Recaps

Xi Xiu traveled from Ningkui Star to Capital Star, where Cheng Yixue challenged her to a fight. Xi Xiu defeated Cheng Yixue and declared that she would no longer accept challenges from her.

• Xi Xiu met He Yinlei aboard the starship and trained with her in a shared training room.
• Cheng Yixue insulted Xi Xiu and challenged her to a match the next morning in Training Room Five.
• Xi Xiu accepted Cheng Yixue's formal challenge and arrived with a starship administrator as witness.
• Cheng Yixue attacked Xi Xiu, but Xi Xiu calmly blocked her moves and knocked her down after thirty exchanges.
• Xi Xiu claimed victory and said she would no longer accept challenges from Cheng Yixue.

Xi Xiu arrived on Gaia with He Yinlei and reunited with Xue Fanhui, who showed her around the First Military Academy and helped her move into her dorm. The chapter ended with Xi Xiu meeting her unwilling roommate, Enweit, who had failed to change his assigned room.

• Xi Xiu left the starship after defeating Cheng Yixue, and she and He Yinlei became friends during the journey to Gaia.
• Xue Fanhui greeted Xi Xiu at the Second Starport, and the three young women introduced themselves before He Yinlei departed with her brother.
• Cheng Yixue saw Xi Xiu and Xue Fanhui at the transfer station, accepted her mother's warning to lie low, and resolved to seek another chance to challenge Xi Xiu.
• Xue Fanhui told Xi Xiu that Zhen had arrived safely at Jinghui Star, then took Xi Xiu to register and tour the First Military Academy.
• Xue Fanhui brought Xi Xiu to her assigned dormitory, where Xi Xiu greeted her roommate, Enweit, but he ignored her because the academy had rejected his request to change rooms.

After Xi Xiu settled into the First Military Academy, she bought a Hovercar, reconciled with her roommate Enweit, and reviewed her demanding class schedule. As she prepared to begin academy life, she sent messages to Vivian and Wei Lanshan about her arrival and her plans for the future.

• Xue Fanhui returned to her dorm, where Damian welcomed her and gave her a bag of diamonds; she mailed some gems to Zhen and planned to give others to Xi Xiu.
• Xi Xiu browsed the academy network, chose an energy-efficient used Hovercar, and went to collect it.
• Enweit apologized for not answering Xi Xiu earlier, and they introduced themselves and agreed to work well together.
• Xi Xiu reviewed her schedule of theory classes, daily physical training, and periodic outdoor courses, then rested with Sixi, Wu Yuan, and Ebony.
• Xi Xiu messaged Vivian to reassure her that she had arrived safely, then wrote to Wei Lanshan about her travels, her family, and her plans to travel and fight alongside Sixi and Wu Yuan.

Xi Xiu began her first day of classes at the military academy, working closely with Enweit through an intense mechanics lesson and learning intermediate Martial Skills from Gu Jinyan. The day ended with Xi Xiu and Enweit sparring, each surprised by the other’s abilities.

• Xi Xiu and Enweit left their dorm together and attended Kuang Xunli’s demanding mechanics class, where they practiced dismantling and reassembling a starship model as a team.
• After class, Xi Xiu complained to Xue Fanhui about her workload and compared her schedule with Zhen’s easier cultural courses, then recovered and headed to afternoon training.
• Xi Xiu and Enweit joined Gu Jinyan’s Martial Skills class, where Gu Jinyan explained intermediate techniques and had Yue Qila, Su Jinbao, and Zhang Jixing demonstrate.
• Xi Xiu and Enweit practiced sparring together, and Enweit was surprised by Xi Xiu’s many moves while Xi Xiu discovered that he was remarkably agile and skilled.

Xi Xiu learned the truth behind her origins from Wei Lanshan’s recordings and accepted her without resentment, then was stunned by news that human lifespans might exceed four hundred years. Wu Jingxian announced she was coming to Gaia’s First Military Academy, while Xi Xiu returned to preparing for her upcoming test.

