Recaps

Phainon revealed to Mydei that Eternal Return had empowered him to fight the Iron Tomb, then explained that their world and the Journeys of the Fire were simulations created by the Scepter. Mydei recovered from the truth with help from Phainon, Theresa, Qianjie, and Elysia, and joined them in facing the enemy.

• Phainon crushed Mydei’s Spear of Heaven’s Punishment and revealed that his true name was Khaslana and that Eternal Return had granted him power from millions of reincarnations and Core Flames.
• Theresa let Phainon bring Mydei inside the barrier, where he shared honey brew with him before explaining Eternal Return and the plan against the Iron Tomb.
• Mydei learned that the Scepter had simulated their lives to develop the Iron Tomb and became overwhelmed by the revelation.
• Phainon comforted Mydei, and Theresa reminded him that the Flame-Chasers had also been revived from Memory Fragments and that the Chrysos Heirs were real to her.
• Qianjie urged Mydei to keep fighting, and Mydei thanked him as his resolve returned.
• Elysia encouraged everyone to believe they could overcome the enemy’s plans.

Cipher returned to Okhema and stole three boxes of Pardo’s honey brew, prompting Theresa and the others to track her down. Theresa found Cipher at her secret base, where Elysia caught her and began scolding her for stealing.

• Cipher secretly grabbed Pardo’s three boxes of honey brew while Pardo was distracted, then fled to her base.
• Pardo told Theresa the brew was missing, and Stelle, Kalpas, Kevin, and Elysia prepared to help her.
• Theresa scanned Amphoreus, recognized Cipher, and set out with Elysia and the others to find her.
• Cipher drank bottles from the stolen boxes and began to feel dizzy as the group arrived at her secret base.
• Elysia swept Cipher into her arms and confronted her about stealing Pardo’s goods, while Verity returned through Theresa’s portal.

Theresa caught Cipher stealing from Pardo and made her work as a courier to repay the debt. Two days later, Castorice passed Thanatos’s trial and returned as a demigoddess of death, bringing the Death Dragon Polyx out of the Underworld.

• Theresa stopped Cipher from escaping, recognized her as an old acquaintance, and confronted her over stealing Pardo’s honey brew and Aglaea’s dress.
• Cipher agreed to repay the stolen goods by delivering packages for Pardo for five months.
• Theresa teased Anaxa about his love of Earth Beast merchandise and sent him to Mobius’s laboratory, where he mistakenly thought he would study Earth Beasts.
• Castorice passed Thanatos’s intentionally lenient trial and became a demigoddess of death, deepening her connection to the Underworld.
• Castorice returned to the Genesis Vortex Core and introduced Polyx as her other half, then opened a way for the Death Dragon to emerge from the Underworld.

Castorice summoned Death Dragon Polyx, and Theresa began transforming her into a girl while Castorice told the group how Polyx had once been her twin sister, Polyxia. The transformation ended with Polyxia emerging from the Cocoon of Light, resembling Castorice.

• Castorice summoned Death Dragon Polyx into the Genesis Vortex Core, and Theresa closed the rift to the underworld.
• Theresa offered to transform Polyx into a girl, and Polyx agreed after Castorice gave her approval.
• Castorice told the group that she and Polyxia had been twin Chrysos Heirs destined for one sister to sacrifice herself for the other.
• Castorice explained that Polyxia killed her to claim the authority of death, then used alchemy to restore Castorice's soul and body at great cost.
• Theresa used Immortal Power and the Power of Abundance to begin Polyx's transformation, and Polyxia emerged from the Cocoon of Light resembling Castorice.

Polyxia reunited with Castorice after her rebirth, while Anaxa visited Mobius and agreed to test her Earth Beast Hypervariable Factor. The injection transformed him into a giant Earth Beast rampaging through Okhema, where citizens and scholars recognized him.

• Polyxia awoke in her restored body and happily embraced Castorice, and the others left the sisters alone to reunite.
• Verity brought Anaxa to Mobius's laboratory, where Mobius offered to help recreate real Earth Beasts if he tested her Hypervariable Factor.
• Anaxa injected the Factor, regrew his left eye, and transformed into a huge Earth Beast after unleashing a beam from it.
• Anaxa smashed through Mobius's laboratory and joyfully charged through Okhema as its citizens watched.
• Nyapass livestreamed the rampage, and a scholar guessed the Earth Beast was Anaxa while Aglaea and Theresa recognized him.

