Chapter Summaries

Wendy sacrificed herself to free Bronya from control, and Bronya collapsed after burning out her brain implant. Feng Chen took the Gem of Desire into himself and faced Anti-Entropy's mech forces with Xiao Yun, leaving Xiao Yun to scold him for recklessly unleashing a powerful attack.

• Wendy gave up the Gem of Desire so she could help Bronya, and Feng Chen confirmed that Wendy had died.
• Bronya's control ended after her brain implant burned out, and she collapsed into Feng Chen's arms.
• Feng Chen sent Rita to take Bronya back to the Hyperion, then swallowed the Gem of Desire.
• Feng Chen summoned Xiao Yun, who used Sword Soul and Sword Domain to pin down Anti-Entropy's Titan Mechs.
• Feng Chen unleashed a sweeping attack that destroyed ordinary Titan Mechs, and Xiao Yun warned him to pay attention to the strain on his body.

After Feng Chen and Durandal defeated the remaining Titan Mechs, Durandal told him that Schicksal’s bishop had ordered her and Rita to bring him in for a meeting within a week. Feng Chen left Theresa with a tearful goodbye, believing that he and St. Freya would be enemies when they met again.

• Durandal arrived after destroying the last Titan Mech, acknowledged Feng Chen’s help, and offered to repay him for the favor.
• Durandal told Feng Chen that the bishop had ordered her and Rita to take him to meet him within a week, and she said they would stay by his side until then.
• Feng Chen spoke with Theresa, confirmed that the Gem of Desire had been recovered, and said Wendy had obtained the happiness she wanted.
• Theresa began to cry as Feng Chen said goodbye, believing that they would become enemies the next time they met.
• Rita arrived and teased Durandal about relying on her, then linked arms with Feng Chen.

Feng Chen arrived at Schicksal Headquarters, where Otto postponed their meeting and ordered him to stay with Rita and Durandal. While settling in, Feng Chen helped Bella learn kitchen skills, then argued with Higanbana over Bella’s place at his side and asserted his status as a Herrscher.

• Durandal told Feng Chen that Otto had postponed their meeting until the next day and ordered him to stay at her and Rita’s apartment.
• Rita prepared meals and afternoon tea for Feng Chen and his companions, while Durandal admitted she could barely cook.
• Feng Chen asked Rita to help Bella learn practical skills, and Bella carried a tray of desserts to the table.
• Higanbana challenged Feng Chen’s claim over Bella, and Feng Chen reminded her that he was now a Two-Core Herrscher.

Lord Feng Chen’s argument with Sirin over Bella’s allegiance was interrupted when Rita’s soporific tea put Sirin to sleep, and he carried her safely to bed. Afterward, Rita and Bella both tried to feed him pudding, while Xiao Yun scolded him for meddling in others’ affairs and warned him to avoid entanglements with women.

• Sirin argued with Lord Feng Chen, whose status as a Herrscher remained incomplete without the Gem of Desire.
• Rita served Sirin sleep-inducing tea, and Sirin fell asleep at the table.
• Lord Feng Chen carried Sirin to her room and left her to rest, while Rita reassured Bella.
• Rita and Bella each offered Lord Feng Chen pudding, sparking his anxiety about their attention.
• Xiao Yun reprimanded Lord Feng Chen for repeatedly meddling in others’ affairs and told him to focus on becoming stronger rather than pursuing relationships.

Feng Chen used Time Stop to eat both puddings, making Bella happy when she believed he had chosen hers first. As he considered how to calm Sirin and find a suitable vessel for her, a call came from Helsheim Laboratory, where Otto conducted experiments.

• Feng Chen asked Xiao Yun how to choose between Rita's and Bella's pudding, but she refused to advise him.
• Feng Chen used The World to make both puddings disappear and asked Rita and Bella to guess whose he ate first.
• Bella was pleased, thinking Feng Chen had chosen her pudding first, while Feng Chen decided that reviving Sirin would require finding her a compatible vessel.
• The system offered to show Feng Chen what Sirin was dreaming about, but a communications channel connected him to Helsheim Laboratory.
• Feng Chen answered the call and addressed the caller with curiosity and concealed anger.

