Recaps

Jia Xiu won the town’s research award, turned a kidnapping plot into a cult-themed tourist attraction, and helped Bubu fulfill its wish and become his squire. After earning Emilia’s favor and investigating fairy runes, Jia Xiu proposed making Bubu his sub-patron through a contract.

• Margaret backed Jia Xiu’s research and Academy application, and Jia Xiu won the Caster Association award by defeating Hannas with a modified healing spell.
• Jia Xiu discovered that cultists were summoning Bubu, corrected their ritual, and turned their cave hideout into a tourist attraction that generated faith for the Undead.
• Hannas tried to expose Jia Xiu, but Jia Xiu trapped him in a dream and the Punitive Knights mistook him for a cultist, leaving him mentally vacant.
• Jia Xiu helped Billy summon Bubu, stopped the cultists, and offered Bubu a place as his squire after learning its wish was to be recognized as a knight.
• Jia Xiu and Bubu cursed Creekwood Town’s residents with hair loss, then earned money treating them with Bubu’s hair-growth magic.
• Emilia rewarded Jia Xiu with a Blessing Wand and made clear that he could stay neutral in the royal competition, while Aunt Susan helped Bubu choose clothes and a sword.
• Bubu helped Jia Xiu discover that fairies used distinct runes, and Jia Xiu advanced to Warlock LV.4 before proposing a contract that would make Bubu his sub-patron.

Jia Xiu reached Larven for Saint Delro Academy’s examinations and turned the Phantom World’s loopholes into advantages for himself, Mia, and Ram. After the three were grouped for the final exam against Gudrian, Jia Xiu began disabling the Arcane Archer’s spells.

• Jia Xiu arrived in Larven with Bubu, passed the written examination with a perfect score, and caught Professor Piyede’s attention with a number theory problem.
• Jia Xiu agreed to help Ram and Mia prepare for the practical examination, then led them through the Phantom World’s rules and loopholes as they earned crowns in unconventional ways.
• Ram turned stolen shop goods into a completed recovery commission, while Mia used her tax and fee advice to amass crowns, and Headmaster Nico allowed both candidates to pass.
• Jia Xiu registered himself as the Lord of the Sun and demanded a share of Sun Temple Dungeon rewards, then earned the highest overall score in the examination.
• Headmaster Nico assigned Jia Xiu, Ram, and Mia to Gudrian’s final exam, and Margaret warned Jia Xiu that Gudrian’s powerful spells could put the team in danger.
• Jia Xiu and Mia gathered samples from sick residents and prepared to use Mia’s ability to control bacteria, while Ram trained with Bubu for the confrontation.
• Gudrian tried to provoke the trio in the Phantom World, but Jia Xiu blinded him with Darkvision and then attached Mage Armor to his tongue, interrupting his spellcasting.

Jia Xiu used the Phantom World trial to manipulate rival Demonfolk squads, summon Ammit, and earn a perfect score. After rejecting military service and receiving a suspicious Mimic from Johann, Jia Xiu unwittingly became its master, while Mia presented their bacteria research to Margaret.

• Jia Xiu defeated Gudrian with Mia and Ram’s help, using bacteria, Activation Spell, and methane to ignite Gudrian after the exam audience watched his humiliating collapse.
• Jia Xiu planned to earn practical credits and pursue the Grand Five-Academy Tournament, then arrived at Saint Delro and began lab work under Margaret.
• Jia Xiu entered the Phantom World trial with Mia and Ram, chose the academy faction, and posed as the strict teacher Hannas to investigate Demonfolk spells and factions.
• Jia Xiu pressured suspicious students into withdrawing, then used altered spells and red Light Spell scrolls to turn the Algma, Tatu, and Cape squads against one another.
• Jia Xiu’s squad intervened in the resulting fight, used the real summoning spellbook to bring Ammit to Jia Xiu’s side, and completed the trial with a score of 100.
• Professor Tanshur praised Jia Xiu’s performance, Newt offered him military service and a Ring of Demon Breaking, and Johann gave him a Mimic concealing a ghost meant to manipulate his desires.
• An unseen power changed the ghost’s contract so Jia Xiu became its master, and Jia Xiu named the Mimic Da Huang and put it to work at Margaret’s laboratory.
• Mia presented her and Jia Xiu’s bacteria research to Margaret, who privately celebrated that their paper was going to Nature with her as corresponding author.

Jia Xiu developed Mage Armor products and a treatment for traumatized veterans, then pursued Bubu’s vampire inscription while advancing his research and school. The Registered Caster examination revealed Ram’s, Mia’s, Jia Xiu’s, and Florence’s unconventional spells, and Arnold became Mia’s first human test subject for Bugbear Growth Bacillus.

• Juan credited Jia Xiu with inspiring his vibrating, heated Mage Armor, and Jia Xiu earned experience when Margaret recognized its potential and heard about two more products.
• Jia Xiu and Bubu used illusions and stress-reducing magic to treat Morris and other veterans, then Jia Xiu shared his revised therapy with Father Milo and submitted a paper on trauma-stress-disorder.
• Jia Xiu studied Bloodline Magic with Sage Time, impressed Aurelius with his spell knowledge, and received the Mage Tower key and a school amulet after Aurelius asked him to become a student.
• Jia Xiu and Margaret sought help from vampire Carol about Bubu’s inscription, and Carol directed him toward Csejthe Town and the Court of Dark Erosion.
• Jia Xiu, Ram, and Mia took the Registered Caster examination, where Ram passed with a spell that improved machines and Mia presented a corpse-enhancing spell based on bacteria.
• Jia Xiu submitted Sun’s Grace, a group-control spell disguised as a divine blessing, and the Arbitration Committee gave it an orange restricted-use rating.
• Florence devised unpredictable, short-lived weapon enchantments, while the Arbitration Committee argued over how to classify the candidates’ spells and Arnold sought Mia out after hearing about hers.
• Mia agreed to test Bugbear Growth Bacillus on Arnold after he brought Association approval and signed liability waivers, activating the Jia Xiu School’s Biochemical Warrior project.