Chapter Summaries

Mo Wang took Wendy, Anna, and Fu Hua to explore Schicksal Headquarters and brought them to a hidden tavern he knew. There, they reunited with the tavern’s owner and Lewis, who grabbed Mo Wang by the neck.

• Wendy and Anna asked Mo Wang to show them around Headquarters, and Fu Hua suggested they eat first.
• Mo Wang took the group to the crowded commercial district and led them through an alley to the Moon Shadow Pavilion tavern.
• Mo Wang told Wendy, Anna, and Fu Hua that his master, Sigfried, had introduced him to the tavern.
• The tavern’s one-eyed owner recognized Mo Wang and complained that he had returned without warning.
• Lewis appeared at the tavern and seized Mo Wang by the neck, startling Wendy and Anna.

Mo Wang ran into Penguin at the tavern, where their bickering revealed that they had a history of eating there together. Lewis began telling Wendy stories about their past, while Mo Wang left headquarters hoping to use Otto’s allowance to eat at the tavern.

• Lewis greeted Mo Wang and Fu Hua at the tavern, then teased Mo Wang about Bianca before noticing Penguin hiding in the back with Stan.
• Mo Wang questioned Penguin about being at the tavern, and she explained that Rita was away and this was the only other place with edible food.
• Mo Wang and Penguin argued over how they had first started eating at the tavern, startling Stan and leaving more palm prints on the owner’s table.
• Wendy asked Lewis and the owner to share stories about Mo Wang and Penguin, and Lewis began recounting their past.
• Mo Wang walked through headquarters rubbing his sore backside and planned to spend Otto’s allowance on food at the tavern.

Mo Wang carried the hungry Penguin to his favorite tavern after she collapsed from cutting back on food while exercising. As they shared a meal, the steak stirred an unfamiliar memory in Penguin and brought tears to her eyes.

• Mo Wang ran from Penguin when she chased him over his missing math homework, but stopped when she fell and discovered she was too hungry to get up.
• Penguin explained that she had reduced her food intake and increased her exercise because Rita's recent cooking was too high in calories.
• Mo Wang carried Penguin to the tavern and ordered food for them, telling her he could only afford to eat there on allowance day because he was an orphan.
• Penguin tasted the steak and remembered a white-haired middle-aged man sharing a meal with her, then began to cry.

Mo Wang and Durandal recalled their rocky history as Anna and Wendy helped ease tensions between them over dinner. Afterward, Mo Wang left the tavern and found Otto waiting outside under the moonlight.

• Penguin ate Mo Wang’s food despite claiming it tasted bad, and the two bickered over her wealth and their past visits to the restaurant.
• Lewis told Wendy that an incident had turned Mo Wang and Durandal’s relationship sour, but said they should ask the two themselves.
• Anna and Wendy invited Durandal to join them for dinner, and Mo Wang added his own recommendation as the group ordered food.
• Wendy, Anna, and Durandal played with Stan after dinner while Mo Wang told Fu Hua he was stepping out.
• Mo Wang found Otto outside the tavern and warned him that visiting would ruin one of the neighborhood’s few peaceful spots.

Otto took Mo Wang on a walk through headquarters, revealed that Mo Wang had officially become Hyperion’s Captain and a major, then confronted him about his stalled novel. The chapter ended with Otto eagerly demanding that Mo Wang continue the story, while Mo Wang struggled to understand why Otto enjoyed its insulting portrayal of himself.

• Otto told Mo Wang that he had officially been made Hyperion’s Captain and promoted to major, though Theresa had kept the news and his salary from him.
• Theresa worried that Mo Wang might learn about the promotion and continued hiding the news because St. Freya needed money for repairs.
• Otto asked Mo Wang about Mimi and hinted that he was carrying out a secret plan, making Mo Wang more suspicious of him.
• Otto revealed that he had brought Mo Wang out to demand an update to his novel about Kallen, which had been on hiatus for two months.
• Otto insisted that he was a loyal reader and wanted Mo Wang to continue the plot, while Mo Wang wondered why Otto welcomed being mocked by the story.

Mo Wang and Otto debated whether Otto’s sacrifice to save Kallen could be justified, and Mo Wang insisted he would protect what he cherished without sacrificing others. Two days later, the Schicksal meeting began, with both men having appeared inactive in the meantime.

