Chapter Summaries

Concise Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng, an ordinary high-school student, is secretly transformed into an Astral Mark Girl after a strange stone strikes his head. Destiny Sign chooses him—despite the system apparently selecting only girls—to fight magical girls.
• His transformation gives him a white-haired, blue-eyed female form, enhanced combat abilities, spatial movement, a blade, and a pistol. Embarrassed by his appearance and transformation chant, Ling Feng keeps his identity hidden and refuses to join other Astral Mark Girls.
• Months later, Ling Feng has become a powerful nighttime fighter known as “Star Dream Beneath the Moonlight.” Magical girls frequently ambush him, believing Astral Mark Girls to be enemies.
• The chapter opens with Ling Feng defeating and releasing a magical girl who had attempted to ambush him, though she leaves while threatening revenge.
• At home, Ling Feng interacts with his older sister, Ling Xiaoyu, who dismisses his question about magical girls as the result of watching too much anime. Their parents are usually away, leaving the siblings to live together.
• Ling Feng goes to Blue Mountain Park after receiving an apparent challenge. Instead of a meeting, he is attacked by three magical girls from Dragon Soaring High School:
  • Illusory Voice — class monitor Liu Yinxuan
  • Illusory Spirit — deskmate Tang Ling
  • Illusory Xin — vice monitor Lan Yuxin
• The three dramatically introduce themselves as the Dragon Soaring High School Magical Girl Special Forces and attack Ling Feng with fire, lightning, water, musical-note projectiles, and other spells.
• Ling Feng easily evades their attacks using spatial shifts. When Tang Ling mocks him for dodging, he retaliates by drawing a pistol and firing three carefully aimed shots that knock away all their magical wands without injuring them.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Revealed as a male forced into a female magical form, creating much of his embarrassment and frustration. Despite his laid-back “salted-fish” personality, he is highly skilled, cautious, and compassionate enough to spare defeated opponents. He remains isolated because he fears exposure and social humiliation.
• Tang Ling: Ling Feng’s former deskmate, previously dismissed as an eccentric braggart when she claimed to be a magical girl. She is aggressive, prideful, and openly hostile toward him.
• Liu Yinxuan: Ling Feng’s class monitor and a skilled violinist. She acts as the group’s cautious leader and warns the others not to underestimate Ling Feng.
• Lan Yuxin: The vice monitor, impulsive and confrontational. She once reacted violently after Ling Feng rejected her love letter, suggesting unresolved personal resentment.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Ling Feng’s caring older sister, who notices his distress but remains unaware of his secret identity.

Significant Themes

• Secret identity and isolation: Ling Feng must conceal his transformation and true abilities from family, classmates, and the wider world.
• Gender and identity confusion: Being male while forcibly transformed into a beautiful magical girl creates discomfort, humiliation, and a clash between Ling Feng’s self-image and outward appearance.
• Misunderstood heroism: Although the magical girls see Astral Mark Girls as enemies, Ling Feng has already used his powers to save civilians and often avoids seriously harming opponents.
• Conflict between ordinary life and supernatural reality: School, family meals, and classmates coexist with magical battles, destroyed bridges, and impossible transformations.
• Comedy through contrast: Dramatic magical-girl poses, chants, costumes, and slogans are repeatedly contrasted with Ling Feng’s cynical, embarrassed reactions.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng humiliates and releases defeated magical girls but is repeatedly threatened in return, establishing the ongoing hostility between the two factions.
• His conversation with Ling Xiaoyu shows their sibling closeness, while also emphasizing how completely he must hide the supernatural changes in his life.
• The confrontation with Tang Ling, Liu Yinxuan, and Lan Yuxin combines school relationships with violent magical conflict. Their familiarity with Ling Feng makes the battle more personal.
• Liu Yinxuan attempts to lead the attack, while Tang Ling provokes Ling Feng directly and Lan Yuxin reinforces the group’s hostility.
• Ling Feng responds to their overwhelming ranged magic not with brute force, but with precise evasion and controlled gunfire, demonstrating his superiority and restraint.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng disciplines Tang Ling and the other Magical Girls after their previous trouble, warning them that Astral Mark Girls and Magical Girls are normally mortal enemies. Despite this, the girls trust that Ling Feng will not harm them.
• The next morning, Ling Feng works at her street food stall to help support herself and her younger sibling. Her neighbor, Uncle Wang, encourages and assists her.
• The chapter establishes that Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls are becoming increasingly visible in society. Some Magical Girls have even become idol celebrities, while others form clubs at school under the assumption that they are merely cosplayers.
• At school, Tang Ling complains about being defeated by the Astral Mark Girl Ling Mengxue—unaware that Ling Feng herself is secretly Ling Mengxue.
• Lan Yuxin again tries to force Ling Feng to accept her romantic advances. Their exaggerated argument becomes a recurring comedic conflict, with Ling Feng rejecting her despite all her seductive tactics.
• Qiu Yun’er, an Astral Mark Girl from a neighboring class, dramatically intervenes, claiming that Ling Feng “belongs to everyone.” She challenges the Magical Girls, causing a battle to nearly erupt inside the school.
• After hearing windows shatter, Ling Feng escapes downstairs and uses her remaining points to activate a Magical Guardian Barrier around the school, preventing the battle and its destructive effects from being noticed outside.
• Ling Feng avoids joining the fight, returns home, and discovers that her younger sibling, Ling Xiaoyu, has prepared another embarrassing weekend outing. Xiaoyu asks her to choose between visiting a maid café or a Catgirl Café.

2. Character Developments

• Ling Feng/Ling Mengxue: Continues balancing her hidden identity as an Astral Mark Girl with her ordinary school life and financial responsibilities. She demonstrates a strong sense of responsibility by protecting the school, even while insisting she wants no involvement in the conflict. Her practical, cautious personality contrasts with the flamboyant behavior of the Magical Girls.
• Tang Ling/Illusory Spirit: Remains energetic, outspoken, and competitive. She is both afraid of and impressed by Ling Mengxue, while remaining completely unaware that Ling Feng is her rival.
• Lan Yuxin: Becomes increasingly determined to win Ling Feng’s affection. Her persistence develops into an exaggerated romantic campaign, creating much of the chapter’s comedy.
• Qiu Yun’er: Is introduced as a bold and possessive Astral Mark Girl. She immediately antagonizes the Magical Girls in Ling Feng’s defense, showing her willingness to reveal her powers publicly.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Appears cheerful and mischievous, especially in the way she repeatedly drags Ling Feng into embarrassing café outings.

3. Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and divided lives: Ling Feng must conceal her true nature from her friends while interacting with them as both classmate and enemy.
• The absurdity of factional conflict: Although the Law of Destiny declares Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls mortal enemies, the characters often behave like quarrelsome classmates rather than deadly enemies.
• Responsibility versus self-preservation: Ling Feng wants to avoid trouble, but ultimately spends valuable points to protect others and prevent the school battle from causing harm.
• Public fascination with magical heroes: Magical Girls are gradually becoming part of popular culture, entertainment, and school life, blurring the line between fantasy, celebrity, and reality.
• Comedy through contrast: Serious magical laws and potentially dangerous battles are repeatedly undercut by school drama, romantic misunderstandings, love letters, café culture, and arguments over clothing and transformations.

4. Character Interactions

• Ling Feng reprimands Tang Ling, Illusory Xin, and Illusory Spirit, but softens before sending them home.
• Tang Ling confides in Ling Feng about her rivalry with Ling Mengxue, unknowingly describing Ling Feng’s alter ego.
• Tang Ling teases Ling Feng about her large collection of love letters, revealing their friendly and familiar relationship.
• Lan Yuxin repeatedly pressures Ling Feng to date her, while Ling Feng responds with calm but increasingly absurd refusals.
• Qiu Yun’er interrupts Lan Yuxin’s confrontation and attacks the Magical Girls’ behavior, provoking a transformation sequence and an imminent magical battle.
• Ling Feng ultimately protects both sides from outside exposure by sealing off the school, then avoids confronting them directly.
• At home, Ling Xiaoyu cheerfully places Ling Feng in another uncomfortable situation by demanding that she choose between two themed cafés.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng, a high school student, is forced by his sister Ling Xiaoyu to work part-time at a maid café dressed as a girl to earn money.
• Ling Feng's part-time job involves serving customers, calling them "Master," and engaging in light roleplay.
• Ling Feng's coworkers and customers, including a bespectacled young man, are fond of him in his maid outfit.
• Ling Xiaoyu, Ling Feng's sister, seems to have ulterior motives for making him work at the café.
• Ling Feng's classmate, Tang Ling, is a magical girl who has been causing trouble at school.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Struggles with his pride and embarrassment at working as a maid but remains professional. He also shows concern for his sister's well-being.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Seems manipulative and has a hidden agenda. She enjoys teasing and embarrassing her brother.
• Tang Ling: A magical girl who has been causing trouble at school, possibly due to jealousy or resentment.

