Chapter Summaries

Dr. Mei and Little Griseo discussed Kosma and Desdrobia’s feelings and hoped they would marry. Desdrobia was waiting for Kosma to take the initiative, while Kosma needed to become more confident and take responsibility for their relationship.

• Dr. Mei happily told Little Griseo that Kosma and Desdrobia might soon marry.
• Dr. Mei reflected that Kosma and Desdrobia were among their friends most likely to settle down soon.
• Little Griseo asked whether Desdrobia had been waiting for Kosma to make the first move, and Dr. Mei agreed.
• Dr. Mei explained that both Kosma and Desdrobia understood their feelings but were held back by shyness and Kosma’s silence.
• Desdrobia pushed Kosma to face his feelings, become more reliable, and take responsibility.

Dr. Mei persuaded Little Griseo to stop pressuring Deified Kiana and Deified Mei and let their relationship develop in its own time. Little Griseo agreed, then learned that everyone had become far more playful at the carnival after she stopped watching.

• Dr. Mei told Little Griseo that love could not be forced and that Deified Kiana and Deified Mei should be given time to work things out.
• Little Griseo accepted Dr. Mei's advice and decided to leave Deified Kiana and Deified Mei alone for a while.
• Little Griseo changed the subject and chatted with Dr. Mei about the carnival, which was still going well.
• Little Griseo watched recordings of the carnival and was surprised that Alicia, Alicia from the Previous Era, and others had played outrageous tricks after she left.
• Dr. Mei explained that the others felt less restrained without Little Griseo around, and Little Griseo wondered why even the Moth of the Fire members had acted that way.

After the year-long competition ended, Little Griseo granted both Honkai Impact 2nd and Honkai Impact 3rd places on the Ark, leaving their people relieved but uneasy about winning at the expense of other worlds. Little Griseo knew the paintings would soon become permanent members of the Ark, though she had not yet revealed that surprise.

• Little Griseo noticed that Dr. Mei and the others treated her with newfound tenderness and caution, and accepted that she had changed.
• The year-long carnival ended after more than three hundred and sixty matches, with Honkai Impact 2nd and Honkai Impact 3rd taking first and second place.
• Little Griseo announced that Honkai Impact 3rd would also qualify to board the Ark despite finishing runner-up.
• The people of Honkai Impact 2nd and Honkai Impact 3rd felt relieved that their worlds were saved, but some felt sorrowful about winning over their counterparts.
• Little Griseo knew the paintings would soon become real and join the Ark permanently, but kept the news secret.

Little Griseo waited to bring Honkai Impact 2nd and Honkai Impact 3rd to Ark, while some favored characters had already arrived and begun meeting their counterparts. Ark’s new residents settled into their lives as current-era Kevin chose to let memory Kevin live independently.

• Little Griseo explained that she would wait for Honkai Impact 2nd to finish before bringing both worlds to Ark, while Honkai Impact 3rd’s people could remain in their own world until then.
• Little Griseo brought favored characters to Ark early, making it livelier as the Honkai’s disappearance let them stay without urgency.
• Memory Alicia and pre-civilization Alicia spent time with the two Edens, while Memory Snake argued with pre-civilization Snake and the two Kosmas went fishing.
• Pre-civilization Kevin proudly showed off his daughter to current-era Kevin and memory Kevin.
• Current-era Kevin said memory Kevin was a different person from who he had become and was willing to let him live independently.

Little Griseo explained that Herya and Coralie’s present and future selves shared their bodies while remaining separate personalities. She then considered creating a reincarnation system for the Ark, where death currently meant a soul’s energy dispersing forever.

• Little Griseo had preserved the future timeline of Herya and Coralie, and their future selves had joined their younger selves in shared bodies.
• Little Herya and Little Coralie accepted their arrangement and planned to keep visiting Little Griseo as children.
• Little Griseo wondered why the Ark had no afterlife or reincarnation mechanism for the dead.
• Little Griseo proposed washing away memories while preserving a person’s nature so they could be reborn and their existence could be recycled.

