Chapter Summaries

Kiana, Bronya, Seele, and Rita fought the possessed Raiden Mei, whose consciousness intermittently fought back against the force controlling her. Jiang Lianqiu emerged with the unconscious Mei, and Kiana reunited with him amid the ruins.

• Mei attacked Kiana, Bronya, Seele, and Rita while holding Rita captive, but a violent struggle within her briefly turned her against herself.
• The fight resumed as Mei repeatedly shifted between an expressionless attacker and a horned, furious queen who fought for control of her body.
• The Herrscher of Thunder broke through the consciousness barrier, and Jiang Lianqiu appeared, carrying the unconscious Mei.
• Kiana launched herself at Jiang Lianqiu and crashed with him through an abandoned factory, but his energy shield protected them.
• Kiana clung to Jiang Lianqiu after they emerged from the rubble, then realized her pajamas were on backward and she had fought barefoot in only her underwear.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Kiana and brought her, Rita, Bronya, Seele, and the unconscious Mei to Schicksal’s Nagazora City stronghold. As they discussed Mei’s condition and the girls’ lives, Kiana’s exuberant affection for her father left everyone startled.

• Jiang Lianqiu scolded Kiana for running away after failing an exam and being caught bribing Himeko, then led the group back to Schicksal’s stronghold.
• At Moon Primrose Cafe, Kiana mistook Rita outside the bathroom for Jiang Lianqiu when asking for clothes.
• Jiang Lianqiu reassured Bronya and Seele that Cocolia was not to blame for what happened to Mei, then questioned Bronya about her mercenary work and tied her hair into a ponytail.
• Bronya accused Jiang Lianqiu of wanting to collect her, Rand, and Silver Wolf as a “Full Duck Feast,” while Seele said she had not dreamed of the other Seele.
• Kiana burst into the living room after her bath and crashed into Jiang Lianqiu’s arms, prompting him to push her aside.

After Mei awakened as a Herrscher, Jiang Lianqiu explained how the Abyss had merged with Honkai and revealed the disastrous history that would have unfolded without his changes to fate. That night, Bronya learned that Rand intended to pass the core of the Herrscher of Reason to her, leaving Bronya to decide whether to accept it.

• Rita cleaned Kiana up, and Jiang Lianqiu told Kiana, Rita, Bronya, and Seele that Mei had become a Herrscher after the Abyss interfered with her awakening.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that the Abyss had formed from hatred for an altered fate, merged with Honkai, and tried to seize Mei's body from the Herrscher consciousness.
• Jiang Lianqiu described how Kallen, Cecilia, Bronya's parents, and others would have suffered or died in the original history, while Rita and Seele would have faced very different lives.
• Jiang Lianqiu sent the tired girls to bed, and Kiana insisted on sleeping beside him while Bronya and Seele listened in disbelief.
• Seele reported the day's events to Cocolia, who comforted Bronya about her parents surviving in this changed history.
• Cocolia told Bronya that Rand planned to pass her the core of the Herrscher of Reason, and that Bronya could decide whether to accept it.

Bronya agreed to pursue becoming a Herrscher so she could grow strong enough to protect what she cared about. The next morning, Jiang Lianqiu woke with Kiana asleep on him, was dressed by Rita, and Raiden Mei awoke in an unfamiliar room.

• Bronya accepted the offer to become a Herrscher after learning about another version of her fate.
• Jiang Lianqiu woke to find Kiana sprawled asleep on top of him and slipped out of her embrace.
• Rita arrived with Jiang Lianqiu's clothes and helped him dress, then he pulled her close and kissed her.
• Raiden Mei woke feeling rested, realized she was not in her own room, and looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings.

Mei woke in an unfamiliar suite with no memory of how she got there and discovered the Herrscher of Thunder sharing her body. After Jiang Lianqiu restored her blocked memories, she recalled the betrayal, her wandering days, arriving at Moon Primrose Cafe covered in blood, and the battle at the abandoned factory.

• Mei woke in a strange room, found clothes prepared for her, and heard the Herrscher of Thunder demanding control of her body.
• Mei overheard Bronya, Seele, Rita, and Jiang Lianqiu in the living room before falling through the door onto Seele.
• Mei met Jiang Lianqiu and trusted him more than the Herrscher of Thunder, partly because she thought he was good-looking.
• Jiang Lianqiu snapped his fingers and restored Mei's blocked memories.
• Mei remembered her friends' betrayal, her confused wandering, arriving at Moon Primrose Cafe covered in blood, and fighting at the abandoned factory.

