Chapter Summaries

Fang Li sparred with Kiririn Ditou in the underground training ground, seemingly overwhelmed by her relentless Rensou attacks. As the duel continued, he realized Bō Xié’s own will had allowed him to wield the Third Level weapon and prepared to test its power.

• Kiririn Ditou unleashed the Ditou Style’s Rensou, forcing Fang Li to retreat and defend against her continuous slashes.
• Koichiro Ditou lost interest in the fight, while Fan Xinglu praised Kiririn’s swordsmanship and Claudia noted that Fang Li was holding back.
• Fang Li focused on Bō Xié and realized he could wield the Third Level weapon because it had willingly allowed him to use it.
• Fang Li looked toward Kiririn and decided it was time to try out Bō Xié’s power.

Fang Li used Bō Xié’s wind-manipulating ability to break Kiririn Ditou’s Rensou, but realized the Third Level weapon drained his Star Pulse Energy and exceeded his current mastery. He transformed Bō Xié into the dagger he used best and vanished toward Kiririn Ditou.

• Fang Li infused Bō Xié with Star Pulse Energy and unleashed a wind-pressure shockwave that broke Kiririn Ditou’s Rensou and sent her flying.
• Kiririn Ditou recovered and acknowledged that Fang Li had broken her signature technique, while Koichiro Ditou reacted in shock and Claudia watched with amazement.
• Fang Li realized he could not yet draw out Bō Xié’s full power and that using its ability consumed Star Pulse Energy.
• Fang Li discovered he could alter Bō Xié’s own form, then transformed it from a sword into a dagger.
• Fang Li gripped the dagger in reverse, faced Kiririn Ditou, and suddenly vanished from where he stood.

Fang Li overwhelmed Kiririn Ditou with his speed, then used Bō Xié to transform the ground into spikes and trap her. He destroyed Kiririn Ditou’s school badge, deciding the duel in his favor.

• Fang Li vanished from Kiririn Ditou’s senses and launched a rapid series of attacks that forced her onto the defensive.
• Kiririn Ditou realized Fang Li briefly revealed his presence whenever he attacked and struck him during one of those moments.
• Kiririn Ditou knocked aside Fang Li’s dagger and slashed toward his school badge, believing she had won.
• Fang Li let Bō Xié pierce the ground and transformed it into spikes that surrounded Kiririn Ditou and stopped her from moving.
• Fang Li cut Kiririn Ditou’s school badge in two, winning the duel.

Fang Li defeated Kiririn Ditou, but Koichiro Ditou blamed and threatened her for losing. Fang Li stopped Koichiro from striking Kiririn and held a dagger to his throat, leaving Koichiro frozen under Fang Li’s killing intent.

• Fang Li defeated Kiririn Ditou, splitting her school badge and ending the duel.
• Fan Xinglu praised the fighters, while Claudia wondered about Fang Li and resolved to investigate him.
• Koichiro Ditou berated Kiririn for losing, revealing that he controlled her life to advance his own career.
• Koichiro raised his hand to strike Kiririn, but Fang Li appeared behind him and held a crescent-shaped dagger to his throat.
• Fang Li warned Koichiro not to interfere with his right to reproach the defeated, and Koichiro froze under his killing intent.

Fang Li confronted Koichiro Ditou for mistreating Kiririn Ditou, but stopped when she begged him to spare her uncle. After exposing Koichiro’s ruined plan and urging Kiririn to rely on herself, Fang Li left with Fan Xinglu.

• Fang Li held a dagger to Koichiro Ditou’s throat and cut his skin despite Koichiro’s warning that attacking an ordinary person would bring severe punishment.
• Kiririn Ditou pleaded with Fang Li to spare Koichiro and explained that she had willingly accepted his arrangements to improve her chances of winning the Star Wars Festival.
• Fang Li put away his dagger after Kiririn begged him, while Koichiro touched his bleeding neck and resented the Star Pulse Generation.
• Fang Li told Koichiro that Kiririn’s loss to an unranked student from another academy would damage his standing with the Integrated Enterprise Conglomerate.
• Fang Li advised Kiririn to rely on herself, then walked over to Fan Xinglu as the incident came to an end.