Feng Chen confronted Otto Apocalypse about his five centuries of experiments and his pursuit of Kallen’s resurrection. When Otto sensed Kallen’s soul within Feng Chen’s golden cross, he asked what Feng Chen wanted in exchange.

• Feng Chen asked Otto how long he had controlled Schicksal, and Otto said it had been about five hundred years.
• Feng Chen examined Otto’s records and condemned his use of human experiments, including the exploitation of the Schariac family, to pursue his goals.
• Otto explained that he had sought a way to revive Kallen for five hundred years and had begun searching for a soul after witnessing a god during the Second Honkai War.
• Feng Chen challenged Otto’s right to accept Kallen’s hopes, and Otto answered that only Kallen could decide whether he had that right.
• Feng Chen showed Otto a golden cross he had found on a Simulated Herrscher two years earlier, and Otto sensed that Kallen’s soul was inside it.
• Otto asked Feng Chen what conditions he wanted.

Feng Chen negotiated with Otto to join the Sirin Project, obtain a Herrscher Core, and make Rita his maid, then struggled with his attraction to her and Xiao Yun’s criticism. Rita accepted serving him, and the chapter ended with her asking to attend to him that night.

• Feng Chen asked Otto to let him join Sirin Project research as a special Destiny member and requested a Herrscher Core and Rita Rossweisse as his maid.
• Otto agreed to the first and third conditions taking effect immediately, while saying Rita had to agree to leave Destiny herself.
• Rita accepted the arrangement and said she was glad for the chance to grow closer to Lord Feng Chen.
• Feng Chen asked Rita to learn to cook and eat regularly, then questioned whether she was really still Rita when she flirted with him.
• Xiao Yun chastised Feng Chen inside the Stigmata Space, and Feng Chen kept his hand against Rita’s chest to prove he was not ruled by desire.
• Rita said she did not regret her choice and asked to attend to Feng Chen that night, but he refused.

Chiyuan relived fragmented memories of being forgotten, losing people she loved, and meeting the woman who became a Herrscher. She woke from the painful dream as Fu Hua, with the vision ending on a memory of her identical self.

• Fuxi and Nuwa told Chiyuan that using the [Feather] would make her forget memories and urged her to protect Divine Land.
• Chiyuan feared losing herself and the people important to her, but remembered the person she loved most and reached for her hand.
• Chiyuan watched that woman collapse after being pierced by ice and bullets, and cried out over why she had become a Herrscher.
• Chiyuan remembered her adopted student Li Xue sacrificing herself in flames, with feathers scattering her memories.
• Fu Hua saw a woman identical to herself before an alarm woke her from the dream.

Fu Hua and Otto discussed their transaction and the search for the last Orb, while Feng Chen accepted a quest to find it in Divine Land's past. Rita and Bella insisted on accompanying him, and he agreed, though the group would have to bring two others along.

• Fu Hua spoke with Otto about her lost memories, their deal, and his plans to use the Honkai.
• Feng Chen decided to search for the last Orb himself after receiving a quest that threatened to take away his Xuanyuan stigmata if he failed.
• Feng Chen explained that the Orb and the Book of Fuxi pointed to Divine Land as the place to search.
• Rita asked to accompany Feng Chen, and Bella joined after declaring herself his lover.
• Feng Chen agreed to take Rita and Bella, but said they would also need to bring two troublesome people along; Durandal refused to join.

Nuwa and Fuxi protected Chiyuan from a Chariot-type Honkai Beast, but Chiyuan sensed a powerful newcomer approaching. Feng Chen introduced himself as a Herrscher, and after Chiyuan attacked him, a red feather sent him into a vision of his old home.

• Nuwa rushed to Chiyuan when a Chariot-type Honkai Beast followed her, worrying that fighting it would destroy the figure she had made of Chiyuan.
• Chiyuan buried the Honkai Beast beneath a rockslide and sensed a powerful presence approaching.
• Feng Chen arrived with Benarès and Rita Rossweisse, recognized Chiyuan as Hua, and identified himself as a Herrscher.
• Chiyuan launched an Immortal Phoenix Dive Kick at Feng Chen, but he moved behind her at astonishing speed.
• A red feather appeared before Feng Chen and transported him into a vision of the home he had left two years earlier.

