Chapter Summaries

Ren Yu repeatedly unleashed Heavenly Fire Judgment, overwhelmed Marcus’s shield, and decapitated him. As Marcus remained briefly conscious, he hoped his transmitted coordinates would expose Earth to his people.

• Ren Yu used Heavenly Fire Judgment again, forcing Marcus to struggle to maintain his melting Energy Shield.
• Kevin noticed that Ren Yu’s Heavenly Fire Judgment seemed weaker than before but questioned how he could wield it, while Miss Otto again thought Ren Yu resembled a true Kaslana.
• Ren Yu struck Marcus’s weakened shield with Apocalypse - War, shattering it with an attack powered by 10% of his Emblem Energy.
• Marcus realized Ren Yu would not spare him and recalled that he had transmitted Earth’s coordinates into the Sea of Quantum.
• Ren Yu decapitated Marcus, who remained conscious for a short time and hoped someone might come to save him.

Ren Yu killed Marcus and absorbed the strength that raised his life level to the peak of level three. As Raven and Gray Serpent reacted to the battle, Ren Yu stood on the verge of another breakthrough.

• Ren Yu burned Marcus's corpse to ash with Apocalypse - War, ending the fight.
• Raven told Gray Serpent that Marcus was dead, and Gray Serpent struggled to accept how quickly Ren Yu had defeated him.
• Ren Yu felt a warm current spread through his body, strengthening his physical abilities and senses.
• Raven glared at the nearby World Serpent executives after sensing someone watching her, while a new recruit muttered an insult and drew a cold look from her.
• Ren Yu's life level rose from level three to its peak, leaving him ready to break through.

Ren Yu reflected on the power of his weapons and discovered he could hover without his thruster, suggesting he was nearing Level Four. Kevin arrived and questioned how Ren Yu could wield Jie Mie despite his low Honkai resistance, leaving Kevin to wonder how much stronger humanity might have been with fighters like him.

• Ren Yu considered how much Apocalypse - War had evolved after killing a Level Four lifeform and joked that he was becoming like a demon lord.
• Ren Yu shut off his thruster, fell, and then slowed to a stop in midair, realizing he might be close to breaking free of gravity.
• Ren Yu wondered whether killing the Level Three Pioneers suppressed by Schicksal's Valkyrie squad would trigger his breakthrough.
• Kevin arrived beside Ren Yu and questioned his human origins, low Honkai resistance, and ability to wield Jie Mie and unleash its flames.
• Ren Yu insisted he was fully human, while Kevin silently imagined how the Previous Era might have fared with thousands of fighters like him.

Ren Yu rejected Kevin’s offer to join Fire Moth and argued that modern humanity should be allowed to fight Honkai using its own rapidly advancing technology. Kevin doubted humanity could survive without Fire Moth’s guidance, leaving their disagreement unresolved.

• Kevin offered Ren Yu a place in Fire Moth because the organization needed new warriors.
• Ren Yu refused to join and said he believed the humans of his era should handle the fight against Honkai.
• Ren Yu pointed to humanity’s technological progress as evidence that it could develop its own chance of victory.
• Kevin argued that humanity was divided and unprepared, and reminded Ren Yu that even the previous era’s united forces had fallen to Honkai.
• Ren Yu insisted humanity would only know whether it could win by trying, and considered uniting Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.

Ren Yu failed to stop Kevin from taking Wadeline and Thousand Worlds, One Step into the Sea of Quantum, so he turned to Bianca for help pursuing them. The chapter left Bianca unsure how to open a passage, while Ren Yu insisted that her World Bubble could do it.

• Wadeline's fleet appeared, and Kevin prepared to attack it while Ren Yu flew after him.
• Kevin opened a spatial passage that swallowed Thousand Worlds, One Step, Wadeline's ships, and a stretch of the River Thames.
• Ren Yu realized he had missed his chance to seize the Divine Key and feared Wadeline would die from Honkai Energy erosion.
• Ren Yu grabbed Bianca and asked her to use her World Bubble to open a passage into the Sea of Quantum.
• Bianca said she did not know how to tear open the boundary between worlds, but Ren Yu insisted she could.

