Recaps

Jiang Cheng awakened a terrifying golden power and defeated Welt with a single punch, sending him through a mountain. Welt remained alive and furious as Jiang Cheng approached him, while Cocolia and the others watched the reversal in shock.

• Jiang Cheng's ruined left arm transformed as red-gold flames spread across his body, filling Welt with fear.
• Cocolia ordered Welt to attack, and Welt used a hundredfold-gravity strike against Jiang Cheng.
• Jiang Cheng stood unharmed and punched Welt through a mountain.
• Jiang Cheng walked toward the badly injured Welt, who continued to defy him and gathered power for another attack.

Jiang Cheng brutally killed Welt and turned his attention to Cocolia, who ordered every Titan Mech to attack him. He charged into the mech army and began destroying it with his bare hands.

• Welt's gravity and energy attacks failed to hurt Jiang Cheng, who reached him and tore off his limbs.
• Jiang Cheng crushed Welt's skull and killed him, then threatened Cocolia through the screen.
• Cocolia regained her composure and ordered all Titan Mech troops to kill Jiang Cheng.
• Jiang Cheng charged the advancing mech army and destroyed its front ranks with a single punch.
• Jiang Cheng continued attacking with brute force as the mechs surrounded him.

Jiang Cheng annihilated the Steel Legion and turned his attention to Cocolia, drawing a blazing golden arrow to strike her heavily fortified command center. The chapter ended as he released the arrow and its impact began.

• Jiang Cheng crushed the Titans and their occupants with his bare hands, showing no mercy to Cocolia's forces.
• Jiang Cheng unleashed his Path power and wiped out the Steel Legion with a golden-flamed strike.
• Jiang Cheng spotted Cocolia in Nagazora and formed a golden bow and arrow, driven by anger over Raiden Mei's suffering.
• Cocolia mocked Jiang Cheng from her layered command center and ordered Grey Snake to prepare a full-firepower barrage.
• Jiang Cheng declared that he would pursue and destroy his enemies, then released the arrow at Cocolia's command center.

Jiang Cheng’s golden arrow tore through Cocolia’s defenses and left her pinned to a ruined wall, where he mocked her suffering. He declared that she did not deserve a quick death for tormenting Raiden Mei and threatening Nagazora City.

• Cocolia ordered every weapon to fire at Jiang Cheng’s arrow.
• The arrow pierced through Nagazora City’s defensive systems and shattered the final shield.
• Jiang Cheng mocked Cocolia as the arrow struck her and pinned her to a wall amid the ruins.
• Cocolia screamed and struggled helplessly as Jiang Cheng watched her suffer.
• Jiang Cheng said Cocolia did not deserve a quick death because she had tormented Raiden Mei and endangered the city.

Jiang Cheng reached the exhausted Raiden Mei after her battle with Cocolia, embraced her, and listened as she explained the betrayal that shaped her past. He offered Mei the choice of what to do with Cocolia, but she dismissed the matter and accepted his embrace.

• Jiang Cheng condemned Cocolia and revealed that he had left her alive, pinned to a wall and sustained by his power.
• Raiden Mei collapsed as her sword broke, and Jiang Cheng caught her, restored her strength, and apologized for arriving late.
• Mei told Jiang Cheng how a former friend had mocked her at school, then privately apologized before Mei broke one of her bones with her newly learned swordsmanship.
• Mei admitted that Jiang Cheng's trust had frightened her, while he reassured her that she had never failed and had not held him back.
• Jiang Cheng offered Mei control over Cocolia's fate, but Mei tossed away the screen and looked intently at him.
• Jiang Cheng opened his arms, and Mei accepted his embrace.

Jiang Cheng helped Raiden Mei complete Herrscherization, and she unleashed the Third Honkai on an apocalyptic scale. The chapter leaves Mei hovering above the devastated land as she turns her power on Cocolia.

• Jiang Cheng pulled away from Raiden Mei and told her she no longer needed to worry before commanding her to begin Herrscherization.
• Raiden Mei unleashed thunder as the system confirmed her Herrscherization, passed her humanity-anchor evaluation, and failed to issue a reward due to insufficient energy.
• The Third Honkai devastated the surrounding land with immense heat, lightning, shock waves, and Honkai Energy.
• Cocolia witnessed Raiden Mei transformed into a powerful, floating Herrscher who declared herself complete and said she did not regret her earlier choices.
• Raiden Mei looked down at Cocolia and casually unleashed a torrent of lightning that destroyed everything in sight.

