Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu found Kiana and Bianka near the Great Honkai battlefield, reunited them with Sirin, and brought them toward the fighting. After Kiana showed him her new spatial power, he discovered a Herrscher of the Void core forming inside her and wondered how she was connected to K423.

• Kiana and Bianka rode a Honkai Beast until it stopped near the battlefield, where Jiang Lianqiu found them and scolded them for running away.
• Kiana and Bianka questioned Sirin's place in the family, and Jiang Lianqiu told them she was their new older sister before Sirin opened a spatial gate to the battlefield.
• Bianka blamed Kiana for bringing them, while Kiana explained she had wanted to help Cecilia and missed Jiang Lianqiu.
• Kiana demonstrated spatial authority by rubbing a progress bar, and Jiang Lianqiu sensed a Herrscher of the Void core forming inside her.
• Kiana told Jiang Lianqiu that she had suddenly discovered her power one night, leaving him to wonder whether she was connected to K423.

Kiana told Jiang Lianqiu about a frightening dream in which he abandoned her, and he reassured her that he would never leave her. Meanwhile, Sirin joined Kallen and Bronya in fighting the Abnormal Herrscher of Void, while Jiang Lianqiu watched with Kiana and Bianka and decided not to intervene.

• Kiana described dreaming that she grew up alone in the snow after Jiang Lianqiu, her mother, and Bianka left her, and she feared the dream would come true.
• Jiang Lianqiu comforted Kiana and Bianka, promised he would not abandon them, and Kiana kissed him before declaring they should elope.
• Kallen and Bronya fought the Abnormal Herrscher of Void, whose teleportation and Spears of Void made it difficult to pin down.
• The Abnormal Herrscher of Void ambushed Sirin during her introduction, but Sirin trapped it with golden restraints and called on Kallen and Bronya to help seize its authority of space.
• Jiang Lianqiu watched the fight with Kiana and Bianka, judged the three fighters could handle it, and left the battle to them.

Jiang Lianqiu read Fu Hua’s memories at the meteorite crater and learned that the Abnormal Herrscher of Void had exiled her. Fu Hua woke in Himeko’s world and agreed to help stop Sparkle at Hui Shi Academy, where Robin’s power briefly cleared the Meme Virus from nearby students.

• Bianka and Kiana argued about which of them could take care of Jiang Lianqiu as they followed him to the meteorite crater.
• Jiang Lianqiu read the crater’s memories and discovered that the Abnormal Herrscher of Void had exiled Fu Hua.
• Fu Hua woke in a classroom, met March 7th, and encountered Himeko, who explained the time difference between their worlds.
• Fu Hua offered to help resolve the trouble at Hui Shi Academy and considered returning through the Ley Lines.
• Robin and Hanabi found that Sparkle’s Meme Virus had spread throughout Hui Shi Academy, and Robin briefly restored nearby students while explaining the limits of her power.

Robin and Hanabi helped Himeko, Stelle, and March 7th break free of Sparkle’s illusion, but Sparkle still began the Phantom Moon Game’s contest. Vivian cut off Sparkle’s livestream and countered with a broadcast supporting Robin’s side, leaving Sparkle to transform and prepare for a fight as Yao Guang sensed that fate had changed.

• Robin and Hanabi bypassed the infected students and reached Himeko, Stelle, March 7th, and Fu Hua, where Stelle and March 7th recovered their memories and realized they were not students.
• Sparkle appeared with her infected fans and tried to begin the Sparkle Convention, but Vivian shut down the livestream by buying the platform and blocking the virus from spreading.
• Hanabi revealed she had obtained the Phantom Moon Game mask, and Vivian restarted the broadcast in Robin’s name with support from the Delusion Angels and the train crew.
• Robin’s side overwhelmed Sparkle in the popularity contest, so Sparkle put on her mask, transformed, and declared the game would not end unless she was defeated.
• Stelle charged at Sparkle with her Baseball Bat as Chinatsu, Airi, and Nangong gathered behind Himeko’s group.
• Yao Guang watched from a rooftop as the misfortune around Hui Shi Academy dispersed and a haze of chaos took its place.

Yao Guang explained that Hatobia’s weakening world barrier and merging phases had drawn numerous factions into the Phantom Moon Game, while Sparkle could no longer return to being Hanabi’s mask. The chapter then shifted to 2002, where fifteen-year-old Murata Himeko jumped from her dormitory’s seventh floor into Lianqiu’s arms.

