Recaps

Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng discussed training a future battlefield commander as Qing Zhixun and the others arrived at Anvile Palace. The Wu Family welcomed them and reunited with Qing Zhixun, while Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng reflected on Anvile’s deep attachment to its homeland.

• Xi Xiu asked Li Zhengfeng to teach one of her disciples how to command battles, and he agreed.
• Qing Zhixun’s Starship landed at Anvile, and he followed Wu Jingyang and the others into Anvile Palace.
• A Xian brought Xi Xiu forward to greet Liuga, who welcomed her and expressed hope that Anvile would survive the crisis.
• Xi Xiu greeted the Wu Family members while Jing Xi embraced Qing Zhixun and welcomed him home.
• Jing Xi introduced Qing Zhixun to Wu Jingmu and Liuga, and he greeted the Wu Family.
• Li Zhengfeng remarked that Anvile had barely changed, and Xi Xiu explained that it was the place its people remembered as home.

The Wu Family reunited with Qing Zhixun and his companions, who explained Qin Hongjun’s schemes and the danger posed by the Insects. The group learned that more Artificial Stars and other contingencies might remain, while Xi Xiu’s role in defeating the Insects became clear.

• Liuga asked Qing Zhixun about his life and marriage plans, and he said he would submit an application after the crisis ended.
• Qing Zhixun described the group’s journey and revealed that Qin Hongjun sought Xi Xiu’s genes and recovered antibody cells.
• A Xian explained that Qin Hongjun was behind the Eternal Robots, Bio-constructs, Jing Xi’s ordeal, and the cultivation of the Insects.
• Wu Jingxu said he had destroyed six Artificial Stars, while A Xian warned that Qin Hongjun likely had more backups.
• Qing Zhixun explained the Insects’ resilience, and Xi Xiu described how the group slowed their reproduction and ultimately defeated them through Mental Power.

Li Zhengfeng explained what he knew about the threat and discussed Anvile’s crisis with Wu Jingmu. The chapter left the crisis’s origin unknown, but Li Zhengfeng suggested it was meant to test Anvile, while Anvile prepared to support the rest of Jingsu.

• Wu Jingmu pressed Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng about the strange threat, and Xi Xiu confirmed Li Zhengfeng was the God of War they had once suspected.
• Li Zhengfeng recalled meeting Wu Jingmu when he was young, while A Xian, Xi Xiu, You Lian, and Charlotte shared news about events beyond Anvile.
• Wu Jingyang told Wu Jingxu that Qin Hongjun had used the Initial Code to exploit the Central Brain, and Li Zhengfeng judged that Qin was more likely trying to keep Anvile from helping elsewhere than to attack it directly.
• Wu Jingmu explained that Anvile’s corrupt aura crisis returned every two thousand years, though their records did not reveal its cause.
• Li Zhengfeng proposed that Anvile’s ancestors had left the crisis unresolved to keep their descendants prepared, and Wu Jingmu showed him Anvile’s deployment map for review.

Wu Jingmu and Li Zhengfeng revised Anvile’s defenses after considering that Star Beasts could carry the corrupting aura to the ground, and they assigned Xi Xiu to the fifth defense line. Xi Xiu felt cherished by A Xian’s family as she settled into her new room, while Li Zhengfeng questioned the Central Brain about its loyalty to Qin Hongjun.

• Wu Jingmu and Li Zhengfeng discussed Star Beasts as possible carriers of the corrupting aura and adjusted Anvile’s defenses, placing Xi Xiu at the fifth line and A Xun at the sixth.
• Wu Jingmu assigned Jing Xi to the foremost battlefield, while the others took positions across the remaining defense lines and Wu Jingyang activated joint surveillance for Anvile and Jingsu.
• A Xian showed Xi Xiu the room Liuga had prepared for her, and Xi Xiu thanked her and felt deeply moved by the family’s care.
• Li Zhengfeng asked the Central Brain to stop occupying Sixi’s body, then reminded it of its former praise for Xi Xiu and asked how it viewed Qin Hongjun now.

