Recaps

Bai Lili exhausted a fortune in scrolls to hold off Kaluo, while secretly poisoning her with a second-tier scroll. After Qiji explained how Kaluo’s time acceleration hastened the poison, Kaluo’s spirit body began to disintegrate, and she realized money had beaten time.

• Bai Lili stalled Kaluo with shield and fire rain scrolls until she ran out and surrendered, but Kaluo tried to strike her anyway.
• The Sword of Mirrors, Setsuna, Huomu, and Liuli protected Bai Lili, while Qiji arrived and pointed his sword at Kaluo.
• Sibel ordered Kaluo to stop, but Kaluo’s spirit body began turning transparent and she accused Bai Lili of poisoning her.
• Qiji explained that Kaluo’s Time Acceleration had sped up the second-tier poison hidden in Bai Lili’s Water Arrow Technique.
• Kaluo recalled the water arrows that had cut her and realized that she had lost to money and time.

After Bai Lili eliminated Kaluo, Setsuna entered the second match against Kalentia’s Wuma Ling, determined to face her long-awaited target. Wuma Ling used her stored Echoes to overpower Setsuna, while spectators learned that Wuma Ling was the Wuma family’s biological daughter and Setsuna had been mistaken for her.

• Kaluo lost to Bai Lili, who then conceded after using all her Echo scrolls, leaving the teams even for the next match.
• Huomu volunteered to face Wuma Ling, but Setsuna went in instead, and Qiji urged the team to trust her.
• Setsuna deployed her speed-focused Armament, [Pursue Me], and attacked Wuma Ling.
• Wuma Ling countered Setsuna with [Trajectory Prediction], [Earth Spike Thrust], and [Wind Bind], forcing her into a desperate struggle.
• Spectators revealed that Setsuna was originally Wuma Aya, while Wuma Ling was Professor Wuma Qin’s biological daughter who had transferred to Kalentia for better resources.

Setsuna was overwhelmed by Wuma Ling in the Tide Grand Competition, and her painful memories revealed how Professor Qin had rejected her in favor of the talented Ling. As she struggled to keep fighting, Setsuna remembered Qiji’s kindness and began to confront her lack of confidence.

• Professor Qin dismissed her assistant’s suggestion to watch the match, insisting that Ling would win because she was her perfect masterpiece.
• Wuma Ling repeatedly stopped Setsuna’s attacks and urged her to admit defeat, while Setsuna kept getting back up despite her injuries.
• Setsuna remembered how Professor Qin had driven her through a punishing schedule, blamed her failures on her character, and replaced her with Ling as her daughter.
• Setsuna recalled pleading with her mother to keep teaching her, only to be called useless and formally cast out of the Wuma family after Ling defeated her.
• Wuma Ling questioned why Setsuna kept enduring pain, and Setsuna remembered Qiji giving her an Echo Fragment and encouraging her despite her doubts about herself.

Setsuna remembered that she had awakened her Echo while running away from home, then transformed it from [Flash Shadow] into [Chasing Light] by choosing to run toward the person she wanted to become. Her new speed let her evade Wuma Ling’s attacks across the arena, leaving Ling unable to keep up.

• Setsuna recalled Qiji telling her to believe in him and run, and remembered awakening her Echo as she fled home after losing to Ling and being rejected by her mother.
• Setsuna declared that her name was Setsuna and chose to run toward the self she wanted to become rather than away from her past.
• Setsuna’s Echo Core transformed into [Chasing Light], while the three Epic Fragments Qiji had given her merged light into its cracks.
• Setsuna’s new afterimages and speed deceived Wuma Ling’s Echoes, allowing her to evade Ling’s sevenfold blockade and seventeen successive attacks.
• Wuma Ling could not use a wide-area attack because her [Living Catalog] required stored Heart Essence of the matching lineage, and such attacks consumed too much of her reserves.
• Setsuna continued running across the arena as she began to cross the gap in talent that had once made her despair.

Setsuna defeated Wuma Ling with Instant Bloom, giving the City of Kindling its second win against Kalentia before her Echo Core shut down. After Pierce burned away Wuma Ling’s spirit body, he entered the arena to face the City of Kindling’s remaining fighters.

