Chapter Summaries

Xuan Zhe intervened in a dispute at the research institute and learned that Lin Yuxin was its key researcher on a classified project. After the director examined and hosted him, Xuan Zhe went to Lin Yuxin’s ward when she woke up.

• Xuan Zhe stepped in to stop the director from attacking a researcher and offered to mediate the dispute.
• The director examined Xuan Zhe, warned him about his lack of combat experience, and explained the institute’s secret research project.
• Xuan Zhe recognized the unconscious project lead as Lin Yuxin and asked to see her, while agreeing to wait for her to wake.
• The director arranged food and a place for Xuan Zhe to stay, and Xuan Zhe went upstairs to Lin Yuxin’s ward.
• Lin Yuxin invited Xuan Zhe inside after he knocked.

Xuan Zhe pressed Lin Yuxin for news about the research project, then met her and his assistants to discuss Doctor Lin’s failing condition and the project’s next steps. He returned to Hidden Mystery Village, where he recounted his escape from Ninshu and said the mysterious Qingye had saved him.

• Xuan Zhe visited Lin Yuxin and learned that her research team needed several more days to complete its project.
• Lin Yuxin later warned Xuan Zhe that Doctor Lin’s mental and physical condition was worsening, while saying the team expected to finish the design drawings that night.
• Xuan Zhe left the hospital and met Lin Yuxin and his assistants at a restaurant to discuss Doctor Lin and the project plans.
• Xuan Zhe explained that he had fled Ninshu’s forces with his subordinates, then secretly returned to Hidden Mystery Village after they stopped pursuing him.
• At a village meeting, Xuan Zhe told the elders that Qingye had rescued him and taught him, prompting them to question her origins.

Xuan Zhe returned to Hidden Mystery Village with food and pills as the clan prepared for the Clan Assembly, where Qingye’s strength and mysterious backing drew attention. After the clan head arranged for Qingye to stay, Qinglin and the others settled into a new residence, which was soon surrounded by armed men demanding they come out.

• The clan head praised Xuan Zhe for bringing supplies and assigned him to handle such deliveries in the future.
• Xuan Zhe said Hidden Mystery Village’s formation could withstand Qingye, and he expected to win the Clan Assembly.
• Xuan Zhe asked why the clan head wanted him to marry Qingye, but the clan head postponed explaining his reasons.
• The clan head lamented that Hidden Mystery Village might have been stronger if he had not fled with its people in the past.
• Qinglin and the others moved into a newly built residence, where armed men arrived and challenged them to come out and die.

Xuan Zhe confronted Jiraiya, who accused the Hidden Mystery Village of abducting Liu Yan'er and challenged its people to fight. Their battle escalated from fists to summoned creatures, and Jiraiya ended the chapter injured after Xuan Zhe’s giant lizard struck his chest.

• A young man attacked the men guarding the Hidden Mystery Village and knocked their leader down with a punch.
• Xuan Zhe arrived and learned that the young man was Jiraiya, who accused the village of hiding the missing Liu Yan'er.
• Jiraiya insulted the Hidden Mystery Village and challenged Xuan Zhe, and the two exchanged powerful punches.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta while Xuan Zhe summoned a giant black-scaled lizard.
• Xuan Zhe summoned another giant lizard, which struck Jiraiya in the chest and made him spit blood.

Xuan Zhe pursued Jiraiya toward Konoha, but Gamabunta’s disguise and repeated ambushes kept turning the chase against him. Jiraiya escaped again and tried to strike back with poison mist, which was closing in as the chapter ended.

• Jiraiya fled on his mount while Xuan Zhe and the lizards pursued him, burning villages and killing a carriage passenger along the way.
• Near Konoha, Gamabunta revealed himself as the giant lizard and swallowed Xuan Zhe, who restored his health with a medicinal pill and resumed the chase.
• Jiraiya reached Konoha, where Shinobi surrounded him, but he escaped while Xuan Zhe was trapped in ice again.
• Jiraiya absorbed chakra as he fled, then sensed poison mist rushing toward him and struck back at it.

Jiraiya brutally overpowered Xuan Zhe and his Shinobi, but Xuan Zhe trapped Jiraiya in a white-mist net and continued fighting him. By the end, Jiraiya had begun injuring Xuan Zhe while still bound, and their battle remained unresolved.

