Recaps

Kevin defeated Bronya and took the Herrscher of Reason's Core as he prepared to leave the Sea of Quanta, prompting the group to suspect he intended to carry out the Stigmata Project. Cosmo then joined Death Space, where the others tried to welcome him despite his silent, guarded manner.

• Kevin took the Gem of Desire and severed Bronya's connection to the Herrscher of Reason's Core, defeating her before Welt appeared to confront him.
• The group discussed why Bronya and Welt opposed Kevin, and Elysia and Hua identified the Stigmata Project as the likely cause.
• Hua explained that the Stigmata Project would spread Honkai Energy among humanity and leave fewer than one in ten thousand people alive.
• Cosmo joined Death Space, introduced himself briefly, and silently observed his former comrades and the unfamiliar group.
• Pardofelis interpreted Cosmo's unspoken thoughts for the others, while Cosmo remained wary of the strange Chat Group.
• Elysia urged Cosmo to greet everyone, but he stayed silent as Raiden Mei introduced herself.

The quiz exposed why Griseo went barefoot: Cosmo had told her it would keep her canvases and blankets clean, though the answer briefly made everyone suspect him of improper motives. After the misunderstanding was cleared up, Elysia explained how Griseo became a Fusion Warrior, and the footage continued with Cosmo reminding her to brush her teeth.

• Cosmo and the Flame-Chasers could not identify why Griseo always went barefoot, so Elysia correctly chose that Cosmo liked it that way.
• The group condemned Cosmo after the quiz answer, and footage showed Griseo telling Mei that Cosmo had asked her to go barefoot.
• Griseo clarified that Cosmo wanted to keep her canvases and blankets clean, clearing up Mei’s suspicions and the group’s misunderstanding.
• Elysia explained that Griseo had undergone MANTIS surgery to survive the Honkai after her parents died, and that Cosmo and Apponia had cared for her.
• The footage continued with Cosmo reminding Griseo to brush her teeth after she finished painting.

Cosmo explained to Mei that he cared for Griseo because her father had asked him to protect her, while the others cleared up their suspicions about his affection for children. The group then faced a quiz about who stopped Kevin from carrying out the Stigmata Project, and Pardofelis was selected to answer as time ran out.

• Griseo's remark about Cosmo liking girls under twelve led Mei and the others to suspect him, but Cosmo explained that he simply liked spending time with children.
• Cosmo told Mei that Griseo's father had been his senior and comrade, and that he had promised to care for Griseo after his death.
• Elysia explained that Cosmo had originally been meant to carry out the Ark Project but stayed behind so Griseo could go instead.
• The quiz asked who stopped Kevin after Mei's death, when he pursued the Stigmata Project, and the group considered Su, Hua, Honkai God, and Pardofelis as possible answers.
• Pardofelis was chosen as the lucky audience member, and Elysia told her to use a somersault and her tail's direction to decide between Su and Honkai God.

The screen showed Su confronting Kevin over the Stigmata Project and challenging him inside a World Bubble with three Divine Keys. As their battle began, the others discussed Kevin’s overwhelming strength and learned that Elysia might be able to match him.

• Pardofelis answered the tail-up question correctly and won an Invisibility Cloak.
• Su confronted Kevin after discovering that Kevin had spread CYP-630 across an island to find Stigmata Awakeners, and Kevin admitted he had used the islanders as experimental subjects.
• The observers condemned the Stigmata Project, while Hua said she would try to stop Kevin despite his immense strength.
• Su lured Kevin into the Sumeru World-Bubble and asked him to postpone the Stigmata Project, but Kevin refused and challenged Su to stop him.
• Su brought out Black Abyss White Flower, Star of Eden, and Thousand Worlds as Kevin wielded Fehu, and their battle began.
• Hua said Su still had little chance against Kevin, while Pardofelis suggested that Elysia could fight Kevin on equal terms.

Kevin defeated Su in the Sumeru World-Bubble but froze Fehu instead of destroying the Second Divine Key, then cast Su out and sank into the Sea of Quanta himself. The discussion turned to Kevin's doubts about the Stigmata Project before a new Q&A asked about one of his side jobs at Puppet Academy.

• Kevin overwhelmed Su, destroying Star of Eden and Black Abyss White Flower and shrugging off their attacks.
• Su activated the Observer Project and used the Second Divine Key to try to trap Kevin in the Sea of Quanta.
• Kevin's strike went wide when Fehu froze and shattered, leaving Su unsure why Kevin had stopped.
• Kevin threw Su out of the World-Bubble and sank into the Sea of Quanta, telling him to continue the Hengsha Project.
• The group discussed Kevin's opposition to the Stigmata Project and the lack of other plans to defeat the Honkai.
• The Q&A asked what side job Kevin held at Puppet Academy.

