Recaps

Qiji and Liuli defeat Kamishiro Chiho, but Qiji collapses from the Silver Wish’s effects and is honored as a hero. In the Sea of Consciousness, Qiji steals Charles’s Myth Fragment and escapes a massive pursuit, then invites Suyo to his party and helps her prepare for the Tide Grand Competition.

• Qiji and Liuli work together to exploit Kamishiro Chiho’s mind-reading, and Qiji activates One Night’s Moonfall after stalling her until the technique is ready.
• Liuli deconstructs her True Name into a scabbard for Qiji, and he uses Final Chapter to find a way to defeat Chiho without losing Liuli before beheading her.
• Qiji collapses after warning Liuli to run, then wakes in the hospital as Kijika reports the Echo Association has named him a Hero and suspects he has Echo Erosion Syndrome.
• Qiji reassures Liuli and enters the Sea of Consciousness, where he exploits Charles’s party to reach treasure chests and leave them misleading notes.
• Qiji steals Charles’s Mythic Vector Lineage Fragment, triggering a warning that draws Echoers across the Sea of Consciousness toward him.
• Kamishiro Qianyun and Adeline pursue Qiji, but Cheng Jing and City of Kindling upperclassmen protect him while he escapes on his upgraded yacht.
• Qiji evades the Isolde Family’s pursuit until the bounty period ends, then invites Suyo to his party and gives her a Flame Lineage fragment to help her prepare for the competition.

Qiji and his allies entered the Tide Grand Competition after escaping the Sea of Consciousness, while Suyo’s engagement to Bai Lili unraveled and Vivian proposed marrying Suyo. Qiji’s team advanced through the early matches, and the arc ended with Bai Lili facing Kaluo in a gauntlet battle against Kalentia.

• Qiji and Suyo looted Mind Fragments in the Sea of Consciousness, and Suyo completed a prototype Mental Image Palace before returning to reality and being arrested by her family.
• Vivian drove off Thousand Faces Zhengheng and proposed marrying Suyo, while Qiji extracted from the Sea of Consciousness and awoke in the hospital.
• Suyo tried to break off her engagement to Bai Lili, confessed that she liked her, and told her she was actually a girl, but Bai Lili misunderstood and ran away crying.
• Qiji recovered and prepared for the Tide Grand Competition, while Huomu trained with Yuejian and Charles revealed that Suyo was the masked figure who was going to marry Vivian.
• At the competition, Liuli carried Qiji across the corrosive sea, and Qiji’s group fought the Kalentia students for places on East Island, with Suyo, Liuli, and Charles among the first five to advance.
• Qiji defeated Bai Shi, Huomu beat Lanma, and Bai Lili’s opponents surrendered, giving their team two victories in the team matches.
• Charles used item cards to force Suyo’s team into a match against Kalentia, while Qiji rejected surrender because he sensed the competition could awaken his Echo.
• In the gauntlet match, Kaluo used Sibel’s Time Acceleration to break through Bai Lili’s shield scrolls, and Bai Lili responded by firing a barrage of water arrow scrolls.

Bai Lili and Setsuna won their matches, then Qiji defeated Pierce and challenged Sibel, entering her Echo to awaken his own. After beating Sibel, Qiji turned his attention to the tournament’s remaining match and began using One Night's Moonfall against Charles’s team.

• Bai Lili poisoned Kaluo through her Water Arrow Technique and won their match, while Setsuna volunteered to face Wuma Ling.
• Setsuna remembered her rejection by Professor Qin, awakened [Chasing Light], and defeated Wuma Ling with Instant Bloom.
• Qiji defeated Pierce after using a wish to temporarily overcome his weakness, then destroyed Lilith’s spirit body with one blow.
• Sibel trapped Qiji in [Time Loop] and then swallowed him with [Time of Nonexistence], where Qiji fulfilled his rites and awakened an Echo.
• Qiji emerged from Sibel’s Echo and defeated her with Piercing Rainbow, while the crowd learned that Kalentia had already secured the tournament’s final spots.
• Qiji used [Battle Support] while watching Suyo fight Charles, but it failed to activate before Charles killed Suyo and won the matchup.
• Tian Hao used a Rematch card to restart the decided match, but Kalentia defeated his team until Qiji entered the arena and protected Panyan.
• Qiji bound [Mountain's Shared Burden], transformed [Silver Wish], and entered [Final Chapter] with One Night's Moonfall before striking Panyan.