Chapter Summaries

Su correctly answered that Otto wore women's clothes to help Kallen become a phantom thief, and the group watched Kallen recruit him to help steal gold coins from a corrupt church official. The chapter left Kallen trying on outfits and Otto preparing gadgets for their first heist.

• Conan Doyle accepted Otto's request to investigate Irene, while Fu Hua revealed that she had once worked as a detective in London and was known as Fu Holmes.
• The quiz asked why Otto had worn women's clothes, and Su correctly chose that he had done it to help Kallen become a phantom thief.
• Su received the game record "Universal Harmony," prompting him to reflect on the interrupted game he had played in a higher dimension.
• Kallen told Otto she wanted to steal Viktor's gold coins and return them to people he had exploited through indulgences.
• Otto agreed to help Kallen become a phantom thief, and she tried on outfits while he prepared gadgets for her.

Kallen and Otto carried out a phantom-thief scheme against Viktor, and Kallen stole his gold coins and returned them to the poor. The onlookers wondered what Otto had hoped to gain, then Pardofelis compared her old life on Dusk Street to being a phantom thief.

• Otto left Viktor a calling card warning that he would steal the unlawfully seized treasure, and Viktor panicked when he saw that Otto knew it was hidden underground.
• Otto distracted the knights at Viktor's gates in disguise while Kallen sneaked into the mansion and found the gold coins.
• Kallen took all the coins, escaped Viktor's trap by defeating his knights, and distributed the gold to suffering commoners.
• Theresa and the others wondered what Otto had gained from helping Kallen, while Elysia suggested he might have done it for love.
• Pardofelis described collecting and selling scavenged goods on Dusk Street as her own version of being a phantom thief.

After learning that Seele had backstabbed her in the Sea of Quanta, Bronya refused to believe it and was punished by having to clear a game with her feet. The screen showed Seele resisting her other personality, Veliona, before Veliona took control and approached Bronya.

• The Chat Group reacted to Bronya’s shock, and Bronya insisted that someone else must have impersonated Seele.
• Bronya’s friends pointed out that her gaming and other habits might have upset Seele, but Bronya dismissed them as harmless.
• The system immobilized Bronya and made her clear a game using her feet; she began playing despite the difficulty.
• The screen showed Seele refusing to hurt Bronya while her other self, Veliona, seized control of her body.
• Himeko Murata and Theresa worried that Seele had a split personality, while Bronya denied it and Mei questioned whether Seele might have changed in the Sea of Quanta.

Bronya watched Veliona reveal that Seele had been assimilated by the Sea of Quanta and that the Serpent had offered to help them escape in exchange for the Herrscher of Reason’s Core. Veliona defeated Bronya and left to fulfill the Serpent’s demand, while Welt suggested Bronya study the theory needed to rescue Seele.

• Su explained that Seele’s other personality seemed to be a protective mechanism rather than schizophrenia, and Bronya eagerly imagined having two Seeles.
• On screen, Veliona told Bronya that Seele’s body had been assimilated by the Sea of Quanta and ordinary methods could not save her.
• Welt proposed using the theory in Bronya’s Fundamentals of the Sea of Quanta to convert Seele from a quantum state to a biological one.
• Veliona revealed that the Serpent had saved them and promised them a world where Seele could survive in return for the Herrscher of Reason’s Core.
• Bronya recognized that Veliona was helping the Serpent break the seal, but Veliona defeated her with a scythe and left her unconscious.
• Kiana teased Bronya for losing again, while Elysia praised Seele’s potential and Bronya accused Elysia of having designs on her.

The group discovered that Pardofelis had repeatedly been sent for emergency treatment after mistaking Vill-V’s alchemical potions for food and eating them. After winning a Life Coin, Pardofelis put it up for sale, saying she would rather save it for the other Flame-Chasers’ regrets than use it herself.

• The group discussed Kevin’s Stigmata Project and learned that the Thousand Worlds Beacon needed to seal him away again was in his hands, while Otto would oppose anyone who tried to take it.
• The quiz asked what Pardofelis had done to end up in emergency treatment, and Elysia revealed that Vill-V’s Anti-Kevin Armament had once worked on Kevin.
• The system revealed that Pardofelis’s supposed meals from Vill-V had actually been alchemical potions, which she repeatedly ate because they smelled delicious.
• Pardofelis received a Life Coin and placed it in her shop for sale.
• Pardofelis told Eden and Elysia that she had little use for a Life Coin and would rather let others use it to undo their regrets.

