Recaps

Kevin’s return from the Sea of Quanta appeared imminent, alarming Schicksal and prompting World Serpent to prepare a passage for him. Tesla and Einstein joined the Chat Group, where they backed Welt’s false claim that Cocolia had driven him away and joined in condemning her.

• Kevin continued traveling through the Sea of Quanta while Elysia acknowledged that he and Fu Hua had grown distant from their former companions.
• Gray Serpent announced that World Serpent was ready to breach the Sea of Quanta and bring Kevin back, prompting Kiana and Theresa to panic.
• Gray Serpent explained that Kevin would help open the passage from within, while Otto decided to leave World Serpent and Kevin to another leader to handle.
• Tesla and Einstein joined the Chat Group, and Welt pretended that Cocolia had oppressed him and forced him to leave Anti-Entropy.
• Tesla and Einstein played along with Welt’s story and joined the group in denouncing Cocolia.

The Chat Group’s newcomers Tesla and Einstein joined its discussion and Tesla won a quiz, earning blueprints for the Aesir mech. The group then began watching Little Tesla’s Science Classroom, where the puppets complained about cafeteria food and noticed Teacher Chi Yuan was absent.

• Theresa boasted that St. Freya Academy would protect Welt, while Tesla and Einstein learned the Chat Group included people from different eras and factions.
• Tesla correctly answered that the Fully Automatic Herrscher Capture Machine had not appeared in Little Tesla’s Science Classroom and received the Aesir concept blueprint.
• Tesla vowed to build the Aesir, but Einstein warned that Anti-Entropy lacked the funds and resources for the project.
• The group watched Puppet Academy’s student cafeteria, where Judah and Moon Chaser complained about the food and noticed Teacher Chi Yuan was absent.

Tesla’s inventions caused chaos during Little Tesla’s science-class livestream, and the Chat Group mocked Tesla over Anti-Entropy’s wasteful spending and poor finances. Tesla blamed funding problems on Cocolia and Raiden Ryoma’s imprisonment, while Mei explained that ME Corp belonged to her father and she knew little about its affairs.

• Little Tesla’s Fully Automatic Feeding Machine used a Titan to repeatedly punch Teacher Chi Yuan unconscious.
• Little Tesla’s livestream converter malfunctioned, showed Veliona pulling off Seele’s socks, and brought Veliona after her until Tesla shut it down.
• Little Tesla’s Honkai Zombie Trap attacked Tesla instead of its intended targets, prompting a Father-class Mech to tear through Puppet Academy.
• Tesla used the Father-class Mech’s Brat Catcher to capture Little Tesla, while Einstein criticized Tesla’s inventions and warned Anti-Entropy might go bankrupt.
• Tesla blamed Anti-Entropy’s financial troubles on Cocolia and the loss of ME Corp funding after Raiden Ryoma’s imprisonment, and Mei said she knew little about her father’s company.

Raiden Mei decided to inherit ME Corp, uncover the truth behind Raiden Ryoma’s imprisonment, and rescue him if he had been framed. Meanwhile, Kevin returned from the Sea of Quanta to lead World Serpent’s Stigmata Project, leaving Schicksal wary of a conflict and Durandal determined to strengthen her squad.

• Raiden Mei said she would reclaim ME Corp and investigate her father’s imprisonment before deciding whether to rescue him.
• Einstein offered Anti-Entropy’s help, while Gray Serpent announced that Kevin had returned.
• Kevin broke out of his World Bubble, ordered Jackal to prepare the Stigmata Project, and told World Serpent not to disturb him unless necessary.
• Durandal argued that Schicksal could not tolerate the Stigmata Project, but Otto warned that a war against World Serpent would end in defeat.
• Durandal left to intensify the Immortal Blades Squad’s training, and Rita worried that she was still too weak for the dangers ahead.

Rita won Star Platinum after the quiz revealed she had captured Tesla, while the group discussed the dangers and power of Fusion Warriors. On the floating base, Himeko freed Tesla, and the two set out to investigate the basement Fu Hua had mentioned.

• The quiz revealed that Rita had captured Tesla and gagged her with a black handkerchief, earning Rita the Stand User Star Platinum, whose ability could stop time.
• Mei, Sakura, and the Flame-Chasers discussed the power and risks of Fusion Warriors, and Kevin said the project should remain buried.
• Himeko Murata found Tesla tied to a chair on the floating base and removed her gag.
• Tesla complained that Rita had tied her up with an elaborate knot and perfumed the silk scarf, then worried about her allies.
• Himeko freed Tesla, and Tesla tried to contact the Hyperion while Himeko continued searching for Fu Hua's basement.

