Chapter Summaries

After leaving the opening ceremony, Fang Li watched a broadcast discussing the strongest teams in the Star Wars Festival and learned that Claudia Enfield’s team had entered. The story left him anticipating a difficult tournament for his senior brothers and the other competitors.

• Fang Li opened the Star Wars Festival livestream while walking through Sirius Dome.
• Shizuna Hiiragi named St. Galia Dovan’s Lancelot and Tristan Teams among the contenders, noting the Lancelot Team’s consecutive championships.
• Shizuna praised Jie Long’s Yellow Dragon Team, highlighting Cecily-Royal Selection, Zhao Hufeng, and its newly approved disciple, while lamenting that Fang Li would not compete.
• The broadcast identified Claudia Enfield’s Enfield Team, including Ayato Amagiri, Saya Sasamiya, Kiririn Ditou, and Julius, as a championship contender.
• Fang Li realized Claudia’s team had entered and thought that his senior brothers would be busy; someone patted his shoulder and stopped him.

Fang Li reunited with Sylvia after three weeks apart, and she grew jealous over his time with Ophelia. He kissed Sylvia in public despite the risk of exposing their relationship, and she hurried him away before anyone recognized them.

• Fang Li turned around and found Sylvia waiting for him in disguise.
• Sylvia teased Fang Li about coming alone, then complained that he seemed cold after their three weeks apart.
• Fang Li joked about Ophelia, making Sylvia sulk and admit she was jealous because he had shared a bed with another girl for over ten days.
• Fang Li embraced Sylvia and kissed her in front of passersby, who began taking photos.
• Fang Li asked what would happen if he showed his face, and Sylvia grabbed his hand and led him away while the crowd gossiped.

Fang Li and Sylvia reunited in Queenville Girls' Academy's VIP room and discussed the Griffin Star Martial Festival and the strongest competing teams. After Sylvia asked whether he planned to greet the girls competing for Lusalka, Fang Li opened the door and caught Lusalka's five members eavesdropping outside.

• Fang Li pulled Sylvia into a kiss after she began lecturing him, and the two reunited before discussing the tournament.
• Sylvia described the threats posed by Lancelot Team, Tristan Team, Enfield Team, and the other contenders for the championship.
• Fang Li explained that Lancelot Team's coordination made them a greater challenge than Yellow Dragon Team, and said he could force a draw or win using his hidden abilities.
• Sylvia pointed out that Fang Li was confident he could face Lancelot Team alone and asked whether he planned to greet the girls competing in Lusalka.
• Fang Li opened the VIP room door and caught Lusalka's five members tumbling inside after eavesdropping.

Fang Li and Sylvia confronted the Lusalka girls for following and spying on them, leaving Sylvia to deal with the embarrassed group. After watching the Enfield Team win its preliminary match, Fang Li heard someone call Ophelia and looked toward a commotion surrounding her.

• Fang Li asked Michelle, Bevi, Monica, Tulia, and Mavrena why they had followed him and Sylvia.
• Fang Li revealed that the Lusalka girls had also eavesdropped on them before, and Sylvia said they needed to talk.
• Fang Li left the guest room as the Lusalka girls pleaded with Sylvia to forgive them.
• Fang Li watched the Enfield Team defeat Leof Black Academy in a preliminary match.
• Fang Li heard someone shout Ophelia's name and saw her facing someone amid a crowd.

Julius confronted Ophelia and vowed to break the fate that had turned her into the feared Lonely Poison Witch. Fang Li stopped their confrontation, and Ophelia followed him away as Julius watched with hostility.

• The crowd panicked when the Lonely Poison Witch, Ophelia, appeared before Julius.
• Julius revealed that she knew Ophelia and urged her to reject her fate, but Ophelia insisted that her school emblem had been shattered three weeks earlier by someone with a similar fate.
• Ophelia said that even the person who shattered her emblem could not kill fate and turned to leave.
• Julius’s flames surged as she called Ophelia to wait, and the Enfield Team prepared for a fight.
• Fang Li warned Julius that private fights were forbidden at the Griffin Star Martial Festival, then walked away as Ophelia followed him.
• Julius called after them and looked at Fang Li with hostility.

