Recaps

The screen revealed how Schicksal’s Babylon Laboratory tortured Sirin and her companions, driving Sirin to kill all 322 researchers. Elysia and the Flame-Chasers demanded justice, and Otto admitted Schicksal’s wrongdoing while defending his own role and pointing to Anti-Entropy’s actions.

• The screen showed Sirin enduring painful experiments as her companions Aurora, Agata, and Bella died, until hatred awakened her power and she killed 322 researchers.
• Elysia, Sakura, and Chakravartin reacted with fury, and Elysia demanded justice for Sirin on behalf of the Flame-Chasers.
• Durandal said Schicksal’s actions violated its principles and asked Otto for an explanation.
• Otto apologized for Schicksal’s failure but argued that he had not ordered the experiments and had once saved Sirin from being killed by Welt.
• Einstein challenged Otto over the casualties caused by letting Sirin live, and Otto jokingly announced that he would resign.

The group watched Sirin receive four Herrscher powers on the moon and attack Earth with meteorites, then debated the Second Honkai War and its terrible cost. When a quiz asked what the Thousand-Man Herrscher used to drive Kiana to despair, Elysia guessed the Gem of Haste, and the answer was confirmed.

• Sirin followed God's guidance to the moon, received four powers, and hurled meteorites at Earth, causing tsunamis.
• Otto explained that Sirin could have destroyed humanity but spared it, while the group remembered those who died in the Second Honkai War.
• Fu Hua rejected Otto's attempt to excuse his actions and said she would hold him accountable for Cheng Lixue's death.
• Gray Serpent raised the approaching threat of the Thousand-Man Herrscher, and the quiz asked what she used to torment Kiana.
• Kiana speculated that the Herrscher might have killed Siegfried and stolen Fehu, while the others considered what could shake her.
• Elysia proposed the Gem of Haste as the answer, and the quiz confirmed she was correct.

The Thousand-Man Herrscher used the Gem of Haste and Himeko Murata’s death to try to break Kiana, but Kiana resisted and the gem triggered the return of the Herrscher of the Void. After the footage ended, the others debated whether the awakened Herrscher was Sirin, and Otto’s explanation left Einstein pointing out a contradiction.

• The Thousand-Man Herrscher showed Kiana the Gem of Haste and declared that Himeko Murata was dead, but Kiana refused to react as she had hoped and took the gem.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher’s plan caused Kiana to lose control and awakened the Herrscher of the Void, who appeared before her and called her a vessel.
• Kiana and the others reacted to the Herrscher of the Void’s return, while Einstein explained that the Honkai Energy Serum had only weakened her rather than killed her.
• Elysia questioned whether the awakened Herrscher was Kiana’s consciousness or Sirin’s, and Bronya argued that the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s use of the name Sirin supported the latter possibility.
• Otto insisted that Sirin was dead but that the Herrscher of the Void was also Sirin, prompting Einstein to point out the contradiction.

Otto explained that Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void were extensions of Sirin, then admitted he had caused Cecilia and Z Siegfried’s family tragedy. On screen, Kiana accepted that she and the Herrscher were both born from Sirin’s desires and challenged the Herrscher’s belief that Sirin had only been shaped by hatred; their confrontation continued over the meaning of Sirin’s memories.

• Otto identified Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void as extensions of Sirin, prompting Kiana to fear that she was responsible for Cecilia’s death.
• Otto told Kiana that Sirin was dead, took responsibility for Cecilia’s death and the destruction of her family, and said emotions could leave a continuation behind.
• Otto received the Incomplete Golden Rule, prompting Pardofelis and Tesla to envy the reward while Otto remained unhappy.
• On screen, the Herrscher of the Void confronted Kiana and argued that Kiana could not overcome the burden of Sirin’s hatred and her own painful memories.
• Kiana accepted that she and the Herrscher of the Void were both extensions of Sirin, then argued that Sirin had retained beauty and warmth despite her suffering.
• The Herrscher of the Void recalled Sirin’s lost friends and rejected Theresa, Z Siegfried, and Cecilia as proof that humanity had tried to save her.