• Jiraiya lost his left hand and leg to Xuan Zhe's black mist, then used Hohō to catch and beat him.
• Xuan Zhe called on his Shinobi to attack Jiraiya, but Jiraiya's black mist swallowed them and melted their blades.
• Jiraiya repeatedly struck Xuan Zhe, who kept getting back up despite his severe injuries.
• Xuan Zhe released white mist that formed a net and tightly bound Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya attacked Xuan Zhe while trapped, breaking a tree and inflicting several wounds on him.

Xuan Zhe escaped Jiraiya’s attack and fought him again, using his strength and chakra to injure him despite Jiraiya’s resilience. Their battle escalated into a high-speed clash with weapons, and poison began seeping into Jiraiya’s body.

• Xuan Zhe escaped to his room, where he told Jiraiya that Jiraiya would not be able to activate ninjutsu.
• Jiraiya demanded to know how Xuan Zhe had grown so strong, and Xuan Zhe said he had gained opportunities that made him stronger.
• Xuan Zhe blocked Jiraiya’s punch, and the impact sent a surge of chakra through Jiraiya, badly injuring his arm.
• Xuan Zhe and Jiraiya exchanged another powerful punch and continued fighting at high speed, trading more than a hundred attacks.
• Jiraiya took a blade from a shinobi, while Xuan Zhe brought out a blood-red spear, and poison from Jiraiya’s weapon began seeping into his body.

Xuan Zhe revealed that jealousy had driven him to poison the drinks and arrange the Fire Temple explosion, then tried to kill Jiraiya himself. Jiraiya revived enough to fight him, wounded him, and left the confrontation unresolved as Xuan Zhe continued to taunt him.

• Xuan Zhe poisoned Jiraiya and believed the poison had killed him, then told him he should take care of the girl they both desired.
• Xuan Zhe confessed that he had spied on Jiraiya and the two women, poisoned their drinks, and arranged the attack on the Fire Temple out of jealousy.
• Xuan Zhe drew the Hyuga Clan's treasured blade and prepared to stab Jiraiya, but Jiraiya suddenly spoke and attacked him.
• Jiraiya and Xuan Zhe exchanged blows in the cave, and Jiraiya drove his weapon into Xuan Zhe's shoulder, knocking him down.
• Jiraiya declared Xuan Zhe defeated, but Xuan Zhe stood back up and claimed he could still kill him.

Xuan Zhe survived Jiraiya’s attack and agreed to go with the Anbu Ninja to Konoha Headquarters, where he sought information about the local intelligence network. While investigating the documents, he was confronted by the Konoha youth he had previously defeated, who threatened him with the backing of his father, a Konoha Elder.

• Jiraiya secretly cut Xuan Zhe’s neck, but Xuan Zhe struck back and wounded him, forcing Jiraiya to flee.
• Anbu Ninja arrived to arrest Xuan Zhe, and he agreed to go with them to Konoha Headquarters.
• At headquarters, Xuan Zhe asked the Anbu Ninja to obtain intelligence and reveal Konoha’s local network, then entered a room to inspect documents.
• Xuan Zhe found a newspaper about a man and a woman and inferred that the man was his romantic rival and the father of Uchiha Itachi.
• A youth Xuan Zhe had previously beaten confronted him and boasted that his father was a Konoha Elder and that he was Konoha’s Second.

Xuan Zhe rejected Sasuke Uchiha’s offer to join Konoha and fought him after Sasuke tried to force the position of grand marshal on him. After Xuan Zhe threw Sasuke from the airship and beat him again, Sasuke’s Elder Brother appeared, and the two men began fighting.

• Xuan Zhe learned that Konoha’s Shinobi force had grown to a little over thirty thousand.
• Sasuke Uchiha offered Xuan Zhe power and the grand marshal position if he submitted to Konoha, but Xuan Zhe refused.
• Sasuke insulted Xuan Zhe and attacked him, so Xuan Zhe caught his punch, broke his arm, and threw him from the airship.
• Sasuke returned to the cabin, where Xuan Zhe kicked him and told him to leave Konoha.
• Sasuke’s Elder Brother appeared, and Xuan Zhe told Sasuke their debt was settled and urged him to leave.
• Sasuke charged at Xuan Zhe in a rage, and Xuan Zhe fought back.

Xuan Zhe fought Sasuke Uchiha, provoked him into fleeing, then resumed his pursuit of Yotsuki. As Xuan Zhe prepared a powerful attack, Yotsuki ordered Ye Ying to evacuate everyone.

