Chapter Summaries

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.

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.