Chapter Summaries

Chlorine Sodium began evaluating a prisoner at a Chernobog psychiatric hospital and recognized him as a villain, while Yelena arrived in the city with her sister and encountered a Military Police officer. The next chapter opened with officers questioning whether an infected person had been found.

• Fyodor dismissed Witte after discussing the nobles’ secret troop mobilization and the danger facing the Ursus Empire.
• Chlorine Sodium, posing as a psychiatric doctor, confronted Ulyov Murphy with tools and sensed the resentment of the dead surrounding him.
• Yelena struggled to adjust to Chernobog, where her sister had brought her to live.
• Yelena saw a burly Ursus Military Policeman appear nearby as chaos broke out in the neighborhood.
• A seasoned Military Police veteran questioned a new recruit who was leading an infected person.

Chlorine Sodium spotted an Ursus transport convoy and suspected it was bait, but attacked anyway. The military’s ambush was ready to use forcibly gathered Infected as batteries for a concentrated assault, and the chapter ended with Chlorine Sodium finding the undefended convoy boring.

• Ursus officers gathered Infected and ordinary citizens to meet a quota, then planned to use the Infected as disposable batteries in Operation Snow Removal.
• Chlorine Sodium watched an Ursus convoy from the woods and decided to attack despite suspecting it might be a trap.
• The Emperor's Royal Guard and military forces waited in ambush, confident that their firepower and Siege Cannon could defeat the Snow Demon.
• The Emperor's Royal Guard spotted a purple glow and announced that the Snow Demon had arrived.
• Chlorine Sodium found that the convoy had no guards and kept moving, and she considered the coming fight boring.

Chlorine Sodium destroyed the Ursus convoy, while Yelena and other Infected were trapped in a detention camp as Ursus forces prepared an ambush against the Snow Demon. The chapter left the bombardment underway and Yelena’s hidden cold power stirring as the Infected around her died from a mysterious ritual.

• Chlorine Sodium unleashed her weapons and demolished the Ursus convoy, prompting her allies to begin the second phase of their operation.
• Yelena observed that she and a group of Infected had been confined in an unfamiliar detention camp guarded by armed men.
• Ursus Mages used the Infected as Originium Arts mediums, causing their crystals to spread strange markings and killing them in agony.
• Grand Duke Ivanov Kim Yuspov directed Ursus forces to bombard and encircle the Snow Demon, which moved north to escape the attack.
• Yelena watched the camp descend into panic as Infected died and Originium explosions sounded, while cold gathered around her unnoticed.

Chlorine Sodium used the Herrscher of the Void’s spatial power to turn the Ursus army’s bombardment against its own positions, then appeared in the Grand Duke’s command room. Yaga and Koschei watched the aftermath from afar and discussed the destruction and the military’s coming difficulties.

• Chlorine Sodium drew the Ursus forces toward her as their infantry advanced and artillery launched a barrage.
• Chlorine Sodium opened purple rings in the sky and swallowed the incoming shells, then redirected the attacks through rings behind the army.
• The redirected bombardment devastated the frontline and cut off most of Central Command’s signals.
• A shock wave reached Central Command, where Chlorine Sodium appeared before Grand Duke Ivanov Kim Yuspov and asked whether he had been looking for her.
• Yaga judged Chlorine Sodium’s power while Koschei praised the military operation and said people would clean up its aftermath.

The deputy director of the Sarcophagus Research Institute dropped a giant apostle mecha into the battlefield to kill Chlorine Sodium. She redirected its devastating beam back at it, but the machine survived and charged through the smoke.

• The deputy director released the awakened apostle from the bomber, and its murderous instincts locked onto Chlorine Sodium.
• The giant mecha crashed into the battlefield, causing panic among the retreating soldiers and drawing Chlorine Sodium’s attention.
• The apostle fired a crimson death ray at Chlorine Sodium, who opened a spatial gate and sent the beam back at the mecha.
• The mecha survived the counterattack and charged toward Chlorine Sodium through the smoke.

