Chapter Summaries

Jackal used the Military Seal and Wang Li’s testimony to accuse Rita of imprisoning Crown Prince Guan Xing and pressured the Huangyue soldiers to obey. Guan Xing and Kiana realized they were trapped, while Kiana was restrained from attacking the rebels; the standoff remained unresolved.

• Jackal demanded that the kneeling Huangyue soldiers obey the Military Seal and accused Rita of imprisoning Guan Xing.
• Jackal called Wang Li forward, and the soldiers recognized him as Durandal’s trusted aide.
• Jackal claimed the accusation was also Durandal’s intention, persuading the soldiers that resisting would mean joining Rita’s rebellion.
• Guan Xing realized she had been set up and decided she could not safely leave the guest room.
• Kiana recognized Wang Li among the rebels and tried to rush outside to kill him, but the Otherworlders restrained her to protect Guan Xing.
• Kiana shouted in frustration as the rebels threatened to take control of her father’s realm.

Rita evaded a hidden attack but was nearly killed by a bullet fired by a man in black from a rooftop. Ren Yu caught the bullet with his bare hand, leaving the assassin terrified and Rita astonished.

• Rita sensed danger and suppressed her other self as she dodged the hidden weapons.
• The man in black fired an electromagnetically accelerated bullet at Rita, confident it would pierce her defenses.
• Rita's barrier shattered, and she believed she could not escape the fatal shot.
• Ren Yu caught the bullet between his fingers and crushed it, dissipating its electromagnetic force.
• The man in black feared Ren Yu's strength and decided to flee.

Ren Yu killed the black-clad attacker who had tried to shoot Rita, but Rita’s injuries and the surrounding assassins left her trapped as the rebellion closed in. The chapter ended with the attackers charging, just as Rita began to ask Ren Yu for help.

• Ren Yu threw the flattened projectile back and killed the fleeing man in black.
• Rita collapsed and vomited blood from the strain of creating a protective barrier.
• The assassins emerged from hiding and moved to kill Rita while the Huangyue Iron Cavalry remained too far away to help.
• Rita decided to ask Ren Yu to escort her, but several dozen assassins charged before she could finish speaking.

Ren Yu killed the assassins attacking Rita with a series of swift saber strikes, leaving her stunned by his strength. Rita urged him to flee the imperial capital until the Huangyue Iron Cavalry arrived, after which she planned to return and crush the rebellion.

• Rita warned Ren Yu to leave as assassins launched a barrage of weapons and poison at them.
• Ren Yu drew a blood-red saber and killed more than twenty assassins in less than half a second.
• Ren Yu shielded Rita from the attack, and she stared at the fallen assassins in disbelief.
• Ren Yu told Rita to use her backup quickly, warning that the situation outside would grow chaotic.
• Rita said rebels had taken control of the Imperial Guards and urged Ren Yu to escape with her until the Huangyue Iron Cavalry arrived.

Ren Yu and Rita tried to escape the Prime Minister's Mansion while Rosaliya fought Jackal, Prince Liu, and their forces outside. As a strange beast descended through a spatial passage with Liliya aboard, Rosaliya recognized her.

• Rita urged Ren Yu to leave immediately, but he asked whether creating an eggshell had weakened her.
• Rosaliya picked up the Imperial Seal, dodged Jackal, and kicked Prince Liu off his horse after he shot at her.
• Jackal ordered the guards to capture Rosaliya, who dodged their attacks and warned them not to force her to reveal her identity.
• A massive lion-rhinoceros beast descended through a spatial passage, and Rosaliya recognized Liliya riding it.

Liliya brought the Exotic Beast Yan Luo to the Prime Minister's Mansion, where its arrival froze the ground and sent the troops into panic. As Yan Luo slaughtered the soldiers, Wang Li charged at it, driven by the deaths of his friends and relatives.

• Liliya dragged Yan Luo to the Prime Minister's Mansion, where the beast crashed into buildings and spread ice across the grounds.
• The soldiers recognized Yan Luo as the beast General Durandal had failed to kill, while Prince Liu's leg began freezing.
• Jackal ordered the troops to fire a volley of arrows, but nearly all failed to penetrate Yan Luo's hide.
• An arrow struck Yan Luo's eye, and the enraged beast unleashed freezing breath before crushing a group of the princes' private troops.
• Wang Li charged at Yan Luo with his spear, furious over the friends and relatives he had lost to the beast.

Wang Li attacked Exotic Beast Yan Luo to avenge his brothers and wife, but Yan Luo froze and crushed him. As the beast threatened Huangyue City, Rosaliya and Liliya prepared to intervene, but Rosaliya’s attempt to draw its attention came too late.

