Recaps

After Dark Zagi attacked the Kingdom and rejected Taro’s attempt to stop him, Gwen was thrown to Anor Londo and realized his fourth-stage Gene Lock had created an Inner Demon. With Alicia and the others gathered around him, Gwen confessed his desires and admitted he could no longer keep pretending, leaving Mobius to respond with a sly smile.

• Dark Zagi shattered Tartarus’s Absolute Destruction, wiped out the Kingdom’s army with the Dark Spark Wave, and struck Taro away when he tried to stop him.
• Gwen arrived injured in a crater outside Firelink Shrine, where he explained that his Inner Demon had emerged after his Gene Lock reached its fourth stage and had thrown him there.
• Alicia comforted Gwen, while Mobius challenged him and Eden asked him to explain what was troubling him.
• Gwen confessed that he loved Eden, had feelings for Mobius, and was greedy for more despite already having Alicia.
• Gwen said the Inner Demon had forced him to face his true desires, but the gathered women responded with faint smiles, and Mobius called him adorably naive.

Gwen entered Firelink Shrine’s flames to gather enough power to break through the Inner Demon’s blockade, while Alicia used the Trust Evolver to help him. Gwen breached the dark canopy and discovered the power of Dark Luciel and Finality within it, leaving Anor Londo swallowed by darkness as Alicia’s giant form faced the danger below.

• Eden, Mobius, and Phylannor encouraged Alicia to trust Gwen as he entered Firelink Shrine to face the Inner Demon.
• Gwen endured the shrine’s flames, drew the Spiral Sword, and launched himself toward the sky to break the blockade.
• The Inner Demon attacked Gwen with black-red lightning and meteors, but Alicia transformed into a pink giant to shield him and gave him a golden Signet.
• A black whirlwind smashed Alicia’s giant form to the ground, while Gwen continued upward and crashed through the canopy.
• Gwen recognized the power of Dark Luciel and Finality inside the canopy, and the remaining flames went out as darkness spread across Anor Londo.

Gwen broke through the Inner Demon’s sealed night sky and arrived in Anor Londo, where he faced his Inner Demon directly. As the Inner Demon entered Gwen’s world to confront him, the two began fighting, with the Inner Demon claiming to possess greater raw power.

• Dark Zagi overwhelmed the fighters in the Absolute Kingdom, turning Orb and Juggler into Spark Dolls and seriously injuring Titan and Libut.
• Alicia sang and gathered her power to help Eden, but a tiny flame appeared in the sealed sky and Gwen broke through into Anor Londo.
• Gwen acquired the Gemini Gold Cloth and Ultimate Bracelet, then shattered the Inner Demon’s scarlet meteor attack with a punch.
• Dark Zagi roared as he sensed Gwen’s breakthrough, abandoned the battle in the Absolute Kingdom, and sent his consciousness into Gwen’s world.
• The Inner Demon appeared atop Firelink Shrine, exchanged taunts with Gwen, and attacked him; Gwen met his fist with his palm as their battle began.

Gwen defeated Inner Demon Gwen with Primordial Chaos, but the wounded Inner Demon flew into the starry sky and began corrupting it. Gwen reassured Alicia and Eden and prepared to deal with the tainted heavens, asking Alicia to lend him her strength.

• Gwen mocked Inner Demon Gwen's claims of superiority and overwhelmed him after his conviction drove his Ether Energy to the fourth intermediate stage.
• Dark Zagi unleashed Primordial Darkness: Cosmic End, and Gwen answered with Primordial Chaos: World Creation, leaving the world washed in white before the clash ended.
• Gwen emerged victorious, but Inner Demon Gwen ignited himself with demonic flames and rushed into the starry sky to corrupt it.
• Alicia and Eden joined Gwen, and he explained that Inner Demon was lashing out in humiliation while Alicia checked his damaged Golden Cloth.
• Gwen asked Alicia to lend him her strength, reassured Eden, and raised a sphere of light in his palm.

Gwen defeated his Inner Demon, became Wingless Noah, and changed the Kingdom’s core before the Main God abruptly returned him to the Main God Space. He found the Main God apparently empty inside and reunited with Alicia, who asked why he had come back so soon.

• Gwen and Alicia fired the Shield of Paraj’s arrow into a crimson star, and its arrowhead emerged from Dark Zagi in the Kingdom.
• Cosmos treated Dark Zagi while Tartarus attacked him, but Gwen appeared as Wingless Noah and struck Tartarus down with Noah Hellfire.
• Gwen rewrote the Kingdom’s core, changing its rays and weakening their harmful effects, then vanished in a shower of light.
• After completing his ascension, Gwen returned to the Main God Space and saw that the Main God appeared empty inside.
• Alicia emerged beside Gwen, and he explained that the Main God had abruptly brought him back while he was trying to resolve the conflict.

