Recaps

Bai Luoming and Bailu watched a dispute at a Luofu milk stall turn into an attack by Borisin in disguise, and Bai Luoming stepped in to protect the owner. Jingliu arrived and defeated the Borisin, then asked Bai Luoming to become her disciple.

• Bai Luoming brought Bailu through the crowd to watch a Foxian argue with a stall owner over Borisin milk.
• The Foxians revealed themselves as Borisin after their leader stabbed the owner, and they threatened the bystanders.
• Bai Luoming confronted the Borisin leader and used the Preservation Path to stop its claws from reaching his throat.
• Jingliu arrived, killed the Borisin leader, and dismembered the remaining Borisin.
• Jingliu approached Bai Luoming and asked him whether he would be willing to become her disciple.

Jingliu invited Bai Luoming to become her disciple, but he agreed to fight her instead, and she led him and Bailu to a Starskiff. The chapter ended with Bailu offering to drive despite being a minor and Jingliu dismissing the need for a license.

• Jingliu asked Bai Luoming to become her disciple, while both privately imagined forcing the other to submit if refused.
• Bailu broke the tense silence by suggesting they find somewhere to eat and talk, but Jingliu proposed a fight instead.
• Bai Luoming accepted Jingliu's challenge and declined a public reward for defeating the Borisin.
• Jingliu unlocked a shared Starskiff and climbed into the back seat, forgetting Bai Luoming did not know how to drive.
• Bailu offered to drive, and Jingliu backed her despite Bai Luoming's worries about her age and lack of a license.

Bailu drove a shared starskiff at extreme speed while taking Bai Luoming and Jingliu to the Cloud Knights' training grounds. Her uncanny piloting talent left Bai Luoming thinking of her past incarnation, Baiheng, as Sky-Faring Commission officers chased them without gaining ground.

• Bailu started the starskiff in fifth gear and sped toward the Cloud Knights' training grounds after Jingliu chose it as their destination.
• Bai Luoming asked Bailu who taught her to drive, and she said she had always been able to handle starskiffs naturally and wished she could have become a Sky-Faring Commission pilot.
• Bai Luoming connected Bailu's talent to her previous incarnation, Baiheng, while Jingliu silently watched the passing scenery.
• Two Sky-Faring Commission employees spotted Bailu speeding and pursued her, but their patrol starskiff fell behind.
• Bailu ignored the officers' warnings, denied hearing them, and accelerated further to avoid being caught.

Bai Luoming and Bailu reached the training grounds, where Jingliu used her authority to resolve a Sky-Faring Commission speed complaint. Jingliu agreed to spar with Bai Luoming before an audience of Cloud Knights recruits, and the chapter ended as the lieutenant went to gather them.

• Bailu landed the starskiff, and Bai Luoming narrowly avoided being struck by a pursuing Sky-Faring Commission patrol starskiff.
• Two Sky-Faring Commission employees apologized for nearly hitting Bai Luoming and explained that they had followed them over a speeding violation.
• Jingliu showed the employees a Seat of Divine Foresight token, prompting them to apologize and leave.
• Jingliu reassured Bai Luoming, then warned that she would make anyone responsible for harming him regret it.
• A Cloud Knights Lieutenant recognized Jingliu as the Sword Champion and asked to let the recruits watch her spar with Bai Luoming.
• Bai Luoming agreed to the audience, Jingliu accepted his decision, and the lieutenant went to gather the recruits.

Bai Luoming and Jingliu fought a duel before the Cloud Knights, escalating from a sword exchange to a clash of overwhelming powers. Jingliu’s ultimate attack wrecked the training ground, but Bai Luoming emerged standing and praised her strength.

• Bai Luoming chose a sword and fought Jingliu, who quickly disarmed him and shattered the weapon.
• Bai Luoming formed gauntlets and traded powerful blows with Jingliu until she defeated him in their close-quarters clash.
• Bai Luoming entered his third phase, summoned a flaming greatsword, and briefly pressed Jingliu back with his increased power.
• Jingliu knocked the greatsword away and unleashed Moon On Glacial River as Bai Luoming tried to shield himself with Preservation power.
• After the sword qi destroyed the training ground, Bai Luoming stood amid the ruins and gave Jingliu a thumbs-up, praising her strength.

After surviving Jingliu’s powerful attack, Bai Luoming accepted her offer to become her disciple. Jingliu took him to her residence to change his damaged clothes, while Bailu followed behind.

