Arc 5The Severed Civilizations

Chen Li intervened in Sirin’s Herrscher awakening, saved her and gave Otto a path to revive Kallen, then severed the connection between the Previous and Current Civilizations. He brought Sirin back with her memories and introduced her to his allies, leaving her free to choose her place among them.

  • Chen Li forged and launched the Revival Match, gathered commissions, and used Haruhi Suzumiya’s Starstones and Holy Grail to gain a Miracle Card and absorb All the World’s Evils.
  • Chen Li recruited Gabriel and Robin to draw the Orderly Dao’s followers to him, then used the Holy Grail to control the leaders who planned to kill him and took charge of their resources.
  • Chen Li left the Previous Civilization after arranging for its leaders to fabricate a false history, then intervened in Sirin’s battle with the Valkyries and persuaded her that he was her Companion Honkai Beast.
  • Chen Li learned the Tai Xu Sword Art, altered the Cocoon of Eternity, and helped Sirin confront her loneliness while she grew closer to Cecilia and Bella.
  • Chen Li helped stop Sirin’s rampage, saved her from the Honkai fission bomb, and told Otto that he could revive Kallen by reaching the Imaginary Tree and changing history.
  • Chen Li severed the causal connection between the Previous and Current Civilizations, created a parallel world for the dead of the Second Honkai War, and brought Sirin back with her memories.
  • Chen Li introduced Sirin to Houraisan Kaguya, explained how he had revived her, and offered her a chance to use Miraculous Items and Resurrection Cards.
  • Chen Li showed Sirin’s power to his allies, explained that he had changed the Herrscher order and severed the civilizations’ connection, and forgave Mobius for failing to survive.
Chapters 101–125 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 101[Revival Match]: It’s the big revival-match stage—come on in if you want to live!

Chen Li forged the Revival Match, an artifact that could resurrect the dead through an elaborate contest, and bound himself as its VIP user. Left with only 11 Crystals, he began gathering resources while considering his next commissions.

  • Jing Yuan agreed to investigate Dragon Master Tao Ran and his collusion with the Medicine Master Sect after Chen Li proposed using him as a surprise force.
  • Chen Li reflected on the Dragon race’s population limits and the Equilibrium Aeon’s role in balancing the Xianzhou’s problems.
  • Chen Li forged the one-star Revival Match using advertising, resurrection, and Joy entries; he made himself its VIP user and the event organizer.
  • Chen Li’s Crystal balance fell to 11, so he ate a scallion to gain 4 Crystals and sent Mom’s Tablecloth to the Genius Society group chat.
  • Great Herta claimed Mom’s Tablecloth, while Ruan Mei and Screwllum expressed interest in it.

Ch. 102Otto Wants to Revive Kallen, and Kallen Wants to Revive Yae Sakura? Hilarious! / MD Aqua and MD Haruhi Suzumiya!

Chen Li introduced the Revival Match Artifact, which let people collect Resurrection Card fragments through ads, and warned that ads might have strange effects. He then received commissions from Otto and Kallen to revive Kallen and Yae Sakura, and discovered that miracles could be linked across time.

  • Chen Li let Great Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum use Mom's Tablecloth, then gained ten Crystals when they disregarded its instructions and triggered its Orphan Killer effect.
  • Chen Li announced the Revival Match, inspected its vast audience, and explained that Resurrection Cards required his approval before their candidates could compete.
  • Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan questioned Chen Li about the announcement, while Chen Li privately urged Guinaifen to collect fragments and report anything unusual.
  • Chen Li received Otto's commission to revive Kallen and Kallen's commission to revive Yae Sakura, and realized Kallen's commission might let him reach the past.
  • Chen Li asked Pixie about connecting miracles, then used the Miracle Card to ask what Source Text it could use, causing another Pixie to appear.

Ch. 103Chen Li: Heh heh heh, you wouldn’t want Haruhi Suzumiya finding out the truth, would you?

Chen Li drew commissions from Gabriel, Aqua, and Haruhi Suzumiya, then traveled to meet Haruhi and demonstrated a supposed Miraculous Item. He explained that the Position Exchange Gun swapped two people’s locations, leaving Haruhi glaring at Kyon for allegedly making her go shopping.

