Chapter Summaries

The observers learned that Immortal Chi Yuan’s supposed ascension had been staged by her seven disciples to conceal their murder of her. At Mount Taixu, Otto concluded that Chi Yuan had not truly died and resolved to find her and give her a reason to return.

• Zhou Weiqing, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar condemned the disciples for murdering their master and deceiving the Divine Continent.
• Tang San, Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, and the others questioned whether Fu Hua could have survived, recalling her future as the Guardian Will Aggregate.
• Tian Hen and Ye Yinzhu suggested that Fu Hua had lost her body, power, or memories, leaving behind only her will.
• Otto examined the sword marks and crimson motes at Mount Taixu and declared that Chi Yuan had not died but was sleeping somewhere.
• Otto vowed to find Chi Yuan, make her willing to return, and give her a reason worthy of her return.

The Light Screen revealed that Divine Tone Technology had eroded Fu Hua’s emotions and reshaped her into a weapon devoted to eradicating Honkai, explaining how she could massacre an infected village without hesitation. The revelation left the God Realm questioning whether Fu Hua’s seven disciples had betrayed her out of fear of what she had become.

• Otto left Mount Taixu, determined to find the sleeping Immortal Chi Yuan and expose the ascension charade.
• The Light Screen showed Fu Hua slaughtering the people of a village, including a little girl who had witnessed her family’s deaths.
• The Light Screen explained that Divine Tone Technology gradually erased an operative’s emotions and personality while strengthening their duty to protect civilization.
• Huo Yuhao, Tang San, Emperor Xue Ye, Dai Hao, Gu Yuena, and Zhou Weiqing reacted to the revelation that Fu Hua had treated infected people as threats to be erased.
• Chang Gongwei and Ye Yinzhu questioned whether Fu Hua could still be considered herself and whether her disciples had feared her transformation.
• Ji Dong suggested Fu Hua’s disciples may have believed killing her was the only way to release her from Divine Tone’s control.

Otto found Fu Hua’s self-sealing inscription behind Mount Taixu and began unlocking it, claiming he wanted her to become herself again. As Lin Zhaoyu and the other disciples confronted him, Otto questioned whether they had mistaken Fu Hua’s long imprisonment for seclusion.

• Tang Wulin explained that Fu Hua’s disciples’ betrayal destroyed her remaining trust in the world, and the others questioned whether Otto sought to revive her soul or only her body.
• Otto found an ancient inscription behind Mount Taixu revealing that Fu Hua had sealed herself and her law method away from Divine Voice’s directives.
• Otto used a light filled with codes to activate the seal, shaking Mount Taixu and alerting Lin Zhaoyu.
• Seven disciples rushed to the forbidden grounds, where Otto appeared with a Honkai Energy spear and warned that Fu Hua would awaken hungry.
• Lin Zhaoyu demanded to know how Otto could interfere with her master’s seal, and Su Mei challenged his claim of knowing Fu Hua.
• Otto asked the disciples whether Fu Hua had truly secluded herself for fifty thousand years or whether they had chosen to forget what happened.

The Seven Disciples revealed that they had plotted to kill Fu Hua to save their corrupted Fourth Junior Sister, believing their master had become a cold instrument of Divine Voice. Tang Wulin argued that their betrayal destroyed Fu Hua’s last trust in the world, while Otto declared he would give the Immortal a reason to return as golden light burst from the cliff.

• Su Mei explained that Fourth Junior Sister’s Honkai corruption would lead Fu Hua to erase her, and proposed killing their master first.
• Lin Zhaoyu and the others recalled Fu Hua’s growing indifference to her disciples and recognized that the plan would make them murder their master.
• Tang Wulin said Fu Hua’s failure to resist came from her lost attachment to the world and her disciples’ betrayal, while the others questioned whom Otto intended to resurrect.
• Otto confronted the Seven Disciples and said Immortal Chi Yuan had never truly left and was waiting for a worthy reason to return.
• Otto declared that he would provide that reason, and dazzling golden light erupted from the cliff behind him.

As Otto began undoing Fu Hua’s seal, he discovered that she had hidden precious memories there to protect them from Divine Voice. He exposed Su Mei’s secret obsession with Fu Hua, revealing that her plan to kill her master was driven by jealousy of Lin Zhaoyu and a desire to remake Fu Hua into someone who belonged only to her.

• Otto stood before the trembling seal and assured the awakening Fu Hua that he was there.
• Tang San and the others reasoned that Otto was trying to restore Fu Hua’s sense of self, not merely revive her body.
• Otto read the changing inscriptions and revealed that Fu Hua had sealed away memories of her disciples and her most precious experiences.
• Otto challenged Su Mei’s claim that she revered Fu Hua, leaving her pale and visibly guilty.
• Tang San and the others concluded that Su Mei had secretly loved Fu Hua and plotted to make her a puppet who belonged to her alone.

