Recaps

Qing Zhixun compared the suspected Qin Jian supporters against the Qing Family’s records and sent Xi Xiu a chart exposing hidden interspecies marriages. Xi Xiu confirmed that Insects had been found on an unclaimed Artificial Star, and Wu Jingxu destroyed it while taking precautions to collect the debris.

• Qing Zhixun arranged a covert Qing Family investigation under Qing Heming and learned that Xi Xiu planned to act as bait.
• Qing Zhixun matched the names Qing Sansui had gathered to Alliance records, uncovered secret marriages between humans and other species, and sent Xi Xiu a relationship chart.
• A Xian told Xi Xiu that Anvile patrols had found moving creatures underground on several unclaimed Artificial Stars.
• Xi Xiu watched the robot’s live feed, recognized the creatures as the same Insects she had encountered before, and urged A Xian to warn the Anvile leaders.
• Wu Jingxu ordered the Artificial Star destroyed and deployed a device to collect the resulting dust in case any Insect eggs escaped.

Wu Jingxu destroyed five more Artificial Stars while Wu Jingxi returned to Anvile and helped its nobles prepare defenses against the hidden enemy. The chapter left Anvile organizing defenses across its central region and the starry expanse, with Qing Zhixun assigned to guard the Origin Land.

• Wu Jingxu reassured his people, then destroyed a planet before Wu Jingyang calculated five more Artificial Star locations from the coordinates and sent them to him.
• Wu Jingxu led his people to destroy all five planets and returned to Anvile to revise its defenses against a possible Insect attack.
• Wu Jingxi appeared before the Anvile nobles and described her years adrift in the Barren Sea, including her faint awareness while asleep and her altered perception of time.
• Wu Jingxi presented defensive plans covering Anvile's central region and assigned Qing Zhixun to guard the Origin Land.
• Wu Jingxi called for nine lines of defense across the starry expanse and warned that the enemy might possess advanced spacetime technology.

Xi Xiu strengthened Aura’s defenses while waiting at the Yuanri base, and Qing Heming followed linked coordinates into a newly formed region near an unstable star. He and his team arrived safely at a planet resembling humanity’s first home.

• Xi Xiu advised Enweit on Aura’s defenses, while Enweit secured weapons and Aura’s warriors trained.
• Qing Heming and Qing Yuanshan studied the dangerous star region and calculated a safe route to the coordinates Qing Zhixun had sent.
• Qing Heming connected the coordinates to several places known to Xi Xiu and ordered repeated simulations to find a safe entry point.
• Qing Heming told Qing Zhixun about the discovery, then prepared his soldiers with Protective Suits and mechs.
• Qing Heming led his team through the safe route into the newly formed region, where they found a beautiful planet resembling humanity’s first home.

Qing Heming investigated a planet that had supposedly been devoured and found it intact in a newly formed region, with human settlements unlike anything in Jingsu. Qing Zhixun showed the images to A Xian and Xi Xiu, who recognized the planet as the first one humans had set foot on there.

• Qing Heming compared the planet with Qing Zhixun's original data, sent Mini Robots to scout it, and found signs of human activity and unfamiliar technology.
• Qing Heming sent his images, videos, and environmental data to Qing Zhixun, who summoned A Xian and Xi Xiu to his office.
• A Xian clarified to Xi Xiu that her feelings were only sisterly and explained how Anvile People formed partnerships through Mental Power resonance.
• Qing Zhixun showed A Xian and Xi Xiu the planet on a large screen and explained that it was the world the Central Brain said had been swallowed by another star.
• Xi Xiu recognized the intact planet as the one everyone had believed had vanished, the first planet humans had set foot on there.

Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Qing Zhixun studied a planet that had appeared intact outside its original orbit and debated how it was connected to humanity’s origins. As new images showed a society resembling Xi Xiu’s former era, she wondered why Qin Jian had recreated that particular time period.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian questioned how the planet had appeared intact outside its original orbit, while Qing Zhixun said the data was still being analyzed.
• Qing Zhixun showed them images from the planet and argued that its people might have come from star systems beyond the known Alliances.
• Xi Xiu proposed that clones had inherited original human memories and rebuilt the planet from them, but A Xian asked what purpose that served.
• Xi Xiu noticed the planet’s people appeared genuinely happy and that their surroundings resembled her life at age twenty-six or twenty-seven.
• Xi Xiu wondered why Qin Jian had recreated her era instead of the period roughly a century later, and Qing Zhixun sent Qi Mang to bring Sixi.

