Recaps

Mo Bai and Aemeath were attacked by Singulum, a robot that tried to capture Aemeath, while Rover sought help investigating the frequency she had lost. After Singulum fled, Aemeath sensed trouble involving Rover and rushed toward her, with Mo Bai following on Nue.

• Mo Bai summoned Mountain to shield himself and Aemeath from a distant attack by a black-and-white robot.
• Rover told Abu she intended to find the frequency she had lost and contacted Principal Losera for help reaching the Transit Spine.
• Aemeath identified the pursuing robot as Singulum, which trapped her in a pink orb and tried to take her away.
• Mo Bai damaged Singulum's weapon with a spear of purple lightning, and Aemeath freed herself and drove the robot off with a laser.
• Aemeath sensed trouble involving Rover and hurried toward her, while Mo Bai followed on Nue.

Mo Bai encountered strange black mud and pursuing Otherworldly Flowers in the Roy Icefield, then summoned Fei to fight them. As explosions shook the area, the Rover and Lu Hess set out to find Mo Bai, but a panting pink-haired figure appeared and silenced the Rover.

• Mo Bai avoided a surge of black mud and fled from surrounding Otherworldly Flowers, suspecting the mud was connected to Rinascita's Threnodian.
• Mo Bai landed, noticed the mud had fused and altered nearby plants, and reasoned that it was unlike Aleph-1's devouring power.
• Mo Bai summoned Fei, who charged the black mud and smashed several Otherworldly Flowers, provoking their owner to gather them and cause a series of explosions.
• At the research station, professors recalled students after seeing distant explosions, while the Rover and Lu Hess worried that Mo Bai was alone and decided to find him.
• A panting pink-haired figure appeared before the Rover and raised a hand to silence her.

Mo Bai fought Phrolova, a Society Overseer whose Otherworldly Flowers and Black Mud pressured him into the air. The chapter recounted Phrolova and Rover’s painful history, then ended with Rover asking Mo Bai how he judged her after hearing it.

• Mo Bai recognized Phrolova as a Remnant Star Society Society Overseer and used Fei to block her Otherworldly Flowers.
• Phrolova sent Black Mud up from beneath the snow to cut off Mo Bai’s escape through the shadows, forcing him to rely on Nue.
• Mo Bai remembered Rover’s account of Phrolova and their history together.
• Rover explained that she had once promised Phrolova she would return to hear her perform, but later erased her memories, leaving Phrolova to wait alone.
• Rover told Mo Bai that Phrolova had joined the Remnant Star Society after its President offered to restore her lost family.
• Rover asked Mo Bai what he thought of her after hearing about her past and her imperfect choices.

Mo Bai was struck by Black Mud containing Leviathan, a Threnodian, after Phrolova attacked him, and he trapped himself and Leviathan inside Chimera Shadow Garden. As Phrolova waited outside, Mo Bai began a summoning ritual within his domain.

• Phrolova’s Otherworldly Flowers exploded, splattering Mo Bai with Black Mud that slowed his perception and let Leviathan whisper to him.
• Mo Bai recognized the Black Mud as Leviathan’s creation and rejected the Threnodian’s offer to cooperate.
• Mo Bai opened Chimera Shadow Garden and enclosed himself and Leviathan in the domain.
• Phrolova summoned Hecate, who failed to break through the domain, so Phrolova waited for Mo Bai to emerge.
• Mo Bai explained that Leviathan sought to consume its host’s consciousness, then counted and performed a summoning chant before sinking into the shadows.

Mo Bai reassured Rover that the people she had saved saw her as a true Savior, while realizing how much she cared for the world. In the shadows, he lured Leviathan into a trap beside a chained white cocoon.

• Mo Bai told Rover that those she had saved would praise her, and Rover admitted she often felt like an ordinary person who simply got involved.
• As Rover stood in the Academy garden, Mo Bai recognized how deeply she cared for its people and resolved not to keep relying on her to solve everything.
• Leviathan awoke in a boundless darkness in their whale form and swam toward a faint light, desperate to escape.
• Leviathan followed the light to Mo Bai, who waited beside a giant white cocoon bound in golden chains.
• Leviathan realized the passage had closed and that Mo Bai had lured them into a trap.