After learning about the Herrscher consciousness inside her, Mei agreed to transfer to St. Freya and train as a Valkyrie. Once the others left, Cocolia arrived at Jiang Lianqiu’s home and confronted him about Rita, just as someone called out to them from the doorway.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Mei’s Herrscher consciousness was carrying her negative emotions, and Seele showed Mei an introductory video about Honkai and Schicksal.
• Mei learned that her parents had ties to Schicksal, then agreed to Jiang Lianqiu’s suggestion that she transfer to St. Freya.
• Kiana joined Mei for breakfast, and Jiang Lianqiu revealed that Kiana had run away from St. Freya after failing an exam and trying to bribe her teacher.
• Mei and Kiana left together, while Bronya, Seele, and Rita received orders that sent them away from Jiang Lianqiu’s home.
• Cocolia arrived after the others had left and teased Jiang Lianqiu about Rita, when someone at the door called out to them.

Cocolia reunited passionately with Jiang Lianqiu, then told him Anti-Entropy had detected a hostile signal in the Kuiper Belt that he connected to Sa and the Abyss. He explained how happier lives could draw the Abyss into the open, and the chapter ended with Seele and Bronya walking in on the pair kissing.

• Cocolia and Jiang Lianqiu reunited privately before she warned him that Anti-Entropy had found a strange signal in the Kuiper Belt.
• Cocolia described the signal's intense negative emotions, and Jiang Lianqiu linked it to Sa, the lost Venusian civilization, and the Abyss.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Cocolia that Sa had likely fallen into the Abyss and that the group's happiness would make the Abyss more restless and easier to find.
• Cocolia learned that her former self had harmed Seele and Bronya, and Jiang Lianqiu reassured her that those events would not happen now.
• Seele and Bronya returned early and caught Cocolia kissing Jiang Lianqiu, after which Cocolia embraced them.

Cocolia agreed to send Bronya and Seele to St. Freya Academy, and Jiang Lianqiu brought them and Mei there with Kiana. As the group arrived, Rita reported that Cecilia and Himeko were expecting them, prompting Jiang Lianqiu to ask to get out of the car.

• Cocolia asked Bronya and Seele to attend St. Freya Academy, and they agreed to go with Jiang Lianqiu’s group.
• During the drive, Kiana reached for vodka, Bronya secretly drank some, and the others teased them about it.
• Mei recalled her parents’ farewells and resolved to help save the world, while Ryoma Raiden celebrated her departure and was caught by Mrs. Raiden inviting Siegfried to a nightclub.
• The group arrived at St. Freya Academy, where Kiana bragged about her mother being the Principal before Jiang Lianqiu teased her about her grades.
• Rita told Jiang Lianqiu that Cecilia had returned and requested Mei, Bronya, and Seele report to the Principal’s office, while Himeko waited at the school gate.
• Jiang Lianqiu asked Rita to stop so he could get out, and Kiana muttered that he was doing this again.

Jiang Lianqiu avoided the crowd of Valkyrie students waiting for him at St. Freya Academy, leaving Kiana, Mei, Bronya, and Seele to face their chaotic welcome. He then secretly reunited with Cecilia in the principal’s office, where they embraced and teased each other.

• Jiang Lianqiu got out of the car before it reached St. Freya Academy, while Rita drove the others to the crowded school gates.
• Hundreds of Valkyrie students mobbed the car, forcing Himeko to try to control them as Kiana, Mei, Bronya, and Seele were caught in the chaos.
• Kiana shouted that Jiang Lianqiu had run off, and Himeko finally threatened to deduct credits to make the crowd stop.
• Cecilia watched the commotion from the principal’s office as Jiang Lianqiu appeared behind her and embraced her.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Cecilia he had hurried back to see her, and they shared affectionate kisses.

Mei, Bronya, and Seele completed their enrollment at St. Freya, where Mei met Cecilia and saw Jiang Lianqiu’s complicated relationships firsthand. That evening, the group celebrated at Cecilia’s villa, where Kiana, Mei, and Bronya played games while Seele watched happily.

• Cecilia teased Jiang Lianqiu about Cocolia and his trip to Nagazora City, while Himeko brought Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, and Rita to the Principal’s office after a chaotic encounter at the school gate.
• Cecilia made Kiana kneel on an acupressure mat, then completed Mei, Bronya, and Seele’s enrollment procedures as Mei admired her and noticed Himeko’s closeness with Jiang Lianqiu.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Himeko that Mei was already half a Herrscher and wondered whether Fu Hua would return soon.
• At Cecilia’s villa, Kiana hosted a celebration for the new students and led Mei and Bronya into a video game while Seele watched.
• Jiang Lianqiu offered Seele juice, and she said she was happy Bronya had companions to play games with.

