Chapter Summaries

After Otto vowed to become strong enough to grant Kallen every wish, even if he had to oppose her and the world, the observers feared that Kallen’s death would turn his obsession into a catastrophe. The Light Screen then jumped several years forward, revealing a medieval European town under a shadow of death.

• Otto resolved to bear every sin and remove every obstacle so Kallen could be happy, even if she became his enemy.
• The system warned that Kallen’s intervention had halted Otto’s madness only temporarily and foretold an Evil Flower born from death.
• Ning Rongrong, Tian Hen, Xiao Xiao, Tang Ya, Dai Hao, Xue Ye, and Zhou Weiqing reacted with shock as they interpreted the prophecy as a warning of Kallen’s death and Otto’s future madness.
• The Dragon God and the God Kings feared that Otto would turn the world against himself and use countless lives in a vast scheme.
• The Light Screen went dark, then showed a timeline jump to several years after the cathedral incident and a medieval European town shrouded in death.

A plague caused by Honkai ravaged a city, and Kallen failed to save the dying despite exhausting herself with healing. Watching her despair, Otto decided he would gain the power she needed to save everyone.

• The Light Screen revealed that the Black Death was caused by Honkai Energy and represented a cleansing of civilization.
• Kallen treated plague victims at a relief shelter, but her holy light could not stop the disease and patients continued to die.
• Kallen rejected an old man's plea to flee and insisted that she would keep searching for a way to save the victims.
• Otto watched Kallen blame herself for her inability to save countless people and resolved to become her god and grant her the power to save the world.

Otto sought permission from his father, Bishop Nicholas, to conduct human experiments in hopes of developing a vaccine for the Black Death. After exposing Nicholas’s secret Honkai research and securing authorization, Otto began experiments at Laboratory Saint-137, leaving Schicksal’s genius officially presumed dead.

• Otto left Kallen without comforting her and went to request access to Laboratory Saint-137 from Bishop Nicholas.
• Otto told Nicholas he intended to conduct human experiments to find a vaccine for the Black Death.
• Otto exposed Nicholas’s secret Honkai research and pressured him into granting laboratory access.
• Nicholas authorized experiments on volunteer death-row prisoners and arranged for Otto to be declared dead after an accident.
• Otto began recording data as test subjects underwent horrific mutations from concentrated Honkai Energy at Laboratory Saint-137.

Otto completed the first-generation Honkai Energy Suppression Serum after sacrificing countless test subjects, but learned that Kallen had been sentenced to execution. As the serum shattered in his hands, his hope gave way to madness, leaving the onlookers across the Myriad Worlds devastated.

• The Dragon God explained that Otto still had a heart, but had devoted it entirely to Kallen and regarded everyone else as expendable.
• Otto's experiments killed countless test subjects before he finally created the first-generation Honkai Energy Suppression Serum.
• Otto learned that Kallen had been sentenced to hanging for heresy after releasing a Collapse Beast and attacking Schicksal's enforcement troops.
• Otto dropped the serum, watched it spill across the floor, and destroyed the laboratory in despair.
• The people watching the Light Screen grieved over Otto's loss, while Dai Hao said that Otto had ultimately lost to time.

The Light Screen revealed that Otto’s shattered serum was not his first success: Eleanor, a terminally ill girl with a faint Kaslana bloodline, had survived an earlier experiment. Her blood provided the basis for a medicine that stabilized Honkai Energy and cured the Black Death, though the chapter ended as the first batch reached the plague-stricken city.

• Xue Ye, Ji Dong, and Lie Yan mourned Otto’s loss of Kallen and the collapse of his world.
• The Light Screen announced that Saint 137 Laboratory had a sole survivor, and Huo Yuhao and Tang San realized Otto had achieved an earlier successful experiment.
• Eleanor volunteered for Otto’s experiment, hoping to save her family from the Black Death.
• Eleanor’s faint Kaslana bloodline balanced the Honkai Energy with the help of Otto’s experimental medicine, and she survived.
• Otto developed a special medicine from Eleanor’s blood that could suppress Honkai Energy and cure the Black Death.
• The first batch of the medicine was distributed throughout the plague-ridden city.

Otto’s experiment produced a medicine that saved tens of thousands, and Eleanor swore loyalty to him after he gave her the surname Schariac, founding one of Schicksal’s great families. Though the world hailed him as a savior, Otto remained fixated on Kallen and faced the news that she had been sentenced to death; the chapter ended with everyone wondering what he would do next.

