Chapter Summaries

Moros learned that the Ninth Herrscher had descended and chose to let it weaken humanity, while Moth to Fire headquarters came under attack from the Herrscher of Rock’s Honkai Beast Legion. Kevin, Kalpas, Elysia, and the Floating Fleet resisted the assault as Moros arrived, convinced they would defeat the Judgment-class Honkai Beast.

• The Collapse Energy detection system in New Zealand’s North Island warned Canberra, and Moros ordered Keen and Margaret to activate his emergency response plan.
• Moros decided not to defeat the Ninth Herrscher immediately, hoping its attack would weaken human civilization and benefit him afterward.
• The Herrscher of Rock drew Moth to Fire’s forces away from its headquarters while a Judgment-class Honkai Beast led a concealed legion in a surprise assault.
• Kevin, Kalpas, Elysia, and other Flame-Chaser Warriors joined the Floating Fleet to hold back the Honkai Beasts, and Kevin planned to target their commander.
• The Judgment-class Honkai Beast entered the battle and used gravity to disrupt the fighters and drag some battleships toward the ground.
• Moros learned of the attack through his intelligence network and communication artifacts, opened a Demiplane passage to headquarters, and arrived as he judged Kevin and the others would win.

Moros helped Kevin defeat the Ninth Herrscher’s Judgment-class Honkai Beast, then joined Elysia and the Flame-Chasers in destroying the remaining Honkai Beasts and formally met Kevin, Su, and Kalpas. Meanwhile, the Moth to Fire Council turned against Moros over his taking the beast’s corpse, while Dr. Mei recognized that the councillors were using the incident to pressure her.

• Kevin unleashed the Third Divine Key against the Judgment-class Honkai Beast, and Moros finished it with fireballs before storing its corpse in his Storage Ring.
• After the beast’s death threw the Honkai Beast army into chaos, Moros crossed the battlefield to reunite with Elysia.
• At Elysia’s request, Moros used Eldritch Arrow to annihilate the remaining Honkai Beasts and end the battle.
• Elysia introduced Moros to Kevin, Su, Kalpas, and the other Flame-Chasers, and Kalpas challenged him to spar before Elysia calmed the exchange.
• Councillors Eugene and Wang led calls for the Moth to Fire Council to punish Moros for taking the beast’s corpse, while Dr. Mei stayed silent and saw their political motive.

After the Herrscher of Rock destroyed Moth to Fire’s conventional forces and began using the planet’s gravity to sink Mu Continent, Elysia persuaded Moros not to aid her. Moros arrived aboard the Mu Continent Floating Battleship, where he met Eden, Dr. Mei, and the Moth to Fire Council as they prepared to discuss the crisis.

• After Moros killed the whale-shaped Judgment-class Honkai Beast, the Herrscher of Rock grieved for her companion, annihilated Moth to Fire’s conventional army, and began drawing on the planet’s power to sink Mu Continent.
• The Moth to Fire Council authorized Dr. Mei to send the remaining Flame-Chaser Warrior units against the Herrscher of Rock, and Kevin prepared to lead his team into battle.
• Elysia invited Moros to join the fight, and he promised her he would neither hold Moth to Fire back nor help the Herrscher of Rock.
• Moros opened a portal to the Mu Continent Floating Battleship and reunited with Eden, who had been evacuated there for her safety.
• Councillor Eugene and the other council members entered the cabin with Dr. Mei, and Eugene asked Moros why he had come aboard and what he expected from Moth to Fire.

Moros rejected the Moth to Fire Council's political overtures before Elysia, Kevin, and the Flame-Chaser Warriors searched the Herrscher of Rock's devastated refugee camp. The Herrscher tested their strength with Honkai Beasts, then fled, leaving the seven Warriors with no clues to its plans.