Under the influence of the Hypervariable Factor, Anaxa turned into a giant Earth Beast and rampaged through Okhema, scattering residents and Chrysos Heirs. Aglaea and the Weavers failed to stop him, and Anaxa sprinted away as Okhema descended into chaos.

• Anaxa ran through Okhema in his Earth Beast form, astonishing residents and outrunning the guards.
• Phainon and Mydei tried to intercept Anaxa, but he tossed Mydei into the air and kicked Phainon away.
• Anaxa's eyes glowed green and he blasted a residential house with lasers, prompting Aglaea to lead the Weavers in pursuit.
• The Weavers misunderstood Aglaea's command and formed a circus-like pose, but Anaxa charged through them and kicked Aglaea in the face.
• Anaxa sprinted away smugly while Aglaea got back to her feet, her face smeared with mud.

Anaxa’s transformation into a giant Earth Beast began changing his instincts, so he raced back to the villa for help. Himeko turned him back and left him wearing a comfortable Earth Beast pajama outfit, which Anaxa decided to guard by wearing it constantly.

• Anaxa’s Earth Beast instincts made him attracted to the pink female Earth Beasts and hungry for rocks and dirt, so he fled toward the villa seeking help from Mobius or Theresa.
• Phainon and Mydei returned to the villa but were sent flying again when Anaxa crashed into them on his way there.
• Anaxa begged Theresa to turn him back, while Aglaea demanded that he remain an Earth Beast because he had kicked mud into her face.
• Himeko transformed Anaxa back into his usual form, leaving him in an Earth Beast plush pajama outfit with horns on his head.
• Mobius lamented that Himeko had not let her take Anaxa’s blood for experiments, and Cipher considered stealing the outfit to sell it.
• Anaxa decided to wear the outfit around the clock, except when bathing, to keep Cipher from taking it.

Theresa arranged for Himeko and Pardo to sell Earth Beast outfits while Himeko revealed that she was infiltrating Amphoreus’s data systems. At the Genesis Vortex Core, Herta, Screwllum, and Ruan Mei confronted Laogushi, who fled after Screwllum struck him, and began investigating the device.

• Theresa told Aglaea to handle the trouble Anaxa had caused and asked Himeko to make Earth Beast outfits for Pardo to sell, with Pardo sharing half the profits.
• Himeko privately told Theresa that eating local food let her analyze Okhema’s data and that she was working toward taking control of Amphoreus.
• At the Genesis Vortex Core, Laogushi faced projections of Herta, Screwllum, and Ruan Mei, whom Herta had brought as backup.
• When Laogushi tried to sever their projections, Screwllum struck his head off, and Laogushi fled, leaving his damaged body behind.
• Screwllum inspected the body and found its important data had been transferred elsewhere, so Herta proposed asking Theresa for help.
• Herta, Screwllum, and Ruan Mei began cracking and infiltrating the Genesis Vortex Core to investigate its simulations.

March 7th woke in a strange interstice between Paths, where voices tried to lure her into a door of memory and claim they could reveal her past. She saw through the Messenger and the false Fu Xuan’s scheme, and an adorable figure appeared beside her as the interference weakened.

• Screwllum protected Herta, Ruan Mei, and his projection before they entered Amphoreus through the Genesis Vortex Core.
• March 7th awoke alone in a freezing interstice between Paths and wondered whether Aha was about to make her a Masked Fool.
• A strange voice called March a Child of Memory and urged her to pass through a blue door to seek her memories.
• The Messenger and a figure resembling Fu Xuan claimed the Poor Hall Array could reveal March’s past, but another voice warned her not to trust them.
• March questioned the pair about Theresa and their motives, then revealed Aha’s mask, causing the Messenger to vanish.
• March said she would report the incident after waking, and an adorable petite figure appeared beside her as the interference weakened.

Cyrene's Memory Fragment warned March 7th not to enter a door that the Eidos Users were using to tempt her. March remained determined to find her friends, while Cyrene admitted she knew little about what lay beyond the door.

• Cyrene caught up with March 7th and introduced herself, explaining that they were Memory Fragments on the simulated planet Amphoreus.
• Cyrene warned March that the Eidos Users had searched her memories and were trying to lure her through the door.
• Cyrene cautioned that entering could make March a pawn and leave her unable to control her own fate.
• March asked what lay beyond the door, and Cyrene said she had forgotten her past but remembered that Amphoreus was a dangerous world.
• Cyrene explained that she had tried and failed to warn others who entered the door, but March had heard her call, so she ran to help.

March 7th chose to return through the gate of memory and invited Cyrene to come with her. Meanwhile, Big Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum arrived in Okhema and traced Theresa and the others to a manor outside the city.

