Chapter Summaries

Kevin volunteered to execute the Stigmata Project, and Dr. Mei assigned him the mission with Su’s support. After confirming Vill-V was close to completing the Stagnation Key, Moros prepared to begin an unusual Vampire Transformation Ritual with more than one hundred thousand Archliches assisting him.

• Dr. Mei asked Su to carry out the Stigmata Project, but Kevin offered to take on the dangerous mission instead.
• Su accepted Kevin’s choice, and Dr. Mei entrusted the project to Kevin.
• Dr. Mei called Vill-V, who reported that the Stagnation Key had made breakthrough progress and could be assembled and calibrated within two days with further support.
• Vill-V promised to finish the Stagnation Key while keeping a concealed tracking mechanism in its hibernation pods, and Dr. Mei accepted the potential risk.
• Moros completed his meditation and entered the expanded necromancy laboratory, where more than one hundred thousand Archliches awaited his command for an unusual Vampire Transformation Ritual.

Moros completed an immense spell ritual that transformed him from a human Demigod necromancer into a Vampire Lord. He examined his new body and Hero Panel, confirming that his physical abilities and senses had greatly increased.

• Moros prepared a transformation ritual using a hundred thousand Archliches to channel Death Mana and the Mage Guild’s purified spell energy.
• Moros activated the ritual and endured the agony of having his soul and body transformed while maintaining his identity.
• The ritual succeeded, and Moros grew a pair of Bat Wings as his skin turned pale and his Vampire Lord strength and senses emerged.
• Moros checked his renewed Hero Panel and saw that his race was now Vampire and his attributes had risen.

Moros examined the immense powers he gained as a Vampire Lord while Kosma struggled with accepting the Ark Project assignment and Ogden plotted to undermine it. The chapter ended with Moros learning how Moth to Fire’s administrators viewed the Ark and preparing to consider the project’s implications.

• Moros discovered that becoming a Vampire Lord had raised his attributes and granted him powerful racial traits and a vast array of spell-like abilities.
• Kosma told Dr. Mei that taking charge of the Ark Project made him feel like a deserter, then left without accepting the mission.
• Dr. Mei continued working with Griseo, who quietly studied a painting of a girl sleeping among the stars.
• Ogden resented Dr. Mei’s choice of Kosma and contacted Jin to discuss a deal that could sabotage the Ark Project.
• Moros learned that many senior Moth to Fire administrators had sent him information about the Ark Project, and that they had prepared shelters because they feared the Herrscher of the End.

Dr. Mei and Mobius completed the nineteenth revision of the Stigmata Project, making it more universal while accepting that it could not save everyone. As Mei took the final plan back to Moth to Fire headquarters, she suddenly became dizzy, and Mobius caught her.

• Moth to Fire bureaucrats leaked information about the Ark Project to the Necromancer after its executor was chosen, but Moros ignored the report and continued preparing for the battle against Finality.
• Dr. Mei asked Mobius to revise the Stigmata Project so humanity in the next era would have more choices and a better chance to overcome it.
• Mobius agreed to Mei’s request while warning that the project could not save everyone and would leave survivors facing unprecedented challenges.
• After thirteen days of work, Mei and Mobius completed the nineteenth revision, and Mobius handed Mei an encrypted USB drive containing it.
• As Mei prepared to return to Moth to Fire headquarters, she became dizzy, and Mobius caught her arm.

Moros spent the evening in Canberra with Elysia and Eden, who hoped he would let the survivors escape through his portal when civilization fell. He kept his doubts to himself, then went to visit Mobius at her Queensland research facility.

• Elysia and Eden oversaw Canberra’s refugee relief efforts, while city bureaucrats recruited refugees for labor and neglected the worsening conditions beyond the gates.
• Moros walked through Canberra with Elysia and Eden, understanding that they hoped he would offer the survivors refuge in his Demiplane.
• Moros remained silent about his reluctance to accept the survivors and spent a peaceful evening with his two lovers.
• After the stroll, Moros traveled to Queensland to visit Mobius at her research facility.

