Chapter Summaries

Yinlian stood up for Jiang Si when Teacher Zhang punished him, then apologized for hiding that she was a magical girl and offered to protect him. Back in class, Jiang Si spotted Limp waiting outside the school gates and saw him challenge him to come fight.

• Yinlian went to the teachers’ office with Jiang Si and confronted Teacher Zhang after he kicked Jiang Si and ordered him to squat.
• Teacher Fang intervened, and Yinlian refused to leave Jiang Si alone until Teacher Zhang let them return to class.
• Yinlian apologized for concealing her identity, explained that her magical-girl name was Yinlian and her real name was Li Yi, and said she had been unable to see Jiang Si after losing to a powerful enemy.
• Jiang Si told Yinlian that Keke had secretly transformed at home, and Yinlian shared a story about accidentally ripping off a door during her first transformation.
• Jiang Si returned to class, noticed Limp waiting near the school gates, and saw him gesture a challenge to fight.

Jiang Si ignored Li Yi’s offer to protect him and went with Limp to settle their fight in an alley. Limp revealed a seed on his forehead and charged with newfound power, but Jiang Si knocked him into a wall with a single kick.

• Jiang Si focused on reviewing his lessons and told Li Yi not to interfere with Limp, who was waiting outside the school.
• Zhang Song tried to pull Jiang Si away from Limp at the school gate, but Limp struck him and left him too frightened to intervene.
• Jiang Si followed Limp into an alley, where Limp said he had changed and revealed a seed on his forehead.
• Limp charged at Jiang Si, who stopped him with a powerful kick that sent him crashing into the alley wall.

Jiang Si defeated Limp after the Witch Association implanted a Grief Seed in him, then destroyed the seed and suspected the group was targeting Keke. At the police station, Li Yi and Rose concluded that the Witch Association might be pursuing Keke, and Li Yi set out to warn her and check on Jiang Si.

• Limp used the Grief Seed to attack Jiang Si, but Jiang Si broke both his legs, tore out the seed, and crushed it.
• Jiang Si suspected the Witch Association had targeted him to threaten Keke, then left before the police arrived to continue training and contact Bingtang.
• Li Yi arrived at the alley, recognized the signs of an implanted Grief Seed, and went with the police to the station.
• Rose told Li Yi that Limp had been polluted by magic power, and Li Yi explained that Jiang Si had beaten him without using magic.
• Li Yi and Rose suspected the Witch Association was targeting Keke after the Miracle Seed theft, and Li Yi decided to warn Keke and check on Jiang Si.

The Azure Cloud Sect and Disaster Countermeasures Bureau both tried to investigate Du Juan, while she planned to capture Jiang Si and use him to lure Jiang Keke into the Witch Association. Du Juan prepared a rotten seed before setting out, as the competing factions closed in around Jiang Si.

• Six Leaves and Four Leaves Clover used the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Illusory Moon Grand Formation to defeat Peony’s surveillance and learned Du Juan’s name, but their attempt to divine her location burned the leaves and alerted the Witch Association.
• Peony admitted to Yinluo that she had found no Witch Association members and worried about the two Azure Cloud Sect girls, while Yinluo reminded her of the sect master Shion’s deeds.
• Du Juan discovered that her half-finished Calamity Beast had failed to capture Jiang Si and that someone had interfered with her attempt to view the fight.
• Du Juan’s captain warned her that the Azure Cloud Sect had nearly exposed her, and Du Juan vowed to capture Jiang Si herself and use him to draw Jiang Keke into the Witch Association.
• Du Juan and her captain discussed the risks of Oleander’s Miracle Seed mission and suspected that the Azure Cloud Sect might also be watching Jiang Si.
• After her captain left, Du Juan took an already rotten, pitch-black seed from within the wall as a precaution before setting out.

