Recaps

Lin Feng mistook March and Himeko’s wardrobe prank for an attack, and Bronya walked in on the resulting compromising scene. After Bronya fled with the wrong impression, Lin Feng questioned March and Himeko and let them off with a warning.

• Lin Feng realized the supposed wardrobe demons were March and Himeko after they landed on him.
• Bronya rushed into the suite to check on Lin Feng, saw him pinned beneath Himeko and March, and ran away in embarrassment.
• Lin Feng locked the door and demanded that March and Himeko explain the prank.
• March blamed Himeko for telling her about the wardrobe demon legend, while Himeko admitted she had joined in to surprise Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng accepted Himeko’s explanation and told both girls not to pull a prank like that again.

Lin Feng discussed the Mechanical Tide band's rehearsal with Himeko and March 7th, then reflected on his interest in Aha and his need to grow stronger. He admitted he cared about Bronya and joked that Himeko and March 7th had helped make Bronya think he was a pervert.

• Himeko asked Lin Feng about the band's rehearsal and its substantial progress, and he said the performance at the Eternal Engine Workshop should go well but kept the rest secret.
• Himeko reassured Lin Feng that March 7th would not mind, and March 7th advised him to gather enough wings and beat up Aha so the Aeon could not threaten him.
• Lin Feng imagined meeting Aha and realized he needed to improve his strength before he could face an Aeon.
• Himeko asked whether Lin Feng cared about Bronya, and he said she was special and might otherwise fall amid the wind and snow.
• Lin Feng teased Himeko and March 7th for making Bronya think he was a pervert, and March 7th said they had been roped into his schemes.

Lin Feng confronted Himeko and March 7th in his executive suite after they had hidden in the wardrobe and startled him earlier. The chapter ended with him stopping them from leaving and breaking the collar around March 7th’s neck.

• Himeko agreed with March 7th that Lin Feng deserved to be called a demon king, then suggested March 7th stay while she returned to her room.
• March 7th tried to leave with Himeko, but Lin Feng pushed both women onto the bed and said they had to repay him for frightening him.
• Himeko and March 7th protested, but neither escaped as Lin Feng moved toward them.
• Lin Feng tugged at March 7th’s collar, causing its bow to come undone and the collar to break.

Lin Feng experienced a vision of a story about his descendant, a ranger who entered the Dark Forest to confront the Entwined Fate Great Fairy. After the Great Fairy claimed she had never caused the disasters and offered to help find the true culprit, the ranger remained wary.

• Lin Feng saw a vision of ranger Lin Feng entering the Dark Forest after Weltburg was destroyed by the Entwined Fate Great Fairy.
• The ranger met Flame Ji, fell in love with her, and set out with her to defeat the Great Fairy.
• At a flower-ringed gravestone, the ranger confronted the Great Fairy, who mistook him for her former Holy Spear Hero.
• The Great Fairy denied causing the calamities and asked the ranger to trust her while she helped uncover the true culprit.

Lin Feng trusted Flame Ji and fatally wounded the Entwined Fate Great Fairy, Longyue, only for her dying words to awaken memories of their lives three hundred years earlier. The chapter leaves him remembering his childhood in Starry Sky Village and Longyue’s longing to be by his side despite her illness.

• Flame Ji urged Lin Feng to kill the Entwined Fate Great Fairy, while Longyue warned him that Flame Ji was dangerous.
• Lin Feng chose to trust Flame Ji and fought Longyue with the Holy Spear as Flame Ji supplied covering fire.
• Flame Ji reignited the Holy Spear’s power, and Lin Feng pierced Longyue with a flaming charge.
• Longyue revealed her name, warned that the Sky Dome Continent would face ruin, and died in Lin Feng’s arms.
• Longyue’s death stirred Lin Feng’s memories of Starry Sky Village, where he had grown up in hiding with his mother, Kafka.
• Lin Feng remembered that his sickly neighbor Longyue had watched him from her window and dreamed of joining him in the forest.

Lin Feng’s memories of his past life returned as he watched Longyue die, revealing the tragic history of their love and the Church of Light’s deception. He confronted Flame Ji, recognizing her as a Seraph responsible for destroying Welt City.

• Lin Feng carried the dying Longyue in his arms and begged her to wake, but she remained lifeless.
• Lin Feng vowed to kill the Goddess of Light for the tragedies she had caused.
• Flame Ji appeared behind Lin Feng and threatened to annihilate him and Longyue’s soul.
• Lin Feng recognized Flame Ji as a Seraph serving the Goddess of Light and accused her of destroying Welt City.

