Recaps

Zhao Bai invited Yue Xia on a honeymoon and carried her out of a window, while Otto watched and prepared Durandal to play a vampire hunter who would push the pair closer together. Durandal doubted Otto’s matchmaking plan as he sent her to create urgency for Zhao Bai and Yue Xia.

• Zhao Bai invited Yue Xia to travel, sleep, and eat together, calling it their honeymoon.
• Yue Xia accepted Zhao Bai’s hand, and he carried her out the window before leaping to the ground with her.
• Otto watched their leap from an underground laboratory in Finland and judged the romantic scene nearly complete.
• Otto told Durandal to hunt Zhao Bai and Yue Xia to create urgency and bring them closer together.
• Durandal sighed at Otto’s plan, while Otto failed to understand her doubts.

After Zhao Bai left, Bronya reflected on Theresa’s short lifespan and decided to make things easier for her. Zhao Bai rode off with Yue Xia, while Bronya contacted him to criticize his rigid approach to dating.

• Bronya found Zhao Bai gone and considered Theresa’s lifespan and the failed specimens that had preceded her.
• Bronya decided that Theresa deserved to have a more brilliant life despite her short one.
• Bronya cleaned up the scattered glass and rockets, then concluded that Zhao Bai was too selfish and cowardly to care for more than one woman.
• Zhao Bai rode his motorcycle with Yue Xia in the sidecar, and she excitedly asked whether they had reached home base.
• Bronya contacted Zhao Bai and told him he was rigid and had no way to court girls besides treating them to meals.

Zhao Bai tried to find a way to approach Yue Xia, and Bronya offered to guide him. As they rode through the night, Zhao Bai gave the hungry Yue Xia warmed blood to drink, leaving her quietly watching his neck.

• Bronya told Zhao Bai that inviting Yue Xia to dinner would not work because she was a vampire.
• Bronya offered to guide Zhao Bai, then explained that her romantic skill came from natural talent.
• Yue Xia watched Zhao Bai's neck as Moonlit Embrace grew hungry.
• Zhao Bai warmed a bag of genetically engineered blood and handed it to Yue Xia with a straw.
• Yue Xia figured out how to use the straw and sipped the blood while Zhao Bai kept his eyes on the road.

Bronya searched for cheesy pickup lines to help Zhao Bai give Yue Xia a grand ending, then directed him to a love hotel in Canghai City. Zhao Bai misunderstood Bronya’s explanation of the hotel’s equipment, and the chapter left him pleased that she supposedly knew he liked Kamen Rider.

• Bronya searched for pickup lines in several languages, imagining how Zhao Bai’s words would affect Yue Xia.
• Yue Xia curiously gnawed on a plastic straw until Zhao Bai pulled it away and gave her another.
• Zhao Bai and Yue Xia reached Canghai City beneath the full moon, and Bronya told Zhao Bai to go to a love hotel.
• Zhao Bai explained that the hotel’s audiovisual equipment could be adjusted to watch Kamen Rider, and Bronya said she thought everyone liked it.

Zhao Bai searched for a nocturnal monster while Durandal prepared to stage a dramatic fight for him at a love hotel. Durandal waited for Zhao Bai to return, uncomfortable with the theatrical role Otto had assigned her.

• Zhao Bai adjusted the TV antenna so the children could watch Kamen Rider Vulcan.
• Zhao Bai set out to find a catlike monster that attacked people at night.
• Durandal watched for her target from a skyscraper, dressed as a Vampire Hunter.
• Lord Bishop instructed Durandal to act intimidating and provoke her opponent so Zhao Bai would see her dramatic performance.
• Durandal waited for Zhao Bai to return before entering the love hotel and staging the planned attack.

Durandal, dressed as a Victorian vampire hunter, confronted Zhao Bai outside the love hotel on Otto’s orders. She began attacking him after he recognized the Archbishop’s involvement.

• After searching all night without success, Zhao Bai returned to the love hotel as an explosion shattered its windows.
• A small, red-eyed figure fell in front of Zhao Bai, and Durandal approached in Victorian attire with weapons in hand.
• Durandal challenged Zhao Bai over whether he would protect a vampire, but he recognized that the Church and Otto were involved.
• Durandal transformed her meat saw into a giant scythe and charged Zhao Bai, telling him not to answer her question with a question.

Zhao Bai fought Durandal, whom Otto had sent after him, then fled with the unconscious Moonlit Embrace. Otto ordered Durandal to let them escape long enough to talk and promised that she could keep cats at headquarters.

