Chapter Summaries

Rin and Pardofelis discussed how to get closer to Xu Qi after Rin kissed him, while Xu Qi continued balancing his relationships and work on Seed. Fu Xian'er examined Xu Qi’s condition and prescribed medicine to regulate his unusually active cells.

• Rin found Pardofelis on the balcony and admitted she had kissed Xu Qi, upsetting Pardofelis, who had not kissed him.
• Rin advised Pardofelis to show Xu Qi her feminine charm, and Pardofelis agreed to let Rin help her pursue him.
• Rin and Pardofelis went to Yae’s room and secretly watched Yae and Xu Qi together.
• Xu Qi told Elysia that Seed’s strongest material had yet to appear and explained that its early episodes were designed to entertain viewers.
• Fu Xian'er examined Xu Qi and said his cell activity had declined slightly but remained unusually high, then offered to prescribe medicine to regulate it.

Xu Qi spent time with Fu Hua and her master, Fu Xian'er, before comforting Rin after she tired herself out at kendo practice. The chapter ended with Xu Qi and Rin sharing a more intimate kiss.

• Fu Xian'er asked Xu Qi how he and Fu Hua were getting along, and Fu Hua returned home and joined them.
• Fu Xian'er teased Fu Hua about her happiness with Xu Qi, and Fu Hua went to see Rin in the living room.
• Xu Qi found Rin resting after Fu Hua had guided the Kendo Club and sparred with her, then teased and comforted her.
• Fu Hua asked Fu Xian'er to lend her another Daoist Robe because Xu Qi had ruined the previous one, and Fu Xian'er agreed to exchange outfits.
• Xu Qi kissed Rin and guided her through a more intimate kiss as she shyly returned his affection.

Xu Qi mistook Fu Xian'er, disguised as Fu Hua, for Fu Hua and kissed her while Fu Xian'er chose not to reveal herself. Fu Hua recognized the mix-up and left them alone, while Rin and Fu Hua met outside the room.

• Xu Qi left Rin after kissing her and went to find Fu Hua, while Fu Xian'er waited in Fu Hua's clothes and hairstyle.
• Xu Qi mistook Fu Xian'er for Fu Hua and kissed her; Fu Xian'er decided to keep pretending to be her disciple.
• Xu Qi grew suspicious of Fu Hua's behavior, but Fu Xian'er reassured him by acting like his little sister.
• Fu Hua came out of the bathroom, understood that Xu Qi had mistaken her master for her, and left the room.
• Xu Qi assumed Fu Xian'er had left and tried to continue kissing her, while Fu Hua encountered Rin outside.

Xu Qi confessed to Fu Hua that he had recognized Fu Xian'er during their afternoon kiss, and Fu Hua accused him of deliberately getting intimate with her master. Mei overheard their teasing and confronted Xu Qi, while Fu Hua revealed that he had kissed her master all afternoon.

• Fu Xian'er left the room after kissing Xu Qi, while Xu Qi wondered whether she had feelings for him.
• Xu Qi told Fu Hua he had recognized Fu Xian'er and did not want to hide the truth from her.
• Fu Hua theatrically accused Xu Qi of deliberately getting intimate with her master, and Xu Qi played along with her detective role-play.
• Mei and Rin overheard Xu Qi and Fu Hua from outside the room, and Mei warned Rin not to watch what happened next.
• Mei embraced Xu Qi from behind and confronted him about kissing Fu Xian'er, while Fu Hua told Mei that her brother had kissed her master all afternoon.

Vil-V's unusual behavior worried Xu Qi, and Elysia proposed helping her face her feelings. Meanwhile, Vil-V visited Mobius's laboratory, where Mobius asked what she wanted.

• Xu Qi noticed that Vil-V and Fu Xian'er had been acting strangely, while Delta and Elysia discussed Vil-V's eight personalities and her anxiety.
• Elysia offered to create a romantic atmosphere to help Vil-V confront her feelings, and Xu Qi teased her about taking Delta's place.
• Mobius lamented that Xu Qi had too many women around him as Vil-V entered her laboratory.
• Mobius and Vil-V exchanged barbs before Mobius asked why Vil-V had come.