Linfeng faced Seraph Flame Ji in the cemetery after she revealed her betrayal and mocked the destruction of Welt City. Driven by vengeance for Longyue and his friends, he awakened as a Warrior of Darkness and clashed with Flame Ji, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Flame Ji taunted Linfeng over Welt City's destruction and declared that he was powerless against her divine form.
• Linfeng attacked Flame Ji with his Holy Spear, but she blocked him, kicked the spear away, and drove his face into the cemetery soil.
• As Linfeng vowed revenge on Flame Ji and the Goddess of Light, a mysterious black-cloaked figure offered him the power of darkness.
• Linfeng accepted the darkness, awakened as a Warrior of Darkness, and hurled Flame Ji through the Dark Forest.
• Flame Ji summoned her flaming greatsword and charged Linfeng, who called his spear and unleashed Spear Opens Heaven's Gate.
• Linfeng's dark spear attack collided with Flame Ji's crimson power, shaking the land and tearing apart the surrounding Dark Forest.

Lin Feng watched Flame Ji die after she revealed that her schemes were meant to awaken the Holy Spear and help him defy fate. He then woke from the adventure as a dream beside Himeko and March 7th, and received 100 Path Simulation Points.

• Flame Ji told Lin Feng that she had loved him and deliberately sacrificed herself to awaken the Holy Spear.
• Flame Ji vanished into crimson sparks, which awakened the spear and revealed its thirteen radiant rings.
• Lin Feng honored Longyue and Flame Ji’s hopes before setting out from the Dark Forest.
• Lin Feng awoke from the dream with Himeko and March 7th sleeping beside him.
• The system awarded Lin Feng the hidden achievement “What a load of bullshit” and 100 points, bringing his total to 700.

Lin Feng spent the snowy night in Belobog with Himeko and March 7th, using an improvised bedtime story to persuade March to join him after Himeko was exhausted. The chapter ended with Himeko joining them as snow covered the city.

• Lin Feng tried to continue his advances on Himeko, but she said she was exhausted and told him to find March 7th.
• Lin Feng woke March 7th and invented a story about Longyue returning to life, which moved her before she realized he was making it up.
• Lin Feng persuaded March 7th to join him, and she complained as he began their next encounter.
• Himeko covered her ears but eventually joined Lin Feng and March 7th, while snow began falling over Belobog.

Bronya worked overtime at the Silvermane Guards headquarters while worrying about Belobog’s worsening crisis and Lin Feng’s romantic entanglements. Hungry after leaving the office, she headed into the snowy Administrative District and found a bakery still open.

• Bronya reviewed documents through the night and hummed Lin Feng’s song, “More Than Friends.”
• Remembering what she had witnessed at the Goethe Hotel, Bronya wrestled with her attraction to Lin Feng and resolved to observe him before judging him.
• Bronya stopped working when hunger overcame her and went out into snow-covered Belobog to find food.
• Bronya entered a brightly lit bakery, where the owner recognized her and offered her bread for free.

Bronya accepted cream puffs from a Belobog baker, then brooded over her feelings for Lin Feng in the snowy streets. Meanwhile, Lin Feng and March spent the night together, and March’s Love Light Cone changed.

• Bronya discovered she had left her wallet behind, and the bakery owner gave her a bag of cream puffs for free.
• Bronya ate the cream puffs in the snow and wondered whether she mattered to Lin Feng, who had Himeko and March by his side.
• Bronya choked while eating and threw the cream puffs aside in frustration.
• At the Goethe Hotel, Lin Feng and March finished their late-night exercise together.
• March summoned her exclusive Love Light Cone, [Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw], and saw that it had changed.

March 7th examined her leveled-up Love Light Cone and learned from Lin Feng that it probably had a limit. She discovered Himeko had passed out after their encounter, and the next morning Lin Feng found March 7th and Himeko asleep in each other’s arms.

• March 7th saw that [Even Eternal Ice Will Thaw] had reached LV6 and boosted her overall strength by 150%.
• March 7th asked Lin Feng whether the Love Light Cone could level up indefinitely, and he said he thought it had a limit.
• March 7th tried to ask Himeko about her Light Cone, then realized Himeko had passed out and weakly punched Lin Feng for pushing her too hard.
• Lin Feng and the two women spent the rest of the night in Belobog as snow fell outside.
• Lin Feng woke on the floor and found March 7th and Himeko asleep together in the bed, then covered them with the quilt so they could rest.

Bronya met with Cocolia and explained that she had joined Serval’s band, the [Mechanical Tide], to get closer to Lin Feng. Cocolia accepted the work-related contact and asked about Lin Feng’s rapport with Serval, leaving Bronya to admit she thought he paid Serval more attention than her.