• Moros told Councillor Eugene he had no demands of the Moth to Fire Council beyond visiting his friend, then used a mental warning to frighten Councillor Wang before Dr. Mei intervened.
• Kevin led Elysia and the Flame-Chaser Warriors to the Mu Continent Refugee Camp Ruins, where Kalpas's fire tornado failed to reveal the missing Herrscher of Rock.
• The Herrscher of Rock watched from above, judged the Flame-Chaser Warriors too dangerous to confront, and created Honkai Beasts to test them.
• Kevin and the others destroyed the Honkai Beasts in under ten minutes, frightening the Herrscher of Rock into fleeing beyond the horizon.
• The seven Flame-Chaser Warriors searched the crater but found no valuable clues about the Herrscher of Rock.

The Flame-Chaser Warriors defeated the Ninth Herrscher, but its final attack left an artificial black hole looming over the battlefield. Dr. Mei prioritized evacuating the survivors and asked Elysia to consult Moros about containing the threat.

• Kevin and the Flame-Chaser Warriors pursued the earthquake’s source, and Elysia spotted the Herrscher of Rock trying to escape.
• The Herrscher of Rock’s five-hundred-G field brought down the Floating Landing Ship and killed its crew.
• Kevin, Kalpas, Sakura, Kosma, Hen, and Elysia broke through the Herrscher’s defenses and fatally wounded it.
• The dying Herrscher of Rock created an artificial black hole before Elysia’s crystal arrows killed it.
• Dr. Mei told Kevin that safe evacuation was the priority and asked Elysia to seek Moros’s advice about restraining or relocating the black hole.
• Elysia contacted Moros through the Wraith Jar, and he recognized the Ninth Herrscher’s creation with interest.

Moros evacuated Elysia, Kevin, and the others from Mu Continent through a teleportation gate before the artificial black hole consumed it. Mu Continent was destroyed, leaving immense human, industrial, and ecological losses that threatened civilization and the planet.

• Moros demanded Elysia's location and opened a teleportation gate to bring her and Kevin's group to the Mu Continent Floating Battleship.
• Moros told Dr. Mei to evacuate the fleet through a large gate to Tasmania Island, and the fleet followed his route.
• Moros showed Elysia, Eden, and the Flame-Chaser Warriors a projection of the artificial black hole consuming Mu Continent.
• Mu Continent was torn apart, with fragments becoming islands while the rest was swallowed, annihilated, or submerged.
• The destruction killed one-sixth of humanity and wiped out most of the world's high-tech industry, while triggering further ecological and geological disasters.

Moros announced that Dr. Einstein had saved a city of Armed Dolls from Mu Continent’s destruction by sending it into the Sea of Quantum, where it survived as a World Bubble. After Elysia and Eden declined his invitation to leave Moth to Fire, Moros returned to his territory, arranged closer research ties between Dr. Mei, Mobius, and Vill-V, and began studying demigod-level necromancy.

• Moros told Elysia, Eden, and the Flame-Chasers that Dr. Einstein had rescued a city into the Sea of Quantum, where it became a World Bubble.
• Dr. Mei navigated the political upheaval in Moth to Fire’s council after Mu Continent’s collapse and worked to strengthen her influence through legitimate means.
• Elysia and Eden declined Moros’s invitation to visit his territory, choosing to stay with Moth to Fire and support their comrades.
• Moros departed after blessing Elysia and Eden, then explained to Mobius and Vill-V how his agreement with Dr. Mei would support joint research into the Ninth Herrscher’s remains and core.
• Mobius and Vill-V showed their affection for Moros, and he later entered the Mage Guild library in Graveyard City to study Secrets of Necromancy: Demigod Chapter.

As the Ninth Great Collapse triggered global disaster and a food crisis, Moth to Fire replaced the United Nations and Dr. Mei consolidated power to reform the organization and expand the Flame-Chaser Warriors. Moros returned to his necromancy research, while Pardofelis accidentally ended up on an operating table for Hypermutation Surgery.