Significant Themes

• Gender roles and expectations: Ling Feng struggles with the idea of working as a maid and being addressed as "Master" by customers.
• Manipulation and hidden agendas: Ling Xiaoyu's true intentions for making Ling Feng work at the café remain unclear, and she seems to enjoy manipulating him.
• Embarrassment and pride: Ling Feng feels embarrassed and humiliated by his part-time job but maintains his professionalism despite his discomfort.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng and Ling Xiaoyu: Sibling rivalry and manipulation, with Ling Xiaoyu enjoying teasing her brother and Ling Feng struggling with his pride and embarrassment.
• Ling Feng and his coworkers: Friendly and professional interactions, with his coworkers treating him like a sister or younger sibling.
• Ling Feng and the customers: Polite and professional interactions, with customers enjoying Ling Feng's service and appearance in his maid outfit.
• Ling Feng and Tang Ling: Potential conflict or rivalry, as Tang Ling has been causing trouble at school and may be jealous or resentful of Ling Feng.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Ling Feng leaves, Ling Xiaoyu and Lin Danyue discuss him teasingly, with both expressing interest in “playing with” or teasing him.
• Disguised in a black-and-white maid outfit and still possessing a female appearance and voice, Ling Feng goes out to buy menstrual pads for Lin Danyue. He suffers embarrassment from passersby and becomes irritated when a young man mistakes him for a girl and asks for his WeChat. After revealing that he is male, Ling Feng kicks the man between the legs.
• At the pharmacy, Ling Feng struggles to name the product, first calling it “an auntie” and then awkwardly asking for “menstrual pads,” much to the clerk’s amusement.
• Meanwhile, the girls gather in a private room at the maid café. Ling Xiaoyu leads a discussion about Ling Mengxue, the powerful Astral Mark Girl known as “Star Dream Beneath the Moonlight.” They debate whether she is a threat and suggest kidnapping her for questioning.
• Ye Qingya defends Ling Mengxue’s apparent neutrality and recalls that she has sometimes helped Magical Girls attacked by Astral Mark Girls.
• After Ling Feng returns, Lin Danyue aggressively “comforts” him with kisses and teasing. He resumes working at the café, where customers call him “Blueberry Jam.” He briefly enjoys playing the competitive game SOR with a teenage boy.
• The group decides to go to KTV together. Ling Feng insists on changing out of the maid uniform, though the mysterious medicine’s effects leave him physically female despite wearing his own clothes.
• While changing, Ling Feng discovers a red document identifying the location as the “Linzhou Magical Girl Association Headquarters.” He realizes with shock that he has been working inside a Magical Girl stronghold while secretly being an Astral Mark Girl.
• Ling Feng becomes suspicious of Ling Xiaoyu, especially because of the Voice-Changing Pill she gave him, and wonders whether his sister may also be a Magical Girl. He resolves to act cautiously and hide his identity.
• The group walks to the KTV, attracting attention because of their beauty and numbers. Lin Danyue continues teasing Ling Feng about being shy around so many girls.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Becomes increasingly anxious and suspicious after discovering the café’s true identity. His embarrassment, irritation, and survival instincts are contrasted with his continued dependence on the group and occasional enjoyment of ordinary activities such as gaming.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Shows a playful, mischievous side toward her younger brother while also acting as the leader of the Magical Girl group. Her possible connection to magical powers becomes a major source of Ling Feng’s suspicion.
• Lin Danyue: Continues to tease and physically fluster Ling Feng, but also demonstrates authority and strategic awareness as the group’s head maid or president.
• Ye Qingya: Emerges as one of the more sympathetic and rational members, arguing that Ling Mengxue may not be hostile despite belonging to the opposing side.
• Ling Mengxue: Though absent, her reputation grows. She is portrayed as powerful, independent, and morally ambiguous rather than a straightforward enemy.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and danger: Ling Feng’s discovery that the café is Magical Girl headquarters transforms his ordinary-looking part-time job into a potentially life-threatening situation.
• Gender confusion and disguise: Ling Feng’s altered body, feminine appearance, and maid uniform lead to repeated misunderstandings and comic embarrassment.
• Opposing factions and neutrality: The discussion of Magical Girls, Astral Mark Girls, and Ling Mengxue highlights the unstable conflict between rival groups and suggests that morality does not always align neatly with faction.
• Comedy amid tension: Embarrassing shopping incidents, teasing, unwanted attention, and Ling Feng’s exasperated reactions provide humor even as the danger of discovery increases.
• Belonging versus self-preservation: Ling Feng is increasingly wary of the girls, yet he continues working, gaming, and socializing with them, creating tension between his need to hide and his growing familiarity with the group.

Character Interactions

• Ling Xiaoyu and Lin Danyue privately joke about teasing and “borrowing” Ling Feng.
• Ling Feng clashes humorously with the young man who mistakes him for a girl and later with the pharmacy clerk, who laughs at his awkward wording.
• The Magical Girls debate Ling Mengxue’s intentions, with most favoring action against her while Ye Qingya urges caution.
• Lin Danyue repeatedly embarrasses and flirts with Ling Feng through kisses, physical teasing, and jokes about his shyness.
• Ling Xiaoyu and the other girls pressure Ling Feng to join their KTV outing, while he tries unsuccessfully to maintain some distance and normalcy.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After spending the evening at karaoke with Lin Danyue, Ye Qingya, Ling Xiaoyu, and the others, Ling Feng returns home with her drunken older sister, Ling Xiaoyu.
• Ling Xiaoyu, heavily intoxicated, pins Ling Feng to the bed and makes inappropriate advances toward her. Ling Feng escapes and vows never to let her sister drink again.
• The next morning, Ling Feng discovers that the transformation medicine has not worn off. She remains in a female body, and her male anatomy has disappeared entirely.
• Ling Xiaoyu jokingly embraces Ling Feng’s new appearance and suggests that she can now be her “little sister,” though she privately worries that Ling Feng may remember her drunken behavior.
• Ling Feng goes out to sell her specialty tea eggs. Disguised as “Ling Meng,” she sells out unusually quickly.
• Qiu Yun’er, the injured Astral Mark Girl from a neighboring class, comes to buy tea eggs. Ling Feng recognizes that her injuries were likely caused by the Magical Girls because of their conflict with Ling Feng.
• Qiu Yun’er recognizes Ling Feng only as “Ling Meng,” the supposed younger sister of her classmate Ling Feng. She expresses interest in visiting Ling Feng’s home.
• Worried that Qiu Yun’er’s Astral Mark Necklace might reveal her identity and provoke a confrontation with Ling Xiaoyu, Ling Feng makes her hide the necklace before bringing her home.
• Ling Xiaoyu welcomes Qiu Yun’er without realizing who she is. The two behave politely, though Ling Feng senses an uneasy tension between them.
• Qiu Yun’er leaves happily after receiving tea eggs and learning Ling Feng’s address, intending to visit again. Ling Xiaoyu is left with the vague feeling that she has seen Qiu Yun’er before.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Becomes increasingly distressed by the unexpected permanence of her female transformation. She remains practical and guarded, hiding her identity from Qiu Yun’er while also feeling guilty about the girl’s injuries. Her protective instincts lead her to prevent an immediate confrontation between Qiu Yun’er and Ling Xiaoyu.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Reveals a playful, mischievous side while drunk, temporarily abandoning her usual ladylike image. Afterward, she worries about preserving Ling Feng’s good opinion of her and tries to act like a gentle older sister. She remains unaware of Qiu Yun’er’s Magical Girl identity.
• Qiu Yun’er: Shows greater openness and persistence around Ling Feng’s supposed sister, “Ling Meng.” Despite her injuries, she remains cheerful and eager to get closer to Ling Feng, suggesting that she may have personal feelings or strong curiosity toward him.
• Old Wang and the tea-egg customers: Confirm Ling Feng’s reputation as a popular and distinctive tea-egg seller, emphasizing the success of her unusual recipes.

Significant Themes

• Identity and disguise: Ling Feng must maintain the false identity of “Ling Meng” while permanently stuck in a female body, creating tension between her true self and outward appearance.
• Gender transformation and adaptation: Her unexpected physical change forces Ling Feng to confront practical, emotional, and social consequences, while Ling Xiaoyu treats the situation with teasing amusement.
• Secrets and concealed identities: Qiu Yun’er and Ling Xiaoyu unknowingly meet as enemies, while Ling Feng struggles to prevent either side from discovering the truth.
• Tension beneath ordinary life: Everyday activities such as karaoke, cooking, and selling tea eggs exist alongside the hidden conflict between Magical Girls and Ling Feng.
• Guilt and responsibility: Ling Feng feels partly responsible for Qiu Yun’er’s injuries and therefore allows her into the home despite the danger.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng and Ling Xiaoyu share a comedic but uncomfortable sisterly dynamic: Ling Feng handles her drunken sister, while Ling Xiaoyu teases her and later worries about embarrassing herself.
• Ling Feng and Qiu Yun’er interact under false identities. Qiu Yun’er is friendly and persistent, while Ling Feng remains wary and evasive.
• Ling Xiaoyu and Qiu Yun’er exchange polite hospitality, unaware that they may be enemies. Ling Feng mediates between them and carefully suppresses the dangerous truth.
• Qiu Yun’er’s desire to visit Ling Feng again establishes a likely future conflict, especially because Ling Xiaoyu already senses that Qiu Yun’er seems familiar.