At Queenville Girls' Academy, Student Council President Sylvia Runeheim received intelligence that Fang Li had subdued Bō Xié, the Pure Star Imperial Armament. She wondered whether its abilities could help her find Ursula and decided to act, unaware that people were watching her.

• Sylvia Runeheim walked through the top-floor corridor of Queenville Girls' Academy toward her room.
• A spatial window appeared and showed Sylvia a profile of Fang Li, a Jielong Seventh Academy student and disciple of Myriad Heavenly Net.
• Sylvia read the latest intelligence and learned that Fang Li had subdued Bō Xié, a Pure Star Imperial Armament without a user for nearly a century.
• Sylvia wondered what Bō Xié could do and whether it could help her find Ursula, then made a decision.
• Several people watched Sylvia through a narrow crack in a door behind her.

Fang Li met Sylvia in the Redevelopment District after she asked him for a favor, and he asked her to sing for him in return. Sylvia shared an unfinished melody with him, leaving him responsible for living up to her unusual payment.

• Fang Li received a message from Sylvie asking him to meet at their usual place and agreed to go.
• Zhao Hufeng warned Fang Li that the major factions had taken notice of him because of Bō Xié and urged him to be careful.
• Fang Li met Sylvia in the Redevelopment District and learned she cared more about finding a place to sing than keeping her fame.
• Fang Li asked Sylvia to sing only for him as payment for her favor, and she hummed an unfinished melody that no one else had heard.
• Sylvia told Fang Li to put in effort worthy of hearing her new song.

Sylvia took Fang Li on a seemingly intimate walk through Battle City before discussing their backgrounds and the Star Wars Festival. She revealed that she would compete in the King Dragon Star Martial Festival, leaving Fang Li eager to test himself against her.

• Sylvia held Fang Li's arm and brought him to the commercial district, while Fang Li questioned why she was acting intimate.
• Sylvia explained that she knew about Fang Li's Jie Long training, his defeat of Bō Xié, and his Phoenix Star Martial Festival registration through information she had received as Queenville Girls' Academy's Student Council President.
• Sylvia said Queenville cared little about Star Wars Festival results, but she intended to win the upcoming King Dragon Star Martial Festival.
• Fang Li remembered Sylvia had been the previous King Dragon Star Martial Festival's runner-up and said he wanted to fight her.
• Sylvia teased Fang Li for caring more about her combat ability than about her as a girl.

Fang Li and Sylvia shared a playful day in the shopping district, while five girls secretly followed them. At the park, Sylvia asked Fang Li about Bō Xié’s ability, leaving him to wonder whether she had invited him out to obtain information.

• Fang Li flicked Sylvia on the forehead and warned her that acting intimate could make men hope for a relationship with her.
• Five disguised girls watched Fang Li and Sylvia, then followed them through the crowd.
• Fang Li and Sylvia wandered through shops and eateries before resting together in a park near the administrative district.
• Sylvia said she had enjoyed the day and asked Fang Li what kind of ability Bō Xié had.
• Fang Li wondered whether Sylvia had asked him out to probe him for information about Bō Xié.

Fang Li revealed that he knew Sylvia was searching for her teacher, Ursula, because of a future he had learned through Pandora. After hearing how important Ursula was to her, Fang Li accepted Sylvia’s request and said he might already have a clue to her whereabouts.

• Sylvia told Fang Li she had asked about Bō Xié for personal reasons and would keep its secrets.
• Fang Li told Sylvia that he knew she was searching for Ursula, whom she regarded as a mother.
• Fang Li explained that he had learned about Sylvia’s search through a future revealed by Pandora.
• Sylvia admitted that Ursula had taught her to sing and everything she knew about the world.
• Fang Li accepted Sylvia’s request to find Ursula and said he had a clue about where she might be.
• Fang Li and Sylvia suddenly turned grave.

