Recaps

Xi Xiu uncovered the Central Brain’s connection to Qin Jian and traced a conspiracy involving cloned identities, allied families, and experiments in Mental Power. The arc ended with Xi Xiu holding the coordinates of Qin Jian’s likely base as the Alliance faced danger from both within and beyond its borders.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian lured the Central Brain into Sixi during a barbecue, and it revealed that Xi Xiu’s Mental Power resembled Li Zhengfeng’s and that Qin Jian had survived their voyage to the star domain.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun learned that Qin Jian created the Central Brain, that the Xing and Yun Families served the Qin Family, and that Alliance officials had covered up the theft of discarded robots for centuries.
• The Central Brain warned Xi Xiu to investigate Qin Jian and people with rapidly increased Mental Power, then agreed to help her while asking her to kill Qin Jian if she encountered him.
• Xi Xiu and her allies investigated suspicious grandmasters, missing soldiers, and an unrecorded traveler, while Xi Xiu suspected the Qin Family had placed cloned replacements across the Alliance.
• Wei Lanshan discovered that Ye Zhenwei’s body could fail if she continued using Mental Power, and she told Xu Jiusong that Tang Mushishi had secretly controlled the Tang Family and researched Mental Power expansion.
• Lord Xun found his underground swamp destroyed, ordered the Artificial Star demolished, and Xi Xiu recognized the starship emblem as a combination of several powerful family emblems.
• The Central Brain explained Qin Jian’s role in humanity’s origins and gave Xi Xiu the coordinates of their abandoned home near the Barren Sea, which Xi Xiu suspected was Qin Jian’s main base.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian considered whether Qin Jian was seeking the power to destroy Origin Land, while Qing Sansui found that beings of other species also bore names pronounced Qin Jian.

Xi Xiu and her allies uncovered Qin Hongjun’s plans, fought his fleet, and freed Li Zhengfeng from his controlled body. Li Zhengfeng warned that Qin Hongjun could attack Jingsu within a year, leaving the group to strengthen their defenses and prepare for another attempt to seize Xi Xiu.

• Wu Jingxu destroyed the Artificial Stars where Insects had been found, while Wu Jingxi organized Anvile’s defenses and assigned Qing Zhixun to guard the Origin Land.
• Qing Heming’s team discovered an intact planet resembling humanity’s lost first home, and the Central Brain identified it as Qin Jian’s work and warned that the Jingsu Alliance would need to unite against him.
• Xi Xiu and her allies investigated Qin Jian’s split consciousness as Qing Sansui traced Qin Hongjun’s intrusion, and Qin Hongjun ordered his forces to target Hong Xixiu and abduct children from Gaia.
• Xi Xiu’s fleet encountered Qin Hongjun’s forces, and Qing Zhixun led the defense as Qin Hongjun launched waves of modified robot warriors and boarded their Starship.
• Qing Zhixun fought Li Zhengfeng aboard Qin Hongjun’s Starship, then used a Teleportation Device to free Li Zhengfeng’s consciousness and escape with him.
• Wu Jingyang helped Li Zhengfeng awaken in a blank robot body, and Li Zhengfeng told the group about Qin Hongjun’s projects and the Insects before agreeing to accompany A Xian to Anvile.
• Li Zhengfeng refused to reclaim Nine Stars and estimated Qin Hongjun would attack Jingsu in less than a year, prompting Qing Zhixun to revise their plans after learning about the joint fleet and the Hanhai People.
• Li Zhengfeng learned that his dynasty had disappeared, asked Xi Xiu to destroy his record, and warned her against making deals with the Central Brain and about Qin Hongjun’s next attempt to abduct her.

Xi Xiu and the Anvile forces fought waves of Star Beasts and uncovered evidence that Qin Hongjun had placed stolen Anvile consciousnesses inside some of them. After the attacks paused, Xi Xiu prepared to leave for Gaia while the Qing Family moved to organize against Qin Hongjun.

• Qing Zhixun returned to Anvile, where he and Xi Xiu briefed the Wu Family on Qin Hongjun’s schemes and the group’s earlier battles.
• Wu Jingmu and Li Zhengfeng organized Anvile’s defenses as Star Beasts attacked, and Xi Xiu helped repel waves with coordinated tactics, weapons, and Jiu Dan.
• Xi Xiu and the defenders found consciousness devices inside some Star Beasts, and Wu Jingyang’s analysis linked the recovered memories and coordinates to Qin Hongjun.
• Xi Xiu joined battles across Anvile, helping the warriors stop the attacks and destroy the Star Beasts while Wu Jingya’s forces endured heavy pressure.
• After twenty-seven days without another attack, Wu Jingmu began reconstruction and urged Anvile’s people to prepare for further threats, while the Central Brain and Min En intercepted some of Qin Hongjun’s messages.
• Xi Xiu decided to travel to Gaia with Qing Zhixun, and the Qing Family discussed removing Qin Hongjun’s supporters from the Elder Council and establishing a wartime command headquarters.

Xi Xiu returned to Gaia, where she reconnected with Wei Lanshan and helped capture Xiao Wenjiu after he attacked Xue Fanhui. As Xi Xiu considered a Central Brain marriage match, Tang Mushishi and Tang Yonghuang launched an assault on Wei Lanshan’s laboratory to seize the gifted children.

• Xi Xiu left Anvile after sharing its knowledge and resources, then returned to Gaia and reunited with Wei Lanshan while Li Zhengfeng joined her and described his connection to their lost Homeworld.
• Wei Lanshan urged Xi Xiu to stay open to love, and Xi Xiu agreed to apply for a Central Brain match while privately fearing her feelings for someone from her past were growing stronger.
• Xi Xiu and Feng Qiqi rushed to help Xue Fanhui when Xiao Wenjiu’s attackers pursued her, and Xi Xiu defeated and captured Xiao Wenjiu after recognizing him as an agent of Qin Hongjun.
• The Alliance Guards took Xiao Wenjiu and his accomplices for questioning, while Xue Fanhui realized that a shielding device on his hovercraft had intercepted her distress signal.
• Tang Mushishi and Tang Yonghuang attacked Wei Lanshan’s laboratory to seize the gifted children, but Li Zhengfeng activated its defenses and fought them off.
• Tang Mushishi sent miniature robots designed by Qin Hongjun to locate and destroy rebellious consciousnesses, but Li Zhengfeng captured them as Liu Yao entered combat and severed several attackers’ arms.