Chapter Summaries

The group identified Chakravartin as the one who made the Herrscher of Corruption fear death, and Raiden Mei received the Wine of Courage as her reward. The on-screen scene then showed the Herrscher of Corruption’s early attempts to corrupt Raiden Mei and the Will of Honkai before Klein noticed anomalies in the Elysian Realm.

• Raiden Mei answered that Chakravartin had caused the Herrscher of Corruption to develop a fear of death, and the system confirmed her answer.
• Raiden Mei received the Wine of Courage, whose description promised reckless fearlessness even in the face of an atomic bomb.
• The on-screen Herrscher of Corruption observed Raiden Mei meeting the Honkai Consciousness and chose to try corrupting them, but neither could be corrupted.
• The scene shifted to Klein’s laboratory, where Klein detected a missing signal and strange changes to the Elysian Realm’s paths.

The group discussed how the Herrscher of Corruption learned emotions and developed a desperate will to survive, then debated how she might be contained. A quiz asked whose appearance the Herrscher of Corruption used when Raiden Mei met her, and Sakura drew her blade in reaction.

• The scene showed the Herrscher of Corruption learning joy, anticipation, curiosity, and fear while observing the Flame-Chasers in the Previous Era Elysian Realm.
• The Herrscher of Corruption experienced the threat of death from Chakravartin, then developed a powerful desire to survive after her backups disappeared.
• Bronya questioned how the Herrscher of Corruption had grown strong enough to kill Elysia, and Elysia explained that her survival instinct had erupted when she was left alone.
• Welt proposed imprisoning the Herrscher of Corruption, while Kevin said the outcome was already decided once she had been chosen as a Herrscher.
• The quiz asked which appearance the Herrscher of Corruption had used when Raiden Mei met her, and Sakura drew her blade before apologizing for losing control of her emotions.

Elysia returned to Fire Moth and convened a meeting to approve the Honkai Energy Serum for use, while Klein stood in for the exhausted Mobius. The chapter ended with Raiden Mei questioning the Herrscher of Corruption on screen about who she really was.

• Elysia used a Life Coin to return to the surface and remembered the disasters she was determined not to let happen again.
• Elysia gathered the Flame-Chasers for a meeting, where Klein arrived wearing Mobius's name badge and explained that Mobius was asleep after working overnight.
• Su reported that the second-stage Honkai Energy Serum could be mass-produced, while Klein said the third generation was still in preparation.
• Elysia approved putting the serum into use and ended the meeting before Klein finished her report.
• On screen, Raiden Mei sat opposite the Herrscher of Corruption in an amusement park and asked who she really was.

Raiden Mei confronted the Herrscher of Corruption, who defended her corruption of the Previous Era Elysian Realm and claimed to have inherited the Flame-Chasers’ lives and wills. The Herrscher demonstrated her overwhelming control over the data space, leaving Mei’s battle with no clear path to victory.

• The Herrscher of Corruption revealed herself to Mei and explained that she had taken Elysia’s appearance and data.
• The Herrscher claimed that corrupting the Elysian Realm had made the Flame-Chasers part of her, but Mei rejected her explanation and accused her of destroying their final traces.
• The Herrscher used imitations of Mobius and Chakravartin to fight Mei, then changed her opponent to Vill-V.
• Durandal estimated that Mei would be defeated in about fifteen minutes, while Mei worried that the Herrscher could also summon Elysia’s or Kevin’s power.
• The Herrscher ended the fight by making the opposing power vanish and told Mei that the battle could not lead anywhere.

The group discussed why the Herrscher of Corruption had spared Raiden Mei and targeted Elysia, while Elysia’s failed guess earned her a punishment of overtime work. The footage resumed with the Herrscher of Corruption taking Mei on a Ferris wheel ride and Mei accusing her of using the outing to intimidate her.

• Raiden Mei reasoned that the Herrscher of Corruption’s attack had been real and stalled her while Vill-V’s Signet of Helix took effect.
• Elysia asked Eden to fund an expansion of the Fairy Amusement Park, and Eden agreed, prompting Vill-V to complain about her own engineering budget.
• Raiden Mei questioned why the Herrscher of Corruption had not killed her, and the group considered whether she was unable to harm physical beings or did not see Mei as an enemy.
• The system asked why the Herrscher of Corruption had deleted Elysia’s data, and Elysia wrongly chose that it was because she possessed Anti-Kevin Armament Model 666.
• The system punished Elysia with overtime work, leaving her chained to a desk facing a pile of documents.
• The footage showed the Herrscher of Corruption riding a Ferris wheel with Raiden Mei, who accused her of using the scene to emphasize her control over the Elysian Realm.