• Durandal attacked Zhao Bai with a scythe, and he recognized her strength as likely belonging to someone sent by Otto.
• Zhao Bai charged Durandal, then retreated with the unconscious Moonlit Embrace over his shoulder.
• Otto told Durandal to chase Zhao Bai without catching him too soon, giving them time to talk as they ran.
• Durandal slowed down after Otto promised she could keep cats at headquarters.

Zhao Bai fled Canghai City by motorcycle with Yue Xia while Durandal pursued them in her Knight Moonbeam armor. He reached the sea, where Durandal caught up as dawn approached.

• Zhao Bai reassured Yue Xia that she had done nothing wrong as he carried her away from Durandal.
• Durandal stopped herself from destroying Zhao Bai's motorcycle after Otto warned her that it was powered by a gemstone.
• Zhao Bai rode his motorcycle out to sea with Moonlit Embrace while Durandal summoned her Knight Moonbeam armor and flew after him.
• Durandal's flight disrupted the city lights, prompting Otto to remark that she was unsuited to city missions.
• Zhao Bai reached the sea and saw Durandal approaching behind him before sunrise.

Zhao Bai confronted Durandal over the frozen sea, wielding Heavenly Fire Judgment and Ice Lotus Sky as Durandal prepared to attack him. Meanwhile, Bronya searched for Zhao Bai after a disturbance disrupted quantum communications, but she still had not found him.

• Zhao Bai stopped his motorcycle and faced Durandal, who recognized him.
• Zhao Bai froze the sea with Ice Lotus Sky, then drew Heavenly Fire Judgment and melted parts of the ice.
• Durandal prepared to test Zhao Bai at maximum output in the Moonlit Armor while Otto’s chatter distracted her.
• Theresa listened aloud to a fantasy novel until Bronya muted her phone remotely.
• A disturbance tore through quantum communications near Zhao Bai, and Bronya continued searching for his signal.
• Bronya heard someone shout, “Let go already!”

Durandal defeated Zhao Bai in close-quarters combat and reported to Otto that she had him under control. Otto questioned how she had overcome him, and Durandal asked what to do next.

• Durandal challenged Zhao Bai to a hand-to-hand fight, and he accepted after they had traded attacks at range.
• Durandal used her superior strength and combat skill to break Zhao Bai’s ribs and overpower him.
• Durandal told Otto she had Zhao Bai under control and explained that his lack of killing intent reminded her of Theresa.
• Otto expressed surprise at her success, and Durandal asked for her next orders.

Otto allowed Durandal to keep fighting Zhao Bai, who provoked her despite his injuries. As the battle’s shockwaves threatened Yue Xia, Otto spoke to her and offered help, awakening the power of her blood as Schicksal’s satellite turned crimson.

• Zhao Bai refused to fight back and taunted Durandal, insisting she could not bring herself to hurt him.
• Durandal punched Zhao Bai after he told her to hit him, and Otto let her continue.
• Yue Xia struggled to endure the shockwaves while the battle raged below.
• Otto spoke to Yue Xia and offered to help her control the chaotic blood within her.
• Yue Xia’s blood answered an ancient call, crimson light descended from the sky, and Schicksal’s satellite changed color.

Yue Xia appeared atop Blood Judas and stopped Durandal’s fight, while Zhao Bai suspected the weapon had been projected from an Anti-Entropy satellite. As Zhao Bai prepared to intervene, Durandal stopped reciting her lines and declared she would no longer follow the Bishop’s orders.

• Yue Xia descended onto Blood Judas and told Durandal not to bully her retainer.
• Durandal accepted defeat after seeing Yue Xia’s protective expression.
• Zhao Bai suspected that Blood Judas had been projected from an Anti-Entropy satellite.
• Zhao Bai prepared to pull Yue Xia away and reason with Durandal.
• Durandal stopped reciting her lines and told the Bishop she would not do this anymore.

Durandal tried to reveal the truth about Moonlit Embrace, but Zhao Bai stopped her and chose to protect Moonlit Embrace’s brief, happy life. Durandal and Zhao Bai prepared to face each other as dawn approached.

• Durandal overpowered Moonlit Embrace and began to explain who she really was.
• Zhao Bai struck Durandal and sent her into the sea before she could finish.
• Zhao Bai told Moonlit Embrace to hide beneath a blackout cloth until everything was over.
• Durandal accepted that Zhao Bai had his own sense of justice and drew her lance as he stood guard with his weapon.
• Durandal argued that Moonlit Embrace’s beautiful life would soon end, and Zhao Bai paused before offering his reason for protecting her.