• The Cloud Knights Lieutenant sent the watching knights back to training and left to report the damage to Jing Yuan.
• Jingliu regretted attacking Bai Luoming so fiercely, then offered to teach him sword techniques if he became her disciple.
• Bailu urged Bai Luoming to accept Jingliu’s offer, and he finally bowed and called her his master.
• Jingliu helped Bai Luoming up and led him toward her residence to find him new clothes.
• Jingliu interlocked fingers with Bai Luoming and pulled him along as Bailu followed with her snacks.

Jingliu brought Bai Luoming to her residence, where he washed up before asking to begin his lessons. Meanwhile, Jing Yuan learned that Jingliu had taken an Astral Express Nameless as her disciple and wondered what she was planning.

• Jingliu took Bai Luoming and Bailu to her residence, where Bailu sat down to eat snacks.
• Jingliu led Bai Luoming to the bathroom to wash, then left traditional Xianzhou robes for him to wear.
• Bai Luoming changed into his own clothes and asked Jingliu when his lessons would begin; she agreed to start at once.
• A Cloud Knight told Jing Yuan that Jingliu had sparred with an Astral Express Nameless, narrowly beaten him, and taken him as her disciple.
• Jing Yuan signed the training-ground repair request and wondered what Jingliu was up to.

Bai Luoming trained under Jingliu in her courtyard, but her hands-on instruction turned increasingly intimate and possessive. He escaped after promising to visit again the next day, leaving Jingliu behind.

• Jingliu had Bai Luoming hold a horse stance until he argued that it was useless for him and asked to learn something that would make him stronger.
• Jingliu offered to teach Bai Luoming military strategy and flying sword manipulation, but he rejected both and asked her to choose another skill.
• Jingliu corrected Bai Luoming’s sword stance while pressing against him, and Stelle’s call gave him an excuse to say he needed to return to the Express.
• Jingliu restrained Bai Luoming and sealed the courtyard gate with ice when he tried to leave, then confronted him over saying he would come back another time.
• Bai Luoming apologized, promised to visit Jingliu the next day, and embraced her until she relaxed before smashing through the ice and leaving the courtyard.

After Bai Luoming returned to the hotel, Stelle confronted him for going out without replying to messages or bringing back anything, but he deflected her demand for his Jade Abacus. Later, March 7th and Evernight visited his room, where Evernight teased him about his day and drew March 7th into their advances.

• Stelle ambushed Bai Luoming in the hotel lobby, accused him of abandoning his work and returning empty-handed, and led him to Welt's room.
• Bai Luoming offered Stelle his Jade Abacus as an apology, then tricked her and wrestled with her when she tried to take it.
• Welt stopped the scuffle, told Bai Luoming to answer messages when he went out, and dismissed everyone.
• March 7th visited Bai Luoming with Evernight, who had formed a more solid body, and questioned him about his damaged clothes and unfamiliar scent.
• Evernight pounced on Bai Luoming and invited March 7th to join them, and Bai Luoming pulled a flustered March 7th into his arms.

Bai Luoming and Fu Xuan spent a cozy morning together after Fu Xuan took several days off to be with him. Their breakfast was interrupted by a call from Jing Yuan ordering Fu Xuan to return to work and meet her senior sister Yaoguang, leaving Fu Xuan furious about losing her time with Bai Luoming.

• Bai Luoming woke beside Fu Xuan and learned she had taken several days off to spend with him.
• Bai Luoming made breakfast while Fu Xuan rested, but Jing Yuan called and told her to return to work.
• Fu Xuan told Bai Luoming that Yaoguang had come to the Luofu from the Jade Abacus Xianzhou and requested a meeting with her.
• Fu Xuan complained that Yaoguang was taking away her time with Bai Luoming, while Bai Luoming teased and comforted her over breakfast.
• Bai Luoming and Fu Xuan finished eating together.

Fu Xuan and Bai Luoming kissed and tried to spend her day off together, but repeated calls from Jing Yuan and Yaoguang interrupted them. Fu Xuan agreed to pick up Yaoguang and told Bai Luoming they would go together.

• Fu Xuan kissed Bai Luoming while brushing her teeth, and they teased each other before finishing washing up.
• Fu Xuan pulled Bai Luoming toward her room, saying she was off duty and was angry that Jing Yuan had delayed her becoming general.
• Yaoguang's call interrupted them, so Fu Xuan hung up; when Jing Yuan called, she snapped at him and ended the call.
• Bai Luoming comforted Fu Xuan, and she answered Yaoguang's call after calming down.
• Fu Xuan agreed to pick up Yaoguang and told Bai Luoming they would go together.

