Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Anvile Imperial Palace, Xi Xiu shared her military experiences and battle data with You Lian and Charlotte, inspiring You Lian to seek a training plan. The conversation turned to Xi Xiu’s efforts to improve the Aola People’s Martial Skills so they could better defend Aura from Jing Su and other forces.

• Qing Heming drew Jing Xi close when he grew jealous of her warm exchange with Xi Xiu.
• The group returned to the Anvile Imperial Palace, where You Lian and Charlotte served Xi Xiu Anvile dishes and asked about her service experiences.
• Xi Xiu shared her knowledge of Eternal Robots and Bio-constructs, including battle data that could help Charlotte design weapons against them.
• After hearing how intensely Xi Xiu had trained since childhood, You Lian and Charlotte called her crazy, and You Lian asked her to make a training plan.
• Xi Xiu explained that she had made a Martial Skill improvement plan for the Aola People because Aura’s valuable resources were at risk of being taken by Jing Su and other forces.

Xi Xiu left Anvile and returned to the stars, where she and Nine Stars prepared for a prolonged war against Qin Hongjun’s hidden forces. Anvile began rebuilding and training under her guidance while Xi Xiu assigned Nine Stars’ intelligence and battle plans.

• Xi Xiu departed Anvile with gifts from its people, and You Lian promised to train Anvile’s warriors using Xi Xiu’s methods.
• Wu Jingyang tested Xi Xiu’s proposal for resisting the corrupting aura by shielding Mental Power and fighting with Martial Skills, and Charlotte began developing new weapons.
• After two months of training, You Lian brought Wu Jingmu into the routine because she could now defeat him in both Mental Power and Martial Skills.
• Xi Xiu met with Nine Stars’ leaders, arranged the group’s next steps, and learned that Sixi had regained control of her body while the Central Brain received a new body.
• Xi Xiu sent Long Xingxue and the Snow Dragon Group to investigate suspected Qin Hongjun territory, while assigning Wan Youlin, Feng Qiqi, and Bai Jungo command of the Starships.
• Xi Xiu planned to replenish Nine Stars’ weapons and told the commanders to keep training, protect their warriors, and retreat if they faced danger they could not overcome.

Xi Xiu and her allies divided up their assignments as they prepared for Qin Hongjun’s coming attack on Jingsu, while Xi Xiu set course for Gaia. There, she expected to face the Ye and Tang families over her identity, but she had no intention of acknowledging Ye Yunhan as her parent.

• Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng agreed that teams could retreat from endangered outskirts rather than risk being wiped out, and Xi Xiu warned that Qin Hongjun might attack where Jingsu least expected.
• Xi Xiu assigned Long Xingxue, Feng Qiqi, Bai Jungo, and Wan Youlin to gather intelligence or reinforce potential targets while she traveled to Gaia.
• Xi Xiu learned that Ye Zhenwei’s condition had worsened and that the Tang Family had obtained her records, but she was reassured that Jingsu law allowed her to reject parents who had failed to care for her.
• Xi Xiu brought the Central Brain to Li Zhengfeng and asked it to search for Qin Jian by tracing when Qin Hongjun began contacting the Anvile People.
• Li Zhengfeng warned that Xi Xiu’s return to Gaia would cause a storm, and Xi Xiu said she would not acknowledge Ye Yunhan because he had allowed the experimental subjects to be killed.

Xi Xiu discussed her return to Gaia and her suspicions about Xiao Wenjiu before the Central Brain revealed that Anvile’s ancestors had once visited the Blue Planet. The chapter left Xi Xiu considering a journey home using Anvile’s damaged records, while the cause of the Homeworld’s destruction remained unknown.

• Xi Xiu told Li Zhengfeng she planned to return to Gaia and investigate Tang Mushishi, Tang Zhankuan, and Xiao Wenjiu’s hidden connections.
• Li Zhengfeng learned that fewer than a tenth of Nine Stars’ hidden forces remained, with some joining the Alliance Guards and others traveling into the starsea.
• The Central Brain reported that Anvile’s legends described ancestors who had traveled to a distant star region and found a beautiful blue planet.
• Xi Xiu asked about the journey and learned that Anvile’s records of the route and coordinates were damaged, though the round trip had taken over three hundred years.
• Xi Xiu said she would follow the route if possible and explained that her people had withdrawn from the Homeworld after natural disasters and man-made calamities, which Li Zhengfeng learned had been caused by an external force.

