya to try gourmet food, and she tasted ice cream for the first time.

• Feng Chen agreed to eat lunch with Yae and the others after Bronya pleaded with him to stay.
• Theresa and Himeko announced a mission to search for Nine Nether after Schicksal detected Honkai Energy and Natural Stigmata there.
• Fu Hua explained that the previous Valkyrie squad sent to Nine Nether had vanished, and Headquarters had only found its approximate location in southeastern Divine Land.
• Feng Chen and Fu Hua agreed to join the mission, and the group traveled to Guangzhou.
• Feng Chen found Bronya on the Hyperion and took her to a food street, where she tried ice cream and felt happy.

Feng Chen and Bronya headed for the Nine Nether beneath the sea after Fu Hua located it, while Fu Hua stayed behind to fight Anti-Entropy’s Titan Mechs. On the submarine, Feng Chen told Bronya about Xuanyuan as she fell asleep, and Fu Hua questioned Xing Ma’er about Anti-Entropy’s purpose.

• Fu Hua located the Nine Nether beneath the deep sea and said Schicksal believed it contained the Xuanyuan Stigmata and possibly a Divine Key.
• Anti-Entropy surrounded the Hyperion, and Xing Ma’er recognized Bronya from their time at the orphanage.
• Fu Hua stayed behind to hold off the Titan Mechs while Feng Chen and Bronya took a submarine toward the Nine Nether.
• Feng Chen shared legends about Ji Xuanyuan, Jingwei, and the Xuanyuan Sword with Bronya, who fell asleep during the descent.
• Fu Hua defeated the Titan Mechs and asked Xing Ma’er what Anti-Entropy wanted.

Feng Chen and Bronya discovered that the corpses in Nine Nether were releasing Honkai Energy, and they suspected Chiyou was awakening beneath the ruins. Feng Chen entered Nine Nether alone to find the keys while Fu Hua’s group hurried toward him, and he ended up fighting a swift Ruin Guard.

• Fu Hua sent Theresa to remain aboard Hyperion while she and the others prepared to enter Nine Nether.
• Feng Chen and Bronya found dead soldiers and Honkai Beasts whose corpses were releasing Honkai Energy, then watched the bodies rise and walk deeper into the ruins.
• Feng Chen and Bronya concluded that Chiyou was absorbing the energy and might have broken through most of its seal.
• Feng Chen ignored Fu Hua and Bronya’s warnings, entered Nine Nether alone, and sent Bella and Higanbana to search for the three keys.
• Feng Chen encountered a Ruin Guard and fought it with his Wind Barrier and Wind of Serenity as it dodged his attacks.

Feng Chen and his companions gathered the three elemental keys in Nine Nether and opened the way to the Xuanyuan Sword, but the sword tried to dominate Feng Chen before Ji Xuanyuan offered it to him. Feng Chen refused the sword and said that a friend needed it and Ji Xuanyuan’s Stigmata, just as their surroundings suddenly changed.

• Feng Chen defeated soldiers, Honkai Beasts, and an ancient mech, then used Jizou Mitama to corrupt the mech and make it give him the Fire key.
• Bella and Higanbana returned to the main gate with the Water and Lightning keys, and the three keys opened the door to the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Feng Chen reached for the sword, but its power of Domination tried to take over his body, and an unknown figure intervened to save him and Ji Xuanyuan.
• Ji Xuanyuan woke and offered Feng Chen the Xuanyuan Sword, but Feng Chen refused and said a friend needed the sword and her Stigmata.
• Ji Xuanyuan protested that only Feng Chen could wield the sword properly, but the scene around them changed before she could finish.

Feng Chen realized the Xuanyuan Sword had taken control of his body, though his consciousness remained free, and used Jizou Mitama to attack its influence. Outside, the sword-controlled Feng Chen attacked Bella and Higanbana, while Fu Hua, Himeko, and the others searched for a way past the blocked entrance to Nine Nether.

• Feng Chen received a side mission to defeat an Emperor-class or stronger enemy in Nine Nether, with Ji Xuanyuan's Stigmata as its reward.
• Feng Chen deduced that the Xuanyuan Sword had dominated his consciousness space and taken control of his body, then used Jizou Mitama to erode its influence from within.
• The sword-controlled Feng Chen attacked Bella and Higanbana, and a violent tremor blocked the exit to Nine Nether with boulders.
• Fu Hua and Himeko found the entrance blocked, and Bronya warned that blasting through the rocks could collapse Nine Nether.
• Bella prayed to [God] for help, while Higanbana transformed and pinned Feng Chen down to give Bella time.
• Higanbana was stabbed by the Xuanyuan Sword, but she connected her consciousness to Feng Chen's with Honkai Energy.