Mo Bai trapped Leviathan in the shadow space beside his tenth Shikigami, whose adaptation ability neutralized her attacks, and killed her after gaining Cursed Energy through their exchange. He then turned his attention to the glowing cocoon.

• Mo Bai explained to Leviathan that he had brought them to his dormant tenth Shikigami instead of summoning it, so it would not wake.
• Leviathan struggled to attack Mo Bai, but the cocoon adapted to her mind-disturbing power and made her attacks ineffective.
• Mo Bai revealed that he had lured Leviathan into the shadow space to gain Cursed Energy by exchanging information.
• Leviathan pleaded for her life, but Mo Bai reminded her that the people she had devoured had pleaded too.
• Mo Bai killed Leviathan and turned to look at the glowing cocoon.

Mo Bai discussed his plans for the Shikigami sealed in the cocoon with Mo Hei, then emerged from his domain to face Phrolova. Phrolova sent Hecate after him, and Mo Bai met the attack with his Cursed Energy-reinforced fist.

• Mo Hei asked why Mo Bai had opened his domain to fight a Threnodian offshoot, and Mo Bai said he wanted the cocooned Shikigami to become accustomed to Threnodian power.
• Mo Bai told Mo Hei he had found a goal and planned to borrow the Shikigami’s power through a Binding Vow if necessary, rather than summon it outright.
• Mo Bai explained that he was preparing contingencies to help Rover, who had taken him in and become his friend.
• Mo Bai’s domain shattered, and he emerged with his Cursed Technique still burned out but his body reinforced by Cursed Energy.
• Phrolova summoned Hecate to attack Mo Bai, and he blocked the bladed whip with his Cursed Energy-wreathed fist.

The President of the Remnant Star Society recruited Phrolova to put the Dark Tide Leviathan’s remains into Mo Bai, a student fighting Hecate at Roy Icefield. Phrolova watched Mo Bai overpower Hecate and launch a powerful attack at her.

• Phrolova answered the President’s call and agreed to receive information about a task involving Rover and a student named Mo Bai.
• The President told Phrolova to put the Dark Tide Leviathan’s remains into Mo Bai, then celebrated the prospect of Phrolova meeting an old acquaintance.
• At Roy Icefield, Phrolova watched Mo Bai and Hecate fight as an avalanche swept over them.
• Mo Bai forced Hecate onto the defensive, broke her Whip Blade, and emerged from the snow with his condition improved.
• Mo Bai used Maximum: Piercing Blood to fire a compressed drop of water toward Phrolova.

Mo Bai and Phrolova paused their battle as Rover drew near, each curious about the other and about their connection to Rover. Phrolova began showing Mo Bai images and asked what kinds of stories he liked.

• Phrolova revealed her bandaged right eye, strengthening Hecate, while she and Mo Bai traded remarks during their fight.
• Mo Bai sent Qiongqi to fight Hecate at a distant hilltop while Phrolova summoned Tacet Discords with her baton.
• Phrolova said someone was coming and admitted she wanted to keep Mo Bai there because she was curious about him and understood why the President considered him special.
• Mo Bai and Phrolova stopped fighting as Rover approached, with Mo Bai wanting to understand how Phrolova had affected Rover.
• Phrolova arranged frequencies to display translucent images and asked Mo Bai what kinds of stories he liked.

Mo Bai discussed his hobbies with Phrolova, who used his answers and reactions to infer what the Rover meant to him. When she judged his taste and hinted at her own connection to the Rover, Mo Bai asked whether she was jealous of him.

• Mo Bai told Phrolova that he enjoyed novels, comics, and movies, especially watching films in the Auditorium.
• Phrolova noticed Mo Hei beside Mo Bai, and Mo Hei retreated into his shadow.
• Mo Bai heard distorted voices in Phrolova's exposed eye before she covered it with a bandage.
• Phrolova compared Mo Bai and the Rover, recalling their similarities and her own time beside the Rover at an opera house.
• Phrolova criticized Mo Bai's entertainment preferences and said she had figured out what the Rover meant to him.
• Mo Bai asked Phrolova whether she was jealous of him, and a brief, fervent string note rang beside his ear.