Chapter Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng’s voice finally returns to normal after the Voice-Changing Pill’s effects last for two full days. She worries about returning to school before finals and resumes selling tea eggs for money.
• When Old Wang and a customer notice that a “little girl” had replaced her at the stall over the weekend, Ling Feng invents an excuse about a visiting cousin.
• Back at school, Ling Feng hears classmates discussing magic and points, confirming that Magical Girls remain a major topic of public interest.
• A new transfer student, Tang Xiaohua, arrives and proudly announces that she is a Magical Girl. She also reveals that Tang Ling is her sister and claims that they protect love and world peace.
• Tang Xiaohua warns Ling Feng not to pursue Tang Ling, mistakenly assuming that Ling Feng is interested in her. Ling Feng calmly denies having any romantic intentions.
• During break, classmates crowd around Tang Xiaohua, demanding proof of her identity. She displays her transformation key and attempts to begin a transformation ritual.
• Tang Ling tackles Tang Xiaohua before she can complete the transformation, reminding her that revealing Magical Girl abilities in public violates the Magic Association’s rules.
• Although the transformation is stopped, the glowing, floating key convinces many students that Tang Xiaohua is genuinely a Magical Girl. The class becomes fascinated with both cousins.
• Qiu Yun’er approaches Ling Feng privately. Ling Feng pretends to be impressed by Tang Xiaohua’s magic and claims she wishes she could use magic herself, concealing her true identity.
• Qiu Yun’er reacts with suspicion and concern because Magical Girls are enemies of Astral Mark Girls, setting up the possibility of a confrontation.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Becomes increasingly skilled at hiding her identity and improvising excuses. She remains outwardly calm despite Tang Xiaohua’s hostility and the danger of being exposed. Her internal resentment toward Magical Girls is controlled by reason.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Her secretive behavior regarding the Voice-Changing Pill is shown to be deliberate. She worries about Ling Feng’s safety but is also intrigued by the possibility that her sister is an Astral Mark Girl.
• Tang Xiaohua: Introduced as confident, boastful, impulsive, and theatrical. She takes pride in being a Magical Girl and enjoys the admiration of her classmates, but her recklessness nearly exposes the Magical Girls’ existence.
• Tang Ling: Revealed as Tang Xiaohua’s older sister and a more responsible Magical Girl. She protects Xiaohua by stopping her transformation and understands the severe consequences of public exposure.
• Qiu Yun’er: Continues to pursue a private conversation with Ling Feng, while her reaction to Tang Xiaohua shows her strong awareness of the conflict between Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls.
• Zhao Lei: Provides comic relief through his disbelief, fascination, and concern for Ling Feng after witnessing Tang Xiaohua’s magic.
• The classmates: Shift from skepticism to excitement after seeing the transformation key move, demonstrating how quickly public opinion can be influenced by visible evidence.

Significant Themes

• Secret identities and concealment: Ling Feng must constantly disguise her powers and personal circumstances, while Tang Ling tries to prevent Tang Xiaohua from exposing theirs.
• Conflict between Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls: The two groups are fundamentally hostile, creating tension beneath otherwise ordinary school interactions.
• Public fascination with the supernatural: Magical Girls have become a cultural sensation, and the students eagerly accept Tang Xiaohua once she provides even limited proof.
• Recklessness versus responsibility: Tang Xiaohua seeks admiration and recognition, while Tang Ling understands the danger of violating the Magic Association’s rules.
• Misunderstanding and mistaken assumptions: Tang Xiaohua misinterprets Ling Feng’s relationship with Tang Ling, while Ling Feng must pretend to be an ordinary admirer of magic.
• Ordinary life versus hidden conflict: School, part-time work, friendship, and exam preparation continue alongside a secret supernatural war.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng lies smoothly to Old Wang about her weekend absence.
• Zhao Lei questions Ling Feng about her weekend and reacts skeptically to her joking confession that she was cross-dressing.
• Tang Xiaohua confronts Ling Feng, warning her to stay away from Tang Ling; Ling Feng responds politely while hiding her annoyance.
• Tang Xiaohua performs for the class, while Tang Ling repeatedly tries to control her reckless behavior.
• The students enthusiastically praise Tang Xiaohua and begin treating both cousins as celebrities.
• Qiu Yun’er speaks with Ling Feng about the spectacle, unaware that Ling Feng is secretly an Astral Mark Executor. Ling Feng deliberately exaggerates her admiration for magic, while Qiu Yun’er grows wary because of the danger Magical Girls represent.

Chapter 7 Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• After school, Qiu Yun’er eagerly goes to Ling Feng’s house, hoping to spend time with him. However, Lan Xinyu, Tang Ling, Tang Xiaohua, and the class monitor surround Ling Feng before he can leave.
• Qiu Yun’er recognizes the other girls as romantic rivals and, following Ling Feng’s advice, challenges them to a duel at South Mountain Park. Tang Ling accepts on behalf of the group and raises the stakes to 500 points.
• The chapter explains the rules surrounding Destiny Signs: holders receive ten points daily, can earn points by defeating others, and may take all an opponent’s points if they kill them. Despite their rivalry, the girls generally avoid murder because they are classmates.
• Ling Feng promises to act as Qiu Yun’er’s helper in the duel, although he is secretly an ordinary boy—and currently relies on a Voice-Changing Pill to disguise himself as an Astral Mark Girl.
• Ling Feng worries about the larger conflict between Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls. He wonders whether the Destiny Signs are manipulating them and what will happen when the mysterious countdown on the signs reaches zero.
• He learns that his cousin, Ling Wanqing, will be visiting for the Spring Festival. Wanqing knows Ling Feng’s secret because she once accidentally witnessed his transformation. She is also an Astral Mark Girl.
• The chapter includes a humorous flashback showing Wanqing’s extreme fighting style. She repeatedly heals herself, refuses to accept an opponent’s surrender, and nearly fights to the death, forcing Ling Feng to intervene and compensate the other girls.
• Ling Feng obtains another Voice-Changing Pill from his sister, Ling Xiaoyu, intending to prepare for the night’s battle. After taking only part of it, he discovers that its effects are becoming stronger: his voice, appearance, physical strength, and even height continue to change.
• When Qiu Yun’er announces that she is almost there, Ling Feng attempts to leave, but Ling Xiaoyu insists on dressing him up in feminine clothing and drags him into her room.

2. Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Becomes increasingly trapped between his promise to Qiu Yun’er, his secret identity, and his changing body. Though anxious and embarrassed, he tries to act responsibly and keep his word. He also begins questioning the true purpose of the Destiny Signs and the conflict they create.
• Qiu Yun’er: Shows strong determination and romantic attachment to Ling Feng. Despite her injury and fear of losing 500 points, she refuses to retreat from the duel and places her trust in him.
• Lan Xinyu: Continues to behave dominantly toward Ling Feng, stopping him from escaping and remaining involved in the rivalry surrounding him.
• Tang Ling: Reveals a competitive and aggressive side by enthusiastically accepting the duel and setting the point wager. She also appears to enjoy arranging romantic situations and rivalries.
• Tang Xiaohua: Learns about Ling Feng’s situation and reacts with amusement, recognizing that he has several girls interested in him. She also enjoys the attention that comes from being known as a Magical Girl.
• Ling Wanqing: Is established as an energetic, reckless, and battle-obsessed Astral Mark Girl. Her willingness to fight despite severe injuries makes her powerful but dangerous and difficult for Ling Feng to control.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Teases Ling Feng about his feminine transformation and possible romantic entanglements. Beneath her mischievous behavior, she helps him by providing the Voice-Changing Pill and acts protectively like an older sister.

3. Significant Themes

• Rivalry and romantic competition: Qiu Yun’er’s challenge reflects the way affection for Ling Feng overlaps with the Magical Girls’ competitive instincts.
• Identity and disguise: Ling Feng’s secret identity becomes increasingly difficult to maintain as the Voice-Changing Pill alters his body and appearance.
• Destiny versus free will: The girls follow commands from their Destiny Signs, prompting Ling Feng to question whether an unseen force is controlling their conflicts.
• Escalation and violence: Although the characters are classmates and usually avoid killing, the point system encourages increasingly dangerous confrontations.
• Embarrassment and comedy: Ling Feng’s transformation, his cousin’s discovery of it, and Ling Xiaoyu’s attempts to dress him create much of the chapter’s humor.
• Trust and responsibility: Qiu Yun’er trusts Ling Feng to help her, while Ling Feng feels obligated to honor his promise despite the risks.

4. Character Interactions

• Ling Feng and Qiu Yun’er: Their growing closeness is complicated by Qiu Yun’er’s jealousy and the impending duel. Ling Feng privately encourages her to challenge the others and agrees to serve as her helper.
• Ling Feng and the Magical Girls: The girls surround and tease him, treating him as both a potential target and the center of their romantic rivalry.
• Ling Feng and Ling Wanqing: Their relationship is shaped by shared secrets and childhood familiarity. Ling Feng remembers her as dangerously fearless and worries about what will happen if she joins the conflict.
• Ling Feng and Ling Xiaoyu: Their sibling relationship is playful and teasing. Xiaoyu supplies his transformation medicine but also takes advantage of his vulnerability by forcing him to let her choose his outfit.
• The Magical Girls among themselves: Tang Ling acts as an organizer and instigator, while Tang Xiaohua and the others quickly bond over their shared knowledge of Magical Girls and their interest in Ling Feng.
  The chapter ends with Ling Feng being forcibly dressed up by Ling Xiaoyu just before Qiu Yun’er arrives and the nighttime duel is set to begin.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After transforming into a girl, Ling Feng is forcibly dressed by his older sister, Ling Xiaoyu, who treats the situation playfully and teases him about the dangers of being a girl.
• Ling Xiaoyu reveals more of her hidden identity and responsibilities: three years earlier, she had united Linzhou City’s Magical Girls and founded the city’s Magical Girl Association. The maid café is only a branch of that organization.
• The approaching “Destiny Countdown” is mentioned as a major event that will soon usher the world into a new era. Ling Xiaoyu plans to spend more time with Ling Feng during the Spring Festival before her duties become even heavier.
• Qiu Yun’er arrives to meet Ling Feng for their arranged confrontation with the Magical Girls. Because Ling Feng has transformed, he pretends to be a female helper rather than revealing himself.
• Meanwhile, four Magical Girls—Tang Ling, Tang Xiaohua, Lan Xinyu, and Liu Yinxuan—wait at South Mountain Park. Their playful card game and impatience contrast with Liu Yinxuan’s serious, organized personality.
• Ling Feng and Qiu Yun’er scout the park, but the Magical Girls attack first with a fireball. After the attack, the four girls dramatically fly down from the hill, shocking a nearby couple who witness the supernatural scene.
• The Magical Girls question why Qiu Yun’er brought an unfamiliar companion instead of Ye Yiren. Although the odds appear to be four against two, Ling Feng remains calm and unconcerned.
• Ling Feng and Qiu Yun’er transform into their Astral Mark forms. Tang Ling immediately recognizes Ling Feng and angrily calls him a “shameless vixen,” exposing his identity to the others.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: He is embarrassed and helpless while being dressed by Ling Xiaoyu, but he retains his usual defiant personality. Despite being outnumbered, he shows confidence and impatience rather than fear. His past as a rebellious troublemaker is also revealed, including his former habit of fighting, drinking, and visiting entertainment venues.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Her gentle older-sister image is replaced by a more mischievous and teasing side. She is also revealed to be a powerful leader who founded and manages Linzhou’s Magical Girl Association. Her strictness toward Ling Feng in the past came from genuine concern, especially after his behavior made her cry.
• Qiu Yun’er: She is excited to see Ling Feng’s transformed appearance and relies on him during the confrontation. However, she recognizes the tactical disadvantage of facing four opponents and becomes worried about their chances.
• Tang Ling: She remains irritable and outspoken, but she is the first to recognize Ling Feng’s transformed identity. Her hostility toward him is immediate and personal.
• Liu Yinxuan: She is characterized as responsible, strategic, and somewhat teacher-like. The others tease her for always emphasizing preparation and planning.
• Tang Xiaohua and Lan Xinyu: Tang Xiaohua is playful and somewhat slow to understand the situation, while Lan Xinyu is impatient and easily annoyed by the group’s delays.