Fang Li and Sylvia realized several people were watching them and decided to draw them out by disappearing. They hid together beside a vending machine as the girls searching for them panicked, leaving Sylvia flustered and Fang Li reaching toward her face.

• Fang Li and Sylvia noticed concealed gazes watching them and ruled out paparazzi, Bō Xié, and Fang Li’s known enemies as the likely cause.
• Fang Li suggested making their watchers reveal themselves, then vanished with Sylvia from the bench.
• Several girls rushed over, panicked when they found the bench empty, and argued about which way to chase.
• Fang Li and Sylvia hid in the shadows beside a vending machine, pressed close together.
• Sylvia glared at Fang Li as she blushed, and Fang Li raised a hand toward her face.

Fang Li kissed Sylvia while they hid behind a vending machine from a group of girls searching for her. After they emerged near sunset, Sylvia hurried away, promising to contact him later.

• Sylvia recognized the voices of five girls nearby and stayed silent while hiding with Fang Li.
• Fang Li kissed Sylvia, and she eventually stopped resisting as the kiss continued for several minutes.
• The five girls left, and the park crowd thinned before Fang Li and Sylvia finally emerged near sunset.
• Sylvia awkwardly ended their time together and ran off, telling Fang Li she would contact him later.
• Fang Li watched her go and looked forward to hearing from her again.

Lusalka tried to use a candid photo of Sylvia Runeheim with Fang Li to undermine Sylvia and seize the top spot at the music festival, but Sylvia confronted them and warned them against leaking it. Outside the room, Sylvia reflected on her encounter with Fang Li and admitted she still had to keep associating with him to find Ursula.

• Mielshir showed Lusalka a photo of Fang Li and Sylvia together, and the group planned to use it against Sylvia.
• Mavrena questioned whether their plan could work, pointing out that the academy director would suppress any scandal about Sylvia.
• Sylvia entered the room, revealed she had reported Lusalka to the academy director, and warned them they would be held responsible if the photo leaked.
• After Sylvia left, she privately thought about what had happened with Fang Li and complained that Lusalka had given someone the chance to take advantage of her.
• Sylvia acknowledged that she still needed to associate with Fang Li to find Ursula, which was giving her a headache.

Fang Li and Cecily sparred in the training hall, where he used Bō Xié to turn Cecily’s lightning attack back against her and learned how much Star Pulse Energy the weapon consumed. With the Phoenix Star Martial Festival beginning, they set out to learn their group assignments and vowed to win the championship.

• Cecily summoned a gigantic lightning tiger, and Fang Li used Bō Xié to break it apart and redirect its lightning into her barrier.
• After the clash devastated the training ground, Fang Li and Cecily ended their spar and discussed his improved strength and Bō Xié’s heavy energy consumption.
• Cecily warned Fang Li not to rely too much on Bō Xié, and Fang Li agreed to use it cautiously.
• Fang Li and Cecily prepared for the Phoenix Star Martial Festival and headed to see the group assignments.

Fang Li and Cecily attended Fan Xinglu’s briefing on the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, where they reviewed the tournament roster and information on rival teams. Fang Li discovered that Kiririn Ditou would compete alongside Star Guidance Academy’s Blazing Flame Witch, Julius-Alexia von Riessfeld.

• Fang Li and Cecily arrived at Huangchen Hall, where Fan Xinglu, Zhao Hufeng, and the Li Siblings were waiting.
• Zhao Hufeng explained that the Phoenix Star Martial Festival would begin the next day, with 512 participants competing in the preliminaries before the top thirty-two entered the main tournament.
• Fang Li reviewed the rival teams’ information and focused on Star Guidance Academy, which specialized in the partner-battle festival.
• Fang Li found that Kiririn Ditou had entered the festival after her uncle’s defeat caused the Integrated Enterprise Conglomerate to abandon her.
• Fang Li learned that Kiririn Ditou’s teammate was Julius-Alexia von Riessfeld, Star Guidance Academy’s fifth-ranked Blazing Flame Witch, prompting Cecily’s excitement and Fang Li’s interest.

