Recaps

Qing Wenxu and the Elders discussed the looming conflict with Qin Hongjun and investigated the Zhang and Kuang Families after their descendants were matched. They decided to monitor the families and prioritize finding out how Kuang Biru recovered her Mental Power.

• Qing Wenxu told Qing Zhixun to introduce his wife on their next video call and learned that A He had returned with Qing Zhixun's mother.
• Qing Wenxu asked the Central Brain about the search for information on Qin Hongjun, then contacted Chu Zekuan and the other Elders about the Zhang and Kuang Families' marriage match.
• Qing Wenxu and Chu Zekuan reviewed the Zhang Family's strength and suspected its leaders were pursuing their own interests amid the crisis.
• Qing Wenxu and Chu Zekuan agreed to watch the Zhang Family and investigate Kuang Biru's recovered Mental Power as a priority.

As Xi Xiu helped Fan Zhengan train the warriors at Yuanri, Zhang Xiaoxiang accused her of giving 909 special treatment by posting their training checklist. Xi Xiu explained that 909 had already surpassed the listed program, and Fan Zhengan’s warning stopped Zhang from disrupting training further.

• Fan Zhengan recorded Zhang Xiaoxiang's lack of cooperation during training and warned him to work with the team.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang posted 909's training checklist on the Virtual Network and claimed Xi Xiu was giving them special treatment.
• Xi Xiu explained publicly that the checklist was only 909's entry-level program and that they had already completed seven of its nine levels.
• Xi Xiu told the other warriors to train for seven days before submitting complaints, while Ulia urged his squad to follow the program.
• Fan Zhengan threatened Zhang Xiaoxiang with solitary confinement and withdrawn promotion reports if he sent another server-wide message, and Zhang reluctantly resumed training.

Hong Xixiu’s demanding training exposed the gap between Team 909 and other newcomers, while Fan Zhengan and Jiang Huajun examined the methods behind her team’s rapid growth. The chapter left Hong Xixiu’s team preparing to complete the final stage of training before entering live combat in the joint exercise.

• Zhang Xiaoxiang’s remarks failed to discourage the soldiers, who trained harder, while Fan Zhengan judged Zhang’s attitude a danger to battlefield cooperation.
• The soldiers struggled to match Team 909’s speed in formation drills and wondered whether the ten-day training stage would explain the difference.
• Fan Zhengan and Jiang Huajun compared Team 909’s performance and reviewed Hong Xixiu’s training plan.
• Fan Zhengan explained that Hong Xixiu’s program built individual strength first, then shifted toward mecha, fighters, and team coordination.
• Fan Zhengan noted that Hong Xixiu’s team had completed eight of nine training stages and would likely finish the last stage on the Virtual Network before live combat.

Xi Xiu reviewed Kuang Biru’s records and learned that the Kuang Family had hidden her past while she gained influence at Tian'ao Fortress. The group uncovered the family’s many illegitimate children, but Xi Xiu focused on the unanswered question of how Kuang Biru had recovered her Mental Power.

• Qing Zhixun sent Xi Xiu Zhang Xiaoxiang’s files and information on Kuang Biru’s recent activities.
• Xi Xiu and her companions learned that Kuang Biru had gained loyal followers at Tian'ao Fortress while the Kuang Family concealed her past from the Elder Council and others.
• A Xian and Flora noticed that Kuang Biru’s mother was not Kuang Jiayuan’s partner, and the group discussed her status as an illegitimate child.
• Xi Xiu explained that the Kuang Family had pursued gifted descendants, and the group learned that it had produced more than five hundred illegitimate children in fifty years.
• Xi Xiu questioned how Kuang Biru had recovered her Mental Power, since current Jingsu technology could not restore it after a collapse.

Xi Xiu warned her companions that Kuang Biru’s recovered Mental Power might have come from unknown sources, while the Yuanri warriors’ intense training began to reshape the base. Zhang Xiaoxiang lost his captaincy and plotted to use incoming Zhang Family warriors against Hong Xixiu, unaware of the danger posed by Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu.