Significant Themes

• Identity and transformation: Ling Feng’s physical transformation creates confusion and forces him to conceal his true identity, while also changing how others perceive and interact with him.
• Hidden responsibilities: Ling Xiaoyu’s secret role as leader of the Magical Girl Association reveals that apparently ordinary characters may hold significant power and influence.
• Comedy amid danger: Embarrassing dress-up scenes, card-game banter, and the shocked couple provide humor even as magical combat and a world-changing event approach.
• Family concern and personal growth: Ling Xiaoyu’s past efforts to reform Ling Feng show that her strictness stems from affection. Ling Feng’s memories suggest that her emotional reaction had a lasting effect on him.
• The coming upheaval: References to the Destiny Countdown foreshadow major changes that will affect both the characters and the wider world.

Character Interactions

• Ling Xiaoyu dominates Ling Feng during the dressing scene, teasing him while demonstrating their close but often exasperating sibling relationship.
• Qiu Yun’er and Ling Feng cooperate as partners, though she is more cautious while he remains relaxed and confident.
• The four Magical Girls interact casually while waiting, with Liu Yinxuan acting as the responsible organizer and the others responding with collective exasperation.
• The attack on Ling Feng and Qiu Yun’er immediately turns the informal meeting into a confrontation.
• Tang Ling’s recognition of Ling Feng changes the encounter by exposing that the mysterious “helper” is actually their old enemy, setting up the coming conflict between Ling Feng and the Magical Girls.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang Xiaohua is thrilled to discover that the infamous Astral Mark Girl Ling Mengxue, known as “Star Dream Beneath the Moonlight,” is actually Ling Feng’s cousin. Ling Mengxue’s reputation is reinforced through the account of her defeating ten Magical Girls—including professionally trained fighters—in a previous battle.
• Seeking to prove herself, Tang Xiaohua challenges Ling Mengxue to a one-on-one duel. She uses powerful Trial-Tier fire magic, first casting Flame Ball and then Flame Shield.
• Ling Mengxue effortlessly cuts the Flame Ball in half with her Tang saber. She then uses a curved, ricocheting bullet to knock Tang Xiaohua’s wand from her hand, defeating her without seriously injuring her.
• Tang Xiaohua briefly admires Ling Mengxue’s strength but quickly convinces herself that the victory was merely luck and resolves to seek revenge.
• Ling Mengxue makes Tang Xiaohua join the other defeated Magical Girls in a line and gives all of them another “friendly education.” She also orders Qiu Yun’er, despite being on Ling Mengxue’s side, to stand with them. The group is reprimanded for fighting when final exams are approaching.
• Ling Feng returns home exhausted, discovers that his remaining Voice-Changing Pills have mysteriously disappeared, and is teased by his older sister, Ling Xiaoyu, about whether he had been harassed by boys.
• At school, the Magical Girls behave more cautiously around Ling Feng after witnessing his overwhelming strength as Ling Mengxue. School life settles temporarily as everyone focuses on the upcoming exams.
• Outside school, public opinion begins dividing between supporters of Magical Girls, admired for their cuteness and idol-like image, and supporters of Astral Mark Girls, admired for their coolness and combat ability.
• The temporary peace ends when a new transfer student arrives: Ling Wanqing, another beautiful Astral Mark Girl who introduces herself as Ling Feng’s cousin. She also begins to reveal that her brother is an Astral Mark Girl before Ling Feng abruptly denies it.
• Ling Wanqing’s arrival alarms the Magical Girls, who immediately suspect that another enemy has entered their class.

Character Developments

• Tang Xiaohua displays confidence and ambition but is forced to confront the enormous gap between her Trial-Tier magic and Ling Mengxue’s combat ability. Although humiliated, she refuses to accept defeat emotionally and maintains her determination to improve.
• Ling Mengxue/Ling Feng continues to demonstrate overwhelming skill, combining swordsmanship, firearms, and unusual bullet control. Despite the repeated fights, Ling Feng tries to reduce hostility rather than seriously harm the Magical Girls.
• Qiu Yun’er enjoys seeing the Magical Girls defeated and initially feels triumphant, but she is humorously reminded that she is not exempt from Ling Mengxue’s discipline.
• Lan Xinyu becomes increasingly jealous and frustrated by the number of attractive girls connected to Ling Feng. She regrets having previously rejected his invitations and worries that she has lost her opportunity to grow closer to him.
• Ling Wanqing is introduced as cheerful, graceful, and openly proud of her Astral Mark identity. Her immediate closeness to Ling Feng suggests that she may intensify both the school’s curiosity and the Magical Girls’ suspicion.
• Tang Ling and the other Magical Girls remain wary of Ling Feng while also becoming more subdued and obedient after repeated defeats.

Significant Themes

• The vast gap between reputation and reality: Tang Xiaohua’s confidence collapses when she personally faces the fighter behind Ling Mengxue’s legend.
• Rivalry and reluctant respect: Although the Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls remain enemies, repeated battles produce admiration, familiarity, and a partial easing of hostility.
• Public fascination and factional identity: Society is beginning to divide into competing camps based on whether people prefer the cute, idol-like Magical Girls or the powerful, mysterious Astral Mark Girls.
• Concealed identities and family secrets: Ling Feng’s attempts to hide his Astral Mark identity become increasingly difficult as relatives such as Ling Mengxue and Ling Wanqing appear at school.
• School responsibilities versus supernatural conflict: The characters’ battles are repeatedly contrasted with ordinary student concerns, especially studying and preparing for final exams.
• Jealousy and romantic misunderstanding: Lan Xinyu’s envy of Ling Feng’s female relatives and her regret over past choices add a comedic romantic tension.

Character Interactions

• Tang Xiaohua challenges Ling Mengxue publicly, while the other Magical Girls watch with a mixture of shock, resignation, and amusement.
• After Tang Xiaohua’s defeat, Lan Xinyu comforts her with the resigned remark, “Get used to it,” showing how accustomed the group has become to losing against Ling Mengxue.
• Ling Mengxue disciplines all five girls, including Qiu Yun’er, reinforcing her unusual authority over both sides.
• In class, the Magical Girls observe Ling Feng suspiciously while he pretends to concentrate on studying.
• Ling Wanqing’s self-introduction immediately exposes her relationship with Ling Feng and nearly reveals his secret, causing him to panic and deny any Astral Mark connection.
• Her approach toward Tang Ling and Tang Xiaohua makes the Magical Girls fear that she has come to join the opposing faction, while Lan Xinyu grows even more jealous of Ling Feng’s apparent abundance of beautiful female relatives.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Wanqing begins living more openly in Ling Feng’s daily life, surprising Ling Feng by calmly taking Zhao Lei’s seat. Zhao Lei willingly moves, revealing his continued loyalty and respect toward Ling Feng.
• Tang Xiaohua and Tang Ling react warily to Ling Wanqing’s closeness with Ling Feng, creating an atmosphere of rivalry and jealousy.
• Ling Wanqing behaves unusually well at school, but after classes she clings to Ling Feng’s arm all the way home, causing passersby to mistake them for a couple.
• At home, Ling Xiaoyu warmly welcomes Ling Wanqing and spends lunch chatting with her, leaving Ling Feng feeling sidelined. Ling Wanqing playfully forces food into Ling Feng’s mouth when she thinks Ling Feng is laughing at her.
• The day remains peaceful, and Ling Feng enjoys an ordinary evening with Zhao Ping and Yuwen at an internet café, where they decide to play games all night despite upcoming exams.
• At the Beishangyuan Maid Café, Lin Danyue discusses the Magic Association’s mission to capture the powerful Astral Mark Girl known as “Star Dream Beneath the Moonlight.”
• Tang Xiaohua visits Lin Danyue for help locating Ling Mengxue, who previously defeated her. She realizes Ling Mengxue is the same person as Star Dream Beneath the Moonlight and eagerly volunteers to participate in the operation.
• At home alone, Ling Feng receives a call from Tang Xiaohua but denies being herself and hangs up. Tang Xiaohua is left irritated and soon comes to Ling Feng’s house in person.
• Ling Feng accesses the Destiny Sign shop and discovers that the expensive Voice-Changing Pills are actually gradually feminizing her body. She realizes these pills may explain her physical weakness, emotional changes, irritability, and growing feminine traits.
• Angry and distressed, Ling Feng spends all 300 of her points on a black-and-white maid-like outfit as an act of frustration, then sees Tang Xiaohua arriving at her door.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Becomes increasingly aware that her transformation into a girl is not merely temporary or cosmetic. She connects her bodily and emotional changes to the Voice-Changing Pills and reacts with denial, anger, and helplessness. She continues trying to preserve a normal life despite secretly being an Astral Mark Girl.
• Ling Wanqing: Acts more controlled and sociable than Ling Feng expected, but deliberately displays physical closeness with Ling Feng, seemingly to provoke or test the others. Her playful behavior suggests she enjoys creating tension.
• Zhao Lei: Demonstrates his loyalty to Ling Feng by immediately giving up his seat for Ling Wanqing, despite his reputation as a local thug.
• Tang Xiaohua: Remains ambitious and competitive. After learning Ling Mengxue’s identity, she sees the capture mission as an opportunity to defeat her rival and gain recognition.
• Lin Danyue: Functions as an experienced Magic Association member and mentor to Tang Xiaohua. She provides information about the mission and recognizes the significance of Ling Mengxue’s title.
• Ling Xiaoyu: Shows strong affection toward Ling Wanqing and appears increasingly close to her, unintentionally making Ling Feng feel excluded.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and dramatic irony: Ling Feng knows that several characters are connected to the magical conflict, while they remain unaware of each other’s true identities.
• Transformation and loss of control: The Voice-Changing Pills reveal that Ling Feng’s body and personality are changing gradually, raising fears about identity, autonomy, and permanent transformation.
• Jealousy and competition: Tang Xiaohua and Tang Ling become suspicious of Ling Wanqing’s closeness to Ling Feng, while Tang Xiaohua remains determined to surpass Ling Mengxue.
• Ordinary life amid supernatural conflict: School, family meals, gaming, and exams contrast with the Magic Association’s secret mission and the looming confrontation between Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls.
• Family and friendship: Despite the danger surrounding her, Ling Feng still values peaceful companionship with her friends and family, even when she feels overlooked.

