Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhenwei challenged Xu Fengxiang’s choice of Hong Xixiu as the Nine Stars’ successor and then confronted Xi Xiu at her dormitory. The chapter ended with Ye Zhenwei demanding that Xi Xiu withdraw or face defeat.

• Ye Zhenwei reviewed Wu Jingxian and Hong Xixiu’s files and decided that Hong Xixiu did not deserve to inherit Li Zhengfeng’s legacy.
• Chen Huan forwarded Ye Zhenwei’s demand to the Boyuan Family, but Chris declined to interfere, and Srinan refused to help.
• Ye Zhenwei demanded a fair competition with Hong Xixiu, but Xu Fengxiang rejected her and sent Wan Youlin to watch over Xi Xiu.
• Ye Zhenwei went to the First Military Academy, where Xi Xiu and A Xian accepted her request to enter Room 626.
• Ye Zhenwei confronted Xi Xiu and ordered her to withdraw from the Nine Stars’ tutelage or be defeated.

Xi Xiu agreed to fight Ye Zhenwei after securing a binding Central Brain agreement that barred Ye and her people from troubling Hong Xixiu again. As Wan Youlin raised a protective barrier, Ye prepared for the duel, confident she would win.

• Ye Zhenwei challenged Xi Xiu, and Wu Jingxian objected to her insults and demands.
• Xi Xiu took Ye, Wu Jingxian, Wan Youlin, and Feng Qiqi to a grassy field, where Feng Qiqi confronted Ye and Ye's guards stopped her from attacking.
• Xi Xiu required Ye to agree that neither she nor her people would approach or trouble Hong Xixiu after the fight, and Ye accepted.
• Xi Xiu and Ye registered their agreement with the Central Brain, which made it enforceable and prohibited Ye from issuing further challenges to Hong Xixiu.
• Wan Youlin activated the highest-grade protective barrier as Ye prepared to fight Xi Xiu.

Hong Xixiu defeated Ye Zhenwei in their challenge, proving her superior combat skill and control of microscopic objects. A Xian enforced the agreement that Ye Zhenwei must stop troubling Xi Xiu, while the Alliance Guards agreed to keep the result confidential.

• Wan Youlin and Feng Qiqi watched as Xi Xiu faced Ye Zhenwei, whose whip and curved blades could not land a hit.
• Xi Xiu struck Ye Zhenwei’s combat uniform with her Silver Beads, forcing Ye Zhenwei to lose the challenge.
• Ye Zhenwei demanded another fight, but Xi Xiu used her Mental Power to turn Ye Zhenwei’s whip against her and entangle her.
• A Xian revealed her overwhelming Mental Power and warned Ye Zhenwei to honor the agreement or face the Anvile.
• Xi Xiu thanked the Alliance Guards, and Wan Youlin asked them to keep the battle’s result secret.
• Ye Zhenwei rejected the loss as impossible as Xi Xiu and A Xian left.

Xi Xiu defeated Ye Zhenwei and returned to her training routine while the teachers settled the dispute with the Elder Council. As her strength grew and the Alliance’s hidden crisis remained unresolved, Xi Xiu received an exciting message at the end of the chapter.

• Ye Zhenwei tried to pursue Xi Xiu after the match, but Alliance Guards stopped her from breaking their agreement.
• Xu Fengxiang promised to handle Ye Zhenwei and negotiated with the Elder Council, which accepted that she would stop troubling Nine Stars and focus on training.
• Yue Qila received Xi Xiu’s file with two top-secret markers, and Wu Yuan told Xi Xiu that Yue Qila had investigated her records.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian continued training, later studying under Bai Yinglong, while Xi Xiu’s strength advanced far beyond her peers’ during joint training with Team 828.
• After the final joint training session, Xi Xiu returned to her dormitory and received a message that thrilled her.

Xi Xiu learned that Wei Lanshan would return to the Alliance in a month and sent her a heartfelt message. On the journey home, Wei Lanshan’s fleet was ambushed by ten unidentified warships, and she struck back while the attackers struggled to repair their ships.