Chlorine Sodium overwhelmed the black giant in battle, restraining and mutilating it after it survived her initial barrage. The Sarcophagus Research Institute’s deputy director returned to the battlefield and found the giant dead, leaving him screaming in disbelief.

• Chlorine Sodium unleashed a storm of Subspace Spears, but the black giant evaded the worst of the attack and charged through the smoke.
• Chlorine Sodium fired weapons from Imaginary Gates at the descending giant, then bound it with Judas’s chains when it landed.
• Chlorine Sodium cut through the giant’s limbs with golden whips of light and mocked its helplessness.
• The deputy director ordered the plane to return after losing contact with the cargo, and the captain circled back toward the battlefield.
• The crew saw the devastated terrain and the giant’s corpse, while the deputy director screamed that its defeat was impossible and demanded to go down.

Yelena witnessed the Snow Demon destroy the forces attacking the Infected, while Yaga and Koschei discussed the battle and Koschei revealed that he had helped orchestrate it. At the devastated battlefield, Kal'tsit rescued a frail, doll-like figure from the wreckage of the enormous machine.

• The copilot succumbed to Honkai Energy and attacked a crew member as the aircraft crew panicked.
• A hurricane tore through the camp, revealing the battle, and a purple attack wiped out the Arts Casters attacking the Infected.
• Yelena recognized the glowing presence in the sky as the Snow Demon.
• Yaga dismissed the battle as an assessment and left, while Koschei revealed that the Snow Demon was his ally and predicted the Empire would change.
• Kal'tsit and Mon3tr tore open the wrecked machine's cockpit and found a surviving figure inside.
• Kal'tsit dragged the emaciated figure from the machine and saw its pale, doll-like face in the rising sunlight.

Kal'tsit discovered a strange, newly revived girl beneath the newborn sun. In Chernobog, Chlorine Sodium collected Yelena from detention despite suspecting her of being a protagonist, and later in Lungmen she encountered the mysterious Elafia woman known as yj at her clinic.

• Kal'tsit examined the pale-haired newborn girl and speculated that the former master of the land had existed.
• After Ursus imposed martial law, Chlorine Sodium presented identification at Chernobog City Hall and collected Yelena from the temporary holding area.
• Chlorine Sodium wondered whether Yelena had seen her true appearance and might be connected to the enemy, but chose to take her home.
• In Lungmen, yj visited Chlorine Sodium's clinic about her hair and stopped Yelena from saying her name.

Chlorine Sodium watched Yelena repel a gang that tried to intimidate them, then reflected on shaping Yelena only to destroy their life together. Later, she went to a quiet downtown bar for a meeting and learned that her psychiatric appointments had become highly sought after.

• A gang leader and his lackeys entered Chlorine Sodium’s clinic and tried to take Yelena with them.
• Chlorine Sodium told Yelena to see them out, and Yelena punched the gang leader outside the clinic.
• Chlorine Sodium praised Yelena, then questioned whether their happiness was real as she considered her plan to build Yelena up and crush everything they had.
• Chlorine Sodium visited a bar at the address on a postcard and heard that people in Lungmen’s upper circles were eager to book appointments with her.

Chlorine Sodium attended Wei Yanwu’s birthday banquet in Lungmen to search for the person she was seeking, after Koschei offered her an invitation in exchange for a favor. She found no sign of that person among the powerful guests, until something made her pupils contract.

• Koschei offered Chlorine Sodium an invitation to Wei Yanwu’s birthday banquet, saying it could help her find the person she sought, and asked her for a favor in return.
• Chlorine Sodium attended the banquet at the Wei Mansion, hoping to learn whether the world’s protagonist was among Lungmen’s upper circles.
• Wei Yanwu received a report that communications with the Frozen Land had been cut off and that the informant in the Snow Demon incident had been silenced.
• Wei Yanwu and Wei Wenyue discussed the banquet as a public performance before he descended to greet the guests.
• Chlorine Sodium glanced at Wei Yanwu, lost interest in the gathering, and considered leaving early.
• Something appeared that made Chlorine Sodium’s pupils suddenly contract.

Yelena was left alone in the clinic when the Black Hand Gang broke in, and she fought off their first attackers. As the gang surrounded her, she continued taking them down, but the chapter ended with the fight still underway.

