Recaps

Raiden Mei’s memories returned as Honkai Energy awakened her resentment toward humanity, but thoughts of Dong Moxuan anchored her and halted her transformation. She turned toward a sound and saw Dong Moxuan with a silver-haired girl holding his wrist.

• Raiden Mei recalled the ME Company scandal and the people who had abandoned her, then concluded that humanity deserved destruction.
• Mei’s negative emotions intensified, and the lightning around her grew as she neared becoming a Herrscher.
• Mei remembered Dong Moxuan’s genuine care and protection, and her Honkai Energy rapidly weakened.
• Mei called out to Dong Moxuan, turned toward a sudden bang, and saw him with a silver-haired girl holding his wrist.

Dong Moxuan and Kiana reached the rooftop and found Mei surrounded by intense Honkai Energy, her corruption rapidly worsening. Mei attacked Kiana out of jealousy, and the chapter left the three facing off as Kiana insulted Mei and challenged her feelings for Dong Moxuan.

• Dong Moxuan tried to persuade Kiana to turn back, but Kiana kicked open the rooftop door.
• Dong Moxuan found Mei alive, while Mei’s Honkai Energy corruption rose from 73% to 95% after she saw Kiana holding his wrist.
• Kiana admired Mei and approached her, but Mei sent a bolt of lightning at her.
• Dong Moxuan tackled Kiana out of the way, then tried to calm Mei by calling Kiana an ordinary friend.
• Mei questioned why Dong Moxuan had protected Kiana, and Kiana accused him of lying before taunting Mei as a jealous Pikachu.

Kiana attacked Mei, but Mei quickly overpowered her and nearly killed her when Dong Moxuan intervened. Mei saw his defense of Kiana as proof that he did not care about her, and she ended the chapter feeling utterly alone.

• Kiana ignored Dong Moxuan's warning, challenged Mei, and fired two shots at her.
• Mei shattered Kiana's bullets with lightning, then struck her down with a lightning whip and prepared to kill her.
• Dong Moxuan grabbed Mei's wrist and pleaded with her to spare Kiana, calling Mei his family and Kiana his friend.
• Mei accused Dong Moxuan of choosing Kiana over her and said he had never cared about her.
• Mei compared Dong Moxuan, Kiana, and her father, and concluded that no one truly cared about her.

Dong Moxuan calmed Mei as the Honkai Energy threatened to overwhelm her, then took her home and cared for her while she recovered. After Mei woke at dusk, he began to raise the serious matters they had postponed.

• Dong Moxuan embraced Mei and promised not to abandon her, helping her regain control as the Honkai Energy receded.
• Dong Moxuan led Mei home, where she said she did not want to ask about her condition or Changkong City yet.
• Mei felt drowsy after summoning electricity and fell asleep on the sofa; Dong Moxuan carried her to bed and reflected on letting her choose her own path.
• Mei woke at dusk, ate dinner with Dong Moxuan, and heard him say it was time to discuss serious matters.

Dong Moxuan explained that Mei had become the Third Herrscher, the Herrscher of Thunder, and reassured her that she could choose how to use her power. Mei vowed to use it to protect him, then privately grappled with her feelings and whether she deserved to love him.

• Dong Moxuan told Mei about the Honkai and revealed that she was the Herrscher of Thunder.
• Dong Moxuan reassured Mei that some Herrschers had fought for humanity and that her choices could guide her power.
• Mei said she would use her power to protect Dong Moxuan, and he teased that she was confessing her feelings.
• Mei and Dong Moxuan ate dinner, then returned to their separate bedrooms for the night.
• Mei reflected on her feelings for Dong Moxuan and wondered whether she was worthy of falling in love with him.

Dong Moxuan made breakfast for Mei and comforted her as she spoke about her father and her loneliness. He told her they would leave Changkong City after breakfast, and Mei agreed to go with him.