Fang Li confronted Julius over Ophelia, whose childhood friend accused him of keeping her from returning. He called Ophelia a doll and left with her, telling Julius to help her become more like a person.

• Julius demanded to know Fang Li's relationship with Ophelia and vowed to take her back.
• Fang Li said he would be glad if Ophelia stopped following him and called her a doll.
• Julius's companions tried to restrain her as she angrily demanded Fang Li take back his words.
• Fang Li told Julius that Ophelia had lost her heart and challenged her to help Ophelia become more like a person.
• Fang Li left with Ophelia, ignoring Julius's call for her to stop.

After Fang Li and Ophelia discussed her past and her approaching deadline, they returned to Yellow Dragon as the Griffin Star Martial Festival preliminaries continued. That night, Ayato Amagiri secretly met Fang Li at a dessert shop and asked him for a favor.

• Fang Li asked Ophelia about her childhood friend, and she said that her past no longer mattered; Fang Li admitted that he still hated her, and Ophelia said that was for the best.
• Fang Li and Ophelia returned to Yellow Dragon, where the festival preliminaries continued and the favored teams, including Yellow Dragon, won their matches.
• Fan Xinglu arranged for Wu Xiaohui to sit out Yellow Dragon's first match and fight alone in its second match, against a team led by Star Guidance Academy's fourth-ranked fighter.
• After training, Fang Li received an anonymous email, left Ophelia in the Star Chambers, and went alone to a dessert shop.
• Ayato Amagiri met Fang Li in disguise and asked him for a favor.

Ayato Amagiri asked Fang Li to arrange a meeting between Ophelia Landlufen and Julius, hoping Julius could reach her before the Griffin Star Martial Festival. Fang Li agreed to consider it but warned that the meeting could lead to a fight and left the decision to Ayato and Claudia.

• Ayato Amagiri told Fang Li that Claudia wanted his help because Julius had been shaken by what happened with Ophelia.
• Fang Li said he admired Julius and clarified that his criticism had been aimed at Ophelia, not her.
• Ayato asked Fang Li to arrange a chance for Ophelia Landlufen and Julius to talk.
• Fang Li warned that Ophelia might refuse to listen and that Julius could end up fighting her, with dangerous consequences.
• Fang Li agreed to help but said he would not be responsible for the outcome, then left Ayato to discuss the plan and contact him again.

Fang Li met with Diluk in a limousine, where Diluk questioned his motives and Fang Li challenged his suspicions. The conversation ended with Diluk realizing Fang Li knew about his affairs.

• A limousine stopped for Fang Li, and he got in to face Diluk, the so-called King of Wickedness.
• Diluk accused Fang Li of spending time with Qing Wei'er and Ophelia for more than simple fun.
• Fang Li calmly said he had only wanted to have some fun and criticized Diluk for judging others by his own sinister nature.
• Fang Li asked whether Diluk feared he would undermine him despite their mutual non-aggression pact.
• Diluk reacted darkly and asked Fang Li whether he really knew about his affairs.

Fang Li confronted Diluk about his secret cooperation with Execution Blade and Valtan, revealing that he understood Diluk’s plans and had deliberately drawn Ophelia close. The two ended their tense exchange with mutual hostility, and Diluk’s instincts warned him that Fang Li would become an obstacle.

• Fang Li told Diluk that he knew about his connection to Execution Blade and Valtan and identified them as secret collaborators.
• Fang Li explained that Ophelia was the key to Diluk’s plans and accused Diluk of becoming anxious after she attached herself to him.
• Diluk denied being part of an organization with Execution Blade and Valtan, saying they were only temporary partners, and insisted he did not regret sending Ophelia to approach Fang Li.
• Diluk demanded that Fang Li send Ophelia back, but Fang Li replied that she had come to him on her own and that their pact did not prevent him from acting against Diluk.
• Fang Li and Diluk exchanged threats, and Diluk’s instincts told him Fang Li would become an obstacle.

