Chapter Summaries

Hanxing lost access to his power after inhaling the smoke bomb’s gas and struggled to make his way through the Prison of Deep Seclusion. As Hoolay and Modu fled and others hurried to seal the prison, Hanxing killed a Borisin guard and prepared to face the rest.

• Hanxing discovered that the smoke bomb had cut off his power, leaving him unable to use his spatial ability or retrieve his dagger.
• Modu told Hoolay that the gas came from the Angel of the Lord of Longevity and temporarily suppressed anyone whose energy differed from the Lord of Longevity’s.
• Jiaoqiu and Xueyi suspected that someone was helping the Borisin and decided to leave the prison and report the danger to the three generals.
• Caelus’s companions set out to seal the prison entrance and keep Hoolay trapped inside.
• Hanxing found slain Cloud Knights while cautiously climbing through the quiet prison and learned that Modu’s Borisin had been told he had lost his power.
• Hanxing silently killed one Borisin guard with Netherworld, and the other Borisin discovered him holding the wolf’s head.

Hanxing fought through waves of Borisin in the Prison of Deep Seclusion while Firefly sensed his danger and rushed to find him. Surrounded and exhausted, Hanxing called out to Firefly as the Borisin closed in.

• Hanxing killed the Borisin who exposed his location, then fought through dozens more as reinforcements approached.
• Hanxing recalled the mentor who had taught him his halberd technique and thought of Firefly as he continued through the prison.
• Firefly sensed that Hanxing was in danger through their connected necklaces and parted from March 7th, Yanqing, and Yunli.
• Firefly transformed into Sam and flew toward the Prison of Deep Seclusion, alarmed that her Harmony Tuning had grown weak.
• Wounded and exhausted, Hanxing faced a tightening circle of Borisin and called out to Firefly, saying he missed her.

Firefly reached the Borisin patrol as Hanxing collapsed from his wounds, then slaughtered his attackers and caught him before he fell. She removed her armor and held the barely breathing Hanxing, pleading for him to wake as the chapter ended.

• Hoolay learned that Hanxing was surrounded and nearly defeated, and promised the title of bravest warrior to whoever killed him and brought back his corpse.
• Jiaoqiu and Xueyi neared the prison gate as Firefly’s Sam armor flew past them toward the lower levels.
• Hoolay and the Astral Express Crew saw the green streak, and Dan Heng and Caelus misled Moze by suggesting it was a signal from reinforcements.
• Hanxing collapsed after fighting the Borisin, and Firefly caught him in her arms.
• Firefly killed the Borisin with her blades and flames, then removed her armor and clutched the unconscious Hanxing while pleading for him to wake.

Jiaoqiu escaped the Prison of Deep Seclusion while Xueyi stayed behind to hold off Hoolay, who was trapped between her and Caelus's pursuing group. Hanxing awoke in Firefly's arms with Star Eyes restored and prepared to confront the enemy.

• Jiaoqiu left the prison as Xueyi chose to remain behind and suppress the rebellion.
• A Borisin soldier gave Modu a prisoner list, and Modu panicked when he saw Jingliu's name.
• Hoolay advanced toward the locked gate while Caelus and his companions fought through the Borisin pursuing them.
• Xueyi faced Hoolay alone, and Caelus's group arrived to help as Hoolay drew his blade.
• Hanxing woke in Firefly's arms, regained Star Eyes, and vowed to make the enemy pay.

Caelus, Dan Heng, and their allies fought Hoolay in the Prison of Deep Seclusion, but Modu’s smoke bomb helped Hoolay escape with several soldiers. The group prepared to pursue him, while Xueyi and Hanya stayed behind to restore order in the prison.

• Xueyi wounded Hoolay, and Caelus blasted him with his flaming lance, but Hoolay quickly healed and knocked Caelus aside.
• Dan Heng and Moze tried to stop Hoolay, who recognized Dan Heng as Imbibitor Lunae and taunted him about using his water powers.
• Hanxing arrived with Firefly, but Modu threw a smoke bomb that disrupted the group’s connection to their Paths and let Hoolay escape through the damaged gate.
• Hanxing explained that Hoolay had used the same smoke to overpower him, and Dan Heng and Moze agreed that they had to recapture Hoolay quickly.
• Xueyi and Hanya remained at the prison to contain the chaos, while Xueyi told the group that Jiaoqiu had gone to seek help from the general.
• Hanxing gave Caelus a piece of metal that would let him sense if Caelus channeled power into it as they set out after Hoolay.

After escaping the prison, Hanxing and Firefly searched for Hoolay while Hanxing discovered he could still briefly use Harmony energy. Caelus found Yanqing, who explained the generals were hunting the escapees and their suspected mastermind, but the Borisin’s ability to disguise themselves as Foxians made them difficult to identify.