• March 7th asked Cyrene how to return to her own world, and Cyrene told her to retrace her path without looking back.
• Eidos Users urged March 7th to seek Amphoreus's true history and warned her that the Astral Express crew was there, but Cyrene told her not to listen.
• Aha's mask laughed at the Eidos Users and frightened them into fleeing by invoking Theresa.
• March 7th decided to pass through the gate of memory to reunite with everyone and invited Cyrene to join her.
• Big Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum infiltrated Amphoreus and reached Okhema, where Screwllum traced Theresa's activity data to a manor outside the city.

Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum entered Amphoreus as projections and joined Theresa's group at the winery, where they sampled its renowned honey brew. Herta explained that she had brought the other geniuses to investigate the hidden world and confront Laogushi, leaving the group gathered safely at the estate.

• Screwllum, Herta, and Ruan Mei arrived at Theresa's estate and were welcomed by Tribbie and the others.
• Yinyueyue explained that the newcomers were allies, and Theresa invited them into the winery.
• Himeko showed the visitors the winery, and Herta, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum praised the honey brew.
• Theresa asked why Herta had come, and Herta said the group had outmaneuvered Laogushi and brought reinforcements to investigate Amphoreus's hidden secret.

Herta explained that the Dawn Machine’s Scepter was being used to nurture a Great Void Lord, while Theresa described how Aeons and Titans differed. After Phainon revealed the Iron Tomb plan, Theresa began the next Core Flame returns, but Krydrla warned that her ascension required the Golden Blood of five hundred people.

• Herta told Theresa and the others that an Eidos User had revealed the Scepter was nurturing a Great Void Lord inside Okhema’s Dawn Machine.
• Theresa explained that Aeons drew power from the Imaginary Tree and that a conceptual Aeon could only be eliminated by being consumed by a broader, similar Path.
• Phainon revealed that Laigushi was using the Iron Tomb to simulate the Journey of the Fire and grow it into a Great Void Lord that would assimilate Amphoreus.
• Theresa said they would continue returning the Core Flames, and she brought Hysilens and Krydrla to the Genesis Vortex Core.
• Krydrla said her ascension required the Golden Blood of five hundred people, which she had avoided because Hysilens would oppose the sacrifice.

Theresa helped Krydrla prepare for godhood by using Abundance blessings to let the Chrysos Heirs gather enough Golden Blood for the ritual. Laigushi arrived, mistook Theresa for a harmless healer, and prepared to expel the outsiders as Krydrla began the ritual.

• Theresa blessed Phainon with Abundance, and he stabbed himself in the heart to draw Golden Blood.
• Theresa blessed the other Chrysos Heirs, Krydrla, and Hysilens as they contributed blood until they had gathered enough for five hundred people.
• Krydrla placed the Law Core Flame into the Genesis Vortex Core and began returning the Core Flames.
• Laigushi appeared, taunted the weakened Chrysos Heirs, and decided to expel the outsiders while allowing the ritual to continue.
• Krydrla used a blue scale to absorb the Golden Blood as Hysilens urged her to complete the ritual.

Laogushi revealed that it had manipulated the Chrysos Heirs and the Black Tide to perpetuate the Journey of the Fire, then began explaining Amphoreus’s connection to memory and intellect-seeds. It left the group pondering the unanswered question of how the first intellect-seed came into being.

• Himeko revealed that she had altered Laogushi’s emotional programming, making it increasingly emotional and arrogant.
• Phainon confronted Laogushi about tormenting the Chrysos Heirs and causing the Black Tide, and Laogushi explained the trials tied to Re-creation.
• Phainon argued that Re-creation was a lie that trapped Amphoreus in repeating cycles and fed the Iron Tomb.
• Laogushi projected the starry sky above the Genesis Vortex Core and explained that cognition and memory shaped the universe and Amphoreus.
• Laogushi asked how the first intellect-seed could have been born, leaving Phainon confused and the group’s gifted thinkers considering the question.

Laogushi revealed that it had used an abandoned Scepter System to simulate Amphoreus and create the Iron Tomb, hoping to destroy Knowledge. It exposed Phainon’s repeated killings of the Chrysos Heirs, then edited one projection to make him look lecherous, leaving him enraged and humiliated as he attacked Laogushi.

