Recaps

Wei Lanshan rescued Subject 99 from Q68 and fled with her as Tang Yongyu’s bounty hunters pursued them across the Alliance. Renamed Jiujiu, the girl learned about her new world and helped Wei Lanshan survive their encounters before they joined Suo Feihua’s journey to seek treatment for Suo Feiyue.

• General Ye pressured Wei Lanshan to make progress on the experiment, and she proposed using new subjects after explaining why the previous groups had failed.
• Wei Lanshan and five researchers began the illegal experiment, and Subject 99 was born with exceptional Mental Power and physical ability.
• Wei Lanshan confirmed that the M Virus had disappeared from 99, then freed her and fled Q68 after Tang Yongyu moved against them.
• Tang Yongyu destroyed the remaining laboratory and its occupants, then arranged a mercenary kill order for Wei Lanshan and 99.
• Wei Lanshan and 99 escaped through the Alliance, with Wei Lanshan teaching the girl about the universe, Martial Skills, and how to survive under the name Jiujiu.
• Long Xingxue refused to carry out the bounty and told Ming Weiman to clear a path for Wei Lanshan and Jiujiu, but other mercenaries continued pursuing them.
• Wei Lanshan and Jiujiu defeated Xi He’s attempt to seize the girl, escaped his starship, and changed their identities again to evade their pursuers.
• Wei Lanshan arranged to meet Suo Feihua, examined Suo Feiyue, and advised taking her to a sanatorium in the Sulaina Star System for tests.

Wei Lanshan left Xi Xiu at the Ningkui Star Orphanage under the identity Hong Xixiu, where Xi Xiu built a close life with Xue Fanhui and Zhen while training and studying. After the Inquira attacked, Xi Xiu confronted her fear of war and resolved to grow strong enough to survive and explore the stars.

• Wei Lanshan arranged for Xi Xiu to live at Vivian’s Orphanage as Hong Xixiu, warned her to hide her identity, and left her an encrypted message to open at ten.
• Xi Xiu settled into the Orphanage, befriended Xue Fanhui, and later joined forces with Xue Fanhui and Zhen to stop Fiona’s group from bullying Zhen.
• Vivian let Xi Xiu, Xue Fanhui, and Zhen share a suite, and the three trained together, won the Orphanage combat trial, and planned to travel together.
• Xi Xiu pursued combat and academic studies while working with Xue Fanhui and Zhen, and she learned about Alliance marriage rules and their restrictions.
• The Inquira attacked Tianwei Star, prompting the Orphanage to enter martial law as Alliance forces fought back and the girls watched the war’s heavy toll.
• After the Alliance held a State Funeral for more than five million fallen soldiers, Xi Xiu admitted to Vivian that she feared sacrificing her life for the Alliance.
• Vivian told Xi Xiu how she and Wei Lanshan had faced war, and Xi Xiu resolved to train harder so she could survive and explore the stars.

Xi Xiu traveled through Anweier with Zhen and Xue Fanhui, befriended A Xian, and gained Ebony while deepening her training and earning money. As her friends left for their own futures, Xi Xiu set out for Gaia and learned that Wei Lanshan would be away for several years.

• Xi Xiu earned Star Coins by selling recipes to Qing Zhixun, then traveled with Zhen and Xue Fanhui to the Xisui River before the three planned a trip to Anweier.
• On the Star Shuttle, Xi Xiu recorded Cheng Yixue’s insults and fought her group with Zhen and Xue Fanhui.
• In Anweier, Xi Xiu, Zhen, and Xue Fanhui met A Xian, who joined their travels and helped them defeat a gang of Fox Tail People on Fengzhi Island.
• During their five-day mission in Xirina Forest, Xi Xiu befriended Ebony, a Level Fifteen vine-type Exotic Plant, and A Xian suggested Xi Xiu’s aura might help the Anvile People.
• After returning to Ningkui Star, Xi Xiu turned fourteen and formed Wuwu’s Team with A Xian and Xue Fanhui, winning hundreds of Arena matches before Xue Fanhui left for Capital Star.
• Xi Xiu commissioned a robotic body for Sixi, who secretly destroyed data about Xi Xiu’s laboratory years, while Xi Xiu continued training and earned a 5A physical fitness rating.
• Xi Xiu saw Zhen off to Jinghui Star and departed for Gaia, then opened Vivian’s gift and activated Wu Yuan, who told her Wei Lanshan had gone to Xi He’s Alliance for several years.

Xi Xiu settled into the First Military Academy, forged a team with A Xian and her classmates, and faced increasingly dangerous Star Beast training as the Alliance’s defenses weakened. The arc ended with the group preparing for future extermination missions and Gu Jinyan recognizing the unusual martial arts Xi Xiu carried from Shangyue Star.

• Xi Xiu defeated Cheng Yixue aboard the starship, then befriended He Yinlei and began her studies at the First Military Academy with Enweit as her roommate.
• Xi Xiu trained under Gu Jinyan, overcame a martial skills bottleneck, and met Wu Jingxian, who revealed the danger facing Anvile and learned Xi Xiu’s secret technique.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian excelled in their first martial skills tests, drew attention on the school forum, and asked Wu Jingxu to remove the videos.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, Enweit, and Su Jinbao formed Group 626 and hunted Star Beasts on Wei Liu, killing or capturing their targets while earning credits.
• Cheng Yixue failed to help Yue Qila’s team during the mission and was detained after Yue Qila was injured, while Xi Xiu’s group returned with fourteen Star Beasts killed and one captured.
• Gu Jinyan announced recurring Star Beast extermination missions as the Alliance’s First Defense Line weakened, and Xi Xiu and A Xian began regular virtual sparring.
• A Xian challenged Kuang Biru’s leadership, and Gu Jinyan reassigned Kuang Biru after confirming she had used medication to raise her Mental Power improperly.
• Xi Xiu’s group welcomed Flora and Tarasha, practiced for Gu Jinyan’s integrated Martial Skills exam, and Gu Jinyan recognized their mysterious Ancient Martial Arts from Shangyue Star.