Recaps

Zhao Bai reflected on why he fought and realized he wanted to remain in this world with the girls he loved. Watching the lake, he reached the Great Void Realm, though he left without saying farewell.

• Bronya pulled Theresa away while Zhao Bai sat down to meditate by the lake.
• Zhao Bai reviewed his cultivation and recognized that he fought to keep living in this world and confess again to the girls he liked.
• Zhao Bai stared at the lake as it froze around him, forming a dustless domain.
• Zhao Bai comprehended the Great Void Realm and achieved a complete state of mind.
• Zhao Bai left without saying farewell, leaving the lake frozen like a flawless mirror.

Zhao Bai asked the Xuanyuan Sword to forgive him as he prepared to use its true form in a final gamble, then secretly left St. Freya Academy. At Schicksal Headquarters, he swallowed hundreds of Harmonic String bottles and asked Amber where the Divine Key weapons were stored.

• Zhao Bai summoned the Xuanyuan Sword and asked her to forgive him before wielding her true form.
• Zhao Bai confided his worries about love and responsibility to the Xuanyuan Sword, then transformed her into a longsword and carried her away.
• Zhao Bai secretly took a warship from St. Freya Academy in the early hours of the night.
• Zhao Bai went to Schicksal Headquarters and swallowed several hundred bottles of Harmonic String.
• Amber found Zhao Bai among the empty bottles, and he asked her where Schicksal stored its Divine Key weapons.

Zhao Bai chose Feather of Dust and freed Otto from his sealed room. They traveled to the depths of the Sea of Quanta, where Otto began uploading his memories to the cloud to prevent losing them if he died.

• Amber led Zhao Bai through the Divine Key armory, where he chose Feather of Dust and it transformed into a pendant.
• Zhao Bai asked Amber to take him to Otto, then opened Otto’s sealed black room with the command “Open sesame.”
• Otto recognized signs that Zhao Bai had cultivated Taixu Sword Qi and assessed his Supreme Emotionlessness state.
• Zhao Bai and Otto traveled to the depths of the Sea of Quanta, a place disconnected from reality.
• Otto ordered his memories uploaded to the cloud so death would no longer erase them, and Zhao Bai questioned the need for such caution.

Zhao Bai suppressed his murderous intent and confronted Void Archive, which appeared in Otto’s form. The encounter ended with Zhao Bai and Otto exchanging accusations while ignoring Void Archive’s protest.

• Zhao Bai used Feather of Dust to suppress his memories and urge to kill Otto.
• Zhao Bai connected with Void Archive’s restless will, and Void Archive appeared in Otto’s image.
• Otto joked about Void Archive using his appearance and asked Zhao Bai why it had done so.
• Zhao Bai said Otto and Void Archive were alike because they both hid behind the scenes and plotted.
• Zhao Bai and Otto gave a synchronized denial, prompting Void Archive to complain that they were ignoring it.

Zhao Bai confronted Void Archive, an imprint born from his own heart, and demanded to know whether completing Otto’s task would force him to leave the people he cared about. After Zhao Bai easily destroyed the golden figure, a far greater battle began to gather in the Sea of Quanta.

• Void Archive revealed that it had given Zhao Bai his arsenal and complained that Otto’s restriction prevented him from using its weapons against people.
• Zhao Bai asked whether completing the task and erasing Otto’s traces would drive him away, but Void Archive could not reassure him.
• Zhao Bai used Taixu’s state of mind and Honkai energy to tear apart the golden-haired figure with a command to disperse.
• Otto retreated from the battlefield and warned that the real storm was coming.
• Dull booms sounded as strange clouds gathered and a golden gate appeared in the Sea of Quanta, while Void Archive disabled its dialogue function and faced Zhao Bai at full strength.

Zhao Bai faced the gate’s golden barrier and decided to burn his memories to strengthen his attack. Even as his sword qi made the barrier tremble, the Simulated Second Divine Key began expelling him from the world.

• Zhao Bai drew the Xuanyuan Sword and attacked the gate, but a golden barrier blocked him.
• Prometheus detected the attack and began an error protocol to return Zhao Bai to his origin.
• Zhao Bai burned his memories, from his birth through his university plane crash, to empower his sword qi.
• Zhao Bai’s enhanced attack made the barrier tremble as the gate reinforced its defenses.
• The Simulated Second Divine Key opened a void and began carrying out its expulsion protocol against Zhao Bai.

Zhao Bai burned away his memories in a final attempt to break through the barrier, and his Sword Qi left a permanent crack in the golden gate. After the barrier fell and the expelling force disappeared, Otto approached Zhao Bai to settle accounts.

• Zhao Bai tore pages from his ledger and burned the memories recorded in them.
• Zhao Bai burned the rest of the ledger, but the barrier remained standing.
• Zhao Bai recalled his journey from St. Freya Academy through South Africa, Paris, and the Arctic to the Antarctic.
• Zhao Bai unleashed a final burst of golden light that shattered the barrier and left a permanent crack in the golden gate.
• Otto told Zhao Bai that the gate had crashed and would need time to recover from the Sword Qi's mark.
• Otto asked Zhao Bai to settle their accounts, and Zhao Bai asked what accounts.

After Zhao Bai collapsed at Schicksal Headquarters, Bronya came to bring him home and tested what he remembered. His memories had faded, but he recalled their intimate past and left Bronya flustered as the two reunited.

