Recaps

Wu Jingxi awakened after more than twenty years away and began recovering in Anvile’s Origin Land, reuniting with her family. As the Wu family welcomed Xi Xiu as one of their own, Jingxi regained some strength and joined them in the courtyard before Xi Xiu left alone.

• Wu Jingxi woke and reunited with her parents, siblings, and Wu Jingxian, though she was weak and surprised by how much time had passed.
• The Wu family brought Jingxi to Origin Land to recover, and Wu Jingxian told Xi Xiu that she was now family.
• Wu Jingmu and the Wu family thanked Xi Xiu and welcomed her as one of their own.
• Wu Jingxian showed Xi Xiu their residence, revealing that it was a secret space over a light-year from Anvile’s main planet.
• The next morning, Jingxi had recovered half her former vigor and reunited with Wu Jingxu, Wu Jingya, Wu Jingmu, and Liuga in the courtyard.
• Xi Xiu greeted A Xian and left the main hall alone.

Wu Jingxi reunited with her family on Anvile and revealed a conspiracy targeting her and the Star Domain Gate. Her return remained secret while her family prepared to respond, and Qing Heming and his son sensed that she was alive.

• Wu Jingxi apologized to her parents and explained that she had experienced only months while twenty years passed outside.
• Wu Jingmu suspected enemies had targeted Jingxi to eliminate Anvile's guardian and weaken the Star Domain Gate, potentially unleashing the vicious beasts within.
• Wu Jingmu ordered Wu Jingxu to investigate and conceal Jingxi's return, while Liuga arranged a public explanation for the family's sudden return.
• Jingxi told her family that her partner and their child were still alive, and A Xian identified the partner as someone from the Qing Family.
• Jingxi explained that she and Qing had left their unnamed son with the Qing Family before going to battle, and Liuga and Wu Jingya planned to visit him after Jingxi recovered.
• On Gaia, Qing Heming and his son sensed that Jingxi was alive and reacted with relief.

Wu Jingxi reunited with A Xian and met Xi Xiu, thanking her for helping Anvile and welcoming her into the Wu family. Xi Xiu and A Xian explored Origin Land, while Wu Jingxi began recovering enough for her Mental Power to spread across the land.

• Wu Jingxi finished recounting her experiences, and A Xian said she had missed her sister and regretted not knowing what she had suffered.
• Xi Xiu got tangled in vines and decorated with flowers by curious Exotic Plants until A Xian freed her.
• Wu Jingxi asked Xi Xiu about her studies and plans, thanked her for helping Anvile, and offered to make Anvile her home.
• A Xian took Xi Xiu to the tallest tree and explained Origin Land and its connection to Anvile life and death.
• Wu Jingxi rested as her Mental Power spread, prompting a joyful celebration throughout Origin Land.

Xi Xiu and A Xian traveled to Silver Waterfall under the cover story that they had come to visit the sick Queen, while Wu Jingxi remained in recovery. Wu Jingmu arrived to accompany them as they explored Anvile, leaving A Xian worried about his unpredictable behavior and whether You Lian would join them.

• Wu Jingmu told Xi Xiu and A Xian to visit Silver Waterfall quietly and warned A Xian to protect the secret of Jing Xi’s awakening.
• Wu Jingxi fell into a deep slumber, and Origin Land energy gathered into a golden vortex that entered her body.
• Wu Jingxu sent Xi Xiu and A Xian to A Xian’s home near Silver Waterfall, gave them Space Lockets, and ordered A Xian to keep her robot butler Anfei with her.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian settled in and chatted with Xue Fanhui, who asked them to picnic together after they returned to Gaia.
• Wu Jingmu arrived in disguise and insisted on accompanying the girls around Anvile, prompting A Xian to warn Xi Xiu that he often acted unpredictably.

A Xian and Xi Xiu returned to Gaia after escaping Wu Jingmu’s stifling supervision, and discussed Xi Xiu’s wish to specialize in logistics. Xi Xiu remained hopeful that the school would honor her choice as she and A Xian headed back to school.