  • Chen Li decided to pursue commissions from the Second Herrscher and spent three Crystals to test whether his wishes influenced which commissions appeared.
  • Miracle presented commissions from Gabriel, Aqua, and Haruhi Suzumiya, whose abilities might let them revive people but whose requests carried varying risks.
  • Haruhi Suzumiya responded first and demanded that Chen Li forge a Miraculous Item for her.
  • Chen Li traveled to Haruhi’s world and gave her Mom’s Tablecloth and a crude gun, insisting both were Miraculous Items.
  • Chen Li explained that the Position Exchange Gun could swap the positions of its user and another person.
  • Haruhi glared at Kyon after Chen Li suggested she could use the gun to make him do her shopping.

Ch. 104Wait, You Can Even Draw the Seven Dragon Balls from a Lottery?

Chen Li tested Haruhi Suzumiya’s wish-granting power with a fake gun and recruited her into the Miraculous Item group while concealing what he had learned from the SOS Brigade. He then discussed forging fees with Haruhi and identified Kyon’s teeth as a promising source of complaint-related tags.

  • Haruhi Suzumiya used the fake Position Exchange Gun on Mikuru Asahina, and Chen Li revealed the deception to the other SOS Brigade members while threatening to tell Haruhi about her wish-granting ability.
  • Haruhi returned with snacks, and Chen Li claimed he had traded for Yuki Nagato’s glasses using Hatsune Miku’s autograph and Kyon’s labor.
  • Chen Li showed Haruhi Hatsune Miku’s endlessly replenishing scallion and explained that distinctive labels, rather than money, served as forging fees.
  • Haruhi assembled the SOS Brigade to find a forging fee, and Chen Li suggested Kyon because of his complaint-related tag.
  • Chen Li examined Kyon’s belongings and concluded that Kyon’s teeth were the best material for extracting a complaint-related tag.

Ch. 105Chen Li: Let me show you all a party trick—swallowing the Evil of This World whole!

Chen Li helped Haruhi Suzumiya use Starstones to draw rare items, including six Dragon Balls and a corrupted Holy Grail. After buying them from her, he drank the Holy Grail’s All the World’s Evils and felt its power surge through him.

  • Chen Li offered Haruhi Suzumiya a choice between using the SOS Brigade’s armbands as forging fees or exchanging them for Starstones, and she chose the Starstones.
  • Haruhi Suzumiya used the Starstones to draw six Dragon Balls and a golden Holy Grail, then sold the items to Chen Li for 500 Starstones.
  • Chen Li explained that the Dragon Balls needed to be gathered as a set and that the Holy Grail was corrupted by All the World’s Evils, which would twist wishes toward destruction.
  • Haruhi Suzumiya agreed to let Chen Li hold her Starstones, while taking the Position Exchange Gun as collateral.
  • Chen Li drank the Holy Grail’s black liquid, absorbing All the World’s Evils and feeling his power increase.

Ch. 106Fu Xuan’s Fresh White Stockings and Chen Li’s Bold Idea

Chen Li drank All the World's Evils, then accidentally earned a Miracle Card after preventing Haruhi Suzumiya from wasting food and triggering a world-ending disaster. He tested the card by jumping from a bridge, was arrested, and Fu Xuan took him away; as she watched an advertisement on her phone, she asked whether he wanted to resurrect someone.

  • Chen Li learned that All the World's Evils would grant him a Miracle Card only if he first let it threaten the world, and he kept drinking it while Haruhi Suzumiya drew and assembled an incomplete Sparklence.
  • Chen Li stopped Haruhi Suzumiya from wasting food from Mom's Tablecloth, and the resulting Miracle Card, You Won't Die Even If You Seek Death, appeared.
  • Chen Li tried jumping from a bridge in Changle Tian to test the card's effect, but the Di Heng Division arrested him and summoned Fu Xuan to collect him.
  • Fu Xuan took Chen Li away and warned him not to seek death again after he explained why he had jumped.
  • Fu Xuan watched an Interastral Peace Corporation advertisement on her phone while Chen Li watched the road, and she asked whether he wanted to resurrect someone.

Ch. 107I’m going to enshrine the Diviner’s white stockings as a family heirloom!

Chen Li’s advertisement stunt pulled Fu Xuan into buying white stockings and taking a couple’s photo with him, leaving her embarrassed and her stockings in his hands. Fu Xuan later gave Chen Li Resurrection Card activation codes, while Chen Li decided to take leave rather than return her heirloom-worthy stockings; elsewhere, Gabriel received a game terminal and a new halo.

