Recaps

The Ice Witch Almirs reunited with Hughberlian and asked the three Great Demon Races at the Cat Boss Restaurant to help the allied forces. They agreed to let Hughberlian infiltrate the Krui Di Empire with Almirs and the four Demon Races, and Hughberlian chose to accept the mission.

• Almirs reunited with Hughberlian and recognized Law-Breaking Sinora, Guardian of Antanas, and Truth-Seeking Planai at the restaurant.
• Almirs asked the three Great Demon Races for help, and Planai warned her about Duke Raschal, the Third Progenitor of the Blood Race, and the danger he had foreseen in First War God Hycintos.
• Almirs proposed that she accompany Hughberlian on an infiltration mission into the Krui Di Empire, with the Demon Races carried as Magic Cards.
• Planai considered the proposal and let Hughberlian decide, while Sinora and Antanas agreed to hear her choice.
• Hughberlian accepted the mission and joined hands with Almirs, resolving to serve as a spy for the allied forces.

Lanchi discussed Cat Boss’s potential growth and the war against the Allied Forces while preparing to teach at Saint Krui Di Monastery. He remained committed to opposing the war and secretly investigating the Blood Race, then assured Cat Boss that acting like an Empire’s Lackey was part of his spy mission.

• Cat Boss resisted Lanchi’s attempt to stop its broadcast and warned him to be cautious of Imperial figures and spies from the Silver Moon Restoration Society and the Allied Forces.
• Lanchi and Cat Boss discussed how Cat Boss might grow stronger, while Lanchi said he wanted to reach Tier 7 and become a true transcendent saint.
• After reading the Krui Di Central Daily’s war reports, Lanchi judged that the war might become a prolonged conflict and declared that he would oppose it.
• Lanchi explained that the Blood Race was still hiding within the Empire and that protecting Hughberlian had delayed its plans, so he needed to identify which Imperial factions it controlled.
• As Lanchi prepared to leave for work, he told Cat Boss that posing as an Empire’s Lackey was part of his mission to deceive both enemies and allies.

Lanchi met Red Falcon Nikola at Saint Krui Di Monastery, defended his suspicion of Lovia, and accepted an invitation to become an honorary consultant for the Imperial Special Operations Division. He left the meeting appearing eager to serve the Empire, while Talia recognized that the position could also be a trap.

• Lanchi followed signs through Elliot Hall and found Nikola waiting outside the former Classroom 4-21.
• Nikola praised the magical engineering formulas on the classroom windows and told Lanchi that Lovia showed no obvious signs of suspicion.
• Lanchi insisted that Lovia was suspicious, and Nikola promised to investigate him further without arresting a loyal subject by mistake.
• Nikola invited Lanchi to become an honorary consultant at the Imperial Special Operations Division research institute.
• Talia warned Lanchi that the unpaid position would let Nikola monitor him and potentially arrest him, but Lanchi accepted the invitation and said they would serve the Empire together.

Professor Landry taught a class at Saint Krui Di Monastery, then accompanied Red Falcon Nikola to the Imperial Special Operations Division headquarters at Director Dakes’s request. As Lanchi traveled toward the meeting, he explained to Talia why he had presented Elsa as a weakness, while she worried about the dangers awaiting him.

• Lanchi answered students’ questions after class, and several followed him to discuss applications of his new energy theory.
• Nikola interrupted Lanchi and invited him to the Imperial Special Operations Division; Lanchi arranged to meet the students in his office the next afternoon.
• Nikola questioned Lanchi about his rapport with students and his relationship with Elsa, and Lanchi insisted that the division should not trouble his sister.
• Lanchi told Talia that revealing his attachment to Elsa would make Nikola see him as a more believable and controllable person.
• Nikola revealed that Director Dakes had summoned Lanchi to discuss an honorary adviser position, and they traveled by Magic Guide Vehicle to the division’s headquarters.

Lanchi visited the Imperial Special Operations Division, where Director Dakes recruited him as an honorary consultant and hinted that he might join an important project tied to Magic Energy Fission. Lanchi realized the Empire expected him to bring a fiancée into the project, so he and Talia began considering how to create a convincing identity for one.