Moros visited Mobius at the institute and persuaded her to leave the lab for a romantic day together, then reunited with Vill-V and affirmed his love for all eight of her personalities. Two months after the Twelfth Great Collapse, Dr. Mei predicted the Thirteenth and final Great Collapse was near and turned her attention to the Key of Revelation, Void Archive.

• Klein told Moros that Mobius had been working for days without proper rest, and he went to her laboratory to check on her.
• Moros pulled Mobius away from her research and spent a romantic day with her.
• Moros arrived at Vill-V’s research base, recognized her Magician personality, and embraced her.
• Moros told Vill-V that every one of her personalities was irreplaceable to him, and she declared her love and dependence on him.
• Two months after the Twelfth Great Collapse, rising Collapse Energy led Dr. Mei to predict the approaching Thirteenth and final Great Collapse.
• Dr. Mei set aside the cultivation chamber holding her and Kevin’s descendant and focused on the First Divine Key, the Key of Revelation, Void Archive.

Dr. Mei prepared Void Archive with humanity’s data and contingency plans as the Herrscher of the End triggered a global Honkai surge and a vast Honkai Beast Tide. In Murmansk, Lieutenant General Petrov ordered a heavy bombardment, but the city’s defenses faced an overwhelming advance as the beasts flooded toward the next line.

• Dr. Mei uploaded Moth to Fire’s global data and her Herrscher arrival calculations into Void Archive.
• The Herrscher of the End stirred Honkai energy worldwide, awakening Honkai Beasts and driving them toward human cities.
• Honkai Beasts overwhelmed Murmansk’s outer warning line despite the defenders’ drones and weapons.
• Lieutenant General Petrov ordered the Artillery Cluster to bombard the fallen warning line with conventional and Honkai-powered weapons.
• The bombardment killed few beasts, and thirteen Emperor-class Honkai Beasts joined the advance toward Murmansk.
• Knight-class Honkai Beasts led the renewed tide toward the city’s outer defenses.

Honkai Beasts overwhelmed Murmansk’s outer defenses as several Emperor-class beasts attacked, and Lieutenant General Petrov ordered missiles and Flame-Chaser Warriors into action. The chapter ended as aircraft carrying the Second-generation Flame-Chaser Warriors approached the breached Area C to support their mission against Parvati.

• Parvati broke through Area C’s alloy wall and froze the surrounding Moth to Fire soldiers with its Extreme Cold Domain.
• As reports came in of Emperor-class Honkai Beasts attacking multiple areas, Lieutenant General Petrov ordered all remaining Collapse Energy missiles fired at them and had an officer arrested for questioning the order.
• Petrov deployed the Flame-Chaser Warrior company while garrison troops and drone mechs fought to cover the retreat against the advancing Honkai Beast horde.
• After Parvati’s forces wiped out the defenders at Area C, aircraft carrying the Flame-Chaser Warriors roared toward the battlefield.
• The narration contrasted Second-generation Flame-Chaser Warriors’ power with that of the First generation, noting that only Hua among the more than ten thousand Second-generation warriors had reached Serpent-class.

As the Honkai Beast Tide ravaged settlements around the world, Moth to Fire and the Necromancer’s forces fought to contain it while Dr. Mei prepared to confront the Herrscher of the End. The chapter left Moth to Fire preparing a lunar rocket, with launch expected no sooner than twenty-seven hours.

