Chapter Summaries

Gabriella began training Mo Bai by attacking him with her unusual speed, pistols, and keen perception. As Mo Bai fought to summon his Shikigami, he recognized Gabriella as the protagonist of the Academy’s Demon Hunter movie and began to suspect what her abilities were.

• Gabriella told Mo Bai that she could guide him, while Chimera objected to her sharing information and was sent through a gate of light.
• Gabriella started a sparring match without explaining her abilities, kicking Mo Bai and then aiming her pistols at him.
• Mo Bai dodged into his shadow and tried a surprise attack, but Gabriella anticipated him and nearly interrupted his hand signs.
• Mo Bai used a Binding Vow to summon Rabbit Escape without hand signs, but Gabriella saw through the tactic and charged him again.
• Mo Bai summoned Fusion Beast, and Gabriella released Chimera to fight it elsewhere while she continued attacking Mo Bai.
• Mo Bai recognized Gabriella as the protagonist of the Academy’s Demon Hunter movie and realized he had a rough idea of her abilities.

Mo Bai struggled against Gabriella until he used Nue’s lightning to keep pace, and the two discussed the film Demon Hunter, which had been inspired by Gabriella. Gabriella entered Overclocking, and Mo Bai began combining lightning control with Swift Blades to create a new weapon and test how far he could develop his Shikigami’s power himself.

• Mo Bai used Nue’s lightning to keep up with Gabriella while their great serpents fought.
• Mo Bai revealed that he had watched Demon Hunter and praised its protagonist, prompting Gabriella to reflect that her actions had been right.
• Gabriella transformed into her Overclocking form and warned that the training session would not last long.
• Mo Bai called Swift Blades from his Shadow Space and used lightning to gather them into an enormous club-like weapon.

After sparring with Gabriella, Mo Bai learned that she could use the powers of echoes she devoured but had to keep the echoes inside her fed. He brought her to Star Torch Academy at Rover’s request, where Lynae gave him cafeteria vouchers before he took Gabriella to eat.

• Mo Bai sparred with Gabriella, who defeated him in Overclocked Form, and he noticed she could heal her own wound.
• Gabriella explained that she could use the powers of useful echoes she devoured, while the others became food for Chimera and the echoes within her.
• Mo Bai invited Gabriella to visit Star Torch Academy, and she agreed after Chimera urged her to go for the food.
• Mo Bai showed Gabriella around the Academy, where she looked around with curiosity.
• Lynae gave Mo Bai a stack of cafeteria vouchers and asked him to repay her later with a race.
• Mo Bai invited Gabriella to the cafeteria to try the Academy’s special dishes.

Mo Bai guided Gabriella around Star Torch Academy and shared a meal with her, where she discovered that she liked the cafeteria’s ice cream. A student from Seven Hills thanked Gabriella for her deeds and got her autograph, while Mo Bai found himself warming to the lively Academy.

• Mo Bai took Gabriella to the cafeteria and used Lynae’s vouchers to order food, but Gabriella disliked the flavorless jelly.
• Gabriella made Chimera eat the jelly, easing the drain on her frequency, then grew excited when she saw the ice cream.
• A student from Seven Hills recognized Gabriella and told her that Augusta had shared stories of her deeds with the people there.
• Gabriella signed an autograph for the admiring student, and Mo Bai smiled as he realized he was beginning to like Star Torch Academy.
• Mo Bai noticed that Gabriella had eaten every ice cream bar and scoop of ice cream.

Mo Bai showed Gabriella around Star Torch Academy, introducing her to its departments, facilities, and eccentric students. By nightfall, Gabriella had experienced many of the Academy’s attractions, and Mo Bai’s tour finally ended.

• Mo Bai and Gabriella left the Cafeteria after sharing ice cream, while students inside discussed Gabriella.
• Mo Bai took Gabriella around the Academy’s laboratories and classrooms, then brought her to the Game Club.
• Chisa proposed Old Maid to decide who would repair her piano-shaped barbecue machine, and Mo Bai, Gabriella, and Chisa all cheated until Moqu lost.
• Mo Bai and Gabriella left Moqu to repair the machine and visited the Academy’s motorcycle service, Infirmary, Deep Space Literature Center, and Holographic Challenge.
• Mo Bai’s tour of the Academy ended at nightfall.

