Recaps

Gwen fought and killed Ganesha in the Meta Field, then used his Bow of Light to eliminate Honkai Beasts and zombies across Manila. After the Snow Lotus Squad began rescuing survivors, Gwen freed a young man trapped beneath rubble and took him toward a shelter.

• Gwen tested his Nine Consecutive Throws on Ganesha, then finished the Honkai Beast with the Spark Gun when his throws failed to kill it.
• Gwen used his Bow of Light to destroy a nearby Temple-class Honkai Beast, then asked Prometheus to mark targets across the city.
• Gwen fired precise arrows at the marked Honkai Beasts and zombies while Anna and Fable recognized the attacks and organized the Snow Lotus Squad's survivor rescue.
• After clearing the marked targets, Gwen searched the city for survivors and heard a young man calling for help beneath rubble.
• Gwen lifted the concrete slab, reassured the young man that the disaster was real, and promised to take him to a shelter before saving other survivors.

Gwen rescued Chen Tianwu’s sister and other children from a collapsed school, then brought them to the survivor camp. After offering to help Fable restore her severed arm, he watched as reinforcements arrived to establish the camp.

• Chen Tianwu asked Gwen to check his sister’s school, and Gwen flew him there.
• Gwen found Anna and another Valkyrie digging through the school ruins and used Prometheus’s rescue plan to free the trapped children.
• Chen Tianwu reunited with his sister Wenwen while Anna and her companion comforted the other children.
• Gwen carried the children and the seriously injured girl to the survivor camp, where Fable directed them to shelter.
• Gwen offered to help Fable restore her severed arm after learning she had brought it with her.
• Reinforcements from the Southeast Asia Branch arrived in Manila with rescue equipment and began setting up the camp.

After clearing Manila of Honkai Beasts and zombies, Gwen rested while Schicksal’s rescue teams treated survivors. He helped Anna recover from the day’s fatigue with controlled bioelectric currents, then woke her for her night-watch shift with a sharp electric jolt.

• Schicksal’s support airship arrived with medical equipment, and Gwen restored Fable’s severed arm before leaving the rescue work to her.
• Gwen returned to his tent to rest, then invited Anna to join him for dinner after she reported that the rescue effort was going smoothly and casualty-free.
• Anna told Gwen she was scheduled for the latter half of the night watch, and he offered to ease her fatigue with bioelectric currents.
• After dinner, Gwen used carefully controlled currents to relax Anna, who soon fell asleep in his tent.
• When Anna asked in her sleep for five more minutes, Gwen jolted her awake with electricity so she could prepare for her shift.

Gwen stayed in Manila until the Honkai Energy fell to a safe level, while Chen Tianwu asked him for advice about his sister’s possible future as a Valkyrie. Before returning to Schicksal headquarters, Gwen invited Anna to apply for the new Valkyrie squad Bishop Otto planned to build around him.

• Anna hurried out of Gwen’s tent after he teased her about a dream, and Gwen stayed in Manila to ensure the city was safe.
• Chen Tianwu told Gwen about his Honkai Energy infection and asked for advice about whether his sister, Chen Tianwen, should become a Valkyrie.
• Anna met Chen Tianwu outside Gwen’s tent, then joined Gwen for dinner after he teased her about visiting him.
• Two days later, after Manila’s Honkai Energy fell below the safe threshold, Gwen prepared to return to Schicksal headquarters.
• Gwen invited Anna to apply for the new squad Bishop Otto planned to form around him, and Anna pushed him onto the airship before telling him to hurry back.

Gwen returned to Schicksal Headquarters, spoke with Bronya and Otto about her studies and the formation of a Valkyrie squad, then joined everyone for dinner. The squad was expected to support Kiana and Raiden Mei, while the three girls faced their Valkyrie assessments at the beginning of the next month.

• Gwen returned to Headquarters, where Bronya explained that she was practicing expressions so she could give Seele a smile of her own when Seele returned.
• Gwen encouraged Bronya not to overwork herself and went to Otto, who explained that Kiana and Raiden Mei would soon graduate and that a squad around Gwen would keep them by his side.
• Gwen agreed to Otto's plan, and Choukai and Prometheus suggested that the new squad might use Schicksal's newly completed aerospace battleship.
• At dinner, Kiana asked what Gwen's squad would be called, while Raiden Mei noted that she, Kiana, and Bronya were expected to become official Valkyries that year.
• Gwen gave Kiana his untouched steak and reminded her to pass her assessment; Mei then assigned Kiana an extra half hour of practice questions each day until the exam.