• Xi Xiu read Wei Lanshan’s delayed message and told her about her recent experiences, ending by saying she missed her and hoped she would return safely.
• Wei Lanshan’s six Communication Ships repelled repeated attacks, and she coordinated their commanders while they waited for the distant Support Fleet.
• Wei Lanshan placed the fleet on Level One Alert after calculating that their weapons could withstand only two more attacks.
• The Star Chart showed that ten armed enemy ships had surrounded the Communication Ships, so Wei Lanshan led the fleet into battle.
• Wei Lanshan targeted the enemy ships’ maneuvering sections, disabled all ten ships, and destroyed the weapons they fired.
• The enemy crew panicked as their mechanics could not repair the obsolete warships, while their captain challenged an ally who responded with a chilling look.

Wei Lanshan led the Communication Ships through a series of attacks and prepared for an increasingly dangerous battle as they neared the Jingsu Alliance. When a powerful fleet ambushed them, she suspected an old enemy and protected the fleet’s data while waiting for a chance to recover or be rescued.

• Wei Lanshan escaped a weak interception force and ordered the Communication Ships to speed up their return journey.
• After several peaceful days, Wei Lanshan warned the fleet that their expected escort had not arrived and told them to prepare to defend themselves.
• Near the Jingsu Alliance, a powerful fleet attacked the Communication Ships, and Liu Yao could not detect any outgoing messages that might have revealed their route.
• Wei Lanshan shielded the damaged sixth ship while the enemy struck her flagship, and she suspected the attacker might be an old acquaintance.
• Wei Lanshan refused to flee with the data, secured it in her Space Locket, and planned to obstruct the enemy while the fleet waited for rescue.

Wei Lanshan’s Communication Ships escaped an enemy attack after she destroyed their gun ports with unfamiliar weapons, then evaded pursuit and diverted to Liuning Fortress. There she reunited with her fellow disciples Long Xingxue and Ming Weiman, who warned her that the leaked data had drawn enemies and pirates across the region.

• Wei Lanshan fired a carefully coordinated barrage that crippled the enemy warships and forced them to pause their attack for repairs.
• The mechanical-voiced enemy commander sent reserve ships after Wei Lanshan, but they lost the Communication Ships’ trail after she sped away through interstellar dust with their signal jammed.
• Wei Lanshan intercepted the enemy’s report, suspected the mechanized commander might be someone from her past, and changed course toward the Mingzhao Star System.
• Wei Lanshan brought her five Communication Ships into Liuning Fortress, where a fleet of sixteen ships surrounded them and Long Xingxue and Ming Weiman came aboard.
• Ming Weiman and Long Xingxue told Wei Lanshan that the Communication Ships’ information had leaked widely and that mercenaries and interstellar pirates were waiting along her route.

Wei Lanshan met Long Xingxue and Ming Weiman, who offered their fleet’s protection and discussed the forces targeting her convoy. After boarding their Starship, Wei learned that the Alliance fleet sent to escort her had been trapped in the Jingsu Alliance’s Barren Sea.

• Wei Lanshan verified Long Xingxue and Ming Weiman’s identities and learned they had traveled by the express commercial route with ample ships and weapons.
• Long Xingxue identified six groups planning to intercept Wei Lanshan, and Wei said her people and supplies would travel together to the Mingzhao Star System before the convoy continued to Gaia.
• Wei Lanshan told Long Xingxue and Ming Weiman that Xi Xiu had become stronger than even she was, after years of intense training.
• Wei Lanshan boarded Ming Weiman’s Starship and felt safer under Long Xingxue’s Snow Dragon Group’s protection.
• Long Xingxue told Wei Lanshan that an unknown force had trapped the Alliance fleet in the Barren Sea of the Jingsu Alliance, then forwarded her footage of the battle.

Wei Lanshan investigated the Communication Ship attackers and heard rumors about consciousness transfers and artificial organisms. After Xi Xiu confirmed Wei Lanshan was safe, she reunited over video with Wei Lanshan, Long Xingxue, and Ming Weiman, who promised her a gift.

