Chapter Summaries

Theresa finished her drink and joined Bronya, who was playing the Resident Evil 3 remake demo. After watching Bronya calmly kite The Pursuer, Theresa asked the big shot to carry her.

• Theresa asked Zhao Bai who he was saying goodbye to, and he replied that it was someone she could not see.
• Theresa admitted she was frightened by ghosts and agreed that a gentle, busty big sister with animal ears would scare her too.
• Zhao Bai took Theresa’s empty cup and told her to go play, so she went to watch Bronya game.
• Theresa watched Bronya kite The Pursuer in the Resident Evil 3 remake demo and envied her composure.
• Theresa asked Bronya, “Big shot, carry me!”, but Bronya did not hear her through her soundproof headphones.

Theresa played through a game with Bronya's guidance, then remembered the living Chiyou beneath the sea and hurried to find Zhao Bai. She left for his restaurant, unaware of someone lying beside the flower bed.

• Bronya guided Theresa through the game, and Theresa completed it with an A+ rating after two hours and forty-two minutes.
• Theresa realized Bronya and Zhao Bai had left, then remembered the monster beneath the sea.
• Theresa recalled Chiyou's immense Honkai energy and accepted that the Judgment-class beast was still alive.
• Theresa remembered Zhao Bai defeating Chiyou in Stigmata Space and decided the threat could not be ignored.
• Theresa dressed in her nun's headdress and hurried to Zhao Bai's restaurant, passing someone lying beside the flower bed without noticing them.

Theresa told Zhao Bai that her Stigmata had gone berserk after she encountered Chiyou’s heartbeat in Sky City, and asked him for help. Raiden Mei continued secretly gathering evidence of Zhao Bai’s supposed bigamy.

• Raiden Mei staked out the area overnight to collect evidence of her master's crimes.
• Theresa arrived at Bronya's restaurant to find Zhao Bai, alarming Bronya with her urgency.
• Theresa explained that she had found Chiyou in Sky City and that its heartbeat had made her Stigmata go berserk.
• Theresa asked Zhao Bai to help her.

Zhao Bai agreed to kill the dying Chiyou after Theresa assured him there would be no trouble. Meanwhile, Cocolia watched surveillance footage of Zhao Bai and found fault with everything he did.

• Theresa asked Zhao Bai to kill the heavily wounded Chiyou, and he agreed after confirming no enemies would interfere.
• Zhao Bai confidently set off to kill Chiyou, saying he might return in time to make dinner.
• Rosaliya and Liliya finished their examinations and were banned from performing for a month, leaving Rosaliya distraught and Liliya with mixed feelings.
• Cocolia watched surveillance footage of Zhao Bai and criticized his motorcycle riding, his first step, and nearly everything else about him.

Cocolia detected a powerful fluctuation near Canghai City and sent An to investigate it before Schicksal could. Meanwhile, Zhao Bai and Bronya set off for a nearby island, unaware that trouble might await them.

• Cocolia spotted Theresa on a surveillance feed and detected a brief, powerful fluctuation near Canghai City.
• Cocolia ordered An to lead an elite Titan squad to investigate what lay beneath the waters before Schicksal found it.
• Zhao Bai took Bronya toward the island on his motorcycle, confident that the trip could not go wrong.
• Bronya carried the diving suits and brought Heavy Cannon Rabbit, which was armed with the Chiyou Cannon.

Bronya and Zhao Bai shared a smile as they rode together, while Cocolia watched them and grew furious, hoping An would steer Bronya back toward strength. Across the ocean, a woman with heterochromatic eyes rode at the center of an amphibious Titan squadron.

• Bronya watched Zhao Bai as he drove, and she smiled when he smiled.
• Cocolia watched the pair through a satellite feed, threw her cup, and blamed love for Bronya’s change.
• Cocolia hoped An would lead Bronya back onto the right path and urged An not to disappoint her.
• A squadron of twenty-five amphibious Titans raced across the ocean with a short-haired woman seated on the golden Godfather Titan.

Zhao Bai and Bronya dove underwater to deal with Chiyou, while Zhao Bai wondered about Heavy Cannon Rabbit and asked Bronya where it came from. The two continued their descent toward the mission, communicating over the radio.

• An-Mar sensed Bronya’s scent and eagerly hoped to encounter her during the operation as she piloted a Titan underwater.
• Zhao Bai arrived late with Bronya, and the pair prepared to dive and deal with Chiyou.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya descended underwater using turbine propulsion devices while Heavy Cannon Rabbit followed them.
• Zhao Bai asked Bronya who controlled Heavy Cannon Rabbit, and Bronya said it was a precious gift from an important friend.
• Bronya asked why Zhao Bai kept saying “over,” and he explained that they were using radio communication.

