Recaps

Xi Xiu and A Xian inspected the nearly completed airborne training ground and discussed preparing soldiers for aerial combat. Their tour was interrupted by Wang Guanyu and other prominent-family scions, and a confrontation began when Wang Guanyu challenged Xi Xiu.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian visited the airborne training ground and agreed that soldiers needed suspended aerial combat practice.
• Xi Xiu considered Yuanyi's potential role in a wider conflict and noted that the base's training ground would be ready in two days.
• Wang Guanyu and other scions confronted Xi Xiu and A Xian, and Wang demanded a sparring match.
• Xi Xiu told Wang to follow base procedures and then offered to fight only after he defeated Wu Yuan.
• Wang attacked, Wu Yuan blocked him, and the others crowded around and separated A Xian from Xi Xiu.

A Xian joined Xi Xiu’s fight against Wang Guanyu and his subordinates, while Xi Xiu defeated Wang Guanyu in fifty moves. The two women left the astonished crowd behind as Wang Guanyu questioned the source of Xi Xiu’s extraordinary strength.

• A Xian attacked Wang Guanyu’s subordinates and stopped them from surrounding Xi Xiu.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang watched Xi Xiu fight, considered her unusual Martial Skills, and wondered whether a hidden force supported her.
• Xi Xiu defeated Wang Guanyu in fifty moves, leaving him sprawled on the ground in disbelief.
• A Xian and Xi Xiu left while Wang Guanyu’s subordinates helped him up.
• Wang Guanyu reflected on Xi Xiu’s speed, power, and Mental Power, but refused to accept that she had held back.

Xi Xiu and A Xian discussed why the great families saw Xi Xiu as a threat, while Wang Guanyu tried to learn about her from Zhang Xiaoxiang. Qing Zhixun learned of Wang Guanyu's probing and assigned him a demanding mission, leaving Wang to realize too late that Xi Xiu was Qing's partner.

• Wang Guanyu questioned Zhang Xiaoxiang about Hong Xixiu and Kuang Biru, but Zhang refused to share information and walked away.
• Xi Xiu looked into the Wang Family's influence and explained to A Xian that rival families feared her rapid rise and wanted to block her path to leadership.
• A Xian agreed that Xi Xiu was a threat to the families, and Xi Xiu warned that she would stop showing them courtesy if they kept provoking her.
• Qing Zhixun learned that Wang Guanyu had confronted Xi Xiu and assigned him a mission on an Administrative Star near Yuanri's main planet.
• Wang Guanyu received the assignment and realized that Hong Xixiu's partner was Qing Zhixun; he blamed his subordinates for not reminding him.

Wang Guanyu learned from the Wang Family head that antagonizing Hong Xixiu was a serious mistake, especially given her ties to the Qing Family and possible hidden talent. The Wang Family head began investigating her origins and ordered a descendant to contact Ye Yunhan on Tianning Star.

• Wang Guanyu reported the situation on Yuari and proposed transferring Hong Xixiu, but the Wang Family head told him the Elder Council would not allow it.
• The Wang Family head warned Wang Guanyu to investigate Hong Xixiu’s background and consider the influence of her partner, Qing Zhixun.
• Wang Guanyu suggested Hong Xixiu’s talent was far greater than her registered level, and the Wang Family head said antagonizing her had been a terrible move.
• Wang Guanyu promised to apologize to Hong Xixiu in front of Qing Zhixun after returning from his mission.
• The Wang Family head exchanged information with the Zhang Family head, then instructed another Wang Family descendant to visit Ye Yunhan on Tianning Star and ask about her daughter.

Xi Xiu met Qing Zhixun for a meal, where they discussed evidence pointing to Qin Hongjun’s likely main base. They left with a new lead: Qin Jian may have begun arranging the plan a thousand years earlier, when the Alliance lost nearly a hundred energy transport Starships.

