Chapter Summaries

Zhao Bai discussed his Russian restaurant plans with Himeko, who approved his request to sell alcohol. He planned a grand restaurant and bar, with space remaining for a lakeside sauna and barbecue cabin.

• Zhao Bai thought about Bronya’s Russian background and his efforts to learn authentic Russian cuisine.
• Himeko teased Zhao Bai about watching the female students, and he declared that he was devoted to Bronya.
• Himeko asked whether Zhao Bai planned to sell alcohol at the Russian restaurant.
• Zhao Bai said he could sell alcohol if Himeko issued a permit and mentioned that he had been learning bartending.
• Himeko approved the alcohol sales permit, and Zhao Bai considered how to use the remaining land for a lakeside sauna and barbecue cabin.

Zhao Bai left Himeko’s training area confused after she punished the laughing students with a heavier exoskeleton exercise. That night, he struggled to sleep as memories of killing Ji Lin in Nine Nether resurfaced.

• Himeko sent Zhao Bai away when the trainees laughed at his affectionate behavior.
• Himeko ordered the trainees who had carried ten bags of cement to carry fifteen, teaching them how heavier loads affected exoskeleton control.
• Zhao Bai followed his usual bedtime routine but could not fall asleep.
• Zhao Bai remembered raising his blade and beheading Ji Lin beside the black horse’s corpse in Nine Nether.
• Zhao Bai recalled that he had been thinking about severing immortality and silently reciting Immortal Slaying.

Zhao Bai realized he had left the black Xuanyuan Sword in the sea and worried that an enemy might find it. He quietly slipped out to retrieve it.

• Zhao Bai lay awake, troubled by an unexplained unease, and decided not to wake Bronya for a lap pillow.
• Zhao Bai remembered that he had left the black Xuanyuan Sword in the sea after defeating Pipi Ma.
• Zhao Bai worried an enemy might discover the sword and quietly climbed out through the window to retrieve it.

After ages beneath the sea, the Xuanyuan Sword gained a childlike spirit, and Zhao Bai rescued her. He wondered why she lacked Ji Lin’s resentment, while the spirit’s first memory was of seeing him recite an elegy in the rain of blood.

• A little girl emerged from the sea after the Xuanyuan Sword had absorbed Ji Lin’s sorrow over thousands of years.
• Zhao Bai descended, lifted the girl from the seabed, and recognized her as a personification of the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Zhao Bai asked which version she came from, but Xuanyuan Sword did not understand him.
• Zhao Bai wondered whether his final slash had erased Ji Lin’s resentment along with her soul.
• Xuanyuan Sword remembered seeing Zhao Bai recite an elegy amid a bloody downpour and wanting to see him.

Zhao Bai welcomed the newly transformed Xuanyuan Sword and brought her back to St. Freya Academy. After she called him “Mama,” he accidentally knocked Pseudo-Judas over, drawing Bronya to the door.

• The Xuanyuan Sword’s resentment faded, and she floated toward Zhao Bai beneath the moonlight.
• Zhao Bai brought the curious Xuanyuan Sword to St. Freya Academy and set her down in his room.
• Zhao Bai tried to make Dark Lamentoso and Pseudo-Judas transform, but neither responded.
• The Xuanyuan Sword called Zhao Bai “Mama,” startling him into knocking Pseudo-Judas onto the floor.
• Bronya knocked at the door and asked what had happened.

Zhao Bai hid Xuanyuan Sword in a wardrobe after she called him Mom, then tried to explain her cries to Bronya. Bronya discovered the baby and questioned whose child she was.

• Bronya called from outside, and Zhao Bai panicked after Xuanyuan Sword called him Mom.
• Zhao Bai put Xuanyuan Sword in the wardrobe and opened the door to tell Bronya he had been polishing his weapon.
• Xuanyuan Sword thumped on the wardrobe and pleaded not to be left alone, frightened by the darkness because of her memories inside Chiyou's heart.
• Bronya approached the wardrobe, opened it, and found the baby inside.
• Bronya asked Zhao Bai whose child she had found, noting the baby's black hair marked her as someone from Shenzhou.

Bronya and Theresa confronted Zhao Bai after finding him with Xuanyuan Sword, a child who called him “Mommy.” Zhao Bai explained that Xuanyuan Sword resembled Ji Lin, leaving Theresa to wonder if the child was his and Ji Lin’s.

