Recaps

Zhao Bai used his weapons to freeze the advancing fire and preserve fish, then warmed himself with Crimson Cherry Blossom. He created a barrier separating the flames from the pasture and watched the fire’s approach in silence.

• Zhao Bai created a wide Snow Country with Dimensional Slash to preserve fish, leaving Mei shocked by his use of the weapon.
• Zhao Bai continued using Absolute Zero until the cold made his body tremble and ache.
• Zhao Bai drew Crimson Cherry Blossom to warm himself, then sheathed it after the chill eased.
• Zhao Bai alternated between Dimensional Slash and drawing Crimson Cherry Blossom until he formed a blue barrier between the flames and the pasture.
• Zhao Bai steadied his breathing and silently watched the flames advancing toward him.

Zhao Bai and Mei investigated a strangely spreading bushfire at a ranch and learned that Mr. Chen’s daughter had died from burn-related infections and been buried in the wilderness. Zhao Bai suspected a connection between her burial place and the fire, then prepared to go deeper into the flames as Mr. Chen refused to leave.

• Zhao Bai noticed that the wind and the flames were moving in conflicting directions as the fire spread toward the ranch.
• Mei questioned Mr. Chen Sicheng, who said there was nothing else strange about the ranch.
• Zhao Bai asked Mr. Chen to walk in different directions to test whether the fire was connected to him, then asked if one of his relatives was where it was heading.
• Mr. Chen revealed that his daughter had died three years earlier after suffering a full-body infection from burns and had been buried in the wilderness 120 kilometers away.
• Zhao Bai drew his blade and announced that he and Mei would go deeper into the fire, while Mr. Chen refused to leave.

Zhao Bai refused to take Mr. Chen into the burning forest after the sight of its horrors made him faint. He left Mr. Chen protected at the perimeter and headed into the flames with Mei.

• Mr. Chen asked to accompany Zhao Bai and Mei so he could meet his dead daughter.
• Zhao Bai showed Mr. Chen a frozen vision of the fire’s horrors, and Mr. Chen fainted.
• Mr. Chen woke tied to an electrical pole inside a barrier Zhao Bai had drawn to shield him from the heat.
• Zhao Bai told Mr. Chen to stay behind because he could not survive the horrors deeper in the forest.
• Zhao Bai walked toward the advancing flames with two kitchen knives, and Mei hurried after him.

Zhao Bai used Ice Lotus Sky to carve a safe path through the Australian bushfires, discovering that the blade had grown strong enough to create its own domain. He took Mei's hand and began running toward the fire scene.

• Mr. Chen struggled as the figures he had followed moved away, while the narration explained that the apparent resurrected relatives were vessels for the Honkai will.
• Zhao Bai wielded Ice Lotus Sky to shield himself and Mei from the bushfire and cut a path through the flames.
• Ice Lotus Sky's power surged, creating a domain that lowered the temperature and made the flames part before Zhao Bai.
• Zhao Bai sheathed the blade, took Mei's hand, and started running toward the fire scene.

Zhao Bai and Mei ran through the wilderness until he sensed Honkai energy and discovered a huge, fire-covered bovine Honkai Beast. As the beast charged them, Zhao Bai felt a faint electric current pass through his hand.

• Mei asked why Zhao Bai had suddenly started running, and he said walking was too slow.
• Mei struggled to keep pace as she ran hand in hand with Zhao Bai for the first time.
• Zhao Bai sensed Honkai energy growing stronger and heard a distorted roar nearby.
• Zhao Bai slashed through the flames and spotted a huge, burning white cow that he recognized as a bovine Honkai Beast.
• The beast charged at Zhao Bai and Mei, and Zhao Bai reassured her before feeling a faint electric current pass through his hand.

Zhao Bai killed a charging Honkai Beast transformed from a bull, while Mei wondered whether he could cook it. Before they could relax, more Honkai Beasts surrounded them.

• Zhao Bai confirmed Mei was safe, drew his blade, and froze the charging giant bull in a flash of icy blade-light.
• Zhao Bai joked about cooking the frozen Honkai Beast as Sichuan Boiled Beef, and Mei realized she wanted to try it.
• Zhao Bai inspected the five-meter-tall beast and warned Mei that more cattle-like Honkai Beasts could be nearby.
• A chorus of roars revealed that a pack of Honkai Beasts had silently surrounded Zhao Bai and Mei.