Jiang Cheng rescued Cyrene and crushed Grey Snake with a single arrow before turning to punish Bronya for attacking Kiana and Mei. He left Bronya in Kiana’s hands after smashing Project Bunny, while Cocolia remained alive and helpless.

• Raiden Mei kissed Jiang Cheng and taunted him about having his first kiss with her instead of Cyrene.
• Jiang Cheng sensed Cyrene’s location and shot Grey Snake, reducing his body to dust while leaving Cyrene unharmed.
• After confirming Cyrene had no nearby enemies, Jiang Cheng crossed the battlefield to confront Bronya, who was fighting Kiana.
• Jiang Cheng slapped Bronya and punched apart half of Project Bunny despite her protest that it had been Seele’s gift.
• Jiang Cheng tossed Bronya to Kiana, who struck her and declared herself the winner.

Jiang Cheng reassured Kiana after she witnessed Mei’s power, but told her she would not be able to find Siegfried. He then teased her until she stopped brooding and started arguing with him.

• Kiana defeated Bronya, then felt embarrassed and intimidated after seeing Mei’s Herrscher power.
• Jiang Cheng told Kiana he believed she could defeat the Third Herrscher to save the people she loved.
• Kiana asked Jiang Cheng to use his future sight to locate Siegfried, but he told her she would not be able to find him.
• Jiang Cheng challenged Kiana not to give up, then drew a turtle on her face with dust.
• Kiana protested as Jiang Cheng called her a dummy and dubbed her Paramecium.

Jiang Cheng used a teasing game to lift Kiana’s spirits after they rescued Mei and escaped Nagazora, then promised to repay Kiana for protecting him. Meanwhile, Mei blushed over her first kiss as the voice in her mind teased her.

• Kiana pinned Jiang Cheng down and drew turtles on his face, but he wiped them away and marked her cheek in return.
• Kiana kept attacking Jiang Cheng for half an hour, then collapsed beside him, exhausted and frustrated.
• Jiang Cheng asked whether Kiana felt better and reminded her that they had rescued Mei and saved hundreds of thousands of people.
• Kiana thanked Jiang Cheng, and he offered to repay her whenever she wanted.
• Jiang Cheng reflected on Kiana’s sadness and why he had used their childish game to comfort her.
• Raiden Mei blushed as the voice in her mind teased her about her first kiss with Cheng-kun.

Raiden Mei struggled with her inner self over how to pursue Jiang Cheng, while Jiang Cheng reunited with Cyrene after gaining golden power as a Chrysos Heir. After confirming Cyrene was unharmed, he called to Mei, who remained hidden in the thunderclouds.

• Raiden Mei's inner voice rebuked her romantic fantasies about kissing Jiang Cheng, and Mei conceded that it was right.
• Mei heard Kiana and Jiang Cheng teasing each other and apologized to her inner self for dismissing its advice.
• Jiang Cheng left Kiana and reunited with Cyrene, who was delighted that his new Chrysos Heir power could protect him from Honkai Energy Erosion.
• Jiang Cheng and Cyrene discussed her battle against Grey Snake and agreed to test their strength and grow stronger.
• Jiang Cheng called to Raiden Mei, who answered from the thunderclouds without coming down, while Kiana waved to him from a distance.

Jiang Cheng condemned Cocolia for her choices and her treatment of Raiden Mei, then went to rescue Raiden Ryoma from her heavily guarded prison. He broke through the security by force and appeared before Ryoma.

• Raiden Mei came down from the sky after Jiang Cheng reassured her, and she admitted she needed to work harder to trust him.
• Jiang Cheng interrogated Cocolia and acknowledged her past achievements before condemning her guilt, ambition, and refusal to trust Raiden Mei.
• Jiang Cheng argued that Nagazora’s residents shared responsibility for driving Mei toward becoming a Herrscher, and he refused to revive them.
• Jiang Cheng declared that Cocolia had no right to oppose a Herrscher and mocked her for wavering between conscience and ambition.
• Jiang Cheng went to Cocolia’s prison for Raiden Ryoma, killed the guards, crushed the mechs, and punched through the prison door.
• Jiang Cheng appeared before Raiden Ryoma, whose eyes widened in shock.

