Chapter Summaries

Durandal acknowledged the favors Welt Yang had done for her but challenged his motives and demanded to know what he wanted from her. Shi Hen sent her to uncover the truth in the Elysian Realm, and the chapter ended with Durandal furious at his methods and determined to oppose him.

• Durandal told Shi Hen she remembered his help with the World Bubble, Siegfried, and the Stigmata Space, and offered to repay him within her principles.
• Shi Hen dismissed her offer, told her to visit a mysterious place and finish its story, and promised to reveal everything if she uncovered its deepest secret.
• Durandal asked whether the youth named Shi Hen was still alive, and Shi Hen implied he would discard people who proved useless, including the Herrscher of Reason who inherited Welt's name.
• Durandal confronted Shi Hen over his methods, and he told her she could claim World Serpent's Sovereign position if she defeated him.

Durandal entered the Elysian Realm and met Elysia, whom Shi Hen had described as a guidance program. After Durandal gave the realm her embarrassing World Serpent codename, Elysia revealed she was a real Fire Moth Seraph, leaving Durandal furious at Shi Hen.

• Shi Hen warned Durandal that she would meet Miss Pink Fairy in the Elysian Realm and told her to give a World Serpent codename, while concealing that Elysia was not a program.
• Durandal entered the realm and greeted Elysia, then introduced herself as Golden Dodo and offered Golden Penguin as an alternative.
• Elysia laughed at the names and told Durandal that her name was Elysia and that she was the second-ranked of the thirteen Fire Moths Seraph.
• Durandal realized Shi Hen had deceived her and grew angry.

Durandal told Elysia how she had been tricked into the nickname Golden Penguin, and Elysia brought her into the Elysian Realm. Kiana continued fighting Honkai Beasts alone while holding on to the hope that Shi Hen was alive, and Mei rescued a child whose mother remained frightened of her.

• Durandal explained the Golden Penguin nickname to Elysia, who laughed and led her through the Elysian Realm portal.
• Kiana defeated many Honkai Beasts in a desert town, then fled when Schicksal's Hover Battleships appeared.
• Sirin taunted Kiana and threatened her friends, but Kiana teased Sirin about her jealousy and recalled her memories of Shi Hen.
• Kiana clutched the Star of Eden and resolved to keep searching for a way to reunite with Shi Hen.
• Mei destroyed the Honkai Beasts attacking a city and saved a little girl, whose mother thanked Mei nervously and hurried toward safety.

After clearing the Honkai Beasts from the city, Mei learned that Fu Hua might be revived and agreed to help, intending to confront her once she recovered. Theresa stopped Einstein from telling Mei about another matter, leaving it undisclosed.

• Mei returned to the Far East Branch camp after eliminating the Honkai Beasts in the detection area and learned that Himeko wanted to speak with her.
• Himeko connected Mei to Theresa, Einstein, and the Book of Cang Xuan, who explained that Fu Hua might be revived by repairing her damaged body and applying sufficient stimulation.
• The Book of Cang Xuan accepted any decision about Fu Hua's revival and shut down, while Himeko, Theresa, and Einstein said Mei's opinion mattered most.
• Mei agreed to help revive Fu Hua and said she would settle Fu Hua's betrayal and other wrongs with her after she recovered.
• Einstein began to mention another matter, but Theresa interrupted and Himeko sent Mei away to rest.

Mei accepted thanks from a mother and daughter after saving them, while Theresa and Einstein kept Shi Hen’s possible survival in the Imaginary Space secret from her. In the Elysian Realm, Durandal began exploring and fought a swarm of Emperor-class Honkai Beasts as Shi Hen and Elysia watched from the shadows.

• Mei accepted the little girl’s milk candy and asked her to call her Sister Mei.
• Theresa decided not to tell Mei that Shi Hen might still be alive, and Einstein promised Anti-Entropy would keep searching the Imaginary Space.
• Elysia refused to reveal the Elysian Realm’s secret to Durandal and sent her off to explore alone.
• Durandal entered a blue doorway, found a burning wasteland filled with Emperor-class Honkai Beasts, and charged into battle.
• Shi Hen appeared beside Elysia and teased her about acting as a guidance program, prompting her to accept the role.

Shi Hen arranged for Elysia to host Durandal in the Elysian Realm and departed, leaving Elysia with his Herrscher Core. Durandal defeated the Honkai Beasts and met Kevin, who granted her his Signet and explained the Flame-Chasers’ role in the Realm.

