Recaps

Zhao Bai freed Ji Lin from her endless wait, mourned her, and cremated her remains. He and Bronya left the ruins with Chiyou silent, while Zhao Bai grew afraid of parting.

• Zhao Bai killed Ji Lin’s lingering resentment and found her long-dead remains beneath the golden ornaments and robe.
• Zhao Bai carved a mourning poem from the Book of Songs into the stone wall for Ji Lin and the Lianshan Clan.
• Zhao Bai had Heavy Cannon Rabbit replace the Chiyou Cannon with the 5th Sacred Relic and ordered it to cremate Ji Lin.
• Bronya noticed Zhao Bai’s melancholy and held his hand as he explained who Ji Lin had been.
• Heavy Cannon Rabbit fired, burying the remains and ruins beneath flames and dust.

After Chiyou died, Zhao Bai asked Bronya to hide how close the mission had come to going wrong, and Bronya secretly sent Theresa a fabricated mission report. As Chiyou’s inner space flooded, Zhao Bai helped the Third Herrscher put on a diving suit, and they returned to St. Freya unnoticed.

• Zhao Bai asked Bronya to report that they had easily defeated Chiyou and conceal their five hours inside it.
• Bronya blushed while thinking up an alibi, then insisted that she would write the report and Zhao Bai must not read it.
• Bronya secretly sent Theresa an erotic story edited to use the mission’s characters as a fabricated report.
• As seawater flooded Chiyou’s collapsing inner space, Zhao Bai taught the Third Herrscher how to put on a diving suit and calmed her anger.
• Zhao Bai, Bronya, and the Third Herrscher returned to St. Freya like thieves.

Zhao Bai stopped An from leaving and brought her to the restaurant for a meal, where the Third Herrscher also demanded an offering. Zhao Bai began preparing a beef bowl with onions and the leftover beef.

• An tried to slip away, but Zhao Bai grabbed her and insisted she stay for a meal.
• Zhao Bai opened the restaurant, startling An into hiding in the bushes before she reluctantly came out.
• Zhao Bai offered An pork cutlet rice as a reward, and An mistook it for an attempt to make her confess.
• Zhao Bai changed the meal to a beef bowl, while the Third Herrscher sat beside An and demanded a unique offering.
• Zhao Bai cooked onions with Black Abyss White Flower, then simmered thinly sliced beef with mirin and soy sauce.

Zhao Bai prepared gyudon for the Third Herrscher and An, then helped them mix the egg into their rice. The Third Herrscher remained dangerous and inexperienced, while An struggled to use chopsticks.

• Zhao Bai cracked an egg into the Third Herrscher's gyudon and explained how to mix it.
• The Third Herrscher accused Zhao Bai of mocking her lack of experience and revealed her dangerous intent toward humanity.
• Zhao Bai remembered that the Third Herrscher's consciousness had only been born in recent years and worried that she was too young for his attraction.
• Zhao Bai took the Third Herrscher's bowl and mixed the rice, beef, and egg for her.
• An struggled to mix her gyudon with chopsticks, so Zhao Bai mixed her bowl for her.

An ate Zhao Bai’s cooking and learned that he hoped she would speak well of him to Bronya and Cocolia. After Zhao Bai sent An on her way, Theresa received a mission report from Bronya.

• Zhao Bai served An a finished dish and brought her a spoon when she could not use chopsticks.
• An praised the food, and Zhao Bai asked her to put in a good word for him with Bronya and Cocolia.
• Zhao Bai explained that power could not win Bronya’s heart and told An to leave after finishing her rice.
• The Third Herrscher collapsed asleep face-first into her bowl.
• Theresa received an email from Bronya containing a mission report.

Theresa discovered that she had accidentally destroyed her tablet and lost the remaining chapters of the story she was reading. After Zhao Bai and Bronya returned home, Theresa asked Bronya for more, but Bronya said there wasn’t any.

• Theresa realized she had spent five hours playing and decided to check the mission details.
• Theresa crushed her tablet in anger and lost the story data she had been reading.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya returned home after putting the sleeping Mei in her own room.
• Theresa pulled Bronya aside and asked whether there was more of the story.
• Bronya told Theresa there wasn’t any more.

