Chapter Summaries

Kiana challenged Black Fu Hua over her strength and her rejection of the weak, then told her that she and her companions would only accept the Fu Hua they knew. Black Fu Hua, furious at being rejected, returned True Fu Hua’s feather, while Kiana tried to reach it and True Fu Hua warned that greater trouble lay ahead.

• Black Fu Hua fought through the mechanical guards, and Kiana questioned whether she could understand the suffering of the weak.
• Black Fu Hua insisted she was a reborn Fu Hua who could overcome any obstacle, but Kiana said she was not their Class Monitor and could not replace the Fu Hua they loved.
• Black Fu Hua realized Kiana had never seriously considered choosing her and accused Kiana and the others of protecting the other Fu Hua.
• Black Fu Hua summoned a feather and threw it at Kiana, declaring that she was giving Fu Hua back.
• Kiana tried to channel Taixu Sword Energy and Honkai energy into the feather, but it had no effect, as True Fu Hua warned her not to waste her strength.

Kiana fought the Herrscher of Sentience in a transformed Mount Taixu, determined to save Fu Hua despite the odds. The Herrscher overwhelmed her with weapons and taunts, but Kiana spotted an opening and formed a Subspace Lance to strike.

• Kiana refused to give up on saving Fu Hua and challenged Black Fu Hua, who warned that Fu Hua could not reclaim her body.
• Black Fu Hua transformed the battlefield into a vast sword graveyard and confronted Kiana as the Herrscher of Sentience.
• Kiana dodged the Herrscher’s attacks, fired at her, and identified her real position among three illusions by noticing its shadow.
• The Herrscher of Sentience summoned a spear and battered Kiana with powerful strikes while mocking her.
• Kiana waited for an opening and formed a Subspace Lance aimed at the Herrscher’s chest and abdomen.

Kiana used Fu Hua’s guidance to locate and strike the Herrscher of Sentience, then Sister Zhou’s livestream showcased interactive combat and drew players to Honkai Impact 3rd. Lehoyo overtook Goose Factory in rankings, prompting Goose Factory to launch a frantic counterattack.

• Fu Hua guided Kiana to the Herrscher of Sentience’s true body, and Kiana struck her with a subspace lance.
• Sister Zhou took control of Kiana during the fight and dodged the Herrscher of Sentience’s Sword Energy as viewers praised the gameplay.
• Livestream footage spread online, players rushed to log in, and Honkai Impact 3rd’s concurrent players surged.
• Zhou Chongfeng and Lehoyo’s staff watched Honkai Impact 3rd climb to first place, overtaking Goose Factory.
• Goose Factory’s management realized it had lost the lead, then ordered new events, open betas, acquisitions, and a smear campaign.

Qin Xiaofeng resolved to make Genshin Impact a success as Lehoyo claimed the top spot in the official rankings. In Sister Zhou’s livestream, Kiana fought the Herrscher of Sentience until the main story abruptly stopped at a frozen scene, leaving only a preview video.

• Qin Xiaofeng saw Lehoyo ranked first and vowed to make Genshin Impact the best game he could.
• Pig Factory’s executives reacted in disbelief as Lehoyo’s rise inspired small developers and shook the domestic gaming industry.
• Sister Zhou struggled through the Herrscher of Sentience’s attacks as Kiana dodged sword energy and blocked phantom spears with an Imaginary Space Lance.
• The Herrscher of Sentience overpowered Kiana in a clash and sent her plunging into a sword graveyard.
• Kiana fought back against the Herrscher of Sentience’s shifting weapons, but the battle froze at a critical moment and the main storyline stopped.

Kiana fought the Herrscher of Sentience in the shattered sword graveyard, relying on Fu Hua’s fading strength and guidance to survive her attacks. As the Herrscher unleashed a destructive phoenix, Kiana steadied herself and began to draw on what Fu Hua had taught her.

• Sister Zhou’s livestream paused before the cutscene showed Kiana battling the Herrscher of Sentience among the ruins.
• Fu Hua used her remaining strength to manifest feathers that blocked the Herrscher’s attacks and urged Kiana to seize an opening.
• The Herrscher unleashed Honkai energy and sword attacks, but Kiana used spatial powers to evade and deflect them.
• The Herrscher formed an artificial sun into a phoenix of purple-black flames and sent it toward Kiana.
• Fu Hua calmed Kiana and reminded her of their training, and Kiana closed her eyes before tracing an arc in the air.

