Part 2 Story and Lore Explained - Dreams, Shadows, and DOGS | Honkai Impact 3rd

So, Part 2 of Honkai Impact 3rd was released a while ago and HoYoverse hit us with a ton of lore… all at once. And people are confused! I know this, because every time I saw any discussion regarding the lore of Part 2 on social media, I felt like I was reading fan fiction. So I've spent the last few weeks preparing the oven to cook this video… and hopefully offer a clearer image of what is happening!

Trust me! After organizing all the information… it's not as complicated! I think that it felt that way because the lore was thrown at us quickly. Plus, there's the technical jargon… and the classic Honkai Impact 3rd English localization, which doesn’t help with the flow of the text.

If my previous Part 2 video served as an introduction to the world of Luoxing and explained how the stories of Part 1 and Part 2 are connected, this video talks about the events that are happening in the story of Part 2. I will briefly go over the History of Mars, The Curse of Shadows, the 7 Shus, and explain everything that happened in Chapter 1 regarding Litost and Duonigue.

If you are a veteran who played through the story, I hope I helped you put things into perspective. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to ask in the comments, and I… or other knowledgeable members of the community will answer you!

Please Enjoy!

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:55 The History of Mars
4:47 The 7 Shus and the Shadows
10:39 Langqui and Oxia
12:22 Litost and Duonigue
16:47 Miscellaneous

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[HomuLabs]

Hello! The script for this video was written before Chapter 2 came out. Due to my back pain, I took some time off from content creation and the editing process was very slow. That is why you'll notice that the editing in the second half of the video is not as good and polished like the first half. I'm sorry for that! But I just didn't feel well enough to go all in and I just wanted to finish this video ASAP. Chapter 2 reveals some new info that I didn't mention in the video, like how the Shus get their powers from counterfeit Astral Rings made by Baiji… and more. All the stuff revealed in Chapter 2 will be addressed in a future video, so don't worry about it! I just wanted to let you know why some info is not there is you were wondering.

[MbahtedjoOfficial]

Coocon in mars : shadow curse
Coocon in venus : abyysal monster/planet eater monster
Coocon in earth: honkai/hearscher

[icariamcgordon]

We need people like you on HSR. Most people get the grasp of the story but when they explained it, it just like I read fan fiction

[shinhikaru]

In the word of Homu Labs. "Stay Strong Everyone, we will have Female SU eventually."

[donna]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO, the chapter two was much more easier to follow in my opinion but oh boy, i was so confused with chapter one. now everything makes much more sense!

[binphut]

With the collab between Hsr and Hi, now is the perfect time for your return. 🎉🎉

[TheNamelessKaslana]

Chenxue & Songque will be the most interesting characters

[Goras]

Thanks, I needed a Chapter 1 recap, because I was left very confused, especially about Litost. Chapter 2 was thankfully better.

Something most likely just a coincidence, but a fun one: "litost" means "regret" in Czech & regret is Litost's theme because of the great sin he committed. So yeah, fun haha.

I hope your back gets good soon!

[Ironluke_]

"The Best Hoyoverse Character Ever- I mean Thelema The Shu of Pleasure."

Bro's still horrendously down bad for Thelema even while doing lore recaps. 🤣

[simpleyuu]

post chapter 2 comment here

Ho boy I'm so excited for the next chapter everything is about to go down. heck I'm intrigued by what lantern said about our crew was the one making the shadows run amock and it seems like cause we keep using the astral rings and the way senadina abused astral ring to draw out the fight with lantern and how chenxue is kinda worried to what it could do to sena
Baiji being the Shu of misfortune is kinda funny man wants to own up to his mistakes but seems like making things 100x worse lol. Finally some Sonque lore about to happen
And during the devstream there were concerning CG's that where shown and I'm nervous lmao. Finally I'm invested in part 2 and it only took 2 chapters. Chenxue SUS af

[yuratsuni]

Finally I've been waiting for your video about part2 lore!! Please give us a recap as well if you can❤❤❤❤

[Ngawfah]

THANKS ONCE AGAIN TO UN-CONFUSED ME THE MARS LORE

[jaedenn_]

This was actually so incredibly useful, thank you SO much for this video... Part 2 has been so overwhelming for me and I had no real clue anymore what was going on. Your video greatly helped!

[aldyzero]

Coralie: Is your "great Honkai eruption" this simple? Just some shadow problem?

Well listen Coralie, Mars got attacked by Honkai first, Venus second, and Earth third. This means the Cocoon did different trial and errors on each planet.

[ottovw]

You're mention of "Dreams" being outside of time. Reminded me of KeBin wandering through the dreams of the Honkai beast visiting Jupiter. I wonder if this is tied to the notion of a human consciousness beyond time.

[Kim]

Pretty hyped for more Part 2 story

I'm also very excited when they show Professor Youyun in the game

[meh]

All I know is that Coralie is adorable and must be protected at all cost

[Nerox]

Thank you as always for the recap. I don't know what it is about the part 2 lore but I love it so much and was immediately hooked. Songque is probably my favorite character in part 2. Can't wait to find out more about her in future chapters.

Even though chapter 1 act 2 specifically wasn't my favorite it wasn't hard to understand for me at least. The only problem I had was with the timeline. There were just too many major events and figuring out in which order they happened was a bit confusing. Thanks for clearing it up now everything makes sense.

I really can't wait for chapter 3. From what we have seen so far chapter 3 might be absolutely insane. I am both excited and terrified. I really hope that we see Ai and Vita at the end of chapter 3. I need them to finally go down there and join the team. They have been edging us for months now. Giving us a 2-minute scene in each chapter I can't take it anymore😭

[IslandXD]

the dog is a shadow but creates it's owner made of it's shadow but the dog was from the shadow of the owner who knew yes.

[rianbeatergod]

*3D model of Baiji Shows Up*

Bwahahahahhahahaa