Raiden Ryoma reunited with Mei and learned she had fallen for Jiang Cheng, while Kiana clarified that Cyrene was Jiang Cheng’s guardian and that he was not interested in little girls. The chapter left Kiana preparing to explain how Jiang Cheng and Mei had gotten together.

• Raiden Ryoma mistook Jiang Cheng for a Schicksal operative until Mei appeared and reunited with him.
• Mei embraced Jiang Cheng and told her father that she had someone she liked.
• Cyrene joined them and affectionately asked Jiang Cheng to carry her, prompting Raiden Ryoma to suspect he was pursuing a young girl.
• Kiana arrived and told Raiden Ryoma that Cyrene was Jiang Cheng’s guardian, essentially his mother.
• Raiden Ryoma asked how Jiang Cheng and Mei had become involved, and Kiana began offering to tell the story.

After Jiang Cheng defeated Cocolia and rescued Raiden Mei, he asked Raiden Ryoma to keep their identities hidden and help test their strength. He also urged Ryoma to investigate the mistreatment Mei had endured, leaving the powerful executive intent on uncovering what had happened.

• Raiden Ryoma listened to Kiana recount how she had helped bring Jiang Cheng and Mei together, then watched Kiana cheer Jiang Cheng up while Mei struggled with jealousy.
• Jiang Cheng showed Ryoma Cocolia's defeat and explained that he had overwhelmed her forces, including the Titan Mechs and Welt.
• Jiang Cheng explained that Mei had become a Herrscher, while Cyrene and Kiana praised his strength and Ryoma reacted with disbelief.
• Jiang Cheng asked Ryoma to conceal his and Mei's existence from Schicksal, arrange a testing room, and investigate how Mei had been treated.
• Jiang Cheng refused to recount the details himself and insisted that Ryoma investigate them, prompting Ryoma to take the matter seriously.

Raiden Ryoma returned to the Raiden Family estate with Jiang Cheng, Kiana, Mei, and Cyrene, while Jiang Cheng explained Kiana’s Kaslana heritage and clarified that the future was no longer fixed. The group ended with an agreement to treat his future knowledge as intelligence, though he would keep some details to himself until he had prepared.

• Raiden Ryoma turned away from Jiang Cheng and organized his former retainers, while Kiana demanded that Jiang Cheng repay her with piggyback rides.
• Jiang Cheng carried Kiana as the group arrived at the enormous Raiden Family estate, where Mei teased Kiana about calling herself a young lady.
• Jiang Cheng explained that Kiana was descended from Adam and belonged to the Kaslana Family, one of Schicksal’s three great families.
• Mei guessed that Kiana was a saintess in a corrupt church, but Jiang Cheng corrected her and said Kiana was an important friend in her story.
• Jiang Cheng told Kiana, Mei, and Cyrene that the future was no longer predetermined and proposed sharing future knowledge as intelligence while keeping some details private.

Jiang Cheng reassured Cyrene that he would no longer leave her out, and she promised they would never abandon each other. At Raiden Mei’s estate, teasing over Cyrene’s age and Jiang Cheng’s room assignment ended with everyone staying in separate rooms.

• Jiang Cheng apologized to Cyrene for neglecting her and promised to tell her properly about what had happened to him.
• Cyrene reassured Jiang Cheng that they would never abandon each other and playfully winked at him.
• Raiden Mei led the group through her estate and assigned separate rooms to Jiang Cheng, Kiana, and Cyrene.
• Kiana teased Raiden Mei about taking Jiang Cheng to his room, while Cyrene asked whether she had to live apart from him.
• Raiden Mei guessed Cyrene was very old, prompting Cyrene to protest that she was a youthful girl.
• Kiana defended calling Cyrene a girl, but the group still ended up in separate rooms.

Jiang Cheng unlocked the system’s basic functions and learned that his rewards required him to travel to their locations himself. He planned to test his strength the next day before deciding whether to pursue the Key of Corruption or keep building his power at ME Corp.

