Chapter Summaries

Sera explained Finality’s identity and plan, then gathered the group to confront Shuhu. They encountered Himeko and Suzi under attack by a monster, and Himeko’s worsening Ancestral Weathering Curse remained untreated.

• Sera revealed that Finality was Wojian, who sought to free Aha and awaken Voracity, and explained the consequences for the Paths.
• Sera identified the group’s Emanators and contacted an ally before heading to deal with Shuhu.
• At a coffee shop, Sera explained that Marcus Antali of the Perfect Evolution School was studying Shuhu’s flesh and blood, and the group decided to investigate the World-Painting School.
• Sera and the others found Himeko and Suzi being attacked by a corolla-headed monster, which Sera recognized as a clone connected to Shuhu and Finality.
• La Mancha invoked the Shadow of Voracity to engulf the monster, while Yaoguang warned Busitu about the danger of attracting the Reignbow Arbiter’s attention.
• Himeko thanked the group, but Suzi noticed that Himeko’s Ancestral Weathering Curse had worsened, and Sera said he could not be sure he could treat it.

Sera weakened Himeko’s ancestral weathering curse and prepared her to fight Shuhu, while Yaoguang located him with the Alliance’s help. Before the group set out, Sera gave Himeko a Valkyrie Battlesuit and revealed a possible future in which she became the Astral Express’s navigator; he ended by warning Busitu that Wojian had once been an identity of Finality.

• Sera reduced the severity of Himeko’s ancestral weathering curse, and Himeko thanked him before agreeing to help defeat the boss.
• Yaoguang used Dharma Realm Illuminated in Ten Directions and the Matrix of Prescience to locate Shuhu, despite Feiying’s nearby Path of Abundance fluctuations.
• Sera created a spear and Valkyrie Battlesuit for Himeko, then described a future in which Himeko and Suzi defeated the monster and Himeko became the Astral Express’s navigator.
• Suzi admitted that she would dissipate if she traveled among the stars, and Sera promised that events would be different with him there.
• Busitu volunteered to confront Shuhu while Sera offered support, then Sera warned Busitu that Wojian had once been an identity of Finality.

Himeko resolved to stop Stargazer Wojian, while Sera’s group traveled to Haiyuan City to confront Shuhu. They entered the formation and faced the monstrous tree, preparing for battle.

• Himeko decided to lay Stargazer Wojian to rest and stop Finality from causing further harm.
• Yaoguang reassured Feiying that she was a person, not an abomination, because she understood restraint.
• Sera paid for the group’s train fares, and Feiying led them to Haiyuan City.
• Yaoguang opened a passage through the formation, and the group prepared to fight Shuhu.
• Shuhu called on the group to become one with him and share in eternal longevity.

Sera and his allies defeated Shuhu, then returned to Two-Dimensional City, where Sera told Himeko that her father had died long ago and that Finality had impersonated him. Finality appeared in Ryusuke’s guise, still treating the deception as a game.

• Shuhu tried to persuade Feiying to join him, while Sera and the others planned to destroy the roots sustaining him.
• Shuhu trapped Sera in the Bloodstained Hellscape, where Sera met 'Seraphis,' his other self, who helped him corrupt and defeat Shuhu.
• Yaoguang helped the group cut Shuhu’s roots, and Busitu swallowed Shuhu’s shrunken body into his shadow.
• Feiying named Sera’s lance technique “Holy Lance -- Liberation,” and the group returned to Two-Dimensional City.
• At the café, Sera told Himeko that Ryusuke had died before she met him and that Finality had been posing as her father.
• Finality appeared before Sera, Himeko, Suzi, Yaoguang, and Busitu, admitting that he had wanted to keep playing father and daughter.

Finality revealed that he was Himeko’s father, Ryusuke, and explained why he wanted to impose a final trial on the galaxy. Sera rejected his plan, but Finality escaped after the group attacked him, leaving Sera’s own last resort in question.

• Sera forced Finality to drop his disguise, and Finality admitted he was Himeko’s father, Ryusuke.
• Finality explained how his past attempts to help people had convinced him that only a feared trial could make humanity shine.
• Himeko and Sera rejected Finality’s plan, and Sera said he would not bring a trial down upon the galaxy.
• Finality tried to leave, so Sera shot his die and Busitu pierced him, but Finality dissolved and escaped.
• Sera sensed danger from Finality, and Yaoguang asked whether Sera’s last resort was the trial Finality had described.

