Recaps

Xu Qingran entered Tower 3’s arena without its protective bracelets, while Shen Tingyu learned that he and Xu Qingran had a reported ninety-nine percent soul compatibility. The chapter left Shen Tingyu rejecting the result as impossible and considering what to do before the empire could force them into marriage and a contract.

• A staff member explained that the bracelets would protect Xu Qingran in Tower 3’s arena, but Xu Qingran removed them and entered without them.
• The staff member reported to the Tower Master that Xu Qingran had discarded the protective bracelets.
• Shen Tingyu returned to Golden Wing headquarters and received an unsigned letter from the empire’s capital planet.
• A woman told Shen Tingyu that she had intercepted data showing Xu Qingran was his ninety-nine-percent-compatible match.
• Shen Tingyu insisted the results were wrong, while the woman warned that the empire could force a marriage and soul contract before new samples could be taken.
• Shen Tingyu lowered his eyes and considered what to do.

While Xu Qingran remained in the Evil Tower, a rumor about a soul match above 98% sparked a factional flame war, and Xu Qing'an used the gossip to disparage his brother. After nearly two days in Tower 3’s arena, Xu Qingran was the only life sign left, and the staff opened the door as footsteps approached from inside.

• Shen Tingyu ordered someone to move Xu Qingran to Tianyi’s place while he investigated their unusual match result.
• An anonymous Star Horizon post claimed that two prominent people from different factions would soon reveal a soul compatibility above 98%, igniting speculation and a feud between Golden Wing and Silver Dragon users.
• Xu Qing'an told his friends he knew nothing about the rumored match and suggested his brother could not have matched with anyone from District 1 Hospital.
• After the arena system detected one remaining life sign, Tower 3’s warden ordered the doors opened, and footsteps sounded from within.

Xu Qingran survived Tower 3’s purgatorial arena without a protective bracelet and confirmed that the examiner who sent him there was Shen Tingyu. After recovering in the medical department, he received an official invitation from Grandis University.

• Xu Qingran emerged from the arena as its sole victor and dropped his knife before the tower master.
• Xu Qingran asked whether the examiner was Shen Tingyu, and the tower master confirmed his suspicion.
• Xu Qingran spent several days recovering in Tower 3’s medical department and refused MT Agent injections.
• Medical staff discussed military celebrities and the rumored 99% soul-compatibility match involving Xu Qingran.
• Tower 3’s supervisor brought Xu Qingran an official invitation from Grandis University.

Xu Qingran received his invitation to Grandis University's military academy and left Evil Tower after Shen Tingyu sent someone to fetch him. Lu Cheng arrived too late to take him away and learned he had been picked up by someone from the Shen Family; Xu Qingran reached Gold City on Sirius-Jade Star.

• The Tower 3 supervisor gave Xu Qingran his Grandis University military academy invitation and told him someone was waiting to take him from Evil Tower.
• A middle-aged man sent by Shen Tingyu invited Xu Qingran to the admiral's residence, and Xu Qingran agreed to go with him.
• Lu Cheng visited Evil Tower to seek Xu Qingran's release, claiming the young man was too timid to have beaten anyone violently.
• The tower chief told Lu Cheng that Xu Qingran had already left with someone from the Shen Family.
• Xu Qingran passed the checkpoints and arrived in Gold City on Sirius-Jade Star.

Xu Qingran arrived at Shen Tingyu’s secluded home and learned that Shen was often away for long stretches. After finding Shen unexpectedly naked in the shared bathroom, Xu Qingran recalled their tense reunion and blamed Shen for making his Evil Tower route so difficult.

• Xu Qingran traveled to Shen Tingyu’s isolated home and was welcomed by Sister-in-law Song, who showed him to a room near Shen’s.
• Sister-in-law Song explained that Shen usually returned late or could be away for a month, and she offered Xu Qingran new clothes and a place to rest.
• Xu Qingran noticed a toy with black and white wolves and thought that he would eventually grind the admiral of the main camp underfoot.
• Xu Qingran opened the bathroom door and found Shen Tingyu naked after a shower, then shut the door and privately remarked on his physique.
• Xu Qingran recalled sitting opposite Shen Tingyu after leaving the Evil Tower and accusing him of tailoring a punishing route for him.

Xu Qingran learned that he had been matched with someone in the Shen Family at a 99 compatibility score and agreed to live at Shen Tingyu’s home for a year. Shen Tingyu began to reintroduce himself, but a young boy arriving interrupted him.