Xi Xiu learned that the Homeworld was struck by a devastating meteor after the Central Brain left, and that humanity had already depleted its resources through war and overextraction. After reaching Gaia, she contacted Wei Lanshan, whose drug trials to save infected children faced grim losses, while Ye Zhenwei remained frozen as the Alliance considered a dangerous way to save her.

• Xi Xiu asked the Central Brain when it had left the Homeworld and learned that a gigantic meteor struck soon after its ship departed.
• The Central Brain explained that humanity had exhausted the Homeworld through war and reckless energy extraction, leaving it unable to sustain life.
• Xi Xiu decided to search for the Homeworld after retirement, though the Central Brain had no recorded coordinates.
• Xi Xiu reached the jump coordinates for Gaia, messaged Wei Lanshan, and arranged to meet Xue Fanhui.
• Wei Lanshan learned that several children might not survive the final drug trial and ordered Duan Shaoguang to ease their pain.
• Wei Lanshan said Ye Zhenwei could only be kept alive while the Alliance considered Qin Hongjun's method, and Duan Shaoguang asked whether there was truly no other option.

Wei Lanshan and Duan Shaoguang monitored Ye Zhenwei, suspecting she might have been compromised during her abduction, while the Ye and Tang Families clashed over her fate and their past agreement. The chapter ended with Tang Mushishi declaring that the Tang Family would not apologize because its actions were part of its mission.

• Wei Lanshan told Duan Shaoguang that Ye Zhenwei's unexplained changes and near-4S Mental Power meant they could not rule out hidden micro-consciousness or betrayal.
• Duan Shaoguang agreed to have Liu Yao watch Ye Zhenwei openly while others observed her in secret.
• Wei Lanshan reviewed the Tang Family's files as Tang Mushishi, Tang Yonghuang, and Tang Zhankuan arrived on Gaia.
• Ye Yunhan confronted Tang Yonghuang and Tang Yongyu over their agreement, arguing that the Tang Family had concealed the consequences and caused the Ye Family losses.
• Tang Mushishi told Ye Yunhan that the Tang Family would not apologize because what it had done was its mission.

Ye Yunhan confronted the Tang Family over Ye Zhenwei’s condition, while Tang Mushishi met Wei Lanshan and asked about her treatment and a secret experiment. The Elder Council denied the Tang Family permission to see Zhenwei in person, and Tang Mushishi left without learning how to reach the children in Wei Lanshan’s laboratory.

• Ye Yunhan accused Tang Yonghuang and Tang Yongyu of using him as a source of genetic material and went to the lounge.
• Liu Yao told Wei Lanshan about the dispute, and Wei Lanshan prepared Ye Zhenwei’s data before meeting Tang Mushishi.
• Wei Lanshan told Tang Mushishi that Zhenwei’s condition was worsening and that the Elder Council would decide her treatment.
• The Elder Council rejected Tang Mushishi’s request to see Zhenwei in person, so Wei Lanshan showed the family a live surveillance feed of her in the medical capsule.
• Tang Mushishi offered to help with Wei Lanshan’s secret research, but she told him the remaining children could not survive much longer.
• Tang Mushishi realized that Wei Lanshan’s laboratory was difficult to infiltrate and that taking the children would require precise planning.

Tang Mushishi confronted Wei Lanshan about Ye Zhenwei’s incomplete treatment and learned that Tang Yongyu and Tang Yonghuang had been involved in the fate of the other experimental subjects. After the Tang Family saw Ye Zhenwei in cold storage, Ye Yunhan returned to the Ye Family’s starship, while Tang Zhankuan stayed on Gaia and met Xiao Wenjiu.

• Tang Mushishi questioned Wei Lanshan about why Ye Zhenwei’s condition had not been fully cured, and Wei Lanshan blamed Tang Yongyu for the treatment’s failure.
• Tang Yongyu admitted there had been five experimental subjects, and Tang Yonghuang confessed that he had agreed they should be disposed of.
• Wei Lanshan had robots escort the Tang Family to the sterile cold-storage room, where they saw Ye Zhenwei and learned that her recovery depended on a decision from the Elder Council.
• Ye Yunhan left Gaia for the Tianning Star System, and the Ye Family left without waiting for the Elder Council’s decision.
• Tang Zhankuan stayed on Gaia to meet Xiao Wenjiu, who greeted him with unexpected arrogance.

