Chapter Summaries

Feixue cleared Void Matter and Tacet Discords from the Dark Plains, then followed Mo Hei and Dania to keep them safe. At the cave where Dania said she was born, Dania asked Mo Hei whether the disappearance of all Void Matter would be good, and Mo Hei’s answer left her visibly troubled.

• The Academy faced a funding crisis and postponed research into the underground space beneath Lahai Luo.
• Feixue froze and cut down enemies in the Dark Plains, then followed Mo Hei and Dania as they traveled overhead.
• Mo Hei and Dania arrived at a cave Dania had identified as the place where she was born.
• Dania asked whether Mo Hei would consider it good if all Void Matter in the Dark Plains and Lahai Luo disappeared.
• Mo Hei said that Void Matter had no redeeming value, and Dania forced a smile before leading her into the cave.

Little Hei followed Dania into an abandoned Remnant Star Society base where Dania had been born. An attacker who looked and sounded like Napomo lunged at them, and Little Hei summoned Aries to knock it into a wall.

• Little Hei recognized the cold, metallic interior as a former Remnant Star Society outpost and wondered how Yaya could have been born there.
• Little Hei heard something moving deeper inside the base as Dania’s fear surged.
• A figure rushed at Dania and shrieked a welcome, prompting Little Hei to pull her behind her and summon Aries.
• Aries blasted the attacker into a metal wall, but the figure spoke to Little Hei in Napomo’s familiar voice and appeared to be her old friend.

Mo Hei confronted Napomo, recognizing her as the Remnant Star Society President in disguise, and demanded to know what she had done to Yaya. Napomo denied causing Yaya’s fear and vanished after Dania asked Mo Hei to let her go, leaving Mo Hei uncertain about the history between Dania and Napomo.

• Mo Hei recognized Napomo as the Remnant Star Society President wearing a false identity and remained wary of her.
• Mo Hei asked what Napomo had done to Yaya, but Napomo claimed Yaya had trembled at the sight of her on her own.
• Napomo said she had come because Dania led other people there and warned that someone might notice if she stayed.
• Mo Hei prepared to stop Napomo, but Dania asked her to let Napomo go so they could focus on Dania’s truth and origins.
• Napomo dissolved into an illusion and disappeared, leaving Mo Hei to consider Dania’s unknown history with her.

Mo Hei guided the frightened Dania through the abandoned Remnant Star Society base and asked about her connection to Napomo. Dania was pulled back from a vision of her destructive other self when Mo Hei insisted she was speaking to her friend, leaving Dania to decide whether to accept Mo Hei’s kindness.

• Mo Hei let Dania continue guiding her through the base and kept Aries beside her as protection.
• As the base grew darker and colder, Dania’s fear intensified, so Mo Hei moved Aries closer to reassure her.
• Mo Hei asked Dania about her and Napomo, and Dania flinched before recalling how Mo Hei had once been afraid when they first met.
• Dania considered telling Mo Hei the truth but saw a Void Matter version of herself that warned her she could only bring destruction.
• Mo Hei called Dania by her full name, brought her back to reality, and said she was asking her friend, not a spy or a Resonator of the Threnodian.

Dania decided to trust Mo Hei and began telling him the truth about her past at the Remnant Star Society base. Elsewhere, the Remnant Star Society's president and Christopher created an Artificial Threnodian Resonator, and their Experiment 66 emerged from its Incubation Pod.

• Mo Hei rejected Dania’s attempts to push him away and urged her to tell him her story as a friend.
• Dania recalled her days at the Academy, chose to trust Mo Hei, and began recounting what happened at the Remnant Star Society base.
• The Remnant Star Society’s president ordered Christopher to help bring Experiment 66 to life using Void Matter and a Script Page.
• Experiment 66 endured the painful fusion process as the Cultivation Fluid churned inside the Incubation Pod.
• The Incubation Pod shattered, marking the first success in the president’s attempt to create an Artificial Threnodian Resonator.

