Chapter Summaries

Ren Yu confessed that he loved both Sie and Bronya and refused to choose between them. Sie and Bronya were left stunned by his shameless declaration, while Ren Yu urged them to get along.

• Ren Yu pulled Sie and Bronya into his arms as they wondered what he intended to say.
• Bronya questioned her growing attachment to Ren Yu and struggled to understand her feelings.
• Ren Yu told Sie that he loved her and then confessed that he loved Bronya too.
• Ren Yu declared that he would not give either of them up and warned them not to leave him.
• Sie and Bronya were dumbfounded, and Ren Yu told them to get along well.

Ren Yu, Sie, and Bronya accepted living together after Sie and Bronya agreed to share him. The next morning, Ren Yu teased a nervous Bronya into giving him a kiss on the cheek.

• Sie and Bronya accepted Ren Yu’s proposal to live together peacefully, and the three fell asleep after exchanging a few words.
• The next morning, Ren Yu woke with Sie and Bronya clinging to his arms and Sie draped across him.
• Sie briefly woke, murmured Ren Yu’s name, then fell asleep again.
• Bronya woke, remembered agreeing to be sisters with Sie, and nervously greeted Ren Yu.
• Ren Yu asked Bronya for a kiss as compensation for waking him, and she reluctantly leaned toward him.

Ren Yu and Bronya shared a brief kiss, leaving Bronya wondering whether romance was a good thing. At the Moonlight Throne laboratory, Anti-Entropy employees debated merging the Conservatives and Reformists, then mistook a green-haired man accompanying Wadeline for a rival to Ren Yu.

• Bronya kissed Ren Yu on the cheek, and she wondered if her racing heart meant she was in love.
• Anti-Entropy employees argued over whether the Conservatives should merge with the Reformists while waiting for Wadeline and Ren Yu to arrive.
• Wadeline entered the conference room with a green-haired man, and the employees greeted her as their former Alliance Leader.
• An employee joked that the green-haired man might be Wadeline's lover, so the others moved away in alarm, fearing Ren Yu would hear him.
• The employees privately agreed that Ren Yu was the only man who could have that kind of relationship with Wadeline.

Su joined a gathering of researchers and worried that the planet lacked the energy reserves needed to develop Previous Era technology. Ren Yu arrived with Sie, Bronya, Tesla, and others, provoking a young man's jealous complaints about his public behavior.

• Su followed Wadeline to his seat and considered whether Previous Era technology could be rebuilt with the planet's limited energy reserves.
• Wadeline asked Su what was troubling him, but Ren Yu arrived before Su could explain.
• A young man recognized Ren Yu as the so-called Demon Ren and judged him for arriving with several young women.
• Ren Yu noticed the young man's glare, embraced Bronya and Sie, and walked toward the table.
• The young man denounced Ren Yu's public conduct, while the others privately approved and remarked that Ren Yu was only nineteen.

At an Anti-Entropy meeting, Ren Yu tried to coax Su into sharing knowledge from the Previous Era, and Su offered basic Honkai Energy conversion technology. Su clarified that it was not the Moonlight Throne and explained that conversion required a catalyst, such as the Tree in the World Bubble he had once possessed.

• Several attendees excused Ren Yu’s public affection with the two girls as youthful behavior, angering a young man who wanted to condemn him.
• Ren Yu sat beside Su at the meeting and asked whether he had remembered any technological knowledge to contribute to Anti-Entropy.
• Su said he had noticed Anti-Entropy’s primitive use of Honkai Energy and planned to share blueprints for basic conversion facilities.
• Ren Yu guessed that Su meant the Moonlight Throne, but Su explained that it was the only device that could eliminate and convert Honkai Energy.
• Su said his alternative conversion method needed a catalyst, such as the Tree in the World Bubble he had previously possessed.

Ren Yu learned that Su wanted him to find catalysts for a Moonlight Throne project so humanity could develop technology to fight the Honkai, while Wadeline said Schicksal would be invited to help. Otto traveled to St. Freya Academy, angry that Anti-Entropy had built a huge laboratory beneath her nose and wondering whether Theresa had been pretending to be foolish.