Kiana defeated the Herrscher of the Void by drawing on the Gem of Haste, and the Herrscher vanished with Benares after entrusting Kiana with Sirin’s hatred and her own final advice. The onlookers argued over Sirin’s fate, and Chakravartin attacked Su in anger before Kiana admitted she could not speak for Sirin.

• The Herrscher of the Void drained Kiana’s borrowed authority and defeated her, but Kiana’s memories and the Gem of Haste restored her strength.
• Kiana overpowered the Herrscher of the Void and promised to prevent another Sirin from suffering the same fate.
• The Herrscher of the Void rejected Kiana’s sympathy, advised her to follow her own path, and disappeared with Benares.
• Pardofelis, Elysia, Otto, Chakravartin, Su, and Sakura discussed Sirin’s humanity and the injustice that had shaped her hatred.
• Chakravartin attacked Su over his reasoning, while Su dodged and let him vent his anger.
• Kiana told Raiden Mei that she was Sirin’s extension but could not truly share or represent Sirin’s experiences.

Otto learned that Life Coins could only be used by the dead in the Death Space, leaving him to search for another way to fulfill his five-hundred-year wish. Kiana reunited with Himeko Murata in a memory world, where Himeko recalled how Captain Ragna had guided her into becoming a Valkyrie.

• Otto correctly recalled the two sentences he had said to Ragna and received the Moonlight Throne Concept Blueprint.
• Otto smashed the table after realizing he had never received a Life Coin, then asked why the Flame-Chasers could use them.
• Kiana explained that Life Coins could rewind a person's life and required the user to be dead and in the Death Space.
• Kiana met Himeko Murata in the memories of the core and walked with her through St. Freya Academy.
• Himeko told Kiana how she had joined Schicksal to investigate her father's death and how Captain Ragna had helped her find purpose as a Valkyrie.

Kiana heard Himeko Murata share Captain Ragna’s letter about the purpose of protecting people, while the group discussed the Previous Era’s failures and the importance of preserving human goodness. Otto disappeared from Schicksal, then reappeared at World Serpent’s base to meet Kevin as Kiana hesitated to leave the memory space.

• Himeko Murata read Kiana Captain Ragna’s letter, which described how a bishop taught her that disaster relief upheld Schicksal’s convictions and helped nurture hope.
• Elysia, Su, and others discussed how the Previous Era’s aggression and vengeance had eroded humanity’s compassion, and Elysia said they would prepare for the Tenth Herrscher.
• Amber discovered Otto had vanished from Schicksal Headquarters, and Durandal ordered the Valkyries there to remain on highest alert.
• Kevin denied that World Serpent had abducted Otto, who appeared beside him through a spatial rift and proposed discussing their shared goals.
• Otto produced Void Archive, and golden light enveloped him and Kevin as Kiana watched Himeko Murata tell her the road ahead was hers.
• Kiana asked whether everything in the memory space would disappear if she opened the door, but she could not bring herself to reach for it.

Kiana said goodbye to Himeko Murata’s memory and broke down in Himeko’s arms, burdened by guilt over Himeko’s suffering. As the group discussed the newly awakened Thousand-Man Herrscher, Gray Serpent revealed that Kevin had disappeared too, leaving them to suspect a conspiracy.

• Himeko Murata comforted Kiana and urged her to leave the memory, promising to watch over her as a star.
• Kiana opened the door and left the memory, then hugged Himeko Murata and cried over her guilt.
• Apponia warned Kiana about the weight of inheriting the Herrscher of the Void’s fate, while Gray Serpent explained that humanity’s hatred might shift toward a stronger threat.
• Gray Serpent announced that the Thousand-Man Herrscher had awakened, and the group discussed how their fighters could counter her powers.
• Gray Serpent revealed that Kevin had disappeared within thirty minutes of Otto’s disappearance, prompting the group to suspect that the disappearances and the Herrscher’s awakening were connected.