Bianca used the World Bubble inside her to reopen a passage to the Sea of Quantum, and Ren Yu entered in search of Wadeline. Bianca followed him, intending to seize Thousand Worlds, One Step before returning to reality.

• Bishop Otto told Bianca to use her World Bubble to reopen the passage and warned her that lingering in the Sea of Quantum risked quantum assimilation.
• Otto ordered Bianca to take Thousand Worlds, One Step for Schicksal's research project and return quickly.
• Above the River Thames, Bianca used her World Bubble to strike the weakened spatial barrier until it shattered into a passage to the Sea of Quantum.
• Ren Yu checked his badge and shield, then jumped through the passage to search for Wadeline.
• Bianca followed Ren Yu into the Sea of Quantum.

Ren Yu and Bianca pursued Thousand Worlds, One Step through the dangerous Sea of Quantum while Ren Yu struggled with his broken flight device and lost sense of direction. Aboard the Divine Key, Kevin examined Wadeline and invited her to join Fire Moth, leaving her curious about the other person who wielded the Herrscher of Reason’s power.

• After the World Bubble’s impact crack disappeared, Ren Yu asked Bianca to carry him and guide him along the traces left by Thousand Worlds, One Step.
• Bianca flew through the Sea of Quantum with Ren Yu, who reflected on its dangers and on Sie’s survival there.
• Aboard Thousand Worlds, One Step, Kevin studied Wadeline and recognized that her human body could not naturally or artificially develop a Herrscher Core.
• Kevin invited Wadeline to join Fire Moth and fight Honkai, mentioning that he had met someone more skilled at using the same power to construct things.
• Kevin warned Wadeline that Honkai Energy had severely corroded her body and that she had only a few years left to live.

Kevin tried to recruit Wadeline into Fire Moth, arguing that modern humanity relied on the previous civilization’s legacy and needed extreme measures to defeat Honkai. Wadeline rejected his plan and trapped his avatar and the train inside a barrier, determined to keep him from reaching the real world.

• Wadeline refused to join Fire Moth, and Kevin claimed Stigmata and Valkyrie armor came from the previous civilization’s legacy.
• Wadeline doubted Kevin’s claim, recalling that Anti-Entropy had developed its technology independently apart from a few incomplete blueprints and scattered technologies.
• Kevin described his plan to fight Honkai at any cost, including subjecting humanity to Stigmata experiments and sacrificing those who could not survive.
• Wadeline became convinced Kevin was insane and decided she could not let him return to the real world.
• Kevin warned that his avatar could hold Wadeline off until his main body arrived, but Wadeline formed a giant barrier bubble around Thousand Worlds, One Step and brought the train to a halt.

Wadeline refused to join World Serpent or let Kevin carry out the Stigmata Project, and the two fought aboard Thousand Worlds, One Step. Just as she transformed into a Herrscher and aimed her machines at Kevin, Ren Yu arrived with Durandal.

• Kevin attacked Wadeline and shattered her layered defenses while urging her to join World Serpent.
• Wadeline asked Kevin to abandon the Stigmata Project, but he refused.
• Wadeline transformed into a Herrscher and filled the deck with weapons, stopping Thousand Worlds, One Step with blue gel.
• Ren Yu broke through the gel with Durandal on his back and landed in front of Wadeline.

Ren Yu confronted Kevin for pushing Wadeline toward Herrscher form while defending the Stigmata Project, and challenged him to a fight. As Kevin attacked, Ren Yu drew on energy from the Sea of Quantum and reached Level Four, surprising Kevin and a green-haired man beneath a Tree.