• Lieutenant General Petrov sent Second-generation Flame-Chaser Warriors after Emperor-class Honkai Beasts while escort fighters battled Flying Honkai Beasts; one squad killed Parvati but lost two warriors, and other squads reported their targets defeated.
• Lieutenant General Petrov continued directing Murmansk’s defense as reports came in, while the Honkai Beast Tide struck human settlements across the globe.
• Sesha defended Canberra, Hanuman destroyed a Honkai Beast Legion near Vill-V’s base, and Mogara crushed the Honkai Beasts threatening Brisbane and Mobius’s laboratory.
• Kevin, Su, and Kalpas protected Moth to Fire headquarters, and Kalpas incinerated the Honkai Beasts attempting to reach Tasmania.
• Dr. Mei learned that the Necromancer would join Moth to Fire in traveling to the Moon to fight the Herrscher of the End, and ordered preparations for the lunar rocket.
• A technician told Dr. Mei that launch preparations would take at least twenty-seven hours, and she accepted the delay.

As the Herrscher of the End approached, Padofelis buried her treasures in the ruins of Dusk Street before choosing to face the threat with Moth to Fire. Moros agreed to join the battle on the moon, and Extreme Evil asked to fight beside him.

• Padofelis buried her treasured possessions in a remnant of Dusk Street, then left determined to join Moth to Fire.
• After Canberra relayed Dr. Mei’s request, Moros agreed to travel to the moon and face the Herrscher of the End with Moth to Fire.
• Moros reassured the worried Vill-V, Mobius, Elysia, and Eden that he would return safely, and he made a pinky promise with Vill-V.
• Vill-V asked to join Moros in the battle, revealing that Extreme Evil was controlling her body.
• Extreme Evil pressed Moros to answer whether he would let her fight alongside him.

Moros prepared his undead army and fleet for the coming battle against the Herrscher of the End, while Dr. Mei ordered Moth to Fire’s Ark to launch as a contingency. The Charon-class fleet headed for the moon, and the Ark rose into space as the story shifted to New Atra.

• Moros accepted that Extreme Evil, Mobius, Elysia, and Eden would fight alongside him, but forbade them from confronting the Herrscher of the End directly.
• Moros converted his remaining recruited troops into undead, raising his Undead Legion above 1.2 million, and arranged for the troops to board his fleet.
• Moros committed his remaining funds to building a fleet of twenty-four Paris-class Heavy Frigates for the planned assault on the Herrscher of the End.
• After three hours of loading, Moros opened a Demiplane passage above Canberra and sent 120 Charon-class Light Frigates, carrying 600,000 undead, toward the moon.
• Dr. Mei ordered Moth to Fire to launch the Ark, and its blue-haired pilot sent the spacecraft rising toward space.

Moros and his allies arrived at New Atra and Mobius subdued the rioting residents, allowing the Undead Legion to begin deploying on the moon. Dr. Mei chose to support the buildup against the Herrscher of the End, while the Cocoon of Finality observed the preparations; twenty-seven hours later, Pardofelis and Prometheus Seventeen prepared for a rocket launch.

• Elysia asked Moros to stop the slaughter in New Atra, and Mobius offered to help if Elysia cooperated with one of her experiments.
• Mobius used controlled Collapse Energy lightning to knock out New Atra’s residents, and Moros began unloading six hundred thousand Undead Troops onto the lunar surface.
• Dr. Mei monitored New Atra, accepted Mobius’s intervention, and ordered the Moonlight Throne and a company of Second-generation Flame-Chaser Warriors to establish a safe base for Kevin and the others.
• The Cocoon of Finality observed Moth to Fire and Moros’s preparations and allowed its plan for the Herrscher of the End’s descent to continue.
• Twenty-seven hours later, Pardofelis asked Prometheus Seventeen whether Kevin needed a seat belt, and Prometheus Seventeen warned her about the rocket’s launch vibrations.

With the Herrscher of the End due to descend in an hour, Dr. Mei ordered Moth to Fire to full readiness while Moros deployed his undead forces on the moon. Ten minutes before the End’s arrival, Moros finished preparations and announced that he was leaving, as Vill-V vowed to stay with him.

