Recaps

Feng Chen deciphered the Moonlight Throne and learned that unlocking its highest-level permissions required four Herrscher Cores. After delivering the exhausted Kiana and Yae toward St. Freya, he faced the prospect of making up his missed exams alongside Kiana.

• Feng Chen found Anti-Entropy Titan Mechs aboard the Moonlight Throne and used Kiana's birthday to unlock its middle-level permissions.
• Theresa confirmed that Kiana's birthday was December seventh, and Feng Chen successfully used it as the battleship's password.
• Kiana told Feng Chen that a voice had instructed her to find the Gems of Desire, Conquest, Agility, and Stillness to unlock the Moonlight Throne's highest permissions.
• Feng Chen suspected the four gems were Herrscher Cores intended to help the being inside Kiana restore its strength, and he told Kiana to pass her exams first.
• Feng Chen learned that he also had to make up all his missed exams, so he returned to studying while considering taking Bella out to play instead.

Theresa altered Feng Chen’s mission report to conceal his abilities, but the Overseer noticed the male student and dispatched a maid on an important mission. Back at St. Freya, Feng Chen struggled through his exams and again failed to get Theresa to change his dormitory arrangement.

• Theresa revised Feng Chen’s mission report with false details before sending it to Schicksal Headquarters.
• The Overseer noticed Feng Chen’s gender and unusual Honkai Energy adaptability, then gave documents to a maid for a mission.
• The maid decided to visit Lady Bianca first and make sure dinner was ready before leaving.
• Feng Chen worked through his theory exams while Theresa checked a command, and she sent the papers to Fu Hua for marking.
• Feng Chen asked Theresa again to change his dormitory arrangement, but she repeated the same answer she had given him two years earlier.

Feng Chen investigated the source of an early-morning fragrance and met Rita Rossweisse, a Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie posing as a maid. Rita revealed that Theresa’s mission report did not match the truth, leaving Theresa exposed as an eavesdropper.

• Feng Chen found someone cleaning and cooking in the dormitory kitchen, then told Bella the folk tale of the Snail Girl when she grew jealous.
• Rita Rossweisse introduced herself as a maid and noticed the stigmata Feng Chen had disguised.
• Rita identified herself as a Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie and vice-captain of the Blade of Immortality squad.
• Rita said the mission report’s contents did not match the truth and suggested the discrepancy involved Theresa.
• Theresa dropped a manga while eavesdropping and hurried away, prompting Rita to tease her.

Feng Chen made breakfast for Rita and learned more about her devotion to being a maid, while she recognized Bella as a Judgment-class Honkai Beast and identified Feng Chen as a Herrscher. Their tense conversation ended with Rita urging Feng Chen to take better care of himself and describing him as naturally gifted.

• Feng Chen made dumplings for Rita after learning she had prepared breakfast for everyone but herself.
• Rita recognized Bella as Benarès and deduced that Feng Chen was a Herrscher, warning that she could report him to the bishop.
• Feng Chen told Rita he wanted the Tranquility, Conquest, and Desire gems and offered to help fulfill the bishop’s wish.
• Rita chose not to expose Feng Chen, saying she considered him gentle and asking him to stop neglecting his health.
• Rita said she and Feng Chen were both naturally gifted and obsessed in their own ways.

Feng Chen spoke with Yae and Rita about Bella, his limited control over Honkai Energy, and his warning that closeness to him could bring danger. Rita admired the bond between Feng Chen and Bella, while Feng Chen remained unaware of how reassuring Rita was to him.

• Yae entered the kitchen, recognized Bella as Benarès, and felt the aura of Sirin that affected the Herrscher Core within her.
• Rita asked Feng Chen what had happened to him, and he explained that his power had been spent fighting Chiyou in Divine Land and Nine Nether.
• Feng Chen warned Rita not to get too close to him, revealing that he feared he might lose the chance to embrace the people he loved.
• Rita praised Feng Chen's closeness with Bella, while Feng Chen said he was accustomed to holding her and had many people who made him feel at ease.

Theresa introduced Rita Rossweisse as a Schicksal Headquarters inspector who would observe the Valkyrie examinations, and the two women bickered over their past closeness. Feng Chen secretly used projected knowledge to ace the written exams, but Rita later confronted him and said she knew he had cheated.