Ophelia left Jielong after being called back and wondered whether following Fang Li had helped her find anything. She returned to the ruins where they first met, found Fang Li waiting, and both unleashed their full power as they prepared to fight.

• An audio call summoned Ophelia back, and she questioned whether her three weeks with Fang Li had shown her anything.
• Ophelia left Jielong and went to the ruined redevelopment district where she had first fought Fang Li.
• Fang Li waited among the ruins, and he and Ophelia recognized that they had come to fight without needing to speak.
• Ophelia attacked with countless poisonous miasmic arms, while Fang Li summoned his Pure Star Imperial Armament and activated his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

Fang Li fought Ophelia amid the poisonous miasma filling the ruins, but her traps and hidden attacks kept him from reaching her. As poison weakened him, he unleashed a massive sword strike to split the miasma waves.

• Ophelia’s miasma hands engulfed Fang Li, but he cut them apart with Flash Sheath—Spiral.
• Fang Li dodged miasma hands erupting from beneath the ruins and pursued him through the rubble.
• Ophelia concealed herself within the miasma and poisoned Fang Li with airborne toxins that weakened his body and Star Pulse Energy.
• Fang Li focused on his Ice-Blue Demon Eyes and used Flash Sheath—Ten Lives to cleave through the surrounding miasma hands.

Fang Li fought through Ophelia’s poisonous miasma, enduring its deadly effects as he tried to reach her. The chapter ended with Fang Li cutting through her miasma arms and bringing his sword down toward her.

• Fang Li charged at Ophelia as she formed a gigantic hand of miasma, but she struck the ground to send a shockwave storm at him.
• Fang Li cut through the storm, only to be caught and crushed by Ophelia’s miasma hand.
• Fang Li reappeared from another direction and rushed toward Ophelia as her dwindling miasma arms surged to stop him.
• Fang Li ignored the poison ravaging his body and used Flash Sheath—One Scene Seven Nights to sever the miasma arms.
• Fang Li reached Ophelia and swung his sword down toward her.

Fang Li defeated Ophelia in the ruined wasteland and confronted her about the hope she still sought despite believing her heart was dead. He suggested that if she wished to remain a doll, it made no difference whose doll she was, leaving Ophelia stunned.

• Fang Li stood with his sword at Ophelia’s throat while both of them struggled from their injuries and exhaustion.
• Fang Li stabbed Moon Blade into his chest, curing the toxins in his body and restoring his strength, but kept his sword aimed at Ophelia.
• Ophelia told Fang Li she hated him and realized she had drawn close to him because he resisted fate in a way she could not.
• Fang Li told Ophelia that her body still longed for salvation, even though she believed her heart was dead.
• Fang Li lowered his sword and told Ophelia that if she wanted to be a doll, it made no difference whose doll she was, leaving her frozen.

Fang Li asked Fan Xinglu to help take Ophelia Landlufen’s ownership from Yang Xue, since he could not challenge the conglomerate alone. Fan Xinglu listened as Ophelia remained silent, leaving the request unanswered.

• Fang Li brought Ophelia to Huangchen Hall, where Fan Xinglu had been waiting for them.
• Fan Xinglu revealed that she had intervened after their battle to keep the security team from questioning them over their unapproved fight.
• Fan Xinglu said she preferred Ophelia as she was now, alive rather than a doll, and expressed a desire to fight her.
• Fang Li asked Fan Xinglu to seize Ophelia’s ownership from Yang Xue, explaining that he could not challenge the conglomerate by himself.

Fang Li asked Fan Xinglu to use her influence to transfer Ophelia’s ownership from Yang Xue to Jielong, but Fan Xinglu initially refused because she had no obligation to help. She agreed after Fang Li offered her satisfaction as payment, leaving him to accept the condition she would demand.