• Nikola escorted Lanchi through the Imperial Special Operations Division headquarters and introduced him to Director Dakes Reynolds.
• Dakes welcomed Lanchi as an honorary consultant, explained his work would involve coordinating with Nikola, and discussed Lanchi's research and loyalty to the Empire.
• Dakes questioned Lanchi about rumors of his fiancée and romantic entanglements, while Lanchi tried to conceal his surprise and denied that women would distract him from his work.
• Dakes privately told Lanchi that the Empire might invite him to a major project but would scrutinize him closely before deciding.
• Lanchi told Talia that the project likely concerned Magic Energy Fission and that participants' families might be gathered together for protection and leverage.
• Lanchi and Talia discussed finding a reliable woman to pose as his fiancée, with Talia reluctantly agreeing that she could play the role if needed.

Lanchi met with Duke Dikes, returned to Saint Krui Di Monastery, and later arranged to exchange his research results with Allied Spy Unity for help finding a fiancée from Nicksasender. Unity agreed to seek a suitable identity, while Lanchi left the café believing he had secured the help he needed.

• Lanchi assured Duke Dikes of his commitment to the Empire, and Dikes promised to clear obstacles to his research while hinting at a future plan.
• Lanchi returned to Saint Krui Di Monastery with Red Falcon Nikola's escort, worked with Magical Engineering professors, and spent the evening at an open-air café.
• Unity secretly met Lanchi at the café, where he offered to leave his research results in a Recording Crystal Stone hidden inside a coffee cup.
• Lanchi asked Unity to find a suitable Nicksasender identity for a fiancée, and Unity agreed to help while requiring him to maintain Landry's identity and continue cooperating.
• After Unity left, Lanchi reflected that she had misunderstood his loyalties, while Talia questioned his roleplaying and objected inwardly to being his possible fiancée.

Lanchi returned to his monastery residence and used Landry’s Communication Magic Card to seek a fake fiancée from the Nicksasender territory. Number One agreed to find a woman connected to the Rebirth Church, while Lanchi and Talia considered asking the Bosen Kingdom for a backup.

• Lanchi and Talia discussed his loneliness, their teasing banter, and the unusual care he showed for her before heading inside.
• Lanchi ordered groceries and, with Talia, studied the organization’s group chat, where Mercy asked for information about the Magic Energy Fission Principle.
• Hope warned that investigating the Principle risked attracting the Imperial Special Operations Division, while Loyalty uploaded a recording of classified information from Elliot Hall.
• Lanchi privately asked Friendship to find him a well-trained woman from Nicksasender who could act as his fiancée, and Friendship offered to arrange a woman from the Rebirth Church within a month.
• Lanchi told Talia he would also consider using Nigel’s Bosen Kingdom contact as a backup, while Cat Boss worried that several prospective fiancées might end up under one roof.

In Blood Moon City, Marquis Helitier ordered Colonel Maquire to arrange the assassination of the Wolf Witch and to exploit the Silver Moon Restoration Society’s attacks to provoke an Imperial crackdown and accelerate the Blood Race’s plans. She ended by declaring that calamity had arrived and doubting the Black Sun Tyrant could stop the Blood Race.

• Maquire reported that Violet had been lured to Stabergen Lake and that Hycintos would remain at Headquarters unless a Tier 8 battle broke out in the capital.
• Helitier learned that Red Beryl Julius might return to the capital after nearly hitting allied Tier 8s with a massive explosion in the Western Hub District.
• Helitier ordered Maquire to arrange the Wolf Witch’s death through intermediaries, since the Wolf Witch’s Eye of Judgment could expose Blood Race killers and she might have seen Countess Saberna.
• Helitier told Maquire to use the Silver Moon Restoration Society’s violence as cover for further killings, stirring the Empire into investigating the Society and advancing Territory Refinement.
• Maquire agreed that humans who resisted the Blood Race should be refined, and Helitier declared that calamity had arrived before questioning whether the Black Sun Tyrant could stop them.

