Recaps

Andra and the other Belka elders agreed to support Elisa and let the younger generation choose a leader through duels as Belka rebuilt. Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun traced Belka’s isolation and the Parasites’ arrival to a suspicious group and a commercial starship linked to Qin Hongjun, but the trail ended beyond the Barren Sea.

• Andra, Renees's father, and Erno's father agreed that the younger Belka People would choose their leader through duels and that the elders would support them.
• Andra told Elisa to train with Officer Li, and he reassured her that her grandfather's ID might help recover her mother's photographs from the lost terminal.
• Qing Zhixun told Xi Xiu that he and Lu Zong'an's group had found records of outsiders who sought Belka's City in the Sky and its secrets.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun connected the outsiders' expulsion to Qin Hongjun's retaliation against the Belka People.
• Qing Zhixun identified a commercial starship that had visited Belka five hundred years earlier as suspicious, noting that it later disappeared beyond the Barren Sea where Qin Hongjun had been active.

Xi Xiu coordinated the Alliance’s response to the Belka crisis, while Elisa and the other young Belka trained with the soldiers. The chapter ended with A Xian asking Xi Xiu to tell her wherever she went in the future.

• Xi Xiu told Qing Zhixun not to interfere in Belka’s internal conflict and confirmed that the Alliance would follow its rules.
• Xi Xiu learned from Li Zhengfeng that the older Belka had lied about contacting him five hundred years earlier, and she shared what had happened to their people.
• The Alliance quickly produced and distributed Discrimination Instruments and Protective Suits, and rewarded Belka with supplies and reconstruction support.
• Elisa, Renees, and the other young Belka trained with Xi Xiu’s group, while Xi Xiu explained that they should strengthen their bodies before beginning Mental Power training.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian talked about their pasts and how they had come to meet, and A Xian asked Xi Xiu to tell her wherever she went in the future.

Xi Xiu discussed her Central Brain matching result with A Xian and agreed to tell Liuga the truth, though she still did not know what the future held with Qing Zhixun. She changed the subject to planning a team meal after they returned to base, while Elisa and Renees watched the warriors’ camaraderie and hoped the Belka People might one day share it.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian discussed their return to base, news from Anvile, and Jing Xi’s plans to enter the Star Domain Gate.
• A Xian told Xi Xiu that Liuga had asked about her matching result, and Xi Xiu agreed to let her know the truth.
• A Xian explained that Liuga had already asked Qing Zhixun, who had refused to reveal the result, and Xi Xiu suspected he had arranged their match.
• Xi Xiu changed the subject to relaxing after their return, and Flora and A Xian proposed cooking and grilling food with the team.
• Xi Xiu assigned Flora and He Yinlei to choose a location for the meal, while Elisa and Renees watched the warriors gather and hoped the Belka People could someday do the same.

Xi Xiu prepared Elisa and the others to continue training after she returned to the garrison, giving them supplies and revealing her real name to Elisa. When Qiu Shaorong returned with the sealed memory-retrieval data, Andra sought to make its contents public, even as older Belka People eyed the disk for their own advantage.

• Xi Xiu gave Elisa and the others training advice, a six-month plan, and Nutrient Paste, then arranged a monthly window for them to contact her.
• Xi Xiu told Elisa that her real name was Hong Xixiu and asked her to keep it secret; she also left the group a data packet about the Alliance.
• Elisa led Renees and the others in following Xi Xiu's demanding training schedule while Xi Xiu prepared to leave for the garrison.
• Qiu Shaorong returned with the laboratory's sealed, untouched memory data, and Xi Xiu handed the storage disk to Andra in front of the warriors.
• Andra, wary that he could not protect the disk from those seeking power, called Qing Zhixun and declared that he would open the data publicly.

Andra and the Belka People accepted responsibility for their isolation and agreed that Belka would handle its affairs internally while learning from memory fragments recovered from the Parasites. As the Belka People began studying their ancestors’ skills, they discovered the strength and knowledge they would need to rebuild their legacy.