• Setsuna struck Wuma Ling with Instant Bloom and won the match, then told her unseen mother that she was the one abandoning her.
• Qiji explained that Wuma Ling had no Armament because she could not find her True Self.
• Qiji stopped Setsuna from continuing after her Echo Core entered protective shutdown.
• Pierce burned away Wuma Ling’s injured spirit body while Setsuna and the others watched.
• Sibel agreed to Pierce’s request to fight, and Pierce entered the arena to challenge the City of Kindling’s remaining opponents.

Qiji faced Pierce in the arena, using the Sword of Mirrors to exploit the light and scattered fragments to attack from multiple directions. Pierce activated his Armament to block a tiny hidden sword aimed at his groin, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Qiji entered the arena with his four companions and stopped them from answering Pierce’s taunts.
• Xiwang noticed Qiji was fighting and began cheering for him while Lingxing accidentally fed her popcorn up her nose.
• Qiji opened with the Sword of Mirrors, but Pierce shattered it with a Supergiant Fireball and blocked its returning blade with a Flame Shield.
• Qiji used the blinding flash to send mirror fragments behind Pierce, then turned fragments Pierce had knocked down into a miniature sword aimed at his groin.
• Pierce deployed his Armament, whose Shield of Lava stopped the miniature sword just in time.

Qiji destroyed the Thousand Faces card to free a wish slot, then used an Equivalent Wish to cancel his weakening and regain his strength. He stood from his wheelchair and effortlessly shattered Pierce’s Crimson Flame Dragon, leaving the arena audience stunned.

• Pierce summoned his third-tier Crimson Flame Dragon Echo and sent it diving at Qiji.
• Qiji recalled the Swords of Mirrors and shattered the Thousand Faces card to temporarily free a wish slot.
• Qiji used his time in the wheelchair as the cost of a wish that exempted him from his weakening for ten minutes.
• Qiji rose from his wheelchair, restored to greater strength than before, and dismissed Pierce’s claim of absolute power.
• Qiji casually smashed the flame dragon with one sweep, and the livestream viewers cheered his return.

Qiji dominated Pierce in the arena, defeating him while holding a tissue to catch the blood he coughed up. His victory put the City of Kindling ahead of Kalentia, leaving Kalentia's team leader grim as the competition continued.

• Qiji stood up, shattered Pierce's Crimson Flame Dragon, and overwhelmed him with his speed and strength.
• Qiji battered Pierce with one hand while using the other to wipe away blood, stunning the livestream audience and the City of Kindling.
• Pierce tried to surrender, but Qiji struck him before he could finish, shattering his spirit body and winning the match.
• The teachers and spectators fell silent as Qiji's victory put the City of Kindling ahead two to three.
• Kalentia's team leader watched the result with a grim expression, appalled by the team's position and performance.

Qiji defeated Lilith after she entered the ring to protect Sibel, then challenged Kalentia's next fighter. Meanwhile, Suyo defeated Yate with Dictatorship, sending her team to the finals.

• Lilith asked Sibel to let her fight, and Sibel finally gave her permission despite knowing she was outmatched.
• Lilith circled Qiji cautiously, unnerved by his presence as the City of Kindling spectators jeered at her hesitation.
• Qiji crossed the distance in one step, grabbed Lilith by the throat, and destroyed her spirit body with a single blow.
• Qiji pointed toward Kalentia's lounge and signaled that its next fighter should come out.
• Suyo used Dictatorship to make her match against Yate a single deciding fight, then defeated him and advanced her team to the finals.

Qiji faced Sibel Oberon, Kalentia’s seventh princess, after she offered him royal resources to defect and revealed that her sealed Echo was [Time]. Sibel’s [Time Dilation] initially stopped Qiji, but he escaped and attacked her; just as his lightning strike neared, time appeared to rewind.

• Sibel introduced herself as Kalentia’s seventh princess and offered Qiji generous resources to join her kingdom, but Qiji refused.
• Sibel removed the veil and ribbon sealing her [Time] Echo and warned Qiji that she could not control its effects on people nearby.
• Qiji charged, but Sibel slowed him with [Time Dilation] and touched his throat, declaring that he had lost.
• Qiji escaped using [Blurring of Illusion and Reality] and launched [Instant Bloom] at Sibel from behind.
• As Qiji’s lightning strike was about to hit Sibel, the lightning went out and the striking motion reversed.