• Otto and Mo Wang discussed the character in Mo Wang’s novel and speculated that Otto’s true goal had been to give Kallen another chance to survive.
• Mo Wang challenged Otto’s willingness to sacrifice others for a better ending and said he would sacrifice himself before harming anyone he cared about.
• Otto treated Mo Wang as a serious opponent and asked him to keep writing the novel so that the character would not be forgotten.
• Fu Hua found Mo Wang and Otto together, and Otto left to prepare for the upcoming meeting after asking Mo Wang to continue updating the novel.
• Two days later, the Schicksal meeting began after Mo Wang spent the intervening time touring headquarters with Wendy, Anna, and Honored Immortal.

Otto gathered Schicksal’s elite Valkyries, praised Mo Wang for St. Freya’s recent victories, and then revealed that the Second Herrscher had survived the Babylon tragedy by hiding among humans. His disclosure left Mo Wang wary and the assembled Valkyries stunned.

• Anna surveyed the many S- and A-rank Valkyries gathered at headquarters, while Wendy worried to Mo Wang about being discovered.
• Otto arrived with Penguin, Rita, and Amber, then summarized Schicksal’s victories against several Herrschers and Anti-Entropy.
• Otto credited Mo Wang with St. Freya’s achievements, prompting the Valkyries to applaud as Rita teased Penguin about her regret at his departure.
• Mo Wang deflected the praise by crediting the Headmistress, Himeko, and Otto, then asked why Otto had summoned everyone.
• Otto recalled the Second Honkai Eruption and revealed that the Second Herrscher had survived, disguised herself as a human, and gone into hiding.

Otto exposed Kiana as the Second Herrscher and sent forces to capture her, while Mo Wang revealed the Authority of Domination, killed Otto, and declared he would destroy Schicksal Headquarters. At St. Freya, Theresa and the others learned that Schicksal’s fleet had arrived to retrieve Kiana, leaving them unsure how to respond.

• Otto showed footage identifying Kiana as the Second Herrscher and revealed that Schicksal warships were positioned above St. Freya to capture her.
• Mo Wang confronted Otto, who admitted he had planned to remove Mo Wang because his power had grown beyond Otto’s control.
• Otto’s mechs and Valkyries surrounded Mo Wang, but Mo Wang used the Authority of Domination to immobilize everyone and cut off Otto’s head.
• Mo Wang announced that he would destroy Schicksal Headquarters, while Fu Hua realized her worst fear had come true.
• Ten minutes earlier, Himeko informed Theresa that Schicksal’s fleet had arrived at St. Freya to retrieve the Second Herrscher, and Theresa, Mei, Bronya, and Kiana realized Kiana was the target.
• Theresa refused to attack the fleet, warning that fighting at St. Freya would endanger the students and amount to rebellion against Schicksal.

Theresa and Himeko learned that Mo Wang had revealed himself as the Herrscher of Domination, killed Otto, and declared war on Schicksal Headquarters. As they prepared to take the Hyperion to Headquarters, Mo Wang fought the Immortal Blades and confronted Anna and Fu Hua.

• Theresa and Himeko debated how to protect Kiana until Ai-chan reported that the fleets were withdrawing from St. Freya.
• Fu Hua told Himeko that Mo Wang had revealed himself as the Herrscher of Domination, killed Otto, and was heading for Headquarters' control room.
• Theresa ordered Himeko to prepare the Hyperion so they could go to Headquarters.
• Rita ordered the Immortal Blades to capture Mo Wang, but his Erosion power disabled their armor and threw them back.
• Mo Wang caught Lewis's punch and kicked her through a wall, then struck at Anna when she tried to stop him.
• Fu Hua blocked Mo Wang's strike and questioned his actions, but he said he had to prevent Otto from threatening St. Freya and overpowered her; Rita urged Penguin to act as Immortal Blades captain.

Mo Wang fought Schicksal’s Valkyries as Wendy revealed herself as the Wind Herrscher and joined his side. He explained to Anna and Fu Hua that he was trying to stop Otto from using Kiana and the others, then overcame Fu Hua’s Feather Dust attack as she ran out of strength.

• Wendy transformed into the Wind Herrscher and declared that she would stand by Mo Wang, while Rita and Penguin prepared to oppose them.
• Mimi slipped into a space beneath Schicksal and discovered that Mo Wang’s spare bodies were there before vanishing.
• Mo Wang battled Schicksal’s Valkyries, and Fu Hua and Anna struggled to withstand his strength.
• Anna charged Mo Wang to buy Fu Hua time, but he caught her spear and put her to sleep after explaining why he had to deal with Otto.
• Fu Hua attacked Mo Wang with Feather Dust, but he blocked it, leaving her injured and unable to continue fighting.

Mo Wang incapacitated Fu Hua after using the Herrscher of Domination’s authority to infuse Feather Dust with Honkai energy as a backup for Senti’s birth. He rescued Wendy from Durandal and Rita, but Durandal turned her anger on him, and their fight continued.

