Chapter Summaries

Asta and March 7th competed for Lin Chen’s attention during their shuttle trip to Azure Star, and Lin Chen realized their rivalry was centered on him. They arrived at Asta’s lavish coastal villa, where March 7th tried to hide how impressed she was before hurrying off to choose a room.

• Asta sharply banked the shuttle, making March 7th lose her balance, and the two traded taunts in a phone-message battle.
• Lin Chen suspected Asta’s Azure Star holiday was a setup and concluded that both Asta and March 7th were competing to win him.
• Lin Chen decided he did not want to choose between Asta and March 7th as the shuttle descended toward Azure Star.
• Asta brought Lin Chen and March 7th to a luxurious coastal villa surrounded by gardens, a private pool, and traditional buildings.
• March 7th pretended the villa was merely acceptable, argued with Asta about her past rough travels, and went to pick a room.

March 7th worried that Asta had the advantage in winning Lin Chen's affection, but resolved to compete with her. At the Azurefall Sea Resort, the two girls agreed to let Lin Chen judge their beauty in swimsuits, setting up their first contest.

• March 7th watched Lin Chen from her bedroom and encouraged herself to fight for his affection despite Asta's advantages.
• Lin Chen went to the beach with Asta and March 7th, where Asta gave him a sun hat and sunglasses because he had become famous on Azure Star.
• Asta and March 7th went to change into swimsuits, while Lin Chen waited beneath a beach umbrella.
• Asta proposed that they compete in beauty and let Lin Chen score them, and March 7th accepted.
• Asta prepared for the contest with more than a hundred swimsuits she had picked out.

Asta and March arrived at the private beach for their swimsuit showdown, each trying to impress Lin Chen with her appearance. The first round ended with Asta asking Lin Chen to judge whose swimsuit looked better.

• Asta arrived in a white one-piece swimsuit and greeted Lin Chen, who openly admired her.
• Asta asked whether Lin Chen had seen March, then wondered if March had fled the contest.
• March emerged from the water in her soaked shirt, bandeau, shorts, and black stockings, calling the outfit her swimsuit.
• Asta questioned March's choice of outfit, but March defended it and began stretching in front of Lin Chen.
• Asta asked Lin Chen to score their outfits so they could decide the winner of the first round.

Lin Chen judged Asta and March 7th in the first round of their Azure Holiday rivalry, giving March 7th a narrow victory that left Asta worried about his feelings. The two women continued arguing in the sea, and March 7th accused Asta of secretly plotting to win Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen scored Asta 9.5 and March 7th 9.6, making March 7th the winner of the first round.
• Asta congratulated Lin Chen and went into the sea, but privately felt threatened by March 7th’s closeness to him.
• March 7th thanked Lin Chen before joining Asta in the water, while Lin Chen reflected on their bond and their suggestive choice of words.
• March 7th taunted Asta about losing, and Asta accused her of flaunting her soaked clothes to seduce Lin Chen.
• March 7th called Asta shameless and accused her of getting March 7th drunk before secretly taking Lin Chen away to confess to him.

At the Azurefall Sea, March 7th and Asta turned their argument into a playful fight before March took Lin Chen into the water to teach him to swim. The chapter ended with March privately amused that the powerful Commander of the Conqueror Legion could not swim.

• March 7th and Asta traded insults and splashed each other in the sea, then wrestled until their clothes were torn and disheveled.
• Lin Chen watched the fight from the beach and asked the girls if they were all right when they returned.
• Asta invited Lin Chen to swim with her, but March 7th grabbed his hand and led him into the water first.
• March 7th began teaching Lin Chen to swim and realized that the Commander of the Conqueror Legion could not manage even basic swimming.

Lin Chen nearly drowned after March 7th tried to help him swim, and Asta rushed to rescue them. March 7th revived him with mouth-to-mouth and revealed she had done the same when he first arrived on the Astral Express, leaving Lin Chen conscious and flustered by her exposed chest.

• March 7th tried to adjust Lin Chen's swimming posture, but he sank beneath the water and grabbed her in a panic, pulling her under with him.
• Asta swam over and rescued Lin Chen and March 7th, then watched as March 7th performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen woke after coughing up seawater and overheard March 7th tell Asta that she had revived him with mouth-to-mouth when he first arrived on the Astral Express.
• Lin Chen sat up and looked at March 7th, whose top had disappeared during the rescue, and found himself unable to look away.

Lin Chen, Asta, and March 7th spent the day at the seaside before heading to Herta's Star amusement park that evening. As Asta and March 7th competed for Lin Chen's attention, they began exploring the park together.

• March 7th realized her swimsuit was missing, and Asta covered her while sending her to change after Lin Chen saw her exposed.
• Asta complained about March 7th stealing the spotlight, and Lin Chen comforted her and promised to forget what he had seen.
• After their seaside vacation, Asta, March 7th, and Lin Chen went to Herta's Star amusement park as fireworks lit up the night sky.
• Asta read aloud from the park guide while March 7th fed Lin Chen Ice Snowball Candy, and Lin Chen reflected on how content he felt.