• Cocolia noticed cream at the corner of Bronya’s mouth and teased her, while Bronya clarified that nothing intimate had happened with Lin Feng.
• Bronya told Cocolia she had joined the [Mechanical Tide] with Serval and would perform at the open-air concert that night.
• Cocolia said she would not reprimand Bronya for contacting Serval under the circumstances.
• Cocolia asked whether Lin Feng got along well with Serval, and Bronya said they shared an interest in music and seemed close.
• Bronya admitted she felt Lin Feng paid more attention to Serval than to her.

Bronya told Cocolia that Serval seemed to attract Lin Feng because of her figure, prompting Cocolia to suspect he preferred mature women and was interested in her. After Bronya left, the Stellaron warned Cocolia to stop pursuing Lin Feng and make him leave Belobog.

• Bronya told Cocolia she felt overlooked in the Mechanical Tide band and suggested Lin Feng favored Serval because of her figure.
• Cocolia realized Lin Feng had saved her contact as “Big Cocolia” and interpreted it as a hint about his interest in her.
• Bronya noticed Cocolia’s strange smile, but Cocolia dismissed her concern and urged her to keep working on Lin Feng.
• Bronya left the Administrative Hall, determined to continue despite her misgivings.
• Cocolia heard the Stellaron warn her that Lin Feng could not save Belobog and that she must send him away.

Cocolia contacted Serval and asked her to pursue Lin Feng, claiming she needed Serval’s help with Belobog’s future. Serval was shocked by the request and denied having romantic feelings for Lin Feng.

• Cocolia realized the Fragmentum’s spread meant her fall under the Stellaron’s influence was drawing closer.
• Serval received messages from Cocolia, who addressed her by her old nickname and asked for help with an important mission.
• Serval assumed Cocolia wanted her to help deal with the Stellaron and offered to take the risk.
• Cocolia said the mission was something else and asked Serval what she thought of Lin Feng.
• Cocolia urged Serval to become Lin Feng’s woman, and Serval protested that she liked his music, not him.

Serval and Cocolia had a long-overdue heart-to-heart about their estrangement and Belobog’s looming crisis. Serval agreed to pursue Lin Feng for Belobog’s sake, while Cocolia hoped they could reconcile once their world was saved.

• Cocolia told Serval that she knew Serval liked Lin Feng and urged her to pursue him.
• Serval admitted that she liked Lin Feng but doubted he would return her feelings and feared a brief romance would end in separation.
• Cocolia explained that Lin Feng might be Belobog’s only hope against the Fragmentum, the Eternal Freeze, and the Stellaron.
• Serval accepted Cocolia’s request for Belobog’s sake and said she was glad they could speak again.
• Cocolia said she hoped to make amends with Serval and explore the world beyond the snowfields after Belobog’s crisis ended.
• Serval decided to be brave and leave the outcome of pursuing Lin Feng to fate.

Serval accepted Cocolia’s request to win over Lin Feng, hoping it would help Belobog and restore their friendship. Cocolia privately admitted she was using Serval, confessed her feelings for Lin Feng, and doubted she would live to see Belobog’s renewal.

• Serval agreed to do everything she could to win over Lin Feng and warned Cocolia not to break her promise.
• Cocolia reflected that she was using Serval for Belobog’s future and regretted how their old friendship had ended.
• Cocolia imagined visiting the snowfields with Serval after Belobog was reborn, while acknowledging that her Stellaron-corrupted body might not last.
• Cocolia thought about Lin Feng and recognized that she had developed feelings for him, wondering if they might have had a different future if they had met earlier.

Cocolia suffered a painful punishment from an eerie voice for defying its wishes and tearfully entrusted Belobog's future to Bronya and Serval. Lin Feng then met Bronya outside the Goethe Hotel, returned her rifle, and told her she did not need to follow him around.

• Cocolia received Serval's message and decided to keep agreeing with her while concealing her intentions.
• Cocolia was overwhelmed by a severe, supernatural pain, and an eerie voice warned her not to disobey again.
• Cocolia recovered, cried alone in the Administrative Hall, and entrusted Belobog's future to Bronya and Serval.
• Lin Feng met Bronya outside the Goethe Hotel and returned the rifle she had forgotten the previous night.
• Lin Feng told Bronya she did not need to follow him every day, while feeling embarrassed about what she had seen the night before.

Lin Feng and Bronya went to the Eternal Engine Workshop, where Bronya struggled with her feelings after declining his offer to hold hands in public. During rehearsal, Serval flirted with Lin Feng while Pela reacted jealously, leaving the group’s relationships increasingly tense.

