Chapter Summaries

The Flame-Chasers discussed how Griseo absorbed others’ traits and joked about enduring a cabbage surplus. A quiz revealed Griseo called Raven “Mama,” while Elysia admitted she had taught Griseo to call Mobius “Grandma.”

• Elysia explained to Mei that Griseo temporarily absorbed traits from people around her, while her true nature remained difficult to understand.
• Cosmo remembered that the Flame-Chasers still had a storeroom full of cabbages, but Apponia agreed to give everyone a day without them after Pardofelis appealed to Griseo.
• The quiz asked which of Griseo’s names for Raven Raven disliked, and Griseo listed several forms of address, including “Grandma Mobius.”
• Griseo revealed that Elysia had taught her to call Mobius “Grandma,” and Elysia asked Griseo what she called Raven.
• Griseo called Raven “Mama,” explaining that Raven’s colors resembled Apponia’s and that she liked them.

Griseo's Concept Card let her borrow one Flame-Chaser's power at a time, while Raiden Mei and Raven discussed how Griseo's paintings reflected the people around her and could affect viewers. A quiz then asked who backstabbed Mobius, and Danzhu received the Life Coin Trial Version reward after accusing Mobius.

• Griseo received a Concept Card that let her borrow and switch between Flame-Chaser powers for an hour, but not combine them.
• Raiden Mei visited Griseo's room and learned from Raven that Griseo's paintings gathered others' colors and could influence cognition.
• Raven explained that Griseo's painting after spending time with Chakravartin had reportedly caused an urban district to collapse into internal unrest.
• Pardofelis showed the group Griseo's painting, “Street Corner at Dusk,” which depicted a quiet street with stray cats.
• The quiz asked who backstabbed Mobius, and the group speculated about whether the real Mobius or her Memory Body was responsible.
• Danzhu accused Mobius of backstabbing herself and received the Life Coin Trial Version reward.

Mobius’s recorded projection confronted her memory body and revealed that she had long planned to accept death, despite her fear that even her power to revive had limits. The chapter left the explanation unfinished as the projection recalled another failed experiment.

• Klein showed Mobius a projection recorded by the original Dr. Mobius before her death.
• The projection anticipated Mobius’s objections and explained that the original had chosen death long before the arrival of Finality.
• The original Mobius said she feared death because resurrection did not grant limitless life.
• The projection recounted how Mobius’s fear drove her to search for a way to live forever.
• The projection began recalling an experiment that had failed in the early hours of a certain day.

Mobius's recording appeared to accept death and leave the choice of infinity to her memory body, but the memory body stabbed the projection and revealed she had manipulated the original Mobius's memories. The chapter ended with everyone reacting to the revelation that the memory body had engineered her own survival by killing the original.

• The projected Mobius reflected on her failures, Elysia's death, and her weariness with pursuing infinity, while the others discussed her acceptance of death.
• The projection asked the memory body Mobius to say goodbye, but the memory body stabbed her and laughed.
• Bronya explained that she had suspected a trick because the Flame-Chasers showed no reaction to Mobius abandoning her Infinity signet.
• The memory body told Klein that she had planted a seed in the original Mobius's memories during a synchronization after Elysia's death.
• The footage ended with the memory body declaring that she would be the one and only Mobius, and the others debated the danger she posed.

Elysia won a bet that would make Mobius wear pink if Raiden Mei escaped the Elysian Realm alive. Mei and Klein found a way out, and Elysia collected on the wager while Mobius fumed.

• Bronya questioned whether Mobius could really have lost to her memory body, and Mei realized Mobius still threatened her.
• Elysia correctly guessed that Mobius had wagered to wear pink clothes and received a Concept Card that could force someone into an imagined costume.
• Mobius's memory body threatened Mei and disappeared, while Klein told Mei their odds of escaping were zero but continued searching for a way out.
• Elysia revealed that Mobius had promised to wear pink if Mei escaped safely, and Mei appeared beside them with Klein after leaving the Elysian Realm.
• Mobius demanded to know how Mei had survived, while Elysia celebrated her victory.

Mobius arrived in Death Space after an unexplained death, where Elysia welcomed her by magically changing her clothes into a pink dress. The group then answered a quiz about the name of the world formed from Elysia’s memories, and Elysia earned a Concept Card.