• Qing Zhixun told Xi Xiu that the Wang Family had moved, and she acknowledged the message.
• Xi Xiu accepted Qing Zhixun’s invitation to eat after A Xian encouraged her to spend time with him.
• Xi Xiu arrived with Sixi at the riverside meeting, where the Central Brain appeared in a woman’s form and Sixi interacted with it.
• Qing Zhixun showed Xi Xiu images from Aifolan’s consciousness that suggested the location of Qin Hongjun’s main base.
• Xi Xiu questioned how anyone could survive at the base’s extremely cold location, and Qing Zhixun revealed that the Alliance had lost nearly a hundred energy transport Starships a thousand years earlier.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun concluded that Qin Jian may have begun planning the operation then, while the Central Brain rejoined Sixi and greeted Xi Xiu.

The Central Brain concluded that Qin Hongjun was carrying out Qin Jian’s plans, while Qin Jian remained under restricted supervision on Gaia’s Administrative Star. Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu examined old films and imaginings that might have inspired Qin Jian’s creations, as the search for his hidden system began.

• Xi Xiu guessed that Qin Hongjun was carrying out Qin Jian’s plan, a conclusion the Central Brain and Qing Zhixun had also reached.
• The Central Brain struggled with the prospect of opposing Qin Jian and asked what the others planned to do.
• Qing Zhixun explained that Qin Jian was confined to Gaia’s Administrative Star and had stopped discussing Qin Hongjun after his freedom was restricted.
• The Central Brain provided remote coordinates where Qin Jian had hidden supplies and backups of a secret system, and Qing Zhixun planned to have Alliance garrisons search them.
• The Central Brain gathered old films and imaginings for Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun to examine, and Xi Xiu recognized similarities to Qin Jian’s creations.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun worked with the Central Brain to investigate Qin Jian’s hidden backup systems while Xi Xiu privately suspected the two were concealing a deal. As they considered the Ye Family’s next moves, Xi Xiu learned more about her genetically related sisters and discovered Lin Zeyu had stayed beside Subject 95.

• Xi Xiu realized that the Bio-constructs resembled creatures from ancient films and suspected Qing Zhixun and the Central Brain had arranged their secret agreement and matching result.
• The Central Brain shared coordinates for Qin Jian’s backup systems, and Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun arranged for the Qing Family and Li Zhengfeng’s troops to retrieve the data.
• Xi Xiu reviewed information about the Wang and Ye Families, while Qing Zhixun offered to help her handle Ye Yunhan.
• Qing Zhixun explained that Boranlan had returned to the Ye Family and that her partner, Yu Wensheng, might be helping the Yu Family gain influence over it.
• Xi Xiu learned that researchers had saved the Ye Family’s experimental subjects and saw that Lin Zeyu had remained with Subject 95, whose health was failing.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun discussed people who might want to meet her, tensions among the Wang and Zhang Families, and making more seasonings. The Central Brain proposed that Q might be a composite consciousness created by Qin Hongjun, and offered to help Qing Zhixun enter the closed Virtual Network to investigate.

• Xi Xiu agreed to meet Boranlan and Lin Rumei, while Qing Zhixun told her there was still no clue about the other missing person's whereabouts.
• Qing Zhixun warned Xi Xiu to avoid the Wang and Zhang Families and told her Zhang Xiaoxiang might be transferred from Yuani to stay with Kuang Biru.
• Xi Xiu agreed to prepare more seasonings when Lanyu's farm harvested new plants, with Sixi and Qing Sansui helping.
• The Central Brain listed several possible identities for Q, including Ye Zhenwei, and Xi Xiu suggested Q could combine the personalities of several people.
• The Central Brain agreed that Qin Hongjun might be combining consciousnesses in Blank Bodies to create powerful warriors, and offered to help Qing Zhixun enter the Virtual Network to investigate.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun investigated evidence that Ye Zhenwei had secretly met Yuan Chuhong and may have collaborated with Qin Hongjun. They uncovered how Yuan Chuhong had intercepted Ye Zhenwei and interfered with the consciousnesses of Yue Qila and Zhang Jixing.