• Mei woke late and realized she no longer needed to attend school, while Dong Moxuan prepared breakfast for her.
• Mei asked Dong Moxuan what her father, Raiden Ryoma, had been like, and he described him as unreliable-looking but dependable.
• Mei told Dong Moxuan that her father had not shared a meal with her since she started high school and said she was happy Dong Moxuan stayed by her side.
• Dong Moxuan teased Mei about treating him as an elder and joked that she should recognize him as her father, prompting Mei to tease him about liking her mother.
• Dong Moxuan told Mei they would leave Changkong City after breakfast, and Mei agreed to follow him.

Mei and Dong Moxuan walked through Honkai-ravaged Changkong City, and Dong Moxuan took her to the arcade to lift her spirits and reassure her that their relationship would not change because she was a Herrscher. Mei accepted his reassurance and promised to return to the arcade with him once they left the city.

• Mei saw the devastation in Changkong City and worried whether she could control her Herrscher power.
• Dong Moxuan noticed Mei was unhappy, took her hand, and suggested they go on a date at the arcade.
• Mei and Dong Moxuan played arcade games for over an hour, and Mei gradually became absorbed in them.
• Dong Moxuan told Mei that Honkai had not changed their relationship and promised they could visit the arcade again after leaving Changkong City.
• Mei thanked Dong Moxuan, accepted a white stuffed toy he won for her, and waited while he went to get drinks.

Mei was attacked by Titans sent to capture her for research, and she fought back until the Honkai Will disrupted her control. Dong Moxuan returned in time to catch her as they fell, and asked if she was all right.

• Mei waited for Dong Moxuan when Titans burst through the arcade wall and surrounded her.
• The blonde woman controlling the Titans identified Mei as the Third Herrscher and ordered the mechs to capture her for research.
• Mei unleashed lightning against the Titans, first failing to break their energy shields and then overpowering them with a stronger attack.
• The Honkai Will struck Mei, making her lose control of her power and struggle to stay conscious.
• A Titan punched toward Mei, but Dong Moxuan swept in, caught her, and asked if she was all right.

Dong Moxuan protected Mei from Cocolia, who accused her of causing the Honkai in Changkong City and demanded that he hand her over. He disabled Cocolia’s Titans using his knowledge of their construction, then led Mei away while she silently glanced back at a battered white doll.

• Mei recovered as Dong Moxuan held her, while Cocolia warned him that Mei was a Herrscher responsible for the disaster in Changkong City.
• Cocolia recognized Dong Moxuan as Zhang Dawei and angrily called him a traitor for leaking Anti-Entropy data.
• Dong Moxuan refused Cocolia’s order to surrender Mei and defended her as his friend.
• Cocolia sent Titans to surround Dong Moxuan and Mei, but Dong Moxuan used a silver cylinder to disable them.
• Dong Moxuan cut off Cocolia’s screen with a dark-blue device and led Mei away before the Titans could recover.
• Mei hesitated and glanced back at a battered white stuffed doll hanging from a shattered wall panel.

Dong Moxuan protected Mei from Cocolia, who accused Mei of causing Changkong City's destruction and demanded that he surrender her. Cocolia recognized Dong Moxuan as her former chief scientist and called him a traitor, then ordered the Titans to attack when he refused to hand Mei over.

• Mei recovered and thanked Dong Moxuan for saving her as Cocolia accused her of destroying Changkong City.
• Dong Moxuan recognized Cocolia, and she identified him as Zhang Dawei, her former chief scientist and a traitor to Anti-Entropy.
• Dong Moxuan defended his record of leaking data by arguing that he had also leaked Schicksal's data to Anti-Entropy.
• Cocolia ordered Dong Moxuan to surrender Mei, but he refused and moved Mei behind him.
• Dong Moxuan shouted at Cocolia for upsetting Mei, and Cocolia responded by sending the Titans to close in on them.

Cocolia urged Bronya to bring Zhang Dawei back, while Dong Moxuan reassured Mei after escaping the Titans. Mei feared her Herrscher power would endanger him and, at lunch, asked him to break up with her.