• Shen Tingyu gave Xu Qingran the empire’s confidential soulmate-match notice and explained that a 99 compatibility score could not be refused.
• Shen Tingyu said Xu Qingran would need to live with him for a year while he observed him and waited until their soul information could be collected again.
• Xu Qingran asked whether Shen Tingyu could guarantee his safety, then agreed to move in and said he would pack the next day.
• Shen Tingyu started to introduce himself again, but a little boy with a mecha-themed schoolbag entered the living room.

Xu Qingran discovered that the Soulmate System had matched him with five-year-old Shen Tianyi, Shen Tingyu’s nephew, and was told to live with the child while awaiting reexamination. The chapter ended with Lu Cheng arriving at Shen Tingyu’s home and confronting him over Xu Qingran’s presence.

• Shen Tingyu introduced Shen Tianyi as Xu Qingran’s 99%-compatible match and explained that Xu Qingran would live with him for a year.
• Shen Tianyi asked Xu Qingran if he was the person who would become his wife, then privately decided that having him as a wife might not be so bad.
• Xu Qingran and the system questioned whether the match was a mistake, while the system noted that the compatibility data had been fabricated to create an excuse to approach Shen Tingyu.
• Lu Cheng arrived at Shen Tingyu’s home, checked Xu Qingran for injuries, and identified himself through Xu Qingran’s hesitant guess.
• Lu Cheng objected that Shen Tingyu had brought a Silver Dragon Camp member home without authorization and wondered how Xu Qingran had become involved with him.

Xu Qingran rejected Lu Cheng’s attempt to take him away, punched him, and stayed with Shen Tingyu. Two days later, he returned to the Xu Family home to pack his belongings and found the Star Horizon forum thread about the highly compatible couple still trending.

• Lu Cheng warned Xu Qingran against associating with Shen Tingyu, but Xu Qingran said he agreed Shen Tingyu was not a good person and questioned Lu Cheng’s right to interfere.
• Xu Qingran punched Lu Cheng, told him to stay away, and shut the door with Shen Tingyu inside.
• Lu Cheng eventually left, and Xu Qingran had dinner with Shen Tingyu and his family.
• Two days later, Shen Tingyu’s driver took Xu Qingran to the Xu Family home, where he packed his belongings.
• Xu Qingran found a lightboard displaying the Star Horizon forum thread about the highly compatible couple, which remained popular after more than half a month.

Xu Qingran remembered his younger sister, Xu Qingyao, while holding a broken toy from their childhood. Meanwhile, Xu Qing'an and Father Xu learned that Xu Qingran’s Soulmate System match might be linked to Chen Shengfei, and Father Xu was summoned to the system headquarters.

• Xu Qingran noticed a comment claiming the match involved someone from a major family rather than Boss Chen, then found a damaged Ultraman model in his drawer.
• The toy brought back memories of Xu Qingran and Xu Qingyao migrating together during the apocalypse, when she urged him to keep moving after his toy was destroyed.
• Xu Qingran recalled that Xu Qingyao had disappeared in his previous life and wondered aloud whether the toy wanted to become the light of justice.
• Xu Qing'an arrived and discovered that Father Xu had been summoned to the Soulmate System headquarters about the Xu Family.
• Xu Qing'an told Father Xu that rumors claimed Xu Qingran’s sample matched Chen Shengfei at over 98%, and Father Xu angrily rejected the possibility.

Xu Qingran prepared to move out of the Xu Family home and live with his fiancé, prompting a confrontation with Lu Cheng. As he left, he noticed signs that Class IV Devils had reached Red City.

• Xu Qing'an told Lu Cheng that Xu Qingran might have been matched with a highly compatible partner, and Lu Cheng angrily rejected the idea that it could be Shen Tingyu.
• Xu Qingran came downstairs with his luggage and told Father Xu he was leaving to live with his fiancé and prepare for their marriage.
• Lu Cheng tried to stop Xu Qingran, who mocked his relationship with Xu Qing'an and warned him to let go of his wrist.
• Xu Qingran left the house with the driver and noticed blue-black Devil stains near a sewer entrance.
• The driver said the stains came from Class IV Devils and remarked that their spread to Red City was a bad sign.

Xu Qingran settled into life at Shen Tingyu’s home, trained, and received requests to handle school and university paperwork. He encountered Shen Tianyi watching Duo Lili’s online concert, while the system urged him to provoke a romantic situation with Shen Tingyu.