Important Character Interactions

• Ling Feng and Ling Wanqing: Their sibling-like relationship is playful but tense. Ling Wanqing intentionally clings to Ling Feng and teases her, while Ling Feng tries to avoid exposing the truth about their identities.
• Ling Wanqing and Zhao Lei: She silently demands his seat, and he willingly gives it up because of his respect for Ling Feng.
• Ling Wanqing, Ling Feng, and Ling Xiaoyu: Ling Xiaoyu enthusiastically bonds with Wanqing, while Ling Feng watches from the sidelines and becomes quietly uncomfortable.
• Tang Xiaohua and Lin Danyue: Tang Xiaohua seeks Lin Danyue’s assistance against Ling Mengxue. Their conversation reveals that Ling Mengxue is the target of the Magic Association’s major capture operation.
• Tang Xiaohua and Ling Feng: Their brief phone call ends with Ling Feng pretending not to be herself. Tang Xiaohua then tracks Ling Feng down and arrives at her home, setting up their next confrontation.

Chapter Summary

Plot and events

Tang Xiaohua confronts Ling Feng at her door, unaware that Ling Feng is secretly the Astral Mark Girl “Ling Mengxue”/“Star Dream Beneath the Moonlight.” She arrogantly orders Ling Feng to meet her “boss,” but Ling Feng insults her and shuts the door in her face. Tang Xiaohua then summons her to the Shangyuan Maid Café, threatening her if she refuses.
Ling Feng recognizes the café as connected to the Linzhou Magic Girl Association and suspects a trap. Nevertheless, she goes that evening, deciding it is better to confront the Magical Girls directly than allow the conflict to continue escalating. At the café, she is recognized by the staff as the powerful Astral Mark Girl known as “Star Dream Beneath the Moonlight.”
Lin Danyue, the café’s head maid and the leader of the meeting, brings Ling Feng into a private room while locking Tang Xiaohua outside. Instead of fighting, Lin Danyue calmly serves tea and asks Ling Feng to stop interfering in the Magical Girls’ affairs. Ling Feng refuses, bluntly stating that she enjoys meddling in other people’s business. The conversation ends without violence, and Ling Feng leaves unharmed.
Tang Xiaohua assumes a major battle must have occurred, but Lin Danyue explains that she could not defeat Ling Feng with ordinary trial-level magic and does not dare use stronger magic inside the café. Ling Feng then encounters Ye Qingya, who is visibly captivated and shy in her presence. The chapter ends with Ling Feng leaving the café, while the scene shifts to the busy Imperial Internet Café.

Character developments

• Ling Feng: Remains confident, confrontational, and wary of traps, but also shows restraint. Although she opposes the Magical Girls, she does not want either side of the conflict—especially the young girls involved—to be needlessly killed. Her power is emphasized through Lin Danyue’s inability to deal with her.
• Tang Xiaohua: Her arrogance and temper are highlighted. She treats Ling Feng as helpless prey, only to be repeatedly humiliated and left confused by Ling Feng’s strength. By the end, she retreats to studying, suggesting a brief return to normal student life.
• Lin Danyue: Reveals a more composed, elegant, and diplomatic side. Rather than attack Ling Feng, she attempts to negotiate a truce, though she is also forced to acknowledge Ling Feng’s overwhelming strength.
• Ye Qingya: Develops an immediate favorable impression of Ling Feng, feeling a mysterious affinity toward her and becoming visibly shy when Ling Feng smiles at her.
• The Magical Girls: Their admiration and curiosity toward Ling Feng grow after realizing that the beautiful white-haired girl is one of the strongest Astral Mark Girls in Linzhou.

Significant themes

• Conflict versus restraint: The chapter questions why adolescent girls on opposing sides must constantly fight and kill, while Ling Feng shows that confrontation does not always have to lead to violence.
• Misjudgment and appearances: Tang Xiaohua and the café staff initially view Ling Feng through assumptions about her appearance and faction, but her calmness and strength overturn those expectations.
• Negotiation and boundaries: Lin Danyue’s request that Ling Feng stop interfering clashes with Ling Feng’s unwillingness to abandon her companions, establishing the ideological divide between them.
• Hidden identities and divided loyalties: Ling Feng’s public identity, magical identity, and relationship with the Magical Girls remain entangled, creating tension beneath seemingly ordinary interactions.

Character interactions

Ling Feng and Tang Xiaohua clash through insults and intimidation, with Ling Feng repeatedly gaining the upper hand. Ling Feng and Lin Danyue engage in a tense but surprisingly civil negotiation over the ongoing conflict. Tang Xiaohua’s confusion contrasts with Lin Danyue’s calm assessment of Ling Feng’s power. Finally, Ling Feng’s brief encounter with Ye Qingya suggests the possibility of a more personal connection between them.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng and his friends enjoy a vacation gaming session at an internet café. After leaving to buy food, Ling Feng’s friend Zhao Ping is struck by a speeding car in a hit-and-run.
• Zhao Ping is critically injured, but Ling Feng—who can transform into a white-haired, blue-eyed girl with supernatural abilities—finds him and uses her last healing potion to save him. She secretly carries him home and leaves him at his doorstep.
• The hit-and-run driver is quickly arrested. He claims to be an “interdimensional transportation ambassador” who sends promising people to alternate worlds by running them over, but the police dismiss him as insane.
• Back home, Ling Feng reflects on her transformed identity. Although she possesses exceptional talents in music, art, and other cultural skills, her physical abilities are unusually weak compared with other Magical Girls and Astral Mark Girls. She prefers martial arts and supernatural pursuits, which she has developed through personal effort.
• Short on money and uninterested in studying, Ling Feng decides to make and sell homemade tea eggs. She later sets up a stall at Riverfront Lake and sells nearly all of them within minutes.
• At the lake, Ling Feng notices an exceptionally beautiful, aloof pink-haired girl playing the guqin and singing in a pavilion. The girl seems strangely similar to Ling Feng’s transformed appearance.
• The girl buys a tea egg but has no cash. Ling Feng allows her to take it without payment, assuming they will never meet again. The chapter ends with the girl tasting the egg and sensing a faint lily-like fragrance, while watching Ling Feng disappear.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Demonstrates compassion by rescuing Zhao Ping, despite initially thinking the accident might involve being transported to another world. Her transformed identity remains somewhat uncomfortable to her, particularly her feminine voice and appearance. She is revealed to be physically weak but extraordinarily gifted in artistic and intellectual pursuits. Her resourcefulness is shown through her tea-egg business, while her fascination with martial arts and supernatural strength hints at her larger ambitions.
• Zhao Ping: Becomes the victim of the hit-and-run but survives because of Ling Feng’s intervention. His close friendship with Ling Feng is emphasized through her immediate willingness to save him.
• The hit-and-run driver: Claims to be a supernatural recruiter who transports people to alternate worlds, introducing the possibility that the accident was part of a larger fantastical system. His ridiculous explanation is not taken seriously by the police.
• The pink-haired girl: Is introduced as elegant, emotionally distant, and highly talented in music. Her interest in Ling Feng is subtle but notable: she watches Ling Feng leave and appears thoughtful after accepting the tea egg.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and transformation: Ling Feng’s secret magical form contrasts with her ordinary life as a male student, creating both humor and personal unease.
• Kindness amid absurdity: The fantastical setting is balanced by ordinary acts of compassion, such as Ling Feng saving Zhao Ping and giving the girl a tea egg for free.
• Talent versus innate ability: Ling Feng lacks the natural physical advantages of other magical beings but compensates through discipline and exceptional skill in other areas.
• Ambition and self-improvement: Her desire to pursue martial arts and supernatural power reflects her refusal to accept weakness or remain confined by her current limitations.
• Chance encounters and fate: The traffic accident, Ling Feng’s rescue of Zhao Ping, and her meeting with the mysterious guqin player suggest that seemingly random events may connect to a larger supernatural plot.
• Ordinary life within a supernatural world: Gaming, exams, financial worries, street food, and outdated technology coexist with healing potions, transformations, and interdimensional travelers.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng and Zhao Ping’s friendship is shown through their shared gaming history and Ling Feng’s decision to secretly rescue him.
• Ling Feng’s family members are absent for the night, creating a brief sense of independence and isolation.
• The police treat the driver’s extraordinary claims with disbelief, providing comic contrast between mundane authority and supernatural events.
• Ling Feng and the pink-haired girl have a brief but meaningful encounter at the tea-egg stall. Ling Feng is intrigued by the girl’s beauty and distant personality, while the girl appears quietly affected by Ling Feng’s generosity and the unusual taste of the tea egg.