• Yelena prepared to water the clovers and went to the door after hearing a knock.
• The Black Hand Gang smashed through the door and found Yelena alone in the clinic.
• A thug swung at Yelena, but she closed in, restrained his arm, and punched him into his gang members.
• The gang surrounded Yelena and attacked her with clubs and machetes.
• Yelena dodged and counterattacked at close range, knocking down thug after thug despite being outnumbered.

At a banquet, Chlorine Sodium spotted the blue-haired Chen Hui Jie and saw her as a potential protagonist to study and manipulate, but a message about Yelena’s kidnapping distracted her. An hour later, still frustrated by her failed attempt to learn about Chen Hui Jie, Chlorine Sodium stopped herself from pouring another glass of wine as memories held in her body seemed to stir.

• A Sarkaz mercenary confronted a girl and called her trouble after a flying knife blocked her path.
• Chlorine Sodium saw a protagonist’s halo around the blue-haired Chen Hui Jie, whom Wei Yanwu greeted as Hui Jie and who called him uncle.
• Chlorine Sodium decided to learn about Chen Hui Jie and cultivate a relationship that could later be shattered into hatred.
• An unknown number sent Chlorine Sodium a photograph and a message saying Yelena had been kidnapped, and she chose to prioritize Chen Hui Jie instead.
• After an hour at the banquet, Chlorine Sodium had learned only Chen Hui Jie’s name and felt increasingly irritated.
• Chlorine Sodium stopped herself from pouring another glass of wine, and memories embedded in her body seemed to awaken.

Chlorine Sodium watched Chen Hui Jie at Wei Yanwu’s birthday celebration and silently marked her for a future confrontation. Yelena woke in an organ-trafficking slaughterhouse, where her captors restrained her and prepared to torture and kill her for profit.

• Chlorine Sodium dismissed a waiter’s concern, watched Chen Hui Jie with murderous amusement, and resolved to deal with her another time.
• A gust of wind disrupted the birthday celebration, and Chen Hui Jie looked toward the source of an intimidating gaze but saw nothing unusual.
• Yelena awoke in a slaughterhouse and recalled how a masked Sarkaz fighter had defeated her.
• Yelena saw a butcher removing organs from a corpse and realized the room was filled with human victims.
• The manager revealed that he knew Yelena was infected, explained that a device around her neck blocked her Originium Arts, and threatened to torture her and sell her Originium Crystals.

Chlorine Sodium crashed into the workshop, slaughtered the thugs, and rescued Yelena from the operating table. After freeing her, Chlorine Sodium faced Yelena’s sudden tears and felt unsure how to comfort her.

• Chlorine Sodium descended at supersonic speed and smashed into the transport vehicle outside the workshop.
• Chlorine Sodium tore through the guards and killed the thugs who tried to stop her.
• Chlorine Sodium entered the dark workshop and decapitated the man who had been preparing to torment the captive girl.
• Chlorine Sodium untied Yelena, who burst into tears, leaving Chlorine Sodium troubled and unsure what to do.

Chlorine Sodium comforted Yelena and led her out of the blood-soaked factory, while Yelena clung to her despite seeing the violence she had unleashed. At dawn, Hoshiguma intervened when police questioned a street peddler, claiming that local rules gave her a say in the case.

• Chlorine Sodium stroked Yelena’s hair and comforted her as the girl sobbed in her arms.
• Chlorine Sodium took Yelena by the hand and led her out through the factory, exposing the bloody trail of her slaughter.
• At dawn, Guard Department officers cordoned off an alley and questioned the peddler who had called the police.
• The officer threatened to take the peddler to the station, but Hoshiguma stepped in and said she would speak with him.
• Hoshiguma told the officer that local rules gave her authority to intervene, and a familiar voice sounded behind him.

Nine investigated a fire scene with Hoshiguma and found a massacre too horrific to seem like ordinary gang violence. At the clinic, Pianna and Miss Manager read readers’ letters and discussed the story’s characters, relationships, and protagonist.