Gwen returned to the dormant Main God Space and found a critically injured warship named Yorktown submerged in seawater. After reviving her enough to move, he brought her back to his bedroom and contacted Bishop Otto for help.

• Gwen entered the Main God Space, discovered it had filled with seawater, and used telekinesis to locate a faint energy signal deep below.
• Gwen found a white-haired woman on the seabed and used Solace Ray to restore some of her energy until she awoke.
• The woman introduced herself as Yorktown, a Yorktown-class Aircraft Carrier, and recognized Gwen as her Commander despite never having met him.
• Yorktown explained that her injuries had left her unable to adjust her weight, but Gwen lifted her and carried her out of the sea.
• Gwen returned to his bedroom with Yorktown and asked Prometheus to contact Bishop Otto, telling Otto that he needed to see him.

Gwen brought Yorktown to the Brest Shipyard, where he and Otto arranged to repair her historical hull and consider whether it could be upgraded. Yorktown manifested her battered warship, and her pain unexpectedly eased, leaving them to investigate the connection between her and the hull.

• Gwen told Yorktown that she appeared to be the only shipgirl in their world, and Yorktown explained that she had recognized him as a potential Commander through his spiritual power.
• Otto met Yorktown and agreed to arrange repairs for her historical hull, while Gwen and Otto decided to compare Yorktown-class blueprints before considering any upgrades.
• Yorktown manifested her battered hull on the shipyard slipway, and Gwen and Otto heard a thunderous boom as it appeared.
• Yorktown noticed that her pain had greatly lessened after separating from her hull, and Otto asked how far she could move away from it.

Gwen shared memories of the Main God Space with Otto, who agreed to cover Yorktown’s repairs and asked Gwen to look after her. While Gwen accompanied Yorktown through medical examinations, Kiana woke to find that he had left early, and his message made her worry that something serious had happened.

• Otto suggested testing how far Yorktown could travel from her hull, and the experiment showed that she could reach Schicksal Headquarters but weakened with distance.
• Gwen gave Otto a golden Feather of Dust containing memories of the Main God Space, and Otto questioned him about the strange place and other worlds.
• Otto agreed to reimburse Yorktown’s hull repairs and possible upgrades, then told Gwen to care for her; after Gwen left, Otto privately discussed him with Void Archives.
• Gwen found Yorktown undergoing examinations and pushed her wheelchair, checking whether she felt unwell away from her hull.
• Kiana woke and saw Gwen’s message saying he had left early, then worried that his sudden departure meant something serious had happened.

Gwen brought the injured Yorktown home, where Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya met her and gradually warmed to the unexpected guest. Half a month later, Kiana passed her Valkyrie practical assessment, and Yorktown and Gwen watched Otto’s investiture ceremony, leaving Yorktown astonished to learn Otto had controlled human society from the shadows for five hundred years.

• Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya returned from morning training and found Gwen introducing the injured Yorktown, who would stay with them while receiving treatment.
• Yorktown eased Kiana and Raiden Mei’s wariness over breakfast as Gwen and Alicia bantered about where he had found her.
• Gwen told Alicia he would explain Yorktown’s origins later and promised he would not be lured away by anyone except Elysia.
• Half a month later, Kiana completed her Valkyrie practical assessment after passing the theory examination the previous afternoon.
• Otto held an investiture ceremony for the successful recruits, impressing Gwen and Yorktown with his political skill.
• Gwen told Yorktown that Otto had controlled human society from the shadows for five hundred years, and she briefly reacted with surprise.

After revealing that Yorktown’s true body was the aircraft carrier at Brest Shipyard, Gwen helped her begin reclaiming it, but the transformation caused both of them severe pain. Raiden Mei rushed to assist as Gwen tried to reassure everyone that the problem was minor.

• Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya celebrated passing their assessments, and Gwen praised their efforts.
• Gwen and Otto brought the group to Brest Shipyard to reveal Yorktown’s origins, while Raven’s surveillance footage alerted Gray Serpent.
• Bronya identified the repaired vessel as the Yorktown, and Yorktown revealed that the aircraft carrier was her true body.
• Gwen concealed the group from outside observation, then Yorktown began merging with the ship and the hull vanished in a burst of light.
• Yorktown slumped against Gwen in pain, and Raiden Mei hurried to his side and asked what had happened.