• Jiang Cheng authorized the system to draw energy from his Path and learned that his personal panel and reward-claiming function could be restored.
• The system’s panel rated Jiang Cheng at the highest level of an S-rank Valkyrie and listed enhancements from the Paths of Destruction, the Hunt, and Remembrance.
• Jiang Cheng discovered that his Seven Thunders of Retribution reward was located at a World Serpent base and was recommended for Raiden Mei instead.
• The system explained that Jiang Cheng’s beginner package would take him to the Yae Village Ruins, install Stigmata, and unlock Sakura Samsara and Yae Sakura.
• Jiang Cheng considered testing his strength before deciding whether to obtain the Key of Corruption and attack Schicksal or stay at ME Corp and develop his abilities.

Jiang Cheng dreamed of a dead world being swallowed by an immense, Eroding Swarm and fought desperately against it. As the bugs overwhelmed him, he ignited his own body and unleashed a near-suicidal punch.

• Jiang Cheng saw a barren wasteland beneath a darkened sky as a vast black tide advanced across it.
• He realized the tide was an unimaginably large Swarm of bugs whose Erosion could corrupt him.
• As the Swarm engulfed him, Jiang Cheng awakened the power of his Path and punched the bugs inside his body.
• Jiang Cheng blasted a huge gap through the Swarm, but the bugs immediately filled it and continued attacking.
• He fought the Swarm until stronger bugs overwhelmed him and black fluid began taking root in his wounds.
• Jiang Cheng burned his own cells and hurled a devastating, near-suicidal punch at the Swarm.

Jiang Cheng woke from a nightmare about fighting the Swarm and reassured Raiden Mei that his prophecies could change now that he was powerful. The group gathered for breakfast at the Raiden residence, where Mei and Cyrene competed for his attention.

• Jiang Cheng woke from a nightmare about the Swarm, and Raiden Mei offered him a warm towel.
• Jiang Cheng explained that his prophecies described futures in which he remained powerless, and Raiden Mei told him she believed in him.
• Jiang Cheng, Raiden Mei, Kiana, and Cyrene left for breakfast, with Mei taking Jiang Cheng's hand before Cyrene could intervene.
• Jiang Cheng sat cross-legged at the dining table, while Kiana and Cyrene claimed the seats beside him.
• Raiden Mei ordered the servants to serve breakfast as Kiana and Cyrene urged her to hurry.

Jiang Cheng shared breakfast with Raiden Mei, Cyrene, and Kiana, then explained the World Serpent’s place in the world. Raiden Mei received word that her father was ready to meet them, and she described the Raiden family’s far-reaching power.

• Raiden Mei and Cyrene competed over serving Jiang Cheng, but Kiana innocently took food and shared it with him.
• Raiden Mei and Cyrene filled Jiang Cheng’s bowl with food until he gave in and ate it.
• Jiang Cheng told Raiden Mei and Cyrene that the World Serpent was an ancient organization and that he was currently the strongest person around.
• An elderly man told Raiden Mei that her father was ready, and she explained that he had quickly reclaimed control of Chang Kong City.
• Raiden Mei said her father wielded absolute power across the Far East, beyond what a normal modern society could explain.

Jiang Cheng explained Raiden Mei’s family power and Kiana’s Kaslana and Schariac heritage, leading Raiden Mei and Kiana to wrongly infer that Siegfried had hidden Kiana to protect her from an arranged marriage. Kiana concluded that Siegfried had not abandoned her, while Jiang Cheng and the others remained caught up in the misunderstanding.

• Raiden Mei told Jiang Cheng that her father controlled Nagazora and explained that her family had once been called Hokushin.
• Jiang Cheng explained Stigmata inheritance and described Kiana’s Kaslana and Schariac lineage, including her parents’ standing.
• Raiden Mei speculated that Siegfried had hidden Kiana to keep her from an arranged marriage, and Kiana believed the theory despite Jiang Cheng’s denials.
• Kiana recalled Siegfried’s secrecy and concluded that he had hidden her rather than abandoned her.
• Raiden Ryoma arrived and mistook the conversation for confirmation that Siegfried had protected Kiana from a political marriage.
• Raiden Mei, Kiana, Raiden Ryoma, and Cyrene reacted emotionally to the supposed story while Jiang Cheng remained unable to correct their misunderstanding.