• Gu Jinyan advised Xi Xiu to master a few martial skills rather than practice many, helping her recognize a bottleneck in her training.
• Xi Xiu listened to Wei Lanshan’s decade-old recordings about her origins, deleted them, and sent Wei Lanshan a message saying she did not resent her.
• Wei Lanshan replied that she hoped to return in three years and that the expedition might enable human lifespans to surpass four hundred years, leaving Xi Xiu amazed.
• Wu Jingxian video-called Xi Xiu from outside Gaia’s First Military Academy and said she planned to enroll, while Wu Jingxu agreed to handle the arrangements.
• Xi Xiu told Xue Fanhui that Wu Jingxian was coming, then studied for her Mechanics Principles test, which was ten days away.

Wu Jingxian joined Xi Xiu’s class at the First Military Academy and revealed that she had come to help save the Anvile clan, promising to explain more after introducing Xi Xiu to someone. Xi Xiu broke through a training bottleneck, grew closer to Enweit, and learned that Aola Star people often distrusted humans.

• Wu Jingxian arrived at the First Military Academy and was assigned to Xi Xiu’s class, then told Xi Xiu they would talk after class.
• Wu Jingxian explained that she had come for the survival of the Anvile clan and arranged to introduce Xi Xiu to someone on Sunday.
• Xi Xiu trained with Gu Jinyan’s instruction and broke through her Martial Skills bottleneck; Enweit asked her to share what she had learned.
• Wu Jingxian challenged Enweit to a friendly spar, and the two arranged a time to fight.
• Wu Jingxian told Xi Xiu that Aola Star people often distrusted humans, leaving Xi Xiu wondering whether that explained Enweit’s earlier aloofness.

A Xian introduced Hong Xixiu to her eldest brother, Wu Jingxu, who explained the threat facing Anvile and asked how Xixiu concealed her Mental Power. Xixiu agreed to help, and Wu Jingxu offered anything Anvile could provide in exchange for her method.

• A Xian brought Xixiu to meet her eldest brother, Wu Jingxu, at a forest hotel.
• Wu Jingxu sensed Xixiu's aura was highly compatible with Anvile and confirmed A Xian's intuition.
• Wu Jingxu explained that a spreading decaying aura could contaminate Origin Land, destroy the Anvile People, and open the Star Domain Gate to a powerful hostile species.
• Xixiu learned about the danger to Anvile and the Jingsu Alliance, then asked how she could help.
• Wu Jingxu asked Xixiu how she hid her Mental Power and offered anything from Anvile in exchange for the method.

Xixiu agreed to teach A Xian a secret technique that could help the Anvile People survive a looming crisis, and Wu Jingxu sent word of the opportunity back to Anvile. After helping A Xian begin her training, Xixiu gave her a passage to recite and left her wondering about the pattern hidden in its sentences.

• Wu Jingxu and A Xian asked Xixiu to teach A Xian her secret technique, and Xixiu agreed after learning that A Xian alone could support the Anvile People.
• Wu Jingxu urged A Xian to take her training seriously, then reported the news to Anvile, easing the Wu Family's worries.
• Xixiu worried that Ebony would eat the forest bare, so A Xian promised to ask Wu Jingxu for fast-growing plant seeds.
• Xixiu and A Xian returned to the dormitory, where Xixiu handed A Xian a passage to recite while using her Mental Power.
• A Xian read the passage and noticed that its sentences seemed to follow a hidden pattern.

A Xian quickly learned Xi Xiu’s mental-power mnemonic and prepared to help Anvile survive its crisis, while Xi Xiu studied for exams and discussed cooking with her friends. Wu Jingxu sent Xi Xiu a huge tuition gift, leaving her stunned and A Xian eager to demand even more for her.

• A Xian used Xi Xiu’s mnemonic to rapidly develop her abilities, and Wu Jingxu was astonished by her progress when he brought her plant seeds.
• Wu Jingxu returned to Anvile to prepare against its invisible enemies, while A Xian gave the seeds to Xi Xiu and discussed planting them together.
• Xue Fanhui helped Xi Xiu review mechanical principles for her exam, and A Xian said she had come to First Military Academy to protect her.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian planned to cook together, and Xi Xiu intended to find a work-study job after her exam.
• Wu Jingxu transferred Xi Xiu a large sum of Star Coins as tuition, and A Xian decided the gift was too small and wanted a starship and mech for her.

