Recaps

Hoshino helped Pramanix escape Kjerag’s control and secured her a new life, then dealt with Bagpipe’s pursuit of Ceobe and Mephisto. After Mephisto’s herd regained its awareness and headed toward Lungmen, Hoshino revealed her time-stopping ability to Ch'en while FrostNova went to intercept them.

• Hoshino found Pramanix at Yae Shrine, helped her disguise herself as a rapper, and brought her to Kjerag, where the god declared she could take an extended vacation and choose her own life.
• Hoshino took Pramanix to Rhodes Island, where Kal'tsit hired her as a psychologist, while Bagpipe pursued revenge and farming until Ceobe destroyed her crops and went missing.
• Hoshino, Bagpipe, and Mayer searched for Ceobe, joined by FrostNova, and found her with Mephisto and Faust in the wilderness.
• Hoshino used Saintess's Prayer to call down Heavenly Punishment, destroying Mephisto's herd and severely injuring him, while FrostNova froze him in an ice coffin.
• Hoshino discovered that Mephisto was unconscious and his herd had regained its self-awareness, then went to Lungmen and used NekoCharm and Saint's Time Stop to show Ch'en how she could move through stopped time.
• FrostNova set out to intercept the herd before it reached Lungmen, while the Nightzmora searched the city for Yae Sakura and Hoshino and Ch'en moved bodies out of public view during stopped time.

Hoshino helped Ch'en clear Lungmen's sewers, then traveled with Shamare and Feater to Terror Island, where Jiushi and Lappland helped drive off the Mafia intruders. After testing new forms and powers, Hoshino tried to find work in Lungmen and told Wei Yenwu she had come from Mount Taixuan to find the little fox.

• Hoshino and Ch'en killed the infected in Lungmen's sewers, where Hoshino and FrostNova defeated the giant troll and cleared the remaining herd.
• Gloria and Nightmare struggled for control, and Gloria wrote Nightmare a letter after Hoshino urged them to treat each other as the same person.
• Hoshino traveled to Terror Island with Feater and Shamare, met Lappland and Jiushi, and helped drive away the Mafia forces threatening the island.
• Little Morte revealed that Shamare wanted Terror Island left unchanged, and Hoshino told Shamare what the nameless god feared losing.
• Lappland tracked down a thief who had stolen Terror Island, while Jiushi learned she had bought the island during an eighty-three-day drunken spell.
• Hoshino tested Seele's scythe and transformed into Fu Hua, then shattered Emperor's liquor collection while demonstrating her strength.
• Hoshino disguised herself as Fu Hua at Yae Shrine and sent Ch'en to the Guard Department with minor cases, but then proposed opening a clinic instead.
• Hoshino punched Ch'en to disperse her stasis, disappeared from the Guard Department, and told Wei Yenwu she had come from Mount Taixuan to find the little fox.

Hoshino helped Specter confront the Church of the Deep, then traveled to Ursus to give Surtr the Xuanyuan Sword and unlock Blood Rose. Back in Lungmen, Hoshino drew Ch'en and Hoshiguma into her search for a red-haired woman wielding a sinister black sword.

• Hoshino took Specter to a coastal city, where they fought Deepsea cultists and Hoshino killed the Deep Saint and Aldrich.
• Hoshino returned Specter to Rhodes Island after her treatment, then tested Durandal’s power and left Lungmen to find Surtr.
• Hoshino found Surtr in the Ursus wilderness and brought her to meet FrostNova and the Yeti Squad.
• Hoshino helped FrostNova destroy a mine, then urged Surtr to draw the Xuanyuan Sword and claim its power.
• Surtr awakened the sword’s power, and Hoshino protected her from Ursus soldiers while the mission unlocked Blood Rose and produced 999 mass-produced Xuanyuan Swords.
• Hoshino left Surtr to travel south toward Yan, returned to Lungmen, and used Blood Rose to frighten Ch'en at Yae Shrine.
• Hoshiguma fought phantom figures near Tenshukaku, and Hoshino intervened before inventing a story about a woman controlled by a Black Xuanyuan Sword.
• Hoshino persuaded Ch'en and Hoshiguma to help find the red-haired woman and took them to a coffee shop.

Hoshino trained Ch'en, helped Rhodes Island contain Lightning Empress, and arranged Nearl’s entry into Lungmen’s Kidnapping Division. The arc ends with Skadi arriving at the shrine while a wounded pilgrim emerges from an iron shell in Lungmen.

• Hoshino staged a battle with Blood Rose to train Ch'en, then used a clone and paralysis to make Ch'en believe she had endured a devastating thunderstorm.
• Hoshino brought Lightning Empress to Rhine Lab, where the researchers built the Crown of Thunder and Saria shielded the team during Lightning Empress’s escape.
• Hoshino used the Crown of Thunder to suppress Lightning Empress’s power, and Kal'tsit asked Hoshino to mediate diplomatic relations between Rhodes Island and Lungmen.
• Hoshino helped Ch'en create a kidnapping case for Nearl, then staged a prolonged fight that ended with Nearl rescuing Bronya and earning the post of Kidnapping Division head.
• Emperor assigned Hoshino to mentor Bison, and Exusiai delivered a confidential package that turned out to contain Skadi.
• Skadi told Hoshino she had isolated herself to protect others and had come to fulfill a contract and take a vacation, while Jaye saw a wounded pilgrim crawl out of an iron shell in Lungmen.