Kiana defeated the Herrscher of Sentience with Taixu Sword Energy, but Fu Hua prepared to seal herself away as the illusion collapsed. Refusing to accept another sacrifice, Kiana followed Fu Hua into her memories and broke through the chains imprisoning her.

• Kiana unleashed Taixu Sword Energy: Divine Essence and overpowered the Herrscher of Sentience after telling her that Fu Hua had never been a failure.
• Fu Hua thanked Kiana, said the illusion was collapsing, and began sealing the Feather of Yu Duchen as she prepared to leave.
• Kiana refused to accept Fu Hua's sacrifice, seized the feather, opened a passage, and stepped into the darkness to find her.
• Kiana endured Fu Hua's painful memories, including Lixue's death and Fu Hua's loneliness across fifty thousand years, and promised not to let her bear it alone.
• Kiana struck the chained sphere with all her strength, shattered its cage, and revealed Fu Hua.

Fu Hua returned to her body after Kiana broke through the illusion, while the Herrscher of Sentience accepted that she was not the real Fu Hua and disappeared. Fu Hua reunited with Kiana and Bronya, and Sister Zhou ended the stream by hinting that she had met Lehoyo’s boss at a Spring Festival dinner.

• Kiana grabbed Fu Hua and shattered the illusion, revealing Mount Taixu and the memories of Fu Hua’s long journey.
• The Herrscher of Sentience admitted that she had understood the truth and that the enemy she wanted to destroy was herself.
• Fu Hua explained that the Herrscher of Sentience was not Honkai’s puppet and asked her to help resist Honkai, but she refused and vanished.
• Fu Hua resumed control of her body and reunited with Kiana and Bronya, who welcomed her back.
• Sister Zhou told the viewers that she had met Lehoyo’s boss at a Spring Festival dinner, prompting an uproar in the livestream chat.

Sister Zhou showcased the Herrscher of Sentience and Azure Empyrea, while Lehoyo’s announcement of a VR version of Honkai Impact 3rd sent the gaming industry scrambling. The next morning, Lin Yuhao saw that Lehoyo had overtaken Goose Factory on the mobile game popularity chart.

• Sister Zhou teased Honkai Impact 3rd’s VR version and promoted the upcoming live concert before opening the character trials.
• Sister Zhou tested the Herrscher of Sentience, whose dramatic ultimates and powerful attacks sent the livestream chat into a frenzy.
• Sister Zhou tried Azure Empyrea and discovered that Chi Yuan Immortal could amplify elemental damage across the team.
• Goose Factory’s executives panicked after Lehoyo announced a VR version of Honkai Impact 3rd, while the game’s revenue surged unnoticed.
• Lin Yuhao checked the news over breakfast and saw that Lehoyo had claimed the top spot on the mobile game popularity chart.

Lin Yuhao saw Honkai Impact 3rd players react to the new limited banners, then learned the dual banners were earning far more than usual. He expanded the sold-out concert and ordered Xiaoyan’s team to prepare a new-version PV and voice recordings for its premiere.

• Lin Yuhao told the noodle shop owner that his estranged father had died, then overheard teenagers arguing about the Herrscher of Sentience and Azure Empyrea banners.
• Lin Yuhao drove to Lehoyo Tower and asked Zhou Chongfeng whether the simultaneous banners were cannibalizing each other; Zhou reported revenue had already reached 3.7 times the usual level.
• Chen told Lin Yuhao that concert tickets had sold out, so Lin Yuhao ordered more seats and a giveaway for players, with gifts for those who had already bought tickets.
• Lin Yuhao told Xiaoyan that her team’s time off was canceled and ordered them to prepare a new-version PV featuring the [Elysian Realm] draft, along with voice recordings.
• Xiaoyan protested that Lin Yuhao was picking on honest people, then ran off clutching her folder.

Lin Yuhao assigned Hanser a new character script, then focused on Lehoyo’s concert as Honkai Impact 3rd’s revenue soared and the event began. The concert opened with Otto Apocalypse appearing onstage, drawing gasps and audience hostility.

• Hanser finished her concert songs and story lines, but Lin Yuhao gave her Haxxor Bunny’s script to memorize and invited her to inspect the venue.
• Zhou Chongfeng and Old Chen launched the event, and players rushed to compete for free concert tickets.
• Honkai Impact 3rd’s daily revenue reached 13.25 million and rose to 14 million the following day, setting a new mobile gaming record.
• Sister Zhou and the audience arrived at Lehoyo’s ten-thousand-seat Honkai Impact 3rd-themed concert, while Hanser and the other performers prepared backstage.
• The concert began in darkness, and Otto Apocalypse appeared onstage as Sister Zhou cried out and the audience reacted with loathing.