• Xu Qingran asked the system what happened to the original owner’s soul and complained that his own new life felt like a series of tribulations.
• Xu Qingran returned to Shen Tingyu’s home, where he trained every morning and kept his distance from Shen Tianyi.
• The system urged Xu Qingran to make something happen with Shen Tingyu and announced its new fantasy about a flirtatious uncle and his nephew-in-law.
• Xu Qingran received emails from Grandis Secondary School Division and the university’s military academy requesting materials and in-person registration.
• Xu Qingran found Shen Tianyi watching Duo Lili’s online concert and viewed the immersive stage scene with him.

Xu Qingran learned about idol Duo Lili and clashed with Shen Tingyu, who offered to drive him to Grandis University. The chapter ended with Xu Qingran returning from his morning run to find Shen Tingyu waiting for him.

• Shen Tianyi explained Duo Lili's rare D-Type Soul Spirit and how her singing restored listeners' Mental Power.
• Xu Qingran saw Shen Tingyu return and reacted coldly after recalling the system's fabrication, while Shen Tingyu teased him.
• At dinner, Xu Qingran asked about Xiao Zhang and explained that he needed to go out after receiving an email.
• Shen Tingyu offered to drive Xu Qingran to Grandis University because he was going there anyway.
• The next morning, Xu Qingran returned from running to find Shen Tingyu waiting in the living room.

Xu Qingran went to Grandis Secondary School to collect his belongings and found that his former classmates had damaged his artwork and certificates. After hearing rumors about Xu Qing'an’s family, he confronted a group of students who mocked him and repeated accusations from Xu Qing'an.

• Shen Tingyu drove Xu Qingran to Grandis Secondary School, where Xu Qingran got out and took public transport to the academic affairs office.
• Xu Qingran found his trophies, certificates, and artworks damaged, then packed them into a box.
• Xu Qingran overheard students say that Xu Qing'an's mother had fallen and been taken to the hospital.
• A group of students mocked Xu Qingran and admitted they had touched up his work after throwing a stone at him.
• Xu Qingran challenged the group about what Xu Qing'an had told them and asked whether Xu Qing'an had said he went crazy when unhappy.

Xu Qingran retaliated against the students who had destroyed his work and certificates, beating them despite their threats and the teachers’ protests. Shen Tingyu arrived and, instead of stopping him, asked when he would be finished because they still had other places to go.

• Xu Qingran dislocated the rasping-voiced student’s arm, threw him down, and injured him with a kick and a blow of Mental Power.
• Xu Qingran poured coffee over a wealthy student, beat him, and forced him to kneel and bow before him.
• Xu Qingran confronted the remaining students, rejected their apologies, and warned that he would injure them while paying their medical bills.
• Shen Tingyu arrived to find the students badly injured, and teachers tried to stop Xu Qingran from attacking them further.
• Xu Qingran challenged the teachers for ignoring the destruction of his work, then lowered his fist when Shen Tingyu put a hand on his shoulder.
• Shen Tingyu told Xu Qingran he had not come to stop him and asked when he would be finished so they could go elsewhere.

Xu Qingran completed his military academy registration and retaliated against Professor Lu Wennian for questioning his admission, while Shen Tingyu quietly dealt with a private medical issue. The chapter ended with Shen asking Xie Nanjun to have his sister prepare more inhibitors, prompting Xie to question why Shen needed them so soon.

• Xu Qingran kicked the man who had caused trouble at the branch campus before leaving with his belongings.
• At Grandis University's main campus, Xu Qingran registered for the military academy and left a recording and his transcripts for the medical school's dean and Professor Lu Wennian.
• Xu Qingran and Shen Tingyu returned home, where they resumed their separate routines.
• On the night before Shen Tingyu returned to work, the system gave Xu Qingran a romance manual titled "Climb into his bed," and Xu Qingran rejected its advice.
• Shen Tingyu took an inhibitor from a locked cabinet and called Xie Nanjun to request another batch for his sister to prepare.
• Xie Nanjun pointed out that Shen Tingyu had received six doses just six months earlier, despite them previously lasting a year.

Shen Tingyu’s damaged Spiritual Pool was worsening as his suppressant lost effectiveness, but he refused to seek a Soul Contract with a D-Type unless he liked them. After thinking of Xu Qingran, he let him into his bedroom when Xu arrived and announced he wanted to climb into Shen Tingyu’s bed.