• Andra apologized to Qing Zhixun and asked him to witness Belka’s decision to make its information available to its people and resolve future affairs internally.
• Qing Zhixun agreed to archive the video for Belka’s access and sent a copy to the Elder Council so potentially troublesome Belka People could be monitored.
• Andra opened Xi Xiu’s storage drive, revealing scattered memory fragments containing Belka’s ancestors’ skills and experiences.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian doubted whether the older Belka People would persevere, while they hoped Elisa and the younger generation would learn the fragments.
• Elisa, Renees, Erno, and the other Belka People saved and studied the fragments, amazed by their ancestors’ combat abilities, training, and knowledge of Mental Power.

Andra understood the ancient Belka words in the recovered memory fragment, preserving the secret his father had entrusted to him. After helping the Belka People begin rebuilding their strength, Xi Xiu and her team left the transfer star, which Qing Zhixun placed under the base’s protection and concealed from the Star Chart.

• Andra recognized the ancient language in the memory fragment and recalled his father’s translation and final warning to remember the words.
• The Belka People thanked Xi Xiu’s group and Qing Zhixun for returning their memories, while Elisa and others resolved to train patiently for the coming competition.
• Qing Zhixun said the base would withdraw some warriors but remain available to assist the Belka People.
• During fifteen days on the transfer star, Xi Xiu trained Elisa and the others alongside the base’s warriors.
• Xi Xiu and her team said farewell and returned to the base, while Elisa and the others stayed on the transfer star.
• Qing Zhixun restricted the transfer star’s Star Net access, closed its route, and concealed its location from the Star Chart.

After completing her mission among the Belka People, Xi Xiu accepted green stones from Elisa and planned to set them into weapons with A Xian. As their starship prepared to enter a jump channel, the crew received an S-class distress signal, and Xi Xiu led the response toward the coordinates.

• Xi Xiu accepted the green stones Elisa and the others had given her, explaining that she liked their traces of time.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian discussed turning the stones into ornaments and setting some into their weapons.
• Xi Xiu's starship received an S-class distress signal from outside the Yuanyang Base's jurisdiction.
• Xi Xiu reported the signal to Qing Zhixun, who ordered a reconnaissance team and vanguard unit to investigate carefully while he sent reinforcements.

Xi Xiu rushed to answer the distress signal from Suxita Planet, whose location matched archived Star Chart coordinates Suo Feihua had once given her. She learned that Suxita was under attack and surrounded by enemy Starships, and ordered Qiu Shaorong’s team to break through the blockade as she approached.

• Qing Zhixun sent Li Yuanting and Lin Changchang with three Starships to rendezvous with Hong Xixiu, while Xi Xiu set out separately with her team.
• Xi Xiu recognized Suxita’s location from the archived coordinates Suo Feihua had given her and decided to assess the situation before attempting contact or rescue.
• Suo Feihua, Feng Shanshan, Suo Feiyue, and Vera fought waves of half-Star Beasts attacking Suxita as its residents evacuated under Jiang Fuyu’s lead.
• Suxita’s defenders remained trapped as enemy warships blocked the planet and the Star Net; Ximo and Sika headed back from the Mingyun Galaxy.
• After reaching Suxita’s vicinity, Xi Xiu saw that ten large Starships had encircled the planet and told Qiu Shaorong to break through the blocking system.

Xi Xiu restored the Star Net and coordinated Yuani garrison reinforcements for Suxita Planet while the Feihua Group fought an endless swarm of half-Star Beasts. As the garrison ships approached, the defenders still could not find where the creatures came from, and the enemy starships remained strangely silent.

• Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong's technicians breached the jamming system, allowing Xi Xiu to contact Suxita's Star Lord and prepare a rescue plan.
• Lin Shuan told the Suxita warriors that Yuani garrison soldiers would arrive in thirty minutes, and Suo Feiyue and Vera continued fighting the half-Star Beasts on the ground.
• Jiang Fuyu sent Feng Shanshan's reconnaissance robots toward the silent enemy starships, then learned from Suo Feihua that he should wait for the Yuani garrison and protect the civilians aboard his ships.
• Suo Feihua and Feng Shanshan returned to the ground as Jiang Fuyu monitored the approaching garrison ships and relayed space surveillance to the defenders.
• Lin Shuan's scouts reported no energy fluctuations or source for the creatures, so he ordered them to join the battle while he and Tian Nuolin discussed the Feihua Group's need for biology specialists.