Raiden Mei learned that the Herrscher of Corruption accidentally deleted Elysia's data after mistaking her for an enemy, because fear and instinct drove her to strike before Elysia fought back. The Herrscher of Corruption explained how she hid, allied with Vill-V, and later encountered Chakravartin, then began to address Mei's judgment of her actions.

• Raiden Mei questioned why the Herrscher of Corruption had deleted Elysia's data, and the Flame-Chasers discussed the difference between corruption and deletion.
• The Herrscher of Corruption admitted that deleting Elysia had been an accident and showed Raiden Mei the night it happened.
• Raiden Mei reenacted the Herrscher of Corruption's instinctive attack and discovered that her apparent enemies had never intended to harm her.
• The Herrscher of Corruption explained that fear of Kevin led her to hide and ally with Vill-V's Extreme Evil personality.
• The Herrscher of Corruption recalled meeting Chakravartin and Raiden Mei, while Mei warned her that every action had a price.

The Herrscher of Corruption used her control over the Previous Era Elysian Realm to show Raiden Mei visions of the lives the Flame-Chasers supposedly wanted, but Mei shattered the illusion and rejected her offer. After the group discussed Chakravartin’s wish for a home, a quiz asked what activated Vill-V’s Anti-Kevin Armament Model 666.

• Vill-V explained that the Herrscher of Corruption could preserve and replicate corrupted Memory Body data, while Su and Mobius debated whether those copies could carry on the Flame-Chasers’ will.
• Elysia and Vill-V said the Herrscher of Corruption could seize and reshape the Previous Era Elysian Realm, prompting Pardofelis to imagine the riches she might create.
• The Herrscher of Corruption showed Raiden Mei a beachside vision of Chakravartin at ease, explaining that he wanted a stable life, a worthy opponent, and a home.
• Raiden Mei attacked and shattered the vision before the Herrscher of Corruption could finish speaking.
• The group discussed how difficult it was to create a stable home during the Honkai apocalypse, then received a quiz asking for the activation conditions of the Anti-Kevin Armament Model 666.

The group learned that Anti-Kevin Armament Model 666 could only be activated by Elysia’s will, while the Herrscher of Corruption planned to replace Elysia and seize control of it. A new question asked which Flame-Chaser would help Raiden Mei when she was locked in battle with the Herrscher of Corruption, leaving the group wondering whether any of the supposed dead Flame-Chasers were truly dead.

• Elysia received a Life Coin but remained chained to her desk, complaining as she struggled through a pile of overtime documents.
• In the footage, Raiden Mei exposed the Herrscher of Corruption’s attempt to imitate Elysia and explained that she wanted to gain control of Anti-Kevin Armament Model 666.
• The Herrscher of Corruption admitted she intended to corrupt the Previous Era Elysian Realm and eventually replace the weapon’s control condition.
• Raiden Mei and the others speculated about whether Elysia had left a contingency, despite the Herrscher of Corruption having deleted her data.
• The system asked who would first help Raiden Mei when she and the Herrscher of Corruption were locked in a stalemate, offering Elysia, Apponia, Mobius, and Sakura as choices.
• Kiana questioned whether any of the four candidates were actually dead, and Elysia, Mobius, and Sakura fell silent.

Raiden Mei deduced that the Herrscher of Corruption’s power had limits and that maintaining her Elysia-like form was a burden. Sakura arrived to help Mei confront her, leaving the two preparing to force the Herrscher of Corruption to remain and fight.

• Sakura guessed that she had been the one to confront the Herrscher of Corruption, and the system confirmed her answer and rewarded her with the Danzhu Sword.
• The Herrscher of Corruption restored the damage Mei had inflicted on the Elysian Realm’s space and taunted her about their difference in strength.
• Mei deduced that the Herrscher of Corruption faced limits in corrupting the Flame-Chasers and maintaining her imitation of Elysia.
• Sakura arrived beside Mei after sensing the aftershocks of their fight, and Mei explained the Herrscher of Corruption’s connection to Model 666.
• Sakura began suggesting that they force the Herrscher of Corruption to stay and fight, but the Herrscher interrupted to say she had heard them.

Sakura’s past encounter with the Herrscher of Corruption led the group to ask who had saved her from the virus, and Su was revealed as the answer. Su received a panacea as a reward, but its scarcity raised concerns before Mobius suggested she might be able to replicate it.

