Chapter Summaries

Feng Chen defeated Rita in the practical combat examination and prepared for the final group trial, where he joined Bronya Zaychik, Kiana Kaslana, and Raiden Mei. Their task was to kill a Honkai Beast, but the enormous creature that appeared was powerful enough to shock Theresa.

• Feng Chen won his fight against Rita, triggering a task that required him to win every practical combat trial or lose his Herrscher Core.
• Rita praised Feng Chen’s tactics and said she had developed a strong interest in him.
• Theresa scolded Feng Chen for recklessly challenging Rita, and he returned to his dormitory to enlist Bella’s help.
• Feng Chen suspected that someone had manipulated the final trial’s group assignments when he was grouped with Bronya Zaychik, Kiana Kaslana, and Raiden Mei.
• The group attacked the enormous Honkai Beast that appeared behind them, and Theresa exclaimed that it should not have been there.

Feng Chen and his companions faced Ganesha, an Emperor-class Honkai Beast that threatened to overwhelm the examination. As Ganesha attacked, Yae began trying to borrow the Third Herrscher’s power.

• Theresa recalled how Ganesha had instantly wiped out a Valkyrie squad, prompting Schicksal to classify it as Emperor-class.
• Ganesha appeared in the examination, alarming the students, while Rita watched from the back of the seats.
• Ganesha fired a beam at Feng Chen’s group, and Feng Chen used The World to move Yae, Kiana, and Bronya out of danger.
• Feng Chen asked Yae to use the Third Herrscher’s power because the group could not defeat Ganesha otherwise.
• Yae entered her inner world and confronted the Third Herrscher, who mocked her before stopping her from ending their conversation.

Yae accepted the Third Herrscher’s offer of power, took the purple Oni Mask, and transformed into Queen of Thunder’s Kirin to fight Ganesha. As Yae prepared to end the battle, the bomb in her heart reacted to the Honkai Energy, leaving her little time.

• Heavy-duty Rabbit 19C fought Ganesha while Feng Chen and Kiana helped the immobile Bronya avoid flying debris.
• Yae persuaded the Third Herrscher to lend her strength after the Herrscher saw a man holding a purple Oni Mask in the mirror.
• Feng Chen used the Shield of Serenity to block Ganesha’s attack, but Ganesha pierced the shield and threatened to kill him.
• Bronya and NekoCharm combined their attacks to crack Ganesha’s body, and Yae paralyzed it with a lightning Katana.
• Feng Chen threw the Oni Mask to Yae, who put it on and transformed into Queen of Thunder’s Kirin armor.
• Yae felt discomfort in her chest as the bomb planted in her heart reacted to the Honkai Energy.

Feng Chen and the others fought to survive Ganesha’s attack while Theresa tried to intervene in the examination, only to be blocked by Rita. Feng Chen’s plan paid off when Bella attacked Ganesha’s vulnerable energy patterns, and the mission was declared complete.

• Feng Chen struck Yae’s chest to reset the bomb’s countdown, giving her time to suppress the Herrscher of Thunder’s power.
• Theresa prepared to enter the examination grounds, but Rita blocked her and revealed that the Overseer had ordered her not to interfere.
• Theresa activated Judas’ Execution Mode and destroyed the monitoring room, prompting Fu Hua to calm the students and suspect Otto’s involvement.
• Ganesha unleashed a powerful Honkai Energy attack that covered the examination grounds in barriers, rocks, and dust.
• Feng Chen used the opening to send Bella against Ganesha’s vulnerable purple energy patterns, and the mission was declared complete.

After Feng Chen and the others defeated an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, Rita teased Theresa and revealed that she had come to retrieve the Moonlight Throne while showing a particular interest in Feng Chen. She hinted that her real objective was someone already beside Feng Chen and Theresa, leaving its identity unclear.

• Feng Chen and the other three defeated the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Ganesha, astonishing the students and Rita.
• Rita praised Feng Chen and suggested the Blade of Immortality might recruit him, provoking Theresa with playful taunts.
• Feng Chen confronted Rita about the exam and correctly guessed that she had come to retrieve the Moonlight Throne for Schicksal Headquarters.
• Rita asked Feng Chen about his motive, then said her own objective was simple and that the target had been beside him and Theresa all along.

Feng Chen joined Kiana and the others as Schicksal postponed the Moonlight Throne handover and summoned him to meet its Overseer. He noticed something wrong with Bronya and confronted the person controlling her, who revealed herself by rising into the sky as a white ball of light.