Jiang Cheng corrected the rumors about Kiana's past, but the truth deepened her anguish over her missing father. When Kiana ran into the path of a truck, Jiang Cheng saved her and urged her to share what was making her unhappy.

• Jiang Cheng told everyone that Kiana had never been engaged and that Siegfried fled after Otto subjected her to human experimentation.
• Kiana, mortified by the misunderstanding, ran away and insisted that nothing had happened and that she was going back to bed.
• Kiana froze in front of an oncoming truck and reflected on Siegfried's disappearance, her lonely search for him, and her fear of disappointing Jiang Cheng.
• Jiang Cheng reached Kiana, held her safely, and asked her to tell him what was making her unhappy, promising to stay by her side.

Jiang Cheng caught Kiana before a truck could hit her, then comforted her as she broke down over her lonely search for Siegfried. When he began to explain why he had withheld the truth about her origins and Siegfried, Kiana stopped him and asked him not to lie about whether she was ready to hear it.

• Jiang Cheng caught Kiana in his arms as a truck approached, and she realized how frightened he had been for her.
• Jiang Cheng acknowledged Kiana’s long, lonely search for Siegfried, and Kiana began sobbing in his arms.
• Jiang Cheng promised to believe in and help Kiana, while she clung to him and asked why he was so kind.
• Jiang Cheng admitted he had withheld the truth because he thought Kiana could not handle it, and questioned whether he had the right to decide for her.
• Kiana stopped Jiang Cheng and asked whether she was truly unready to hear the truth; he insisted that she was not ready and began explaining her origins and Siegfried.

After Kiana asked Jiang Cheng to tell her the truth when she could handle it, he carried her back to Mei and Cyrene. The girls clashed over Kiana’s nickname for him, while Raiden Ryoma tried to escape the dispute by proposing they test their strength and bringing up Otto’s experiments on Kiana.

• Kiana stopped Jiang Cheng from explaining everything and said that being watched over made her feel pressured; Jiang Cheng agreed to tell her more when she was ready.
• Jiang Cheng carried Kiana back, and Mei admitted she was jealous while Cyrene empathized with Kiana’s pain over losing faith in her father’s love.
• Mei pulled Kiana out of Jiang Cheng’s arms and objected when Kiana called him “Little Cheng.”
• Mei and Kiana asked Cyrene to judge whether Kiana deserved the nickname, but Cyrene looked to Raiden Ryoma instead.
• Raiden Ryoma avoided taking sides by suggesting they test their strength, then changed the subject to Otto’s experiments on Kiana and Siegfried’s defection from Schicksal.

Jiang Cheng warned the others about Otto’s cruelty and urged them to prepare to eliminate him before he could cause more disasters. Raiden Ryoma took them to a remote weapons testing base so Jiang Cheng could assess his abilities, and they reached its lowest level.

• Jiang Cheng described Otto’s experiments, schemes, and role in the deaths and ruin of several Valkyries.
• Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Cyrene set aside their conflicts and agreed that Otto was their common enemy.
• Raiden Ryoma promised to draw attention away from the group while Jiang Cheng prepared to test his strength.
• Jiang Cheng and the others boarded Raiden Ryoma’s helicopter and flew from Nagazora to a weapons testing base in the wasteland.
• Raiden Ryoma led them through the secured facility to its lowest level, explaining how his plasma research could divert attention from Mei’s Herrscher Core.

Raiden Ryoma tested Jiang Cheng’s abilities and discovered that his ordinary attacks could devastate the heavily reinforced testing facility. The tests turned to Raiden Mei, but Jiang Cheng stopped her and asked whether Ryoma could withstand Honkai Energy, leaving Ryoma to entrust the rest to them.

• Raiden Ryoma opened the testing facility and asked Jiang Cheng to complete its physical assessments.
• Jiang Cheng punched through the reinforced test wall, shocking Raiden Ryoma with his strength.
• Jiang Cheng fired a golden arrow that destroyed a distant target and carved a vast crater through the wall behind it.
• Jiang Cheng explained that his power and endurance rose with his anger, and that the attacks had been ordinary for him.
• Raiden Ryoma called Raiden Mei forward, but Jiang Cheng stopped her and asked whether Ryoma could withstand Honkai Energy.
• Raiden Ryoma admitted that he could not and left the rest to them.