• Bronya found Zhao Bai with Xuanyuan Sword and looked to him for an explanation.
• Xuanyuan Sword reached for Zhao Bai and called him “Mommy.”
• Theresa took charge of the living-room confrontation and accused Zhao Bai of having a child after only a few months of dating Bronya.
• Zhao Bai pointed out Xuanyuan Sword’s resemblance to Ji Lin, prompting Theresa to ask whether the child was his and Ji Lin’s.

Zhao Bai discovered that the Xuanyuan Sword could transform into a flying sword and a human infant, and decided to raise her as a kind weapon. Theresa reflected that the sword was insignificant compared with Zhao Bai’s other weapons.

• Zhao Bai told the Xuanyuan Sword to return to her original form, and she became a sword that shattered the glass coffee table.
• Zhao Bai sent the Xuanyuan Sword flying outside and back, then celebrated her as a flying sword.
• The Xuanyuan Sword transformed into an infant and floated obediently beside Zhao Bai.
• Zhao Bai decided that the Xuanyuan Sword would become a kind and upright weapon in his care.
• Theresa sighed that the Xuanyuan Sword was minor compared with Zhao Bai’s existing arsenal.

The Xuanyuan Sword called Zhao Bai “Daddy” and Bronya “Daddy,” then called Theresa “Grandma,” sending Theresa into a furious loss of control. Oath of Judas restrained Theresa, while Zhao Bai remained troubled by the sword’s choice of family titles.

• Bronya took the Xuanyuan Sword and asked what it thought of her.
• The Xuanyuan Sword called Zhao Bai “Daddy.”
• The Xuanyuan Sword called Theresa “Grandma,” and Theresa lost control.
• Oath of Judas activated and bound Theresa in chains.
• Zhao Bai wondered why the Xuanyuan Sword had called both him and Bronya “Daddy.”

Zhao Bai cared for the newborn Xuanyuan Sword, who called him Mommy and followed him to work. He promised to make her food after his shift when she became curious about the beef he was cooking.

• Zhao Bai accepted that the Xuanyuan Sword called him Mommy and floated around him on his way to work.
• Zhao Bai entered the shop with the Xuanyuan Sword and found Bronya at the register.
• Zhao Bai explained that the Xuanyuan Sword was a newborn intelligence shaped by Ji Lin’s lingering obsession and needed patient guidance.
• The Xuanyuan Sword watched Zhao Bai cook beef and craved a taste, but he promised to make her a dish after work.

After Xuanyuan Sword, Zhao Bai, and Bronya disappeared, Theresa lamented being called Grandma and went out to ask whether she was old. Fu Hua sincerely assured her that she was very young.

• Theresa returned to her senses and found Xuanyuan Sword, Zhao Bai, and Bronya gone.
• Theresa complained that she had become a grandma and left wearing her nun's habit with Judas on her back.
• Theresa stopped Fu Hua and asked whether she was old.
• Fu Hua considered the question and told Theresa she was very young.

Theresa continued seeking reassurance about whether she looked old and asked Himeko the same question. Himeko responded impatiently, bringing up marriage and leaving Theresa offended.

• After Theresa left, Fu Hua reflected that St. Freya was strange and preferred it to the cold European headquarters.
• Fu Hua criticized Theresa for seeking others' approval and walked away.
• Theresa approached Himeko while she was directing reserve students operating exoskeletons.
• Theresa asked Himeko whether she was really that old.
• Himeko impatiently asked whether Theresa was thinking about marriage, and Theresa called her mean.

Himeko dragged Theresa to the principal’s office and made her return to work after Theresa tried to dodge her duties. Theresa resisted and began looking for a way to distract Himeko.

• Theresa asked Himeko what was wrong with her, and Himeko punched her before ordering her back to work.
• Himeko stopped the students’ construction work and escorted Theresa to the principal’s office to fulfill her duties.
• Theresa resisted Himeko’s attempt to drag her along, using her Honkai Beast gene-enhanced strength to plant herself in place.
• Theresa began trying to make big news that would distract Himeko from making her work.

Theresa told Teacher Himeko that Zhao Bai had a child whose mother was not Bronya, prompting Himeko to rush to the restaurant. She confronted Bronya, who misunderstood Himeko's concern as congratulations.