Feng Chen and Higanbana eroded the Xuanyuan Sword’s Domination consciousness and continued deeper into Nine Nether as Chiyou’s roar drew near. Outside, Kiana found another entrance, and Anti-Entropy’s forces followed the Valkyries into the ruins while Feng Chen glimpsed a scene from tens of thousands of years ago.

• Higanbana and Bella realized that Higanbana’s Erosion and Jizou Mitama’s power were weakening the Xuanyuan Sword’s Domination consciousness, and Higanbana pulled the blade from her abdomen.
• Feng Chen regained consciousness, returned Higanbana to Jizou Mitama to recover, and continued into Nine Nether with Bella.
• Feng Chen heard Chiyou roar nearby and told Bella to hide inside Sakura Cycle while he prepared to face the Judgment-class Honkai Beast alone.
• Kiana accidentally punched through a false wall and found a second entrance, leading Mei, Major Himeko, Bronya, and Fu Hua into the ruins.
• Cocolia sent Apricot and Anti-Entropy’s hidden mecha force into Nine Nether, and Feng Chen glimpsed a scene from tens of thousands of years earlier.

Feng Chen learned from the Xuanyuan Sword that Ji Xuanyuan had sealed Chiyou and been devoured, while Shennong had later searched for her. As Anti-Entropy’s mechs attacked the Valkyries, Fu Hua stayed behind to fight them, and the chapter ended with Godfather activating its frontal shield against her swords.

• Feng Chen read the translated inscriptions and learned how Ji Xuanyuan sealed Chiyou and left the Xuanyuan Sword to reinforce the seal.
• Feng Chen found Shennong’s writing and wondered about his connection to Ji Xuanyuan before an explosion drew him back toward the others.
• Himeko, Fu Hua, Kiana, Yae, and Bronya confronted Anti-Entropy’s mech forces, and Bronya summoned Godfather, the Flame Soul Titan, and the Ice Soul Titan.
• Himeko sent Kiana, Yae, and Bronya inside to find Feng Chen while Fu Hua stayed behind to hold off the mechs.
• Fu Hua used her martial arts to defeat the Ice Soul Titan and send Godfather and the Flame Soul Titan flying.
• Fu Hua launched three swords at Godfather, which charged toward her and activated its frontal shield.

Fu Hua defeated Xing Ma’er and the Anti-Entropy mechs while Feng Chen reunited with the Valkyries carrying the Xuanyuan Sword. Himeko was possessed by the sword’s Dominion, transformed into Crimson Rose, and emerged as a One-Core Herrscher-level threat as the group prepared to face her.

• Fu Hua used Time Lock to stop the Godfather, then incapacitated Xing Ma’er and dismantled the remaining mechs.
• Feng Chen met the Valkyries at the stone steps and showed them the Xuanyuan Sword he had found.
• Feng Chen handed the Xuanyuan Sword to Himeko, but its Dominion took control of her and made her attack the group.
• Himeko entered a crystal and produced three elemental versions of herself, which Feng Chen and Fu Hua fought and defeated.
• Himeko emerged in her S-rank Crimson Rose armor, whose power Feng Chen assessed as comparable to a One-Core Herrscher.

Feng Chen and the Valkyries discovered that the Xuanyuan Sword’s power had awakened Chiyou, a gigantic Judgment-class Honkai Beast, and they were swallowed along with Nine Nether. Trapped inside Chiyou, Feng Chen found several possible hearts, but before the group could plan their next move, an enemy called for the Valkyries to come out.

• Feng Chen and Fu Hua subdued Himeko, took the Xuanyuan Sword, and found an inscription revealing that Nine Nether was where Chiyou had been sealed.
• Feng Chen warned the Valkyries that Chiyou was likely larger than Guangzhou and nearly as powerful as a Herrscher, then contacted Theresa for Hyperion support.
• Chiyou awakened, swallowed Nine Nether, and carried Feng Chen, Himeko, Fu Hua, and the others inside its body.
• Feng Chen learned from the System that Chiyou’s weakness was its heart and found several spots with unusually strong Honkai Energy.
• Theresa told Feng Chen that the Hyperion’s main cannon could not identify the hearts from outside, and an unknown voice challenged the Valkyries to come out and fight.

Feng Chen and the Valkyries agreed to cooperate with Xing and discovered that Chiyou had three hearts, with its third heart guarded by a powerful enemy. At the third heart, Feng Chen found Ji Xuanyuan under Honkai's control and fought her.

• Feng Chen cut through the Titan Mechs and spared Xing, who agreed to cooperate with the Valkyries to escape Chiyou.
• Bronya revealed the location of one heart, and Feng Chen explained that Chiyou had three hearts, with the third activating after the first two were destroyed.
• Feng Chen refused to let Bronya or the others accompany him, borrowed the Xuanyuan Sword from Himeko, and went to the third heart with Bella.
• Bella warned Feng Chen that a powerful enemy guarded the third heart, and two tremors signaled that the other hearts had been destroyed.
• Feng Chen found Ji Xuanyuan at the third heart and clashed with her after she demanded that he turn back.

