Recaps

Saileni used the power of [Eternity] to chase Stelle in a race, summoning boba milk tea and declaring that victory belonged to [Eternity]. At the Prison of Deep Seclusion, Modu and his Borisin forces attacked Xueyi, Jiaoqiu, and Moze, while Hoolay killed a soldier who entered his cell.

• Saileni summoned a glowing cup of boba milk tea with the Holy Word of Eternity, drank it, and gained enough power to pursue Stelle.
• Stelle accelerated with her hourglass necklace, but Saileni chased her and repeatedly forgot the words of her proclamation before shouting, “Victory belongs to [Eternity]!”
• Modu led Borisin wolf soldiers into the Prison of Deep Seclusion and revealed that the guards could not hear Xueyi’s call for reinforcements.
• Xueyi and Jiaoqiu fought the attackers while Jiaoqiu urged Moze to find a chance to escape.
• Two Borisin soldiers slipped into Hoolay’s cell, and one was soon hurled back out dead, causing the fighting to falter.

Hanya and Dan Heng raced through the prison as Hoolay broke free and prepared to escape with Modu’s Borisin soldiers. Just as Hoolay took Jiaoqiu hostage, Stelle and Saileni burst into the passage, with Stelle crashing into Modu.

• Hanya ordered the officers to contain escaped prisoners and raiders while she and Dan Heng took a shortcut toward the prison’s depths.
• Hoolay emerged from his cell, disabled Xueyi, and demanded that Modu explain the Borisin escape plan.
• Modu revealed that the Borisin had prepared vessels and had four hours to escape, and Hoolay ordered him to provide a disguise potion.
• Hoolay chose to take Jiaoqiu as a hostage and headed for the exit with Modu and the Borisin soldiers.
• Stelle and Saileni suddenly arrived, and Stelle slammed into Modu, sending him crashing into the prison wall.

Saileni cheerfully promoted her milk tea in the midst of the Prison of Deep Seclusion crisis, while Stelle prepared to fight Hoolay. As Hoolay transformed into a Foxian-like form and unleashed his fury at Saileni, Ye Yan and Silver Wolf watched from Central Starskiff Haven.

• Saileni ignored the Borisin soldiers and Jiaoqiu, drank milk tea, and offered Hoolay's group a cup while joking about escaping.
• Stelle recognized the danger, drew her mimicry baseball bat, and readied herself for battle.
• Silver Wolf watched Saileni on an electronic screen and asked Ye Yan whether she could defeat Hoolay; Ye Yan said neither outcome was certain.
• Hoolay swallowed a pill from Modu and transformed from his towering werewolf body into a burly Foxian-like man.
• Hoolay unleashed his bloodthirsty aura and targeted Saileni, enraged by her casual disregard for him.

Saileni stopped Hoolay’s attack with one hand and used the Scripture of Eternity to restore Xueyi’s destroyed puppet body. The prison fell silent as Hoolay, furious and wary of Saileni’s power, faced her again.

• Hoolay lunged at Saileni, but she casually blocked his claws with her right hand while holding her milk tea.
• Saileni retrieved the Scripture of Eternity and recited a prayer that filled the prison with golden light.
• The golden light restored Xueyi’s shattered puppet body to its intact condition.
• Stelle, Jiaoqiu, Modu, and the Borisin soldiers watched Saileni’s display with shock and hope.
• Hoolay stared at Xueyi and Saileni, trembling with fury and wariness as the light faded.

Saileni restored Xueyi and then used the Scripture of Eternity and Stelle’s hourglass to withstand Hoolay’s renewed attack. Hoolay realized the relic was key to Saileni’s defense and ordered his soldiers to seize it from Stelle.

• Saileni used the Scripture of Eternity to restore Xueyi, while Hoolay broke his disguise in fury.
• Hoolay launched a stronger attack at Saileni, but Stelle’s hourglass necklace created a barrier that helped her block it.
• Saileni recognized that the hourglass’s power had combined with her Scripture of Eternity to stop Hoolay.
• Hoolay ordered Modu and the Borisin soldiers to attack Stelle and take her hourglass.