• The miracle medicine cured countless civilians, forcing Niu Tian, Titan, and the God Realm’s observers to reckon with Otto’s unintended salvation.
• Eleanor recovered, pledged herself to Otto, and received the surname Schariac as his sworn younger sister and the founder of the Schariac family.
• The Dragon God, Gu Yuena, and others reflected on the contradiction between Otto’s selfish motive and the lives he saved.
• Bei Bei summarized Otto’s rise as a savior and his impending loss of Kallen, while Tang Ya and Ning Tian reacted to the irony of his story.
• The observers turned their attention to the Light Screen and awaited Otto’s next choice after learning Kallen had been sentenced to death.

After Kallen's death, observers feared Otto would abandon his remaining humanity, and the Light Screen showed Schicksal's Eastern Expedition against Da Ming. The armies became locked in a bloody stalemate before Schicksal's commander chose to use taboo power.

• Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya reacted to Kallen's death and Otto's loss.
• Tang San and Huo Yuhao warned that Otto's grief could make him a threat to the world.
• Schicksal's forces clashed with Da Ming's army on the Kipchak Steppe, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.
• After months of stalemate in 1176 of the Schicksal Calendar, Schicksal's expeditionary commander ordered the use of taboo power.
• Enormous devices resembling spatial gates began activating behind Schicksal's army.

Schicksal unleashed Collapse Beasts against Da Ming’s army, devastating its forces while Schicksal knights advanced to kill the survivors. The Light Screen revealed that Otto’s sworn younger sister Eleanor Schariac had ordered the attack, leaving the viewers stunned.

• Schicksal opened spatial gates and deployed thousands of Collapse Beasts against Da Ming’s army.
• The Collapse Beasts tore through Da Ming’s formations, and Schicksal’s knights advanced behind them to kill the survivors.
• The onlookers condemned Schicksal’s use of humanity’s enemy, while Huo Yuhao and Tang San described its leadership as willing to treat lives and Honkai as tools.
• The Light Screen revealed that Eleanor Schariac, Otto’s sworn younger sister, had commanded the Eastern Expeditionary Army and ordered the Collapse Beasts released.
• The viewers reacted in disbelief that Eleanor, whom Otto had saved, had ordered the massacre.

As Eleanor Schariac’s role in Schicksal’s massacre of the Da Ming soldiers was revealed, the watchers across the Myriad Worlds condemned her and the organization. Just as the army was about to be overwhelmed by Collapse Beasts, a mysterious red-haired woman appeared and erased more than a thousand of them with one strike.

• Rong Nianbing denounced Eleanor’s slaughter of the soldiers as her way of repaying Otto, and the Dragon God condemned Schicksal’s twisted loyalty.
• Xiao Xiao wept at Shrek Academy, while He Caitou and Bei Bei vowed to remember Eleanor and Schicksal.
• Ji Dong and Lie Yan condemned Schicksal’s corruption, and Tang San declared that the world itself would judge those who used disasters to slaughter people.
• As the Da Ming army neared destruction, a crimson-haired woman descended and wiped out more than a thousand Collapse Beasts with a single strike.
• The Light Screen revealed the woman wearing crimson battle armor as she stood over the battlefield.

Immortal Chi Yuan descended onto the battlefield and effortlessly destroyed the Collapse Beast horde, leaving Schicksal stunned. Eleanor Schariac ordered Kallen Kaslana to attack her with the Oath of Judah, and Kallen launched its chains toward the crimson guardian.

• Immortal Chi Yuan appeared above the battlefield and wiped out the tens of thousands of Collapse Beasts with a rain of crimson light feathers.
• The people watching across the continent and in the God Realm reacted with shock at Immortal Chi Yuan's overwhelming power.
• Eleanor Schariac ordered Kallen Kaslana to deploy and eliminate Immortal Chi Yuan using the Oath of Judah.
• Kallen charged at Immortal Chi Yuan and hurled the Oath of Judah, sending its golden Chains of God to seal her.

Immortal Chi Yuan effortlessly nullified the Oath of Judah and crushed Kallen, shattering Schicksal’s eastern expedition. The Light Screen revealed that this defeat was only the beginning of a centuries-long conflict between Chi Yuan and Schicksal.