• A Xian and Xi Xiu recalled how Wu Jingmu vetoed their plans and drove them to a mountaintop, then complained about him to Wu Jingya.
• Xi Xiu told A Xian she wanted to choose logistics and supply so she could become a nutritionist, while A Xian worried the school would reassign her because of her talent.
• A Xian and Xi Xiu rested aboard the starship and learned that Xi Xiu’s gifts had delighted Vivian, Corinne, and Shally.
• A Xian and Xi Xiu arrived at Gaia, declined Wu Jingmu’s escort, and took a school hovercar back.

Xi Xiu and A Xian visited the exhausted Xue Fanhui before heading into the forest to practice controlling Silver Beads with Mental Power. Xi Xiu discovered she could move three hundred beads at once, and the pair continued training.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian visited Xue Fanhui, who described her exhausting Mech Design workload and asked about their short stay in Anvile.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian decided to train in the forest, where they could practice without recording footage in the school training rooms.
• Xi Xiu brought Ebony, Sixi, and Wu Yuan to the forest, while A Xian brought Anfei, and the robots stayed nearby as the women began training.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian launched waves of Silver Beads at each other, and Xi Xiu hit A Xian in their second round.
• Xi Xiu attached her Mental Power to three hundred Silver Beads and successfully set them in motion, though she still needed to improve her control and speed.

Xi Xiu trained intensely with A Xian, taught her how to control hundreds of objects with fine strands of Mental Power, and reunited with her Room 626 teammates. After days of group training, Xue Fanhui alerted Xi Xiu that the school had announced their specializations early and assigned everyone in 626 to the Combat Department.

• Wu Yuan watched Xi Xiu train and judged her Mental Power precision to be exceptional, while Sixi showed unexplained energy fluctuations.
• A Xian conceded their training match, and Xi Xiu explained how she divided her Mental Power into fine strands to control three hundred Silver Beads.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian returned to the dormitory, where they reunited with Enweit, Su Jinbao, Tarasha, and Flora and exchanged gifts.
• A Xian mastered controlling all three hundred Silver Beads, and Room 626 trained together to improve their combat coordination.
• Xue Fanhui called Xi Xiu and told her the school had announced their specializations early; Xi Xiu found that everyone in 626 had been assigned to the Combat Department.

The First Military Academy assigned Xi Xiu, A Xian, and their friends to the Combat Department early, prompting students to protest until Principal Lu Shouyi explained the Alliance’s worsening security and promised they could apply to transfer after a year. Group 626 accepted the decision and began planning to train together, while Xi Xiu discovered how demanding their new coursework would be.

• Xi Xiu and Su Jinbao learned they had been assigned to the Combat Department, and students gathered to demand an explanation from Principal Lu Shouyi.
• Lu Shouyi said the assignment followed an Alliance order prompted by Star Beast attacks and the threat to the Alliance’s defenses, and offered students a chance to apply for reassignment after one year.
• Enweit and Tarasha told Group 626 about attacks near Aola Star, Blue Rain Star, and the Jinglan border region, while Xi Xiu and A Xian suspected the incidents were connected to events they had witnessed on Anvile.
• Su Jinbao vowed to follow the group’s training plan, and Tarasha offered to arrange their schedule once they received their timetable.
• Xi Xiu checked the Combat Department’s courses, worried over the heavy workload, and heard Su Jinbao explain that the school’s Glorious Honor could help with future military promotions.

Xi Xiu and her classmates began Combat Department classes, where Zheng Shengchun taught Mental Power control and warned them against enhancement drugs. After a grueling first day, Xi Xiu found comfort with Ebony, while A Xian spoke with her family and the group settled into the new semester.