Kevin entered the Theater of Domination and fought the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s puppets, who attacked him with accusations about his past and his place in the current era. After destroying them, he mourned his lost companions and walked toward a door deeper inside the theater.

• Kevin entered the Theater of Domination and froze the puppets that welcomed him.
• The puppets staged a trial and taunted Kevin about his companions, Elysia’s death, and the Stigmata Project.
• Kevin grew furious, shattered the theater, and killed the puppets as they continued to mock him.
• Kevin defeated the last puppet, sat among the ruins, and said he missed his companions.
• Kevin stood and walked toward a door deep within the Theater of Domination.

The group debated Kevin and Otto’s disappearance as the Thousand-Man Herrscher quiz began, and Kiana wrongly guessed that she had used five gems. Punished with a challenge against Durandal, Kiana was swiftly beaten while the screen showed her confronting the Thousand-Man Herrscher and its emerging theater of malice.

• Pardofelis, Welt, and the others worried over Kevin and Otto’s disappearance, while Einstein urged them to prepare for the Thousand-Man Herrscher.
• The quiz asked how many gems Kiana relied on, and Kiana incorrectly guessed five.
• The system sent Kiana to a challenge instance, where Durandal defeated her in their sparring match.
• The screen showed Kiana reject the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s claim that people were all puppets driven by evil.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher raised a theater filled with corrupt emotions and gathered them into Dominus.

Kiana fought the Thousand-Man Herrscher in the Theater of Domination, where it captured Bronya and Fu Hua and overwhelmed her with puppets. With Bronya’s help, Kiana awakened the Flamescion’s power and destroyed the theater, then learned that the world-shattering spectacle was shaped by the theater’s special nature.

• The Thousand-Man Herrscher captured Bronya and Fu Hua and trapped Kiana in the Theater of Domination, where she fought its puppets.
• Dominus pinned Kiana down and threatened Bronya and Fu Hua, but Kiana broke free by grasping her red greatsword.
• Bronya used the Key of Reason to bombard the puppets, while Fu Hua’s remaining authority helped bring about a burst of pink feathers.
• Kiana burned away Dominus’s arms and destroyed the Theater of Domination with her four-gem greatsword.
• Kiana celebrated her apparent immense strength, but Welt explained that she had shattered the Theater of Domination rather than a real world.
• Elysia told Kiana that the spectacle was not fake and suggested it resulted from the Theater of Domination’s special nature.

The group discussed the Thousand-Man Herrscher and learned that Jian Yun had become one of its hosts after a disaster and the cruelty of her community. Kiana reflected on the limits of the hope she had given Jian Yun, while the others considered how Schicksal should support survivors and prevent the Herrscher from striking again.

• Vill-V explained that the Thousand-Man Herrscher's power came from the malice of a thousand people, and Raiden Mei said she could try to trace a path back into the Theater of Domination.
• Herrscher of Reason returned after searching Schicksal Headquarters and World Serpent for Otto and Kevin, finding neither of them.
• The footage showed Jian Yun's confession: after Kiana rescued her from a ruined school, her community blamed and ostracized her family, and her father's drunken words led her to the Theater of Domination.
• Kiana defeated the Thousand-Man Herrscher, who questioned whether trust and companionship could withstand future Herrschers before Kiana ended the battle.
• Kiana mourned Jian Yun's fate, and Himeko Murata and Durandal reassured her that she had saved the girl and urged Schicksal to take responsibility for helping survivors.
• Elysia warned that the Thousand-Man Herrscher was uniquely dangerous, while Theresa suggested giving Jian Yun special care or helping her move.

Kiana, the Herrscher of Reason, and Welt entered the Theater of Domination after the Thousand-Man Herrscher challenged them, but the puppets there proved far stronger than before. Kiana fought on alone, unsure what had happened to her friends, as the puppets surrounded her and demanded she defeat them.