• Xi Xiu told A Xian, He Yinlei, and the others that no known Alliance drug could restore Mental Power and urged them to stay alert amid the families’ power struggle.
• The warriors completed ten days of rigorous training, and Fan Zhengan and Ulia saw their teams’ efforts produce impressive results.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang decided to build up his strength and target Hong Xixiu, but Qing Zhixun transferred him to Wang Zichun’s team, stripped him of his captaincy, and backed his dismissal with an unfavorable assessment.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang received his father’s message about incoming Zhang Family warriors and planned to use them to eliminate Hong Xixiu and secure his own position.
• Kuang Biru contacted Zhang Xiaoxiang, who reflected on their shared hunger for power and their planned Gene Engraving and marriage registration.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang underestimated Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu, whose great demon lord traits remained hidden under ordinary circumstances.

Xi Xiu led her team through coordinated-combat training as the Eastern District prepared for a demonstration against the Western District. When her vanguard group found no sign of the enemy in the simulated starfield, she planned a layered scout deployment and left her team waiting for its reports.

• Fan Zhengan and Jiang Huajun assigned warriors their combat positions through the system and told them to follow orders without appealing.
• Xi Xiu reviewed the vanguard plan, assigned her team its tasks, and urged the warriors to treat training as seriously as real combat.
• Xi Xiu prepared her team’s ten small Starships and led them into the simulated starfield, where the other vanguard ships surrounded them.
• Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong searched for the enemy but found no traces, so Xi Xiu asked the other captains whether they should advance or hold.
• Xi Xiu proposed sending stealth robots ahead with five hundred unmanned fighters and hidden miniature scouts, then kept her team in the safe zone until the scouts reported back.

Xi Xiu’s team used stealth robots to infiltrate the enemy starship and win the first day of joint training, while Zhang Xiaoxiang reconsidered how to deal with her. As full-district coordination training began, Qing Zhixun prepared the Eastern District for its coming contest with Lin Zaiqin’s reformed Western District.

• Xi Xiu sensed enemy reconnaissance fighters, maneuvered her starship to evade them, and coordinated with Su Jinbao and Flora to destroy them.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian revealed that their robots had infiltrated the enemy starship, transmitted its information, and enabled Hong Xixiu to strike its mobile zone, costing the opponents points.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang recognized that Hong Xixiu was calm and strategic, then decided to focus on taking first place in every mission to earn promotion.
• Xi Xiu’s team earned the highest score, and the Eastern District finished the first day of training five points ahead of the opposing side.
• At the Virtual Network meeting, the teams reviewed their coordination shortcomings as Qing Zhixun prepared Fan Zhengan and the other officers for full-district training.
• Qing Zhixun warned the officers that Lin Zaiqin was ruthless and unconventional, and noted that he had reformed the Western District.

As the East-West exhibition began, Qing Zhixun assigned Xi Xiu and her team to the dangerous vanguard to catch the Western District off guard. While the teams prepared for battle, Lin Changchang and Li Yuanting suspected that Ye Zhenwei might not truly be dead, and the chapter left that mystery unresolved.

• Qing Zhixun suppressed dissent among the Western District warriors and organized their teams for the exhibition.
• After five days of joint training, both districts entered space, and Li Yuanting sent the combat plan to the team captains.
• Xi Xiu and Qiu Shaorong reviewed their vanguard assignment to draw enemy fire without suffering excessive losses.
• Qing Zhixun chose Xi Xiu and A Xian for the vanguard because their unknown abilities could give the Eastern District an advantage.
• Lin Changchang told Li Yuanting she suspected Ye Zhenwei had not died, and they noted that her disappearance and Yuan Chuhong's timing remained unexplained.

Xi Xiu led the Eastern District vanguard through a meteorite-filled starfield and devised a plan to outmaneuver the Western District. She split the team between a high-speed surprise attack and Ulia’s trap-laying force, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Fan Zhengan sent Ulia, Xi Xiu, and the vanguard teams toward an asteroid belt to clear a route and set traps.
• Ulia encouraged his team and trusted Xi Xiu’s direction after studying footage of her past battles.
• Xi Xiu identified a meteorite cluster where the Western District could ambush them and planned to attack it from behind using the Eastern District’s faster Starships.
• Xi Xiu took part of the team on a surprise attack and told Ulia to hold position, conceal their strength, and set seven traps along the enemy’s likely route.
• Ulia planted the traps in the Western District’s blind spots and prepared to show Lin Zaiqin’s team that he was more than cannon fodder.

