Chapter Summaries

Fang Li and Sylvia visited Leof Black Academy during its festival, where gambling and violence shaped the campus. Sylvia described the academy’s Student Council President, Diluk Aibelfan, as the “King of Wickedness” and revealed that she hated him.

• Fang Li and Sylvia walked through Leof Black Academy’s chaotic festival, where casinos drew crowds despite the academy’s unsettling atmosphere.
• Sylvia explained that the academy’s ties to the underworld and the legality of gambling in some places allowed its gambling events to flourish.
• Sylvia complained that delinquents kept hitting on her, and Fang Li had already dislocated their limbs and thrown them into alleys.
• Sylvia said the “Lonely Witch” kept to herself but obeyed the “King of Wickedness” without question.
• Sylvia identified Diluk Aibelfan as an ordinary person who had used courage and schemes to become Leof Black Academy’s Student Council President.
• Sylvia told Fang Li that she hated Diluk and that they were like fire and water.

Fang Li visited Leivov with Sylvia to see the Lonely Witch, whom Sylvia had twice lost to at the King Dragon Star Martial Festival. Unable to find the witch, Fang Li decided to make her come to him, while Diluk ordered someone to investigate the pair's purpose.

• Sylvia told Fang Li she disliked the King of Wickedness and explained that she had twice lost to the Lonely Witch at the King Dragon Star Martial Festival.
• Fang Li said he had come to Leivov because he wanted to see the Lonely Witch, and Sylvia admitted she remained determined to face her again next year.
• Fang Li and Sylvia searched Leivov but found no sign of the witch, so Fang Li said he would make her come see him and left with Sylvia.
• Diluk watched footage of Fang Li and Sylvia touring the academy, then called someone and ordered them to find out what the pair wanted.

Fang Li carried Sylvia back to Jielong after the academy festival and brought her to the Room of Stars for the night. Fan Xinglu discovered them, learned Sylvia would be staying with Fang Li, and agreed to pretend she had seen nothing.

• After the festival, Fang Li pulled Sylvia back and carried her out of the park toward Jielong.
• Fang Li and Sylvia returned to Jielong despite the rules against students from other academies staying overnight.
• Fan Xinglu used the Earth Shrinking Technique to bring Fang Li and Sylvia into a grand hall.
• Fan Xinglu asked why Sylvia had come to Jielong so late, and Fang Li said Sylvia would probably stay with him that night.
• Fan Xinglu laughed, agreed to turn a blind eye, and sent Fang Li and Sylvia to the Room of Stars.

Fang Li brought Sylvia to his Star Pulse Energy training room, where they talked about her embarrassment over Xinglu learning they had spent the night together. When Zhao Hufeng arrived to discuss the Griffin Star Martial Festival, Fang Li hid Sylvia beneath his blankets, but she laughed and drew Zhao Hufeng’s attention.

• Sylvia noticed the Star Pulse Energy in Fang Li’s room and said she could use it to train her control.
• Sylvia complained that Xinglu had seen her make a fool of herself, and Fang Li teased her about worrying over appearances.
• Zhao Hufeng knocked on Fang Li’s door, and Sylvia explained she knew him as Jie Long Academy’s fifth-ranked student and a fan of her concerts.
• Fang Li hid Sylvia beneath his blankets before letting Zhao Hufeng into the room.
• Zhao Hufeng asked whether Fang Li would join the Griffin Star Martial Festival, and Fang Li said he was not interested.
• Sylvia laughed beneath the blankets, causing Zhao Hufeng to freeze.

Fang Li diverted Zhao Hufeng’s suspicions by asking about the Lonely Poison Witch, learning that Fan Xinglu considered a fight with her uncertain under Star Wars Festival rules. After Zhao Hufeng left, Fang Li and Sylvia were relieved that he had not discovered her hiding beneath the covers.