• The Thousand-Man Herrscher sent Kiana, the Herrscher of Reason, and Welt an invitation into the Theater of Domination, and Himeko Murata urged them to respond because black fog threatened St. Freya Academy.
• Kiana, the Herrscher of Reason, and Welt entered the Theater of Domination, but Kiana was separated from her companions.
• The puppets taunted Kiana with stories of their suffering and her origins, but she refused to let them sway her and attacked them.
• Kiana initially overwhelmed the puppets, but one resisted her blows and another caught her punch, revealing that the puppets had become much stronger.
• The puppets threw Kiana into an iceberg, then attacked her together and refused to tell her what had happened to the Herrscher of Reason and Welt.

The Herrscher of Reason and Welt fought the Thousand-Man Herrscher in separate sections of the Theater of Domination, while Kiana battled its puppets. The Thousand-Man Herrscher stirred the Herrscher of the Void within Kiana, and the queen began to awaken.

• The Herrscher of Reason fought a puppet with spears, then tried to use Fenghuang Down against the Thousand-Man Herrscher, but it had no effect.
• Welt was overwhelmed by puppets, unleashed the Star of Eden’s full power, and discovered Kevin Kaslana frozen inside an indestructible glacier.
• Kiana endured the puppets’ attacks and smashed the ice battlefield, relying on her strength and regeneration to keep fighting.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher revealed that the Theater of Domination had been stirring Kiana’s hatred and awakening the Herrscher of the Void.
• Kiana’s eyes turned gold, and she greeted the Herrscher of the Void as her other half.

Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void resisted the Thousand-Man Herrscher after it stole Kevin's power, and Durandal arrived to rescue Kiana. Durandal stayed behind to hold the puppets off while Kiana left to find Little Senti and Welt.

• The Herrscher of the Void revealed that her hatred of humanity remained and returned to Kiana's body after the puppets tried to steal her gem.
• Kiana learned that the Thousand-Man Herrscher had obtained Kevin's power, but refused to abandon her companions or hand over the Herrscher of the Void.
• The puppets overwhelmed Kiana as her strength and the Herrscher of the Void's power dwindled.
• Durandal arrived, pierced a puppet with Black Abyss White Flower, and came to Kiana's aid.
• Durandal told Kiana to leave and find Little Senti and Welt while she held off the Thousand-Man Herrscher.

Kiana, Durandal, the Herrscher of Reason, and Welt escaped the Theater of Domination after discovering that the Thousand-Man Herrscher had gained some of Kevin’s power. Their allies agreed to cooperate against the threat, while Welt revealed Kevin was trapped in ice and the group began investigating the Herrscher’s motives and limitations.

• Kiana escaped to St. Freya Academy and warned everyone that the Thousand-Man Herrscher had obtained Kevin’s power and that Durandal needed help.
• The Herrscher of Reason explained that she escaped using Fenghuang Down and an illusion realm, while Durandal later returned after fighting the puppets.
• Schicksal and World Serpent agreed to cooperate, and Anti-Entropy also committed to opposing the Thousand-Man Herrscher despite Welt’s absence.
• Welt returned using spatial coordinates Kiana had left behind and reported that Kevin was frozen inside a pillar of ice and would not wake.
• Kiana noted that the Thousand-Man Herrscher had targeted the Herrscher of the Void, had not seized their authorities, and had invited three Herrschers into the Theater.
• Vill-V and Elysia suggested the Thousand-Man Herrscher could use only part of Kevin’s power, while Gray Serpent proposed waking Kevin.

The Thousand-Man Herrscher destroyed cities by detonating puppet hosts as Honkai bombs, spreading panic and causing massive casualties. Durandal and the other factions prepared to enter the Theater of Domination, while the puppets celebrated their advantage and planned to destroy humanity’s air defenses.

• A newly born puppet detonated herself in a Far Eastern city, killing thirty percent of its population and infecting the rest with Honkai.
• Durandal, Kiana, Einstein, and their allies discussed how to stop the Thousand-Man Herrscher and decided to trace its cores back to the Theater of Domination.
• Kiana volunteered to enter the Theater, and Fu Hua agreed to join her as the group prepared a three-person team.
• The puppets celebrated the destruction of more cities and dismissed World Serpent, Anti-Entropy, and Schicksal as threats.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher planned to sacrifice more puppets to destroy humanity’s air-defense network and carry out its final plan.