Mo Bai asked Gabriella what the Academy and the Rover meant to her, then admitted he wanted to know the Rover better and repay her kindness. Gabriella told him about the Rover’s vulnerable side, leaving Mo Bai wondering whether the Rover considered him a friend and resolving that he could not die and make her sad.

• Mo Bai and Gabriella discussed the Academy, and Gabriella said its lively students made it beautiful.
• Mo Bai told Gabriella he had hoped to learn more about the Rover because he wanted to repay her for accepting and helping him.
• Gabriella asked why Mo Bai cared about the Rover, then agreed to tell him more about her.
• Gabriella described the Rover as someone afraid of losing her friends, and Mo Bai wondered whether she considered him an equal friend.
• Mo Bai resolved that if the Rover regarded him as a friend, he could not die and make her sad.

Mo Bai tried to skip class, but Gabriella arrived to make sure he attended and announced she would oversee his studies as well as his combat training. When Lynae appeared, Mo Bai hoped she would help him escape, but she instead offered to choose Gabriella a campus outfit.

• Mo Bai woke late and decided to skip his morning class.
• Gabriella visited Mo Bai after Rover sent her his timetable and insisted he go to class.
• Mo Bai reluctantly accompanied Gabriella toward the classroom building as she explained he needed an academic foundation.
• Lynae approached them, and Mo Bai secretly signaled for her help.
• Lynae offered to help Gabriella choose a campus outfit, leaving Mo Bai to realize she had set him up.

Mo Bai attended class with Gabriella, who learned about Aleph-1 and resolved to prepare to face it. After Mo Bai spotted the supposedly missing Flying Snow Velvet on campus, Gabriella announced extra training so he would be strong enough to act when the Threnodian threat came.

• Mo Bai accompanied Gabriella to class, where students recognized her as a Tacet Discord hunter and she listened attentively to a lesson about the Tunneler.
• Mo Bai glimpsed a pink-haired girl resembling Flying Snow Velvet outside, but she disappeared before he could look again.
• After class, Gabriella asked Mo Bai what he knew about Aleph-1, and he explained that it was a Threnodian from beyond Solaris.
• Gabriella said she would challenge Aleph-1 if it escaped, while Mo Bai admitted he would offer the Rover what help he could.
• Gabriella told Mo Bai they would begin extra training so weakness would not stop him from following his heart, then left the classroom building as he followed.

Mo Bai spent another day at the Academy with Gabriella, helping her get around and watching a movie with her that reminded her of her own story. Gabriella told him she would leave the next day and give him their agreed-upon exam that afternoon.

• Mo Bai used his shadow technique to bring Gabriella into his room and bypassed a broken elevator to reach class.
• Mo Bai attended classes, rode motorcycles with Lynae and two others, and trained with Gabriella before watching her burn Tacet Discords.
• Mo Bai and Gabriella entered the closed Auditorium through the shadows and watched Demon Hunter together.
• Gabriella asked Mo Bai how he thought she had done as his teacher, and he praised her training while noting her absentmindedness and discomfort in crowds.
• Gabriella told Mo Bai she had first helped him because of Rover, then recognized his potential, and announced she would leave tomorrow after giving him their agreed-upon exam.

After watching a film based on her past, Gabriella reflected on the end of the Demon Hunter’s story and resolved that her own story would continue. She returned to her usual easy rapport with Mo Bai and prepared to keep training with him.

• Chimera teased Gabriella for awkwardly imitating a teacher and then returned to the Spatial Rift.
• Mo Bai asked Gabriella what she thought of the film based on her life, and she said its plot felt ordinary but brought back memories of her past.
• Gabriella recalled taking revenge on Leviathan, reuniting with old friends, and finding a place that accepted her, then declared that her story would go on.
• Mo Bai pointed out fan-made Demon Hunter decorations and suggested that fans could give the character new stories.
• Mo Bai asked about their plans for tomorrow, and Gabriella said they would get up early as usual.