• Kalpas bristled under Apponia’s Discipline, but Kevin’s intervention kept the Serpent-class Flame-Chaser Warriors from turning against one another.
• Moros’s fleet reached New Atra, and he deployed his undead troops while the Moonlight Throne and Moth to Fire forces stood by.
• Dr. Mei’s calculations showed that the Herrscher of the End would descend in one hour, so she ordered Su to alert combat units and the Serpent-class Flame-Chaser Warriors.
• Rising Collapse Energy and Honkai Beast attacks overwhelmed New Atra’s defenses and medical resources, while fear and despair spread among its residents.
• Ten minutes before the descent, Moros completed his forces’ preparations and told Vill-V, Elysia, Eden, and Mobius that he was departing; Vill-V promised to remain with him.

Moros arrived at New Atra as the Herrscher of the End appeared, and watched her effortlessly destroy the city’s automated defenses. He realized that neither the city’s weapons nor the Flame-Chasers could defeat her through a prolonged battle, leaving him to reconsider how they could win.

• Id, Elysia, Eden, and Mobius each expressed their love and support for Moros before he teleported away.
• The Herrscher of the End appeared above New Atra, and Moros recognized her as an opponent at the Demigod Limit.
• Moros strengthened his 1.2 million undead troops while New Atra’s automated defenses launched a probing barrage at the Herrscher of the End.
• The Herrscher of the End pierced New Atra’s defenses and destroyed its primary Collapse Energy Reactor, then endured the city’s remaining attacks without harm.
• The Herrscher of the End struck another reactor area, forcing the management AI to ration backup power as New Atra’s defenses failed.
• Moros concluded that the Herrscher of the End’s Collapse Energy control made a war of attrition hopeless and that the Flame-Chasers alone could not defeat her.

The Flame-Chasers launched a coordinated assault on the Herrscher of the End, but she effortlessly resisted them and devastated their forces. On Earth, Dr. Mei learned that Pardofelis was in position for the Cocoon of Finality infiltration plan, though the chance of opening its door was almost zero.

• Pardofelis reached her assigned position on the moon while the Herrscher of the End ignored her, and Dr. Mei instructed her to wait.
• The Herrscher of the End destroyed New Atra's remaining weapons and backup reactors, forcing its management AI to conserve power for life support.
• Kevin used the Seven Thunders of Purity as a feint while Apponia, Kalpas, Kosma, Hua, and a company of Flame-Chasers attacked the Herrscher of the End.
• The Herrscher of the End stopped the attacks with her Collapse Energy Shield and killed most of the Second-generation Flame-Chaser company with a single ray.
• Dr. Mei urged the command center not to despair and learned that Pardofelis had reached the location needed for the infiltration plan, but opening the Cocoon of Finality's door was almost impossible.

Dr. Mei sent Pardofelis to open the gate to the Cocoon of Finality, then sacrificed New Atra’s life-support power to launch Prometheus Seventeen into the Cocoon’s realm. As Prometheus touched the Cocoon and completed her mission, Kevin and the other Flame-Chasers struggled against the Herrscher of the End, prompting Kalpas to unleash Cognitive Mutation.

• Dr. Mei connected with Pardofelis and urged her to continue toward the rift, while Pardofelis resolved not to run away again.
• Pardofelis entered the Cocoon’s realm and opened the gate despite its warning, then was swallowed by Collapse Energy.
• Prometheus Seventeen boarded the aircraft, and Dr. Mei redirected power from New Atra’s life-support system to launch it through the gate.
• Prometheus crossed into the Cocoon’s realm, endured its intense Collapse Energy, and touched the Cocoon as her Soul Steel Body began to disintegrate.
• Kevin, Kalpas, Kosma, Hua, and Apponia were overwhelmed by the Herrscher of the End, so Kevin asked Kalpas for help.
• Kalpas transformed into a mass of fire and unleashed Cognitive Mutation, trading his sanity for greater power.

