Recaps

Hua refused to let the Herrscher of Corruption reach Raiden Mei, while the Flame-Chasers discussed Hua’s regrets and stubbornness. The Herrscher of Corruption challenged Hua’s sense of purpose, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Hua described Griseo’s ruined painting as beyond words and told the Herrscher of Corruption that she was not the viewer Griseo had hoped for.
• The Herrscher of Corruption sent monsters to delay Hua and rushed toward Raiden Mei, but Hua caught up and blocked her path.
• The Herrscher of Corruption argued that Hua had spent her life following missions imposed by others, prompting Fu Hua to reflect on her past failures and regrets.
• The Herrscher of Reason called Fu Hua stubborn, and Fu Hua struck her before the others teased her about being a blockhead.
• The Herrscher of Corruption dismissed Hua’s view of meaning and said Hua had forgotten something.

The Herrscher of Corruption let Hua resist her, then revealed overwhelming power while continuing to spare her. The observers debated why Hua received special treatment, and Vill-V suggested the Herrscher was doting on her.

• Hua kept the Herrscher of Corruption talking to buy time, and the Herrscher promised not to use enough power to defeat her.
• Hua entered a monster's consciousness with Fenghuang Down but found her original body still standing, then pursued the Herrscher of Corruption.
• The Herrscher of Corruption struck Hua down effortlessly and left her alive, saying she would let her rest before continuing to search for the culprit behind the abnormal change.
• Fu Hua and the others discussed why the Herrscher of Corruption spared Hua, while Su and Bronya suggested empathy and Griseo's fate had affected her.
• Vill-V told Hua that the Herrscher of Corruption appeared to be doting on her.

The group discussed whether the Herrscher of Corruption cared for the Flame-Chasers and identified Mobius as the likely force behind a hidden attack on the Herrscher. A quiz revealed that Vill-V had destroyed Mobius’s virus replica, leaving Mobius furious.

• Fu Hua and Elysia considered whether the Herrscher of Corruption’s actions came from love, while Mobius suggested she had grown attached to the Previous Era Elysian Realm.
• Bronya, Theresa, and Su reasoned that someone had taken control of the monsters that attacked the Herrscher of Corruption, and Mobius hinted that she had a plan to kill her.
• Mobius claimed she had a seventy percent chance of killing the Herrscher of Corruption if Apponia transported her to the right place, then demanded to know who had destroyed her virus replica.
• The quiz asked who had deleted Mobius’s replica, and Kevin, Elysia, Vill-V, and Pardofelis each responded to the accusation.
• The system confirmed Vill-V as the culprit, and Mobius erupted in anger.

Vill-V and Mobius blamed each other for sabotage and escalated their feud into a destructive fight between their laboratories in the Death Space. Their attacks left the area in chaos, while the other Flame-Chasers watched and Elysia admitted the situation was troublesome.

• Vill-V argued that she could have defeated the Herrscher of Corruption, while Mobius accused her of deleting the virus she had prepared to fight it.
• Mobius sent green biological viruses into Vill-V's Spiral Workshop, causing its circuits to burn out and setting the workshop on fire.
• Vill-V identified Mobius as the culprit, and Mobius taunted her by offering to eliminate the viruses if she backed down.
• Vill-V refused and sent a swarm of drones to attack Mobius's laboratory, destroying part of the building.
• Mobius and Vill-V exchanged accusations as drones and viruses tore through both landmark buildings, plunging the Death Space into chaos.
• Pardofelis asked Elysia whether they should intervene, and Elysia said the situation was troublesome.

Mobius pursued an experiment to become and surpass the Herrscher of Corruption, and Klein ultimately chose to support her despite the risks. In the present, Mobius and Vill-V continued their costly battle as Bronya grew suspicious that Mobius’s ambition to create and trample a god might involve the Honkai Consciousness.

• Mobius told Klein that she intended to understand, create, and ultimately trample a god, and Klein decided to stand by her.
• Mobius and Vill-V continued their fight with viruses and drones, while Cang Xuan and Danzhu joined Mobius’s side to help replicate viruses.
• Welt and Su worried about the resources being wasted and the possible impact on their shared Honkai Energy Serum project.
• Bronya warned that Mobius’s words about creating and trampling a god might be serious, and wondered whether Mobius had contacted the Honkai Consciousness.

Bronya and the others questioned Mobius about her possible connection to the Will of Honkai, while the screen showed Klein considering Mobius’s dangerous plan to fight the Herrscher of Corruption. Mobius remained confident Klein would help her, though Bronya and Vill-V doubted her motives and prospects.