Kiana, Durandal, and Fu Hua fought the Thousand-Man Herrscher in the Theater of Domination while the Herrscher of Reason searched its memories for clues about Kevin. Fu Hua revealed her formidable sword power and left the Thousand-Man Herrscher facing another devastating strike.

• Kiana joined Durandal and Fu Hua, using the Herrscher of the Void's power to fight the puppets as Durandal cut through them with Black Abyss White Flower.
• Durandal judged the Thousand-Man Herrscher far weaker than Kevin and battled its giant puppet, which continually healed as more puppets joined it.
• Fu Hua asked the Herrscher of Reason to search the Thousand-Man Herrscher's memories for what had happened to Kevin, then went to aid Kiana and Durandal.
• Fu Hua summoned a golden sword and split the giant puppet and the Theater of Domination with a single strike.
• The Thousand-Man Herrscher's puppets reassembled the giant puppet, but Fu Hua struck it apart again and challenged them to test how many more strikes she could make.

Fu Hua kept the Thousand-Man Herrscher occupied while Himeko Murata and Theresa searched the devastated Sky-Piercing City for its next vessel. Theresa rescued Jian Yun from the school ruins, while World Serpent’s followers began acting in the city’s shadows.

• Fu Hua repeatedly slashed the Thousand-Man Herrscher’s giant puppet, explaining that she could still manage dozens of swings, while Kiana and Durandal supported her.
• Himeko Murata and Theresa fought Honkai Beasts in Sky-Piercing City and searched for a vessel before the Thousand-Man Herrscher could choose one.
• Theresa and Himeko Murata used Schicksal’s records to locate Jian Yun’s home and school, then split up to search the area.
• Jian Yun, trapped beneath the school ruins with a badly broken leg, called for help when Theresa found her and smashed the boulder covering her.
• Theresa sent Jian Yun to a Schicksal branch for emergency treatment and ordered troops to search for other survivors.
• A World Serpent sculptor praised the Lord of Exotic Beasts in a hidden basement and raged at people who criticized her work.

Fu Hua uncovered memories showing that Kevin had tried to kill himself and learned that Otto had urged him to make his death appear to be at the hands of people from the later era. Meanwhile, Fu Hua, Durandal, Kiana, and the Herrscher of Reason attacked the Thousand-Man Herrscher together, leaving the reason for Kevin’s plan unresolved.

• Raven killed Mira Riemer before she could become the Thousand-Man Herrscher, while Amber and the others noted that the Herrscher was still being born without destroying cities.
• Su opened the first pouch from his Brocade Pouch of Stratagems and learned that Kiana was the key to defeating the Thousand-Man Herrscher.
• Fu Hua and Durandal struck the Thousand-Man Herrscher while Kiana redirected Durandal’s attack, and the Herrscher of Reason helped Fu Hua break through its defenses.
• Fu Hua found a memory showing Kevin had pierced his own chest with Fehu, apparently attempting suicide, but failed to kill himself.
• Fu Hua discovered a memory of Otto telling Kevin to make it appear that people from the later era had killed him, and Otto began laying out his plan.

Fu Hua realized Kiana was the key to defeating the Thousand-Man Herrscher, which had stolen the Herrscher of Reason's authority and overwhelmed Fu Hua and Durandal. Kiana persuaded the Herrscher of the Void to lend her full power and began an attack aimed at Kevin, despite knowing it would exhaust her and leave her body to the Herrscher of the Void.

• Fu Hua recalled Otto telling Kevin that Kiana could break the deadlock, but the Thousand-Man Herrscher stole the Herrscher of Reason's authority and trapped Fu Hua and Durandal.
• Kiana fought Dominus alone and deduced that the Thousand-Man Herrscher feared the Herrscher of the Void's full power.
• Kiana awakened the Herrscher of the Void's authority but found she could not wield its full strength on her own.
• Kiana convinced the Herrscher of the Void to lend her power by arguing that the Thousand-Man Herrscher would kill her and that the attack would let the Herrscher of the Void take control of their body.
• The Herrscher of the Void empowered Kiana, who gathered a dark sphere of energy and sent it toward Kevin.