Vil-V struggled to understand her unease around Xu Qi, and Mobius identified it as love before their argument ended with Vil-V leaving the laboratory. Inside Vil-V’s consciousness, the other personalities recognized that they, too, had fallen for Xu Qi, while the expert withdrew from facing him.

• Mobius teased Vil-V about her growing unease around Xu Qi and said she had fallen for him.
• Vil-V accused Mobius of mistaking attachment to an experimental subject for love, then left after Mobius ordered her out of the laboratory.
• Mei told Xu Qi and Elysia that Vil-V and Mobius had fought and each had shut herself away.
• In Vil-V’s consciousness, the Conductor explained that she had missed Xu Qi during her time apart from him, and the other personalities agreed that the expert had crossed Mobius’s boundaries.
• The expert admitted nothing aloud and said she would not go out for a while, while the Conductor concluded that all the Vil-V personalities had fallen for Xu Qi.

Xu Qi visited Mobius after learning that she and Vil-V had fallen out, but avoided taking sides and asked how she wanted to celebrate her birthday. Mobius recalled that Xu Qi had celebrated it with her the previous year, leaving her amused that he remembered a day she barely cared about.

• The Conductor reclaimed the highest authority, planned to visit Xu Qi, and handed control to the Expert so she could face her feelings.
• Kiana let Xu Qi into the laboratory and explained that Mobius and Vil-V had fallen out.
• Xu Qi spoke to Kiana about trusting her and his wish for her to share her secrets before she lost hope, but she left without answering.
• Xu Qi found Mobius asleep, waited beside her, and woke her; she felt better after seeing him and teased him about Kiana.
• Mobius asked whether Xu Qi had come to mediate between her and Vil-V, but he declined to take sides and asked about her birthday.
• Mobius remembered Xu Qi celebrating her birthday with her the previous year and laughed that he was the only one who remembered it.

Xu Qi tried to end Mobius’s cold war with Vil-V by soothing her and persuading her to reconsider their bond. As Mobius recalled how she and Vil-V had once recognized each other as monsters, Xu Qi realized her anger was rooted in fear that he would leave, and the chapter ended with Mobius beginning to respond to him.

• Xu Qi reminded Mobius of their first birthday celebration, then carried her to the lounge bed and became intimate with her.
• Xu Qi brought up Vil-V and asked whether Mobius truly intended to avoid her forever.
• Mobius reluctantly allowed Xu Qi to speak and recalled meeting Vil-V in Britain, when they recognized each other as kindred monsters.
• Mobius said Xu Qi had understood her and the infinity she pursued, explaining why she was with him.
• Xu Qi told Mobius that beneath her anger, she feared he would leave, and said she did not trust him or herself enough.
• Mobius began to answer Xu Qi as he looked at her with heartache.

Xu Qi reassured Mobius that he would never leave her, and they spent the night together. The next day, he told Mei that Mobius had suggested he take Vil-V as another concubine.

• Mobius asked Xu Qi whether she had done anything wrong, and he reassured her that he would stay with her regardless of what she was.
• Mobius and Xu Qi spent the night together, and Mobius said she wanted Vil-V to apologize as her birthday present.
• Mobius encouraged Xu Qi to pursue Vil-V and described her eight identities, while Xu Qi agreed to figure something out.
• Xu Qi slept until noon, then heard Sister Yae and Mei remark on how strongly he smelled of Mobius.
• Xu Qi told Mei that he had followed her advice to calm Mobius before discussing Vil-V, and revealed that Mobius had suggested he take another concubine.

Xu Qi and Mei went to find Vil-V after she left the Courtyard, and discovered her performing small magic tricks alone at an amusement park. Vil-V reunited Xu Qi with the Conductor, whose unexpected appearance left him facing a long-awaited meeting.

• Mei told Xu Qi that Vil-V had left that morning and helped him realize she might be seeking solitude, then advised him to ask Mei for help finding her.
• Xu Qi and Mei located Vil-V at an amusement park, where she performed small magic tricks to calm herself.
• Vil-V asked Mei to leave her alone with Xu Qi, then said someone else wanted to see him even more.
• Vil-V revealed the Conductor, who greeted Xu Qi with excitement and surprise.

Xu Qi reunited with Vil-V’s Conductor personality and spent the day at an amusement park with her, sharing feelings they had both kept hidden. Vil-V encouraged him to speak with the Expert next, while Xu Qi admitted that he liked all of her personalities.