Lin Shuan and Tian Nuolin defended Suxita while Xi Xiu and Li Yuanting confronted five Starships crewed by Eternal Robots. The enemy’s program activated during their attack, and robot soldiers poured from the damaged ships as reinforcements headed to Suxita.

• Lin Shuan and Tian Nuolin prepared to hold Suxita’s surface fortress until Feihua could identify the attackers.
• Xi Xiu met Li Yuanting and reported that five enemy Starships surrounded Suxita with no visible living crew; A Xian confirmed they were Eternal Robots.
• Xi Xiu recalled Wu Yuan and Qi Mang, then coordinated with Li Yuanting to send twenty small Starships and reconnaissance robots toward the enemy ships.
• Lin Changchang destroyed the enemy ships’ protective barriers, and Xi Xiu ordered her to strike their active zones after the robots’ footage revealed the enemy program had not yet started.
• The enemy program activated as the attacks landed, and robot soldiers poured from the damaged Starships.
• Qing Zhixun arranged for two Starships from the western district to reinforce Suxita and raised the Yuari base’s defensive barrier.

Hong Xixiu coordinated with Jiang Fuyu to protect Suxita’s citizens and joined the ground forces heading to support Lin Shuan. As Xi Xiu’s team descended onto the beautiful planet, she wondered about its connection to the Feihua Group and ordered everyone to take their positions.

• Hong Xixiu identified herself to Jiang Fuyu, arranged for Suxita’s Starships to shelter among the garrison fleet, and sent Jiang’s forces to assist in the battle.
• Xi Xiu handed command of the command Starship to Wang Zichun and led A Xian, He Yinlei, Su Jinbao, Qiu Shaorong, and the others into space aboard fighter jets.
• Xi Xiu’s team broke through Suxita’s clouds and marveled at the planet’s lush forests, oceans, mountains, and roaming animals.
• Xi Xiu considered Suxita’s history as a private planet and wondered what relationship Lin Shuan had with Suo Feihua and the others.
• Xi Xiu told her team to follow their assignments, stay safe, and wait for her to send an assembly point after the battle.

Xi Xiu and A Xian helped the Suxida forces contain half-Star Beasts that rapidly regenerated from even tiny scraps of tissue. After the battlefield was brought under control, Feng Shanshan suspected Xi Xiu was the child she had once given a saber to and stopped her from putting the weapon away.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian joined the Suxida warriors and discovered that the half-Star Beasts regenerated from any surviving tissue.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian changed tactics, capturing or incapacitating the creatures and using growth inhibitor to slow their regeneration.
• Feng Shanshan recognized that Xi Xiu's saber matched one she had forged and wondered if Xi Xiu was the little girl she remembered.
• Xi Xiu analyzed the creatures and explained that they had to be contained without spilling tissue, while Suo Feihua spread the method to the other fighters.
• The Suxida forces contained the half-Star Beasts, and Xi Xiu and A Xian kept fighting until the remaining creatures were handed to Wu Yuan and Qi Mang.
• Feng Shanshan pressed down on Xi Xiu's hand as she was about to put away her cleaned saber.

Hong Xixiu reunited with Feng Shanshan and Suo Feihua after rescuing the Feihua Group, and the group prepared to face the Eternal Robots above Suxida. Xi Xiu suspected the machines had come to take revenge on Feihua, and the story left them readying their people for battle.