• Cocolia comforted Bronya and told her to bring Zhang Dawei back, and Bronya vowed to do so.
• Dong Moxuan told Mei that Cocolia was his former superior and reassured her that Herrschers were not as dangerous as Cocolia claimed.
• Mei privately worried that the Honkai will could take control of her and that people seeking Herrscher power would threaten Dong Moxuan.
• Dong Moxuan made Mei tonkotsu ramen, but she rejected his attempt to touch her and asked him to break up with her.

Mei accused Dong Moxuan of being a suspicious spy and told him they should split, so he left. When he returned and comforted her, Mei broke down in his arms, and Dong Moxuan asked her to explain why she had pushed him away.

• Mei said Dong Moxuan was an ordinary person who would hold her back and questioned whether he was a spy seeking her power.
• Dong Moxuan left after Mei said she could not trust him, and Mei began sobbing alone at the entrance.
• Dong Moxuan returned, comforted Mei, and told her he had come back because he could not stop worrying about her.
• Mei threw herself into Dong Moxuan's arms and confessed that she thought he had left for good.
• Dong Moxuan said he knew Mei's accusations were clumsy acting and asked her to tell him the real reason.

Mei feared her Herrscher power would endanger Dong Moxuan, but he revealed his own monstrous nature and promised to stay by her side. After Mei accepted his support and moved to kiss him, Kiana interrupted them and confronted them about the rooftop.

• Mei called herself a monster and tried to leave Dong Moxuan to keep him safe.
• Dong Moxuan revealed his scarlet eyes and familiar energy, telling Mei they were both monsters and asking her not to send him away.
• Mei broke down in Dong Moxuan's arms, then apologized and told him she could no longer leave him.
• Mei leaned in to kiss Dong Moxuan, but Kiana interrupted and angrily brought up what had happened on the rooftop.

Kiana learned that Dong Moxuan was a sentient zombie and left after declining Mei's offer to stay together. Mei asked Dong Moxuan to guide her for the rest of their lives, while a girl in a Lolita dress escaped into a room and searched for food.

• Kiana mistook Dong Moxuan for a zombie controlled by Mei, but he explained that he was a sentient zombie and had deceived her about being human.
• Dong Moxuan told Kiana that he and Mei had known each other for a long time, and Kiana left after refusing Mei's offer to stay with them.
• Mei asked Dong Moxuan if he meant his promise to stay by her side, and he reaffirmed it.
• Mei kissed Dong Moxuan and asked him to guide her for the rest of their lives.
• A black-haired girl in a Lolita dress escaped through a doorway with an ancient sword and hoped to find food in the kitchen.

Dong Moxuan and Mei headed across Qinjiang Bridge, but Titans ambushed them and Bronya appeared to capture them. Meanwhile, Kiana followed the pair, and a Schicksal Valkyrie encountered a shrine maiden in Changkong City.

• Dong Moxuan led Mei toward Qinjiang Bridge, hoping to cross it while avoiding Mother Cocolia’s Titan mechs.
• Kiana spotted Dong Moxuan and Mei sneaking through the city and followed them.
• A golden-haired Schicksal Valkyrie arrived in Changkong City, then encountered a shrine maiden and identified her as a quasi-Herrscher.
• Titans emerged from the river and surrounded Dong Moxuan and Mei on Qinjiang Bridge.
• Bronya appeared and told Dong Moxuan that Mother Cocolia was not controlling the mechs; Dong Moxuan recognized her and asked how she had predicted their route.

Dong Moxuan told Bronya he had been a spy for The Void Archives, but refused her plea to return to Anti-Entropy. Bronya attacked him, and Kiana appeared to protect him as Bronya advanced in her Titan.