Little Griseo planned an underworld to house the dead, preserve their souls for possible resurrection, and eventually allow reincarnation. She left the details to both Vernes, who agreed to design it.

• Little Griseo reasoned that souls needed a place to wait before reincarnation and could remain in the underworld while their return was still possible.
• Little Griseo decided the underworld and reincarnation system could also deter wrongdoing and let the living use Contribution Points to make wishes for the dead.
• Little Griseo planned to delegate the underworld’s design and management to the two Vernes.
• Both Vernes readily agreed to work on designing the underworld.

Mobius and Dr. Mei joined Little Griseo in exploring how souls and life worked, while Dr. Mei spent time with Little Griseo and Little Eve. Kevin from the Previous Era enjoyed family life with Dr. Mei and their child, while the other Kevins continued earning Contribution Points and waiting for their Dr. Meis to return.

• Mobius joined the effort to observe how souls formed because she was eager to study life scientifically.
• Dr. Mei discussed the relationship between matter and consciousness with Little Griseo, who preferred playing with Little Eve.
• Little Griseo frequently visited Dr. Mei and Little Eve while Dr. Mei recovered after giving birth.
• Kevin from the Previous Era took Kevin from the Current Era and Kevin the Memory to work or stroll, hoping they could earn Contribution Points.
• Kevin the Memory endured his envy of Kevin from the Previous Era's family life, while Su kept him company.

Little Griseo explored how the soul and body related to each other as she considered the structure needed to establish the Netherworld and its reincarnation system. The discussion ended with Mobius’s belief that each soul had a core surrounded by accumulated emotions and memories.

• Kevin of the Previous Era considered ways to earn Contribution Points and judged Bounty Missions less worthwhile than joining research teams.
• Little Griseo’s supporters had spent their Contribution Points nurturing Little Eve, leaving little for Kevin of the Current Era.
• Little Griseo looked forward to Dr. Mei of the Current Era being resurrected and valued her potential as a scientist.
• Little Griseo discussed the relationship between body and soul, comparing them to a boat and compass and explaining that consciousness was only one part of the soul.
• Memory-form Alicia said the soul had a true self, while Sakura of the Previous Era suggested it had a heart; Mobius believed the soul had a core surrounded by emotions and memories.

Deified Kiana and Deified Mei asked Little Griseo to send them back to their original world, but admitted they did not yet feel ready to become the Biying Bird together. They believed the time had not come and chose to focus on what they needed to do.

• Little Griseo considered how learning about souls across different worlds could help Mobius and the others with the Ark.
• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei arrived together and asked Little Griseo to let them return to their original world.
• Little Griseo asked whether they were prepared to become the Biying Bird, but both women shook their heads.
• Deified Kiana said she and Deified Mei felt the time was not right yet.

Deified Kiana and Deified Mei realized that the Ark’s comfort left them without the urgency needed to become the Biying Bird, and asked Little Griseo to send them back. Little Griseo agreed that returning to their original world might give their destiny room to unfold, though she remained unsure what would happen next.

• Deified Kiana wondered whether the simulated environment had prevented her and Deified Mei from completing their soul resonance.
• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei concluded that the Ark’s comfort had removed the pressure they might need to become the Biying Bird.
• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei solemnly asked Little Griseo to send them back to their original world.
• Little Griseo accepted that returning to Honkai Impact 2nd might suit them better, since they were that world’s protagonists.

Little Griseo agreed to let Deified Kiana and Deified Mei return to Honkai Impact 2nd, but warned them that the Will Expander and Abyss Will would make their world more dangerous. She proposed preparing them for the tens of thousands of years before the next era and helping them create a new beginning.

• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei confirmed they still wanted to return, and Little Griseo warned them that the Honkai, the Abyss Will, and interference with fate would be stronger than before.
• Little Griseo said it would be heartless to send them back to reincarnate and wait tens of thousands of years without help.
• Little Griseo contacted Miss Ark, and they devised another way to prepare Deified Kiana and Deified Mei for the long wait until the next era.
• Little Griseo suggested that Deified Kiana and Deified Mei keep their current states and identities to create a new beginning, and said she would remove their hidden dangers as Herrschers.

Little Griseo planned to make Deified Kiana and Deified Mei fully independent before they reincarnated, keeping their memories and powers as they endured tens of thousands of years alone. The chapter left them preparing to face the next era and prevent the tragedies of the Honkai Impact 2nd world, with Cocolia marked as a potential threat.

• Little Griseo planned to remove any backdoors that could let the Abyss Will or Will Expander control Deified Kiana and Deified Mei.
• Little Griseo intended for Deified Kiana and Deified Mei to reincarnate with their memories and powers after enduring tens of thousands of years together.
• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei looked forward to the next era and hoped to prevent more tragedies in the Honkai Impact 2nd world.
• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei marked Cocolia as a threat, believing their retained power would let them stop her if she tried to ambush them.
• The narration explained that Herrschers had different levels and forms, and that even a Molting Finality would be much harder to achieve than Molting Wendy.

Little Griseo decided to give Deified Kiana and Deified Mei her accumulated emotional energies to help them grow stronger and possibly ascend to a higher dimension. The two thanked her, accepting that they would need more than the power of Finality to face the Abyss Will and the Will Expander.

• Little Griseo decided that Deified Kiana and Deified Mei should build their strength even if they could not become the Biying Bird.
• Little Griseo judged that defeating the Abyss Will would address the main threat in their Honkai Impact 2nd world, while the Will Expander could be dealt with later.
• Little Griseo offered Deified Kiana and Deified Mei all the colors and paints she had accumulated as a foundation for their growth.
• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei thanked Little Griseo and accepted her help.
• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei recognized that the power of Finality would not be enough to face the Abyss Will or the Will Expander.

Little Griseo planned to bring the survivors of Deified Kiana and Deified Mei’s Honkai Impact 2nd world into the next cycle. She also suggested they accept Jana, leaving Deified Mei to agree despite Deified Kiana’s awkwardness about having another destined partner.

• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei said they wanted to grow stronger so they could protect themselves, their loved ones, and the world.
• Little Griseo proposed taking the Honkai Impact 2nd survivors with them when the next cycle began, and Kiana and Mei agreed.
• Little Griseo told them Jana had been watching and could join them if Kiana accepted her, explaining that Jana had endured countless cycles hoping to understand Kiana and human emotions.
• Deified Kiana awkwardly looked to Deified Mei after Little Griseo mentioned Jana, while Little Griseo added that Jana did not mind sharing Kiana.
• Deified Mei said she had no objections if Jana was a good person who cared for Kiana, and Kiana promised to help Mei if Jana bullied her.

Little Griseo reflected on Jana and Deified Kiana’s chances of building a relationship, then arranged for Deified Kiana and Deified Mei to return to their world. The chapter left the survivors of their world set to come to Little Griseo’s world and settle into new lives.

• Little Griseo considered how Deified Kiana might win over Deified Mei and Jana, and concluded they would have tens of thousands of years to get along.
• Little Griseo reflected on her growing pessimism toward humanity and how people could become better through sincerity and living harmoniously.
• A few days later, Deified Kiana and Deified Mei quietly left, with Little Griseo personally sending them back to their world.
• Deified Kiana and Deified Mei agreed to bring Fire-chasing Duck, Fire-chasing Seele, and the others from the Moth of the Fire to Little Griseo’s world.
• The Moth of the Fire survivors arrived and soon settled into new lives, while understanding that their own world remained in a complicated state.

Little Griseo was content to stay in the Administrative Section, where she often met the girls from Honkai Impact 2. Seeing their loneliness and lingering distress, she allowed Apophis’s Goddess Cult to offer them comfort, as long as it did not cause trouble.

