Chapter Summaries

Ren Yu and Inner Sie fought their way through the spatial tunnel and reached the Sea of Quantum, where Ren Yu tested the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire against an approaching monster. The chapter left Inner Sie refusing to give him any more of her energy.

• Inner Sie mercilessly killed the Quantum Shadows and discarded their bodies, leaving Ren Yu stunned by her brutality.
• Ren Yu and Inner Sie continued through the tunnel, and Ren Yu cut down the occasional attacker until they reached the exit.
• Ren Yu, Inner Sie, and Benares emerged into the Sea of Quantum and saw its World Bubbles and drifting lifeforms.
• A huge crab-headed, shark-bodied Level Three monster charged at the group, and Ren Yu drew the Greatsword of Heavenly Fire.
• Ren Yu powered the Greatsword with Emblem Energy, while Inner Sie refused his request for more energy because she had already used hers up.

Ren Yu destroyed an Emperor-class Honkai Beast with a single attack, then faced Inner Sie’s fear that he would abandon her. The chapter left Inner Sie flustered as Ren Yu smiled without answering her demand that he stay.

• Inner Sie pleaded with Ren Yu not to abandon her and Sie, insisting she would repay him for charging her later.
• Ren Yu unleashed the charged Heavenly Fire Judgment and obliterated the Level Three creature, while the blast sent nearby landmasses drifting through the Sea of Quantum.
• Ren Yu noted that absorbing the creature increased his physical attributes by less than one percent and estimated he would need to kill hundreds more to reach Level Five.
• Benares watched Ren Yu’s attack and wondered whether she still had any chance of rescuing Sirin.
• Ren Yu noticed Inner Sie clinging to his clothes like Sie, and Inner Sie became embarrassed as she repeated that he could not leave them.
• Ren Yu smiled without replying, making Inner Sie blush and threaten to tear his mouth apart if he laughed again.

Ren Yu reassured Inner Sie that he would not leave her behind and kissed her until her fear eased, though she remained upset that he expected her to treat him better. The chapter ended with Ren Yu recognizing her renewed indignation and rubbing his temples in exasperation.

• Inner Sie worried that Ren Yu would leave her behind after finding a way to replenish the badges' energy.
• Ren Yu flicked Inner Sie's forehead and told her he would not leave her behind.
• Ren Yu kissed Inner Sie, and she gradually stopped struggling and wrapped her arms around his neck.
• Ren Yu asked Inner Sie to treat him better, prompting her to protest that she had already treated him well.
• Ren Yu read Inner Sie's expression and rubbed his temples in frustration.

Ren Yu teased Inner Sie into accepting a kiss, then reassured her that he would not give up on her. The chapter ended with him asking whether he would need to do something more dangerous to prove his sincerity, leaving Inner Sie angry again.

• Ren Yu suggested that Inner Sie kiss him to make up for his earlier teasing, but she refused.
• Ren Yu threatened to kiss Inner Sie, and she closed her eyes while waiting for him to do it.
• After letting Inner Sie wait, Ren Yu hugged and kissed her, surprising her.
• Inner Sie protested, but Ren Yu insisted that she had wanted the kiss.
• Ren Yu held Inner Sie's hand and asked if he had to turn her from a girl into a woman before she would believe he was sincere.

Ren Yu coaxed Inner Sie into kissing his cheek, then led her and Benares toward a nearby source of dense energy to search for the “trees.” The group reached the area where the energy seemed strongest, and Inner Sie pointed out its direction.

• Ren Yu refused to release Inner Sie until she kissed him, and she finally gave him a brief kiss on the cheek.
• Ren Yu decided that he and Inner Sie should search for the “trees” after their trip through the deep well.
• Ren Yu ordered Benares to fly toward the dense energy, and she obeyed despite her dissatisfaction.
• As the energy grew stronger, Inner Sie independently pointed toward its source in the void.