• Theresa introduced Rita Rossweisse to the St. Freya Academy students as an inspector from Schicksal Headquarters.
• Rita teased Theresa about their past, while Kiana listened in hopes of learning something she could use against Theresa.
• Feng Chen discussed Theresa’s Kaslana and Apocalypse family blood with Kiana and teased her about being a hereditary tsundere.
• Theresa began the Valkyrie examinations with a written theory test, and Feng Chen handed in his papers unusually quickly.
• Rita approached Feng Chen after the written exam and quietly told him that she knew he had cheated.

Feng Chen and Bronya teamed up for the practical combat exam and defeated the first group of Mortals. After spotting a Mortal: Divine Crossbow preparing to fire, they silently formed the same plan to attack it as it shot.

• Feng Chen was randomly assigned to Bronya, while Kiana was paired with Yae for the practical combat exam.
• Bronya used Heavy-duty Rabbit 19C and Fire Sword Sanada to help Feng Chen defeat the Mortal: Warrior Venerable and several civets.
• Feng Chen pulled Bronya out of danger when he spotted a Mortal: Divine Crossbow beyond their field of vision.
• Feng Chen and Bronya exchanged glances and formed the same plan to kill the Divine Crossbow as it fired its ten arrows.

Feng Chen and Bronya passed the first two practical exams, while Rita chose Feng Chen for a one-on-one evaluation in the third. Feng Chen doubted he could defeat the S-rank Valkyrie, but agreed to take the exam rather than risk a harder evaluation later.

• Feng Chen and Bronya passed the first exam by destroying the arrows, and Kiana and Yae made smooth progress against Summoner Demons.
• Rita praised the students, recognized Kiana Kaslana, and chose Feng Chen for a practical exchange; Theresa worried Rita would discover his true strength and take an interest in him.
• Feng Chen and Bronya easily completed the teamwork exam against three Honkai Beasts, with Bronya handling the melee enemies.
• Rita announced that she would evaluate one student, selected Feng Chen, and invited him to fight her as part of the third exam.
• Feng Chen considered giving up because Rita could counter his advantages, but agreed to the evaluation, leaving Rita even more interested in learning about him.

Feng Chen faced Rita Rossweisse in his practical exam and used the desert arena, throwing knives, and a time-stopping ability to try to take her scythe. Rita countered his moves and reclaimed the weapon, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Feng Chen asked Rita to make the first move, and she attacked him with her scythe using her assassination skills.
• Feng Chen used the arena’s sand and dust to conceal his position and attacked Rita with throwing knives.
• Rita spun her scythe to clear the dust, but Feng Chen seized it after she threw it behind her.
• Rita kicked the scythe out of Feng Chen’s hands and activated Time Fracture.
• Feng Chen used The World (Star Platinum · The World), but Rita grabbed his foot, pulled him down, and reclaimed the scythe.

Feng Chen used Rita’s scythe and limited Honkai Energy to defeat her during their combat exam, while converting SAO’s data to become an Advanced Herrscher. The battle ended with Rita realizing he had destroyed the space between them to close the distance.

• Rita gained the upper hand with the scythe, but Feng Chen used Sword Skills and dust to disrupt her senses and counterattack.
• During his attack on Rita, Feng Chen had Yui finish converting SAO’s data, advancing him to an Advanced Herrscher.
• Feng Chen discovered that his Eye of Balor had improved and began using Honkai Energy through his awakened Herrscher Core.
• Rita temporarily released her scythe and tried to kick away from Feng Chen, but he anticipated her move.
• Feng Chen struck Rita by destroying the space between them, and Rita recognized how he had closed the distance.

Feng Chen defeated Rita in the practical combat examination and prepared for the final group trial, where he joined Bronya Zaychik, Kiana Kaslana, and Raiden Mei. Their task was to kill a Honkai Beast, but the enormous creature that appeared was powerful enough to shock Theresa.

• Feng Chen won his fight against Rita, triggering a task that required him to win every practical combat trial or lose his Herrscher Core.
• Rita praised Feng Chen’s tactics and said she had developed a strong interest in him.
• Theresa scolded Feng Chen for recklessly challenging Rita, and he returned to his dormitory to enlist Bella’s help.
• Feng Chen suspected that someone had manipulated the final trial’s group assignments when he was grouped with Bronya Zaychik, Kiana Kaslana, and Raiden Mei.
• The group attacked the enormous Honkai Beast that appeared behind them, and Theresa exclaimed that it should not have been there.