Tang Zhankuan questioned Xiao Wenjiu about Ye Zhenwei and learned that Xiao knew where the missing expert Gao Shenyi was, trading the information for refined Energy Stones. Xiao’s remarks also led Tang Zhankuan to suspect he planned to leave the Jingsu Alliance because he had a destination outside it.

• Tang Zhankuan asked Xiao Wenjiu about Ye Zhenwei’s condition, and Xiao criticized Wei Lanshan’s treatment and named Gao Shenyi as another expert who could help.
• Xiao Wenjiu offered to reveal Gao Shenyi’s location in exchange for Energy Stones above Level Five and below Level Six, and Tang Zhankuan agreed to provide one and ask his father for the rest.
• Tang Zhankuan listened as Xiao discussed his work and ambitions, recording the people and places he mentioned while suspecting him of involvement in a past school incident.
• After Xiao Wenjiu left, Tang Zhankuan concluded that he expected war and planned to leave Gaia despite the risk of becoming an exile.
• Tang Zhankuan remained puzzled by Xiao Wenjiu’s detailed knowledge of Ye Zhenwei and his changed attitude toward her.

The Tang Family prepared to capture children and escape the Alliance, while Tang Mushishi disguised himself to carry out their plans. Tang Zhankuan remained unaware of the scheme as Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun returned to Gaia.

• Tang Zhankuan returned to the Tang Family residence and was told by Tang Mushishi to look for people working in Wei Lanshan's laboratory.
• Tang Mushishi and Tang Yonghuang discussed abandoning Tang Zhankuan as their heir and carrying out Qin Hongjun's plan to capture children and escape.
• Tang Yongyu learned from Tang Zhankuan that Gao Shenyi might be found through Qin Hongjun and eagerly set out to help save Ye Zhenwei.
• Tang Mushishi changed his identity and used teleportation to travel to a civilian residential area in Gaia's Central City.
• Tang Zhankuan asked his friends about materials and learned that Wei Lanshan tightly controlled access to her laboratory.
• Xi Xiu and Qing Zhixun returned to Gaia.

Xi Xiu and her companions visited Wei Lanshan on Gaia, where they discussed the Anvile crisis and the Alliance’s preparations for coming conflicts. Li Zhengfeng agreed to help defend Aura, while the group decided to investigate Tang Mushishi without risking him in the network.

• Xi Xiu, Feng Qiqi, Li Zhengfeng, and Wan Youlin arrived at Wei Lanshan’s laboratory after the Central Brain reported Tang Family activity and no trace of Tang Mushishi.
• Xi Xiu reunited with Wei Lanshan and introduced her to Li Zhengfeng, then described how the Anvile crisis had affected its people.
• Wei Lanshan and Li Zhengfeng discussed the Elder Council unrest and the Alliance’s defensive deployments, including Aura’s preparations under Enweit.
• Li Zhengfeng said he would stay with Xi Xiu when the conflict came, and she agreed to rely on his guidance.
• The group noted that Tang Mushishi had vanished using multiple IDs, but Xi Xiu refused to let Li Zhengfeng investigate through the network because Qin Hongjun might catch him again.

Xi Xiu and her companions reached Wei Lanshan’s safe territory on Gaia, where they shared research from Anvile and rested. After waking to admire Gaia’s sunset, Xi Xiu joined Feng Qiqi in preparing dinner, drawing Li Zhengfeng’s curious attention to her seasonings and cooking.

• Xi Xiu gave Duan Shaoguang the creatures, research data, and battle footage from Anvile, along with samples of the corrupting liquid from the Star Beasts.
• Wei Lanshan sent Xi Xiu and the others to rest while Li Zhengfeng reinforced the laboratory’s defenses with Qi Mang, Wu Yuan, and Sixi.
• Xi Xiu woke at twilight, admired Gaia’s sunset, and messaged A Xian that they had arrived safely.
• Xi Xiu joined Feng Qiqi in preparing a lavish dinner, and Feng Qiqi reassured her that Nine Star would follow her wherever she went after the war.
• Li Zhengfeng came to watch Xi Xiu cook, questioned her unfamiliar seasonings, and revealed that Wu Jingyang had made him a taste perception system.

