Recaps

After handing Suxida over to Mingyun Base, Xi Xiu returned to Yuanri and grew closer to Qing Zhixun while preparing for the coming war. As the military planned an east-west exercise, Xi Xiu confronted a hostile soldier whose accusations might involve a feud between the Zhang and Qing families.

• Xi Xiu and Li Yuanting handed Suxida over to Mingyun Base, then left with the warriors for Yuanri as the Feihua Group bid them farewell.
• Back at Yuanri, Xi Xiu told Qing Zhixun that Qin Hongjun might have a backup of his consciousness, and Qing Zhixun arranged a compatibility simulation to help them consider their match.
• Xi Xiu agreed to try building a relationship with Qing Zhixun after one final conversation with the Central Brain, and they shared a date while discussing the Star Domain Gate and the search for Qin Jian.
• Xi Xiu coordinated Nine Stars and prepared for the future, while she and her companions gathered seafood and shared a meal with Qing Zhixun and the soldiers.
• Qing Zhixun briefed the team captains on the east-west exercise, and Xi Xiu learned that she and Fan Zhengan would lead two hundred teams in the vanguard after fifteen days of training.
• When Zhang Xiaoxiang insulted Xi Xiu during a training scenario, she challenged him to take the next mission with his own team and ordered her unit to focus on training.
• Xi Xiu and Su Jinbao connected Zhang Xiaoxiang’s accusations to his partner Kuang Biru and considered whether the Zhang Family was targeting the Qing Family, while Qing Zhixun questioned Qing Wenxu about the family’s past.

As Xi Xiu and the Eastern District turned their training into a major victory, modified Insects spread across the Alliance and forced its forces into a widening war. After the Ye Family’s collapse on Tianning Star, Ye Yunhan pursued the return of his daughters, while Zhang Xiaoxiang’s recklessness was tested in battle.

• Qing Wenxu and Chu Zekuan investigated the Zhang and Kuang Families, while Xi Xiu’s soldiers trained and Zhang Xiaoxiang’s complaints led Qing Zhixun to strip him of his captaincy.
• Xi Xiu devised traps and ambushes during the joint exercise, helping the Eastern District defeat the Western District’s vanguard and end its run of nine consecutive losses.
• The Alliance assigned new Talent Warriors to Yuanri Garrison, and Qing Zhixun ordered the Eastern District to follow Team 909’s intensive training as Insects began appearing on Muye Star.
• Qing Zhixun and Fang Jinyu traced the outbreak to packages delivered by families lured by anonymous promises of Mental Power breakthroughs, but the source of the eggs remained unknown as Insects spread across the Alliance.
• The Ye Family refused to help defend Tianning Star, and Fang Jinyu and Ying Pingyan fought increasingly powerful Insects while Ye Yunhan stayed behind to defend the system.
• Fang Jinyu and As discovered how to target the Insects’ consciousness regions and led soldiers in clearing Tianning Star, while the Ye Family lost its dominance and Ye Yunhan resolved to reclaim its power through his daughters.
• Boranlan decided to return to the Ye Family, while Lin Rumei planned to build a life with Yu Wensheng and support Boranlan’s choice.
• Zhang Xiaoxiang ordered Yuan Hui to act as bait against Insects near Yuari Station, then fought under Buhete’s direction and barely escaped an explosive attack.

Xi Xiu and the Alliance fought a spreading outbreak of mutated Insects while investigating Aifolan and the mysterious Q. After a simulated life with Qing Zhixun left her uncertain about their relationship, new evidence linked Q to Yuan Chuhong and revealed how the Tang Family had taken control of Aifolan.

• Zhang Xiaoxiang and Buhete took first place hunting Insects, then encountered King Insects commanding unusually large swarms as the outbreak worsened.
• Wang Zichun evacuated citizens and trapped Insects for destruction, while Qing Zhixun organized Alliance defenses after mutated Insects spread across multiple star systems.
• Xi Xiu led teams on Yuanri and nearby fronts, developed improved Combat Robot programs, and helped clear Insects while the Alliance adopted Wu Jingyang’s anti-Insect methods.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian investigated Aifolan’s suspicious records as millions of men headed for Mingyun Star, and Xi Xiu later accepted a joint mission there after returning safely from the outbreak zone.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun explored simulated family life, where a mysterious fighter called Q intruded, fought them, and escaped after they recorded his abilities.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun lived through a full simulated lifetime as Su Nan'an and Li Zheng, raising five children together, but Xi Xiu remained unsure about her real feelings after the simulation ended.
• Qing Zhixun told Xi Xiu that Q’s Martial Skill resembled Yuan Chuhong’s and that Qin Hongjun’s trail vanished at Jingsu’s border, while the Elder Council considered how to save Ye Zhenwei.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun reviewed records showing that a former student of Tang Mushishi copied Aifolan’s Genetic Information, leading them to conclude that the Tang Family had taken control of her to profit from her as an entertainer.

Xi Xiu and her allies investigated Qin Jian, negotiated over his knowledge of Qin Hongjun, and prepared for the crowds drawn to Aifolan on Mingyun. Aifolan’s arrival triggered an Insect attack that plunged the event into chaos.

• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun investigated Aifolan’s purple eyes and the forbidden research linking intelligent-lifeform and Star Beast genes, while Xi Xiu continued training her expanding unit.
• The Central Brain revealed Qin Jian’s history with Qin Hongjun, and Qing Zhixun brought Qin Jian to Nine Stars, where Li Zhengfeng recognized that Qin Jian was pretending to be timid.
• Qin Jian negotiated with the Elder Council, offering possible coordinates related to Qin Hongjun in exchange for protection and resources, and chose to stay on Gaia.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian traveled toward Mingyun as Alliance forces gathered, and Xi Xiu warned that Aifolan’s eyes might pose a danger despite the lack of evidence to arrest her.
• Xi Xiu’s team coordinated with Mingyun’s defenses and warned other leaders about Aifolan’s purple eyes, while visitors entered after screening and put on Protective Suits.
• Aifolan landed on Mingyun Star and began her live event, but Insects soon appeared, killed people, and sent the crowd into chaos.