At the amusement park, Asta interrupted March 7th’s attempt to share candy with Lin Chen before taking her aside for a private talk. Left to explore the night market, Lin Chen encountered a Herta Puppet promoting the Galaxy Grand Lottery and decided to place ten thousand bets.

• March 7th offered Lin Chen the remaining half of a shared snowball candy, but Asta flicked it away and confronted her.
• Asta took March 7th by the hand and led her away to talk privately, leaving Lin Chen to wander the night market.
• Lin Chen stopped at a Galaxy Grand Lottery kiosk and asked the Herta Puppet about the Cosmic Fragments offered as a bonus.
• Lin Chen announced that he wanted to place ten thousand bets, and the Herta Puppet directed him to pay at the ticket machine.

Lin Chen lost two million Credits to a remote-controlled Herta Puppet, then explored Herta's Star while Asta and March 7th prepared a courage contest. The chapter left Lin Chen colliding with an elegant black-haired girl in a jade-green qipao.

• Lin Chen bought a voucher from the giant Herta Puppet, accused her of scamming him, and tried to stop her escape.
• The Herta Puppet rolled down the street and crashed at the park gate, revealing that nobody had been inside it.
• Asta challenged March 7th to a contest on the park's thrilling attractions, and March 7th agreed to compete.
• Lin Chen waited for Asta and March 7th, then turned back toward the market and collided with a black-haired girl carrying an antique round instrument.

Lin Chen met a mysterious woman in a jade-green qipao after accidentally knocking her down. She recognized him as the Commander of the Conqueror Legion, showed an unsettling interest in his body as a test subject, and introduced herself as Ruan Mei.

• Lin Chen apologized after knocking down the qipao-clad girl, while her shumai-like companion, Cheese Lava, angrily barked at him.
• The girl calmed Cheese Lava, then approached Lin Chen, sniffed him, and called him a special potential test subject.
• The girl recognized Lin Chen as the Commander of the Conqueror Legion, and he tried to test her recognition by joking about autograph cards.
• She dismissed the value of an autograph and said she was interested in Lin Chen's body, prompting him to act wary and ask her name.
• The girl told Lin Chen that he could call her Ruan Mei.

Lin Chen recognized Ruan Mei as a Genius Society member and cautiously refused her invitation to go home with her. After she fed him a plum-blossom pastry, he discovered she had dosed it with an Anti-Truth Serum that made him say the opposite of what he meant.

• Lin Chen recognized Ruan Mei as Genius Society member #81 and suspected her bouncing creation, Cheese Lava, was one of her life-forms.
• Ruan Mei invited Lin Chen home to study life-forms together, but he politely declined and stayed wary of her intentions.
• Ruan Mei offered Lin Chen a plum-blossom pastry, and he reluctantly accepted it after she assured him it was safe.
• Lin Chen tried to praise the pastry but found himself saying the opposite of what he meant, then confronted Ruan Mei about what she had fed him.
• Ruan Mei revealed that the pastry contained a short-lived Anti-Truth Serum and called it a small punishment for his earlier stare.

Lin Chen was forced by Ruan Mei’s Reverse Truth Serum to praise her while she teased him. Asta and March 7th watched from hiding, recognized Ruan Mei as a Genius Society Emanator, and abandoned their plan to attack her.

• Lin Chen stayed silent at first, but the serum made him confess his admiration for Ruan Mei aloud.
• Ruan Mei teased Lin Chen about whether to accept or reject his confession, while he privately found her charming.
• Asta and March 7th watched from an alley, grew jealous, and agreed to drive Ruan Mei away.
• March 7th prepared to freeze Ruan Mei, but Asta stopped her after recognizing her as Herta’s friend and a Genius Society member.
• Asta reassured March 7th that Lin Chen could handle himself, and March 7th resolved to become stronger.

After Ruan Mei departed, Lin Chen continued through Herta's Star's Super Amusement Park with Asta and March 7th, while the Anti-Truth Serum made his words sound suggestive. Asta challenged March 7th on a frightening pirate ship ride, then led the exhausted girl toward an even more thrilling roller coaster.

• Ruan Mei said goodbye to Lin Chen and left the amusement park with Cheese Lava, leaving Lin Chen annoyed that she had made a fool of him.
• Asta and March 7th rejoined Lin Chen and took his hands after misinterpreting his remark about adult activities.
• Asta challenged March 7th to ride the Pirate Ship in the Storm, and March 7th accepted to avoid backing down.
• March 7th endured the violently swinging ride with her eyes shut while Lin Chen struggled against the Anti-Truth Serum's effects.
• After the ride stopped, Asta saw that March 7th was exhausted and led the group to a lavish roller coaster.

Lin Chen, Asta, and March 7th rode the terrifying [That Night on the Astral Express] roller coaster, leaving March too shaken to join the next attraction. Asta led Lin Chen onward to a mysterious cliffside ride marked with a red warning sign.

• Asta read the roller coaster’s description, and March 7th insisted the Astral Express would never face such dangers.
• March 7th accepted Asta’s challenge, and she, Asta, and Lin Chen boarded the open-top mechanical train.
• The roller coaster accelerated through twisting tracks, and March grabbed Lin Chen’s wrist before screaming in fear.
• After the ride stopped, Lin Chen helped the exhausted March off, and she chose to rest instead of trying another thrill ride.
• Asta took Lin Chen to a circular alloy platform hovering beyond another cliff, where a red warning sign stood beside the attraction.