Lanchi and Talia spent their day off discussing the dangers and strategy of attacking Blood Moon City, where Duke Migaiya was likely being held. They planned to recruit powerful allies for a National Day assault and prepared for Lanchi and Talia to enter the Shadow World in about a week.

• Cat Boss reported that Lanchi had gained attention for his research and espionage work, received Duke Dex's praise, and accepted a Silk Banner from Red Falcon Nikola.
• Lanchi and Talia enjoyed breakfast together, then discussed the Blood Race intelligence they had gathered through the mysterious organization.
• Lanchi explained Blood Moon City's defenses and proposed a four-team assault strategy to defeat its three marquises, stop Third Progenitor Lasha'er from charging the core, and keep the Imperial Army from reinforcing the city.
• Lanchi said they would need powerful teammates and should attack during the National Day Ceremony, when the War Gods would be unable to interfere freely.
• Lanchi told Talia he had applied for Shadow World challenger authorization and expected to enter with her in about a week, where they would see Hugh Treasure.

Hughberlian and four Great Demons traveled into the Krui Di Empire, passing a guarded checkpoint on their way toward Granvilleverly City and the capital, Bulida. As they discussed the war and the Empire’s Magic Energy Fission research, Hughberlian spotted a professor she recognized in the newspaper and reacted with anger.

• Hughberlian traveled with Antanas, Sinora, Planai, and the Ice Witch toward Granvilleverly City, thinking about Lanchi and promising her friends they could stay at the Duke’s estate.
• Planai bribed a captain at an Imperial checkpoint with money hidden in a cigarette case, allowing the group to continue toward the railway station.
• Hughberlian asked the Ice Witch about the war, and the Ice Witch described the fighting and the growing international concern over Magic Energy Fission weapons.
• The Ice Witch showed Hughberlian a newspaper photograph of Imperial professor Landry Wasington with officers from the Imperial Special Operations Division, and Hughberlian angrily called him the Empire’s Lackey.

Hughberlian, the Ice Witch, Antanas, Sinora, and Planai traveled toward the Imperial capital to meet the allied spy Unity while discussing Loren, the possibility of finding Ifatia and Yabo, and their plans to enter a Shadow World together. The group reached Granvilleverly City’s guarded train station, where Hughberlian anticipated sharing the story of Sigrid with her friends.

• The Ice Witch told Hughberlian that they were going to meet Unity, an allied spy in Bulida, and Hughberlian worried about Florence guarding Ikelite while grieving Loren.
• Antanas suggested Loren might still be alive because the Empire had not given the Wind Slab to Simon Luo, but her speculation frightened the Ice Witch.
• Hughberlian asked whether they might find her mother, Ifatia, in the Krui Di Empire, and the group wondered whether Lanchi, Talia, and Yabo might also be there.
• Hughberlian invited the others to join her and Lanchi in the final vampire-history Shadow World, and Antanas eagerly agreed.
• As Planai drove toward the guarded station, Hughberlian told Antanas and Sinora that she wanted to show them Sigrid in the Shadow World.

Lanqi spent a restful lunch with Talia before Elsa visited and invited him to a play with Ursula, but he declined and entrusted Cat Boss to accompany her. He sent Cat Boss off with a human-transformation card and instructions to protect Elsa while keeping its true rank concealed.

• Talia served Lanqi and Cat Boss lunch and urged Lanqi to rest by the monastery stream that afternoon.
• Elsa visited Lanqi and invited him to Gods Temple and a performance of Holy War Romance with Ursula, but Lanqi declined because of official business.
• Lanqi gave Elsa Cat Boss, aliasing it Little Black Bread, and privately argued with Talia about her weight.
• Lanqi handed Cat Boss a Purple Rare Transformation Art: Human card and warned it to transform only when necessary.
• Cat Boss promised Lanqi and Elsa that it would protect them from anyone who provoked it.

