Chapter Summaries

Moros, Vill-V, and Mobius discovered that their artificial humans had extremely fragile souls, but Moros insisted on continuing the Venus Colony plan for its role in rebuilding his soul supply. After agreeing to let the artificial humans live out their natural lifespans, Vill-V and Mobius redesigned their system to improve soul quality and expand the colony.

• Balloon City took shape in Venus's atmosphere, protected by powerful technological and magical defenses and supported by a self-sustaining ecosystem.
• Moros discovered that the first artificial humans had souls far weaker than those of ordinary humans, so Mobius suspended further production.
• Moros said he could not create stronger souls and suggested the artificial humans' souls lacked the growth that came from natural selection and experience.
• Moros rejected abandoning the Venus Colony plan but agreed not to harvest the artificial humans before the ends of their natural lifespans after Vill-V and Mobius objected to mass slaughter.
• Vill-V redesigned the Artificial Wombs to give newborns trials in virtual reality, while Mobius improved production efficiency and expanded the colony's ecosystem.

Moros, Vill-V, and Dr. Mobius welcomed a second batch of artificial humans whose souls had improved enough to refine Soul Crystals, though they still planned to pursue further breakthroughs. Renee began a day in Balloon City surrounded by friendly residents and arrived at the community center.

• Vill-V and Dr. Mobius completed the Artificial Womb system and Balloon City renovations, and Moros found that the second batch of artificial humans had significantly improved souls.
• Moros explained that their souls had reached the level of low-intelligence creatures and showed how the improvement had reduced the number needed to refine a low-grade Soul Crystal.
• Vill-V and Dr. Mobius resolved to keep researching soul quality, while Elysia, Eden, and Griseo supported the artificial humans as members of humanity.
• Renee greeted Mr. Sean and a group of children on her way through Balloon City, then received a bouquet from a young woman who had cultivated the flowers.
• Renee continued to the community center, where the chapter ended as she arrived at its entrance.

Renee’s routine in Balloon City showed how artificial humans lived, while Vill-V and Mobius expanded the Venus Colony and prepared defenses against the Cocoon of Finality. Moros gave the colony access to his fleet, then returned to magical research as he pursued the strength needed for true freedom.

• Renee planned her district’s monthly ingredient supply, ate with colleagues, and visited the Sky Garden and observation deck with friends.
• Vill-V and Mobius filled Balloon City’s residential district with one hundred thousand artificial humans after Moros approved the second batch’s soul quality.
• Vill-V and Mobius developed plans for automated defenses and biological weapons after recognizing that the colony could not withstand a Honkai Judgment unaided.
• Vill-V, Mobius, Elysia, and Eden accepted Moros’s fleet to patrol Balloon City but declined his Undead Troops because their Death Mana could kill residents.
• Moros handed command of his fleet to the four women and resumed magical research, seeking enough strength to choose his own path.

Moros advanced several magical disciplines to High Legendary while balancing his research with time spent with his lovers. After a natural death in Balloon City confirmed that Venus Colony’s soul collection system worked, he went to the Venus Giant Dome, where a magical performance was about to begin.

• Moros studied magical techniques and raised Enlightenment and Sorcery to High Legendary, greatly improving his Mana and casting speed.
• Moros raised Dark Magic, Summoning Magic, Destruction Magic, and Light Magic to High Legendary, then verified their increased spell power in battle.
• An elderly artificial human died naturally in Balloon City, and the Territory-level Soul Collection Array absorbed his soul.
• Moros saw the array’s stored soul count rise from zero to one and confirmed that the colony’s soul supply system worked.
• Moros teleported to the Venus Giant Dome to share his good news and arrived as the audience awaited a magical performance.

Moros watched Vill-V perform a spectacular magic show, then reunited with her and his other beloved women. Over the following months, he advanced his magical techniques and turned his attention to mastering alchemy and Potions Master.

• Moros watched Vill-V appear at the Venus Giant Dome and reveal a Magic Battle Tank from her top hat using hidden technology.
• Vill-V drove the tank toward the audience before it exploded in a carefully controlled display that left everyone unharmed.
• Vill-V performed a series of dazzling illusions and received a standing ovation before Moros teleported backstage to find her.
• After sharing his joy with Vill-V, Elysia, Eden, and Mobius, Moros devoted himself to magical study.
• Over seventeen months, Moros raised War machines and Logistics to the High Legendary rank, then began focusing on alchemy and Potions Master.