• Qing Zhixun proposed using realistic virtual avatars to lure targets and capture their consciousnesses, and the Central Brain agreed to create them from Alliance citizens' data.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun agreed that Ye Zhenwei's apparently self-sacrificing battle at Tianwei base was suspicious and may have been an act.
• Qing Zhixun explained that the Alliance traced a transmission route to Yuan Chuhong and identified him as the mechanical-shelled figure Yue Qila and Zhang Jixing had seen.
• The Elder Council discovered that Yuan Chuhong had worked only on the periphery of Qin Hongjun's operations and had revealed little useful information.
• Yuan Chuhong feigned a Starship malfunction along Ye Zhenwei's route, and Ye Zhenwei stopped to help him while Yue Qila and Zhang Jixing accompanied her aboard.
• Yuan Chuhong's subordinates knocked Yue Qila and Zhang Jixing unconscious and interfered with their consciousnesses, but the two later broke through the interference.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun uncovered more of Ye Zhenwei’s hidden plans and learned why Xu Jiusong and Wei Lanshan had never become partners. They decided to find a way to help the two reconnect, while Qing Zhixun nervously offered to seek advice.

• Yue Qila reported her altered memories, and specialists reconstructed Ye Zhenwei’s meeting with Yuan Chuhong, identifying him as the person in the metal shell.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun concluded that Ye Zhenwei had planned the meeting with Yuan Chuhong and had learned to conceal her intentions.
• The Central Brain told Xi Xiu that Xu Jiusong had long loved Wei Lanshan, who had delayed submitting her matching application while caring for Xi Xiu’s mother.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun agreed to find the right moment to help Xu Jiusong and Wei Lanshan address their feelings.
• Qing Zhixun admitted he did not know how to advise them and offered to ask someone else, while Xi Xiu found his nervousness endearing.

The Central Brain reflected on Qin Jian’s betrayal before returning to sleep, while Qing Zhixun arranged additional training for Xi Xiu’s team and shared valuable Qing Family war records with her. After he stroked her head, Xi Xiu remained cautiously receptive, and Qing Zhixun asked what she would do if he was transferred away after New Year’s Day.

• The Central Brain left Qing Zhixun and Xi Xiu alone and went back to sleep, unsettled by what Qin Jian’s actions had taught it about humanity.
• Qing Zhixun offered to coordinate Xi Xiu’s aerial training, then arranged for Ulia’s veteran team to join Xie Qingzhu’s team so Xi Xiu’s soldiers could face more opponents.
• Qing Zhixun told Xi Xiu that the garrison would enter war readiness and gave her a large archive of Qing Family battle records.
• Xi Xiu thanked Qing Zhixun and promised to share news from Nine Stars, and he stroked her head, making her blush.
• Qing Zhixun asked Xi Xiu about her plans in case he was transferred away after New Year’s Day.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun discussed how they might be transferred from Yuari and which border fortress might need her, as the Huovian people prepared to join Hanhai against the Jingsu Alliance. Xi Xiu suspected Huovian agents had discovered the energy on Ningkui Star’s satellite planets and asked Ming Weiman to investigate surveillance footage.

• Xi Xiu told Qing Zhixun she would follow the Alliance’s transfer arrangements but wanted to take her team with her, and he said she could bring her core members.
• Xi Xiu considered Liuning Fortress as a possible posting and asked whether the Huovian people had made recent moves; Qing Zhixun said they were gathering forces in response to Hanhai’s call.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun discussed Huovian’s depleted energy reserves and its intention to seize resources from the Jingsu Alliance.
• Xi Xiu wondered whether Huovian agents had discovered the energy on Ningkui Star’s satellite planets and considered that they might have been scouting nearby during Nine Stars’ extraction work.
• Xi Xiu contacted Ming Weiman and asked him to review surveillance footage from the satellite planets for suspicious individuals.

Xi Xiu learned how Qing Zhixun had dealt with the aristocratic families and decided to focus on training before responding to the Ye Family. She reviewed information about her missing siblings and sent updates to Wan Youlin while A Xian helped Flora and He Yinlei prepare for aerial training.

• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun returned to base camp, where Zhang Xiaoxiang greeted them respectfully and they passed him without engaging.
• Qing Zhixun told Xi Xiu that he had restricted the resentful aristocratic family members and required them to accept responsibility agreements before going on missions.
• Xi Xiu told A Xian she would ignore Ye Yunhan's messages until training ended, respond to her other siblings only if they approached her respectfully, and leave the missing fourth subject's case alone for now.
• Xi Xiu began sorting through Qing Zhixun's information to send to Wan Youlin, while A Xian joined Flora and He Yinlei and taught them aerial combat techniques.

Xi Xiu and the others completed aerial combat training, and battle footage from the base inspired warriors across Yuari Base to train harder. After turning her terminal back on, Xi Xiu read messages from Boranlan and Lin Rumei about the Ye Family and dismissed their implied attempt to gauge her interest in taking it over.

• Xi Xiu told Flora and He Yinlei to train with different opponents, then shared a lavish hotpot dinner with A Xian and the others.
• The team mastered midair combat techniques, and Xi Xiu fought Xie Qingzhu and Ulia while A Xian recorded the battles.
• Qing Zhixun published blurred training footage on the base network, prompting warriors across Yuari Base to train intensely.
• After aerial training ended, Xi Xiu ignored Ye Yunhan's message and read sincere messages from Boranlan and Lin Rumei.
• Boranlan explained the Ye Family's turmoil and hinted that Xi Xiu might seek to take control of it, but Xi Xiu decided she had no interest in the family.

Xi Xiu rejected Ye Yunhan’s attempt to claim her as his daughter and insist that she join the Ye Family. The call ended with Ye Yunhan confronting her over a report that listed her strength as a suspected 3S talent.

• Xi Xiu arranged to meet Li Zhengfeng at the garrison starport so he could deliver data he had recovered from Qin Jian’s territory.
• Xi Xiu accepted Ye Yunhan’s video call and addressed him by his former rank, leaving him displeased with her lack of deference.
• Ye Yunhan told Xi Xiu that he was her father and demanded she call him Dad, but she said she was an orphan and had grown up without him.
• Ye Yunhan explained what had happened in the past, but Xi Xiu refused to claim membership in the Ye Family or inherit its assets.
• Ye Yunhan called Xi Xiu an orphan without connections and showed her a Wang Family report that listed her strength as suspected 3S.

Xi Xiu rejected Ye Yunhan’s attempt to reclaim her, while A Xian reminded him that Xi Xiu had Anvile and the Qing Family behind her. Ye Yunhan learned that Qing Zhixun was Xi Xiu’s partner, ended the call, and resolved to investigate her mother.

• Ye Yunhan accused Xi Xiu of hiding her talent to bargain with him, and A Xian said Xi Xiu was an honorary Anvile noble with no reason to rely on the Ye Family.
• A Xian told Ye Yunhan that Xi Xiu also had the Qing Family’s support, prompting him to check her file for her partner’s identity.
• Ye Yunhan saw that Xi Xiu had bonded with Qing Zhixun and accused her of concealing it to spite him.
• Xi Xiu called Ye Yunhan vicious, and he decided not to antagonize her further because he might benefit from her success.
• Ye Yunhan ended the call after claiming that he was still Xi Xiu’s father, then decided to investigate her biological mother.

Xi Xiu learned that Ye Yunhan and the Wang family were digging into her origins and considered revealing the truth about the forbidden experiment to stop the Ye Family from claiming her. As the Qing Family learned Ye Zhenwei was close to recovering, Xi Xiu's proposed way to settle the matter remained unresolved.