Xi Xiu and A Xian used Mental Power to speed their Starships into position and ambush Xisai Si’s vanguard while Ulia drew the enemy into a trap. Lin Zaiqin learned that the Eastern District had scored full marks in the first round and wondered whether Qing Zhixun had joined the battle.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian reached their ambush positions, while Ulia’s team prepared to lure Xisai Si into range.
• Xi Xiu used Mental Power to drive her Starship at maximum speed, startling Ulia’s team and prompting them to follow her plan.
• Ulia waited for Xi Xiu’s signal, then led his Starships into the trap zone while shielding their vulnerable areas behind asteroids.
• Xisai Si ordered his team to fire at the asteroids, unaware that Xi Xiu and A Xian had concealed their Starships nearby.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian attacked Xisai Si’s rear sections with capture shells, ambushing his vanguard and securing the Eastern District a full score in the first round.
• Lin Zaiqin heard that his vanguard had been hit and wondered if Qing Zhixun had personally entered the field.

Lin Zaiqin studied the Eastern District’s surprise vanguard and wrongly underestimated Xi Xiu and A Xian, while Xisai Si’s Western District force struggled to escape their trap. As more Western District forces converged, Xi Xiu’s fighters continued intercepting attacks, leaving Xisai Si under pressure to recover points before they were captured.

• Lin Zaiqin considered Qing Zhixun’s possible role in the vanguard and ordered Xisai Si to send back combat data.
• Xisai Si’s footage revealed that two Starships concealed by roaming Exotic Plants had ambushed his force.
• Lin Zaiqin reviewed A Xian and Hong Xixiu’s sparse files and wrongly concluded that Qing Zhixun had arranged for the Anvile People to serve as vanguard.
• Xisai Si tried to retreat through the lightly guarded direction, but Xi Xiu and A Xian launched thousands of fighters to block his force.
• The Western District vanguard split into six routes, while Xi Xiu’s soldiers calculated interceptions and dodged the enemy’s attacks.
• Xisai Si sent out his own fighters and urged his crew to improve their weapon trajectories before the other teams arrived and risked capturing them.

Xi Xiu and A Xian drew the pursuing West District teams toward Ulia’s hidden trap while retreating through space. Xisai Si recognized the East District pilots’ extraordinary maneuvering and suspected Hong Xixiu was among them as the West District forces entered the asteroid belt.

• Xisai Si changed his Starship’s cannon parameters and pursued Xi Xiu and A Xian, expecting reinforcements to help surround the East District teams.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian retreated while Ulia prepared to lure the West District into the trap he had set in the asteroid belt.
• Ulia entered the trap zone while skillfully avoiding its weapons and positioned himself to draw the West District Starships closer.
• Xisai Si followed Xi Xiu and A Xian rather than turning toward Ulia, and his deputy captain agreed to stay on their trail.
• Xisai Si watched the two East District Starships evade attacks at astonishing speed and suspected Hong Xixiu was piloting one of them.
• Lin Zaiqin realized the West District vanguards were entering the asteroid belt as more East District teams approached, leaving Xisai Si to judge whether to fight or withdraw.

Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Fan Zhengan’s teams struck the West District forces, forcing Xisai Si and several pursuing teams to withdraw, while Ulia’s traps also eliminated his pursuers. Lin Zaiqin recognized that Qing Zhixun had reshaped the East District’s command and coordination, and he began to reconsider the intelligence he had about Hong Xixiu.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian drew West District fire until Fan Zhengan’s team arrived and attacked, disrupting the West District formation.
• Fan Zhengan’s team hit Xisai Si and the West District teams, and the system forced Xisai Si’s team to withdraw; Xi Xiu’s side captured them.
• Ulia’s pursuers entered his trapped asteroid belt and lost their points, while Lin Zaiqin abandoned the vanguard and focused on reclaiming lost points.
• Lin Zaiqin saw that the East District teams were coordinating well and learned their captains differed from leaked intelligence, including Fan Zhengan and Wang Zichun.
• Lin Zaiqin realized Qing Zhixun could use a victory to promote trusted young soldiers, then asked Filite to investigate Hong Xixiu before changing his mind.