• Bronya explained that she had guessed Dong Moxuan would take Mei out of Changkong City by the bridge.
• Bronya confronted Dong Moxuan over his long absence and asked why he had betrayed everyone.
• Dong Moxuan revealed that he had been a spy for The Void Archives and apologized to Bronya.
• Bronya urged Dong Moxuan to return, but he refused, so she attacked him with Heavy-on-Rabbit.
• Kiana shot Heavy-on-Rabbit's fist away and shielded Dong Moxuan.
• Mei urged Dong Moxuan and Kiana to focus on Bronya, who was closing in with her Titan.

Dong Moxuan joined Mei and Kiana against Bronya and the Titans, then revealed overwhelming strength and defeated Bronya by destroying Heavy-on-Rabbit. Bronya accepted her loss but asked whether Dong Moxuan truly hated her.

• Dong Moxuan joined Mei and Kiana as Bronya and the Titans overwhelmed them.
• Dong Moxuan cut down several Titans, but Bronya sent Mei and Kiana flying when they attacked her.
• Bronya urged Dong Moxuan to return, promising that Cocolia would spare Mei, but he refused.
• Dong Moxuan unleashed his Honkai Energy, appeared before Bronya, and cut Heavy-on-Rabbit in half before she could react.
• Bronya accepted defeat and asked Dong Moxuan whether he really hated her.

Dong Moxuan persuaded Bronya to leave Changkong City with him, but a mysterious building rising from the river swept him away from Mei, Kiana, and Bronya. He drifted downstream and was struck by a falling Yae Sakura, whom he awkwardly greeted as “Old Eight.”

• Dong Moxuan reassured Bronya that he liked her and persuaded her to leave with him instead of returning to Anti-Entropy.
• Kiana and Mei watched Bronya agree to go with Dong Moxuan, while Kiana joked that he looked like a habitual offender.
• A building rose from beneath the river, broke the bridge, and swept Dong Moxuan away as he sent Mei, Kiana, and Bronya to safety.
• Mei, Kiana, and Bronya searched along the riverbank for Dong Moxuan after he disappeared in the waves.
• Dong Moxuan floated downstream, where Yae Sakura fell from the sky and landed on his stomach.
• After Yae Sakura opened her eyes, Dong Moxuan greeted her as “Old Eight.”

Dong Moxuan carried the unconscious Yae Sakura away, while a blonde Schicksal Valkyrie investigated a disturbance caused by a golden polyhedron. She encountered a surviving girl whose ancient sword astonished her, and learned it was called the Taixu Divine Sword.

• Dong Moxuan decided not to leave the unconscious Yae Sakura behind and carried her away before Mei and the others arrived.
• A blonde Valkyrie recovered a golden polyhedron after fighting a Quasi-Herrscher, and the polyhedron activated and triggered an earthquake.
• The blonde Valkyrie sensed a disturbance beneath a river channel and discovered a Black-haired Girl hiding in the ruins.
• The blonde Valkyrie examined the girl's ancient sword, was cut when she tried to touch it, and asked what it was called.
• The Black-haired Girl said the sword was the Taixu Divine Sword, which her mother had found with her in a graveyard.

Amamiya Rinon recounted her lonely life after her eccentric mother disappeared, then described surviving the Honkai outbreak in Changkong City. As two monsters battled, Rinon’s understanding of her situation was about to be overturned.

• Amamiya Rinon’s mother claimed Rinon was a destined Great Emperor, then left before Rinon started middle school and stayed away for more than two years.
• Amamiya Rinon realized she had no friends and struggled to connect with people until she met a purple-haired older woman at an arcade.
• Amamiya Rinon saw a zombie, reported it to the police, and fled home when the officers laughed at her.
• The Honkai descended less than an hour later, and Amamiya Rinon survived because a strange wavelength from a supposed divine weapon protected her.
• Two monsters fought in Changkong City and changed Amamiya Rinon’s worldview.

Amamiya Rinon was discovered by Durandal, who recognized the Taixu Divine Sword and took her along to investigate an earthquake. Meanwhile, Yae Sakura awoke after her defeat and met Dong Moxuan, who mistakenly called her Old Eight, the Gourmet.