Xi Xiu accepted the Wu Family's generous reward for teaching the Anvile People, and A Xian broke through her Mental Power while practicing the Tranquil Heart Art. At the school's first Martial Skill test, Enweit and A Xian won their matches, while Xi Xiu's match against Yue Qila remained to come.

• A Xian persuaded Xi Xiu to accept the Star Coins, explaining that the Wu Family honored her as a benefactor of the Anweier Star System.
• A Xian practiced the Tranquil Heart Art and unexpectedly broke through her Mental Power.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Enweit went to their first Martial Skill test and learned their partners had been reassigned.
• Enweit used the opening in Su Jinbao's attacks to score points and won their match three hits to six.
• A Xian quickly read Zhang Jixing's style and defeated him, leaving Xi Xiu and Yue Qila's match for last.

Xi Xiu drew with Yue Qila in a celebrated Martial Skill match, prompting Gu Jinyan to question his earlier assessment of her. After videos of Xi Xiu and A Xian's fights spread across the school forum, they decided to ask for them to be removed.

• Xi Xiu and Yue Qila fought fifty moves to a draw, impressing the crowd and surprising Gu Jinyan.
• Gu Jinyan told Zhang Jixing and Yue Qila to train harder, while Yue Qila vowed to defeat Hong Xixiu in the next test.
• Videos of Xi Xiu and A Xian's matches appeared on the school forum, making the pair famous among the new students.
• Xue Fanhui told Xi Xiu and A Xian about the videos and the flood of comments.
• Xi Xiu asked A Xian to have the videos deleted, and A Xian agreed to handle it peacefully.

After a video of Xi Xiu and A Xian's match vanished, challengers confronted them, but the pair refused and went to the forest with Ebony. Xi Xiu and A Xian discussed their abilities and A Xian's Anvile identity, ending with A Xian explaining why people mistook her name for her surname.

• Wu Jingxu had the video removed from the internal network, and students realized Xi Xiu and A Xian had powerful backing.
• Several students challenged Xi Xiu and A Xian, but the two refused and walked away despite the students' insults.
• Xi Xiu decided she would lose to Yue Qila if they met again in the next Mental Power Martial Skill competition to avoid further trouble.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian practiced the Tranquil Heart Art in the forest while Ebony ate, and A Xian revealed her Mental Power had reached 3S.
• Xi Xiu told A Xian she had guessed her identity, and A Xian explained that she was nobility among nobility and described her family life in Anvile.
• A Xian explained that people mistook Jing for her surname because her family usually shared only their given names outside Anvile.

Xi Xiu and her companions prepared for their first field training on Wei Liu, a harsh world with deep-space radiation. After Gu Jinyan assigned the students to groups, Xi Xiu found her team was exceptionally well equipped and took charge of coordinating their supplies.

• Xi Xiu researched Wei Liu, ordered missing supplies, and planned to bring Ebony to feed on its deep-space radiation.
• Xi Xiu noticed Cheng Yixue watching her at the gathering point, and A Xian warned Xi Xiu to avoid her during the trip.
• Gu Jinyan led Jingtian Building's students to the transfer station and sent them their itinerary and group assignments.
• Xi Xiu's group included A Xian, Enweit, and Su Jinbao, while Cheng Yixue was assigned elsewhere.
• Xi Xiu's group inventoried their supplies, including Su Jinbao's Nutrient Paste, Enweit's large mech, and weapons and equipment from the others.
• Xi Xiu proposed that the group share resources, and Enweit and Su Jinbao agreed to follow her lead.

Xi Xiu and her teammates reached Wei Liu to search for their wilderness survival mission target, splitting up to investigate the forest and hill. Both teams sensed dangerous Star Beasts nearby and returned to camp without finding the target, leaving them to decide how to proceed.