Qiji escaped Sibel’s [Time Loop] and tried to provoke her into using her strongest Echo, hoping the greater stimulus would trigger his awakening. Sibel calmly agreed to construct a powerful Echo, while spectators mistakenly believed Qiji was planning to strike during the opening.

• Sibel trapped Qiji in [Time Loop], repeatedly forcing him to attack and retreat as the eliminated contestants and teachers watched.
• Qiji noticed his livestream showed his actions repeating and used [Blurring of Illusion and Reality] to escape the loop, sensing that his awakening was close but still needed a trigger.
• Qiji tried to anger Sibel so she would unleash her strongest Echo, but she recognized his intention and remained calm.
• When Qiji explained that he wanted to see her strongest Echo, Sibel agreed and began constructing a large circuit.
• A spectator claimed Qiji intended to attack while Sibel was occupied, and the crowd accepted his explanation.

Qiji waited while Sibel built her large circuit, allowing his ten-minute borrowed burst of strength to expire before revealing that he had no Echo and was not an Echoer. His admission stunned the arena and set the stage for the fate ritual he had been waiting for.

• Kaluo feared Qiji was plotting against Sibel, but he waited quietly as she constructed her circuit.
• Qiji's ten-minute burst ended, and he collapsed into his wheelchair, coughing blood; he told Sibel he could remain out of it for only ten minutes.
• Spectators in the City of Kindling accused Qiji of throwing the match, while Kaluo realized he had genuinely wanted to face Sibel's strongest Echo.
• Sibel asked whether Qiji had awakened an Echo, and he openly admitted that he had none and was not an Echoer.
• The revelation shocked the crowd and Huomu, who wondered whether Qiji would become invincible if he awakened an Echo.

Qiji let Sibel hit him with her strongest Echo, Time of Nonexistence, as the rituals in his Echo Core advanced and the arena believed he had been erased. Huomu concluded that Qiji had deliberately used the near-death experience to awaken his own Echo, though the outcome remained unseen.

• Huomu and the others questioned how Qiji could have an Armament and enter the Sea of Consciousness without an awakened Echo.
• Qiji's revelation triggered the reversal of his Falsehood Believed to Be True ritual, while he considered the remaining steps of his other rituals.
• Sibel completed her Echo, Time of Nonexistence, and warned Qiji that anyone caught in it could never return to the present world.
• Qiji pushed his wheelchair away and stood still as Sibel's Echo swallowed him, leaving only the wheelchair in the arena.
• When no flashback appeared, Setsuna wondered why Qiji had asked Sibel to use her strongest Echo, and Huomu guessed he was using the near-death experience to awaken his own Echo.

Inside Sibel’s Time of Nonexistence, Qiji mistook its false school scenario for reality until he saw the arena’s commentary and remembered why he had entered. With all three rites fulfilled, he spent his accumulated Miracle to awaken his Echo, and the final rite began activating.

• Huomu concluded that Qiji had entered Sibel’s Time of Nonexistence to awaken an Echo, while Liuli questioned why the match had not ended.
• In the false school world, Qiji and Huomu, Liuli, Setsuna, and Bai Lili confronted Sibel, who defeated them with her power over time.
• After his mask fell off, Qiji saw the arena’s bullet comments and a video window, then remembered that he was inside Time of Nonexistence to awaken his Echo.
• Qiji recognized that all three rites were fulfilled and used all the Miracle he had accumulated over nine years.
• Qiji’s Echo Core began transforming as the first two rites manifested as opposing black and white forces, and the third rite activated where they met.

Qiji transformed his Echo into a clock-like power of [Existence] and [Nonexistence] and emerged from Sibel's [Time of Nonexistence]. As the arena viewers awaited the result, Liuli realized Kalentia had eliminated every other team, leaving their team at risk while Suyo was close to losing to Charles.

• Qiji awakened an Echo that could create or erase possibilities and draw on the powers of [Vector], [Moonlight], and [Dream].
• Qiji shattered Sibel's [Time of Nonexistence] and stepped out as the darkness collapsed.
• Viewers saw Qiji's mask crack and feared he had lost, while others discussed whether he had been awakening his Echo.
• Liuli noticed that Kalentia had eliminated every other team and told Setsuna, Huomu, and Bai Lili their team was already eliminated.
• The team rankings showed only four teams remaining, and Suyo was nearing defeat as Charles drove her back.