  • Fu Xuan promised to seek approval for Chen Li to revive someone if he behaved and studied divination.
  • An advertisement caught Fu Xuan’s attention while Chen Li returned to Changle Tian and prepared to jump into the flight lane.
  • Fu Xuan stopped Chen Li, and an advertisement persuaded them to buy white stockings together and take a couple’s photo; Fu Xuan fled without her old stockings or the photo.
  • Fu Xuan reported her advertisement experience to Ad Slot Rental, received three Resurrection Card activation codes, and learned that a Robin fan had bought the next day’s ad-broadcasting rights.
  • Fu Xuan called Chen Li, who said he had retrieved the photo, bought the clerk’s silence, and enshrined her stockings as a family heirloom; Fu Xuan told him to bring them to work, and he wrote a leave request.
  • Old Dad gave Gabriel a game terminal and warned her not to play trash games; Gabriel put on the golden halo and logged into Friends Circle.

Ch. 108Chen Li: Herta’s a genius, and so am I. Why not ask if Herta fears me? / The Holy Grail War in the Honkai World! Whoever wins becomes the Herrscher of the End!

Chen Li used Gabriel’s angelic appearance and a Divine Object of Abundance to persuade the Orderly Dao’s followers and Cult Leader, then arranged to visit Herta Space Station to discuss an advertisement with Asta. He ended the day planning to plant magical objects and fabricated history in the Previous Civilization.

  • Gabriel joined Chen Li’s group and agreed to help him impress the Orderly Dao’s followers by appearing as an angel.
  • Chen Li staged an angelic baptism with Gabriel and Robin’s singing, using water infused with a Divine Object of Abundance to heal and refresh the believers.
  • Chen Li approached the Cult Leader of the Orderly Dao, who feared him, and invited him to discuss saving the people.
  • Chen Li reported the matter to Najenda, then agreed with Herta to visit Herta Space Station and discuss an advertisement with Asta.
  • Chen Li planned to plant magical objects in the Previous Civilization and invent humorous historical records about Moth Chasing Flame and the Herrschers.

Ch. 109Chen Li Transforms into the Big Bad of the Evil of This World!

Chen Li burned a strange world-destroying seed, then traveled to Moth Chasing Flame to meet Vill-V and prepare for a gathering about the Longevity Pills. He set the Synthesis Table to forge weapons for the Previous Civilization and headed to the meeting, with Elysia worried that the higher-ups might turn against him.

  • Chen Li ate the vines of a mysterious flower, burned them with Miracle Fire, and gained 600 Starstones and a Crystal containing four entries.
  • Chen Li discussed the Holy Grail, All the World's Evils, and the possibility of using Honkai energy to change the Grail's effects with Houraisan Kaguya.
  • Chen Li remembered his plan with Elysia to pick up Vill-V, traveled to Moth Chasing Flame, and reunited with them.
  • Chen Li configured the Synthesis Table to forge 100,000 weapons, including an expected 400 with special attributes, as a gift for the Previous Civilization.
  • Elysia read Chen Li's message about a meeting of United Nations and Moth Chasing Flame higher-ups to divide the Longevity Pills, and worried that they might target him.

Ch. 110Chen Li: I’m a fictional historian. This is what I call fictional history!

Chen Li used the Longevity Pills and All the World's Evils to subdue the assembled leaders of Moth Chasing Flame and the United Nations, then ordered them to help him take control of the civilization’s resources. He left the meeting with Sakuya beside him and declared his plan to expand his influence to the remaining leaders.

  • Chen Li revealed that the leaders planned to kill him after the Longevity Pill transaction, then offered one pill and a Forced Transaction Coin in exchange for their lives.
  • When the leaders ordered their guards to attack, Chen Li released All the World's Evils from the Holy Grail and used it to control the attackers and turn them against their employers.
  • Chen Li singled out Sakuya, learned her name, and discovered that her assassination mission had targeted the person beside her employer rather than Chen Li.
  • Chen Li recalled All the World's Evils and swallowed it, explaining that doing so let him influence the force while keeping his consciousness.
  • Chen Li ordered the subdued leaders to recruit the absent higher-ups and middle management so he could take control of the civilization’s resources.

Ch. 111Loading comments… Fire!