Lanchi reassured Elsa about his work with the Imperial Special Operations Division and checked her defensive magic before she left with Cat Boss. After hearing the wild rumors about his supposed fiancées, Lanchi watched Elsa go and reflected on wanting to save as many people as he could despite their countries being enemies.

• Elsa warned Lanchi that his work with the Imperial Special Operations Division could be dangerous, and he promised to be careful.
• Lanchi examined Elsa’s Magic Cards and learned that Principal Violet had given her defensive spells and the Moon Goddess Mirror.
• Elsa asked whether Lanchi’s fiancée was the woman he had mentioned, while Talia silently pressed him for an answer through their mental link.
• Elsa told Lanchi that students at Saint Krui Di Monastery were spreading rumors that he was romantically involved with several fiancées and was known as the Saint of Love.
• Elsa left with Cat Boss to meet Ursula, and Lanchi admitted to Talia that he still wanted to save as many people as he could.

Lanchi studied the Krui Di Empire’s Long-Form Attribute Periodic Table while preparing lessons, and he and Talia discussed divine arts, the Demon Realm, and the tragic future the Goddess of Fate had shown him. Talia pressed Lanchi to explain why that future showed her beating him, but Cat Boss’s garbled call interrupted them.

• Lanchi reviewed the attributes in the Long-Form Attribute Periodic Table with Talia and explained how it would help him prepare his next lessons.
• Lanchi and Talia discussed faith, divine arts, the Upside-Down Mark, and the relative strength of the Great Demon Race Trials.
• Lanchi recalled the grim future behind Talia’s Rise, and Talia thanked him before asking why she had beaten him in that worldline.
• Talia caught Lanchi when he tried to escape and demanded he confess what he had done to anger her.
• Cat Boss contacted them through the Communication Magic Card, but severe mana interference broke up the message.

Lanchi learned that Elsa had gone missing and used Cat Boss’s broken messages, with Ursula’s help, to trace her to the Bulida Mafia’s Port District. He and Ursula set off together to find her, despite the danger of entering Mafia territory.

• Cat Boss sent Lanchi a garbled distress message, and Lanchi hurried downstairs while trying to understand its clues.
• Ursula arrived and told Lanchi that Elsa had failed to meet her and was missing from the monastery.
• Lanchi let Ursula listen to Cat Boss’s message, and she identified the Port District as the likely location from its references to boxes and alleys.
• Ursula warned Lanchi about the Mafia’s powerful leaders, but he asked her to help narrow down Elsa’s location.
• Ursula agreed to guide Lanchi, using her scouting magic and ability to track Elsa’s scent.
• Lanchi and Ursula flew southeast toward the Port District.

Elsa and Cat Boss fled assassins in the Bulida Mafia stronghold, only to be confronted by Viscount Carmel, a Blood Clan member who had learned about Elsa’s Eye of Judgment. As Carmel approached Elsa, someone appeared behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

• Elsa and Cat Boss escaped a transparent magic capsule and raced through the Bulida Port District while Mafia assassins pursued them.
• Elsa realized the pursuers were acting without their leader’s permission and deliberately headed toward the Mafia’s central district, using Cat Boss’s magic to create enough noise to expose their operation.
• Viscount Carmel slaughtered the pursuers, revealed that he had arranged the attack to silence Elsa, and demanded to know how many people he had killed.
• Elsa’s Eye of Judgment showed Carmel a seven-digit death count, and she called him a demon as he cornered her.
• A warm hand suddenly pressed onto Viscount Carmel’s shoulder from behind, revealing another presence in the alley.

Lanchi, posing as Professor Landry, rescued Elsa and Cat Boss from Viscount Carmel and revealed overwhelming strength while making the battle look evenly matched. He captured Carmel before the Blood Race member could escape, leaving the group with a dangerous prisoner in Mafia territory.