Lin Yuhao hosted a spectacular celebration, with Bronya, Kiana, Raiden Mei, and the others making dramatic entrances before he unveiled the next update. He announced the main story chapter “Theatre of One” and the new Elysian Realm mode, leaving its mysterious invitation to explore the past on screen.

• Otto opened the celebration, and Bronya arrived aboard the Hyperion before performing a motorcycle entrance as the crowd cheered.
• Kiana appeared as the Herrscher of the Void, then revealed herself and greeted the audience; Theresa, Seele, Hualing, and Fu Hua also joined the stage.
• Raiden Mei rode Kurikara to the venue, Raven and the other guests appeared, and the Herrscher of Sentience interrupted to search for Fu Hua.
• Lin Yuhao revealed himself as the planner and announced the main story chapter “Theatre of One,” featuring the Herrscher of Thousands and a threatened Seele and Bronya.
• Lin Yuhao announced the Elysian Realm mode, and a voice on the screen welcomed a soul seeking the past.

Lin Yuhao’s concert presentation of the Elysian Realm trailer thrilled players and prompted rival game companies to rush their releases. After the show, he thanked his staff and gave them two days off, while Hua Ling nervously asked to share the first sip of wine with him.

• The Elysian Realm trailer introduced the Flame-Chasers and ended with Elysia’s name obscured by black mist, sending the audience into a frenzy.
• Lin Yuhao assured the crowd that the update was coming soon, while Chen Rui ordered an immediate Azur Lane open beta and Goose Factory’s executives hurried to act.
• Kiana, Bronya, Mei, and their real-life voice actors shared the stage, and the concert ended with the characters thanking the audience.
• Lin Yuhao praised his staff at dinner and gave them two days off.
• Hua Ling raised her glass to Lin Yuhao and admitted she wanted to share the first sip of wine with him, drawing cheers and teasing from the others.

At a company celebration, Lin Yuhao praised and comforted employees who sought his attention. After Honkai Impact 3rd’s concert revived interest in the game and The Theatre of One launched, Hanser streamed the new main story, which opened with an exhausted student waking alone in a university classroom.

• Lin Yuhao thanked Hua Ling, Hanser, and Tao Dian for their work, while Xiao Yan, Zhou Chongfeng, and Qin Xiaofeng joked together at the company dinner.
• The concert recording spread online, Honkai Impact 3rd’s player numbers surged, and Lehoyo announced a release date for The Theatre of One.
• Half a month later, Hanser streamed the new update as Sister Zhou and PD joined her and Sister Zhou showered the stream with gifts after watching footage of Lin Yuhao recording lines.
• The new story opened with narration about an individual’s weight in the world before a male student woke from a nightmare in an almost-empty university classroom.
• The student worried about missing class and failing an elective, then remained alone amid the dusty, cluttered room as sunlight poured through the window.

John Doe endured a monotonous day before darkness transported him and the people around him to an immense theater, where they became puppets controlled by transparent threads. The scene ended with Hanser watching the footage and realizing the Herrscher was supposed to appear later.

• John Doe left class, returned to his dorm, and complained to his roommate about his dull life and the news of recurring disasters.
• John Doe scrolled through his phone, reflected that tomorrow would be no different, and fell asleep.
• John Doe awoke in a vast, ancient theater after being swallowed by darkness.
• John Doe saw his classmates, roommate, and professor moving like puppets with threads attached to them, and discovered a thread pinned his own ankle.
• The footage froze, and Hanser wondered why the Herrscher had not appeared as expected.

Durandal ordered Schicksal to cooperate with Doctor Nagamitsu and share intelligence with World Serpent and Anti-Entropy as a new Honkai-linked threat spread worldwide. At Salt Lake Base, Seele woke in fright after Dark Seele used a caterpillar to scare her, and Dark Seele left her to handle the children.

