Chapter Summaries

Jiang Cheng, living in Amphoreus with Cyrene, finally heard his Valkyrie system activate, but it failed to detect Honkai Energy in the world. The system began reporting errors, leaving him without a clear way to use its promised abilities.

• Jiang Cheng worried that the Black Tide would soon threaten Aedes Elysiae and considered leaving Cyrene to escape.
• Cyrene urged Jiang Cheng to stop sleeping and spend more time with her, while he struggled to tell her he might leave.
• Jiang Cheng heard the Valkyrie Strategy System announce that it had finished loading.
• The system reported environmental and energy errors, then failed to detect Honkai Energy.

Jiang Cheng realized that arriving in Nagazora without Honkai resistance or system support would leave him dangerously vulnerable, so he told Cyrene about the coming crisis and offered to take her somewhere they could gain strength. Cyrene agreed, and Jiang Cheng opened the portal to bring her with him.

• Jiang Cheng learned that the system could not give him a beginner's gift pack before opening the portal and that he had no Honkai resistance.
• Jiang Cheng considered Nagazora's dangers and asked whether he could bring objects and return through the portal.
• Cyrene insisted that Jiang Cheng must not leave her behind, warning that he would die without her care.
• Jiang Cheng told Cyrene about the approaching crisis and offered to take her somewhere they could grow stronger.
• Cyrene agreed to go, and Jiang Cheng opened the portal and took her with him.

Jiang Cheng and Cyrene arrived in a modern city, concealed their presence, and sought a way to gain strength against the Iron Curtain. Jiang Cheng approached Raiden Mei at school and invited her to learn the truth about the world, and she followed him into a strange Glazed Realm.

• Cyrene used the Oronis Prayer to erase the crowd’s memories of their arrival, and she and Jiang Cheng fled into the shadows.
• Jiang Cheng considered ways to gain power and decided to rely on Jizo Mitama, which required Honkai resistance and Yae Sakura’s awakening.
• Jiang Cheng asked Cyrene to open the passage several more times, and she agreed after he called her his most important friend.
• Jiang Cheng found Raiden Mei at school and told her that the truth behind her father’s financial fraud case was tied to a hidden Inner World.
• Raiden Mei, suspicious but unable to detect malice in Jiang Cheng or Cyrene, followed them as her footsteps sounded against a glazed surface.

Jiang Cheng explained the Inner World to Raiden Mei, but her despair over her father's imprisonment triggered Honkai Energy that spread across his left hand. He calmed her by clarifying that Raiden Ryoma's fraud was not why he was jailed, and revealed that Cocolia had targeted him and ME Corp.

• Raiden Mei recognized that Jiang Cheng's demonstration of the Inner World was real and asked if it explained her father's imprisonment.
• Jiang Cheng told Raiden Mei that Raiden Ryoma really had committed financial fraud, triggering her despair and Honkai Energy erosion that spread across Jiang Cheng's left hand.
• Cyrene stepped forward as Raiden Mei suspected Jiang Cheng had tried to hurt her and lightning gathered around her.
• Jiang Cheng distracted Raiden Mei with lurid claims about the world's elites, then said Raiden Ryoma's fraud had nothing to do with his imprisonment.
• Jiang Cheng told Raiden Mei that Cocolia had imprisoned Raiden Ryoma and seized ME Corp, and that she was behind Mei's bullying and wanted her power.

Jiang Cheng urged Raiden Mei to resist the people who had hurt her and leave the city to uncover the power within her. As they set out with Cyrene, Jiang Cheng chose not to contact Grey Snake for help despite his worsening Honkai Energy corrosion.

• Jiang Cheng told Raiden Mei she could fight back and that only she could face the crisis within her.
• Cyrene confronted Raiden Mei for doubting Jiang Cheng, and Raiden Mei agreed to leave the city.
• Jiang Cheng explained how prolonged bullying and unfair treatment had conditioned Raiden Mei to fear resisting, and Cyrene put away her ritual sword.
• Jiang Cheng took Cyrene and Raiden Mei away from the crowds so Raiden Mei could release her power and connect to the Imaginary Space.
• Jiang Cheng considered contacting Grey Snake to avoid further corrosion but decided he could not use that easy option.

