Chapter Summaries

The shrine maiden offered to support Vina in Victoria’s power struggle, explaining that she wanted to rescue Rozaliya from the conflict and would act as Vina’s Merlin. The chapter left Vina considering the offer as the shrine maiden declared herself her mentor.

• Theresis reflected on the turmoil in Terra and decided he needed another troublemaker to complicate matters.
• The shrine maiden visited Rhodes Island and told Amiya she intended to help Vina become King Arthur.
• Hoshino, disguised as Rozaliya, drew Talulah out of her silence with a terrible song and became her early fan.
• The shrine maiden waited at the shrine for Vina and prepared a Xuanyuan Sword for her.
• Vina arrived and asked why the shrine maiden would help her and what role she planned to play.
• The shrine maiden said she wanted to rescue Rozaliya and offered to be Vina’s Merlin and mentor.

Bella brought Vina into Victoria’s succession struggle, while Hoshino entertained the Drak heirs with an awkward idol performance. Vina reached Londinium with Yae Sakura but remained silent beneath its walls.

• Hoshino forced Bagpipe, Reed, and Talulah to watch her perform and declared that, as king, she would make Victoria the Vodka Girls’ theater.
• Bella claimed King Charles had accepted a contest for the throne and asked Reed and Vina about their ambitions; Vina agreed to pursue kingship.
• Bella took Vina toward Londinium and explained that she planned to use ancient traditions and a sword-drawing ceremony in the selection of heirs.
• Hoshino performed for Bella and the three girls, then struggled to write their names correctly on their arms.
• Bella sensed Vina’s arrival with Yae Sakura and complained that the Higashi woman had appeared.
• Six hours later, Vina stood silently beneath Londinium’s city walls while Yae Sakura asked her to declare that she would rule.

Vina returned to Buckingham Palace as Victoria’s throne selection took shape, while Yae Sakura met Theresis and learned that Terra could revive the dead. The chapter left Theresis’s motives uncertain as he spoke with unusual gentleness about what he sought.

• Vina entered Buckingham Palace with Yae Sakura, who warned Bella that she would prevent anyone from killing Vina during the throne selection.
• Bella proposed testing the candidates on courage, knowledge, and tolerance, beginning with an exam on recent history.
• A Confessor summoned Yae Sakura to meet Theresis in an open-air plaza.
• Yae Sakura explained that Theresis avoided declaring himself King of Kazdel to keep a unified Sarkaz state from becoming a target, and Theresis confirmed her account.
• Theresis told Yae Sakura that Terra possessed the power to revive the dead.

Yae Sakura learned that Theresis wanted to know whether the dead could be brought back to life, then returned to Buckingham Palace and discovered that Bella had passed every heir despite their chaotic test results. She warned the heirs that Bella was only lonely and planned to use a space-cutting sword to send her home, while Bella prepared a hidden fairyland and planted the Xuanyuan Sword in ice.

• Theresis asked Yae Sakura about the Sarkaz Demon King and the possibility of bringing the dead back to life, and she confirmed that it was possible.
• Yae Sakura returned to Buckingham Palace after the heirs’ history test, where Bella declared that all candidates had passed despite their wildly uneven answers.
• Bella accidentally threw Reed onto the marble steps, and Yae Sakura sent Bella away while she spoke with the heirs.
• Yae Sakura explained that Bella had no political ambitions and only wanted company, then revealed her plan to replace the sword with one that could send Bella back to where she belonged.
• Bella created a hidden fairyland near Victoria and planted the Xuanyuan Sword in a block of ice for the heirs to pull out.

Hoshino and the others reached the sword-drawing trial, where Bella sent the heirs to retrieve the Xuanyuan Sword from a lake. The chapter left Bagpipe hesitating at the shore as the others entered the water.