Jiang Lianqiu welcomed Seele and the others at home while Himeko and Theresa arrived for dinner, where Himeko and Cecilia’s flirtatious rivalry turned into a covert foot battle beneath the table. The meal continued amid their escalating contest as Kiana happily asked her father for more stew.

• Seele leaned closer to Jiang Lianqiu as the smell of dinner made her hungry.
• Himeko arrived with Theresa and bags of alcohol, then teased Jiang Lianqiu until Cecilia dragged her into the kitchen.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave Theresa a comic from another world, and she ran off to read it.
• Cecilia and Rita served dinner while Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, and Theresa chatted around the table.
• Himeko and Cecilia secretly flirted with Jiang Lianqiu under the table, then began competing with each other after their feet touched.
• Kiana praised the stew and asked Jiang Lianqiu for another piece.

After dinner, Jiang Lianqiu found Cheng Lixue practicing swordsmanship and helped her understand why Fu Hua had sent her to teach instead of keeping her in seclusion. He reassured the homesick disciple that Fu Hua would return soon, though little time might have passed in the other world.

• At dinner, Rita discreetly withdrew her leg from beneath the table, leaving Cecilia and Himeko puzzled by Jiang Lianqiu's comfort.
• Jiang Lianqiu heard sword practice in a secluded courtyard and watched Cheng Lixue train beneath the moon.
• Cheng Lixue told Jiang Lianqiu that her doubts about deserving to be Fu Hua's disciple had unsettled her sword heart.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Fu Hua had sent Cheng Lixue into the modern world because long isolation on Mount Taixuan would make it difficult for her to adapt to the changing era.
• Cheng Lixue asked when Fu Hua would return, and Jiang Lianqiu reassured her that it would be soon, perhaps with less than a month having passed in the other world.

After Alice’s teleportation sent Fu Hua to a bizarre version of late Han China, she struggled to make sense of its distorted geography, soldiers, and strange influence over people. She finally contacted Alice, who confirmed the world’s rules were abnormal, but Fu Hua still had no way home.

• Fu Hua arrived in an unfamiliar valley and dispelled an ambush by soldiers who called themselves randomly spawning wild neutral troops at Mount Mangdang.
• Fu Hua learned that the world was set in the late Han era and noticed that a strange consciousness in the sky nearly affected her speech.
• Fu Hua reached the area around Xuzhou and saw Xiaopei as a floating island circling the city.
• Fu Hua contacted Alice through the Dodoco Communicator and described the bizarre world she was trapped in.
• Alice detected that the world’s rules were severely twisted, while Fu Hua said she could find no Ley Lines or way back.

Fu Hua learned that she could return from the distorted Three Kingdoms world by finding a suitable faction leader, while Jiang Lianqiu identified the world and considered what its distortion might mean. Back home, Kiana was assigned tutoring and then hid beneath her parents’ bed, where she realized she was trapped listening to their intimate encounter.

• Fu Hua agreed to seek out a less prominent leader in the Three Kingdoms era, and Yuan Shao came to mind.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Alice that Fu Hua had entered Twisted Three, advised her to steer clear of the Cao, Sun, and Liu factions, and urged her to obtain the Heirloom Seal of the Realm.
• Kiana cried to Jiang Lianqiu after receiving a zero on her exam, but Cecilia insisted that she begin tutoring the next day.
• Cecilia explained that Mei, Bronya, and Seele would stay at the villa, and Jiang Lianqiu told her Fu Hua might have entered the world because it was drawing closer, possibly due to the Abyss.
• Kiana slipped beneath her parents’ bed to interrupt their private time, then regretted it when Jiang Lianqiu and Cecilia entered the room and she feared being caught if she escaped.

Kiana secretly watched Cecilia prepare a special surprise for Jiang Lianqiu, but he discovered her and suspended her outside the villa in golden threads. Raiden Mei rescued Kiana and brought her back to her bedroom, though she could not free her from the binding.

• Kiana hid under the bed and watched Cecilia dress in black stockings and prepare herself while Jiang Lianqiu washed up.
• Jiang Lianqiu found Kiana spying and used golden threads to hang her upside down beneath the villa's eaves.
• Raiden Mei spotted Kiana outside her window, rescued her, and carried her to her room.
• Mei asked why Jiang Lianqiu had punished Kiana, but Kiana refused to reveal what she had seen.
• Mei failed to loosen the golden threads and returned the bound Kiana to her messy bedroom.

