Recaps

The Aeons gathered around Penacony, but Aha stopped Nanook from disrupting his amusement. Kiana reunited briefly with Raiden Mei before Sunday invited her to discuss his sister and his plans, leaving Kiana listening as he defended Penacony’s dreams.

• Misha and the Aeon of Knowledge formed a temporary alliance, while Aha noticed Kiana and other unusual figures in Penacony and tried to bring the Aeons of Nihility into the spectacle.
• Nanook moved to bring Destruction to Penacony, but Aha seized him and warned the other Aeons not to interfere with his amusement.
• Kiana reunited with Raiden Mei in the deeper dream, but Mei vanished again; Sunday then invited Kiana to tea to discuss matters concerning his sister and Kiana herself.
• Yomi drew her blade during the confrontation at Klauek Film Park, Aventurine won the gamble, and the enemies of the Express crew withdrew; March 7th mourned that Kiana had been stolen away again.
• Sunday tried to discuss his plans with Kiana, but she ate through the desserts before asking what he wanted; he then asked whether she preferred dreams or reality and explained why Penacony’s Dream Chasers sought refuge in dreams.

Kiana returned to the Express after her companions urged her to leave Penacony, where she found Boothill confronting the crew and warned him not to threaten Pom-Pom. Boothill introduced himself as a Galaxy Ranger, leaving the crew startled by the long-absent faction.

• Sunday accused Kiana of being a Fictional Historian who had fabricated someone’s existence, while Aha laughed at the idea.
• Himeko, Ouyang, and March 7th persuaded Kiana to leave Dreamy Hotel and return to the Express after the threat of the Stellaron became clear.
• Kiana arrived at the Express and found Boothill confronting Dan Heng and Pom-Pom; she told Boothill to listen to Dan Heng and put his gun away.
• Kiana claimed Pom-Pom had once hurled a passenger off the train, leaving Boothill, Dan Heng, and Pom-Pom speechless.
• Boothill introduced himself as a Galaxy Ranger, and he joked about the crew’s shocked reaction to his appearance.

Bounty encountered the Express crew, was overpowered by Pom-Pom, and proved his identity with an Alliance Jade Token before revealing his hunt for Yomi. Kiana joined the group in Penacony, where Dan Heng’s name caused an inexplicable commotion at the Dreamy Hotel reception.

• Bounty approached Dan Heng and Kiana, but Pom-Pom grabbed him and revealed a towering, muscular new form before Kiana persuaded Pom-Pom to release him.
• Kiana shared a photo of Pom-Pom restraining Bounty with the Express and Stellaron Hunter group chats, prompting a flood of bewildered reactions.
• Dan Heng showed Bounty an Alliance Jade Token, which convinced Bounty that the Express was allied with the Xianzhou, and Dan Heng confirmed Bounty was hunting Yomi on information from Black Swan.
• Bounty showed photographs of Yomi that also featured Kiana, prompting Pom-Pom and Bounty to tease Kiana about her relationship with the Nihility Emanator.
• Kiana, Dan Heng, Bounty, and Pom-Pom went to the Dreamy Hotel in Penacony, where the receptionists reacted strangely when Dan Heng gave his name and Elly said his companions had changed their itinerary.
• Elly turned from the increasingly awkward Dan Heng to ask Bounty for his name.

Kiana and Yomi watched as Pom-Pom caught Black Swan sneaking around the Astral Express and trying to enter March 7th and Kiana’s room. After Dan Heng and Boothill returned, Kiana and Yomi went into March 7th’s room, where their strange noises alarmed Pom-Pom and Black Swan.