Sera warned Yaoguang that a future Jingliu would return as a Lord Ravager and that the Xianzhou could become part of a godly war. A live broadcast from Black Tomb then showed the Xianzhou overrun by the Swarm, and Black Tomb destroyed the infestation’s source before a colossal god appeared among the stars.

• Sera told Yaoguang that Jingliu would return to the Luofu as a Lord Ravager carrying the divine remains of Propagation, potentially triggering a war between gods.
• Sera contacted Black Tomb, who revealed that the Xianzhou in her timeline had become Propagation bugs and that she was destroying the Swarm.
• Black Tomb broadcast the ruined Xianzhou ships and the Swarm attacking the fleet as Asta ordered the ships to retreat.
• Black Tomb used the Anti-Propagation Equation to consume the pursuing Swarm, then attacked the corrupted purple Lightning-Lord with repeated ultimate attacks until it died.
• Black Tomb detected sharply rising Path energy fluctuations and saw a colossal figure appear among the stars.

Lan succumbed to contamination and became the Wild Hunt, but Qlipoth defeated them after Xipe took the restraint of the Hunt. Hua watched a recording revealing that Luocha had secretly fed a Propagation Swarm King with her Abundance power, and asked what she had done in that timeline.

• Black Tomb ordered the fleet to retreat and asked Jade to summon Preservation, bringing Qlipoth and Xipe to face Lan.
• Lan shot themself, ending the Hunt and becoming the Wild Hunt, and Qlipoth defeated the newly born Aeon in three blows.
• Xipe took the restraint of the Hunt, and Sera concluded that Lan had helped prevent Harmony from reaching Finality.
• Hua appeared and asked Sera and Black Tomb what she had done in the timeline shown on the screen.
• Black Tomb played footage of Hua confronting Luocha, who revealed her insect transformation and admitted she had fed a Starcrusher Swarm King with Abundance power.

Hua sacrificed herself to destroy the Starcrusher Swarm King, while Sera and the others connected with the Astral Express and introduced people from different timelines. The chapter ended with Welt learning that Honkai was still part of Sera’s life, though Sera said only the Welt in this timeline needed to worry.

• Hua used her life to ignite a firebird and burn the Starcrusher Swarm King to ashes.
• Sera asked Black Tomb to contact the Astral Express, and Black Tomb arranged a connection with Himeko.
• Navigator Himeko met Himeko and Suzi, reassured her younger self, and told her that her future held family and companions.
• March 7th arrived, mistook Suzi for another Himeko, and then greeted Himeko and Navigator Himeko.
• Welt Yang met Sera, recognized his resemblance to Kiana, and reacted in alarm when Sera said Honkai was still chasing him.

Sera told the Astral Express Crew that their timeline faced inevitable Finality and offered them the choice to undergo the Honkai trial or enter Finality. The factions agreed to the trial, and Sera left them to prepare for a direct battle against a weakened Finality while he readied himself to bear its power.

• Sera learned that the Astral Express Crew had six members present and realized their timeline was a dead end, so Black Tomb took his hand in comfort.
• Sera explained that Terminus was powerless to prevent Finality and offered the crew a choice between the Honkai trial and entering Finality.
• Kafka and the Stellaron Hunters arrived to convey Terminus's wishes, and Elio revealed that he was Terminus and that the other Aeons had agreed to the trial.
• The Astral Express Crew and the other factions accepted the trial, and Sera told Welt Yang to announce the news and prepare for the confrontation.
• Elio explained that the crew would face a near-Aeon-level Finality using thirteen authorities, while Sera would weaken it and Welt would use Void Archives to mimic the Moonlight Throne.
• Sera told the crew he would arrive in one system hour, then reflected that he had to test his ability to endure Finality's power because he had no other choice.

Sera said goodbye to his companions and prepared to travel to another timeline to help defeat Honkai. He brought Cyrene, Herta, Ruan Mei, and Finality with him, and arrived at Herta Space Station as the battle preparations were completed.

• Sera reassured Feiying, Busitu, Yaoguang, Himeko, and Suzi before dissolving into data and returning to Cyrene’s room.
• Sera told Cyrene, Herta, and Ruan Mei about his plan, and they insisted on joining him after he confirmed their resistance to Honkai Energy.
• Sera recruited Finality to help fight Honkai in the other timeline, while resolving to keep him from causing trouble.
• Sera opened a golden doorway with the Herrscher of the Void’s authority, and Cyrene, Herta, Ruan Mei, and Finality followed him to Herta Space Station.
• Black Tomb and Welt Yang confirmed the preparations, Navigator Himeko described the Astral Express’s role, and Silver Wolf offered to join with her LV.999 cartridge.