• Otto confronted Zhao Bai about the billions he had spent and the destruction he had caused, and Zhao Bai passed out.
• Zhao Bai woke on a soft bed at Schicksal Headquarters with Bronya beside him.
• Bronya questioned Zhao Bai and learned that he remembered only about two months of recent events and mostly recalled people in a positive light.
• Bronya asked what Zhao Bai thought of her, and he described their flirtatious encounters until she covered his mouth in embarrassment.

Zhao Bai woke to find Bronya had forgotten his proposal, while his daughter remained in the Divine Key vault recovering. Durandal arrived to challenge him on Otto’s orders, but the contest became a Dark Souls 3 match that she and Bronya took outside the ward, leaving Zhao Bai alone until Rita appeared.

• Bronya said she remembered, then admitted she had forgotten Zhao Bai’s proposal and rejected it; she flicked his forehead when he questioned her.
• Durandal told Zhao Bai that his daughter was in the Divine Key vault, where the damaged Xuanyuan Sword would slowly recharge until she could wake.
• Durandal challenged Zhao Bai on Otto’s commission, offering to forgive the money he had spent as acting bishop if he won.
• Durandal handed Zhao Bai a controller and challenged him to Dark Souls 3 PVP, where she deliberately threw the match.
• Bronya took a controller and left with Durandal to play, while Zhao Bai stayed in bed.
• Rita Rossweisse entered the ward and greeted Zhao Bai after he had sent her to work in Antarctica.

Zhao Bai left Schicksal European Headquarters for St. Freya Academy, where he was set to become an intern captain aboard the Hyperion. As he worried about his readiness, Bronya teased him and suggested he needed a secretary.

• Rita approached Zhao Bai, admitting she was reluctant to hunt him despite being Immortal Blade's vice-captain.
• Zhao Bai told Rita that Durandal was in the next room playing video games with Bronya.
• Durandal admitted defeat and sent them away after Bronya won their game.
• Zhao Bai boarded a plane bound for St. Freya Academy and received a Navy uniform and a Captain nameplate marked Intern.
• Bronya mocked Zhao Bai's management skills and said he needed a secretary to correct his mistakes and handle personal matters.

Zhao Bai and Bronya signed a lifetime employment contract that became an engagement when he slipped a ring onto her finger. Bronya turned down his joking offer to put his surname on her documents, saying they should wait until they were adults.

• Bronya produced two lifetime employment contracts and explained that one ring would pay for a secretary.
• Bronya showed Zhao Bai how to retrieve a platinum ring from the golden spatula she had given him.
• Zhao Bai put the ring on Bronya's finger and realized he had no ring of his own.
• Zhao Bai joked that they should void the contract and add his surname to Bronya's documents.
• Bronya seriously considered the suggestion, then said it was too soon and they should wait until they were adults.

Boss Zhao lost his memory and no longer remembered his relationship with Bronya, leaving her unsure how to reconnect with him. Theresa agreed to mediate between them.

• News spread through St. Freya Academy that Boss Zhao had lost his memory.
• Bronya tried to restore Zhao Bai's memories by striking him with a baseball bat, but he woke up and posted a bounty against her on the campus forum.
• Bronya told Theresa that Zhao Bai remembered only the time before they completed the detective mission.
• Bronya explained that Zhao Bai had even torn down the Homu figures outside the restaurant.
• Theresa offered to mediate between Bronya and Zhao Bai, and Bronya accepted.

Theresa reflected on being treated as Zhao Bai’s parent after Bronya left her office. Alone in the quiet room, she tried Himeko’s chair-rocking trick, fell, and ended by wanting to slack off again.

• Theresa sipped bitter melon tea and wondered when she had become Zhao Bai’s parent.
• Bronya left Theresa’s office as the sunlight faded and the surroundings fell quiet.
• Theresa propped her chair on its rear legs, tried to swing her legs, and fell to the floor.
• Theresa got up, steadied the chair, and scolded herself for nearly throwing a tantrum.
• Theresa gazed out at the fading sunlight and felt like slacking off.

Theresa returned to the dormitory and found Zhao Bai waiting with a feast of bitter melon dishes, hoping to make amends. She urged him to speak directly with Bronya, but he feared he could not make her feel the same way as before.

• Theresa left work and hurried back to the dormitory.
• Theresa found Zhao Bai waiting with a table full of bitter melon dishes.
• Theresa scolded Zhao Bai for not approaching Bronya himself.
• Zhao Bai admitted he feared he could not give Bronya the same feelings as before.
• Theresa sighed as she ate, frustrated that both Zhao Bai and Bronya were afraid to meet face-to-face.

Theresa struggled to get Zhao Bai and Bronya to overcome their hesitation, while Zhao Bai admitted he was tempted by Bronya’s wealth but still would not approach her. Otto noticed Theresa’s troubles and decided to help the heterosexual couple, though he did not explain how.

• Theresa reflected that Zhao Bai and Bronya were stuck in a deadlock because neither would make the first move.
• Zhao Bai hinted that he might pursue Bronya because she was rich, and Theresa encouraged him to speak to her.
• Theresa changed out of her nun’s habit and answered a video call from Otto.
• Otto asked whether the Far East Branch had faced any problems, and Theresa avoided discussing her personal troubles.
• Otto said he understood the situation and vowed not to let the heterosexual couple be driven apart.

Otto decided that he needed to bring a couple together and began arranging a meeting. He called Anti-Entropy Entertainment, while Amber stayed quietly at his side.

• Otto decided the couple had to be brought together to preserve his standing as Schicksal's Lord Bishop.
• Amber stood beside Otto and no longer complained about his slacking off, as long as he did not waste money.
• Otto got to his feet and called Anti-Entropy Entertainment.