• Dan Heng learned that sensational reports about Stelle using his name to check in had made the attendants and customers laugh at him.
• Dan Heng and Boothill got stuck in a loop because they needed the crew to confirm their identities, but Elly needed proof of their identities before she could wake the crew.
• Pom-Pom sensed the train calling her and hurried back aboard, while Kiana followed at her own pace.
• Black Swan entered the empty train to explore its rooms and was caught by Pom-Pom while trying to open March 7th and Kiana’s door.
• Kiana and Yomi watched Black Swan being restrained, then left together for Kiana’s room; after Dan Heng and Boothill returned, Topaz put Black Swan down.
• Pom-Pom and Black Swan heard strange noises from March 7th’s room and worried about what Kiana was doing there.

Kiana was accidentally brought to Dreamtide Reef by Mianmian and pretended to wake up with no memory, letting Guinaifen comfort and guide her. Meanwhile, Boothill questioned the Express’s finances, and Dan Heng tried to contact Kiana from the Dreamy Hotel.

• Kiana entered the dream, was struck by Whereabouts Towards Death, and overheard Gallagher speaking with Mianmian and Guinaifen while she lay unconscious.
• Gallagher told Guinaifen that Kiana was fine, though he privately suspected her abilities came from the Path of Enigmata.
• Kiana pretended to wake up confused in Dreamtide Reef, and Guinaifen promised to protect her and show her around.
• Kiana stopped herself from attacking Mianmian as it left with Gallagher, then acted pitiful so Guinaifen would keep comforting her.
• At the Dreamy Hotel, Boothill asked Dan Heng and Pom-Pom whether the Express was too poor to claim his bounty, and Dan Heng messaged Kiana to check whether they could contact the outside world.

Dan Heng and Boothill were stunned by Kiana’s enormous pocket money, while a mysterious figure used Pom-Pom’s phone to send a strange photo to the group. In Dreamtide Reef, Guinaifen protected Kiana from Sampo, who left with snacks after playing along with Kiana’s act.

• Kiana sent Dan Heng screenshots of Asta’s transfers and joked that he might need money to impress a girlfriend, leaving the group speechless.
• Dan Heng showed Boothill the records, and Boothill was shocked to learn Kiana received a billion credits as pocket money.
• Pom-Pom’s phone took and sent a full-body selfie to the group chat, prompting March 7th and Himeko to suspect Kiana was involved.
• A hidden figure watched the group’s reactions, while Xipe wondered whether Kiana could participate in the Grand Ensemble Ceremony before the Aeons departed.
• In Dreamtide Reef, Guinaifen shielded Kiana from Sampo, whom she mistook for a homeless man, while Kiana secretly threatened him to keep quiet.
• Kiana gave Sampo snacks and juice, and he left; Guinaifen then checked that Kiana was all right and wondered where the food had come from.

Kiana agreed to perform at the Grand Ensemble Ceremony after comforting Guinaifen and making her neck scar disappear in the dream. Sunday found Guinaifen pinning Kiana to the ground and wondered whether his sister liked cuddling.

• Sampo woke from the dream after apparently dying, unaware that Kiana’s pastries had caused it.
• Guinaifen asked Kiana to perform at the Grand Ensemble Ceremony, and Kiana first worried that Guinaifen was hurt.
• Guinaifen showed Kiana the scar on her neck, but it vanished when Kiana showed her a mirror.
• Kiana agreed to perform, and an excited Guinaifen tackled her and pinned her wrists to the ground.
• Gallagher brought Sunday to Guinaifen, and Sunday doubted her identity until she revealed secrets only his sister would know.
• Sunday saw Guinaifen pinning Kiana and wondered whether Guinaifen liked cuddling.

Gallagher revealed that the Clockmaker’s legacy was a pretext for exposing Penacony’s Stellaron and its role in creating the city’s dream prison. Sunday and Robin identified Dream Master Gofei Mu as the likely culprit, while Robin refused to perform at the Grand Ensemble Ceremony if it would become a ritual against Harmony.