Xi Xiu and A Xian examined images of a recreated planet while the Central Brain revealed that Qin Jian had spent nearly ten thousand years cultivating clones and modifying himself. The chapter left Qing Zhixun and the others confronting the possibility that Qin Jian had become powerful enough to threaten the Jingsu Alliance.

• Xi Xiu reflected that her homeland had left its star system a hundred years after her death and studied images of a planet resembling its past.
• Qi Mang brought Sixi and Wu Yuan to Xi Xiu, and Sixi asked Xi Xiu to upgrade her program with a cool, commanding personality.
• Sixi reacted with silence and surprise to images from the old days, while Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun noticed her response.
• A Xian questioned how Qin Jian could reproduce memories through clones, and the Central Brain explained that he backed up his memories and destroyed clones whose consciousness rebelled.
• The Central Brain identified the planet as Qin Jian's work and warned that the Jingsu Alliance would need to unite its forces to have a chance against him.
• Qing Zhixun asked the Central Brain to calculate Qin Jian's individual combat strength as Xi Xiu and A Xian considered his body modifications, Bio-constructs, and the missing Anvile consciousnesses.

Xi Xiu and her companions assessed Qing Heming’s simulated combat strength and planned for Qin Jian’s likely ambushes and rapid Transmission Channels on their journey back to Anvile. The Central Brain began analyzing ways to counter the channels, while Xi Xiu proposed using the brief moment after exiting one to attack.

• The Central Brain showed Xi Xiu, Qing Zhixun, A Xian, and the others a simulation of Qing Heming’s formidable strength and warned that he favored powerful weapons.
• The Central Brain told A Xian that she could defeat Qing Heming by exploiting his arrogance and psychology, and said Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun could capture him together.
• Qing Zhixun asked how Qin Jian might respond to Wei Lanshan and Hong Xixiu’s trap, and the Central Brain predicted he would enter it before attacking from within and without.
• Qing Sansui searched for more Artificial Stars with Qi Mang after the group realized Qin Jian’s followers might have their own.
• The Central Brain agreed to analyze old research for a way to sever rapid Transmission Channels, while Qing Zhixun raised the risk of destroying a channel with powerful weapons.
• Xi Xiu suggested pulling enemies into their own rapid channel, and she proposed firing at them during the five seconds after they exited.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun planned to escape a Transmission Channel by firing their weapons just before leaving it, while preparing for Qin Jian’s possible ambush. Qing Heming then revealed evidence that someone had deliberately shifted a star into a new orbit, confirming that the disaster had happened.

• Xi Xiu proposed exploiting a brief moment before they left a Transmission Channel to fire their weapons, and Qing Zhixun confirmed the plan could work.
• A Xian agreed to arrange for Wu Jingya and Wu Jingxian to rendezvous with the group and provide Mental Power support.
• Qing Zhixun discussed the risks posed by Qin Jian, Ye Zhenwei, and the Tang Family, while Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun agreed to share information.
• Wei Lanshan returned to Gaia and devoted herself to laboratory work, while Qing Zhixun said the Qing Family would monitor Ye Zhenwei.
• Qing Heming showed Qing Zhixun and the others calculations indicating that someone had deliberately changed a star’s orbit.

Xi Xiu and her companions investigated the possibility that Qin Jian’s consciousness had split, and found an old medical case that matched his history. The chapter ended as they opened a recording of the patient’s psychiatric consultation.

• Xi Xiu proposed that Qin Jian’s consciousness might have split into two individuals, and A Xian explained how consciousness splitting worked among the Anvile People.
• Xi Xiu consulted human medical records and found an unsolved case involving a person with identical Genetic Information who had visited both neurology and psychiatry.
• Xi Xiu noted that the case’s timing matched when Qin Jian first began harboring ill will toward the Alliance, and Qing Zhixun suggested investigating the records further.
• Wu Yuan found a disc containing the psychiatrist’s consultation, and the group watched as a frightened biomedical scientist began recounting his problems to the doctor.