Feng Chen and Ji Xuanyuan fought while Bronya intervened and was knocked out of combat. After Feng Chen destroyed Ji Xuanyuan’s warhorse with [Zero Void Three Flashes], Ji Xuanyuan prepared a lightning strike, and Feng Chen equipped Blood Knight: Moonbeam.

• Ji Xuanyuan introduced herself as the guardian of the third [Heart] and used the metal parts from Xi’s mecha units to assemble a warhorse.
• Ji Xuanyuan shattered Feng Chen’s Xuanyuan Sword, but Bronya arrived with Heavy-duty Rabbit and trapped Ji Xuanyuan in [Time Fracture].
• Ji Xuanyuan used her warhorse to knock Bronya and Heavy-duty Rabbit away, leaving Bronya unable to fight, and Feng Chen laid her down before injecting a Honkai Energy Amplifier.
• Feng Chen used [Zero Void Three Flashes] to destroy Ji Xuanyuan’s warhorse, then explained that the move had consumed most of his Honkai Energy.
• Ji Xuanyuan raised the Black Xuanyuan Sword and brought down a lightning attack as Feng Chen equipped Blood Knight: Moonbeam.

Feng Chen fought Ji Xuanyuan with Bella and Higanbana’s help, then used Shadow Knight: Moonblade and a barrage of enhanced attacks to defeat her. Ji Xuanyuan acknowledged his victory as she lay exhausted on the ground.

• Feng Chen summoned Bella to attack Ji Xuanyuan, but Ji Xuanyuan wounded her and interrupted her lightning strike, so Feng Chen ordered Bella back to the Stigmata Space.
• Feng Chen summoned Higanbana’s Jizou Mitama body and ate a special rice ball while she held Ji Xuanyuan off.
• Ji Xuanyuan severed Higanbana’s katanas and attacked her, but Feng Chen interrupted the strike and used Shadow Knight: Moonblade.
• Feng Chen combined a Time Fracture with enhanced speed and power to pummel Ji Xuanyuan and send her flying.
• Ji Xuanyuan admitted Feng Chen had won as she lay on the ground, exhausted.

Feng Chen damaged Chiyou’s third heart with the Black Xuanyuan Sword, allowing the Hyperion’s main cannon to destroy it. As Chiyou began devouring its surroundings, Feng Chen sent the others to safety and stayed behind, separating himself from the mech forces.

• As Ji Xuanyuan died, she asked Feng Chen about his power, gave him the Black Xuanyuan Sword, and saw Jingwei before her final breath.
• Feng Chen used Time Slash to damage Chiyou’s third heart, which began rapidly absorbing Honkai Energy.
• Theresa tried to reach Nine Nether, but Ai-chan locked her in the captain’s quarters; after spotting Chiyou’s vibrating skin, Theresa fired the Hyperion’s main cannon and destroyed its heart.
• Feng Chen and Fu Hua warned that Chiyou might not be dead, and the group escaped through the hole above its heart with help from Haxxor’s mechs.
• Feng Chen threw Haxxor to safety, then used Time Slash to move away from the mech forces as they fell into Chiyou’s stomach.

Feng Chen destroyed Chiyou by releasing the Herrscher Core’s power, then prepared to leave for Sword Art Online to gain strength. Before departing for two or three months, he sent Theresa data that could help Himeko.

• Feng Chen bought Stigmata [Destruction], which merged with his Herrscher Core and made whatever he touched vanish.
• Feng Chen released the core’s power and destroyed Chiyou, while Theresa saw it disappear from the Hyperion and told Ai-chan to keep it secret.
• Feng Chen chose an open-ended world for leveling up, and the system selected Sword Art Online; it also said he had to bring his companions.
• Feng Chen received [Stigmata—Black Xuanyuan] and the [Black Xuanyuan Sword] as quest rewards, then contacted Theresa and explained he would be gone for two or three months.
• Feng Chen sent Theresa data from [Stigmata—Xuanyuan] to help Himeko, and Theresa reluctantly let him go after someone told him to come back soon.

Feng Chen entered SAO as a real player, chose his skills, and used Time Fracture to fight monsters while searching for another Beast Tamer. The chapter ended when a girl approached him and asked whether he was a Beast Tamer.

• Feng Chen arrived in SAO on launch day and entered the Town of Beginnings before his sister came into his room.
• The system assured Feng Chen that it had disguised him as an ordinary player and given him the Beast Tamer identity.
• Feng Chen chose Time Fracture and Death Force: Sky Ripper, then went to the first floor of the Labyrinth Area to train.
• Feng Chen used Time Fracture to slow nearby players and monsters, then defeated a Level 1 Lizardman with ordinary attacks.
• A twin-tailed girl approached Feng Chen and asked if he was a Beast Tamer.