Chapter Summaries

William agreed to go along with Silvia’s confession, despite still wanting to tell her the truth about himself. Their moment together was interrupted when Milles and the other members of Lüsaluka arrived to confront Silvia, then discovered a news article on Mafrena’s phone.

• William was brought to Petra to apologize and decided to postpone telling Silvia the truth about himself.
• William put an arm around Silvia and promised to leave the matter to him when the time came.
• Milles, Mafrena, Monica, Tullia, and Baivei entered Silvia’s office looking for her.
• Milles accused Silvia of having a boyfriend, while Monica and Tullia threatened to tell the newspapers and take her popularity.
• Mafrena showed the others a newly published news article, and the four girls crowded around her in surprise.

Silvia’s bandmates worried that dating William would hurt her popularity, but she said her fame mattered less than sharing her songs and fulfilling her wishes. The chapter left Silvia standing by her choice to be with William despite the possibility of losing fans.

• William whispered to Silvia that her four underclassmen seemed slow, and his breath made her blush.
• Milles, Tullia, Monica, and Baivei reacted bashfully after seeing William and Silvia act intimately in public.
• Milles and the other girls warned Silvia that publicly dating someone could cost her fans and damage her popularity.
• William pointed out that the girls had contradicted themselves by wanting to surpass Silvia while also defending her position.
• Silvia said she was not attached to being the world’s number-one rock star and cared more about letting people hear her songs.

Silvia visited Petra Chiverefft with William to apologize for the impact of her actions, while five girls from Lüsaluka fled Petra’s office after failing to explain why they had come. After greeting William warmly, Petra turned to Silvia and asked whether they were merely interested in each other or officially dating.

• Milles reconsidered confronting Silvia, and Mafrena suggested waiting to see how Petra reacted.
• Petra entered her office, and the five girls from Lüsaluka nervously waited while she finished her work.
• Petra asked why the five girls were there, but Milles struggled to answer, so Petra told them to leave.
• Silvia admitted she had come to apologize for the impact of her actions, and Petra greeted William with a handshake.
• Petra asked Silvia and William whether they were interested in each other or officially dating.

Petra showed Silvia and William how she had contained the online backlash over their relationship, then asked William to comfort his agitated female fans in an interview. The pair agreed to keep their relationship vague in public until the controversy settled.

• Silvia and William reviewed Petra's online report and saw that congratulations for Silvia vastly outnumbered insults.
• Petra explained that she had prepared for Silvia's romance and understood Silvia's rebellious nature.
• Petra told William and Silvia that some of William's female fans were reportedly showing suicidal tendencies.
• William agreed to attend an interview and offer the fans words of comfort, while Silvia worried about them.
• Petra asked Silvia and William to keep their relationship vague in interviews until public opinion calmed down.

Silvia and William agreed to help Petra with the press conference, then received movie tickets for a date. As they left, William learned why Petra had treated him kindly, and he and Silvia continued their evening together at the Academy Festival.

• Petra discussed the press conference with Silvia and William, while Silvia accepted two tickets to Lucia's movie.
• William returned to Petra's office and asked why she had been friendly toward him.
• Petra thanked William for showing restraint during the Phoenix Festa, which had spared the Foundation's plans from worse consequences.
• William caught up with Silvia, who linked arms with him and asked where they would go next.
• Silvia asked what time the movie started.

After watching a movie, William and Silvia headed toward Seidoukan’s fireworks display but were confronted by three strangers in the forest. Among them was Ursula, whom William recognized, leaving the pair facing an unexpected encounter.

• William and Silvia watched a movie and discussed Lucia’s acting as they walked toward the seaside.
• Silvia estimated they would reach the fireworks in ten minutes, and William sensed someone hiding nearby.
• William dispelled a crushing pressure aimed at Silvia and warned the hidden person not to provoke him.
• A masked man, a vacant-eyed woman wearing a black necklace, and Ursula emerged from the shadows.
• William recognized Ursula and called her by name.

Silvia reunited with the woman she believed was Ursula, but William recognized that her consciousness had been taken over by the Orga Lux Valda. Mesa introduced himself and Valda, then refused to attack William, whose confidence grew under the moonlight.

• Silvia clung to the woman she thought was Ursula and asked why she was calling her by another name.
• William pulled Silvia back and identified the woman as being controlled by the Orga Lux around her neck.
• Silvia activated her device and demanded to know who the woman was.
• The masked man introduced himself as Execution Blade and named the woman Valda, while Valda argued they should eliminate Silvia and the others.
• Mesa stopped Valda from attacking and admitted that his instincts warned him that fighting William could get him killed.
• William noted that it was nighttime with the moon overhead and showed no fear of Mesa, Valda, or Ophelia.

