Chapter Summaries

Su found Pardofelis in a sweet dream woven by the Herrscher of Corruption, where she had her old appearance without a tail, and she led him to Kevin. After Pardofelis admitted she felt unable to help fight, Elysia comforted her and told her she had already done enough.

• Su noticed that Pardofelis had no tail and realized she was trapped in a dream woven by the Herrscher of Corruption.
• Su asked Pardofelis to find Kevin, and she agreed in exchange for his priceless earring.
• Pardofelis used Thousand Worlds to take Su through a portal to Kevin, who greeted his friend on a rain-soaked bridge.
• Pardofelis fled after bringing Su to Kevin, then admitted she felt too weak to help and began crying over Elysia's death.
• Elysia embraced Pardofelis and told her not to blame herself because she had already sacrificed herself to help Mei find clues.

The Flame-Chasers discussed Vill-V’s final plan, and Elysia correctly identified Pardofelis as its key figure. A recording of Vill-V then appeared beside Pardofelis in the ruins, leaving Pardofelis ready to risk herself to save Elysia.

• Pardofelis admitted she wanted to help avenge Elysia, though she still begged Vill-V not to put her in the most dangerous position.
• Vill-V explained that Kevin, Su, and Raiden Mei each had vital roles in the plan, while the group wondered what Pardofelis could contribute.
• Elysia chose Pardofelis as the plan’s key figure, and the system rewarded Elysia with a Life Coin.
• Kevin and Su agreed to wait for the final link, trusting that Pardofelis’s choice would not change.
• Pardofelis stood among the ruins beside a recording Vill-V had left behind, and she vowed to risk herself to save Elysia.

Pardofelis learned that Vill-V had relied on her and Thousand Worlds as a crucial part of the plan to let Kevin strike the Herrscher of Corruption. Though she initially wanted to flee, she chose to open a path outside, but the unstable wormhole began shrinking as she turned to escape.

• Vill-V's projection explained that Pardofelis had retained her sense of self and had to guide Kevin's strike to the Herrscher of Corruption's weak point.
• Pardofelis realized Vill-V had known about Thousand Worlds and had planned to use it, and Vill-V said she trusted Pardofelis to make her own choice.
• As corruption spread, Pardofelis wrestled with her fear and regret over failing to help Sakura, then decided to act one last time.
• Pardofelis used Thousand Worlds on a bridge to tear open a path to the outside of the Herrscher of Corruption.
• When Pardofelis turned to flee, Thousand Worlds warned her that the oversized wormhole was shrinking and needed more energy to stay open.

Pardofelis overcame her fear and used Thousand Worlds to keep open the passage for Kevin’s strike, accepting that she would not survive it so Elysia and the others would not be let down. After her sacrifice was acknowledged, the group faced a quiz about what the enraged Herrscher of Corruption would do to Hua.

• Pardofelis struggled with whether to risk her life, then returned to the wormhole and used Thousand Worlds to keep it open for Kevin’s strike.
• Pardofelis expressed her hope that Elysia would return and praise her before bracing for the fatal attack.
• Elysia embraced Pardofelis, and Pardofelis admitted she had stayed because she did not want to disappoint Elysia and Vill-V or leave regrets.
• Himeko Murata and Durandal praised Pardofelis’s courage, while Pardofelis credited Vill-V and the others.
• The group received a quiz asking what the enraged Herrscher of Corruption intended to do to Hua, and Fu Hua said the battle was now hers and the others’.

Fu Hua reunited with the Flame-Chasers in Death Space and began cleaning up the wreckage left by Mobius and Vill-V. As she worked, the scene showed Kevin and Su preparing their final strike through Pardofelis’s wormhole to save Elysia.

• Vill-V admitted her plan depended on the Flame-Chasers’ sacrifices, while Mobius challenged her to predict what the enraged Herrscher of Corruption would do.
• Fu Hua guessed that the Herrscher would kill her, but the correct answer was that she wanted Fu Hua to live forever, and Fu Hua received a punishment to clean Death Space.
• Fu Hua arrived in Death Space, reunited with her old friends, and embraced Elysia while feeling the gulf of fifty thousand years between them.
• Fu Hua insisted on cleaning the battlefield debris alone as the other Flame-Chasers watched and cheered her on.
• Kevin and Su approached Pardofelis’s wormhole to deliver their final strike, with Su sacrificing himself to strengthen Kevin’s blazing sword.