• Wei Lanshan reviewed the attack footage and learned from Long Xingxue about rumors of uploaded consciousness in the Yuanri Star System and a secretly sealed artificial organism.
• Wei Lanshan decided to have Liu Yao investigate the people who knew about an old consciousness-transfer experiment after she returned to Gaia.
• Xi Xiu learned from Liang Jingxian and Su Jinbao that the Communication Ship had been attacked and called Wei Lanshan to check on her safety.
• Wei Lanshan told Xi Xiu that the attackers had failed and that she was traveling with Long Xingxue toward the Mingzhao Star System.
• Ming Weiman introduced himself to Xi Xiu as her Martial Uncle, and Long Xingxue recognized her from their past encounter.
• Ming Weiman promised Xi Xiu a grand gift, then learned that Nine Stars had already accepted her as a disciple alongside an Anvile person.

Wei Lanshan returned to Gaia under the Snow Dragon Group’s escort after surviving several attacks, while Fang Jinyu investigated the exchange personnel. His identity checks uncovered an old robot disguised as a person, revealing a serious security breach.

• Wei Lanshan learned that Xi Xiu was a third-year Combat Department student and suspected she might have been one of the students attacked.
• The Snow Dragon Group repelled three attacks on Wei Lanshan’s journey to the Mingzhao Star System, and Wei recorded the attacking teams for investigation.
• Fang Jinyu took over the Communication Ship personnel and began strict identity checks as Wei Lanshan returned to Gaia with the Snow Dragon Group.
• Fang Jinyu’s verification program exposed a motionless person as a robot with a nearly lifelike metal body.
• Fang Jinyu reported the discovery to the Central Brain and Elder Council, and mechanics found that the robot contained old Alliance components.

Fang Jinyu uncovered that an enemy consciousness had infiltrated the Communication Ship in a Bionic Robot, prompting the Alliance to secure its robots and investigate the threat. Wei Lanshan and Long Xingxue assessed the danger as the Elder Council gathered for an emergency meeting, with Wei Lanshan’s return still awaited.

• Fang Jinyu discovered that a Bionic Robot had carried an enemy consciousness aboard the Communication Ship and reported that the Jingsu Alliance had likely obtained Xianri Alliance technology.
• Fang Jinyu sealed the news, took control of the robots, and received orders to bring the Bionic Robot body to Gaia for research.
• Wei Lanshan learned that the Alliance’s widespread use of Bionic Robots could make a consciousness-infiltration attack disastrous, though the enemy’s reach seemed limited for now.
• Long Xingxue asked whether the Central Brain could control robots carrying human consciousnesses, and Wei Lanshan explained that the consciousness fused with their programming.
• The Central Brain upgraded and encrypted robot programs while the Elder Council convened an emergency meeting to limit the threat and awaited Wei Lanshan’s return.

Xi Xiu and A Xian investigated the leak that had exposed the Communication Ship’s return route and learned that Eternal Robots and full mechanization surgery might be involved. Qing Zhixun’s report from Yuanri revealed a hidden force mechanizing thousands of people, leaving Xi Xiu and A Xian wary of a growing threat to the Alliance.

• Xi Xiu discussed the attack on Wei Lanshan’s group with A Xian, who asked her family to investigate whether it was connected to the plot against Wu Jingxi.
• Xi Xiu told A Xian that she remembered everything from before she was five, and A Xian promised that she had family in Anvile to help her.
• Wu Jingyang revealed that consciousness could merge with machines, explaining how Eternal Robots might account for the Communication Ship’s leaked route.
• Wu Jingyang warned Xi Xiu and A Xian to avoid using robots while she planned to consult Alliance experts about the machine-consciousness threat.
• Qing Zhixun sent A Xian investigation materials from Yuanri, revealing a secret force that had performed Full Mechanization Surgery on nearly ten thousand people.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian watched the mechanization surgery process and wondered whether those who underwent it could remain themselves.

Wei Lanshan returned to Gaia and met with the Elder Council to discuss evidence of a long-running conspiracy. The elders suspected the Anvile Grand Princess’s departure decades earlier was connected to stolen sealed information, and Chu Xuliang planned to investigate with Anvile.