• Vil-V told Xu Qi she had shut herself away because she had needed time to resolve her feelings, and she asked him to spend time with her before meeting the Expert.
• Vil-V kissed Xu Qi on the cheek and said the Expert was ready to talk, then she and Xu Qi rode a roller coaster together.
• Xu Qi took Vil-V’s hand and admitted he had cared for her in the past but had been afraid to confess.
• Xu Qi and Vil-V continued their amusement-park date until sunset, when he told her he had nearly missed his chance to confess.
• Vil-V asked why Xu Qi liked her in particular, and Xu Qi panicked, insisting that because all the personalities were Vil-V, he liked them all.

Xu Qi reunited with Vil-V and was kissed by the Conductor, who then switched places with the Expert. He turned to the Expert to discuss her conflict with Mobius and whether her feelings for him had caused her to lose her composure; their conversation remained unresolved.

• Vil-V teased Xu Qi about liking all eight of her personalities, then offered him a reward from the Conductor.
• The Conductor kissed Xu Qi and let him become physically intimate with Vil-V before the Expert took over.
• The Expert learned what had happened, accepted that the Conductor had deliberately switched personalities, and told Xu Qi to call her Vil-V.
• The Expert asked Xu Qi whether she had been wrong in her clash with Mobius, and he agreed while clarifying that he had not said she needed to apologize.
• Xu Qi suggested that Vil-V’s feelings for him might have made her emotional, and she answered ambiguously that she perhaps liked him.
• Xu Qi began to hypothesize about why Vil-V had sought out Mobius, but the chapter ended before he finished.

Xu Qi comforted Vil-V, and the two shared a kiss that eased their conflict. Back at the Courtyard, Vil-V apologized to Mobius, then provoked her about Xu Qi, while Eden arrived and demanded an explanation from him.

• Xu Qi told Vil-V that she felt wronged because others overlooked her need for comfort, and Vil-V accepted his embrace and kissed him.
• Mobius and Dr. Mei watched from the Ferris wheel as Xu Qi and Vil-V grew closer, then left.
• Xu Qi reminded Vil-V that Mobius's birthday was the next day and that May 5 was Vil-V's birthday as well.
• At the Courtyard, Vil-V apologized to Mobius for calling her a monster, then teased her about sharing Xu Qi.
• Eden arrived and asked Xu Qi to explain himself, so he escorted her upstairs to her room.

Xu Qi confronted Eden over her jealousy about his relationship with Vil-V and admitted that he wanted more than a sibling bond with her. Eden responded by comforting him and insisting that being his sister gave her the right to ask about his life, but she did not resolve what their relationship could become.

• Eden confronted Xu Qi about whether he and Vil-V were together, and he confirmed that they had kissed.
• Xu Qi challenged Eden for interfering in his private life while relying on their sibling bond to avoid intimacy, then told her he did not want to be only her little brother.
• Eden denied being jealous and warned Xu Qi that Vil-V and her eight personalities could be dangerous.
• Xu Qi carried the drunk Eden to her bed, and she chose to pleasure him; afterward, she asked whether he was still angry with her.
• Eden said her identity as Xu Qi's sister gave her the right to ask about him, and Xu Qi admitted that he wanted more than for her to be his sister.

Xu Qi and Eden agreed to limit their growing intimacy, while Aponia urged him to keep her doll close. At Mobius’s subdued birthday gathering, Xu Qi learned Anti-Entropy might have bypassed Durandal and faced the others’ doubts about his relationship with Vil-V.

• Eden told Xu Qi that their intimate encounters could happen only once a week, and she realized she might no longer see him simply as her little brother.
• Aponia congratulated Xu Qi and told him to keep the doll she had given him with him at all times.
• Xu Qi reunited with Dr. Mei, who said Anti-Entropy’s injured members would soon receive legitimate identities and suspected the organization had contacted Schicksal without Durandal.
• Mobius held a quiet birthday celebration attended by Xu Qi, Mei, Alysia, Eden, Griseo, and Vil-V, while many others stayed away or sent gifts.
• Alysia told Xu Qi that Su doubted his relationship with Vil-V, and Xu Qi concluded that only a lunatic would date another lunatic.