• Mobius was repeatedly rejected by Death Space and the Chat Group before finally being admitted to Death Space.
• The Flame-Chasers and others discussed Mobius’s mysterious condition, and Elysia used a Concept Card to make her wear a pink dress.
• Raiden Mei recalled the mental world she had reached after defeating Apponia, and Elysia described the world formed from her memories.
• Elysia answered that the memory world was called the Elysian Realm and received a Concept Card for architectural construction.
• Mobius asked whether Death Space’s special nature explained their existence, and Su agreed that it probably did.

Mobius argued that death had not ended her pursuit of infinity, while the group watched Raiden Mei enter a beautiful memory world created by Elysia and learn that it could reveal the truth about the mysterious Thirteenth Herrscher. The footage ended as Mei followed Elysia toward a garden, leaving the group wondering what secrets the Elysian Realm held.

• Mobius told Raiden Mei and Theresa that, although she counted as dead, her consciousness and abilities let her transcend time and continue pursuing infinity.
• Raiden Mei fought off monsters in Elysia’s memory world, where Elysia explained that the realm recreated the beautiful things she had loved.
• Elysia tried to use a Concept Card to build an elaborate paradise, but the system limited the available land and directed her to Dusk Street to buy more.
• Raiden Mei questioned Elysia about the Will of Honkai and the unknown Thirteenth Herrscher, and Elysia said the Elysian Realm could provide answers.
• Elysia led Raiden Mei from the plaza toward the garden, and the footage ended before their conversation continued.
• Vill-V told Danzhu and Cang Xuan that their miniature energy reactor was ready for pickup.

Danzhu visited St. Freya Academy and began replacing Little Xuan’s drained battery with a reactor made by Vill-V. Meanwhile, Vill-V’s quiz answer was wrong, and Original Vill-V was punished with colorful turtles drawn on her face; the chapter left Raiden Mei facing Vill-V’s unknown surprise in the Elysian Realm.

• Danzhu arrived at St. Freya Academy, where Theresa offered her bitter melon juice, and Fu Hua told her Little Xuan was in her room.
• The Herrscher of Reason showed Danzhu her collection of supposed antiques, which Danzhu recognized as fakes, before Danzhu found Little Xuan and began replacing her battery.
• The quiz asked what surprise Vill-V had prepared, and Vill-V guessed that it was a grand magic show or Anti-Kevin Armament.
• The system revealed that the answer was cards and punished Vill-V by sending Original Vill-V out with colorful little turtles drawn all over her face.
• Elysia asked Pardofelis to bring Vill-V out, but Vill-V threatened to unleash the Anti-Kevin Armament if anyone entered her workshop.
• In a recorded scene, Raiden Mei found Vill-V in the Elysian Realm, where Vill-V hinted at a surprise that made Mei wary.

Vill-V gave Raiden Mei Signet-based magic cards and left to explore the central tower, while Little Xuan woke at St. Freya Academy and joined the Chat Group. Little Xuan answered a quiz about missing New Year meat buns correctly and received a tree that grew them.

• Vill-V showed Raiden Mei her Signet cards, offered her the deck, and said she would hide the cards in treasure chests before leaving for the central tower.
• Little Xuan awoke after Danzhu repaired her, mistook Fu Hua for a dead Chi Yuan, and learned about the Chat Group.
• The quiz asked what Fu Hua had done to keep the Book of Cang Xuan from having meat buns for New Year, and Little Xuan correctly answered that she had driven away the Nian Beast.
• The system rewarded the Book of Cang Xuan with a Meat Bun Tree, and Kiana offered to plant it so they could eat its fruit.

The Book of Cang Xuan lamented Mount Tai Xu’s terrible food and discovered that Fu Hua had driven the Nian Beast away before New Year’s Eve, threatening the annual calendar and her hoped-for feast. After the group discussed Fu Hua’s pickled vegetables, a quiz asked what Raiden Mei had said to Elysia in the Elysian Realm Archives, and the answer remained unknown.

• The Book of Cang Xuan and others complained about Mount Tai Xu’s dry rations and Spring No Old while Little Xuan enjoyed fried chicken.
• The Book of Cang Xuan learned that Fu Hua had defeated the Nian Beast seven days earlier and worried that the villagers’ New Year customs and her temple-fair treats would be lost.
• The Book of Cang Xuan proposed making a fake Nian Beast so Fu Hua could defeat it on New Year’s Eve, and she dragged Fu Hua toward Peach Blossom Village.
• The group joked about Fu Hua’s cooking and pickles, while the Herrscher of Reason vowed to destroy her pickle jar if she tried to make Spring No Old again.
• The system presented a quiz asking what Raiden Mei had said to Elysia, and Raiden Mei questioned whether Elysia had tampered with the Elysian Realm.