• Wu Jingxi, Wu Jingya, and Wu Jingyang decided that Wu Jingya and Wu Jingyang would stay on Gaia until the mastermind was uncovered, while Wu Jingxi guarded Anvile.
• Wei Lanshan and Fu Xuan arrived at Gaia’s First Starport, where Long Xingxue and Ming Weiman went ahead to meet Xu Fengxiang and the others.
• Wei Lanshan warned Fu Xuan not to speak during the handover, then traveled with him to the Elder Council’s offices.
• Wei Lanshan met Chu Xuliang and the gathered elders, who had received the investigation results from the Mingzhao Star System.
• Wei Lanshan speculated that the Anvile Grand Princess may have discovered the conspiracy and that sealed information was leaked after she left Anvile.
• Chu Xuliang said he would contact Anvile to verify whether its sealed information had been stolen.

The Elder Council approved emergency measures after the Eternal Robots investigation and required Wei Lanshan to continue biomedical research until she overcame the obstacle in her report. As the Alliance prepared for a possible conflict, Chu Xuliang urged Chu Zekuan to lead the younger generation and ordered preparations for an encrypted conference.

• The Elder Council changed the appearance of new robots and arranged a three-month recall and free upgrades for older household robots to prevent panic.
• Chu Xuliang told Wei Lanshan she would continue leading biomedical research, and she accepted while requesting and receiving a protection order.
• Wei Lanshan copied the Bio-construct data, handed Chu Xuliang her Xianri Alliance data and the Space Locket, and left with Fu Xuan.
• Chu Xuliang ordered an encrypted video conference for eight that night and told the elders to prepare for the Alliance’s coming crisis.
• Chu Xuliang told Chu Zekuan to train in seclusion with younger Chu Family members and fight for the Alliance.

After Wei Lanshan and Fu Xuan left the Elder Council, they reunited with their friends and family at the old residence, where Long Xingxue and Ming Weiman met Xi Xiu and A Xian again. The group shared gifts and stories while waiting for Wei Lanshan to return.

• Wei Lanshan and Fu Xuan went to the old residence, where Xu Fengxiang, Xi Xiu, A Xian, Long Xingxue, and the others were waiting.
• Ming Weiman gave Feng Qiqi and Bai Jungo Space Lockets, and Long Xingxue found gifts for them among her supplies.
• Long Xingxue greeted Xu Fengxiang and Bai Yinglong, then warmly embraced Xi Xiu when she arrived with A Xian.
• Ming Weiman and Long Xingxue gave Space Lockets and other gifts to Xi Xiu and A Xian before everyone went to the living room.
• Xi Xiu told Long Xingxue and Ming Weiman about her life after separating from Wei Lanshan, while the group chatted and laughed as they waited for Wei Lanshan.

After fourteen years apart, Xi Xiu reunited with Wei Lanshan and heard about her dangerous years in the Xianri Alliance. Wei Lanshan returned to the Jingsu Alliance with her team and valuable technology, then teased Xi Xiu about becoming Xu Fengxiang’s disciple.

• Xi Xiu embraced Wei Lanshan and welcomed her back to the Alliance after fourteen years apart.
• Wei Lanshan reassured Xi Xiu that she had followed her growth through photos and records, and Xi Xiu told her she had fulfilled her hopes.
• Wei Lanshan described overcoming resistance in the Xianri Alliance, exchanging Energy Stones for key technologies, and teaching Martial Skills there.
• Wei Lanshan said her team was ambushed by multiple forces before reaching Jingsu Alliance territory on their return.
• Wei Lanshan asked Xi Xiu why Xu Fengxiang had made her his disciple instead of simply looking after her.

Wei Lanshan reunited with Xi Xiu and met the younger generation of Nine Stars, while A Xian revealed that Xi Xiu had saved Anvile and was considered family by Wu Jingxian. Wei Lanshan then shared stories of the Xianri Alliance and discussed the possibility of future travel between the alliances.