• Gallagher revealed that he was the Fictional Historian and explained that the struggle over the Clockmaker’s legacy had been arranged to expose the Stellaron.
• Gallagher led the Express crew to Sunday and identified him as someone who knew about the Stellaron.
• Sunday told the group that Penacony Grand Theater was the Stellaron’s embodiment and the source of Penacony’s transformation.
• Sunday and Robin said they suspected Dream Master Gofei Mu of using the Stellaron, though they lacked conclusive evidence against him.
• Robin refused to sing at the Grand Ensemble Ceremony if it would become a ritual that destroyed Harmony.

Welt, Sunday, and Guinaifen allied to confront the Dream Master, while the rest of the Express crew planned to enter the Grand Ensemble Ceremony through the festival preliminary. A photograph of Dan Heng and Pom-Pom revealed a figure who appeared to be Otto, but he vanished before Welt could confront him, and the group learned that only preliminary-selection slots could secure them early entry.

• Sunday and Guinaifen allied with the Express crew and set off with Welt to confront the Dream Master, while Kiana stayed behind with the others.
• March 7th proposed entering the Solesda festival preliminary to win early access to the Grand Ensemble Ceremony, and Welt agreed not to interfere with the plan.
• Welt spotted Dan Heng and Pom-Pom in Golden Hour, sent their photograph to the group chat, and the crew recognized a figure reflected in a shop window.
• Welt confronted the figure, who greeted him as an old friend and identified himself as Otto before disappearing like a reflection.
• Guinaifen and Sunday told Welt they could not provide invitations for the crew, leaving the preliminary-selection slots as their only way to enter early.

March 7th, Himeko, Stelle, and Liuying arrived at the Grand Ensemble Ceremony preliminaries, where their introductions drew attention before a host led them to a special guest. They discovered Kiana waiting there and learned that her physical Dream Passport had let her enter early.

• March 7th and her companions attracted reporters and a crowd as they arrived at the Hot Sands venue.
• Aiden introduced himself and asked the four Nameless to speak to the broadcast audience.
• Stelle gave a bizarre self-introduction, while March 7th and Liuying described themselves as ordinary adventurers.
• The host said a distinguished guest had been waiting for them and led the group through a corridor.
• The group recognized the elegantly presented guest as Kiana after hearing her familiar voice and checking her phone.
• Kiana explained that Guinaifen's recommendation and her physical Dream Passport let her enter early as a special guest.

Kiana and the Express crew joined the final round of the Sands of Serenity Festival’s public selection, while Kiana investigated Mr. Susa’s history and exposed doubts about Aiden’s account. The contest began with three stages ahead, including a final challenge against a long-standing defender.

• Aiden welcomed the Nameless to the festival and explained that he had come to Penacony during its founding era, where Mr. Susa’s soda inspired Solesda.
• Kiana asked what happened to Mr. Susa, and Silver Wolf sent her archived records describing his role in Penacony’s history and his connection to the Express crew and Hanunu.
• Kiana, Stelle, March 7th, Liuying, and Himeko gave their remarks before Aiden left, with Stelle echoing Kiana’s dramatic line and Himeko wishing everyone safety.
• The host announced three contest stages, with route choices in the first two and a popular defender awaiting the contestants in the final stage, then started the competition.

Kiana and Sparkle entered the festival auditions together, where Sparkle’s antics turned their performance into a spectacle. The Express crew won the championship, while the pair’s suggestive closeness set fans shipping them into a frenzy.

• Himeko struggled to assign Kiana to a team until Sparkle appeared and partnered with her for the Acting Path challenge.
• Sampo, disguised as a judge, gave Kiana and Sparkle a script about Kiana being missing from the Golden Hour, and Kiana said she could do nothing.
• Sparkle tried to eat Kiana’s toes, then asked whether someone dreaming in Penacony could sense real-world stimulation.
• Hound members arrested Sampo for ambushing a staff member and stealing their identity, while Sparkle admitted she had arranged his false identity through improper means.
• Kiana and Sparkle finished the auditions, and Sparkle rejected the judges’ invitations to become an actress, saying her heart belonged to Kiana.
• Stelle’s side won the championship, and fans eagerly shipped Kiana and Sparkle.