• Ren Yu saw Wadeline's Herrscher form and accused Kevin of bullying her, then demanded a fight.
• Kevin defended the Stigmata Project, but Ren Yu condemned its cost and declared he would stop it.
• Bianca arrived and stood behind Ren Yu as Kevin formed ice crystals and sent them flying at him.
• Ren Yu split an ice spike with his blade and, empowered by two badges, absorbed energy from the Sea of Quantum and crossed into Level Four.
• Kevin sensed Ren Yu's rapid evolution, while a green-haired man beneath a Tree wondered how he had advanced so quickly.

Ren Yu destroyed Kevin’s armed puppet by using the Erosion Core, while Bianca warned that they had to leave the Sea of Quantum soon. They prepared to take Thousand Worlds, One Step into her World Bubble.

• Ren Yu struck Kevin’s armed puppet with Apocalypse - War and activated the Erosion Core, erasing the consciousness controlling it.
• Kevin sensed that his clone was in trouble and suspected that Su had been captured because Su had not contacted him.
• Bianca told Ren Yu that they had to leave soon because she could barely withstand the Sea of Quantum’s repulsive force.
• Ren Yu asked Bianca to put Thousand Worlds, One Step inside her World Bubble, and she said she would try.

Ren Yu, Bianca, and Wadeline tried to take Thousand Worlds, One Step from its hidden realm, where a mysterious voice urged them to hurry before someone arrived. As Bianca carried a weakening Wadeline and Ren Yu away, Miss Otto waited anxiously by the River Thames for them to return.

• Ren Yu, Bianca, and Wadeline struggled to remove Thousand Worlds, One Step until it shrank to palm size and a male voice warned them to leave quickly.
• Ren Yu suspected the voice belonged to Su and urged the others to return to the real world before questioning him.
• Bianca prepared to carry Ren Yu and Wadeline, while Wadeline refused help and tried to fly using the Herrscher Core.
• Wadeline collapsed from the Herrscher Core's side effects, and Ren Yu caught her before she fell into the abyss.
• Ren Yu told Bianca to hurry back, and she flew away carrying him and Wadeline.
• At the River Thames, Miss Otto anxiously watched the riverbed after waiting three minutes for them to emerge.

Bianca and Ren Yu emerged safely from the Sea of Quantum, carrying the dying Wadeline. After landing at Schicksal’s camp, Ren Yu tried to leave with Wadeline, but Otto ordered the Valkyries to surround him.

• Otto anxiously waited for Bianca to return before Bianca burst from the river with Ren Yu.
• Ren Yu carried the unconscious Wadeline, while Anti-Entropy personnel called for emergency treatment for their Alliance Leader.
• Bianca landed in the Schicksal camp and was surrounded by concerned Valkyries.
• Ren Yu stood out among the Valkyries, who watched him with suspicion and fear.
• Otto told Ren Yu to stop, and the Valkyries surrounded him as he warned Otto they could not keep him from leaving.

Ren Yu brought the gravely injured Wadeline to Schicksal’s floating island, where its emergency facilities stabilized her. After a summons from Otto, Ren Yu entered the Bishop’s Hall to discuss the treatment and the train Bianca had brought back.

• Otto warned Ren Yu that Wadeline would die without immediate treatment and offered Schicksal’s emergency facilities.
• Ren Yu took Wadeline to Schicksal’s floating island, where doctors stabilized her condition.
• A servant told Ren Yu that Otto wanted to discuss his use of the emergency facilities and the train Bianca had brought back.
• Ren Yu went to the Bishop’s Hall and found a massive locomotive connected to numerous machines.

Ren Yu arrived at Schicksal’s conference hall while researchers tested the returned Second Divine Key, and Otto summoned him to join her at the head of the meeting. The clergy’s assumptions about his status shifted when Otto ordered a chair placed beside hers.

• Researchers tested the Second Divine Key and found that both electricity and Honkai Energy could power it, while its material was unknown.
• Ren Yu entered the conference hall, and Otto ordered him to come up to her seat.
• Ren Yu stopped when the clergy’s whispers made him think Otto was trying to embarrass him.
• Otto insisted Ren Yu take a seat beside her and ordered Amber to bring a chair.
• The clergy were shocked by Otto’s gesture and suspected that Schicksal’s power structure was changing.