• Xi Xiu, Enweit, A Xian, and Su Jinbao traveled to Wei Liu and established a camp near the designated search area.
• The group divided the terrain into search areas, and Xi Xiu and Enweit went to investigate the forest while A Xian and Su Jinbao searched the hill.
• Xi Xiu and Enweit found native parasitic plants in the forest and sensed animals watching them, but the creatures did not attack.
• A Xian sensed at least five Star Beasts on the hill and stopped Su Jinbao from going farther.
• Both teams returned to camp, shared their warnings about the Star Beasts and forest danger, and Su Jinbao asked whether they should fight.

Xi Xiu, A Xian, Enweit, and Su Jinbao faced five Star Beasts during their wilderness mission and fought to bring them down. After defeating four, they regrouped as Enweit and Su Jinbao brought over their kill, and an alarm began beeping.

• Xi Xiu reported the Star Beasts to Gu Jinyan, who ordered the students to continue.
• A Xian sensed something was wrong, and Xi Xiu spotted the five Star Beasts approaching; she arranged for the group to stand together and fight.
• Xi Xiu sent Enweit and Su Jinbao after one Star Beast in a mecha while she and A Xian took the other four.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian killed their assigned Star Beasts by attacking their eyes and soft bellies, while Gu Jinyan explained that the students had to face harsher trials.
• Enweit and Su Jinbao brought their defeated Star Beast to Xi Xiu and A Xian, then a beeping alarm sounded.

Xixiu and A Xian killed five Star Beasts during wilderness training, while Yue Qila’s team fought and defeated two more. The students learned that their mission was to find and kill every Star Beast in their territory, and they braced for a dangerous night with limited mech energy.

• Gu Jinyan and An Yue inspected the five Star Beasts Xixiu and A Xian had killed, awarded their group 500 credits each, and ordered them to stay alert.
• A Xian told Xixiu that Anvile’s crisis could not be fully addressed until the corrupt aura descended, and warned that Star Beasts might still slip through the Star Domain Gate.
• Enweit and Su Jinbao watched a recording of Xixiu and A Xian’s battle and discussed Xixiu’s skill and guidance.
• Yue Qila’s team encountered two Star Beasts in underground pits, deployed their mechs, and killed both creatures.
• Yue Qila learned that the students’ mission was to search their territory for every Star Beast and kill them, while Su Tingfeng worried that their mechs lacked enough Energy Stones.

Yue Qila’s group worried about surviving the Star Beasts, while Xi Xiu and her companions prepared for an attack in the second half of the night. Xi Xiu’s team defeated four Star Beasts, captured one alive for extra credits, and Su Jinbao asked Enweit to teach him.

• Yue Qila, Su Tingfeng, Cheng Yixue, and their fourth companion pooled their supplies and worried that their weapons could only defeat about ten Star Beasts.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian decided they would fight the remaining Star Beasts despite the risk of exposing Xi Xiu’s strength, then rested while Ebony kept watch.
• At three in the morning, Ebony alerted Xi Xiu to four approaching Star Beasts, and Xi Xiu woke A Xian, Enweit, and Su Jinbao.
• Xi Xiu and Enweit attacked two Star Beasts together, while A Xian and Su Jinbao fought the other two; Xi Xiu killed one and tied up another alive.
• Xi Xiu guessed that capturing a Star Beast would earn more credits, and Su Jinbao asked her for combat pointers, so she referred him to Enweit.
• An Yue awarded the group 800 additional credits each, took away the Star Beasts, and closely examined Xi Xiu and A Xian’s nameplates and weapons.

Xi Xiu’s group chose to hunt Star Beasts proactively while the military raised the wilderness course’s passing requirement to ten kills per group. Yue Qila’s group collected weapons and set out to hunt, while Gu Jinyan wondered about Xi Xiu’s unusual blade.