• Mo Wang injected Honkai energy into Feather Dust, then punched Fu Hua unconscious and wondered whether he had made himself Senti’s father.
• Wendy fought Durandal and Rita, who coordinated their attacks and nearly struck her with Durandal’s lance.
• Wendy told Durandal she wanted to defeat her as a rival for Mo Wang, flustering Durandal and prompting Rita to push them back to the fight.
• Mo Wang caught Durandal’s lance with one hand while holding Wendy, stopping the attack just before it hit her.
• Wendy clung to Mo Wang and acted frightened, while Durandal angrily kicked at him and continued attacking with her lance.

Mo Wang and Durandal clashed over his willingness to sacrifice himself, and Durandal broke through his Authority of Domination and transformed into Star Cat Mode. The story then flashed back to Bianca’s school days, where Mo Wang comforted her amid classmates’ gossip, leaving her asking why he still spoke to her.

• Durandal shattered Mo Wang’s Authority of Domination and summoned her golden Star Anchor armor.
• Mo Wang told Durandal that his past actions had been for himself, because he could not stand by while things he disliked happened.
• In a flashback, Bianca overheard classmates gossiping about her and complained to Mo Wang when he commented on their behavior.
• Bianca noticed Mo Wang’s injured mouth, wiped away the blood with her handkerchief, and threatened him when he teased her.
• Bianca asked Mo Wang why he still spoke to her instead of ignoring her like everyone else.

Mo Wang learned that Bianca was being blamed for injuries sustained by her squad during a mission, despite her having rejected reckless orders. After Lewis hinted that something was wrong, Mo Wang left the tavern insisting he would not get involved, though he suspected Otto was behind the situation.

• Two years after their earlier encounter, Bianca had become Schicksal’s youngest A-rank Valkyrie and Theresa’s adjutant.
• Bianca visited Mo Wang at the tavern, where Lewis offered her a parfait and Mo Wang teased her into eating it.
• Bianca told Mo Wang that injured squad members’ families blamed her for the mission’s outcome, even though the squad had disobeyed her orders.
• Mo Wang urged Bianca to explain the situation to the Bishop, but Bianca said she had already done so and left the tavern.
• Lewis hinted to Mo Wang that something was wrong, and Mo Wang concluded that Otto had likely interfered.

Mo Wang recalled how he left Schicksal Headquarters for St. Freya after intervening in the accusations against Penguin, while Bianca regretted letting him go. In the present, Theresa arrived with the Hyperion to take Mo Wang back, and Kiana, Mei, and Bronya joined the confrontation.

• Mo Wang kidnapped the families of injured Valkyries to force attention onto the accusations against Penguin, and Otto pardoned him and praised him for exposing a false case.
• Mo Wang left for St. Freya, and Bianca confronted him at the harbor before he boarded the transport ship; she later regretted that his departure had not been his choice.
• Penguin, Rita, and Valkyries surrounded Mo Wang and Wendy at headquarters, but Theresa arrived aboard the Hyperion and demanded that Mo Wang return to St. Freya.
• Theresa told Rita she would take Mo Wang back and doubted Otto was truly dead, then Kiana, Mei, and Bronya jumped down from the Hyperion.
• Kiana hit Mo Wang with a flying kick, sending him rolling across the ground.

Mo Wang revealed that he had defected to Honkai’s side, then used Mimi to trap the Valkyries in a memory world while he and Wendy headed to Otto’s location. As they made their way through headquarters, Mo Wang admitted he had wanted Otto dead for years and collected experimental equipment along the way.

• Kiana angrily pummeled Mo Wang and demanded to know why he had quit as Captain and pretended to be a Herrscher.
• Mo Wang told Theresa that he had joined Honkai’s side, and Wendy chose to stand with him as Theresa prepared to capture him.
• Mo Wang summoned Mimi, who trapped the Valkyries in a memory world made from memories she had secretly collected at headquarters.
• Mimi told Mo Wang that she had found an unusual Otto clone on the base’s lowest level, and she led Mo Wang and Wendy toward it.
• Wendy questioned Mo Wang’s plan, and he said he had wanted to kill Otto for three years.
• Mo Wang explained that he was taking cutting-edge products and secret weapons from headquarters as he and Wendy continued toward Otto.

Mo Wang and Wendy found Otto’s dangerous Crimson Knight Eclipse armor and opened the door to his secret laboratory, where they were startled by what they saw. Meanwhile, Durandal pursued Kiana through the Remembrance space, and Kiana’s teasing about Mo Wang’s preferences distracted them until they reached a cliff’s edge.