Mo Bai stalled Phrolova while they discussed her estrangement from Rover, then fought alongside Etu until Rover arrived at Roy Icefield. Phrolova withdrew, leaving Mo Bai determined that he and Rover would not end up as painfully separated as Phrolova and Rover.

• Mo Bai and Phrolova traded barbs and discussed how they might feel if they and Rover became strangers.
• Mo Bai described Phrolova and Rover as intersecting lines, while saying he and Rover would remain connected even if they parted.
• Phrolova summoned Hecate and staged a brief clash with Mo Bai and Etu to stall until Rover arrived.
• Rover confronted Phrolova over the Remnant Star Society's repeated attempts to target Mo Bai, then disarmed Hecate with a water strike.
• Phrolova retreated from Roy Icefield, admitted she was a little envious, and left Mo Bai reflecting on his bond with Rover.

After Phrolova left, Mo Bai and Rover discussed the Remnant Star Society’s attempt to make him a Threnodian Resonator. Rover agreed to trust him, but required him to stay with her during field operations so they could face the danger together.

• Rover asked Mo Bai whether Phrolova had said anything, and Mo Bai concealed their conversation while Rover chose not to press him.
• Mo Bai told Rover that the Remnant Star Society had tried to turn him into a Threnodian Resonator, prompting her to worry about the dangers of its experiments.
• Mo Bai told Rover he was happy that someone he cared about cared for him, and said he would not let her face the danger alone.
• Mo Bai showed Rover Lynae’s unread messages and said he would not back down, so Rover agreed to trust him on the condition that he stay with her in the field.
• Mo Bai accepted Rover’s condition, pleased that it would give him more time to get to know her.

Rover told Mo Bai that she had come to the Roy Icefield to recover a lost frequency before her frequency leakage worsened, then returned with him to Lu Hess and Napomo. Napomo’s device triggered a cave collapse, and the group escaped with Mo Bai’s Toad Shikigami helping rescue her; Rover then looked affectionately at Aemeath.

• Rover explained that she was searching for a lost strand of frequency and returned to the cave with Mo Bai to check on Lu Hess and another student.
• Lu Hess introduced Napomo, a timid Roy student, to Mo Bai, while Aemeath silently signaled that Mo Bai should not approach her.
• Napomo pulled a rod-like device from her hand, causing the cave to shake and collapse.
• Rover carried Napomo toward the exit, and Mo Bai used his Toad Shikigami to pull Napomo safely out while Rover and Lu Hess escaped.
• Napomo thanked Mo Bai but complained that the Toad Shikigami was sticky, and Rover looked at Aemeath with affection.

After Napomo apologized for recklessly investigating satellite debris, Rover, Lu Hess, and Mo Bai took her into the Crashed Space Station to wait for rescue. Mo Bai questioned Aemeath about Singulum and Rover’s missing frequency, but chose to trust her and resolved to protect his friends.

• Mo Bai dismissed his Toad Shikigami after finding Aemeath playing beside it, and Napomo apologized for her dangerous investigation.
• Napomo explained that she had found a rod-shaped piece of a predecessor’s satellite, and Lu Hess recognized it as valuable debris.
• Rover suggested taking Napomo into the nearby Crashed Space Station, and Lu Hess agreed that the group would be safe there.
• Mo Bai asked Aemeath what she had told Rover, and Aemeath said she was protecting Rover from Singulum, who carried a trace of Rover’s frequency.
• Mo Bai confronted Aemeath about her hidden knowledge and her connection to Rover, but decided to trust her reasons and resolved to protect his friends.

Mo Bai and the others explored the Solaris space station, where Lu Hess decoded a Tacet Disc containing footage of the Sky Sea’s arrival. The recording showed Rover falling from the Sky Sea, leaving Mo Bai wary that Napomo might reveal the discovery.

• Mo Bai and his companions toured the station with Lu Hess and learned from its holographic guides.
• Mo Bai used his Fused Shikigami to defeat Tacet Discords, and Lu Hess offered him candy.
• Mo Bai’s Divine Dogs found a Tacet Disc, which Lu Hess decoded into a video.
• The video showed the Sky Sea approaching Solaris and a person falling from it; Mo Bai recognized the figure as Rover.
• Mo Bai watched Napomo and suspected her earlier actions might have led them to the station and the recording.