The Remnant Star Society President, Napomo, claimed the newly created Experiment as her friend and named her Dania, teaching her about life in the Underground Base. Their friendship was upended when Dania suffered sudden chest pain and saw Napomo watching her agony with delight.

• Christopher watched the Experiment survive the combined powers of Leviathan and Aleph-1, then left when Napomo dismissed him.
• Napomo introduced herself to the newly born Experiment, named her Dania, and explained that friends supported and cared for each other.
• Napomo showed Dania around the Underground Base and taught her daily routines, and Dania grew grateful for her first friend.
• Dania collapsed with excruciating chest pain while carrying books to Napomo's room and called for her friend.
• Napomo hurried to Dania but watched her writhe in agony with delight, shocking Dania.

Dania woke in the Incubation Pod and began questioning whether she was human, but Napomo revealed that her kindness had been an act meant to make Dania into an obedient puppet. Napomo tortured her and relied on Dania’s dependence on her, while Dania’s need for void matter left her vulnerable.

• Dania regained consciousness in the Incubation Pod, remembered her unusual birth, and wondered whether she was human.
• Napomo dropped her gentle persona and mocked Dania for beginning to think about who she was.
• When Dania tried to demand an explanation, Napomo shocked her through the control panel and kept her trapped in the pod.
• Napomo revealed that she had cultivated Dania’s dependence and curiosity to create a puppet that resonated with Threnodian and obeyed her.
• Napomo reasoned that Dania could not escape easily because she needed void matter to survive and still depended on Napomo as her friend.

Dania told Mo Hei about her past as Napomo’s Experiment and her role as an undercover agent tasked with sabotaging Star Torch Academy. Mo Hei challenged her account by showing a photo of Dania with himself, Siglica, and Napomo, and reminding her that she had become friends with Sisi.

• Napomo tortured Dania and ordered her to join the Remnant Star Society and sabotage Star Torch Academy.
• Dania obeyed Napomo, went undercover at the Academy, and later stirred up trouble on its Dark Side.
• Mo Bai learned Dania’s scent from a strand of her hair, forcing her to flee and disrupting Napomo’s plans.
• Dania recounted her past to Mo Hei while blaming herself for helping Napomo survive.
• Mo Hei showed Dania a group photograph and said he believed her friendship with Sisi proved she was not simply evil or controlled.

Mo Hei helped Dania recognize that her past held good memories and friends who cared about her, and she thanked him for staying by her side. Their reunion was interrupted by a room full of Napomo-filled Incubation Pods, which Feixue destroyed before leading them to find Mo Bai and the Rover.

• Mo Hei explained that he understood Dania because they were alike, and reminded her that her past included friendship with him and Siglica.
• Dania acknowledged that Siglica would worry about her and thanked Mo Hei for helping her face her past.
• Mo Hei remembered that their problems at the Academy remained unresolved, then heard glass shattering nearby.
• Mo Hei found Incubation Pods containing copies of Napomo, but Feixue swiftly froze and destroyed them with her blade.
• Feixue told Mo Hei and Dania to come with her to find Mo Bai and the Rover.

Dania recalled Napomo’s cruel treatment and sought reassurance from Siglica that the world around them was real. After Rover and Mo Bai removed the powers and influences controlling Dania, Mo Hei asked how she wanted to live now that she was free.

• Napomo made Dania drink a foul nutrient solution and treated her as a tool despite having given her a sense of self.
• Dania asked Siglica whether the sky and Tunneler Swarm Creatures were fake, and Siglica insisted they were real because they affected people’s lives.
• Rover removed Leviathan’s Fusion power from Dania, and Mo Bai used a Cursed Tool to stabilize the Void Matter in her body.
• With Aleph-1, Leviathan’s Dark Tide, and Christopher’s Script Pages no longer controlling her, Dania was free of the Remnant Star Society’s influence.
• Mo Hei stood beside Dania and asked how she wanted to spend her life.

Gabriella returned to Lahai Luo and assessed Mo Hei as Mo Bai and the others prepared to leave for the Black Shores. Dania chose to remain near Star Torch Academy, while Gabriella announced that Rover would stay to enjoy Academy life before taking Mo Bai and Mo Hei to the Black Shores.