Fu Xuan and Bai Luoming got dressed and headed out to meet Yaoguang at Returnstar Harbor. Bai Luoming carried Fu Xuan through the Exalting Sanctum, where neighbors teased them about their closeness.

• Fu Xuan searched Bai Luoming’s wardrobe and chose a black outfit after mocking his unusual clothes.
• Bai Luoming watched Fu Xuan change, then she told him to get ready to go out.
• Bai Luoming took Fu Xuan’s hand, picked her up, and returned inside when she remembered her Jade Abacus.
• Bai Luoming carried Fu Xuan through the Exalting Sanctum as neighbors teased them, while Fu Xuan blushed and pinched his waist.
• Bai Luoming carried Fu Xuan toward Returnstar Harbor to meet Yaoguang.

Fu Xuan and Bai Luoming reunited with Yaoguang at Returnstar Harbor, where Fu Xuan jealously guarded her relationship with him as Yaoguang teased them and invited him back to Yuque. The three continued on together, with Fu Xuan still showing off her affection for Bai Luoming in front of Yaoguang.

• Fu Xuan took Bai Luoming's hand as they walked to the office building in Returnstar Harbor, where he recalled their past.
• Fu Xuan and Bai Luoming met Yaoguang as she arrived alone on her starskiff, and the two senior sisters traded barbs.
• Yaoguang tried to take Bai Luoming's hand, but Fu Xuan slapped her hand away and declared that he was hers for now.
• Yaoguang asked Bai Luoming where he planned to go after the Luofu, and he said he would probably go to the space station.
• Yaoguang invited Bai Luoming to return to Yuque, but Fu Xuan pulled him along before the conversation could provoke her further.
• Fu Xuan fed Bai Luoming a Qiongshi Bird Skewer while giving Yaoguang a provocative look, and Yaoguang hurried after them.

After defeating Evernight and March 7th, Bai Luoming learned that Evernight suspected his future self had empowered him with a Stellaron, but she refused to explain her cryptic remark. He left the room and encountered Stelle, who teased him for slacking before someone spoke from behind him.

• Bai Luoming defeated Evernight after she and March 7th had battled him, while March 7th had already been knocked out of the fight.
• Evernight said she and March 7th needed rest, then asked Bai Luoming about the Path of Finality power he had gained; he explained that his future self had used a Stellaron to empower him.
• Evernight hinted that she understood how things would turn out, but ignored Bai Luoming’s questions and went back to sleep beside March 7th.
• Bai Luoming left the room and ran into Stelle, who mocked him for being lazy and vowed to hold his slacking against him.
• A warm, deep voice behind Bai Luoming asked what he was doing there.

Bai Luoming, Stelle, and Welt discussed their plans on the Luofu and realized they had all ignored Dan Heng’s message. Bai Luoming refused Stelle’s invitation so he could train with his swordsmanship master, Jingliu, and left before her Mara-Struck condition flared up again.

• Welt found Bai Luoming and Stelle in the corridor, said March 7th could keep sleeping, and told them to enjoy the day while checking their messages.
• Bai Luoming, Stelle, and Welt admitted they had not replied to Dan Heng’s message, and Welt volunteered to respond.
• Stelle invited Bai Luoming to explore the Luofu with her, but he refused because he planned to practice swordsmanship.
• Bai Luoming told Stelle he wanted to improve his mechanics beyond relying on his stats, and Stelle conceded that going with her would waste his talent.
• Bai Luoming left to train with Jingliu before her Mara-Struck condition flared up again.

Jing Yuan visited Jingliu to congratulate her on taking Bai Luoming as a disciple, but he watched as she favored Bai Luoming and taught him gently. Jing Yuan kept his doubts about his junior brother’s swordwork to himself and wondered why Jingliu had never treated him with the same patience.

