Chapter Summaries

A Xian purified Xi Xiu and her friends’ Silver Beads into protective Jing Pearls, then grew curious about the calming aura she sensed from Xi Xiu. The four set off for Fengzhi Island, where A Xian shared Anvile’s history and encouraged Xue Fanhui’s ambition to become the Alliance Chief of weapon engineering.

• A Xian used her mysterious art to seal the Silver Beads, turning them into protective Jing Pearls and startling Xi Xiu, Zhen, and Xue Fanhui.
• A Xian cuddled close to Xi Xiu overnight because Xi Xiu’s aura made her feel unusually calm, and she watched Xi Xiu closely the next morning while trying to understand why.
• A Xian shared Anvile’s Nutrient Paste with the others, and they exchanged food before preparing to visit Fengzhi Island.
• The four traveled by Hovercar while A Xian checked that a woman from the Children's Affairs Office was still following them and then told them about Anvile’s history.
• After Zhen wished there were no wars, A Xian promised to build powerful weapons, and Xi Xiu explained that Xue Fanhui hoped to become the Alliance Chief of weapon engineering.

Xi Xiu, Xue Fanhui, Zhen, and A Xian visited Fengzhi Island, where a group of Fox Tail People repeatedly harassed them. When the Fox Tail People blocked their way down the cliff and attacked, Xi Xiu and her friends prepared to fight back.

• A Xian learned that Xi Xiu and the others had earned their own spending money for the trip and resolved to work herself.
• The group reached Fengzhi Island, bought processed fengzhi, and climbed to an observation deck overlooking the sea.
• Fox Tail People insulted the girls on the crowded path, and A Xian stepped in to block them.
• The Fox Tail People later cornered the group on the path down, while Dora watched from hiding and checked reports of their bullying children.
• Xi Xiu and Xue Fanhui formed a mutually supportive formation, and the Fox Tail People attacked.

Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Xue Fanhui defeated a gang of Fox Tail People who had attacked them on Fengzhi Island, and the Central Brain rewarded them for stopping repeat offenders. After leaving the island with fresh Fengzhi, the girls discussed A Xian’s fighting prowess and Xi Xiu’s training and future plans.

• Zhen retreated to safety while Xi Xiu and Xue Fanhui confronted the Fox Tail People, and A Xian took on the remaining attackers.
• Xi Xiu pinned the gang leader, while A Xian defeated four others and left the group badly beaten.
• The island’s security robots reviewed surveillance, identified the Fox Tail People as repeat offenders, and handed them over to the Alliance Tourist Management Office.
• The Central Brain awarded the four girls 5,000 contribution points, and the island’s robots gave them fresh Fengzhi as they left.
• Zhen praised A Xian’s fighting and resolved to train harder, while Xue Fanhui told A Xian that Xi Xiu trained six hours a day and wanted to open an ingredient shop after retiring.
• A Xian praised Xi Xiu’s determination to become stronger so she could protect herself in danger.

Xi Xiu and her friends traveled around Anvile with A Xian, learning about the system’s artificial satellites and A Xian’s family and culture. As they set off for Wei Jiu, they discovered that A Xian was still considered a child by Anvile’s adulthood rules.

• A Xian told Xi Xiu, Zhen, and Xue Fanhui that her prominent family had earned her an exemption from military service, and they admired her strength and background.
• Xi Xiu arranged interstellar shipping for a package to Vivian and learned that Anvile’s First, Seventh, and Ninth Satellites were artificial stars built for defense.
• Zhen and A Xian offered Xi Xiu data packages about star systems, and the four girls set off for Wei Jiu.
• A Xian said she was twenty by the Alliance’s age calculation, but Anvile People did not become adults until thirty, so she happily called herself a baby.

Xi Xiu and her companions arrived on the artificial satellite Wei Jiu and prepared for a five-day wilderness survival assessment in Xirina Forest. After A Xian became their guardian and helped oversee their plans, she asked Xi Xiu how she concealed her unusually powerful Mental Power.