• Fang Li redirected Zhao Hufeng’s attention by asking whether the Lonely Poison Witch could rival Fan Xinglu.
• Zhao Hufeng explained the witch’s two King Dragon Star Martial Festival victories and relayed Fan Xinglu’s assessment that a duel’s outcome would depend on the rules.
• Fang Li concluded that Fan Xinglu might still be stronger in an unrestricted fight and thanked Zhao Hufeng for answering his question.
• Zhao Hufeng warned Fang Li that he might face the Lonely Poison Witch and praised his potential to challenge Fan Xinglu.
• Fang Li offered to get Zhao Hufeng an autographed photo of Sylvia, while Sylvia pinched him when he began to say they were not very familiar.
• Zhao Hufeng left with a satisfied expression, and Fang Li and Sylvia sighed in relief.

Fang Li talked with Sylvia about hiding her identity from Zhao Hufeng, then browsed news about the upcoming Griffin Star Martial Festival and considered visiting St. Galladovan Academy. The chapter ended with Fang Li joining Sylvia in the bath.

• Sylvia suggested preparing an autographed photo for Zhao Hufeng, and Fang Li warned her not to disappoint his idolizing senior brother.
• Fang Li explained that Zhao Hufeng was too rigid to overlook Sylvia being in Huangchen Hall without permission.
• Sylvia changed her hair back to its indigo-violet color, undressed, and went to bathe while Fang Li watched.
• Fang Li read that St. Galladovan Academy's Lancelot Team and Tristan Team had registered for the Griffin Star Martial Festival, and he considered visiting the academy.
• Fang Li entered the bathroom to bathe with Sylvia.

Fang Li and Sylvia toured Jielong, St. Galladovan Academy, and Alcant Research Institute during the school festival before Fang Li visited Queenville Girls' Academy. As Sylvia’s concert played across the academy, a huge commotion broke out, leaving Fang Li wondering what had happened.

• Fang Li and Sylvia toured Jielong, and Fang Li showed Sylvia the rooms in Huangchen Hall that connected to different spaces.
• Fang Li and Sylvia visited St. Galladovan Academy and enjoyed its orderly school festival without incident.
• Fang Li and Sylvia toured Alcant Research Institute, found its academic presentations boring, and ended their morning early.
• Sylvia told Fang Li to meet her at Queenville Girls' Academy that afternoon, then left to get ready.
• Fang Li entered Queenville Girls' Academy and watched a spatial-window broadcast of Sylvia singing at a concert.
• A huge commotion broke out as Fang Li thought about how long it had been since he had heard Sylvia sing.

Sylvia appeared at Queenville Girls' Academy in her true appearance and asked Fang Li to go on a date with her. After their identities were revealed and news of their meeting spread, the pair escaped the crowds and hid in Twin Hall.

• Sylvia approached Fang Li at the academy festival without disguises and asked him to date her as her true self.
• Sylvia removed Fang Li's hat and disabled his concealed earpiece, revealing his appearance to the crowd.
• Sylvia took Fang Li away as spectators recognized them and spread news of their meeting across Battle City and the internet.
• Visitors flooded Queenville Girls' Academy hoping to see Sylvia, while rumors about her and Fang Li circulated.
• Sylvia led Fang Li to the top floor of Twin Hall and wrapped herself around his arm once they were out of sight.

Fang Li and Sylvia escaped the academy festival crowds to have afternoon tea at a rooftop café, where Lusalka’s members confronted him. Michelle announced that she had come to lodge a complaint against Fang Li.

• Fang Li and Sylvia went to a secluded café at Queenville Girls' Academy to avoid the festival crowds.
• Sylvia ordered tea and dessert while the café’s students whispered about her relationship with Phoenix Star Martial Festival champion Fang Li.
• Lusalka’s five members barged into the café and found Fang Li sitting with Sylvia.
• Michelle accused Fang Li of giving her a reason to complain, and Bevi, Tulia, Monica, and Mavrena joined in.

Lusalka confronted Fang Li over Sylvia considering retirement, but Fang Li argued that Sylvia should be free to leave a career she did not love. The dispute ended with Michelle challenging Fang Li to a duel.