Tesla argued with Rita and Einstein over Anti-Entropy’s standing, while Vill-V completed automated armor and gave Pardofelis a prototype to test. Otto explained that the current era’s factions could not match the Previous Era’s rapid progress because humanity lacked unity, leaving the question of cooperation unresolved.

• Tesla vowed to defend scientists’ standing in the Chat Group, but Einstein and Rita challenged her plans to deploy Anti-Entropy’s mecha.
• Vill-V announced that automated three-dimensional armor was ready for production and gave Pardofelis a second-generation prototype.
• Pardofelis tested the armor in Death Space as Vill-V monitored its data and promised to improve its design.
• Elysia prepared to return and synchronize Vill-V’s data so the group could establish an industrial manufacturing system.
• Theresa asked Otto why the current era had made less progress, and Otto said humanity needed a unified voice because rival factions would not cooperate.

Elysia confronted the newly awakened Flame Herrscher, Himiko, as the Fire Moth base burned around them. She discovered Himiko’s immense power and used a returning arrow to strike at her, ending the chapter with a crystal flower blooming above the Herrscher.

• Himiko awakened as the Flame Herrscher, and rising Honkai energy turned the Fire Moth base’s surroundings into molten metal and magma.
• Elysia reassured the others while Mobius confirmed she had protected her laboratory and its contents.
• Otto proposed letting Valkyries below S-Rank prioritize survival when facing Herrschers, and Elysia condemned coerced sacrifice.
• Elysia shot at Himiko, who blocked her first arrow with magma and caught her second arrow by hand.
• Elysia used her whistle to redirect the first arrow into the one Himiko held, making their energies combine into a crystal flower above Himiko.

Elysia and Fire Moth defeated the Flame Herrscher by combining the Moonlight Thrones with a serum that stripped away her Honkai Energy. After the battle, Elysia visited the imprisoned Himiko, whose Herrscher nature remained dormant and could awaken again if exposed to enough Honkai Energy.

• Elysia trapped Himiko in a pink barrier and fought her while Dr. Mei ordered the Moonlight Thrones to fire into the sealed space.
• The Moonlight Thrones drained much of Himiko's Honkai Energy, and Elysia injected her with serum that removed what remained.
• Elysia and Dr. Mei coordinated rebuilding the damaged base and arranging urgent treatment for people infected with Honkai Energy.
• Dr. Mei told Elysia that Himiko had returned to her previous state but could become the Flame Herrscher again if exposed to sufficient Honkai Energy.
• Elysia visited Himiko in her holding cell with a bottle of red wine and promised that Fire Moth would not abandon her.

Elysia saved Himiko from the Flame Herrscher’s influence and revealed that she was a Herrscher who fought for humanity, giving Himiko hope that she could be saved. Elysia then told Himiko she owed Fire Moth for the damage she caused, while the others discussed the rescue and Otto warned that the serum had only treated the symptoms.

• Himiko asked Elysia whether she planned to kill or imprison her, fearing that she would lose control and become a Herrscher again.
• Elysia transferred Honkai Energy to Himiko, revealed that she was a Herrscher, and convinced Himiko that Herrschers could retain their humanity.
• Elysia told Himiko that she owed Fire Moth for destroying buildings and equipment, and joked that her salary would take a thousand years to repay the debt.
• Tesla, Einstein, Pardofelis, Chakravartin, Su, and Fu Hua discussed Elysia’s absence and worried about Himiko’s fate.
• Elysia reported that Dr. Mei’s Moonlight Thrones and Otto’s Ultimate Honkai Energy Serum had helped save Himiko.
• Otto warned Elysia that the Ultimate Honkai Energy Serum treated Himiko’s symptoms but not the underlying cause.

Mobius revealed that she had developed a theoretical concept for a Honkai Energy Suppressant, and Elysia suggested using Himiko to obtain data on Herrscher bodies. A new question asked which Herrscher the Thousand-Man Herrscher had called the most unsuccessful, leaving the group debating among Kiana, Bronya, Raiden Mei, and Wendy.

• Mobius explained that her Honkai Energy Suppressant was still theoretical and only designed for human bodies, so she needed Herrscher data to develop it further.
• Elysia suggested that Himiko might agree to help Mobius with her experiments because of the debt she owed.
• The question-and-answer system asked which Herrscher the Thousand-Man Herrscher had called the most unsuccessful, naming Kiana, Bronya, Raiden Mei, and Wendy as choices.
• Elysia held a mock hearing in which Raiden Mei and Kiana argued that their accomplishments ruled them out, while the group turned its suspicions toward Bronya.
• Seele defended Bronya for rescuing her from the Sea of Quanta, while Veliona called Bronya a weak and unsuccessful Herrscher.

