Chapter Summaries

Xi Xiu and her teammates began special training as instructors prepared Team 626 and Team 828 for a future contest against five students trained by Luo Yunzhong. The chapter ended with the teachers confident that Yue Qila would challenge Hong Xixiu directly and that 626 had a strong chance of winning.

• Xi Xiu worried that she and her companions would eventually part ways, and A Xian promised to keep Su Jinbao and Enweit with them.
• Mei Zhenyue announced that Team 626 and Team 828 would receive special training and spar against each other.
• Luo Yunzhong disputed the teams' access to the training rooms, then agreed to a contest in half a year before the joint exhibition.
• Mei Zhenyue, Li Shuqi, and Gan Fu'er began instructing Xi Xiu and the other students in mecha warships and tactics.
• Chen Junwu, Zheng Shengchun, and Yang Guxi concluded that Yue Qila would likely challenge Hong Xixiu and that 626 could win most of the matches.

626 and 828 began special training together, and 626 won the first session before Xi Xiu defeated Hai Suomiao in a Martial Skills spar. As training continued, Xi Xiu and A Xian remained wary of Yue Qila ahead of the coming competition.

• 626 defeated 828 by four points in their first special training session, revealing how much stronger and faster 626 had become.
• Hai Suomiao challenged Xi Xiu to a spar, and Xi Xiu won after striking ten vital spots in fewer than two hundred moves.
• Yang Guxi and Zheng Shengchun discussed Xi Xiu and Wu Jingxian’s potential, while Gu Jinyan’s past rejection of Hong Xixiu continued to damage his reputation.
• Xi Xiu and her teammates kept their distance from Yue Qila and her group whenever they crossed paths in the training room.
• A Xian warned Xi Xiu to watch Yue Qila closely as the competition approached, and Xi Xiu agreed to stay alert.

After six months of special training, Xi Xiu and the others faced Luo Yunzhong’s group in a competition, with the matchups decided by drawing lots. The first bout between Yi Mingda and Zhang Jixing began as a cautious battle of attrition, while A Xian prepared to finish her own match quickly.

• Xi Xiu and the other eleven trained diligently for six months, focusing on warships, mecha, and balanced performance across subjects.
• Luo Yunzhong proposed fixed matchups, but Mei Zhenyue and Chen Junwu objected and insisted on drawing lots instead.
• A Xian, Xi Xiu, Hai Suomiao, Enweit, and Yi Mingda stepped forward to compete, and Luo Yunzhong accepted that both 626 and 828 would take part.
• The draw paired Xi Xiu with Yue Qila, A Xian with Xing Zongfan, Yun Naqin with Enweit, Misiah with Hai Suomiao, and Zhang Jixing with Yi Mingda.
• Yi Mingda and Zhang Jixing cautiously probed each other, and Yi Mingda began trying to wear Zhang Jixing down as A Xian grew impatient and resolved to finish her match within fifty moves.

The tournament matches showed 626 and 828’s strength as A Xian, Enweit, and Xi Xiu won their bouts. Xi Xiu defeated Yue Qila in the final match, leaving Xue Zixian reconsidering how much he had underestimated her team.

• Yi Mingda tied with Zhang Jixing, and A Xian then defeated Xing Zongfan in fewer than fifty exchanges.
• Hai Suomiao defeated Misiah, and Enweit used his improved agility to knock down Yun Naqin.
• Xi Xiu attacked Yue Qila first, and Yue Qila adjusted after recognizing some of Xi Xiu’s attack patterns.
• Xi Xiu increased her speed and defeated Yue Qila after more than a hundred exchanges, striking her vital areas eight times while being hit only once.
• Xue Zixian realized he had overlooked Xi Xiu’s strength and learned that Ye Zhenwei had also lost to her.

Hong Xixiu defeated Yue Qila, exposing the weakness of the academy’s specially selected trainees and prompting teachers to plan the students’ final months of training. After reviewing the match, Principal Lu Shouyi condemned the Alliance’s favoritism toward well-connected students and its neglect of those capable of defending the front lines.

• Hong Xixiu defeated Yue Qila in a Martial Skill match, while Luo Yunzhong and Xu Enchi recognized that the specially selected students had lost.
• Xu Enchi arranged for the Xing Family to ask the Central Brain to suppress news of the loss, and Misiah argued with Xing Zongfan as Zhang Jixing comforted Yue Qila.
• Mei Zhenyue praised the students from 626 and 828, and the teachers planned their final training in warships, mechas, weapons, and space strategy.
• Mei Zhenyue and Yang Guxi sent the match footage to Principal Lu Shouyi, who watched it and criticized the Alliance for wasting resources on connected trainees while overlooking capable students.