• Xi Xiu told Wei Lanshan that Xu Fengxiang and the others planned to teach her all of Nine Stars' Martial Skills, and Wei Lanshan warned her to be cautious.
• A Xian and Xu Fengxiang's group joined Xi Xiu and Wei Lanshan, and Wei Lanshan gave the younger Nine Stars disciples gifts, including a Space Locket for A Xian.
• A Xian told everyone that Xi Xiu had resolved Anvile's crisis and was both its benefactor and Wu Jingxian's family.
• Xu Fengxiang and Bai Yinglong realized Xi Xiu had Anvile's support, while Wei Lanshan reflected on how much Xi Xiu had accomplished and how deeply she cared for those close to her.
• Xi Xiu redirected A Xian's praise and asked Wei Lanshan to tell stories about the Xianri Alliance.
• Wei Lanshan described her experiences in the Xianri Alliance and said a travel route between the alliances would likely open within three years, though its people had advanced weapons.

Wei Lanshan described the Xianri Alliance’s advanced mechs and medical technology, inspiring Xi Xiu, A Xian, and the others to plan a journey there. She estimated that a safe route between the alliances would take about ten years to establish, then left with Fu Xuan for identity verification.

• Wei Lanshan explained how Xianri’s lightweight mechs surpassed Jingsu’s designs, while Jingsu researchers worked toward developing similar technology.
• A Xian asked how long it would take to establish a route between the Jingsu Alliance and the Xianri Alliance, and Wei Lanshan estimated ten years while warning of pirates and other dangers along the way.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian agreed they wanted to visit the Xianri Alliance someday, and Feng Qiqi, Bai Jungo, Xu Fengxiang, and Bai Yinglong also grew eager to see it.
• Wei Lanshan described Xianri’s medical technology and said her discoveries could help Jingsu make major advances within ten years.
• Wei Lanshan said goodbye to Xi Xiu, told her that Wu Yuan would stay with her, and left with Fu Xuan for identity verification.

Wei Lanshan returned to Gaia with evidence of the Eternal Robots and helped the Elder Council manage the crisis while sharing Xianri Alliance technology with Jingsu’s researchers and citizens. As the Alliance began new research and publicized its neighbor, the five hostile star systems received a secret offer to cooperate against Jingsu.

• Wei Lanshan ordered Liu Yao to trace the robot’s movements and investigate whether Xi He had survived in another form.
• The Elder Council publicized lifespan and weapon breakthroughs, recalled the robots, and gave Wei Lanshan’s recovered research to vetted industry leaders under strict confidentiality agreements.
• Fu Xuan compiled an illustrated account of the Xianri Alliance, prompting citizens to discuss its advanced technology and resolve to strengthen Jingsu.
• Wei Lanshan led Fu Xuan and other biomedical scholars into further research using the materials her group had brought back.
• Spies sent by Hanhai, Inkuila, and three other star systems were intercepted before reaching the front lines.
• The upper echelons of the five star systems received an anonymous offer of resources and technology in exchange for sending troops against Jingsu when called upon.

The five star systems agreed to secretly infiltrate the Aura Star System and prepare to attack the Jingsu Alliance, while Wei Lanshan and the Alliance investigated the bio-construct and accelerated research into new technologies. The chapter leaves the Alliance’s researchers working under strict security as its leaders try to protect Xi Xiu and prepare for future threats.

• The five star systems agreed to strengthen their joint forces and secretly place loyal agents in the Aura Star System ahead of an attack on the Jingsu Alliance.
• Wei Lanshan and Fu Xuan examined the bio-construct corpse and concluded it was only a model of the planned creation.
• Wu Jingya and Wu Jingyang arrived on Gaia to investigate the theft of the Level Nine sealed archives, while Wu Jingxi found no sign of a breach in the Sealed Land.
• Wei Lanshan asked Xu Fengxiang and Bai Yinglong to block inquiries into Xi Xiu’s origins, and Long Xingxue returned to the Snow Dragon Group for a mission.
• Master Jian recruited Xue Fanhui, Xiao Wenjiu, and other machinery specialists to develop weapons against bio-constructs under a strict ban on leaking research.
• The Jingsu Alliance’s researchers began an urgent, year-long effort to study new technologies and catch up with the Xianri Alliance.