Stelle used the hourglass of [Eternity] to anchor herself at her peak and overwhelm the Borisin wolf soldiers, while Saileni kept Hoolay occupied. The fight left Hoolay wary, and Silver Wolf learned from Ye Yan that Saileni’s strength came from her bond with followers of [Eternity].

• Hoolay shifted tactics and attacked Saileni relentlessly while his wolf soldiers surrounded Stelle and targeted her hourglass necklace.
• Saileni defended herself against Hoolay’s assault as Stelle braced to fight the encircling Borisin wolf soldiers with her baseball bat.
• The hourglass of [Eternity] enveloped Stelle in starlight, anchoring her condition at its peak and enabling her to strike with overwhelming force.
• Stelle blasted the wolf soldiers away with power drawn from [Eternity], [Preservation], [Destruction], and [Harmony], making Hoolay falter.
• Saileni watched Stelle’s display with approval while continuing to clash with Hoolay.
• At Ye Yan’s milk tea shop, Silver Wolf questioned Saileni’s combat strength, and Ye Yan explained that her role as Prayer Priest gave her a special bond with sacred relics of [Eternity].

Stelle prepared to support Saileni against Hoolay, but Dan Heng arrived and wounded the Borisin warhead with the Cloud-Piercer Spear, whose power prevented the injury from healing. Outnumbered and unable to rely on his regeneration, Hoolay seized Jiaoqiu as a hostage and retreated toward the escape passage.

• Stelle saw Saileni struggling to hold off Hoolay’s relentless attacks and rushed to help her.
• Dan Heng burst through the Prison of Deep Seclusion’s gates and struck Hoolay in the left shoulder with the Cloud-Piercer Spear.
• The spear’s power of [Eternity] stopped Hoolay’s wound from healing, removing his advantage in regeneration.
• Hoolay decided to retreat, grabbed Jiaoqiu as a hostage, and threatened to kill him if the others followed.
• Hoolay called for Modu and any Borisin soldiers still able to move, then retreated toward the escape passage.

Saileni stopped Stelle and Dan Heng from pursuing Hoolay, explaining that her mark would let them track him and Jiaoqiu was safer while Hoolay needed him alive. As Hoolay escaped with Jiaoqiu, Jiaoqiu tried to bargain for time by telling him Jingliu had returned to the Luofu.

• Hoolay and the surviving Borisin fled through the prison gates with Jiaoqiu as Stelle and Dan Heng prepared to chase them.
• Saileni stopped Stelle and Dan Heng, saying Hoolay carried [Eternity]'s mark and warning them that an attack could endanger Jiaoqiu.
• Saileni sat down for Ye Yan's special milk tea, explained that Hoolay would keep Jiaoqiu alive, and revealed she had slipped him a bottle during the chaos.
• Hoolay's group fought through the jailers while Modu suggested Jiaoqiu could help them negotiate their escape from the Xianzhou.
• Jiaoqiu told Hoolay that Jingliu had returned to the Luofu, prompting Hoolay to silence Modu and demand that Jiaoqiu stay by his side as a source of information.

Saileni and Stelle used the Scripture of Eternity and Stelle’s hourglass to heal and revive the Prison of Deep Seclusion’s guards after Hoolay’s attack. At the Seat of Divine Foresight, Feixiao declared that she would mobilize the Luofu Cloud Knights to hunt Hoolay.

• Saileni and Stelle invoked their shared authority of [Eternity] to spread sacred light throughout the Prison of Deep Seclusion.
• The light healed exhausted and wounded guards, restored severed limbs, and brought dead guards back to life.
• Saileni finished the ritual exhausted, while the prison’s despair gave way to hope.
• A Cloud Knight reported to Jing Yuan and the other generals that the prisoners had rioted and Hoolay’s whereabouts were unknown.
• Feixiao warned Jing Yuan and Huaiyan that the Xianzhou Alliance faced threats from [Destruction] and the Abominations of Abundance, then announced she would mobilize the Luofu Cloud Knights to hunt Hoolay.