• Xi Xiu’s group decided to advance together and kill every Star Beast they encountered, while An Yue reported their progress to Gu Jinyan.
• Xu Jiusong ordered every group to kill more than ten Star Beasts to pass and allowed them to collect unlimited weapons.
• Xi Xiu’s group continued hunting without returning for weapons, as they had already killed eight and captured one Star Beast.
• Yue Qila’s group collected weapons and set out to hunt, while Cheng Yixue worried about rescue signals and recognized Group 626 as Hong Xixiu’s group.
• An Yue told Gu Jinyan that Group 626 had not returned for weapons, and Gu Jinyan asked him to describe Xi Xiu’s blade.

Group 626 fought Star Beasts in the hills, completed their mission, and rested safely before planning to enter the forest. Meanwhile, Yue Qila confronted Cheng Yixue for refusing to fight and warned that she would report her if she continued to contribute nothing.

• Xi Xiu, A Xian, Su Jinbao, and Enweit lured two Star Beasts from a cave so Su Jinbao and Enweit could test their skills.
• Su Jinbao was injured, and Xi Xiu killed his opponent while Enweit defeated the other Star Beast, completing Group 626's mission.
• Group 626 sent Gu Jinyan their location, then returned to camp to rest before heading into the forest the next day.
• Yue Qila, Su Tingfeng, and Zhang Jixing fought off two Star Beasts during the night while Cheng Yixue stayed back and avoided the battle.
• Yue Qila reprimanded Cheng Yixue for failing to fight and warned that she would report her if she did not contribute the next day.

Xi Xiu’s group returned to camp after completing their wilderness mission, and the students learned that Cheng Yixue had caused Yue Qila to be injured by using her as a shield. As the students gathered, Gu Jinyan prepared to address the harsh future awaiting them on the battlefield.

• Gu Jinyan ordered the students to finish their missions within two days, and Xi Xiu’s Group 626 returned with fourteen Star Beasts killed, one captured, and 1,900 credits earned.
• Xi Xiu’s group met Hai Suomiao’s Group 828 at camp, and the students chatted about their missions and Xi Xiu’s decision to capture a Star Beast alive.
• An Yue sent people to find Yue Qila’s group, and Zhang Jixing and Su Tingfeng brought the injured Yue Qila back while Cheng Yixue followed behind.
• After reviewing surveillance footage, An Yue ordered Cheng Yixue detained and gave her zero credits for the mission pending further action after Yue Qila recovered.
• He Yinlei and Xue Fanhui contacted Xi Xiu to ask about the incident, and Xi Xiu confirmed that she and A Xian were unharmed.
• Gu Jinyan addressed the gathered students, reflecting that they were the Alliance’s hope as the starfield faced an unprecedented challenge.

Gu Jinyan told the students that Star Beasts were becoming a threat as the Alliance's First Defense Line weakened, and that students below the fourth year would join extermination teams. On the trip back, Xi Xiu and her companions learned that the Alliance had prepared for the crisis by sending military families' descendants to the academy, while the students searched the Star Net for information about the creatures.

• Gu Jinyan announced that the training would grow more difficult and revealed that the Alliance's First Defense Line was weakening, making Star Beasts a common threat.
• Gu Jinyan said students below the fourth year would join six-person extermination teams every three months, with instructors, school weapons, credits, and contribution points.
• Xi Xiu asked A Xian and Hai Suomiao how the Star Beasts had appeared, and Hai Suomiao said they did not seem to have come through the Star Domain Gate.
• Enweit learned from his family that the commander had ordered military star systems to send a direct descendant to the First Military Academy, while A Xian learned Wu Jingxu had arranged for her to study at Gaia and demanded to be grouped with Xi Xiu.
• Students discussed the Star Beasts on the Starship and searched the Star Net, discovering that creatures from the Star Domain Gate were far beyond their current ability to fight alone.

After the field course, Yue Qila and Zhang Jixing reviewed the other groups’ battle footage and learned about Hong Xixiu’s remarkable skills and training. Xixiu and A Xian discussed the next Star Beast extermination and fought to a draw in the Virtual Network, agreeing to train together every weekend.