Hua faced the weakened Herrscher of Corruption and defended the Flame-Chasers’ choice to sacrifice themselves for humanity’s future. After explaining that neither of their ways of surviving was right or wrong, Hua revealed Fenghuang Down and prepared to use it to discover what she could do.

• Kevin’s Heavenly Fire strike pierced the Herrscher of Corruption, killing Pardofelis and weakening the Herrscher.
• Hua refused to abandon her companions’ choice, and the Herrscher of Corruption vowed to make her immortal so she could eventually admit she was wrong.
• Fu Hua cleaned Death Space with Danzhu and Cang Xuan while Kevin sat alone in the Sea of Quanta, questioning the meaning of his mission.
• Griseo asked to paint Hua’s portrait and began working while Fu Hua sat as her model.
• Hua told the Herrscher of Corruption that individuals and humanity could choose different paths to survival without either being right or wrong.
• Hua revealed Fenghuang Down and asked it to help her one last time so she could understand what she could do.

Hua burned all her data through Fenghuang Down to strike the Herrscher of Corruption, helping expose the virus’s true form and the Flame-Chasers’ plan. The Herrscher of Corruption began gathering her remaining data and vowed to make Hua witness her victory.

• Hua used Fenghuang Down to unleash a Sword God strike that pinned the Herrscher of Corruption and devastated their surroundings.
• Hua explained that burning her memories in the Previous Era Elysian Realm meant burning all her data, while the Herrscher of Corruption was already weakened by Kevin’s attack.
• The Herrscher of Corruption’s Elysia disguise collapsed, revealing her crude virus form.
• Hua revealed that Cosmo and Griseo had sacrificed themselves to prevent the Herrscher of Corruption from reaching Elysia, and that Kevin’s strike had burned away the data and enhancements used to reconstruct Elysia.
• The Herrscher of Corruption gathered her remaining data and promised to keep Hua alive until she witnessed her victory.

Fu Hua recovered the memories Fenghuang Down had erased and grieved for the Flame-Chasers, but she knew she had to return to the Current Era and her friends at St. Freya. Griseo’s painting, “The False Canary,” captured Fu Hua’s separation from her old companions as she prepared to leave Death Space.

• Pardofelis gave Fu Hua a gravestone-like wooden plaque as a present, and Fu Hua accepted it as a keepsake.
• Elysia invited Fu Hua and Pardofelis to take a group photo, and Fu Hua began crying when she saw the developed picture.
• Fu Hua’s lost memories returned, bringing back grief for Himiko, Sakura, Elysia, and the other Flame-Chasers.
• Fu Hua hid in Elysia’s garden and struggled with choosing her Current Era companions over the Flame-Chasers, while Elysia and Pardofelis quietly supported her.
• Griseo and Cosmo showed Fu Hua a painting of a wounded crimson bird disguised among caged canaries, and Elysia named it “The False Canary.”

Raiden Mei answered a quiz about the order of her memories with Elysia incorrectly and was assigned to clean all of St. Freya Academy. She began revisiting their past, first remembering their meeting and then their fight, while Theresa accused Elysia of hiding her true strength.

• Kiana rejected the suggestion that Mei and Elysia had shared affectionate days and smashed a Humo plush in jealousy.
• Mei chose the memory of Elysia touching her horns as the first memory, but the quiz revealed that her first meeting with Elysia was correct.
• Mei received the punishment of cleaning all of St. Freya Academy, and Theresa, Kiana, Bronya, and Wendy offered to help.
• Mei opened the door to her memories and recalled meeting Elysia, who asked whether she remembered her and received the nickname Pink Fairy Miss.
• Mei then remembered facing Elysia, who drew a bow and joked that she might be a little weaker than Kevin.

Raiden Mei struggled through the Herrscher of Corruption’s attack to reach Elysia’s memories, where Fairy Elysia and Eden appeared to guide her. The Flame-Chasers watched Eden’s turn arrive, but Eden said the stage belonged not to her, but to Raiden Mei.

• Raiden Mei’s memories of Elysia began to blur as the Herrscher of Corruption attacked her mind and blocked her path to the door.
• Raiden Mei called Elysia’s name, and Fairy Elysia appeared, saying she had come with a helper.
• Eden appeared beside Fairy Elysia and greeted Raiden Mei.
• The Flame-Chasers discussed Eden’s strength, and Eden explained she was a support rather than a frontline fighter.
• Eden told Pardofelis that although it was her turn to perform, the stage belonged to Raiden Mei.