• Hoshino rallied the group to perform with enthusiasm for Bella, who returned and announced that the selection of the king would proceed through a sword-drawing trial.
• Hoshino suspected that Laterano’s angels were the power corresponding to Theresis and urged the others to go draw the sword.
• Bella carried the heirs at great speed to the trial site, where Hoshino asked Talulah to take her away from Yae Sakura and Bronya.
• Yae Sakura warned Talulah that spanking was the only way to deal with Hoshino when she was being stubborn.
• Reed entered the lake to swim across, followed by Hoshino and Talulah, while Bagpipe remained on the shore looking uncertain.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens with a notice that the system is working on updates, and users are urged to report any errors.
• The system promises to fix errors within two minutes, or manual repair may take 1-3 days.
• The chapter ends with a reminder to bookmark the page and add the book to the bookshelf for easy access.

Character Developments

• No significant character developments in this chapter as it primarily consists of system notifications.

Significant Themes

• Patience: The system encourages users to be patient while waiting for updates.
• Community: The system encourages users to share the book to speed up updates, fostering a sense of community.

Character Interactions

• No character interactions in this chapter as it is written from the perspective of the system, not involving any human characters.

Hoshino, disguised as Rozaliya, led Bagpipe, Reed, Talulah, and Vina through an icy trial, where she fought off Honkai Beasts and they found the Xuanyuan Sword. Vina drew the sword, which rose from the ice in a brilliant light, leaving her stunned.

• Bagpipe crashed headfirst into solid ice during the swimming race and was eliminated, while Hoshino urged the others to carry on in her memory.
• Reed attacked the Honkai Beasts with her halberd, but her flames barely affected them, and Hoshino destroyed one with a headbutt.
• Vina fought a Honkai Beast and realized how terrifying Hoshino's strength was before the group reached the Xuanyuan Sword embedded in ice.
• Hoshino and Reed failed to move the Xuanyuan Sword, and Talulah gave up on choosing an heir.
• Vina grasped the sword's hilt, and the Xuanyuan Sword floated out of the ice as she stared in shock.

Vina defeated Bella’s challenge with the Space-Cleaving Sword transformed into a hammer, while Bella reunited with her descendants and left Vina a dragon-tear crystal. King Charles urged Vina to keep hiding as he continued gathering strength for Victoria; afterward, Talulah escaped, and Rozaliya secretly followed her in a shipping container.

• Yae Sakura explained that the Space-Cleaving Sword changed shape according to its wielder’s heart, and Vina found that it had become a hammer.
• Rozaliya joined Vina to face Bella, who was moved to see her descendants and gave Vina a purple crystal formed from her tears.
• Yae Sakura took back the hammer, and Vina returned to Buckingham Palace, where King Charles revealed that he would keep living to protect Victoria.
• Hoshino completed the Glory of Victoria mission and received Blood Dance, while Talulah escaped and Reed and Yae Sakura discussed the aftermath.
• Talulah discovered Rozaliya hiding in a shipping container, where Rozaliya said that Drak had to help one another.

Rozaliya tried to win Black Snake Talulah over with her dream of becoming an idol, while Talulah questioned her about whether people could change. In the Polar Region, Magallan discovered a vast, starry figure in the frozen air and decided to flee.

• Talulah tried to claim Blood Dance’s power by asking Rozaliya what she wanted to become, but Rozaliya demanded payment before singing.
• Talulah’s brief period of clarity ended, and she urged Rozaliya to leave; Rozaliya refused because she feared being punished by the Vodka Girls.
• Talulah asked whether people were foolish and impossible to change, and Rozaliya replied that people who did not understand should be taught.
• Magallan extended her Polar Region survey after learning the shrine maiden had been delayed in Victoria, but found nothing during a week of searching.
• Magallan saw a towering, star-adorned woman amid frozen air and decided to leave immediately.

Magallan observed the growing expedition into the Pole while Hoshino questioned Ch'en about Talulah and revealed her dire condition. Anna, the Herrscher of Rime, entered the Crazy Mountains and began destroying them with her power over rock.

• Magallan saw fortresses and explorers flooding the polar region, where they tried to avoid drawing attention after the destruction of an Ursus city-state.
• Ch'en asked Hoshino about Victoria's turmoil, and Hoshino said the Draks and Aslans faced a greater threat.
• Hoshino told Ch'en that Talulah was deeply depressed and being eroded by a soul, and said she had sent an angel to help her.
• Anna entered the Crazy Mountains in Ursus and killed the unknown creatures living there.
• Anna tapped the mountain with one finger, causing its rocks to fracture and begin collapsing.