Sera became a vessel for the Cocoon of Finality and declared himself civilization’s final trial, prompting a galaxy-wide coalition to fight the Honkai beasts and prepare to confront him. As the Emanators and Welt Yang faced the incomplete Herrscher of Finality, Welt raised the Void Archives and began the direct battle.

• Asta gave Black Tomb the coordinates, and Sera opened doors to deploy the coalition across the star system.
• Sera drew in the Cocoon of Finality’s shadow, sealed most of its power, and challenged civilization to defeat him and reclaim its future.
• The Astral Express, IPC, Family, Knights of Beauty, Unshackled, Herta Space Station, Planet Screwllum, and other factions fought the Honkai beasts in support of their causes.
• Sparkle, Ms. Little V, Vita, and the Stellaron Hunters joined the fighting, while Blade battled recklessly across the front.
• Herta, Black Tomb, Robin, Diamond, Acheron, Silver Wolf, the Grand Arbiter, Cyrene, and Welt Yang assembled to face Finality directly.
• The incomplete Herrscher of Finality broke free of the Cocoon and took form, and Welt Yang raised the Void Archives against it.

Welt Yang and the others attacked the Herrscher of Finality, who weakened them with a binding attack while Sera endured immense pain and spoke with 'Seraphis.' Sera reaffirmed his resolve to protect his loved ones and the world, then prepared to ask 'Seraphis' something.

• Welt Yang fired the Moonlight Throne, weakening the Herrscher of Finality and beginning the battle.
• Silver Wolf, Black Wolf, Robin, the Grand Arbiter, Diamond, Black Tomb, Herta, Acheron, and Cyrene joined the fight against Finality.
• Welt Yang overcame Finality's Authority of Reason, and Diamond shielded the group from the Authority of the Void.
• Finality used binding to pin most of the fighters down and drain their life force, while Silver Wolf, Black Tomb, and Acheron attacked.
• Sera endured the pain of Finality tearing at his soul and told 'Seraphis' that he would fight to save his family and the world.
• Sera asked 'Seraphis' to talk with him, then fell silent under his gaze.

Sera resolved his obsession, chose to spread hope, and reunited with Cyrene before continuing toward his fate. After passing the trial of Binding and confronting the mass-produced Herrscher of Finality, he recognized the test as Kiana Kaslana’s doing.

• Sera told Seraphis that he had been born from love and wanted to protect others by walking a path of hope alongside them.
• Seraphis embraced Sera and faded away after urging him to remember his answer and put it into practice.
• Cyrene found Sera, and he embraced her before encountering Stelle, who confirmed that the absent person was missing because of him.
• Sera and Cyrene reached the end together and passed the trial of Binding, gaining access to the authority of Finality.
• Sera shielded everyone from the mass-produced Herrscher of Finality, accepted her invitation to cross over, and identified her as Kiana Kaslana.

After returning from another timeline, Sera explained that he had used the Herrscher of the Void’s authority to make countless Finalities converge into one. He recruited Herta and Ruan Mei to begin researching the device immediately and summoned Yaoguang to help test spacetime anchoring.

• Kiana told Sera that there would be no other Finality, though he would face an unexpected difficulty, and sent him back to reality before he could ask more.
• Sera brought Herta and Ruan Mei back to his timeline, where Finality vanished after promising to meet them in Dual-Phase Paradise.
• Sera explained that his future self would make endless Finalities converge into one, then asked Herta and Ruan Mei to join his research using the Herrscher of the Void’s authority.
• Sera sent Busitu a simplified device blueprint and asked him to keep Himeko and the others safe from Finality.
• Sera summoned Yaoguang to his spaceship to test spacetime anchoring and address her condition.
• Yaoguang read her divination, concluded that Sera was her benefactor, and headed to the location he sent her.

Sera cured Yaoguang’s illness by anchoring her to the present, then completed the Planar Weapon Armor and sent Stelle, who was Akivili, on her journey to confront Finality. Stelle entrusted the Astral Express to Sera, leaving him with her ticket.