• Xuan Zhe and Sasuke Uchiha exchanged blows while onlookers watched, and Xuan Zhe taunted Sasuke about his identity and family.
• Sasuke Uchiha, enraged by Xuan Zhe's insults, threatened him and fled into the mountain forest.
• Xuan Zhe left Sasuke behind and pursued Yotsuki, who tried to slow him with giant pythons.
• Xuan Zhe attacked a black skull, but a gust from Yotsuki struck him and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Xuan Zhe formed a large black fireball, and Yotsuki told Ye Ying to take everyone and retreat.

Yotsuki used his Heart-Eating Insects to badly wound Xuan Zhe, then found a woman who recognized him and begged him to save her. He carried the unconscious woman back to the motionless Heart-Eating Insect and began channeling chakra into it.

• Xuan Zhe attacked Yotsuki with a black fireball, but Yotsuki unleashed his Heart-Eating Insects and had them shoot Xuan Zhe until he was badly wounded.
• Xuan Zhe and Yotsuki prepared to leave, but a woman suddenly collapsed in pain and clung to Yotsuki, pleading for him to take her in and save her.
• Yotsuki pushed the woman away and, when she continued sobbing on the ground, struck her neck and knocked her unconscious.
• Yotsuki carried the woman out of the woods while telling Xuan Zhe he could control the Heart-Eating Insects.
• Yotsuki returned to the spot where the Heart-Eating Insect lay motionless and channeled chakra into its head.

Xuan Zhe struggled to get the apparently unconscious Yotsuki to safety and treated his injuries in the ancient tree. As Xuan Zhe transferred chakra to him, Yotsuki began absorbing it, shocking Xuan Zhe.

• Yotsuki entered a strange pale-blue trance, and Xuan Zhe became numb before carrying him to the ancient tree.
• At the tree, Yotsuki appeared to wake and fall asleep again, then cried out in pain; Xuan Zhe helped him climb and tended to his injuries.
• Xuan Zhe found Yotsuki's hand bound by vines and used chakra to free it, discovering deep claw-like wounds in his palm.
• Yotsuki woke and said he felt better, so Xuan Zhe transferred chakra to help him force out what remained in his body.
• Yotsuki used Xuan Zhe's taught method to absorb the chakra being transferred, leaving Xuan Zhe astonished.

Yotsuki expelled most of the poison’s power from his body while Xuan Zhe watched and worried over him. After Yotsuki unexpectedly broke through again, Xuan Zhe warned him not to rush his cultivation, and Yotsuki agreed to be careful.

• Xuan Zhe discovered that Yotsuki could cultivate, but feared the fierce power inside him would kill him if it continued to spread.
• Yotsuki told Xuan Zhe he could not suppress the poison, then asked him to fetch water and clean clothes while he searched for an antidote.
• After Xuan Zhe returned with water and a pill, Yotsuki sat down to channel his chakra and force the power out of his body.
• Yotsuki spent more than two hours expelling most of the power, though some remained and still threatened his internal organs.
• Xuan Zhe blamed himself for Yotsuki’s poisoning and resented the Situ Family for their role in it.
• Yotsuki’s aura unexpectedly grew stronger, and Xuan Zhe warned him against rushing his cultivation; Yotsuki agreed to be careful.

Mei and Raven left Coral Island after recovering the Herrscher cores and honoring Ana, but their report to Kevin was cut off by an emergency at World Serpent's base. As players debated the tragic mission, a new Fu Hua promotional video appeared online.

• Mei and Raven mourned the destruction of Coral Island and reflected on Ana and Owl's tragic fate.
• Mei joined Ana's pendant halves together at the memorial, then returned with Raven to report to Kevin.
• Mei challenged Kevin over whether he had planned for her to seize the cores, but their call was interrupted by an emergency at the World Serpent base.
• Sister Zhou and the livestream viewers argued over the story's tragic ending and speculated about the attack on the base.
• Lehoyo and the official Honkai Impact 3rd account released a new Fu Hua CG short film, which a player immediately opened.

A new Honkai Impact 3rd CG showed Fu Hua attacking Durandal, Kevin, and Bronya before revealing a mysterious woman who called herself “Turn the Tide of All Creation.” The video went viral, and Hanser discovered that her nephew had watched it and repeated its climactic line.