• Su asked Ren Yu to leave humanity a batch of saplings if he found their source in the Sea of Quantum, hoping they could serve as catalysts for the Moonlight Throne project.
• Su explained that the project could suppress Honkai Energy and give humanity time to advance its technology, but it depended on Ren Yu finding catalysts and holding off Honkai threats.
• Ren Yu worried he could not protect multiple areas if Honkai erupted worldwide and suggested bringing in Otto's Valkyries.
• Wadeline said she had invited the Bishop of Schicksal to witness the next Anti-Entropy Alliance Leader inherit the Herrscher Core and notify her about the exposed Moonlight Throne laboratory.
• Aboard a transport plane bound for St. Freya Academy, Otto fumed that Anti-Entropy had built a vast underground laboratory without her knowledge and wondered whether Theresa had been acting foolish on purpose.

Otto arrived at St. Freya Academy to confront Ren Yu, but he had already left to find Benares and recruit her for a trip into the Sea of Quantum. Benares rejected his offer and tried to flee, leaving Ren Yu chasing after her.

• Rita welcomed Otto and her group to St. Freya Academy and said Ren Yu had been waiting for them.
• Otto learned Ren Yu was no longer in the forest and set out to discuss his escape with him.
• Ren Yu found Benares tending flowers and offered her a way to shorten the time before she could take Sirin away.
• Benares suspected Ren Yu was trying to trick her, refused his offer, and ran off.

Ren Yu tried to persuade Benares to work for him for one year in exchange for her freedom, and she agreed despite suspecting a trap. Benares feared he wanted something improper from her, but Ren Yu struck her on the head and scolded her for imagining things.

• Ren Yu blocked Benares from fleeing and offered to restore her freedom after five years, then lowered the offer to three years and finally one.
• Benares considered the offer a likely trap but agreed to work for Ren Yu for one year so she could free Her Majesty.
• Ren Yu began to explain what he wanted Benares to do, but she stopped him and forbade anything extreme or bizarre.
• Benares assumed Ren Yu intended something improper and cried out in dread.
• Ren Yu smacked Benares on the head and scolded her for imagining inappropriate things.

Ren Yu tried to get Belenaus to carry him through the Sea of Quantum, but his request to “ride” her caused an embarrassing misunderstanding. Meanwhile, Wadeline brought Otto to meet Ren Yu after Otto rejected Anti-Entropy’s proposed cooperation.

• Ren Yu asked Belenaus to return to her dragon form and carry him, but she mistook his request for a sexual advance.
• Ren Yu grabbed Belenaus and covered her mouth while explaining what he meant, but she remained convinced he was taking advantage of her.
• Otto refused Wadeline’s proposal to cooperate with Anti-Entropy and demanded that Ren Yu meet with her.
• Wadeline took Otto toward the flowerbed at St. Freya, hoping Ren Yu could persuade her to cooperate.
• Ren Yu continued trying to calm Belenaus and insisted he had no lecherous intentions toward her.

Ren Yu cleared up Benares’s misunderstanding about wanting to ride her, then brought Otto and her group to an Anti-Entropy meeting. The sight of Schicksal’s delegation threw the conference hall into alarm.

• Ren Yu told Benares he had only meant to use her as a mount, and she felt relieved before becoming angry at his insult.
• Wadeline arrived with Otto, who questioned Ren Yu’s presence beside Benares and exchanged hostile looks with her.
• Ren Yu welcomed Otto and led her toward the conference room, offering to discuss Anti-Entropy’s problems.
• Anti-Entropy members argued over whether to merge the Reformists and Conservatives.
• Ren Yu and Wadeline escorted Otto’s group into the meeting, prompting attendees to panic and call for security.