• Sera, Herta, and Ruan Mei tested spacetime anchoring and cured Yaoguang’s illness by stabilizing her in the present.
• Yaoguang thanked Sera and joked about repaying him with marriage before leaving the experiment.
• Sera confirmed the Planar Weapon Armor was ready and discussed its role in gathering Finality.
• Stelle revealed she was ready to set out as Akivili, even if her journey required killing countless versions of herself.
• Stelle entrusted the Astral Express and Elio to Sera, gave him her ticket, and departed on her journey.
• Herta and Ruan Mei recognized the meaning of the ticket Stelle had left with Sera.

Sera invited Himeko to lunch and revealed that he had erased her Ancestral Weathering Curse, then spoke about his forgotten past and wondered how he had reached Amphoreus. The chapter ended with Sera turning the conversation toward Himeko.

• Sera told Herta that he planned to return to Amphoreus after resolving the Dual-Phase Paradise and finding Elio, and Herta and Ruan Mei said they would follow him.
• Sera invited Feiying to lunch, and she joined his group at a restaurant in the Dual-Phase Paradise.
• Sera met Himeko and Suzi, accepted Himeko’s invitation to board the Astral Express, and erased Himeko’s Ancestral Weathering Curse.
• During lunch, Sera said he had died at sixteen, been reborn under the Cocoon’s gaze, and forgotten his original name and how he had died.
• Sera realized he had forgotten how he reached Amphoreus, then turned the conversation toward Himeko.

Sera encouraged Himeko to pursue the stars and ignite the Astral Express, while she agreed to take Cyrene aboard. With Voracity’s revival approaching, Sera prepared to visit the Tavern with Feiying and Yaoguang.

• Himeko told Sera how she found and repaired the Astral Express but hesitated to ignite it because she feared she would die before seeing the stars.
• Sera urged Himeko to chase her own star, and Himeko thanked him after realizing what she needed to do.
• Himeko agreed to let Cyrene join the Astral Express, remembering her promise to find March 7th in this timeline.
• Sera warned everyone that Voracity’s revival could no longer be suppressed and that they would have to prepare to fight Voracity and Finality together.
• Sera decided to visit the Tavern in the Dove River District to look for an old Fool, and Feiying and Yaoguang agreed to accompany him.

Sera visited the World's End Tavern with Feiying and Yaoguang, where he learned that many Fools had turned Elation into laughter at others’ suffering. He proposed creating the World's Beginning Tavern for Masked Fools and Mournful Actors who truly understood Elation, and several others agreed to join him.

• Sera infiltrated the World's End Tavern with Feiying and Yaoguang, ordered drinks from Zhongshan, and asked after Sampo and Sparkle.
• Sparkle appeared, teased Sera about his online Angel Fan Club, and offered to manage him as an idol, but Sera refused.
• Sera saw Fools laughing at a video of the Antimatter Legion slaughtering a planet’s people, and Sparkle and Feiying explained why they had stopped visiting the Tavern.
• Sera proposed building the World's Beginning Tavern as a place for Fools and Mournful Actors who understood Elation, and Zhongshan, Sparkle, and Yaoguang agreed to join.
• Sampo and Giovanni arrived, expressed interest in the project, and Zhongshan led the group upstairs to discuss it in private.

Sera and the Masked Fools decided to build a Tavern in an isolated reflection of Nihility, with real and virtual areas that everyone could customize. After Sera created the space and sent invitations, the guests began building their own worlds and projects.

• Sampo asked Sera for an autograph and recorded him signing it, while Sera asked Roubo to sell him any golden cup he found.
• Sera chose an isolated reflection of Nihility for the Tavern and planned real, virtual, and personal zones with the Masked Fools and their guests.
• Sera transformed the empty space into the Tavern’s winter snowy mountain zone and explained how to navigate it and invite others.
• Sera invited Cyrene and the others at the hotel, and they accepted; La Mancha also arranged access for the Rangers.
• The guests created their own spaces and projects: Sampo built an amusement park, Giovanni tested a game, and Yaoguang opened a card room.

Finality became the Masked Fool Weidi and trapped the Fools in the World's End Tavern for a deadly game. After the first rounds killed most of them, the Seer chose to check Weidi, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Finality put on the Elation mask, became the Masked Fool Weidi, and challenged the Fools gathered in the new World's End Tavern to a game for the brave.
• Weidi began a revolver game, eliminating Fools who attacked him and those who shot one another; only about one-tenth survived.
• Weidi assigned roles for a Werewolf game, and the Witch refused both the antidote and poison before Weidi killed him.
• The surviving Fools voted, and a Lamb died; more Lambs were killed in subsequent rounds as the Seer continued checking roles.
• The Seer pointed to Weidi when choosing someone to check, and Weidi grinned.