Recaps

Angel’s new alchemical creations drew attention while Toby slowly overcame the Extreme Grudge Intent in the Heart House. In the Dream Wilderness, Rabu inherited the authority of Sin Mist, and Toby prepared to face his real tribulation.

• Oroba, Falga, and Loki tested Angel’s Drama Shadow Boxes, and Oroba realized their illusions contained extraordinary details shaped by Angel’s mastery.
• Angel completed custom items for Xiliu, Onassis, and Shali, while Xiliu’s Frost Ice Whip demonstrated its power against Kafolian and drew public attention.
• Toby endured repeated Heart House trials with Shali’s help and defeated the Extreme Grudge Intent on his eighty-second attempt.
• Angel gave Shali an iron box that revealed Poker Time, where playing cards formed the basis for illusions, tricks, and magical effects.
• Angel judged Rabu fit to inherit Sin Mist’s authority, and Rabu completed the inheritance ritual before researchers confirmed his abilities to suppress and control some Sin Demons.
• Toby told Angel that he had finally defeated the Extreme Grudge Intent in his last Heart House trial and planned to undergo his tribulation the next day.

Toby overcame the Extreme Grudge Tribulation and emerged as a powerful Snakebird, drawing the attention of distant observers and the Profound Alchemy Society. When Hailey and her followers tried to seize him, Toby’s defenses and emotional powers overwhelmed them, and he trapped Hailey in a vision of her past.

• Angel declined Misaro’s invitation to an exchange gathering, keeping his support for Breeze Magic Materials Shop ambiguous as he prepared to leave Sky Mechanical City.
• Toby entered Angel’s lightless void to face the Extreme Grudge Tribulation, overcame its emotional torrent and Demonic Beasts, and burned the Snakebird Delusion.
• A white feather destroyed the Extreme Grudge Intent, and Toby absorbed its remaining core before beginning his rebirth as the Jealousy Snake Bird.
• Toby emerged from his cocoon amid a legendary aura and began advancing, while Sanders and Rosen arrived and distant observers took notice.
• Hailey and the Profound Alchemy Society attacked Toby under orders from the Lord of Profundity, but Toby endured their spells and manipulated their emotions as he struck back.
• Hailey targeted Toby’s eyes, but his projected Gravity Veins stopped her attack, and Toby turned her jealousy into a raging inferno.
• Toby let the fleeing followers escape, then faced Hailey as her bloodline activated and his crown surrounded her with a vision of Motuo’er and her former followers.

Toby survived his tribulation and returned to Angel, who then helped Helen recover and traced Si Man’s disappearance to the Budding Believers. Rosen’s team rescued Si Man, but the believers escaped into the Budding’s power, while Oupulia became intrigued by Shali’s fortune-telling cards.

• Hailey attacked Toby after the Lord of Profundity revived her, but Toby countered with petrification mist and she escaped through a Planar Corridor.
• Toby returned to Angel and Gloria, who learned that a mysterious White Feather had overcome one of his tribulations and that he would need to face it again.
• Angel found Helen injured and treated her unstable spiritual power, then learned that a formal wizard had abducted Si Man and left Helen badly hurt.
• Angel recognized the abductors’ emblem as the mark of the Budding Believers and brought Helen’s account to Rosen, who organized an investigation.
• Oupulia’s attempts to uncover the Budding were blocked by a black fog, but he used Si Man’s black feather to locate her trail in the void.
• Rosen’s team found Si Man in the believers’ vehicle and freed her, while Toby’s legendary aura had helped draw the hidden group out of an Exile Space.
• The Budding Believers vanished into the Budding’s Disorderly Rhythm, and Antonio warned Rosen that the group’s leader had promised punishment for his sins.
• Oupulia attended Shali’s magic show and considered using her playing-card combinations for prophecy, while Angel left him to explore the idea.

Angel’s departure from Sky Mechanical City was interrupted by Loser’s Arrow, which gravely wounded Rosen and exposed a Budding Cult threat. After leaving the city, Angel traveled with Sanders and Gloria, learned more about Anada’s sacrifice, and helped Sparrow Sparrow speak with Bobota one last time.

• Angel prepared to leave for Savage Cave, but a void fissure opened over Sky Mechanical City and a brilliant arrow struck Rosen.
• Angel rescued Rosen from the metal hall and helped stabilize his collapsing magic vortex while Muse and the others investigated the arrow’s lingering target.
• Isabella identified the weapon as Loser’s Arrow, and Muse and Rosen concluded that a Budding Believer had helped locate Rosen before attacking Si Man and attempting to probe her memories.
• Angel left Sky Mechanical City with Sanders, Gloria, and their companions, then received Muse’s warning that the Budding threat remained active.
• At Zislaid’s shop, Angel learned that Anada had become a wizard apprentice and agreed to deliver her Roundstone Ritual offerings to Huibidon without revealing who sent them.
• Angel received a call from Isabella and helped Sparrow Sparrow and Bobota speak privately through the miniature signal tower.
• Bobota chose to return to Angel’s bracelet to watch over a Shapeshifting Softworm, while Sparrow Sparrow remained by the signal tower.