Jiang Si tested whether conflicting magic could be fused to strengthen his body, while Bingtang proposed new ways for Azure Cloud Sect to earn money. He left the sect after discovering that the experiment had improved his physical strength, and Bingtang secretly followed him, expecting the Witch Association to make a move.

• Jiang Si told Bingtang to give Four Leaves Clover a month of paid leave and discussed falling Grief Seed prices and Azure Cloud Sect's finances with her.
• Bingtang presented a proposal to launch magical girl idol activities, but Jiang Si declined to join the band Magica.
• Jiang Si used Bingtang's Miracle Seed to test fusing their conflicting magic, found a promising ratio, and suggested testing it on other disciples to see whether it could help produce Full Blossom practitioners.
• Jiang Si's magic fusion failed, but a punch afterward showed that the experiment had strengthened his body and brought him close to New Sprout physically.
• Bingtang warned Jiang Si that Du Juan might come looking for him, and after he left, she secretly followed him, anticipating action from the Witch Association.

Li Yi and Jiang Keke set out to find Jiang Si after learning the Witch Association might target him, while Jiang Si fought Du Juan after breaking through a ghost wall. The chapter ended with Du Juan transforming using a dark seed.

• Li Yi mistook Jiang Keke's dumbbell training for a Witch Association attack, then learned Jiang Si had not returned home.
• Li Yi told Jiang Keke that Jiang Si had nearly beaten a person empowered by the Witch Association, and the two went to look for him.
• Jiang Keke worried that Jiang Si might die because the Witch Association had targeted him over her, and her red magic grew stronger as she ran.
• Jiang Si escaped a ghost wall by punching through concrete and encountered Du Juan, who had trapped him for an experiment.
• Jiang Si used a stone as a foothold to reach Du Juan in the air and knocked her into the rubble with an axe kick.
• Du Juan crawled from the rubble, took out a rotten black seed, and transformed.

Bingtang and Yumo watched Jiang Si fight Du Juan while keeping Yinlian and Keke from interfering. After Du Juan transformed and gained the advantage, Jiang Si revealed a purple Miracle Seed and transformed into Shion, beginning the real fight.

• Bingtang ordered Yumo to restrain Yinlian and Keke so they would not interrupt Jiang Si's combat practice.
• Du Juan used a Miracle Seed to transform, and Jiang Si ran before she could finish.
• Jiang Si fought Du Juan with his physical strength, landing a powerful punch but suffering injuries and being overwhelmed by her magic.
• Du Juan prepared to turn the exhausted Jiang Si into a Calamity Beast, but he produced a purple Miracle Seed and transformed.
• Du Juan recognized the transformed magical girl as Shion, who declared that the real fight was beginning.

Shion defeated Du Juan after revealing herself as Jiang Si, while Dandelion and Winter Lord blocked Yinlian and Keke from intervening. Shion praised Keke before leaving, and Yinlian and Keke realized they had forgotten to look for Jiang Si.

• Du Juan recognized Shion as Jiang Si and fled, but Shion caught and brutally defeated her.
• Yinlian and Keke escaped Dandelion’s wind interference and rushed toward the surge of purple magic.
• Dandelion and Winter Lord stopped Yinlian and Keke from reaching Shion as Shion killed Du Juan.
• Shion told Keke that she had grown stronger and praised her effort before leaving with Winter Lord and Dandelion.
• Yinlian and Keke discussed Shion’s actions, then remembered they had come out to find Jiang Si.

After Shion killed a Witch Association member, Yinlian and Keke argued over whether the killing was justified, while Keke began to understand the weight of her power and chose to remain with the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau. At home, Keke clashed with Jiang Si and offered him a protective bracelet, while Yinlian and Rose privately worried that Peony’s inability to see Jiang Si and his unusual strength could point to a connection with the Witch Association.