Jiang Cheng decided he needed Raiden Mei's Herrscher power to avoid Kevin's orders and pursue the limited-time chance to obtain Jizo Mitama. After Cyrene stole a car and Raiden Mei drove them away, they hit Kiana Kaslana, who confronted Jiang Cheng.

• Jiang Cheng weighed the risks of contacting Grey Snake and concluded he needed to bring Raiden Mei over after her Herrscherization to gain strength and freedom.
• Cyrene tore open a car door, knocked out its driver, and climbed into the back seat with Jiang Cheng.
• Cyrene used her power to conceal the car, and Raiden Mei took the driver's seat despite admitting she could not drive.
• Raiden Mei sped away and struck a white-haired girl, who got up unharmed and shouted at the occupants.
• Jiang Cheng recognized the girl as Kiana Kaslana, also known as K423, as she confronted him at the car window.

Jiang Cheng tried to get Raiden Mei to safety before she became the Third Herrscher, but Kiana insisted on joining them and vowed to kill Mei if she lost control. Mei then made the same promise, while Cyrene’s strange presence unsettled everyone in the car.

• Cyrene apologized to Kiana, and Jiang Cheng explained that they were taking Raiden Mei somewhere safe because her life and identity were threatened.
• Kiana recognized Mei and decided to join them, but Jiang Cheng warned her that Mei was about to become the Third Herrscher.
• Kiana suspected Jiang Cheng was trying to cause the Herrscher’s emergence, then agreed to come along and vowed to kill Mei if she could not be controlled.
• Mei promised that Kiana should kill her if she lost control, and Jiang Cheng reluctantly accepted the promise.
• Cyrene claimed that calling Jiang Cheng A-Cheng was her special privilege, and her alien presence filled the car with pressure.

Jiang Cheng, Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Cyrene drove through Nagazora after Kiana joined them, while Kiana noticed Jiang Cheng’s Honkai Erosion and warned him that it could soon kill him. The chapter ended with Cyrene shaken by Kiana’s blunt assessment, while Jiang Cheng remained calm.

• Cyrene insisted that only she could call Jiang Cheng “A-Cheng,” leaving Raiden Mei and Kiana baffled.
• A silver-haired girl reported Raiden Mei’s disappearance to her mother, who ordered the roads sealed and Xing to search for Raiden Ryoma’s safe houses.
• Kiana took over driving after learning that Jiang Cheng, Cyrene, and Raiden Mei could not drive.
• Kiana asked Raiden Mei and Jiang Cheng about Honkai Sickness and noticed purple Honkai Erosion spreading along Jiang Cheng’s left hand.
• Kiana warned Jiang Cheng that his low Honkai Energy resistance and severe Erosion could leave him with little time to live, deeply alarming Cyrene.

Jiang Cheng insisted he trusted Raiden Mei and admitted he also wanted to protect her from being mistreated and captured. When the group became trapped in Nagazora’s traffic amid a citywide hunt for their car, Cyrene suggested driving along the sidewalk, and Kiana prepared to do it despite Mei’s protests.

• Jiang Cheng told Kiana he believed in Raiden Mei and explained that he had come to help her so she might help him obtain Stigmata.
• Cyrene pressed Jiang Cheng to be honest, and he admitted he also could not bear to see Mei bullied and captured by Cocolia.
• Kiana accepted Jiang Cheng’s decision to help Mei, while Mei stared ahead, overwhelmed by guilt and disbelief.
• The group found Nagazora’s roads blocked as authorities searched for their black Maybach and a helicopter with a heavy machine gun hovered nearby.
• Cyrene proposed taking the sidewalk, and Kiana agreed to drive that way despite Mei’s objection that it was illegal.
• Kiana warned that the city could be destroyed by Honkai if they failed to get the Herrscher out in time.

Kiana drove Jiang Cheng, Cyrene, and Raiden Mei through Nagazora City while they discussed Jiang Cheng’s future sight and Mei’s past choices. After discovering that the city was sealed, the group prepared to continue on foot, but Kiana refused to let Mei carry Jiang Cheng.