Zhao Bai and Mei faced a herd of Honkai Beasts in the mountains, where Zhao Bai’s excitement at seeing unfamiliar creatures contrasted with Mei’s fear. Mei spotted a humanoid monster beside the herd’s towering leader, but Zhao Bai’s attack was blocked, leaving him unable to treat the monster as an ingredient.

• Zhao Bai shielded Mei and told her to steady her breathing with the Lightning Flow Heart Technique.
• Ice and flames collided as a towering herd of Honkai Beasts emerged from the mist and roared at Zhao Bai and Mei.
• Mei noticed a ten-meter-tall Honkai Beast and a long-haired figure standing beside its horn.
• Mei warned Zhao Bai of an attack from behind, and they switched positions as Zhao Bai slashed toward the humanoid monster.
• The monster blocked Zhao Bai’s strike with an ice barrier, and Zhao Bai sheathed his blade because he could not bring himself to regard a little-girl-like creature as an ingredient.

Zhao Bai confronted the corpse-like girl and used the black-framed glasses to question her about how she would treat a father who came looking for his daughter. After she revealed her cruel plan and turned toward Mei, Zhao Bai remained in danger.

• The girl appeared before Zhao Bai and asked if he was her daddy.
• Zhao Bai attacked with his blade, but the girl ignored the freezing wind and reached for him.
• Zhao Bai drew the black-framed glasses and asked how she would treat the girl's father.
• The girl said she would feign a joyful reunion, then burn him to ashes at the height of his happiness.
• The girl decided to assimilate Zhao Bai first and planned to devour Mei to evolve and receive God's orders again.

Zhao Bai unleashed his evolved Spirit Control Blade: Cold Prison Ice Sky and froze the Honkai Beast horde and the girl. After the ice sculpture shattered, he complained about his frostbitten arm and threatened to resign unless Principal Theresa compensated him.

• Zhao Bai used Spirit Control Blade: Cold Prison Ice Sky to unleash a freezing slash across the battlefield.
• The extreme cold froze the Honkai Beast horde and the girl, leaving them unable to survive.
• Zhao Bai dropped his tachi, clutched his frostbitten arm, and complained that he had suffered a workplace injury.
• Zhao Bai spat at the frozen girl, shattering her ice sculpture.
• Zhao Bai demanded compensation from Principal Theresa and threatened to resign.

Zhao Bai helped Mei return to the ranch after defeating the evil entity, while Mei questioned him about his swordsmanship and Zhao Bai considered recruiting her as a kitchen worker. At the entrance, he showed Mr. Chen a recording confirming that his daughter was dead and that the entity had planned to kill him.

• Mei supported Zhao Bai toward the ranch and asked which school had taught him swordsmanship.
• Zhao Bai claimed he had founded Kitchen Style and privately considered taking Mei on as an unpaid apprentice worker.
• Mr. Chen asked Zhao Bai whether his daughter was really dead.
• Zhao Bai told Mr. Chen that his daughter had already been dead and was now laid to rest.
• Zhao Bai played the task recorder, which captured the girl saying the entity planned to pretend to reunite with Mr. Chen before burning him to ashes.

After Zhao Bai told Mr. Chen how his loved one had died, he and Mei headed south to Melbourne, where a strange blizzard began. Zhao Bai told Theresa that his sword might have caused the abnormal cold, and she fell silent.

• Zhao Bai explained that the Honkai had returned Mr. Chen’s loved one as an agent, then told him she had died painlessly in Absolute Zero.
• Mr. Chen thanked Zhao Bai, who left with Mei; as they drove away, they heard Mr. Chen wailing in grief.
• Zhao Bai and Mei drove south to Melbourne as deep-blue snow began falling.
• Theresa told Zhao Bai that a cold front had frozen a ranch and spread across southern Australia, then asked whether he knew what had caused it.
• Zhao Bai said his sword might have caused the cold, leaving Theresa silent.

After the snowstorm grounded flights in Melbourne, Zhao Bai and Mei received a week off and decided to stay in Australia. They spent the night at a hotel, with Zhao Bai nursing his frostbitten arm.

• Zhao Bai told Theresa he had used the item she gave him, and Theresa warned that Melbourne's flights were grounded for a week.
• Mei returned with frostbite ointment and down jackets, then treated and bandaged Zhao Bai's arm.
• Zhao Bai told Mei that Theresa had given them a week off and suggested they try skiing in Australia.
• Because it was late and they were exhausted, Zhao Bai booked rooms at the Pacific Rim hotel.
• Zhao Bai brushed his teeth with his injured hand raised and went to sleep across the hall from Mei.