• Shen Tingyu recalled how he had survived three years in Tower No. 1 and won his freedom by injuring the eldest prince and negotiating to join the military.
• Xie Nanjun warned Shen Tingyu that his medicine was becoming less effective and urged him to consider a Soul Contract with a high-level D-Type.
• Shen Tingyu rejected the idea of partnering with someone he did not like, then remembered Xu Qingran and considered him an exception.
• After injecting his suppressant, Shen Tingyu answered a late-night knock and found Xu Qingran in pajamas at his door.
• Xu Qingran told Shen Tingyu he had come to climb into his bed, and Shen let him in while returning to his official business.

Xu Qingran explored Shen Tingyu’s collection of Devil models and learned how the alien species lived and how their Source Crystals worked. When Shen Tingyu asked him to cover his exposed Soul Mark, Xu Qingran demanded to know what was wrong with it, and Shen Tingyu abruptly grabbed his hand.

• Shen Tingyu invited Xu Qingran into his room and told him he could sleep in his bed while he stayed awake.
• Xu Qingran examined the Devil models, and the display explained the traits of Type I and Class IV Devils.
• Shen Tingyu explained that Devils contained Source Crystals that sustained their bodies and prevented them from dying or regenerating when removed.
• Shen Tingyu asked Xu Qingran to put on his gloves after noticing his exposed Soul Mark.
• Xu Qingran thrust out his marked hand and demanded to know why it was unpresentable, and Shen Tingyu seized it.

Xu Qingran confronted Shen Tingyu about Spirit Marks, then stayed in his bedroom while Shen Tingyu struggled with his reaction to him. After Shen Tingyu left for an extended trip, Xu Qingran settled into life on Jade Star and grew closer to Shen Tianyi.

• Shen Tingyu warned Xu Qingran that exposing his Spirit Mark was a dangerous provocation, and Xu Qingran asked whether Shen Tingyu saw him as an enemy or someone like himself.
• Xu Qingran said he also regarded Shen Tingyu as someone of his own kind, then deliberately spread his scent around Shen Tingyu's bedroom and fell asleep there.
• Shen Tingyu found himself distracted by Xu Qingran's presence and wondered if he wanted to pin him down and destroy him once he had fully matured.
• Xu Qingran noticed that Shen Tingyu had ordered his bedroom and study thoroughly cleaned after leaving, and privately called him a bastard.
• While Shen Tingyu was away for more than half a month, Xu Qingran exercised, explored Jade Star with Xiao Zhang, and grew more comfortable with Shen Tianyi.

Xu Qingran read forum gossip about his apparent relationship with Shen Tingyu and asked Shen Tianyi to lend him an Asteroid so he could livestream. Shen Tianyi went to Shen Tingyu’s study to retrieve a spare, and Xu Qingran learned about the device as Shen Tianyi brought it downstairs.

• Shen Tianyi argued that 11 + 11 equaled 1111 and continued his homework while Xu Qingran tried to correct him.
• Xu Qingran browsed a forum thread where users discussed sightings of him with Shen Tingyu and speculated about their relationship.
• Xu Qingran asked Shen Tianyi to lend him an Asteroid so he could livestream, but Shen Tianyi initially refused to give up his own.
• Shen Tianyi remembered there was a spare Asteroid and went to Shen Tingyu’s study to retrieve it.
• Shen Tianyi returned with a darker-colored Asteroid, and the system explained its features and price to Xu Qingran.

Xu Qingran borrowed Shen Tingyu’s Asteroid from Shen Tianyi and decided to livestream cooking. Meanwhile, Xu Qing'an learned that the men he hired to seize Xu Qingran were missing and suspected Shen Tingyu had rescued his brother, before Father Xu returned with news that the Empire had summoned him over the Shen Family.

• Shen Tianyi lent Xu Qingran Shen Tingyu’s Asteroid and explained how to use it.
• Xu Qingran chose to livestream himself making food.
• Xu Qing'an saw photos of Xu Qingran with Shen Tingyu and wondered how they had become involved.
• Xu Qing'an recognized the men he had hired among those reported missing in Red City and suspected Shen Tingyu had saved Xu Qingran.
• Lu Cheng arrived to take Xu Qing'an to the hospital, and Xu Qing'an asked whether Xu Qingran had been mistreated at Boss Chen's place.
• Father Xu returned and told Xu Qing'an that the Empire had summoned him about the Shen Family, not Boss Chen.

Xu Qingran’s cooking livestream accidentally went live through Shen Tingyu’s official announcement account, drawing hundreds of millions of confused Golden Wing viewers. Meanwhile, Shen Tingyu learned that two vital power-generating planets in northern Aquila had been destroyed.