Zhao Bai and Durandal clashed over their conflicting wishes for Moonlit Embrace’s finale, choosing to settle the argument through combat. Their fight continued as Zhao Bai revealed his gauntlets and Durandal brought her lance down in a powerful smash.

• Zhao Bai rejected Durandal’s attempt to change his mind and said she might still change her own.
• Zhao Bai and Durandal began fighting across an isolated, ice-covered sea.
• Durandal charged with her lance, and Zhao Bai retreated while deflecting her attacks with his blade.
• Zhao Bai replaced Ice Lotus Sky with deep-purple gauntlets and used lightning to twist Durandal’s lance aside before punching.
• Durandal recognized Zhao Bai’s gauntlets as Moon Ring’s and swung her lance down at him like a hammer.

Zhao Bai fought Durandal to a draw before they agreed to spar again the next night. After escaping with Moonlit Embrace, he asked Bronya for somewhere to stay and learned she had withheld her hotel suite because she feared he would destroy her belongings.

• Zhao Bai and Durandal traded powerful attacks until the ice beneath them melted and broke apart.
• Durandal proposed that they resume their fight another day, and Zhao Bai agreed to meet her at the same place tomorrow night.
• Zhao Bai rode away with Moonlit Embrace and told Bronya he had fought Durandal.
• Zhao Bai asked Bronya for a place to stay, and she offered her Hutao-themed hotel suite in Canghai City.
• Bronya explained that she had put Zhao Bai in a couples' hotel because she feared he would blow up her precious things.

Otto and Durandal waited for their night duel while discussing Otto’s script and Durandal’s acting. Zhao Bai brought Moonlit Embrace to a presidential suite and tried to keep her awake with video games, prompting Bronya to accuse him of encouraging her bad habits.

• Durandal waited above the sea for night to arrive so she could duel Otto.
• Otto pretended not to care that Durandal had criticized his script, then teased her about being good at flirting.
• Zhao Bai arrived with Moonlit Embrace at the HOMU-themed presidential suite and woke her up.
• Zhao Bai handed Moonlit Embrace a game controller and encouraged her to stay awake and play.
• Bronya questioned Zhao Bai for encouraging Moonlit Embrace to change her usual sleep schedule.

Zhao Bai introduced Moonlit Embrace to video games and taught her how to use an Xbox S controller. He started her on Watch Dogs 2, then went to bed wearing an Elizabethan collar around her as a precaution.

• Zhao Bai decided that teaching Moonlit Embrace to play games was a good way to guide her.
• Moonlit Embrace examined an Xbox S controller and asked why anyone would play games.
• Zhao Bai explained what video games were and showed Moonlit Embrace how to use the controller.
• Zhao Bai started a new Watch Dogs 2 save and handed control to Moonlit Embrace.
• Zhao Bai put an Elizabethan collar on Moonlit Embrace before going to bed so she would not eat him.

Zhao Bai watched Yue Xia become absorbed in gaming and invited her to watch him fight that night, but she refused. He left her to play as she wished, still focused on causing chaos in the game's open world.

• Zhao Bai prepared blood bags and straws, then fell asleep on Homu-printed bedsheets while Yue Xia played games.
• After ten hours, Zhao Bai found Yue Xia still gaming and asked why she had not progressed the main story.
• Yue Xia admitted she did not know what the main story was and continued messing around in the open world.
• Zhao Bai invited Yue Xia to watch him fight that night, but she refused without looking away from the game.

Zhao Bai brought Durandal food before their long-awaited duel began on the frozen sea. The two clashed with matching Void Blades, and their fight continued beyond the chapter.

• Zhao Bai found Durandal still waiting above the sea and asked whether she had eaten.
• Zhao Bai offered Durandal cream puffs and doughnuts, and she ate them before preparing to fight.
• Durandal summoned a Void Blade with Myriad Martial Arts and raised her lance.
• Zhao Bai revealed a matching Void Blade, froze the sea within three thousand meters, and leaped from his motorcycle.
• Zhao Bai and Durandal charged at the same time and clashed their blades.

Zhao Bai and Durandal tested their skills in a series of weapon duels, ending with Zhao Bai’s overwhelming gun-fu victory. Durandal then summoned gauntlets for their next match, and Zhao Bai chose a weapon to face her.