The Eastern District defeated the Western District by ten points, ending its nine-consecutive-loss streak and earning new respect under Qing Zhixun’s command. As Yuanri Garrison intensified its preparations for an approaching war, new Talent Warriors arrived and Xi Xiu reorganized 909’s training to accommodate their different abilities.

• Lin Zaiqin told Filite that Hong Xixiu’s information no longer mattered after the Eastern District’s ten-point victory proved its strength had improved.
• Qing Zhixun uploaded the joint exercise plan and a virtual combat scenario, while the Eastern District celebrated ending its nine consecutive losses and its vanguard’s reputation as cannon fodder.
• The Eastern District skipped a lavish celebration and began more intense training as the districts prepared for a coming battle in the true starry sky.
• Gaia assigned 650 Talent Warriors from four families to Yuanri Garrison, including 200 peak-3S warriors for the Eastern District, and Qing Zhixun discussed their placement with the garrison’s managers.
• Xi Xiu reviewed the abilities of 909’s 500 new members and divided them into strength-based training groups after some could not keep up with the original plan.

Xi Xiu encouraged the soldiers to train harder as the Eastern District adopted Team 909’s training plan and the other districts followed its lead. Meanwhile, Insects attacked Muye Star, leaving visitors stranded while the Alliance investigated and screened them.

• Xi Xiu, Qiu Shaorong, A Xian, and the others helped discouraged soldiers regain confidence, and Xi Xiu spoke candidly about life and death to motivate them.
• Qing Zhixun showed the soldiers a recording of the funeral for those killed when the Inquira attacked Tianwei Star, prompting them to take the coming danger more seriously.
• Soldiers across the Eastern District tested Xi Xiu and A Xian’s speed, then grew excited when they learned Hong Xixiu’s Mental Power rivaled that of the Anvile People.
• Qing Zhixun ordered every Eastern District team to follow Team 909’s training plan, and the Southern, Northern, and Western Districts followed the same intensive schedule.
• Insects appeared in large numbers on Muye Star, forcing the Alliance to close commercial routes and keep visitors there for investigations and physical examinations.

After Insects attacked Muye Star, the Alliance uncovered eggs disguised as gravel and launched an urgent cleanup. Qing Zhixun and the others suspected Qin Hongjun was responsible, but the insects’ origin remained unknown.

• Young visitors without Protective Suits were devoured on Muye Star, while a family wearing the suits survived; footage spread across the Star Net and prompted warnings and orders to stay home.
• Alliance Guards and biologists found that the Insects’ eggs resembled lifeless gravel, then moved citizens to temporary settlements and treated the soil and affected areas.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, He Yinlei, and Flora discussed the Insects’ rapid growth and disguise; A Xian and He Yinlei suspected their master had altered them and said Qin Hongjun needed to be stopped.
• Qing Zhixun and Fang Jinyu traced the outbreak to eggs carried in the luggage of two families from the Mingzhao Star System, whose members had become hosts and died.
• Fang Jinyu confirmed that the dead families had no genetic matches to Qin Hongjun, leaving the source of the eggs and the families’ reason for traveling to Muye Star unexplained.

Fang Jinyu traced the insect outbreaks to families lured by anonymous messages promising a Mental Power breakthrough, but the Insects spread through most of the Jingsu Alliance despite repeated warnings. The crisis worsened as larvae survived cleanup efforts and the divided Ye Family failed to defend the Tianning Star System, forcing Fang Jinyu to request reinforcements.

• Qing Zhixun asked Fang Jinyu to investigate the affected families’ social records, medication use, and Mental Power breakthroughs.
• Fang Jinyu discovered that the families had received anonymous emails promising a breakthrough method in exchange for delivering packages to designated locations.
• The Alliance issued repeated warnings, but people continued investigating the offers, and Insects spread through most of the Alliance’s star systems.
• Some insect eggs survived cleanup, and the larvae hid in forests before growing large enough to hunt intelligent lifeforms.
• The Ye Family’s internal factions refused to help defend Tianning Star System, allowing its Insects to mature into adults.
• Fang Jinyu asked Ying Pingyan for support at Tian'ao Fortress.

