Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu explained his theory that The Hunt arose from the united will of Cloud Cavalry soldiers and Heliobi, prompting Fu Xuan to warn him that the Emperor Bow Commander's attention could bring danger. At Jing Yuan's banquet, Fei Xiao questioned Jiang Lianqiu about his fleet and confirmed that Jing Yuan planned to form an alliance oath with him on Luofu's behalf.

• Jiang Lianqiu theorized that Cloud Cavalry soldiers and Heliobi influenced one another, and that their shared desire to protect the Xianzhou gave rise to The Hunt.
• Fu Xuan warned Jiang Lianqiu that his connection to the Emperor Bow Commander's gaze could draw attention from the Seven Sky Generals and complicate relations with the Xianzhou; Jiang Lianqiu teased her, and she kicked him.
• Jing Yuan hosted a banquet where Fei Xiao drank unidentified, possibly dangerous liquor, broke a tree, and jokingly mistook Jiang Lianqiu for dead.
• Fei Xiao asked Jiang Lianqiu about his fleet's battlefield coordination, and he explained that its Command Link depended on his soldiers' special lifeforms.
• Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan stopped Fei Xiao from poaching Jiang Lianqiu for Yaoqing, and Fei Xiao accepted that Jing Yuan would represent Luofu in an alliance oath with him.
• Fei Xiao invited Jiang Lianqiu to visit Yaoqing and hinted that Su Shang's parents wanted to meet him.

Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao discussed the Luofu’s official account of the crisis while Jiang Lianqiu helped March 7th arrange a test of Fu Xuan’s Great Evolution Qiong Guan Array to search for her lost memories. Fu Xuan caught Qingque playing tiles and gossiping about her, and the chapter ended with Qingque clinging to Jiang Lianqiu’s leg to encourage him to take Fu Xuan on a date.

• Jing Yuan told Fei Xiao that the Luofu would present Huanlong’s attack and Xingxiao’s assault as the crisis’s official account, and Fei Xiao questioned his plans for the martial ceremony.
• Jiang Lianqiu teased Fu Xuan about skipping work after learning Qingque had messaged him, then agreed to let March 7th try using the Great Evolution Qiong Guan Array to investigate her past.
• Fu Xuan agreed to help March 7th, though she doubted the array could recover the girl’s lost memories.
• Qingque won at tiles and told her fellow players that Fu Xuan had dressed up to meet Jiang Lianqiu, only to discover Fu Xuan standing behind her.
• Fu Xuan grabbed Qingque’s bra strap as she tried to flee, accidentally snapping it, and Jiang Lianqiu revealed he had been there the whole time.
• Qingque hugged Jiang Lianqiu’s leg and urged him to take Fu Xuan out on a romantic date.

Fu Xuan, March 7th, Qingque, and Jiang Lianqiu entered the Qiong Guan Array to investigate March 7th’s past, but the malfunctioning array recreated Jiang Lianqiu’s memories of Ophiuchus Starport instead. They followed an anomaly through the abandoned Starport and found its former central control AI.

• Qingque joined Fu Xuan and Jiang Lianqiu at the Divination Commission to help activate the Qiong Guan Array for March 7th.
• March 7th supplied Six-Phase Ice as the focus for the array, and Jiang Lianqiu entered the memory space with her and Fu Xuan.
• The array recreated Jiang Lianqiu’s dilapidated Starport memories, and Fu Xuan discovered that the array could not be shut down.
• Qingque tried to contact Fu Xuan through her Divine Eye, collapsed, and appeared inside the memory space.
• Jiang Lianqiu sensed an anomaly, and the group followed it through the abandoned Ophiuchus Starport to its former central control AI.

Jiang Lianqiu and the others uncovered a memory of a former starport Master who proposed that twin universes moved in opposite directions through time and urged that history be recorded. After the memory vanished and Jiang Lianqiu suspected Fuli had guided the vision, the Qiong Guan Array returned to normal, and Fu Xuan and March 7th finished searching March’s memories.