Elysia received a Concept Card that could make someone in the Chat Group say “Dear Elysia,” then the screen showed her bringing Raiden Mei to the Elysian Realm Archives to reveal the Flame-Chasers’ memories. There, Mei met the tiny Fairy Elysia administrator, who had not yet been activated.

• Elysia received the Concept Card “Dear Elysia” and explained that it could target someone in the Chat Group.
• Elysia led Raiden Mei into the Elysian Realm Archives and explained that its files gave physical form to the Flame-Chasers’ memories.
• Elysia introduced a doll modeled after herself and said that Eden and Apponia had accepted copies of it.
• Raiden Mei noticed that Fairy Elysia had not moved and asked whether the administrator was all right.

Raiden Mei activated Fairy Elysia and used the Elysian Realm archive to investigate the Thirteenth Herrscher, but the search yielded no answer. A new question revealed that a Flame-Chaser had died in the Realm, and the others realized the death might have resulted from infighting.

• Elysia made Raiden Mei activate Fairy Elysia by calling her “Dear Elysia,” and Kiana and Pardofelis asked to have one of Elysia’s dolls.
• Fairy Elysia demonstrated that the archive typewriter could retrieve stored information, but it printed a blank page when Mei asked about the Thirteenth Herrscher.
• Mei decided to explore Elysia’s past, while Elysia and Pardofelis assured her she would be safe in the Realm.
• The question session asked which Flame-Chaser’s death Mei first learned of, leaving the group stunned that a memory body could die.
• Su suggested internal damage to the closed Realm’s data could kill a Flame-Chaser, and the group considered that one of their own might be responsible.
• Mobius mocked the Flame-Chasers’ bonds, while Sakura fell silent and Chakravartin dismissed their conflict as a familiar farce.

The group identified Elysia as the first Flame-Chaser to die, shocking everyone because of her strength. As Chakravartin’s punishment forced him to shout affectionately at Apponia, a screen showed Raiden Mei waiting for Elysia and speaking with Fairy Elysia, who hinted that Elysia had prepared surprises before Mei left the Elysian Realm.

• Durandal returned to the group chat and joined the discussion about the reported death.
• Su explained that memory bodies could be killed through vulnerabilities in their data, though doing so was difficult.
• The system revealed that Elysia was the first victim, and Chakravartin received a punishment for choosing the wrong answer.
• Chakravartin shouted “Dear Apponia” under compulsion, then attacked Apponia in anger.
• Raiden Mei arrived at her meeting place and found Fairy Elysia waiting instead of Elysia.
• Fairy Elysia told Raiden Mei that Elysia had prepared surprises for her before she left the Elysian Realm.

The Flame-Chasers and Raiden Mei discover that Elysia vanished overnight, and Mobius confirms that she is dead. The group is left questioning how anyone could have killed Elysia without being seen or causing a disturbance.

• Pardofelis, Eden, Mobius, and the others discuss how Elysia could have disappeared from the archives overnight, while Mobius suggests a memory body could be killed in many ways.
• The Flame-Chasers gather to discuss Elysia's disappearance, and Mei approaches them to ask where Elysia is.
• Su tells Mei that Elysia has run into trouble and is gone, and Mobius bluntly reveals that Elysia is dead.
• The footage ends with Mei stunned by the news, while Elysia and the others question how she could have been killed unnoticed.

The group investigated Elysia’s death as the system revealed that Chakravartin had fought Mobius in the Elysian Realm. Mobius’s secretive actions made her a suspect, and the chapter ended with Theresa accusing her of murdering Elysia.

• Fu Hua said they needed to learn what happened before Elysia died to find clues.
• The system asked who fought Mobius, and the group correctly chose Chakravartin.
• Mobius received an Enlarging Pill as her reward.
• In the Elysian Realm, Mobius confronted Chakravartin, and they fought before accusing each other of scheming and refusing to be used.
• After watching Mobius’s suspicious behavior, Theresa accused her of killing Elysia out of resentment.

Mobius tested the Enlarging Pill on Canned Food, turning the cat enormous before Elysia and Pardofelis played with its fur. The quiz then asked how Fairy Elysia repaired the Elysian Realm Archives typewriter, leaving the answer unresolved after Elysia chose incorrectly.