• Xi Xiu and the other students registered for the Combat Department and met their seven instructors, who explained the course schedule and urged them to prepare for life as warriors.
• Zheng Shengchun taught the students to control weighted metal spheres and warned that two freshmen had damaged their Mental Power by taking enhancement drugs.
• Enweit and Su Jinbao each controlled fifteen spheres, A Xian controlled more than a hundred, and Xi Xiu practiced with a little over ten.
• Xi Xiu returned to her dormitory exhausted and played with Ebony after thinking anxiously about the future.
• A Xian spoke with Wu Jingya, who reassured her that their family was well and said food gifts for A Xian and Xi Xiu would arrive the next day.
• The students slept soundly after their first day of classes.

Xi Xiu and Group 626 endured demanding Combat Department courses, practiced mecha combat, and sharpened their skills together. Their weekend forest training expanded into a group activity, and Tarasha and Flora joined Xi Xiu and A Xian’s methods to prepare for the battlefield.

• Li Shuqi taught Class 99 to coordinate Mental Power with their fingers during mecha operation, and Xi Xiu and Enweit defeated their opponents through teamwork.
• A Xian and Su Jinbao beat their opponents in mecha practice, while Su Jinbao recorded Xi Xiu and Enweit’s fight for Xi Xiu to watch afterward.
• Xi Xiu focused on memorizing star charts and learning tactics as Group 626 faced grueling Combat Department courses for more than two months.
• Enweit and Su Jinbao caught Xi Xiu and A Xian practicing in the forest, and the sessions grew into regular Group 626 outings.
• Tarasha and Flora admired Xi Xiu and A Xian’s training and decided to follow their methods to build strength for the battlefield.

Three months into the semester, Group 626 and Xi Xiu’s group grew stronger through extra classes and joint training, while A Xian and Hai Suomiao discussed their future military service. As they prepared for a possible field exercise, Nan Hejia shared her Mental Power training enthusiasm and introduced Mingyun Galaxy’s entertainment industry.

• Group 626 and Xi Xiu’s group held regular joint training, and Liang Jingxian told them that the school was preparing a field combat exercise under military jurisdiction.
• A Xian and Hai Suomiao discussed the turmoil in Miurun and agreed that they would both eventually fight for their star region; A Xian said she would go wherever Xi Xiu went.
• Tarasha urged Group 626 to train harder and bring more weapons and another mecha to the upcoming exercise, while Su Jinbao and Enweit credited Hong Xiuxiu’s training with improving their Mental Power control.
• Nan Hejia asked Xi Xiu about controlling more than two hundred metal balls, and Xi Xiu encouraged her and shared advice on Mental Power training.
• Nan Hejia gave Xi Xiu specialties from Mingyun Galaxy and explained that its residents produced the entertainment videos, dramas, and films shown across the Star Net.

Xi Xiu and her friends planned an autumn outing while Xue Fanhui struggled to finish testing a new weapon prototype. After Master Jian helped her spot a missing decimal point, Fanhui completed the test and confirmed she could join the group next weekend.

• A Xian asked Xi Xiu to arrange a picnic, and Xi Xiu agreed to check when Xue Fanhui was free.
• Wu Jingmu urged Xi Xiu to accept her allowance as payment and focus on her studies.
• Xue Fanhui discovered she had omitted a decimal point from her model after Master Jian pointed it out, then successfully completed the test after ten attempts.
• Xiao Wenjiu grew resentful of Xue Fanhui's talent and worried she would replace him as Master Jian's chief disciple.
• Xue Fanhui told Xi Xiu the prototype was finished and she could attend the outing, so Group 626 began organizing food and supplies for their autumn gathering.

Hai Suomiao learned that her fiancé Yan Lanxi would lead her training team, and their call ended in an angry standoff over their engagement. Meanwhile, Wu Jingxian and Xi Xiu planned how to approach their senior Qing Zhixun and ask about Qing Shihao.

