Chapter Summaries

Mo Wang confronted Hiyori, who had taken over Yingyingying's body and escaped with Jizo Mitama, the general, and the Wind Herrscher's core. Afterward, Wendy and Mimi explained how Wendy had lost her core, leaving the group to question how a Herrscher could survive without one.

• Hiyori claimed Yingyingying's body and taunted Kallen and Hiyori, who demanded that she return Big Sis and Sakura.
• Mo Wang deduced that Hiyori had awakened after he dealt with the Herrscher of Domination and had manipulated Hokushin Mei's memories.
• Hiyori refused to fight Mo Wang directly and escaped with the general, Jizo Mitama, and the Wind Herrscher's core, challenging him to find her at the top of the Castle Keep.
• Mo Wang and the others returned to the wooden house, where he demanded that Mimi and Wendy explain how they had ended up at the Castle Keep.
• Wendy and Mimi explained that The Queen had removed Wendy's core and imprisoned her, but Wendy had escaped with Mimi and seemed to be alive despite feeling weak.

Mo Wang learned that the Erosion Herrscher wanted Wendy’s core to power Jizo Mitama and carry the village away, then set out for the Castle Keep. Hiyori began her plan early, but Mo Wang arrived sooner than expected aboard an enormous radish.

• Wendy clung to Mo Wang and complained about being ambushed and imprisoned, while Mimi explained that the Erosion Herrscher wanted to use Jizo Mitama to leave the world.
• Hiyori guessed that the Erosion Herrscher needed Wendy’s core to power Jizo Mitama, and explained that the weapon could turn things from an illusory world into reality.
• Mo Wang decided to go to the Castle Keep, hinting that he would not travel by road.
• At the Castle Keep, Hiyori ordered the plan to begin ahead of schedule because Mo Wang was too difficult to predict.
• Hokushin Mei turned around and saw an enormous super-sized radish charging toward them.

Mo Wang and his companions crashed into Hiyori’s fortress aboard Heavenly Thunder, then confronted Hiyori and Hokushin Mei. Kallen challenged Hokushin Mei using Jinxiang armor and its beam weapons, leaving their fight underway.

• Mo Wang drove Heavenly Thunder into Hiyori’s castle tower, destroying much of it, and landed with Kallen, Wendy, and Mimi.
• Mo Wang taunted Hiyori and demanded Yae Sakura and control of the world, while Hiyori ordered Hokushin Mei and the Shikigami to hold him off.
• Hokushin Mei hesitated to fight Mo Wang, then launched a surprise attack and was knocked back by Kallen.
• Kallen challenged Hokushin Mei and equipped Jinxiang armor, which Otto had designed for her.
• Kallen summoned a giant cross-shaped weapon and fired a barrage of beams, forcing Hokushin Mei to dodge.

Kallen defeated Hokushin Mei with a cross while Wendy’s empowered attacks wiped out Hiyori’s forces, but Hiyori unleashed a transformation after her sword attack failed to harm Mo Wang. The chapter ended with Hiyori’s enormous nine-tailed Demon Fox form emerging above Yae Village, powered by Jizo Mitama and Wendy’s Herrscher Core.

• Kallen smashed Hokushin Mei’s katana and sent her flying by wielding her heavy cross as a melee weapon.
• Wendy and the three little ones defeated Hiyori’s Shikigami and Honkai Beasts, while Mo Wang challenged Hiyori to fight him herself.
• Hiyori struck Mo Wang with Setsuna swordsmanship, but the attack only left a faint mark on him and damaged his clothes.
• Hiyori stabbed herself with Jizo Mitama and emerged from Sakura’s body as black mist carrying the sword and Wendy’s Herrscher Core.
• A hurricane swept through Yae Village as Hiyori’s gigantic, nine-tailed Demon Fox form descended from the shattered sky.

Mo Wang transformed into Zoffy and fought Hiyori after her dual-core form overwhelmed the others. Zoffy countered her attacks and battered her, then approached with two Eight-tenths Light Wheels as Hiyori lay helpless.

• Hiyori unleashed enormous fireballs that destroyed the Tenshukaku, but Mo Wang protected everyone by transforming into Zoffy and carrying them in his palm.
• Zoffy shielded the group from Hiyori's next attack and blocked her beam with a barrier.
• Hiyori attacked with fireballs and a hurricane, but Zoffy froze the flames and tore apart the storm with a spinning attack.
• Zoffy countered Hiyori's barrage of Honkai attacks, grabbed her tail, and repeatedly slammed her into the ground.
• Zoffy approached the dazed Hiyori with two Eight-tenths Light Wheels and slashed them down at her.