Mobius warned Xu Qi about Vil-V’s pride and the possibility that possessiveness was among the emotions she had cut away. The Wicked exploited Vil-V’s love for Xu Qi to imprison her other personalities and escape, while the Conductor suspected Vil-V’s ego had awakened.

• Mobius told Xu Qi that Vil-V had created a perfect personality by cutting away negative emotions, and asked whether possessiveness counted as one.
• Vil-V planned to spend the days before her birthday dating Xu Qi and give herself to him as a gift.
• The Wicked trapped Vil-V’s personalities inside the cage in her Mind Palace and took control of Vil-V’s consciousness.
• The Conductor and Expert realized that The Wicked had used the personalities’ shared love for Xu Qi to escape the cage.
• The Conductor suggested they did not need to act, prompting the Expert to suspect that Vil-V’s ego had awakened.
• The Wicked savored her newfound freedom and thought warmly about Xu Qi’s acceptance of her as Vil-V.

Xu Qi learned that Aponia’s attempt to stop The Wicked had failed, and the group discussed the danger posed by Vil-V’s divided Mental Power. He argued that Vil-V’s personalities formed a connected whole and won five days to try to understand The Wicked before Vil-V’s birthday.

• Aponia told Xu Qi that The Wicked had overwhelmed Vil-V’s mind, and explained that her Discipline had removed one of Vil-V’s Mental Powers.
• Fu Xian’er warned that merging the personalities’ Mental Powers could drive Vil-V insane, while Aponia explained that The Wicked could erode others with negative emotions.
• Aponia said Xu Qi’s Lament of Life and Death could help deal with The Wicked, but Mobius warned him that she was dangerous and not like the Vil-V he knew.
• Xu Qi argued that Vil-V’s personalities were connected parts of a larger existence, rather than merely independent individuals, and Mobius accepted that he should try to reach The Wicked.
• Xu Qi asked for five days to understand The Wicked before Vil-V’s birthday, and Mobius agreed while joking that his NT awakening might be seduction.

Xu Qi spent time with The Wicked, Vil-V’s possessive personality, and introduced her to ordinary pleasures she had never experienced. As they watched the night sky, Vil-V began to consider what freedom could mean beyond pursuing him.

• Vil-V appeared while Rin was spending time with Xu Qi, and Rin kissed Xu Qi before leaving them alone.
• Vil-V openly tried to seduce Xu Qi, but he reminded her that he already considered himself involved with all of Vil-V’s personalities.
• Xu Qi led Vil-V to the kitchen and shared ice cream cake with her, which she eagerly finished.
• Xu Qi took Vil-V to the balcony, showed her the real night sky, and encouraged her to experience the world for herself.

Xu Qi spent time showing Vil-V the real world, and she kissed him before admitting her possessiveness and desire to keep loving him. The next day, he introduced her to Street Fighter 6, where she became intensely competitive and enjoyed the experience.

• Vil-V kissed Xu Qi and pressed his hand to her chest as a reward for taking her out, then asked whether kissing her or someone else felt better.
• Vil-V decided not to erase her hypnosis that made her love Xu Qi, since he brought her happiness and had promised to show her the real world.
• Xu Qi gave Vil-V a PS5 controller and explained that competitive games could offer a genuine experience rather than a virtual escape.
• Vil-V played Street Fighter 6 against Xu Qi, lost repeatedly, and angrily shook him before admitting that the competition had been fun.
• Vil-V asked Xu Qi what reward he wanted for giving her another realistic experience.

Xu Qi told Vil-V that love meant giving while also loving himself, then insisted he would fight to keep her. Mobius tried to provoke Vil-V into revealing her true nature by spending the night with Xu Qi, and the chapter ended with Xu Qi heading to Vil-V the next morning.

• Xu Qi explained to Vil-V that he wanted to give her happiness because it made him happy, and said he would win her back if she left.
• Mobius visited Xu Qi and discussed Vil-V's dilemma while they became intimate.
• Mobius revealed that she planned to make Vil-V jealous and push her into a dangerous gamble that might expose The Wicked.
• Mobius admitted she was possessive of Xu Qi and wanted fewer women around him.
• Xu Qi deliberately went over to Vil-V's side the next morning.