• Theresa challenged Mobius to reveal her conspiracy, but Mobius and Elysia denied knowing about the Will of Honkai, and Fu Hua said she could not recall the relevant memories.
• Klein questioned Mobius about implanting herself into the Herrscher of Corruption’s data, and Mobius explained that Vill-V’s earlier deletion of her viruses had left her unable to act alone.
• Mobius asked Klein to use the Previous Era Elysian Realm’s hardware to multiply her viruses and pit them against the current Herrscher of Corruption, while Klein suspected the plan might let Mobius return to reality.
• Klein hesitated over whether to help Mobius, knowing that dismantling the Elysian Realm would destroy everything inside it, including Raiden Mei.
• Vill-V mocked Mobius’s dwindling viruses and questioned whether Klein trusted her, while Mobius insisted Klein understood her and would support her.
• Bronya admitted she also doubted Mobius’s claims, while Danzhu defended Klein’s loyalty and Vill-V taunted Mobius about the possibility of her plan failing.

Mobius revived half her biological-virus army by sacrificing some viruses, while Vill-V revealed a powerful tactical mech and the two scientists paused their standoff for a meal. A quiz then questioned whether Mobius’s plan to defeat the Herrscher of Corruption succeeded, and the Flame-Chasers began considering how it could have failed.

• Mobius used newly developed Sacrificial Virus to revive half her fallen biological viruses, and Su recognized the process as a sacrifice.
• Mobius explained that she had transplanted Panacea genetic modules into viruses to help repair Klein’s body, though the samples were scarce and difficult to cultivate.
• Vill-V revealed her Anti-Kevin Armament, Model 250, and challenged Mobius to continue their fight.
• Elysia offered a feast, and Mobius and Vill-V agreed to pause while Danzhu and Cang Xuan were told to clean up.
• A quiz asked whether Mobius completed her plan to defeat the Herrscher of Corruption, and Mobius considered possible reasons for failure.
• Danzhu suggested that the replicated virus might have been inferior to the original.

Mobius failed to predict that the Herrscher of Corruption would be defeated and had her research budget halved. As Klein kept replicating viruses despite the danger, Mobius realized the puppet had endured the infection as a gift for her.

• Mobius chose the wrong answer about the Herrscher of Corruption and received a penalty that halved her research budget.
• Klein followed Mobius's instructions and began replicating viruses, but the Herrscher of Corruption detected her and attacked through the equipment.
• Mobius urged Klein to stop and destroy the Previous Era Elysian Realm, but Klein continued because she trusted the doctor to solve the problem.
• Klein collapsed after producing viruses, then struggled to keep working when Mobius's projection appeared and demanded to know why she had not destroyed the equipment.
• Klein said she may have wanted to give Mobius a return gift, and Mobius became furious and promised to punish her disobedient assistant.

The footage showed Mobius sacrificing her escape from the Previous Era Elysian Realm to save Klein, prompting the group to question the memory body's motives. Mobius then used a Life Coin to spend a day with Klein and gave her a green crystal, before presenting her with alarming laboratory finances.

• Klein tried to destroy her puppet core, but Mobius immobilized her with the virus replicas and took the corruption into herself.
• Mobius lost her chance to escape the Previous Era Elysian Realm, watched Klein fall asleep, and said goodbye before the corruption consumed her consciousness.
• Raiden Mei, Kiana, and the others discussed Mobius's sacrifice, while Mobius insisted she had always treated Klein well.
• Mobius used a Life Coin, visited Klein in the laboratory, and gave her a green crystal as a supposed anniversary gift.
• Mobius handed Klein the financial statements, and Klein discovered that the laboratory's funding had been cut in half.

Mobius secretly gave Klein a safeguard made from powerful therapeutic viruses, while Su entered the Herrscher of Corruption to find Kevin and encountered Pardofelis instead. Pardofelis won the Life Coin reward, but she did not recognize Su when he found her running a shop inside the corrupted space.

• Mobius kept the Sacrificial Virus Sequence II hidden in the gem around Klein’s neck as a safeguard against fatal injuries.
• Vill-V questioned Mobius’s motives in their previous contest, but Mobius denied having any ulterior purpose.
• The Flame-Chasers discussed who Su would meet inside the Herrscher of Corruption, and Pardofelis guessed correctly that she would be there.
• Pardofelis received a Life Coin reward, and Su reasoned that she could help him find Kevin.
• Su entered the Herrscher of Corruption’s interior and found Pardofelis selling goods beneath a church’s eaves, but she did not recognize him.