Raiden Mei secretly followed Zhao Bai and Bronya on their underwater outing, only to discover them diving together. Zhao Bai and Bronya sped away from her as Mei challenged their tangled roles and relationships.

• Raiden Mei boarded the freight ship and prepared to follow Zhao Bai and Bronya underwater.
• Mei entered the sea in her diving suit and detected Zhao Bai and Bronya on her radar.
• Bronya warned Zhao Bai that someone was approaching, and Mei joined their radio channel while coughing from her rapid descent.
• Zhao Bai took Bronya's hand, and they boosted their propulsion devices to dive away from Mei together.
• Mei protested that Zhao Bai was her kendo instructor and that he and Bronya had confused everyone's generations.

Zhao Bai and Bronya reached the hidden land from the Primordial Era, where Bronya discovered signs that a squad of Titans had been there. The chapter ended with her identifying one of them as possibly a Godfather Titan.

• Zhao Bai and Bronya outpaced Mei during their dive and warned her to avoid diver’s syndrome.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya entered the fissure and found themselves standing on the land from the Primordial Era.
• Bronya noticed familiar tracks and suspected someone had recently visited the area.
• Bronya counted traces from twenty-five Titan mechs, including one heavier mech that might have been a Godfather Titan.
• Zhao Bai recognized the Godfather Titan and recalled how dangerous it was.

Zhao Bai realized that Anti-Entropy might have reached Chiyou first, and Mei arrived after racing through the water in her diving suit. A violent tremor scattered everyone, leaving Zhao Bai alone on a stone platform beneath a strange starry sky as he called for Bronya and Mei.

• Zhao Bai and Bronya suspected An-Mar was the only Anti-Entropy member who could be leading the operation.
• Mei arrived at the Divine Land after pushing her diving suit to its limits, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• The ground began to tremble, and violent shaking engulfed the area inside Chiyou.
• Zhao Bai found himself alone on a stone platform beneath a dark purple starry sky and called out for Bronya and Mei.

Zhao Bai searched Chiyou’s vast interior for its heart and uncovered An, who woke up asking for Bronya and threatening to kill her. Meanwhile, Chiyou’s shifting interior left Mei sick and Bronya floating safely with her anti-gravity device.

• Zhao Bai realized Chiyou’s stomach was larger inside than out and decided to find and destroy its heart.
• Zhao Bai dug An out of the dirt, and An woke up asking where Bronya was and saying she would kill her.
• An recalled that a pulse from the Primordial Era had knocked her unconscious while she was leading the Titan army in the Godfather.
• Chiyou’s interior shook and transformed into a cosmic starry sky, leaving Bronya floating while Mei vomited.

Bronya found Mei unconscious on Chiyou’s vast interior island, but Mei awakened as the Third Herrscher and attacked her. Unable to contact Zhao Bai, Bronya faced the Herrscher, who released her and demanded information.

• Bronya searched for Zhao Bai after confirming Mei was not in mortal danger, but found no sign of him.
• Bronya noticed lightning flicker across Mei’s fingers and stepped back too late as the Third Herrscher seized her by the neck.
• Bronya tried to contact Zhao Bai, but the starry sky blocked the radio signal.
• The Third Herrscher realized the bomb in her chest could not transmit data to St. Freya’s headquarters and that she could use her powers without restraint.
• Curious about Bronya’s connection to Zhao Bai, the Third Herrscher lowered her to the ground and demanded answers, but Bronya refused to reveal anything.

The Third Herrscher threatened Bronya with lightning but asked how she and Zhao Bai had gotten together, turning the interrogation into a request for a love story. After An woke up and accused Zhao Bai of wanting to commit bigamy, Godfather appeared and prepared to attack him.

• The Third Herrscher held a sphere of lightning over Bronya and demanded to know how she and Zhao Bai had gotten together.
• Bronya realized the Third Herrscher wanted to hear a love story and sighed that Zhao Bai was a man burdened with sin.
• An woke up, recognized Zhao Bai, and accused him of wanting to commit bigamy.
• Zhao Bai questioned whether An’s ability to see sins was really an eye for legal exams.
• Godfather emerged, complained that Zhao Bai would not call him Dad, and raised its fist as someone ordered it to smash him to pieces.

