Chapter Summaries

Fu Hua met Xuanyuan Sword and, moved by the lively spirit within her, offered to teach her a sword technique. Zhao Bai objected to Fu Hua taking on a strict-teacher role, leaving her question unanswered.

• Fu Hua held Xuanyuan Sword and warmly admired her, then Zhao Bai suggested Fu Hua become her adoptive mother.
• Xuanyuan Sword transformed into a mysterious yellow greatsword and circled Zhao Bai, surprising Fu Hua with her lively presence.
• Fu Hua offered to teach Xuanyuan Sword a sword technique and asked whether she would betray her.
• Zhao Bai protested that Fu Hua's involvement would make their already tangled relationship even more confusing, and Fu Hua asked why not.

Fu Hua insisted on teaching Zhao Bai Taixu Sword Qi after seeing Xuanyuan Sword, while Zhao Bai resisted because he was already powerful and wanted to remain a chef. Fu Hua described the art as an ancient practice with little combat use, though Zhao Bai knew it could wield tremendous power.

• Zhao Bai returned home in the evening and found Fu Hua waiting with Bronya, while Theresa hid in her room to avoid being seen by her students.
• Fu Hua urged Zhao Bai to keep learning and offered to teach him Taixu Sword Qi, treating him like her successor after seeing Xuanyuan Sword's true form.
• Zhao Bai claimed that Taixu Sword Qi had little use for a chef and worried that learning more would give him uncontrollable power.
• Bronya mocked Zhao Bai's excuse, while Fu Hua said Taixu Sword Qi cultivated character and sword heart but had little practical use in combat.
• Zhao Bai recalled that Taixu Sword Qi could gather Honkai energy and wield immense power through sword heart, sword intent, sword form, and sword soul.

Fu Hua tried to persuade Zhao Bai to learn Taixu Sword Qi by appealing to his love of cooking, after he had refused her offer because he thought her involvement would complicate his relationships. She left him considering the promise of sword qi for preparing food.

• Zhao Bai reflected that Fu Hua joining their group would make the already tangled relationships even more complicated.
• Fu Hua decided that Zhao Bai needed to learn more skills and looked for a way to motivate him through cooking.
• Fu Hua suggested that Taixu Sword Qi could chop ingredients so cleanly that meat and vegetables would retain only their original flavors.

Zhao Bai interpreted Fu Hua’s three knocks as a midnight summons and secretly went to meet her. He found her working at the school bar, where the reason she had called him remained unclear.

• Zhao Bai told Fu Hua he would think about her proposal, and she knocked him on the head three times before leaving.
• Bronya asked Zhao Bai what Fu Hua’s knocks meant, and he said it was a Shenzhou code.
• Zhao Bai recalled the allusion to Journey to the West and decided Fu Hua had summoned him to her room at midnight.
• Zhao Bai slipped out of the house at midnight and went to the school bar.
• Zhao Bai found Fu Hua waiting for him behind the bar counter and wondered how he could learn the Taixu Sword there.

Fu Hua had Zhao Bai work behind the bar and watched his movements, recognizing that he was ready to learn the Taixu Sword Qi. By the latter half of the night, she was increasingly pleased with him and remained intent on passing down her teachings.

• Fu Hua handed Zhao Bai a cocktail shaker and told him to begin mixing drinks.
• Zhao Bai made a mojito, carefully preparing its ingredients and shaking the cocktail.
• Fu Hua observed Zhao Bai’s technique and concluded that he had the foundation to learn sword forms.
• Fu Hua held Xuanyuan Sword and decided she wanted to pass down the Taixu Sword Qi.
• Zhao Bai continued working at the bar into the latter half of the night as Fu Hua watched him with growing delight.

Zhao Bai reached the Taixu realm after Cocolia entered the bar, but the overwhelming emotions brought on by meeting his mother-in-law made his Perfected Evasion vanish. Cocolia had deliberately come to the bar, and Zhao Bai faced her with wariness and unease.

• Zhao Bai caught a wine flask by reflex, moving before he consciously intended to act.
• Fu Hua realized Zhao Bai could rapidly learn the Taixu Sword Intent and considered prolonging his lessons.
• Cocolia entered the bar as the air-raid siren sounded, and Zhao Bai attained the Taixu realm in a moment of enlightenment.
• Cocolia moved against the evacuating crowd and approached the bar counter while a Titan drew everyone's attention.
• Zhao Bai felt nervous and wary of Cocolia, and his Perfected Evasion disappeared as his emotions surged.

Cocolia confronted Zhao Bai while he was sharing a warm moment with Fu Hua and Xuanyuan Sword, then asked him to make her a drink in exchange for secret intelligence. Zhao Bai recognized her order as a test and felt confident he could read her wishes.