Su found Pardofelis in a sweet dream woven by the Herrscher of Corruption, where she had her old appearance without a tail, and she led him to Kevin. After Pardofelis admitted she felt unable to help fight, Elysia comforted her and told her she had already done enough.

• Su noticed that Pardofelis had no tail and realized she was trapped in a dream woven by the Herrscher of Corruption.
• Su asked Pardofelis to find Kevin, and she agreed in exchange for his priceless earring.
• Pardofelis used Thousand Worlds to take Su through a portal to Kevin, who greeted his friend on a rain-soaked bridge.
• Pardofelis fled after bringing Su to Kevin, then admitted she felt too weak to help and began crying over Elysia's death.
• Elysia embraced Pardofelis and told her not to blame herself because she had already sacrificed herself to help Mei find clues.

The Flame-Chasers discussed Vill-V’s final plan, and Elysia correctly identified Pardofelis as its key figure. A recording of Vill-V then appeared beside Pardofelis in the ruins, leaving Pardofelis ready to risk herself to save Elysia.

• Pardofelis admitted she wanted to help avenge Elysia, though she still begged Vill-V not to put her in the most dangerous position.
• Vill-V explained that Kevin, Su, and Raiden Mei each had vital roles in the plan, while the group wondered what Pardofelis could contribute.
• Elysia chose Pardofelis as the plan’s key figure, and the system rewarded Elysia with a Life Coin.
• Kevin and Su agreed to wait for the final link, trusting that Pardofelis’s choice would not change.
• Pardofelis stood among the ruins beside a recording Vill-V had left behind, and she vowed to risk herself to save Elysia.

Pardofelis learned that Vill-V had relied on her and Thousand Worlds as a crucial part of the plan to let Kevin strike the Herrscher of Corruption. Though she initially wanted to flee, she chose to open a path outside, but the unstable wormhole began shrinking as she turned to escape.

• Vill-V's projection explained that Pardofelis had retained her sense of self and had to guide Kevin's strike to the Herrscher of Corruption's weak point.
• Pardofelis realized Vill-V had known about Thousand Worlds and had planned to use it, and Vill-V said she trusted Pardofelis to make her own choice.
• As corruption spread, Pardofelis wrestled with her fear and regret over failing to help Sakura, then decided to act one last time.
• Pardofelis used Thousand Worlds on a bridge to tear open a path to the outside of the Herrscher of Corruption.
• When Pardofelis turned to flee, Thousand Worlds warned her that the oversized wormhole was shrinking and needed more energy to stay open.

Pardofelis overcame her fear and used Thousand Worlds to keep open the passage for Kevin’s strike, accepting that she would not survive it so Elysia and the others would not be let down. After her sacrifice was acknowledged, the group faced a quiz about what the enraged Herrscher of Corruption would do to Hua.

• Pardofelis struggled with whether to risk her life, then returned to the wormhole and used Thousand Worlds to keep it open for Kevin’s strike.
• Pardofelis expressed her hope that Elysia would return and praise her before bracing for the fatal attack.
• Elysia embraced Pardofelis, and Pardofelis admitted she had stayed because she did not want to disappoint Elysia and Vill-V or leave regrets.
• Himeko Murata and Durandal praised Pardofelis’s courage, while Pardofelis credited Vill-V and the others.
• The group received a quiz asking what the enraged Herrscher of Corruption intended to do to Hua, and Fu Hua said the battle was now hers and the others’.

Fu Hua reunited with the Flame-Chasers in Death Space and began cleaning up the wreckage left by Mobius and Vill-V. As she worked, the scene showed Kevin and Su preparing their final strike through Pardofelis’s wormhole to save Elysia.

• Vill-V admitted her plan depended on the Flame-Chasers’ sacrifices, while Mobius challenged her to predict what the enraged Herrscher of Corruption would do.
• Fu Hua guessed that the Herrscher would kill her, but the correct answer was that she wanted Fu Hua to live forever, and Fu Hua received a punishment to clean Death Space.
• Fu Hua arrived in Death Space, reunited with her old friends, and embraced Elysia while feeling the gulf of fifty thousand years between them.
• Fu Hua insisted on cleaning the battlefield debris alone as the other Flame-Chasers watched and cheered her on.
• Kevin and Su approached Pardofelis’s wormhole to deliver their final strike, with Su sacrificing himself to strengthen Kevin’s blazing sword.