• Kiana reminded Mei that Jiang Cheng’s Honkai Energy Erosion was worsening and urged her not to make him wait.
• Jiang Cheng introduced himself as a prophet and described Cyrene as his guardian, while Kiana sympathized with his burden of seeing future tragedies.
• Kiana stopped the car at a crowded blockade, and Cyrene held Jiang Cheng safely when he was nearly thrown from his seat.
• Kiana learned that every exit from Nagazora City was sealed and that mechs and surveillance equipment guarded the perimeter.
• Jiang Cheng decided to continue on foot, and Cyrene and Mei both offered to carry him.
• Kiana firmly refused to let Mei carry Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng, Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Cyrene reached the expressway blockade and fought their way through after Jiang Cheng used his prayer to summon the Glazed Realm’s mist. The chapter left Kiana carrying Jiang Cheng while the others attacked the workers guarding the road.

• Cyrene and Raiden Mei argued over who should carry Jiang Cheng, but Kiana lifted him in a princess carry and ran ahead.
• Kiana carried Jiang Cheng toward the expressway exit, where black-uniformed personnel had set up a blockade.
• Jiang Cheng prepared to use his prayer as the group approached the guarded exit, but an enemy was suddenly kicked into a wall.
• Jiang Cheng asked Cyrene to use her invisibility power, and she agreed to divide the battlefield and keep the large machines out.
• Jiang Cheng prayed to draw back the curtain of time, spreading mist from the Glazed Realm across the area.
• Kiana kicked a worker down, Raiden Mei attacked with a steel pipe and katana, and Cyrene struck workers with her Ritual Sword.

Kiana and Raiden Mei fought the forces trying to stop Cyrene from leaving the city while Jiang Cheng watched and prepared to help. Kiana armed him and sent him after ordinary troops as Mei destroyed the Titan Mechs and halted a helicopter’s gunfire with her electricity.

• Cyrene attacked the soldiers with her crescent-shaped weapon, while Kiana told Jiang Cheng she would not spare enemies threatening a Herrscher and the city.
• Kiana shot a commander with a revolver while holding Jiang Cheng, then explained that Honkai Energy had strengthened his body and lent him a pistol and bullets.
• Kiana went to fight the Titan Mechs, insisting that Jiang Cheng not mistake his foreknowledge of the future for the present.
• Raiden Mei charged the Titan Mechs with a katana and destroyed them with a lightning-fast strike.
• A helicopter opened fire on Kiana and Jiang Cheng, but Raiden Mei stopped its bullets in midair with a powerful magnetic field.

Kiana explained that innate Stigmata granted instinctive combat abilities, while she and Jiang Cheng fought through the facility’s forces. Raiden Mei continued cutting down enemies to help Jiang Cheng escape, convinced she could not bear his trust.

• Kiana explained that Stigmata could give even an untrained child powerful combat skills, and dismissed Jiang Cheng’s concern about her fighting Titan Mechs.
• As the outer defense line contracted, Kiana knocked out surrendering staff and shot other enemies while Jiang Cheng used his enhanced strength to gun them down.
• Jiang Cheng’s accuracy and power surged as he attacked the facility’s forces, and the exposed enemies rapidly succumbed to Honkai Energy erosion.
• Raiden Mei destroyed a Titan and admitted that Kiana’s accusation about her causing Jiang Cheng’s Erosion had stripped away her pretenses.
• Raiden Mei kept killing mechs and people, believing her actions would help Jiang Cheng escape, while Kiana challenged her for giving up on herself.

Raiden Mei erupted in anger and despair as Kiana urged her to face Jiang Cheng’s trust, but Mei insisted she had already ruined his life. Her lightning then descended, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Raiden Mei rejected Kiana’s attempts to comfort her and erupted in a storm of thunder and lightning.
• Mei said she could not control her power and believed she only hurt the people around her.
• Mei continued fighting Cocolia’s elite soldiers, hoping to draw their attention so Jiang Cheng and Cyrene could escape.
• Kiana reminded Mei that Jiang Cheng trusted her deeply.
• Mei recalled Jiang Cheng’s belief in her but cried that she had already ruined his whole life.
• Raiden Mei unleashed a devastating lightning strike.

Grey Snake identified Cyrene as resembling Elysia and decided to invite her, while Cocolia prepared to capture the Third Herrscher and unveiled her weapons and a clone of Welt. The clone awakened and declared himself Welt the great.