• Peony identified the dead woman as Du Juan, a Witch Association member, and Yinlian condemned Shion for killing her after she had been incapacitated.
• Peony first defended the Azure Cloud Sect, then warned Keke against joining it when Yinlian worried the Sect might recruit her.
• Keke reflected on how her magic could kill people, told Yinlian she wanted to become stronger, and agreed to train with Senior Hyacinth.
• Keke returned home, learned Jiang Si had arranged for their floor to be repaired, and asked whether he had met Witch Association members; he confirmed meeting the man with a seed on his forehead but denied seeing a woman in a black robe.
• Keke gave Jiang Si a Bureau bracelet meant to protect magical girls’ family members, but he refused it, and she later told Yinlian about his response.
• After Keke’s call, Rose told Yinlian that Peony had been unable to see Jiang Si’s past or present and warned that his Witch Association contacts and unexplained strength were concerning.

Yinluo kept Susan close during cleanup while Susan sought a chance to pass information about Jiang Si to the Azure Cloud Sect. Yinluo privately misread Jiang Si’s search for corrupted magic as an attempt to keep up with his sister, and she and Susan ended the morning each convinced the other had helped her.

• Yinluo brought Susan to supervise the restoration work in the eastern outskirts, preventing Susan from leaving to warn the Azure Cloud Sect about the bureau’s suspicions of Jiang Si.
• Jiang Si arrived on a morning run and searched the ground where he had been knocked down, giving Susan a chance to pass information along while Yinluo spoke with him.
• Yinluo explained the bureau’s funding problems and history as Jiang Si searched for traces of corrupted magic or a Grief Seed.
• Yinluo guessed that Jiang Si had been using corrupted magic to keep up with his little sister and offered to help if it harmed him, while Jiang Si silently accepted her misunderstanding.
• Susan and Yinluo each believed the other had helped her, then agreed to keep helping each other in the future.

Jiang Si realized the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau might suspect his connection to Shion and planned with Bingtang to make their acquaintance appear legitimate. Meanwhile, the Witch Association argued over its setbacks before the captain entrusted Oleander with a potion and permission to use a Miracle Seed, leaving her loyalty under test.

• Jiang Si realized Peony's inability to see him through the Obscuring Leaf might have raised the Bureau's suspicions, and he went to Bingtang to discuss how to conceal that he was Shion.
• Bingtang suggested Jiang Si and Shion appear together and claim that Shion wanted to recruit Keke, then agreed to handle Yinluo if necessary.
• Oleander, Shuangsheng, and their captain discussed the deaths of Du Juan and Jackal, the Witch Association's lack of progress, and why Mist had not prevented Du Juan from being discovered.
• The captain gave Oleander a potion and permission to use one Miracle Seed, instructing her to leave the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and bring out the seeds if necessary.
• After Oleander disconnected, the captain called the assignment a test of her loyalty and maintained that the Witch Association held the advantage in its operation.

Li Yi and Keke grew closer as they shared stories about their families, before Li Yi asked what Keke would do if the Bureau suspected Jiang Si of ties to an illegal magical girl organization. At the Azure Cloud Sect, Bingtang told Jiang Si the Bureau planned to track him, and the group proposed making it believe he and Ziyuan were romantically involved to deter the investigation.

• Li Yi found Keke asleep on the sofa, and the two talked about Jiang Si's habits and Li Yi's struggle to earn recognition as captain.
• Li Yi told Keke how her sister Li Ke had protected her from their parents and how becoming a magical girl let Li Yi stand beside her and protect her in return.
• Li Yi asked Keke what she would do if the Bureau suspected Jiang Si of ties to an illegal magical girl organization and planned to monitor him.
• At the Azure Cloud Sect, Bingtang punished Blue Flower for spending her wages recklessly on Magical Girl Idol Project.
• Bingtang told Jiang Si that the Bureau planned long-term surveillance, which could restrict his cultivation and transformations, and said Susan was trying to take charge of it.
• Blue Flower proposed making the Bureau believe Jiang Si and Ziyuan were romantically involved, and Bingtang ordered her to sculpt Ziyuan flawlessly.