As the City of Kindling teams realized Kalentia’s coordinated use of item cards had left them unable to qualify, Qiji emerged unharmed from Sibel’s [Time of Nonexistence] and revealed his face to the arena. The chapter ended with Bai Lili and Liuli staring at him, each reacting to his appearance in her own way.

• Huomu learned that the City of Kindling teams had been eliminated from contention, while Setsuna and Liuli explained how Dorothy used [Match a Hundred] and [Brawl] with item cards shared by Sibel.
• Sibel’s [Time of Nonexistence] suddenly shone, drawing the attention of the arena and the spectators.
• Qiji rose from [Time of Nonexistence], caught his cracked mask, and stepped out with his face revealed.
• The crowd and livestream viewers celebrated Qiji’s return and reacted to his handsome appearance, while questioning how he escaped Sibel’s Echo.
• Bai Lili stared openly at Qiji after remembering her engagement had ended, and Liuli stood stunned at his revealed face.

Qiji awakened an Echo during the tournament and received a six-star Miracle card whose destructive power made it too dangerous to use. He returned to the arena, where his new Echo shattered Sibel’s Time of Nonexistence, and prepared to use a universal Circuit Book because he had not mastered any lineage circuits.

• Xiwang realized Qiji had taken on her incurable Echo Erosion Syndrome and broke down, blaming herself for his sacrifice.
• Qiji awakened his Echo and received the six-star Miracle card, which could deploy the destructive Armament To See Is the End or shield his Sea of Consciousness from damage.
• Qiji decided the Miracle card was too dangerous to use and returned to the arena to continue fighting Sibel.
• Sibel tried to cast Qiji into the Time of Nonexistence again, but discovered that he had already shattered it.
• Qiji told Sibel he had awakened an Echo on the spot and prepared to use his universal-lineage Circuit Book because he had no circuits from his own lineage.

Qiji waited for his newly adapted lineage Echo, then used its power to erase Sibel’s barrage of reproduced Echoes. After persuading Sibel to stop attacking and let him take a turn, he prepared to act while privately worrying about the mana cost of countering her Time Lineage.

• Qiji waited for his new Echo, Piercing Rainbow, rather than spend his Heart Essence on One Night's Moonfall.
• Sibel deployed her Armament, Monster of Time, and used Reenactment to unleash Echoes previously used in the arena.
• Qiji summoned a black-and-white clock face and made the incoming Echoes vanish within ten paces by drawing on Nothingness.
• Kijika asked Yuejian what lineage Qiji’s Echo belonged to, but Yuejian said he would not tell him.
• Qiji asked Sibel to let him take a turn, and she stopped Reenactment so he could attack.

Qiji stalled until he mastered Piercing Rainbow, then formed a powerful Echo that combined his Dream, Moonlight, and Vector lineages. He boasted that it was his weakest Echo as Sibel sensed the danger, leaving their duel on the verge of its decisive clash.

• Qiji used the concept of Nothingness to negate Echoes and realized it might let him counter any Echo if he had enough Heart Essence.
• Qiji stalled Sibel with a speech until the system announced that he had learned Piercing Rainbow.
• Qiji channeled his Dream, Moonlight, and Vector lineages into a single, compressed beam of rainbow light.
• Qiji called his Echo too powerful to use on anything but a fragile rabbit, angering Kaluo, Pierce, and Lilith.
• Sibel sensed extreme danger from Qiji's Echo, then wondered if he had called her cute.

Qiji defeated Sibel with a single strike, securing a complete victory for his team in the gauntlet match. Afterward, he rejoined his teammates without his mask, while the crowd celebrated their win even as spectators lamented that Kalentia had already claimed all the tournament spots.

• Qiji used Blurring of Illusion and Reality to make Piercing Rainbow evade Sibel's Closed Loop, then pierced her spirit body and won their match.
• Sibel accepted her defeat and vanished from the arena, and the results confirmed Qiji's team had defeated every member of Sibel's team with three people still standing.
• The crowd cheered Qiji's victory, but spectators pointed out that Kalentia had already secured the tournament's final spots and that City of Kindling's teams had been eliminated.
• Huomu rushed onto the platform, praised Qiji, and pushed him away in his wheelchair, prompting Qiji to decide he would let Liuli push him in the future.
• Liuli, Setsuna, and Bai Lili met Qiji, and Liuli asked him to put his mask back on; Qiji explained that it was broken and that its abilities were already engraved into his Echo Core.