After watching a doctor’s account of Qin Jian’s other consciousness, Xi Xiu and the others considered whether the original Qin Jian might still be alive on Qing Heming’s isolated planet and moved to protect it. Xi Xiu then assembled the available records into a model of Qin Jian, while the group discussed how they might recognize his dark counterpart.

• The doctor described his failed attempt to stop Qin Jian’s other consciousness, which he called a demon.
• Xi Xiu suggested the original Qin Jian might still be alive on Qing Heming’s isolated planet, and Qing Zhixun ordered Qing Heming to return and strengthened the region’s defenses.
• Xi Xiu offered two Nine Stars teams to support the Qing Family, while Wu Yuan explained to Sixi how Qin Jian’s consciousness might have taken control.
• Xi Xiu combined records from Nine Stars, Wei Lanshan, Long Xingxue, Ming Weiman, and Li Zhengfeng to build a model of Qin Jian.
• A Xian and Xi Xiu discussed whether they could recognize Qin Jian’s dark counterpart by his Mental Power, eyes, or arrogant nature.

Qin Hongjun found Xi Xiu’s restricted file and identified her as a healthy, gifted experimental subject, then sent Wei Lanshan experimental data and a taunting message. Wei Lanshan and Xi Xiu adjusted their plan to lure him into a trap, while Xi Xiu and A Xian considered how Qin Hongjun had acquired Qin Jian’s memories and what had happened to Qin Jian.

• Xi Xiu told A Xian she believed Qin Jian’s malice would make him easy to recognize, and A Xian asked her to warn her if they encountered him.
• Qin Hongjun learned from Tang Yongyu’s information that Wei Lanshan had a healthy, gifted experimental subject and searched the Central Brain for the restricted file.
• Qin Hongjun found Xi Xiu’s file, sent Wei Lanshan experimental data, and thanked her for the gift.
• Wei Lanshan confirmed that Xi Xiu’s file had been opened and sent Xi Xiu advice to place more people along the unavoidable route home.
• Xi Xiu revised the plan with Wei Lanshan’s theories, and she and A Xian discussed how Qin Hongjun could have copied Qin Jian’s memories and whether Qin Jian was still alive.

Qing Sansui and Qi Mang traced Qin Hongjun’s access to Xi Xiu’s file and uncovered his plans to steal Wei Lanshan’s treatment research and seize the rescued children. Qing Zhixun received the intelligence and prepared to protect Xi Xiu as he planned his return to Anvile.

• Qing Sansui tracked the signal from the file intrusion to Qin Hongjun’s star region and planted monitoring code on a terminal he frequently used.
• Qin Hongjun ordered Qin Yi to locate Wei Lanshan so he could obtain her drug formula and mass-produce Talent Warriors.
• Qin Yi learned that Wei Lanshan was in a Gaia laboratory treating children abducted from Qin Hongjun’s base, and Qin Hongjun ordered his moles to take the children once they were safe.
• Qing Sansui and Qi Mang intercepted Qin Yi’s communications and sent the useful information to Qing Zhixun.
• Qing Zhixun forwarded the data to Qing Wenxu and focused on planning his return to Anvile, preparing to protect Xi Xiu if her origins were exposed.

Qin Hongjun prepared to abduct Hong Xixiu and exploit her resistance to the M Virus, while Li Zhengfeng realized Qin Hongjun might take him outside and considered escaping. Five days later, Qin Hongjun left his headquarters with three Starships, bringing Li Zhengfeng’s body with him.

• Qing Zhixun and Wu Jingyang prepared contingency plans to protect Xi Xiu, with Qing Zhixun adding the Tang Family and Ye Family to their precautions.
• Qin Hongjun ordered Qin Yi to ready forces around Yuanday so they could abduct Hong Xixiu and study her genes.
• Qin Hongjun told Li Zhengfeng that he planned to capture Hong Xixiu and turn her into a source of antibodies and Talent Warriors.
• After Qin Hongjun left, Li Zhengfeng considered whether being taken outside could give him a chance to escape his confinement.
• Five days later, Qin Hongjun departed his headquarters with three Starships and brought Li Zhengfeng’s body along.