• Theresa whispered to Teacher Himeko that Zhao Bai had a child and Bronya was not the mother.
• Teacher Himeko was stunned for ten minutes, then ran to Zhao Bai and Bronya's restaurant to investigate.
• Teacher Himeko burst into the restaurant, alarming Bronya and putting Heavy Cannon Rabbit on guard before it recognized her.
• Teacher Himeko told Bronya she knew everything about the child, and Bronya assumed the news had spread so people could congratulate her.

Himeko met the Xuanyuan Sword in its childlike form and learned how Zhao Bai treated it, then angrily blamed Theresa. The story shifted to Anti-Entropy, where Tesla was amused while Cocolia faced a bleak situation.

• Himeko urged Bronya to stop suffering in silence and punish Zhao Bai for his wrongdoing.
• The Xuanyuan Sword emerged from the kitchen and activated its target lock when it sensed Himeko's hostility toward Zhao Bai.
• Bronya introduced the Xuanyuan Sword to Himeko, who was overwhelmed when the child called her Auntie.
• Bronya explained that Zhao Bai had called the Xuanyuan Sword too weak to be a weapon and better suited as a mascot.
• Himeko slammed the table and cursed Theresa.
• The narration shifted to Anti-Entropy, where Tesla had been laughing for days while Cocolia was in a bleak state.

Einstein and Tesla mocked Cocolia, but Einstein’s mood shifted as she recalled someone from her past. At the Anti-Entropy meeting, Cocolia announced she was going to St. Freya, and Einstein asked what the mission’s objective was.

• Tesla mocked Cocolia for sending her daughters into solitary confinement, and Einstein joined in.
• Einstein recalled meeting a charismatic man long ago and felt that mocking Cocolia had become meaningless.
• Cocolia announced that she was going to St. Freya.
• Einstein asked Cocolia what she hoped to accomplish there and challenged the idea of risking lives for her personal hobby.

Anti-Entropy leaders discussed the mission to St. Freya, where they planned to retrieve the gem Raiden Ryoma had hidden inside his daughter and reclaim the Herrscher of Thunder. Siegfried rejected Cocolia’s attempt to claim him as an Anti-Entropy member, and Einstein was chosen to take the lead in carrying out the plan.

• Cocolia tried to persuade Siegfried to join Anti-Entropy, but he sarcastically refused and ended his quantum projection.
• Cocolia resolved to retrieve the gem inside Raiden Ryoma’s daughter and reclaim the Herrscher of Thunder, insisting the mission was not for her personal interests.
• The leaders finalized the battle plan and determined that Einstein would step forward.

Cocolia and Einstein prepared to infiltrate St. Freya, while Cocolia planned to reclaim Bronya in three days. Unaware of the impending visit, Zhao Bai spent time feeding Xuanyuan Sword.

• Cocolia and Einstein arranged to use Walter's Number One clone to draw the higher-ups' attention and the Titans to distract the students.
• Einstein helped Cocolia plan an infiltration of St. Freya, believing Walter Yang was a pacifist who would act according to her expectations.
• Cocolia planned to launch a campaign against St. Freya in about three days and take Bronya back.
• Zhao Bai sliced and grilled beef for Xuanyuan Sword, who eagerly devoured it.

Zhao Bai punished Theresa for spreading rumors about him by making her watch everyone else eat and denying her food for a day and a half. After Theresa suffered through thirty-six hours of hunger, Zhao Bai asked whether she knew what she had done wrong.

• Theresa watched Zhao Bai feed a slice of beef to Bronya instead of her.
• Rumors spread around the school that Zhao Bai had a child, and Zhao Bai blamed Theresa for starting them to avoid work.
• Zhao Bai punished Theresa by forbidding her from eating and taking away her bitter melon juice.
• Theresa endured thirty-six hours of hunger, eating only one bitter melon, skin and seeds included.
• Zhao Bai asked Theresa whether she knew where she had gone wrong, and she said she did.

Zhao Bai kept Theresa hungry as punishment while caring for the Xuanyuan Sword, and the rumors about him gradually faded. Fu Hua approached him, still puzzled by the Xuanyuan Sword’s appearance.

• Zhao Bai refused to give Theresa more beef, saying she could eat again tomorrow.
• Theresa lay hungry in bed and regretted no longer keeping snacks hidden under it.
• Theresa spread rumors about herself and Himeko, distracting the students from the gossip about Zhao Bai.
• Fu Hua approached Zhao Bai as he stroked the Xuanyuan Sword and studied the child with confusion.