Wendy won Stigmata Completion Fluid but drank the undiluted solution and passed out from the pain, prompting concern about her training and the stigmata’s influence. Meanwhile, Bronya entered the Theater of Domination while searching for Seele and faced a puppet that mocked her record as the Herrscher of Reason.

• Wendy correctly identified Bronya as the answer and received Stigmata Completion Fluid as her reward.
• Theresa tried to secure a sample, but Wendy drank half the undiluted solution before she could stop her.
• Wendy fainted from the intense pain, and Bronya examined her and confirmed she was otherwise stable.
• Theresa recalled Wendy’s past bravery and worried that her stigmata had changed her, while Durandal offered to take responsibility for training her.
• Bronya found a spatial rift while searching for Seele, entered the Theater of Domination, and discovered that her communication with Seele had been cut off.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher mocked Bronya’s failures and boasted that she could defeat the Herrscher of Reason with a motorcycle.

The screen showed Bronya deducing the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s role and fighting her puppets, only for the Herrscher to drain Bronya’s authority and defeat her. The observers discussed the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s threat, while the Flame-Chasers realized she might not appear until civilization’s order collapsed.

• Otto judged the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s ability to provoke humanity’s malice less dangerous while civilization’s order remained intact, and Elysia and Jackal challenged his assessment.
• Su nearly opened his eyes as the Flame-Chasers inferred that the Previous Era’s Thousand-Man Herrscher would not have appeared before civilization collapsed, leaving them uncertain about the Current Era’s Herrschers.
• Bronya recognized Jerry Barbara from the missing persons list, concluded the puppet had targeted Seele, and refused to give her the Core of the Herrscher of Reason.
• Bronya analyzed the puppet’s monsters, overwhelmed them, and attacked the Thousand-Man Herrscher with Heavy Machinery Rabbit and the Keys of Reason.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher drained Bronya’s Herrscher Authority, leaving Bronya unable to use her powers and defeated.
• Kiana mocked Bronya’s loss, while Otto raised the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s threat rating after hearing she could steal other Herrschers’ authority.

The group discussed the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s weaknesses and Pardofelis’s new combat armor before Bronya answered a question about the Herrscher’s first use of her authority. Bronya won a Herrscher Core Tracker, which began spinning among the many Herrschers nearby.

• Otto argued that the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s greatest threat was assimilating powerful hosts, while Durandal and Otto judged her a limited danger under current conditions.
• Pardofelis boasted that Vill-V’s armor and its automatic combat program could let her take on an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, prompting the others to tease her.
• The group questioned Bronya about the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s first creation with the Herrscher Authority of Reason, and Bronya chose that she had made a knife.
• Bronya received a Herrscher Core Tracker, which initially pointed toward the unconscious Wendy before spinning among the nearby Herrschers.

Bronya and Seele encountered puppets whose amplified suffering hinted that the Thousand-Man Herrscher might be made of humans who willingly embraced Honkai. The group debated humanity’s capacity for cruelty and Schicksal’s past experiments, and Otto ended by proposing that Theresa could prevent such abuses by killing the world’s leaders.

• Bronya and Seele passed puppets consumed by amplified resentment, and Bronya warned Seele not to be drawn into their despair.
• Bronya questioned what controlled the Thousand-Man Herrscher, while Mei suggested it might have no controller and could itself be human.
• Gray Serpent recalled the girls Schicksal had used in artificial stigmata experiments, and Otto admitted he had turned a blind eye to the abuses.
• Otto explained that Schicksal’s branches pursued stigmata research for power and that the organization could not simply abolish it.
• Elysia proposed killing everyone who disobeyed as a solution, and Otto suggested Theresa use overwhelming force to eliminate Schicksal’s and the world’s leaders.

Otto explained that Kevin’s return had left Schicksal facing a choice between surrendering resources to World Serpent or risking a prolonged war. After the Thousand-Man Herrscher used Bronya’s authority and Wendy awakened the Thousand Winds, a quiz asked who had helped Raiden Mei connect to the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s network.

• Otto told Theresa that Schicksal’s order depended on its force and warned that Kevin could establish a new order if he chose.
• Raiden Mei deduced that Kevin needed Schicksal’s resources for the Stigmata Project and that Otto faced a choice between compromise and a drawn-out war.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher’s puppets used Bronya’s Herrscher of Reason authority, draining Bronya’s energy while they created weapons.
• Wendy woke after completing her stigmata and discovered she could see through the Thousand Winds, but she had not learned how to use the ability.
• The quiz asked whether Kevin, Gray Serpent, Raven, or Jackal had helped Raiden Mei connect to the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s network.