After Kalpas was frozen by the Herrscher of the End, Moros committed his forces to the battle and launched a massive fleet barrage. The Herrscher of the End redirected the attack toward the fleet, but Moros countered with a Town Portal spell, prompting her to prepare a demonstration of the Herrscher of Void’s authority.

• The Herrscher of the End used Absolute Zero to freeze Kalpas, while Kevin, Kosma, Hua, and Apponia resolved to keep fighting.
• Moros ordered the Artificial Soul Aggregates to deploy 120 Charon-class Light Frigates and fire Collapse Energy Rays and missiles at the Herrscher of the End.
• Moros sent Vill-V, Elysia, Eden, and Mobius toward the near side of the moon, while Sakura and Ling joined the fleet near the battlefield.
• The Herrscher of the End swallowed the fleet’s attack through a portal and redirected it behind the Charon-class Light Frigates.
• Moros cast Town Portal to absorb the redirected barrage and send it back toward the Herrscher of the End.
• The Herrscher of the End recognized that Moros’s portal used a different system from her own and began to demonstrate the true authority of the Herrscher of Void.

Moros continued probing the Herrscher of the End while Kevin and the Flame-Chaser Warriors battled the Honkai Beast tide on the moon. Kevin and Dr. Mei joined forces with Moros, whose concealed Phantom Forces enabled three Moonlight Throne beams to threaten the Herrscher of the End’s shield.

• The Herrscher of the End redirected Moros’s attacks toward the Undead Legion, but Moros returned them with Town Portal while keeping his trump cards hidden.
• The Herrscher of the End summoned thousands of Honkai Beasts to occupy Kevin, Hua, Kosma, and Apponia as her duel with Moros intensified.
• Kevin and the others fought off the Honkai Beasts, and Kevin persuaded Kosma to help support Moros despite their hostility toward him.
• Dr. Mei fired the Moonlight Throne at the Herrscher of the End, but she swallowed the beam into Imaginary Space.
• Moros used Armageddon to mask his tactic, and three concealed Paris-class Heavy Frigates fired Moonlight Throne beams toward the Herrscher of the End.

Moros, Kevin, and Kosma battered the Herrscher of the End with coordinated attacks until Moros unleashed an empowered Soul Torrent alongside Moonlight Throne beams, badly injuring her. The Herrscher of the End reversed time across the battlefield, but Moros's Time Distortion Field resisted her authority, and she prepared to attack him directly.

• Kevin and Kosma joined Moros's fight against the Herrscher of the End, helping wear down her Collapse Energy Shield.
• Moros replenished his mana, warned Kevin and Kosma to evade downward, and prepared a Legendary Spell using Soul Crystals.
• Moros struck the Herrscher of the End with three empowered Soul Torrents as three Moonlight Throne beams shattered her shield and burned her with converted Collapse Energy.
• The Herrscher of the End began reversing time to restore herself and undo the attacks, but Moros's Time Distortion Field preserved its own domain.
• The Herrscher of the End recognized Moros as a serious threat and drew on her remaining Collapse Energy to restrain and attack him.

Moros fought the Herrscher of the End with Kevin and Kosma, freeing the two heroes from her time-bound world and briefly suppressing her. As the battle of attrition turned against them, Moros prepared another trump card and asked Kevin and Kosma to hold her off for fifteen seconds; they moved into close combat to buy him time.

• Moros used his Time Distortion Field to free Kevin and Kosma from the Herrscher of the End’s temporal confinement, and they joined his attack.
• Moros, Kevin, and Kosma temporarily suppressed the Herrscher of the End, but her shield and wounds kept recovering while their mana and undead forces dwindled.
• Moros decided to reveal another trump card and expanded his time domain, ordering Kevin and Kosma to hold the Herrscher of the End back for fifteen seconds.
• Kevin and Kosma charged the Herrscher of the End, but when she turned her attention toward Moros, they chose to engage her at close range.