Ren Yu asked Inner Sie about the dense energy concentration and learned that the energy could only be contacted in a Quantum State. Sie brought him into one, where he discovered a vast realm of white trees rooted in the void and recognized them as the Imaginary Tree.

• Ren Yu asked Inner Sie why energy gathered densely in an apparently empty area, and she explained that the energy could not be seen in its physical state.
• Inner Sie told Ren Yu she had needed to enter a Quantum State to collect the energy, and Ren Yu realized she could bring him into one.
• Inner Sie took Ren Yu by the hand and brought him into a white realm filled with enormous trees.
• Ren Yu saw the trees' roots extending into the void and connected the scene to the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quantum.

Ren Yu explored the Sea of Quantum’s Sea of Trees with Sie and worried that the Imaginary Tree and the sea might someday threaten him, but the Emblem Sphere comforted him. Unable to absorb energy while in a Quantum State, he returned with Sie and planned to rely on her and researchers to find a way to use the trees’ energy.

• Ren Yu doubted that the trees he saw were the Imaginary Tree and wondered how he would resist if the tree or the Sea of Quantum turned against him.
• Inner Sie comforted Ren Yu and told him that she and Sie would not leave him, prompting him to renew his resolve to find them physical bodies.
• The Emblem Sphere trembled and eased Ren Yu’s fears as he decided to take things one step at a time.
• Sie sent Ren Yu back out of the Quantum State after struggling to keep two people in it, and Benares asked whether they had found the trees.
• Ren Yu explained that he could not stay in the Sea of Trees long enough to absorb its energy and said they would need Sie’s help or a way to absorb it while physical.
• Inner Sie returned to the Sea of Trees to gather energy, while Ren Yu remarked that the forest seemed to strengthen her.

Ren Yu followed Bella into a World Bubble after the tree and surrounding space began to collapse and Bella’s core went out of control. He caught her as she fell, while Sie remained outside in the Quantum State.

• Ren Yu spotted the enormous tree and saw the surrounding void swell like a sea as the tree began to break apart.
• Bella’s core went out of control, forcing her out of dragon form and dragging her toward the World Bubble.
• Inside the World Bubble, a white-haired girl in the Huang Kingdom sensed that a variable had arrived.
• Ren Yu chose to follow Bella into the World Bubble, leaving Sie outside as she prepared to absorb energy.
• Ren Yu caught Bella in midair and asked what had happened to her.

Ren Yu rescued Bella from a fall, but her Simulated Herrscher Core stopped functioning in the region because something suppressed Honkai Energy. He kept her alive with Emblem Energy and realized his dwindling reserves might not be enough to get them out of the World Bubble.

• Ren Yu caught Bella and learned that the region was suppressing Honkai Energy and disabling her core.
• Ren Yu infused Bella with Emblem Energy, restoring her core, then slowed their descent and landed with her.
• A farmer mistook Ren Yu for an immortal and begged him to bring rain, so Ren Yu carried Bella away without answering.
• Ren Yu emerged from the woods and suspected the World Bubble came from remnants of ancient Shenzhou after he understood the farmers' language and recognized their clothes.
• Bella's core failed again, and Ren Yu supplied more Emblem Energy to keep her alive.
• Ren Yu checked that only fourteen percent of his Emblem Energy remained and doubted it would be enough to escape the World Bubble.

Ren Yu and Bella entered a city in a drought-stricken realm and heard that rival factions were vying for the throne left by Former Emperor Otto. Recognizing the world as possibly Honkai Kingdoms, Ren Yu became interested in finding Guan Xing, while Jackal hurried to meet Second Prince Kiana.

• Ren Yu brought Bella to a nearby city, bypassing its identity checkpoint by jumping over the wall.
• Ren Yu heard civilians complain about harsh taxes and learned that the Chancellor, Second Prince, and General Durandal were competing for power while searching for the missing Crown Prince, Guan Xing.
• Ren Yu suspected he had crossed into the world of Honkai Kingdoms and decided that staying there might be worthwhile because he wanted to meet Guan Xing.
• Jackal sensed that someone was watching her, then ordered her carriage to take her to the City Lord's Manor to see Second Prince Kiana.