• Mo Wang showed Wendy the S-rank armor collection and identified Crimson Knight Eclipse as Otto’s armor, equipped with the dangerous Plague Gem.
• Mo Wang packed away the armor and led Wendy to a secret laboratory, then used Jizo Mitama’s power of Erosion to open its door.
• Durandal attacked Kiana under orders to capture the Second Herrscher, while Kiana insisted she was a Valkyrie from St. Freya.
• Kiana recognized Durandal as Mo Wang’s childhood friend and teased her about being blonde and Mo Wang supposedly preferring white-haired girls.
• Durandal grew distracted by Kiana’s teasing as they chased each other to the edge of a cliff.

Theresa reunited with Kiana and Durandal inside a memory world of Schicksal Headquarters from three years earlier, and they realized Mimi’s ability had trapped them there. Meanwhile, Mo Wang and Wendy found Otto’s underground laboratory filled with Soul Steel bodies, where Otto revealed that he was alive in a body forged from the rare metal.

• Theresa rescued Kiana and Durandal from their fall, stopped them from fighting, and said Mo Wang had gone to confront Otto alone.
• Durandal identified their surroundings as Schicksal Headquarters from three years earlier after spotting a younger Mo Wang beneath a tree.
• Kiana explained that Mimi could create worlds from nearby memories and said the world might break if its owner noticed something wrong or the memory reached its end.
• Kiana pulled Theresa and Durandal into the grass when Mo Wang approached, while Durandal demanded that Theresa explain things later.
• Mo Wang and Wendy entered an underground laboratory and found hundreds of Otto bodies displayed in machines.
• Otto appeared and said he was no clone but Otto Apocalypsis in a body made from Soul Steel, prompting Mo Wang, Wendy, and Mimi to mock his wasteful collection.

Mo Wang confronted Otto over his role in Schicksal’s disasters and human experiments, then fought off Otto’s Divine Mechs with Jizo Mitama and the Authority of Domination. Otto acknowledged Mo Wang’s power and prepared to face him himself.

• Mo Wang condemned Otto for manipulating Herrschers, causing suffering across Schicksal, and conducting cruel experiments, while Wendy learned the extent of his actions.
• Otto admitted what he had done for Kallen’s sake, and Mo Wang mocked his devotion before challenging him.
• Otto summoned Divine Mechs, including Heimdalls, and stopped Wendy from joining the fight as Mo Wang faced them alone.
• Mo Wang cut apart two mechs with one strike, then used the Authority of Domination to shut down the rest.
• Otto recognized that Mo Wang had become a Herrscher and challenged him to a personal fight.

Mo Wang fought Otto in the laboratory, overwhelming Otto’s Soul Steel bodies with Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment. Otto mistook Mo Wang for an ancient alien with a hidden agenda, and Mo Wang played along, leaving Wendy bewildered while Mimi explained that he was joking around.

• Mo Wang and Otto clashed with Judas's Oath before Mo Wang shot Otto with Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment.
• Otto revealed that he had numerous Soul Steel bodies, but Mo Wang burned through dozens of them and emerged unharmed.
• Void Archive could not identify Mo Wang and reported that his power exceeded that of an entire planet, forcing Otto to reconsider his plans.
• Otto concluded that Mo Wang was a powerful alien who had infiltrated Schicksal and pursued Honkai, while Mo Wang privately wondered how Otto had reached that conclusion.
• Mo Wang pretended to be Captain Flame Head, Zoffy, an alien destroyer of civilizations, and Wendy questioned how their side had become the villains.
• Mo Wang claimed he had once intended to destroy Earth but had been stopped by humanity, then praised humans while comparing them to Otto.

Mo Wang revealed his supposed ambition to seize Finality and transformed into Zoffy to defeat Otto’s Soul Steel clones with overwhelming force. Otto’s true body and Void Archive escaped, but Mo Wang hinted that he had deliberately let them go so the truth about his power would spread and terrify his enemies.

• Mo Wang claimed he would seize Finality, and Otto challenged his right to control humanity’s fate.
• Otto decided Mo Wang’s power might help his own plan and sent his clones to attack him.
• Mo Wang transformed into Zoffy, destroyed Otto’s clones with a Spacium Ray, and shattered the God-Slaying Spear before blasting Otto into the sky.
• Mo Wang returned to his normal form and discovered that Otto’s true body and Void Archive were absent.
• An injured Otto clone revealed that Otto had sent Void Archive away, but Mo Wang said he had allowed it so his enemies would learn how terrifying he was.