Mei discovered that Kiana’s collection of figurines all depicted Jiang Lianqiu as the Heavenly Emperor. Later, Jiang Lianqiu learned that A Fu was stranded in another world and brought Cheng Lixue to Schicksal Headquarters to discuss retrieving her.

• Mei recognized the figurines in Kiana’s cabinet as versions of the Heavenly Emperor and learned that Kiana called him Stinky Dad.
• Cecilia woke beside Jiang Lianqiu, got ready for work, and reminded him that he planned to meet Sandrone.
• Jiang Lianqiu woke near noon, found breakfast left for him, and guessed that Mei had prepared it.
• Rita summoned Cheng Lixue from her Valkyrie class and escorted her to Jiang Lianqiu’s airship.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Cheng Lixue that A Fu had become lost in a world outside their universe and was stranded in Shenzhou during the Three Kingdoms era.

Jiang Lianqiu returned to Schicksal Headquarters with Rita and Cheng Lixue, where Sirin greeted him and Sandrone revealed she had found Fu Hua’s world. The world’s story had reached the Battle of Guandu, with Yuan and Cao’s armies facing each other.

• Jiang Lianqiu, Rita, and Cheng Lixue arrived at the hidden Schicksal Headquarters, where Cheng Lixue was struck by how much it had changed.
• The Valkyries crowded around Jiang Lianqiu, but Rita restored order before Sirin rushed over and embraced him.
• Sirin led Jiang Lianqiu and the others to Sandrone, who had located Fu Hua’s world with help from Su and The Thousand-World One-Ride.
• Sandrone showed them the target world, where Yuan and Cao’s armies were preparing for the Battle of Guandu.

Jiang Lianqiu and the others watched Cao Cao stall Yuan Shao with a bizarre, contradictory conversation before a surprise attack sent Yuan Shao’s army into chaos. As Cao Cao’s forces pressed their advantage, Fu Hua arrived over Guandu and released a terrifying golden power, leaving the battlefield frozen in shock.

• Cao Cao delayed Yuan Shao with an erratic pre-battle conversation, then taunted him and returned to his own formation.
• Xu You warned Yuan Shao that Cao Cao had used the conversation to buy time while seventy thousand armored cavalry attacked the Yuan army’s rear.
• Yuan Shao’s forces collapsed into a rout as the cavalry tore through their ranks, and Cao Cao laughed at the unfolding defeat.
• Fu Hua descended onto the battlefield in golden light, stopping the fighting as both armies stared in shock.
• Fu Hua raised her hand, and the golden power around her burst outward with the piercing sound of swords crying.

Fu Hua routed Cao Cao’s army at Guandu and spoke with Jiang Lianqiu, who asked her to find the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and help end the chaotic age. Fu Hua then asked Yuan Shao whether he wanted to be emperor, and he eagerly admitted that he did.

• Fu Hua incapacitated Cao Cao’s seventy thousand cavalry, prompting Cao Cao’s army to collapse and flee while Yuan Shao’s forces hailed her as an immortal.
• Sandrone detected a violent fluctuation from the twisted world’s will of heaven, and Jiang Lianqiu arranged to contact Fu Hua through Fenghuang Down.
• Yuan Shao approached Fu Hua after the battle and invited her to his camp, but she began speaking with Jiang Lianqiu instead.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Fu Hua to seek the Heirloom Seal of the Realm and end the chaotic age quickly; Fu Hua agreed and learned that the seal was with Liu Xie.
• Fu Hua sensed lingering corruption in Yuan Shao and asked whether he wanted to be emperor, and Yuan Shao excitedly confessed that he did.

Jiang Lianqiu learned that Sandrone had prepared Venus to house the Previous Civilization and planned to revive it once the Loom of Fate was ready. At St. Freya Academy, Kiana grew suspicious of Himeko’s unusual gentleness, while the consciousness inhabiting Himeko’s body continued to guide her.

• Fu Hua agreed to Yuan Shao’s request to become emperor if he met her three conditions, as the Song of Guan Yu played through the world’s heavenly will.
• Jiang Lianqiu teased Sandrone about the Previous Civilization, and she revealed that Venus had been terraformed using the Fourth Divine Key.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Aponia and Elysia would prepare the preserved information and debug the Loom of Fate before he recreated the Previous Civilization on Venus.
• After class, Kiana decided to test Himeko, while Mei, Seele, and Bronya doubted her plan would succeed.
• In her office, the Himeko from beyond the sea of stars discussed Murata Himeko’s work and her gentle approach to students, while Murata Himeko’s consciousness objected from within.