Zhao Bai survived the Godfather’s hammer and defeated it, then confronted An and challenged her beliefs about good and evil. He left her with a blunt question about whether he should restrain his desire to spank her.

• An watched the Godfather attack Zhao Bai and assumed its hammer had killed him.
• Zhao Bai revealed his Godfather Overlord Fists and fought the Godfather on equal terms.
• Zhao Bai switched to Black Abyss White Flower, pierced the Godfather’s force field, and split its body in half.
• Zhao Bai turned to An and argued that people remained good as long as they kept evil thoughts from becoming actions.
• Zhao Bai told An he wanted to strip her pants off and spank her, then asked whether he should restrain himself.

An used her Chaos Clock ability to slow Zhao Bai and sent a spear toward his heart, believing he would die in lingering pain. Zhao Bai figured out how her ability worked and escaped her attack, leaving An startled as he prepared to share two pieces of news.

• An formed her two rapiers into a spear and activated Chaos Clock against Zhao Bai.
• Zhao Bai realized An's ability accelerated her thoughts and movements while making his surroundings seem slow.
• An approached Zhao Bai and argued that humans were guilty and had to create sin to become human.
• Zhao Bai spoke at normal speed, seized An by the waist, and flipped past the spear.
• Zhao Bai told An he had one good piece of news and one bad piece of news.

Zhao Bai spanked An while insisting she was human and needed correction, while Bronya told the Third Herrscher a love story that gradually drew her in. The chapter left the Third Herrscher listening intently to Bronya.

• Zhao Bai caught An as she tried to retreat and spanked her.
• Zhao Bai told An that she was physically human and that her spirit was merely a little off.
• Zhao Bai continued the spanking as he lectured An about her belief that she had to commit sins to become human.
• Bronya told the Third Herrscher a long, dull love story.
• The Third Herrscher lowered her contemptuous posture and listened to Bronya with interest.

Bronya feared that the Third Herrscher would take Zhao Bai from her, but the Herrscher decided to help protect her instead. After flying across Chiyou and destroying its parasites, the Third Herrscher left Bronya’s side of the story unresolved while Zhao Bai finished beating An.

• Bronya realized she had no idea how to defend herself if the Third Herrscher tried to steal Zhao Bai.
• The Third Herrscher decided to protect Zhao Bai’s wife and carried Bronya over her shoulder, asking whether she still had the silk ribbon.
• The Third Herrscher flew across Chiyou with Bronya and destroyed the parasitic creatures with lightning.
• Zhao Bai withdrew his hand after beating An, who found it unbearably painful even to sit down.

Zhao Bai defeated An in a fight, then helped her stand and asked her to help deal with the Judgment-class Honkai Beast. The rest of the chapter was an author’s bounty notice.

• An attacked Zhao Bai with strikes and poison-coated daggers, but he neutralized them and beat her with slaps.
• Zhao Bai helped An to her feet and carried her over his shoulder when she struggled to walk.
• Zhao Bai told An that they needed to kill the Judgment-class Honkai Beast before it awakened and asked her to help.
• An asked how she could help, and Zhao Bai told her to stay quiet and not cause trouble.

Zhao Bai carried An across the floating lands while searching for Chiyou’s heart, fighting awakened worms and teaching An not to cause trouble. He offered An a reward for crossing an icy bridge without interfering, leaving her surprised that she could have caused trouble at all.

• An wondered whether not causing trouble could help Zhao Bai, while recalling her spanking and feeling conflicted.
• Zhao Bai explained that An’s confiscated weapons were unfit for use and continued his effort to correct her chuunibyou.
• Worm-like creatures emerged from the ground, and Zhao Bai cut them apart while carrying An.
• Zhao Bai created an icy bridge between floating lands and crossed it with An without letting her interfere.
• Zhao Bai offered An a reward for behaving on the slippery bridge, and An realized she had not known she could have caused trouble.

The Third Herrscher found Zhao Bai and An while carrying Bronya through the purple galaxy, and An laughed at Bronya’s bedraggled state. An’s laughter stopped when Zhao Bai slapped her, and she later quietly wondered whether she alone found Bronya’s predicament funny.

• The Third Herrscher searched the purple galaxy with Bronya, who struggled against the Honkai energy without asking for help.
• The Third Herrscher spotted ice-connected landmasses and fixed her appearance before descending toward Zhao Bai.
• The Third Herrscher held Bronya by the collar and showed her to Zhao Bai.
• An laughed at Bronya, but Zhao Bai slapped An while she was slung over his shoulder.
• An quietly wondered whether anyone else found Bronya being carried like a kitten funny.