Chen Li ordered the Previous Civilization to fabricate its history for the next civilization while he reforged Friends Circle into a growing combat Miraculous Item. After leaving the fabrication plan in Sakuya’s hands, he prepared to travel to the Current Civilization to challenge the Herrscher of the Void.

  • Chen Li appointed Sakuya as his Imperial Guard and began inventing historical records about Elysia harassing her.
  • Chen Li told his followers to fabricate and preserve a false history, believing the Current Civilization would remain largely unchanged without his influence.
  • Chen Li reforged Friends Circle with Crystals, adding chat history as payment and turning messages into barrage attacks whose effects varied by sender.
  • Chen Li ordered Sakuya to ensure the higher-ups continued the history fabrication while he was away, and the Fictional Historian attribute began accumulating progress.
  • Chen Li announced that he was setting out for the Current Civilization to challenge the Herrscher of the Void.

Ch. 112Chen Li: Huh? I’m blocking the Taixu Sword God? Seriously?! / Your Taixu Sword God is great, but it’s mine now!

Chen Li entered the Current Civilization and died shielding Sirin from Fu Hua’s Tai Xu Sword God, then revived and convinced Sirin that he was her Companion Honkai Beast from a previous fifty-thousand-year cycle. With the Honkai Will no longer able to answer Sirin, Chen Li stayed beside her as she accepted his claim and handed him Cheng Lixue.

  • Chen Li said goodbye to Elysia and Vill-V, lent Vill-V his Synthesis Table, and gave Elysia administrator privileges for the Miraculous Item group.
  • Chen Li chose the Herrscher of the Void as his opponent and emerged from a Teleportation Gate as Fu Hua unleashed the Tai Xu Sword God at Sirin.
  • Chen Li shielded Sirin in his Soul Steel HOMU suit, was cut down by the attack, and revived after watching an advertisement.
  • Sirin used her Herrscher of Death Authority on Chen Li while fighting Cheng Lixue, and Chen Li begged her to spare the Valkyrie.
  • Chen Li claimed to be Sirin’s Companion Honkai Beast from a previous cycle, and Sirin discovered that the Honkai Will could no longer answer her.
  • Sirin accepted Chen Li as her Companion Honkai Beast and handed him the captured Cheng Lixue.

Ch. 113The Smile Doesn’t Disappear—it Just Moves to Chen Li’s Face

Chen Li took advantage of Sirin’s trust to learn swordsmanship and use a feather against the Cocoon of Eternity, while Sirin captured Cecilia and Z Siegfried. The chapter ended with Chen Li repeatedly rerolling a random attribute fixation on the Cocoon of Eternity, which selected its XP and then its gender.

  • Sirin dismissed Chen Li’s request to learn the Tai Xu Sword God and offered to teach him to control his Herrscher of the Void powers instead.
  • Chen Li showed Sirin his enormous scissors and claimed they would become her Exclusive Weapon once his authority proficiency reached one hundred percent.
  • Sirin used a Feather of Dust to control Cheng Lixue, then captured Cecilia and Z Siegfried through imaginary portals.
  • Chen Li obtained a Feather of Dust and began learning the Tai Xu Sword Art from Cheng Lixue while Sirin’s use of her authority increased his proficiency.
  • Sirin entered an illusion of a happy family, and Chen Li used the Peaceful Longbow on her before activating Thorn in the Eye on the Cocoon of Eternity.
  • Thorn in the Eye fixed the Cocoon of Eternity’s XP and then, after Chen Li rerolled, its gender.

Ch. 114“Let the world forget me”… How can that be called a side effect?!

Chen Li fixed the Cocoon of Eternity’s Herrscher birth order, then entered Sirin’s illusion to continue his plan to sever the temporal connection between the Previous Civilization and the Current Civilization. Inside the dream, Sirin unexpectedly treated Chen Li as a body pillow and was drawn into a family reunion with Cecilia and Z Siegfried.

  • Chen Li repeatedly refreshed the Cocoon of Eternity’s attributes, then used a Miracle Crystal warning to keep himself from accidentally refreshing away the Herrscher birth order option.
  • Chen Li learned the basic form of the Tai Xu Sword Technique, used the Feather of Dust to awaken Cheng Lixue, and persuaded her to leave by telling her about Fu Hua’s past.
  • Chen Li lent Friends Circle to Cheng Lixue as she flew down from Babylon Tower, then fixed the Cocoon of Eternity’s Herrscher birth order across all cycles.
  • Sirin pulled Chen Li into her illusion, where he realized subjective time made the Let Me Ask You cooldown pass much faster.
  • Sirin ordered Chen Li to act as a body pillow, while Cecilia apologized for making Sirin feel lonely and offered to hold her as they slept.