Kiana correctly guessed that Kevin had become a security guard and received a Kevin Puppet, which immediately began guarding St. Freya Academy. The screen then showed Xiao Ran slipping into Puppet Academy by climbing over the wall after Kevin stopped her for not having her student ID.

• The group debated which job Kevin had taken at Puppet Academy, and the system selected Kiana to answer.
• Kiana guessed that Kevin was a security guard and won a Kevin Puppet reward after jokingly wagering ten years of her lifespan.
• Kiana activated the puppet, which demanded everyone show their student IDs before heading to guard St. Freya Academy’s gate.
• The group watched Xiao Ran return to Puppet Academy, where Kevin blocked her entry for lacking her student ID.
• Xiao Ran climbed over the wall to get inside, leaving Kevin raging below while the group laughed at his failed attempt to stop her.

The group watched a comic puppet-school scene before answering a quiz about how Chakravartin viewed Apponia. Eden correctly chose the violent option, and Chakravartin joined Death Space.

• Xiao Ran reunited with Teacher Red Kite at the academy, who recalled their zombie battles and accidentally pulled out Xiao Ran’s oxygen tube while trying to care for her.
• The group joked about the puppets and reflected on how different their lives might have been in a world without Honkai.
• Pardofelis explained that Chakravartin was a volatile Flame-Chaser who considered Apponia his friend.
• Eden chose option D, correctly identifying Chakravartin’s answer as wanting to stain Apponia’s hands with blood.
• Death Space expanded and Chakravartin joined.

Chakravartin joined the Chat Group and immediately threatened the Herrschers while demanding to find Apponia. A scene revealed that Chakravartin considered Apponia a friend despite his violent plans for her, leaving the others puzzled about their relationship.

• Chakravartin joined the Chat Group, threatened the Herrschers, and demanded that Apponia appear.
• Eden received a Life Coin Trial Version reward that could send someone to the new civilization for one day, prompting Kiana to retract her challenge to Chakravartin.
• Chakravartin explained to Raiden Mei that he was eager to reunite with Apponia and described her as his friend, though he planned to tear her apart once his Precepts were lifted.
• Raiden Mei asked Chakravartin whether he considered her a friend, and he said she could only think so in her dreams.
• The group discussed Chakravartin's hostility and complicated relationships with the Flame-Chasers, while Hua recalled fighting him and Elysia mentioned Mobius had fought him too.

Raiden Mei guessed that she had provoked Chakravartin in the Previous Era Elysian Realm to challenge Apponia’s prophecy that she would die in ten days. She won the Dreamer’s Heart reward but set it aside after learning it would stop her from cooking, and Kiana hid it in her bookshelf.

• Chakravartin grew enraged when Apponia was mentioned, while Pardofelis warned the group not to ask about The Deep.
• The quiz asked why Mei had provoked Chakravartin, and Mei chose the answer that she had tried to break Apponia’s ten-day prophecy.
• The quiz confirmed Mei’s answer, though the group questioned how Apponia’s accurate prophecy fit with Mei living into After Honkai.
• Mei received the custom-made Dreamer’s Heart, whose description said drawing it would give her power but prevent her from cooking.
• Kiana and Himeko stopped Mei from drawing the weapon, and Kiana hid it in her messy bookshelf.

Raiden Mei tried to test Apponia’s ten-day death prophecy by provoking Chakravartin into a potentially fatal fight. After the quiz revealed her greeting, Mei challenged him and left their confrontation on the brink of battle.

• Mei told Raven she planned to face Chakravartin to test what would happen if she entered a certain-death situation before Apponia’s prophecy came true.
• The group joked about Mei’s plan, and Kiana insisted that Mei should not draw Dreamer’s Heart because she wanted to protect her cooking.
• The quiz asked what Mei would say to Chakravartin, and Kiana chose the wrong answer, earning responsibility for dinner.
• The system revealed that the correct greeting was, “Chakravartin, please get your ass over here.”
• Mei delivered the greeting to Chakravartin and taunted him about bluffing and his record as the Elysian Realm’s final trial.
• Chakravartin attacked Mei, and she deflected his punch before he declared that he would show her no mercy.

Raiden Mei deliberately provoked Chakravartin and fought him in The Deep, where he overwhelmed her after revealing their earlier clash had only been a warm-up. As Chakravartin prepared to kill her, Mei watched closely for the fate Apponia had predicted, and the chapter ended before his next move.