• Shi Hen asked Elysia to look after Durandal and help keep her presence hidden from the other Flame-Chasers, and Elysia agreed.
• Shi Hen withdrew his projection and left behind his Herrscher Core, which Elysia caught as Durandal continued fighting.
• Durandal defeated the last Honkai Beast, and Kevin appeared from the flames to meet her.
• Kevin granted Durandal his Signet, flooding her with memories, then explained that Signets were power condensed from the Flame-Chasers’ memories.
• Durandal asked whether all Flame-Chasers were Fusion Warriors and equally powerful, and Kevin clarified that Fusion Warrior was only a biological classification.

Durandal questioned Kevin about the Previous Civilization and how he would save the world, but he left her with a warning to seek answers in the Elysian Realm. She met Mobius, who revealed that Mei was her maternal ancestor, then learned that someone had warned her not to cause damage in the kitchen.

• Durandal asked Kevin why no one in the Previous Civilization had matched his strength, and he said he was special and urged her to find the answer herself.
• Durandal asked how Kevin would save the world, and he warned her never to make him save it before fading away.
• Durandal encountered Mobius, who mocked her claim to be Kevin's descendant and explained that Mei was her maternal ancestor.
• Mobius demanded to know Durandal's relationship with Bai, and Durandal said they should be enemies.
• Klein arrived at Mobius's call and explained that the instant noodles had been delivered from outside.
• Klein relayed a warning that Durandal should stay out of the kitchen except to boil water, or she would have to repay the cost if the Elysian Realm was damaged.

Durandal tried to cook dinner with Elysia in the Elysian Realm, but the kitchen exploded, leaving Klein to handle the damage. Durandal returned to the hall, ate Elysia’s instant ramen, and continued seeking the secret of the Elysian Realm so she could confront Welt Yang.

• Mobius invited Durandal to join forces against Elysia, but Elysia appeared and Mobius left after warning Durandal about jealousy.
• Elysia took Durandal to the kitchen to prepare dinner together, and their cooking caused an explosion that destroyed part of the Elysian Realm.
• Klein told Durandal she would handle the repairs herself and sent her to the lounge to eat.
• Elysia joked that Durandal had outdone Mei at destroying kitchens and advised her to learn cooking from Chijie rather than Sakura.
• Durandal tried Elysia’s instant ramen and found it ordinary, while Elysia explained that memory entities could not eat food from the real world.

Durandal learned that Elysia would not give her direct answers about Bai’s plan and discovered she could leave the Elysian Realm whenever she wanted. Meanwhile, Kiana fought Yae Sakura while struggling with the burden of two Herrscher Cores and Sirin’s attempts to take control.

• Durandal asked Elysia what Bai had done, but Elysia said the Realm’s stories had to be witnessed firsthand and that the real-world problem was theirs to resolve.
• Elysia invited Durandal to return and spend more time with her, then disappeared before Durandal could learn more.
• Klein told Durandal that three months of her salary would be deducted for damaging the Elysian Realm, and explained that Durandal could leave whenever she wanted.
• Kiana used wormholes, guns, and Void Lances to evade Yae Sakura, who pursued her with a Demon Blade and wounded her.
• Kiana’s breathing grew heavier as Honkai corrosion spread across her body, while Sirin urged her to surrender control of her body.

Kiana defeated Yae Sakura after pushing her Herrscher power beyond its limits, and Sakura promised she would reunite Kiana with Shi Hen. Later, Einstein revealed that Anti-Entropy had located Shi Hen in Haiyuan City, prompting Mei to demand the city’s coordinates so she could rescue him.

• Kiana continued training with Yae Sakura, determined to win and learn Shi Hen’s whereabouts.
• Kiana used her spatial powers, White Knight: Moonlight armor, and Gungnir to defeat Yae Sakura, destroying the Demon Blade in the clash.
• Yae Sakura caught the unconscious Kiana and promised that she would be reunited with Shi Hen.
• Einstein told the Hyperion’s assembled crew that Anti-Entropy had found Shi Hen after detecting a Serenity Gem-like Honkai Energy fluctuation near Haiyuan City.
• Tesla revealed that Haiyuan City was a secret Anti-Entropy base now controlled by Cocolia, and Mei demanded its coordinates so she could bring Shi Hen back.

Mei chose to go to Changkong City for Kiana while entrusting Bronya, Seele, and Wendy with rescuing Shi Hen from Cocolia in Haiyuan City. In Changkong City, Kiana reflected on her memories with Shi Hen as she followed Yae Sakura through the shrine.