Thousand Worlds, One Step seized energy and tore open a passage to a World Bubble, transporting Ren Yu and Bianca from the Bishop's Hall. Su welcomed Bianca among her countless alternate selves, but Ren Yu remained an inexplicable void to the Key's observations.

• Otto offered Ren Yu a place beside her, but before he could respond, Thousand Worlds, One Step began absorbing energy on its own.
• Thousand Worlds, One Step unleashed a shockwave and fired a purple beam through the Bishop's Hall roof, revealing a World Bubble in the sky.
• Otto recognized that the Second Divine Key used the Void Herrscher's Core and realized Ren Yu had disappeared as evacuation alarms sounded.
• Su welcomed Bianca into a World Bubble, where she saw countless versions of herself from parallel worlds.
• Bianca asked Su why Ren Yu had no alternate selves around him, and Su found only a dark void whenever he tried to observe Ren Yu.

Su brought Ren Yu and Bianca into a World Bubble and tried to convince Bianca to follow his plan to save humanity from Honkai. When Bianca attacked and broke free of Su’s control, he blocked her powerful punch with one hand.

• Black mist erupted and swallowed the World Bubble, which Su hurriedly repaired after a fissure opened in the sky.
• Ren Yu woke inside the World Bubble and looked around with Bianca, finding its scenery strangely crude and unpleasant.
• Su told Bianca that she was indispensable to his plan for humanity to survive Honkai, but refused to explain his reasons.
• Bianca rejected Su’s demand, ordered him to send them back, and lunged at him with her lance.
• Su used Thousand Worlds, One Step and the ancient tree’s leaves to immobilize Bianca, but she broke free and punched him.
• Su effortlessly caught Bianca’s golden fist with one hand.

Su defeated Bianca by reflecting her attack through his karmic cycle domain and sent her into a World Bubble, then faced Ren Yu. Ren Yu attacked Su, but his shield absorbed the force reflected by the domain.

• Su explained that his karmic cycle domain returned attacks to their owners, with stronger attacks causing greater backlash.
• Su transferred Bianca into a World Bubble before she could respond.
• Su questioned Ren Yu about why he had not intervened, and Ren Yu said he had let Su pass information to Bianca.
• Ren Yu warned Su that he would not be able to tamper with Bianca, then challenged him with a slash from Apocalypse - War.
• Su's karmic cycle reflected the slash, but Ren Yu's shield absorbed the backlash.

Ren Yu shattered Su’s karmic reincarnation barrier with Apocalypse - War, then stopped his final slash just above Su’s head to warn him rather than kill him. Su apologized, while Ren Yu noticed his Emblem Energy rising and felt an increasing familiarity with the towering Tree.

• Ren Yu repeatedly struck Su’s karmic reincarnation barrier with Apocalypse - War, strengthening each slash until his Emblem Energy passed the 10% threshold.
• Ren Yu’s ninth slash shattered the barrier and left Su believing he was about to die.
• Ren Yu stopped Apocalypse - War inches above Su’s head and explained that he had only wanted to warn him.
• Su apologized to Ren Yu, who recalled Apocalypse - War and looked toward the towering Tree.
• Ren Yu felt a growing familiarity with the Tree and noticed his Emblem Energy rise from 47% to 48%.

Ren Yu discovered that Su’s Tree could replenish Emblem Energy and learned that Thousand Worlds, One Step might contain records of its origin. After searching the Divine Key’s coordinates, he heard that Bianca was coming out.

• Ren Yu recognized that the Tree held substances like those Inner Sie converted into Emblem Energy and asked Su where it had come from.
• Su said he had brought the Tree from an area of the Sea of Quantum and that Thousand Worlds, One Step might have its coordinates.
• Su questioned Ren Yu about his origins and Earth, explaining that Ren Yu’s pure genes and absence from parallel worlds made him seem impossible.
• Ren Yu searched the coordinate records inside Thousand Worlds, One Step and complained about the work.
• Su told Ren Yu that Bianca was coming out.