Otto exposed Su Mei’s possessive motives for plotting Fu Hua’s murder, shattering Su Mei’s resolve. As the cliff behind Mount Taixu erupted in crimson light, Chi Yuan’s fifty-thousand-year true spirit awakened, leaving Fu Hua poised to face the truth and begin living again.

• Otto told Su Mei that jealousy and possessive love for Fu Hua, rather than concern for her Fourth Junior Sister, had driven her plan to murder her master.
• Su Mei drew her sword on Otto, then admitted she had wanted Fu Hua to be reborn as a master who belonged only to her.
• The observers in the Douluo God Realm discussed how Su Mei had manipulated her junior sisters and how Fu Hua had chosen death to escape her burdens.
• Otto told Su Mei that Fu Hua needed to face her betrayal and live as a real person, and Su Mei dropped her sword and questioned whether she had been wrong.
• The cliff wall exploded in crimson light, and a figure in crimson battle armor emerged as Chi Yuan awakened after fifty thousand years.

Otto awakened Fu Hua, who confronted Su Mei and the disciples over their plan to erase her memories and remake her. Fu Hua left Su Mei with neither hatred nor forgiveness, insisting that love did not give them the right to decide who she should be.

• Otto's words brought Fu Hua back from fifty thousand years of slumber, and the watchers in the Douluo God Realm discussed his knowledge and motives.
• Fu Hua looked upon Su Mei, Lin Zhaoyu, and the other disciples as strangers before addressing them.
• Fu Hua confronted Su Mei about plotting to murder her and remake her into a master who belonged only to Su Mei.
• Su Mei said she had wanted Fu Hua to be happy and spared from bearing her burdens alone.
• Fu Hua told her disciples that their care had become a prison and that they had never asked what kind of person she wanted to be.
• Fu Hua told Su Mei she did not hate her but would not forgive her for taking her memories and nearly making her forget herself.

Fu Hua severed her ties with her disciples and chose to travel with Otto, finally deciding to live for herself. The story then jumped eighteen years ahead, where Su Mei prepared to awaken Fu Hua again and claim a purified version of her as her master.

• Fu Hua thanked Otto for giving her a reason to stand up again and said she would remember him.
• Fu Hua ended her master-disciple ties with Lin Zhaoyu and the other disciples, then sent them away.
• Fu Hua told Otto she wanted to see the world she had protected, and the two left Mount Taixu together.
• Eighteen years later, Su Mei gathered Lin Zhaoyu and the other five disciples at the cliff wall on Mount Taixu.
• Su Mei touched the cliff wall and said Fu Hua would awaken without memories of the betrayal and would belong only to them.

Su Mei and Lin Zhaoyu waited for Fu Hua to awaken after eighteen years of sealing her memories and reshaping her soul, expecting her to become a puppet. Fu Hua emerged with her memories and soul intact, revealed that Su Mei’s plan had failed, and left Su Mei shaken by the truth.

• Su Mei told Lin Zhaoyu that their eighteen-year plan would make Fu Hua a new Master who belonged only to them.
• Su Mei watched the cliff crack open and Fu Hua emerge, then realized Fu Hua’s eyes were clear and aware.
• Fu Hua told Su Mei that her memories and soul were intact and that she remembered the betrayal and her disciples’ blades.
• Su Mei accused Fu Hua of being a fake, but Fu Hua asked how long she would keep deceiving herself, and Su Mei let go of her shoulders.
• Fu Hua explained that Su Mei had wanted an imagined perfect Master rather than Fu Hua herself, and that this made her plan doomed to fail.
• The people watching in the Douluo God Realm reacted in silence as Tang Ya said that Su Mei’s eighteen years of effort had come to nothing.

Fu Hua rejected Su Mei’s scheme, forgave her and the other disciples, and left Mount Taixu to begin living for herself. The Light Screen then showed her traveling alone through a snowfield, raising questions about her destination and the truth of Chi Yuan.

• Fu Hua told Su Mei that love was not possession and urged her to abandon her obsession, while Su Mei broke down in tears.
• Fu Hua told her six other disciples to begin again, then said she would no longer be their master but would remember their shared past.
• Su Mei stopped Lin Zhaoyu from following Fu Hua as Fu Hua walked alone down Mount Taixu.
• Tang San and Gu Yuena reflected on Fu Hua’s departure as the Light Screen faded on her path beneath the setting sun.
• The Light Screen resumed with Fu Hua crossing a snowy mountain path, prompting Huo Yuhao to ask about the truth of Chi Yuan.

Otto learned that Fu Hua had gone to the Northern Desert after the Golden Sand Gang kidnapped Li Sushang, Qin Suyi’s daughter. Fu Hua rescued Li Sushang by trading information about Chi Yuan’s Ascension, revealing that she had not abandoned her responsibility to her former disciple’s family.