• Ye Yunhan asked the Wang family to investigate Hong Xixiu's mother, hoping to uncover leverage against Xi Xiu and the Qing Family.
• Xi Xiu blocked Ye Yunhan and ordered Deng Guanghuai and Lei Qingru to investigate the Wang family and keep them occupied.
• Xi Xiu discussed exposing the experiment with A Xian, but A Xian warned that doing so could damage Xi Xiu's future and Wei Lanshan's reputation.
• Xi Xiu considered Ye Zhenwei's recovery the best way to stop Ye Yunhan, while Qing Zhixun learned that Fu Xuan had completed Ye Zhenwei's surgery and that she could recover within days.
• Qing Zhixun told Qing Wenxu about Ye Yunhan's plans and Xi Xiu's past, and Qing Wenxu recalled that the Qing Family had distrusted Ye Zhenwei from the start.

Qing Wenxu and Qing Zhixun discussed how to punish the Wang Family and keep Ye Zhenwei under control after her body was repaired and her Mental Power began to regress. Xi Xiu told Lin Rumei and Boranlan that she would not return to the Ye Family, leaving the two women to accept that she would pursue her own path.

• Qing Wenxu agreed with Qing Zhixun's plan to strike back at the Wang Family for targeting Xi Xiu.
• Qing Wenxu explained that Ye Zhenwei's body was recovering, but her Mental Power had stopped expanding and might be regressing; the Elders planned to monitor her and send her away from Gaia after she woke.
• Qing Zhixun urged Qing Wenxu to send Ye Zhenwei to Tianning Star to replace Ye Yunhan, reducing her access to Xi Xiu and Alliance information.
• Qing Zhixun asked Qing Wenxu to help deal with the Wang Family, and Qing Wenxu agreed to protect the Qing Family's own.
• Xi Xiu told Lin Rumei and Boranlan that she would not return to the Ye Family, and Lin Rumei suggested they arrange a video call.

Xi Xiu met Li Zhengfeng aboard Jiuxing's Starship and analyzed data tied to Qin Jian and Qin Hongjun, which the Elder Council hoped would help them anticipate future threats. More than ten days later, the Hanhai People massed a fleet in Musar near Aura, and Aura's leaders prepared to defend against an attack.

• Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Qing Zhixun secretly traveled to Jiuxing's Starship, where Li Zhengfeng showed them newly discovered data and Xi Xiu identified its uses.
• Qing Zhixun connected the Elder Council, which learned that Qin Jian had supplied Qin Hongjun's plans for the Eternal Robots and Bio-constructs.
• Xi Xiu and the others returned to the base and resumed their ordinary routines.
• The Hanhai People assembled twenty thousand Starships and two hundred carriers in Musar, one light-year from Aura, and waited while observing the Alliance's response.
• The Alliance distributed a combat manual with guidance on fighting Combat Robots, while Enweit prepared for a possible hidden transmission attack.
• Qing Yuhui arrived in Aura and convened a meeting with Enweit and Aura's ruling nobles, who concluded that Aura's forces could handle the assembled Hanhai troops.

Aura prepared to defend itself against the Hanhai People, with Enweit heading to the border to join Musar and put Xi Xiu’s teachings into practice. Qing Yuhui saw how much Aura had changed, while Xi Xiu praised Enweit as he set out for battle.

• Qing Yuhui consulted the Elder Council, and Aura transferred warriors from the Tianwei garrison and Tian'ao Fortress to support its defenses.
• Enweit took his personal guard team to the border to rendezvous with Musar, while Aura prepared its weapons, supplies, and forces for war.
• Qing Yuhui visited Aura and was surprised by the Aola People's new hospitality and the planet's orderly, welcoming atmosphere.
• Enweilian apologized to Qing Yuhui for Aura's past discourtesy and explained how Hong Xixiu had helped bring about the Aola People's changes.
• Enweilian and Manli decided to explore the Alliance after the crisis, while Qing Yuhui left confident that Aura would repel the Hanhai People.
• Xi Xiu answered Enweit's call aboard his starship, praised his growth and Aura's Star Lord, and Enweit happily accepted her approval.

Enweit thanked Xi Xiu for training him and sought her advice before leading Aura’s forces against the Hanhai People. He prepared to coordinate with Tian'ao Fortress, while Xi Xiu encouraged him to trust himself and act cautiously.