• Feng Chen agreed to join the Moonlight Throne handover with Kiana and the others, and Kiana said she did not know who had gifted her the battleship.
• Feng Chen noticed Bronya acting unusually quiet, but she denied being unwell or injured and left her explanation unfinished.
• Rita relayed the Overseer's order to leave the Moonlight Throne at St. Freya and bring Feng Chen to meet him.
• Feng Chen told Theresa that Bronya was not herself and asked the impostor who she was.
• The impostor brought Heavy-duty Rabbit closer, challenged Feng Chen to attack the child, and rose into the sky as a white ball of light.

Bronya attacked Feng Chen and Theresa under the control of a woman who ordered her to retrieve Mei and capture Feng Chen. Feng Chen knocked Bronya unconscious and learned that Kiana had also been falling asleep during the Moonlight Throne operation.

• Bronya used a flashbang and Heavy-duty Rabbit to catch Feng Chen with a punch to the chest.
• The woman controlling Bronya ordered her to retrieve Raiden Mei and capture Feng Chen, while Theresa and Rita prepared to stop her.
• Feng Chen charged at Bronya, but Heavy-duty Rabbit fired a laser; he severed the woman’s communication with Bronya and knocked Bronya unconscious.
• Feng Chen found that Kiana had fallen asleep again and asked Yae about her previous episodes.
• Yae said Kiana had fallen asleep during preparations to board the Moonlight Throne and while jumping toward its deck, so Feng Chen suggested taking her back to the dormitory.

Feng Chen entered Kiana’s dream to confront the mysterious purple shadow who claimed to be Kiana herself. The shadow revealed that Kiana’s mother was Cecilia Schariac before an unfamiliar newcomer appeared.

• Feng Chen left Mei and the others to watch over Kiana, then fell asleep beside her bed and entered her dream.
• The purple shadow told Kiana they were the same person and tempted her to follow by promising to reveal her mother’s name.
• Kiana chased the shadow through the dream’s shifting layers until she saw a woman fighting a Honkai Beast on a Snowfield.
• The shadow identified the woman as Cecilia Schariac, Kiana’s mother, who had died during the Second Honkai War in 2000.
• As Kiana’s consciousness grew hazy, the purple shadow asked a newcomer their name and recognized them with a sense of familiarity.

Feng Chen refused Sirin’s demand to resurrect through Kiana and challenged her to question why she had been kept alive. Sirin followed him into a comforting dream of her mother, while Feng Chen prepared to take her soul into Stigmata Space and temporarily carry her Stigmata.

• Feng Chen told Sirin he wanted to save her because she was a victim of Schicksal’s experiments, but refused to sacrifice Kiana to resurrect her.
• Sirin reconsidered whether God had treated her as a pawn and chased after Feng Chen as he walked away.
• Sirin grew exhausted, collapsed into Feng Chen’s arms, and fell asleep while believing he was her mother.
• Feng Chen learned that Sirin’s soul could be stored in Xiao Yun’s Stigmata Space, but her Stigmata would need to be kept with him temporarily.
• The system instructed Feng Chen to place his hand over Sirin’s chest Stigmata so it could transfer it to him.

Kiana tried to reach the Schicksal database to learn about her mother, but Feng Chen stopped her and warned that the records could shatter her peaceful life. Their confrontation was interrupted by Theresa, who brought them a new mission involving the Moonlight Throne and the Gem of Desire.

• Kiana woke up distraught after learning her mother, Cecilia, had been an S-rank Valkyrie who died in the Second Honkai War, and decided to seek her records in the Schicksal database.
• Feng Chen blocked Kiana from entering the database and warned her that learning the truth could change her life, but Kiana formed a God-Slaying Armor from Honkai Energy.
• Feng Chen asked Sirin how Kiana had obtained the armor, and Sirin explained that she had copied its data when Kiana and Fu Hua retrieved the Gem of Stillness about two years earlier.
• Theresa arrived outside the database, accepted Feng Chen's claim that he and Kiana were sparring, and called them to a new mission related to the Moonlight Throne.
• Theresa revealed that the mission concerned the Gem of Desire, which held the Second Herrscher's power of wind.

Feng Chen and the others traveled to New Zealand to meet Wendy and retrieve the Gem of Desire implanted in her legs. After learning how Schicksal’s experiment had paralyzed Wendy, the group spotted a wheelchair-bound girl amid gathering Honkai Energy, suggesting the mission could turn dangerous.