Chapter Summary: “A Casual Get-Together” / “Meeting Again” / “Study Materials?”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng returns home late after dealing with various complications and spends another sleepless night. His growing dependence on Ling Xiaoyu becomes apparent, as the house feels unusually empty without her.
• Zhao Ping calls Ling Feng early in the morning, excitedly recounting that he was saved from his recent car accident by a mysterious “angel.” His friend Yuwen doubts the story, but Zhao Ping firmly believes it, especially because the world already contains Magical Girls.
• Ling Feng eventually meets Zhao Ping and Yuwen at an internet café. They spend the afternoon playing games despite final exams approaching. Ling Feng reflects on how his former excitement about internet cafés has faded and remembers being caught by Ling Xiaoyu in the past.
• When the group needs food, Ling Feng volunteers to buy it. At a convenience store, he encounters the mysterious pink-haired girl he saw previously.
• The girl tells Ling Feng that she still owes him money and asks his name. She introduces little about herself, maintains a completely emotionless demeanor, and leaves him curious about her identity.
• After Ling Feng departs, the girl receives a call from Su Xiaoxiao. The conversation reveals that she was supposed to deliver a confidential letter directly to the president of the Linzhou Magic Association, but the intended recipients were absent.
• The story shifts to school on Monday, where students are preparing for final exams. Ling Feng studies seriously, while Zhao Ping learns that his mysterious rescuer was actually the Astral Mark Girl.

2. Character Developments

• Ling Feng: He is becoming more accustomed to his unusual life, though he struggles with insomnia and feels the absence of Ling Xiaoyu. He shows increasing self-awareness about his past behavior and remains calm and observant when interacting with the pink-haired girl.
• Zhao Ping: His belief in supernatural beings has strengthened after surviving the accident and meeting the Astral Mark Girl. He is enthusiastic, impulsive, and determined to find or understand his savior, despite Yuwen’s skepticism.
• Yuwen: He acts as the more rational and skeptical friend, humoring Zhao Ping while privately suspecting that the “angel” may have been a dream or misunderstanding.
• The pink-haired girl: She remains mysterious, emotionally restrained, and socially distant. Her connection to the Magic Association suggests that she has an important role in the magical world.
• Su Xiaoxiao: She is introduced as an adorable, compassionate girl who understands the pink-haired girl’s emotional difficulties and worries about her wellbeing.

3. Significant Themes

• The supernatural entering ordinary life: Angels, Magical Girls, Astral Mark Girls, and magical organizations are treated as increasingly real parts of the world.
• Loneliness and dependence: Ling Feng’s discomfort while living without Ling Xiaoyu highlights his emotional reliance on others despite his outward independence.
• Curiosity and hidden identities: The characters encounter mysterious magical figures without fully understanding who they are or what roles they play.
• Friendship and belief: Zhao Ping’s friends may doubt his story, but they continue to accompany and support him.
• Growing up and changing interests: Ling Feng’s embarrassment when remembering his younger self reflects his personal maturation, while the approaching exams contrast with the characters’ carefree behavior.

4. Character Interactions

• Zhao Ping excitedly tells Ling Feng and Yuwen about his miraculous rescue, while Yuwen teases him and questions whether he imagined it.
• Ling Feng, Zhao Ping, and Yuwen spend time together at the internet café, maintaining their familiar, casual friendship.
• Ling Feng and the pink-haired girl share a quiet, awkward conversation. She acknowledges owing him money, asks his name, and gives almost nothing away about herself, leaving him intrigued.
• The pink-haired girl speaks with Su Xiaoxiao about her failed delivery to the Magic Association. Su Xiaoxiao’s concern contrasts with the girl’s emotional flatness.
• At school, Ling Feng focuses on studying while Zhao Ping becomes distracted by the revelation that his rescuer was the powerful Astral Mark Girl.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• After school, Ling Feng returns home with Ling Wanqing while Ling Xiaoyu remains away for several days. With final exams approaching, he prepares a simple dinner, though Wanqing prefers takeout.
• Ling Feng retrieves an old iron box hidden beneath his bed. Inside are nostalgic copies of the Manual of Youth Cultivation, which he bought during his youth with money earned from selling tea eggs.
• Ling Wanqing catches him with the box and teasingly questions what he is hiding. To distract her, Ling Feng agrees to tell her a story, leading to an awkwardly suggestive exchange when she brings up his “study materials.”
• Ling Feng tells her a humorous story, Yuwen’s Girlfriend, about a world where money has drastically increased in value, leaving an ordinary man horrified that his inexpensive purchases may have become absurdly valuable.
• The next day, Ling Feng sits for his final exams. Afterward, Yuwen invites him and Zhao Ping to a celebratory dinner because he has recently acquired a girlfriend.
• The group meets Yuwen’s girlfriend, Su Yun, at an extremely luxurious seven-star hotel. Ling Feng notices that she wears an Astral Mark Necklace, revealing that she is an Astral Mark Girl—something he keeps secret from the others.
• Yuwen orders an extravagant feast to impress his girlfriend, while Ling Feng, Zhao Ping, and Su Yun try to limit the expense. Ling Feng remains unimpressed by the costly food, believing Ling Xiaoyu’s home cooking and even inexpensive street food are just as good.
• After dinner, Zhao Ping suggests that the group enter the Winter Tournament for the game SK Era. Yuwen agrees, and Su Yun volunteers to join them, but the team still needs a fifth player.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng remains frugal and grounded despite entering an expensive restaurant. His thoughts show that he values practicality and familiar home cooking over luxury.
• He also continues hiding his knowledge of magical girls and the significance of the Astral Mark Necklace, carefully concealing his reaction to Su Yun.
• Ling Wanqing displays a playful, teasing side and shows strong affection for Ling Feng, enjoying his stories and deliberately embarrassing him.
• Yuwen is excited and proud about his new relationship with Su Yun. He tries to appear generous and wealthy by paying for an extravagant meal.
• Su Yun is introduced as beautiful, kind, considerate, and academically successful. She avoids ordering excessively expensive food so Yuwen will not be embarrassed or burdened.
• Zhao Ping remains practical and loyal, limiting his orders and continuing to search for the mysterious benefactor who is actually Ling Feng.
• Ling Feng’s friendship with Yuwen and Zhao Ping is reinforced through their shared interest in competitive gaming.

Significant Themes

• Secrecy and hidden identities: Ling Feng hides both his old collection and his awareness that Su Yun is an Astral Mark Girl.
• Nostalgia and memory: The old cultivation manuals represent Ling Feng’s youth and his shared memories with Zhao Ping.
• Frugality versus luxury: The lavish hotel and expensive dishes contrast sharply with Ling Feng’s modest lifestyle and preference for inexpensive food.
• Friendship and camaraderie: The dinner and planned tournament show the boys’ continued closeness and shared interests.
• Romantic and playful relationships: Yuwen and Su Yun’s new romance is celebrated by the group, while Wanqing’s teasing suggests her special emotional attachment to Ling Feng.
• Transition into the future: With final exams over and senior year approaching, the Winter Tournament becomes one of the group’s last chances to enjoy a relaxed school vacation.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng and Ling Wanqing share a teasing, intimate sibling-like dynamic, with Wanqing probing into his secrets and Ling Feng attempting to maintain composure.
• Yuwen proudly introduces Su Yun to his friends, while Zhao Ping quickly welcomes her into the group.
• Ling Feng quietly observes Su Yun’s magical identity but does not reveal that he recognizes her necklace.
• At dinner, Yuwen urges everyone to order freely, while Zhao Ping, Su Yun, and Ling Feng try to spare him unnecessary expense.
• The group bonds over SK Era, but their proposed tournament team remains incomplete because they need a fifth player.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng is introduced as SK’s former top gunslinger, having ranked first in PvP for five consecutive seasons before becoming too busy with school and part-time work to continue playing.
• He plans to enter the upcoming Winter Tournament with his friends Zhao Ping and Yuwen. Since two former teammates have transferred schools, they need to recruit another player.
• At the Bilu Lake Grand Hotel, Ling Feng encounters Luo Xiyan, her maid and friend Su Xiaoxiao, and Su Yun. The group discovers that they are all connected and eventually forms a five-person tournament team.
• Luo Xiyan’s apparent “debt” to Ling Feng is revealed to involve something as minor as a tea egg, but she takes the matter seriously because she believes accepting something without repayment is morally wrong.
• While walking together, the group discusses Chronicles of Time and Space, the popular game in which they intend to compete. Su Xiaoxiao becomes enthusiastic about joining the tournament.
• Ling Feng learns that Luo Xiyan has difficulty expressing emotions and has been isolated because others misunderstand her aloofness. He begins to feel sympathy and curiosity toward her.
• After leaving the group, Ling Feng hears a girl crying for help in an alley. Four thugs are dragging an intoxicated underage girl away. He decides to intervene and transforms using his Astral Mark Necklace.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Although outwardly calm and sarcastic, he is compassionate and strongly protective of vulnerable people. His former reputation as an elite gamer is established, and he begins paying close attention to Luo Xiyan’s emotional state.
• Luo Xiyan: Revealed to be the legitimate daughter of the powerful Luo family, a talented Magical Girl, and a class monitor. Despite her cold expression, she is honest, principled, and concerned with repaying even the smallest debt. Ling Feng’s understanding behavior makes her view him as unusual and memorable.
• Su Xiaoxiao: Acts as Luo Xiyan’s close companion and mediator. She explains Luo Xiyan’s background to Ling Feng and encourages him to help her become more comfortable expressing herself.
• Zhao Ping: Provides comic relief through his insecurity about being the only one without a girlfriend. Ling Feng responds with teasing rather than genuine reassurance.
• Su Yun: Helps bring the group together and suggests that they walk around after dinner.
• The rescued girl: Introduced as a young, intoxicated girl being abducted by several punks, setting up the chapter’s final confrontation.