Mo Bai learned about Siglica, an admired Academy student currently studying on the Icefield, and asked Moqu what she was really like. Moqu described Siglica’s love of birdwatching and spending time with the Rover Swarm and Sun Spirits, while Mo Bai waited for his afternoon meeting with Gabriella.

• Mo Bai woke without seeing Gabriella and headed to class, where he met Lynae and told her Gabriella would leave after testing him that afternoon.
• Lynae decided to skip class and watch Gabriella’s farewell, while Mo Bai attended a morning lesson on Roi culture.
• The teacher praised Siglica as an exceptionally capable student who was studying on the Icefield, and Mo Bai grew curious about her.
• Mo Bai slipped out of class and found Moqu repairing the Piano Barbecue Machine at the Gaming Club.
• Moqu told Mo Bai that Siglica enjoyed birdwatching and spending time with the Rover Swarm and Sun Spirits, then explained that her reputation came from pushing herself to excel.

Mo Bai considered whether his abilities qualified him as a special-grade Jujutsu Sorcerer and prepared for his exam against Gabriella. When the exam was about to begin, Lynae arrived to watch, disrupting Gabriella’s dramatic entrance.

• Mo Bai judged that his mastery of Domains, Reverse Cursed Technique, and Cursed Energy made him a special-grade Jujutsu Sorcerer.
• Mo Bai planned to test his abilities against Gabriella and reassured Mo Hei that he would keep him in reserve.
• Mo Bai skipped lunch, took a vegetarian jelly from his shadow, and went to meet Gabriella for the exam.
• Gabriella’s dramatic entrance was interrupted when Lynae arrived on her Motorcycle, and Chimera teased Gabriella about staging the scene.
• Gabriella sent Chimera into the spatial rift, then asked Mo Bai if he was ready, and Mo Bai calmly agreed.

Mo Bai used his Shikigami abilities and a series of calculated attacks to force Gabriella and Chimera into range of his Domain Expansion. Gabriella recognized his rapid growth, but the fight entered its decisive stage when Mo Bai unveiled Chimera Shadow Garden.

• Lynae found Academy snacks in her car, received a Feixun message about the experimental purchase, and settled down to watch Mo Bai and Gabriella fight.
• Mo Bai switched between Shikigami abilities to attack Gabriella at close range, but she struck him hard and sent him flying.
• Mo Bai hid in the shadows and used a thrown rock as a diversion while launching a powerful stream of water at Gabriella.
• Gabriella summoned Chimera to block the water, then spotted Mo Bai's Fused Shikigami Etu attacking from above.
• As Etu drove Gabriella and Chimera toward the ground, Mo Bai rose from the shadows and used Domain Expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden.

Mo Bai trapped Gabriella in his Domain Expansion, Chimera Shadow Garden, and used its power to overwhelm her with repeated Shikigami attacks. Gabriella recognized his extraordinary growth as she fought off the assault.

• Mo Bai decided Domain Expansion was his best chance to defeat Gabriella and maneuvered her into its range.
• Mo Bai opened Chimera Shadow Garden, where his Shikigami grew stronger and cost less Cursed Energy to summon.
• Gabriella used Overclocking to surround herself with light and cut down Mo Bai’s Fusion Beast with a single strike.
• Mo Bai repeatedly summoned Fusion Beasts and attacked Gabriella with blades formed from the shadows.
• Mo Bai summoned Qiongqi and another fused Shikigami to intensify the assault.
• Gabriella marveled at how quickly Mo Bai had developed his abilities and judged him an exceptional talent.

Mo Bai used Chimera Shadow Garden’s certain-kill effect to summon a gigantic fused Shikigami after Gabriella’s Overclocking overwhelmed his other attacks. The monster charged Gabriella, who realized she could not afford to take a direct hit.

• Gabriella’s light destroyed Mo Bai’s shadow blades and drove back his Shikigami, forcing him to dismiss them.
• Mo Bai began preparing Chimera Shadow Garden’s certain-kill move while Gabriella fired at him, but ghostly flames blocked her bullet.
• Mo Bai chanted as shadows briefly restrained Gabriella and the giant skeleton in his domain awakened.
• The fused Shikigami charged Gabriella and struck at her, sending a shockwave through the Shadow Space.
• Gabriella dodged and recognized the monster as too dangerous to face head-on, while Mo Bai worried about its enormous Cursed Energy cost.