William confronted Mesa and the others over Ursula's body, exposing Mesa's disguise and revealing that his power was not what they had assumed. The negotiations ended with William demanding to know whether they would surrender the body peacefully or fight him.

• William warned Valda and the others that they could leave safely if they had come to return Teacher Silvia's body.
• Mesa stepped forward to negotiate, but William identified him as Chairman of the Operations Committee Mesa, provoking a surge of hostility.
• William explained that Mesa's unchanged Star Power flow had given away his identity, and Mesa recognized that an online theory about William's ability might be true.
• Mesa inferred that William's power was not controlling lightning and that his earlier way of locating them did not involve electromagnetic waves.
• William demanded that the group hand over Ursula's body or face his attempt to silence them.

William negotiated with Mesa to return Ursula's body, then spoke with him privately about their shared interest in going to the moon. Mesa asked William to explain his purpose, but William demanded to hear Mesa's reason first.

• Mesa offered to return Ursula's body but warned that her consciousness might remain asleep.
• William reassured Sylvie that he could awaken her teacher and agreed to let Mesa pursue others if he handed over Ursula's body.
• Mesa agreed to return Ursula's body in three days, after preparing a separation ritual.
• Sylvie kissed William goodbye and went ahead to the fireworks festival while William stayed to talk with Mesa.
• Mesa asked why William wanted to go to the moon, and William asked Mesa to reveal his own reason first.

William learned that Mesa and his group were also seeking the Manaite on the moon, though their purpose remained secret. After William demanded Ursula’s body back, Mesa revealed that they intended to trigger a real Invertia.

• Mesa admitted that his group had forcibly occupied Ursula’s body and sent William a detailed dossier about their investigation.
• Mesa said his group was pursuing the Manaite on the moon but initially withheld what they intended to do with it.
• William revealed that he wanted the Manaite for himself and prepared to leave, believing their goals would inevitably conflict.
• William threatened to fight if Mesa’s group did not return Ursula’s body.
• Mesa offered to reveal his group’s purpose if William shared his own, then disclosed that they wanted to trigger a real Invertia.

William learned that Mesa planned to trigger another Invertia to turn most of humanity into Genestella and change their place in society. William suspected Mesa had a hidden motive, while concealing his own interest in the Manaite on the moon.

• William suspected Mesa was a government agent, but Mesa said he wanted to trigger another feast of Prana so everyone on Earth could become Genestella.
• Mesa argued that Genestella faced oppression because they were vastly outnumbered and their birth rate had not risen.
• William asked how many people Mesa's plan would sacrifice, and Mesa said those deaths were necessary for the Genestella's future.
• William concluded Mesa was cold-blooded and suspected that triggering Invertia concealed another purpose.
• Mesa asked about William's goal, and William said he wanted to study energy from the Manaite on the moon while hiding that he might need all of it.

William agreed to work with Mesa while concealing his plan to use him, then shared a kiss with Silvia before returning to Jielong Seventh Academy. Zhao Hufeng and another student confronted him about reports that he and Silvia were dating.

• Mesa proposed that he and William work together, and William readily agreed while planning to betray him later.
• Silvia told William she believed he could awaken Ursula's sealed mind, and they shared a kiss outside Queenvale.
• William watched Silvia enter Queenvale and then drove back to Jielong Seventh Academy.
• Zhao Hufeng and a female student waited outside William's room and questioned him about his relationship with Silvia after seeing the dating reports.

William and Fan Xinglu finished a battle in Huangchen Hall, where Kirin and the others welcomed them back. Fan Xinglu teased Kirin and asked her disciples for their thoughts, leaving Cecily silent.

• Three days later, William fought Fan Xinglu in a training room, dodging her wind blades and striking back with lightning.
• William ended the battle, and spatial turbulence carried him and Fan Xinglu to Huangchen Hall.
• Kirin offered them clean towels, and William and Fan Xinglu wiped away the dust.
• Fan Xinglu teased Kirin about caring for her and asked Cecily and Xiao Hui what they thought.

After Wu Xiaohui showed signs of jealousy toward William, Fan Xinglu hoped he would recognize the feeling and escape the limits he had placed on himself. William also learned Fan Xinglu had previously been approached by the organization he was helping, but she distrusted its plan.