Zoffy killed Hiyori and rescued Mo Wang and the others as the Scarlet Sakura Cycle world began resetting. They returned to Mount Tai Xu, where Raven was stunned by their arrival and the appearance of Hiyori, Kallen, Yae Sakura, and Xiao Xuan; later, Grey Serpent summoned Raven to speak with Kevin.

• Zoffy severed Hiyori’s tail, but she unleashed her Honkai energy and began tearing apart the world.
• Zoffy drained away Hiyori’s attack, repaired the spatial cracks, and killed her with an M87 Ray.
• Xiao Xuan warned that Hiyori’s death had triggered the world’s next cycle, so Zoffy transformed into light and carried everyone out as the world rewound.
• Mo Wang and the others landed in a room on Mount Tai Xu, where Raven found them and learned that Hiyori, Kallen, Yae Sakura, and Xiao Xuan had returned with them.
• At a World Serpent base, Grey Serpent gave Raven a communicator and told her that Kevin wanted to see her.

Mo Wang lounged at World Serpent while Raven pleaded to be reassigned, and the group chat welcomed newcomers from Azur Lane and Hell Dating King. The story then shifted to Nien and Anis scouting near a frontline base, where they wondered why their Commander had brought them so far from the Ark.

• Raven begged Kevin to stop assigning her to stay near Mo Wang, and Grey Serpent blamed Mo Wang for disrupting the base.
• Mo Wang relaxed on the beach with Hiyori while Mimi scolded him for neglecting his plans and the Wind Herrscher core stuck in Jizo Mitama: Six Paths.
• Mo Wang checked the group chat and saw The Commander Who Is Critically Injured Every Day and The Strongest Demon Hunter join.
• The newcomers revealed their worlds as Azur Lane and Hell Dating King, prompting the group members to joke about shipgirls and the Demon Hunter's romantic exploits.
• Nien and Anis watched activity from the wilderness near the frontline base and complained that their Commander had brought them far from the Ark without explaining why.

Mo Wang tested his weapons on Raptures while Laphi, Anis, and Nien watched from a distance. When a Tyrant-class Rapture emerged, he deployed three giant mechs to dismantle it and prepared to examine it with his new chainsaw.

• Laphi, Anis, and Nien watched as Mo Wang used new ship rigging to blast through a horde of Raptures.
• The surviving Raptures fled from Mo Wang, and a Tyrant-class Rapture emerged from beneath the city.
• Mo Wang summoned Heavenly Thunder, Thunderfire, and the Mecha Divine King, which tore the Tyrant-class Rapture apart on his order.
• Mo Wang approached the damaged Rapture to inspect its core and activated his Simplified Ultraman Chainsaw.

Mo Wang retrieved the final Tyrant-class core for his Doro experiment, then destroyed the surrounding city with a button before returning to the frontline base with Counter Force. Back at the base, Marian greeted him affectionately while Anis, Nien, and Laphi watched from behind.

• Mo Wang recovered the last Tyrant-class core after dismantling a giant cockroach Rapture, then argued with Anis about whether Doro could change the Ark's fate.
• Mo Wang pressed a strange button and triggered an explosion that erased the city ruins, leaving Laphi, Anis, and Nien buried in dust and sand.
• Mo Wang drove Counter Force back to his luxurious frontline base, where Marian rushed out and embraced him.
• Anis and Nien teased each other about wanting Mo Wang's attention, while Laphi wondered why her role seemed so small.

Mo Wang activated the Tyrant Rapture core in his secret laboratory, awakening a strange creature that called itself Doro. In the Ark’s slums, Doro intervened when thugs cornered a young woman, and its fight with them was still underway.

• Mo Wang brought Laphi and Marian to his underground laboratory and placed a Tyrant Rapture core on the test bench.
• A creature inside the cultivation tank opened its eyes and repeatedly cried, “Doro.”
• A young woman fleeing through the Ark’s slums was cornered by three thugs who planned to sell her on the black market.
• Doro appeared, knocked one thug unconscious, and introduced itself as the one who would deal with them.
• Doro struck Thug A with a red beam, and Thug B opened fire as the chapter ended.

Doro rescued a girl from three thugs before returning to Mo Wang’s laboratory, where Mo Wang revealed that the Doros could take over the Ark. Meanwhile, Polly struggled with the trouble caused by her fellow officers Miranda and Kiri.