Gwen returned to the Honkai world after a year away and learned that Kiana had entered the Dominion Theater to confront the Herrscher of Domination. Kiana defeated Sirin, but the returned core gems flooded her mind with countless consciousness fragments.

• Alicia reassured Gwen that she had willingly given him the gift that helped him become Wingless Noah, and Gwen prepared to leave for the Honkai world.
• The Land of Light and the Kingdom reached a peace agreement, while Belial and Tregear left with Tartarus's sealed Ultimate Fighting Nizer and Juggler returned to his own world.
• Gwen returned to the Previous Civilization ruins, where Gray Serpent reported that a year had passed and Kiana's group had entered the Dominion Theater.
• Gwen reconnected with the Cocoon of Finality, learned that Kiana was confronting another consciousness, and traveled to the Dominion Theater.
• Kiana defeated Sirin, who urged her to keep fighting, then touched the core gems and was overwhelmed by fragments of consciousness.

Kiana endured Sirin’s memories, awakened as a Herrscher, and defeated the Thousand-Man Herrscher with Gwen’s help. The Dominion Theater battle ended, and Raiden Mei and Fu Hua found Kiana standing amid the shattered puppets.

• Kiana resisted the negative emotions in the core and Gem, forged a black-and-white sword from her convictions, and returned to the Dominion Theater.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher attacked Kiana, but it failed to control her Authority, and Kiana pierced its core with a sword.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher reassembled as a giant mass of resentment and struck at Kiana, but Gwen intervened with the Silver Giant’s shining fist.
• Gwen encouraged Kiana to use her convictions, and Kiana destroyed the Thousand-Man Herrscher and cleared the Dominion Theater of its malice.
• Raiden Mei and Fu Hua entered the theater and called out to Kiana as the light faded and the puppet remains fell across the stage.

Gwen reunited with Raiden Mei and the others after defeating the Dominion Theater’s threat, then stayed behind to confront the weakened puppet. The puppet revealed herself as Merlin Cavendish, leaving Gwen and her former acquaintance alone to talk.

• Raiden Mei initially treated Gwen as an enemy, but recognized her and embraced her after Gwen proved her identity.
• Gwen comforted Mei, congratulated Kiana on overcoming her confinement, and spoke with Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Sentience.
• Gwen asked Mei, Kiana, and Fu Hua to leave, then severed Otto’s connection to the Dominion Theater.
• Gwen asked the kneeling puppet whether she should call her the Herrscher of Domination or Merlin Cavendish.
• Merlin raised her head, acknowledged how pathetic she looked, and struggled into a chair while Gwen watched.

Merlin explained how she had infiltrated the Thousand-Man Herrscher and steered it away from causing greater destruction before Gwen defeated her plan. Gwen agreed to take her in with restrictions, then told Otto that his fusion with the Egg of Finality would grant him access to reincarnation and time, bringing Otto’s goal within reach.

• Merlin recounted her failed attempt to become a Valkyrie, how the Thousand-Man Herrscher targeted her negative emotions, and how she maintained her sanity while guiding it toward targeting other Herrschers.
• Gwen recognized that Merlin’s plan had endangered Kiana and the others, and Merlin admitted her mistake rather than claiming credit for reducing the Herrscher’s destruction.
• Gwen decided to incorporate Merlin under additional restrictions, and his voice awakened her as the ruined Dominion Theater returned to its former grandeur.
• Otto appeared in a puppet and praised Gwen’s growing strength, then asked about the extent of his power.
• Gwen told Otto that his fusion with the Egg of Finality would make him this world’s Herrscher of Finality, with authority over reincarnation and time.
• Otto resolved to stand his final watch and create the world she had wished for, and he clasped hands with Gwen in agreement.

Gwen celebrated his return and the resolution of the Thousand-Man Herrscher incident with the girls, then joined an impromptu dance party at home. After navigating the evening’s romantic tensions, he ended the night relieved that the girls had accepted his return and the two new people he had brought back.