Xi Xiu and her allies prepared Anvile’s defenses after the Central Brain confirmed it had broken free of Qin Hongjun’s restraints. Their calculations suggested the approaching Star Beasts had intelligence, and Xi Xiu left with her companions to join the forces gathering for the fifth layer of defense.

• The Central Brain told Li Zhengfeng it had cracked Qin Hongjun’s program, then connected with Wu Jingyang to analyze likely Star Beast arrival points.
• The Central Brain and Min En identified sixteen likely locations and calculated that the Star Beasts could have intelligence equivalent to a ten-year-old human.
• Wu Jingyang ordered the Central Brain and Min En to build Skynet and relay information throughout the defenses.
• Xi Xiu left Anvile with Li Zhengfeng, Wu Yuan, Qi Mang, and others to meet Feng Qiqi and proceed to the fifth layer of defense.
• Xi Xiu, Feng Qiqi, Bai Jungo, and Long Xingxue arranged their forces, and Xi Xiu ordered Anvile’s weapons loaded as reserve armaments.

Xi Xiu prepared Anvile’s defenses as the Star Beasts breached successive lines with greater strength and Mental Power. As Anvile’s warriors began to collapse, Wu Jingmu feared fewer than one in ten people might survive and suspected the Star Beasts served an unknown force.

• Xi Xiu assigned positions and reviewed Anvile’s weapons procedures while Li Zhengfeng taught her and Wan Youlin military tactics.
• After six days of silence, the Central Brain and Min En detected Star Beast activity at the second line of defense, which the creatures had bypassed the first line to reach.
• On the ninth day, the Star Beasts breached the second line, using stronger bodies and Mental Power that suppressed Anvile warriors.
• Xi Xiu sent Bai Jungo to reinforce the second line, and his fighters helped eliminate the Star Beasts there.
• A larger, stronger wave of Star Beasts descended on the third line and spread into the second, exhausting Anvile’s warriors and alarming Wu Jingmu and Liuga.
• Wu Jingmu told Liuga that Xi Xiu and A Xun might resist the decay aura better, and he suspected the Star Beasts had an unknown purpose and a force behind them.

Wu Jingmu and Liuga realized Anvile's missing clansmen might have been captured to help someone destroy the star domain and remake its rules. As Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng analyzed the Star Beasts' tactics, Xi Xiu prepared a plan to contain them while the Alliance still failed to send reinforcements.

• Wu Jingmu concluded that the enemy wanted to destroy the star domain and rebuild its rules, possibly using Anvile's missing clansmen.
• Liuga accepted that Anvile might have to fight its own captured people to protect the Origin Land and the consciousnesses within it.
• Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng noted that the Alliance had sent no reinforcements after nine days and suspected some people wanted Anvile to fall.
• Wu Yuan pointed out the Star Beasts' growing secretions, and Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng recognized that the third-layer beasts were an organized advance force spreading the corruption.
• Xi Xiu planned for the Snow Dragon Group to support the third layer, herd the Star Beasts together with nets, and blast them.

Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng battled a newly discovered species of Star Beast on the fifth layer, using combat data to devise a plan that protected nearby planets. Xi Xiu led the fighters in trapping the creatures in an asteroid belt, and Wan Youlin’s precisely timed strike destroyed them all.

• Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng spotted unfamiliar Star Beasts at the fifth layer, and Xi Xiu ordered the Starship crew to prepare for battle.
• Qi Mang led robots in fighters to test the creatures, while Xi Xiu analyzed the data and determined that A-rank weapons could seriously injure them.
• Xi Xiu sent Long Xingxue to check nearby planets for intelligent life, then finalized a weapons plan after the area was cleared.
• Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng led fighters in driving the Star Beasts into an asteroid belt and trapping them with nets as Wan Youlin prepared to fire.
• Xi Xiu and the others opened a gap in the nets, allowing Wan Youlin to strike the clustered Star Beasts and destroy them with the surrounding asteroids.

After the first Star Beast attack, Xi Xiu and the others analyzed the creatures and prepared for further battles while ground forces developed protective equipment. As the team identified clues to the beasts’ decay aura and possible behavior, they braced for attacks that could come every few days.