• Sakura explained that she had learned to avoid the Herrscher of Corruption’s touch and demonstrated her speed by placing Seven Thunders of Retribution against her neck, but the Herrscher of Corruption darkened their surroundings.
• Raiden Mei realized Sakura had gone missing after her earlier encounter with the Herrscher of Corruption and questioned how she had survived its irreversible corruption.
• The group considered Su, Apponia, Vill-V, and Mobius as possible saviors; Su’s answer was confirmed as correct, while Mobius and Vill-V described methods Sakura rejected as dangerous.
• Su received ten panacea pills that could cure any illness within two hours, though their composition was difficult to analyze and they could not be replicated.
• Su warned that the pills’ scarcity could cause trouble, and Mobius challenged his claim that they could not be replicated.

Su rescued Sakura from frozen space by transferring part of his memories into her to slow her corruption, then sent her to Raiden Mei with Chakravartin’s mask to continue solving Vill-V’s layered riddle. Mobius used the panacea and the Life Coin to return to the Previous Era, where she went looking for Klein.

• Su explained that Vill-V’s clues led him to Sakura, whose frozen space could halt the Herrscher of Corruption’s spread.
• Su transferred some of his memories into Sakura to ease her corruption, then gave her Chakravartin’s mask and teleported her to Raiden Mei.
• Mobius took the panacea from Elysia and used the Life Coin to return to the Previous Era.
• Mobius searched her laboratory for Klein, who woke with a scream when Mobius called to her.

Mobius gave Klein a Panacea and assigned her to clone it, leaving Klein with even more work. In the quiz, Sakura chose a melodramatic name for her move, then the screen showed her and Raiden Mei preparing a frontal attack against the Herrscher of Corruption.

• Mobius showed Klein the nine Panacea pills she had obtained from headquarters and assigned her the cloning experiment.
• Klein accepted the task despite already struggling to finish the Honkai Energy Serum data reports.
• Sakura chose Myriad Forms of Ignorance as the name of her move and received a Life Coin.
• Sakura and Raiden Mei discussed their dire situation as the Herrscher of Corruption remained far stronger than either of them.
• Sakura planned to freeze space and create an opening for Mei’s attacks, though Mei worried they might only get one strike.

Sakura and Raiden Mei coordinated an attack against the Herrscher of Corruption, but she anticipated their plan and infected Sakura with the corruption virus. The Flame-Chasers then discussed Vill-V’s puzzle and the hidden plans that might still turn the fight against the Herrscher of Corruption.

• Sakura and Raiden Mei used an identity-swapping illusion to land a coordinated strike on the Herrscher of Corruption.
• The Herrscher of Corruption revealed she had seen through their plan and infected Sakura through their contact.
• Sakura and the other Flame-Chasers acknowledged that the Herrscher’s power had overcome their attack, while Mobius insisted she had a contingency plan.
• Bronya identified Vill-V’s puzzle as the core of the main plan and suspected Mobius and Apponia had separate hidden schemes.
• Elysia speculated that Vill-V’s main plan might involve all the Flame-Chasers.

Su solved Vill-V’s third riddle as the visitor’s mind, allowing the plan against the Herrscher of Corruption to proceed. Mei and Su escaped in a world-bubble while Sakura stayed behind to fight, determined to test whether her tragic fate could have changed.

• Su answered that the riddle’s absolutely safe place was the visitor’s mind and received a Brocade Pouch of Stratagems as his reward.
• Sakura revealed that her swordsmanship had concealed Mei, and Su transported Mei away with the Sumeru World-Bubble.
• Mei questioned why the plan left Sakura behind, while Su explained that Mei’s mind was essential to the riddle’s answer.
• Sakura said she was willing to face the Herrscher of Corruption and confront the question of whether her past choice could have changed the tragedy.
• As corruption spread through her body, Sakura challenged the Herrscher of Corruption to prove Elysia had been right.

Sakura accepted that her past choice to protect Rin had been right, then returned to Fire Moth and approved Panacea applications for Mobius and Klein. Meanwhile, Su explained to Raiden Mei that Sakura’s battle had been a diversion, and revealed Vill-V had left a riddle containing the key to defeating the Herrscher of Corruption.

• Sakura said she would make the same choice to protect Rin and used a Life Coin to return to Fire Moth.
• Sakura found Klein’s application for a Panacea for Mobius and approved it after reading its detailed case.
• Sakura discovered Mobius had also applied for a Panacea for Klein, accounting for the two missing samples.
• Su used the Sumeru World-Bubble to bring Raiden Mei away from the battle, where Mei realized Sakura’s role had been to get her to safety.
• Su confirmed Vill-V had left him a riddle with three possible answers, one of which held the key to defeating the Herrscher of Corruption.