Raiden Mei traded three special Thousand-Man Herrscher cores to Jackal for research and learned that the puppets feared her greater power. Determined to enter their network before they grew stronger, Mei forced Jackal to activate an unfinished device and crossed into the Theater of Domination, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Jackal used her research knowledge to explain that the Thousand-Man Herrscher seized Herrscher authority and avoided targeting Mei because its puppets were too weak to overpower her.
• Mei offered Jackal three unusual Thousand-Man Herrscher cores in exchange for her research findings.
• Jackal built a device to open a fissure into the Theater of Domination using the cores and warned that the process needed more preparation.
• Mei noticed the cores were being consumed by the apparatus and ordered Jackal to activate it immediately.
• Mei entered the fissure as the cores vanished, while Jackal left to report to the Lord.

Raiden Mei overwhelmed the Thousand-Man Herrscher in the Theater of Domination after realizing the puppets were trying to stall her while Kiana fought elsewhere. The footage left Bronya embarrassed by her reputation as a weak Herrscher, and Kiana and Bronya argued over their own records.

• Jackal called Kiana and Bronya incomplete Herrschers, and Kevin offered to help them awaken their powers.
• The group questioned how Fu Hua had lost her authority to the Thousand-Man Herrscher, but Fu Hua said she did not know why.
• Raiden Mei fought through the Theater of Domination and realized the Thousand-Man Herrscher was holding her back because Kiana was fighting elsewhere.
• Raiden Mei paralyzed and cut down the puppets, dismissing their pleas and declaring that their information about her was outdated.
• Kiana mocked Bronya for being defeated by the Thousand-Man Herrscher, and Bronya retorted that Kiana had also been fighting her.

Bronya’s Herrscher Core Tracker exposed Teacher Welt as a Herrscher, and he revealed that he was Anti-Entropy’s leader spying at St. Freya Academy. Welt explained that he had supported Anti-Entropy’s Radical Faction because he feared the organization would be left powerless as Schicksal and World Serpent rose.

• Bronya followed the tracker to Kiana’s classroom, where it first pointed at Kiana and then at Teacher Welt.
• Welt admitted that he was Anti-Entropy’s leader and had come to St. Freya Academy as a spy, shocking the assembled group.
• Elysia teased Himeko about possibly becoming the Flame Herrscher because of her compatibility with the Gem of Haste.
• Welt described Anti-Entropy’s conflict between its Conservative and Radical Factions and said its mech research lacked the foundation of Previous Era technology.
• Welt argued that radical action was necessary because Schicksal and World Serpent would soon dominate the changing world, leaving Anti-Entropy vulnerable.

Otto identified Anna Schariac as the Herrscher of Ice, while Durandal set out to retrieve her and stabilize her with the Ultimate Honkai Energy Serum. The screen showed World Serpent investigating Anna’s outbreak as her ice-covered threat advanced toward the city center.

• Otto answered that Anna Schariac was the Herrscher of Ice, earning the Scepter of Duat as his reward.
• The screen revealed that Anna had become a Herrscher during the Honkai outbreak, killed her fellow Valkyries, and left the site where she transformed.
• Elysia explained that a Herrscher who had lost control could potentially be stabilized, and Durandal recognized the Ultimate Honkai Energy Serum as a possible solution.
• Durandal rejected Otto’s suggestion to transfer Anna to headquarters and flew to Southeast Asia to retrieve her in person.
• Raiden Mei, Raven, and Chen Tianwu investigated Anna’s outbreak as Alvitr reported that the Herrscher was moving toward the city center and had disabled monitoring equipment.

Raiden Mei, Raven, and Chen Tianwu set a trap for the Herrscher of Ice, but Chen Tianwu betrayed them, leaving Mei caught in the trap and Raven unconscious. The footage ended with Owl taking Raven’s weapon, and the onlookers discussed his motives and World Serpent’s lack of loyalty.

• Raven explained that the Scepter of Duat could disrupt the Herrscher of Ice’s connection to Imaginary Space, and the team finalized their plan to weaken and restrain her.
• Raiden Mei and Chen Tianwu approached the Herrscher while Raven prepared to provide cover; Chen Tianwu revealed that machinery had replaced seventy-four percent of his organs after a Honkai outbreak.
• Raven cleared a path as Mei lured the Herrscher of Ice toward the trap, but Chen Tianwu did not respond when Mei called for him.
• The Scepter of Duat activated beneath Mei, and the Herrscher of Ice attacked her while Raven spotted the apparent betrayal.
• Chen Tianwu knocked Raven unconscious with a tranquilizer dart and took the Seven Thunders of Retribution, prompting the onlookers to discuss his betrayal and his debt to World Serpent.