• Xi Xiu ordered the fleet to return after the first wave of Star Beasts was wiped out, and the soldiers gathered to review the battle and its aftermath.
• Wu Jingyang analyzed the Star Beast data, and Charlotte’s team developed protective material that let soldiers resist the beasts’ aura for two hours.
• Qing Sansui encountered the Central Brain while Sixi was taking a remote lesson, and the Central Brain agreed to keep Qing Zhixun’s plan secret in exchange for a possible contract.
• Xi Xiu and the others concluded that the Star Beasts had been raised and fitted with artificial decay-secretion systems, and Xi Xiu identified an air sac on their tails as the aura’s source.
• Long Xingxue reported that the beasts became agitated in battle, so the group planned to exploit their agitation and use group tactics against them.
• Xi Xiu estimated that minor incidents could occur every three days and major attacks weekly, and the team prepared to continue fighting.

As aberrant Star Beasts emerged in a second wave, Anvile raised its defenses and prepared for a desperate battle. Li Zhengfeng led warriors into space while Xi Xiu stayed aboard the Starship, then set out with Ebony, Wu Yuan, and Qi Mang to support him.

• Qin Hongjun learned that Wu Jingxi had appeared in Anvile and ordered Qin Yi to send instructions to a massive-clawed creature.
• The second wave brought aberrant creatures from beyond the Star Domain Gate, whose secretions could suppress Anvile warriors.
• Wu Jingmu raised the combat alert, ordered Origin Land sealed, and had Wu Jingyang notify Anvile's people to prepare for a last stand.
• Li Zhengfeng led armed warriors into space, while Xi Xiu directed Starship weapons against the creatures trying to reach the main ships.
• When the Star Beasts resumed advancing despite the weapons fire, Xi Xiu set out with Ebony, Wu Yuan, and Qi Mang to support Li Zhengfeng.

Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng used Ebony to restrain and capture the Star Beasts in the fifth layer, buying time as they destroyed the creatures’ channels. Calculations showed the next wave could reach Anvile’s satellites or main planet, so Wu Jingmu deployed soldiers to defend the threatened sites.

• Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng attacked the Star Beasts, but their weapons barely harmed the creatures as they tried to stack themselves into a path toward Xi Wei.
• Xi Xiu learned the Star Beasts could reach Xi Wei within two hours and decided to use Ebony’s vines to slow them while Anvile sought a way to defend the planet.
• Xi Xiu, Qi Mang, Li Zhengfeng, and the soldiers used Ebony’s vines and nets to capture the Star Beasts and tow them away while other ships destroyed the creatures’ channels.
• The fifth layer quieted temporarily, and Wu Jingmu ordered most forces back to the ground while Combat Robots remained on guard in space.
• Wu Jingyang, Min En, and the Central Brain calculated that another wave could reach Anvile’s satellites or main planet and identified important sites the enemy might target.
• Wu Jingmu sent soldiers to guard the threatened locations across Anvile.

Anvile prepared for an unprecedented invasion by evacuating civilians, distributing Protective Suits, and assigning warriors to defend vital coordinates. Xi Xiu and her companions headed to Origin Land's entrance to establish defenses against the Star Beasts.

• Wu Jingmu ordered residents near threatened coordinates to evacuate and ensured every Anvile citizen received a Protective Suit.
• Xi Xiu, Long Xingxue, and Li Zhengfeng returned to the council hall, where Wu Jingyang displayed the enemy's target coordinates.
• Min En and the Central Brain assigned warriors to defend Anvile's vital locations, while Wu Jingya, Wu Jingxu, and others prepared to intercept enemies in space.
• Wu Jingmu urged the people to protect their home and explained that warriors would rotate out when their Protective Suits could no longer hold.
• Xi Xiu and her companions traveled to Origin Land's entrance to prepare Starship weapons and defenses.

Xi Xiu prepared Nine Stars’ forces to stop the modified Star Beasts emerging near Silver Waterfall, using Wei Lanshan’s analysis to identify their altered body parts and destroy the passage. The creatures’ alliance with Qin Hongjun and the possible involvement of abducted Anvile consciousnesses made the coming battle more dangerous.