Feng Chen and his companions faced Ganesha, an Emperor-class Honkai Beast that threatened to overwhelm the examination. As Ganesha attacked, Yae began trying to borrow the Third Herrscher’s power.

• Theresa recalled how Ganesha had instantly wiped out a Valkyrie squad, prompting Schicksal to classify it as Emperor-class.
• Ganesha appeared in the examination, alarming the students, while Rita watched from the back of the seats.
• Ganesha fired a beam at Feng Chen’s group, and Feng Chen used The World to move Yae, Kiana, and Bronya out of danger.
• Feng Chen asked Yae to use the Third Herrscher’s power because the group could not defeat Ganesha otherwise.
• Yae entered her inner world and confronted the Third Herrscher, who mocked her before stopping her from ending their conversation.

Yae accepted the Third Herrscher’s offer of power, took the purple Oni Mask, and transformed into Queen of Thunder’s Kirin to fight Ganesha. As Yae prepared to end the battle, the bomb in her heart reacted to the Honkai Energy, leaving her little time.

• Heavy-duty Rabbit 19C fought Ganesha while Feng Chen and Kiana helped the immobile Bronya avoid flying debris.
• Yae persuaded the Third Herrscher to lend her strength after the Herrscher saw a man holding a purple Oni Mask in the mirror.
• Feng Chen used the Shield of Serenity to block Ganesha’s attack, but Ganesha pierced the shield and threatened to kill him.
• Bronya and NekoCharm combined their attacks to crack Ganesha’s body, and Yae paralyzed it with a lightning Katana.
• Feng Chen threw the Oni Mask to Yae, who put it on and transformed into Queen of Thunder’s Kirin armor.
• Yae felt discomfort in her chest as the bomb planted in her heart reacted to the Honkai Energy.

Feng Chen and the others fought to survive Ganesha’s attack while Theresa tried to intervene in the examination, only to be blocked by Rita. Feng Chen’s plan paid off when Bella attacked Ganesha’s vulnerable energy patterns, and the mission was declared complete.

• Feng Chen struck Yae’s chest to reset the bomb’s countdown, giving her time to suppress the Herrscher of Thunder’s power.
• Theresa prepared to enter the examination grounds, but Rita blocked her and revealed that the Overseer had ordered her not to interfere.
• Theresa activated Judas’ Execution Mode and destroyed the monitoring room, prompting Fu Hua to calm the students and suspect Otto’s involvement.
• Ganesha unleashed a powerful Honkai Energy attack that covered the examination grounds in barriers, rocks, and dust.
• Feng Chen used the opening to send Bella against Ganesha’s vulnerable purple energy patterns, and the mission was declared complete.

After Feng Chen and the others defeated an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, Rita teased Theresa and revealed that she had come to retrieve the Moonlight Throne while showing a particular interest in Feng Chen. She hinted that her real objective was someone already beside Feng Chen and Theresa, leaving its identity unclear.

• Feng Chen and the other three defeated the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Ganesha, astonishing the students and Rita.
• Rita praised Feng Chen and suggested the Blade of Immortality might recruit him, provoking Theresa with playful taunts.
• Feng Chen confronted Rita about the exam and correctly guessed that she had come to retrieve the Moonlight Throne for Schicksal Headquarters.
• Rita asked Feng Chen about his motive, then said her own objective was simple and that the target had been beside him and Theresa all along.

Feng Chen joined Kiana and the others as Schicksal postponed the Moonlight Throne handover and summoned him to meet its Overseer. He noticed something wrong with Bronya and confronted the person controlling her, who revealed herself by rising into the sky as a white ball of light.

• Feng Chen agreed to join the Moonlight Throne handover with Kiana and the others, and Kiana said she did not know who had gifted her the battleship.
• Feng Chen noticed Bronya acting unusually quiet, but she denied being unwell or injured and left her explanation unfinished.
• Rita relayed the Overseer's order to leave the Moonlight Throne at St. Freya and bring Feng Chen to meet him.
• Feng Chen told Theresa that Bronya was not herself and asked the impostor who she was.
• The impostor brought Heavy-duty Rabbit closer, challenged Feng Chen to attack the child, and rose into the sky as a white ball of light.

