Chapter Summaries

Cyrene encountered Grey Snake and Xing while trying to reach Jiang Cheng, and Kiana fought Cocolia’s forces as Jiang Cheng rushed to Raiden Mei. Cocolia immobilized Jiang Cheng with an unseen force, leaving him unable to move as pain spread through his body.

• Cyrene refused Grey Snake’s invitation and attacked, but Grey Snake blocked her Ritual Sword.
• Xing arrived piloting a golden Titan Mech and offered to help Grey Snake capture Cyrene unharmed.
• Kiana fought the mech until Bronya used Project Bunny to fire an electromagnetic pulse that struck her.
• Cocolia boasted about her plans while Jiang Cheng hurried toward Raiden Mei.
• Cocolia snapped her fingers, and an invisible force stopped Jiang Cheng in his tracks.

Jiang Cheng watched Raiden Mei repeatedly attack Welt despite being badly outmatched, while he struggled with whether to escape and abandon the others. The chapter ended with Jiang Cheng forcing himself to stand as Mei kept getting back up.

• Welt used gravity to pin Jiang Cheng and repel Raiden Mei's sword strike.
• Welt struck Raiden Mei down and increased the gravity on Kiana, leaving her vulnerable to Bronya's attack.
• Cocolia asked Welt to kill Jiang Cheng and capture the Third Herrscher.
• Jiang Cheng considered calling Grey Snake and taking the safer route, but Mei's repeated attempts to fight made him hesitate.
• As Mei told Cheng-kun to run and continued attacking Welt, Jiang Cheng fought the gravity and straightened up.

Jiang Cheng rejected Cocolia’s attempt to use him, while Cyrene fought to avoid capture and remembered how she first met him. Realizing she shared Raiden Mei’s identity and could not bear to watch Jiang Cheng suffer for her, Cyrene resolved to save herself and help him.

• Jiang Cheng asked Cocolia whether he had Honkai Energy resistance, then acknowledged that he had overlooked the obvious and refused to accept another choice.
• Cyrene, exhausted and surrounded by Titan Mechs, recalled meeting Jiang Cheng after her paper airplane struck him and how they became friends through the stories he told her.
• Cyrene forced herself back to consciousness and continued resisting capture, despite her injuries and dwindling strength.
• Cyrene told the shark-toothed girl she had to learn to save herself rather than only watch Jiang Cheng save her.
• Cyrene recognized that she was also Raiden Mei and understood that Jiang Cheng had risked himself for her, prompting her to decide she could no longer stand by while he was in danger.

Cyrene sealed Xing and the Titan Legion in spreading pink crystal while declaring that she trusted A-Cheng and would focus on revenge. Meanwhile, Jiang Cheng realized his lack of Honkai Energy resistance should have killed him and forced his hand into a space-time distortion, ignoring the system’s warnings as Cocolia watched.

• Cyrene unleashed the Great Fantasy Ritual, restoring her faded colors as pink crystal sealed the Titan Mechs and spread into a tree-like structure.
• Xing tried to attack Cyrene, but her toes crystallized as Cyrene said she trusted A-Cheng and wanted revenge.
• Cocolia taunted Jiang Cheng and revealed her plan to use Bronya to trigger the Third Great Honkai and rewrite history.
• Jiang Cheng realized he had no resistance to Honkai Energy and questioned why he was still alive.
• Jiang Cheng ordered the system to open an incomplete portal, then thrust his left hand into the space-time distortion despite the system’s warnings and his body’s pain.

Jiang Cheng chose to face the flames and thorns rather than flee into the stars, accepting that anger and sorrow mattered more to him than a safer future. As he approached the wounded god in the Path Interstice, its golden blood fell onto him and the First Arrow struck again.

• Jiang Cheng awakened to the Hunt’s power and saw a wounded, dark-skinned man pierced by an arrow in the space between Earth and Amphoreus.
• Jiang Cheng realized he could leave his old life behind and travel among the stars, avoiding the dangers awaiting him on Earth.
• Jiang Cheng considered the Cocoon and the finality of death, but chose to keep moving toward the god and the force of Chaos and Entropy.
• Jiang Cheng admitted that he might regret choosing anger over a safer future, but said he preferred to be a fool than to keep calculating every choice.
• The Path Interstice shifted as Jiang Cheng approached the white-haired, golden-eyed god, whose burning blood fell onto him.
• A meteor descended, and the light arrow that had pierced the cosmos arrived again.

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.