• Fang Li asked Lusalka why they had come to complain, and the other members pushed their captain, Michelle, forward to speak.
• Michelle accused Fang Li of causing Sylvia to plan her retirement, and Lusalka objected because they wanted to surpass Sylvia and become number one.
• Fang Li asked Sylvia whether she loved being an idol, and Sylvia said she had chosen the position to let more people hear her sing and had nothing to miss if she quit.
• Fang Li said Sylvia could retire if she wanted and joked that she could stay home and raise children while he supported her, making the girls blush.
• Mavrena agreed that Sylvia's wishes mattered, but Michelle pointed at Fang Li and challenged him to a duel.

Michelle challenged Fang Li to a duel over Sylvia, and Fang Li agreed after changing the stakes: if Lusalka lost, the group would disband. Michelle accepted, and the duel between Fang Li and Lusalka was set.

• Michelle challenged Fang Li to a duel and demanded that he leave Sylvia if he lost.
• Fang Li refused at first, then asked Michelle what she wanted if she won; she said he had to leave Sylvia.
• Michelle proposed that all five members of Lusalka fight Fang Li together, and Fang Li accepted on the condition that Lusalka disband if they lost.
• Fang Li provoked the girls, and Michelle accepted the new stakes despite Mavrena's attempt to calm everyone down.
• Fang Li and Sylvia exchanged a glance as the duel between Fang Li and Lusalka was decided.

Fang Li entered Sylvia’s personal training room to face the Lusalka girls, who wielded the divided Pure Star Imperial Armament known as the Northern Celestial Lyre. The girls began their attack, and Monica’s bass guitar immediately made Fang Li’s body heavier and slowed his Star Pulse Energy.

• Fang Li inspected Sylvia’s training room and invited the Lusalka girls to attack him.
• The Lusalka girls drew their musical instruments, which were the five divided pieces of the Northern Celestial Lyre.
• Fang Li refused to use a Pure Star Imperial Armament, saying he first wanted to see whether the girls were worth its price.
• Michelle rallied the Lusalka girls, whose weapons and eyes began glowing blue.
• At Michelle’s command, Monica played a deep note that weighed down Fang Li’s body and slowed his Star Pulse Energy.

Fang Li faced the Lusarluca girls’ coordinated attack as the five Luxes of the Lyra of the Northern Heavens weakened him and enhanced their wielders. He evaded Michelle and Tullia’s assault, but Bai Wei blocked his counterattack and the two guitarists unleashed a blast; Fang Li’s amused voice revealed he was still unharmed.

• Ma Fureina played her keyboard, boosting the Lusarluca girls while Monica’s bass weakened Fang Li and hindered his prana.
• Fang Li assessed the abilities of the five Lyra of the Northern Heavens Luxes and the protection his Explorer’s Wish equipment provided.
• Michelle and Tullia charged Fang Li with light blades, but he dodged their strikes and countered with a swift slash.
• Bai Wei created a sound barrier that blocked Fang Li’s follow-up slash, giving Michelle and Tullia time to recover.
• Michelle and Tullia fired a powerful combined shockwave that blasted apart part of the training room, and they thought they had hit Fang Li.
• Fang Li’s amused voice asked what they meant by saying they had gotten him.

Fang Li fought off all five members of Lusalka despite their soundwave attacks, support fire, and defensive barriers. Michelle called for Resonance, and the group gathered their power around her and Tulia as a violent force began to shake the training room.

• Michelle and Tulia launched a devastating soundwave at Fang Li, but he charged through it and shattered it with a kick.
• Bevi raised soundwave barriers while Monica attacked Fang Li from behind, and Mavrena fired light bullets at him.
• Fang Li deflected the trio’s blade attacks and evaded Mavrena’s shots, leaving Lusalka unable to overcome him.
• Michelle ordered the group to use Resonance, and the five members gathered dazzling blue light around Michelle and Tulia.
• Michelle and Tulia plucked their guitars as a tremendous impact shook the training room.

Fang Li survived Lusalka’s resonant Shattering Vibration Wave and revealed the Ice-Blue Demon Eyes, then cut through the group’s attacks and barriers. He defeated all five Lusalka members by slicing their school badges in half.