• Feng Chen dismissed Sirin’s concerns about meeting Schicksal’s Overseer and considered awakening the dormant Herrscher Core in the Gem of Desire.
• Theresa explained that Wendy was an A-rank Valkyrie whose potential could have made her S-rank, but Schicksal’s experiment with the Gem of Desire had left her legs paralyzed.
• Theresa told the group that Wendy had remained confined to a wheelchair and had not served on another Valkyrie mission since the experiment.
• Feng Chen warned that Wendy might become a Herrscher when St. Freya arrived to retrieve the Gem of Desire.
• Bronya detected a large gathering of Honkai Energy near a girl in a wheelchair and suspected she was Wendy.

Feng Chen and the others met Wendy at the treatment center, where Honkai Beasts attacked and Sirin revealed that Wendy had summoned them. After the battle, Feng Chen confronted Wendy about her power but left her believing that her identity as a Herrscher remained hidden.

• Wendy asked whether Feng Chen and the others had been sent by Headquarters to accompany her, but Honkai Beasts interrupted them with an attack.
• Bronya detected Scorching Lightning approaching from every direction, and Sirin warned Feng Chen that Wendy had called them to kill the group.
• Feng Chen told Kiana, Yae, and Bronya to protect Wendy while he and Rita fought the Scorching Lightning, then warned Rita that he would keep the Gem of Desire rather than return it to Schicksal.
• Feng Chen used time-stop to appear behind Wendy and identified her wind ability, but she relaxed when he said it would be troublesome if she were their enemy.
• Rita introduced herself to Wendy, and Feng Chen revealed that she was an S-rank Valkyrie; Wendy excitedly asked Feng Chen whether male Honkai Energy Adaptors were strong, and he called himself a couch potato.

Feng Chen and the Valkyries prepared to face Anti-Entropy, which knew they were seeking the Gem of Desire and had forces waiting nearby. As the group got closer to Wendy, Kiana and Bronya cheered her up, and Feng Chen resolved to save her before she fully became a Herrscher.

• Feng Chen warned the group that Anti-Entropy could learn what Bronya knew and had mechas waiting outside, so Bronya left Heavy-duty Rabbit behind to avoid complications in the coming battle.
• Feng Chen asked Bronya whether someone close to her had implanted the biological modification crystal, but she denied it while trembling.
• Feng Chen asked Wendy about her condition, and Wendy said only her legs remained paralyzed; Bronya then let her ride Heavy-duty Rabbit.
• Kiana called herself Wendy's friend, making Wendy laugh and recall her old friends, while Bronya and Kiana teased each other.
• Feng Chen said he would save Wendy before she fully became a Herrscher, and Sirin remarked that his choice to stand between humanity and the Honkai made him a strange person.

Feng Chen and the Valkyries reached the Hyperion as Wendy revealed herself as an artificial Herrscher and attacked the battleship. Feng Chen left the Hyperion unharmed, while Kiana and Bronya confronted Wendy and Kiana challenged her claim to the S-rank Valkyrie dream.

• Feng Chen and Rita spotted the Hyperion while Wendy’s rising Honkai Energy reaction alerted Bronya and the others.
• Wendy transformed into an artificial Herrscher, declared her hatred for Schicksal, and sent a massive tornado toward the Hyperion.
• Feng Chen appeared on the Hyperion’s deck after the tornado struck, and the battleship remained unharmed.
• Wendy rejected Kiana and the others’ help and said she wanted to use her new strength to pursue her dream of becoming an S-rank Valkyrie.
• Kiana told Wendy that duty and responsibility mattered more than strength, and Bronya returned Heavy-duty Rabbit to her side as a figure approached.

Feng Chen confronted Rita after she tried to subdue Wendy under Schicksal’s orders, and Sirin briefly took control to trap the S-rank Valkyrie in Imaginary Space. Feng Chen escaped Rita’s counterattack and returned to the Hyperion, where he told Theresa he had imprisoned Rita until the mission ended.

• Feng Chen rebuked Rita for attacking Wendy and risking her transformation, while Rita explained that Schicksal had ordered her to subdue the Fourth Herrscher and dismissed New Zealand’s civilians as possible sacrifices.
• Feng Chen summoned Sirin through Imaginary Space, and Sirin attacked Rita with white spears and trapped her between shifting blocks.
• Rita activated Azure Knight: Moonlit Aurora and struck at Feng Chen with her frost-covered scythe.
• Feng Chen escaped through a door in Imaginary Space as Sirin returned control of his body, leaving Rita confined.
• Feng Chen reappeared aboard the Hyperion and told Theresa that Rita was locked up until the mission ended.