Xi Xiu and her allies pursued the approaching signal and discovered that Li Zhengfeng was nearby, while Central Brain realized the Qin Jian they faced was a split-off consciousness rather than the person it had once known. As an unidentified enemy Starship appeared on the Star Chart, Qing Zhixun prepared his team for battle.

• Xi Xiu left the Yuandai base after giving Qiu Shaorong training methods and warning that the battle at Anvile could bring turmoil across Jingsu.
• Enweit secretly returned to Aura, where his father Enweilian arranged for him to end his service early.
• Xi Xiu's Starship joined Wu Jingyang's group, and they followed Qing Sansui's signal through a quiet starfield while their allies prepared for a possible fight.
• Sixi detected Li Zhengfeng less than 0.2 light-years away, and Xi Xiu identified the approaching Qin Jian as a new consciousness split off from the original.
• Central Brain concluded that an anomaly during Qin Jian's attempt to copy himself had changed his personality, then accepted Xi Xiu's plan to deal with the Qin Family member first.
• An unidentified point appeared on the Star Chart, and Qing Zhixun issued rapid commands to prepare for the enemy's arrival.

Qing Zhixun’s Starship maneuvered around Qin Hongjun’s fleet, but Qin Hongjun hijacked the Central Brain briefly and sent waves of robot warriors to attack. The Anvile warriors and Qing Zhixun’s team fought them off as the enemy closed in, while Xi Xiu remained aboard and the Central Brain sought to find Qin Jian.

• Qing Zhixun ordered the Starship to take an S-shaped route past Qin Hongjun’s vessels, and the Central Brain managed the maneuvers.
• Qin Hongjun briefly took control of the Central Brain, tracked Xi Xiu’s Starship, and sent mechanical warriors to latch onto it.
• Qing Zhixun ordered Qing Sansui and Qi Mang to fight the robots while Xi Xiu stayed aboard.
• Qin Hongjun released hundreds of thousands of modified robot warriors from his warehouse and sent them toward the fleet.
• Wu Jingya, Wu Jingyang, and the Anvile warriors entered space to battle the robots as Qing Sansui and Qi Mang fought alongside them.
• The robot attackers kept arriving, and Qin Hongjun’s Starships drew closer to capture data.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun assessed the threat from the Qin Family as their forces fought outside the Starship. With Xue Fanhui still missing on a critical Alliance mission, Qing Zhixun entered combat himself and left Xi Xiu and A Xian to guard the ship.

• The Central Brain and A Xian warned Xi Xiu that the Qin Family's leader was arrogant, patient, and prepared to attack intelligent life on Jing Su.
• Xi Xiu recalled that Xue Fanhui had gone silent during a mission and had sent her weapon Space Lockets before leaving.
• As the battle outside the Starship intensified, Xi Xiu offered to draw the enemy's fire, but A Xian and Qing Zhixun refused.
• Qing Zhixun deployed the Qing Family's combat robots, put on his Protective Suit, and ordered Xi Xiu and A Xian to guard the Starship.
• Qing Zhixun teleported to the fighter hangar with short-range Teleportation Devices and a code that could conceal his fighter's approach for about fifteen seconds.

Xi Xiu reflected on Qing Zhixun protecting her as he led the attack against Qin Hongjun's Starship. When the Central Brain rejected Qin Hongjun's command and exposed that he was not the person it once obeyed, Qin Hongjun prepared to confront the intruders.

• A Xian praised Qing Zhixun for protecting Xi Xiu, while Xi Xiu tried to dismiss her warm reaction to his gesture.
• Qing Zhixun intercepted Qin Hongjun's attacks and led his fighters through the Starship's first line of defense.
• Qin Hongjun shoved Qin Yi aside and took control of the weapons, while Qin Yi endured his master's abuse to stay alive.
• Qin Hongjun used an old control code, but the Central Brain rejected him and said he no longer had the right to command it.
• Qing Zhixun and his people entered Qin Hongjun's Starship, and Qin Hongjun ordered Qin Yi to prepare a control program and send someone to fight.