Ch. 115Welt: That damn fictional historian is still chasing me!

Chen Li studied Sirin’s memories and the costs of using Judgment of All Things while Cecilia took Sirin shopping. He later helped the Queen of the Void send food to her vessel, then joined Sirin and Cecilia in a Golden Honkai-Moe King costume.

  • Sirin woke up in Chen Li’s arms, gave him a Dream Bubble showing her path to becoming a Herrscher, and went shopping with Cecilia.
  • Chen Li absorbed the Dream Bubble to advance his Second Honkai entry and learned that Judgment of All Things could erase his karmic ties if he chose to splice rather than sever.
  • Chen Li contacted the Queen of the Void and gave her danmaku bullets that could help her send food from her mind to Kiana.
  • Chen Li suggested the Queen name her food-giving gesture Spring Spirit, then followed Sirin and Cecilia while dressed as the Golden Honkai-Moe King.

Ch. 116Chen Li: Your Majesty, even though you’ve lost Bella, you still have me!

Inside the Feather of Dust illusion, Chen Li watched Sirin grow closer to Cecilia and encouraged her to confront her feelings, while Welt tried to rouse Z Siegfried from the false dream. The chapter ended when the Bella doll in Sirin’s hand began to burn, signaling that her control over Bella in reality was becoming unstable.

  • Chen Li watched Cecilia take Sirin shopping, while he studied Source Text and cared for the Spring Spirit inside the illusion.
  • Welt confronted Z Siegfried about remaining in the illusion, and Z Siegfried’s unstable Kaslana power shattered a mall window as Cecilia shielded Sirin from the glass.
  • Chen Li revealed himself to Welt as the Fictional Historian, then left after Sirin called for him.
  • After returning from the hospital, Sirin admitted that Cecilia’s embrace made her feel safe, and Chen Li told her she was in love with Cecilia.
  • Sirin confided that Cecilia was good to her but was not her mother, and Chen Li reassured her that her confusion showed she was growing.
  • Sirin’s Bella doll began to burn, and she sensed Bella’s distant reluctance and longing before scissors snapped.

Ch. 117Chen Li: Your Majesty, why are your hair tips so pointy?

Chen Li saved Bella’s remaining reason and intelligence while Sirin’s illusion collapsed and the battle against the rescuers resumed. Sirin destroyed Ara Hato, captured Cecilia and Z Siegfried in the Infinite Corridor, and then faced Theresa as Theresa activated the Oath of Judah’s Zeroth Power.

  • Chen Li used Judgment of All Things to preserve Bella’s reason and intelligence in a restored doll while Sirin attacked Z Siegfried and pursued Cecilia and Welt.
  • Chen Li emerged from the illusion as the Moonlight Throne on Ara Hato drained Sirin’s Honkai energy, and he bit pieces from the Herrscher Cores to build resistance.
  • Sirin awakened, destroyed Ara Hato with the Herrscher of the Void’s power, and crushed the Core of Reason beside the unconscious Doctor Einstein.
  • Theresa and Cecilia attacked Sirin, but Sirin sent Cecilia and Z Siegfried into the Infinite Corridor and turned to face Theresa.
  • Theresa unleashed the Oath of Judah’s Zeroth Power and activated the Divine Grace Barrier against Sirin.

Ch. 118Theresa: So you’re Sparkle the Masked Fool (Chen Li), huh? I’ll remember you!

Theresa’s Divine Grace Barrier weakened Sirin, but Chen Li and the returning Z Siegfried turned the fight into chaos, while Einstein uncovered that Chen Li had rigged Oath of Judah. After Theresa and Einstein left, Chen Li used his new Preemptive Consumption trait to mortgage a Miracle Card and began forging another item.