Blaze rescued the Meteorological Bureau personnel from the cold left by the Herrscher of Ice, then she and Magallan spotted a missing piece of a mountain range and learned that Yae Sakura had set out. Hoshino gathered allies to witness a god’s death and confronted Anna, using the Star of Eden to draw her down.

• Blaze arrived at the frozen observation station, warmed it with her Originium Arts, and hurried back to Magallan’s aircraft.
• Blaze and Magallan noticed that part of a mountain range was missing and changed the aircraft’s route to avoid the god.
• A Rhodes Island operator told Blaze that Yae Sakura had set out from Lungmen, easing the cabin’s fears.
• Hoshino planned to use the Taixu Divine Sword and divine descent against Anna, while Nian invited Pramanix and the God of the Snowy Mountains to watch.
• Hoshino activated the Star of Eden to bring Anna down, then advanced with her frozen blade, determined to nullify Anna’s power.

Hoshino fought the Herrscher of Rime, Anna, while Nian and the god of the snow mountains watched. Hoshino transformed into the Red Kite Immortal and defeated Anna with Taixu, leaving behind a sword forged from the dead god.

• Nian and the god of the snow mountains watched as Anna battled Hoshino across a frozen lake.
• Hoshino told Nian that Anna was already dead and had been born from people’s fear of ice and snow.
• A sword called Taixu appeared and severed Anna’s soul, mind, and connection to her Herrscher core.
• Hoshino transformed into the Red Kite Immortal and annihilated Anna’s consciousness with one slash, completing the subjugation.
• Hoshino returned to Yae Sakura and showed Nian the sword left behind, explaining that Anna had been forged into a weapon.

Hoshino returned to the shrine, discovered a quest to find a Durin and unlock Theresa Apocalypse, and then went to Rhodes Island as Raiden Mei. There, she reunited with Pramanix and Vina in the cafeteria kitchen and asked where Myrtle had gone.

• Hoshino explained to Nian that the Taixu Divine Sword attacked the mind and warned her and the God of Snow Mountain against risking their lives.
• Hoshino returned to the shrine, collected Valkyrie fragments and a Judas's Oath fragment, and advanced Azure Empyrea's unlock progress to 50%.
• Hoshino received a quest to find a specific Durin and unlock Theresa Apocalypse, with another Judas's Oath fragment as the reward.
• Hoshino changed her character card to Raiden Mei and headed to Rhodes Island to look for a plausible excuse to visit.
• Pramanix and Vina resumed making mousse cake in the kitchen, and Raiden Mei arrived and offered to help with the cooking.
• Pramanix told Raiden Mei that Myrtle might be in Instructor Feater's film class watching The Boys.

Hoshino prepared a farewell dinner and discovered that touching Myrtle’s white flag advanced the Valkyrie Pledge unlock progress. She used chili smoke to keep Myrtle away and reached for the flag as Theresa’s arrival drew near.

• Hoshino made lemon mousse cake for Pramanix and searched for Myrtle in Feater’s film class.
• Hoshino brought Myrtle to the kitchen to help prepare the farewell dinner, while Nian delivered chilies for a nine-grid hotpot.
• Hoshino asked Myrtle about her life underground, and Myrtle explained that she had left because she was bored and wanted a new way of life.
• Hoshino noticed the Valkyrie Pledge progress advancing near Myrtle’s plastic-wrapped white flag and realized the flag was Myrtle’s true body.
• Hoshino filled the kitchen with smoke from burning dried chilies to keep Myrtle away, then touched the flag as Theresa approached.

Hoshino completed Valkyrie Pledge’s unlock, assembled Judas's Oath, and summoned Ch'en to test whether the Divine Key could suppress Originium Arts. The chapter left Ch'en facing Hoshino’s promised demonstration of the weapon.

• Hoshino used chili smoke and a sugar-dusted grenade to keep Myrtle and Nian away while Valkyrie Pledge unlocked to 87.6%.
• Hoshino combined two fragments to create Judas's Oath and brought the Divine Key into the Terra world.
• Hoshino called Ch'en to the Shrine and asked her to attack with her strongest Originium Arts.
• Ch'en used Chi Xiao: Unsheathe, but the strike did not affect Hoshino, who then promised to show her the big sword.