Bronya teased Theresa with a suggestion about forbidden pleasure, leaving Theresa flustered and rushing to her room. The chapter ended with Mei waking from a troubling dream, pale and gasping.

• Theresa accused Bronya of lying about still being a girl, and Bronya denied it.
• Bronya whispered a way for Theresa to experience forbidden pleasure, and Theresa grew flustered before rushing into her room.
• Zhao Bai noticed Theresa's strange behavior and asked Bronya about it, but Bronya said she did not know why Theresa was acting that way.
• Theresa rolled around on her bed in embarrassment while Zhao Bai remained confused.
• Mei suddenly woke, pale and gasping as though she had been drowning.

Mei woke from a dream—or a memory—about stealing a diving suit and following Zhao Bai and Bronya, then learned that the suit had really been stolen. At the orphanage, An was delighted to have been entrusted with a task and treated to gyudon.

• Mei woke in a sweat and wondered whether her memories of the principal, Zhao Bai, and Bronya had been a dream.
• Kiana returned and told Mei that an old-style women's diving suit had been stolen from the storeroom and that the thief had left no clues.
• Mei realized the theft matched what she remembered doing and dropped her bathrobe in dismay.
• An returned to the orphanage happy that someone had entrusted her with a task and treated her to gyudon.

An told Cocolia that Zhao Bai seemed suitable for Bronya, and Cocolia sent her to confinement with Liliya and Rosaliya. Rosaliya eagerly welcomed An as an audience for the twins’ performance.

• An told Cocolia that Zhao Bai seemed suitable for Sister Bronya.
• Cocolia questioned An about calling Bronya “Sister” and listened to her explanation.
• Cocolia threw An into the confinement room with Liliya and Rosaliya.
• Rosaliya greeted An excitedly and asked if she had come to watch their performance.

An was happy with Zhao Bai, who prepared to shoulder Cocolia’s anger over her relationship with Bronya. The next morning, Zhao Bai and Bronya found construction underway on the school auditorium and the restaurant’s second phase, which was becoming a Russian restaurant.

• An happily walked along beneath the moonlight, while Zhao Bai anticipated that Cocolia would be angry about Bronya falling in love.
• Zhao Bai worried about the control chip in Bronya’s brain and decided he would bear Cocolia’s anger so Bronya could remain happy.
• The next morning, Zhao Bai and Bronya went to open the restaurant and learned that work had begun on the school auditorium and the restaurant’s second phase.
• Zhao Bai entered the construction site and watched reserve Valkyries operate practice exoskeletons and carry steel bars.
• Zhao Bai saw that the second phase, built on land Theresa had mortgaged to him, was rapidly becoming a Russian restaurant.

Zhao Bai discussed his Russian restaurant plans with Himeko, who approved his request to sell alcohol. He planned a grand restaurant and bar, with space remaining for a lakeside sauna and barbecue cabin.

• Zhao Bai thought about Bronya’s Russian background and his efforts to learn authentic Russian cuisine.
• Himeko teased Zhao Bai about watching the female students, and he declared that he was devoted to Bronya.
• Himeko asked whether Zhao Bai planned to sell alcohol at the Russian restaurant.
• Zhao Bai said he could sell alcohol if Himeko issued a permit and mentioned that he had been learning bartending.
• Himeko approved the alcohol sales permit, and Zhao Bai considered how to use the remaining land for a lakeside sauna and barbecue cabin.

Zhao Bai left Himeko’s training area confused after she punished the laughing students with a heavier exoskeleton exercise. That night, he struggled to sleep as memories of killing Ji Lin in Nine Nether resurfaced.

• Himeko sent Zhao Bai away when the trainees laughed at his affectionate behavior.
• Himeko ordered the trainees who had carried ten bags of cement to carry fifteen, teaching them how heavier loads affected exoskeleton control.
• Zhao Bai followed his usual bedtime routine but could not fall asleep.
• Zhao Bai remembered raising his blade and beheading Ji Lin beside the black horse’s corpse in Nine Nether.
• Zhao Bai recalled that he had been thinking about severing immortality and silently reciting Immortal Slaying.

Zhao Bai realized he had left the black Xuanyuan Sword in the sea and worried that an enemy might find it. He quietly slipped out to retrieve it.