  • Theresa activated the Divine Grace Barrier, stripping Sirin of her Herrscher powers and leaving both women weakened; Chen Li intervened when Sirin called for him.
  • Chen Li dismissed Theresa, then Z Siegfried burst out of the Infinite Corridor and attacked Sirin as Kevin guided him through a mental suggestion.
  • Einstein confronted Chen Li, but he activated a voice-controlled mode in Oath of Judah and bound her and Theresa until they shouted, “Long live the Queen.”
  • Chen Li warned that Otto’s Honkai fission bomb would target both Sirin and Z Siegfried, then Theresa and Einstein departed with his weapon.
  • Chen Li claimed his Novice Task rewards and gained the Preemptive Consumption trait, which let him mortgage Soul Sever for thirty Crystals.
  • Chen Li combined fifty-seven Crystals, a Feather of Dust feather, and the Fictional Historian entry in the Miracle Fire to forge a new item.

Ch. 119Chen Li: Otto, get down on your knees. I have something to tell you. / Chen Li: Otto, you may have lost Kallen, but you still have me!

Chen Li intervened as Sirin’s Herrscher Core went berserk, then addressed Otto about how Kallen could be revived by reaching the Imaginary Tree and altering history. He left Otto with the promise that Otto would eventually bring Kallen back, while Cecilia, Z Siegfried, and Sirin remained near death.

  • After Sirin’s core went berserk and Cecilia’s holy blood calmed the Honkai energy, Chen Li appeared before Kevin and invited him to watch a performance that could save civilization.
  • Chen Li used his Herrscher of the Void Authority to reach Sirin and let Cecilia’s spear and Z Siegfried’s Divine Fire Sacred Judgment halt the disaster.
  • Cecilia placed Black Orchid White Flower near Z Siegfried, then held the dying Sirin as Chen Li carried her to Cecilia.
  • Chen Li locked Otto’s incoming Honkai fission bomb in place and used a loudspeaker to announce that he would show Otto how to revive the dead.
  • Chen Li told Otto that reviving Kallen required reaching the Imaginary Tree and altering history, and said Otto would succeed in bringing her back.

Ch. 120Create a parallel world in the name of “What If” and “Fiction”!

Chen Li used the Joy Dice to confront Otto with a possible future in which he lost all hope of saving Kallen, then severed the connection between the Previous and Current Civilizations and cut out the Second Honkai War. In the resulting void, he reviewed the past and began tracing the gifts he had left behind, paying Starstones to inspect the future only when necessary.

  • Chen Li explained that severing the civilizations’ causal link would make Otto’s plan to save Kallen unreachable and erase memories of Chen Li’s role.
  • A future Otto attacked Chen Li, then accepted a chance to resurrect Kallen in exchange for writing a letter designed to make Otto despair.
  • Chen Li said goodbye to Sirin and used Judgment of All Things to sever time and space and separate the Previous Civilization from the Current Civilization.
  • Chen Li reviewed the Previous Civilization’s history and saw that its leaders had sidelined the people he knew, allowing events to unfold much as before.
  • Chen Li spent 300 Starstones recording the locations of surviving weapons and other things he had left in the world.

Ch. 121Sirin: You… have another Queen too?!

Chen Li severed the Second Honkai War from history and created a parallel world where its dead could live different lives, while offering Cecilia and Sirin a choice about entering it. After collecting rewards for the feat, he faced questions from Sirin and Houraisan Kaguya about his other Queens and his new roommate.

  • Chen Li cut two sections of history free, placed the Second Honkai War in an album, and used it to create a parallel world.
  • Chen Li offered Cecilia and Sirin the choice to enter the parallel world or remain in a suspended state; Cecilia chose to stay, while Sirin was sent there with her memories.
  • The Second Honkai War’s dead entered the parallel world, and Chen Li received two Miracle Cards and 80 Crystal for his actions.
  • Sirin clung to Chen Li, bit his ear, and seemed to accuse him of having other Queens.
  • Chen Li redeemed Soul Sever, gained fame and experience, and began extracting a Fictional World Theorist Miracle Card.
  • Houraisan Kaguya asked Chen Li why she suddenly had another roommate.

Ch. 122Sirin: What? I have a pair of twin daughters?!

Chen Li brought Sirin to live with him and Houraisan Kaguya, who tried to break the ice by revealing that Chen Li had another Queen. Sirin learned that the Queen was one of her twin daughters, then read about Kiana and the Queen of the Void before asking how Chen Li had revived her; he explained that he had projected her earlier state onto her dying self using Imaginary Value.