• Hai Suomiao learned Yan Lanxi was assigned to lead her team and received his video call.
• Hai Suomiao and Yan Lanxi argued about their engagement, and Yan Lanxi insisted he would not agree to cancel it.
• Hai Suomiao resolved to take the chance to beat Yan Lanxi during the training exercise.
• Wu Jingxian grew curious about senior Qing Zhixun because of his surname and wondered if he knew Qing Shihao.
• Wu Jingxian and Xi Xiu decided to get acquainted with Qing Zhixun and possibly win him over with Xi Xiu's cooking.

Group 626 met Qing Zhixun’s team, paired up with the graduating students, and practiced fighting before preparing to depart for Haian Border Fortress. Xi Xiu and A Xian learned that unknown Level 3 Star Beasts had appeared there, while Qing Zhixun’s team discussed Wu Jingxian’s formidable Mental Power.

• Qing Zhixun assigned his teammates partners from Group 626 and took Hong Xixiu himself.
• Qing Zhixun and Hong Xixiu sparred for a hundred moves, each noticing unusual qualities in the other’s fighting style.
• Qing Zhixun told the teams to prepare to coordinate and announced they would practice together in the Virtual Battle Room the next day.
• A Xian showed Xi Xiu information from Wu Jingyang about unknown Level 3 Star Beasts appearing near Haian Border Fortress, and Xi Xiu wondered if their appearance could be man-made.
• Qing Zhixun and Li Yuanting examined a Star Chart, and Li Yuanting remarked that Wu Jingxian’s Mental Power might match Qing Zhixun’s.

Xi Xiu and Group 626 boarded a starship with Qing Zhixun’s team for the ten-day journey to Haian Fortress, settling into strict team routines. Qing Zhixun grew curious about Xi Xiu and decided to watch her, while the group prepared for their first training session aboard the ship.

• Qing Zhixun led Group 626 through five rounds of coordination training, and both groups were satisfied with the results.
• Li Yuanting arranged the cabin’s sleeping assignments as Qing Zhixun checked Group 626’s carefully prepared weapons and supplies.
• Flora shared snacks with Xi Xiu, A Xian, and the others while Li Yuanting explained the team’s schedule and rules.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian slept peacefully, while Qing Zhixun wondered why he felt drawn to the human Hong Xixiu and resolved to observe her.
• Xi Xiu woke early, spoke with A Xian, and greeted Lin Changchang and Flora before returning to the cabin to await training assembly.

Qing Zhixun’s squad trained aboard the Starship and learned that Haian Fortress faced an increasingly dangerous threat from the Hanhai Star System. As they continued toward the fortress, Qing Zhixun and Li Yuanting discussed the freshmen’s abilities and the challenges awaiting them.

• Qing Zhixun took the team to the training room, where they practiced their assigned combat positions and coordination through six rounds.
• Qing Zhixun treated the team to Nutrient Paste, while Su Jinbao and Flora talked about missing Hong Xixiu’s cooking.
• A Xian contacted Wu Jingya, who told her that Wu Jingxi had recovered and had made her own arrangements.
• While the girls watched a Star Net drama, Qing Zhixun and Li Yuanting reviewed Haian Fortress’s defenses and learned that Hanhai forces could command mutated Level 3 Beasts and teleport small groups of soldiers there.
• Qing Zhixun and Li Yuanting discussed Wu Jingxian’s strength and Hong Xixiu’s concealed Mental Power, then Qing Zhixun promised to ask Qing Shihao to compensate Li Yuanting.

Xi Xiu and the students arrived at Haian Fortress and received a mission to destroy spatial tunnels used by the Hanhai Star System. Qing Shihao was assigned to lead Xi Xiu’s group, and his greeting to Qing Zhixun revealed that they were brothers, leaving A Xian alarmed about Qing Shihao’s connection to her family.

• After ten days of faster-than-light travel, Xi Xiu and the students arrived at Haian Fortress, where General Muwen welcomed them and they settled into their assigned camp.
• A Xian noticed Hai Suomiao’s anger toward the leader of a neighboring team and exchanged a knowing look with her.
• General Muwen explained that the students would help locate and destroy spatial tunnels through which Level 3 Beasts and the Hanhai Star System could reach the fortress.
• Xi Xiu’s group received its mission assignment and learned that Qing Shihao would lead them.
• Qing Shihao greeted Qing Zhixun as his younger brother, prompting A Xian to suspect that the Qing Family had concealed something about Qing Shihao’s relationship with Wu Jingxi.