• Moth to Fire took over the United Nations' role and coordinated limited relief as earthquakes, tsunamis, refugee surges, and crop failures drove widespread famine.
• Dr. Mei decided to eliminate opposition to her plans, and Mobius helped her force powerful opponents into experiments that killed them.
• Moros returned to his Mage Guild in the Demiplane to continue researching necromancy and pursue a higher hero level.
• Dr. Mei restructured Moth to Fire, introduced Prometheus 17, and offered benefits to recruit volunteers for Hypermutation Surgery.
• Moth to Fire secretly sent failed surgery subjects who had lost their sanity to Island P21—The Abyss, where Apponia took charge of them.
• Pardofelis tried to sneak into a Moth to Fire base to find valuable goods but was mistaken for a volunteer and brought to the operating table.

Pardofelis survived Hypermutation Surgery and proved exceptionally effective at covert missions, but refused assassination and was relegated to logistics, which suited her. Meanwhile, Moros advanced necromancy to Demigod Rank and began preparing to turn a Judgment-class Honkai Beast corpse into a new undead behemoth.

• Pardofelis overcame Hypermutation Surgery and became a Flame-Chaser Warrior whose agility far outstripped her strength.
• Pardofelis used her luck and reconnaissance to help complete covert missions, including retrieving a sample from a guarded laboratory.
• Pardofelis refused assassination missions, so the Moth to Fire Council assigned her to logistics.
• Moros raised necromancy to Demigod Rank after months of study and replenished his magic.
• Moros summoned the corpse of a Judgment-class Honkai Beast and ordered materials for an undead transformation array.

Moros transformed the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Mogara into the High Legendary undead behemoth Gravity Bone Whale, gaining a powerful transport and stealth asset for the Undead Legion. Meanwhile, Moth to Fire officials uncovered a surge of advanced weapons on the black market, and Councillor Wang worked with an East Asian power to scheme against Dr. Mei before an approaching Great Collapse.

• Moros used Demigod-rank necromancy and rare materials to transform Mogara into a High Legendary undead behemoth.
• Moros named Mogara Gravity Bone Whale after assessing its gravity, flight, and invisibility abilities.
• Moth to Fire's intelligence department reported an abnormal spread of advanced Collapse Energy weapons, but the Council ordered it to stop investigating.
• Councillor Wang secretly met with an East Asian power's representative and handed over the preliminary intelligence report.
• Councillor Wang warned that Dr. Mei might discover their scheme within a month, and the two men agreed to wait for a Great Collapse before acting.
• Councillor Wang said Dr. Mei's research suggested the next Great Collapse was approaching, prompting the representative to ask for details.

Eden asked to undergo Hypermutation Surgery so she could gain strength and help face the coming Great Collapse. With Moros’s approval and Mobius performing the operation, Eden’s surgery succeeded, and she returned with Moros to Moth to Fire’s headquarters, where Elysia welcomed them.

• Elysia showed Eden her uniform designs, and Eden asked to undergo Hypermutation Surgery after reflecting on the suffering of those returning from battle.
• Dr. Mei weighed the risks of Eden’s request and referred it to Councillor William, who reported it to Moros.
• Moros approved Eden’s decision, insisted on safety measures, and arranged for Mobius to perform the surgery at her research institute.
• Eden confirmed her choice and learned that the aquatic Emperor-class Honkai Beast for her surgery was called Vouruna.
• Mobius completed Eden’s Hypermutation Surgery successfully, and Moros thanked her with an embrace.
• Elysia greeted Eden and Moros at Moth to Fire’s headquarters and said her fairy-lady intuition had brought her there at the right moment.

Sakura investigated Collapse Energy weapons leaking into Melbourne’s black market and uncovered evidence of a wider conspiracy, while Dr. Mei prepared to respond. Meanwhile, Moros chose to strengthen his Undead Legion through war machines and began studying how to improve the Charon-class Light Frigate; the chapter ended with an artificial life-form being consumed by black liquid beneath Mobius’s research center.