• Gwen reunited with the girls at Schicksal headquarters, and they celebrated his return and the Thousand-Man Herrscher incident at his home.
• Rita teased Gwen while Anna and Yorktown showed how his disappearance had affected them and how Yorktown’s METAization had begun to recede after his return.
• At Alicia’s suggestion, Gwen cleared the living room for a dance party, invited Anna to dance, and let Alicia teach Kiana.
• Gwen danced with Anna, Yorktown, Kiana, Alicia, and Mobius, ultimately managing even Mobius after activating Dance Mastery.
• After the party, Gwen reflected that the girls had accepted his return and the two people he had brought back, and he felt relieved to have avoided a serious quarrel.

After returning from another world, Gwen learned that Siegfried had survived his apparent death but was trapped in Kaslana’s Stigmata space after a severe Honkai Beast mutation. Gwen examined the space and set out to save him, while offering World Serpent information from his travels.

• Gwen accepted Otto’s document about a past incident and agreed to handle the matter while keeping it secret from Kiana and Yolandale.
• Otto asked about Gwen’s discoveries, and Gwen said Prometheus would upload the information to a special database.
• Welt Yang revealed that Siegfried had survived being bisected but was severely mutated and had not regained his sanity.
• Gwen learned from Kevin that Siegfried’s consciousness was trapped in Kaslana’s Stigmata space and examined the space with Kevin’s permission.
• Gwen left to save Siegfried and told Kevin and Su that he had brought back information from another world.

Gwen visited Anti-Entropy’s Yancheng Base and restored Siegfried’s body and consciousness, then told him about the years he had missed and Kiana’s life. The chapter ended with Gwen revealing that Bianca Yolandale Atagina had awakened her stigma after fighting through the Stigma Space that had held Siegfried.

• Gwen met Raiden Ryoma at Yancheng Base, reassured him that he would protect Mei, and followed him to Siegfried’s isolation chamber.
• Gwen reversed Siegfried’s physical transformation and retrieved his consciousness from the Kaslana Stigma Space.
• Siegfried regained consciousness, asked about Kiana, and went to wash after Gwen explained his condition.
• Gwen told Siegfried about Kiana’s growth and other changes in the world, and Siegfried warned him to remain wary of Otto.
• Gwen told Siegfried that Bianca Yolandale Atagina had awakened her stigma by fighting through the Stigma Space and handed him her details.

Yolandale completed a difficult virtual training battle, then joined Kiana’s birthday preparations and learned that Gwen had discovered her identity as Kiana Kaslana. As the family gathered to celebrate, Yolandale wore a dress Gwen had prepared for her, and she and Kiana embraced like sisters.

• Yolandale defeated a colossal simulated enemy in Schicksal’s upgraded virtual training room.
• Yolandale recalled learning she was Kiana Kaslana, the daughter of Cecilia Saniyat and Siegfried Kaslana, and chose to keep her identity secret.
• Yolandale arrived at Gwen’s house and found Kiana preparing to celebrate her birthday with their friends and family.
• Rita gave Yolandale a white dress that Gwen had chosen as a gift after learning her identity.
• Yolandale joined the celebration in her new dress, and Kiana hugged her and praised how beautiful she looked.

Gwen prepared a birthday surprise for Kiana by bringing Siegfried back to reunite with her and Yolandale. The sisters celebrated with their father and friends, and the chapter ended with Alicia asking Gwen to share future surprises with her sooner.

• Kiana eagerly searched for the birthday gift Gwen had prepared, and Gwen asked her and Yolandale to open a radiant door together.
• Kiana and Yolandale found Siegfried waiting behind the door, and he wished Kiana a happy birthday before embracing both of his daughters.
• Alicia rallied the guests to celebrate, and Kiana and Yolandale exchanged birthday wishes as sisters.
• Siegfried attended the banquet, where Yolandale explained the sisters' reunion and the guests offered their congratulations.
• After the banquet, Alicia playfully asked Gwen to tell her about any future surprises, then stayed with him until dawn.

Mobius created a prototype drug intended to awaken Gene Locks, using Gwen’s blood, and Gwen supported her effort to make the ability widely available. While worrying about distant threats to the world, Gwen was comforted by Eden and Mysterious, then offered Eden a dose of the prototype; she injected it but felt no noticeable effect.

• Mobius showed Gwen fifty syringes of her Gene Lock prototype and said she had tested it on herself without adverse effects.
• Gwen teased Mobius about the drug’s ingredients and asked her to be mindful of their public reputation, then left with the case.
• Gwen reflected on possible cosmic threats and his resolve to protect the world rather than abandon it.
• Eden and Mysterious noticed Gwen’s troubled mood and offered to share his worries, but he evaded their questions and changed the subject.
• Gwen offered Eden a syringe of Mobius’s prototype, and Eden injected it before reporting no immediate effect.