• After Durandal defeated Yae Sakura, she discovered Amamiya Rinon hiding nearby and asked about the sword Rinon carried.
• Rinon said the sword was called the Taixu Divine Sword and that her mother had found it with her in a graveyard.
• Durandal recognized the sword as the Taixu Divine Sword from history, introduced herself, and took Rinon along to investigate the earthquake.
• Yae Sakura woke in a house in Changkong City and denied Dong Moxuan's excited guess that she had lost her memory.
• Yae Sakura remembered her crushing defeat by the blond Valkyrie and thanked Dong Moxuan for rescuing her.
• Dong Moxuan introduced himself, then called Yae Sakura Old Eight and the Gourmet.

Dong Moxuan told Yae Sakura a false story about being her descendant, then explained that he had changed her clothes while she was unconscious. After Yae Sakura asked where she was and how he knew so much about her, he identified the armored woman who had defeated her as Durandal, Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie.

• Dong Moxuan jokingly claimed his real name was Jun Xuan Kaslana and that Yae Sakura was his great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother.
• Yae Sakura discovered she was wearing a nightgown, and Dong Moxuan said he had changed her out of her muddy, soaked clothes.
• Yae Sakura asked where she was and why Dong Moxuan knew so much about her, and he said he could foresee the future and know the past.
• Dong Moxuan asked who had beaten Yae Sakura, and she described a golden-haired woman in blue-and-white armor carrying a lance.
• Dong Moxuan identified Yae Sakura's opponent as Durandal, Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie.

Dong Moxuan told Yae Sakura that Kallen had died, then offered to bring her lunch. In a hidden space beneath Changkong City, Durandal and Amamiya Rinon explored a star-filled realm until the scenery changed and a dangerous presence began emerging from a void.

• Dong Moxuan reflected that Yae Sakura was a powerful fighter and concluded that Durandal was far stronger than an ordinary S-rank Valkyrie.
• Yae Sakura asked Dong Moxuan about Kallen, and he told her that Kallen had died.
• Dong Moxuan reminded Yae Sakura that she had been sealed for five hundred years, then changed the subject and offered her lunch.
• Durandal brought Amamiya Rinon to investigate a structure beneath a river channel in Changkong City, and they entered a strange star-filled space.
• Amamiya Rinon relaxed after they explored without incident, but the stars vanished and a purple-lit void opened before her and Durandal.

Dong Moxuan brought injured Yae Sakura ramen and insisted on feeding her, teasing her until she ate. When Yae Sakura urged him to leave so Durandal would not target him, Dong Moxuan claimed he could protect her, though she doubted his strength.

• Dong Moxuan explained that Yae Sakura was too injured to hold the ramen bowl and offered to feed her.
• Yae Sakura resisted being fed, but Dong Moxuan coaxed her into eating the ramen and roast pork.
• Yae Sakura asked what the roast pork was, and Dong Moxuan told her it was fox meat.
• Yae Sakura urged Dong Moxuan to leave after washing the dishes because Durandal might come after them and she did not want to endanger him.
• Dong Moxuan said Durandal would not be able to hurt Yae Sakura, but Yae Sakura doubted that he could defeat her.

Dong Moxuan invited the recovering Yae Sakura to join The Void Archives, warning that Schicksal would hunt her as a Quasi-Herrscher. He revealed that the organization was made up mainly of intelligent zombies and offered her a place among them.

• Yae Sakura reflected on having no purpose in a world where Kallen was gone.
• Dong Moxuan invited Yae Sakura to work for The Void Archives and warned that Durandal and Schicksal would pursue her.
• Yae Sakura questioned why an organization would accept a Quasi-Herrscher if humans hated Honkai-related beings.
• Dong Moxuan explained that The Void Archives consisted mainly of zombies who had rejected the Honkai and sought to protect their civilization from humanity.
• Dong Moxuan identified himself as a zombie and extended his hand to invite Yae Sakura to join.