• Lusalka unleashed a resonant Shattering Vibration Wave, but Fang Li endured it after concentrating his Star Pulse Energy to defend himself.
• Fang Li praised the girls’ teamwork and declared that he would fight them with his full strength.
• Michelle called for resonance, and Lusalka sent another powerful wave of sound toward Fang Li.
• Fang Li used his Ice-Blue Demon Eyes to find a path through the sound wave and cut it apart with his blade.
• Bevi raised a greatly strengthened sound-pressure barrier, but Fang Li sliced through it and broke all five Lusalka members’ school badges.

Fang Li defeated Lusalka in an official duel, then offered to spare the group from disbanding if they obeyed him. Sylvia warned Pedora that opposing Fang Li would make her an enemy, leaving Pedora to accept that she could no longer keep Sylvia under her control.

• Fang Li defeated Michelle, Bevi, Monica, Tulia, Mavrena, and the other Lusalka girls, shattering their school badges and ending the duel.
• Fang Li reminded Lusalka that losing meant disbanding, and the girls broke down in tears.
• Fang Li told Lusalka they could avoid disbanding if they behaved and listened to him from then on, and the girls eagerly agreed.
• Pedora watched the duel from the spectator room, and Sylvia arrived to explain that Fang Li's strength should make the Integrated Enterprise Conglomerate think carefully.
• Sylvia warned Pedora that she would stand against her if she became Fang Li's enemy, then left.
• Pedora concluded that she could no longer keep Sylvia from choosing whether to stay or leave.

After the academy festival ended, Fang Li and Sylvia stayed together in her dorm room while online rumors about their relationship spread across the world. Sylvia regretted that their festival date was over, but they looked forward to spending more time together as she kept her idol career for now.

• Visitors left the six academies as the festival officially ended, and headlines about Fang Li and Sylvia caused a worldwide uproar.
• Fang Li read the online news in Sylvia's dorm room and decided not to return to his own dorm because a senior brother kept calling him.
• Sylvia came out of the bathroom and accused Fang Li of sneaking into her room, but she clung to him when he pretended to leave.
• Sylvia told Fang Li she regretted the festival ending and worried her busy schedule would leave little time for dates.
• Sylvia said she would maintain the status quo rather than retire, and Fang Li noted how much the girls of Lusalka admired her.

Fang Li and Sylvia were caught in an atmosphere that recalled the start of their relationship, and Fang Li decided not to heed Sylvia’s excuses or final protest. The chapter ended with them beneath the covers as the bedroom lights went out.

• Fang Li and Sylvia remembered the ambiguous atmosphere surrounding their first kiss as their heartbeats and body temperatures rose.
• Sylvia tried to leave Fang Li’s lap, claiming she felt cold and needed to change, but Fang Li pulled her onto the bed.
• Fang Li teased Sylvia about her excuse and tore away her bath towel.
• Sylvia protested that she had work the next day and told Fang Li not to mess around, but Fang Li said he would anyway.
• Fang Li pulled the covers over them as the lights went out and their clothes lay scattered on the floor.

Fang Li woke after spending the night with Sylvia, and the two shared a teasing, affectionate farewell before he left her room at dawn. Unbeknownst to him, Michelle, Bai Wei, Monica, Tulia, and Mavrena had been listening from the room opposite.

• Sylvia woke Fang Li by tickling his nose with a strand of her hair and teased him about the previous night.
• Fang Li and Sylvia joked about holding grudges before Sylvia urged him to leave before the academy grew busy.
• Sylvia helped Fang Li get dressed, kissed his cheek, and watched him leave her room.
• Fang Li noticed the opposite door was ajar and quietly departed without confronting anyone.
• Michelle, Bai Wei, Monica, Tulia, and Mavrena were revealed to have been listening outside Sylvia's room since the previous night.

Fang Li was ambushed by seven black-clad figures sent by their master, whom he identified as a fat man. He killed six with Flash Sheath—Instant Hell and knocked the last attacker into a wall, leaving him badly injured.

• Fang Li noticed a deathly stillness and drew the hidden attackers into an abandoned building’s clearing.
• Seven black-clad figures surrounded Fang Li and told him their master wanted to see him.
• Fang Li mocked their master, and six attackers rushed him.
• Fang Li used Flash Sheath—Instant Hell to slash the six attackers’ throats, killing them.
• The last attacker fled, but Fang Li caught up and kicked him into the abandoned building’s wall.