• Doro knocked out Thug B, returned the girl’s shoe, and accepted an orange before rushing back to its master.
• Mo Wang watched the Doros’ activities as they returned to the laboratory carrying oranges.
• Anis questioned Mo Wang’s use of a Tyrant-class Rapture core to create Doros, and Mo Wang said they could take over the Ark.
• Anis, Nien, Laphi, and Marian reacted to Doros made in their likenesses, while Mo Wang privately imagined destroying the Ark.
• At the Ark police station, Polly complained that Miranda and Kiri’s behavior was giving her a headache.

Polly visited Mo Wang on Consultation Day to ask about the mysterious Doros that had appeared across the Ark, while struggling with the Ark leadership’s suspicions and her own reluctance to strain her relationship with him. Mo Wang welcomed her warmly, and Polly began to bring up the matter.

• Kiri guessed that Polly was troubled by the mysterious white creatures, and Miranda described the Doros’ good deeds and popularity across the Ark.
• Polly explained that the Ark’s higher-ups had tasked her with investigating the Doros, but she could not find or catch any of them.
• Miranda suggested asking Mo Wang directly, and Polly decided she would raise the matter during the next day’s Consultation Day at the Frontline Base.
• Polly wondered whether to wear casual clothes to meet Mo Wang, while Miranda and Kiri looked forward to the trip.
• Mo Wang picked up Polly, stroked her hair, and teased her about her casual clothes before asking whether she had come because of a mission.

Mo Wang admitted that the Doros were his experimental Bangboo model, then faced Anderson over their power and spread throughout the Ark. He presented a Mythical NIKKE Development Plan and asked why humanity had failed to reclaim the surface.

• Mo Wang told Polly that he had created the Doros as a new Bangboo series and invited her to visit Biscuit.
• Anderson reviewed a ZF report demanding that he warn Mo Wang about his actions.
• Mo Wang barged into Anderson’s office and challenged him over the Ark’s investigation and police attention.
• Anderson showed Mo Wang footage of Doros overpowering investigators and NIKKEs, but Mo Wang praised the creatures and asked how the footage was recorded.
• Mo Wang gave Anderson a Mythical NIKKE Development Plan and asked why the Ark had failed to reclaim the surface.

Mo Wang learned that the Ark’s leaders would reject his plan to build Mythical NIKKEs, so he and Mimi continued developing them independently while using Doro to infiltrate the Ark. Anderson then sent Mo Wang and his squad on a mission north, where Marian worried that the order might be a trap.

• Mo Wang argued that the Ark’s leaders had withheld resources and technology, then proposed creating Mythical NIKKEs to reclaim the surface.
• Anderson said the ZF and Three Major Companies would never approve Mo Wang’s plan, citing scarce materials and their refusal to grant him authority over NIKKE modifications.
• Anderson warned Mo Wang that people planned to move against him and ordered him to undertake another mission; Mo Wang agreed to leave but privately concluded Anderson tacitly supported his actions.
• Mo Wang showed Mimi plans for three Mythical NIKKEs named Alpha, Beta, and Delta, alongside Doro’s Ark Domination Plan.
• Mo Wang told Laphi, Nien, and Anis that they had to go north on an emergency mission with the Limitless Unit, prompting Anis to protest while Laphi tried to calm her.
• Marian voiced concern that the mission might be a convenient setup, and Mo Wang reassured her that he could handle himself.

Mo Wang left the Ark with Ludmila and her squad for the far northern continent while Marian stayed behind to protect the base. As the Doros began their planned takeover of the Ark, a battered gang leader named Old Jack was confronted in a slum bar.

• Marian offered to join Mo Wang's operation, but he told her to stay and guard the base and guide the three children.
• Ludmila arrived with Alice and two other girls, and Mo Wang learned that Ludmila had broken every phone, including his custom-made one.
• After Mo Wang left the Ark, D and K received orders to follow him to the far northern region and keep him from threatening the Ark.
• Beneath an orange tree in the Ark's sewers, the Doros launched their Ark Transformation Plan and prepared to seize the outer slums and eventually the entire Ark.
• In a bar in the outer slums, an injured gang leader named Old Jack was mocked by a man who recognized him.

Doro raided Pyke’s bar and captured his gang, leaving Jack’s old rival terrified and the other slum gangs incapacitated by morning. The Doro celebrated their mission, stole snacks and Oh Runji, and left residents wondering what had happened.