• Zhao Bai lay awake, troubled by an unexplained unease, and decided not to wake Bronya for a lap pillow.
• Zhao Bai remembered that he had left the black Xuanyuan Sword in the sea after defeating Pipi Ma.
• Zhao Bai worried an enemy might discover the sword and quietly climbed out through the window to retrieve it.

After ages beneath the sea, the Xuanyuan Sword gained a childlike spirit, and Zhao Bai rescued her. He wondered why she lacked Ji Lin’s resentment, while the spirit’s first memory was of seeing him recite an elegy in the rain of blood.

• A little girl emerged from the sea after the Xuanyuan Sword had absorbed Ji Lin’s sorrow over thousands of years.
• Zhao Bai descended, lifted the girl from the seabed, and recognized her as a personification of the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Zhao Bai asked which version she came from, but Xuanyuan Sword did not understand him.
• Zhao Bai wondered whether his final slash had erased Ji Lin’s resentment along with her soul.
• Xuanyuan Sword remembered seeing Zhao Bai recite an elegy amid a bloody downpour and wanting to see him.

Zhao Bai welcomed the newly transformed Xuanyuan Sword and brought her back to St. Freya Academy. After she called him “Mama,” he accidentally knocked Pseudo-Judas over, drawing Bronya to the door.

• The Xuanyuan Sword’s resentment faded, and she floated toward Zhao Bai beneath the moonlight.
• Zhao Bai brought the curious Xuanyuan Sword to St. Freya Academy and set her down in his room.
• Zhao Bai tried to make Dark Lamentoso and Pseudo-Judas transform, but neither responded.
• The Xuanyuan Sword called Zhao Bai “Mama,” startling him into knocking Pseudo-Judas onto the floor.
• Bronya knocked at the door and asked what had happened.

Zhao Bai hid Xuanyuan Sword in a wardrobe after she called him Mom, then tried to explain her cries to Bronya. Bronya discovered the baby and questioned whose child she was.

• Bronya called from outside, and Zhao Bai panicked after Xuanyuan Sword called him Mom.
• Zhao Bai put Xuanyuan Sword in the wardrobe and opened the door to tell Bronya he had been polishing his weapon.
• Xuanyuan Sword thumped on the wardrobe and pleaded not to be left alone, frightened by the darkness because of her memories inside Chiyou's heart.
• Bronya approached the wardrobe, opened it, and found the baby inside.
• Bronya asked Zhao Bai whose child she had found, noting the baby's black hair marked her as someone from Shenzhou.

Bronya and Theresa confronted Zhao Bai after finding him with Xuanyuan Sword, a child who called him “Mommy.” Zhao Bai explained that Xuanyuan Sword resembled Ji Lin, leaving Theresa to wonder if the child was his and Ji Lin’s.

• Bronya found Zhao Bai with Xuanyuan Sword and looked to him for an explanation.
• Xuanyuan Sword reached for Zhao Bai and called him “Mommy.”
• Theresa took charge of the living-room confrontation and accused Zhao Bai of having a child after only a few months of dating Bronya.
• Zhao Bai pointed out Xuanyuan Sword’s resemblance to Ji Lin, prompting Theresa to ask whether the child was his and Ji Lin’s.

Zhao Bai discovered that the Xuanyuan Sword could transform into a flying sword and a human infant, and decided to raise her as a kind weapon. Theresa reflected that the sword was insignificant compared with Zhao Bai’s other weapons.

• Zhao Bai told the Xuanyuan Sword to return to her original form, and she became a sword that shattered the glass coffee table.
• Zhao Bai sent the Xuanyuan Sword flying outside and back, then celebrated her as a flying sword.
• The Xuanyuan Sword transformed into an infant and floated obediently beside Zhao Bai.
• Zhao Bai decided that the Xuanyuan Sword would become a kind and upright weapon in his care.
• Theresa sighed that the Xuanyuan Sword was minor compared with Zhao Bai’s existing arsenal.

The Xuanyuan Sword called Zhao Bai “Daddy” and Bronya “Daddy,” then called Theresa “Grandma,” sending Theresa into a furious loss of control. Oath of Judas restrained Theresa, while Zhao Bai remained troubled by the sword’s choice of family titles.