• Fang Li explained that Fan Xinglu’s influence could make it possible to transfer Ophelia’s ownership from Yang Xue to Jielong.
• Fan Xinglu asked why she should help and reminded Fang Li that their relationship was a transaction, not an obligation.
• Fang Li argued that helping Ophelia would not break Fan Xinglu’s non-aggression arrangement because Ophelia had asked for help herself.
• Fan Li offered Fan Xinglu satisfaction as payment, and she agreed to help if he accepted one condition.
• Fang Li understood what Fan Xinglu’s condition would be and agreed.

The Griffin Star Martial Festival reached its final, with Enfield Team defeating Lusalka and Yellow Dragon Team on its way there. Before the final against Lancelot Team, Jielong and Yang Xue announced that Ophelia Landlufen would transfer to Jielong Seventh Academy, leaving Diluk furious and Matthias to suggest Diluk had expected it.

• Lusalka defeated Tristan Team but lost to Enfield Team in the quarterfinals after Claudia, Julius, Kiririn Ditou, Saya Sasamiya, and Ayato Amagiri dismantled its formation and abilities.
• Enfield Team defeated Yellow Dragon Team in the semifinals when Claudia and Saya Sasamiya supported Ayato Amagiri as he used the Black Furnace Demon Sword's Meteor Skill to defeat Wu Xiaohui.
• Enfield Team and Lancelot Team advanced to the final, with Lancelot Team favored after reaching it with virtually no losses.
• Jielong and Yang Xue announced that Ophelia Landlufen would transfer from Leof Black Academy to Jielong Seventh Academy.
• Diluk angrily criticized the non-aggression pact with the people behind the transfer, and Matthias suggested Diluk had expected the outcome.

After losing Ophelia to Fang Li’s allies, Diluk confronted Matthias about their failed plan. Matthias proposed creating another, possibly inferior Lonely Poison Witch, leaving Diluk to weigh revenge against restarting the experiment as Fang Li’s involvement came to an end.

• Diluk acknowledged that Fang Li and his allies had taken Ophelia despite his preparations.
• Diluk demanded that Matthias explain how they would proceed without Ophelia and Valtan.
• Matthias argued that opposing Fang Li’s growing forces would distract them from their plan.
• Matthias proposed finding another sample to create an inferior version of the Lonely Poison Witch and restart the plan.
• Diluk struggled with his desire for revenge but accepted that Matthias’s proposal made sense.
• Matthias said Fang Li might no longer be in the city by the time they restarted the plan, marking his final intersection with them.

Fang Li brought Ophelia to meet Julius before the Star Wars Festival final, and the old friends reconciled in private. Afterward, Ayato Amagiri observed that Ophelia had begun choosing to live as a person, though Fang Li worried that she still had not recovered emotionally.

• Fang Li and Ophelia boarded an airship where Julius and the Enfield Team were waiting.
• Ophelia clung to Fang Li until he promised to wait, then Fang Li and the others left Julius and Ophelia alone.
• Julius embraced Ophelia and called her an idiot, and Ophelia eventually returned the embrace.
• Ayato Amagiri joined Fang Li in the corridor and questioned why he had handled Ophelia's situation without consulting him.
• Fang Li said Ophelia's heart had not fully recovered, while Ayato argued that she had chosen to live as a person rather than a doll.
• Ayato suggested that Ophelia had become attached to Fang Li.

Fang Li explained his strange, hostile bond with Ophelia and discussed the upcoming Griffin Star Martial Festival final with Ayato Amagiri. Julius thanked Fang Li for helping Ophelia, offered him a favor, and chose to trust him as Ophelia left with him for Jie Long.

• Fang Li told Ayato Amagiri that he and Ophelia still hated each other despite her dependence on him.
• Fang Li said Ophelia would remain at Jie Long and likely would not fight again, while Ayato prepared for the Griffin final against the reigning champions.
• Ophelia left Julius and returned to Fang Li without hesitation after leaving the lounge.
• Julius thanked Fang Li for helping Ophelia, apologized for her earlier willfulness, and offered him a favor.
• Julius said she would trust Fang Li, and Ophelia followed him away without looking back.
• Julius returned to her companions and led them back.