• Wang Li wounded Exotic Beast Yan Luo with his spear, but Yan Luo froze him and crushed his ice statue.
• Rosaliya demanded to know why Liliya had brought Yan Luo to the city, and Liliya explained that a spatial passage had collapsed after Rosaliya and she fell through it.
• Rosaliya and Liliya saw the danger to Huangyue City’s civilians and considered fighting Yan Luo to buy time for their evacuation.
• The army’s arrows barely affected Yan Luo, which inhaled and prepared to attack the crowd.
• Rosaliya leaped toward Yan Luo with a large chunk of stone and shouted to draw its attention, but she was too late.

Ren Yu intervened as Yan Luo’s freezing breath threatened the troops, countering it with flames from Heavenly Fire Judgment. When the beast attacked him, he severed one of its claws, leaving Yan Luo bleeding and thrashing on the ground.

• Yan Luo blasted freezing air at the densest formation of troops, but Ren Yu’s flames from the direction of the Prime Minister's Mansion countered the attack.
• Liliya and Rosaliya recognized Ren Yu as Sie’s boyfriend, while the troops stared in shock at his arrival.
• Rita warned Ren Yu as Yan Luo charged and leaped at him.
• Ren Yu swung his blade and severed Yan Luo’s claw, cutting its main artery.
• Yan Luo crashed to the ground and writhed as blood poured from its wound, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Ren Yu killed Exotic Beast Yan Luo with his blade, ending the threat to the Huangyue Kingdom. As the soldiers celebrated, Rita’s body began moving against her will toward Ren Yu, driven by the other consciousness inside her.

• Ren Yu severed Yan Luo’s claw and then cut off its head with Apocalypse - War and Heroic Spirit Killer.
• Ren Yu destroyed Yan Luo’s core, and the beast’s aura faded as it died.
• The soldiers cheered Yan Luo’s death, while Rita felt relief that the Huangyue Kingdom could develop in peace.
• Rita lost control of her body and hurried toward Ren Yu, calling his name.
• Ren Yu opened his arms as Rita approached, expecting her to collapse.

Ren Yu reunited with Rita, who clung to him and begged him not to leave, while the soldiers and the twins reacted with shock to their embrace. As he comforted her, Ren Yu realized that some of Rita’s memories might be real.

• Rita rushed into Ren Yu’s arms, trembling and pleading with him not to abandon her again.
• The soldiers were stunned to see their chancellor embracing Ren Yu, and Rosaliya and Liliya watched in disbelief.
• Ren Yu soothed Rita and promised that he would not leave her behind.
• Ren Yu sensed something strange in Rita and realized that part of her memories seemed real.

Rita reunited with Ren Yu after risking a journey into the Sea of Quantum to find him. Ren Yu was moved by her devotion and found himself captivated by her beauty, while Rita secretly delighted in catching him staring.

• Rita hugged Ren Yu, apologized for her earlier behavior, and explained how she had searched for him after learning he was missing.
• Rita recalled collapsing in despair at the news before applying to enter the Sea of Quantum and enduring many hardships to find Ren Yu.
• Ren Yu admired Rita's beauty and wondered whether her ancient Shenzhou attire or her determination had changed how he saw her.
• Rita asked whether something was strange on her face after noticing Ren Yu staring at her.
• Ren Yu blushed, looked away, and claimed he had been distracted by an important thought, while Rita secretly rejoiced that he had been watching her.

Rita realized Ren Yu might be interested in her and imagined becoming his lover or wife, but Kiana and her companions emerged from the Prime Minister's Mansion before Ren Yu could respond. The Huangyue Iron Cavalry arrived to confront the fleeing rebels, and the chapter shifted to the imperial palace in Huangyue City, which had stood silent since Emperor Otto's death.

• Rita moved closer to Ren Yu and privately decided she wanted to become more than his personal maid.
• Kiana and her companions staggered out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, filthy and furious at the rebels outside.
• The army outside recognized Kiana and Princess Guan Xing as the Huangyue Iron Cavalry approached the city.
• The Huangyue Iron Cavalry sounded its horns and ordered the rebels captured, while Jackal and the commandery prince's private troops turned back in alarm.
• The story shifted to Huangyue City's imperial palace, once Emperor Otto's residence, which had fallen silent after his death.

At Huang Kingdom’s victory feast, ministers considered how the failed rebellion and the succession crisis would be handled. Rita showed her influence by taking control of the feast’s attention, leaving Ren Yu buried under food she insisted would not make him gain weight.

• Ministers at the victory feast recalled how Jackal and the princes had seized their potential opponents before their rebellion, then debated what punishment the traitors deserved.
• A young man suggested that Huangyue Kingdom needed a new ruler, and his father scolded him for speaking carelessly about the succession.
• The father explained that Guan Xing was Otto’s named heir, but Rita also had strong support and control of the Huangyue Iron Cavalry and the Imperial Guards.
• The young man spotted Rita serving Ren Yu and tried to draw attention to her, but his father told him to stop talking.
• Rita piled food onto Ren Yu’s plate and assured him that her calculations showed he would not gain weight from eating it.

