Recaps

Li Mo returned to school, secured Professor Bryce's support, and pursued his scientific and mystical investigations while working at the spinning mill. After Helen disappeared amid reports of murder and an industrial leak, Li Mo, Anna, and Wayne began investigating the mill killing and followed a clue pointing to seawater.

• Li Mo set aside occult treatment, resumed studying for the entrance exam, and improved the spinning mill's machinery to fund his experiments.
• While observing the red moon, Li Mo saw a strange symbol and suffered a frightening episode, then taught Anna a ritual that awakened her spirituality.
• Li Mo returned to Mondel General Studies Academy, impressed Professor Blythe with his mathematics, and was accepted as Professor Bryce's partner with Anna and Wayne as assistants.
• Li Mo built a hand-cranked generator that briefly lit a bulb, then began writing a paper about it while a cotton blockade threatened the mill.
• Li Mo recognized the miniature globe Professor Bryce gave him as a Mystical Artifact and saw seven glowing points on it, including one near the harbor docks.
• Helen disappeared after going to the guarded docks, and Li Mo, Anna, and Wayne prepared to investigate her disappearance alongside the spinning mill murder.
• Li Mo, Anna, and Wayne persuaded Sheriff Sanders to share the murder reports, and Wayne judged the killer to be a trained professional while Li Mo asked about seawater stains near the body.

Li Mo rescued Helen, exposed Doctor Morris, and established himself at Puxiu Academy with his mathematics salons while investigating the Red Moon and a dangerous Mystical Artifact. The stretch ended with Li Mo’s lecture drawing an important visitor, as Estelle’s motives and background remained unclear.

• Li Mo and Anna traced Helen to a cellar in the birch woods, rescued her from Doctor Morris, and helped Sheriff Sanders pursue him.
• The Empress’s envoy invited Li Mo to study in the capital, while Li Mo learned Isaac Oliver had helped cause the cotton shortage and began planning a factory solution.
• Li Mo’s first mathematics salon impressed Mr. Harrison and the students, while Matthew’s attempt to rely on the Goddess of the Moon failed.
• The Empress arrived at Mondel’s docks after the Great Sage’s final prophecy and ordered the Black-Robed Court Guards to disguise her as a transfer student in Li Mo’s class.
• Li Mo investigated the strange noises at Helen’s home and tested the firestone, while Anna mistakenly thought he had agreed to share her bed undressed.
• Estelle Xi joined Li Mo’s class, drew Matthew into revealing his family’s profiteering, and asked Li Mo to show her his improved spinning machine.
• Li Mo studied the Red Moon’s orbital data and used its harmonic frequency to reverse a Mystical Artifact’s energy, then concealed that he could stop Mystical Rituals.
• Li Mo lectured on continuity and convergence at his second salon, where Arthur Kent praised him and hinted at an important proposal.