• Feng Shanshan recognized the blade she had given Xi Xiu and joyfully embraced her, while A Xian watched jealously.
• Suo Feihua recognized Xi Xiu as the diligent child she remembered, and Xi Xiu agreed to let the group call her Jiujiu.
• Xi Xiu explained that she had diverted from a nearby mission after receiving the distress signal and reporting to the Yuandai Garrison.
• Xi Xiu told Suo Feihua that many Eternal Robots were above Suxida, and they began planning to organize fighters and leave people to handle the half-Star Beasts.
• Xi Xiu suspected the Eternal Robots were former pirates seeking revenge on Feihua, with Qin Hongjun helping them find the group.
• A Xian explained that Xi Xiu had recognized the distress signal's coordinates from her memories and that they had opened a wartime passage to reach Suxida quickly.

Xi Xiu and the others prepared Suxida’s defenders for an attack by Eternal Robots while they searched the enemy ships for spare robot bodies. They left the defenders ready for battle as the robots approached Suxida’s atmosphere.

• Xi Xiu shared Wang Zichun’s deployment map and warned Suxida’s fighters that robot warriors were preparing to breach the planet’s defenses.
• Su Jinbao and the others distributed and demonstrated weapons that could extract the consciousnesses controlling the robots.
• Xi Xiu told Li Yuanting to search the damaged enemy Starships for spare robot bodies, and his people found and destroyed the robots aboard while uncovering many blank bodies.
• A Xian and Xi Xiu explained that the Alliance’s earlier account of Eternal Robots had obscured how their consciousnesses moved between bodies, and A Xian apologized to Suo Feihua for her harsh tone.
• Xi Xiu spotted the approaching robots and warned the others that they had arrived.

Xi Xiu, A Xian, Suo Feihua, Feng Shanshan, and their allies fought robots carrying the consciousnesses of captured star pirates. Xi Xiu rushed to support the surrounded Suo Feihua as the robots threatened the Feihua Group and planet Suxida.

• Xi Xiu confirmed Suo Feihua and Feng Shanshan had the latest equipment, then she and A Xian charged into the robot forces.
• Suo Feihua and Feng Shanshan discovered that modified robots carried captured pirates' consciousnesses and were familiar with Suo Feihua's fighting style.
• Feng Shanshan used Xi Xiu's device to extract a robot's consciousness, while Xi Xiu and A Xian rapidly destroyed weaker robots.
• Xi Xiu left the weaker robots to A Xian and went to help Suo Feihua, who was surrounded by three powerful robots.
• A robot threatened to destroy the Feihua Group and planet Suxida, and Feng Shanshan attacked it with an incendiary round that it managed to deflect.

Xi Xiu and A Xian watched as Suo Feihua confronted the robots, whose confidence and taunts gave way to a fight. Suo Feihua recognized Barry and changed her tactics, while Xi Xiu found her battle against Xilinwei easy because the robots lacked recent information about the Alliance.

• The robots dismissed Xi Xiu and A Xian as inexperienced children, and Suo Feihua answered their taunts by citing the star pirate leaders her group had captured.
• The robots assigned opponents, sending Xilinwei to fight Xi Xiu and their commander to face Suo Feihua.
• Suo Feihua recognized the commander as Barry, the former Thunderclap Group leader whose capture had once left her severely injured.
• Barry accused Suo Feihua of winning through dirty tactics, and she condemned him for the murders and trafficking he had committed.
• Suo Feihua attacked with changed angles and moves that Barry's combat program had not predicted.
• Xi Xiu discovered that the robots' memories ended when they died, leaving them without information about her and A Xian.

Xi Xiu defeated Xilinwei, captured its consciousness, and took over Feng Shanshan’s fight against Chen Yuzong. The chapter ended as Xi Xiu launched her attack on Chen Yuzong, while Feng Shanshan reacted strongly to his name.

• Xi Xiu analyzed Xilinwei’s combat patterns, then overwhelmed it with faster attacks and redirected its weapons with her Mental Power.
• Xi Xiu trapped Xilinwei with Silver Beads, crushed it, extracted its consciousness, and sealed it in a storage device.
• Xi Xiu checked on Suo Feihua, then went to help Feng Shanshan, who admitted she could not defeat her opponent.
• Feng Shanshan withdrew, and Xi Xiu confronted Chen Yuzong, dismissing his name and attacking him.
• Feng Shanshan’s expression changed several times when she heard Chen Yuzong’s name.

