Recaps

Hoshino secretly cleared Lungmen of Pilgrims so Skadi could enjoy a restful vacation, then helped Bronya and Rope face bandits, a natural disaster, and the challenge of finding their place at Yae Shrine. Heavy Bunny’s upgrades and victories brought Mayer to the shrine, where she finally met Bronya.

• Hoshino hunted down Lungmen’s Pilgrims while Kallen kept Skadi occupied, and Skadi returned to Rhodes Island rested and ready to confront Warfarin.
• Hoshino claimed Star of Eden and used it to help establish Bronya’s new identity, but Rope’s attempt to watch the shrine led Bronya to leave for the Outer Ring.
• Hoshino and Rope followed Bronya and saw her erase a bandit ambush with Star of Eden, while Rope chose to stay by her side.
• Hoshino arranged for Bronya to upgrade a Forte village’s power system, and Durandal’s Catastrophe forced Rope to choose between helping the villagers and following Hoshino’s example.
• Hoshino swallowed the volcano’s heat with a black star, and Ch’en helped Rope and Bronya return to the shrine as Heavy Bunny completed the village’s overhaul.
• Bronya upgraded the Guard Department through Heavy Bunny, and Ch’en arranged a series of competitions between Mayer and the machine.
• Heavy Bunny won the races and the pursuit of three jewelry thieves, leading Mayer to the shrine, where she met Bronya and learned she was self-taught.

Hoshino entered the Kazimierz Knight Tournament as Durandal, won the championship, and exposed Ursus’s plan to weaken the knights. Back in Lungmen, she trained Ch’en, sensed a call from the Deep, and helped W seek Durandal while Yae Sakura set Rita a test to uncover her whereabouts.

• Hoshino tested the shrine’s laser cannon, then traveled to Kazimierz as Bianca Durandal Ataegina and entered the Infected trial.
• Hoshino defeated her opponents with overwhelming force, advanced through the tournament, and drew the attention of Kazimierz’s chamber of commerce and powerful visitors.
• Yae Kasumi infiltrated an Ursus archive and stole a document detailing a twenty-year plan to weaken Kazimierz’s knights.
• Hoshino won the championship and used the broadcast to expose Ursus’s plan, warn Kazimierz, and urge its people to wake from their illusions.
• Hoshino carved a corridor of unquenchable flames near the Ursus border, then returned to Lungmen and secretly told Wei Yenwu about the stolen documents.
• Hoshino taught Ch’en sword techniques while W crossed into Lungmen searching for Durandal, and Hoshino rescued W after Black Raincoats attacked her.
• Hoshino and W confronted Yae Sakura, who defeated them and ordered them to serve five hundred afternoon teas.
• Yae Sakura offered to reveal Durandal’s whereabouts if Rita passed a test to remove Ursus spies from Lungmen without the Black Raincoats noticing.

Hoshino confronted upheaval in Ursus and Shenzhou, defeating the threats tied to Black Ji Lin and Chi You while uncovering Nian’s damaged memories. The story left Hoshino and Bagpipe in Victoria as Bella asserted her royal claim and Talulah thawed, with Vina still missing.

• Hoshino warned Kal'tsit that the age of upheaval had begun, then intervened in Ursus as Void Archives attacked with Titans and helped Speaker Vitte condemn Talulah.
• Hoshino welcomed Nian to Yae Shrine, met Jingzhe and the Yan Kingdom delegation, and followed the Xuanyuan Sword’s return to Shenzhou with Nian.
• Hoshino entered Nian’s dream through Fenghuang Down, defeated Black Ji Lin, then stopped Jiang Qicheng and killed Chi You to recover the Black Xuanyuan Sword.
• Hoshino confronted Nian with the Graveyard of Gods and the Taixu Divine Sword, prompting Nian to question her memories and leave Shenzhou to seek her siblings.
• Nian reached Rhodes Island and joined its staff, while Hoshino continued training Ch'en and prepared to test the Spirit-Commanding Blade at the Pole.
• Bella appeared above Rhodes Island, exposed Reed as a Drak, took Bagpipe, and sealed Talulah in ice after confronting her in Chernobog.
• Bella invoked the Drak–Aslan pact in Londinium, while Yae Sakura decided to intervene after recognizing Rozaliya in a photograph, and Talulah thawed as Reed confirmed her identity.
• Bella met King Charles II, who revealed that Vina had not returned and that he had been stripped of power.