• Mei provoked Chakravartin into meeting her at The Deep, while the others watched and joked about his anger.
• Mei and Chakravartin fought evenly at first, surprising the observers with how much stronger Mei had become.
• Chakravartin revealed that the fight had only been a warm-up and unleashed his full power, quickly defeating Mei.
• Chakravartin offered the fallen Mei a chance to speak her last words, but she said she would speak them another day.
• Chakravartin raised his hand to deliver a potentially fatal attack as Mei watched for the outcome of Apponia’s prophecy.

The group questioned who would save Raiden Mei from Chakravartin, and Theresa won a reward after guessing Apponia. The displayed scene revealed that Apponia could stop Chakravartin with a few words, leaving everyone astonished at her influence over him.

• Raiden Mei feared Chakravartin’s punch, while Elysia claimed she would save Mei at the critical moment.
• Theresa guessed that Apponia would intervene and received Elysia’s book about communicating with Chakravartin, whose title had been changed to promise cremation.
• Elysia protested the system’s use of her book and persuaded it to give everyone a Stigmata, but each person received the same Hannah Stigmata.
• The displayed scene showed Apponia arriving as Chakravartin prepared to finish off Mei and asking him to leave.
• Chakravartin raged at Apponia but could not strike her, then left after she addressed him, shocking Kiana, Mei, and Theresa.

The group discussed the Flame-Chasers’ abilities before a quiz credited Fu Hua with an outrageous rampage against Schicksal, World Serpent, Kevin, and Durandal. The screen then showed Otto shooting Fu Hua after revealing his plan, leaving Fu Hua questioning whether the man she once admired still existed within him.

• Fu Hua explained that her exceptional memory was her defining ability, and the group debated the power of Apponia’s Precepts.
• A quiz asked who had been shot by Otto and then fought Kevin to a draw, with Fu Hua choosing herself as the answer.
• Fu Hua received a book about fraud law, and the others speculated that it might keep her from being tricked or help her evade punishment.
• The screen showed Otto explaining his plan to the injured Fu Hua and asking whether she would still oppose him.
• Fu Hua condemned Otto’s selfishness and lies, and Otto shot her with the Judgement of Shamash.
• Fu Hua recalled first meeting Otto when he stepped in front of Kallen, and wondered whether he was still the person she had once admired.

After Otto ambushed Hua, the group watched a screen showing a dark, overwhelmingly powerful version of her demolishing Schicksal Headquarters, defeating Durandal, and fighting Kevin. The chapter ended with everyone wondering which Herrscher Hua would fight next, while Mei insisted she would be safe because she would have joined World Serpent.

• Elysia and the others condemned Otto for ambushing Hua and discussed how Hua might recover and take revenge.
• The screen showed a crimson-shrouded Hua attacking Schicksal Headquarters and overpowering Durandal.
• Hua and the others speculated that Otto's betrayal had caused Hua to go dark and wreak havoc.
• The screen showed Hua fighting Kevin with Fehu and displaying strength that astonished the group.
• Elysia wondered which Herrscher Hua would fight next, and Mei said Hua would not attack her because she would have joined World Serpent.

Fu Hua watched footage of her darkened self overpowering Bronya and confronting Kiana, while the others debated why she had acted so freely. The quiz asked who restored Fu Hua after Otto shot her, and Fu Hua chose Einstein, but the answer was Otto.

• Fu Hua watched her darkened self chase Bronya across a bridge, break her barrier, and attack Kiana with overwhelming power.
• Kiana, Bronya, and the others discussed Fu Hua’s strange transformation and speculated that Otto’s betrayal had made her lose control.
• The quiz asked who had treated Fu Hua and restored her body after Otto shot her, and the group considered Einstein, Theresa, Otto, and Kevin.
• Fu Hua dismissed Otto and Theresa as likely answers and chose Einstein, but the system revealed that Otto was correct.

Hua recovered from her wounds in Otto’s medical pod and remembered that she was the Immortal Crimson Bird, while her ego, id, and superego emerged to guide her. Otto claimed he had healed her because he did not want her to lose another twenty years, but Hua remained suspicious of his motives and wanted to crush his Soul Steel Face.

• Hua received a punishment that reduced her arm strength by one-tenth, and the others discussed why Otto had healed her after shooting her.
• As Hua recovered in a medical pod, her ego, id, and superego urged her to search her memories, and she recalled her past and identity as the Immortal Crimson Bird.
• Hua and the others suspected Otto had tampered with her mind, possibly explaining her later attacks on Schicksal headquarters and Kevin.
• Hua emerged from the pod, and her ego, id, and superego identified Otto and reminded her that he had deceived her.
• Otto told Hua he healed her because he did not want her to spend another twenty years recovering, while Hua said she wanted to crush his Soul Steel Face.