• Wei Lanshan advised Xi Xiu to compare each Star Beast with its original form and target the parts added through human interference.
• Wei Lanshan and Li Zhengfeng concluded that the creatures may have contacted Qin Hongjun of their own accord using the missing Anvile consciousnesses.
• Xi Xiu created a database of the creatures and organized Nine Stars’ warriors for close-quarters combat around a wall enclosing the passage.
• Xi Xiu assigned Long Xingxue and the Snow Dragon Group to lure the creatures out, with other teams prepared to fight and reinforce them.
• Xi Xiu estimated the forces could handle about one hundred and ten beasts and planned to seal and destroy the passage before more could arrive.

Xi Xiu and the warriors fought the Star Beasts that emerged through a passage on Anvile, while gathering data to find their weak points and calculate how to destroy the passage. The battle continued under a Protective Shield as Xi Xiu and her allies joined the fight, and the warriors were amazed by her combat ability.

• On the third morning, an anomaly appeared at the coordinates, and Long Xingxue ordered the Snow Dragon Group to lure the emerging Star Beasts away from the passage.
• The Snow Dragon Group drew the Star Beasts into an isolated area, where Xi Xiu and Qi Mang gathered data and Li Zhengfeng led warriors in battle.
• Xi Xiu identified the Star Beasts' weak points, sent structural diagrams to the warriors, and gave Wan Youlin the passage's coordinates and required weaponry.
• Xi Xiu, Qi Mang, Wu Yuan, and Ebony joined the fight, with Xi Xiu taking on a Star Beast alone.
• The warriors watched Li Zhengfeng's side near the end of its battle and marveled at how incredible Xi Xiu was.

Li Zhengfeng and Xi Xiu led the Nine Stars Soldiers in fighting the Star Beasts while Wan Youlin destroyed the passage they were using to reach Anvile. With the passage sealed and more soldiers arriving, Xi Xiu remained at the front as the Star Beasts focused their attacks on her.

• Li Zhengfeng discovered that the eyes covering a Star Beast’s tail let it detect attacks, then coordinated with nearby soldiers to blind them and severed the tail.
• Li Zhengfeng drove an explosive drill into the Star Beast, detonated it behind an explosion-proof barrier, and stored the remains in a Space Locket.
• Xi Xiu and Ebony worked together against a Star Beast whose mirrored face reflected burning light, while Wu Yuan treated injured soldiers and moved them to safety.
• Xi Xiu shared a newly discovered combat method, helping the soldiers fight the Star Beasts more efficiently in groups.
• Wan Youlin adjusted his weapon using Xi Xiu’s data and destroyed the passage after Xi Xiu and the others moved to safety.
• More Nine Stars Soldiers joined the ground battle, while the Star Beasts targeted Xi Xiu as the team’s commander.

Xi Xiu deployed the heavy mecha Jiu Dan and, with Ebony and Qi Mang, helped defeat nearly sixty Star Beasts at her coordinate. While Jiu Dan finished off the remaining enemies, Xi Xiu assessed the strained battles at the other coordinates and focused on preventing the Star Beasts from reaching Origin Land.

• Xi Xiu entered the black heavy mecha, connected her Mental Power to its intelligent system, and named the eager mecha Jiu Dan.
• Xi Xiu and Jiu Dan fought together with Ebony and Qi Mang, defeating nearly sixty Star Beasts as Li Zhengfeng and the soldiers eliminated more than twenty.
• After the many-eyed leading Star Beast died, the remaining enemies lost direction, and Jiu Dan asked Xi Xiu to leave the last ten or so to her.
• Xi Xiu rested and reviewed the other battlefronts, finding Wu Jingxu and Wu Jingya's forces under pressure while Wu Jingxi and Qing Heming were coordinating well.
• Jiu Dan continued fighting as Long Xingxue cleared the battlefield and the Nine Star soldiers admired the mecha's agility.

Xi Xiu and her allies defeated the Star Beasts at Origin Land, and Jiu Dan impressed the warriors with her mech combat. As Xi Xiu watched other battlefields remain under pressure, Li Zhengfeng warned her about the Star Beasts’ instability and the need to fight quickly.