Moros advanced his alchemy and potion-making, greatly increased his mana, and studied the High Mana needed to reach Demigod Limit. He also reviewed the kinds of gods in the Entagria Continent, leaving the story focused on the power he needed to attain before the Cocoon of Finality could threaten him.

• Moros developed the Soul Forge, which refined low-rank Soul Crystals into higher-rank crystals, and created the Eternal Youth Potion.
• Moros used Soul Crystals to offset the experience costs of making magical artifacts and potions, aided by the soul supply system after the Venus Colony's reconstruction.
• Moros's Knowledge rose to 208 and his mana reserves to 31,200, but he decided he still needed to become a Demigod Limit caster to face future threats.
• Moros learned from Graveyard faction Magic Tomes that Demigod Limit power depended on transforming ordinary mana into High Mana.
• Moros reviewed the three kinds of gods and recalled how Dragon of Light Elaras used humanity's faith to defeat Dragon of Sky Iras and take the position of humanity's chief god of faith.

Moros began transforming the Death Mana in his body into High Mana, the crucial step toward reaching the peak of demigodhood. After five years of secluded effort in a protected Demiplane, he remained committed to the transformation while concealing its nature from those around him.

• Moros used the Necropolis faction’s ancient notes and Magic Tomes to learn how to refine Death Mana into High Mana.
• He began the arduous transformation, which consumed his mana and focus and left him with only the strength of a level 21 Legendary Rank spellcaster.
• Moros chose to undertake the five-year process in the relatively safe Venus Colony Balloon City, where outside threats were less likely to interrupt him.
• He concealed his weakened state and transformation from Vill-V, Elysia, Eden, Mobius, and the Cocoon of Finality.
• With support from the Archlich Mage Corps, Moros used protective magic arrays and Mobius’s plants to create potions that sustained his transformation.
• Moros spent five years secluded in his Demiplane refining High Mana, occasionally checking on Balloon City and the Solar System and sharing time with his four partners.

After completing his five-year transformation, Moros reached the Demigod Limit and celebrated his success with Vill-V and the others. A population warning then prompted Moros, Vill-V, and Mobius to plan a second Venus colony, with heavy industry and the residents’ ability to defend themselves still under discussion.

• Moros completed the transformation of his Death Mana into High Mana and reached peak demigod strength.
• Moros told Vill-V he had succeeded, and she embraced him and shared in his joy.
• Moros, Vill-V, and Mobius learned Balloon City's population would reach its 300,000 capacity in seven and a half years.
• Moros, Vill-V, and Mobius agreed to build a new Balloon City rather than control population growth.
• Vill-V and Mobius discussed the new colony's location and supplies while Moros prepared to provide magical protection.
• Vill-V asked Moros and Mobius whether the new colony should include heavy industry to help its residents defend themselves.

Moros agreed to give the new Venus Colony limited military power after Vill-V and Mobius argued that the settlement needed to defend itself and become a complete civilization. As construction began, the Cocoon of Finality discovered that Moros had become an Emanator and traced his growth to the Demiplane, while Moros remained unaware of its attention.

• Vill-V proposed giving the new Venus Colony a degree of military power, and Mobius supported her reasoning.
• Moros agreed to the proposal but insisted that they proceed cautiously to avoid creating a new crisis.
• Moros created a barrier wall on Venus and opened a portal to the Demiplane so the colony's construction could draw on its materials and labor.
• The Cocoon of Finality noticed Moros's Emanator-level power and used its control over time to examine his history.
• The Cocoon of Finality identified the Demiplane as an anomaly in Moros's growth, while Moros remained unaware of its scrutiny.

Moros completed Soul Resonance and used a battlefield test to confirm that it strengthened his Undead Legion, then spent two and a half years developing Resonance Power: Legion Ascension. His test of the new technique produced only a 10% increase, leaving him puzzled as he reviewed his research for a possible mistake.

• Moros completed the Venus Colony, celebrated with Vill-V, Mobius, Elysia, Eden, Sakura, and Rin, and returned to magical research in the Demiplane.
• After three months of research, Moros completed Soul Resonance and tested it against a Holy See Church force led by a hero, whose troops the undead defeated within hours.
• Moros measured Soul Resonance's gains at about 5% for High-tier Undead, 10% for Mid-tier Undead, and 20% for Low-tier Undead, then began researching Resonance Power: Legion Ascension.
• Moros completed Resonance Power: Legion Ascension in two and a half years, hoping it would strengthen Legion Power enough to help him strike Saha and capture her.
• Moros tested the new technique by unleashing Soul Torrent on a wild monster force, but found that Legion Power had increased by only 10%, so he reviewed his research for errors.