Vill-V joined Death Space and introduced herself as the Magician, then promised a grand performance despite being unable to reach the audience. A quiz asked who rescued Raiden Mei from Vill-V during a performance in the Previous Era Elysian Realm.

• Vill-V descended into Death Space and introduced herself as the greatest magician of the Twilight Era.
• Vill-V prepared to perform for the gathered spectators, but Theresa and Himeko explained that Death Space separated them from the stage.
• Raiden Mei and Kiana warned that Vill-V's performance might be dangerous, while Vill-V insisted she would protect her audience.
• The quiz asked who rescued Raiden Mei from Vill-V halfway through a performance in the Previous Era Elysian Realm.

The observers discussed Vill-V’s dangerous magic and Elysia received a Concept Card that let her build structures in Death Space, which she used to begin constructing Vill-V’s workshop. In the next scene, Mei collapsed after Vill-V’s performance, and the observers suspected Apponia had intervened to save her as Mei began waking up.

• Mei and the others questioned Vill-V’s claim that her magic was safe, and Elysia identified Apponia as the one who had rescued Mei again.
• Elysia received the Concept Card: Architectural Construction and handed it to Vill-V to build an experimental workshop in Death Space.
• On-screen, Vill-V performed her helix magic for Mei, who passed out as she and Pardo argued about guide fees.
• The observers concluded that Apponia had likely saved the unconscious Mei, while Vill-V insisted her performance had left Mei safe.
• Mei’s consciousness slowly began returning after an unknown stretch of unconsciousness.

Vill-V’s Spiral Workshop trapped Pardofelis with a potion, while Vill-V explained that she had planned Raiden Mei’s death and resurrection. Mei learned that Apponia had intervened to keep her alive until the appointed time, and Vill-V left without explaining her magic.

• Raiden Mei discovered that Vill-V had stopped her katana with a force field and released it with a snap of her fingers.
• Vill-V’s Spiral Workshop appeared, and Pardofelis rushed inside to explore it.
• Elysia and Vill-V found Pardofelis unconscious beside an empty potion bottle, and Su offered to treat her.
• Vill-V told Mei that Apponia had intervened to revive her and would not let her die before the appointed time.
• Mei questioned Vill-V’s account, but Vill-V left before revealing more about her magic.

Pardofelis revealed that she became a Fusion Warrior by accident and used her Life Coin to visit the stray cats she considered family. She brought them to the Fire Moth, where she began building them a shelter and received irresistible cat food as a reward.

• Pardofelis correctly answered that she had become a Fusion Warrior through good luck, then used her Life Coin to return to Dusk Street.
• Pardofelis asked Eden for permission to adopt the stray cats and bring them to the Fire Moth, and Eden agreed.
• Pardofelis established a shelter for the cats near the Fire Moth base and struggled with her new workload as a council member.
• Pardofelis received three portions of Irresistible Cat Food, but Canned Food snatched two portions and carried them to the shelter to share with the other cats.

Pardofelis explained how she joined Fire Moth after accidentally being mistaken for a volunteer and surviving Hypermutation Surgery, while the others marveled at her luck. Vill-V emerged from her workshop after her inspiration was interrupted, and a quiz asked who had repeatedly stolen from it.

• Pardofelis recalled that she had lived freely on Dusk Street and joined Fire Moth to help protect the stray cats there.
• Pardofelis explained that she found a Fire Moth document, sneaked into the organization, and was mistaken for a volunteer before undergoing Hypermutation Surgery.
• Kiana and the others reacted to Pardofelis surviving the dangerous surgery and becoming a Fusion Warrior by accident.
• Chakravartin argued that Fire Moth and its Fusion Warriors seemed like monsters to ordinary people, while Sakura objected.
• Vill-V left her workshop after her inspiration was interrupted, and a quiz asked who had habitually stolen from it.

Theresa and Welt wrongly guessed who had been stealing from Vill-V’s workshop and suffered penalties before Vill-V identified Canned Food as the culprit. Vill-V won a Life Coin and agreed to improve Pardofelis’s stray-cat shelter, while the on-screen afternoon tea showed Pardo hiding her involvement and failing to notice her burning tail.

