Chapter Summaries

Bai Luoming skipped the Divination Commission meeting while Stelle and Welt questioned Kafka about the Stellaron Hunters’ purpose. Kafka said Elio could not fully foresee Bai Luoming’s fate and that he might join the Stellaron Hunters, prompting Fu Xuan to insist he was more likely to join the Luofu.

• Bai Luoming read Dan Heng and Stelle’s messages, then chose to ignore Stelle’s request and head to Aurum Alley for food.
• Stelle and Welt went to the Divination Commission without Bai Luoming and March 7th, then followed Fu Xuan to see Kafka at the Matrix of Prescience.
• Fu Xuan told Stelle and Welt that the Stellaron Hunters were not responsible for the Luofu’s crisis and urged them to ask Kafka about their objective.
• Stelle questioned Kafka about Bai Luoming, and Kafka said Elio could not foresee his entire fate and that he might join the Stellaron Hunters.
• Fu Xuan angrily rejected Kafka’s suggestion and declared that Bai Luoming was more likely to join the Luofu.

Bai Luoming searched Aurum Alley for Firefly and learned she had closed her barbecue shop after giving away her tools. He left with a large supply of sour Xianzhou oranges after realizing they would make useful gifts for his friends.

• Bai Luoming found Firefly's shop closed for a family matter and saw that its reopening date was unknown.
• A neighboring vendor told Bai Luoming that Firefly had given away her tools the day before, though he did not know why she had closed the shop.
• The vendor tried to sell Bai Luoming Soda Bean Juice and Wild Borisin Milk, but Bai Luoming challenged his claims and turned to leave.
• The vendor stopped Bai Luoming to show him sour oranges grafted on the Xianzhou and suggested he could buy them for his friends.
• Bai Luoming bought every orange the vendor had and stored them in the Herta box.

While searching for lunch in Aurum Alley, Bai Luoming shared a table with Bailu, who had slipped into the noodle shop to hide. Bai Luoming tried to persuade her to eat a sour orange, but just as she was about to taste it, someone searching for Lady Dragon arrived outside.

• Bai Luoming chose a crowded noodle shop and ordered beef noodles with pork intestines and mixed sauce.
• Bailu hurried into the shop and asked Bai Luoming to let her hide, and he recognized her as the Luofu's High Elder of the Vidyadhara.
• Bai Luoming offered Bailu an orange, but she recognized it as a sour variety cultivated by the Alchemy Commission and planned to save it for the dragon elders.
• Bai Luoming ate a segment of the orange, hid his reaction to its intense sourness, and insisted it was delicious.
• Bailu reached for the orange to try it, but a voice outside announced that people were searching for Lady Dragon.

Bailu hid from the Alchemy Commission with Bai Luoming’s help, and Herta’s brooch kept the searchers from noticing her. After they left, Bai Luoming gave Bailu the brooch and ordered her a bowl of noodles, leaving her to recognize his kindness.

• Bailu hid under a table when Alchemy Commission members entered the noodle shop, and Bai Luoming stopped her from trying to confront them.
• Bai Luoming gave Bailu a brooch he said Herta had made, and it concealed her from the searching Alchemy Commission members.
• After the searchers left, Bai Luoming gave Bailu the brooch to keep.
• Bai Luoming noticed Bailu watching his noodles and ordered her another bowl, which she asked him to make less spicy.

Bai Luoming and Bailu finished their noodles and wandered through Aurum Alley together, where he bought her several snacks. Their outing was interrupted when an argument broke out at a nearby stall.

• Bai Luoming teased Bailu during their meal, and they finished their noodles before he paid the bill.
• Bailu followed Bai Luoming through Aurum Alley, insisting she was only walking the same route to help her food settle.
• Bai Luoming bought two Qiongshi Bird Skewers and gave one to Bailu, who eagerly took it after pretending to refuse.
• Bai Luoming bought Bailu Moomoo Rolls, sugar-roasted chestnuts, and Immortal's Joy Tea as they walked together.
• Bailu turned toward a heated argument at a nearby stall when someone accused another person of coming to cause trouble.

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.