Fifteen years after the destruction of the Pre-Collapse Civilization, Vill-V arrived at a Venus colony aboard her newly built Halberd-class Destroyer and reunited with Moros. She explained the ship’s capabilities, which greatly surpassed the Paris-class Heavy Frigate in combat performance but carried fewer Undead Troops.

• Vill-V arrived at a Balloon City in Venus’s atmosphere aboard the Halberd-class Destroyer and went to meet Moros.
• Moros welcomed Vill-V at the colony’s administrative center, and they exchanged affectionate greetings.
• Vill-V described the Halberd-class Destroyer’s improved weapons, defenses, and speed compared with the Paris-class Heavy Frigate.
• Vill-V explained that the Halberd-class Destroyer could carry only 250 units of Undead Troops, fewer than the other frigates.

Moros and Vill-V planned the mass production of Halberd-class Destroyers and discussed Moros's shortage of magical resources, which he expected colony taxes to resolve. After improving his magical abilities, Moros opened a gateway to the Sea of Quantum and sent wraiths to gather information about Sa.

• Vill-V explained that shipyards could produce batches of six Halberd-class Destroyers every three months, and Moros discussed their production and deployment with her.
• Moros explained that replicating Graveyard faction unit dwellings had depleted his magical resources, but he expected taxes from Venus's colonies to ease his finances.
• Vill-V comforted Moros and promised to improve colony management while they reaffirmed their commitment to each other.
• After a week with Vill-V, Moros returned to Graveyard City and advanced his Enlightenment Art and four magical disciplines to Demigod Rank.
• Moros gathered hundreds of wraiths, brought them to Venus, and opened a gateway to the Sea of Quantum.
• Moros ordered the wraiths to explore the Sea of Quantum and bring back information about Sa.

Moros sent wraiths into the Sea of Quantum to search for Sa and expanded Venus’s population capacity by building a Balloon City, converting it into a Blacksmith Shop war machine template, and exchanging for a replacement. Meanwhile, Sakura and Ling visited Venus’s largest amusement park, sharing a joyful day together as sisters.

• Moros dispatched a swarm of wraiths into the Sea of Quantum to pursue Sa and opened a portal to the first Balloon City.
• Moros worked with Vill-V and Mobius to construct a Balloon City, then registered it as a war machine template and exchanged Ashan Gold Coins for a new one to house Venus’s growing population.
• Sakura and Ling traveled by civilian spacecraft to Venus’s largest Balloon City and visited its amusement park.
• Sakura and Ling rode the Ferris wheel and shared their trust and devotion to each other as sisters.
• Sakura and Ling enjoyed the roller coaster, carousel, and bumper cars, then walked through the illuminated amusement park as night fell.

Moros sent Sakura to command the Undead Legion in conquering a newly discovered World Bubble, giving her a powerful defensive badge and a fleet. Sakura began the campaign in the Land of the Rising Sun, but after refusing Ling’s insistence on joining her, she stood poised to face the dangers of the mission alone.

• A wraith exploring the Sea of Quantum discovered a World Bubble, and Moros ordered Sakura to lead the Undead Legion in seizing its resources.
• Sakura accepted the mission despite foreseeing its bloodshed, and Moros gave her a protective magical badge and command of the troops.
• Moros sent Sakura through a teleportation gate with the Legion’s main force and twenty-four Paris-class Heavy Frigates, then considered the Sakura Cycle unfolding inside the World Bubble.
• Sakura’s forces rapidly advanced through the Land of the Rising Sun with little resistance, while she visited Heian-kyō and thought sadly of the civilians who would suffer.
• Sakura chose souvenirs for Ling, who had learned about the mission and demanded to accompany her, but Sakura firmly refused to let her come.

Sakura chose a lacquerware gift for Ling before ordering the Undead Troops to invade the Land of the Rising Sun. After the Paris-class Heavy Frigates devastated military strongholds across the country, undead forces emerged through portals and began their ground assault.

• Sakura visited a merchant guild and selected a lacquerware souvenir for Ling.
• Sakura considered intelligence about Yae Village and Yae Sakura before leaving Heian-kyō.
• Sakura issued the order to begin the attack, and twenty-four Paris-class Heavy Frigates bombarded military strongholds across the Land of the Rising Sun.
• Portals opened near cities, and the Undead Troops poured through to attack survivors across the country.
• Sakura watched the bombardment of Heian-kyō from a nearby hill.