After Hoolay escaped and Jiaoqiu was abducted, Stelle learned that Borisin infiltrators had helped prepare the jailbreak, while Yanqing worried about more disguised enemies on the Luofu. Feixiao urged Yanqing to eat and wait patiently for Hoolay to reveal himself.

• March 7th and Stelle failed to persuade Ye Yan to intervene, while Saileni's bandaged state was revealed to be performance art.
• Stelle met Yanqing, who explained that Saileni had uncovered Borisin disguised as Foxians at Stargazer Navalia.
• Yanqing worried about the infiltrators' false identities and suspected the jailbreak might involve forces beyond the Borisin.
• Yanqing said he would give up defending the Wardance arena to focus on his Cloud Knight duties and the Luofu's safety.
• Feixiao joined Yanqing and Stelle, then told Yanqing to eat before they hunted Hoolay and explained that patience would draw him out.

Kafka described several possible futures involving the Astral Express, the Xianzhou Alliance, and Eternity, while Silver Wolf questioned the Script and messaged Ye Yan. Ye Yan replied that Eternity was everywhere, and the gears of fate began to turn.

• Silver Wolf waited impatiently for the Astral Express to reach Amphoreus while scrutinizing Ye Yan.
• Kafka told Silver Wolf that the Script predicted the Nameless would have an uneventful adventure on Lushaka before the Garden of Recollection exposed Amphoreus and Iron Tomb was defeated by unexpected objects.
• Kafka described a safer route through Melustanin and said the Xianzhou Alliance would use a drop of “Sweet Dew” to begin a war of gods.
• Kafka recounted a future on Pteruges-V in which a silver arrow pierced a white hole and scarlet appeared at the edge of the scene.
• Silver Wolf messaged Ye Yan, who replied, “Eternity is everywhere.”

Huaiyan decided the Wardance must proceed despite Hoolay’s escape and asked March 7th to defend the Skysplitter in Yanqing’s absence. Meanwhile, Silver Wolf drew an Oracle Card at Ye Yan’s milk tea shop and found that it showed Eternity.

• Huaiyan told Yukong that the Prison of Deep Seclusion was secure, while the Yaoqing envoy remained missing and Hoolay was still at large.
• Huaiyan warned Yunli that declaring martial law and postponing the Wardance would serve the jailbreak mastermind’s goal of spreading panic, so the Luofu had to continue as usual.
• Huaiyan asked March 7th to replace the missing Yanqing as the arena defender and entrusted her and Yunli with protecting the Skysplitter.
• Silver Wolf reflected on the traces of Eternity she had encountered and complained to Ye Yan about the Astral Express’s many upcoming interludes.
• Ye Yan invited Silver Wolf to draw an Oracle Card, and the card she chose displayed Eternity.

Lingsha, Dan Heng, and Jing Yuan investigated the Borisin prison break, uncovering how the attackers disguised themselves and why the Luofu had kept Hoolay imprisoned. The chapter left the investigation tracing the Borisin’s methods while Jing Yuan explained the political and historical reasons Hoolay had not been destroyed.

• Ye Yan shifted position while Silver Wolf remarked that his unhurried waiting reflected [Eternity].
• Lingsha, Dan Heng, and Jing Yuan examined a Borisin corpse and learned the attackers used a drug related in principle to the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus’ [Transmutation Arcanum].
• Jing Yuan recounted Hoolay’s past campaigns and the devastation he caused before the former Sword Champion sealed him.
• Lingsha questioned why the Luofu had allowed the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus to return, and Jing Yuan acknowledged his responsibility.
• The group found a dead prisoner drained of blood and discussed Hoolay’s hunger, his punishment, and the Foxians’ opposition to destroying him in a star.
• Jing Yuan explained that Hoolay had repeatedly turned Foxians into pawns and war beasts, helping him restore the Borisin after their defeats.