Wadeline used the Star of Eden to disarm Otto’s delegation and enforce Anti-Entropy’s conference rules before Schicksal and Anti-Entropy began their planned cooperation. The meeting approved an initial merger with the Reformists and moved on to Bronya Zaychik’s succession as Alliance Leader, with Wadeline preparing to hand her a purified Herrscher Core.

• Wadeline announced that Schicksal’s delegation were honored guests and that Anti-Entropy was likely to begin cooperating with them.
• When a Valkyrie objected to putting away her weapon, Wadeline used the Star of Eden to pin Otto and the others down and make their metal weapons fall.
• Otto ordered her delegation to put away their weapons after Wadeline cited Anti-Entropy’s conference-room rules.
• Wadeline announced that 73% of voters supported merging the Reformists and Conservatives, with Edward overseeing the initial merger next week.
• Wadeline welcomed Bronya Zaychik to the platform and prepared to pass her the purified Herrscher Core as the next Alliance Leader.

Bronya received the Herrscher Core from Wadeline and became the new Alliance Leader. Otto misread the peaceful transfer as a trap, while Bronya began testing whether she could use the Core to alter her body.

• Bronya wore a formal dress chosen by Ren Yu as Wadeline prepared to transfer the Herrscher Core.
• Wadeline transferred the Core to Bronya smoothly, and Bronya sensed that she could create things with its power.
• Otto saw Wadeline give up the Core and suspected she was baiting him into an attack, while Ren Yu wondered what Otto was thinking.
• Wadeline congratulated Bronya as the new Alliance Leader after the ceremony ended.
• Bronya realized she could make small changes to her body and secretly wondered whether her chest had grown enough for Ren Yu to notice.

Bronya accepted the Herrscher Core but was given no authority over Anti-Entropy, leaving her free to serve as a warrior while others handled its affairs. At talks with Schicksal, Otto rejected Wadeline and Su’s proposal to build Honkai Energy conversion facilities unless Anti-Entropy gave Schicksal the technology and let it lead; Su then invoked Kallen Kaslana.

• Wadeline finished the ceremony by clarifying that Bronya would not interfere in Anti-Entropy’s affairs and would serve only as a warrior.
• Bronya showed little interest in power and preferred to leave Anti-Entropy’s management to capable subordinates.
• Otto questioned the risks, costs, and manpower required for Honkai Energy conversion facilities and argued that Schicksal could build them without Anti-Entropy.
• Otto demanded Anti-Entropy provide its blueprints and technology and allow Schicksal to lead the project.
• Su hinted that Otto might need Anti-Entropy’s help and named Kallen Kaslana, prompting Otto to respond without concern.

Su explained to Otto that Ren Yu had rescued him from the Sea of Quantum and offered him a way to keep living in exchange for serving his organization. His account connected Ren Yu to the Honkai God and suggested Otto would need Ren Yu’s help to reach the other side of the Imaginary Tree and revive Kallen.

• Su warned Otto not to make an enemy of Ren Yu if she wanted to learn how to bring Kallen back to life.
• Su told Otto that the answer she sought lay on the other side of the Tree, and that Ren Yu could help her reach it.
• Su revealed that Ren Yu had stopped him from sinking into the Sea of Quantum with his World Bubble and offered him a way to survive.
• Su described hearing a voice like the Honkai God’s, which invited him to play chess for answers to his questions.
• Su said Ren Yu’s offer made him remember who he was, so he accepted the conditions and returned.

Su told Otto that he had returned from the Honkai God’s domain after hearing the words “Go back,” leaving Otto convinced that Ren Yu might hold the key to reviving Kallen. Otto demanded that Anti-Entropy hand Ren Yu over in exchange for helping build Honkai Energy conversion facilities, but Ren Yu, Wadeline, and Inner Sie rejected her demand.

• Su told Otto that he had returned to the World Bubble without warning after hearing a faint sigh and the words “Go back.”
• Otto wondered who Ren Yu was and said she wanted to capture him for study, prompting Wadeline to warn her not to threaten Anti-Entropy’s executor.
• Otto offered to help build Honkai Energy conversion facilities on Earth if Anti-Entropy handed Ren Yu over to her.
• Wadeline and Inner Sie both refused Otto’s demand, and Otto declared that there was nothing left to discuss.