Qin Yi loaded a control code into Li Zhengfeng, but Li Zhengfeng secretly prepared to break free from Qin Hongjun’s control. When Li Zhengfeng failed to attack Qing Zhixun, Qin Hongjun blamed Qin Yi for the apparent coding failure.

• Qin Yi inserted a control code into Li Zhengfeng’s biological chip, while Li Zhengfeng endured the procedure and hid his plan to escape the control program.
• Li Zhengfeng left the control room with Qin Yi, and Qin Hongjun mocked him while imagining ruling twenty star systems.
• Li Zhengfeng confronted Qing Zhixun aboard the Starship, and Qing Zhixun ordered Li Yuanting and the others to hold back.
• Qin Yi realized Li Zhengfeng was not responding to the control code and feared that he would be killed if Li Zhengfeng attacked.
• Qin Hongjun questioned Qin Yi about the code, and Qin Yi insisted he had followed the specified procedure.

Li Zhengfeng sent Xi Xiu a coded request to take him home after his combat strength ran out, and Wu Jingyang devised a way to help. As Qing Zhixun fought Li Zhengfeng, he recognized Li Zhengfeng’s attempt to communicate and followed Wu Jingyang’s instructions.

• Qin Hongjun sent Qin Yi into battle after dismissing his pleas, leaving Li Zhengfeng alone with him in the control room.
• Qing Zhixun’s surveillance footage led Xi Xiu and the Central Brain to identify Li Zhengfeng and discover that a biological chip controlled him.
• Li Zhengfeng sent a coded message asking to be taken home after his combat strength was depleted, and Xi Xiu forwarded it to Wu Jingyang.
• Wu Jingyang returned to the Starship and calculated that Li Zhengfeng’s plan depended on the timing of his own loss of combat strength.
• Li Zhengfeng and Qing Zhixun fought, and Li Zhengfeng silently identified himself before Wu Jingyang instructed Qing Zhixun to help him.
• Qing Zhixun followed Wu Jingyang’s instructions and fought Li Zhengfeng at close range.

Qing Zhixun fought Li Zhengfeng to help free him from Qin Hongjun’s control, then escaped with him aboard the starship. Qin Hongjun failed to locate Li Zhengfeng after the escape and suspected Wu Jingyang had cracked his code.

• Li Zhengfeng introduced himself to Qing Zhixun and asked him to fight at full strength, while Qin Hongjun watched their evenly matched battle.
• Wu Jingyang told Qing Zhixun to connect his terminal to Li Zhengfeng’s head and activate the Teleportation Device to free his consciousness.
• Li Yuanting and his allies defeated Qin Yi and ensured his consciousness could not be recovered.
• Qing Zhixun connected to Li Zhengfeng during their clash and teleported them back to his starship as Li Yuanting activated the device.
• The Central Brain evaded Qin Hongjun’s pursuit, and Qing Zhixun’s group escaped the star region while Wu Jingya led the others toward Anvile.
• Qin Hongjun tried to use Li Zhengfeng’s control code to find him but got no response and suspected Wu Jingyang had cracked it.

Qin Hongjun failed to track Li Zhengfeng and returned to his camp, unaware that Qing Zhixun had planted a tracker on his Starship. Li Zhengfeng separated from his body with the Central Brain’s help, while Xi Xiu and the others learned more about Qin Hongjun and his connection to Qin Jian.

• Qin Hongjun lost track of Qing Zhixun’s Starship, grew furious, and returned to his camp after having his robots repair his damaged Starship.
• Qing Zhixun’s tracker revealed the location of Qin Hongjun’s camp.
• Li Zhengfeng appeared in the Virtual Network, thanked the Central Brain, and confirmed that its help had allowed him to separate from his body.
• Qing Zhixun showed Xi Xiu and the others a recording of Qin Hongjun and explained that the Eternal Robots aboard his Starship acted more like partners than obedient servants.
• Xi Xiu explained Qin Hongjun’s belief that he was a creator god, and Wu Jingyang described him as a gifted split-off consciousness from Qin Jian.

After the battle with Qin Hongjun, the group reached the Anvile safe zone and Wu Jingyang transferred Li Zhengfeng’s consciousness into a robot body. Li Zhengfeng met Xi Xiu and the Nine-Star descendants, leaving them with the chance to ask him about his survival and history.

