Chapter Summaries

Sera and Miss Herta shared a romantic boat ride beneath the lantern-lit stars, exchanged wishes, and promised to stay connected as they prepared to say goodbye. The evening ended with No. 0 photographing their playful moments and embarrassing Herta.

• Sera and Miss Herta released their river lanterns together and prayed for Herta's happiness and their reunion.
• Sera and Miss Herta agreed to visit the amusement park the next day to say goodbye properly.
• Sera told Herta he would always hold on to the stars, and Herta promised to keep watching him.
• Sera teased Herta by praising her beauty, and she covered his mouth in embarrassment.
• No. 0 photographed Sera and Herta's interactions, making Herta blush, while Sera reassured her that she looked beautiful.

Sera and Miss Herta shared a quiet boat ride back to shore, confessed that they liked each other, and went together to watch the fireworks. They ended the evening by wishing each other a happy Qixi Festival.

• Sera arranged for No. 0 to hide the photo of him and Miss Herta in the database's top-secret section.
• Sera steered the boat back to shore and talked with Miss Herta about what they liked.
• Sera told Miss Herta he liked her, and Miss Herta said he had become her favorite person.
• Sera and Miss Herta reached shore and went hand in hand to the fireworks viewing area.
• Sera and Miss Herta pressed the fireworks button together and wished each other a happy Qixi Festival.

After returning from their Qixi outing, Sera secretly prepared handmade dolls as a parting gift for Miss Herta and No. 0. He explained that he had to return to the future, and No. 0 promised they would find him.

• Sera said good night to Miss Herta, then secretly summoned No. 0 to bring sewing supplies.
• No. 0 asked why Sera had to leave, and Sera explained that he was returning to the future to reunite with them there.
• No. 0 promised they would find Sera, and he reassured her before beginning to sew.
• Sera made a witch-form Herta doll, then used the remaining materials to sew a doll of No. 0.
• Sera showed No. 0 her doll, and she happily agreed that it looked like her.

Sera gave No. 0 a doll with a hidden surprise, then gifted Miss Herta a handmade doll dressed in her witch-mode outfit. They spent the morning together in the garden, sharing memories and enjoying their time before their amusement park plans that afternoon.

• Sera asked No. 0 to close her eyes, prepared a surprise on a sheet of paper, and gave her a doll to inspect after she returned.
• Sera noticed Miss Herta's sadness and comforted her before giving her a handmade witch-mode Herta doll.
• Miss Herta placed the doll in a prominent spot and agreed to spend the morning with Sera in the garden before going to the amusement park that afternoon.
• Sera and Miss Herta relaxed in their old lounge chairs and recalled how Sera had once mistaken purple lilies for purple balloon flowers.
• Miss Herta showed Sera the purple balloon flower Curio he had made, and they laughed together over how they had changed since meeting.

With only hours left before Sera’s countdown ran out, he and Miss Herta spent their final afternoon together and returned to the amusement park where they had recognized their love. As the night deepened, they chose to ride the Ferris wheel once more before parting.

• Sera told Miss Herta it was time to leave, and she took his hand as they headed for the waiting car.
• During the drive to the amusement park, Sera watched the city pass by while avoiding Miss Herta’s gaze.
• Miss Herta led Sera onto the roller coaster, and they rode in silence while holding hands.
• Sera and Miss Herta visited the attractions that mattered to them, though neither could forget that their parting was near.
• With less than half a system hour remaining, Sera asked Miss Herta to ride the Ferris wheel with him once more, and she agreed.

Sera and Miss Herta shared a final Ferris wheel ride, watched fireworks in the rain, and flew together before Sera dissolved at the end of the countdown. After finding his note, Herta spoke with Terminus and accepted the promise that they would meet again in the future.