Significant Themes

• Misunderstood personalities: Luo Xiyan’s silence and emotional restraint cause others to view her as distant, while Ling Feng recognizes that her behavior may come from loneliness and past experiences.
• Kindness and responsibility: Ling Feng chooses to help the girl despite recognizing the situation as a dangerous and cliché scenario.
• Human connection: The tournament brings the characters together, while Ling Feng’s growing concern for Luo Xiyan suggests a deeper relationship may develop.
• Appearance versus reality: Luo Xiyan appears cold but is sincere and morally upright; Ling Feng appears relaxed and sarcastic but is deeply considerate.
• Magic and modern life: The chapter blends ordinary school, gaming, family, and social situations with Magical Girls, Astral Mark powers, and transformations.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng teasingly reminds Yuwen that his girlfriend is present, revealing his playful personality.
• His greeting to Luo Xiyan surprises everyone because she rarely responds warmly to others.
• Su Xiaoxiao explains Luo Xiyan’s emotional difficulties to Ling Feng, while Luo Xiyan notices and silently questions Su Xiaoxiao for revealing personal information.
• Ling Feng and Luo Xiyan exchange a brief farewell, but their mutual awareness of each other marks the beginning of a new connection.
• Ling Feng jokes with Zhao Ping about human traffickers, maintaining the group’s lighthearted atmosphere.
• The chapter ends with Ling Feng transforming to confront the thugs and rescue the girl.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• While transformed into the white-haired magical girl Ling Mengxue, Ling Feng discovers several punks harassing and attempting to undress a young girl in a bar.
• The girl, weakened by alcohol, cannot defend herself. Ling Feng’s companion—or transformed body—easily throws one attacker aside.
• When the punks threaten the white-haired “girl” as well, Ling Feng draws his Tang sword and cuts off several of the leader’s fingers, frightening the others into fleeing.
• Ling Feng covers the rescued girl with his school jacket and gives her a mind-clearing potion before leaving. The girl is deeply impressed by the mysterious Astral Mark Girl.
• Exhausted, Ling Feng returns home still transformed. His sister Ling Wanqing mistakes his condition for the result of magical-girl activity and takes care of him.
• Wanqing becomes upset that Ling Feng left her alone and emotionally pressures him into sleeping in her room with her. He agrees to stop her from crying, while privately worrying that she misunderstands the situation.
• The next morning, Lan Yuxin approaches Ling Feng and asks to meet that evening. She admits she wants to make up for having wronged him in the past.
• When Ling Feng says he once liked her, Yuxin assumes there may still be a chance between them. She enthusiastically arranges what appears to be a date, leaving Ling Feng flustered and uncertain how to explain it to Wanqing.
• After school, Wanqing repeats her dramatic protest from the previous day, loudly claiming that nobody understands her before running out. Their classmates, including the other Magical Girls, are left confused and begin suspecting that Yuxin is connected to Ling Feng’s plans.
• The chapter ends with the Magical Girls preparing to leave for their own evening activity, with Liu Yinxuan noticing that Yuxin’s unusual happiness may be significant.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Shows a strong sense of justice and protectiveness, becoming ruthless when confronting sexual predators. Despite his power and bravery in battle, he remains socially awkward, embarrassed by romantic situations, and overly concerned with his sister’s feelings.
• Ling Wanqing: Reveals a clingy, emotionally manipulative, and possibly naïve side. She is jealous of Ling Feng’s absence and desperate for his attention, though her concern for him is genuine.
• Lan Yuxin: Takes the initiative to repair her relationship with Ling Feng. Her confidence and excitement suggest that she still has romantic feelings for him.
• The rescued girl: Moves from terror and helplessness to admiration after being saved, viewing Ling Mengxue as a heroic figure.
• The other Magical Girls: Begin noticing that Ling Feng’s family and romantic circumstances are unusual, especially the apparent connection between him and Lan Yuxin.

Significant Themes

• Justice and protection: Ling Feng’s violent response emphasizes his intolerance for cruelty and exploitation.
• Secret identities and misunderstandings: Ling Feng’s transformed appearance causes others to interpret his actions and relationships incorrectly.
• Romantic confusion: Ling Feng’s past feelings for Yuxin, her renewed interest, and Wanqing’s possessiveness create an increasingly complicated emotional situation.
• Family attachment and jealousy: Wanqing’s reactions highlight her dependence on Ling Feng and fear of being neglected.
• Heroism and admiration: The rescued girl’s reverence for Ling Mengxue reinforces the growing legend surrounding the magical girl persona.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng confronts and defeats the punks before comforting the rescued girl.
• The rescued girl thanks him and asks for his name, but Ling Feng avoids forming a connection.
• Ling Wanqing alternates between genuine concern, tears, and playful emotional pressure to keep Ling Feng close.
• Lan Yuxin openly pursues Ling Feng, interpreting his admission of former affection as evidence that their relationship can be restored.
• Ling Feng struggles to balance Yuxin’s invitation with Wanqing’s expectations, while their classmates observe and speculate about the resulting drama.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng meets Lan Yuxin at an expensive Michelin-starred restaurant in Blue Sky Garden. He worries about money and jokes that whoever chooses the restaurant should pay the bill.
• Lan Yuxin deliberately dresses attractively and teases Ling Feng, hoping to rekindle their former romantic relationship. Ling Feng notices her beauty but responds awkwardly and formally, suggesting he is still hurt by their past.
• After dinner, Ling Feng and Lan Yuxin take a walk. A young man approaches and asks for Lan Yuxin’s WeChat contact. Lan Yuxin pretends to consider accepting him in order to provoke Ling Feng.
• Misinterpreting her actions, Ling Feng becomes jealous and walks away, believing Lan Yuxin has not genuinely changed and still does not take their relationship seriously. Lan Yuxin immediately regrets the prank.
• The next day at school, Lan Yuxin publicly apologizes to Ling Feng, shocking their classmates because she is regarded as one of the school’s most attractive and popular girls.
• Lan Yuxin realizes that Ling Feng had been sincerely trying to repair their relationship and feels that her careless behavior may have destroyed her final chance with him.
• After final exams, Zhao Ping and Yuwen invite Ling Feng to spend time together and prepare for the Winter Tournament. Ling Wanqing instead insists that he go home with her because Ling Xiaoyu is returning.
• Ling Feng chooses to accompany Ling Wanqing, disappointing his friends and leading them to jokingly accuse him of choosing girls over his brothers.
• As they walk home arm in arm, Ling Wanqing attracts hostile and jealous looks from other boys, causing Ling Feng to complain that her clinginess is making people resent him.

2. Character Developments

• Ling Feng: His poverty remains a practical concern, but his emotional focus is on his unresolved feelings for Lan Yuxin. He still cares about her and becomes jealous when another man approaches her, yet his previous hurt makes him quick to assume she is acting insincerely. He also demonstrates strong loyalty to his family, choosing to accompany Ling Wanqing over gaming with his friends.
• Lan Yuxin: She shifts from her usual domineering confidence to a flirtatious and vulnerable attitude, openly attempting to regain Ling Feng’s attention. Her prank with the other man backfires, revealing that she genuinely cares about Ling Feng and regrets treating his feelings lightly.
• Ling Wanqing: She acts possessively and protectively toward Ling Feng, deliberately using Ling Xiaoyu’s return to persuade him to come home. Her physical closeness creates jealousy among other students and reinforces her strong attachment to him.
• Zhao Ping and Yuwen: They view Ling Feng as an essential teammate for the Winter Tournament and are disappointed when he chooses to leave with Ling Wanqing. Their reaction highlights the closeness and playful trust within the friend group.

3. Significant Themes

• Miscommunication in romance: Lan Yuxin’s attempt to tease Ling Feng is mistaken for genuine rejection, showing how unresolved resentment and indirect behavior prevent the two from understanding each other.
• Regret and lost opportunities: Lan Yuxin realizes too late that her actions may have ended her chance to reconcile with Ling Feng.
• Jealousy and possessiveness: Both Ling Feng and Lan Yuxin react strongly to perceived romantic rivals, while Ling Wanqing’s possessiveness is presented humorously through her constant closeness to Ling Feng.
• Friendship versus family: Ling Feng’s decision to return home instead of joining his friends emphasizes his loyalty to family, though his friends jokingly frame it as abandoning brotherhood for a girl.
• Class and wealth: Ling Feng’s financial insecurity contrasts with the wealth of Lan Yuxin and their classmates, contributing to his discomfort and self-consciousness.
• Youthful romance and social attention: The chapter portrays high-school relationships through flirting, embarrassment, public gossip, jealousy, and the attention attracted by attractive students.