Jiaoqiu tried to turn Hoolay against Modu by exposing the Borisin’s weakness and the prophet Mangun’s likely manipulation, but Hoolay ordered him to investigate the docks. There, Jiaoqiu encountered Ye Yan, who offered him help.

• Jiaoqiu used a cooking analogy to taunt Modu, who accused him of stalling for reinforcements.
• Jiaoqiu told Hoolay that the Borisin had been weakened and that Mangun had sent Modu’s group to die, while Modu insisted the prophet had guided their rescue.
• Hoolay rejected Modu’s assurances, declared that the Borisin would follow his orders, and sent Jiaoqiu to check whether the Cloud Knights had sealed the ports.
• Jiaoqiu went to the docks under Hoolay’s watchful eyes and wondered why Hoolay had let him leave.
• Ye Yan, out strolling with Saileni, approached Jiaoqiu and offered him help.

Jing Yuan explained that Hoolay was imprisoned on the Luofu as a warning against exploiting Borisin biology to study Moon Rage, and revealed that Lingsha’s master had secretly used a medical technique to restore Dan Heng’s past-life memories. Meanwhile, Jiaoqiu and Ye Yan faced tension in the Exalting Sanctum until Saileni appeared at the Earth-Balance Commission.

• Jing Yuan told Lingsha and Dan Heng that the Borisin had used the Howling Casket and the company ship as part of a planned prison break.
• Lingsha realized Hoolay’s transfer to the Luofu had prevented the Yaoqing from treating him as a research subject for controlling Moon Rage.
• Jing Yuan explained that the transfer was meant to warn both the Yaoqing and the Luofu, drawing a parallel with the Imbibitor Lunae’s Rebellion.
• Jing Yuan revealed that Lingsha’s master had used a medical technique on Dan Heng after his rebirth to restore knowledge from his previous life.
• Jiaoqiu considered how to draw out the Borisin soldiers without endangering civilians, while Ye Yan refused to act as his transport.
• Saileni appeared outside the Earth-Balance Commission with milk tea and greeted Jiaoqiu.

Jiaoqiu found Ye Yan, Saileni, and Stelle near the Wardance, while March 7th prepared to compete in Yanqing’s place with Yunli’s encouragement. March 7th reached the contestants’ lounge, where she saw the many competitors and began another lesson from Yunli.

• Jiaoqiu spotted Ye Yan and Saileni and wondered what Hoolay was planning, then exchanged a bewildered conversation with Stelle, who was disguised in Cloud Knight armor.
• Two hours before the Wardance, March 7th admired the ceremonial cannons before Yunli reminded her that she was there to compete.
• March 7th worried about facing powerful opponents, and Yunli pushed her toward the security checkpoint while promising her milk tea if she defended the title.
• Xikui met March 7th and Yunli, told them March 7th’s substitute entry had been announced, and handed over her competition paperwork.
• March 7th entered the contestants’ lounge, marveled at the crowd, and asked about Ye Yan’s milk-tea weapon as Yunli began another lesson.

March 7th prepared for the Wardance with Yunli’s advice and gave a reporter an eccentric interview about Yanqing’s absence and the opponent she wanted to face. Meanwhile, Jiaoqiu returned to Hoolay’s den with unexpected allies, leaving Hoolay to confront a formidable group.

• Yunli taught March 7th to study opponents’ weapons and exploit their weaknesses, and March 7th wondered about weapons suited to both endurance and high damage.
• A reporter questioned March 7th about Yanqing’s absence; she said he had choked on milk tea and named Stelle as the contestant she most wanted to face.
• Stelle left Jiaoqiu milk tea and departed, while Jiaoqiu questioned a suspicious Foxian ferryman and learned the Borisin hoped for help escaping through Starskiff Haven.
• Jiaoqiu returned to Hoolay’s den, where Hoolay worried about the missing lookouts and his unhealing wound.
• Jiaoqiu entered with Ye Yan, a Cloud Knight, and Saileni, startling Hoolay as the group gathered in his den.