• Pyke taunted Jack about the Mad Shark Gang’s collapse, but Jack trembled and warned that demons had attacked them.
• The lights went out, and a cowboy-hat Doro entered the bar before vanishing and reappearing behind Pyke.
• A swarm of Doro overwhelmed Pyke and his subordinates, then carried the captured gang members away.
• Nien Doro found a box of snacks and Oh Runji, and it and the cowboy Doro tried to hide the loot from the others.
• The next day, slum residents found gang members from outside the three Underworld Queens’ territories dumped across the streets.

Mo Wang and Counter Force traveled to the far north to eliminate a Tyrant-class Rapture, Chatterbox, but Anis, Nien, and Laphi insisted on fighting it themselves. The chapter ended with Mo Wang being held back while Tobi watched the team’s unusual approach in disbelief.

• The Doros took control of the Outer Rim, winning the slum residents’ support as they demanded oranges and cheered for Doro.
• Mo Wang traveled north with Anis, Ludmila, Nien, Alice, Niv, Laphi, and Tobi to investigate a Rapture that had destroyed several squads.
• The group encountered Chatterbox, who had been waiting for a particular person and was displeased that his target was absent.
• Anis, Nien, and Laphi calmly prepared to fight Chatterbox, while Tobi was astonished that they showed no fear of the Tyrant-class Rapture.
• Mo Wang raised Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment to attack Chatterbox, but Anis, Nien, and Laphi stopped him and asked to handle the fight themselves.

Mo Wang watched the Counter Force confront Chatterbox with powerful weapons he had upgraded, while D and K observed from afar. The Counter Force overwhelmed Chatterbox, and D and K realized how extravagant its equipment was.

• Ludmila asked Mo Wang whether the Counter Force needed help, and he said his upgrades would let them handle Chatterbox.
• Anis, Nien, and Laphi charged at Chatterbox after arguing over who would lead the attack.
• Nien’s enhanced bullets corroded Chatterbox’s armor, Laphi’s follow-up fire knocked him down, and Anis cut off his arm with a Spacium-powered chainsaw.
• Anis and Nien revealed that they had secretly taken weapons from Mo Wang’s laboratory, while Laphi admitted to herself that she had done the same.
• Mo Wang explained that the Counter Force’s ammunition contained his blood and Erosion, while D and K watched from afar and envied the squad’s Anti-Corrosion Rounds and black-tech weapons.

After an unknown squad triggered an avalanche to kill Mo Wang, the searchers failed to find him as the blizzard worsened. X learned of the attack and confronted the Judgment Council, warning that Mo Wang’s death could provoke Anderson and the Three Major Companies.

• D and K spotted Ark mass-produced NIKKEs planting bombs on the mountain and rushed to warn Mo Wang, but the squad detonated them and caused an avalanche.
• Mo Wang pushed Ludmila and the Limitless Unit out of danger, then let the snow bury him as D and K watched.
• More than an hour later, Anis kept digging for Mo Wang until Laphi persuaded her to stop because the blizzard endangered the team; the searchers had found no trace of him.
• D and K told X that unidentified NIKKEs had triggered the avalanche, and X ordered them to locate Mo Wang while he tried to stabilize the Ark.
• X berated the Judgment Council over the assassination attempt and challenged a younger member to explain how they would recover Mo Wang’s technology or handle Anderson and the Three Major Companies.

X and Ark’s leaders struggled to contain the fallout after evidence of Mo Wang’s apparent murder spread across the hijacked network and Doros rioted outside the ZF building. As Ark descended into chaos, Snow White searched an avalanche site for supplies, unaware that Mo Wang’s disappearance had set events in motion.

• X warned Ark’s leaders that Mo Wang’s supporters could drive the Ark into chaos, but they argued over how to suppress the military and The Three Major Companies.
• A caller told X that Doros were protesting Mo Wang’s murder and that a video of NIKKEs causing an avalanche had spread throughout Ark’s hijacked network.
• Doros marched on the ZF building, where Privaty and other NIKKEs tried to hold back the crowd.
• A NIKKE shot a Doro, prompting the Doros to charge; the apparently wounded Doro later reported that her mission was complete and disappeared.
• A blue-haired girl in the Ark’s sewers declared the first phase of her plan complete and anticipated someone’s arrival.
• Snow White searched the snowy avalanche site for usable parts because she was hungry and hoped to avoid Raptures.