• Jiang Lianqiu recognized the drifting symbols as writing once used by mech servants and recalled that he had emerged from a strange block of ice.
• March 7th touched a memory crystal, revealing a past scene in which a former Master asked the mech servants’ coordinator to record all history in exchange for becoming a Living Display.
• The former Master described twin universes moving in opposite directions through time and argued that the future of one universe might alter the past of another.
• Fu Xuan and Jiang Lianqiu connected the theory to Remembrance and the Doomsday Beast before the memory collapsed and its crystal dissolved into Jiang Lianqiu.
• Jiang Lianqiu suspected Fuli had used memories preserved in his ice to guide the vision, and Fu Xuan restored the Qiong Guan Array.
• While waiting for the array, Jiang Lianqiu discussed fate with Qingque, and Fu Xuan returned with March 7th after they finished exploring March’s memories.

March 7th returned without recovering her memories, while Jiang Lianqiu oversaw the Psionic Awakening of Mech Servants and warships. Tsukishiro Yanagi developed an oni horn and severe insomnia, and Karos confirmed that she had undergone Psionic Awakening.

• March 7th gave Jiang Lianqiu a Light Cone showing her frozen, naked beginning, then snatched it back and made him promise not to tell anyone.
• March 7th invited Jiang Lianqiu to Golden Man Alley, while the next several days passed without major disruption from Huanlong's chaos.
• Jiang Lianqiu found researchers trying to soothe an awakened battleship's Machine Soul, and the ship complained about its position before switching to flattery when it recognized him.
• Awakened warships proved more capable than expected, improving their performance and response speed under the Command Link.
• Hoshimi Miyabi visited Jiang Lianqiu because she missed him, bringing Tsukishiro Yanagi, who described three days of sleepless exhaustion and revealed an oni horn on her forehead.
• Karos reported that Tsukishiro Yanagi had also undergone Psionic Awakening.

Karos explained that Tsukishiro Yanagi’s unstable Psionic Awakening came from the conflict between her human and oni bloodlines, and Jiang Lianqiu used his lingering mental power to reconcile them while soothing her to sleep. The process triggered a change in Yanagi’s spirit, and Jiang noticed her oni horn had disappeared as both sides of her spirit began evolving.

• Karos told Tsukishiro Yanagi that her mixed bloodlines were causing mental instability and that she might eventually need to choose between remaining human and becoming a Complete Demon.
• Karos said Jiang Lianqiu could stabilize Yanagi by using the mental power he had left in her body when he saved her from De-corporealization.
• Hoshimi Miyabi and Tsukishiro Yanagi each rested their heads on one of Jiang Lianqiu’s thighs, and he told them a bizarre bedtime story while tending to Yanagi’s spirit.
• Hoshimi Miyabi fell asleep first, and Tsukishiro Yanagi soon followed as Jiang reconciled the human and oni halves of her mental power.
• Jiang sensed Yanagi’s oni spirit touch something during its metamorphosis and noticed that her oni horn had vanished as her human spirit began evolving too.

Jiang Lianqiu traced Tsukishiro Yanagi’s mental disturbance to a vision of Earth and entered the dying Kocho Kanae’s body during her battle with Douma. He briefly stopped Douma’s attack, then fled with Kanae’s body because her injuries made continued fighting impossible.

• Jiang Lianqiu reviewed Karos’s report and learned that New Ailidou’s Oni were an evolving human subspecies with an uncertain future.
• By resonating with Tsukishiro Yanagi, Jiang Lianqiu saw a distant sun and was carried toward Earth.
• In the Taisho era, the mortally wounded Kocho Kanae struggled to delay Douma until sunrise and protect her younger sister.
• Jiang Lianqiu entered Kocho Kanae’s collapsing body, gathered her consciousness, and took control of her movements.
• Jiang Lianqiu blocked Douma’s sudden attack with Kanae’s broken Nichirin Blade, then retreated because her injuries prevented her from fighting.

Jiang Lianqiu, controlling Kocho Kanae's severely injured body, drove off Douma and arranged emergency treatment while explaining his presence to the still-conscious Kanae. He left Kanae in her younger sister's care and began directing a painful procedure to repair her injuries.