Ye Yan silently intimidated Hoolay and the Borisin while eavesdropping on the Church’s strange confrontation in Amphoreus. Modu then led the Borisin soldiers in a charge against Stelle and Saileni, avoiding Ye Yan.

• Ye Yan considered using the milk tea as an alternative [Eternity] beacon and listened in on the Church’s activities in Amphoreus.
• Fulisina argued with a mechanical voice about setting up a milk tea stall, while the voice questioned how she had broken through the Ultimate Protocol.
• Hoolay felt unable to attack Ye Yan and reflected on the Borisin’s decline during his seven hundred years in prison.
• Saileni praised Ye Yan’s imposing presence as Stelle wondered why no one had introduced themselves before the confrontation.
• Modu urged the Borisin soldiers to fight, and they charged at Stelle and Saileni while steering clear of Ye Yan.

Hoolay questioned Jiaoqiu about his survival and revealed that Borisin warheads inherited the Heart-Moon by devouring their predecessors. Meanwhile, Silver Wolf wondered whether it was right to leave Jiaoqiu to face Hoolay alone, but Ye Yan offered no answer.

• Hoolay woke in the Borisin base with his soldiers and realized they had lost some of their memories.
• Modu found an opened bottle of [Stumble Powder] on Jiaoqiu, but Jiaoqiu denied using it to erase their memories.
• Hoolay threatened to torture Jiaoqiu and demanded information about the Foxian general of Yaoqing.
• Jiaoqiu asked why Hoolay had survived seven hundred years of torture, and Hoolay explained the [Womb of the Moon] and the Heart-Moon passed between Borisin warheads through [Devouring].
• At the [Sleepless Earl] teahouse, Saileni praised Ye Yan for erasing the Borisin's memories, while Silver Wolf questioned whether Jiaoqiu should be left alone with Hoolay.
• Ye Yan stayed silent and shook a cup of milk tea.

As Saileni and Stelle discussed a mysterious Intellitron, Jiaoqiu confronted Hoolay about the cost of Feixiao’s Borisin bloodline and revealed his willingness to die for peace. When the Borisin learned their escape route had been compromised, Hoolay called on them to spread his crimson blood and attack the Xianzhou Luofu.

• Saileni told Stelle she knew no elegant, masked Intellitron and warned her to be careful.
• Silver Wolf teased Ye Yan after he nearly choked on his milk tea.
• Hoolay explained that Feixiao’s Borisin bloodline made her Moon Rage a fatal curse, and Jiaoqiu said his own death could help secure peace and heal her.
• Hoolay praised Jiaoqiu’s resolve but declared that he would keep him alive to witness the Borisin’s victory.
• Modu reported that the Borisin’s arrangements in Starskiff Haven had been discovered and that the Skysplitter’s departure would expose their escape.
• Hoolay ordered the Borisin to spread his crimson blood, infect Foxians, and hunt through the streets of the Xianzhou Luofu.

As the Wardance began, March 7th calmed her nerves by asking a bench questions and leaving her empty milk tea behind. Meanwhile, Feixiao learned Hoolay planned to spread blood that would transform Foxians into Borisin wolf soldiers, and she ordered defenses focused on the Skysplitter as the likely final battleground.

• March 7th reassured Yunli that she felt calmer, then asked a bench about strong contestants and her next Trailblaze destination before leaving her empty milk tea on it.
• Feixiao met Moze and Yanqing at the Exalting Sanctum, where Moze reported that Hoolay intended to spread blood capable of transforming Foxians into wolf soldiers.
• Yanqing proposed restricting Foxian movement and protecting them, while Feixiao explained that Hoolay wanted to exhaust the Cloud Knights with diversions and was likely seeking a ship to escape.
• Feixiao ordered defenses and evacuations in the Exalting Sanctum and Aurum Alley, while judging Starskiff Haven unlikely to be attacked.
• Yanqing returned to the Skysplitter and promised Feixiao he would keep Hoolay trapped if he boarded it.