Hua faced the weakened Herrscher of Corruption and defended the Flame-Chasers’ choice to sacrifice themselves for humanity’s future. After explaining that neither of their ways of surviving was right or wrong, Hua revealed Fenghuang Down and prepared to use it to discover what she could do.

• Kevin’s Heavenly Fire strike pierced the Herrscher of Corruption, killing Pardofelis and weakening the Herrscher.
• Hua refused to abandon her companions’ choice, and the Herrscher of Corruption vowed to make her immortal so she could eventually admit she was wrong.
• Fu Hua cleaned Death Space with Danzhu and Cang Xuan while Kevin sat alone in the Sea of Quanta, questioning the meaning of his mission.
• Griseo asked to paint Hua’s portrait and began working while Fu Hua sat as her model.
• Hua told the Herrscher of Corruption that individuals and humanity could choose different paths to survival without either being right or wrong.
• Hua revealed Fenghuang Down and asked it to help her one last time so she could understand what she could do.

Hua burned all her data through Fenghuang Down to strike the Herrscher of Corruption, helping expose the virus’s true form and the Flame-Chasers’ plan. The Herrscher of Corruption began gathering her remaining data and vowed to make Hua witness her victory.

• Hua used Fenghuang Down to unleash a Sword God strike that pinned the Herrscher of Corruption and devastated their surroundings.
• Hua explained that burning her memories in the Previous Era Elysian Realm meant burning all her data, while the Herrscher of Corruption was already weakened by Kevin’s attack.
• The Herrscher of Corruption’s Elysia disguise collapsed, revealing her crude virus form.
• Hua revealed that Cosmo and Griseo had sacrificed themselves to prevent the Herrscher of Corruption from reaching Elysia, and that Kevin’s strike had burned away the data and enhancements used to reconstruct Elysia.
• The Herrscher of Corruption gathered her remaining data and promised to keep Hua alive until she witnessed her victory.

Fu Hua recovered the memories Fenghuang Down had erased and grieved for the Flame-Chasers, but she knew she had to return to the Current Era and her friends at St. Freya. Griseo’s painting, “The False Canary,” captured Fu Hua’s separation from her old companions as she prepared to leave Death Space.

• Pardofelis gave Fu Hua a gravestone-like wooden plaque as a present, and Fu Hua accepted it as a keepsake.
• Elysia invited Fu Hua and Pardofelis to take a group photo, and Fu Hua began crying when she saw the developed picture.
• Fu Hua’s lost memories returned, bringing back grief for Himiko, Sakura, Elysia, and the other Flame-Chasers.
• Fu Hua hid in Elysia’s garden and struggled with choosing her Current Era companions over the Flame-Chasers, while Elysia and Pardofelis quietly supported her.
• Griseo and Cosmo showed Fu Hua a painting of a wounded crimson bird disguised among caged canaries, and Elysia named it “The False Canary.”

Raiden Mei answered a quiz about the order of her memories with Elysia incorrectly and was assigned to clean all of St. Freya Academy. She began revisiting their past, first remembering their meeting and then their fight, while Theresa accused Elysia of hiding her true strength.

• Kiana rejected the suggestion that Mei and Elysia had shared affectionate days and smashed a Humo plush in jealousy.
• Mei chose the memory of Elysia touching her horns as the first memory, but the quiz revealed that her first meeting with Elysia was correct.
• Mei received the punishment of cleaning all of St. Freya Academy, and Theresa, Kiana, Bronya, and Wendy offered to help.
• Mei opened the door to her memories and recalled meeting Elysia, who asked whether she remembered her and received the nickname Pink Fairy Miss.
• Mei then remembered facing Elysia, who drew a bow and joked that she might be a little weaker than Kevin.

Raiden Mei struggled through the Herrscher of Corruption’s attack to reach Elysia’s memories, where Fairy Elysia and Eden appeared to guide her. The Flame-Chasers watched Eden’s turn arrive, but Eden said the stage belonged not to her, but to Raiden Mei.

• Raiden Mei’s memories of Elysia began to blur as the Herrscher of Corruption attacked her mind and blocked her path to the door.
• Raiden Mei called Elysia’s name, and Fairy Elysia appeared, saying she had come with a helper.
• Eden appeared beside Fairy Elysia and greeted Raiden Mei.
• The Flame-Chasers discussed Eden’s strength, and Eden explained she was a support rather than a frontline fighter.
• Eden told Pardofelis that although it was her turn to perform, the stage belonged to Raiden Mei.