• Fu Hua watched Zhao Bai approach the supreme Great Void Realm and slip back out without entering.
• Cocolia arrived, noticed Zhao Bai, Fu Hua, and Xuanyuan Sword together, and angrily demanded Zhao Bai's attention.
• Xuanyuan Sword sensed Cocolia's hostility and circled Zhao Bai as Fu Hua observed its Taixu Sword Qi.
• Cocolia sat at the bar and offered to share secret intelligence if Zhao Bai first made her a drink.
• Zhao Bai interpreted Cocolia's gaze at the menu as a test of his ability to guess what she wanted.

As Titans rampaged outside, Walter stayed in his room to avoid an awkward encounter with Cocolia. Einstein visited him and reminded him of his duty, then said Tesla missed him, leaving Walter embarrassed.

• Zhao Bai began working as Cocolia watched the Titans run rampant.
• Walter heard the commotion but stayed inside, wary of running into Cocolia.
• Einstein appeared outside Walter's room and knocked before entering.
• Einstein teased Walter about forgetting his duty and said Tesla missed him.
• Walter asked Einstein not to bring up Tesla.

Walter asked Einstein why she had come, and she explained that Cocolia had brought Titan mechs to St. Freya to inspect her son-in-law and that Einstein had come to signal Anti-Entropy’s differing views to Theresa. Theresa woke to the campus commotion, then mistook the blue-haired Einstein standing behind her for a ghost.

• Walter asked Einstein what had brought her to St. Freya.
• Einstein said Cocolia had come with Titan mechs to inspect her son-in-law and that she had come to inform Theresa of differing views within Anti-Entropy.
• Einstein entered a quantum state and vanished.
• Theresa woke to howling wind and the sight of enormous robots roaming the campus.
• Theresa saw Einstein behind her and inwardly cried that there was a ghost.

Einstein met Theresa at the academy and reassured her that the Titans would cause no casualties. While they began talking inside, Cocolia continued testing Zhao Bai outside.

• Einstein wondered what Theresa would say and decided to act as Anti-Entropy's leader in Walter's pacifist spirit.
• Einstein told Theresa that the Titans would not cause any casualties, and Theresa checked that Judah had not entered combat mode.
• Theresa accepted Einstein's chocolate and sat beside her, and Einstein said they needed to have a meeting first.
• Cocolia tested Zhao Bai as Fu Hua returned outside and watched his hands with the little Xuanyuan Sword.

Cocolia tested Zhao Bai by drinking his cocktails and then challenged his attentiveness to Bronya, accusing him of treating other women the same way. Fu Hua watched the awkward exchange and questioned why an Anti-Entropy invasion had turned into family drama.

• Cocolia drank six Margaritas without showing signs of intoxication, so Zhao Bai quietly increased the liquor in her drinks.
• After three stronger drinks, Cocolia relaxed slightly, and Zhao Bai thought he was passing her test.
• Cocolia praised Zhao Bai's attention to emotional details, then asked whether he treated other women as tenderly as he treated Bronya.
• Fu Hua awkwardly watched Cocolia confront Zhao Bai and wondered why the invasion had become family drama.

Cocolia tried to take Bronya away, but Zhao Bai confronted her with genuine killing intent and declared he would kill her. Cocolia left St. Freya Academy still intent on reclaiming her daughter, while Einstein’s staged attack turned out to be a peaceful performance.

• Cocolia insisted that Bronya should leave with her and serve her cause.
• Zhao Bai set down the cocktail shaker and threatened to kill Cocolia rather than let her take Bronya.
• Fu Hua noticed Zhao Bai’s genuine resolve and reflected on her unexpected interest in the confrontation.
• Cocolia left Zhao Bai’s territory, thinking that Bronya stood at its center and that Zhao Bai could not be recruited.
• Cocolia discovered that Einstein’s screams, explosions, and Titan attack were staged, with students watching the Titans dance.
• Fu Hua returned with a strange expression after seeing the peaceful scene.

Zhao Bai left Fu Hua and Xuanyuan Sword behind to keep his promise to Cocolia, furious but still hoping she would not force him to kill her. He destroyed the recorder and the Titans as he moved ahead.

• Zhao Bai calmed himself and told Fu Hua to stay with Xuanyuan Sword.
• Fu Hua wondered why she had misjudged Zhao Bai, then understood as Xuanyuan Sword reached for her hand.
• Zhao Bai removed his bow tie, left it on the bar, and said that threats became meaningless if they were not carried out.
• Zhao Bai walked out and kicked over the recorder playing screams.
• Zhao Bai passed through the area, sheathed his knife, and caused the dancing Titans to explode like fireworks.

Einstein left Theresa’s room after reaching a consensus with her, while multicolored explosions lit up outside. Cocolia arrived and called for Bronya, who fell in the next room.