Hyacinth trained Li Yi and Jiang Keke in controlling their magic through combat, then Li Yi confronted Jiang Si about his distant relationship with Keke. Jiang Si said he would accept Keke living with Li Yi’s family if she would be happier there, while Keke remained wary of him at home.

• Hyacinth explained that magical girls could not pass magic between Miracle Seeds and discovered that Jiang Keke’s flames reminded her of the purple magical girl who had defeated her.
• Hyacinth transformed and put Li Yi and Jiang Keke through intense combat training, improving Keke’s control and teaching them magic techniques.
• Li Yi urged Jiang Si to repair his relationship with Keke, but he said their family did not need to talk constantly and that Keke could live with Li Yi’s family if she preferred.
• Jiang Si asked whether Li Yi would let Keke live with her family, and she hesitated before insisting that she would improve the siblings’ relationship.
• At home, Jiang Si asked Keke for Li Yi’s older sister’s name, Yinluo, then remembered that the Azure Cloud Sect had plans to kill her.

Bingtang and the girls planned a date route for Jiang Si, then Yumo challenged Bingtang to compete for the chance to use Shion’s magic puppet on the date. Meanwhile, Jiang Si experimented with using polluted magic to strengthen his body, failed, and went home to prepare for the next day.

• Bingtang asked Four Leaves, Six Leaves, and Yumo about dating, then mapped out a route through East Street and a nearby park to help Jiang Si avoid suspicion from the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
• Jiang Si told Bingtang he wanted to include a gym on the date route, so she added one despite her doubts.
• Yumo announced that she wanted to use Shion’s magic puppet to date Jiang Si, and Bingtang proposed settling their dispute by fishing in the Fortune Pool.
• Jiang Si killed a small Calamity Beast in the woods on North Street and used its Grief Seed to experiment with strengthening his body with polluted magic.
• Jiang Si’s finger mutated during the experiment, but he stopped the mutation with purple flames and went home to prepare to control Shion’s magic puppet the next day.

Susan and Peony surveilled Jiang Si while Susan reflected on losing and regaining her magical girl powers and her deteriorating friendship with Peony. They saw Jiang Si meet Shion, prompting Susan to order Peony to keep following them and gather evidence without alerting the Azure Cloud Sect.

• Susan and Peony followed Jiang Si on surveillance duty, with Susan explaining that she had taken the assignment to avoid involving Yinlian and Yinluo.
• As they struggled to keep pace with Jiang Si, Peony asked Susan why she had grown distant, and Susan remembered how losing her ability to transform had eroded their friendship.
• Susan recalled how Shion and Bingtang helped her regain her power, and how she had decided to live for the Azure Cloud Sect after Shion gave her a second chance.
• Jiang Si stopped on a busy street, where Shion appeared and linked arms with him, shocking Susan and Peony.
• Susan dismissed Peony’s suggestion to report the encounter and ordered her to keep following Jiang Si and gather more evidence without alerting their targets.

The girls watched Jiang Si’s puppet date and argued over what activity he should choose, while Keke skipped PE to fight a Calamity Beast and spent time with Yinlian and Yinluo. At a cold drinks shop, Keke saw Jiang Si sharing a meal with Shion and left in tears, wondering why Shion was with him instead of her.

• Winter Lord joined Yumo and the others in watching Jiang Si’s puppet, and Blue Flower proposed choosing a date activity by vote.
• Four Leaves rolled a 98 with her dice and selected Winter Lord’s princess-carry suggestion, but the puppet went on without their advice.
• Keke skipped PE to help Yinlian defeat a C-rank Calamity Beast, then went with Yinlian and Yinluo to a cold drinks shop.
• Yinluo criticized Shion for disrupting order in Beihai, and Keke defended her by saying Shion had done nothing bad.
• Keke and Yinlian spotted Jiang Si having a meal with Shion at a nearby fast-food restaurant, and Keke broke down crying before heading to the restroom.