Feng Shanshan revealed that the robot was Chen Yuzong, a former Alliance warrior who had defected to Hanhai and committed atrocities along the border. Xi Xiu fought him while A Xian and Feng Shanshan protected the area, and Chen Yuzong tried to recruit Xi Xiu after realizing her strength.

• Feng Shanshan showed Xi Xiu Chen Yuzong's history as a powerful Alliance defector who had helped Hanhai seize energy reserves and terrorized the border.
• Xi Xiu resolved to kill Chen Yuzong, while A Xian and Feng Shanshan fought the robot grunts and extracted their consciousness codes.
• Xi Xiu challenged Chen Yuzong as he turned his mechanical hand into a sword, and their weapons clashed.
• A Xian and Feng Shanshan raised a protective barrier and watched as Xi Xiu matched Chen Yuzong's speed and strength.
• Chen Yuzong was shocked by Xi Xiu's abilities and offered to make her a leader, but Xi Xiu ignored him and intensified her attack.

Xi Xiu unleashed overwhelming Mental Power against Chen Yuzong and Barry, pinning them down as their mechanical bodies cracked. She blocked Chen Yuzong’s escape through the network and destroyed his body with the Silver Beads, leaving the battle’s next phase to come.

• Chen Yuzong tried to persuade Xi Xiu to defect, but she became furious and her Mental Power surged.
• Xi Xiu trapped Chen Yuzong and Barry in her Mental Power while Suo Feihua withdrew from the fight.
• Barry’s uncontrolled attacks failed, and both robots’ shells began to crack under Xi Xiu’s pressure.
• A Xian sent a video of the battle to Qing Zhixun as the ground fight neared its end.
• Chen Yuzong tried to escape through the network, but Xi Xiu blocked the route and pinned down his consciousness.
• Xi Xiu sent the Silver Beads into Chen Yuzong’s metal body, destroying it before he could complete his unfinished mission.

Suo Feihua’s forces captured Barry’s consciousness after defeating the attackers, and Xi Xiu warned that Chen Yuzong and Barry might be backed-up copies. The group prepared for further assaults, suspecting Qin Hongjun could keep sending replicated soldiers.

• Suo Feihua asked Xi Xiu to extract information from Barry and Chen Yuzong about how they had found Feihua Group’s habitat.
• Feng Shanshan captured Barry’s consciousness code before Suo Feihua could destroy his mechanical head, and Suo Feihua reported the events to Lin Shuan.
• Lin Shuan and Suo Feihua concluded that Barry’s force was made up of captured star pirates and prepared for a possible second attack.
• Xi Xiu suspected Chen Yuzong and Barry could be consciousness copies, based on their similarity to Tang Mushishi and Qin Hongjun’s need for more soldiers.
• Suo Feihua’s group realized that Suxida might have to join the war if Qin Hongjun could repeatedly deploy backed-up soldiers.

Suo Feihua revised Lin Shuan’s deployment after learning the Eternal Robots might be driven by the consciousnesses of captured star pirates. After Suo Feiyue and Vera finished their battle and reunited with the others, they learned the danger could be much greater and discovered that the young warrior they admired was Xi Xiu.

• Suo Feihua warned Lin Shuan about the likely enemy mindset, and Lin Shuan changed the deployment while the base sent two more Starships.
• Qiu Shaorong and He Yinlei explained the Eternal Robots to Suo Feiyue and Vera, who realized the attackers might include the consciousnesses of star pirate leaders captured by the Feihua Group.
• Suo Feiyue and Vera decided to join Suo Feihua’s group before meeting Songnian and following Lin Shuan’s arrangements.
• Suo Feiyue and Vera arrived at the observation room, where Vera noticed Xi Xiu and A Xian and admired Xi Xiu’s presence.
• Feng Shanshan revealed Xi Xiu’s identity, and Suo Feiyue recognized her as the diligent girl she had heard about and praised her beauty.

