Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and the girls explored the cafeteria, where he reunited with Margaret at her busy restaurant and shared a table with Zani. Zani suggested Xiao Ling visit the infirmary later, hinting that he might find something interesting there.

• Xiao Ling led the group to the cafeteria and, after overhearing students discuss a squirrel-girl chef, took them upstairs to investigate.
• Xiao Ling reunited with Margaret at the Margaret Restaurant and ordered pizza for himself and the girls.
• Xiao Ling’s group found seats and joined Zani, who said she regularly ate at the restaurant.
• Yangyang, Suisui, and Xin returned with food from another restaurant and said they had run into Kuaignang.
• Zani advised Xiao Ling to visit the infirmary later because something there might interest him.

Xiao Ling and his companions visited the infirmary, where they reunited with NANA and Rosemary. After leaving Rosemary blushing at his casual remark, they headed toward their next destination.

• Xiao Ling and his companions entered the infirmary, where he explained the military-training students' heatstroke to the others.
• Xiao Ling greeted NANA, who checked whether anyone was unwell and offered to treat them if needed.
• After leaving the treatment room, Xiao Ling met Rosemary, who said Cantarella had gone out to look after the patients.
• Xiao Ling told Rosemary he had come to see her, making her blush, then said goodbye and left with his companions.
• Rosemary watched them go and repeated Xiao Ling's name before realizing something.

Xiao Ling and his companions found I.R.I.S. working as a librarian at the university, where students had gathered to see her. After Aemeath helped her escape the crowd, I.R.I.S. reunited with Xiao Ling and explained that she now had a human body and was adjusting comfortably to life at school.

• Xiao Ling and his companions learned that students had crowded into the library to see its cute librarian.
• Aemeath gave I.R.I.S. an excuse to leave the students watching her, and the crowd dispersed.
• I.R.I.S. told Aemeath that she had gained a human body after arriving in this world while keeping her original functions.
• Xiao Ling reunited with I.R.I.S., and Lynae and Chisa checked that she had human characteristics.
• I.R.I.S. said she was comfortable at the library but wished fewer people would stare at her.

Xiao Ling woke to find the girls in his villa transformed into cats, while Shorekeeper’s companions had become birds. With no explanation for the change, he gathered everyone together and spent the day overwhelmed by their demands for affection.

• Xiao Ling discovered Kitty Yaya had bitten him and learned that she and the other girls in the villa had turned into cats.
• Xin explained that she had remained unaffected because she was a fox, while Xiao Ling and Shorekeeper found no clues about the transformations.
• Shorekeeper showed Xiao Ling that Yangyang and Suisui had become birds, and Xiao Ling invited her to bring them over, expecting everyone to return to normal by the next day.
• Heartfox transformed into a fox and settled on Xiao Ling’s lap, prompting Kitty Yaya and the other kitties to demand cuddles too.
• Shorekeeper grew jealous of the kitties’ attention, so Xiao Ling kissed her and stroked her head, making the kitties hiss at him.

During the holiday, Xiao Ling proposed holding a martial arts tournament so the girls could spar and test their strength. Heartfox offered to create a temporary separate domain for it, while Xiao Ling planned to work out the rules and seek help with preparations.

• Principal Roccia gave the students thirteen consecutive days off for the combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day break.
• Xiao Ling and the others stayed home, where Xuanqing served Heartfox sticky rice cake she had made.
• Xiao Ling suggested a martial arts tournament after watching a fighting movie, and the others showed interest in the idea.
• Roccia raised concerns about finding a safe venue and preventing the fights from disturbing the neighbors.
• Heartfox offered to conjure the Divine Palace of Myriad Forms as a temporary tournament venue, and Xiao Ling said he would consult Shorekeeper and Momo's Ning and work on the rules.

Xiao Ling hosted a martial arts tournament in a temporary Sonoro, where Qingxiao and Cartethyia fought an intense match that ended in a draw. Cartethyia briefly regained Fleurdelys's full power, and afterward she returned to Xiao Ling, while Qingxiao watched them affectionately together.

• Xiao Ling explained the tournament rules and announced that a temporary Sonoro would let the participants fight without harming the real world.
• Qingxiao challenged Cartethyia to a match, and the two began with an even exchange of sword strikes.
• Qingxiao disarmed Cartethyia with her flying sword, then revealed that she wanted to test whether Cartethyia could become Xiao Ling's knight.
• Qingxiao transformed into her Ephemeral Immortal Form, and Cartethyia answered by briefly regaining Fleurdelys's power through her three united swords.
• Fleurdelys and Qingxiao unleashed their strongest attacks, and the resulting explosion sent both out of bounds at once, making the match a draw.
• Cartethyia thanked Qingxiao for the match and returned to Xiao Ling's side, while Qingxiao watched their affection and sighed.