Qing Zhixun’s team prepared to leave Haian Fortress for the mission on A78 while Qing Shihao explained that Ye Zhenwei’s arrival had reignited pressure for her to marry him. Qing Shihao avoided Ye Zhenwei and submitted a marriage application, leaving Xilo to tell her she had no chance with him.

• Qing Shihao told Xi Xiu and the other students that they would depart for A78 at six the next morning and urged them to follow orders and stay with the team.
• Qing Zhixun and Li Yuanting assured Qing Shihao that the six junior students were reliable and worked well together.
• Qing Shihao told Qing Zhixun that Alliance elders had pressured him to marry Ye Zhenwei, but he had refused and submitted a marriage application to the Central Brain.
• Qing Zhixun avoided Ye Zhenwei on his way back to the dormitory, and Qing Shihao escaped through his office window when she came to see him.
• Qing Shihao warned Xilo to take Ye Zhenwei away, and Xilo told her that Qing Shihao’s marriage application left her no hope with him.
• Ye Zhenwei protested that she was worthy of Qing Shihao and that their children would benefit the Alliance, while Xilo urged her to stop hurting Chris.

Hai Suomiao told Xi Xiu and Wu Jingxian that she wanted Yan Lanxi to end their arranged engagement, and Wu Jingxian offered to help her confront him. Back at the dormitory, the group prepared for their A78 mission, while Qing Zhixun noticed that Hong Xixiu was unusually perceptive.

• Hai Suomiao said Yan Lanxi was her enemy and revealed that her family had arranged their engagement without her consent.
• Wu Jingxian and Xi Xiu discussed helping Hai Suomiao, but Xi Xiu warned that fighting could cost them Contribution Points.
• Su Jinbao told Xi Xiu and Wu Jingxian that a woman who had pursued Qing Shihao had arrived at Haian Fortress.
• Qing Zhixun sent Group 626 the A78 mission schedule, procedures, coordinates, and Star Chart.
• Qing Zhixun noticed Hong Xixiu detect his lingering gaze and suspected her Mental Power was stronger than it seemed.

Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun’s team reached Sixth Port, where Ye Zhenwei had secured permission to join Qing Shihao’s mission to A78. After Ye Zhenwei boarded despite Qing Shihao’s objections, Su Jinbao told Xi Xiu and A Xian about her arrogant behavior at the military academy and her history with Qing Shihao and Chris.

• Xi Xiu and the others woke early, packed their gear, and traveled with Qing Zhixun’s team to Sixth Port.
• Ye Zhenwei blocked the starship entrance and insisted on joining Qing Shihao’s mission, claiming General Fleming had approved it.
• Qing Shihao confronted Chris by video call and warned that he would no longer tolerate Ye Zhenwei’s interference.
• Qing Shihao told Ye Zhenwei to protect herself on A78 and bring Xilo, while Ye Zhenwei mistook his warning for concern.
• A Xian asked Xi Xiu why Ye Zhenwei behaved strangely, and Su Jinbao described her rise at First Military Academy and her pursuit of Qing Shihao.

Group 626 arrived on barren planet A78, set up camp, and sent a scouting party into the surrounding area. Xi Xiu displayed exceptional combat power against a swarm of Level 3 Beasts, but one surviving beast suddenly leaped toward her from behind.

• Qing Shihao decided to let Xilo deal with Ye Zhenwei, while Qing Zhixun offered to intervene if she went too far.
• Group 626 landed on barren planet A78, established a campsite, and received weapons and short-range signal devices from Li Yuanting.
• Qing Zhixun led Xi Xiu, Enweit, Tarasha, Xiquan Long, and Gerhe out to scout the area.
• The scouting party encountered hundreds of unusually small, fast Level 3 Beasts and prepared to fight.
• Xi Xiu fought with her saber and used Silver Beads to attack the beasts, impressing Qing Zhixun and her senior companions with her strength.
• A Level 3 Beast that Xiquan Long had not fully killed sprang toward Xi Xiu from behind.