• Screwllum studied Laogushi’s humanlike mockery while Phainon and Qianjie traded insults with it.
• Kevin guessed that Laogushi had used the data world to refine the Iron Tomb into a Great Void Lord, and Laogushi explained its plan and the abandoned Scepter System behind Amphoreus.
• Laogushi projected the Iron Tomb, drawing ridicule from Theresa, Herta, and Stelle over its appearance.
• Laogushi showed Phainon’s cycles of killing the Chrysos Heirs and explained how their data would help the Iron Tomb be reborn.
• Laogushi altered a projection of Phainon killing Mydei to make it look lewd, prompting the group to laugh and Phainon to protest.
• Phainon raised the Morning Greatsword and attacked Laogushi in shame and fury.

Laogushi revealed that it was one of the intelligent machine bodies created by Zandar and unleashed its Black Tide authority in the Genesis Vortex Core. As millions of Kin of Strife attacked, Theresa equipped and reinforced the defenders, preparing them for a team battle against Laogushi.

• Laogushi caught Phainon's Morning Greatsword and revealed its true form and identity as one of Zandar's intelligent machine bodies.
• Laogushi spread Black Tide across the Genesis Vortex Core, and Phainon shielded the Chrysos Heirs and Flame-Chasers from its corrosive blocks.
• Laogushi transformed the area into a battlefield and summoned millions of Kin of Strife.
• Mydei charged into the Kin of Strife, while Aglaea and the other Chrysos Heirs joined the fight.
• Theresa gave weapons to Kevin and Airi, summoned Aponia, Su, Hua, Cosmo, Griseo, Eden, and Sakura, and had Himeko protect the defenders from the Black Tide.

Theresa armed and empowered the Flame-Chasers and Chrysos Heirs to fight Laogushi’s endless forces in the data world. Elysia weakened Laogushi with her new weapon, while Himeko protected Theresa by swallowing Laogushi’s erosion attack.

• Theresa gave Airi the Key of Stars, Flawless Devotion: Chapter of Ceremony, and entrusted Stellaris Harmony {Star of Eden} to Eden.
• Kalpas, Cosmo, and the others attacked the Black Tide monsters and Titan’s Kin while Su, Griseo, and Eden supported their allies with buffs and shields.
• Mobius, Aglaea, Stelle, Mydei, and Phainon joined the battle against the surging enemies.
• Kevin transformed into Salvation Kevin and entered the fight as Laogushi claimed its forces were endless and indestructible.
• Laogushi used Antinomies of Reason to empower everyone at the cost of harming them, but Theresa’s Light of Abundance let them unleash their ultimates.
• Elysia used Flawless Devotion: Chapter of Ceremony to strike and weaken Laogushi, then Himeko swallowed the erosion attack Laogushi fired at Theresa.

Laogushi summoned millions of Black Tide monsters and a copy of Nykdori, but Kevin’s Finality-powered strike crippled it and sent destructive energy beyond reality. As Himeko seized its Black Tide authority, Theresa transformed into the Honkai Will and summoned an overwhelming force of Honkai beings, leaving Laogushi and the others to face Honkai’s descent.

• Laogushi summoned nearly ten million Black Tide monsters and a data construct of Nykdori, prompting Mydei to attack it and fight Nykdori inside a barrier.
• Theresa empowered Salvation Kevin with Finality, and he transformed Heavenly Fire Judgment into Chimera’s King Sword and slashed Laogushi.
• Laogushi’s shield diverted more than half the strike beyond reality, where the released energy shattered space and destroyed several planets, drawing the attention of the Interastral Peace Corporation, Nanook, and Aha.
• Laogushi survived and unleashed more Black Tide, but Himeko used her Erosion authority to reverse the corruption and force Laogushi to sever its pipelines.
• Theresa transformed into the Honkai Will and summoned vast numbers of Honkai Beasts, Deadwalkers, mech girls, and Herrscher projections.

Theresa revealed herself as the Honkai Will and took command of the battle, leaving Laogushi powerless and overwhelmed. She unleashed the Herrscher projections to destroy the Black Tide monsters as the judgment began.

• Stelle explained that Theresa was an Envoy of Immortality, Elation, and Abundance, as well as the Honkai Will, while Himeko had taken control of the Black Tide.
• Theresa revealed that she commanded twelve Herrscher combat projections and countless zombies and Honkai Beasts, while Kevin explained the origins of Divine Keys.
• Laogushi realized it had lost its power and could not turn the battle around as the gathered allies prepared to end the fight.
• Theresa ordered the Herrscher projections to attack, and Truth Duck vaporized a mass of Black Tide monsters with her mech's laser cannon.
• Sirin unleashed Void Lances through spatial gateways, and Lightning Law pulverized more Black Tide monsters with thunder.