• Sera and Miss Herta rode the Ferris wheel, reminisced, and talked about Sera’s lack of confidence.
• As rain fell and the fireworks began, Sera opened the cabin door with his authority and invited Miss Herta to fly with him.
• Sera and Miss Herta flew among the fireworks, then Sera set her down and dissolved into purple light as the countdown ended.
• Miss Herta returned home, found Sera’s note inside the witch Herta doll, and went to her laboratory.
• Miss Herta addressed Terminus, understood its promise that she would meet Sera again in the future, and agreed.

Sera recovered his sealed memories and reunited with Herta before Elio summoned him to discuss recruiting Kafka. Elio revealed when and where Kafka would appear, leaving Sera poised to meet her.

• Sera remembered what had happened and learned from Dreamseeker that he had become the Herrscher of Chronology.
• Sera returned to the others, reunited with Herta, and asked Xuzhao whether he had given her the Holy Grail; Xuzhao declined to answer.
• Elio messaged Sera to come alone, and Sera left after Cyrene and Herta encouraged him to go.
• Elio told Sera he wanted to recruit Kafka and gave him the location and time of her appearance.

Sera took Elio to the Sirius and went to recruit Kafka, who had been hunting demons. He used his power to make Kafka feel fear and recruited her into the Stellaron Hunters, then began changing her appearance.

• Sera let Elio rest in his arms and decided to recruit the Stellaron Hunters' future companions himself.
• Sera brought Elio aboard the Sirius and traveled to Tianyi V to find Kafka.
• Kafka killed the demons gathered at a conference table and faced the approaching Sera.
• Sera killed the remaining demons, resisted Kafka's Spirit Whisper, and offered to give her the fear she wanted.
• Sera added the afraid status to Kafka, and she pledged loyalty to him as her knight and joined the Stellaron Hunters.
• Sera told Kafka his name and that he was a boy, then tapped her forehead and said she could not stay like that.

Sera brought Kafka aboard the ship, removed her fearlessness status, and gave her a beginner mission from Elio. He then found Firefly after she destroyed a Propagation-infested planet, and watched as she woke beneath a starry sky and chose to fight for herself.

• Sera cleansed Kafka, brought her to the ship, and introduced her to Elio, an Emanator of Finality.
• Sera removed Kafka's [One Who Knows No Fear] status, and Elio gave her a beginner mission to memorize.
• Sera traveled to the devastated planet where Firefly had detonated an explosive to destroy the giant mother bug and its infestation.
• Sera rescued the unconscious Firefly and healed her injuries on a nearby planet before hiding nearby.
• Firefly woke beneath a sky full of fireflies, questioned why she should live, and remembered that Glamoth was gone.
• Firefly found resolve to fight for herself, transformed her armor into colors of her own, and Sera recorded the moment.

Sera welcomed Firefly as a future companion and deleted her Entropy Syndrome, then took her to the Stellaron Hunters’ base. Elio’s next instructions sent Sera and Firefly to recruit Yingxing, with Firefly assigned to help calm him if needed.

• Firefly lowered her guard, trusted Sera, and accepted his offer to become companions.
• Sera deleted Firefly’s Entropy Syndrome, and Firefly tearfully thanked him and introduced herself.
• Sera told Firefly that he was a boy and explained that she had joined the Stellaron Hunters as his companion.
• Sera brought Firefly to the base, where Elio pointed him toward the coordinates for the next target, Yingxing.
• Sera noticed Elio’s note instructing Firefly to help calm Yingxing if necessary, and Firefly agreed to do it.

Sera and Firefly recruited Blade into the Stellaron Hunters after Sera called him by his former name, Yingxing. Sera cured Blade’s Mara-Struck condition and showed him footage of Shuhu’s defeat, leaving Blade consumed by renewed rage and determined to pursue his revenge.

• Sera and Firefly found Blade recovering from a sword wound and greeted him as Yingxing.
• Sera invited Blade to join the Stellaron Hunters, promising him the chance to witness an immortal’s death.
• Blade accepted the offer, and Sera and Firefly welcomed him as their companion.
• Sera cleared Blade’s Mara-Struck condition and showed him footage of Shuhu’s destruction.
• Blade erupted in fury at the sight of Shuhu, and Sera restrained him and urged him to watch the footage.