• Bronya took the Xuanyuan Sword and asked what it thought of her.
• The Xuanyuan Sword called Zhao Bai “Daddy.”
• The Xuanyuan Sword called Theresa “Grandma,” and Theresa lost control.
• Oath of Judas activated and bound Theresa in chains.
• Zhao Bai wondered why the Xuanyuan Sword had called both him and Bronya “Daddy.”

Zhao Bai cared for the newborn Xuanyuan Sword, who called him Mommy and followed him to work. He promised to make her food after his shift when she became curious about the beef he was cooking.

• Zhao Bai accepted that the Xuanyuan Sword called him Mommy and floated around him on his way to work.
• Zhao Bai entered the shop with the Xuanyuan Sword and found Bronya at the register.
• Zhao Bai explained that the Xuanyuan Sword was a newborn intelligence shaped by Ji Lin’s lingering obsession and needed patient guidance.
• The Xuanyuan Sword watched Zhao Bai cook beef and craved a taste, but he promised to make her a dish after work.

After Xuanyuan Sword, Zhao Bai, and Bronya disappeared, Theresa lamented being called Grandma and went out to ask whether she was old. Fu Hua sincerely assured her that she was very young.

• Theresa returned to her senses and found Xuanyuan Sword, Zhao Bai, and Bronya gone.
• Theresa complained that she had become a grandma and left wearing her nun's habit with Judas on her back.
• Theresa stopped Fu Hua and asked whether she was old.
• Fu Hua considered the question and told Theresa she was very young.

Theresa continued seeking reassurance about whether she looked old and asked Himeko the same question. Himeko responded impatiently, bringing up marriage and leaving Theresa offended.

• After Theresa left, Fu Hua reflected that St. Freya was strange and preferred it to the cold European headquarters.
• Fu Hua criticized Theresa for seeking others' approval and walked away.
• Theresa approached Himeko while she was directing reserve students operating exoskeletons.
• Theresa asked Himeko whether she was really that old.
• Himeko impatiently asked whether Theresa was thinking about marriage, and Theresa called her mean.

Himeko dragged Theresa to the principal’s office and made her return to work after Theresa tried to dodge her duties. Theresa resisted and began looking for a way to distract Himeko.

• Theresa asked Himeko what was wrong with her, and Himeko punched her before ordering her back to work.
• Himeko stopped the students’ construction work and escorted Theresa to the principal’s office to fulfill her duties.
• Theresa resisted Himeko’s attempt to drag her along, using her Honkai Beast gene-enhanced strength to plant herself in place.
• Theresa began trying to make big news that would distract Himeko from making her work.

Theresa told Teacher Himeko that Zhao Bai had a child whose mother was not Bronya, prompting Himeko to rush to the restaurant. She confronted Bronya, who misunderstood Himeko's concern as congratulations.

• Theresa whispered to Teacher Himeko that Zhao Bai had a child and Bronya was not the mother.
• Teacher Himeko was stunned for ten minutes, then ran to Zhao Bai and Bronya's restaurant to investigate.
• Teacher Himeko burst into the restaurant, alarming Bronya and putting Heavy Cannon Rabbit on guard before it recognized her.
• Teacher Himeko told Bronya she knew everything about the child, and Bronya assumed the news had spread so people could congratulate her.

Himeko met the Xuanyuan Sword in its childlike form and learned how Zhao Bai treated it, then angrily blamed Theresa. The story shifted to Anti-Entropy, where Tesla was amused while Cocolia faced a bleak situation.

• Himeko urged Bronya to stop suffering in silence and punish Zhao Bai for his wrongdoing.
• The Xuanyuan Sword emerged from the kitchen and activated its target lock when it sensed Himeko's hostility toward Zhao Bai.
• Bronya introduced the Xuanyuan Sword to Himeko, who was overwhelmed when the child called her Auntie.
• Bronya explained that Zhao Bai had called the Xuanyuan Sword too weak to be a weapon and better suited as a mascot.
• Himeko slammed the table and cursed Theresa.
• The narration shifted to Anti-Entropy, where Tesla had been laughing for days while Cocolia was in a bleak state.