Gwen and Yorktown endured severe pain when Schicksal modified Yorktown’s ship body, but the tests showed that her new equipment greatly increased her combat power. Gwen agreed to further upgrades, explaining that the pain helped him develop his powers, and he ended the night reassuring Alicia that he could bear it.

• Otto explained that Gwen and Yorktown’s pain likely came from repairs and replacements to Yorktown’s ship body, and Gwen confirmed that he felt more mental anguish than physical pain.
• Yorktown apologized for making Gwen suffer, but Gwen comforted her and urged everyone not to let the incident stop them from moving forward.
• Yorktown’s afternoon tests showed that Schicksal’s stock equipment had greatly improved her performance, prompting Otto to support further upgrades.
• Yorktown hesitated over more modifications because she did not want Gwen to endure the pain again, but Gwen explained that the resulting pressure helped him advance his powers and persuaded her to continue.
• Gwen reassured Alicia during their nightly conversation that the pain was manageable and that he was working hard toward the future.

Gwen explained to Alicia that fighting Honkai did not make him a hero while he still saw so much darkness in human society, and Alicia tried to ease the burden he placed on himself. He then brought her into the Main God Space and described how Nexus had given him his transformation power, leaving Alicia to scold him for putting himself down.

• Gwen told Alicia he did not want to deceive himself about his motives and questioned whether fighting Honkai could make him a hero while human society remained corrupt.
• Alicia urged Gwen not to demand that he solve every problem at once, but realized her reassurance had not changed his resolve.
• Gwen invited Alicia into the Main God Space and introduced the place that had helped keep him alive.
• Gwen told Alicia that Nexus had chosen to give him his power after sensing her kindness and suggested she had helped him receive it.
• Alicia told Gwen not to make such self-deprecating remarks again.

Gwen and Yorktown completed the painful first phase of her hull reconstruction at Brest Shipyard, while Raven secretly watched and misunderstood their embrace. After Raven identified herself as a World Serpent agent, Gwen told her to report that he was responsible and that he would contact the organization himself if needed.

• Gwen's new squad began missions with Anna Schariac as vice-captain, and its rookies trained under his protection.
• Gwen accompanied Yorktown to Brest Shipyard, where she recalled her extensively rebuilt hull and both endured several minutes of intense pain as it fused with her.
• After the pain ended, Yorktown kissed Gwen, and he returned the kiss before noticing someone watching them.
• Raven, who had come to investigate for Gray Serpent, left her hiding place and introduced herself to Gwen as Natasha Sciola, codename Raven, and an executive of World Serpent.
• Gwen told Raven to report that the events at the shipyard originated with him and that he would contact World Serpent himself if necessary.

After Raven delivered Gwen’s warning to World Serpent, Gray Serpent ended the mission but remained uncertain about Gwen’s potential. Yorktown adjusted to her refitted hull, and Gwen traveled with Rita to the Australia Branch, where they were greeted by Merlin.

• Gwen asked Raven to tell World Serpent not to provoke unnecessary conflict, then let her leave before Schicksal’s forces arrived.
• Gwen explained World Serpent to Yorktown, reassured her, and discussed her new aircraft and the time she needed to adjust to her refitted hull.
• Gwen and Yorktown returned to Schicksal Headquarters, rested, and learned that Prometheus had kept Raven’s visit from appearing in the shipyard surveillance.
• Raven reported her encounter to Gray Serpent, who ended the mission and considered whether Gwen’s growth could influence Kevin when he returned.
• Gwen traveled with Rita to the Australia Branch, where Rita greeted him aboard the airship and Merlin welcomed them at the airfield.

Gwen and Rita confronted Merlin about retrieving the Gem of Desire and bringing Wendy to Schicksal Headquarters for treatment. They found Wendy at the lakeside pavilion, where Gwen introduced himself and recognized her as a former A-rank Valkyrie and S-class candidate.

• Rita told Merlin that she and Gwen had come to retrieve the Gem of Desire, and Gwen clarified that they would take Wendy to Headquarters as well.
• Merlin warned that removing the Gem could endanger Wendy, but Rita rejected her objections and threatened to report the Australian branch to Otto.
• Gwen asked to walk through the garden, and Merlin led him and Rita toward the lakeside pavilion despite her apparent reluctance.
• Merlin introduced Gwen and Rita to Wendy, who tried to greet the S-class envoys from her wheelchair.
• Gwen completed Wendy's faltering self-introduction by calling her a young A-rank Valkyrie and an S-class training candidate.