Qiji revealed that the team could still reach three wins by using their [Battle Support] card to help Suyo’s team defeat Charles. As Charles kept Suyo on the brink of defeat, Qiji waited for the hidden number one from North Island to act before intervening.

• The team worried that their two wins were not enough to qualify, but Qiji said they could still win another match.
• Qiji pointed out that Suyo’s team was fighting Charles and revealed that he had kept the [Battle Support] card.
• Qiji used the card, but it did not activate because Suyo’s team had not yet reached the required point of defeat.
• Qiji explained that the blank number one spot in North Island’s rankings belonged to someone on Suyo’s team.
• Charles continued overwhelming Suyo with his [Overload Core], while Qiji waited for the hidden fighter to make a move.

Charles defeated Suyo in their match, using his Concept Armament and [Scatter Blossoms] to overcome her strength and nullify her earlier win over Yate. His victory secured the matchup for Kalentia, leaving the special class stunned and the City of Kindling looking to Qiji as its next hope.

• Charles taunted Suyo as he gained the upper hand, while Suyo blamed his Concept Armament and [Scatter Blossoms] for overriding her victory over Yate with [Dictatorship].
• Charles kicked Suyo to death, believing he had finally overcome his fear of her, and Suyo awoke in Losers' Square.
• Suyo told her butler that the Thousand Faces Family had lost to the Isolde Family because it had failed to provide her with a Concept Armament, and she promised to win next time.
• City of Kindling spectators shifted their hopes to Qiji, while the special class despaired over Suyo's defeat.
• Fireworks announced that Charles had won the entire matchup, and Cao E questioned why Suyo's decisive win over Yate had not counted.

Tian Hao revealed himself as North Island’s hidden champion and used a Rematch card to restart the battle against Charles. The new match looked like four against four when Kalentia’s other elites returned, but Tian Hao still led his teammates onto the arena as Huomu marveled at Qiji’s prediction and warned Bai Lili that the city and her family were watching.

• Tian Hao revealed that he had secretly advanced as North Island’s champion by using his Invisible Man Echo to slip past Kalentia’s guards.
• Tian Hao used his Rematch card to restart the decided match and chose a team battle, believing Charles had been worn down by Suyo.
• Panyan and Cao E regained confidence and prepared to fight alongside Tian Hao, but they found Dorothy, Dorian, and Rina standing with Charles in the arena.
• Tian Hao regretted restarting the match but walked onto the arena first, and Panyan and the others followed him.
• Huomu told Bai Lili that the city and the Thousand Faces Family were watching her stare at Qiji, whose prediction about Suyo’s battle had come true.

Qiji entered Class One’s match to rescue Panyan, erased the effects restraining him, and confronted Charles. The chapter ended with Panyan deploying his Armament as Qiji prepared to face Charles.

• Bai Lili explained that the crystals on Qiji’s face were part of his lineage ability, not Echo Erosion Syndrome.
• Kalentia quickly defeated Dorothy, Chi An, and Rina, while Tian Hao vanished and was knocked unconscious by an invisible force before he could reach Charles.
• Dorian attacked the last standing contestant, Panyan, with a storm of petals as Charles urged the team to finish him.
• Qiji entered the arena, turned Dorian’s petals into harmless effects, and removed Rina’s Mind Echo from Panyan.
• Qiji insulted Charles and turned toward Panyan, who deployed his Armament.

Qiji used Panyan’s [Mountain's Shared Burden] to power [One Night's Moonfall] and overwhelmed Charles’s team with its Moonlight. As Qiji reached [Final Chapter] and saw himself win in every possible ending, Panyan became the first victim of the Echo.

• Qiji bound [Mountain's Shared Burden] and transformed [Silver Wish] into [Silver Frost, White Together].
• Yuejian realized Qiji had learned [One Night's Moonfall] from his demonstration at White Harbor, while Dorothy recognized Qiji’s Moonlight aura and wondered if he was her brother.
• Qiji completed the first three stages of [One Night's Moonfall], leaving Charles, Dorian, Rina, and Dorothy unable to stop him.
• Qiji’s [Annotation] reached 100%, and he entered [Final Chapter], where he saw himself victorious in every ending.
• Panyan became the first person struck by Qiji’s [One Night's Moonfall].