• Elysia told Moros and Eden that she could sense when they were about to arrive, and Moros chose not to reveal his suspicions about her identity as Origin's Herrscher.
• Dr. Mei sent Sakura to investigate suspected Moth to Fire weapons being sold in Melbourne’s black market.
• Sakura found the supplier murdered and his head destroyed, then reported her findings and suspicions to Dr. Mei.
• Dr. Mei analyzed Sakura’s report and prepared to respond to the signs of a conspiracy within Moth to Fire.
• Moros chose to build a combat system around the Undead Legion and began studying War Machines to improve his Charon-class Light Frigates.
• An artificial life-form lay beneath Mobius’s research center as black liquid slowly consumed his body.

The chapter recounts how Mobius rescued and mechanized Gray Serpent, then explains why Moros allowed him to operate freely in his territory. In Melbourne, Sakura investigates a shipment of Collapse Energy weapons but fails to detect Gray Serpent watching her, and he lets her leave.

• After Gray Serpent survived the biological waste disposal fluid, Mobius rebuilt him as a fully mechanical being and granted him freedom.
• Gray Serpent left Mobius’s laboratory to seek his own purpose, while Moros chose not to interfere with his activities in the territory.
• Sakura traced a shipment of Collapse Energy weapons to a container freighter in Melbourne, but the captain had no further useful information.
• Sakura sensed someone watching her and searched a nearby alley, but she found no sign of the observer.
• Gray Serpent watched Sakura leave the alley and decided not to follow her.

Six months after the Ninth Great Collapse, the Tenth arrived as the Thousand-Man Herrscher, a collective of up to a thousand linked individuals with unusual resilience and a hidden sanctuary called the Dominion Theater. One month later, a Thousand-Man Herrscher attack began at Normandy’s Paluel Nuclear Power Plant, where a patrol captain turned his weapon on his own team.

• Kosma unleashed Man-made Collapse, and Mobius later used information from him to begin researching the transformation.
• The Tenth Great Collapse awakened Collapse Energy worldwide, while a Thousand-Man Herrscher tried to assassinate Dr. Mei and was captured by Kevin.
• Dr. Mei identified the strange crystals carried by fifteen suspected Herrschers as mutated Herrscher Cores belonging to the Thousand-Man Herrscher.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher gained the Dominion Theater and formed an equal council to coordinate its members’ plans.
• At Paluel Nuclear Power Plant, a wind-wielding Thousand-Man Herrscher drew the patrol’s attention while its captain suddenly shot his comrades.

Three Thousand-Man Herrscher individuals infiltrated Paluel Nuclear Power Plant and caused its reactors to explode, killing thousands and triggering a massive evacuation. Dr. Mei reorganized Moth to Fire’s defenses, prompting the Herrschers to seek a new strategy through the necromancer.

• A patrol captain revealed his allegiance to the Thousand-Man Herrschers and helped two accomplices pass through Paluel Nuclear Power Plant’s security.
• The Herrscher of Thunder-like individual disabled the reactors’ safety systems while the Herrscher of Wind-like individual eliminated security forces and the captain protected them.
• All four reactors suffered meltdowns and exploded, devastating Paluel and spreading radiation across the surrounding region.
• Dr. Mei took over the evacuation and deployed Flame-Chaser Warriors in pairs to protect nuclear power plants worldwide.
• Over the next half month, Moth to Fire stopped fifteen attacks and killed nearly twenty Thousand-Man Herrscher individuals, who then proposed seeking an opportunity through the necromancer.

The Thousand-Man Herrscher planned to provoke the undead wizard into attacking human civilization by targeting Mobius and Vill-V and framing humanity. Councillor Karl secured Councillor Wang’s authorization to mobilize the Floating Fleet, while Wang secretly recognized Karl’s identity and began considering his own counterplay.

• The Thousand-Man Herrscher analyzed the undead wizard’s territory and decided to exploit popular resentment to provoke a war without confronting him directly.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher planned an attack on Mobius and Vill-V and prepared to blame human civilization for the resulting crisis.
• Councillor Karl met with Councillor Wang and offered his manufacturing resources in exchange for support for the plan.
• Councillor Wang recognized Karl as one of the Thousand-Man Herrscher but negotiated with him and granted an order to mobilize the Floating Fleet.
• After Karl left, Councillor Wang considered the plan’s implications and resolved that ordinary people could turn the tables on those treating them as pawns.
• Councillor Karl took Wang’s authorization and hurried to the temporary airfield where the Floating Fleet was based.

