Chapter Summaries

After dying, Liu Xing traveled through space as a soul and was swept up alongside a naked silver-haired girl. He recognized her as Firefly from Honkai: Star Rail and wondered what her interception meant for the Stellar Hunters and Elio’s script.

• Liu Xing drifted through space as a soul, wondering how he had become a ghost after dying peacefully in a hospital.
• The mysterious starlight carried Liu Xing toward a silver-haired girl floating among meteor fragments and enveloped her instead of striking her.
• Kafka witnessed the girl being intercepted and told a gray-haired girl that their little Firefly had been taken, while the gray-haired girl excitedly considered taking pictures.
• As they traveled past familiar sights from Honkai: Star Rail, Liu Xing realized he had arrived in that universe and identified the girl beside him as Firefly.
• Liu Xing wondered whether Elio knew that he had intercepted one of the Stellar Hunters and whether Kafka would shoot him.

Liu Xing and Firefly traveled aboard Starlight through the universe of the Amber King, escaping Aha before Starlight entered a strange dimension. When the journey began tearing at Liu Xing’s spirit, he took refuge inside Firefly and saw her memories of life as a Glamoth Iron Cavalry soldier.

• Liu Xing watched Starlight crash through the Subspace Crystal Wall as the Amber King built his Celestial Wall, triggering a new Amber Era.
• Aha spotted Starlight and chased after it, but Starlight warped away before Aha could board.
• Starlight entered a dark dimension, where Liu Xing felt his spirit being torn apart while Firefly slept undisturbed.
• Liu Xing plunged into Firefly’s body for shelter and was flooded with her memories of growing up in incubation chambers and fighting the Swarm.
• Liu Xing saw Firefly’s memories of questioning the Glamoth Iron Cavalry, transforming her armor, and destroying the Swarm and Glamoth Planet.

Liu Xing and Firefly awakened together in her mental space, where Firefly received his memories and accepted the changes to her fate. After they escaped the strange space, Firefly found her body had become that of a small child, and the two resolved to seek cures for her Entropickness and Liu Xing’s condition.

• Firefly awakened in her mental space and recognized Liu Xing as her 2D husband after receiving his memories.
• Firefly told Liu Xing she did not blame him for changing her fate and said his memories had helped her understand life.
• Liu Xing left Firefly’s mental space, and Firefly giggled at his awkward retreat.
• Liu Xing discovered that Firefly’s body had reverted to childhood, which might extend her life and ease her Entropickness.
• Liu Xing and Firefly promised to keep searching for a cure for her illness and a way to rebuild his physical body.

The Goddess of Life performed a Life Prayer Ritual and divined great fortune for herself and the God of Destruction. She then discovered a silver-haired girl and a spiritual entity emerging from weak Space-Time Turbulence near the God Realm.

• The Goddess of Life used the Life Ancient Tree to divine the God Realm’s future, hoping to understand the Sea God’s warning of a coming crisis.
• The Life Prayer Ritual filled the tree with golden light, which signified great fortune for the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction.
• The Goddess of Life sensed Space-Time Turbulence near the God Realm but realized it was too weak to reach them.
• A streak of starlight emerged from the turbulence, carrying a Silver-Haired Girl and a Spiritual Entity.
• The Goddess of Life wondered whether the newcomers were outsiders like the Sea God.

As Liu Xing’s soul began to fade, Firefly begged an unseen voice to save him. The Goddess of Life offered a way to anchor Liu Xing to the world through her inheritance and a shared life, and Firefly accepted.

• The Goddess of Life sensed the Silver-Haired Girl’s powerful life and destruction bloodlines and wondered whether she represented the fortune foretold by the Life Prayer Ritual.
• Liu Xing began dissolving into light and told Firefly he could no longer accompany her, while she pleaded for him to stay.
• The Goddess of Life explained that Liu Xing’s soul could not enter this world’s reincarnation and that reshaping his body would not save him.
• The Goddess of Life offered to let Firefly accept her inheritance, connect with the world, and share her life with Liu Xing.
• Liu Xing objected to burdening Firefly, but Firefly declared that she was willing and asked what she needed to do.

The Goddess of Life offered Firefly her godhood so Firefly could save Liu Xing and help him take root in this world. Firefly accepted the inheritance and shared her life with Liu Xing, who was reborn in a new body.