Eden completed Elysia’s reconstruction by giving up her own existence, and Mei learned that the accepted account of Elysia as the Thirteenth Herrscher concealed another truth. The group began pressing Elysia to reveal her secret, and a question prompt asked what she had hidden as Elysia decided to let it be revealed.

• Eden explained that her memories could complete Elysia’s life and gave Mei the crystal flower before disappearing into Elysia.
• Mei questioned Eden about why the story of Elysia becoming the Thirteenth Herrscher had been erased, and Eden said it was an account concealing the truth.
• Mei and Durandal reacted with surprise when Elysia admitted that the story was the only lie she had ever told.
• Bronya, Welt, and Kiana asked Elysia to explain her secret, but Elysia warned that revealing it could expose other dangerous truths from the Previous Era.
• After a question prompt asked what secret Elysia had concealed, Elysia decided to stop hiding it and let the truth be revealed.

Bronya and the others learned that Elysia had been born a Herrscher, and her friends comforted her by affirming that they trusted and loved her. Later, Mei pieced together the truth that Elysia had lied about being the Thirteenth Herrscher, leaving her saddened by what Elysia had endured.

• Bronya struggled to reconcile the claim that thirteen was a false number with Elysia becoming the Thirteenth Herrscher.
• Elysia revealed that she had been born a Herrscher, shocking Mei and the Flame-Chasers.
• Pardofelis cried over Elysia's burden, and Elysia comforted her while Eden reassured Elysia that they had never feared her.
• Mei, Bronya, Kiana, Wendy, and Himeko accepted Elysia and spoke in support of Herrschers.
• Elysia received a Life Coin and expressed hope that humanity would defeat Honkai.
• Mei connected Elysia's past words and realized that Elysia had never truly been the Thirteenth Herrscher.

The Flame-Chasers mourned Eden and discussed Fu Hua’s troubled mood before Elysia returned to the Previous Era to meet Dr. Mei. Elysia welcomed Mei into Fire Moth’s inner circle, while Mei remained uncertain why the leader trusted her so much.

• Eden sang a farewell song and vanished, while Elysia and the others remembered her sacrifice.
• Fu Hua said she could handle her personal problems, though she still struggled with thoughts of her former companions.
• Elysia evaded questions about why Current Era Herrschers differed from those of the Previous Era and returned to the Fire Moth base.
• Elysia found Dr. Mei working in the logistics department and asked her to call her by her name.
• Mei accepted the familiar address and wondered why Elysia had rapidly promoted her and granted her access to Fire Moth’s secrets.

Elysia appointed Mei chief secretary and showed her Fire Moth’s stored plans for confronting Honkai, asking her to help devise a way to prevent disaster. Mei accepted the task, while Elysia later spoke with Kevin and avoided mentioning Mei.

• Elysia gave Mei credentials appointing her chief secretary with oversight over scientific research and a vote in council decisions.
• Elysia brought Mei to Apponia’s guarded room, where Mei examined data on the Moonlight Throne, Fusion Warrior technology, Divine Keys, and other plans.
• Mei said she could build a super artificial intelligence and a weaker Moonlight Throne, but considered the Stigmata Project a final fallback.
• Elysia said she and the other council members no longer supported the Stigmata Project because they wanted to defeat Honkai rather than merely preserve civilization after its destruction.
• Elysia asked Mei to devise a plan or a world where disaster could be prevented, and Mei agreed to do everything in her power.
• Elysia went to the balcony and spoke with Kevin, but her mood sank and she avoided saying Mei’s name.

Raiden Mei answered that Elysia’s memories should begin at the Vostok-51 orphanage and received a week of special training with the Flame-Chasers in Death Space. After arriving, she chose to begin sword training with Sakura.

• Elysia explained that reviving her required Raiden Mei to experience the recorded fragments of her life, and Mei correctly chose to begin at the orphanage in Vostok-51.
• The system awarded Raiden Mei an accelerated training plan that would send her to Death Space for one week of special training.
• Kiana tried to stop Mei from leaving, but Mei accepted the training with support from Himeko Murata and Theresa.
• Elysia welcomed Mei to Death Space and asked which Flame-Chaser she wanted to train with first.
• Sakura offered to teach Mei the fundamentals of swordsmanship, and Mei accepted a bamboo sword.

Raiden Mei trained with Sakura to improve her reactions and witnessed the early years of Elysia's life on the screen. Elysia left her orphanage to seek paradise and traveled across the world, where each encounter shaped her.