• Xi Xiu and the others arrived on Wei Jiu, where they received a mission to survive in a forest as a group for five days.
• A Xian applied to become their guardian on Anweier, and the Children's Affairs Bureau approved her application.
• Xi Xiu, Xue Fanhui, and the others chose Xirina Forest, submitted their plan to the Central Brain, and bought supplies for the mission.
• Xi Xiu and A Xian watched the sky from the hotel rooftop, and A Xian admitted she was curious about Xi Xiu's powerful Mental Power.
• Xi Xiu was shocked when A Xian asked how she concealed her Mental Power.

Xi Xiu learned that A Xian believed her peaceful aura could help avert a looming crisis for the Anvile People, then joined the wilderness survival exercise in Xirina Forest. After the girls set up camp, A Xian sensed creatures approaching through the forest.

• A Xian noticed Xi Xiu's unusual Mental Power method and explained that the aura around Xi Xiu might help save the Anvile People from a spreading decay.
• Xi Xiu agreed to help A Xian if she could, while keeping her origins and the Tranquil Heart Art secret.
• A Xian led Xi Xiu and the others to Xirina Forest, where she explained that its ancient trees represented the Anweier Star System and served as Wei Jiu's air-purification system.
• Xi Xiu, Xue Fanhui, and the others chose a campsite, set up their tents, and prepared food while Dora observed and awarded them another point.
• A Xian heard rustling in the forest and sensed curious creatures approaching the girls' camp.

Xi Xiu and her companions explored Xirina Forest, where A Xian hinted at dangerous and extraordinary plants. After a mysterious force probed Xi Xiu during the night, the group traveled deeper into the forest, while A Xian secretly encouraged a curious childlike being to approach Xi Xiu.

• Xi Xiu sensed movement in the forest, and A Xian explained that the Alliance had mental and combat plants with unusual abilities.
• A mysterious force immobilized Xi Xiu during the night, gently examined her Mental Power, and then withdrew; Xi Xiu decided not to tell the others.
• Xi Xiu, Xue Fanhui, Zhen, and A Xian traveled deeper into Xirina Forest, recorded plants, and chose a campsite after setting a boundary for their exploration.
• A Xian communicated with a childlike being hiding behind a tree and urged it to find a chance to attach itself to Xi Xiu.

Xi Xiu and her companions explored a flower-filled forest on Wei Jiu, where she encountered a vine that clung to her and followed her back to camp. A Xian identified the vine as a seedling of the powerful Exotic Plant Ebony, which had chosen Xi Xiu as its companion.

• Xi Xiu, Xue Fanhui, Zhen, and A Xian explored the forest and photographed unfamiliar plants and flowers.
• Xi Xiu sensed a hidden presence, then a vine tangled around her foot and rubbed against her Mental Power.
• A Xian told Xi Xiu to pet the vine, and it released her after she stroked it.
• The vine followed Xi Xiu and the others back to camp, where A Xian explained that it liked Xi Xiu and would not harm her.
• A Xian identified the seedling as Ebony, a Level Fifteen vine-type Exotic Plant that had split off from a huge plant and would follow Xi Xiu.

Xi Xiu accepted Ebony after it offered her valuable crystals, and the group traveled to Falling Meteor Lake to finish their expedition report. The chapter left Xi Xiu and her friends playing by the lake as their final night on Xirina began.

• Ebony dug Blue Nether Stones and Hua Yu Stones from the ground and offered them to Xi Xiu in hopes she would take it with her.
• A Xian explained that Ebony could be carried in a flowerpot, and Xi Xiu touched it with her Mental Power, accepting its attachment.
• Dora watched Xi Xiu and Ebony through surveillance and sent Vivian a cryptic message about a huge surprise.
• Xi Xiu, Xue Fanhui, and Zhen explored the southern edge of Xirina, then compiled and uploaded their expedition report at Falling Meteor Lake.
• Ebony drank from the lake and tried to pull Xi Xiu into the water, while A Xian and Xue Fanhui played there and invited Xi Xiu to join them.

Xi Xiu, Zhen, and Xue Fanhui completed their journey with A Xian, traveling from Wei Jiu to Mulata before returning to Anvile's main planet. The girls said goodbye to A Xian, who gave each of them a gift, while Xi Xiu took responsibility for raising Ebony.