Feng Chen lived a comfortable life with Bella and Rita, but strange images of a purple-haired girl and a cryptic video disrupted his routine. The chapter ended with Feng Chen realizing he had forgotten the World and returned to being an ordinary person.

• Feng Chen remembered his life in the Far East, where Bella was his childhood friend, maid, and lover, and Rita was his other maid.
• Feng Chen worked on games and programming until evening, then Bella returned and reminded him to eat and stream.
• Feng Chen found the same purple-haired girl’s photograph appearing across his games and delayed his stream while he investigated.
• Feng Chen watched a video in which the purple-haired girl and a woman from the Divine Land accused him of choosing an ideal life controlled by desire.
• Feng Chen realized he had forgotten the World and had become an ordinary person, and he felt a sense of danger.

Lord Feng Chen found Bella in his room after sensing she and Rita were in danger, and discovered that Bella had been there alone, overwhelmed by his scent. Bella and Lord Feng Chen spent the night together, and the next day he streamed games while holding her close.

• Lord Feng Chen searched for Bella after briefly sensing that she and Rita were in danger, then found Bella in his room with his bed messed up.
• Bella admitted she had been smelling Lord Feng Chen's scent, and he told her to clean up the room rather than punishing her.
• Bella hugged Lord Feng Chen and said she would not regret being with him, so he stayed with her instead of streaming.
• Lord Feng Chen and Bella woke together the next morning, and the All-purpose Maid surprised them by entering their locked room.
• Lord Feng Chen carried Bella into the kitchen, then held her at his computer desk and streamed games with her beside him all day.

Feng Chen broke free of Chiyuan’s ideal world by awakening his powers and destroying it, after which Chiyuan brought him, Bella, and Rita to meet Nuwa and Fuxi. When they said they had come to find something, Chiyuan and the others became wary because Nuwa and Fuxi held secrets left by the previous civilization.

• Near death, Feng Chen removed the bandages from his left hand, which exploded and then regenerated as he reversed his aging.
• Feng Chen used The World to freeze time and shatter his surroundings, then summoned Killer Queen and Made In Heaven to collapse the ideal world.
• Chiyuan’s feather burned away as Feng Chen, Bella, and Rita regained consciousness, and she proposed that they sit down and talk.
• Chiyuan took the three to Nuwa and Fuxi, then positioned herself protectively in front of them while asking where the visitors came from.
• Feng Chen said they had come to find something, making Nuwa and Fuxi wary because they guarded secrets and tools left by the previous civilization.

Fuxi agreed to give Feng Chen and the others the quantum computer terminal, but asked them to collect seashells as an early form of currency to help prepare for Chiyuan’s future. Nuwa showed Chiyuan a flattering clay figurine, while Rita joined the group after her lady left her behind.

• Feng Chen explained that he was seeking the quantum computer terminal, a sphere made of Liquid Soul Steel, and Fuxi agreed to provide it.
• Fuxi asked Feng Chen and the others to help Chiyuan by collecting seashells, which she predicted would become the land’s earliest currency.
• Nuwa presented Chiyuan with a clay figurine that exaggerated her figure, and Chiyuan laughed at the result.
• Rita said her lady had not wanted her to come to the seaside, possibly because Rita had seen something she should not have.

Rita and Feng Chen negotiated with Nuwa and Fuxi for the final sphere, which they agreed to reveal only after Feng Chen fulfilled a future obligation. Feng Chen planned to put Rita into suspended sleep until he needed her, and admitted that he was afraid of being lonely.

• Rita warned Chiyuan that she would protect her master, then asked Nuwa and Rita about Feng Chen’s future.
• Nuwa explained that her sister had predicted Rita’s search and had kept a sphere for them.
• Fuxi offered to hide information about the sphere’s location in Feng Chen’s mind, to be revealed five hundred years before his era if he honored their agreement.
• Feng Chen proposed putting Rita into the cold chamber where they had awakened so she could sleep until he needed her.
• Feng Chen said he feared loneliness, and Honkai pointed out that several companions depended on him to survive.