• Grey Snake watched Raiden Mei's monitored footage and spotted a pink figure resembling Elysia beside her.
• Grey Snake learned the figure was named Cyrene, also called Aili, and asked his superior whether to invite her.
• Grey Snake's superior replied that there would never be another Elysia, then ordered him to invite Cyrene.
• Cocolia told Grey Snake that she had prepared forces to capture the Third Herrscher and revealed her arsenal of mechs and weapons.
• Cocolia activated the preservation unit holding her Welt clone, who woke and declared himself Welt the great.

Kiana urged Raiden Mei to face her problems and agreed to meet her later, while Jiang Cheng and the others escaped the fighting and planned how to survive the coming Honkai. Kiana then challenged Mei to prove she deserved Jiang Cheng’s trust, insisting the future had already changed.

• Raiden Mei told Kiana that facing problems instead of running away felt novel to her, then left to meet at the designated location.
• After Mei left, Kiana admitted to herself how frightened she had been and reflected that she had to face things rather than hide.
• Jiang Cheng released his anger by killing the remaining attackers, then regained his composure and ran to meet Kiana, Cyrene, and Raiden Mei.
• Jiang Cheng proposed splitting up near the city limits, with Mei going left and the others seeking shelter together; Kiana warned that Jiang Cheng had at most three years to live.
• Kiana told Mei to prove she was worthy of Jiang Cheng’s trust and declared that the future Mei had seen had already changed.

Jiang Cheng and the others fled Cocolia’s forces into the wilderness, but a sudden shock wave separated them and left him disoriented. When he recovered, he saw Bronya overpowering Raiden Mei, despite Mei wielding her lightning-charged katana.

• Kiana urged Raiden Mei to master her power and never lose control, and Mei vowed to do so.
• Jiang Cheng warned that Cocolia’s forces could catch up, so Kiana carried him as the group raced toward the wilderness.
• A powerful shock wave struck the group, sending Kiana away from Jiang Cheng and knocking him off balance.
• Jiang Cheng recovered and saw Bronya’s mecha attacking Raiden Mei while Mei’s lightning strikes repeatedly missed.
• Jiang Cheng struggled to believe that Bronya was overwhelming Mei in the fight.

Grey Snake demanded that Cocolia hand Cyrene over to the Serpent, claiming she was necessary to the era and that past mistakes must not be repeated. Cocolia challenged Grey Snake to say what would happen if she refused.

• Cocolia questioned Grey Snake about its intentions in the operations command room.
• Grey Snake demanded that Cyrene be handed over to the Serpent, while agreeing not to interfere with Cocolia's handling of the Third Herrscher's Subject.
• Cocolia asked whether Cyrene was Grey Snake's illegitimate daughter and watched Cyrene summon a crystal from the Glazed Realm.
• Grey Snake reacted with unusual agitation, then said Cyrene might be necessary for the era and that the past's mistakes must not be repeated.
• Cocolia asked Grey Snake what it would do if she refused.

Raiden Mei fought Bronya while resisting the Herrscher of Thunder’s urging to unleash her power, fearing Jiang Cheng would die if she did. As she struggled, Mei told the story of the friend who once promised to stand by her, leaving Jiang Cheng to face the pain of her betrayal.

• Raiden Mei refused the Herrscher of Thunder’s call to use her power because she feared it would kill Jiang Cheng.
• Jiang Cheng realized that his presence was part of why Mei kept restraining herself, despite the danger she faced.
• While Bronya attacked her, Raiden Mei explained how a girl had once offered her a crepe and promised to be her one true friend.
• Raiden Mei recalled seeking that friend after her father went to prison and classmates began avoiding her.
• Raiden Mei revealed that the girl had broken her promise, while Jiang Cheng closed his eyes and heard a drop of water hit the ground.

Jiang Cheng watched Raiden Mei refuse to use more Honkai Energy, even as Bronya and Cocolia cornered them. Just as a lance was about to kill him, Kiana arrived and stopped it with her bare fist.

• Raiden Mei thanked Jiang Cheng for trusting and understanding her, while he tried and failed to distract Bronya by firing at her.
• Jiang Cheng pleaded with Raiden Mei to use her Honkai Energy, but she refused because doing so might shorten her remaining life.
• Cocolia appeared on a screen, dismissed Jiang Cheng, and ordered Bronya to kill him.
• Raiden Mei fought through the Titan Mechs to protect Jiang Cheng without unleashing her full power.
• As a lance nearly struck Jiang Cheng, Kiana appeared and blocked it with her fist.