The academy directed its resources toward intensive training for its strongest teams as students prepared for the graduation performance and its impact on their service assignments. Yue Qila’s doubts about Hong Xixiu’s strength reached Ye Zhenwei and Yuan Chuhong, while Xi Xiu and A Xian ended the chapter resting before another demanding day.

• Lu Shouyi devoted academy resources to the two leading teams and placed the top ten teams in special training, while Yue Qila kept the match results secret with Su Jinbao, Liang Jingxian, and Nan Hejia.
• Yue Qila told Ye Zhenwei that Hong Xixiu seemed stronger than Wu Jingxian and Hai Suomiao despite having only 3S talent.
• Ye Zhenwei informed Yuan Chuhong, and Xue Zixian questioned Yue Qila before deciding to observe Hong Xixiu and pass his information to Yuan Chuhong.
• Teams 626 and 828, the top ten teams, and graduating students endured intense training for the graduation performance and their future service assignments.
• He Yinlei complained to Xi Xiu about training, and Xi Xiu comforted her while telling her to endure it.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian recalled their earlier plans to take easier paths after graduation, then rested together in Xi Xiu’s dormitory before training resumed.

Xi Xiu and her classmates trained to sew with mecha arms, learning a difficult skill for repairing damaged warships in deep space. After everyone passed the assessment, Li Shuqi and Xi Daiyu reminded them to stay adaptable in battle and keep their Space Lockets stocked with supplies.

• Xi Xiu struggled through more than fifty attempts before she managed to sew a piece of clothing with a mecha, and Li Shuqi explained the training's purpose: repairing warships in deep space while protected by a mecha.
• Hai Suomiao, Enweit, A Xian, Su Jinbao, Flora, and Tarasha practiced for days, with Xi Xiu and her teammates encouraging one another until everyone succeeded.
• Li Shuqi praised the students for accomplishing a task that her own classmates had failed, and she admired Xi Xiu for helping her whole team improve.
• Xi Daiyu and Li Shuqi told the students to adapt to danger on the battlefield and ensure their Space Lockets held enough supplies.

Xi Xiu and her friends reflected on their years together and the Alliance they hoped to protect as they walked toward the surface. They promised to keep growing stronger and survive so they could reunite someday, leaving Xi Xiu gazing up at Gaia’s sky.

• Li Shuqi urged Xi Xiu and the others to become pillars of the Alliance, and they promised to protect it as their home.
• Hai Suomiao told A Xian she would return to Miu Run Star and might accept her engagement to Yan Lanxi, while A Xian planned to serve with Xi Xiu.
• Enweit told Su Jinbao that his eleven siblings were training hard to defend Aola Star, and the others shared their family plans, dreams, and hopes for the future.
• Xi Xiu and the group agreed to keep training, stay alive, and return together after retirement to see the beauty they had protected.
• Xi Xiu emerged onto the surface and looked up at Gaia’s sky.

As her year of special training ended, Xi Xiu prepared for the seventh-grade joint performance and learned that the Alliance’s five energy-being types echoed the five elements she remembered from her previous life. Before departing, Wei Lanshan gave Xi Xiu medical supplies and performance advice, then set out to visit Ningkui Star and pursue a secret mission.

• Xi Xiu and A Xian visited the old residence, said goodbye to Xu Fengxiang and the others, and brought Wu Mu back with them.
• A Xian explained that Exotic Plants chose their companions and described the Alliance’s metal-, wood-, water-, fire-, and earth-aligned energy beings, prompting Xi Xiu to compare them with the five elements from her previous world.
• Xi Xiu told A Xian how her world understood the five elements, and they considered how Li Zhengfeng’s research might have connected the two ideas.
• Wei Lanshan arrived after handing her laboratory to Fu Xuan and told Xi Xiu she planned to visit Vivian on Ningkui Star.
• Wei Lanshan advised Xi Xiu about dangers at the performance and gave her Wu Yuan and six medical pods before leaving for her secret mission.

Xi Xiu learned why Wei Lanshan was leaving and received her advice and weapons before preparing to depart with A Xian. As they returned to school for their final joint drill, the Nine Stars elders planned to support Xi Xiu at her base while warning that an elusive enemy was behind several threats to the Alliance.

• Wei Lanshan told Xi Xiu that she was leaving on a secret mission, urged her to stay safe and true to herself, and gave her weapons stored in the Space Locket.
• Xu Fengxiang and the other elders gave Xi Xiu and A Xian gifts, confirmed that Bai Jungo and Feng Qiqi would join Xi Xiu's base, and received the girls' formal thanks.
• Xu Fengxiang instructed Wan Youlin to strengthen the Nine Stars disciples and help Xi Xiu, while also investigating anyone who sought information about her.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian returned to school after Hai Suomiao summoned them for their final joint drill, and A Xian shared that Wu Jingya and Wu Jingyang had found strange but incomplete leads about a hidden enemy.

