Recaps

After the Astral Express left Penacony for the Luofu, Stelle and her companions became caught up in a Borisin attack, an IPC cargo dispute, and tensions surrounding the Alchemy Commission. The arc left them preparing for the Wardance as Yunli and Yanqing competed for a chance to defend the arena and win a Zhuming sword.

• Robin gave the Radiant Feldspar to the Astral Express, but Sparkle revealed that bombs were hidden aboard, and Firefly carried the bomb into Penacony’s dreamscape, where it became fireworks, before bidding Stelle farewell.
• As the Express prepared to leave Penacony, Black Swan proposed traveling to Amphoreus, and the crew accepted, and the crew later chose to send Stelle, March 7th, and Dan Heng to the Luofu for the Wardance.
• Stelle, March 7th, Dan Heng, and Yanqing fought Borisin raiders in Starskiff Haven, while Yunli and Ye Yan dealt with other attackers, and Yanqing then led the visitors to meet Jing Yuan and Huaiyan.
• At the Artisanship Commission, Yanqing, Stelle, and March 7th confronted Scott over seized cargo, and Lingsha’s inspection revealed a machine using an organism’s nerves as wetware, and the group worried that the Borisin attack threatened the Prison of Deep Seclusion.
• Lingsha described the failed reform efforts of her teacher and the Alchemy Commission’s troubled history, while Yanqing and Yunli competed to clear abominations until Feixiao stopped their fight and urged them to face off in the Wardance.
• Jing Yuan summoned the Express crew to discuss the Wardance, where Huaiyan proposed awarding a precious Zhuming sword to the Championship Challenge winner, and Yunli and Yanqing both vowed to defend the arena and compete for it.

March 7th trained under Yanqing and Yunli, defeated Scott, and joined the others as the Luofu faced a Borisin threat and a possible prison break. The arc left Stelle and Saileni fleeing deeper inside the Prison of Deep Seclusion while Jiaoqiu and Moze approached Hoolay’s cell.

• Huaiyan chose March 7th to train for the Wardance, and Yanqing and Yunli began teaching her Cloud Knight swordsmanship while Ye Yan offered help.
• March 7th challenged Scott after he mocked Xianzhou swordsmanship, and Silver Wolf, Stelle, and Qingque helped turn the feud into a public duel.
• Scott summoned IPC mechs to overwhelm March 7th, but medicinal soup incapacitated his employees, and March defeated him and won his apology.
• Jiaoqiu explained that swordsmanship teachers should adapt to their pupils, while Yanqing and Yunli shared what drove their own pursuits.
• March 7th, Yanqing, and Yunli uncovered Borisin disguised as Xianzhou personnel, and Feixiao revealed that Celenova was uniting the Borisin under Mangun.
• Feixiao requested Hoolay’s transfer to Yaoqing custody, while Stelle and Dan Heng went to the Prison of Deep Seclusion to give testimony.
• Stelle, Dan Heng, Hanya, and Saileni encountered Howling Caskets in the prison, and Dan Heng concluded that the mechs had been sent to engineer a jailbreak.
• Stelle and Saileni fled a chilling presence as Jiaoqiu and Moze approached Hoolay, while Saileni prayed for the power to traverse falsehood.

Hoolay escaped the Prison of Deep Seclusion and led the Borisin in a plot to seize the Skysplitter and spread their blood among Foxians. Saileni and Ye Yan aided the defenders, and the arc left March 7th facing Hoolay in the Wardance arena.

• Saileni and Stelle joined the prison battle, where Saileni restored Xueyi and Stelle fought off the Borisin as Dan Heng wounded Hoolay and forced him to retreat with Jiaoqiu.
• Saileni and Stelle spread sacred light through the prison, while Feixiao mobilized the Cloud Knights to hunt Hoolay and the Luofu prepared to keep the Wardance on schedule.
• Jing Yuan and his allies investigated the jailbreak as Jiaoqiu entered Hoolay’s group, then Ye Yan and Saileni approached him with an offer of help.
• Hoolay’s Borisin plan centered on escaping through Starskiff Haven and spreading infected blood through the Luofu, while Ye Yan erased the memories of hidden wolf soldiers and Feixiao struck Borisin forces in Aurum Alley.
• Hoolay announced that he would attack the Skysplitter, and Ye Yan gave March 7th a note to invoke her other self while warning her that her Remembrance power was not real.
• Jing Yuan planned to use the Wardance to lure Hoolay onto the Skysplitter, while Stelle used Ye Yan’s Flipping Coin to transport Jiaoqiu to safety.
• Yunli found Yanqing aboard the Skysplitter and sent him to join March 7th after a crash suggested the ship was slowing, while March 7th confronted Hoolay in the arena.

After Hoolay’s defeat, the Astral Express crew wrapped up their time on the Luofu as Sunday joined them and Ye Yan entered Amphoreus. The crew arrived in the mysterious world, where March 7th reunited with Stelle and Dan Heng after escaping a trial in the Interstice of Path.

• March 7th, Yanqing, and Yunli fought Hoolay aboard the Skysplitter until Yanqing used the Milk Tea Sword and [Eternity] to freeze him, and Feixiao arrived to confront him.
• After Hoolay died, Saileni used the Scripture of Eternity to imprison the Crimson Moon and summoned Evermoon to cleanse and protect the Foxians.
• Dan Heng and Lingsha exposed Preceptor Taoran’s role in the prison break, while Stelle revealed herself from her disguise as Bailu and struck Taoran down.
• The Luofu leaders reviewed the crisis, and Feixiao vowed to lead the Skyfox Army against the hidden force behind the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and the Borisin.
• Sunday met Robin in disguise, said farewell to her, and asked Welt to let him travel with the Astral Express, and the crew accepted him as a passenger.
• The Astral Express crew chose Amphoreus as their next destination, while Ye Yan entered the world through the Gate of Remembrance and met Cyrene.
• March 7th resisted the voices and visions in the Interstice of Path, then chose to enter Amphoreus and catch up with her companions.
• Stelle, March 7th, and Dan Heng awoke beside their damaged carriage in Amphoreus, failed to contact the Express, and examined a distant palace and enormous golden sphere.