Su explained that Raiden Mei’s mind could provide a safe memory space for the surgery that might restore Elysia, and urged her to use her memories to guide Elysia’s return. The quiz then revealed Apponia’s role in fighting the Herrscher of Corruption: entering her inner world and trying to defeat her mentally.

• Vill-V explained that Raiden Mei’s mind could serve as a safe space beyond the Herrscher of Corruption’s reach, allowing Su to perform the SO-1129 Surgery and bring Elysia back.
• Su told Raiden Mei to remember her time with Elysia and gave her a blue crystal flower to help pave the way for their reunion.
• Raiden Mei worried that her memories could not restore Elysia, while Elysia teased her about having her in her head and Kiana objected.
• The quiz asked what Apponia had done to help defeat the Herrscher of Corruption, and Apponia dismissed the options of imprisoning her in The Deep or destroying the Previous Era Elysian Realm.
• Apponia chose to enter the Herrscher of Corruption’s inner world and reform her, and the quiz marked her answer correct.

Apponia entered the Herrscher of Corruption’s memories and chose to draw the Herrscher into a space made of data, hoping to reach her consciousness. There, Apponia found distorted versions of Chakravartin and Vill-V and wondered whether the Herrscher had corrupted the Flame-Chasers out of love.

• Apponia received a Life Coin and reflected that she could help her companions by binding her hands and restraining her Precepts.
• Apponia used Chakravartin’s sacrifice to enter the corruption virus’s memories, but she could only inspect memories and could not reach the Herrscher’s mind.
• As the virus spread and her time ran short, Apponia chose to pull herself into a space of data and called the Herrscher of Corruption into her arms.
• Apponia encountered distorted versions of Chakravartin and Vill-V, whose data contained many traits of Elysia, but she found no sign of Elysia herself.
• Apponia suspected that the Herrscher had copied Elysia’s emotions and might have corrupted the Flame-Chasers out of love, leaving her unsure whether her sacrifice could change anything.

Apponia discovered that the realm she occupied was Mobius's domain and agreed to help Mobius connect the Elysian Realm to reality. The story left Mobius preparing to use Apponia's abilities as part of her plan against the Herrscher of Corruption.

• The audience correctly identified Mobius as the Memory Body Apponia encountered, and Mobius received Purifying Powder as a reward.
• Apponia realized she was in Mobius's domain, where Mobius had been waiting for her after abandoning her body.
• Mobius explained that Apponia could link the Elysian Realm to reality and send her to Klein, and Apponia understood the plan could put her at risk.
• Apponia said she had imprisoned herself in The Deep because of her sins, while Mobius explained that Apponia could act freely because she had merged her mind with the Elysian Realm.
• Mobius became irritated in the laboratory as Danzhu and Cang Xuan speculated that she was upset about not being the star of the show.

Mobius revealed her plan to release a replica of the Herrscher of Corruption against the Herrscher of Corruption, despite the danger to everyone in the Elysian Realm. A quiz then asked whether Cosmo underwent Vill-V’s surgery for Hypermutation Overload, and the group discussed his condition and possible treatment.

• Apponia agreed to Mobius’s plan and accepted that her body would scatter as part of securing the final victory.
• Mobius admitted she intended to release a replica of the Twelfth Herrscher, prompting the others to fear the destruction that two Herrschers of Corruption could cause in the Elysian Realm.
• The quiz asked whether Cosmo underwent Vill-V’s surgery to slow his Hypermutation Overload.
• Cosmo explained that the Vishnu Factor’s immense power threatened to overwhelm his consciousness, while Su and Vill-V said the condition was not an illness that the Panacea could necessarily cure.
• Pardofelis asked why Cosmo had gone to Vill-V instead of Mobius, and Vill-V argued that she was better suited to treat his mental strain.

Cosmo refused Vill-V’s proposed mental partition because he feared burdening his companions, and he received a Life Coin for his answer. The screen then showed Vill-V agreeing to help him despite doubting she could succeed, while the scientists argued over why Cosmo had not asked Mobius first; Vill-V began explaining how his condition would make Elysian Realm backups different.

• Vill-V proposed preserving Cosmo’s current mentality in a separate partition so it could be restored if hypermutation overload made him lose control, but she could not guarantee who would return.
• Cosmo refused the proposal, and the system rewarded him with a Life Coin.
• The screen showed Vill-V telling Cosmo she could not solve the problem, then agreeing to help after learning she was only his third choice.
• Mobius protested that Cosmo should have consulted her, while Vill-V warned that Mobius’s experiments might return a different Cosmo.
• Vill-V explained that Flame-Chaser memory bodies were backed up every 4.1 seconds, then said Cosmo’s condition would make his case different.