• Otto read the Golden Sand Gang’s report and learned that Fu Hua had traveled to the Northern Desert after Li Sushang was kidnapped.
• The Golden Sand Gang’s chief threatened Li Sushang in the dungeon, but Fu Hua entered and demanded her release.
• Fu Hua offered to reveal what she knew about Chi Yuan’s Ascension in exchange for Li Sushang’s freedom.
• Fu Hua helped Li Sushang up and told her that Qin Suyi had asked her to look after her, though she was three years late.
• The observers concluded that Fu Hua had staged her departure but had never let go of her responsibility or her concern for the world beyond Mount Taixu.

The Light Screen revealed that Otto had secretly prepared a trap in the Northern Desert, intending to seal Li Sushang’s Honkai Energy and rescue her at the perfect moment. As Old Eagle nearly defeated her, a black spear struck him down, leaving Otto’s plan and the rescuer’s identity unresolved.

• Fu Hua walked into the snow with Li Sushang, who chose to go with her after Fu Hua urged her to live for herself.
• Dai Hao questioned why Otto had let Fu Hua go to the Northern Desert, and Tang San realized Otto had been waiting for the right moment.
• The Light Screen showed Otto preparing a replica Oath of Judah in a canyon to suppress Li Sushang’s Honkai Energy and exploit Old Eagle’s resistance to it.
• Three days later, Old Eagle fought Li Sushang in the canyon while the replica suppressed her powers, and she struggled to endure his attacks.
• A black spear pierced Old Eagle’s palm and pinned him to the cliff, knocking him unconscious.

Otto rescued Li Sushang in the Northern Desert and used her search for her grandmother to gain her trust and reach an elder who might know Chi Yuan’s whereabouts. The observers recognized that Fu Hua had left Su Shang the freedom to choose, while Otto was steering her toward dependence; Li Sushang brought him to the elder’s stone chamber.

• Otto healed Li Sushang after saving her from a killing blow and offered to lead her to Chi Yuan.
• The observers concluded that Otto had staged the canyon rescue to use Li Sushang to reach someone connected to Qin Suyi and the truth about Honkai.
• Otto told Li Sushang that her grandmother had promised to care for her, and she agreed to take him to an elder who might know where her grandmother had gone.
• The observers contrasted Fu Hua’s advice that Li Sushang live for herself with Otto’s effort to make her believe she was acting for her grandmother.
• Li Sushang led Otto to an ancient stone chamber in the stony wastes, where her mother’s old friend lived.

Otto found Fu Hua, who had lost her strength and was dying from Honkai corruption, and offered treatment in exchange for Schicksal taking over the Divine Continent’s protection. Fu Hua accepted, while the God Realm debated whether the deal saved her or erased the identity of Immortal Chi Yuan.

• Su Shang brought Otto to the old man, who revealed that Fu Hua was sheltering in an abandoned Previous Civilization observation station and agreed to lead them there if Otto promised to save her.
• Otto found Fu Hua and offered to treat her injuries if Schicksal took over the Divine Continent’s safety and she lived under another name as a Schicksal Valkyrie.
• Fu Hua accepted the terms, saying she was tired of bearing the name Chi Yuan, and urged Su Shang to stay alive.
• Otto prepared treatment for Fu Hua and placed Su Shang in a Life Support Capsule to repair her Honkai damage.
• The God Realm’s observers questioned whether Fu Hua’s survival under a new identity would preserve her or erase the legacy of Immortal Chi Yuan.

The observers debated Fu Hua’s willing agreement to abandon the name Chi Yuan and her past in Otto’s deal, while worrying that Li Sushang’s capsule gave Otto leverage over her future. The Light Screen then showed an elderly woman lying in a Schicksal hospital room beside a photograph of a young girl and a blond boy.

• Tang San explained that Otto let Fu Hua choose to release her past, unlike Su Mei, who had tried to force her to forget.
• The observers argued that Otto had preserved Fu Hua’s life but also gained control over her role and her attachment to Li Sushang.
• Ning Tian questioned what would happen if Li Sushang’s long-cherished wish conflicted with Fu Hua letting go of Chi Yuan.
• Xiao Xiao read Sushang’s final words from the Light Screen: “When I wake up... I'll come find you.”
• Dragon God and the Dragon Prince said Fu Hua’s future remained uncertain, and the Light Screen showed an elderly woman in a Schicksal hospital room beside a photograph of a girl and a blond boy.

The footage showed Otto Apocalypse visiting the dying Vera, his adopted daughter and longtime guard captain, then leaving to sign a file without visible grief. The Douluo God Realm debated whether he had become emotionally detached, and Tang Ya questioned when the boy Otto had died.