• Sakura repeatedly outpaced Raiden Mei in training, and Mei used electromagnetic fluctuations to track her but still could not react quickly enough.
• The screen showed Elysia learning about paradise from a fairy tale, choosing her name, and escaping a search of the orphanage by hiding.
• Elysia told Mother Celia she wanted to leave town and find paradise, then set out with the orphanage's blessing.
• Himeko Murata and Durandal questioned whether the organization searching for Elysia had known she was a Herrscher, while Vill-V linked it to Fire Moth's predecessor.
• Elysia continued her travels, shared candy with a girl who had tricked her, and witnessed opera, hardship, rituals, and life in distant places.

Raiden Mei and the Flame-Chasers discussed Elysia’s childhood journey and Mei’s training before a quiz revealed that Vill-V had forged sixteen identities while attacking the Fire Moth. The footage then shifted to Elysia entering a laboratory where Mobius was interrogating the imprisoned Vill-V.

• Elysia recalled traveling alone as a child and vowed to create a paradise after failing to find one.
• Kiana shared her own hardships while wandering, and Raiden Mei asked where she could cook in the Death Space after Sakura’s exhausting training.
• The Flame-Chasers suggested Mobius could help improve Mei’s physical abilities, but Mei declined Mobius’s laboratory offer.
• A quiz asked how many identities Vill-V had forged, and Mobius correctly answered sixteen, earning a Life Coin.
• Mobius grew irritated while recalling the trouble Vill-V had caused and returned to her laboratory.
• Elysia’s next memory showed her entering Mobius’s laboratory, where Mobius interrogated the chained and shackled Vill-V.

Elysia defended Vill-V against Mobius and sought to earn her trust, while the memory screen showed Elysia bonding with Sakura and Griseo. In the Death Space, Sakura continued training Raiden Mei, who still could not keep up with her.

• Elysia visited the imprisoned Vill-V and argued that she deserved a chance to work with Fire Moth, despite Mobius listing her crimes and leaked secrets.
• Elysia asked Vill-V to speak privately so she could test her sincerity by trusting her first.
• A memory showed Elysia persuading Sakura that they could be sisters and learning that Sakura had a younger sister.
• Another memory showed Elysia cuddling Griseo and suggesting they sneak outside to play while Mobius was away.
• Cosmo stepped between Elysia and Griseo, while Griseo said she neither liked nor disliked having her cheeks pinched.
• Sakura continued training Raiden Mei's reaction speed, but Mei said she had not improved enough to glimpse Sakura's movements.

After Sakura’s training left Raiden Mei at a physical bottleneck, Elysia took over to help her master her Herrscher powers. The screen revealed Elysia’s belief that she was born as the Herrscher of Humanity, while Bronya suspected this was only the first layer of a larger secret about Elysia’s actions and the Thirteenth Herrscher.

• Sakura ended Raiden Mei’s training session after Mei’s body could no longer keep up with her instincts and predictions.
• Elysia volunteered to train Mei in controlling Honkai Energy and Herrscher powers, provoking Kiana’s jealousy.
• Elysia told Eden she might truly be a Herrscher, and Eden reassured her that their friendship and memories would remain meaningful.
• Elysia concluded that her authority was humanity and identified herself as the Herrscher of Humanity.
• Theresa and the others questioned why no records of such a Herrscher existed, while Bronya argued that Elysia’s identity did not explain the deeper mystery of what she had done.
• Elysia withheld the secret from the group and offered to examine Mei when Mei sensed an unexplained chill.

Elysia revealed that she had sacrificed herself as the Herrscher of Humanity to grant later Herrschers their humanity, allowing them to fight for human civilization. When the group feared she might sacrifice herself again to save the Previous Era, the Flame-Chasers urged her not to risk being lost again.

• Elysia disclosed that the Thirteenth Herrscher was a false identity and that she was the Herrscher of Humanity.
• Bronya deduced that Elysia had used her authority to let later Herrschers retain their self-awareness and fight for humanity.
• Mei and Pardofelis cried over Elysia's sacrifice, while Elysia said she had acted for her own love of humanity.
• Durandal asked whether Elysia would sacrifice herself to help the Previous Era, and Elysia admitted she had considered returning to the past to do so.
• Eden, Vill-V, and Pardofelis urged Elysia not to repeat the sacrifice, and Elysia agreed that the plan should not be considered.