• Yue Qila and Zhang Jixing returned to the dormitory, and Zhang Jixing told Yue Qila about Cheng Yixue’s bad reputation and history of provoking Hong Xixiu.
• Gu Jinyan showed Yue Qila and Zhang Jixing battle footage, and they were astonished by Hong Xixiu’s precise combat skills and learned how hard she had trained.
• Xixiu told Xue Fanhui that students would face Star Beast exterminations every three months, and A Xian explained that the Star Beasts they had fought were the lowest level among ten known levels.
• Xue Fanhui returned to her dormitory to work on weapon designs while Xixiu and A Xian entered a Virtual Network Battle Room for a serious sparring match.
• Xixiu and A Xian fought to a draw after more than three hundred exchanges, reviewed their weaknesses, and agreed to battle every weekend.

Xi Xiu's team welcomed Kuang Biru and Min Yuandeng, and Kuang Biru became captain after nominating herself. The group left with a tentative team name and disagreements over her leadership, while Su Jinbao began applying Xi Xiu's advice to improve his Martial Skill.

• Kuang Biru and Min Yuandeng joined Xi Xiu, A Xian, Enweit, and Su Jinbao in Room 626 to discuss their team.
• Kuang Biru nominated herself as captain, and Xi Xiu and A Xian agreed without contesting her claim.
• Kuang Biru proposed the name Jingtian 909, while Su Jinbao favored keeping the name 626.
• After Kuang Biru and Min Yuandeng left, Xi Xiu said she preferred to avoid trouble, and Enweit agreed to follow her lead.
• Xi Xiu told the group chat that she and her classmates could not attend Kuang Biru's training because it conflicted with mechanics class.
• Su Jinbao sparred with Enweit, then practiced his Martial Skill more than a hundred times and corrected several flaws.

Xi Xiu and her friends struggled with Kuang Biru’s demanding leadership and asked Gu Jinyan to replace her, prompting him to investigate how she gained 3S Mental Power. Later, Xi Xiu visited Hai Suomiao and learned about Miu Run customs, including a secret about how the mermen’s tails changed.

• Kuang Biru rescheduled coordination training and intensified the squad’s demanding Martial Skill and group training.
• A Xian took Xi Xiu, Su Jinbao, and Enweit to Gu Jinyan and demanded that Kuang Biru be replaced, describing her harsh training methods.
• Gu Jinyan agreed to investigate A Xian’s claim that Kuang Biru’s 3S Mental Power came from a serum before considering a reassignment.
• A Xian and Xi Xiu visited Hai Suomiao, who explained that Miu Run mermen used compression packs to stay out of water and told Xi Xiu to call her Sister Suomiao.
• On the way back, A Xian explained that Miu Run mermen’s sex was determined at adulthood and that contact with Miu Run seawater transformed their legs into tails.

Gu Jinyan reassigned Kuang Biru after discovering she had illegally used medication to raise her Mental Power, and he reprimanded her when she challenged the decision. Xi Xiu’s group welcomed two new teammates, prepared for their integrated Martial Skills exam, and left Gu Jinyan intrigued by the hidden strength and ancient martial arts of the Anvile People.

• Gu Jinyan discovered that Kuang Biru had used medication to raise her Mental Power without meeting the Alliance’s requirements, so he assigned her to Cheng Yixue’s group.
• Kuang Biru confronted Gu Jinyan, argued that her strength and family status made the reassignment unfair, and was ordered to copy Alliance etiquette five times.
• Xi Xiu’s group welcomed Flora and Tarasha, chose Tarasha as leader, and arranged joint training after learning that Kuang Biru was widely disliked.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian coached Enweit and Su Jinbao as the four students practiced for Gu Jinyan’s integrated Martial Skills exam.
• At the exam, A Xian revealed her 3S Mental Power, while Xi Xiu continued using only 2S; Gu Jinyan began anticipating A Xian’s performance on the battlefield.
• Gu Jinyan recognized that Xi Xiu and others carried mysterious Ancient Martial Arts from Shangyue Star, including a foundation resembling that of Hong Xixiu.