• Li Zhengfeng watched Jiu Dan fight and reflected on the technological gap between Jingsu and his homeland.
• Jiu Dan identified the frozen creatures as prototypes of beings beyond the Star Domain Gate, and Xi Xiu praised her performance.
• Xi Xiu and the warriors discussed her demanding mech training before cleaning up the battlefield, where no one had died.
• Xi Xiu reported that Origin Land was safe, while Wu Jingmu told her to stay and guard the area as other Anvile battles remained difficult.
• Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng discussed the threat of the Star Beasts, and he advised her that they could go mad because something inside them was unstable.

Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng discussed who created the Star Beasts and the fate of the missing Anvile consciousnesses, then reflected on the loss of their Homeworld. Xi Xiu left Silver Waterfall considering a distant search for her planet, perhaps someday with her companions.

• Xi Xiu concluded that the Star Beasts were unlikely to be Qin Hongjun's creations because their flaws contrasted with his perfectionist Bio-constructs.
• Li Zhengfeng explained that the Anvile People killed Star Beasts rather than taming them, and Xi Xiu suspected Qin Hongjun was cultivating vanished Anvile consciousnesses as warriors.
• Xi Xiu proposed asking Wu Jingmu and Jing Xi about Qin Hongjun's possible sanctuary so Nine Stars' warriors could rescue the consciousnesses.
• At Silver Waterfall, Xi Xiu told Li Zhengfeng that their Homeworld had vanished after a disaster forced humanity to flee into space.
• Xi Xiu admitted she once hoped to find traces of her Homeworld but considered a future star-roaming journey with her companions if technology advanced enough.

A Xian struggled to replenish the Anvile warriors’ Mental Power from Origin Land while Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng discussed A Xian’s future and Anvile’s hidden Divine Realm. When a larger wave of Star Beasts attacked Silver Waterfall, Xi Xiu led the defenders into battle and organized the fight.

• A Xian endured the strain of supplying the Anvile warriors’ Mental Power, and the Consciousness Babies shared their strength with her.
• Li Zhengfeng told Xi Xiu that A Xian was destined to become Anvile’s strongest and longest-lived warrior, and said Anvile had another Divine Realm.
• Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng spotted Star Beasts approaching Silver Waterfall after Wu Jingxu, Wu Jingya, and the others had been suppressed.
• Xi Xiu assigned Long Da, Senior Sister Feng, Senior Brother Bai, and Jiu Dan their positions while asking Wan Youlin to compare data on the Star Beasts.
• The Nine Stars warriors joined the fierce battle, and Xi Xiu divided the battlefield to give the defenders room to fight.

During the battle on Anvile, Xi Xiu discovered that some Star Beasts carried devices connected to their brains and suspected they contained the consciousnesses of missing people. She ordered the warriors to capture and search the beasts, leaving the truth to be investigated after the battle.

• Xi Xiu confronted a cautious Star Beast whose hidden wings intercepted her weapon before she bound and knocked it unconscious.
• After noticing fear and helplessness in the beast’s eyes, Xi Xiu spared it and found a device connected to its brain.
• Li Zhengfeng recognized the device, and Xi Xiu explained that the Star Beast’s expression had led her to investigate.
• Xi Xiu ordered the warriors to knock out Star Beasts and search them for consciousness devices.
• Xi Xiu and the others found a handful of devices, while most of the Star Beasts appeared to be ordinary beasts.

Xi Xiu and Wu Jingyang examined Star Beasts carrying consciousness devices and discovered that some contained trapped humanlike consciousnesses. Their accounts revealed a location connected to Qin Hongjun, giving Anvile coordinates to investigate.

• Xi Xiu brought the Star Beasts' bodies to Wu Jingyang so he could analyze their consciousness devices.
• Wu Jingyang extracted two consciousnesses from one body and found that one seemed intelligent while the other behaved like an animal.
• Xi Xiu questioned the frightened consciousness and learned it remembered having a similar body, companions, and a life in a room.
• Xi Xiu entered the consciousness's memories into the Central Brain's database, and the data pointed to Qin Hongjun.
• Wu Jingyang asked Xi Xiu to send the findings to Wu Jingmu, and the combined accounts revealed coordinates for a place where children, teenagers, and young adults lived, but no elderly people.