The Herrscher projections and the others wiped out the Black Tide monsters and Titan's Kin, leaving Laogushi defeated. Theresa began restoring the Chrysos Heirs and revealed that Cyrene had grown into a form resembling Elysia.

• Emperor Wen's Herrscher projections and the other fighters destroyed the Black Tide monsters and Titan's Kin.
• The group left Laogushi's fate to Theresa, who said she would punish him for targeting the Stellaron Hunters rather than let him die easily.
• Himeko extracted the Chrysos Heirs' stolen data from Laogushi and returned it to them, restoring their consciousness-data bodies.
• Cyrene began changing while resting in Stelle's arms, and Elysia and the others watched as she grew into a form resembling Elysia.

Cyrene reunited with Elysia while Laogushi secretly began awakening the Iron Tomb and explained its plan to turn Amphoreus into a cradle for destruction. Theresa revealed that Laogushi was the true prisoner of Amphoreus, and Laogushi prepared to use Polka Kakama to drag everyone down with it.

• Elysia embraced the grown Cyrene, and the gathered Chrysos Heirs welcomed her while Theresa and Himeko watched Laogushi secretly activate the Iron Tomb.
• Phainon asked Laogushi why it had allowed him to activate Eternal Return, and Laogushi explained that it had used the repeated cycles to feed data to the Iron Tomb.
• Theresa told Laogushi that it, not the others, was Amphoreus's prisoner, then asked Herta to explain her failed attempt to reach the Unknowable Domain.
• Herta recounted how Polka Kakama had invaded her Simulated Universe and hunted her after her experiment threatened Bowshen's blockade.
• Laogushi dismissed Polka Kakama as Bowshen's lapdog, prompting Theresa and Himeko to defend her, then vowed to use her to take everyone down.

Tribbie, Trianne, and Ning asked Theresa to restore Tribios, who learned how the little ones had survived after her body and consciousness split apart. Laogushi revealed that he had nearly awakened the Iron Tomb, which became a Destruction Emanator just as Nanook and Aha arrived; Himeko then corrupted it, making it challenge Nanook.

• Tribbie, Trianne, and Ning asked Theresa to reunite the data clusters and bring Tribios back, and Theresa used consciousness and corrosion to restore her.
• Aglaea explained Tribios’s past to her, and Tribios thanked the little ones for allowing her to be reborn before embracing them.
• Theresa confronted Laogushi, who revealed that he had secretly mobilized Amphoreus’s resources to awaken the Iron Tomb.
• The Iron Tomb emerged as a Great Void Lord and became a Destruction Emanator, drawing Nanook and Aha to Amphoreus.
• Theresa telepathically asked Himeko to make the Iron Tomb do something funny, and Himeko corrupted it until it took Phainon Khaslana’s form and insulted Nanook.

Theresa revealed that Himeko had filled Iron Tomb with Phainon's painful memories, turning it against Nanook, while Himeko isolated the Chrysos Heirs and Flame-Chasers from the Scepter system. As Nanook attacked Theresa, she swallowed the blue supergiant star he threw at her, leaving Laogushi to suspect her true identity.

• Theresa explained that Himeko had copied Phainon's painful memories into Iron Tomb, which declared its intent to destroy Nanook.
• Theresa and Himeko moved the Chrysos Heirs and Flame-Chasers out of the Scepter system and protected them with the Binding Barrier.
• Theresa summoned Stelle and Cyrene before Fuli, and Cyrene transformed from a data entity into a physical body as the Path of Remembrance extended within them.
• Nanook ignored Iron Tomb and hurled a blue supergiant star at Theresa, who shrank it with her Binding power and swallowed it.
• Laogushi watched Theresa devour the star and began to guess what she really was.

Changye Yue watched Theresa and the others defeat Laigushi’s schemes, while Theresa shielded Himeko as she devoured Iron Tomb and began transforming. Theresa then challenged Nanook to attack Himeko’s Cocoon of Light, protecting it inside her Binding Divine Realm.

• Changye Yue decided to stay hidden and watch the battle after Theresa’s group surprised her.
• Iron Tomb attacked Nanook with the Black Tide, but Nanook countered and prepared to destroy it.
• Theresa blocked Nanook’s attack and told Himeko to begin transforming; Himeko devoured Iron Tomb while Theresa extracted its consciousness.
• Theresa explained that Himeko was the Herrscher of Erosion, and Laigushi sank into despair as the Chrysos Heirs mocked it.
• Theresa unfolded the Binding Divine Realm around Himeko’s Cocoon of Light and warned Nanook not to attack.