Xiao Ling turned twenty, while Dania and the girls secretly prepared a birthday party for him. He came home to their surprise celebration and made a wish before cutting the cake.

• Dania asked Little Ai to help plan a birthday party for Xiao Ling, and the girls organized the preparations in a group chat.
• Dania overslept on Xiao Ling’s birthday, but the girls gathered in the kitchen and helped her make the cake and prepare the party.
• Dania and Sigrika decorated the cake while Aemeath directed the living-room decorations, including balloons, paper cranes, and vacation photos.
• Xiao Ling arrived home carrying the snacks his mother had sent and found the house dark before the girls surprised him with birthday greetings.
• Dania placed a handmade birthday hat on Xiao Ling, and he made a wish, blew out the candles, and cut the cake.

Yangyang and Suisui fought in the martial arts tournament, with Yangyang winning after outmaneuvering her sister. She claimed a favor from Suisui, who blushed at Yangyang’s whispered request.

• Suisui challenged Yangyang to the tournament’s second round, while Lynae and Xiao Ling discussed their chances.
• Yangyang opened with the Azure Sword Style, but Suisui dodged her heavy attacks and countered with her fan.
• Yangyang switched to the Feather Sword Style and surprised Suisui with an attack from above, but Suisui evaded it.
• Suisui revealed her water-sleeve technique and used its range to keep Yangyang at a distance.
• Yangyang feinted an attack from above, then caught Suisui with her sword at her neck and won the match.
• Yangyang asked Suisui for a favor, and Suisui blushed at the whispered request.

The tournament continued with Iuno losing to Augusta and Liang Yu narrowly defeating Mia before Dania and Phoebe fought in a fierce clash of light and darkness. After their explosive final exchange, the exhausted Dania and weakened Phoebe rested beside Xiao Ling.

• Augusta stopped time and defeated Iuno, who called their match a friendly spar.
• Mia chose Liang Yu as her opponent, and Liang Yu knocked her out of the arena after a close contest of technique.
• Phoebe challenged Dania to spar, then pressed her with powerful attacks until Dania entered her Form of Disillusionment.
• Dania and Phoebe exchanged their strongest attacks, and their clash ended in a massive explosion without the chapter stating who won.
• Dania and Phoebe rested against Xiao Ling during the break, and Dania asked him to record the remaining matches before falling asleep.

Carlotta challenged Crimson Snow to prove her strength against the shrine maiden’s future-reading abilities, and their full-power duel ended in a draw. Carlotta later admitted Crimson Snow had held back, recognizing her as someone capable of standing against a Lament alone.

• Carlotta challenged Crimson Snow to a match, and both took their places in the sparring ground.
• Carlotta abandoned her usual style and fired a barrage of crystalline bullets, but Crimson Snow stopped them with frost and explained that she had seen Carlotta pull the trigger in advance.
• Carlotta struck with a crystal mirror attack, prompting Crimson Snow to unleash Prevision and transform into her white-clad, icy-blue-eyed form.
• The fighters unleashed their Resonance Liberations, and their final clash ended with Crimson Snow’s ice blade and Carlotta’s lance at each other’s vitals.
• Carlotta and Crimson Snow praised each other’s fighting styles after the draw.
• Carlotta told Zani that Crimson Snow had used less than half her strength and could stand against a Lament alone.

Aemeath challenged the Rover to a sword match at Xiao Ling's martial arts tournament, eager to show how much she had grown. The Rover guided her through the fight, then let her choose her own path, leaving Aemeath determined to keep striving for victory.

• Aemeath took the stage, and Xiao Ling and Lynae persuaded the Rover to face her.
• The Rover redirected Aemeath's early strikes and showed her how the same sword move could control an opponent's options.
• Aemeath unleashed a barrage of attacks that damaged the arena, but the Rover calmly drove her to its edge.
• The Rover recognized Aemeath's finishing strike as one she had taught her, then explained how she had learned to change it through experience.
• The Rover stopped holding Aemeath back and let her attack until their swords locked; Aemeath admitted she had lost, and the Rover told her she did not need to change.