• Elsa warned Lanchi that Carmel had killed at least seven figures' worth of people, while Lanchi saw him as a valuable target to turn into a merit-making machine.
• Carmel attacked Lanchi, but Lanchi repeatedly outmaneuvered him and staged their fight as a close Tier 6 battle.
• Carmel tried to escape with Stealth Magic, but Lanchi seized him and stopped him from turning transparent.
• Carmel realized Lanchi had concealed transcendent power and feared the Blood Race Marquis would come after him and Elsa.
• Lanchi told Ursula that they had been evenly matched, while Elsa and Ursula questioned how effortless the battle had looked.
• Cat Boss shouted, "Take me as your apprentice!" after Lanchi captured Carmel.

Lanchi and Talia subdued Viscount Carmel and learned that Elsa’s danger may have begun at a Roland Family banquet, where her brother Ryan failed to pursue a suspicious intruder. As Lanchi prepared to take Carmel back to Saint Krui Di Monastery, Bulida Mafia leader Barton Hall confronted them and demanded that they leave the vampire behind.

• Lanchi comforted Elsa after she worried he might lose to Viscount Carmel, while Ursula urged him to show his sister more affection.
• Lanchi asked Elsa why the vampire had targeted her, and Ursula explained that Elsa had identified a suspicious banquet guest with her Eye of Judgment.
• Lanchi questioned whether Ryan’s investigation had failed and asked Ursula whether her brother’s temperament had changed over the past two years; Ursula reacted with shock.
• Lanchi told Ursula they would discuss the matter after returning to the academy, but Barton Hall appeared in the alley and blocked their way.
• Barton reached for Viscount Carmel, and Lanchi stopped him; Barton recognized Lanchi as a professor from Krui Di Academy and demanded that they leave the vampire behind.

Lanchi negotiated with Barton over custody of Viscount Carmel and agreed to meet the Bulida Mafia’s mysterious boss to discuss an alliance against the Blood Race. The boss welcomed him with the promise of dissecting his brain and taking control of him.

• Lanchi refused to surrender Viscount Carmel until Barton warned that handing him to the Empire would put Lanchi and the Landry siblings in danger.
• Lanchi agreed to leave Viscount Carmel in the Mafia’s custody under terms that let him continue his research, but Barton said only his boss could approve cooperation.
• Barton warned Lanchi that meeting his boss could be deadly, and Lanchi chose to go anyway while Elsa and Ursula waited with Barton.
• Barton contacted his boss, who ordered him to bring Lanchi to her.
• In her underground laboratory, the silver-haired Mafia boss picked up a Willow Leaf Blade and declared that she would dig into Lanchi’s brain and control him.

Lanchi entered the Bulida Mafia’s underground palace to persuade its boss, but their confrontation stopped when Talia and the silver-haired boss recognized each other as long-lost sisters. The boss, Ifatia, embraced Talia, leaving Lanchi’s mission overtaken by their reunion.

• Barton led Lanchi into the hidden underground palace beneath the Hassel Building while Elsa and Ursula stayed behind.
• The silver-haired Mafia boss attacked Lanchi with powerful magic, and Talia prepared to fight her in response.
• Talia and the silver-haired woman recognized each other, and the woman revealed that she was Ifatia.
• Ifatia embraced Talia and tearfully said that she had missed her sister.

Talia reunited with Ifatia after a century apart, and the sisters embraced and caught up on the hardships that had separated them. Ifatia asked about Hughberlian and her romantic life, leaving Talia insisting she would personally vet any suitors.

• Talia recognized Ifatia, and the sisters wept and embraced after a hundred years apart.
• Ifatia teased Talia about being married, then noticed her scars and said she would explain her experiences later.
• Lanchi reassured Talia that protecting Hughberlian in Ikelite had helped their cause, and Ifatia agreed that her sister had carried important responsibilities.
• Ifatia asked about Hughberlian, and Talia and Lanchi described her while telling Ifatia that she still thought about her mother.
• Ifatia asked whether Hughberlian had a boyfriend or love rivals, and Talia said she would vet any suitors herself.

Lanchi and Talia reunited with Ifatia in the underground palace, where they explained how they had reached the Krui Di Empire and become entangled with the Bulida Mafia. Ifatia accepted Lanchi as someone who had helped her sister and teased him about becoming her brother-in-law, while Talia insisted they were peers.