• Yao Guang observed that Hatobia’s dual phase had spread beyond its world and went to Dual-Phase Paradise.
• Stelle, March 7th, and Hanabi defeated Sparkle, but Sparkle revealed that she could no longer return to being Hanabi’s mask.
• Yao Guang introduced herself as a general of the Yuque Xianzhou and explained that multiple factions were involved in the Phantom Moon Game and its plans concerning the Aeons.
• Fu Hua introduced herself as coming from the world where Lianqiu was now.
• In 2002, Murata Himeko saw Lianqiu outside her dormitory, leapt from the seventh floor, and fell into his arms.

Jiang Lianqiu visited Murata Himeko, who showed off her newly awakened natural Stigmata. The chapter ended with him lightly slapping her back after she teased him about showing it more clearly.

• Murata Himeko offered Jiang Lianqiu ginger ale and drank a canned cocktail while explaining she was making up for not drinking at home.
• Murata Himeko pulled off her shirt to reveal a glowing Stigmata on her back.
• Jiang Lianqiu recognized the mark as a natural-born Stigmata and recalled how artificial Stigmata technology had changed.
• Jiang Lianqiu touched the mark as Murata Himeko teased him about undoing her bra, and he lightly slapped her back.

Jiang Lianqiu returned to California and spent time with fifteen-year-old Murata Himeko, who flirted with him while showing him around her campus. The chapter ended with Himeko in the bath with him, embarrassed by her own nervousness as he teased her for being innocent.

• Murata Himeko asked how long Jiang Lianqiu would stay, and he said his work on the world’s Ley Lines had eased enough for him to rest longer.
• Murata Himeko took Jiang Lianqiu on a campus tour and repeatedly teased him with flirtatious remarks.
• At her dorm, Murata Himeko changed and invited Jiang Lianqiu to join her in the bathroom, while he reflected on how the girls he had raised had grown up.
• Murata Himeko admitted to herself that Jiang Lianqiu’s youthful appearance made it difficult to see him as an elder.
• Jiang Lianqiu carried Murata Himeko into the bath, where she clung to him and blushed as he teased her for being innocent.

Himeko and Jiang Lianqiu discussed the Cocoon of Finality’s possible connection to Harmony and the contradiction between its ancient history and the Aeons’ known timelines. Himeko then discovered that Murata Himeko’s natural Stigmata had appeared on her own body, raising the question of whether this universe also had Honkai.

• Himeko told Jiang Lianqiu about the discoveries at Hui Shi Academy and her conversation with Yao Guang, while he said he was investigating the Cocoon of Finality.
• Jiang Lianqiu suggested the Cocoon of Finality might be connected to the Family of Harmony, which could explain why Robin and Sunday sensed a mysterious call.
• Himeko pointed out that the Cocoon’s history reached back one billion years, long before Xipe’s known appearance, and Jiang Lianqiu considered whether Terminal, Fuli, or Mythus could have carried its influence across time.
• Himeko saw a natural Stigmata on her own back that matched Murata Himeko’s and wondered how a mark based on Honkai energy could appear in her world.

In 2013, Murata Himeko taught at St. Freya Academy and gave Kiana a zero on her math quiz, then threatened to report her for trying to bribe the teacher with counterfeit money. Fearing punishment from Cecilia, Kiana fled the academy at night but was left unsure where to go.

• Himeko tried calling Herta, failed to reach her, and decided to contact Belfast and the others instead.
• Years later, Himeko became a Valkyrie and a teacher at St. Freya Academy, where she returned the students’ quiz papers.
• Himeko gave Kiana zero points, explained that she had left most answers blank, and scolded her for attaching counterfeit cash to the test.
• Himeko ordered Kiana to copy the test ten times and said she would report the bribery attempt to Principal Cecilia.
• Kiana escaped from the principal’s villa with a backpack and slipped outside St. Freya Academy under cover of night.
• Alone on the unfamiliar street, Kiana wondered where to go and rejected the idea of seeking out Bianka.

After Kiana ran away from St. Freya over a failed exam, Cecilia asked Jiang Lianqiu to watch over her, and he agreed. Kiana reached Nagazora City, ran out of money trying to buy pastries, and became fascinated by ordinary students before spotting a crepe cart.

• Kiana sprinted away from St. Freya after failing an exam and trying to bribe Murata Himeko with counterfeit money.
• Cecilia learned Kiana had run away, worried about the trouble she might cause, and contacted Jiang Lianqiu.
• Jiang Lianqiu replied that he would watch over Kiana, leaving Cecilia relieved as she finished her work with Bianka.
• After running all night to Nagazora City, Kiana tried to buy pastries but could not afford them and offered the clerk her fake Homu bill.
• Kiana followed students toward school, listened curiously to their conversations, and spotted a crepe cart when her stomach growled.