• Little Griseo decided to remain in the Administrative Section, where abundant resources and familiar girls made her happy.
• The girls from Honkai Impact 2 often felt unsettled despite living on the Ark and longed for peace and a place to belong.
• Apophis and her Goddess Cult offered the girls a faith and community to comfort them.
• Little Griseo allowed the cult to flourish because she believed it could help people, provided it did not cross the line.
• Some Previous Era arrivals who had once dismissed religion became devoted followers after joining the Goddess Cult.

Little Griseo reflected on the girls and scientists across the Honkai worlds while hoping Deified Kiana and Deified Mei could rewrite Honkai Impact 3rd’s story. She considered reviving exceptional Honkai Impact 2nd scientists such as Iserin, as the Ark still lacked enough brilliant researchers.

• Little Griseo noted that the Goddess Church’s believers would likely adapt to worshipping and serving Goddess Griseo on their own.
• Little Griseo enjoyed seeing familiar girls in the Administrative Section and thought about how higher-dimensional beings spent their time collecting worlds and girls.
• Little Griseo wondered whether Yae, Dr. Mei’s reincarnation in Honkai Impact 2nd, would overshadow Dr. Mei if their reincarnations merged.
• Little Griseo hoped Deified Kiana and Deified Mei could rewrite Honkai Impact 3rd’s story and considered reviving Iserin for her research abilities.

Little Griseo decided to bring the Honkai Impact 3rd world aboard the Ark first, rather than wait tens of thousands of years for Honkai Impact 2nd to be ready. The Previous Era and Current Era learned of the plan and eagerly anticipated the coming Ark event.

• Little Griseo considered visiting the worlds of Boonie Bears or Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, but doubted their characters' abilities would carry over beyond their original worlds.
• Little Griseo planned to leave the work of moving and merging worlds to Miss Ark, who had helped her handle the Previous Era before.
• Little Griseo chose to bring Honkai Impact 3rd aboard first, since Deified Kiana and Deified Mei would not be ready for tens of thousands of years.
• Little Griseo planned to use Honkai Impact 3rd's ending convergence point to unite its worlds across the Sea of Trees system and help prepare for Honkai Impact 2nd.
• The Moth of the Fire, the Administrative Section, and the Previous Era's people learned of the plan and eagerly awaited the Ark event.

The Honkai Impact 3rd world had learned that it was chosen to board the Ark, though no one knew when the move would happen. While ordinary people might barely notice the change, those able to travel looked forward to visiting the Previous Era's world bubble and the Ark's other areas.

• The Current Era's people had an easier transition than the Previous Era because they brought their familiar world over intact and only needed to adapt to the Ark's system.
• After the carnival feast, the Honkai Impact 3rd world had effectively been told that it had won the Goddess's favor and would board the Ark in the future.
• The end of the Honkai meant people no longer had to live in fear, though the move might take a year, centuries, or longer.
• The narrator reasoned that ordinary people might feel little difference after moving, since their surroundings would remain much the same.
• The narrator noted that people able to travel could visit the Previous Era's world bubble and the Administrative Section, places many girls were eager to explore.

Kiana reunited with Yae after the carnival and cheerfully explored the Previous Era with her, while Yae struggled with embarrassment over her choice to join the World Serpent. The two visited Dr. Einstein and discussed her work on an armed puppet.

• After the carnival, Kiana found Mei and felt relieved to know her future, then happily reunited with Yae.
• Yae felt awkward that leaving for the World Serpent had changed nothing, since the Goddess had arrived and the Honkai had ended anyway.
• Kiana kept Yae by her side, and Yae apologized for Kiana's boisterous behavior as they visited Dr. Einstein.
• Yae asked whether Dr. Einstein was working on an armed puppet, recalling what she had learned from the World Serpent.
• Kiana listened with a blank expression, unable to follow Yae and Dr. Einstein's discussion.