• Immortal Chi Yuan rendered the Oath of Judah’s sealing law ineffective with a raised finger, stunning Rong Nianbing and Tang San.
• Chi Yuan flicked the Divine Key away, sending Kallen crashing into the ground and leaving her unable to hold the weapon.
• Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, He Caitou, and the God Kings reacted with shock as they recognized the vast gap between Chi Yuan and Kallen.
• Eleanor watched her plans collapse as Schicksal’s eastern expedition suffered a humiliating defeat.
• The Light Screen declared that Chi Yuan’s conflict with Schicksal had only begun, prompting viewers to wonder about their centuries-long grievances.

The observers realized Immortal Chi Yuan’s victory over Schicksal would lead to centuries of conflict, and speculated that both sides would grow powerful enough to sustain the war. Back on the battlefield, an apparently powerless boy rushed to protect the defeated Kallen, triggering an unknown high-energy emotional outburst.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei concluded that the conflict between Divine Continent and Schicksal would define the coming centuries, with Immortal Chi Yuan as Divine Continent’s protector.
• Zhou Weiqing, Lie Yan, Ji Dong, Tang San, Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena discussed Schicksal’s strength and the possibility that both sides would continue escalating the war.
• The Light Screen returned to the battlefield, where Immortal Chi Yuan hovered above the defeated Kallen as she struggled to kneel.
• A young, powerless-looking boy stumbled out of Schicksal’s ranks and ran toward Kallen, drawing confusion from viewers.
• The boy stood between Kallen and Immortal Chi Yuan, shielding Kallen with his body as an unknown high-energy emotional outburst was detected.

The observers reacted with shock as Otto stepped in front of Kallen, seemingly willing to die despite being a powerless mortal. Ning Tian pointed out that the future schemer's selfless act hid a deeper secret, and Tang San concluded that Kallen was the entirety of Otto’s interests; the scene left the observers wondering where his love ended and obsession began.

• Otto stood between Kallen and the Adeptus, putting his life at risk to protect her.
• Zhou Weiqing, Ji Dong, and the other God Realm observers reacted to Otto’s apparent disregard for survival.
• Shrek Academy and the imperial viewing platforms praised or lamented Otto’s devotion, while Ning Tian noted that the Light Screen had called him a schemer.
• Tang San deduced that Kallen was Otto’s entire purpose, allowing him to act as either a schemer or a saint for her sake.
• Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena, and the Dragon God reflected on Otto’s intense and possibly obsessive feelings.

Immortal Chi Yuan spared Otto after he stood between her and Kallen, then healed Kallen and left. The Light Screen shifted to the aftermath of a village’s destruction, where Kallen aided survivors and Otto followed protectively as a seed of atonement took root.

• The Light Screen described Otto as a mortal who stood shoulder to shoulder with gods and revealed that he loved Kallen most in the world.
• Immortal Chi Yuan praised Otto’s will and healed the unconscious Kallen instead of attacking him.
• Immortal Chi Yuan said she had judged Schicksal’s sins, not the devotion of Kallen’s protector, and vanished.
• Zhou Weiqing, Hai Long, Lie Yan, Ji Dong, and the Shrek Academy students reacted with relief and discussed how Otto’s resolve had moved Immortal Chi Yuan.
• The Light Screen showed Kallen helping survivors in a ruined village while Otto followed behind her, and its narration said a seed of atonement had taken root in Kallen’s heart.

Kallen rescued a little girl named Vera from the ruins, and Otto agreed to adopt her. The observers realized that Otto cared less about Vera than about using the adoption to please Kallen, leaving them to see his affection as calculated and selfish.

• Kallen found a surviving orphan in the ruins and asked Otto to take her with them.
• Otto agreed, and he and Kallen brought the girl back to Europe and named her Vera.
• Observers praised Otto’s apparent kindness until Huo Yuhao noticed Otto barely looked at Vera and focused on Kallen instead.
• Tang San and Dai Hao concluded that Otto had treated the adoption as an investment to win Kallen’s favor.
• Gu Yuena pointed out that Vera herself was the only person not truly cared for, and Tang Wulin called Otto’s devotion an extreme selfishness.

The Light Screen revealed that Otto’s devotion to Kallen could make anything, including the world, a tool or sacrifice for her happiness, leaving the onlookers horrified by the danger hidden in his love. It then showed Schicksal’s defeat and financial collapse, followed by the council’s decision to exploit desperate citizens through indulgences.