• Enweit thanked Xi Xiu for guiding his training, and she urged him to protect Aura and its people.
• A Xian encouraged Enweit to stand firm against the Hanhai People, and Xi Xiu reminded him to prepare backup, retreat, and battle plans.
• Enweit asked whether Xi Xiu might be transferred to Tian'ao, then explained that he worried about friction between Aura’s soldiers and the humans at the fortress.
• Xi Xiu reassured Enweit about working with humans, and A Xian urged him to take the first step toward better relations.
• Enweit described his initial dealings with Berik and his nervousness about coordinating with human officers, and Xi Xiu promised to prepare practical advice for him.

Enweit’s intelligence revealed that the Hanhai People and several allied systems were preparing to invade Aura, unaware that the Aola People had changed their military practices. After intense training, Xi Xiu and A Xian rested in the forest, where Xi Xiu reflected on the battles still ahead.

• Enweit persuaded Aura’s leaders to cooperate more closely with humans, and Aura secretly strengthened its warriors through academy training and his plans.
• Enweit received intelligence through Nine Stars’ channels that the Hanhai People and the Musar, Inkuila, and Samuel Systems were preparing to attack and seize Aura’s energy.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian reached the forest, where Ebony and Night Soul Grass foraged while Xi Xiu reviewed 909’s training and the team’s progress.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian reflected on their grueling combat practice before climbing a tree and falling asleep in the cold forest.
• Xi Xiu woke to find Ebony curled beside her and Night Soul Grass sleeping on A Xian’s head, then thought about the peace she hoped to enjoy after defeating the monsters.

Xi Xiu and A Xian received an urgent Level Two mission after armed, unidentified intelligent lifeforms appeared on Yuanri. As their teams reached the planet, Xi Xiu identified the creatures as human-faced beings with eight tentacles, and the soldiers prepared to investigate them.

• A Xian pushed Night Soul Grass from her hair, and Xi Xiu had Ebony make it a vine nest where it could rest.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian received orders to join a five-team deployment to confront unidentified armed lifeforms in Yuanri, then packed and assembled with their teammates.
• Xi Xiu assigned training duties to the soldiers staying behind before her group departed with the other teams aboard two Starships.
• During the flight, Xi Xiu and Xie Qingzhu agreed their teams would work together on the planet's western side.
• Xi Xiu refined the creatures' blurry images and discovered their human faces were paired with eight flexible tentacles, which A Xian found repulsive.

Xi Xiu and Team 909 studied the strange Tentacled Creatures and traveled to Moda to investigate them. After learning about the Moda People and coordinating with Star Lord Asik, Xi Xiu landed her Starship on the icy planet to begin the mission.

• Xi Xiu recognized that the creatures resembled concepts from Qin Jian's system, which the Central Brain was close to cracking.
• Team 909 studied the creatures during the journey, and Xi Xiu decided they would investigate their strength before fighting.
• Xi Xiu's Starships arrived above Moda, homeworld of the short, snow-white Moda People, during the planet's harsh winter.
• Star Lord Asik briefed Xi Xiu on the creatures, which had been contained behind a Protective Shield, and gave her team permission to enter Moda.
• Xi Xiu adjusted her team's equipment for the cold and landed one Starship on the ice fields, where its exterior blended into the surroundings.

Xi Xiu and the Yuanri warriors met Moda’s Star Lord Asik, who explained that an unknown force had targeted Moda and that he had requested their support. Asik revealed that the strange creatures were contained near Moda Star and that the God of Stars had given him an instruction, which he left unexplained.

• Xi Xiu’s group and Xie Qingzhu’s group traveled to Moda’s Central City and arrived at Asik’s office building.
• Asik welcomed the warriors with Sida and assessed them favorably after seeing their respectful conduct.
• Asik explained that he had requested Yuanri’s help because he sensed a greater danger and did not trust the Elder Council with his warning.
• Xi Xiu assured Asik that the garrison would support Moda and asked him to give them any task within their ability.
• Asik said the strange creatures were contained 0.1 light-years from Moda Star and mentioned that the God of Stars had instructed him.