• Theresa wrongly accused Pardofelis and lost half her Humo dolls as a penalty.
• Welt guessed that Magician Vill-V was responsible, but his wrong answer damaged some of the equipment under his care.
• Vill-V correctly identified Canned Food as the habitual thief and received a Life Coin.
• Pardofelis persuaded Vill-V to improve her stray-cat shelter, agreeing to pay the costs herself.
• In the afternoon-tea footage, Vill-V noticed clues linking Pardo to the theft, while Pardo hid the evidence and failed to notice her tail was on fire.
• Elysia arrived and spotted Pardo’s burning tail, but Vill-V changed personas before she could explain what was happening.

Pardofelis discovered that Canned Food had stolen something from Vill-V’s workshop, while a quiz revealed that Danzhu’s punishment for arriving late at Mobius’s laboratory was buying milk tea. Cang Xuan used her reward card to make Danzhu pay for milk tea for a month, and the footage ended with Danzhu blaming Cang Xuan for not waking her up.

• Pardofelis’s tail caught fire because she had taken a discarded fire starter from Vill-V’s workshop, and the footage showed Canned Food asleep in the workshop.
• The quiz asked what punishment Danzhu would receive for arriving late to Mobius’s laboratory, and Cang Xuan correctly chose that Danzhu would treat everyone to milk tea.
• Cang Xuan received a card making Danzhu pay for her milk tea for a month and activated it despite promising not to use it.
• The footage showed Danzhu arriving one minute late and learning she had to buy everyone milk tea.
• Danzhu complained that Cang Xuan should have woken her up.

Klein’s exhausting workload in Mobius’s laboratory was revealed to have grown because Danzhu and Cang Xuan created extra work, while Klein also willingly took on tasks and agreed to mend Mobius’s coat. The screen then showed Danzhu and Cang Xuan discussing Klein’s overtime as the observers debated Mobius’s changed personality and Fu Hua attempted to mend the Herrscher of Reason’s clothes.

• Danzhu and Cang Xuan found Klein asleep beneath a pile of documents, and Klein woke in a panic about her unfinished work.
• The observers discussed how Danzhu’s mistakes and Cang Xuan’s assistance increased Klein’s workload, while Cang Xuan said Klein volunteered for much of it.
• Mobius asked Klein to mend her scorched lab coat, and Klein agreed after Mobius insisted she liked it and requested a little snake design.
• Mei asked why Mobius seemed different from her Elysian Realm memory body, and Cang Xuan and Danzhu explained that Mobius had changed after Klein died.
• Fu Hua agreed to mend the Herrscher of Reason’s torn clothes, then realized she did not know how to sew.
• Danzhu complained that Mobius was bullying Klein, and Cang Xuan replied that Klein had volunteered for her extra work.

The group discussed overtime and Vill-V’s workload before answering a quiz about which Flame-Chaser had claimed to be an unarmed, ordinary staff member. Elysia guessed incorrectly, Mobius was revealed as the answer, and the chapter ended with Raiden Mei concluding that none of the thirteen Flame-Chasers were truly noncombatants.

• Danzhu, Kiana, Pardofelis, and Vill-V discussed overtime, while Elysia explained that Vill-V had taken on most of the engineering work.
• Fu Hua mended the Herrscher of Reason’s clothes with an embroidered Chi Yuan, and the Herrscher of Reason used her powers to convince Fu Hua to hand over her own clothes for embroidery.
• The group considered which Flame-Chaser could have claimed to be an unarmed noncombatant, and Elysia guessed that the answer was herself.
• The quiz revealed that Mobius was the correct answer, and Elysia lost half the funding for the Fairy Amusement Park.
• Eden said she would consider investing in the amusement park again, while Raiden Mei concluded that none of the thirteen Flame-Chasers were noncombatants in the strict sense.

The footage revealed that Artificial Honkai Eruption was an instinct of the Flame-Chasers, not a power only Mobius could use. A new quiz asked who stopped Kevin from stabbing Kiana with Fehu, and the group began weighing the choices without reaching an answer.

• Raiden Mei confronted Mobius about her combat ability, and Mobius explained that Artificial Honkai Eruption was an instinct shared by the Flame-Chasers rather than a unique power.
• The group discussed the Flame-Chasers’ possible transformations, while Theresa wondered whether Pardofelis could also undergo Artificial Honkai Eruption.
• The quiz asked who stepped forward when Kevin drove Fehu into Kiana’s chest, offering Raiden Mei, Durandal, Fu Hua, and Otto as choices.
• Kiana worried that Kevin would attack her because she was the Herrscher of the Void, and Fu Hua agreed he might not let her explain herself.
• Himeko Murata reasoned that the event happened after Kiana became the Herrscher of the Void, while Fu Hua, Theresa, and the others considered how each candidate might act.

