Recaps

Xuan Zhe fought a succession of challengers in the Land of Iron, trained Kakashi, and discovered a mysterious cat that called him its master. After Tsunade’s kidnapping sparked a crisis between Konoha and Hidden Mystery Village, Xuan Zhe intervened to protect Konoha as the fighting escalated.

• Xuan Zhe defeated Higashimura Sanxiong, Matsushita General, and several samurai and fighters who challenged him in the Land of Iron.
• Xuan Zhe provisionally accepted Kakashi as his disciple, taught him practical ninjutsu, and gave him a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Xuan Zhe found an injured Uchiha Clan Ninja Cat, which claimed he was its master and prince, and he later named it Kitten.
• After learning Tsunade had been kidnapped, Xuan Zhe left to find her while Konoha and Hidden Mystery Village prepared for conflict.
• Hidden Mystery Village returned Tsunade, but its chief and Konoha’s chief traded threats, and Konoha’s council considered an alliance against Hidden Mystery Village.
• Xuan Ying and his party entered Konoha, where fighting erupted as Konoha’s Clan Head and the Hidden Mystery Village chief discussed joining forces.
• Xuan Zhe chose to protect Konoha because Hidden Mystery Village had attacked Tsunade, then drove back its fighters and pursued them as battle spread.

Xuan Zhe fought Konoha and Hidden Mystery Village’s forces while pursuing medicine for Tsunade and investigating the village’s secrets. After a brutal clash with Jiraiya, he was taken to Konoha, where he refused Sasuke Uchiha’s offer and fought him.

• Xuan Zhe fought alongside Hidden Mystery Village’s forces against Konoha, and Xuan Lang led repeated assaults that broke through Konoha’s defenses.
• Xuan Zhe learned that Tsunade had captured her Konoha Shinobi boyfriend, then investigated Shan Zhi’s claims about a powerful figure and escaped capture with him before attackers seized them both.
• Xuan Zhe returned to Tsunade, searched the swamp for Blood Lotus, and raided Hidden Mystery Village, defeating its guards and hundreds of Shinobi.
• Xuan Zhe confronted the Hidden Mystery Village Clan Head and received responsibility for Lady Xuan Yue’s protection, then led Konoha’s expedition against the village’s Ninjutsu Research Institute.
• Xuan Zhe met Lin Yuxin and learned about the institute’s secret project before returning to Hidden Mystery Village, where Jiraiya challenged him over Liu Yan’er.
• Xuan Zhe and Jiraiya fought through villages and into a cave, where Xuan Zhe admitted to spying on Jiraiya and poisoning his drinks, but Jiraiya survived and forced him to retreat.
• Anbu Ninja arrested Xuan Zhe and brought him to Konoha Headquarters, where he learned Konoha had over thirty thousand Shinobi.
• Sasuke Uchiha offered Xuan Zhe power and a grand marshal position, but Xuan Zhe refused, broke Sasuke’s arm, and fought him again after Sasuke’s Elder Brother appeared.

Yotsuki survived a dangerous poisoning, while Lin Yuhao released new Honkai Impact 3rd content centered on Fu Hua. Kiana and Bronya searched Mount Taixu through her sealed memories, defeated altered phantoms of her disciples, and entered a memory of Chi Yuan traveling with Lin Zhaoyu.

• Yotsuki wounded Xuan Zhe with Heart-Eating Insects, then received his help to expel a dangerous power that threatened his body.
• Lin Yuhao released a Fu Hua CG that drew widespread attention and offered Sister Zhou the streaming debut of a planned VR version of Honkai Impact 3rd.
• Sister Zhou began the new story, where a woman awakened in a Schicksal pod, recalled Otto shooting her, and attacked him.
• Kiana and Bronya traveled to Mount Taixu to seek Fu Hua’s traces and Taixu Sword Energy, and Lin Zhaoyu helped them unlock memories sealed in feathers.
• Kiana and Bronya witnessed Hua’s losses in Canghai City, her struggles alongside Kevin, and her entry into cryogenic sleep.
• Lin Zhaoyu recounted Chi Yuan’s murder by her disciples and brought Kiana into memories of Chi Yuan’s travels with the Book of Cangxuan.
• Kiana and Bronya defeated phantoms of the Taixu Seven Swords in a tampered memory but returned to Mount Taixu without seeing what lay beyond the temple door.
• Kiana entered another feather’s memory and watched Lin Zhaoyu accompany a distant Chi Yuan on a journey to visit her parents’ tombs.

Kiana and Bronya explored Fu Hua’s past while Black Fu Hua recovered memories and clashed with True Fu Hua over her identity. After learning that Black Fu Hua was a Herrscher inhabiting Fu Hua’s body, Kiana challenged her claims by revisiting the Class Monitor’s choices.

• Kiana and Bronya passed through memories of Lin Zhaoyu and the other disciples before emerging through a gateway in Fu Hua’s arm.
• Fu Hua confronted Otto at Schicksal, then fought through World Serpent’s defenses and recovered a Feather of Yu Duchen from Kevin.
• True Fu Hua revealed that her consciousness survived inside the feather and questioned the identity of the Fu Hua controlling her body.
• Black Fu Hua traveled to Mount Taixu with True Fu Hua, gave a dying corrupted girl a peaceful dream, and rejected her former self’s decisions.
• True Fu Hua accused Black Fu Hua of being a Herrscher, and narration revealed that the Eighth Herrscher had occupied Fu Hua’s empty body.
• Black Fu Hua admitted to manipulating Kiana and Bronya’s perceptions on Mount Taixu, then overpowered them when they attacked.
• True Fu Hua told Kiana that the Herrscher had mistaken Fu Hua’s memories for its own and advised her to undermine Black Fu Hua’s certainty.
• Kiana questioned Black Fu Hua’s ability to protect her, and Black Fu Hua triggered an alarm while attempting to recreate their infiltration of the World Serpent base.