Xi Xiu reunited with Suo Feihua, Suo Feiyue, Vera, and Jiang Fuyu, then joined Suxida’s leaders as they prepared defenses against the Eternal Robots. The planet was temporarily quiet, and Yuanri was investigating how the enemy had reached Suxida while the defenders awaited the next attack.

• Xi Xiu confirmed to Suo Feiyue and Vera that she was Jiujiu, and Suo Feihua explained that she had rushed to Suxida after receiving their distress signal.
• Feng Shanshan shared the reunion with Jiang Fuyu, who recognized Xi Xiu and reflected on their past kindness to her.
• Suo Feihua and Lin Shuan reviewed sentry-post footage and found no unusual activity, then ordered everyone to remain vigilant through the night.
• Xi Xiu told Lin Shuan that her reinforcements would follow his command, while Yuanri urgently investigated the enemy’s arrival and analyzed nearby fluctuation data.
• Lin Shuan assigned forces to the sentry posts around Suxida, and Suo Feiyue, Vera, and other teams took their positions for the expected battle.
• Suo Feihua and Feng Shanshan planned to study the captured space pirates’ records so they could identify the Eternal Robots when they returned.

Xi Xiu, A Xian, and their allies prepared weapons and reviewed the Feihua Group’s records of captured space pirate leaders before the coming battle at Suxida. Xi Xiu also learned that Anvile’s ancient records might point to the star system from her past life.

• Feng Shanshan agreed to modify weapons that could deploy extraction devices and destroy the robots in a single strike, then went to the workshop with her people.
• A Xian and Xi Xiu discussed the stars and the possibility that Anvile’s ancestors had once visited Xi Xiu’s former star system.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian went to the observation room, where Suo Feihua presented records of more than six thousand captured pirate leaders.
• Suo Feihua identified Xishili as the most formidable leader in the records and explained that capturing him had cost the Feihua Group several hundred people, including her grandfather.

Xi Xiu and the others prepared Suxida’s warriors for a possible attack by sharing a program that could crack the Eternal Robots’ Martial Skills. As they watched the quiet night sky for signs of danger, A Xian told Feng Shanshan about upheaval across the Alliance.

• Xi Xiu explained Qin Hongjun’s history to Suo Feihua, while the Qing Family of the Elder Council searched for clues and the Alliance prepared to reveal its confirmed findings.
• Xi Xiu gave Suo Feihua a Martial Skill decryption program developed by Wu Jingyang and refined by Xi Xiu and A Xian, and Lin Shuan ordered it loaded onto every ground warrior’s terminal.
• Suxida’s warriors loaded the program, and Su Jinbao and the others began showing them how to use it as midnight approached.
• Li Yuanting, Xi Xiu, A Xian, and the others watched the sky for signs of an attack, while Qing Zhixun’s analysis of the previous assault was still underway.
• A Xian told Feng Shanshan that she had joined the Yuanyi Garrison to stay with Xi Xiu, then mentioned Gaia’s recent purge and arrests of prominent families’ members.

A Xian explained the Alliance and Xi Xiu’s circumstances to Feng Shanshan as Suxida’s leaders investigated the enemy’s undetected approach. Qing Zhixun identified likely encrypted transmission routes, and Lin Shuan reinforced the predicted entry points while the defenders prepared for another attack.

• A Xian told Feng Shanshan that Xi Xiu had no intention of acknowledging the Ye Family, while Ye Yunhan focused on reclaiming the family’s power.
• Feng Shanshan, Suo Feihua, Lin Shuan, and Tian Nuolin concluded that their intelligence network had missed crucial information because its agents lacked experience.
• Qing Zhixun told Li Yuanting that the enemy had likely used encrypted transmission to travel without detectable energy leakage and warned that defenders might be unable to predict their movements.
• Qing Zhixun sent likely enemy routes and predicted arrival coordinates to Li Yuanting, Wang Zichun, and Xi Xiu, recommending stronger space defenses and caution against pursuit.
• Xi Xiu forwarded the coordinates to Lin Shuan, who ordered Tian Nuolin to reinforce the predicted entry points with nine defensive layers inside and out.