Kiana received a cellular enhancement serum that greatly increased her hunger, then watched Fu Hua protect her from Kevin and help her escape. The chapter ended with Kiana still ravenously eating Mei’s fried chicken.

• Kiana asked the system whether the serum contained Vishnu’s factor, and it confirmed that gluttony was its only side effect.
• Kiana injected the serum to strengthen herself and soon became extremely hungry.
• Kiana asked whether she could eat Honkai Beasts, and the system said she could but did not recommend it.
• Kiana watched Kevin attack her until Fu Hua intervened, then fled as Fu Hua held him off.
• Kiana continued eating Mei’s fried chicken while the others discussed her escape from Kevin.

Kiana's sudden increase in strength left her ravenous, so Theresa arranged energy potions while warning her to improve her grades. The footage then showed Kevin sparing Fu Hua's fragile consciousness before Durandal confronted him, and their battle was about to begin.

• Kiana devoured huge amounts of food as Mei and the others discussed her growing appetite and Kaslana constitution.
• Welt suggested energy potions, and Theresa agreed to obtain them while reminding Kiana she still had to attend class and study.
• The footage showed Fu Hua confronting Kevin with Fenghuang Down and revealing the different versions of herself shaped by her past.
• Kevin defeated Fu Hua's illusion, kept her fragile feather safe, and promised to awaken her after everything was over.
• Durandal arrived to confront Kevin, and the Strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal and the leader of World Serpent prepared to fight.

Durandal received a one-use Mirror Space challenge against Kevin at his peak after the quiz identified Otto as the one who interrupted their fight. Raven then joined the Chat Group and, believing Schicksal had invaded World Serpent’s base, panicked when Durandal addressed her.

• Durandal said she doubted she could defeat Kevin after learning he had overwhelmed Su while wielding three Divine Keys.
• The quiz revealed that Otto had interrupted Kevin and Durandal’s battle, and Durandal received a Kevin-specific Mirror Space challenge card.
• The footage showed Kevin and Durandal trading blows until Otto arrived and halted their fight before either had revealed their full strength.
• Raven joined the Chat Group while at a World Serpent base and assumed Durandal’s appearance meant Schicksal had invaded.
• Raven heard Welt speak and concluded that Schicksal and Anti-Entropy had allied against World Serpent.

Raven learned that Schicksal and World Serpent had reached an agreement, then met the Flame-Chasers in the Chat Group and won a Villa Island Concept Card. She planned to use it to build a home for herself and the children, while trying to build good relationships with Kevin’s old friends.

• Raven mistook Durandal and Welt’s arrival for an attack on World Serpent, but Theresa and Himeko explained that Otto and Kevin had made an agreement.
• Kiana introduced Raven to the Flame-Chasers in the Chat Group, and Raven struggled to believe that they were real.
• The Chat Group quiz asked who had been grass camping with an 8x scope during Kevin and Otto’s negotiations, and Raven correctly identified herself.
• Raven complained that Jackal and Gray Serpent left her with dangerous work and cleanup, then received a Villa Island Concept Card as her reward.
• Raven revealed that she had spent her savings buying an island to give herself and the children a warm home, and Cosmo praised her concern for them.
• Raven thanked Cosmo and resolved to get along with Kevin’s old friends so she could gain an ally when Kevin returned.

The footage showed Kevin and Otto concluding a deal while World Serpent stood ready to attack Schicksal if negotiations failed. Raven then used a Concept Card to build her island villa, before a quiz asked who had brought Raiden Mei before Kevin; Raven chose herself.

• Raven watched the golden sphere around Kevin and Otto break apart as Gray Serpent confirmed their transaction was complete.
• Durandal, Raiden Mei, and Welt discussed how close the world had come to war between Schicksal and World Serpent, while Raven defended her loyalty to Kevin.
• Raven returned to her island and used a Concept Card to begin constructing a villa for herself and the children.
• Vill-V advised Raven to add scenic viewing areas, and invited everyone to a feast prepared by [Hundred Flavors].
• A quiz asked who had brought Raiden Mei before Kevin, and Raven chose C, identifying herself.