Sera brought Blade and Firefly aboard the spaceship, where Elio confirmed that the Stellaron Hunters’ fates had changed and said they would recruit their final member. The group reached Punklorde, where Sera disabled Silver Wolf’s abilities and invited her to join the Stellaron Hunters, but she refused.

• Sera accepted Blade’s offer to help kill Shuhu and brought Blade and Firefly aboard the spaceship.
• Elio showed Blade visions of possible endings and told the Hunters that their fates had changed, while they remained companions.
• Sera questioned why Elio had not shown Firefly an ending, and Elio said they would find out later before directing the group to recruit the last member.
• Elio gave Sera a Lv.999 cartridge, and the group traveled to Punklorde to meet Silver Wolf.
• Black Wolf led the group to Silver Wolf’s room, where Sera sealed Silver Wolf’s abilities and invited her to join the Stellaron Hunters.
• Silver Wolf heatedly refused Sera’s invitation.

Sera made Silver Wolf fight Black Wolf, a powerful figure resembling her, and Silver Wolf won before agreeing to join the Stellaron Hunters. After the new members introduced themselves, Sera set course for Hattrypia so Silver Wolf could confront someone who had cheated to beat her in real life.

• Sera unsealed Silver Wolf's abilities and sent her to challenge Black Wolf, who attacked her with Aether Editing.
• Black Wolf described a legendary version of Silver Wolf who had conquered the galaxy, while Silver Wolf realized she could use Aether Editing herself and turned the fight around.
• Silver Wolf defeated Black Wolf, reached Lv.999, and agreed to join the Stellaron Hunters after Sera took the cartridge and Kafka helped her up.
• Sera gathered the new members for introductions, and Silver Wolf asked if anyone liked games; Sera said he did.
• Sera offered to take Silver Wolf to confront the person who had cheated to beat her, then set course for Hattrypia in the Lost Soul Star Region.

Sera invited the Stellaron Hunters to join The World's Beginning Tavern and offered them private worlds, then joined Silver Wolf and Firefly for a game. After Firefly learned the controls, the three entered a match on Pipeline, and Silver Wolf put her hopes in Firefly.

• Sera invited Kafka, Blade, Firefly, and Silver Wolf to The World's Beginning Tavern and gave each access to a private world.
• Blade thanked Sera, while Firefly asked to live with him and Silver Wolf and Kafka also agreed to move in.
• Silver Wolf convinced Sera to play a game and invited Firefly to join them in the gaming room.
• Sera helped Firefly set up her account and explained the controls before Silver Wolf started matchmaking.
• The three entered a match on Pipeline, and Silver Wolf solemnly told Firefly that they were counting on her.

Silver Wolf, Sera, and Firefly fought through a match together, using coordinated abilities and accurate shooting to defeat several squads. After winning a string of battles as a team, they secured the match victory in under ten seconds.

• Silver Wolf guided Firefly through deploying smoke at Pipe Access, but Firefly was downed crossing the exposed pipe and Sera rescued her.
• Silver Wolf and Sera healed, then used their sniper rifles and a grenade to defeat the enemies guarding the bridge.
• Sera shocked three enemies on the central control bridge, allowing Silver Wolf to eliminate them and wipe their team.
• Sera and Firefly coordinated sniper shots to down two enemies, then chased and defeated the last one while Silver Wolf cleared another squad.
• The trio repelled a final attack from the core and won the match within ten seconds of opening fire.

Sera, Firefly, and Silver Wolf won several matches before Blade summoned them to dinner and enforced his rules about eating, alcohol, and manners. After the meal, Elio outlined their next destination, and Sera briefed the group on Amphoreus and their mission there.