The little girl reformed at the frozen Schicksal Ranch and set out to find Zhao Bai, intent on revenge for the attack that had shattered her. After three days of recovery, Zhao Bai and Mei went skiing near Melbourne, where he joked that his two swords were his ski poles.

• The little girl rebuilt her body from a gray-white flame among the frozen ruins of Schicksal Ranch.
• She credited Zhao Bai with helping her discover a new power and vowed to make him suffer for nearly killing her.
• The little girl followed Frozen Hell Ice Sky’s aura south, confident that neither of Zhao Bai’s blades could harm her.
• After three days of rest, Zhao Bai’s frostbite healed as Mei changed his medicine.
• Zhao Bai and Mei drove to a ski resort near Melbourne, where Zhao Bai said Ice Lotus Sky and Crimson Cherry Blossom were his ski poles.

Zhao Bai and Mei prepared to ski at the resort during a sudden heavy snowfall, but Mei sensed the temperature drop and Zhao Bai’s blades rang with warning as a powerful storm approached. A slender figure emerged from the wind and snow.

• Zhao Bai recalled arguing with the ticket seller about the snowfall before entering the ski resort with Mei.
• Zhao Bai sat on a bench and began putting on his skiing gear.
• Mei noticed that the temperature around them had suddenly dropped.
• Zhao Bai’s blades rang out, and he realized danger was approaching the resort.
• A violent wind and snowstorm swept toward them, and a slender figure appeared within it.

Zhao Bai and Mei faced a little girl who had returned with powers of both ice and flame. Zhao Bai’s attacks failed to harm her, and Mei felt something inside her about to break free as the girl approached.

• The little girl appeared, half surrounded by ice and snow and half glowing with flame, and announced that she had crawled back from hell.
• Zhao Bai put on his black-rimmed glasses and prepared to fight while Mei warned him that the girl had changed.
• Zhao Bai struck the girl with Annihilation, but she turned to solid ice and emerged unharmed.
• Zhao Bai attacked with a burning demonic blade, but the girl transformed into magma and suffered no damage.
• The girl approached Zhao Bai and Mei, and Mei felt a painful force threatening to break free inside her.
• Zhao Bai stroked Mei’s forehead, easing her pain slightly.

The girl taunted Zhao Bai and threatened to kill Mei to complete her evolution. Enraged, Zhao Bai unleashed both blades and attacked her, but she adapted to their ice and fire strikes.

• The girl burned Zhao Bai’s forehead, then asked what he wanted to do and mocked him over Mei.
• She threatened to gut Mei, take her incomplete Herrscher Core, and evolve, while insisting Zhao Bai could only watch.
• Zhao Bai’s blades surged with power, and he transformed amid ice crystals and flames.
• Zhao Bai struck the girl with a blizzard of ice and a series of fiery slashes.
• The girl sneered and shifted her body between ice and fire to withstand the blades.

Zhao Bai defeated the little girl with his blade techniques and the legendary gauntlets Nuoyada of the Broken Light. As she died, she asked why he had not used the gauntlets from the start, and he explained that she had looked down on his swordsmanship.

• Zhao Bai’s blade attacks overwhelmed the little girl and melted her body.
• Zhao Bai summoned Nuoyada of the Broken Light and struck the girl with a lightning-charged fist.
• The girl was left with a massive hole in her chest and asked Zhao Bai why he had not used the gauntlets earlier.
• Zhao Bai said she had looked down on his blade techniques and described the years he had spent practicing with a blade.
• Zhao Bai closed the dying girl’s eyes as her consciousness faded.

After Zhao Bai killed the girl with an electromagnetic attack, her body dissolved into motes of light, leaving no ashes behind. He helped Mei up and tried to pass off his gauntlets as ordinary cooking tools, demonstrating their use by making a corn snack.

• Zhao Bai closed the dead girl's eyes as her body began dissolving into motes of light.
• Zhao Bai checked Mei for injuries and helped her back to her feet.
• Mei questioned Zhao Bai about the gauntlets, which she recognized as powerful weapons.
• Zhao Bai claimed the gauntlets were household cooking tools and used them to toast corn kernels.

Zhao Bai used Nuoyada of the Broken Light to make popcorn for Mei, cheering her up and easing her worries. After she ate it, he demanded one thousand yuan, pricing the spectacle of watching him make it at 998 yuan.