Gwen discovered that the First Flame had created four new Lord Souls, and Phylannor warned him that they might be essential to the newborn world. After Gwen absorbed them, Hila found an egg resembling Midir’s, and Eden asked Gwen to take her to explore the mist-covered land beyond Anor Londo.

• Gwen brought Eden and Mysterious to Firelink Shrine after sensing that the First Flame had produced four powerful souls resembling Lord Souls.
• Phylannor reasoned that the new Lord Souls might fill something missing from the world and urged Gwen not to let anyone else absorb them.
• Gwen absorbed all four Lord Souls after Eden, Mysterious, and Phylannor declined them.
• Hila reported finding an egg like Midir’s beneath an Ancient Dragon tree, and Phylannor entrusted her with caring for it.
• Phylannor described the mist-shrouded land outside Anor Londo, and Eden asked Gwen to take her there.

Gwen and Eden shared a musical, romantic moment in the mist-shrouded wilderness and finally made their feelings explicit. After returning to Schicksal headquarters, Gwen distributed Mobius's trial Hyper-Evolution Factor, and the group noticed unusual sensations in their bodies that Mobius began recording.

• Gwen took Eden beyond Anor Londo's walls, where she explored the primordial landscape and asked him to walk with her.
• Eden played a piece inspired by Gwen's Heart of Light, and they reflected on how they and their companions had become remarkable through their choices.
• Gwen invited Eden to become his female lead, and she accepted before pulling away when he grew more intimate.
• Gwen returned to Schicksal headquarters with Eden and Mysterious, then distributed Mobius's trial Hyper-Evolution Factor after dinner.
• Alicia, Kiana, and Raiden Mei described different sensations in their bodies, and Alicia suggested that Danzhu and Cang Xuan help Mobius with her increased workload.

Gwen helped Li Sushang adjust to modern life after Otto awakened her from a five-hundred-year sleep, while Mobius investigated the strange sensations reported by several women. The chapter ended with Gwen visiting Yolandale and Little Herrscher after their brutal sparring match, where Seele marveled at how quickly Li Sushang had learned to use a Schicksal terminal.

• Mobius collected blood samples from Alicia, Mei, Kiana, Eden, Mysterious, and Yolandale, then began experiments that yielded no results.
• Gwen helped the girls improve their control over their authorities as the Cocoon of Finality continued reclaiming its projections.
• Gwen taught Li Sushang to use a restricted Schicksal terminal after Otto entrusted her to him, and Li Sushang declined an immortal's empowerment.
• Yolandale and Little Herrscher fought a destructive sparring match, with Yolandale landing a hit on Little Herrscher's true body.
• Gwen healed Yolandale and Little Herrscher, and Seele expressed surprise at how quickly Li Sushang was adapting to modern life.

Little Herrscher privately urged Gwen to pursue Li Sushang, arguing that he would protect her from being deceived, but Gwen refused. Fu Hua caught Little Herrscher teasing her, and Gwen returned to the others, where Anna and Yolandale discussed their recent growth.

• Fu Hua and Anna explained to Seele why adapting to society and studying martial arts mattered, then Little Herrscher called Gwen aside.
• Little Herrscher suggested Gwen make Li Sushang his partner, saying he would treat her well and protect her from scoundrels.
• Gwen rejected the suggestion, and Fu Hua arrived after overhearing Little Herrscher mock her bad luck in gacha games.
• Fu Hua apologized to Gwen and said she would educate Little Herrscher, who called after him not to forget her suggestion.
• Anna asked Gwen what Little Herrscher had said, and Gwen changed the subject by asking Yolandale whether she had grown taller.
• Anna said she had grown two centimeters and began to mention holding hands with Gwen before noticing Seele and changing the subject.

Gwen responded to Erosion’s takeover of the Elysian Realm and found Alicia safe, along with the Flame-Chasers. He realized Alicia had staged the crisis to trap Erosion, then brought Alicia and Erosion to a café to speak with them.

• After Gwen detected that Erosion had isolated his marks on Alicia and Eden, he ordered the others to prepare for a global emergency and went to the Elysian Realm.
• Gwen broke through Erosion’s barrier, entered the sealed Realm, and fought through its corrupted enemies to reach Alicia.
• Gwen found Alicia, the unharmed Flame-Chasers, and Erosion in the theater; he realized Alicia had staged the takeover and kept it contained.
• Gwen scolded Alicia and apologized to the Flame-Chasers, while Vill-V asked him to upgrade her equipment and he said she would need to convince Klein.
• Gwen saw Eden’s protection against Erosion’s power, then brought Alicia and Erosion to the café and sat down with them.