As the Insects attacked the Tianning Star System, Ye Yunhan refused to share his forces with the Alliance Guards, while other families stepped in to fight. Fang Jinyu and Qing Zhixun discussed the Ye Family’s power struggle and a plan for a new Guard Team, as the Elder Council warned that the Alliance would not prioritize rescuing the system if its internal conflicts continued.

• Ye Yunhan refused to cooperate with the Alliance Guards because he feared the Ye Family would seize the forces he had reclaimed.
• Fang Jinyu reported the Ye Family’s refusal to the Elder Council, which sent additional personnel and allowed other families to offer help.
• Several families sent elite forces to join the Alliance Guards and fight the Insects, giving the exhausted soldiers a chance to rest.
• After the first day of battle, Fang Jinyu told Qing Zhixun how Ye Yunxuan and the Ye Family had taken Ye Yunhan’s power while Ye Zhenwei was asleep.
• Fang Jinyu proposed gathering soldiers from the Fang Family and other families into a Guard Team to monitor activity around the star systems, and Qing Zhixun agreed.
• Qing Wenxu informed Qing Zhixun that the Elder Council would not prioritize reinforcing the Tianning Star System in a large-scale war unless it resolved its internal problems, while Ye Yunhan’s adjutant urged him to focus on the system’s safety.

Ye Yunhan sent Tianning Star's soldiers to help the Alliance Guards fight the Insects after realizing that withholding them could cost him support, but the delayed response led to widespread deaths and rapid Insect evolution. Fang Jinyu and the Alliance struggled against the tougher, genetically modified Insects as the threat to Jingsu continued to grow.

• Ye Yunhan sent Tianning Star's soldiers to join the Alliance Guards while he stayed behind to defend the main planet.
• Fang Jinyu and Ying Pingyan decided to evacuate some Tianning Star citizens, but soldiers found many residents dead after Insects consumed them underground.
• The Alliance ordered underground facilities closed, and Yuanri moved its soldiers' training to the Virtual Network.
• Fang Jinyu joined Tian'ao Fortress's soldiers to fight Insects that were far tougher and larger than the ones Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun had faced.
• Xi Xiu explained that the Insects' genes had been modified again, while Qing Zhixun told Fang Jinyu their shells had grown much harder and their abdomens were no longer vulnerable.

Fang Jinyu organized a heavy mech unit to fight the Insects after Qing Zhixun explained their weaknesses and warned that orbital weapons were a dangerous last resort. As the battle began, Fang Jinyu drew an Insect’s fury so his partner could locate its consciousness storage areas.

• Qing Zhixun told Fang Jinyu that direct Mental Power attacks required power above 3S and suggested using starship cannons only as a last resort.
• Fang Jinyu and Ying Pingyan formed a three-thousand-soldier heavy mech unit and headed to the battlefield.
• Fang Jinyu paired with As, coordinated the team’s communications, and used biologists’ findings to plan how to locate the Insects’ consciousness storage areas.
• Fang Jinyu approached an Insect in his mech and baited it into attacking so As could judge its aura and search for the storage areas.
• The Insect became enraged after failing to reach Fang Jinyu’s mech or its occupant.

Fang Jinyu and As killed an Insect by blinding it, targeting its scattered consciousness regions, and attacking its abdomen, then shared their tactics to clear the infestation. After fifteen days, the surviving Insects were gone, but possible eggs remained, and Tianning Star’s citizens were relocated while the Ye Family and other warriors stayed behind.

• Fang Jinyu blinded the Insect with light cannons while As identified its scattered consciousness regions and pinpointed targets for specialized weapons.
• Fang Jinyu drew the Insect’s attacks as As struck its consciousness regions, then they attacked its protected abdomen and prepared to destroy it from within.
• Fang Jinyu and As killed the first Insect and shared their combat experience, helping the soldiers clear the remaining Insects more quickly.
• Fang Jinyu and Ying Pingyan spent fifteen days clearing the Insects, while soldiers in protective gear handled the eggs and the Elder Council arranged to relocate the citizens.
• Ye Yunhan and the Ye Family chose to remain on Tianning Star, where the ruined Central City and the loss of the family’s dominance left him facing a greatly reduced share of power.