• Zhao Bai and Durandal fought with katanas across the ice, and their contest ended in a draw.
• Zhao Bai froze the sea into a larger arena and challenged Durandal to a gun-fu duel.
• Zhao Bai fired Heavenly Fire Judgment, blasting half the ice field backward and forcing Durandal to surrender.
• Durandal, excited to experience a loss, summoned Nuoyada of the Broken Light for a gauntlet fight.
• Zhao Bai selected a weapon he considered suitable to face Durandal’s lightning-wrapped gauntlets.

Zhao Bai defeated Durandal in their second fist match, and Durandal proposed skipping their lance match because she thought her spear techniques were better. The contest remained unresolved as Zhao Bai pointed out that her blunt suggestion had hurt his feelings.

• Zhao Bai used Sleeve Cloud Wrap and the Inch Heart Fist to dissolve Durandal's attacks without striking back.
• Durandal recognized Zhao Bai's technique as a hidden branch of the Taixu Divine Sword and charged at him.
• Zhao Bai summoned a divine sword from a black sphere and defeated Durandal again.
• Durandal got up, admitted she had lost, and acknowledged that she had fought at full strength.
• Durandal asked to count the upcoming lance match as her win, and Zhao Bai said her bluntness hurt because she implied her spear techniques were better.
• Durandal wondered where Zhao Bai had obtained his many weapons.

Zhao Bai and Durandal ended their clash in a draw after Zhao Bai revealed the aura of Black Abyss White Flower, preventing her from pursuing the truth of Moonlit Embrace. Durandal accepted his decision, disarmed herself, and followed Zhao Bai, who asked what she wanted.

• Zhao Bai revealed the aura of Black Abyss White Flower, and Durandal recognized the threat of their weapons colliding.
• Durandal called their contest a draw and accepted that the truth of Moonlit Embrace would remain beyond her reach.
• Durandal removed her Moonlit Armor and asked Zhao Bai to treat her to dinner.
• Zhao Bai agreed to pay only if Durandal paid for the meal at his restaurant, and Durandal said she would compare his cooking with Rita's.
• Durandal followed Zhao Bai after their sparring session, and he asked what she wanted.

Zhao Bai brought Durandal back to the hotel, where she found Moonlit Embrace exhausted and asleep after playing Bloodborne Curse. Durandal took up the controller to defeat the boss before Moonlit Embrace woke, but immediately died to a werewolf.

• Zhao Bai returned to the hotel with Durandal, who was surprised by its Homu-themed decor and Moonlit Embrace's Elizabethan collar.
• Zhao Bai explained that Moonlit Embrace had switched from Watch Dogs 2 to Bloodborne Curse after the fight.
• Zhao Bai patted Yue Xia's back, and she collapsed asleep from exhaustion.
• Durandal saw Moonlit Embrace's character die and decided to beat the monster before she woke.
• Durandal tried to play Bloodborne Curse but was killed by a werewolf, leaving her confused about why her attack had not defeated it.

Durandal struggled for hours to make progress in the game, repeatedly dying before she could see the boss. Zhao Bai took the controller and connected to the Quantum Neural Network, preparing to play through Bronya’s hands.

• Zhao Bai encouraged Durandal to keep playing, and she resolved to kill the beastified Cleric for Moonlit Embrace.
• Durandal spent four hours dying to villagers and a dog without seeing the boss, then threw the controller aside before picking it back up.
• Zhao Bai offered to take over and claimed he had never died while playing this kind of game.
• Zhao Bai closed his eyes and connected to the Quantum Neural Network, while Bronya questioned whether playing was childish.

Zhao Bai let Bronya help Moonlit Embrace clear the beastified Cleric in Bloodborne, then warned her that the game’s suffering was far from over. Moonlit Embrace continued playing and complained that her life felt like it had been written by incompetent planners, leaving Zhao Bai to correct her that the writers were to blame.

• Bronya finished the beastified Cleric fight while Zhao Bai kept his eyes closed, then returned control to him.
• Zhao Bai asked Durandal what she thought, and she admitted that playing the game made her feel stupid and irritable.
• Moonlit Embrace woke up, picked up the controller, and continued exploring before thanking Zhao Bai and Durandal for helping her clear the game.
• Zhao Bai warned Moonlit Embrace that clearing the game only marked the beginning of her suffering.
• Moonlit Embrace complained that trash planners had written her life, and Zhao Bai told her to blame the writers instead.