Inner Sie reacted angrily to Otto’s interest in Ren Yu, while Otto confused Ren Yu with memories of Kallen. The meeting ended with Ren Yu becoming Schicksal’s Bishop alongside his Anti-Entropy role.

• Inner Sie confronted Otto and Ren Yu reassured her that he would not leave her or Sie.
• Otto associated Ren Yu with Kallen and suspected his damaged memories had transferred his feelings onto Ren Yu.
• Wadeline proposed splitting the Honkai Energy conversion facilities between Anti-Entropy and Schicksal along the Prime Meridian.
• Otto agreed to the division on the condition that Ren Yu help him find a way to resurrect Kallen.
• After the meeting, Ren Yu became Schicksal’s Bishop, second only to Otto, while remaining an Anti-Entropy executor.

Ren Yu tried to persuade Benares to serve as his mount for a year in exchange for her freedom, but she saw through his plan to keep her and Sirin together. He left her unconvinced, while privately wondering about the immense being he had sensed when he resurrected Su.

• Ren Yu wondered whether his role in resurrecting Su had drawn the attention of a powerful life-form, perhaps the Honkai God.
• Otto took a group of Valkyries to St. Freya Academy to find her granddaughter, Theresa.
• Ren Yu found Benares sulking in the garden and offered to shorten her term as his mount to eleven months and twenty-nine days.
• Benares accused Ren Yu of planning to keep Sirin even after she regained her freedom, and refused to become his mount.
• Ren Yu struggled to reassure Benares, but she argued that he would catch her if she tried to escape with Sirin.

Ren Yu threatened Benares with harming Sirin unless she agreed to become his mount, and Benares reluctantly accepted to protect her queen. She demanded that Ren Yu swear he would not touch Sirin, but remained unconvinced after he promised.

• Ren Yu threatened to keep Sirin away from Benares and defile her if Benares refused to become his mount.
• Benares angrily agreed to become Ren Yu's mount to protect Sirin.
• Benares made Ren Yu promise not to lay hands on Sirin, and Ren Yu swore he would not initiate anything.
• Benares said she still did not trust Ren Yu and asked what would stop him from breaking his promise.

Ren Yu persuaded Bella to carry him through the Sea of Quantum and then took her to meet a newcomer at St. Freya Academy. Bella misunderstood his intentions, but Ren Yu clarified that he wanted her to teach the girl how to use the electromagnetic powers in a Herrscher Core.

• Bella reluctantly agreed to Ren Yu's request despite still doubting him.
• Sirin, inside Kiana at St. Freya Academy, eagerly anticipated meeting Ren Yu and imagined becoming his trusted subordinate.
• Ren Yu brought Bella through St. Freya Academy, where she grew suspicious and feared he was taking her somewhere inappropriate.
• Ren Yu told Bella that the newcomer she would meet was a woman who needed instruction.
• Bella panicked over the idea of teaching the newcomer, and Ren Yu sharply explained that he meant teaching her to use the electromagnetic powers inside a Herrscher Core.

Ren Yu brought Bella to meet Mei at a secluded training ground, explaining that Bella could teach her ways to control the electromagnetic force in her Herrscher Core. The chapter ended with Mei learning that Bella’s pseudo-core gave her similar abilities and that they could begin with basic techniques.

• Bella negotiated with Ren Yu to shorten her contract by one week, then hid her tail when he reminded her to do so.
• Ren Yu and Bella arrived at the forest training ground, where Mei was waiting for him.
• Ren Yu introduced Bella to Mei, and the two exchanged greetings.
• Ren Yu explained that Bella’s pseudo-core let her use electromagnetic force in ways similar to Mei’s, making her a suitable teacher for basic techniques.
• Ren Yu said Mei’s plan to turn the Herrscher of Reason Core into a supercomputer would have to wait because Bronya could not yet help.