• The Goddess of Life appeared before Firefly and Liu Xing and explained that inheriting her godhood would let Firefly share her life with Liu Xing and anchor him to the world.
• The Goddess of Life told Firefly that she was the only qualified successor and gave her the Life Divinity; Firefly accepted, hoping it could also cure her Entropickness.
• The Goddess of Life used her divine power to wrap Liu Xing in an emerald-green Great Cocoon while Firefly’s life force and soul were joined with his through the Life Sharing Ritual.
• Liu Xing grew inside the Great Cocoon into a boy around Firefly’s age, then opened his eyes, tore through the cocoon, and stepped out.

After the Life Sharing Ritual gave Liu Xing a new body and bound his power to Firefly’s, the Goddess of Life planned for them to share the Life and Destruction divine positions. She chose to send them to Douluo Star so they could adapt to the world and begin their growth.

• The Goddess of Life gave Liu Xing and Firefly clothes after they emerged from the Great Cocoon, and Liu Xing discovered that his new body shared Firefly’s bloodline and power.
• Liu Xing realized the Life Sharing Ritual allowed him and Firefly to grow stronger together, and he accepted their permanent bond with gratitude.
• The Goddess of Life considered how Liu Xing and Firefly could inherit and switch between the divine positions of Life and Destruction without suffering a conflict.
• Firefly and Liu Xing thanked the Goddess of Life, who told them they would need to pass divine position trials to inherit her power.
• The Goddess of Life chose Douluo Star as the planet where Firefly and Liu Xing would adapt to the world and cultivate.

The Goddess of Life sent Liu Xing and Firefly to Douluo Star after the mysterious Starlight vanished into Liu Xing, then returned to the Divine Realm to seek a Divine Trial for them. The pair arrived near Dragon City, where a Titled Douluo mistook them for transformed Spirit Beasts, while a colossal creature awakened in the Star Dou Great Forest and sensed life.

• Liu Xing recognized Douluo Star from a novel he had read, and the Goddess of Life explained that its cultivation system would benefit him and Firefly.
• The Goddess of Life failed to move the Starlight, which entered Liu Xing's body, and advised him to keep the treasure's existence secret.
• The Goddess of Life sent Liu Xing and Firefly through a spatial passage to Douluo Star, then returned to the Divine Realm to persuade the God of Destruction to grant them a Divine Trial.
• A Blue-Haired Woman found Liu Xing and Firefly in a mountain hollow near Dragon City and assumed they were transformed Spirit Beasts with Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• A colossal creature beneath the Emerald Lake awakened, and a Black-Haired Gold-Eyed figure knelt before it as it murmured, "life...".
• Liu Xing realized the Blue-Haired Woman was a powerful opponent, while she wondered why she could not sense any Spirit Beast aura from the children.

Liu Xing and Firefly convinced the Blue-Haired Woman that they were human children, and she apologized before learning they were orphans. In the Divine Realm, the God of Destruction agreed to consider giving the Goddess of Life’s two inheritors a Divine Trial after observing them.

• The Blue-Haired Woman suspected Liu Xing and Firefly were soul beasts in human form, but examined them and confirmed they were human.
• Liu Xing told the Blue-Haired Woman that they were orphans whose senior had left them in the wilderness, and she angrily condemned the senior for abandoning them.
• The Goddess of Life wondered whether Liu Xing and Firefly had safely reached Douluo Star, and the God of Destruction agreed to observe them before deciding whether to grant a Divine Trial.
• The God of Destruction told the Goddess of Life that he felt guilty she had never been able to conceive because of his destructive nature.

Luan Yu adopted Liu Xing and Firefly after finding them abandoned, and introduced herself as a Rank 9 Spirit Tool Master known as Ice Phoenix. She took them toward Dragon City, leaving Liu Xing to wonder whether they had arrived in the era of the second part.

• Luan Yu comforted Liu Xing and Firefly, then decided to adopt them as her family.
• Liu Xing and Firefly accepted Luan Yu and told her their names.
• Luan Yu introduced herself as a Rank 9 Spirit Tool Master from the Sun Moon Empire, and Liu Xing suspected they were in the second part’s timeline.
• Firefly asked Luan Yu what a Rank 9 Spirit Tool Master was, prompting Luan Yu to change the subject and offer to take them for food.
• Luan Yu flew with Liu Xing and Firefly toward Dragon City, then descended more than ten kilometers away to keep a low profile in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Luan Yu brought Liu Xing and Firefly into Dragon City and explained the power held there by its two dragon sects. As they searched for a restaurant, she named the Three Continental Titans, leaving Liu Xing and Firefly surprised that Shrek Academy still existed.