The Rover, Lu Hess, Mo Bai, Aemeath, and Napomo explored the space station, with Mo Bai transporting the group through its spatial gaps and Aemeath hacking its facilities. At the final hall, the group found Napomo staggering ahead of them, despite having left her behind to rest.

• Napomo promised not to reveal the Rover’s secret, while Mo Bai and Aemeath remained suspicious of her.
• Mo Bai transported the team through the station, and the Rover had them stop so Napomo could recover from the disorienting trips.
• Lu Hess suggested Napomo stay behind while the others continued, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Aemeath hacked the station’s malfunctioning facilities and helped the team solve the puzzles on their way deeper inside.
• The remaining four reached the final hall and saw Napomo staggering toward them.

Napomo was attacked by a spacesuited Tacet Discord in the space station, and Mo Bai protected her while Lu Hess checked her injuries. Mo Bai recognized the enemy as a pioneer corrupted by Void Matter and heard the man’s plea to be put to rest.

• Napomo followed a hidden passage through the eerie station and was struck by the spacesuited enemy.
• Mo Bai caught Napomo before she hit the ground, and Lu Hess took her to examine her injuries.
• Mo Bai refused Rover’s offer to help, intending to face the enemy alone while Rover’s frequency was diminished.
• Mo Bai recalled that the corrupted Pioneer had sealed himself inside his hibernation pod to keep Void Matter from harming others.
• The corrupted Pioneer approached Mo Bai and pleaded to be put to rest, and Mo Bai agreed.

Mo Bai defeated a Void-corrupted Pioneer and used Etu’s Positive Energy to restore the man’s humanity briefly before he dissolved. Lu Hess revealed that he knew Rover was the leader of the Black Shores, leaving Mo Bai surprised and Rover trusting him as an old friend.

• Mo Bai and Etu defeated the infected Pioneer, and Etu’s Positive Energy briefly let the dying man speak before he gave Mo Bai a thumbs-up and dissolved.
• Mo Bai returned to Lu Hess and Napomo, but Lu Hess told him not to use his power to treat her and said he would stay with her until the Academy’s rescue team arrived.
• Lu Hess destroyed the Tacet Disc recording and told Rover to keep what she had seen secret, promising to watch Napomo at the Academy.
• Rover asked Lu Hess how he knew so much about her, and he revealed that she was the leader of the Black Shores.
• Rover trusted Lu Hess as an old friend, while Mo Bai was surprised that Lu Hess knew her identity.

Rover spoke with Lu Hesse about their past, then left the space station with Mo Bai and Aemeath. They found an abandoned research station tied to Flying Snow Velvet, and Mo Bai secretly connected with the frequency lingering there to investigate.

• Rover asked Lu Hesse what they had been to each other, and he described their relationship as a chance meeting.
• Lu Hesse warned Rover not to share the footage she had seen and asked Mo Bai to keep her safe.
• Rover decided to ask Lu Hesse about her past later and led Mo Bai and Aemeath away from the space station.
• Rover spotted a snow-covered research station, and Mo Bai noticed Aemeath react with surprise and heartache.
• Mo Bai told Rover that Flying Snow Velvet had stayed at the station and used his shadow to connect with the frequency there.

Mo Bai showed Rover and Aemeath projections of Aemeath’s past companions, prompting Rover to worry that Aemeath’s constant cheerfulness concealed her grief. After Mo Bai left them alone, the two spoke about Aemeath’s memories and Mo Bai before a crash outside interrupted them.

• Mo Bai projected memories of Aemeath’s classmates praising her, and Aemeath explained that the projections let her remember companions erased by Voidmatter Magnetic Storms.
• Aemeath recalled her enthusiasm for researching Void Matter and demonstrated that, as a Digital Ghost, she could pass through objects and travel across Lahai Luo.
• Mo Bai noticed Rover’s downcast mood, told her to rest, and left her alone with Aemeath.
• Rover told Aemeath that smiling constantly must be exhausting, but Aemeath insisted she was happy and teased Rover about defending Mo Bai.
• A deafening crash sounded outside, and Rover and Aemeath rushed toward it.