Hua watched a memory of her corrupted self beating Otto and discussed whether that violent figure was really her. The Chat Group then welcomed the Herrscher of Reason, whose arrival prompted Chakravartin to threaten her.

• Hua’s memory showed her killing Otto with a gunshot, then seizing him and repeatedly punching his Soul Steel Face as the Id urged her on.
• The Chat Group members laughed at Otto’s beating, while Hua insisted the violent version of herself was not the reasonable person she was now.
• Cosmo suggested that the person who fought Schicksal and World Serpent might not have been Hua, though the others argued that her memories and Immortal Body proved she was.
• The Chat Group announced that the Herrscher of Reason had joined, and she asked what the strange chat room was and who its members were.
• Chakravartin celebrated the arrival of another Herrscher and called for a fight, so Raiden Mei warned the Herrscher of Reason to run.

The Herrscher of Reason appeared in the Chat Group and accused Hua of stealing her body, prompting the others to piece together that she had once awakened in Hua’s body and caused havoc. After she temporarily convinced everyone she was the real Hua, the group began a quiz about how Otto had gotten her to leave Schicksal Headquarters.

• The Herrscher of Reason arrived and demanded that Hua answer for taking her body, while the others tried to understand their history.
• Bronya deduced that the Herrscher of Reason had awakened in Hua’s body, inherited her memories, and caused the destruction at Schicksal Headquarters and elsewhere.
• The Herrscher of Reason claimed she was Hua because she would protect Shenzhou better, then altered her consciousness so the Chat Group displayed her as Hua before changing it back.
• The Herrscher of Reason bonded with Kiana over beating Otto, and the group started a quiz about how Otto had persuaded her to leave Schicksal Headquarters.
• Theresa realized that the Herrscher of Reason, rather than Hua, had caused the damage at Schicksal Headquarters.

Herrscher of Reason answered the quiz correctly and received a body identical to Fu Hua’s peak Immortal Body, then discussed her past revenge against Otto. In the scene, Otto used sophistry to excuse his actions and revealed that he could transfer his consciousness into spare bodies, leaving the group unsure how to stop him.

• Herrscher of Reason chose D, correctly identifying that Otto shifted the trouble onto Kevin’s side, and received the Immortal Crimson Bird Immortal Body.
• Herrscher of Reason’s new body replicated Fu Hua’s peak Fusion Warrior physique, and she promised to protect Fu Hua and the others.
• Fu Hua asked whether Herrscher of Reason still blamed her for taking back the body, and Herrscher of Reason said she did not hold a grudge.
• The scene showed Herrscher of Reason destroying Schicksal Headquarters before Otto appeared and argued that they were even because each had killed the other and been revived.
• Otto revealed that he had spare bodies and had transferred his consciousness after Herrscher of Reason killed him, prompting Bronya to conclude that his technology made him difficult to kill.
• Herrscher of Reason proposed destroying all of Schicksal Headquarters to eliminate Otto’s spare bodies, and Fu Hua warned that he might have bodies at Schicksal’s branches.

Herrscher of Reason left Schicksal after Otto directed her toward Kevin Kaslana, who held the Feather of Dust. The group then began a quiz about why Kevin arrested her in Puppet Academy, and they suspected she had caused the trouble at Great Mount Xu.

• Theresa worried Otto might have hidden spare bodies in the Far East Branch, and Elysia suggested one could be concealed at St. Freya Academy.
• Otto told Herrscher of Reason that Kevin Kaslana held the Feather of Dust, and she departed to find him.
• The group joked that Otto had shifted the damage from Schicksal to World Serpent, while Herrscher of Reason boasted about her strength.
• A quiz asked why traffic cop Kevin arrested Herrscher of Reason on Great Mount Xu in Puppet Academy.
• After learning that Kevin worked as a security guard in Puppet Academy, the group noticed the question misspelled Hua's Mount Tai Xu and suspected Herrscher of Reason was responsible.

The group learned that Herrscher of Reason had once committed fraud at the foot of Mount Tai Xu, and Fu Hua gave her a fraud-law book that only encouraged her to study loopholes. An exposure showed Fu Hua raising bizarre Immortal Crimson Birds on Mount Tai Xu, while the group joked about the farm and Pardofelis’s cat, Canned Food.