Gwen and Rita told Wendy that Schicksal would take her to headquarters for treatment, and the Australia Branch held her a farewell banquet. Cocolia’s strike team attacked the branch to seize Wendy, but Gwen stopped the falling Titan Mechs and took command as the battle began.

• Gwen and Rita assured Wendy that Schicksal would bring her to headquarters to treat the Gem of Desire, and Wendy gratefully accepted their help.
• Merlin arranged a farewell banquet for Wendy, where Valkyries from the Australia Branch gathered to see her off.
• Cocolia sent a strike team to attack the branch and capture Wendy, while Xie'er questioned her about when Bronya would return.
• The strike team crashed Titan Mechs through the cafeteria roof as a distraction and sent another group to seize Wendy.
• Gwen caught the Titan Mechs with a barrier, declared himself in command, and ordered the Valkyries to follow Rita's instructions.
• Gwen hurled the trapped Titans into the attackers and summoned a thundercloud as he prepared to fight.

Gwen stopped an Anti-Entropy attack on the Australia Branch, then kept its leaders in place until Otto arrived and began purging the branch’s corrupt old guard. A week later, Gwen, Rita, and Wendy departed, while Merlin remained in charge of the reshaped branch and considered her newfound freedom.

• Gwen paralyzed the attacking Titan Mechs with Lightning Spears and left the Valkyries to capture the operators.
• Gwen calmed Wendy and the others by continuing lunch, then prevented the branch leaders from leaving before Otto arrived.
• Otto announced he had come to resolve the attack, and Gwen and Rita stayed to support his purge of the Australia Branch.
• Over the next week, Otto removed the implicated old family factions while sparing capable younger figures such as Merlin.
• Merlin said goodbye as Gwen, Rita, and Wendy boarded their airship, then reflected on her new authority and freedom from her family.

After returning from Australia, Gwen reassured Rita and offered her a chance to rest, and she fell asleep against his shoulder during the flight. Back at Schicksal Headquarters, they trained together, and Gwen eased Rita’s post-training fatigue with electrotherapy.

• Gwen told Rita that the purge in Australia had not shaken him, then noticed her own exhaustion and offered her his shoulder.
• Rita leaned against Gwen and fell asleep during the airship journey, while Gwen exchanged teasing thoughts with Alicia.
• Rita woke as the airship reached Headquarters and playfully teased Gwen about his accidental touch.
• Otto took Wendy to the medical center, while Gwen and Rita went to the training room together.
• After a morning of training, Gwen used bioelectric currents to relieve the fatigue in Rita’s legs.

After a year of preparing, Kiana and Gwen returned to Schicksal’s North African testing ground so Kiana could face the Herrscher of the Void. Kiana entered the encounter determined to speak with her, but the Herrscher greeted her with scorn.

• Rita shared Gwen’s water after their electrotherapy session and invited him to lunch.
• Anna, Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya reported what they had learned while serving with Yolandale’s Immortal Blade.
• After discussing the attempt with Otto, Gwen agreed to help Kiana confront the Herrscher of the Void.
• Kiana told Gwen she felt the Herrscher’s pain but wanted to stop her from hurting innocent people, and Gwen comforted her.
• Gwen reminded Kiana that revenge was not her only choice and that power could protect what she cherished.
• Gwen used One-Body Fusion to bring Kiana face-to-face with the Herrscher of the Void, who called her a pitiful imitation.

Kiana confronted the Herrscher of the Void in a mental space, endured her taunts, and awakened the power to wield the Greatsword of the Heavenly Fire. After Gwen pulled her out of danger, Kiana returned to the testing grounds feeling better, while Gwen revealed how much energy and effort her battle had cost him.

• Kiana told the Herrscher of the Void that she had come to face her, and the two argued over whether Kiana had been chosen by Sirin.
• The Herrscher of the Void attacked Kiana and used her authority to evade Kiana’s attacks while mocking her.
• Kiana touched the Void Lances, accepted the pain tied to her memories, and awakened a connection that let her draw An-Utu.
• Kiana transformed her dual pistols into the Greatsword of the Heavenly Fire and struck the Herrscher of the Void, who escaped when her Imaginary Barrier shattered.
• The Herrscher of the Void angrily launched a barrage at Kiana, but Kiana vanished as Gwen brought them both back to the testing grounds.
• Kiana celebrated her victory with Gwen, who explained that her weapons and especially Fire of Heaven's Judgment had taken substantial effort and energy to provide.