• Einstein left Theresa’s room after warning that Cocolia was about to arrive.
• Theresa wondered about the multicolored lights and the sudden silence outside.
• Cocolia arrived and called for Bronya to return to her side.
• Bronya fell down in the room next door.

Theresa tried to stop Cocolia from taking Bronya, but Cocolia distracted her with a pointed remark about Zhao Bai, allowing Walter's clone to capture her. Cocolia remained focused on taking her daughter back.

• Theresa put on her nun's attire, took Judas, and blocked Bronya from leaving.
• Theresa leaped from the apartment and confronted Cocolia, declaring that protecting students was her duty.
• Theresa restrained Cocolia with Judas's chains, but Cocolia asked whether Theresa was interfering in Zhao Bai and Bronya's relationship.
• Theresa faltered, and Walter's clone attacked her from behind and helped Cocolia capture her.
• Theresa tried to break free, but Judas's chains held firm.

Theresa endured Cocolia’s crushing gravity and charged to protect her students, while Zhao Bai approached with his drawn tachi. He killed Walter’s second clone with Frozen Hell Ice Sky, leaving Cocolia to face him.

• Theresa rose despite Cocolia’s gravity and said her duty was to protect her students.
• Theresa charged toward Walter’s clone as Zhao Bai advanced down the corridor.
• Walter’s second clone tried to use gravity against Zhao Bai, but it had no effect.
• Zhao Bai froze Walter’s second clone to death with Frozen Hell Ice Sky.

Cocolia threatened to use Bronya’s brain chip to control her, while Zhao Bai prepared to protect Bronya from being harmed. The chapter ended with Cocolia holding a remote and asking Zhao Bai what he would do if she pressed the button.

• Judas sensed Zhao Bai’s killing intent, released Cocolia, and retreated with Theresa.
• Bronya descended on Heavy Cannon Rabbit and chose to stand guard beside Zhao Bai.
• Zhao Bai realized that Cocolia could use Bronya’s brain chip to trigger the Exotic Black Core corrosion state, potentially burning out Bronya’s brain.
• Cocolia watched Zhao Bai and Bronya protect each other and continued provoking Zhao Bai.
• Cocolia took out a remote and threatened to erase Bronya’s emotions, turning her into a machine that knew only slaughter.

Zhao Bai confronted Cocolia as she activated the Exotic Black Core, and he struck at her with a powerful sword attack. The fight ended with fireworks forming Cocolia’s image in the sky, while Bronya remained unchanged and Zhao Bai was left unsure whether Cocolia had died.

• Zhao Bai warned Cocolia that she would freeze into eternal pain if she continued, but she accepted that outcome.
• Einstein watched from outside the battlefield, sensed Cocolia was plotting something, and prepared to escape.
• Cocolia pressed the button, and Zhao Bai lunged forward with a six-meter blade of light.
• Zhao Bai turned to check Bronya and saw that she remained unchanged and uncorrupted by the Exotic Black Core.
• Fireworks filled the sky and formed an image of twin spiral ponytails with the signature “by Cocolia,” leaving everyone looking at one another in confusion and shyness.

Cocolia’s fireworks plan kept Bronya from becoming a killing machine, while Zhao Bai and Bronya watched the display together. In quantum space, Cocolia convinced herself that Zhao Bai was a powerful catch for Anti-Entropy, and Einstein learned she no longer objected to him.

• Zhao Bai had locked away the dragon, and the supposed button to turn Bronya into a killing machine had instead triggered Cocolia’s fireworks.
• Zhao Bai and Bronya watched the fireworks together as Theresa stood behind them; Walter Yang secretly adjusted his glasses in the grass.
• Theresa noticed the ice sculpture was gone, not realizing Walter Yang had quietly removed it.
• Cocolia’s cloak shattered in quantum space, and frostbite began to appear on her skin.
• Cocolia described Zhao Bai to Einstein as a proud, ferocious figure, then insisted she no longer objected to him.
• Cocolia revealed that she had planned to use Bronya to draw Zhao Bai to Anti-Entropy, and would use two people if one was not enough.

Cocolia caught a cold while considering how to offer her daughters to Zhao Bai, and Einstein recognized the ruthlessness behind her plan. Cocolia brought her daughters out of confinement to question them, beginning with Rosaliya.

• Cocolia sneezed from a cold as she weighed her daughters’ suitability for Zhao Bai.
• Einstein understood Cocolia’s intentions and moved away from her, sensing the danger behind them.
• Cocolia returned to the orphanage, put on a new cloak, and released her daughters from confinement one by one.
• Cocolia asked Rosaliya what she thought of Zhao Bai, and Rosaliya called him great while recalling their first meeting.