Bronya attacked Feng Chen and Theresa under the control of a woman who ordered her to retrieve Mei and capture Feng Chen. Feng Chen knocked Bronya unconscious and learned that Kiana had also been falling asleep during the Moonlight Throne operation.

• Bronya used a flashbang and Heavy-duty Rabbit to catch Feng Chen with a punch to the chest.
• The woman controlling Bronya ordered her to retrieve Raiden Mei and capture Feng Chen, while Theresa and Rita prepared to stop her.
• Feng Chen charged at Bronya, but Heavy-duty Rabbit fired a laser; he severed the woman’s communication with Bronya and knocked Bronya unconscious.
• Feng Chen found that Kiana had fallen asleep again and asked Yae about her previous episodes.
• Yae said Kiana had fallen asleep during preparations to board the Moonlight Throne and while jumping toward its deck, so Feng Chen suggested taking her back to the dormitory.

Feng Chen entered Kiana’s dream to confront the mysterious purple shadow who claimed to be Kiana herself. The shadow revealed that Kiana’s mother was Cecilia Schariac before an unfamiliar newcomer appeared.

• Feng Chen left Mei and the others to watch over Kiana, then fell asleep beside her bed and entered her dream.
• The purple shadow told Kiana they were the same person and tempted her to follow by promising to reveal her mother’s name.
• Kiana chased the shadow through the dream’s shifting layers until she saw a woman fighting a Honkai Beast on a Snowfield.
• The shadow identified the woman as Cecilia Schariac, Kiana’s mother, who had died during the Second Honkai War in 2000.
• As Kiana’s consciousness grew hazy, the purple shadow asked a newcomer their name and recognized them with a sense of familiarity.

Feng Chen refused Sirin’s demand to resurrect through Kiana and challenged her to question why she had been kept alive. Sirin followed him into a comforting dream of her mother, while Feng Chen prepared to take her soul into Stigmata Space and temporarily carry her Stigmata.

• Feng Chen told Sirin he wanted to save her because she was a victim of Schicksal’s experiments, but refused to sacrifice Kiana to resurrect her.
• Sirin reconsidered whether God had treated her as a pawn and chased after Feng Chen as he walked away.
• Sirin grew exhausted, collapsed into Feng Chen’s arms, and fell asleep while believing he was her mother.
• Feng Chen learned that Sirin’s soul could be stored in Xiao Yun’s Stigmata Space, but her Stigmata would need to be kept with him temporarily.
• The system instructed Feng Chen to place his hand over Sirin’s chest Stigmata so it could transfer it to him.

Kiana tried to reach the Schicksal database to learn about her mother, but Feng Chen stopped her and warned that the records could shatter her peaceful life. Their confrontation was interrupted by Theresa, who brought them a new mission involving the Moonlight Throne and the Gem of Desire.

• Kiana woke up distraught after learning her mother, Cecilia, had been an S-rank Valkyrie who died in the Second Honkai War, and decided to seek her records in the Schicksal database.
• Feng Chen blocked Kiana from entering the database and warned her that learning the truth could change her life, but Kiana formed a God-Slaying Armor from Honkai Energy.
• Feng Chen asked Sirin how Kiana had obtained the armor, and Sirin explained that she had copied its data when Kiana and Fu Hua retrieved the Gem of Stillness about two years earlier.
• Theresa arrived outside the database, accepted Feng Chen's claim that he and Kiana were sparring, and called them to a new mission related to the Moonlight Throne.
• Theresa revealed that the mission concerned the Gem of Desire, which held the Second Herrscher's power of wind.

Feng Chen and the others traveled to New Zealand to meet Wendy and retrieve the Gem of Desire implanted in her legs. After learning how Schicksal’s experiment had paralyzed Wendy, the group spotted a wheelchair-bound girl amid gathering Honkai Energy, suggesting the mission could turn dangerous.

• Feng Chen dismissed Sirin’s concerns about meeting Schicksal’s Overseer and considered awakening the dormant Herrscher Core in the Gem of Desire.
• Theresa explained that Wendy was an A-rank Valkyrie whose potential could have made her S-rank, but Schicksal’s experiment with the Gem of Desire had left her legs paralyzed.
• Theresa told the group that Wendy had remained confined to a wheelchair and had not served on another Valkyrie mission since the experiment.
• Feng Chen warned that Wendy might become a Herrscher when St. Freya arrived to retrieve the Gem of Desire.
• Bronya detected a large gathering of Honkai Energy near a girl in a wheelchair and suspected she was Wendy.