Otto and the others uncovered Chen Tianwu’s connection to Anna and learned that Owl was the Herrscher of Earth. Rita was sent into a challenge stage to face Sakura, whose overwhelming speed made the fight look grim as it began.

• Bronya revealed that Chen Tianwu had betrayed World Serpent because Anna had saved his life during a 2015 Honkai outbreak.
• The Q&A identified Owl as the Herrscher of Earth, and Rita received a penalty to challenge Sakura of the Signet of Setsuna.
• Rita asked about Sakura’s weakness, and Chakravartin explained that only greater speed or absolute power could counter her.
• Sakura moved faster than Rita could see and brought her blade down toward Rita’s face.

Rita was swiftly defeated by Sakura in the challenge space while the on-screen battle between Raiden Mei, Durandal, Chen Tianwu, and the Herrscher of Ice ended with Anna resisting the Herrscher’s control and asking Chen to let her die. Raven spoke up for Chen afterward, but Kevin remained indifferent to his betrayal.

• Rita activated Star Platinum, but Sakura moved beyond her reach and defeated her with Blade of Setsuna, sending her back to Schicksal Headquarters in seconds.
• Raiden Mei and Durandal confronted Chen Tianwu and the Herrscher of Ice, and Chen defended Anna as the fighters clashed in a blizzard.
• Mei hesitated after seeing Chen protect Anna, but the Herrscher of Ice unleashed a cold front that let Chen escape with her.
• Chen rejoiced when Anna briefly regained consciousness, but Anna said she could no longer resist the Herrscher and asked him to let her die.
• Anna froze Chen in place and walked away, while Raven argued that Chen’s loyalty deserved mercy and Kevin said his punishment made no difference to him.

Chen Tianwu awakened as the Herrscher of Earth after reliving the death of his sister, while the group debated how to contain him and Anna. Raven volunteered to handle Chen Tianwu, and a quiz asked what he would do after awakening.

• Chen Tianwu remembered Anna Schariac abandoning his little sister during a Honkai disaster, and his despair gave birth to the Herrscher of Earth.
• Otto explained that Anna had survived the disaster as the only member of the original Snow Lotus Squad and asked Theresa what she would do about Anna’s future awakening.
• Durandal volunteered to bring Anna to Schicksal Headquarters, while Raven agreed to deal with Chen Tianwu using Jackal’s Honkai Energy Activator.
• The quiz asked what Chen Tianwu did after awakening, and Raven prepared for a dangerous confrontation as Durandal hurried to Southeast Asia.
• Elysia suggested that overwhelming negative emotions could drown out a Herrscher’s humanity, unlike Herrschers such as Bronya who retained control.

Otto correctly identified that Chen Tianwu still cared for Anna and gave her his Herrscher Core, transforming her into the Herrscher of Rimestar. Raiden Mei and Durandal defeated her, but the destruction of Coral Island and the deaths left Mei unable to call it a victory.

• Otto chose the answer that Chen Tianwu would give Anna his Herrscher Core and received a Virtual World Bubble, which he gave to Rita.
• Chen Tianwu removed his Herrscher Core and entrusted it to the dying Anna, awakening her as the Herrscher of Rimestar.
• Raiden Mei and Durandal fought the Herrscher of Rimestar, and Raiden Mei severed her body after disrupting her connection to the Imaginary.
• Chen Tianwu disappeared after asking Raiden Mei whether he had been wrong to want to see Anna again, and Raiden Mei ended his suffering.
• Raiden Mei surveyed Coral Island's ruins with two Herrscher Cores while Raven told her she had succeeded, but Mei said it was not a victory.
• Raiden Mei called the outcome a failure, Kevin said she could only accept the world's reality, and Durandal insisted she could prevent it from happening.

Durandal took Anna Schariac from the Schicksal branch, while Raven captured Chen Tianwu so the group could prepare the Ultimate Honkai Energy Serum. The group discussed how to make Honkai medicine affordable, then Otto won Panacea pills in a quiz and left their use to Amber.

• Durandal knocked Anna unconscious and carried her away, ordering preparations for the Ultimate Honkai Energy Serum.
• Raven captured Chen Tianwu, and Amber argued that a widely available, inexpensive Honkai treatment was essential.
• Otto explained that Schicksal had developed Honkai treatments but could not mass-produce them cheaply, and he urged the next Bishop to take on that work.
• Otto answered that Sirin had obtained the four Herrscher Gems on the moon and won ten Panacea pills.
• Otto told Amber to decide whether to store the Panacea pills or research them.