• Jiang Lianqiu dismembered Douma with blade-light attacks, forcing the Upper Moon Two to abandon his pursuit of Kocho Kanae and flee as dawn approached.
• Kocho Kanae reached the battlefield, found her Older Sister alive, and applied emergency bandages while Jiang Lianqiu kept the wounds from bleeding with mental power.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Kocho Kanae to take them to an inn and buy medicinal ingredients, then used a Light Screen to find treatment plans for the injuries.
• At the inn, Jiang Lianqiu spoke with Kocho Kanae in his mind, introduced himself as an alien named Jiang Lianqiu, and denied being an Evil Spirit or a god.
• Kocho Kanae returned with medicine and equipment, and Jiang Lianqiu ordered her to cut open the injured arm and set its broken bone; she worried that her Older Sister might have become an Evil Spirit.

Jiang Lianqiu helped Kocho Kanae treat her severe injuries and began returning with her to the Butterfly House, explaining his origins and discussing reincarnation along the way. As they entered a shadowy valley, he sensed Douma nearby and told Kanae to stop the carriage.

• Jiang Lianqiu guided Kocho Kanae through setting his broken bones, treating his wounds, and preparing medicine, then agreed to rest at the Butterfly House.
• Kocho Kanae bought a carriage and drove Jiang Lianqiu toward the Butterfly House, while he explained that he was not a god and came from another world.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Kocho Kanae that reincarnation and souls existed in her world, and she became emotional thinking her deceased parents might have been reincarnated.
• Jiang Lianqiu sensed Douma as the carriage entered a dark valley and ordered Kocho Kanae to stop.

Jiang Lianqiu used the Hunt to empower Kocho Shinobu and guided her as she faced Upper Moon Two, Douma. Shinobu launched a swift attack, and the battle remained underway.

• Kocho Kanae sensed danger after Jiang Lianqiu warned that Douma had appeared, and she offered him control of her body to protect Shinobu.
• Jiang Lianqiu refused to leave the carriage and told Shinobu he would teach her how to fight as Douma froze the horse and carriage.
• Jiang Lianqiu took Shinobu's hand and used the Hunt to turn her hatred of Evil Spirits into power, warning her to temper it with the resolve to protect others.
• Shinobu blocked Douma's Scattered Lotuses with her Nichirin Blade, then learned from Jiang Lianqiu that the Hunt could protect her lungs from Douma's ice.
• Kanae explained through their shared connection that Jiang Lianqiu had been possessing her, and Shinobu focused on the fight.
• Shinobu used Insect Breathing: Butterfly Dance: Amusement to rush at Douma, who marveled at her speed.

Kocho Kanae fought Douma with strength granted by Jiang Lianqiu, but her body began to fail as the battle continued. Jiang Lianqiu intervened to protect her and her sister, beheaded Douma, and destroyed him with the fire of Destruction, leaving Kanae astonished by the victory.

• Kocho Kanae used Jiang Lianqiu’s time-slowing ability to wound Douma, but the mental strain left her with a severe headache.
• Kocho Kanae poisoned herself to push her body beyond its limits and resumed fighting Douma as her sister urged Jiang Lianqiu to take control of her body.
• Douma sent Kanae flying and summoned ice figures to attack the carriage, while threatening to slice her throat.
• Jiang Lianqiu appeared beside Kanae, blocked Douma’s fan with her Nichirin Blade, and destroyed the ice figures.
• Jiang Lianqiu beheaded Douma and burned him away with the fire of Destruction, and Kanae found new grass growing where his body had fallen.

Jiang Lianqiu brought the injured Kocho Kanae and her sister back to the Butterfly Mansion, where Kocho Kanae regained control of her body and began treatment. As Tsukishiro Yanagi showed signs of waking, Jiang Lianqiu prepared to leave.

• Kocho Kanae questioned Jiang Lianqiu about his identity and learned that he could leave her sister's body.
• Kibutsuji Muzan sensed Douma's death at a Tokyo ball and killed a waiter who approached him.
• Reinforcements brought Kocho Kanae and Jiang Lianqiu to the Butterfly Mansion, where the residents examined his injuries.
• Kocho Kanae awoke and spoke with her sister while the others treated her wounds.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that Kocho Kanae's soul had not fully returned to her body, then noticed Tsukishiro Yanagi beginning to wake and prepared to leave.

Jiang Lianqiu explained his new resonance with Kocho Kanae and learned that Tsukishiro Yanagi had chosen to become a Complete Demon, possibly to connect with Kanae’s world. The chapter left Tsukishiro considering Jiang Lianqiu’s suggestion that she resign from HAND and join the Ginza Argentum Ring.