• Luan Yu carried Liu Xing and Firefly into Dragon City after they refused to be carried at first.
• Luan Yu entered the busy city with the children and described its location, resources, and the Heavenly Dragon Gate and Earthly Dragon Gate.
• Luan Yu explained that the Heavenly Dragon Gate and Earthly Dragon Gate divided most of Dragon City's resources while supporting the Heaven Dou Empire in wartime.
• Liu Xing asked Luan Yu what the Three Continental Titans were, and she named Shrek Academy, Mingde Hall, and the Body Sect.
• Liu Xing and Firefly recognized Shrek Academy from their memories, and Luan Yu asked whether Firefly wanted to attend school.

Luan Yu took Liu Xing and Firefly to an upscale restaurant after agreeing to send them to school. Firefly asked for Oak Cake Roll, and Luan Yu promised to find some for her after their meal.

• Firefly eagerly agreed to Luan Yu's offer to send her to a school other than Shrek Academy.
• Liu Xing looked forward to learning meditation and Soul Power at school.
• Luan Yu brought Liu Xing and Firefly to an upscale restaurant in Dragon City and let them choose their food.
• Firefly searched the menu for Oak Cake Roll, but the waitress explained that the restaurant did not serve it.
• Liu Xing and Luan Yu told Firefly to choose something else and promised to find Oak Cake Roll after they left.

Luan Yu took Liu Xing and Firefly to a restaurant, where they ate while she recognized Nan Shui Shui, the Earthly Dragon Gate Master, at a neighboring table. Afterward, Luan Yu brought the children to a small shop to buy Oak Cake Rolls for Firefly.

• Luan Yu petted Liu Xing despite his protests while Firefly ordered a Strawberry Sundae and Star Universe Bobo Milk Tea, and Liu Xing ordered Fire Pattern Bull steak.
• Nan Shui Shui arrived with her daughter Nan Qiuqiu and other children; Nan Qiuqiu had awakened the Rouge Dragon Spirit and asked for the same food as Liu Xing and Firefly.
• Luan Yu recognized Nan Shui Shui as the Earthly Dragon Gate Master, while Nan Shui Shui sensed Luan Yu's formidable strength and wondered who she was.
• Luan Yu wiped the children's mouths after they finished eating, then led them out of the restaurant.
• Luan Yu bought two Oak Cake Rolls from a small dessert shop after Firefly spotted them in the display case.

Luan Yu took Liu Xing and Liu Yingying toward her rented house in Dragon City, planning to leave them in care while she searched the Far North for rare ice-attribute metals. Along the way, the children met Nan Qiuqiu again, who tried to persuade them to call her big sister.

• Liu Xing struggled to eat the Oak Cake Roll while Liu Yingying happily finished hers and offered to eat his.
• Liu Yingying began calling Liu Xing “Xing Bao,” making him uncomfortable, while Luan Yu watched the two children fondly.
• Luan Yu explained that she had rented a house in northern Dragon City and planned to find someone to watch the children before traveling to the Far North for rare metals.
• Liu Xing and Liu Yingying met Nan Qiuqiu, who insisted they must be siblings because their hair and names were similar.
• Nan Qiuqiu offered to treat the children to cake if they called her big sister, but Liu Xing refused.

Nan Qiuqiu won Firefly and Liu Xing over with little cakes and the promise of seeing Spirit Beasts, then made Firefly the Earthly Dragon Gate children’s Second Sister Head. As the children played, Luan Yu introduced herself to Nan Shui Shui as a Rank 8 Spirit Tool Master and began to make an improper request.

• Nan Qiuqiu got Firefly to call her big sister with Gold Soul Coins, then persuaded Liu Xing with a promise to show him her family’s Spirit Beasts.
• Luan Yu introduced herself to Nan Shui Shui as a Rank 8 Spirit Tool Master from the Star Luo Empire who planned to seek rare metals in the Far North.
• Nan Qiuqiu declared Firefly her little sister and Second Sister Head, and the Earthly Dragon Gate boys greeted Firefly in unison.
• Nan Qiuqiu tried to make the boys call Liu Xing Second Brother, but Liu Xing objected and she let them call him whatever they wanted.
• Luan Yu told Nan Shui Shui she had an improper request and was unsure whether to ask it.

Luan Yu entrusted Liu Xing and Firefly to Nan Shui Shui while she went to search for rare metals in the Far North. After the children accepted Nan Shui Shui as their godmother, Luan Yu departed, and Nan Shui Shui took them to buy clothes before returning to the Earthly Dragon Gate.