• Hanxing assigned Caelus to find March 7th, Yunli, and Yanqing, while Moze and Dan Heng went to retrieve the general and Jiaoqiu.
• Firefly carried Hanxing as they searched for Hoolay, and Hanxing briefly used Harmony energy before discovering that his location marker had severed its connection to Modu.
• Caelus found Yanqing among a crowd discussing the upcoming Wardance and learned Yanqing was worried about Hoolay’s escape.
• Caelus told Yanqing that Hanxing had lost most of his abilities and nearly died in the prison before Firefly rescued him.
• Yanqing said the generals were hunting the Borisin and their suspected mastermind, but questioned how they could find Borisin disguised as Foxians.

Yanqing gave up his place as the defending swordsman to focus on protecting the Luofu, while Feixiao made him eat and wait patiently for Hoolay to reveal himself. Hanxing explained that the metal device Caelus carried could erase Yanqing and Yunli’s memories of Sam, as the search for Hoolay continued beneath the Wardance festivities.

• Yanqing told Caelus he had reported to the general and withdrawn from the defending swordsman’s contest so he could fulfill his duties as a Cloud Knight Lieutenant.
• Feixiao arrived and ordered Yanqing to eat, arguing that he needed to regain his strength and wait for Hoolay to expose himself.
• Hanxing told Firefly that the metal device Caelus carried would track Yanqing and Yunli and erase their memories of Sam.
• Dan Heng, Lingsha, and Jing Yuan searched the Prison of Deep Seclusion, while March 7th took over Yanqing’s defending-swordsman duty and Huaiyan handled Jing Yuan’s general affairs.
• The Luofu continued its Wardance festivities while covert forces searched for Hoolay, setting up a high-stakes confrontation between him and the combined forces pursuing him.

Hoolay and Modu planned their escape from the Xianzhou Luofu while Hanxing and Firefly tracked them through traces of Borisin fur. The Borisin ambushed the pair and threatened nearby civilians, forcing Hanxing to act as Firefly evacuated them.

• Hoolay learned that Feixiao was the only general likely to stand in his way and questioned Modu about the Borisin's supposed angel, Mangusi.
• Hanxing and Firefly sensed Borisin nearby and used Harmony traces to reconstruct Hoolay and Modu's movements.
• Firefly found Borisin fur, and Hanxing traced the escape route toward Starskiff Haven.
• Several Borisin revealed their disguises and attacked Hanxing and Firefly to buy Hoolay time to escape.
• The Borisin grabbed civilians as hostages, and Hanxing told Firefly to evacuate them while he dealt with the attackers.

Hanxing and Firefly followed a trail to a teahouse, where Mara-Struck attacked them and Hanxing destroyed them with his sword. After realizing Moze and Jiaoqiu had been following them, the pair left to evade the watchers, while the two observers decided to report their suspicions to the general.

• Hanxing and Firefly defeated the Borisin and continued along the trail together.
• Moze and Jiaoqiu watched them from a rooftop, discussed Hanxing and Firefly’s possible identities, and suspected their power could threaten the Xianzhou Alliance.
• Hanxing and Firefly found the trail ending beneath a busy teahouse, where Hanxing recognized the location as a trap.
• Mara-Struck attacked from the teahouse, and Hanxing used Netherworld’s soul-strangling technique to kill them.
• Hanxing and Firefly found signs that the Mara-Struck had been Cloud Knights and were released with explosives, then Hanxing sensed the two watchers and left with Firefly.
• Moze realized Hanxing had spotted them, and he and Jiaoqiu left to report their suspicions to the general.

At Stargazer Navalia, Feixiao explained that she planned to lure Hoolay’s Borisin into a trap by cutting off their likely escape route. She and Yanqing grew suspicious of several people at the port, questioned a lone Cloud Knight, then moved toward an artisan to investigate further.

• Feixiao told Yanqing and Caelus that the Borisin might turn the hunters into prey, so they needed to strike carefully and protect civilians.
• Feixiao reasoned that the Borisin would return to Stargazer Navalia to check on their escape ship and led Yanqing and Caelus to the port where Yanqing had found their trail.
• Feixiao pointed out two Sky-Faring Commission employees, a lone Cloud Knight soldier, and an artisan as possible Borisin accomplices.
• Yanqing questioned the Cloud Knight soldier, whose quick denial about the Skysplitter raised the group’s suspicions.
• Feixiao, Yanqing, and Caelus left the soldier and approached the artisan.

Feixiao, Caelus, and Yanqing exposed disguised Borisin at Stargazer Navalia and captured one while another escaped. Feixiao revealed she had deliberately let the fugitive go so he would lead the Cloud Knights to Hoolay.

• Caelus, Feixiao, and Yanqing questioned an Artisanship Commission employee and two Sky-Faring Commission employees at Stargazer Navalia.
• Feixiao identified the Sky-Faring Commission employees as disguised Borisin because their claim that the port was sealed contradicted the Cloud Knights' plan.
• The Borisin revealed their true forms and attacked, but Caelus, Feixiao, and Yanqing quickly defeated them.
• One Borisin escaped after shouting that he would alert Lord Modu, while Yanqing pinned another to the ground.
• Feixiao refused to torture the captive and granted him a swift death, then revealed that she had deliberately allowed his companion to escape so he would lead the Cloud Knights to Hoolay.