• Kocho Kanae woke to check on her older sister and wondered where Jiang Lianqiu had gone.
• Jiang Lianqiu discovered that his resonance with Kocho Kanae had temporarily been severed, then told Hoshimi Miyabi about his new companion.
• Hoshimi Miyabi startled Tsukishiro Yanagi by pressing a foot to her head, and Jiang Lianqiu explained that Tsukishiro’s missing horns showed improved control over her bloodlines.
• Tsukishiro Yanagi decided to become a Complete Demon so she could preserve Sokaku’s family connection and perhaps help Jiang Lianqiu reach Kanae’s world.
• Karos advised Tsukishiro to take extended leave for her transformation, but Tsukishiro worried that the Sixth Division would fall apart without her.
• Jiang Lianqiu suggested that Tsukishiro resign and join the Ginza Argentum Ring, leaving her stunned as Hoshimi Miyabi smeared syrup on his clothes.

Jiang Lianqiu watched the enormous scepter sent by Signora Emerald arrive in the Silver Crown Galaxy, where Herta revealed it was linked to Amphoreus. He explained that Amphoreus was an Emperor's Scepter nurturing an Aeon of Destruction, and the group was left reacting to the revelation that its birth had been forcibly delayed.

• Jiang Lianqiu offered Hoshimi Miyabi and Tsukishiro Yanagi the chance to leave the Sixth Division, then Karos began Yanagi's first genetic adjustment.
• Belfast informed Jiang Lianqiu that Signora Emerald's scepter had reached the Silver Crown Galaxy, so he and Hoshimi Miyabi went to see it.
• Jiang Lianqiu met March 7th, Su Shang, and Stelle at Silver Crown Space Station 1, where they celebrated reviving Golden Man Alley.
• The scepter arrived through a vast passage, and Herta told Jiang Lianqiu that Screwllum had found an unusual scepter connected to Amphoreus.
• Jiang Lianqiu identified Amphoreus as an Emperor's Scepter and said it was nurturing an Aeon of Destruction whose birth someone had blocked.

Jiang Lianqiu discussed adding Aha to Amphoreus with Herta, then asked Karos to investigate Flower Breathing and tested it without finding any power beyond his own. He escorted Tsukishiro Yanagi home, learned New Ailidou was stable, and accepted her invitation upstairs.

• Herta decided to ask Ruan Mei to help introduce a simulated Star God into Amphoreus, while Jiang Lianqiu suggested Aha; Herta also took Emerald's inactive scepter to investigate.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave Karos Flower Breathing to examine, and she concluded its apparent superhuman effects could not be explained by ordinary biology or energy conservation.
• Jiang Lianqiu tried Flower Breathing in Karos's laboratory, but the test wrecked the room and showed he had used his own Path energy and Aether rather than a distinct power.
• Tsukishiro Yanagi returned after her genetic adjustments, and Jiang Lianqiu accompanied her to New Ailidou, where she reported that crime and Void activity had declined.
• Tsukishiro Yanagi invited Jiang Lianqiu into her apartment, and he accepted; she explained that Zhu Yuan had tidied the home after she had been unable to sleep.

Jiang Lianqiu helped Tsukishiro Yanagi sleep, shared breakfast with her, and brought her to HAND, where she decided to finish her remaining work before resigning. Afterward, he headed toward Yun Kui Mountain but encountered the fleeing celebrity Yao Jiayin on a busy street.

• Jiang Lianqiu found Tsukishiro Yanagi's sleeping pills and urged her to stop taking them, then told her a story and stayed beside her until she fell asleep.
• Tsukishiro Yanagi woke rested, found Jiang Lianqiu had arranged breakfast, and accepted his offer to keep providing meals.
• Jiang Lianqiu teleported Tsukishiro Yanagi near HAND headquarters, and she kissed him before going inside.
• Tsukishiro Yanagi's colleagues teased her about Jiang Lianqiu, and she resolved to finish her remaining work before resigning.
• Jiang Lianqiu went to Guangying Plaza, where Yao Jiayin hid behind him while trying to evade her Di Gao Music bodyguards.