• Xi Xiu softened toward Ebony and used her Mental Power to show it affection after A Xian explained that the plant liked Xi Xiu's peaceful aura.
• A Xian learned that Xi Xiu and Zhen would leave for Mulata Administrative Star, and the girls discussed staying in touch and eventually meeting again.
• Xi Xiu, Zhen, and Xue Fanhui traveled to Mulata, where they lived peacefully for over thirty days and earned positive evaluations after helping a runaway girl reunite with her parents.
• The group returned to Anvile's main planet, where Dora met them and prepared for their departure aboard the Children's Affairs Bureau's Star Shuttle.
• A Xian gave Xi Xiu, Zhen, and Xue Fanhui wooden bead bracelets, gave Xi Xiu a box, and said their connection would continue beyond this meeting.

Xi Xiu and her friends returned safely to the Orphanage after their travel training, where they learned about the consequences of Cheng Yixue's team's misconduct. After Xi Xiu turned fourteen, A Xian formed Wuwu's Team with Xi Xiu and Xue Fanhui, while Zhen watched from outside the Arena.

• Xi Xiu and her friends trained during the peaceful Star Shuttle trip back, and Dora gave them perfect scores for their travel training.
• At the transfer station, Dora showed that Cheng Yixue's team had caused the shuttle delay and that Xiang Manzhu had wrongly accused the bureau staff.
• Xi Xiu and her friends returned to the Orphanage, showed A Xian they were safe, and Xi Xiu set a new goal as she looked toward the wider Alliance.
• After a long time, Xi Xiu turned fourteen and became eligible to enter the Arena.
• A Xian formed Wuwu's Team with Xi Xiu and Xue Fanhui, while Zhen watched because her Mental Power did not meet the Virtual Mecha requirement.

Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Xue Fanhui formed Wuwu's Team and defeated a top-ranked team in the Virtual Battle Arena, then went on to set a record with two hundred consecutive wins. After exhausting themselves in a long session, Xi Xiu and Xue Fanhui returned to the orphanage, and an energetic A Xian called them again after they woke.

• Xi Xiu, A Xian, and Xue Fanhui entered a high-prize Virtual Arena match against the highly ranked team Just Be Ruthless.
• A Xian and Xue Fanhui defeated their opponents while Xi Xiu outmaneuvered hers, and Wuwu's Team wiped out Just Be Ruthless in under ten minutes.
• A Xian led the team through sixty consecutive wins, earning half the day's rolling Prize Pool and tips as Wuwu's Team became famous.
• Xi Xiu continued studying and training, and she, A Xian, and Xue Fanhui later set a record with two hundred consecutive wins.
• Xi Xiu and Xue Fanhui returned to the orphanage exhausted, and A Xian video-called them energetically after they woke.

At sixteen, Xue Fanhui left Ningkui Star for the First Military Academy on Capital Star, parting from Xi Xiu and Zhen as they prepared for their own futures. Xi Xiu continued training and studying while arranging a new robotic body for Sixi, and Xue Fanhui revealed that her academy assigned male and female students to share dorm rooms.

• Xue Fanhui reached physical fitness 4A and Mental Power 2S, and she, Xi Xiu, and Zhen watched the sunset together by the Xisui River as they faced their coming separation.
• Xi Xiu, Zhen, and A Xian continued their Star Net arena matches, building Wuwu's Team's record to six thousand fights with only forty losses, while Ebony grew with soil A Xian had sent.
• Xi Xiu and Zhen accompanied Xue Fanhui to receive a Blocker injection, and Xue Fanhui left for Capital Star with Shu Anna, Ding Zhizhi, Hu Yuning, and other girls from the Orphanage.
• After Xue Fanhui departed, Xi Xiu trained Zhen and continued her studies, then commissioned a custom robotic body for Sixi using Hua Yu Stone Ebony had given her.
• Xue Fanhui called Xi Xiu and Zhen from the First Military Academy and explained that students shared dorm rooms in mixed-gender pairs; her roommate was a Golden Ke Star Person with physical fitness 4A and Mental Power 2S.

Xi Xiu welcomed back her childhood robot nanny, Sixi, and brought her into life at the dormitory while preparing to leave Ningkui Star. After Xi Xiu and Zhen received their testing results, Zhen struggled with the prospect of being separated from Xi Xiu.