• Nine questioned Hoshiguma about the crime scene and learned that Hoshiguma’s people had been watching the loan sharks and reported the incident after the fire began.
• Hoshiguma warned Nine about the scene inside, where Nine found crimson standing water and brutally mutilated bodies beneath the remains of a burned vehicle.
• Nine concluded the massacre seemed beyond gang-on-gang violence, and Hoshiguma said the organization had arrived while the blood was still warm.
• At the clinic, Miss Manager brought letters from readers, and Pianna read one reminding Bill to rest, prompting Miss Manager to tease Bill about overwork.
• Pianna and Miss Manager discussed readers’ questions about the book’s relationships and protagonist, including Chlorine Sodium, Sariel, and the protagonist’s gender.

Nine and Hoshiguma investigated a slaughterhouse crime scene as Longmen faced gang turmoil and mysterious child abductions. Wei Yanwu learned that Koschei had returned, and Koschei began examining Chen Hui Jie’s name from a hidden apartment.

• Nine and Hoshiguma found a slaughterhouse scene where the victims had been killed with a single powerful blow, and Hoshiguma described how the Black Hand Gang’s new Speaker had changed its operations.
• Nine considered the unexplained child abductions and her growing sense that a major crisis was coming to Longmen.
• Wei Yanwu received a message from Koschei and ordered his secret agent to investigate the Black Snake’s plans without acting rashly.
• Koschei, hiding in an old apartment, remarked with interest on Chen Hui Jie.

Chlorine Sodium agreed to help Koschei identify the Taiko Group heiress in exchange for information about Chen Hui Jie, while Koschei prepared a plan to create a disaster in Lungmen. On her way home, Chlorine Sodium bought food and tried to explain away her concern for Yelena as a calculated investment.

• Chlorine Sodium met Koschei, who asked her to gather information about Chen Hui Jie and offered to arrange a meeting with the Taiko heiress.
• Koschei asked Chlorine Sodium to observe the heiress and report what she looked like, and she accepted the deal.
• Chlorine Sodium stored Koschei's materials about Chen Hui Jie and considered how his planned disaster would leave Chen and the heiress vulnerable.
• Chlorine Sodium searched for food on the way home, rejected hamburgers at first, then bought them because there were few other options nearby.
• Chlorine Sodium worried about Yelena and rationalized her concern as an investment in the girl's future.

Chlorine Sodium followed yj to an abandoned district, where the woman revealed herself as the manager who had arranged Chlorine Sodium’s new identity and called her a villainess. The manager attacked with absolute authority, leaving Chlorine Sodium dodging through the ruins with her fist techniques.

• Chlorine Sodium returned to the clinic and found yj waiting with Yelena, then agreed to accompany her for a protective enchantment.
• yj led Chlorine Sodium into an abandoned section of the old district instead of the wealthy district.
• yj used Originium Arts to turn the cat in her arms to ash, provoking Chlorine Sodium to attack.
• yj revealed that she was the manager who had arranged Chlorine Sodium’s new identity and called her a villainess.
• The manager unleashed wind blades and gales, while Chlorine Sodium dodged through the wreckage using her Honkai-world skills.

Elafia trapped Chlorine Sodium in a devastating gale and taunted her for refusing to transform, but Chlorine Sodium drew Cherry Blossom Snow and severed Elafia’s hand. After Elafia conceded that Chlorine Sodium had grown stronger, she healed her and revealed that the mission was special; elsewhere, a late-night conversation turned to whether someone was raising a child or a pig.

• Elafia unleashed a huge gale and sealed the ruins’ boundary, while Chlorine Sodium still refused to enter her strongest state.
• Elafia realized Chlorine Sodium was holding back because an Ursus girl was nearby, then goaded her and flooded the battlefield with wind.
• Chlorine Sodium endured the storm’s cuts, drew Cherry Blossom Snow from an Imaginary Number Gate, and slashed off Elafia’s hand.
• Elafia admitted Chlorine Sodium was stronger now and stopped fighting, then healed Chlorine Sodium and said the mission was special.
• Elsewhere, someone joked that feeding a child the same food every day was like raising a pig, and the other person protested.