• Rita told Durandal that five seemingly unrelated incidents shared traces of Honkai energy, and Doctor Nagamitsu estimated that hundreds or thousands more might have occurred unnoticed.
• Durandal ordered Schicksal to support Doctor Nagamitsu’s investigation and immediately share all data with World Serpent and Anti-Entropy.
• Durandal admitted that with Otto missing, Schicksal had to forge its own path, and Rita agreed to oversee Amber’s intelligence exchange.
• Dark Seele woke Seele by placing a caterpillar near her bed, and Seele screamed herself fully awake.
• Dark Seele teased Seele about her promise to tell the children bedtime stories, then refused to handle them herself and left the task to Seele.

Einstein asked Seele to shop for Anti-Entropy’s anniversary party while Tesla dealt with Congress over a security mech’s outburst. Later, Seele trained with Bronya at the Salt Lake Base and pushed herself against waves of sparring machines, with Hanser controlling her through a game.

• Tesla argued with Einstein that Congress had likely staged the security mech incident to damage Anti-Entropy and pressure them over Kiana’s custody.
• Einstein asked Seele to buy supplies in Salt Lake City for Anti-Entropy’s sixtieth-anniversary party, since Tesla was occupied.
• Seele told Bronya about the argument and confirmed that she was going shopping in Salt Lake City.
• Bronya and Seele began physical training, and Seele chose the highest difficulty despite Bronya’s concern about her limits.
• Hanser took control of Seele through the game and fought through the stream of sparring machines as Seele’s breathing grew labored.

Seele pushed herself through an intense combat training session, and Bronya took her to eat after noticing her low blood sugar. At dinner, they encountered Kiana, whose mood and appetite had changed, and learned that Fu Hua was still searching for the missing Herrscher of Sentience while Otto had disappeared.

• Seele endured the highest-pressure training and defeated the final steel mech, but she became dizzy and pale afterward.
• Bronya realized Seele was hungry and took her to the cafeteria, where they found Kiana eating alone.
• Seele and Kiana introduced themselves by name and began talking over dinner.
• Bronya asked whether there was any news about the Class Monitor, and Kiana said the Herrscher of Sentience remained missing while Fu Hua continued searching for her.
• Bronya said Schicksal had found no trace of the Herrscher, and Kiana questioned trusting Otto before Bronya revealed that Otto had gone missing.

Seele learned that Kiana was isolated by Anti-Entropy employees who feared her Herrscher powers, and Bronya asked Seele to keep her company on their trip to Salt Lake City. As Seele waited for Kiana the next morning, she entered her inner world and tried to get Veliona to explain her troubled mood.

• Bronya said Kiana was investigating suspicious mech malfunctions in Salt Lake City and arranged for Seele to travel with her.
• Bronya explained that people at Anti-Entropy avoided Kiana despite her control of her Herrscher powers, and asked Seele to offer her genuine kindness.
• Seele agreed to support Kiana, and Bronya reassured her that she could be trusted to help.
• At dawn, Seele waited at the meeting place, but Kiana had not arrived.
• Seele entered her inner world and found Veliona seated on a throne beside the balance scale, then asked why she seemed bothered.

Seele and Kiana shopped in Salt Lake City for supplies for a party, and Seele shared how kindness at the orphanage had inspired her. After they finished shopping, Seele remembered that they still needed to help Kiana, as fireworks burst overhead.

• Dark Seele watched Seele leave after their tense conversation and sighed, while the livestream viewers teased her jealousy.
• Kiana met Seele, and they went to Salt Lake City to shop for party supplies and enjoy the festive streets.
• Seele ordered flowers, accepted two free lilies, and arranged a discounted cake order.
• Seele bought balloons and decorations, then told Kiana how a shop worker’s kindness had lifted the children’s spirits at the orphanage.
• Seele remembered their next task was helping Kiana, and brilliant fireworks burst in the daylight.

Kiana and Seele investigated a reported mech malfunction during a public celebration, then shared parfait and talked about the burden Kiana carried as the host of Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void. Kiana reassured Seele that she had safeguards in place, while Seele worried over how closely the base monitored her.

• Kiana and Seele watched Anti-Entropy mechs set off fireworks and discussed how authorities concealed Honkai-related incidents from ordinary citizens.
• Kiana arranged for a maintenance team to retrieve the mechs for inspection after the supervisor claimed the system had been operating normally.
• Seele invited Kiana to a dessert shop, where Kiana realized Bronya had asked Seele to help cheer her up.
• Kiana revealed that Sirin lived inside her and was trying to seize control of her body, and she described the wrist monitor and emergency measures meant to stop her.
• Seele felt distressed by Kiana's precautions, but Kiana said she wore the monitor willingly because it made her feel safer.