Xi Xiu joined the struggling Anvile front lines after the Origin Land passage was sealed, leaving Li Zhengfeng to guard it. She faced a powerful Star Beast at the central position and sought to end the battle quickly as its corrupting stench weakened the Anvile warriors.

• Wu Jingyang reviewed coordinates beyond the Star Domain Gate and postponed investigating them until after the battle.
• Xi Xiu left Li Zhengfeng to guard the Origin Land and flew with Jiu Dan to support the other battlefields.
• Wu Jingya welcomed Xi Xiu, who took the central front-line position alongside Jiu Dan and Ebony.
• Xi Xiu fought the leading Star Beast, dodging its attacks as it spread a corrupting stench across the battlefield.
• Xi Xiu told Jiu Dan and Ebony to finish their fights quickly, while Wu Yuan and Qi Mang teamed up against another Star Beast.

Xi Xiu, Wu Yuan, Qi Mang, Ebony, and Jiu Dan helped the Anvile People defeat the Star Beasts and cleanse the contaminated air. After the battle, Wu Jingya thanked Xi Xiu and learned that she had trained so hard because she wanted to survive on the battlefield.

• Qi Mang entered a Star Beast through a wound and destroyed its internal organs while Wu Yuan and Ebony restrained it.
• Xi Xiu and Jiu Dan fought alongside the Anvile warriors for three hours until they stopped the Star Beasts' assault.
• Xi Xiu and Jiu Dan helped build a protective barrier, and Qi Mang detonated the weapon inside it, turning the Star Beasts to ash.
• Wu Jingya filtered the contaminated air, while the exhausted Wu Yuan and Qi Mang replaced their New Energy supplies and went into hibernation.
• Wu Jingya thanked Xi Xiu and praised her Martial Skills, and Xi Xiu explained that she had trained to survive on the battlefield.
• Wu Jingya reflected that A Xian was the exception among the Anvile People, who had not needed to pursue extra training.

Xi Xiu stayed with Wu Jingya as Anvile’s people recovered from the Star Beast assault, while Qin Hongjun gathered intelligence and prepared for another attack. After twenty-seven days, the fighting ended, and Wu Jingmu warned the Anvile People to rebuild their defenses and prepare for future threats.

• Wu Jingya rejected Xi Xiu’s offer to join the warriors supporting other coordinates, saying Anvile needed to face its own crisis.
• Qin Hongjun ordered Qin Yi to send a complaint about the failed cooperation and compile data on Anvile’s defenses and the Star Beasts.
• The Central Brain and Min En monitored the starry network and intercepted some of Qin Hongjun’s secret messages.
• After twenty-seven days without further Star Beast attacks, the Anvile People began assessing the damage and tending to injured warriors.
• Wu Jingmu assigned postwar reconstruction to Wu Jingxu and himself, urged the Anvile People to improve their combat skills, and showed them images of suspicious insects and Artificial Stars.

Xi Xiu prepared to leave Anvile for Gaia, while Qing Zhixun and his family discussed the Alliance’s coming political crisis and his plans to travel with her. Before departing, Xi Xiu visited the recovering A Xian and met the Consciousness Babies in the Origin Land.

• Xi Xiu decided to return to Gaia to visit Wei Lanshan, deliver the Star Beast's body, and assess Gaia’s situation, while Xu Fengxiang, Bai Yinglong, and Feng Yueci planned to meet her there.
• Xi Xiu, Qing Zhixun, Jing Xi, and the others visited A Xian in the Origin Land, where A Xian thanked Xi Xiu and promised to join her at Yuandi after recovering.
• Qing Zhixun told Jing Xi and Qing Heming that he would travel to Gaia with Xi Xiu and make a trip to the Qing Family, as his family discussed preparing for the Alliance’s likely war.
• Qing Heming explained that the Qing Family and allied families planned to remove families secretly supporting Qin Hongjun from the Elder Council and establish a wartime command headquarters.
• Xi Xiu soothed A Xian with her Mental Power as the Consciousness Babies and Exotic Plants gathered around her and greeted her warmly.