• Ifatia picked up Cat Boss and learned it was Talia’s landlord in Ikelite, then explained that marrying Mi Gaiya had made her an Ikelitean.
• Talia kept Lanchi from speaking freely until he described how he had taken Professor Landry’s identity after the real Landry was killed.
• Ifatia invited Lanchi and Talia to sit, lit the underground palace, and listened as Lanchi recounted their journey through the Bosen Kingdom and Flower Capital Pariel.
• Lanchi explained that he had joined the Imperial Special Operations Division, pursued Elsa’s attackers, and been brought to the Mafia base by Barton.
• Ifatia apologized for the demons’ habit of fighting before talking, thanked Lanchi for helping Talia, and asked him to take care of her sister.
• Ifatia teased Lanchi about becoming her brother-in-law, and Talia tapped him on the head while insisting they were of the same generation.

Talia and Lanchi reunited with Ifatia and shared what they knew about the situation on the Southern Continent. After learning that Ifatia was badly wounded from her failed attempt to rescue Mi Gaiya, Lanchi promised to help rescue the duke and destroy Blood Moon City, leaving Ifatia eager to join them.

• Talia and Lanchi discussed their relationship and exchanged playful banter while Ifatia and Cat Boss watched.
• Ifatia asked about their allies, and Talia explained that they could count only themselves as friendly forces for now.
• Ifatia praised Talia for becoming a Demon King, prompting Talia to tease Lanchi when she noticed him trying not to laugh.
• Ifatia revealed that the Blood King Divine Fire had injured her during her attempt to rescue Mi Gaiya from Blood Moon City, and Lanchi explained how the barrier worked.
• Lanchi promised to rescue Mi Gaiya and told Ifatia that he intended to destroy Blood Moon City; Ifatia offered to help and called him big brother with Talia's approval.

Lanchi, Talia, Ifatia, and Cat Boss discussed Ifatia’s wounds and learned that powerful wolf blood could cure the Blood King Divine Fire. Lanchi decided to approach Violet for blood when she returned, while Ifatia accepted calling him Big Brother.

• Ifatia insisted that Lanchi was her Big Brother because he was dating Talia, and Talia explained that her sister had driven her former tutors crazy.
• Ifatia said that the Blood King Divine Fire could be dispelled by the blood of a peak eighth-tier Wolf Warrior, while her ability to fall asleep let her endure the burning.
• Cat Boss revealed that Lanchi and Talia shared a private soul-linked channel and had only held hands, embarrassing them both.
• Ifatia explained that Violet’s Moon God blessing had awakened her wolf bloodline, while Lanchi and Cat Boss mentioned a powerful wolf in the Northern Continent who was too far away to reach soon.
• Lanchi decided to ask Violet for blood as an experimental sample after she returned, offering a valuable bargaining chip if needed.
• Ifatia thanked Lanchi and urged him not to take risks, and Lanchi stopped objecting to her calling him Big Brother.

Lanchi and Talia learned that Ifatia had rapidly grown stronger after taking a lifespan-shortening secret medicine, and Lanchi promised to help her dispel the Blood King Divine Fire. They left the underground palace with Barton’s help and planned to seek out Abigail, the Empire’s spatial Magic Artisan and a potential ally.

• Ifatia told Lanchi that she could barely fight a Blood Race Marquis after taking the Godly Curse Potential Secret Medicine, and Talia realized her sister had surpassed her by a wide margin.
• Talia cried over Ifatia’s shortened lifespan, and Lanchi comforted her while Ifatia explained that she had chosen the medicine’s human-like lifespan.
• Lanchi and Talia learned that Abigail had built the Silver Palace and that Barton knew her; Lanchi decided he wanted to meet her for his research project.
• Barton opened the palace door, and Ifatia told him to support Lanchi as their new partner.
• Lanchi promised to find medicine to dispel the Blood King Divine Fire and return to free Ifatia, then left with Talia and Barton.