Mo Bai tested Dark Remnant against Gabriella in his domain, discovering that the powerful Shikigami had a childlike mind and struggled to find targets hidden in darkness. After the fight, Gabriella returned his Scorching Shell Credit and told him how much stronger he had become, leaving Mo Bai to ask whether he had graduated from her tutelage.

• Mo Bai's Dark Remnant combined the abilities of nine Shikigami and used a lightning bow strengthened by Piercing Ox's charge against Gabriella.
• Gabriella concealed herself in darkness, and Dark Remnant lost track of her until she shot it; the Shikigami dodged two later shots by separating its bones.
• Mo Bai severed his Cursed Energy connection to Dark Remnant and dismissed his domain after the Shikigami had shown its survival instincts.
• Lynae joined Mo Bai and Gabriella after the fight, and Gabriella returned Mo Bai's Scorching Shell Credit as a memento.
• Gabriella praised Mo Bai's growth, and he asked whether he had graduated from her tutelage.

Mo Bai said goodbye to Gabriella, who revealed that her real name was Angel before flying away from Lahai Luo. After Lynae left, Mo Bai reflected on how much his friends had changed him, then encountered Flying Snow Velvet.

• Lynae and Gabriella encouraged Mo Bai, and he asked Gabriella whether she ever felt lonely in the wilderness.
• Gabriella reassured Mo Bai that he was strong enough to stand on his own and would eventually find his true self.
• Gabriella revealed that her real name was Angel, said goodbye to Mo Bai and Lynae, and flew away.
• Lynae left Mo Bai a food voucher and drove off, while Mo Bai reflected on how much he had come to value his friends.
• Mo Bai mistook footsteps behind him for Lynae, but turned around and found Flying Snow Velvet.

Mo Bai met Aemeath, a missing former Star Torch Academy student who had become a Digital Ghost after a Tunneler simulation accident. She asked him what he thought of Rover, and the chapter ended with Mo Bai describing Rover’s kindness and courage as Aemeath listened sadly.

• Mo Bai noticed that the flickering pink figure was Flying Snow Velvet and asked how she had appeared at the Academy.
• Aemeath said she had hitched a ride with Mo Bai’s friend and introduced herself as a former Label Department student named Aemeath.
• Aemeath explained that an accident during a Tunneler piloting simulation had turned her into a ghostlike being who could not touch physical objects.
• Aemeath asked Mo Bai what he thought of Rover, and he described Rover as a kind, brave friend who always helped others.
• Aemeath listened to Mo Bai praise Rover with a faint trace of sorrow in her eyes.

Mo Bai told Aemeath that he saw himself as an ordinary, self-centered friend who could only offer Rover limited help, but admitted he would stay by her side because she mattered to him. After Aemeath watched him leave and lamented that no one understood Rover, Mo Bai returned to the Academy, where Rover stopped him with concern.

• Aemeath asked Mo Bai how he truly felt about Rover, and he said he considered himself an insignificant friend who relied on her.
• Mo Bai admitted that he would remain with Rover and help however he could, then stay to see what happened to her.
• Aemeath told Mo Bai not to reveal their meeting, and he drove away as she reflected that no one understood Rover.
• Mo Bai returned to the Academy, planning to discuss his doubts with Mo Hei, but Rover placed a hand on his shoulder and asked if he was all right.

Rover told Mo Bai that she had lost some of her frequency in Lahai Luo and came to understand what was troubling him. She reassured him that his actions made him a good person and that they were friends, leaving him to find his own answers.

• Rover revealed that something in Lahai Luo had swallowed part of her frequency, and Abu was helping keep the rest from draining away.
• Rover noticed Mo Bai was troubled and invited him to talk in his dorm room.
• Mo Bai asked Rover what she thought of him, and she called him a very good person because he risked himself to help his friends.
• Mo Bai asked why Rover had befriended him despite his initial lie, and Rover said their shared experiences had made the reason unimportant.
• Rover reminded Mo Bai that they were friends, then left without trying to decide for him how to resolve his worries.