Feng Chen discussed his time-travel accident and Honkai’s theories about the missing final sphere, then arranged to leave with Fuxi. He returned to Rita and Bella, explaining that his bargain with Rita was well worth it because she had given him a dependable partner.

• Honkai explained that Feng Chen’s changes in the past could have created overlapping timelines and suspected Fuxi had hidden the final sphere inside him.
• Honkai praised Feng Chen’s growth and said Rita’s talent had been so exceptional that it once wanted to reside in her.
• Fuxi asked where she and Nuwa would stay, and Feng Chen declined her suggestion that he live with Chiyuan because he had another solution.
• Feng Chen said his maid was waiting and returned with Fuxi, while Bella and Rita continued looking for the final sphere through Nuwa.
• Fuxi asked about Feng Chen’s relationships with Bella and Rita, and Feng Chen described his deal with Rita as worthwhile because she gave him a dependable partner.

Feng Chen entered Hua’s dream and witnessed her final moments with Himeko, including their confession and farewell. After the dream ended, he opened his eyes in a wooden house near Chiyuan’s residence and asked whether this was Hua’s past.

• Hua ran through the burning ruins, searching for Himeko and recalling their promise to visit the Divine Land together.
• Hua found Himeko being pursued by Fire Moth troops and lowered her weapon instead of attacking her.
• Himeko embraced Hua, told her to live on, and asked her to visit her homeland in her place.
• Himeko kissed Hua and confessed her feelings before dying on a bed of blue ice.
• Feng Chen withdrew from the dream, opened his eyes, and asked the purple-haired girl whether he had seen Hua’s past.

Feng Chen prepared to enter Sirin’s dream after she drank Rita’s sleepy red tea, but a mysterious woman knocked him unconscious before he could. In the dream’s peaceful future, Siegfried and Theresa prepared gifts for Kiana’s birthday until Theresa nearly swung a giant Hoom plushie concealing Judas at their company.

• Rita said Sirin had drunk her sleepy red tea again, and Feng Chen brought out a purple feather infused with Honkai Energy.
• Feng Chen and Rita discussed the mysterious white hand linked to Sirin and the purple strand of hair left behind at Nine Nether.
• Honkai teased Feng Chen about his interest in Sirin, and a mysterious mature woman struck him unconscious beside her.
• In a peaceful future, Siegfried finished work and asked Theresa whether she had prepared a gift for Kiana’s birthday.
• Theresa revealed a giant Hoom plushie with Judas beneath it, and Otto caught the cross before Theresa could swing it in the company.

Otto hurried Siegfried and Theresa to a Schicksal meeting, where Siegfried presented a new game based on their past battles with the Honkai. Otto discovered that its final section depicted his private history with Kallen, but Siegfried said changing it would delay the announced release.

• Otto reminded Theresa and Siegfried that they had a meeting, and Siegfried sprinted to arrive just before it began.
• Otto opened the meeting and asked Siegfried to present his new game proposal.
• Siegfried showed a game recreating the Second Honkai War, Theresa's past, and the legendary Valkyrie from five hundred years earlier.
• Otto found a blade of grass on his head and asked Siegfried to change the game's final section.
• Siegfried refused to revise the finished section because the game's release date had already been announced.

Feng Chen stayed in the feather’s ideal world and streamed games for seven more days instead of going out to find Bella. After the Will of Honkai urged him to recover his lost memories, Feng Chen refused, and the Will of Honkai declared that she would stand with him as the story turned toward a new course.

• Feng Chen confirmed that Bella had entered the ideal world with him, while the Will of Honkai grew frustrated with his inaction.
• Feng Chen decided to stream from home for another seven days before going out to look for Bella.
• Feng Chen spent the full seven days playing games on PiliPili, ignoring the Will of Honkai’s warnings that he was becoming a shut-in.
• The Will of Honkai explained the feather’s power and asked Feng Chen to recover what he had forgotten about the Honkai world, but he refused because he wanted to face events without prior knowledge.
• Feng Chen declared that he would not lose to the original story’s protagonists, and the Will of Honkai answered, “I’m the same here.”