Jackal visited Kiana at the city lord's manor and claimed she had found Guan Xing, while secretly arranging for the assassin Raven to kill her. Kiana remained uneasy about Jackal's intentions as the attack on Guan Xing approached.

• Jackal arrived at the city lord's manor and entered Kiana's chambers.
• Kiana asked Jackal where Guan Xing was after Jackal said she had found her.
• Jackal told Kiana that her subordinates had gone to meet Guan Xing and that she could see her the next day.
• Kiana worried that Jackal controlled too much of her military power and considered whether to keep pretending to be stupid.
• Jackal revealed in her thoughts that she had hired Raven to assassinate Guan Xing and believed the killing was certain.

Ren Yu overwhelmed the guards outside Kiana’s chambers with a powerful roar, leaving Jackal stunned as he approached. Jackal urged Kiana to escape and summon the troops, but a gray-haired woman suddenly appeared in the room.

• Jackal imagined taking power and establishing a new empire named Wolf before Ren Yu entered the chambers.
• Kiana and Jackal called for help, and Ren Yu stepped outside to face the guards surrounding the Second Prince’s chambers.
• Ren Yu knocked out guards until he grew tired of the slow process.
• Ren Yu roared, and the guards collapsed in pain as their weapons fell to the ground.
• Jackal shut and locked the door, then urged Kiana to escape through a rear window and summon the troops.
• A gray-haired woman suddenly appeared in the room.

Bella kept Kiana and Jackal from escaping under Ren Yu’s orders, while the two women feared her mutant-beast power. Ren Yu returned and learned that Guan Xing was at a nearby farmstead, leaving him poised to go after her.

• Bella told Kiana and Jackal that Ren Yu had ordered her to keep them under close watch.
• Jackal recognized Bella as a mutant beast and feared fighting her, while Kiana trembled beside her.
• Ren Yu returned, examined Guan Xing’s portrait, and gestured for Kiana and Jackal to reveal her location.
• Jackal told Ren Yu that Guan Xing was at a farmstead near Bai Lu City, preparing to pray for rain.
• Ren Yu studied the military map, and Jackal began to offer him a warning.

Ren Yu raced to the farmstead after Jackal warned him that assassins had been sent after Guan Xing, while Wadeline arranged for elite agents to enter the Sea of Quantum. Ren Yu found Guan Xing safe at a rain-prayer altar and watched her ritual from a distance.

• Jackal warned Ren Yu that General Durandal had sent assassins after Guan Xing, and Ren Yu hurried toward the farmstead after telling Benares to watch Jackal and the others.
• Wadeline learned that Ren Yu and Benares had disappeared, then ordered elite agents sent to Sea Abyss City after realizing she could not enter the Sea of Quantum without her Herrscher Core.
• Ren Yu reached the farmstead and spotted Guan Xing performing a rain-prayer ritual at the Seven Star Altar, surrounded by young girls moving through a pattern.
• Ren Yu confirmed that Guan Xing was safe and watched the ritual, wondering whether she could truly summon rain.

Guan Xing performed a ritual that brought thunder and promised heavy rain for Bai Lu City, while Ren Yu suspected the power came from Grem beneath the sea. After Guan Xing hurried out of the village, she sensed an uninvited guest ahead and prepared a trap.

• Guan Xing chanted on the Seven Star Altar, and talismans ignited as thunder and strong winds gathered overhead.
• Guan Xing told the villagers that heavy rain would reach Bai Lu City and the surrounding areas by noon the next day, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Ren Yu realized the ritual had caused artificial rainfall and sensed that energy from beneath the sea had affected the clouds.
• Ren Yu suspected Grem was behind both the rainfall and the suppression of Bella's Honkai Energy.
• Guan Xing refused the villagers' offer of lodging and left to continue toward the next town.
• Guan Xing sensed an uninvited guest along the road and prepared to set a trap.