• A'Dai described Otto’s devotion to Kallen as a love that could become demonic indifference toward everyone else, and the Light Screen warned that his love was an immeasurably distorted, extreme form of self-centeredness.
• Zhou Weiqing wondered whether being loved by Otto was a blessing or a misfortune, while Hai Long, Lie Yan, Ji Dong, and A'Dai discussed how Kallen eclipsed everyone else in Otto’s world.
• The Light Screen showed that Schicksal’s disastrous eastern campaign shattered its prestige and left its finances in collapse.
• Schicksal’s council approved the sale of indulgences to fund the institution and preserve the luxurious lives of its upper ranks and knights.
• He Caitou condemned Schicksal as the Light Screen showed impoverished citizens giving up their last possessions to buy indulgences for themselves or their dead relatives.

Kallen witnessed Schicksal’s abuse of the people and intervened to protect a girl from a brutal knight. As she openly challenged the corrupt order, Otto watched from the shadows, focused only on what had made Kallen unhappy and how to remove its source.

• Dai Hao, Xue Ye, and the God Kings condemned Schicksal’s knights for exploiting the people and indulging in luxury.
• Kallen saw the suffering caused by Schicksal, including an old woman’s death, veterans beaten by knights, and a girl threatened with a riding crop.
• Kallen stopped the knight from striking the girl and challenged him for abusing civilians in the name of Schicksal.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang San realized that Otto was observing Kallen’s anger to identify what had upset her.
• Ning Tian and Gu Yuena concluded that Kallen resisted for justice while Otto’s coming resistance would be driven by his desire to make her happy.

Kallen decided to reform Schicksal after seeing its corruption, while Otto secretly turned her distress into a reason to destroy whatever hurt her. Rather than begin an open rebellion, Kallen became the phantom thief who stole only the wealth extorted from the people and returned it to the poor.

• Kallen forced a knight to back down, then told Otto she would change Schicksal even if she had to stand against the entire world.
• Otto promised to become the sharpest sword at Kallen’s side, while viewers feared his love would drive him to destroy the world she wanted to save.
• Kallen chose to become a masked phantom thief instead of starting a war outright.
• Kallen infiltrated a noble’s treasury and took only the amount extorted from the region through indulgences.
• Kallen left her Phantom Thief Kallen card behind, then the next day poor families found food and gold at their doorsteps.

Otto secretly planned Kallen’s Phantom Thief operations and sacrificed his laboratory and reputation to help her escape. The observers realized that he was shaping Kallen into a hero while willingly accepting disgrace for himself.

• Xue Ye, Dai Hao, Chang Gongwei, and Lei Xiang praised Kallen’s Phantom Thief methods, while Huo Yuhao and Tang San suspected someone was planning her operations.
• The Light Screen revealed Otto using Schicksal’s defenses, patrol routes, and intelligence to guide Kallen from behind the scenes.
• When knights nearly trapped Kallen, Otto deliberately caused an explosion at Schicksal’s First Laboratory, drawing them away and opening her escape route.
• Otto let the knights and nobles blame and ridicule him for the laboratory explosion while hiding his satisfaction at Kallen’s escape.
• He Caitou and Xiao Xiao reacted in shock, while Ji Dong and Lie Yan reflected on Otto’s willingness to bear disgrace for Kallen.

The observers realized Otto had used Kallen’s phantom-thief deeds and public image to undermine Schicksal, while shaping her legend from the shadows. The Dragon God concluded that Otto’s true purpose was simply to fulfill Kallen’s wishes and make her happy, regardless of whether he had to become a hero or a villain.

• Rong Nianbing called Otto’s obsessive love for Kallen a curse, while the Dragon God and Dragon Prince described Kallen as the public executor of Otto’s hidden plan against Schicksal.
• Ning Tian and Zhou Weiqing reacted with shock as they realized Otto had used Kallen’s kindness as cover for his own schemes.
• William Shakespeare gave Kallen the silver mask, but Tian Hen suspected Otto had arranged for the bard to promote her legend.
• Dai Hao and Xue Ye recoiled at the scope of Otto’s manipulation, while the Dragon God said destroying Schicksal was only incidental to Otto’s goal of making Kallen happy.