Moros destroyed Moth to Fire’s Floating Fleet after its attack entered Queensland, leaving Councillor Karl as the sole survivor and capturing his Herrscher Core. He planned to demand compensation from Dr. Mei while the Thousand-Man Herrschers prepared a hidden gambit, and Klein entered Mobius’s laboratory to carry out her part of their plan.

• Councillor Karl relayed Councillor Wang’s orders to the Floating Fleet commanders and led the fleet toward Queensland despite Dr. Mei choosing not to intervene.
• Moros unleashed the Curse of the Underworld, killing nearly everyone aboard the fleet and gravely injuring Karl, then ordered his undead forces to destroy the helpless airships.
• Moros claimed Karl’s Herrscher Core and reconsidered his plan, deciding to use Councillor William to deliver demands for compensation to Dr. Mei rather than attack Moth to Fire’s headquarters directly.
• The Thousand-Man Herrschers concluded their conspiracy had failed to harm Mobius but decided to proceed with a concealed trump card, with Benjamin and Klein confirming their preparations.
• Klein entered Mobius’s laboratory using the access authority Mobius had given her, resolving not to let fear stop her again.

Klein attacked Mobius as a Thousand-Man Herrscher, but Mobius captured her and Moros confirmed that her soul remained uncorrupted despite her transformed body. Mobius committed to creating a new body for Klein, while Dr. Mei faced an inquiry over Moth to Fire’s destroyed Floating Fleet.

• Klein tried to stab Mobius with a poisoned dagger, but a magical earring shielded Mobius from the attack.
• Mobius restrained Klein with black mud, and Moros arrived after receiving the earrings’ warning.
• Moros identified Klein as a Thousand-Man Herrscher individual, and Mobius decided to find a way to turn Herrschers back into humans.
• Moros discovered that Klein’s soul was pure but her body had been completely transformed, and he proposed transferring her soul into a newly created body.
• Mobius vowed to create a perfect body for Klein using her biological expertise and resources.
• Councillor William presented Dr. Mei with a report about the necromancer’s destruction of Moth to Fire’s Floating Fleet and formally questioned her over the incident.

Dr. Mei agreed that Moth to Fire would investigate the Floating Fleet’s attack, punish those responsible, and provide Moros with fair compensation. As Councillor Wang and the Thousand-Man Herrschers separately plotted their next moves, Moros and Mobius remained focused on guarding and saving Klein.

• Dr. Mei accepted Moth to Fire’s responsibility for the Floating Fleet’s unauthorized actions and promised internal reforms and compensation to Moros.
• Councillor William and Dr. Mei agreed to resolve the dispute fairly and shook hands.
• Councillor Wang used the crisis as cover to advance his plan with Mister to remove Dr. Mei from power.
• The Thousand-Man Herrschers held an emergency meeting, and Mister’s driver shared intelligence that could help them continue their plan to purge humanity.
• Moros kept watch over Klein while Mobius worked to create a new body for her.

Moros and Mobius successfully transferred Klein’s soul into a newly cultivated body, freeing her from the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s influence. After Klein awoke and reunited with Mobius, Moros prepared to eliminate the Herrscher, and Mobius asked to fight beside him.

• Mobius grew a new body for Klein, and Moros performed a ritual that transferred Klein’s soul into it.
• Moros confirmed that no remnants of the Thousand-Man Herrscher remained in Klein, and Klein woke in Mobius’s arms.
• Klein recalled being controlled by the Herrscher and feared harming Mobius, but Mobius reassured her and held her close.
• Moros told Mobius and Klein that he intended to eliminate the Thousand-Man Herrscher and asked for their thoughts.
• Mobius firmly asked Moros to let her fight at his side.