  • Chen Li introduced Sirin as Houraisan Kaguya's new roommate and asked Houraisan Kaguya to help her settle in.
  • Houraisan Kaguya revealed that Chen Li had another Queen, prompting Sirin to ask about her and hear that she was one of her twin daughters.
  • Chen Li gave Sirin his phone to read about Kiana and the Queen of the Void, while Houraisan Kaguya told them Silver Wolf had lost their gaming contest.
  • Sirin explained that she had rejected a Parallel World because its happiness would belong to that world's Sirin, and Houraisan Kaguya asked how Chen Li had revived her.
  • Chen Li showed Houraisan Kaguya the Fictional Historian Miracle Card and explained that he had used Imaginary Value to project Sirin's earlier state onto her dying self.

Ch. 123Fictionologist: How did I not know I was this powerful?!

Chen Li brought Sirin back to his world, where she regained her cocky personality and clashed with Houraisan Kaguya over clothes and family. Houraisan Kaguya warned that Sirin may have left a dangerous obsession in the Herrscher Core still in the Honkai world, then proposed using Chen Li’s powers to mass-produce Herrscher Cores.

  • Sirin said she was herself, though she hoped Kiana and the Queen of the Void could have good endings, and Houraisan Kaguya teased her about being a mother.
  • Houraisan Kaguya tried to change Sirin’s outfit, and Chen Li gave Sirin clothes he had bought using her measurements; Sirin punched him in the stomach after hearing how he had gotten them.
  • Chen Li explained that most people had forgotten him because of the price of Judgment of All Things, while Houraisan Kaguya wondered whether Sirin’s Herrscher Core retained an obsession against scumbags.
  • Chen Li said he had fictionalized a replacement Herrscher Core for Sirin, and Houraisan Kaguya suggested repeatedly creating and removing cores to mass-produce them.

Ch. 124Sirin: I’m going to cut the red thread of fate between us, then tie it into a knot that’ll never come undone!

Chen Li discovered that fabricated Herrscher Cores could have traits, but their faint traits made his wholesale plan impractical. Sirin questioned how Chen Li had changed her and learned he had given her another chance to choose her path; she then asked to repay him and form a lasting bond, and he offered her a choice of Miraculous Items to borrow.

  • Chen Li explained that fabricated Herrscher Cores could be rented or bought, then checked Sirin’s cores and found their traits too faint to Extract.
  • Sirin asked whether she had a trait, and Chen Li called it getting full of herself; he identified Bella’s trait as loyalty.
  • Sirin realized Chen Li had used the same companion-Honkai-beast story to deceive her and Spring Spirit, then confronted him about it.
  • Chen Li explained that he had adjusted Sirin’s personality to before the Honkai consciousness influenced her, leaving her free to choose how she viewed humanity and Honkai.
  • Sirin asked how she could repay Chen Li and proposed forming a friend bond; Chen Li displayed the Miraculous Items she could choose to borrow.

Ch. 125Griseo, with “invincible” written all over her face: I’ve been possessed by an evil spirit!

Sirin chose a pair of fate-cutting scissors and considered using them to bind her fate to Bella’s, while Chen Li revealed that he had altered the future and gained control over civilization’s leadership. After the group learned how he had changed the cycle between the Previous and Current Civilizations, they questioned what became of the people who survived into the future, but Chen Li admitted he did not know.

  • Chen Li explained that Sirin could use a Resurrection Card to designate her mother, Cecilia, and other dead friends, though the Revival Match’s winner was determined by luck.
  • Sirin chose the scissors-shaped Miraculous Item and asked whether she could cut and bind people’s fates; Chen Li said she could if she could see or understand them, and Sirin considered using them to stay with Bella.
  • Chen Li announced that he had bought off most of Moth Chasing Flame’s and the United Nations’ leadership and demonstrated Sirin’s power by having her create a World Bubble.
  • Mobius questioned Sirin about why she had not attacked humanity, and Chen Li told Sakuya to inform the leaders that the Civilization Imaginary Project could be stopped.
  • After watching Chen Li’s Miracle Cards, Elysia, Mobius, and Sirin discussed how he had changed the order of Herrschers and severed the connection between the Previous and Current Civilizations.
  • Vill-V asked what happened to the survivors who reached the future, and Chen Li admitted he did not know because Judgment of All Things handled the logic; Mobius apologized for not surviving, and Chen Li said he forgave her.
Arc 5 of 65
Arc 5 of 65