• Bronya told Lin Feng that staying beside him mattered most, and they headed to the Eternal Engine Workshop together.
• Lin Feng asked Bronya to hold hands, but Bronya declined because they were in public and worried about rumors.
• Lin Feng and Bronya joined Serval and Pela, and the group began another music rehearsal.
• Serval sent Lin Feng flirtatious glances and pressed close to him during rehearsal, causing him to lose his rhythm.
• Pela grew envious of Serval’s closeness to Lin Feng and struck the drums harder.

At the Mechanical Workshop, Lin Feng offered to treat Mechanical Tide to lunch, but Bronya, Serval, and Pela each tried to take charge of the meal. Bronya was chosen to cook and set out to impress Lin Feng with her food.

• Mechanical Tide paused rehearsal at noon, and Lin Feng offered to take the band to a restaurant for lunch.
• Bronya volunteered to treat everyone, but Serval offered to cook with ingredients she had prepared.
• Pela challenged Serval’s cooking and said she would do a better job herself.
• Bronya stepped forward and claimed her cooking was better than Pela’s, and Pela agreed based on meals she had tasted in the snowfields.
• Serval and Pela yielded the cooking opportunity to Bronya, who promised Lin Feng she would prepare lunch as quickly as possible.

Bronya began cooking for Lin Feng at the Eternal Engine Workshop while Pela asked to take a photo with him. Serval took blurry pictures with Pela's outdated phone, and Pela realized its limitations.

• Bronya entered the kitchen and began preparing a meal for Lin Feng with enthusiastic care.
• Pela asked Lin Feng to take a photo with her, and he agreed.
• Pela put her arm around Lin Feng while Serval took several pictures of them.
• Pela complained that the photos were blurry and overexposed, and Serval blamed her old phone.

Lin Feng lent Serval his phone to take photos for Pela, but Serval secretly browsed its gallery and formed bold plans to win him over. She left determined to pursue Lin Feng, save Belobog, and restore her friendship with Coco.

• Lin Feng offered Pela his Black Mirror Forest phone and handed it to Serval to take photos.
• Serval admired the phone and asked to familiarize herself with its functions before photographing Pela.
• Serval secretly browsed Lin Feng's gallery and found intimate photos of Himeko and pictures of other women.
• Serval concluded that Lin Feng was a lecher who favored voluptuous women and decided she had an advantage.
• Serval resolved to win Lin Feng over, save Belobog, and restore her friendship with Coco.

Serval took photos of Pela and Lin Feng, then used the opportunity to pose intimately with him herself. Pela watched Serval press close to Lin Feng and grew jealous, while Bronya regretted being stuck cooking.

• Serval photographed Pela and Lin Feng together, and Pela happily reviewed the pictures.
• Bronya watched from the kitchen, regretting that she had chosen to cook while Pela and Serval spent time with Lin Feng.
• Pela's phone ran out of storage and crashed, so Lin Feng compressed the remaining photos and sent them to her.
• Serval asked Lin Feng to take photos with her and leaned against his shoulder while they posed.
• Pela looked up from her photos, saw Serval pressed against Lin Feng, and clenched her fists in resentment.

Bronya cooked for Lin Feng at the Eternal Engine Workshop and grew more comfortable with his affectionate gestures. Later, March 7th complained to Himeko that Lin Feng was probably flirting with other girls again.

• Serval took intimate photos with Lin Feng while Bronya crushed a frying pan handle in the kitchen after seeing them.
• Lin Feng offered to help Bronya, but she insisted on cooking for him herself.
• Lin Feng praised Bronya's meal and fed her a dessert, which she accepted with a blush.
• Serval directed [Mechanical Tide] through rehearsals while Lin Feng planned to deepen his relationships with the band members and prepare for the Stellaron's actions.
• March 7th complained to Himeko in a café that Lin Feng was flirting with girls again.

Himeko and March 7th discussed Belobog’s history and the danger posed by the Fragmentum as they considered whether to help the Silvermane Guards. Himeko urged them to stay low and trust Lin Feng, leaving their next move undecided.

• March 7th asked Himeko about her exclusive Love Light Cone and learned it had reached level 7, surpassing her own.
• March 7th remarked that Belobog seemed unusually old-fashioned, and Himeko explained how the Stellaron, the Antimatter Legion, and Alisa Rand’s wish had shaped the city’s history.
• March 7th suggested helping the Silvermane Guards contain the Fragmentum, but Himeko advised against acting rashly and warned of potential enemies.
• March 7th realized Himeko meant the woman at Qlipoth Fort, whose unfriendly gaze had worried them the previous day.
• March 7th asked what they should do, and Himeko said they should wait and trust Lin Feng to handle the situation.