Xi Xiu and A Xian discussed a bio-construct researcher who had pursued an Anvile noblewoman, leaving Xi Xiu uneasy about what the buried history might conceal. In a Virtual Network drill, Xi Xiu’s team used her navigation plan to escape a star region’s gravity and trap an opposing warship.

• A Xian told Xi Xiu that Jing Ya had gone to Fox Tail and explained that the Qin family head had pursued an Anvile noblewoman to produce superior descendants.
• Xi Xiu worried that the researcher might have become dangerously obsessed, and A Xian said she would ask Jing Xi what had happened.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian joined their team in the Virtual Network, where Hai Suomiao led the third simulated battle near a powerful gravitational region at the Gaia border.
• Xi Xiu identified a heading that would let their warship skim past the region, and Hai Suomiao ordered the team to follow her plan.
• An opposing warship attempted an ambush but was caught by the region’s gravity, while Xi Xiu’s team escaped and earned a perfect score by intercepting its attacks.

After the team prepared for the exhibition, Xi Xiu learned that people were investigating her identity and chose not to interfere. Yan Lanxi sought advice about his strained engagement with Hai Suomiao, prompting Qing Zhixun to confront memories of someone he had lost.

• After leaving the Virtual Network, Xi Xiu learned from Wu Yuan that Lord Lan had left and that people were investigating her identity, but she decided to let them continue.
• Wu Yuan told Xi Xiu that Wu Jingyang had found signs that her records were accessed, while he and Wu Jingya had made progress investigating Anvile.
• Yan Lanxi warned Hai Suomiao to be careful during the exhibition and tried to explain himself, but she ended their call abruptly.
• Li Yuanting told Yan Lanxi to seek advice from Qing Zhixun, who recommended a direct conversation and making his feelings clear.
• After Yan Lanxi left, Qing Zhixun remembered the person who had died saving him and reflected that his painful memories were probably a punishment.

Xi Xiu and her team arrived at the Gaia garrison and learned that the joint exercise would deploy every blue and red fleet in a large-scale battle using real weapons. As the captains debated plans and some resisted taking orders, Xi Xiu prepared a strategy and arranged for hidden small warships to support their Main Battle Ship.

• Xi Xiu led the twelve hundred blue-flag students to the Gaia garrison, where they received their dormitory tags and settled in.
• The students learned that the exercise would pit all thirty thousand blue-flag teams against an equal number of red-flag teams, with real weapons and Elder Council observers.
• Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Hai Suomiao watched the captains' group chat and worried that poor planning, disobedience, and personal ambition would undermine coordination.
• The Combat Department students said they would follow the commands of 626 and 828 at critical moments, but Xi Xiu still doubted their willingness to cooperate.
• Xi Xiu proposed sending small warships into stealth mode to observe and intercept enemy fire, and Tarasha, Flora, Yi Mingda, and Xia Wentao volunteered to pilot them.
• Xi Xiu told her teammates to wait for her final formation instructions and said the exercise's comprehensive scoring would expose anyone who ignored orders.

Xi Xiu and the other captains organized their fleets for the joint exercise, despite resistance from students who wanted to fight independently. After Xi Xiu reminded them of their duty to obey orders, she and Hai Suomiao finalized a conventional formation and sent each warship its position.

• Xi Xiu explained Hong Xixiu's advice about coordination, and the captains agreed to follow 626 and 828's command despite lingering objections.
• A Xian grew frustrated with the students' resistance, but Xi Xiu calmed her and urged her to trust that they would prioritize the bigger picture.
• Hai Suomiao and Xi Xiu arranged the warships in a flexible conventional formation, while Tarasha's and Yi Mingda's small ships prepared to strike under stealth.
• Xi Xiu posted a photo of the school's words—obedience, responsibility, glory, and Alliance—in the group chat, silencing the arguments.
• Xi Xiu and Hai Suomiao assigned positions through the intelligent system and sent the formation to every warship captain.

Xi Xiu’s team prepared for a fleet demonstration, but their departure was disrupted by a logistics officer’s misconduct and several warships’ unauthorized manual control. The fleet entered the demonstration starfield with trust and coordination already strained.

• Xi Xiu and Hai Suomiao planned emergency procedures and assigned Su Jinbao and Yi Mingda to lead the assault team and guard the fleet’s rear.
• Xi Xiu’s team boarded a Starry Sky Series warship, and Wu Yuan connected to its system to control it.
• Xi Xiu learned that logistics officer Cheng Yixue had made a warship’s supplies disappear, so she warned the captain to use backups and replace her.
• Xi Xiu’s fleet set off, and instructors and Elder Council members watched the demonstration from the training ground.
• Ten warships in the middle switched to manual control without authorization and nearly caused a collision before the ships behind them slowed down.
• The school issued written disciplinary records to the ten warships’ crews, while Xi Daiyu and Li Shuqi worried their disobedience would endanger Xi Xiu’s team.