Gwen reassured Little Ai after she confessed that fear of death had driven her to test her powers with Alicia and Vill-V. Little Ai accepted his protection and the limits of her place beside Alicia, while Alicia went to fetch Gwen a gift.

• Little Ai explained that Alicia had helped her stage an erosion rampage so she could confront her fear and test her strength.
• Gwen promised to protect Little Ai and placed a golden mark on her hand, linking their souls.
• After Alicia left to get Gwen a gift, Little Ai admitted she felt inferior to Alicia and only wanted to survive.
• Little Ai recalled that Gwen had effortlessly defeated her strongest attempt to resist him and offered him her loyalty in exchange for a chance to live.
• Gwen told Little Ai that fearing death was human and asked her to respect life rather than harm others out of fear.
• Gwen confirmed that Little Ai had already gained his protection, and Little Ai accepted that she could remain Little Ai but never replace Alicia.

Gwen and Alicia awakened the miniature Fairy Ai, who met Little Ai, before the group returned to Schicksal Headquarters and ended the false emergency. Back home, Alicia reunited with Yorktown and announced that they had brought back another sister.

• Alicia gave Gwen a miniature version of herself, and Gwen awakened Fairy Ai with the password “Dear Alicia.”
• Fairy Ai met Gwen and Little Ai, and Little Ai introduced herself as the Herrscher of Erosion.
• After returning to Schicksal Headquarters, Gwen canceled the response to the supposed erosion rampage, and headquarters lifted its alert status.
• Alicia reunited with Yorktown at home, then told her that the group had brought back a new sister.

Alicia and Little Ai welcomed Li Sushang into the household, and Little Ai later joined Alicia in challenging Gwen. The next day, Gwen and the others began an experiment using the Thousand Worlds Incarnation to open a passage to an unknown location.

• Gwen introduced Fairy Ai, an Armed Automaton modeled on young Aili, to Yorktown and Li Sushang.
• Li Sushang greeted Alicia and Little Ai, and Alicia drew her into the lively gathering.
• Alicia repeatedly fooled people, including Kiana, in a guessing game with Little Ai, who quickly fit into the family.
• Alicia challenged Gwen, but Little Ai joined them and said it was her own choice.
• Prometheus, Choukai, Mei, and Kiana confirmed the experiment equipment and parameters were ready.
• Kiana activated the Thousand Worlds Incarnation, which opened a passage to an unknown location as Gwen's golden armor pushed back its blue radiance.

Gwen traveled through time to collect Kallen’s fading soul and several others, then attempted to rescue more souls from the moon. As he prepared to return, the Finality of that era detected him and attacked, leaving Gwen facing a powerful energy blast alongside Kevin’s desperate strike.

• After Raiden Mei reported that the deviation was within limits, Gwen entered the passage opened by the Thousand Worlds Incarnation and used his authority over time to pass the Imaginary Tree’s historical correction force.
• Gwen collected Kallen’s fading soul, then returned to the Imaginary Tree’s dimension and explained to Alicia and Mysterious that his time-travel method worked.
• Gwen traveled to another historical point and collected more souls destined to disappear, then returned to the saint’s execution and secured Kallen’s soul.
• Gwen blocked Alicia from his presence and, with Mysterious’s support, crossed the Imaginary Wall to collect the souls of Kalpas, Cosmos, and others who had died on the moon.
• The Finality of that era detected Gwen as he tried to leave and attacked him with a powerful energy cannon while Kevin prepared a desperate strike.

Gwen’s intervention on the moon failed to defeat the End, and the collision with it sent him hurtling through a distorted passage into the Lands Between. There, he met Malenia during her siege of Stormveil Castle and demanded that she and the Sacred Tree army submit to him in exchange for helping her find Miquella.

• Gwen deflected part of the End’s attack, but Kevin and the Moonlight Throne could only weaken it before the survivors withdrew from the moon.
• The collision between Gwen and the End distorted his passage to a higher dimension, sending him crashing into a battlefield in the Lands Between.
• Malenia ordered the Sacred Tree army to retreat from the golden meteor and approached its landing site herself while Goreq watched from Stormveil Castle.
• Gwen introduced himself as the Sun King, and Malenia judged him to be a powerful outsider after sensing the Golden Tree’s presence.
• Gwen recognized Malenia’s search for Miquella and offered to help, demanding that the Sacred Tree army submit to him and declaring that he would defeat her.