After the Express crew won the preliminaries, Sunday revealed that the Oak Family rejected their demands and disclosed his connection to the remnants of Order. He separated Kiana from the others and trapped her in a dream tailored to her, where she resisted its comforts and found a golden beach beyond her room.

• The Express crew entered the Penacony Grand Theater and met Sunday, who congratulated them but said the Oak Family would not accept their demands.
• Sunday argued that Penacony should not return to a lawless world, and Himeko pressed him to explain what had happened at his meeting with Welt and Guinaifen.
• Sunday revealed that he was a remnant of Order, prompting the group to realize that the Oak Family as a whole followed Order while one performer belonged to Harmony.
• Kiana disappeared, and Sunday told the others that she, Guinaifen, and Ouyang were safe in dreams he had created for them.
• In a dream resembling her room, Kiana ate Bishoujo Flavor instant noodles and drank Sister Juice, then opened the door and found a sunlit beach.

Kiana explored the dream prison, where she escaped a beach dream and disrupted Ouyang’s ordinary dream by bringing Otto to him. She then entered Guinaifen’s dream and took the stage with her, but the announced song was not the one they expected.

• Kiana tried to wake herself from the beach dream by falling from a great height, then found Mei and Otto waiting in the dream space.
• Kiana opened the doors to Ouyang’s and Guinaifen’s dreams and discovered that both were living out beautiful dreams without remembering their negotiations with Sunday.
• Kiana brought Otto into Ouyang’s dream, waking Ouyang, who confronted his old friend before leaving to return to Penacony.
• Kiana entered Guinaifen’s dream, where the two prepared to perform together as the Wings-Together duo.
• The host announced their song, “You Are All My Wings!”, then realized the song was wrong.

Kiana exposed Aha’s disguise while the Express crew reached the Grand Theater, where Sunday prepared to fight for his vision of Order. After Kiana rejoined the group, she suddenly took a doll hostage as the confrontation with Sunday began.

• Kiana realized that the Robin beside her was Aha in disguise, and Aha admitted that the puppets had only been props it moved.
• Stelle and the others reached the Grand Ensemble Ceremony’s final theater, where Sunday recounted the fall of Taiyi and prepared to face them.
• March 7th accidentally turned the confrontation into a joke by demanding that Sunday return her wife, then corrected herself to demand Kiana back.
• Kiana rejoined the group and said she wanted every day off, while Sunday revealed that the Stellaron lay behind the curtain or within the theater itself.
• As Sunday invited the group to prove their convictions, Kiana grabbed a doll and used it as a hostage, prompting Himeko to warn March 7th and Stelle to be ready to restrain her.

Sunday revealed that he wanted to create a human paradise ruled by Order, but the Express crew rejected his plan and prepared to fight. Kiana and the others faced the Symphonic Choir, Dominicus, as Sunday’s plan to unite Harmony and Order began.

• Kiana held Guinaifen’s plushie hostage to try to make Sunday surrender, but Sunday ignored it and defended his vision of a paradise without Aeons.
• Himeko, March 7th, and the others rejected Sunday’s plan, and Sunday summoned puppets to block them before rising above the stage.
• Kiana and March 7th attacked Sunday, but their attacks barely hurt him; Kiana then destroyed the puppets he sent to stall them.
• Kiana said that a real seven-day holiday mattered more than a week off in a dream, prompting Sunday to consider changing his backup plan.
• Sunday synchronized with the puppets and summoned the Symphonic Choir, Dominicus, revealing that the Grand Ensemble Ceremony aimed to unite Harmony and Order.
• Kiana joked that Xipe had become one with Taiyi because she loved him, distracting the others as the battle began.

