Chapter Summaries

Bronya and Zhao Bai secretly watched Walter meet Einstein at night, while Einstein kept their conversation private. Zhao Bai used the supposed date as an excuse to lead Bronya away.

• Bronya recognized Walter waiting in the darkness and stayed quiet with Zhao Bai.
• Einstein arrived and explained that she and the others had gathered there to avoid being noticed and to hide that Walter was still alive.
• Walter asked why Titans had appeared at the academy and thanked Tesla for choosing the sheltered meeting place.
• Einstein told Zhao Bai to take Bronya away because she and Walter needed to talk privately.
• Zhao Bai told Bronya they were watching a couple's date, and Bronya pointed out that they were also alone together at night.

Bronya discovered that Walter and Einstein’s secret meeting was a date rather than an espionage operation. Meanwhile, Theresa apologized to Zhao Bai for misunderstanding him, but hesitated over how to make the apology.

• Zhao Bai leaned close to hear a girl and became distracted by her fragrance.
• Einstein put her half-eaten lollipop into Walter’s mouth and told him to keep it there.
• Bronya realized Walter and Einstein were on a date and felt disappointed that the nighttime meeting was not an espionage operation.
• Bronya returned to Mei and Kiana, while Zhao Bai went home to find Theresa waiting to apologize.
• Theresa apologized to Zhao Bai for misunderstanding him, then faltered as she tried to remember how an apology should be made.

Theresa gave Zhao Bai a Sensory Deceiver that let him see anything as an ingredient, enabling him to fight humans. Zhao Bai worried about being entrusted with that power, but Theresa said she trusted him and urged him to protect what he cherished.

• Theresa gave Zhao Bai a pair of glasses called the Sensory Deceiver, which could make him see anything as an ingredient.
• Zhao Bai realized the glasses would let him overcome the taboo against fighting humans.
• Zhao Bai asked Theresa whether it was right to hand him the power of life and death, admitting he only wanted to be a chef.
• Theresa said she trusted Zhao Bai after observing him for two years and described him as kind, brave, and not a lolicon.
• Theresa encouraged Zhao Bai to take up a weapon and protect the things he cherished.

Theresa tested Zhao Bai to see whether he was a lolicon, then warned him that she could remotely destroy the device entrusted to him if he caused a major accident. Zhao Bai settled back into his routine, while the black-rimmed glasses remained unused after their first use.

• Zhao Bai asked Theresa how she had determined he was not a lolicon, and she explained that her outfits had been tests.
• Theresa changed into an oversized shirt and returned to sit with Zhao Bai.
• Theresa warned Zhao Bai that she could destroy the device remotely and hold him responsible if his actions caused an accident.
• Zhao Bai made Theresa bitter melon and celery juice as a gesture of appreciation.
• Zhao Bai resumed opening the shop, getting off work, and trading wits with the maid, while the black-rimmed glasses remained in his arms.

Zhao Bai received Theresa’s invitation to travel to Australia, ignored it during work, and learned at home that she had arranged a mission to test newly developed glasses. The glasses had not been used in combat, and Theresa had chosen Zhao Bai partly because his previous mission records showed his opening taunts needed improvement.

• Zhao Bai saw people on the sidewalk turn into realistic salted fish and recoiled from his sudden urge to cook them.
• Zhao Bai reflected on his work as a chef and his third-place academic ranking behind Bronya and Fu Hua.
• Theresa texted Zhao Bai about a possible trip to Australia, praising its beaches and beef.
• Zhao Bai ignored Theresa’s messages for the rest of the afternoon and returned home that evening.
• Theresa explained that she had arranged a mission to test the newly developed glasses and improve Zhao Bai’s embarrassing opening trash talk.

Theresa asked Zhao Bai to inspect a Schicksal-affiliated cattle ranch in Australia, where bushfires threatened its missile testing fields. Raiden Mei would accompany him to learn swordsmanship, and Zhao Bai accepted the paid mission.

• Theresa explained that Schicksal's cattle ranch had an arms-manufacturing background and used its grasslands as missile testing grounds.
• Theresa said Australian bushfires were approaching the ranch's testing fields after firefighting cuts left the region understaffed.
• Theresa revealed that Raiden Mei wanted to accompany Zhao Bai and seek his swordsmanship guidance after hearing Kiana's account of his skill.
• Zhao Bai accepted the commercial mission and retrieved Ice Lotus Sky from the food storage room.

Zhao Bai prepared for his Australia mission, packing weapons and hiding a pair of glasses whose power could change how he saw the world. Before leaving, he told Rita and Fu Hua the restaurant would close for a few days, and Fu Hua asked whether they would still be paid.

• Zhao Bai considered the risks of using Skadi of Frost and the forbidden glasses, then packed his weapons for the trip.
• Zhao Bai disguised himself in golfing clothes and carried his weapons in a golf bag.
• Zhao Bai told Rita he was going to Australia on a mission and gave the staff a few days off.
• Fu Hua asked Zhao Bai whether the staff would still receive pay during the closure.

Zhao Bai and Mei flew to Australia aboard a private Gulfstream jet after discovering their disguises were unnecessary. As the plane descended, Zhao Bai woke from a comfortable sleep and asked Mei if they were nearly there.

• Zhao Bai refused his employees' unreasonable request, and Mei arrived around noon carrying a disguised sword hidden inside a surfboard.
• Zhao Bai and Mei exchanged knowing grins as they noticed each other's disguised weapons.
• Zhao Bai and Mei boarded a Gulfstream jet, which flew them through checkpoints without delay and carried only the two of them.
• Zhao Bai slept for about two hours while Mei watched him, then looked away when he began to wake.
• Zhao Bai noticed the plane descending and asked Mei if they were about to reach Australia.

Zhao Bai and Raiden Mei arrived at Schicksal’s Anna Creek Ranch to help with a reported fire emergency. Their client, Chen Sicheng, revealed that he had actually requested combat personnel to kidnap the chairman of the Fire Commission and force firefighters to act.

• Mei watched Zhao Bai during the flight as the plane descended and landed.
• Zhao Bai and Mei drove to Schicksal’s Anna Creek Ranch in southern Australia.
• Zhao Bai and Mei met their client, Chen Sicheng, beneath the ranch’s office building.
• Mei asked Chen whether he had requested combat personnel to protect him.
• Chen said he had wanted them to kidnap the chairman of the Fire Commission and make the firefighters put out the fire.
• Zhao Bai realized the assignment had been relayed incorrectly and that he had come prepared to fight a fire.

Zhao Bai and Mei went to investigate the flames threatening the ranch, where Zhao Bai drew Ice Lotus Sky and extinguished the fire with a wave of absolute-zero frost. The chapter explained that the weapon stopped atoms in a fixed space, leaving the ranch surrounded by frozen air.

• Mr. Chen told Zhao Bai and Mei that the ranch’s deserted state and mounting losses could expose the missile test base to an investigation.
• Zhao Bai reassured Mr. Chen, sent him away, and drove Mei toward the flames.
• Zhao Bai and Mei left their car as the heat became dangerous, and Mei began showing signs of dehydration.
• Zhao Bai drew Ice Lotus Sky, shielding Mei from the heat with its chill.
• Zhao Bai used Dimensional Slash to engulf the flames in ice and snow.
• The chapter explained that Ice Lotus Sky fixed space ahead of its hilt, stopped atoms, and produced Absolute Zero.

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.