• Xu Qingran started cooking on a livestream, unaware that Shen Tianyi had used Shen Tingyu’s account and that the viewer count was rapidly climbing.
• Viewers mistook Xu Qingran’s cooking stream for Admiral Shen’s broadcast and reacted to his unusual red-braised pig trotters recipe.
• Xu Qingran asked Shen Tianyi why there were no comments, and Shen Tianyi realized he had forgotten to switch accounts before starting the stream.
• Shen Tianyi enabled the comments, and viewers recognized him as Shen Tingyu’s nephew and began asking whether the cook was the Xu Family’s eldest young master.
• At Golden Wing Military Headquarters, Shen Tingyu asked what had happened to two power stations in northern Aquila, which had been destroyed.

After defending the Aquila System from a Devil and Insect Race invasion, Shen Tingyu returned to hold a review meeting when Xu Qingran went live on Shen Tingyu’s account and provoked his fans. The livestream was still underway when Shen Tingyu called and asked to speak to Xu Qingran.

• Shen Tingyu led a prolonged defense of the Aquila System, protecting repair crews until they restored the power station, then convened a meeting to hold Aquila’s defense leaders accountable.
• Headquarters’ military intelligence system detected Shen Tingyu’s account going live and projected Xu Qingran’s livestream into the conference room.
• Xu Qingran told viewers he was staying in Shen Tingyu’s home and using his kitchen, bathroom, room, and bed, shocking the officers and viewers.
• Xu Qingran taunted Shen Tingyu’s angry fans, while Shen Tianyi realized he had caused trouble and answered his uncle’s call with an apology.
• Shen Tingyu asked Shen Tianyi to hand the communicator to Xu Qingran, then addressed him by name.

Xu Qingran’s livestream exposed his flirtatious call with Shen Tingyu to the Golden Wing Camp, while Shen Tingyu confronted the Shen Family over their plans for him and disciplined the camp’s personnel. After the stream and dinner, Xu Qingran thanked Shen Tianyi for helping him, then Shen Tingyu unexpectedly returned home early.

• Xu Qingran called Shen Tingyu “Darling” on a livestream, and Shen Tingyu revealed that the Golden Wing Camp had been broadcasting it across its headquarters and branches.
• Shen Tingyu challenged a Shen Family elder over delaying his compatibility match and warned that the family might produce another E-Type.
• Shen Tingyu ordered Aquila System branch personnel to double their training for three months and imposed penalties on management.
• Xu Qingran ate the dish he had cooked on stream, accepted direct tips, and ended the livestream.
• Xu Qingran thanked Shen Tianyi for helping him, and Sister-in-law Song took the sleepy child to get ready for bed.
• Shen Tingyu returned home unexpectedly, several days earlier than expected.

Shen Tingyu returned home and gave Xu Qingran a new Asteroid, then helped him set it up and created a livestream account for him. After Shen Tingyu left again, Xu Qingran explored the Empire’s records of alien invasions, and the chapter ended with Shen Tianyi identifying the Shen Family’s spokesperson on an Imperial news broadcast as his second uncle.

• Shen Tingyu gave Xu Qingran a new fifth-generation Asteroid and refused payment.
• Shen Tingyu helped Xu Qingran configure the Asteroid, create a livestream account, and exchange contact details.
• Shen Tingyu left home after staying only one night, and Shen Tianyi learned of his visit from Xu Qingran.
• Xu Qingran used his Asteroid to read the Empire’s records of past alien invasions.
• The Imperial news station announced major news, and Shen Tianyi identified the interviewee as his second uncle.

The Shen Family announced that Xu Qingran's 99% soul match was Shen Tianyi, not Shen Tingyu, stirring up online reactions. Xu Qingran then found a post about Xu Qing'an's admission banquet and considered attending to cause trouble, while Boss Chen confronted Xu Qing'an over a promised gift that had not materialized.

• Shen Tianyi's second uncle announced that Xu Qingran matched with Shen Tianyi and said the families would wait until Tianyi was old enough before planning an engagement or wedding.
• Xu Qingran read the forum's reactions, posted a teasing reply under his real name, and asked Shen Tingyu whether a rumor about him was true.
• Xu Qingran saw that Xu Qing'an's admission banquet was scheduled for the following Saturday and decided he might attend to stir up trouble.
• Boss Chen confronted Xu Qing'an in a bar, complaining that the day's news was not the gift Xu Qing'an had promised him.