• Einstein told Mei and the others that Shi Hen was imprisoned in Haiyuan City and that Kiana had been seen with Yae Sakura in Changkong City.
• Mei volunteered to retrieve Kiana, while Bronya, Seele, and Wendy agreed to rescue Shi Hen.
• Mei explained to Wendy that she chose Kiana because she understood what Shi Hen would want, and Wendy promised to bring him back safely.
• Wendy followed Mei into the corridor and pledged to help her, while Theresa and Himeko let them make their own choices.
• Kiana followed Yae Sakura through Inari Shrine and remembered visiting it with Shi Hen three years earlier.

Kiana waited with Yae Sakura in Changkong City for a chance to detect a signal from the Imaginary Space, holding on to the possibility that Shi Hen had survived. In Haiyuan City, Cocolia learned that Shi Hen remained trapped unconscious by Honkai Energy and considered how to save him without removing the Serenity Gem.

• Yae Sakura told Kiana that Changkong City was the likeliest place for Shi Hen to return and reassured her that his Natural Stigmata and the Serenity Gem could help him survive.
• Kiana asked for hot pot because it reminded her of Shi Hen, and she and Yae Sakura ate an intensely spicy broth together.
• Kiana asked about Himeko, and Yae Sakura explained that Himeko was caring for orphans taken in by World Serpent.
• In Haiyuan City, Cocolia asked a doctor whether Shi Hen could be awakened, and he explained that Honkai Energy had sealed his consciousness like an insect trapped in amber.
• The doctor suggested extracting the Honkai Energy, but Cocolia stopped him because removing the Serenity Gem could kill Shi Hen and provoke the Herrscher of Thunder.
• Cocolia dismissed Doctor Lloyd and decided to pursue another way to save Shi Hen.

Cocolia considered using the Herrscher Core of Reason to awaken Shi Hen and break her political deadlock, but feared he would turn against her. Shi Hen woke and reunited with Peggy, who asked him to spare Cocolia, offering to do anything in return.

• Cocolia weighed whether Shi Hen could use the Herrscher Core of Reason and the Serenity Gem to become powerful enough to help her, but worried he would seek revenge.
• Cocolia asked Peggy whether she could develop feelings for Shi Hen, then left before Peggy could answer.
• Shi Hen woke in the ward and greeted Peggy, who questioned whether he had come to harm Cocolia.
• Shi Hen praised Peggy for being a good daughter and asked whether she had been happy with Cocolia; Peggy said she had.
• Peggy asked Shi Hen to let Cocolia live and promised to do anything he wanted.

Shi Hen awoke at Anti-Entropy’s Haiyuan City base with the Herrscher of Reason Core inside him, and Cocolia explained how she had recovered him and obtained the core from Welt Yang. He questioned her complicity in past events, and Cocolia offered to submit to an investigation when Einstein and Theresa arrived.

• Peggy asked Shi Hen to spare Cocolia, and he agreed on the condition that Peggy make her own choices.
• Shi Hen awakened in a life-support pod at Haiyuan City, where Cocolia said the Serenity Gem and Herrscher of Reason Core had helped restore him.
• Cocolia told Shi Hen that he had been found near the Eye of Haiyuan after disappearing into Imaginary Space, and reassured him that Kiana and the Far East Branch were safe.
• Shi Hen learned that Cocolia had traded with Welt Yang for the Herrscher of Reason Core and challenged her role in Raiden Ryoma’s death and other incidents.
• Cocolia claimed she had acted to protect Anti-Entropy and offered to accept an investigation after Einstein and Theresa arrived.

Cocolia persuaded Shi Hen to trust her and arranged for Peggy to escort him, while Einstein and the Far East Branch group traveled toward Haiyuan City to retrieve him. The Hyperion entered Cocolia’s undersea territory, and the group prepared for a possible confrontation despite her promise of a surprise.

• Cocolia offered to accept an investigation, and Shi Hen said he would trust her unless he discovered she was lying.
• Cocolia sent Peggy to escort Shi Hen to rest, and the two left the lounge together after exchanging polished pleasantries.
• Einstein explained the Eye of Haiyuan and said the only signal they had detected in Haiyuan City came from the Serenity Gem.
• Einstein said the Serenity Gem could help Shi Hen recover from the damage caused by the Plague Gem, while noting that Anti-Entropy needed more data on people carrying multiple Herrscher Cores.
• The Hyperion submerged beneath the sea as Wendy voiced concern about entering Cocolia’s territory, and Einstein confirmed that Cocolia had welcomed their visit and promised a surprise.
• Seele told Theresa that she and Bronya would oppose Cocolia if she continued down the wrong path.

Einstein and the others arrived in Haiyuan City to meet Cocolia and find Shi Hen, but the reception room contained only pale pink ice shavings. Peggy warned that someone might have died there, leaving Wendy and the others demanding answers while Bronya investigated.