Kiana gained control of her Herrscher Core and used Fire of Heaven's Judgment during her training with Gwen, while Gwen acquired a small amount of spatial authority. After returning home, Mei overcame her hesitation to hug Gwen, but Gwen's visit to the Main God Space ended with him sensing danger and dodging an unseen attack.

• Gwen explained that using Fire of Heaven's Judgment could burn Kiana alive and warned her to use it only when she was in the right condition.
• Kiana demonstrated her new spatial ability by summoning a chair from across the training grounds, and Gwen showed Otto the faint spatial ripple he had gained.
• Mei struggled with jealousy over Gwen helping Kiana, then asked Gwen for a hug and received one before returning home.
• Gwen exchanged good nights with Bronya and Yorktown, then entered the Main God Space to walk and talk with Alicia.
• Gwen abruptly tensed and dodged away from where he had been standing when he entered the Main God Space.

Gwen found a dangerous bonfire and Spiral Sword in the Main God Space, along with Unclaimed Souls that he stored away for later testing. A week later, Choukai reported that her research found the Souls had almost no harmful effects, though their nature remained unexplained.

• Gwen and Alicia discovered a threatening bonfire with a Spiral Sword and moved it to a remote corner of the Main God Space.
• Gwen found and identified dozens of Unclaimed Souls, stored them without absorbing them, and returned to his room to rest before testing them.
• A week later, Choukai playfully questioned Gwen about the substance he had given her for research.
• Gwen turned the tables on Choukai, but she teased him back before pointing him to her research results.
• Choukai told Gwen that the Unclaimed Souls had unusual physical properties but practically no harmful effects, and asked what they were.

After confirming the Unclaimed Souls could strengthen his mind, Gwen arranged his affairs and secluded himself to absorb them. He emerged two weeks later to learn Schicksal Headquarters was locked down because Yolandale had been pulled into a World Bubble by the Second Divine Key, and he went to ask Otto what was happening.

• Gwen explained to Choukai that the Unclaimed Souls could strengthen his mind, then combed her hair before leaving to prepare for seclusion.
• Gwen arranged leave and made plans for his team before absorbing one of the Unclaimed Souls in a secret chamber at Koloosten.
• After two weeks in seclusion, Gwen received a notice that Schicksal Headquarters was locked down and airship docking had been suspended.
• Gwen flew to headquarters and learned from Rita that the Second Divine Key had pulled Yolandale into a World Bubble during its first experiment.
• Gwen reassured Rita, then appeared beside Otto to ask about the situation, startling the nearby Valkyries into raising their weapons.

Gwen entered the World Bubble to find Yolandale and confront Su, bringing Alicia out to reunite with her old friend. Su assured them that Yolandale’s trial was harmless and would help her master the unstable power within her, leaving Gwen to hear what Su intended to tell her.

• Otto told Gwen that Bianca had been pulled into the World Bubble and asked for his advice on rescuing her.
• Gwen decided to enter the World Bubble and retrieve Yolandale, estimating his chance of escaping at over ninety percent, and Otto approved.
• Gwen transformed with the Parajin Armor and entered the World Bubble while Kiana, Yorktown, and Raiden Mei watched with concern.
• Gwen found Yolandale beneath a towering tree with Su, then dismissed his transformed appearance and greeted Su.
• Su recognized Alicia, and Gwen brought her forth; Alicia reunited with Su and reminded him that Yolandale was there.
• Su told Gwen that Yolandale’s ordeal was only a trial, promised to give her a gift and help her control the World Bubble’s power, and Gwen began to ask a question.

Su agreed to stay alive until dawn after Alicia and Gwen asked him to help persuade Kevin against the Stigmata Project. Yolandale awakened from Su’s trial, struck him to settle their score, and challenged his conflicted approach to deciding humanity’s fate.

• Su told Alicia that Kevin was approaching and asked her to persuade him against the Stigmata Project, then agreed to wait until dawn before giving up his life.
• Yolandale awakened beside Su, guarded herself against Gwen, and learned that Su would compensate her for the trial.
• Yolandale struck Su in the stomach, then helped him up and declared that they were even.
• Yolandale reflected that people of this era had to decide their own fate and called Su too conflicted.
• Su laughed and admitted that Yolandale had frightened him.