After the Ye Family’s collapse, Ye Yunhan focused on finding the children created through Wei Lanshan’s experiments, hoping to use them to restore the family’s power. He planned to force one child to return by threatening to expose her origins, despite knowing the Alliance would uphold the children’s right to refuse.

• The Ye Family fractured after losing public support, and Ye Yunhan mourned its decline and Ye Zhenwei’s continuing unconsciousness.
• Ye Yunhan learned that Subject 95 had been found in an Orphanage, but her poor health and limited talent led him to leave her there.
• Using genetic matching, Ye Yunhan found two other children with strong 3S Mental Power who served at Haian Fortress and the Tianwei Garrison.
• Ye Yunhan resolved to make one of the remaining children return to the Ye Family, even if he had to reveal her origins and ruin them both.
• Despite his loyal subordinates’ objections and the Alliance’s laws, Ye Yunhan remained determined to reclaim the Ye Family’s power on Tianning Star.

After Ye Yunhan sought contact with the two children whose genetic information linked them to the Ye Family, Boranlan consulted Lin Zeyu and chose to meet him. She also asked about Tiantian and Subject 99, ending her conversation with concern about Tiantian’s condition.

• Ye Yunhan requested the girls’ IDs and arranged to speak with them, while both agreed because they wanted to learn what had happened to the other children from their escape.
• Boranlan contacted Lin Zeyu, who explained that Ye Yunhan wanted her to return to the Ye Family and told her she could choose between the family and the Starry Sea.
• Boranlan decided how to respond to Ye Yunhan and asked Lin Zeyu for Tiantian’s address so she could send her things.
• Boranlan asked Lin Zeyu about Subject 99, and he explained that Wei Lanshan had kept the child’s appearance hidden and had provided the children with equipment that helped them survive.
• Boranlan spoke with Lin Rumei, and they hoped they might meet Subject 99 someday before Boranlan expressed concern about Tiantian’s worsening condition.

Boranlan chose to return to the Ye Family, while Lin Rumei decided to build a life with her partner and support Boranlan from afar. As upgraded Insects threatened Yuari Station, Zhang Xiaoxiang’s ambition put his teammate Yuan Hui in danger during their mission.

• Boranlan and Lin Rumei discussed their choices: Boranlan decided to return, while Lin Rumei planned to hold a partnership ceremony with Yu Wensheng and apply to serve at his station.
• Lin Rumei’s partner supported her refusal to help the Ye Family, and Lin Rumei resolved to support Boranlan if she returned.
• Ye Yunhan celebrated after learning that his two daughters had agreed to meet him.
• Upgraded Insects overran a remote planet near Yuari Station, so Qing Zhixun sent Wang Zichun’s team, including Zhang Xiaoxiang, to fight them in Protective Suits.
• When their attacks failed, Zhang Xiaoxiang ordered Yuan Hui to act as bait so he could attack the Insect from behind, leaving Yuan Hui shocked and disillusioned.

Yuan Hui refused Zhang Xiaoxiang’s plan to use him as bait, and Wang Zichun recalled him before the maneuver could cost him his life. Zhang Xiaoxiang returned to battle under Buhete’s supervision, where Buhete’s harsh tactics left him battered and nearly caught in an explosion.

• Yuan Hui rejected Zhang Xiaoxiang’s order to approach the Insects and contacted Wang Zichun for help.
• Wang Zichun recalled Yuan Hui and warned Zhang Xiaoxiang that his plan violated regulations.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang fought alone, killed three Insects, then retreated from their hunting range.
• Wang Zichun paired Zhang Xiaoxiang with Buhete as an assistant, placing Buhete in charge of the attack.
• Buhete’s demands and tactics left Zhang Xiaoxiang badly shaken, and Zhang Xiaoxiang injected himself with a painkiller.
• Buhete planted an explosive in an Insect and Zhang Xiaoxiang barely escaped the blast before criticizing Buhete for nearly getting him swallowed.