Hoshino showed Ch'en her weightless ice sword and used her to rehearse the arrival of her aunt, but Theresa stormed into the shrine and confronted Hoshino over what had happened to Kiana. The chapter left Hoshino accepting Theresa’s judgment while Ch'en learned that Kiana was not dead but had fallen into an eternally gray abyss.

• Hoshino showed Ch'en the weightless ice sword she had retrieved from the Pole and explained that her strength, rather than the sword, had enabled her earlier Dimensional Slash.
• A hostile visitor pounded on the shrine gate, and Hoshino told Ch'en that the coming confrontation was her sin.
• Theresa smashed through the gate carrying a golden cross and fought Hoshino for nearly half an hour before pinning her down with a chained spear.
• Hoshino told Theresa that Kiana was not actually dead, and Theresa accused her of abandoning Kiana when she needed help most.
• Hoshino said she had had no choice as Theresa’s spear cut her throat, while Ch'en silently witnessed the confrontation.

Ch'en learned that Kiana had survived by hiding in the Imaginary, while Kallen told her that she was key to helping Yae Sakura move on. Theresa then went to a restaurant and supermarket before Ch'en headed to Penguin Logistics to investigate whether anyone could distinguish Theresa from Luna Kindred.

• Hoshino explained that Kiana had hidden in the Imaginary, and Kallen stopped Theresa from continuing to speak about her.
• Kallen criticized Theresa's handling of Judah, then Theresa left carrying the golden cross.
• Hoshino said she needed to watch over Theresa and left, while Kallen told Ch'en that she was key to helping Yae Sakura move on.
• Theresa ordered bitter melon, then bought and enjoyed original-flavored potato chips.
• At Penguin Logistics, Croissant mentioned seeing someone carrying a cross, and Exusiai, Texas, and Sora went out to investigate.

Theresa met Exusiai and the other Penguin Logistics members, then encountered Mostima at a fish-ball shop and welcomed her into the world of the long-lived. Hoshino suspected Mostima had come to find her and wondered how Mostima’s time-related powers would fare against the next Memory Battlefield boss.

• Theresa met the Penguin Logistics trio, and Exusiai touched Judah, which weakened her.
• Theresa went to a fish-ball shop, where Mostima appeared and ordered a bowl.
• Theresa welcomed Mostima to the world of the long-lived, and Mostima studied Judah.
• Hoshino watched Mostima leave and suspected she had come to find her.
• Hoshino examined the next Memory Battlefield boss, Imaginary Tree Corpse: Nihilism, and wondered how Mostima would face its time-rewinding ability.

Hoshino refused Columbia’s request for her weapons and experimental methods when Mostima delivered its message to Yae Shrine. Theresa then burst in with Judah and attacked Mostima, mistaking her for Hoshino’s ally.

• Hoshino returned to the shrine and found Ch'en waiting there; she sent Ch'en back to work while she waited for a catastrophe messenger.
• Mostima arrived at Yae Shrine and relayed Columbia’s interest in Hoshino’s weapons, experimental subjects, and research methods.
• Hoshino refused Columbia’s offer, and Mostima made clear that delivering the reply would require additional payment.
• Theresa kicked open the shrine gate and unleashed Judah, whose spears targeted Mostima.
• Hoshino explained that Theresa had mistaken Mostima for her teammate as the attack continued.

Mostima was defeated and captured by Theresa after Hoshino and Theresa fought her at the shrine. Hoshino then told Penguin Logistics that a Catastrophe Messenger resembling Mostima had delivered a message before being captured.

• Theresa used Judah's chains to bind Mostima and suppress her powers, knocking her unconscious.
• Theresa questioned the restrained Mostima about why she had helped Hoshino, then admitted she wanted revenge.
• Hoshino arrived at the Penguin Logistics bar and described a Catastrophe Messenger with Mostima's features.
• Hoshino told Penguin Logistics that the Catastrophe Messenger had been captured.