Kiana severed Kevin’s connection to the Thousand-Man Herrscher, allowing Kevin to dissipate and the others to defeat the remaining puppets. After the Theater of Domination vanished, Otto subdued the awakened Herrscher of the Void, and Kiana regained control of her body.

• Kiana’s strike reversed Imaginary Law briefly, severed Kevin’s connection to the Thousand-Man Herrscher, and enabled Kevin to end his life and return to the Flame-Chasers.
• Kevin told Kiana that his arrangement with Bishop Otto had helped bring about his death, promised to help her once, and then completely dissipated.
• Fu Hua and Durandal defeated the weakened Thousand-Man Herrscher, and Durandal killed its final puppet.
• The Theater of Domination dissipated, and the Herrscher of the Void tried to escape and recover Honkai energy.
• Bishop Otto restrained the Herrscher of the Void, injected her with a treatment that put her to sleep, and Kiana awoke and punched him.

Kiana confronted Otto after he helped defeat the Herrscher of the Void, and he revealed that his plan was to resurrect Kallen by exploiting the Imaginary Law and historical correction. Otto vanished after explaining that his consciousness would converge with his past self, leaving Kiana uncertain whether he would survive.

• Kiana questioned Otto about the Thousand-Man Herrscher and the deaths caused by his arrangement with Kevin, and Otto defended his choices while admitting he had pursued his own goal.
• Otto revealed that he had planted a Fenghuang Down feather in Kevin's consciousness so it could carry his memories toward the past and help correct the mistake from five hundred years earlier.
• Otto explained that the Imaginary Law could create new worldlines but could not change existing history, then described his plan to use Convergence and historical correction to make Kallen take his place as Schicksal's Archbishop.
• Kiana worried that Kallen's rule would alter history, but Otto said time's corrective force would prevent major changes and admitted he could not predict whether he would be erased or survive another way.
• Otto turned into light and vanished, and Kiana left the disappearing Theater of Domination.

Kiana returned to St. Freya Academy, where Su used a Special Invitation Card to send Kevin into Death Space and reveal Otto’s plan to bring Kallen back. Otto’s consciousness converged across five hundred years and headed toward the Imaginary Tree, determined to pay for Kallen’s resurrection with his own existence.

• Fu Hua told Theresa and the others that Kiana had helped defeat the Thousand-Man Herrscher, then confirmed that Kevin had died.
• Kiana returned to St. Freya Academy, and Su used the opened second pouch’s Special Invitation Card to trigger Kevin’s entry into Death Space.
• Kiana warned everyone that Otto planned to converge the timeline and replace Kallen’s death with his own history, while Otto’s consciousness separated from Kevin’s.
• Otto endured the convergence of five hundred years of experiences, preserving his single obsession to bring Kallen back to life.
• Otto approached the Imaginary Tree, believing his convergence would create a gap in history that could allow Kallen’s resurrection, and thought of Theresa and Durandal as his body began to break down.

Kevin returned to Death Space after abandoning the Stigmata Project, while the others discussed his choice and the project’s uncertain future. Einstein explained that Otto’s worldline correction was changing history, and Kallen awakened as Schicksal’s Archbishop with conflicting memories.

• Kevin entered Death Space and reunited with the Flame-Chasers, announcing that the Stigmata Project had failed and that he had returned.
• Pardofelis welcomed Kevin with a cake, while Fu Hua explained why she had to remain in the past.
• Gray Serpent said he would seek new possibilities for the Stigmata Project in the Sea of Quanta, and Mobius questioned his understanding of Otto’s miracle.
• Einstein explained that Otto’s convergence caused temporal correction, and Amber realized that everyone now believed Kallen was Schicksal’s Archbishop.
• Amber found Kallen asleep in Otto’s office, and Kallen awoke with conflicting memories of being executed and serving as Archbishop.