• Sera, Firefly, and Silver Wolf cleared a map with fifteen kills and won several more rounds through teamwork.
• Blade called the group to dinner, turned off Silver Wolf’s device, and stopped Sera from drinking wine and Silver Wolf from behaving rudely at the table.
• Kafka told Sera that Elio was eating cat food in his cat bed, and Blade served the group Xianzhou-style dishes.
• Elio told Sera that the Stellaron Hunters would pick someone up at the Dual-Phase Paradise before traveling to Amphoreus to focus on the Finality there.
• Sera briefed Firefly, Silver Wolf, Kafka, and Blade on the situation and said Silver Wolf could use the Lv.999 Cartridge on Amphoreus.

Sera returned to Dual-Phase Paradise with Silver Wolf, Blade, and Kafka, where friends welcomed him and reunited with Blade. Silver Wolf confronted Xuzhao over a past time-stopping prank, then Sera introduced his companions and revealed their future roles.

• Silver Wolf realized the place Sera came from was far stronger than she had assumed, and the Sirius arrived at Dual-Phase Paradise.
• Cyrene, Herta, Ruan Mei, Pearl, and the others welcomed Sera back, while Blade and Busitu went aside to catch up.
• Suzi pushed Himeko forward to greet Sera, and Feiying and Xuzhao welcomed him too.
• Sera pointed out Xuzhao to Silver Wolf, who pounced on her and accused her of cheating by stopping time.
• Silver Wolf accepted Xuzhao's claim that the prank had been meant to teach her a lesson, but complained that Xuzhao could have handled it differently.
• Sera introduced Silver Wolf, Blade, and Kafka, describing Silver Wolf and Blade's future roles and Kafka as a devil hunter from Tianyi V.

Sera and Firefly confessed their love before the group departed for Amphoreus, where Sera began assigning roles in a plan to challenge the planet’s fate. The chapter left the party preparing to act as they approached the Eternal Land.

• Firefly declared that she loved Sera and wanted to become his family, and Cyrene and Herta accepted her.
• Sera told Firefly that he loved her but urged her to distinguish love from gratitude, promising he would never leave her alone; Firefly embraced him and repeated her confession.
• Elio arrived to signal the departure, and Sera left with Cyrene, Herta, Ruan Mei, Feiying, Silver Wolf, Blade, and others while Himeko and Suzi stayed behind.
• The Sirius reached Amphoreus, where Zandar praised his student Seraphis and Sera affirmed that he would help Amphoreus overcome its fate.
• Sera gave Silver Wolf the Lv.999 Cartridge and assigned Cyrene, Herta, Ruan Mei, Blade, Kafka, and Firefly their roles in the plan; Feiying asked what she should do.

Sera revived Cerydra and Hysilens in the Creation’s Vortex, where Kafka explained the situation and Cerydra agreed to help unify Amphoreus. Sera then wandered through snowbound Aidelia and mourned the dead before an unknown figure appeared beside the snow doll he had made.

• Feiying agreed to stay aboard the ship and keep watch while Sera went to Amphoreus.
• Sera found Cerydra and Hysilens’s sleeping consciousnesses in the scepter’s core and brought them to the Creation’s Vortex.
• Cerydra recalled sacrificing her life to change a rule, and Sera introduced himself before leaving Kafka to explain matters.
• Kafka used her ability to tell Cerydra about Amphoreus, and Cerydra agreed to help unify the land.
• Sera raised the Honkai’s reach as he wandered through snowy Aidelia, made a snow doll, and paid respects at a vast graveyard.
• An unknown figure loomed over the snow doll.

Sera met Castorice at her friend’s grave in Aidelia and comforted her by showing that her curse could not harm him. After Castorice shared her memories and led him to her old room, they danced together, giving her a brief moment of warmth and happiness.

• Castorice followed Sera to the graveyard and visited the gravestone of her friend, the last person in Aidelia.
• Sera revealed himself, caught Castorice when she fell, and reassured her that her curse could not affect him.
• Castorice cried in Sera’s arms, then learned his name and asked to hold his hand.
• Castorice told Sera that her friend had died after giving her a final embrace, and that she returned each year to tend the grave.
• Castorice led Sera to her old room, lit a fire, and danced with him.