• Jingliu waited in her courtyard for Bai Luoming, but Jing Yuan arrived first with breakfast and greeted her as his master.
• Jing Yuan asked where his new junior brother was, and Jingliu focused on the courtyard gate when she heard footsteps outside.
• Bai Luoming entered with breakfast, greeted Jingliu, drank her tea, and sat down with her while Jing Yuan tried to speak.
• Jingliu chose Bai Luoming’s buns and soy milk over Jing Yuan’s breakfast, then agreed to begin sword practice.
• Bai Luoming demonstrated the sword moves he had learned, and Jing Yuan noticed mistakes but stayed silent.
• Jingliu praised Bai Luoming and gently explained his mistakes, leaving Jing Yuan wondering why she had never taught him so kindly.

Jingliu sent Jing Yuan away, then stayed with Bai Luoming as he practiced swordsmanship. After breakfast, she used a close-contact demonstration to flirt with him and promised to teach him something easier, leaving Bai Luoming wondering what she had in mind.

• Jingliu quietly told Bai Luoming to practice alone and ordered Jing Yuan to return to his official duties.
• Jing Yuan asked what Jingliu thought of Bai Luoming, cautioned her to mind appearances, and left the courtyard.
• Jingliu watched Bai Luoming practice while she ate the breakfast he had brought.
• After the food ran out, Jingliu approached Bai Luoming and claimed she would demonstrate his swordsmanship mistakes.
• Jingliu stood behind Bai Luoming, pressed against him, and guided his hands through sword moves as he struggled to cooperate.
• Jingliu said she would teach Bai Luoming something easier, and he asked what she wanted to teach.

Jingliu pulled Bai Luoming into an increasingly intimate aptitude examination, then became jealous when Ms. Herta’s ringtone interrupted them. She ended the chapter warning Bai Luoming to run because she could barely suppress her Mara-Struck state.

• Jingliu released Bai Luoming, told him to face her, and said she would examine his aptitude.
• Jingliu suddenly kissed Bai Luoming and continued her clumsy advances until he pushed her back and objected to their actions in broad daylight.
• Jingliu dragged Bai Luoming into a room and resumed her examination with a sneak attack.
• Ms. Herta’s ringtone interrupted them, and Jingliu snatched Bai Luoming’s terminal and threw it against the wall.
• Jingliu glared at Bai Luoming when he explained the call was from Ms. Herta, then told him to run because she could barely suppress her Mara-Struck state.

Herta discovered Bai Luoming was involved in an intimate encounter and prepared specialized tools to capture and discipline him, but Ruan Mei joined her on the journey to the Luofu. There, Blade emerged during a Borisin attack in the Prison of Deep Seclusion, killed their leader, and walked out while the Cloud Knights let him pass.

• Herta used Bai Luoming’s terminal cameras and audio plugin, then gathered tools she had designed to capture and restrain him.
• Ruan Mei stopped Herta from leaving the space station and persuaded her to travel together to the Luofu.
• A Borisin force overwhelmed the Cloud Knights guarding the Prison of Deep Seclusion, and their captain was gravely wounded by a powerful, regenerating Borisin.
• Blade appeared amid spreading red spider lilies and beheaded the Borisin with a single sword strike.
• The Cloud Knights moved to stop Blade, but their recovering captain ordered them to let him go and contain the Borisin instead.

Blade escaped the Prison of Deep Seclusion with Kafka and Sam after Jing Yuan allowed them to leave so the Cloud Knights could focus on the disturbance. Dan Heng left the Astral Express to check on the Luofu, while Jingliu silenced Bai Luoming by ordering him to eat.

• Blade cut through the prison gates and emerged to find Jing Yuan and the Cloud Knights waiting outside.
• Jing Yuan explained that Blade had learned swordsmanship from Jingliu, making him Yanqing’s martial uncle.
• Sam arrived with Kafka, picked up both her and Blade, and flew away despite Yanqing’s protests.
• Jing Yuan stopped Yanqing from pursuing the Stellaron Hunters and said their priority was quelling the prison disturbance.
• Dan Heng left the Astral Express after Himeko suggested he go see for himself whether everyone on the Luofu was all right.
• Bai Luoming questioned the commotion at Jingliu’s residence, and Jingliu leaned in and shouted, “Shut up and eat!”

Yaoguang told Feixiao that Hoolay had escaped and Phantylia had attacked the Luofu, then met the Astral Express Crew as the Ambrosial Arbor began coming back to life. She offered to take the willing crew to Stargazer Navalia, and they chose to join the fight.

