Chapter Summaries

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.

March 7th, Yanqing, and Yunli struggled against Hoolay until Yanqing drew the peculiar Milk Tea Sword, which absorbed much of Hoolay’s powerful strike. Hoolay was left confused by the weapon’s power as March 7th charged in with her companions to attack him together.

• March 7th fought Hoolay alone and was repeatedly knocked down while Stelle commentated from the stands.
• Yanqing and Yunli arrived to protect March 7th, but Hoolay overwhelmed them with his strength and speed.
• March 7th used an ice wall to shield Yanqing from Hoolay’s claw strike, but Hoolay caught Yanqing and prepared to finish him.
• Yanqing opened the sword case at his waist and drew the Milk Tea Sword, whose power of [Preservation] absorbed most of Hoolay’s attack.
• Hoolay recognized a familiar energy in the sword and questioned its nature as March 7th charged at him with her weapons.

Yanqing combined the Milk Tea Sword’s power of [Eternity] with his frost blade to freeze Hoolay, but the technique quickly failed and Feixiao arrived to save him. As Feixiao prepared to capture Hoolay, he tore out the [Crimson Moon] and threatened to drive the Xianzhou Luofu and its Foxians into madness.

• Hoolay overpowered Yanqing until Ye Yan’s words about [Eternity] inspired Yanqing to combine his two swords and freeze Hoolay in an [Eternity Crystal Coffin].
• The ice shattered after a few breaths, and Hoolay moved to kill the exhausted Yanqing.
• Feixiao arrived and deflected Hoolay’s blade with two fingers, then told Yanqing that General Jing Yuan had kept the plan aboard the Skysplitter secret from him.
• Feixiao praised the young fighters and approached Hoolay to return him to the Prison of Deep Seclusion.
• Hoolay freed himself, pulled the [Crimson Moon] from his chest, and threatened to drive the Xianzhou Luofu and its Foxians into murderous madness.

After Hoolay’s death, Saileni used the Scripture of Eternity to confront the Crimson Moon and restrain its corruption. She began binding it with golden chains, while Stelle and March 7th recognized the scripture’s strange runes as familiar household products.

• Hoolay’s body fell lifeless, leaving the Crimson Moon hovering over the arena and frightening March 7th.
• Feixiao handed her weapon to Yanqing and prepared to face the Crimson Moon before its influence could reach the Luofu.
• Saileni arrived and recalled how Ye Yan had once told her stories about the many moons in the universe.
• Saileni decided the Church of Eternity should take the Crimson Moon into its custody and leaped toward it.
• Saileni activated the Scripture of Eternity, suppressing the Crimson Moon’s red glow and wrapping it in golden chains.
• Stelle and March 7th recognized the ancient runes as milk tea, soap, and laundry detergent.

Saileni sealed the Crimson Moon inside the Scripture of Eternity and used Evermoon’s light to cleanse and permanently shield the Foxians of the Xianzhou Luofu from its corruption. Silver Wolf watched the feat with suspicion while Ye Yan quietly let her blame the Aeon of [Eternity].

• Saileni recalled choosing Evermoon as a child after Ye Yan asked which moon she liked best.
• Saileni dragged the Crimson Moon into the Scripture of Eternity, imprisoning it within the ancient parchment.
• Saileni summoned Evermoon over the arena and cleansed the Foxians of the Crimson Moon’s lingering influence.
• Evermoon’s blessing made Foxians permanently immune to mental corruption from the Crimson Moon and related powers wherever its light reached.
• Silver Wolf questioned whether Saileni’s power was truly that of a follower of [Eternity], then blamed the Aeon for the Scripture’s power.
• Ye Yan stayed silent and watched Saileni, privately wondering if she had misunderstood something.

Dan Heng and Lingsha confronted Preceptor Taoran, who confessed to orchestrating the Prison of Deep Seclusion incident and revealed his plan to transform other life-forms into Vidyadhara. Taoran took the disguised Bailu hostage, but the disguise turned out to be Stelle in a muscular milk-tea-and-trash-can form, and she struck him down.

• Dan Heng and Lingsha met Preceptor Taoran, who admitted that he had helped plan the prison break and other attacks connected to the Vidyadhara.
• Taoran justified his actions as necessary for Vidyadhara survival and proposed using the Mystic Dragon Transformation Method to create soldiers for the Xianzhou Alliance.
• Lingsha rejected Taoran’s reasoning, while Dan Heng refused to let him evade responsibility through molting rebirth.
• Taoran used the disguised Bailu as a hostage and demanded that Dan Heng and Lingsha withdraw.
• The disguised Bailu revealed herself as Stelle, kicked aside the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus remnants, and punched Taoran into a stone wall.
• Aboard the Skysplitter, Stelle sneezed, and March 7th told her she was imagining that she had missed something important.