Sakura watched Moros’s undead army destroy Heian-kyō before secretly traveling to Yae Village to investigate the evil god worship and the familiar flower that drew her there. Meanwhile, Yae Sakura found Kallen’s strange feathered box in her room and heard a chilling voice address her by name.

• The Collapse Energy Ray broke Heian-kyō’s city shield, and Moros’s undead army overwhelmed the shogunate forces and slaughtered the city’s inhabitants.
• After the last defenders fell, Sakura ordered a Spectral Dragon to carry her toward Yae Village, determined to uncover the mystery behind its evil god worship.
• Sakura landed secretly in a bamboo forest, ordered the Spectral Dragon to stay hidden, and approached Yae Shrine by a concealed trail.
• Yae Sakura returned to her room and found Kallen’s black-and-red feathered box glowing on her bed.
• A chilling voice from the box recognized Yae Sakura, and she reached for her sword and demanded to know how it knew her name.

Yae Sakura took the black-and-red box and received a mysterious power after it exploited her guilt over Rin’s death. Sakura then confronted her, shared her own experience of loss, and asked Yae Sakura to help her face their fate together.

• The black-and-red box blamed Yae Sakura for the monsters and urged her to accept its power, invoking her guilt over Rin’s death.
• Yae Sakura took the box and felt a burning current form a power-granting pattern on her back.
• Kallen entered to retrieve her missing box, and Yae Sakura returned it without revealing what had happened.
• Sakura sealed Yae Sakura’s room with black mist and confronted her about her confession of killing Rin.
• Sakura shared that she had also lost someone dear, easing Yae Sakura’s anger and creating a sense of understanding between them.
• Sakura proposed that they help each other face their fate, leaving Yae Sakura uncertain whether to trust her.

Kallen tried to stop a child sacrifice in Yae Village, but arrived too late and discovered the village’s god was a Honkai Beast. A masked figure bound Kallen and demonstrated control over the beast, leaving her captive and questioning who they were.

• Kallen found Yae Sakura’s note and ate the rice balls she had left for breakfast.
• A little girl begged Kallen to save her younger sister, who had been taken to be sacrificed, and Kallen raced toward Yae Village.
• Yae Sakura blocked Kallen and insisted that nothing could be changed, but Kallen continued to the ritual site.
• Kallen tried to stop the sacrifice, but a Fox-type Honkai Beast crushed the girl and altar, then devoured the girl’s mother.
• Kallen recognized the beast and drew Fairy Bow, but a chain made of Collapse Energy bound her.
• A black-robed figure in a Fox Mask revealed control over the Honkai Beast and taunted Kallen for aiming at it.

Kallen discovered that the Fox-type Honkai Beast worshipped by Yae Village was an ordinary fox corrupted by Collapse Energy, and Ling revealed that she had taken over Yae Sakura’s body. As Ling tried to leave and destroy what Kallen cared about, a pink-haired girl resembling Ling’s sister appeared and effortlessly cut down the beast.

• Kallen broke free of her chains and shot at the mysterious woman after the Fox-type Honkai Beast slaughtered the villagers.
• The woman revealed herself as Ling, who was controlling Yae Sakura’s body, and told Kallen that Sakura had willingly accepted her power.
• Ling rejected Kallen’s demand to leave Sakura and declared that she would destroy everything Kallen wanted to protect.
• A pink-haired girl resembling Ling’s dead sister appeared, and Ling angrily ordered the Fox-type Honkai Beast to attack her.
• The girl, Sakura, drew Imperial Spirit Blade: Frozen Hell Ice Sky and sliced the Fox-type Honkai Beast in two.

Sakura and Kallen defeated Ling, who was controlling Yae Sakura, and stopped her from harming them. Sakura carried the unconscious Yae Sakura to Yae Shrine, while Ling recognized her as her sister and asked why she had returned from the dead.

• Sakura and Kallen fought Ling, with Sakura holding back to avoid injuring Yae Sakura and Kallen disrupting Ling with precise gunfire.
• Ling's attacks weakened as Yae Sakura's body reached its limit for enduring Collapse Energy, and Sakura called for a coordinated finishing strike.
• Kallen's bullets drew Ling's attention, allowing Sakura to strike the back of Yae Sakura's neck and leave her unable to move.
• Kallen realized she could not bring herself to shoot Yae Sakura, while Sakura lifted her and silently made clear she would protect Ling.
• Ling recognized Sakura and asked why she was there when she thought her sister was dead; Sakura carried Yae Sakura toward Yae Shrine, with Kallen following.