Lin Chen and Asta rode Herta’s Star’s Star River Reversal, but its Repulsion Field Reactor malfunctioned and left them falling from the sky. As Lin Chen tried to catch Asta, her panties slipped down, while March 7th watched them plummet.

• Asta invited Lin Chen to ride Star River Reversal, and the Anti-Truth Serum made him agree despite his fear of the ride.
• Asta held Lin Chen as the attraction launched them toward its peak altitude of 2,965 meters.
• The Repulsion Field Reactor failed, and Asta and Lin Chen began falling toward the ground.
• Lin Chen reached for Asta and caught her clothing, but her panties slipped to her ankles during the fall.
• March 7th saw the pair falling from the night sky near the cliff.

Lin Chen and Asta warped into the Storm Viking Fighter, where their awkward position and Lin Chen’s Anti-Truth Serum led to an intimate encounter that earned him 500 conquest points. After returning to Herta's Star amusement park, Lin Chen reunited with March 7th, who took him to another ride while Asta went to buy new clothes.

• Lin Chen summoned the Storm Viking Fighter, and he and Asta tumbled into its cockpit together.
• Asta misread Lin Chen’s backward-spoken warning as an invitation, and they became intimate aboard the fighter.
• The fighter carried Lin Chen and Asta back to Herta's Star amusement park, and Lin Chen earned 500 conquest points.
• March 7th asked Lin Chen where Asta was, then led him to the Pegasus Soaring Through the Stars attraction.
• March 7th climbed onto a mechanical Pegasus and invited Lin Chen to ride behind her, explaining that the attraction was meant for two riders.

March 7th tried to grow closer to Lin Chen during a ride at Herta's Star amusement park, while Asta later interrupted her attempts to spend time alone with him. After March 7th and Lin Chen visited more rides together, Asta took Lin Chen toward the park's scariest haunted house and left March 7th behind.

• March 7th invited Lin Chen onto the mechanical pegasus, guided his hands around her waist, and asked whether he liked adventuring with her.
• Lin Chen made a heart with his fingers to show his feelings, and March 7th became happy before mistaking his arousal for a dagger.
• Lin Chen and March 7th left the ride hand in hand, and he realized the Anti-Truth Serum had worn off.
• March 7th took Lin Chen to more rides to build her courage, but Asta caught them sneaking onto a children's rocking ride.
• Asta took Lin Chen by the arm and led him toward the four-star haunted house, while March 7th stayed behind.

Asta, March 7th, and Lin Chen shared the end of their amusement park visit on Herta's Star Ferris wheel and promised to reunite together next year. Their rivalry softened for the moment, but Lin Chen still wanted to resolve the conflict between the two girls.

• Asta won the courage contest after taking on the park's most extreme attractions, while March 7th watched her and Lin Chen leave.
• Asta, March 7th, and Lin Chen admired the fireworks and the amusement park from the Ferris wheel cabin.
• Lin Chen suggested that the three of them reunite on Azure Star the following year, and Asta and March 7th agreed.
• Lin Chen held out his hands, and Asta and March 7th joined them before they made wishes at the top of the Ferris wheel.
• Asta kept her wish secret, and March 7th teased her about wanting to stay with Lin Chen forever as the cabin descended.

A masked girl entered Lin Chen’s room at midnight and seduced him, leading him to realize she was not Asta but another girl wearing an identical fox mask. As they kissed and the scene turned intimate, memories began surfacing in Lin Chen’s mind.

• Lin Chen fell asleep in his villa room after spending the evening at the amusement park with Asta and March 7th.
• A masked girl sneaked into Lin Chen’s room, climbed onto his bed, and pretended to be Asta.
• Lin Chen teased the masked girl and pulled her down onto her knees when she touched him with her stocking-clad foot.
• The masked girl kissed Lin Chen beneath the covers, and he noticed her scent and body did not match Asta’s.
• Lin Chen recalled that Asta and March 7th had bought identical fox masks and realized the girl was someone else.
• As the mysterious girl embraced Lin Chen, memories of an ancient heroic epic began returning to him.

Hero Lin Chen confronted the Intertwined Fate Great Fairy in the Ruins Cemetery and attacked her with his Holy Spear. After breaking through her Dream Barrier, he struck her down, and she fell into the Dark Forest.

• Lin Chen traveled through the monster-filled Dark Forest to the Ruins Cemetery, where he called for the Intertwined Fate Great Fairy to appear.
• The Intertwined Fate Great Fairy emerged and tried to charm Lin Chen, but he seized her wrist and hurled her through the forest.
• Lin Chen invoked Abyssal Judgment and unleashed a barrage of spear strikes against the fairy's Dream Barrier.
• The fairy mocked Lin Chen from behind her barrier, but his final attack shattered it and wounded her.
• The Intertwined Fate Great Fairy fell helplessly into the depths of the Dark Forest.