• Zhao Bai held out freshly made popcorn to Mei and asked if she wanted some.
• Mei laughed, ate all the popcorn, and worried that it might make her gain weight.
• Zhao Bai reassured Mei that he had added no sugar, then said she had to pay for the food.
• Mei questioned the price of one thousand yuan for seventeen pieces of popcorn.
• Zhao Bai explained that the popcorn cost two yuan and watching him make it with Nuoyada of the Broken Light cost 998 yuan.

After the ski resort battle, Zhao Bai and Mei fled and remained stranded in Melbourne as storms delayed their return to school. Zhao Bai ended the chapter teaching a dozen hotel chefs how to make Western European dishes.

• Zhao Bai and Mei fled the destroyed ski resort to avoid paying for the damage.
• All ski resorts in Melbourne closed, and worsening storms delayed the return to school indefinitely.
• Zhao Bai added a thousand yuan to his mission expenses as post-battle psychological trauma recovery expenses.
• After criticizing the hotel's seafood paella, Zhao Bai offered to teach the chef how to make authentic Western European dishes.
• Mei woke to find Zhao Bai lecturing twelve reverent chefs in the hallway.

Twelve days after the storm, Mei and Zhao Bai left Melbourne for the Far East, and Mei asked him to accept her as a Sword Sect disciple. Zhao Bai reluctantly agreed to teach her under strict conditions, while Mei vowed to stay.

• Mei and Zhao Bai flew from Melbourne to the Far East as Zhao Bai's students saw them off with a banner.
• On the plane, Mei asked Zhao Bai whether he had considered her request to become his Sword Sect disciple.
• Zhao Bai recalled Mei's request and tried to refuse, saying his swordsmanship had many flaws.
• Mei praised Zhao Bai's swordsmanship, and he finally agreed to teach her according to his curriculum without questions.
• Mei promised Zhao Bai she would never leave the sect.

After returning from the mission, Zhao Bai and Mei met Theresa at the runway, where Theresa tried to explain Zhao Bai's character to Mei. Mei followed Zhao Bai all the way to his front door and wondered how she had ended up there.

• Zhao Bai got off the plane and told Theresa that the mission had been all right and that he had gained several disciples.
• Theresa asked Mei how the mission had gone, and Mei said she had accomplished her goal but struggled to explain her experience with Zhao Bai.
• Theresa described Zhao Bai as a sensitive and gentle man beneath his appearance, while Mei remembered his petty demand for a thousand from her.
• Zhao Bai walked away, and Mei hurried after him until she found herself at his front door.

Mei brought Famous Sword Beichen to help Zhao Bai with a delivery of premium Australian beef at Zhao Family Restaurant. After a week of serving the beef, Zhao Bai tried making beef tartare and suffered diarrhea for three days.

• Mei followed Zhao Bai home, but he refused to let her enter because Theresa’s belongings were inside.
• Mei retrieved Famous Sword Beichen and left to buy groceries, while Kiana mistook her excitement for a plan to fight someone.
• Zhao Bai received a container of premium beef from Mr. Chen in Australia and decided Mei could cut it.
• Zhao Family Restaurant spent a week working through the beef.
• Zhao Bai made beef tartare with pasteurized eggs and onions, then had diarrhea for three days.

Zhao Bai put Mei through daily sword practice by having her slice beef for the restaurant’s popular Chaoshan hot pot. Their peaceful routine ended when Theresa presented Zhao Bai with a top-secret report, hinting at a new mission.

• Zhao Bai taught Mei to slice beef thinly and quickly with the Famous Sword Beichen, improving her swordsmanship in the process.
• Mei’s beef slicing helped make the restaurant’s Chaoshan Beef Hot Pot popular with customers.
• After a tiring day at the restaurant, Zhao Bai returned home and found Theresa waiting for him seriously.
• Theresa told Zhao Bai to read a top-secret report left on the coffee table.

Theresa assigned Zhao Bai to investigate a conscious zombie in Changkong City, and he prepared anti-Honkai beef noodles to take with him. He left the mission ahead, with the food ready for delivery.

• Zhao Bai read the file about a white-haired girl covered in Honkai crystals who had been photographed in Changkong City three days earlier.
• Theresa asked Zhao Bai to investigate the girl, and Zhao Bai said he needed a teammate.
• Zhao Bai quietly entered his restaurant before dawn to prepare food for the mission.
• Zhao Bai boiled water with White Flower, then made anti-Honkai beef noodles.