• Gabriella fought Mo Hei and judged her combat skills while Mo Bai, Rover, Dania, and Feixue watched.
• Feixue said Dania had mastered her power but would need to stay away from Star Torch Academy until it was safer for her.
• Dania chose to stay near the Academy because she wanted to remain with her friend Siglica, and Mo Hei reassured her.
• Gabriella caught up with Mo Bai, who still treasured the Shell Credit she had given him.
• Gabriella said Rover would stay to enjoy Academy life, then take Mo Bai and Mo Hei to the Black Shores.

Losera struggled with the workload and uncertain future of Star Torch Academy while worrying about her students. The Rover reassured her that Dania, Mo Bai, and Mo Hei were safe, though Losera still had other troubles to face.

• Losera worked through piles of documents and tried to secure more time and resources for Star Torch Academy.
• The Rover recognized that the Academy’s fading purpose after the Tunneler and Aleph-1 were gone weighed heavily on Losera.
• Losera asked whether Mo Bai and Mo Hei were safe, and the Rover told her that Dania was helping Feixue clear Void Matter in the Dark Plains.
• The Rover revealed Mo Bai and Mo Hei from her shadow, and Losera felt relieved to learn all three students were safe.
• Losera’s relief did not resolve the other troubles facing the Principal.

Rover, Mo Bai, and Mo Hei left Principal Losera to handle the Academy’s troubles and discussed how they could help Star Torch Academy. Mo Hei chose to help because Losera had protected her, and Mo Bai agreed because he supported Mo Hei and wanted to help his friends at the Academy.

• Losera worried about Mo Bai, Mo Hei, Dania, and the Academy until Rover reassured her that Mo Bai and Mo Hei’s next steps were settled.
• Mo Hei asked whether they could help Losera, who reassured her that she could handle the situation and sent the group from her office.
• Mo Bai used Light Extinction to conceal himself and Mo Hei as they followed Rover to a quiet spot beside the Academy's Garden.
• Rover asked Mo Bai and Mo Hei what they thought of Losera’s situation, and Mo Hei said she wanted to help the Academy because Losera had protected her.
• Mo Bai agreed with Mo Hei and said he wanted to help because his friends loved the Academy.

Rover called her companion at the Black Shores for advice on saving Star Torch Academy, then decided to guide the Academy from behind the scenes rather than intervene directly. She left the immediate crisis for the Academy to face and prove it deserved continued support.

• Rover worried that Mo Bai and Aemeath might sacrifice themselves as Saviors, then called her companion at the Black Shores.
• Rover explained that Mingshi was dead, the Remnant Star Society had withdrawn, and conflict within the Academy remained.
• Rover's companion advised her to intervene as a Threnodian of the Black Shores alongside Gabriella, who was in Lahai Luo.
• Rover ended the call after her companion said she would always be waiting for her, while Mo Bai and Mo Hei listened curiously.
• Rover told Mo Bai and Mo Hei they would meet her companion someday and chose to guide Star Torch Academy from behind the scenes, leaving it to prove its worth.

Mo Bai delivered Rover’s assignment for Gabriella to accompany Principal Losera on a Star Torch Academy tour as a Black Shores Special Inspector. After Gabriella left, Mo Bai decided to visit a place while avoiding his friends so they would not be linked to a wanted fugitive.

• Mo Bai met Gabriella on a rooftop and told her that Rover had assigned her to accompany Principal Losera on an Academy tour.
• Gabriella learned that Rover would attend the review as a student and accepted that she only needed to follow her lead.
• Mo Bai told Gabriella he planned to wander around Lahai Luo while waiting to report to the Black Shores.
• Gabriella teased Mo Bai about being a fugitive, then left the rooftop on her flaming wings.
• Mo Bai considered visiting his friends but worried that being seen with him could cause trouble for them, so he decided to visit another place.