• The Hyperion descended into Haiyuan City, where Peggy and Xing greeted Einstein, Theresa, Wendy, Bronya, and Seele in front of a line of Titan Mechs.
• Peggy said Cocolia was waiting inside and hinted that the person the group most wanted to see was with her, while Xing nearly revealed more before Peggy stopped her.
• Peggy led the group to the reception room, where they found no Cocolia or Shi Hen, only pale pink ice shavings.
• Peggy urged everyone not to disturb possible evidence and asked Bronya to investigate the room.
• Peggy warned that someone might already have died, prompting Seele's shock and Wendy's demand to know what had happened.

Bronya and the others listened to a recorder that revealed Welt Yang had killed Cocolia and taken Shi Hen, leaving Xing and Bronya grieving over her death. Peggy then explained that Cocolia had been trying to revive Shi Hen by transplanting the Herrscher of Reason’s core into him.

• Xing tried to rush into the reception room, but Peggy stopped her to protect the crime scene and preserve the truth.
• Bronya found a recorder and played it for the group, revealing Welt Yang had taken Shi Hen and threatened Cocolia.
• The recording captured Welt Yang freezing Cocolia to death before leaving with Shi Hen.
• Xing, Seele, and Bronya mourned over Cocolia’s remains, while Peggy explained Cocolia’s efforts to wake Shi Hen.
• Peggy said Cocolia had transplanted the Herrscher of Reason’s core into Shi Hen, prompting Theresa to ask whether Yang’s consciousness still existed inside it.

After learning that Welt Yang had taken Shi Hen and was targeting the Eye of Haiyuan, Theresa and the others rushed to pursue him. In Changkong City, Kiana fought through Tianyun Pass toward the Plague Gem while Tesla, Mei, and Himeko located the rising Honkai outbreak and were struck by a massive sword blast.

• Peggy explained that Welt Yang's consciousness remained within the Herrscher of Reason's core, and Theresa apologized for misjudging Cocolia.
• A surge of Quantum Sea energy revealed Welt Yang's target, so Xing rushed toward the Eye of Haiyuan and Theresa, Wendy, and the others followed.
• Kiana confronted Yae Sakura about the risk of a catastrophic Honkai outbreak, then entered Tianyun Pass's storm to reach the youth and the Plague Gem.
• Yae Sakura watched Kiana disappear into the storm and said she expected Kiana to reunite with the person she wished to see after the plan ended.
• Tesla detected a rapid Honkai Energy increase at the site of the Third Honkai Outbreak, and Mei spotted a huge crescent-shaped sword blast flying toward their Hover Battleship.

Mei confronted Yae Sakura and learned that Kiana had been sent to the Plague Gem as part of Welt Yang’s plan, while the two Herrschers began fighting. At the Eye of Haiyuan, Theresa’s group struggled to contain the creatures pouring through the vast breach into the Quantum Sea as Wendy and the others headed to close it.

• Mei fought Yae Sakura and demanded to know where Kiana was.
• Yae Sakura told Mei that Kiana was at the Plague Gem, and Mei realized World Serpent intended to use it; Yae Sakura refused to move aside, and their battle intensified.
• Theresa found Xing recklessly fighting Quantum Shadows and helped Bronya restrain her until she stopped resisting and accepted Bronya’s promise that Welt Yang would pay.
• Einstein warned that Welt Yang had forced open a huge gateway to the Quantum Sea, and Theresa ordered Wendy, Peggy, Einstein, and Xing to head for the control room while she, Bronya, and Seele fought the beasts.
• Theresa and her group battled the seemingly endless Quantum Shadows near the Eye of Haiyuan, and Theresa noticed something strange about the Honkai Beasts.

Theresa unleashed the Blood Knight armor’s restriction program and defeated most of the enemies, but Bronya and Seele jumped into the Quantum Sea before the gate closed to rescue Shi Hen. Deep in the sea, Shi Hen met Kevin, shared instant noodles with him, and began discussing the future and the purpose of his visit.

• Theresa removed the Blood Knight armor’s restriction, unleashed the Vishnu Factor, and cut down the Quantum Shadows and Honkai Beasts.
• Six beams from a building near the Eye of Haiyuan stopped the gate’s expansion, and Bronya jumped into the Quantum Sea to rescue Captain Hen.
• Seele followed Bronya into the vortex, and the gate to the Quantum Sea closed.
• Shi Hen found Kevin in the Quantum Sea and prepared instant noodles for him.
• Shi Hen told Kevin he had come to answer why birds fly, and Kevin described Su’s warning about a new variable that could end every possibility of the world.
• After Kevin ate the noodles, Shi Hen said their main discussion should begin.