Recaps

Duanmu Huai investigated a series of supernatural cases, from a school monster and a town’s corrupted Rabbitfolk to disappearances at Meijia’s island resort. The island turned into a storm-isolated battleground overrun by monsters, and Duanmu Huai prepared to hold out with the survivors.

• Duanmu Huai investigated missing students at Qian Yuan Academy, found a black book and a summoning circle in the air-raid shelter, and destroyed the Star Spirit that had attacked the girls.
• Duanmu Huai traced the black book to Matsushita Shizuko and traveled to Yōchin Town, where he discovered that Rabbitfolk had kidnapped Takatsuki Mio and were summoning the Green God.
• Duanmu Huai destroyed the Green God, gave Tezuka Renichi Mio’s necklace and recording, and returned home to find Alice Phil and Medea had arrived.
• Duanmu Huai agreed to investigate disappearances at Meijia’s Xiang Nong Island resort and learned that a burned shrine stood at the center of a Leyline.
• Duanmu Huai searched the island for the missing tourist, but Manager Kashiwagi transformed into a monster and attacked as the island’s power and communications failed.
• Duanmu Huai fought through the zombie-filled village and found Minme Satori, Inaba Tsukiyo, and other survivors sheltering in an office building.
• Duanmu Huai brought the survivors to the hotel and learned that the ferry and yacht had sunk and a typhoon would isolate them for seven days.
• Duanmu Huai ordered Shadows to fight the zombies while everyone waited out the storm, and a shadow left the survivors alive as sacrifices for its plans.

Duanmu Huai fought the Universe Light Church and Shub-Niggurath, then freed Abigail from Yog-Sothoth’s control and learned Nyarlathotep was in Japan. He helped the Takatsuki Group find Makimura Miyu and secured their help searching for the cult, while Kuse Daisaku was driven mad by a supernatural force.

• Duanmu Huai erased the island disaster from the timeline, then investigated a Spirit Magazine connected to disappearances and the Cult of the Light of the Universe.
• Duanmu Huai, Siesta, and Minme Satori confronted the Universe Light Church as it tried to summon Shub-Niggurath, and they shut the gate with the church mirror.
• Duanmu Huai freed Abigail from her crystal and used Information Overwrite to resist Yog-Sothoth, then learned Nyarlathotep was in Japan.
• Duanmu Huai accepted Tezuka Renichi’s commission to find Makimura Miyu, the missing owner of a plot in Kamurocho, and fought the Dojima Family as he pursued the case.
• Minme Satori attacked Dojima Family yakuza, while Kuse Daisaku’s attempt to burn down the Detective Agency led him into a horrifying supernatural ordeal.
• Duanmu Huai found Makimura Miyu in Sotenbori and brought her to Tokyo to negotiate the sale of her land to the Takatsuki Group.
• Duanmu Huai completed the commission and asked Tezuka Renichi to use the Takatsuki Group’s connections to search for the unidentified cult, while the group planned to move into Kamurocho.

Duanmu Huai investigated a Cthugha-worshipping cult, absorbed Cthugha’s power, and defeated Nyarlathotep after uncovering its schemes in Kamurocho. Back with the Inquisition, he confronted the Interstellar Peace Company, forced it to apologize and provide a star map, then prepared Iserlohn Fortress for deployment.

• Duanmu Huai found the Church of Fire Worship’s connection to Cthugha and summoned the Great Old One at its mountain ritual, then defeated it and absorbed its Devouring ability.
• Duanmu Huai investigated a series of transformed victims and followed the trail to Kana, whose monstrous form revealed that an impersonating creature was behind the attacks.
• Duanmu Huai used repeated time resets to investigate the anomalies, then identified Nyarlathotep’s followers as the force attacking Kamurocho.
• Duanmu Huai and Minme Satori fought through the cultists, and Duanmu Huai defeated Nyarlathotep while Abigail trapped Sakuya’s true form through a spatial gate.
• Duanmu Huai returned to the Inquisition, reviewed its affairs, and agreed to marry Ann after the Aetheric Engine was built and their plan succeeded.
• Duanmu Huai sent True Clever to negotiate with the Interstellar Peace Company, but ordered the Third Assault Fleet to fight when the company refused to withdraw.
• Duanmu Huai defeated the company’s forces and demanded a detailed star map, a network-wide apology, and substantial compensation, which the company accepted.
• Duanmu Huai ordered Echote to investigate the Extraterritorial Star System and told Ann to send the completed Planetary Fortress there, naming it Iserlohn Fortress.

Duanmu Huai established the Inquisition on Ophiuchus, intervened in a world ravaged by Honkai, and helped Dr. Mei eliminate the Honkai threat. He left with Ellie, Eden, Seele, and Pardofelis, then encountered the Astral Express and joined the defense of Herta Space Station against the Antimatter Legion.

• Duanmu Huai established the Inquisition’s base on Ophiuchus and broadcast an appeal for civilizations needing protection, prompting Dr. Mei’s group to send a distress signal.
• Duanmu Huai used a Reality Stabilizing Anchor to cure Honkai-infected patients and explained that Herrschers were Reality Warpers.
• Duanmu Huai and the Moth Chasing Fire fought the Herrschers of Flame, the Newborn Herrscher, and the Thousand-Person Herrscher while Dr. Mei developed Fusion Warriors.
• Duanmu Huai urged Dr. Mei to replace Honkai Energy and take control of the World Government, while the Inquisition sealed off the star system.
• Dr. Mei’s Final Plan concentrated Honkai Energy in space and summoned the Herrscher of the End, whom Duanmu Huai defeated and consumed with Cthugha’s flames.
• Duanmu Huai left the planet with Ellie, Eden, and Seele, and Pardofelis joined the Inquisition after surviving Fusion Warrior surgery and stowing away aboard its transport depot.
• Duanmu Huai agreed to the Xianzhou Alliance’s request to fight the Abundance Faction, but an Astral Express collision redirected his fleet to Herta Space Station.
• Duanmu Huai helped Asta defend Herta Space Station from the Antimatter Legion, and his Aether Dragon swallowed the approaching Doomsday Beast army.