Feng Chen and the others met Wendy at the treatment center, where Honkai Beasts attacked and Sirin revealed that Wendy had summoned them. After the battle, Feng Chen confronted Wendy about her power but left her believing that her identity as a Herrscher remained hidden.

• Wendy asked whether Feng Chen and the others had been sent by Headquarters to accompany her, but Honkai Beasts interrupted them with an attack.
• Bronya detected Scorching Lightning approaching from every direction, and Sirin warned Feng Chen that Wendy had called them to kill the group.
• Feng Chen told Kiana, Yae, and Bronya to protect Wendy while he and Rita fought the Scorching Lightning, then warned Rita that he would keep the Gem of Desire rather than return it to Schicksal.
• Feng Chen used time-stop to appear behind Wendy and identified her wind ability, but she relaxed when he said it would be troublesome if she were their enemy.
• Rita introduced herself to Wendy, and Feng Chen revealed that she was an S-rank Valkyrie; Wendy excitedly asked Feng Chen whether male Honkai Energy Adaptors were strong, and he called himself a couch potato.

Feng Chen and the Valkyries prepared to face Anti-Entropy, which knew they were seeking the Gem of Desire and had forces waiting nearby. As the group got closer to Wendy, Kiana and Bronya cheered her up, and Feng Chen resolved to save her before she fully became a Herrscher.

• Feng Chen warned the group that Anti-Entropy could learn what Bronya knew and had mechas waiting outside, so Bronya left Heavy-duty Rabbit behind to avoid complications in the coming battle.
• Feng Chen asked Bronya whether someone close to her had implanted the biological modification crystal, but she denied it while trembling.
• Feng Chen asked Wendy about her condition, and Wendy said only her legs remained paralyzed; Bronya then let her ride Heavy-duty Rabbit.
• Kiana called herself Wendy's friend, making Wendy laugh and recall her old friends, while Bronya and Kiana teased each other.
• Feng Chen said he would save Wendy before she fully became a Herrscher, and Sirin remarked that his choice to stand between humanity and the Honkai made him a strange person.

Feng Chen and the Valkyries reached the Hyperion as Wendy revealed herself as an artificial Herrscher and attacked the battleship. Feng Chen left the Hyperion unharmed, while Kiana and Bronya confronted Wendy and Kiana challenged her claim to the S-rank Valkyrie dream.

• Feng Chen and Rita spotted the Hyperion while Wendy’s rising Honkai Energy reaction alerted Bronya and the others.
• Wendy transformed into an artificial Herrscher, declared her hatred for Schicksal, and sent a massive tornado toward the Hyperion.
• Feng Chen appeared on the Hyperion’s deck after the tornado struck, and the battleship remained unharmed.
• Wendy rejected Kiana and the others’ help and said she wanted to use her new strength to pursue her dream of becoming an S-rank Valkyrie.
• Kiana told Wendy that duty and responsibility mattered more than strength, and Bronya returned Heavy-duty Rabbit to her side as a figure approached.

Feng Chen confronted Rita after she tried to subdue Wendy under Schicksal’s orders, and Sirin briefly took control to trap the S-rank Valkyrie in Imaginary Space. Feng Chen escaped Rita’s counterattack and returned to the Hyperion, where he told Theresa he had imprisoned Rita until the mission ended.

• Feng Chen rebuked Rita for attacking Wendy and risking her transformation, while Rita explained that Schicksal had ordered her to subdue the Fourth Herrscher and dismissed New Zealand’s civilians as possible sacrifices.
• Feng Chen summoned Sirin through Imaginary Space, and Sirin attacked Rita with white spears and trapped her between shifting blocks.
• Rita activated Azure Knight: Moonlit Aurora and struck at Feng Chen with her frost-covered scythe.
• Feng Chen escaped through a door in Imaginary Space as Sirin returned control of his body, leaving Rita confined.
• Feng Chen reappeared aboard the Hyperion and told Theresa that Rita was locked up until the mission ended.