After Sunday's defeat, Fu Xuan stayed in Penacony with March 7th and Kiana, while Qing Que celebrated the prospect of more time to slack off. Kiana later bought a stall's entire stock of rare white peach juice and recognized the hooded merchant when she revealed her face.

• Jing Yuan and Dan Heng joined the fight against Sunday with the Luofu reinforcements and defeated him, ending the crisis in Penacony.
• March 7th and Kiana tried to flee from Fu Xuan, but Fu Xuan caught them and agreed to stay in Penacony for a few days as the Luofu's Acting General.
• After Fu Xuan left, Qing Que wandered around Penacony, promoted Imperial Jade, and rejected Sunday's Seven-Day Weekend because she preferred slacking off during work.
• Fu Xuan bought milk tea and joined March 7th and Kiana, who wondered where Pom-Pom, Ouyang, and Boothill had gone.
• Kiana found a merchant selling rare white peach juice, bought the entire stock for 200,000 Credit Points, and recognized the merchant after she removed her hood.

Kiana tried on a wedding dress in Penacony after Fu Xuan and March 7th brought her to a bridal shop. The dress stirred memories of her parents and childhood, and she left the changing room holding lilies as Fu Xuan and March 7th began trying on dresses themselves.

• Kiana spotted a merchant who resembled Sampo, while the merchant watched the group leave and remarked that Kiana seemed immersed in a beautiful dream.
• Kiana followed Fu Xuan and March 7th into a bridal shop, where the two dragged her into a changing room and gave her a wedding dress to try on.
• Kiana recalled attending a wedding with Ling as a child and remembered Cecilia promising she could wear her mother's coronet when she married.
• Kiana put on the wedding dress and took out a bouquet of lilies, while the bridal-shop attendant joined the Kitty Fan Club and shared a picture of her.
• Fu Xuan and March 7th admired Kiana, then chose wedding dresses for themselves and entered the changing room.

Kiana, March 7th, and Fu Xuan decided to marry after revisiting their wedding-shop photo, and they began arranging a wedding in Penacony. When Asta arrived in a Star Destroyer, she was shocked to learn that Kiana was getting married, and two more people were still aboard the ship.

• Kiana admired March 7th and Fu Xuan in their wedding gowns, and the three spent several days together in Penacony.
• Kiana wondered why she had not seen Dan Heng, Ouyang, or Pom-Pom, but Fu Xuan explained that the others were busy or resting.
• March 7th’s commemorative wedding-shop photo fell from her pocket, and she, Fu Xuan, and Kiana agreed to marry.
• Fu Xuan secured a three-month leave from Jing Yuan, while March 7th told the Express crew about the wedding and received their blessings.
• A Star Destroyer arrived outside Penacony, and Asta hurried down to confront Kiana about marrying so soon.
• Two more people disembarked from the Star Destroyer while Asta questioned Kiana.

Kiana married March 7th and Fu Xuan in a grand Penacony ceremony, then went to the Dreamy Hotel to wait for a surprise. There she met a seductive version of herself, began to question her strange circumstances, and guessed incorrectly that the woman was Sparkle.

• Ruan Mei brought the unwilling Herta to Kiana's wedding, while guests including Bronya and Seele arrived with gifts.
• Herta officiated Kiana and March 7th's ceremony, and Ruan Mei led the ceremony for Kiana and Fu Xuan.
• March 7th and Fu Xuan left to prepare a surprise, so Kiana waited in her Dreamy Hotel room.
• Kiana entered a transformed room resembling the St. Freya Academy student apartment bathroom and met another version of herself.
• The other Kiana offered Kiana three guesses, and Kiana guessed Sparkle, but the woman said she was wrong.

Kiana realized Aha had trapped her in a dream and watched the others devise a way to escape it. After they awakened in the theater, Aha examined a dangerous cocoon above Sunday while the crew recounted their bizarre nightmares.