Ren Yu found Guan Xing after she prepared a trap, but a real assassin named Raven appeared and targeted her. Raven warned Ren Yu to move aside, and he challenged her to fight.

• Guan Xing grew tired from digging her trap, and Ren Yu handed her a tissue.
• Guan Xing recognized Ren Yu, panicked, and fled into the forest, but he followed her.
• Guan Xing stopped and asked who had sent Ren Yu, but he said he belonged to no faction.
• A dart flew past Guan Xing and struck a tree, revealing that another assassin had arrived to kill her.
• Raven approached and ordered Ren Yu to move aside, but he laughed and challenged her as she drew her weapons.

Guan Xing tried to protect Ren Yu from Raven, a powerful Qi cultivator pursuing her, but Ren Yu refused to flee and insisted on confronting Raven. The chapter ended with Guan Xing anxiously warning him that he was only an ordinary person and Raven was far stronger.

• Guan Xing pulled Ren Yu away from Raven and explained that Raven was a dangerous Qi cultivator and a member of the Pirate Federation.
• Ren Yu recognized that the Pirate Federation should not exist yet and questioned Guan Xing about it, startling her when he leaned close to her ear.
• Raven spotted their hiding place and approached, while Guan Xing urged Ren Yu to escape and said she might be able to reason with Raven.
• Ren Yu refused to leave Guan Xing behind and declared that he would defeat Raven.
• Guan Xing warned Ren Yu that Raven could control Qi and was far beyond an ordinary person like him.

Ren Yu confronted Raven as she searched for Guan Xing, and broke Raven’s qi-infused scimitar with a flick of his finger. Raven was left stunned and demanded to know who he was.

• Guan Xing urged Ren Yu to leave so he would not be caught in the royal power struggle, while Raven searched nearby for her target.
• Raven changed direction and headed toward Guan Xing’s hiding place, but Ren Yu told Guan Xing to stay and moved to intercept her.
• Raven sensed Ren Yu beside her and struck at him with her qi-infused scimitar.
• Ren Yu stopped the blade with a finger flick and snapped the scimitar in two.
• Raven stared at the broken weapon and asked Ren Yu who he was.

Ren Yu realized Guan Xing could understand his language because she had encountered Grem, the wishing machine beneath the sea. After Guan Xing confirmed her connection to Grem, Ren Yu pressed her for more information, leaving the extent of the changes to the World Bubble unresolved.

• Ren Yu defeated Raven without using qi and surprised Guan Xing, who asked who he was and whom he served.
• Ren Yu realized Guan Xing understood his language and asked whether she had encountered Grem.
• Guan Xing recognized that Ren Yu’s speech was unfamiliar and demanded to know where he came from.
• Ren Yu revealed his knowledge of Grem, and Guan Xing worried that its existence could draw the other nations into conflict.
• Guan Xing admitted she had encountered Grem, and Ren Yu asked what else she knew.

Ren Yu learned that Otto had wished for creatures from other worlds to stop invading, which explained why the World Bubble suppressed Honkai Energy. After deciding to bring Raven to Bai Lu City for questioning, he faced Guan Xing's reluctance to return there, while she kept her plans to repair the Submarine Altar secret.

• Guan Xing revealed that her grandfather Otto had wished for creatures from other worlds to stop invading, and Ren Yu explained that the wish had partially worked by blocking creatures with Honkai Energy.
• Raven interrupted Ren Yu and Guan Xing's private conversation because she could not understand their dialects.
• Guan Xing suggested killing Raven, but Ren Yu said he wanted to question her about the Pirate Federation and take her to Bai Lu City.
• Guan Xing showed reluctance to return to Bai Lu City because she still had important matters to handle, including repairing the Submarine Altar.