Ren Yu agreed to let Rita feed him after she tried to win his attention, while Bella watched from the dining table in a foul mood. The chapter left Bella tapping the table irritably as Rita eagerly prepared to feed Ren Yu.

• Rita offered to feed Ren Yu and pretended to be hurt when he stayed silent.
• Ren Yu told Rita she had imagined his displeasure, then opened his mouth and asked her to feed him.
• Rita brightened and promised not to disappoint Ren Yu.
• Liliya blamed Rosaliya for a sound of breaking porcelain, then realized Rosaliya was innocent.
• Bella glowered and tapped the table as she watched Rita feed Ren Yu.

Bella grew jealous of Rita’s closeness to Ren Yu and confronted her during dinner. Rita challenged Bella’s place beside Ren Yu and left her speechless by claiming she could warm his bed at night.

• Bella complained that Rita kept feeding Ren Yu and standing too close to him.
• Ren Yu told Rita he could eat by himself, and Rita reluctantly agreed to stop feeding him.
• Rita asked Bella to change seats and suggested she join Rosaliya and Liliya.
• Bella refused to move, and Rita argued that she had more right to sit beside Ren Yu as his personal maid.
• Rita mocked Bella’s qualifications and asked whether she could warm Ren Yu’s bed at night, leaving Bella sputtering.

After the banquet, Ren Yu returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion alone and planned how to separate the two Ritas and leave the World Bubble. He also wondered how the two little ones had entered and resolved to reassure Sie once he had enough energy to travel.

• Rita reminded Bella that her principles did not apply only to Lord Ren Yu, and Bella angrily returned to her seat.
• Ministers whispered about Rita and Ren Yu, while Guan Xing and the others watched the exchange with curiosity.
• The banquet ended, but the ministers who supported Guan Xing did not raise their plans to put her on the throne.
• Rita asked Ren Yu to let her accompany him to bed, but he refused because he wanted to respect the other Rita and seek approval first.
• Ren Yu returned to his bedroom, planned to gather energy to separate the two Ritas and leave the World Bubble, and decided to contact Sie when he could.

At the Submarine Altar, Inner Sie forced Sie to face the shapeless aberrant beast so she could learn to control the Herrscher Stigmata. Sie remained terrified, while Inner Sie strengthened her power and vowed to beat Ren Yu; Ren Yu briefly sensed Sie’s voice from afar.

• At the Submarine Altar, Inner Sie fought the shapeless aberrant beast while Sie watched from a tentacle platform.
• Inner Sie pushed Sie into the battle and told her to control the Herrscher Stigmata without relying on her.
• Sie panicked, dropped her scythe, and crouched down, but Inner Sie refused to take over.
• Inner Sie urged Sie to fight by reminding her how helpless she felt when Ren Yu disappeared, then turned to strengthening her stigmata.
• Ren Yu heard what he thought was Sie threatening to give him a domestic beating, then laughed and dismissed it as his imagination.

Ren Yu returned to his room after worrying about Inner Sie, only to find Bella hiding beneath his quilt and claiming she had been warming his bed. He was left questioning why Benares looked flushed and sweaty enough to seem ill.

• Ren Yu worried that Inner Sie could use Sie's appearance and voice to catch him off guard, then returned to his room.
• Ren Yu sensed a living creature under his quilt and pulled it back to find Bella curled up inside.
• Bella complained that Ren Yu had ruined her efforts to warm the bed by opening the quilt.
• Ren Yu noticed Bella's flushed face and sweaty forehead and asked whether she had become that weak.

Ren Yu found Benares warming his bed under a blanket and teased her about it. After she reluctantly invited him to sleep beside her, he joined her beneath the blanket, leaving them both flustered and close together.

• Ren Yu questioned why Benares, a Judgment-class Honkai Beast, was sweating under the blanket.
• Benares insisted she was only warming the bed and refused to let Ren Yu take the blanket.
• Ren Yu realized Benares had been provoked by Rita and decided to let her finish warming the bed.
• When Ren Yu tried to leave, Benares stopped him and invited him to sleep beside her.
• Ren Yu slipped under the blanket with Benares and teased her for being nervous as she blushed and moved away.

Ren Yu teased Bella about how much she had changed during their time in the World Bubble, and she struggled to hide her feelings. Before leaving for the night, Bella thanked him for giving Her Majesty the Queen a place to stay, while Ren Yu prompted her to say more.

• Ren Yu teased Bella about curling herself tightly beneath the blanket, and she refused to answer him.
• Ren Yu recalled Bella's earlier distrust and said she had changed during their time in the World Bubble.
• Bella looked away and tried to deny his claim, but she could not bring herself to argue.
• Ren Yu stopped teasing Bella and told her to go to sleep before their work the next day.
• Bella thanked Ren Yu for giving Her Majesty the Queen a place to stay, and Ren Yu asked what else she was thanking him for.