Kiana ran away from home but quickly found herself struggling with money, food, and basic social knowledge in Nagazora City. By evening she was hungry and miserable, and a kind stranger approached her as Jiang Lianqiu watched from nearby.

• Kiana ordered an expensive crepe, realized she was short on money, and Raiden Mei paid the balance for her.
• Kiana introduced herself to Raiden Mei and admitted she had run away from home, so Mei left for school without offering further help.
• Jiang Lianqiu watched Kiana from a rooftop, told Cecilia he would let her experience life outside for a while, and continued keeping an eye on her.
• By evening, Kiana had spent her money and eaten all her snacks, leaving her hungry and regretful on a bench.
• A gentle older woman approached Kiana, who tearfully told her she had run away, spent all her money, and was starving.

Kiana found a room to rent and a part-time job at Moon Primrose through Mrs. Raiden, who had arranged both on Jiang Lianqiu’s instructions. Meanwhile, Raiden Mei struggled with discovering that her friends disliked her, but she found comfort with her mother and told her about meeting Kiana.

• Mrs. Raiden helped Kiana rent a small room and arranged for her to start learning server duties at Moon Primrose the next afternoon.
• After Kiana left, Mrs. Raiden reported to Jiang Lianqiu that she had followed his instructions, and he said Kiana might need to learn to be more cautious.
• Raiden Mei returned home feeling crushed after overhearing classmates call her pretentious and realizing her friends resented her.
• Mrs. Raiden noticed Mei seemed troubled, but Mei hid her distress and told her mother about meeting a girl who had run away from home.
• Mrs. Raiden recognized the girl as Kiana and smiled, remarking that Kiana seemed to have a bond with their family.

Raiden Mei learned that her mother had helped Kiana find lodging and work, then kept quiet about her trouble at school. Kiana overslept and arrived at Moon Primrose Café in a dramatic rush, where Rita introduced herself as her new senior, while Bronya and Seele received Cocolia 0.3’s orders to keep a man in Nagazora City.

• Mrs. Raiden told Raiden Mei she had arranged a place to stay and a part-time job for Kiana, and asked Mei to check on her when she could.
• Raiden Mei agreed to help Kiana but decided not to tell her mother what had happened at school.
• Kiana woke at 2:40 p.m., realized she had missed her morning start at work, and raced to Moon Primrose Café without a toothbrush or properly fixed braids.
• Kiana slid through the café’s automatic doors and landed on the floor, where Rita introduced herself as the senior who would guide her.
• Bronya arrived in Nagazora City with Seele, who showed her Cocolia 0.3’s message ordering them to keep a man there until Cocolia could come for him.
• In an alley, several people begged an unseen figure not to hurt them.

Jiang Lianqiu investigated a blood-soaked alley and found traces of Honkai energy, then reconstructed how Raiden Mei arrived at Moon Primrose Cafe covered in blood and unable to remember what had happened. Rita confirmed Mei was unharmed and helped her clean up, but Mei remained terrified and confused about whose blood she had washed away.

• Jiang Lianqiu found four or five dead thugs in an alley and sensed residual Honkai energy along with a faint fragrance.
• Jiang Lianqiu used his ability to view the alley's memories, revealing Raiden Mei wandering through Nagazora City in a bloodstained dress with no memory of how she got there.
• Mei reached Moon Primrose Cafe, where Kiana screamed at the sight of her and the manager brought her inside.
• Rita told the manager that Mei was not injured and that the blood belonged to someone else, then led Mei to the bathroom.
• Mei washed the blood from her body but could not remember leaving home or identify whose blood it was.

Mei awoke with no memory of how she arrived at Moon Primrose Cafe, where Rita and the manager tried to calm her as reports linked her to a deadly Honkai incident. Meanwhile, Bronya and Seele investigated the scene, and Jiang Lianqiu spoke with Alice through a magical Dodoco as Honkai energy rose in Nagazora City.

• Mei washed up and found Rita had prepared a Maid Outfit for her, then wore it despite her embarrassment.
• The manager asked Mei what had happened, but Mei could only recall leaving home and waking up with blood on her clothes.
• Rita showed the manager a report that four people had been killed in an alley, with wounds bearing traces of Honkai energy.
• Bronya examined the bodies, while Seele reported that electromagnetic interference had destroyed nearby surveillance footage and Honkai energy was rising in Nagazora City.
• Seele received a message saying a girl suspected of involvement in the case had been found.
• Jiang Lianqiu watched the rising Honkai energy from a rooftop as Alice contacted him through a magical Dodoco and recounted how Jean had confined her and Klee for three days.