• Kiana recognized the woman in her dream as Aha and remembered that she had been dreaming since returning to the train.
• Kiana watched Bocchi fire the Galaxy Rangers' bullet as Yomi led Stelle into the world of nothing, weakening the Dream of Taiyi and waking the group.
• The awakened crew found Aha in the theater and saw a cocoon above Sunday that she believed could herald the birth of a new Aeon.
• March 7th recounted dreaming that Kiana, Mei, and Yomi made out in her room, while Dan Heng described being run over by Blade in a pink princess dress.
• Ouyang began to describe his dream of Otto, and the truth was that Welt had dreamed of marrying Otto in disguise.

The Express crew described their dreams while the purple cocoon above Lord of the Day grew, and Aha hinted that it contained the absent Kiana. Kiana emerged with a divine appearance that made Ouyang suspect she had become an incarnation of Finality.

• Himeko described dreaming that she was Kiana's teacher, joined her on missions, and fought her while wearing red armor.
• Stelle recounted her dream of an almost perfect Penacony and wondered whether her own slash had caused the others' nightmares.
• The cocoon darkened, grew, and developed purple patterns as Aha hinted that it contained one of the Star Rail's missing Nameless.
• March 7th guessed that Lord of the Day was Kiana in disguise, then realized her earlier threat to beat up whoever caused the nightmares might have been heard by Kiana.
• Kiana emerged from the cracking cocoon with a golden halo and an emotionless, godlike gaze.
• Ouyang recognized similarities between Kiana's appearance and Finality, the force that cleansed worlds in his understanding of Honkai.

Kiana intervened in Sunday's attempt to impose Order, and Guinaifen helped persuade him to abandon his paradise before he fell into the abyss. After Aha revealed that Kiana was the Herrscher of Finality and a potential Aeon, Kiana vanished, leaving Ouyang and the others uncertain about what she had become.

• Kiana watched as Sunday transformed into the Philosophical Fetus and began the Dream of Taiyi, then erased the colossal hand of Order when it threatened the group.
• Guinaifen urged Sunday to accept a paradise beyond Order, and the Star Rail struck him as he prepared another attack.
• Sunday gave up after hearing Stelle explain that people eventually awaken from dreams, and Guinaifen embraced him as he fell into the abyss.
• Ouyang raised a barrier when a new danger emerged, and Aha explained Honkai and identified Kiana as the Herrscher of Finality and a possible Aeon.
• March 7th noticed Kiana's expression had changed, and Kiana vanished before Ouyang and the others could respond.

Kiana awoke in Teyvat holding Paimon, then met Lumine and Venti, who mistook her for the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles because of her resemblance. The encounter ended with Lumine lowering her weapon after deciding Kiana was not the Sustainer.

• Kiana fell asleep beside March 7th, woke up in Teyvat with Paimon in her arms, and wondered how she had arrived there.
• Paimon recognized Kiana and reacted with alarm, while Kiana checked her appearance in a mirror.
• Lumine entered the inn, saw Kiana, dropped her breakfast, and drew her sword after mistaking Kiana for the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.
• Venti arrived with dandelion wine, recognized Kiana's resemblance to the Sustainer, and reacted in shock.
• Lumine lowered her weapon and reasoned that Kiana was probably not the Sustainer because she had no need to pretend with her.

Kiana tried to teleport Lumine and Paimon directly to Inazuma, but the jump went wrong and left her alone in a hot spring. Lumine and Paimon remained at their camp, unsure where Kiana had ended up.

• Lumine told Kiana that they planned to reach Inazuma by the Crux Fleet because the nation was under lockdown, and Kiana offered to teleport them instead.
• Kiana teleported behind Lumine, startling her, and Lumine wondered whether Kiana was the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.
• Lumine showed Kiana a map, and Kiana held her and Paimon as she attempted a spatial jump to Inazuma.
• The teleportation left Lumine and Paimon at their camp, where they worried about Kiana and wondered why they had not moved.
• Kiana realized she had landed in a hot spring and began searching for Lumine and Paimon.