Eden completed Elysia’s reconstruction by giving up her own existence, and Mei learned that the accepted account of Elysia as the Thirteenth Herrscher concealed another truth. The group began pressing Elysia to reveal her secret, and a question prompt asked what she had hidden as Elysia decided to let it be revealed.

• Eden explained that her memories could complete Elysia’s life and gave Mei the crystal flower before disappearing into Elysia.
• Mei questioned Eden about why the story of Elysia becoming the Thirteenth Herrscher had been erased, and Eden said it was an account concealing the truth.
• Mei and Durandal reacted with surprise when Elysia admitted that the story was the only lie she had ever told.
• Bronya, Welt, and Kiana asked Elysia to explain her secret, but Elysia warned that revealing it could expose other dangerous truths from the Previous Era.
• After a question prompt asked what secret Elysia had concealed, Elysia decided to stop hiding it and let the truth be revealed.

Bronya and the others learned that Elysia had been born a Herrscher, and her friends comforted her by affirming that they trusted and loved her. Later, Mei pieced together the truth that Elysia had lied about being the Thirteenth Herrscher, leaving her saddened by what Elysia had endured.

• Bronya struggled to reconcile the claim that thirteen was a false number with Elysia becoming the Thirteenth Herrscher.
• Elysia revealed that she had been born a Herrscher, shocking Mei and the Flame-Chasers.
• Pardofelis cried over Elysia's burden, and Elysia comforted her while Eden reassured Elysia that they had never feared her.
• Mei, Bronya, Kiana, Wendy, and Himeko accepted Elysia and spoke in support of Herrschers.
• Elysia received a Life Coin and expressed hope that humanity would defeat Honkai.
• Mei connected Elysia's past words and realized that Elysia had never truly been the Thirteenth Herrscher.

The Flame-Chasers mourned Eden and discussed Fu Hua’s troubled mood before Elysia returned to the Previous Era to meet Dr. Mei. Elysia welcomed Mei into Fire Moth’s inner circle, while Mei remained uncertain why the leader trusted her so much.

• Eden sang a farewell song and vanished, while Elysia and the others remembered her sacrifice.
• Fu Hua said she could handle her personal problems, though she still struggled with thoughts of her former companions.
• Elysia evaded questions about why Current Era Herrschers differed from those of the Previous Era and returned to the Fire Moth base.
• Elysia found Dr. Mei working in the logistics department and asked her to call her by her name.
• Mei accepted the familiar address and wondered why Elysia had rapidly promoted her and granted her access to Fire Moth’s secrets.

Elysia appointed Mei chief secretary and showed her Fire Moth’s stored plans for confronting Honkai, asking her to help devise a way to prevent disaster. Mei accepted the task, while Elysia later spoke with Kevin and avoided mentioning Mei.

• Elysia gave Mei credentials appointing her chief secretary with oversight over scientific research and a vote in council decisions.
• Elysia brought Mei to Apponia’s guarded room, where Mei examined data on the Moonlight Throne, Fusion Warrior technology, Divine Keys, and other plans.
• Mei said she could build a super artificial intelligence and a weaker Moonlight Throne, but considered the Stigmata Project a final fallback.
• Elysia said she and the other council members no longer supported the Stigmata Project because they wanted to defeat Honkai rather than merely preserve civilization after its destruction.
• Elysia asked Mei to devise a plan or a world where disaster could be prevented, and Mei agreed to do everything in her power.
• Elysia went to the balcony and spoke with Kevin, but her mood sank and she avoided saying Mei’s name.

Raiden Mei answered that Elysia’s memories should begin at the Vostok-51 orphanage and received a week of special training with the Flame-Chasers in Death Space. After arriving, she chose to begin sword training with Sakura.

• Elysia explained that reviving her required Raiden Mei to experience the recorded fragments of her life, and Mei correctly chose to begin at the orphanage in Vostok-51.
• The system awarded Raiden Mei an accelerated training plan that would send her to Death Space for one week of special training.
• Kiana tried to stop Mei from leaving, but Mei accepted the training with support from Himeko Murata and Theresa.
• Elysia welcomed Mei to Death Space and asked which Flame-Chaser she wanted to train with first.
• Sakura offered to teach Mei the fundamentals of swordsmanship, and Mei accepted a bamboo sword.