• Nan Shui Shui agreed to care for Liu Xing and Firefly and became their godmother.
• Liu Xing and Firefly greeted Nan Shui Shui as godmother, delighting Nan Qiuqiu, who welcomed them as her younger siblings.
• Luan Yu told the children to obey Nan Shui Shui, then corrected how they addressed her from Sister to Aunt.
• Luan Yu said goodbye and left to search for rare metals, while Liu Xing and Firefly felt reluctant to part with her.
• Nan Shui Shui took Liu Xing and Firefly to a clothing store in the northern part of the city.

Liu Xing and Firefly settled into life at the Earthly Dragon Gate, where Firefly’s strength amazed the elders and won over the children. Nan Shui Shui kept Firefly from drawing too much attention, while Liu Xing focused on reading and learning about Douluo Continent.

• Nan Shui Shui took Liu Xing, Firefly, and Nan Qiuqiu to choose new clothes, but Liu Xing rejected the pink outfits Nan Qiuqiu recommended.
• Nan Qiuqiu showed Liu Xing and Firefly her Rouge Dragon Spirit and told Liu Xing about her goal of surpassing Yu Tianlong of the Heavenly Dragon Gate.
• Nan Shui Shui helped Liu Xing see the Earthly Dragon Gate’s Magma Earth Dragons, and Liu Xing and Firefly settled into the gate under Nan Qiuqiu’s protection.
• Firefly defeated older children who challenged her claim to be Second Sister Head, astonishing the elders and winning the children’s respect.
• Nan Shui Shui stopped Nan Qiuqiu from taking Firefly to challenge Yu Tianlong, wary that Firefly’s innate strength would attract dangerous attention.
• Liu Xing learned to read quickly by studying the gate’s books, while Firefly learned more slowly as she spent her time with Nan Qiuqiu.

Liu Xing studied Douluo Continent’s supernatural knowledge and considered how Soul Power might help Firefly control SAM and manage Entropickness. He and Firefly still needed to awaken their Martial Souls before they could test whether Soul Power could replace the life force consumed by the armor.

• Liu Xing reflected that Firefly’s combat experience came from centuries of planetary wars and treasured the peaceful life she now shared with Nan Qiuqiu and their friends.
• Liu Xing studied the Earthly Dragon Gate’s library to understand Douluo Continent and find possible ways to treat Entropickness beyond inheriting the Goddess of Life’s godhood.
• Liu Xing reasoned that Soul Power might power Firefly’s SAM and prevent it from consuming her life force, but he and Firefly would have to awaken their Martial Souls to find out.
• Liu Xing speculated that his and Firefly’s Martial Souls might be connected to the swarm and could be powerful because of its origins.

Liu Xing reflected on the physical and spiritual advantages he and Firefly had inherited, while watching Firefly effortlessly dodge Nan Qiuqiu’s attacks. Nan Qiuqiu ended the sparring match exhausted but was cheered up by her fellow Earthly Dragon Gate disciples.

• Liu Xing considered how Firefly’s battle-honed spiritual power and physical fitness gave them an advantage in cultivation and learning.
• Firefly dodged Nan Qiuqiu’s attacks, including her First Soul Skill, Hand of Annihilation, without counterattacking.
• Nan Qiuqiu gave up the sparring match after exhausting her stamina and soul power, frustrated that Firefly had evaded every attack.
• Xu Shenshu, Xiao Feng, Feng Jue, and the other disciples praised Nan Qiuqiu, and she regained her confidence.
• Liu Xing noted that Nan Qiuqiu had recently become a Level 11 Soul Scholar after absorbing a roughly four-hundred-and-fifty-year Spirit Ring.

Liu Xing considered the limits of Soul Rings and worried about what Martial Souls he and Firefly would awaken. Nan Shui Shui weighed the possibility of their absorbing thousand-year First Soul Rings but decided that their safety had to come first.

• Liu Xing questioned Grandmaster’s claim that a First Soul Ring should not exceed 423 years, noting that physical condition and training mattered more than a universal limit.
• Liu Xing compared Nan Qiuqiu’s 450-year First Soul Ring with the advantages Twin Martial Souls could give him and Firefly.
• Nan Shui Shui considered whether Liu Xing and Firefly might eventually absorb thousand-year First Soul Rings, but said they should prioritize safety and wait for their Martial Soul Awakenings.
• Liu Xing worried that he and Firefly might awaken poor Martial Souls, though he believed they could still grow strong with their resources.
• Liu Xing mocked Grandmaster’s saying that there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters, and complained that old theories had remained popular for ten thousand years.