4. Character Interactions

• Ling Feng and Lan Yuxin’s dinner is filled with flirtation and emotional tension: she tries to appear alluring, while he remains restrained and formal.
• Ling Feng reacts defensively when another man approaches Lan Yuxin, exposing his lingering feelings despite claiming not to care.
• Lan Yuxin apologizes at school, but Ling Feng’s dismissal leaves her discouraged and uncertain about whether reconciliation is still possible.
• Ling Wanqing competes with Ling Feng’s friends for his attention and successfully persuades him to go home with her.
• Zhao Ping and Yuwen respond with exaggerated betrayal, using humor to express their disappointment at losing Ling Feng as a gaming and tournament partner.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng returns home with Ling Wanqing after exams, where they are welcomed by Ling Xiaoyu, who has prepared a large meal.
• Ling Xiaoyu discusses the upcoming Magic Academy, which she must establish in Yanjing with support from the Magic Association. The academy’s existence has not yet been publicly announced, and the Star Engraving Alliance remains inactive.
• She offers Ling Feng and Ling Wanqing ¥50,000 for New Year’s shopping. Both initially refuse because they believe the money comes from Ling Xiaoyu’s hard-earned income.
• Ling Xiaoyu suggests that the three of them go shopping together, but Ling Feng declines, pretending to be tired.
• His real reason is that he wants to test his old computer and resume gaming and livestreaming. After waiting a long time for the secondhand laptop to start, he launches Chronicles of Time and Space.
• Ling Feng notices that his game avatar—a beautiful girl in a JK uniform with purple hair—seems strangely familiar, though he cannot identify why.
• He downloads Dragon Fang Esports and prepares to begin livestreaming again. He intends to practice for the upcoming Winter Tournament and determine whether his skills have deteriorated.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng shows maturity and consideration toward Ling Xiaoyu, refusing the money because he understands how hard she has worked to support the family. At the same time, he remains cautious and suspicious, assuming the sudden generosity may be a test.
• Ling Xiaoyu becomes increasingly protective and affectionate toward Ling Feng. She worries about leaving for an extended period and wants to ensure he has enough money and feels cared for. Her hidden wealth is revealed, suggesting that she is far more financially secure than Ling Feng realizes.
• Ling Wanqing continues acting playful and affectionate toward Ling Feng, enthusiastically supporting him and trying to persuade him to join the shopping trip. She is also financially independent through her mysterious points-and-money system, though she avoids taking Ling Xiaoyu’s money.
• Ling Feng’s renewed interest in gaming suggests a return to his former competitive identity and ambitions.

Significant Themes

• Family affection and sacrifice: Ling Xiaoyu’s generosity comes from concern for her siblings, while Ling Feng’s refusal reflects his awareness of her sacrifices.
• Hidden identities and misunderstandings: Ling Xiaoyu’s wealth is unknown to Ling Feng, and Ling Feng’s female game avatar hints at an unresolved connection or mystery.
• Responsibility versus personal ambition: Ling Feng wants to support his family emotionally but also seeks time to rebuild his gaming career.
• New beginnings: The Magic Academy and Ling Feng’s return to livestreaming both represent major new stages in the characters’ lives.

Character Interactions

• Ling Wanqing praises Ling Feng’s supposed diligence at school, helping him avoid suspicion and earning his gratitude.
• Ling Xiaoyu affectionately offers both siblings money and a shopping trip, while Ling Feng and Wanqing repeatedly demonstrate restraint and concern for her.
• Ling Wanqing playfully clings to Ling Feng and urges him to go shopping, but he privately chooses gaming instead.
• Ling Xiaoyu and Ling Wanqing ultimately plan to shop together, teasingly excluding Ling Feng after he declines.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng begins streaming Chronicles of Time and Space despite having poor computer and recording quality. His channel initially attracts only a few dozen viewers.
• He enters a one-on-one match against Su Xiaoxiao, who is using the newly released Magical Girls character, a character she personally designed and modeled after herself.
• Su Xiaoxiao immediately recognizes Ling Feng’s old gaming ID, “Duskfall,” and realizes that her opponent is her idol. She tries to communicate with him, first through text and then voice chat, but Ling Feng kills her before she can say anything.
• Ling Feng wins the match through exceptionally precise shooting and flawless use of the Assassin’s invisibility skill.
• Viewers initially mistake Ling Feng for a female streamer because of his quietness and skilled play. When he clarifies, “I’m a man,” the audience responds humorously and continues praising him.
• A viewer identifies him as Duskfall, a legendary former top-ranked player known for mastering blades, swords, and guns—and for performing nearly impossible curved-bullet shots.
• As word spreads, Ling Feng’s audience grows from a few dozen viewers to nearly ten thousand in less than half an hour. Fans flood the stream with praise and ask him to reveal his face or join the upcoming Winter Tournament.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Initially indifferent and mildly irritated by the audience’s assumption that he is a cute girl, he becomes increasingly pleased and embarrassed by their admiration. He discovers that his former achievements have made him a near-mythical figure in the gaming community, despite viewing his own past ranking simply as a way to earn rewards.
• Su Xiaoxiao: Revealed to be the creator of the Magical Girls character and an intensely devoted fan of Duskfall. Encountering her idol causes her great excitement, and even being defeated instantly only strengthens her admiration. She decides to contact him privately.
• Zhao Ping, Yuwen, and Su Yun: They are shown playing together skillfully at an internet café, establishing that Ling Feng’s associates are also highly capable gamers.

Significant Themes

• Reputation versus self-perception: Ling Feng sees himself as an ordinary player motivated by rewards, while the gaming community views him as a legendary “god.”
• Celebrity and sudden popularity: A single viewer recognizing Ling Feng causes his audience to explode, showing how quickly fame can spread through livestreaming.
• Admiration and hero worship: Su Xiaoxiao’s reverence for Duskfall illustrates how skilled players can become idols to others.
• Humor through misunderstanding: The recurring assumption that Ling Feng is female contrasts with his frustration and creates much of the chapter’s comedy.
• Skill and spectacle: Ling Feng’s extraordinary precision transforms an ordinary match into a public demonstration of legendary talent.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng battles Su Xiaoxiao without realizing her identity or connection to him.
• Su Xiaoxiao attempts to speak to and privately contact Duskfall, but Ling Feng’s overwhelming skill prevents any meaningful in-game conversation.
• Ling Feng interacts indirectly with viewers through the livestream, reacting internally to their praise, gender assumptions, and increasingly excited commentary.
• The audience shifts from casual curiosity to intense fandom after learning that the quiet newcomer is actually Duskfall, the renowned former top-ranked player.

Chapter 20 Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ling Feng’s livestream suddenly becomes extremely popular after viewers discover that the famous player Duskfall is online. Within an hour, the stream attracts hundreds of thousands of viewers and receives a large number of gifts, earning Ling Feng several hundred yuan despite him doing nothing more than remaining on the game screen.
• He receives an overwhelming number of private messages but ignores most of them. One message comes from Fenglin Xiaoge, a female player he previously knew and who had helped design his game character.
• Ling Feng realizes that Fenglin Xiaoge is actually Su Xiaoxiao, an old online friend who has repeatedly invited him to play. After chatting, Su Xiaoxiao reveals that she will soon visit Linzhuo and asks to meet him in person.
• Ling Feng agrees casually and offers to treat her to a meal, even giving her his phone number. Su Xiaoxiao is thrilled and begins fantasizing romantically about their first meeting, while Ling Feng remains unaware of the extent of her expectations.
• Su Xiaoxiao wants to support Ling Feng’s livestream, but he persuades her not to come because it is late. Ling Feng ends the stream, counts his donations, and goes to sleep.
• In Yanjing, Su Xiaoxiao’s mother, Susan, finds her daughter happily clutching her phone. Susan worries that Xiaoxiao is too sheltered and innocent and may be easily deceived by others.
• The next morning, Ling Feng prepares breakfast for himself and the sleeping girls, Ling Xiaoyu and the others, then watches the news.
• The news reports increasingly bizarre incidents: a Magical Girl helping capture a fugitive, a destructive girl calling herself Hell Girl, and speculation that aliens and magic have appeared on Earth. Ling Feng is shocked by how absurd reality has become.

Character Developments

• Ling Feng: Remains modest and bewildered by his sudden popularity. He sees his streaming success as luck rather than recognizing that his account brings exceptional traffic. He also shows consideration by preparing breakfast for Xiaoyu and the others.
• Su Xiaoxiao: Becomes increasingly excited and emotionally invested in meeting Ling Feng. Her playful online admiration develops into romantic anticipation, though she also has understandable anxiety about whether he will match her expectations.
• Susan: Is established as a protective, practical mother who worries that Su Xiaoxiao’s sheltered upbringing has left her vulnerable to deception.
• Ling Xiaoyu and the other girls: Do not appear directly, but their presence in Ling Feng’s household is emphasized through his concern for their rest and his preparation of breakfast.

Significant Themes

• Online identity versus reality: Ling Feng and Su Xiaoxiao have known each other through gaming for a long time, but meeting face-to-face introduces uncertainty and nervousness.
• Unexpected fame and reward: Ling Feng gains popularity and money without deliberately seeking either, highlighting the unpredictable nature of internet fame.
• Innocence and vulnerability: Susan’s concern reflects the danger of trusting people online and the gap between Xiaoxiao’s idealized fantasies and reality.
• The arrival of the supernatural: News reports suggest that Magical Girls, Hell Girl, aliens, and magic are becoming part of everyday life, creating a contrast between ordinary domestic routines and increasingly unbelievable events.

Character Interactions

• Ling Feng and Su Xiaoxiao reconnect through private messages, teasing each other about their earlier game match and discussing their identities and locations.
• Their conversation leads to an agreement to meet, with Ling Feng offering to buy her a meal and Xiaoxiao eagerly requesting his phone number.
• Su Xiaoxiao’s imagined romantic encounter contrasts humorously with Ling Feng’s casual, practical attitude.
• Susan reprimands Xiaoxiao for her foolish grin while also expressing genuine concern for her daughter’s safety and lack of worldly experience.
• Ling Feng indirectly cares for Xiaoyu and the others by letting them sleep and preparing food for them.