As the Cloud Knights began their search, Ye Yan silently erased the Borisin infiltrators in Central Starskiff Haven, while Feixiao annihilated the attackers in Aurum Alley with a devastating shot. With the Borisin forces there dead, Moze and Stelle searched for survivors who might know Hoolay and Jiaoqiu’s whereabouts.

• Ye Yan drank tea at the Sleepless Earl and used the cup to erase every Borisin wolf soldier hiding in Central Starskiff Haven.
• Feixiao fired a powerful arrow from Exalting Sanctum into Aurum Alley, wiping out the Borisin there and leaving a huge azure mushroom cloud.
• Moze lamented that Feixiao’s strike had killed all the Borisin who might have known where Hoolay and Jiaoqiu were.
• Stelle asked whether Feixiao could fire again, and Moze gave her an unimpressed look.
• Moze asked Stelle to discreetly search for surviving Borisin so he could question them.

Moze and Stelle killed Modu, after which Hoolay challenged Feixiao to stop his planned massacre aboard the Skysplitter. Meanwhile, Ye Yan gave March 7th a cryptic instruction and warned her that her strength in Remembrance was not real.

• Moze and Stelle found Modu in an alley, where he declared his loyalty to Hoolay and fought them to the death.
• Stelle landed the final blow on Modu, who died still proclaiming the Borisin's resurgence.
• Hoolay appeared as a hologram, taunted Feixiao about her Borisin blood, and announced his plan to massacre people aboard the Skysplitter before escaping with the ship.
• Feixiao arrived and accepted Hoolay's challenge to stop him, but his transmission ended before she could answer.
• In the contestants' lounge, March 7th told Ye Yan she wanted the Wardance to go smoothly for her friends and the people she had met.
• Ye Yan gave March 7th a note telling her to say, "Please, my other self," and warned her not to mistake her power in Remembrance for something real.

Feixiao, Jing Yuan, and Huaiyan set a trap for Hoolay by turning the Skysplitter into a battlefield and assigning their forces to block his escape. At Hoolay’s hideout, Jiaoqiu survives his attempted blood-drinking ritual because the power of [Eternity] has made him impervious to harm.

• Jing Yuan proposed replacing the Wardance’s spectators and contestants with Cloud Knights to lure Hoolay onto the Skysplitter, while Feixiao and Huaiyan prepared to cut off his escape routes and guard the Jade Gate.
• Hoolay told Jiaoqiu that Feixiao would eventually be consumed by [Moon Rage] and claimed that only he could cure her.
• Hoolay tried to bite Jiaoqiu’s neck as part of the Borisin blood-drinking custom, but his fangs only hurt against Jiaoqiu’s invulnerable body.
• Jiaoqiu recognized that Hoolay’s long imprisonment had left him ignorant of [Eternity] and the protection it had given Jiaoqiu.

Stelle rescued Jiaoqiu from Hoolay with the Flipping Coin and planned to return to the Skysplitter before it landed. Meanwhile, Yunli and Yanqing responded to trouble aboard the ship as March 7th prepared to fight Hoolay in the Wardance arena.

• Stelle used Ye Yan's Flipping Coin to transport Jiaoqiu from Hoolay's hideout to the Alchemy Commission, then set out to return to the Skysplitter before the coin landed.
• Yunli investigated an unscheduled Starskiff and discovered Yanqing aboard; he explained that he had come to reinforce the Skysplitter after the Borisin attack.
• After a crash suggested the Skysplitter was slowing down, Yunli went to secure the engine room and sent Yanqing to the arena to join March 7th.
• March 7th faced Hoolay in the arena and declared herself the Luofu's defending swordswoman.
• Hoolay dismissed March 7th as a cub, and she challenged him as their fight was about to begin.