Mo Bai and Aemeath drove Singulum away when it charged at Rover, exposing that they could see and knew each other. Rover confronted them about their deception, and the two blamed each other as she stopped their argument.

• Mo Bai fought Singulum alone and tested his half-baked Cursed Technique Reversal, discovering that [Light] could power his movement and attacks but strained his body.
• Rover and Aemeath left the research station, and Singulum charged at Rover after detecting her.
• Mo Bai and Aemeath combined their attacks to force Singulum back, and it retreated after looking at Rover.
• Rover realized Mo Bai and Aemeath had pretended not to know each other, while Aemeath guiltily avoided her gaze.
• Mo Bai and Aemeath blamed each other when Rover asked for an explanation, and Rover stopped their argument by patting both their heads.

Rover, Aemeath, and Mo Bai agreed to hunt Singulum after learning he wanted Rover’s lost frequency and control of the Tunneler. Aemeath led them through the snow to a cabin beside an Ornamental Lake, where they expected to find clues or Singulum himself.

• Rover asked Aemeath to explain what she and Mo Bai had hidden, then questioned her about Singulum.
• Aemeath revealed that Singulum wanted Rover’s frequency and authority over the Tunneler through her, while Mo Bai said Singulum had attacked him too.
• Rover concluded that Singulum was connected to her lost frequency and proposed that they hunt him before he could control the Tunneler.
• Aemeath agreed to lead Rover and Mo Bai to Singulum, and they rode through the snow on Mo Bai’s Shikigami while Rover shared stories of her travels.
• Aemeath brought them to an abandoned cabin beneath the icefield beside an Ornamental Lake that Mo Bai suspected was connected to Singulum and the Threnodian.

Mo Bai, Aemeath, and Rover fought off Singulum and strange hands of Void Matter before Rover collapsed from losing frequency. After Rover woke in the cabin, she demanded that Aemeath tell her what she had been hiding, while Rabbit Escape watched and relayed the exchange to Mo Bai.

• Singulum attacked the group near the cabin, and Mo Bai summoned Etu to help Aemeath fight him.
• Sharp-clawed hands formed from the lake's Void Matter and reached for Rover, forcing Mo Bai to protect her while Singulum escaped after saying "Homeland."
• Rover lost too much frequency and collapsed, so Aemeath carried her into the cabin while Mo Bai stayed outside to guard them.
• Rover woke beside a Rabbit Escape and tried to get up, but Aemeath stopped her.
• Rover asked Aemeath to reveal everything she had been hiding, and Rabbit Escape relayed their conversation to Mo Bai.

Rover discovered recordings of her life with Aemeath, including how they lived together and first met after Aemeath lost her parents to the Threnodians. The chapter left Mo Bai and Mo Hei keeping watch outside while Rover and Aemeath reminisced inside.

• Rover awakened lingering frequencies that projected childhood Aemeath and a black-haired version of herself caring for her.
• Rover watched another recording of young Aemeath asking Rover to play with her after finishing her questions.
• Aemeath confirmed that she and Rover had lived together and said she had planned to explain their past after dealing with Singulum.
• Aemeath showed Rover childhood drawings and explained that she met Rover in Lahai Luo after losing both her parents to the Threnodians.
• Mo Bai watched the house through Rabbit Escape's eyes, and Mo Hei joined him outside to keep watch.

Aemeath explained why she had hidden their past from Rover, then shared her achievements at the Academy and as the Digital Ghost. Rover fell asleep after Aemeath promised they would destroy Singulum and find a way to heal her, and Aemeath left the house.

• Rover asked why Aemeath had not told her they had been family, and Aemeath said she feared it would feel strange and add pressure before they defeated Singulum.
• Rover said everything she encountered, including her past, was part of who she was, and Aemeath began telling her about her life at the Academy.
• Aemeath described becoming a campus idol, releasing her first song, and achieving a high synchronization rate with the Tunneler.
• Aemeath said she had saved many people in Lahai Luo as the Digital Ghost and showed Rover her blade of light.
• Aemeath promised Rover they would destroy Singulum and help her recover, then urged her to rest.
• Rover fell asleep, and Aemeath left the house.