• Yaoguang urged Feixiao to hurry to the Luofu and told her that Hoolay had escaped and Phantylia had destroyed the Artisanship Commission and devoured its Heliobi.
• Feixiao commandeered the pilot's seat and overloaded her craft to reach the Luofu faster.
• Yaoguang met March 7th, Stelle, and Welt at the guesthouse, where they asked about Bai Luoming and learned that a Lord Ravager had attacked the Luofu.
• The Ambrosial Arbor began growing new branches and lifting its fallen trunk as Yaoguang explained what it was.
• Yaoguang offered to arrange for the Astral Express Crew to accompany her to Stargazer Navalia, and they declared that they would not retreat.

Bai Luoming and Jingliu headed toward the reviving Ambrosial Arbor, but Hoolay intercepted them with the wounded Yanqing. Jingliu defeated Hoolay, then continued toward the Arbor with Bai Luoming and Yanqing.

• Bai Luoming woke to the Ambrosial Arbor's revival and convinced Jingliu to go with him.
• Hoolay confronted Bai Luoming and Jingliu while holding the unconscious Yanqing, whom Bai Luoming caught after Hoolay threw him aside.
• Yanqing warned Jingliu that Hoolay was dangerous, while Hoolay revealed his old grudge against her.
• Hoolay fused with a Heliobus and unleashed his strengthened power, but Jingliu let him transform and met his attack.
• Jingliu broke Hoolay's great saber and defeated him in 41 seconds.
• Jingliu left with Bai Luoming and Yanqing for the Ambrosial Arbor as Hoolay began to recover, grieving over his defeat.

Bai Luoming and Jingliu brought Yanqing to Scalegorge Waterscape, where Jingliu froze a path across the water and comforted Bai Luoming as they explored the ruins. Meanwhile, Feixiao reunited with Yaoguang, learned that the Ambrosial Arbor had revived, and eagerly set off to fight Phantylia with Jing Yuan.

• Jingliu told Yanqing that Bai Luoming was her husband and his grandmaster-in-law, and Yanqing reluctantly accepted the title.
• Jingliu froze the water at the entrance to Scalegorge Waterscape so the group could cross without a ferry.
• Bai Luoming comforted Jingliu among the ruins, and Yanqing privately struggled with the fact that his martial uncle was also his grandmaster-in-law.
• Feixiao discovered Yaoguang had overheard her threats, and Yaoguang assured her they were still allies.
• Yaoguang told Feixiao that the Ambrosial Arbor had revived and that they needed to join Jing Yuan in defeating Phantylia, so Feixiao urged them to go at once.

Jingliu and Bai Luoming arrived at Scalegorge Waterscape as Blade confronted Dan Heng, and Jingliu nearly attacked them while struggling with her memories and Mara. Blade revealed Dan Heng’s past as Imbibitor Lunae, then wounded him, causing water to envelop him and leaving Yanqing to question Bai Luoming’s loyalty.

• Jingliu and Bai Luoming followed familiar voices to a sea of red spider lilies, where Blade and Dan Heng faced off as Kafka and Sam watched.
• Yanqing recognized Blade and the Stellaron Hunters, while Blade and Dan Heng reacted to Jingliu’s arrival.
• Jingliu’s memories and killing intent surged, but Bai Luoming stopped her and urged her to calm down.
• Jingliu took Bai Luoming’s hand as Kafka cautioned Sam, while Blade taunted Dan Heng about his past.
• Blade told Yanqing that Dan Heng was the exiled Imbibitor Lunae, but Yanqing rejected the claim and defended his grandmaster.
• Blade attacked Dan Heng and pierced him with the Shard Sword; water surged around Dan Heng, and Yanqing gave Bai Luoming a suspicious look.

Bai Luoming tried to keep the rivalries between Dan Heng, Blade, and Jingliu from erupting into a battle as the Ambrosial Arbor revived. Jing Yuan arrived and persuaded everyone to stand down, leaving the group reunited under tense circumstances.

• Jingliu drew her sword and threatened Dan Heng and Blade, while Bai Luoming tried to restrain her.
• Dan Heng and Blade turned their weapons on Jingliu, and Firefly prepared to intervene as the group faced off amid the Arbor's revival.
• Bai Luoming summoned a greatsword and released his power, prompting most of the group to target him instead.
• Jing Yuan arrived on the Lightning-Lord, reassured Yanqing, and asked everyone to let the conflict rest.
• Jing Yuan urged Blade to stop, and Blade, Dan Heng, and Jingliu put away their weapons.
• Jing Yuan thanked the group and remarked on the circumstances of their reunion.