Xi Xiu was badly wounded by a Level 3 Beast, but Wu Yuan and A Xian treated her while Qing Zhixun’s team returned to camp. Qing Zhixun later found the beasts resembled those in the Star Beast Illustrated Guide, leaving him wondering why they were so small.

• A Level 3 Beast tore open Xi Xiu’s back, and she beheaded it before Qing Zhixun reached her.
• Wu Yuan stitched Xi Xiu’s wound and applied Healing Medicine, then A Xian used her people’s healing method to speed her recovery.
• Qing Zhixun ordered the group to verify that every Star Beast was dead and gave Xi Xiu two tubes of healing agent.
• Xi Xiu told Qing Zhixun and A Xian not to blame anyone for her injury, while Qing Zhixun felt an unusual affinity toward her.
• Li Yuanting told Qing Zhixun that Hai’an advised them to stand by or investigate, and Qing Zhixun wondered why the Level 3 Beasts resembled guidebook entries but were much smaller.

Qing Zhixun and Qing Shihao discovered that A78's Underground City was packed with Level 3 Beasts and prepared their teams to attack before the beasts reached the surface. The chapter ended with the students assembling for the next day's battle.

• Lu Zong'an analyzed Qing Shihao's data and warned that Level 3 Beasts were mutating to become stronger.
• Qing Zhixun and Qing Shihao shared warnings about the beasts' vitality and ordered their teams to stay alert and kill them completely.
• Qing Zhixun and Li Yuanting found that A78's Underground City was filled with Star Beasts, including tens of thousands of Level 3 Beasts in the southeast.
• Qing Shihao informed the other groups, Haian Fortress, and Gaia Headquarters, then planned to locate and destroy the passage and the beasts.
• The next morning, Xi Xiu, A Xian, and the others from 626 trained before Qing Zhixun ordered the team to assemble.

Team 626 joined Qing Zhixun and Qing Shihao to investigate tens of thousands of Level 3 Beasts hidden beneath the Underground City, and Tarasha suspected that people had raised them there. After the first swarm emerged and the Combat Robots killed it, a terrifying change suddenly occurred.

• Qing Zhixun briefed the teams on the increased mission difficulty and the Level 3 Beasts concealed beneath the Underground City.
• Tarasha questioned how the Beasts had reached the underground, and Xi Xiu suggested someone might have put them there.
• At the enormous pit, Tarasha observed that the Beasts acted like domesticated animals waiting for an exit, prompting Qing Shihao to order an investigation of all ships that had visited A78 in the past three years.
• Qing Shihao deployed Combat Robots and ordered the teams to use Luring Agent, drawing out several hundred Level 3 Beasts.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian fought alongside the Combat Robots until the first wave was killed, when a terrifying change suddenly occurred.

Level 3 Beasts broke through to the surface, and Xi Xiu, A Xian, and the others fought for three hours to drive them back underground. After a brief rest, the team regrouped to prepare for the next deployment.

• Level 3 Beasts broke through 500 meters of earth, and Qing Shihao sent footage of the emergence to Haian Fortress and the northern and western teams.
• Qing Zhixun urged Team 626 to use their mechs if needed, but Tarasha said they wanted to fight without them for now.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian used their Silver Beads to wound the beasts as Team 626, Qing Zhixun's team, and the Combat Robots fought together.
• Qing Shihao and Qing Zhixun divided their forces into six squads, which drove the beasts back toward the opening after three hours of battle.
• Qing Shihao left the Combat Robots guarding the opening and ordered everyone to clean up and rest for an hour.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Flora slept, then woke and followed Tarasha's team to Qing Shihao's designated meeting point.