Xi Xiu prepared an elaborate meal for Wei Lanshan, Li Zhengfeng, Feng Qiqi, and the others, bringing everyone together to share food and stories from their Homeworld. The gathering ended with Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng raising fruit juice beneath the stars to celebrate their meeting and the beauty of the universe.

• Xi Xiu cooked a wide range of dishes while Li Zhengfeng watched, asked questions, and recorded her methods, and Feng Qiqi praised and documented the recipes.
• Wan Youlin found Wei Lanshan and Duan Shaoguang in the reception room and told them Xi Xiu and the others were preparing a meal instead of getting Nutrient Paste.
• Xi Xiu finished dinner after more than an hour, and Feng Qiqi and a delivery robot carried the trays into the reception room.
• Feng Qiqi introduced the dishes, and Xi Xiu served Wei Lanshan and explained that the food was made as it had been where she grew up.
• Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng revealed that they came from the same Homeworld despite being born far apart in time, leaving Wei Lanshan amazed and Duan Shaoguang confused.
• Under the stars, Xi Xiu and Li Zhengfeng raised glasses of fruit juice and toasted their meeting and the beauty of the universe.

After a joyful dinner, Xi Xiu spoke with Wei Lanshan about her mother, her future, and her reluctance to take a partner. Wei Lanshan shared her own regrets and Vivian's tragic past, leaving Xi Xiu to reconsider whether she was avoiding love because of an old wound.

• Feng Qiqi sent A Xian photos from the dinner, and A Xian forwarded them to Qing Zhixun, who regretted not joining Xi Xiu.
• Xi Xiu and her companions enjoyed a long meal, and Wei Lanshan later joined her on the balcony.
• Wei Lanshan told Xi Xiu about her bond with Xi Xiu's biological mother and promised that she would always protect Xi Xiu.
• Xi Xiu said she did not plan to take a partner, and Wei Lanshan warned her that a life without close ties could be lonely.
• Wei Lanshan explained that Vivian had lost her partner, who died saving her, and that Vivian had stayed on Ningkui Star to preserve their memories.
• Xi Xiu described her unhappy marriage in her previous life, and Wei Lanshan urged her not to give up on love because of someone unworthy.

Xi Xiu told Wei Lanshan about her unhappy past and her lingering feelings for someone she had loved, and Wei Lanshan encouraged her to reconsider marriage matching. Xi Xiu decided she would submit an application, though she still feared she could never forget the person from before.

• Wei Lanshan urged Xi Xiu not to let her past shape her choices and described happy partnerships and the Alliance’s matching system.
• Xi Xiu recalled marrying someone out of gratitude, later falling in love with him, and ultimately dying after repaying her benefactor’s debts.
• Wei Lanshan explained that Anvile People required a Mental Power connection to take partners, so Xi Xiu agreed to consider applying for a Central Brain match instead.
• Xi Xiu resolved to submit an application and reject the match if she disliked him, while privately fearing that her feelings for the person from before were growing stronger.
• Xi Xiu and Wei Lanshan spent the night in Wei Lanshan’s room, and Xi Xiu woke the next day after gradually falling asleep.

Xi Xiu rushed to rescue Xue Fanhui after a pursuer attacked her hovercraft and forced her to land in a remote forest. Xi Xiu reached her with reinforcements and confronted the attackers, while Xue Fanhui suspected Xiao Wenjiu might be involved.

• Xi Xiu noticed a hovercar tailing Xue Fanhui and sped toward her while warning her to stall for time.
• The pursuer launched attack robots, and Xue Fanhui's hovercraft's defenses began to fail, so Qi Mang flew ahead to reach her landing site.
• Xi Xiu told Xue Fanhui to make an emergency landing and arrived at the forest with Feng Qiqi after pushing their hovercraft beyond its limits.
• Xi Xiu and Feng Qiqi joined Qi Mang and Xue Fanhui, then Xi Xiu recognized the attackers as likely private guards employed by noble families.
• Xue Fanhui said Xiao Wenjiu was the only person she had recently held a grudge against, and Xi Xiu advanced on the attackers.