Jiang Lianqiu learned from Alice that changing the world’s history could bring back abandoned fates as the Abyss, and he connected this to the Flowing Light Memory Court hiding the Cocoon of Finality. In Nagazora City, Kiana escorted a distressed Mei home while Rita secretly followed, then discovered Bronya and Seele tailing them too.

• Alice told Jiang Lianqiu that the Abyss could arise from the resentment of abandoned possibilities, and warned that his changes to history might unleash it.
• Jiang Lianqiu realized Alice’s explanation could reveal how the Flowing Light Memory Court concealed the Cocoon of Finality.
• Kiana insisted on accompanying Mei home, and Rita approved while planning to follow them.
• Kiana’s clumsy concern and praise helped Mei feel slightly warmer and less alone as they walked through Nagazora City.
• Rita spotted Bronya and Seele secretly following Kiana and Mei, then revealed herself to them and said she was investigating for headquarters.

Rita learned why Bronya and Seele had come to Nagazora City: the Gem of Conquest implanted in Raiden Mei might be connected to the rising Honkai energy. That night, Mei succumbed to the Third Herrscher’s influence and wandered the streets as Abyss-born monsters gathered around her.

• Rita questioned Bronya and Seele about their mission, and Bronya explained that the Gem of Conquest in Raiden Mei might be causing Nagazora City’s abnormal Honkai activity.
• Seele showed Rita Ryoma Raiden’s consent for an investigation, and Bronya asked Rita whether she knew where Jiang Lianqiu was.
• Mei heard hateful voices in her sleep, lost control of her body, and left the Raiden residence while her mind witnessed the Third Herrscher destroying Nagazora City.
• Dark red energy opened rifts around the wandering Mei, and monstrous creatures emerged and followed her down the street.
• Kiana returned to her temporary home, fell asleep, and muttered about her father stealing her limited-edition Homu cake.

Kiana’s dream was invaded by a voice claiming to be her abandoned other self, but she rejected its visions and sensed the Herrscher of Thunder’s awakening. At an abandoned construction site, Raiden Mei unleashed destructive lightning and monsters, while Bronya and Seele contained the outbreak.

• A hateful whisper tried to convince Kiana that her parents had abandoned her, but she dismissed its claims and the memories it showed her as lies.
• Kiana sensed an ominous pillar of purple light rising from the northern outskirts of Nagazora City.
• Raiden Mei’s awakening unleashed immense purple lightning and activated Abyssal monsters at the abandoned construction site.
• Bronya confirmed the Herrscher of Thunder’s peak awakening and ordered Seele to contain the site with a water curtain.
• Bronya froze the ground and slowed the advancing monsters, then called for Miss Rita.

Bronya, Seele, and Rita struggled to contain the rampaging Raiden Mei, whose strange behavior turned violent when she attacked Rita. Kiana arrived to save her, while Mei’s memories revealed Nagazora City in ruins and a classmate’s death, leaving Mei shaken by a sudden doubt about her memories.

• Bronya and Seele’s attacks failed to break through the lightning shielding Raiden Mei, and Rita advanced to strike her.
• Raiden Mei slapped Rita repeatedly, then grabbed her by the throat and repelled Bronya and Seele’s attempts to free her.
• Kiana charged into the construction site and landed before Mei and the captured Rita, demanding that Mei let Rita go.
• Inside Mei’s consciousness, she watched a Honkai Beast kill a classmate amid Nagazora City’s destruction.
• Mei questioned her memories after recalling that the classmate had mocked her father’s arrest, then felt a sharp pain in her head.

Raiden Mei fled Lava Hounds through a school building until Jiang Lianqiu erased them and healed her, but she fainted before learning who he was. The scene then shifted to Kiana confronting a mysterious lightning-wielding Mei (?).

• Raiden Mei woke on a rooftop with confused memories and saw several Lava Hounds hovering nearby.
• Raiden Mei fled through the school as the Lava Hounds chased her, then fell and was surrounded.
• Jiang Lianqiu appeared and erased the Lava Hounds without a trace.
• Jiang Lianqiu healed Raiden Mei’s injuries and calmed her mind, but she fainted before she could speak to him.
• Mei (?) watched Kiana approach in backward pajamas and struck at her with a lightning serpent.