Mo Bai met the exhausted Principal Losera in the Auditorium, where she admitted she felt guilty about his fugitive status. He reassured her that she had not caused what happened, and their conversation left him reflecting on how deeply she cared for her students.

• Mo Bai entered the Auditorium to watch a movie and used a Cursed Tool made by Mahoraga to block the surveillance cameras.
• Losera came to the Auditorium to rest, found Mo Bai, and sat beside him to watch the movie.
• Losera asked Mo Bai whether he hated her for making him sneak around the Academy as a fugitive, and he said he did not.
• Mo Bai asked Losera what she thought of Mo Hei, and Losera described her as a timid but capable student who needed guidance.
• Mo Bai pointed out that Mo Hei would have helped Dania regardless, but Losera maintained that she should not have stood by as Principal.
• Losera teased Mo Bai for looking worried, and he remembered Phrolova telling him he was bad at hiding his emotions.

Principal Losera stopped a movie to explain the drawbacks of being a Resonator to Mo Bai. After discussing how Resonators could be influenced by stray frequencies and their resonated objects, Mo Bai asked whether she had a particular reason for telling him this.

• Mo Bai told Losera that her exhaustion and worries were obvious, and she turned off the movie rather than watch it distractedly.
• Losera offered to give Mo Bai a lesson, and he agreed to a discussion about Resonators.
• Mo Bai described Resonators as people who connected with certain frequencies to gain abilities, and Losera outlined their physical and sensory advantages.
• Losera explained that Resonators could be affected by stray frequencies and by the things they resonated with, potentially becoming caught up in recorded memories.
• Mo Bai recalled experiencing foreign frequencies in the Dark Plains and asked Losera whether her lesson was meant to tell him something specific.

Mo Bai prepared to infiltrate a location at Losera’s request to interfere with the visitors judging Star Torch Academy. After learning the Academy’s Label Department was about to be abolished, he agreed to take Aemeath with him, though he worried she might go too far.

• Losera admitted she wanted a favor from Mo Bai, then turned off the Auditorium’s projector before explaining her goal.
• Mo Bai watched Star Torch Academy rehearse for the Black Shores inspector and placed Rabbit Escapes around the Academy to keep watch.
• Aemeath interrupted Mo Bai and showed him a report saying the Label Department was about to be abolished.
• Mo Bai realized Losera had only that day to persuade Gabriella and Rover to support the Academy.
• Aemeath asked to join Mo Bai, and he agreed on the condition that they only interfere with the visitors and did not go overboard.

Mo Bai agreed to buy Star Torch Academy time when the Black Shores inspector arrived, then asked Losera to let him explore her memories because he was worried about her exhaustion. Losera accepted, and Mo Bai entered her Memory Hall alone.

• Losera asked Mo Bai to buy Star Torch Academy time when the Black Shores inspector arrived the next day, and he agreed while honoring the Rover's warning not to get directly involved in Academy affairs.
• Mo Bai asked Losera to let him see her memories because she seemed to be suffering from more than exhaustion, and she agreed after he called her a fellow film lover.
• Losera used her phone to send Mo Bai into her Memory Hall, a space filled with inventive creations left by her students.
• Losera warned Mo Bai not to touch the objects and told him he would have to explore the memories alone.

Mo Bai entered Losera’s memories to find the source of her personal unease and met the hatless “Losera,” a version of her shaped by her own memories and self-image. After “Losera” accused the Principal of selfish motives, Mo Bai challenged her to explain, and she recognized his unusual strength of heart.

• Mo Bai navigated Losera’s disorganized memories and found a door resembling the one at the Principal’s Office.
• Mo Bai entered the memory and met “Losera,” who claimed she did not need to pretend to care about the students.
• “Losera” accused Mo Bai of being deceived by the Principal and offered to reveal her past and plans for using the crisis to secure her position.
• Mo Bai said he wanted to hear the truth but rejected “Losera’s” attempt to manipulate him, comparing her tactics to those of the Remnant Star Society.
• “Losera” studied Mo Bai and saw that his strength of heart differed from that of the students in Losera’s memories.