Xi Xiu confronted and defeated Xiao Wenjiu, exposing his identity and linking him to Qin Hongjun. After the battle, her allies and the guards finished fighting, though Qin Hongjun remained a threat.

• Xi Xiu recognized Xiao Wenjiu, activated battle recording, and attacked after he sent word that Hong Xixiu had appeared on Gaia.
• Xi Xiu overwhelmed Xiao Wenjiu in their mech fight, cut off his arm, and stopped him from escaping.
• Xi Xiu broke through Xiao Wenjiu's disguise, restrained him, and revealed that she knew Qin Hongjun was behind him.
• Xi Xiu had Ebony secure Xiao Wenjiu while Feng Qiqi, Xue Fanhui, Qi Mang, and Wu Yuan fought the guards and Combat Robots.
• The battle involving all four groups lasted an hour before it ended.

Xue Fanhui and Xi Xiu captured Xiao Wenjiu after he tried to kill Xue Fanhui, and the Alliance Guards took him into custody. They discovered that Xiao Wenjiu had blocked Xue Fanhui’s distress signal with a new device, leaving the Guards to investigate how he had done it.

• Xue Fanhui confronted Xiao Wenjiu about his years of obstructing her and his attempt to kill her, while Xi Xiu suspected he had another way to escape custody.
• Xi Xiu used code from the Central Brain to alter Xiao Wenjiu’s terminal before the Alliance Guards arrived.
• Captain Fang Jinyu verified Xi Xiu’s identity, heard how Xiao Wenjiu had attacked Xue Fanhui, and took Xiao Wenjiu and his accomplices away for questioning.
• Xue Fanhui told Fang Jinyu that her distress signal had failed, and he arranged for the Guards to copy and analyze its transmission and the surrounding signals.
• Xi Xiu questioned the Central Brain about the failed signal, and Xue Fanhui concluded that a new shielding device on Xiao Wenjiu’s hovercraft had intercepted and returned her message.
• Xue Fanhui reflected that Xiao Wenjiu had likely attacked because he believed her unexpected outing left her vulnerable.

After Xi Xiu called Wan Youlin for help, Tang Mushishi led an assault on Wei Lanshan’s laboratory while she was away. Li Zhengfeng stopped the attackers, and Tang Mushishi recognized the robot’s forbidden combat style before confronting him; their fight was still underway at the chapter’s end.

• Xi Xiu asked Wan Youlin to pick them up, and Wei Lanshan left with him while Li Zhengfeng stayed to guard the laboratory.
• Tang Mushishi and Tang Yonghuang gathered allies and attacked Wei Lanshan’s laboratory, hoping to seize the gifted children.
• Li Zhengfeng activated the laboratory’s defenses and blocked Tang Mushishi’s group from reaching the children.
• Tang Mushishi recognized Li Zhengfeng’s combat style as the Nine-Star Marshal’s exclusive technique and suspected that the robot had its own consciousness.
• Li Zhengfeng dismantled the attackers’ robots and accused Tang Mushishi and Tang Yonghuang of trying to reclaim experimental subjects for Qin Hongjun.
• Tang Mushishi fought Li Zhengfeng for more than fifty moves using Martial Skill alone, while Tang Yonghuang waited for an opening.

Li Zhengfeng fought Tang Mushishi and Tang Yonghuang, while Liu Yao prepared to defend Wei Lanshan’s base from the intruders. The battle left Li Zhengfeng facing Qin Hongjun’s purpose-built robots and Liu Yao fighting in its newly revealed combat form.

• Li Zhengfeng matched Tang Mushishi’s fighting techniques, and Tang Yonghuang watched his father’s superior skill renew his confidence in getting stronger.
• After nearly three hundred exchanges, Tang Mushishi began to tire and signaled Tang Yonghuang to send miniature robots after Li Zhengfeng.
• Li Zhengfeng used a specialized weapon to capture the robots, which Qin Hongjun had designed to locate and destroy rebellious consciousnesses.
• Tang Mushishi and Tang Yonghuang continued to hold Li Zhengfeng back as Duan Shaoguang waited for Wei Lanshan to return.
• Liu Yao left Duan Shaoguang to defend the fifth layer of the base, transformed into combat mode, and severed several attackers’ arms.