• Wu Jingyang explained that Qin Hongjun had become the dominant consciousness, while no one knew what had happened to Qin Jian’s consciousness.
• Qing Zhixun said Li Zhengfeng was a formidable fighter and described how their battle had ended in a draw.
• Wu Jingyang warned A Xian not to challenge Li Zhengfeng in the Virtual Network until his consciousness had recovered.
• The group stayed alert as they traveled to the safe region, where Feng Qiqi, Bai Jungo, and the medical teams treated the wounded soldiers.
• With help from the Central Brain, Wu Jingyang successfully activated Li Zhengfeng’s consciousness in a blank robot body.
• Xi Xiu introduced herself to Li Zhengfeng as Hong Xixiu, and the Nine-Star descendants welcomed the chance to speak with him.

Li Zhengfeng recounted how Qin Hongjun imprisoned him for five hundred years and revealed the dangerous experiments underway at Qin Hongjun’s base, including Insects that could consume entire star systems. He agreed to accompany A Xian to Anvile, while his exchange with A Xian hinted at a mystery surrounding the Wu Jing family.

• Li Zhengfeng told Bai Jungo and the others that Qin Hongjun had trapped him in a controlled body for five hundred years, during which he secretly restored his Mental Power and eventually broke free.
• Li Zhengfeng listed Qin Hongjun’s projects, including Eternal Robots, Bio-constructs, blank human bodies, Talent Warriors, and ultimate humanoid weapons.
• Xi Xiu showed Li Zhengfeng images of the Insects found on an Artificial Star, and he explained that Qin Hongjun had boasted they could devour everything.
• A Xian explained Anvile’s recurring crisis and its secrecy, and Li Zhengfeng agreed to accompany her to Anvile.
• Li Zhengfeng questioned A Xian about her generation in the Wu Jing family, then called Xi Xiu Anvile’s benefactor and praised how she handled the recent events on Nine Stars.

Hong Xixiu accepted Li Zhengfeng’s decision to leave Nine Stars in her hands and planned to rebuild it while keeping his survival secret. Li Zhengfeng warned that Qin Hongjun might attack Jingsu in less than a year, prompting Qing Zhixun to reconsider their preparations.

• Li Zhengfeng refused to reclaim Nine Stars, affirmed Hong Xixiu as its rightful leader, and urged her to trust herself.
• Hong Xixiu planned to let Nine Stars recuperate during her remaining eight years of service and reorganize its forces.
• Li Zhengfeng told Xu Fengxiang and the others to conceal that his consciousness survived and to claim Qin Hongjun’s copy of it had perished.
• Li Zhengfeng estimated Qin Hongjun would attack Jingsu in less than a year, while Qing Zhixun shared intelligence about a huge joint fleet assembled by five border star systems and an unidentified force.
• Li Zhengfeng revealed that the Hanhai People had likely agreed to enhancement with Qin Hongjun, and Qing Zhixun decided to alter their plans.
• After reviewing Jingsu’s military weaknesses, Li Zhengfeng angrily questioned what the Elder Council had been doing.

Li Zhengfeng discussed Jingsu’s weakened military and the Central Brain’s failures before sharing a private conversation with Xi Xiu about their lost homeland and his old record. He warned her that Qin Hongjun would try again, then helped her strengthen her plans to counter him.

• Qing Zhixun explained how Jingsu’s complacency and the Elder Council’s limits had weakened its defenses, while Li Zhengfeng challenged the Central Brain for failing to intervene.
• Qing Zhixun stopped Li Zhengfeng and the Central Brain from arguing, and the starship waited near Anvile for Wu Jingya before returning together.
• Li Zhengfeng asked Xi Xiu whether she understood his handwritten record, and she confirmed that she came from the same distant origin, in a sense.
• Li Zhengfeng learned that his dynasty had disappeared and asked Xi Xiu to destroy his record, while she said she would seek answers about the Central Brain’s lost homeland.
• Li Zhengfeng warned Xi Xiu against making deals with the Central Brain and advised her on how to prepare for Qin Hongjun’s next attempt to abduct her.