Jiang Lianqiu used Sirius's mental interference to help Yao Jiayin escape her handlers and enjoy an outing, but an attempt to connect with Kocho Kanae triggered an accident and unexpectedly brought Yao Jiayin into their shared senses. The chapter ended with Kanae discovering her injuries had healed and all three trying to understand the new connection.

• Jiang Lianqiu had Sirius make the Di Gao Music bodyguards and nearby pedestrians overlook Yao Jiayin, then adjusted the interference so people treated her as an ordinary passerby.
• Yao Jiayin asked to stay with Jiang Lianqiu because she had escaped TOPS's birthday appearances, kissed him in thanks, and insisted on driving him and Sirius to Chenghui Ping.
• Jiang Lianqiu failed to activate Five Senses Resonance with Kocho Kanae, then used Psionic Energy to break through an invisible barrier between them.
• The mental blast made Yao Jiayin brake suddenly, and Jiang Lianqiu rescued her from the skidding car before it crashed and caught fire.
• Kocho Kanae woke at the Butterfly Estate, found her injuries healed, and began sharing Jiang Lianqiu's senses; Yao Jiayin's voice unexpectedly joined their connection while she remained unconscious in his arms.

Jiang Lianqiu discovered that Yao Jiayin’s consciousness had become entangled in his mental link with Kocho Kanae, while Kanae learned she had been unconscious for four years. After hearing that Kocho was pursuing a powerful Evil Spirit near Mount Kumotori, Kanae raced to find her, and Jiang Lianqiu suspected the target was Kibutsuji Muzan.

• Jiang Lianqiu found Yao Jiayin’s consciousness in the channel between himself and Kocho Kanae, then returned with Sirius and Yao Jiayin’s body to Ophiuchus Starport.
• Yao Jiayin and Kocho Kanae explored their shared sensations while Jiang Lianqiu tried to understand their unusual connection.
• Kanzaki Aoi told Kocho Kanae that she had been unconscious for four years and that Kocho had become the Insect Pillar.
• Kanzaki Aoi said Kocho had gone with a team to Mount Kumotori to investigate a powerful Evil Spirit, and Jiang Lianqiu suspected it was Kibutsuji Muzan.
• Kocho Kanae hurried toward Mount Kumotori as Jiang Lianqiu explained her long sleep and taught her how to use her Aether-adapted body to fly at four hundred kilometers per hour.

Kocho Kanae fought Kibutsuji Muzan to protect the Kamado family, but he fled when a voice warned that Tsugikuni Yoriichi was no longer confined. Kocho Kanae reunited with her awakened sister, while Jiang Lianqiu and Yao Jiayin’s voices revealed they could share sensations through her body.

• Kie Kamado held the bloodied Nezuko while Takeo Kamado, Shigeru Kamado, and Hanako Kamado protected Rokkuta Kamado inside their home.
• Kibutsuji Muzan attacked Kocho Kanae with thorn whips, and she dodged his strikes before charging at him with her Nichirin Blade.
• Kibutsuji Muzan pulled back as Kocho Kanae’s attack neared, then fled in panic when a voice shouted that Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s coffin lid could no longer hold him.
• Kocho Kanae descended and embraced her awakened younger sister, while Jiang Lianqiu and Yao Jiayin commented through the shared sensations.
• Kocho Kanae complained that her sister was hugging her too tightly and pushed her away.

Kocho Kanae and Kocho Kanae found Nezuko alive but transformed into a demon after Kibutsuji Muzan’s attack. With Jiang Lianqiu’s help, Kanae stabilized Nezuko’s mind and body, and the chapter ended with Nezuko waking and reaching for Kanae to hold her.

• Kocho Kanae and Kocho Kanae entered the Zao Men Family home and found Kie Kamado grieving over Nezuko’s blood-covered body.
• Kocho Kanae discovered that Nezuko was alive and that her wounds had healed, while Jiang Lianqiu revealed that she had become a demon.
• Kocho Kanae explained Nezuko’s condition to Kie Kamado, who begged her to save her daughter.
• Under Jiang Lianqiu’s control, Kocho Kanae protected Nezuko’s mind and built an energy circuit to help her retain her sanity and live without eating people.
• Nezuko woke without attacking anyone, called to Kie Kamado, then reached toward Kocho Kanae and asked to be held.