Jiang Si took Shion on a date that included a fast-food meal and a visit to the gym, where his extraordinary strength drew a crowd. Susan, Peony, Yinluo, Yinlian, and Keke secretly followed them, then began plotting to break up the pair after deciding their relationship could cause trouble for the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.

• Jiang Si insisted that he and Shion go to the gym after their meal, while Shion carried the leftovers and drinks he had packed away.
• At the gym, Shion rebuffed people trying to approach her, and Jiang Si attracted everyone’s attention by lifting an impossibly heavy, fully loaded barbell.
• Susan and Peony followed the date and were joined at the gym entrance by Yinluo, Yinlian, and Keke, who had also spotted Jiang Si and Shion.
• The five watched Shion remain beside Jiang Si as he exercised, and Peony said their behavior made it look as though they had made their relationship official.
• Yinlian proposed breaking up the couple, and Yinluo suggested making Jiang Si fall for someone else.

Yinluo and the others planned to make Jiang Si appear unfaithful so Ziyuan would leave him, but Peony abandoned her attempt after watching the pair fight during their date. Ziyuan then confronted the five girls, asking whether they had seen enough.

• Yinluo proposed that the girls seduce Jiang Si so Ziyuan would discover his supposed unfaithfulness and break up with him.
• Peony volunteered to approach Jiang Si, while Keke quietly asked Yinlian whether she liked him and then stopped herself from asking more.
• Peony followed Jiang Si and Ziyuan to the yoga area, where Jiang Si launched a full-force attack on Ziyuan’s magic puppet and was thoroughly defeated.
• Jiang Si called their fight a satisfying date, and Peony returned to the others saying they were a perfect match.
• Ziyuan appeared before Yinluo, Yinlian, Keke, Susan, and Peony with a cold expression and asked whether they had seen enough.

Bingtang used the Shion puppet to confront the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau team and warn them to root out the Witch Association, while Susan and Yinluo argued over how to handle Jiang Si and Shion. After dropping Yinlian at school, Yinluo privately took out a vial of medicine and drove to the bureau, suggesting she was preparing to act without telling her sister.

• After Jiang Si left, Bingtang took control of the Shion puppet, warned Yinlian’s group not to follow Jiang Si, and demanded that they investigate Witch Association members inside the bureau.
• Keke asked Shion whether they could meet again and said she wanted to become her friend, but Jiang Si took control of the puppet and told her to return to class.
• In Yinluo’s car, Yinluo proposed increasing surveillance on Jiang Si and seeking a Full Blossom magical girl from headquarters, while Susan accused her of stirring up conflict and suspected her of involvement in the Miracle Seed theft.
• Yinlian transformed to stop Yinluo and Susan from trading accusations, and Yinluo angrily made Susan and Peony get out of the car.
• Yinluo encouraged Yinlian to write Jiang Si a letter before dropping her at school, then took out a vial of medicine and drove toward the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.

Jiang Si reflected on his training and future cultivation while Keke asked about his relationship with Shion and tried to reconnect with him. Meanwhile, Bingtang learned that many Calamity Beasts would appear the next day and prepared the Azure Cloud Sect for a possible Witch Association operation.

• Jiang Si decided to train regularly with magic puppets and considered how to develop power beyond magical-girl abilities.
• Keke asked Jiang Si how he met Shion and what he had told her about Keke; she then requested advance notice if Shion visited their home.
• Keke received a Disaster Countermeasures Bureau warning that many Calamity Beasts would appear the next day, while she could not reach Captain Yinlian.
• Bingtang learned from Four Leaves that the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau planned to abandon a southern area because of the expected Calamity Beasts and ordered sect members to prepare for support.
• Bingtang told Susan to watch Yinluo near the secure room and ensure she took the Miracle Seed, then ordered Blue Flower and the others to prepare for the Witch Association.