• Mobius selected Canned Food as her test subject and fed it an Enlarging Pill, causing it to grow as large as Vill-V's workshop.
• Elysia collected Canned Food's shed fur for a plushie, and Pardofelis suggested making pillows to sell.
• Canned Food angrily whipped Pardofelis with its whiskers after she suggested feeding it cabbage.
• The quiz asked how Fairy Elysia repaired the broken typewriter in the Elysian Realm Archives.
• Elysia chose option A, claiming Fairy Elysia would repair the typewriter with superb skills, but the answer was marked incorrect.

The group watched Fairy Elysia smash the archives typewriter and argue that it only needed blank paper, while Elysia was shrunk to a tiny size and kept in a jar by Pardofelis. The investigation into Elysia’s death shifted away from the archives, though the group noted the culprit must have known about the typewriter and had all night to deal with evidence.

• Elysia shrank after receiving the Shrinking Pill’s punishment, and Pardofelis found her and placed her in a jar for safekeeping.
• The screen showed Fairy Elysia hitting the archives typewriter with her staff, breaking it while insisting that this counted as repair.
• Raiden Mei and the others concluded the typewriter may have been damaged before the night of Elysia’s death, and that the culprit knew its function and had time to remove evidence.
• Theresa recalled that a cat had slept beside Fairy Elysia outside the archives, prompting the group to consider Canned Food and Pardofelis.
• Kiana and Theresa clarified that Canned Food had gone to collect stock but found the archives locked, explaining why Fairy Elysia encountered her that night.

The Flame-Chasers considered how a culprit could have sealed the archive room, then Raiden Mei answered a quiz about who she spoke with before Elysia disappeared and received a card that could summon Fu Hua. Footage revealed Mei’s nighttime conversation with Fu Hua about Fire Moth’s rejection of Elysia’s Flame-Chasers proposal, leaving the group to begin another quiz after ruling out Mei and Fu Hua.

• Pardofelis pointed out that Canned Food could enter the locked archive room, suggesting the culprit had sealed it from within.
• Raiden Mei correctly identified Fu Hua as the person she spoke with all night and received the Concept Card: Immortal, Aid Me.
• Footage showed Mei meeting Fu Hua at night, where Fu Hua explained that Fire Moth had offered to approve only five Flame-Chasers and Elysia had refused the compromise.
• Fu Hua told Mei that Fire Moth rejected the others for reasons including fear, concerns about their abilities, and lack of recognition.
• Elysia affirmed that Mei was entitled to know the truth, and the group ruled out Mei and Fu Hua before the next quiz began.

Sakura admitted that she had taken Seven Thunders of Retribution from Vill-V, giving the Flame-Chasers more reason to suspect her after Elysia's death. She handed the weapon and Frozen Naraka to Pardofelis to reassure the others, while a flashback showed her heading to Vill-V's workshop to retrieve something bound by Precepts.

• Elysia defended Sakura, but Mobius pointed out that Sakura had visited Vill-V's workshop and the Flame-Chasers argued over whether to trust her.
• Sakura revealed that she had collected Seven Thunders of Retribution, a weapon tied to her past as Fire Moth's assassin, and received its Concept Card as a reward.
• Sakura said she disliked the weapon and hoped never to use it again, while Elysia reminded her that she was now part of Fire Moth's leadership.
• Sakura offered Pardofelis silver coins and Frozen Naraka as collateral for a Life Coin, then gave up both Frozen Naraka and Seven Thunders of Retribution to ease the others' suspicions.
• A flashback showed Sakura troubled by a recurring feeling of loss as she went to Vill-V's workshop, saying it was time for something to see the light of day again.

Sakura reclaimed the Seven Thunders of Retribution and drew it again after fifty thousand years, revealing her intent to uncover the identity of the girl who haunted her dreams. In the Death Space, the others connected the weapon to Rin’s death and Apponia’s Precepts, but Sakura refused to continue the argument and used the Life Coin to return to Fire Moth’s base.

• Vill-V returned the repaired Seven Thunders of Retribution to Sakura, who placed it in the sheath of her unfinished blade and drew it for the first time in fifty thousand years.
• Sakura told Vill-V she wanted to discover who the crying girl in her dreams was and where her hatred came from.
• Kiana, Theresa, and Mei reacted to the Flame-Chasers’ apparent plans and tensions, while Sakura confirmed the weapon was meant for traitors within Fire Moth.
• Mobius asked who Sakura would target first, and the group recalled that Apponia’s Precepts had helped lead to Rin’s death during the Twelfth Herrscher incident.
• Sakura refused to argue further, used the Life Coin, and returned to Fire Moth’s base.