• Vera asked Otto whether she was about to die, and he told her to rest as she passed away.
• Otto watched Vera die, signed a file, and left the hospital ward without showing emotion.
• A'Dai, Xiao Xiao, Zi, and Tang San discussed Otto's apparent lack of grief and his severed emotional ties.
• Gu Yuena, Ye Yinzhu, and Rong Nianbing reflected on how Otto had gradually stripped away his former warmth, with Vera as his last connection to the past.
• Lei Xiang and others debated whether Otto's visit reflected affection or merely a completed obligation.
• Tang Ya asked whether the boy Otto had died before Vera or at the moment of her death.

The observers concluded that Vera’s death had severed Otto’s last ties to ordinary human affection, leaving him free to pursue Kallen’s return at any cost. The Light Screen revealed Otto’s five-hundred-year obsession and plans to trade whatever remained for Kallen, while Chang Gongwei realized Otto had stopped pretending to be a protector.

• Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, Niu Tian, Tai Tan, Xu Sanshi, and Ji Dong discussed how Vera’s death marked the end of Otto’s remaining connection to humanity.
• Lie Yan warned that the Light Screen showed no human affection could restrain Otto, and Chang Gongwei said Fu Hua had made a deal with someone who cared about nothing.
• Tang San argued that Otto still cared about the boy Kallen had recognized, pointing to the group photograph he had left behind.
• The Dragon God and the Dragon Prince concluded that Otto’s future games would be colder because he had nothing left to lose.
• The Light Screen showed Otto studying a sarcophagus blueprint bearing Kallen’s name and declaring he would trade anything to bring her back.
• Zhongli and Snow Empress described Otto’s isolation, and Chang Gongwei said Otto had stopped pretending to be Schicksal’s Bishop and protector.

The observers concluded that Otto had turned every bond and the whole world into collateral for his sole goal of reviving Kallen. They recognized that he had sacrificed his ability to feel and be human, leaving him a machine driven only by obsession, as the Light Screen faded into silence.

• Gu Yuena, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Wulin explained that Otto had treated his relationships and the safety of Divine Continent as investments in reviving Kallen.
• A'Dai questioned how Otto could still be obsessed when he seemed emotionally frozen, and Tang San said his desire had hardened into an obsession that left him unable to turn back.
• Zi and Ji Dong described Otto as existing between life and death and condemned his treatment of every person as a tool.
• Rong Nianbing noted that Zhongli and Snow Empress had independently judged Otto as a lonely monster consumed by obsession.
• Zhou Weiqing said Otto had left the bedside group photo behind as farewell to the boy he once was, while Tang Ya warned Bei Bei that intervening could only bring back a colder Otto.
• Ning Rongrong, Niu Tian, and Dai Hao said Otto would never regain his genuine smile and had sacrificed even his capacity for reluctance; the Light Screen’s images vanished and the Douluo God Realm fell silent.

The observers watched Otto act as a compassionate bishop while using Valkyries as expendable experimental subjects and battlefield resources. They concluded that his public persona was part of a system he had built over five hundred years, leaving them to consider how anyone could make him care about himself again.

• Xue Ye and the Dragon God explained that Otto had cut away his softer feelings and would play even deadlier games because he no longer cared what happened to himself.
• The Light Screen showed Otto comforting grieving Valkyries in a cathedral, and Bei Bei, Xiao Xiao, Xu Sanshi, and Huo Yuhao recognized how convincing his benevolent image was.
• The screen revealed Otto overseeing Valkyrie Armor production and Artificial Stigmata experiments, treating suffering girls as data while maintaining his calm demeanor.
• The observers watched Otto order the recovery of fallen Valkyries' Stigmata and send in another batch, prompting Ji Dong, Lie Yan, and Zhou Weiqing to condemn the contrast between his image and actions.
• Chang Gongwei, Hai Long, Tian Hen, and Ye Yinzhu discussed how Otto's apparent hope sustained people while serving a goal unrelated to humanity.
• Tang San said Otto would not be crushed by his own machine because he had become the system itself, with his bishop's robe, smile, and compassion fashioned as parts of his persona.

Huo Yuhao and the others explained that Otto protected humanity only to preserve the world as his chessboard and used his savior image to win the willing sacrifices he needed. The Light Screen then revealed Otto conducting brutal Artificial Stigmata experiments on a bound girl.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Otto fought Honkai to preserve the Divine Continent and continue his plan to revive Kallen, not out of love for humanity.
• Zhou Weiqing and Lie Yan said Otto used truthful promises and a savior's image to inspire people to sacrifice themselves for him.
• The Dragon God, Dai Hao, and Xue Ye described how Otto had turned himself into a faith and discarded his humanity for a single goal.
• Otto walked away from the worshipping crowd and entered the cathedral alone as its doors closed behind him.
• The Light Screen showed Otto watching a young girl suffer through an Artificial Stigmata experiment before he ordered, "Next case."