Xi Xiu’s fleet cleared a field of debris and arrived in time for the exercise, where the blue and red sides began their battle. Su Jinbao and Nan Hejia led a flawless interception, and Xi Xiu prepared an encircling maneuver as Yue Qila ordered the red fleet to split apart.

• Xi Xiu had Hai Suomiao destroy the debris blocking the fleet’s route, and the blue side reached the designated starfield on time.
• Xi Xiu arranged the blue fleet according to its battle plan while Su Jinbao and Yi Mingda led a thousand stealth warships to their assigned position.
• Yue Qila and the red captains agreed to split their forces and attack the blue fleet, though Yue Qila warned Zhang Jixing that Xi Xiu might anticipate their moves.
• The red side opened fire as the blue fleet advanced, but Nan Hejia and Su Jinbao coordinated the interception and stopped every shot.
• Xi Xiu ordered the blue fleet to spread out in an encircling maneuver, and Yue Qila responded by ordering the red fleet to split its formation.

Xi Xiu and Yue Qila led the Blue and Red sides through a warship demonstration, with the score shifting as both teams traded attacks. The Red side pursued the Blue side into a Black Zone and lost more than half its fleet when the region swallowed the passing warships.

• A Xian urged the heavy weapons unit to focus on accurate tracking as Xi Xiu's Blue side intercepted Red attacks and took the lead.
• Yue Qila split the Red side's forces to attack the Blue formation, but Tarasha and Yi Mingda destroyed the exposed fighters and helped the Blue side inflict greater damage.
• Yue Qila recognized the Red side was losing ground, then volunteered to act as bait and ordered her teammates to coordinate from behind.
• The Red side pursued the retreating Blue fleet until it overtook the score, while Xi Xiu told her captains to hold steady and led them away from the Black Zone.
• Yue Qila ordered the Red side to pursue at full speed through the Black Zone, where more than half its fleet was swallowed.

A Black Zone’s increasing gravity trapped most of the Red side fleet, and Xi Xiu led a rescue effort despite the danger. After Chen Junwu joined the rescue, their ships also lost contact inside the zone, leaving the trapped fleets cut off from the outside.

• The Black Zone’s gravity surged and swallowed more than half of the Red side fleet after Yue Qila ignored the Star Chart team’s warning.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian linked their warships together and entered the danger zone to rescue the Red side, while Yue Qila’s fleet prepared to cooperate.
• Chen Junwu refused Yue Qila’s request to enter because she was too shaken, then agreed to lead Xi Xiu and A Xian inside after no signal emerged.
• Wu Yuan kept Xi Xiu’s ships in contact with the outside briefly, allowing them to send data to Gan Fu’er before their signal was cut off.
• Su Jinbao activated Emergency Communication but found that the Black Zone trapped all Star Radiation and prevented signals from getting out.

Xi Xiu and A Xian used Wu Mu and their Mental Power to search the Black Zone after the swallowed warships vanished from their displays. They found the Red side’s fleet and established contact, learning that the trapped students were unharmed.

• Xi Xiu proposed extending Wu Mu through space and using Mental Power to search, and Chen Junwu reluctantly allowed her and A Xian to try.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian sent Wu Mu outside the warship, where its vines spread through space as they searched in opposite directions.
• Xi Xiu detected a cluster of more than a thousand vessels ahead, and A Xian confirmed they were likely warships.
• Chen Junwu’s communications crew sent an emergency signal, and Xi Xiu and A Xian withdrew their Mental Power to rest.
• Chen Junwu connected with the Red side’s warships and learned that the trapped students were unharmed.

Chen Junwu’s group rescued the students trapped in the Black Zone and returned safely, ending the exhibition match with the Blue side ahead. Xi Xiu and A Xian rested after exhausting themselves, while Enweit and Su Jinbao resolved to support Xi Xiu at their future service posts.

• Chen Junwu coordinated the trapped students’ return, and Xi Xiu’s fleet brought them out of the Black Zone.
• Yue Qila acknowledged her mistake and accepted that she would face punishment, while Luo Yunzhong judged her decision harshly.
• The exhibition match ended with the Blue side ahead by two points after Hong Xixiu and Wu Jingxian rescued the students.
• Gan Fu'er checked on Xi Xiu and her teammates, then ordered them to rest while his warship led the journey back.
• Su Jinbao and Enweit admired Xi Xiu’s strength and dedication, and Enweit said Aola Star would follow her to the same service location.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian fell asleep in their cabin while Wu Mu absorbed the energy it had gained.