• The CG showed Fu Hua battling Durandal at Schicksal headquarters and confronting Kevin amid flames.
• Fu Hua attacked Bronya on a rain-soaked bridge, and Project Bunny sacrificed itself to protect her before Fu Hua declared she would reshape the world.
• Kiana faced a mysterious woman atop a skyscraper, who introduced herself as “Turn the Tide of All Creation,” and the video ended.
• Players shared the CG widely and speculated about Fu Hua’s transformation as it surged across social media on Lunar New Year’s Day.
• Hanser caught her nephew repeating the woman’s line, learned he had watched the new CG, and checked its rapidly rising view and share counts.

After the new Honkai Impact 3rd CG stirred up fans, Lin Yuhao refused to reveal story details to Qin Xiaofeng and Sister Zhou. He then ran into Sister Zhou and Xiao N at a restaurant and offered Sister Zhou a chance to debut Lehoyo’s planned VR version of the game on stream.

• Hanser watched the new CG with her nephew and called Lin Yuhao, but his line was busy.
• Qin Xiaofeng called Lin Yuhao to ask what happened to Fu Hua in the CG, and Lin Yuhao hung up without giving him spoilers.
• Sister Zhou called Lin Yuhao to ask when the next main story would release and whether the character was Fu Hua, but he refused to answer and ended the call.
• Sister Zhou and Xiao N spotted Lin Yuhao at a restaurant, where he invited them to share his table.
• Lin Yuhao told Sister Zhou that Lehoyo was developing a VR version of Honkai Impact 3rd and offered her its streaming debut when it was ready.

Lin Yuhao’s Fu Hua CG continued to inspire players and children, and Lehoyo built anticipation for its next update and concert. When the new main story chapter launched, Sister Zhou began uncovering the immortal’s identity through memories and voices representing parts of her soul.

• Sister Zhou agreed to watch Lin Yuhao’s new story content, while children nearby imitated Fu Hua’s famous line and Lin Yuhao wondered whether his stories could help them grow.
• The CG’s popularity surged, and a recently laid-off young Shaoji decided he had to join Lehoyo after watching it repeatedly.
• Lehoyo released a new version preview after the Spring Festival holiday, revealing upcoming story content, characters, and battlesuits as players eagerly reacted.
• Lin Yuhao directed his staff to finalize the story schedule and concert preparations, while Qin Xiaofeng anxiously awaited the update.
• After maintenance ended on Thursday, Sister Zhou opened the new main story chapter and encountered the immortal’s Id and Superego, which told her to recover her memories and find her Ego.
• The immortal’s memories revealed several past identities, including a girl, a female warrior, an immortal, and an Academy class monitor, before the Id began speaking nervously.

Sister Zhou played through a VR Honkai Impact 3rd scene in which a woman woke from a five-hundred-year sleep and confronted Otto Apocalypse. After a memory revealed that Otto had shot her, she attacked him, leaving him slammed against a wall.

• The woman woke inside a Schicksal life-support pod as her three personalities argued about Otto Apocalypse and urged her to escape.
• Sister Zhou chose to break the pod open with her fist and emerged to find Otto waiting outside.
• Otto said he had revived and healed her because he did not want her to die, but her inner voices accused him of betrayal and killing her.
• A memory replayed Otto shooting her after saying, “Red Kite Immortal, I did not lie.”
• Sister Zhou followed her inner voices’ command to kill Otto and slammed him against the wall.

Otto was beaten to death as Schicksal Headquarters was devastated, while Theresa and Bronya struggled to make sense of the simultaneous attacks on Schicksal and World Serpent. Kiana ignored the turmoil and reached Mount Taixu with Bronya to search for Fu Hua’s traces and the Taixu Sword Energy.

• Otto’s body was found destroyed after an unseen assailant battered him, and Schicksal Headquarters lay in flames and ruins.
• Theresa told Bronya that Otto was missing, Durandal had taken control, and World Serpent’s headquarters had also been attacked by someone who fought its Sovereign and escaped unharmed.
• Bronya told Theresa that Kiana was training in Fu Hua’s techniques, and Kiana said she wanted to focus on the journey to Mount Taixu rather than the outside conflict.
• Kiana explained that she sought Fu Hua’s traces and the Taixu Sword Energy, which could suppress the Herrscher Core.
• Kiana and Bronya reached Mount Taixu and began searching its weathered paths for clues about Fu Hua’s past.