Feixiao explained her Borisin past and continued the hunt for Hoolay while Hanxing and Firefly waited in a teahouse. Hanxing exposed and captured a Vidyadhara posing as a server, and Firefly demanded to know whether the Vidyadhara had been infiltrated.

• Feixiao told Yanqing and Caelus that she had grown up enslaved by the Borisin in a fallen land before becoming a Yaoqing general.
• Moze and Jiaoqiu reported that they had located the Borisin, while Hanxing had evaded them and was in a teahouse.
• Hanxing and Firefly shared tea and discussed his hometown, Earth, and the possibility of visiting its parallel in this universe.
• Hanxing recognized the teahouse server as a Vidyadhara with an aura like the Mara-Struck and cut him with the Netherworld.
• The server tried to escape in a smoke cloud, but Hanxing pinned him to a wall and Firefly held her lightsaber to his neck.
• Firefly demanded to know who had sent the server and whether someone had infiltrated the Vidyadhara.

Hanxing tortured a captured server into revealing that Dragon Master Taoran had colluded with the Borisin to restore the Vidyadhara, then killed him. Meanwhile, Hoolay accepted Jiaoqiu and Moze’s challenge to meet at the Skysplitter, where Feixiao, Yanqing, Caelus, and their allies prepared to face the Borisin in battle.

• Hanxing trapped the server in an illusion, forced him to reveal that Dragon Master Taoran had colluded with the Borisin, and killed him.
• Firefly and Hanxing discussed investigating Taoran after dealing with Hoolay, and Hanxing burned the server’s corpse.
• Hoolay confronted Jiaoqiu and Moze, who challenged him to meet them at the Skysplitter.
• Hoolay accepted the challenge and declared that he and the Borisin would make the Skysplitter their hunting ground.
• Feixiao, Yanqing, and Caelus arrived as the Borisin revealed themselves and surrounded the group.
• Feixiao and her allies readied their weapons as Feixiao declared the coming fight a war to the death.

Feixiao and her allies defeated the Borisin scouts and split up to protect civilians while Yanqing and Caelus headed to the Skysplitter to hold off Hoolay. Hanxing and Firefly intercepted a disguised Borisin group, then prepared to pursue another as Feixiao’s teams moved through the city.

• Feixiao’s group defeated the Borisin scouts, and Jiaoqiu reported that Hoolay was heading for the Skysplitter while most of his followers targeted the commercial district.
• Feixiao sent Yanqing and Caelus to the Skysplitter, assigned Jiaoqiu and Moze one Borisin group, and went after the others herself.
• Hanxing and Firefly arrived among disguised Foxian merchants, and Hanxing sent one civilian away after erasing his memory.
• Hanxing and Firefly killed the disguised Borisin together, then lifted Hanxing’s domain and spotted Feixiao moving ahead.
• Hanxing concluded that Feixiao, Moze, and Jiaoqiu had split into two teams and said they needed to defeat one more group.

Feixiao joined Yukong at Starskiff Haven and unleashed a devastating arrow to wipe out the Borisin forces at Exalting Sanctum. As Jiaoqiu and Moze surveyed the destruction, the badly wounded Modu survived and reflected on Feixiao’s power and the Warhead’s interest in her.

• Feixiao arrived at Starskiff Haven and fought alongside Yukong, quickly defeating the Borisin there.
• Feixiao borrowed Yukong’s bow and warned the forces at Exalting Sanctum to scatter before firing a powerful azure arrow into the sky.
• Jiaoqiu and Moze warned the Cloud Knights to take cover as Feixiao’s arrow struck, vaporizing the Borisin and devastating the battlefield.
• Hanxing and Firefly witnessed the attack, and Firefly explained how Feixiao’s Path amplified its destructive force.
• Jiaoqiu and Moze searched the ruins for survivors and remarked that Feixiao’s body might be in trouble again.
• Modu survived the blast with grave injuries and noted that the Warhead was interested in Feixiao.

Moze and Jiaoqiu confronted Modu, who embraced Hoolay’s cause and chose to die fighting. At the Skysplitter, Hoolay seized the Wardance Ceremony, only to find the Cloud Knights and Caelus, Yanqing, Yunli, and March 7th waiting to fight him.

• Moze and Jiaoqiu cornered the wounded Modu and asked how he wanted to die.
• Modu praised Hoolay’s vision, declared the descendants of Du Lan should live and die for the pack, and transformed to fight Moze and Jiaoqiu.
• Hoolay crashed onto the Skysplitter and declared that he was ending the Wardance Ceremony and claiming the ship.
• Hoolay discovered that the spectators had come to see him and that the Cloud Knights had surrounded him.
• Caelus, Yanqing, Yunli, and March 7th appeared to join the Cloud Knights against Hoolay.