Wendy lost control as the Fourth Herrscher and fled, while Schicksal sent Durandal to pursue her. Feng Chen used Sirin’s Stigmata power to leave the Hyperion and appeared above the sea near New Zealand.

• Wendy attacked Kiana, Yae, and Bronya, then fled rather than harm Bronya.
• Ai-chan joined the Hyperion’s systems, where Yui hoped to grow closer to human emotions with her help.
• Sirin judged the uncontrolled Wendy a monster, while Anti-Entropy prepared to exploit the situation and pursue the Gem of Desire.
• Schicksal lost contact with Rita and dispatched Durandal to find Wendy.
• Theresa gave Feng Chen Durandal’s location, and Feng Chen vanished using Sirin’s Stigmata power.
• Feng Chen appeared above the sea near New Zealand in the form of the White Scaled Giant Dragon.

Feng Chen faced Durandal while protecting the Gem of Desire, and she offered to let him take it if he stood aside. He refused, setting up a fight between them.

• Durandal advanced toward New Zealand as Schicksal sent nearly ten thousand Honkai Beasts to stop her.
• Feng Chen recognized Bella as his subordinate and prepared to confront Durandal with the power of his left hand.
• Feng Chen used his [Left Hand That Surpasses Humanity] to close the distance and attack Durandal, who wielded the Divine Key [Black Abyss White Flower].
• Durandal identified Feng Chen as a Herrscher vessel and offered to give him the Gem of Desire if he let her subjugate the Fourth Herrscher.
• Feng Chen refused Durandal's offer.

Feng Chen fought Durandal while trying to prevent Schicksal from stopping the Sirin Project, but his plan to break through her defenses faltered when his Honkai Energy ran low. As Durandal demanded that he surrender or die, a purple-haired girl opened her eyes.

• Feng Chen attacked Durandal with energy gathered from Schicksal’s assaults during the Second Honkai War, but she deflected it with Black Abyss White Flower and pierced his apparent body.
• Feng Chen revealed that he had hidden himself in Imaginary Space, then sent Bella into Sirin’s Stigmata Space and prepared an attack using the Eye of Balor and Jizou Mitama.
• Durandal activated Black Abyss White Flower and pierced Jizou Mitama, weakening it before Feng Chen could use its Zeroth Activation Rate.
• Feng Chen failed to summon Jizou Mitama’s Zeroth Activation Rate because he lacked enough Honkai Energy, and Durandal confronted him with a choice between surrender and death.
• A purple-haired girl opened her eyes as Feng Chen asked who was trying to run.

Feng Chen and Sirin faced Durandal after Feng Chen absorbed the Honkai Energy from nearly ten thousand Honkai Beasts. Unable to defeat Durandal despite using Sirin’s attacks and stopping time, Feng Chen fled with Sirin into the Imaginary Space, where Rita greeted them.

• Feng Chen absorbed the Honkai Energy from nearly ten thousand Honkai Beasts, and Sirin praised him before asking about Yae Sakura’s scent on him.
• Feng Chen told Sirin that she was as important to him as Bella, and the system’s interference caused Sirin’s favorability toward him to surge.
• Feng Chen and Sirin realized they could not win against Durandal, whose attacks had forced Feng Chen to use his available methods.
• Feng Chen used Sirin’s spears to distract Durandal and stopped time to throw another spear, but Durandal let it pass through her and healed her wound with Black Abyss White Flower.
• Feng Chen sent an email and fled with Sirin into the Imaginary Space, where Rita welcomed him back.

Feng Chen delayed Durandal, then brought Rita to the Fourth Herrscher’s location to recover the Gem of Desire. The Fourth Herrscher begged for help and asked Feng Chen if he was God, but he prepared to eliminate anything that could interfere.

• Durandal continued toward her destination but was surrounded and attacked by Anti-Entropy battleships.
• Feng Chen told Theresa and Himeko that Durandal would be occupied for about half an hour and ordered the recovery of the Gem of Desire.
• Theresa worried Feng Chen might follow a dangerous path, but the AI reassured her that he cared about St. Freya and its people.
• Feng Chen considered Anti-Entropy’s internal split and focused on finding a way to remove Bronya’s biological modification chip.
• Feng Chen released Rita, warned her not to take the Gem of Desire, and brought her to the Fourth Herrscher’s location.
• The Fourth Herrscher lamented Bronya’s condition and pleaded for help, while Feng Chen began the recovery mission and she asked whether he was God.