Fang Li learned that Julius-Alexia von Riessfeld had partnered with Kiririn Ditou for the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, likely because of the consequences of his duel with Kiririn Ditou. He then identified Ayato Amagiri, an unranked Star Guidance Academy student with no duels on record, as a hidden swordsmanship expert and opponent worth watching.

• Zhao Hufeng explained that Julius-Alexia von Riessfeld had invited Kiririn Ditou to compete with her after Kiririn Ditou’s situation changed because of Fang Li’s victory.
• Cecily welcomed the chance to test herself against Julius, while Zhao Hufeng said he wanted to challenge Kiririn Ditou.
• Fang Li examined another team’s roster and singled out an unranked Star Guidance Academy student with no duel record.
• After the Li Siblings mocked the student’s record, Fang Li warned them that he also had no duel record and was outside the rankings.
• Fang Li named the student Ayato Amagiri and described him as a swordsmanship expert hiding his abilities.

Fang Li reviewed information about Ayato Amagiri and his Black Furnace Demon Sword, then received a late-night call from Sylvia. Their conversation ended with Fang Li teasing her about the kiss he had shared with Sylvie.

• Fang Li studied Ayato Amagiri's profile and recalled that Ayato was a skilled swordsman and heir to the Amagiri Shinmei Style.
• Fang Li examined information about Ayato's Black Furnace Demon Sword, a powerful Pure Star Imperial Armament that could burn through anything but another Pure Star Imperial Armament.
• Fang Li received a call from Sylvia, who appeared in her true identity as the famous idol.
• Sylvia teased Fang Li for seeming unaccustomed to her appearance, and Fang Li replied that Sylvie, not Sylvia, had once given him a passionate kiss.
• Sylvia's smile turned unnatural after Fang Li's remark.

Sylvia contacted Fang Li to ask about her missing teacher, Ursula, and learned that Ursula had suffered an unexplained incident and remained asleep. Fang Li promised to handle the situation, leaving Sylvia increasingly curious about him.

• Sylvia and Fang Li teased each other, but Fang Li's remark about restraining his feelings made Sylvia realize she knew little about his past.
• Sylvia asked Fang Li for clues about Ursula, and he said he knew both why she had disappeared and where the trail led.
• Fang Li explained that Ursula had suffered an incident and was passively asleep, though he withheld the details.
• Fang Li promised to handle Ursula's situation and told Sylvia to focus on being a diva, then ended the communication.
• Sylvia watched the spatial window vanish and said she had become more curious about Fang Li.

Fang Li watched Matthias Mesa open the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, then left the competitors' lounge to explore the Sirius Dome. A young woman in a white coat recognized him as someone from Jie Long.

• Fang Li watched Matthias Mesa address the crowd at the Sirius Dome's opening ceremony, then closed the spatial window.
• Fang Li asked Cecily about their master and left the lounge while she stayed behind to rest.
• Fang Li walked through the competitors' area toward the vending machines and passed two young women.
• The young woman in the white coat recognized Fang Li as someone from Jie Long.

Fang Li encountered Einest Jūné and Camilla Parét, representatives of the Carving Faction and Lion Faction of the Alcant Research Institute, in the Phoenix Star Martial Festival competitor area. Einest eagerly sought to examine Bō Xié, while Camilla said the Pure Star Imperial Armament held little interest for her faction.

• Einest approached Fang Li excitedly, and Camilla scolded her before both girls scrutinized him.
• Fang Li recognized the girls as representatives of the Alcant Research Institute’s Carving Faction and Lion Faction.
• Fang Li explained the factions’ research specialties and the girls’ reputations as leading research specialists.
• Einest revealed that she knew Fang Li had tamed Bō Xié and eagerly asked to see its Activation Body.
• Camilla stopped Einest and told Fang Li that, despite her curiosity, Bō Xié did not interest the Lion Faction’s research ideals.