• Herrscher of Reason chose the wrong answer about her past, and the correct answer revealed that she had committed fraud at the foot of Mount Tai Xu.
• Fu Hua gave Herrscher of Reason a book about fraud law, which Herrscher of Reason eagerly read for its emergency-avoidance advice.
• Herrscher of Reason lost her Authority for three days and borrowed a feather from Fu Hua’s Fenghuang Down to replace it.
• The exposure showed an Immortal Crimson Bird breeding farm on Mount Tai Xu, where Fu Hua raised many strange varieties of Immortal Crimson Birds.
• Fu Hua denied that the farm had anything to do with her, while Theresa, Kiana, and Pardofelis expressed interest in raising the birds.
• Pardofelis explained that Canned Food was created from her memories and said she would bring the cat to meet Herrscher of Reason if she got the chance.

Herrscher of Reason’s scam at Great Mount Xu spiraled into a chaotic shared illusion, and her escape with the entire mountain ended with her crashing into Hua’s Mount Tai Xu. The collision destroyed Hua’s vegetable garden, and Herrscher of Reason was beaten by Hua’s enormous Crimson Birds.

• Herrscher of Reason tricked Moon Chaser into buying the Xuanyuan Sword and Bella into buying Friendship Points, then accidentally merged the Puppets’ illusions into a bizarre shared dream.
• The Book of Cang Xuan woke up on Black Kite’s head and fought it over the meat bun she had dreamed of, while Herrscher of Reason prepared to flee with the crystals she had earned.
• Kevin Puppets surrounded Herrscher of Reason, but she used Reversal of All Things to escape with Great Mount Xu as the traffic cop Kevins pursued her.
• Herrscher of Reason crashed Great Mount Xu into Mount Tai Xu, destroying Hua’s vegetable garden and farm.
• Hua led her enormous Crimson Birds in beating Herrscher of Reason, while the others joked about eating the birds and Hua mourned her ruined Spring No Old.

The quiz exposed Fu Hua’s five-thousand-year habit of eating Spring No Old and revealed that Chakravartin and Mobius were Fire Moth’s most frequent scapegoats. Chakravartin used his reward to return to Fire Moth and attack its members, while the chapter ended with Raiden Mei meeting Mobius and eyeing the tea she offered.

• The Herrscher of Reason revealed that Fu Hua had spent most of five thousand years in the mountains eating Spring No Old, provoking teasing from Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Elysia.
• The quiz asked which two people in Fire Moth took the most blame, and Pardofelis chose Mobius while Chakravartin chose himself; both answered correctly.
• Pardofelis received the Shadowless Snow-Treading Lightness Skill, and Chakravartin received a Life Coin.
• Chakravartin used the Life Coin to return to Fire Moth, denounced its members for killing a little girl and claiming fear made them do it, and vowed to kill them.
• Elysia and the others warned that Chakravartin could not be stopped, while they discussed Fire Moth’s wrongdoing and the scapegoating of Chakravartin and Mobius.
• In the image, Raiden Mei visited Mobius, who offered her tea that Mei suspected was unsafe.

Eden visited St. Freya Academy, gave the others gemstones, and joined Himeko for a drink. Theresa then spoke with Otto and, despite fearing he had discovered her secrets, believed she had concealed Fu Hua’s defection from him.

• Mobius blamed Chakravartin for the crater, and the others joked about how she had damaged his reputation.
• Eden arrived at St. Freya Academy, gave the Herrscher of Reason and the others gemstones, and spoke with Elysia about her regrets.
• Himeko invited Eden to drink wine, while Theresa worried about the academy’s finances and Himeko’s hidden alcohol.
• Otto called Theresa, joked about visiting her, and told her he had transferred next year’s funding.
• Theresa celebrated fooling Otto, but Kiana and the others doubted her confidence, and Hua objected to being called a defector.

Otto infiltrated St. Freya Academy in a youthful body to investigate Hua’s recovery, but the Kevin Puppet stopped him and Raiden Mei mistook him for a hungry boy seeking his sister. A quiz about the Book of Cang Xuan left Hua remembering how she had failed to protect Cang Xuan, Danzhu, and the Book.

• Amber used Otto’s recording to convince Theresa that he had sent funding to St. Freya Academy, then transferred the academy a large sum.
• Otto disguised himself as a young boy and entered St. Freya Academy to investigate the changes surrounding Hua and her recovered strength.
• The Kevin Puppet challenged Otto at the gates, and Otto claimed he had come to find his sister and collect his allowance.
• Raiden Mei fed Otto braised beef and gave him a week’s allowance, while he planned to leave before Theresa could recognize him.
• The group received a quiz asking what instruction Cang Xuan and Danzhu had given the Book of Cang Xuan.
• Hua recalled arriving too late to save Cang Xuan and Danzhu and burying the Book without ever thanking her.