• Wu Xiaohui told Fan Xinglu that Mr. William was powerful and that she was satisfied, and Fan Xinglu sent him back to work.
• Fan Xinglu and William agreed that Wu Xiaohui seemed jealous of William's strength, and Fan Xinglu said she wanted him to stop living in her shadow.
• Fan Xinglu revealed that an organization had invited her before and that she had met its necklace-wearing representative again the previous day.
• Fan Xinglu told William she was interested in the organization's vision of a new era but lacked faith in its plan.
• William left with Kirin, who walked beside him in silence as they headed toward their nearby destinations.

William reassured Kirin that his meeting with Silvia was for legitimate business, then went to meet Silvia and Mesa at the Treatment Institute. The chapter ended with the three of them together at the entrance, where Silvia and Mesa had not spoken to each other.

• Kirin nervously asked William whether he was going to see Silvia, and William reassured her that they had business to discuss.
• William told Kirin he might be away until late or not return that night, and she trusted him.
• William called Silvia, who eagerly asked whether they should leave and meet at the Treatment Institute.
• William arrived at the Treatment Institute, where Silvia and Mesa were waiting without having spoken to each other.

William and Silvia visited Ursula at the Treatment Institute after Valda had been removed from her body. William checked Ursula for hidden interference, and Mesa said she should wake on her own within three years.

• Mesa led William and Silvia to Ursula, explaining that Valda had been removed safely at the Treatment Institute.
• Silvia tried to reach Ursula, but William stopped her and examined Ursula with Star Power for hidden measures.
• William found no sign that Mesa or the others had tampered with Ursula, then let Silvia take Ursula's hand.
• Mesa asked William to give Silvia and Ursula privacy, and the two men waited outside the room.
• Mesa told William that Ursula had suffered little mental damage and should wake on her own within three years.

William confirmed that Valda remained in a necklace until she could find a new body, then agreed that his deal with Mesa was fulfilled and heard Mesa propose cooperation. The story shifted to a meeting three days earlier, where Mesa explained how William had disrupted their plans.

• Mesa showed William that Valda was now confined to a necklace and had not found a suitable body.
• William and Mesa confirmed their agreement was fulfilled as long as Mesa's plans did not involve people close to William.
• Mesa asked William to discuss cooperation, and William recognized that Mesa's group wanted to resolve their conflict quickly.
• Three days earlier, Mesa and Valda met Dirk in their underground laboratory to discuss their encounter with William, while Ophelia waited by the door.
• Mesa told Dirk that the Songstress had commissioned William to investigate Valda and that they had called off their planned assassination after feeling William's overwhelming pressure.
• Dirk asked Ophelia whether she had felt the same pressure as Mesa.

Mesa proposed inviting William to partner with them and restart the Moon Project, while Dirk worried William might be investigating them for Galaxy. Mesa later offered William a list of partnership terms, leaving the details of their agreement to be discussed.

• Dirk, Mesa, and Valda acknowledged the unexpected gap between William's strength and Ophelia's.
• Mesa said Valda's body would be returned, easing the conflict between their sides.
• Mesa proposed inviting William to partner with them and restarting the Moon Project, shocking Dirk.
• Mesa recounted meeting William, and Dirk asked him to investigate whether William had contact with Galaxy's higher-ups.
• Mesa told William about the meeting and asked if he would work with them.
• William agreed in principle and asked what each side would have to do, and Mesa displayed a list of terms.

William refused Mesa’s request to serve as muscle, then examined Ursula and found that she had sealed away her consciousness to escape Valda. He used his Star Power to reach her mind and try to awaken her, leaving Silvia reassured by his embrace.

• William rejected Mesa’s request for help against the chief of the security forces, and Mesa crossed the clause out of their agreement before leaving.
• William examined Ursula and discovered that she had shut off her mind to prevent Valda from devouring her completely.
• William used his Star Power to carefully open a crack in the mental barrier Ursula had created.
• William finished treating Ursula and comforted the anxious Silvia, though the chapter did not confirm whether Ursula had awakened.

William and Silvia discussed moving the unconscious Ursula from the Treatment Institute to Queenvale, where Silvia wanted William to continue treating her in disguise. William then arrived at Queenvale Girls' Academy after nightfall, unsure what to make of the situation.

• Silvia and William left Ursula's room and sat together in the Treatment Institute's garden.
• William told Silvia that Ursula's treatment had gone well and that a few more sessions might help her recover.
• Silvia asked to move Ursula to Queenvale's treatment room because she distrusted Mesa and wanted Ursula somewhere safer.
• William worried about how he would continue Ursula's treatment, but Silvia invited him to disguise himself and come to Queenvale.
• At night, William stood in the shadows at Queenvale Girls' Academy and wondered what was going on.