• Xi Xiu activated Sixi in a new transformable body, and Sixi recognized her as the grown-up 99 and greeted her warmly.
• Sixi secretly destroyed the data about Xi Xiu's laboratory years, while Xi Xiu believed she had erased it herself.
• Xi Xiu introduced Sixi to Zhen and 08, then continued work-study jobs, training, and earning vehicle and mecha certificates with Sixi nearby.
• Sixi sensed Ebony's powerful Mental Power, briefly stirring the plant before it returned to sleep.
• Xi Xiu tested at 5A physical fitness and Mental Power 2, while Zhen's Mental Power remained below the military-school requirement.
• Vivian spoke privately with Zhen, who admitted she could not bear to part from Xi Xiu and the others.

Xi Xiu and Zhen said farewell as they left Ningkui Star to study on different worlds. On her voyage to Gaia, Xi Xiu reunited with Wu Yuan and learned that Wei Lanshan had gone to Xi He's Alliance.

• Vivian comforted Zhen about leaving Xi Xiu and encouraged her to face a future on her own.
• Xi Xiu reassured Zhen that they would always be family and urged her to keep practicing Martial Skills.
• At Ningkui Star's starport, Xi Xiu gave Zhen a gift and sent her aboard a starship bound for Jinghui Star before departing for Gaia.
• Aboard her starship, Xi Xiu opened Vivian's gift and activated Wu Yuan, who said Lord Lan had sent it to protect her while Wei Lanshan was away.
• Wu Yuan told Xi Xiu that Wei Lanshan had gone to Xi He's Alliance and would not return for several years.

Xi Xiu traveled from Ningkui Star to Capital Star, where Cheng Yixue challenged her to a fight. Xi Xiu defeated Cheng Yixue and declared that she would no longer accept challenges from her.

• Xi Xiu met He Yinlei aboard the starship and trained with her in a shared training room.
• Cheng Yixue insulted Xi Xiu and challenged her to a match the next morning in Training Room Five.
• Xi Xiu accepted Cheng Yixue's formal challenge and arrived with a starship administrator as witness.
• Cheng Yixue attacked Xi Xiu, but Xi Xiu calmly blocked her moves and knocked her down after thirty exchanges.
• Xi Xiu claimed victory and said she would no longer accept challenges from Cheng Yixue.

Xi Xiu arrived on Gaia with He Yinlei and reunited with Xue Fanhui, who showed her around the First Military Academy and helped her move into her dorm. The chapter ended with Xi Xiu meeting her unwilling roommate, Enweit, who had failed to change his assigned room.

• Xi Xiu left the starship after defeating Cheng Yixue, and she and He Yinlei became friends during the journey to Gaia.
• Xue Fanhui greeted Xi Xiu at the Second Starport, and the three young women introduced themselves before He Yinlei departed with her brother.
• Cheng Yixue saw Xi Xiu and Xue Fanhui at the transfer station, accepted her mother's warning to lie low, and resolved to seek another chance to challenge Xi Xiu.
• Xue Fanhui told Xi Xiu that Zhen had arrived safely at Jinghui Star, then took Xi Xiu to register and tour the First Military Academy.
• Xue Fanhui brought Xi Xiu to her assigned dormitory, where Xi Xiu greeted her roommate, Enweit, but he ignored her because the academy had rejected his request to change rooms.

After Xi Xiu settled into the First Military Academy, she bought a Hovercar, reconciled with her roommate Enweit, and reviewed her demanding class schedule. As she prepared to begin academy life, she sent messages to Vivian and Wei Lanshan about her arrival and her plans for the future.

• Xue Fanhui returned to her dorm, where Damian welcomed her and gave her a bag of diamonds; she mailed some gems to Zhen and planned to give others to Xi Xiu.
• Xi Xiu browsed the academy network, chose an energy-efficient used Hovercar, and went to collect it.
• Enweit apologized for not answering Xi Xiu earlier, and they introduced themselves and agreed to work well together.
• Xi Xiu reviewed her schedule of theory classes, daily physical training, and periodic outdoor courses, then rested with Sixi, Wu Yuan, and Ebony.
• Xi Xiu messaged Vivian to reassure her that she had arrived safely, then wrote to Wei Lanshan about her travels, her family, and her plans to travel and fight alongside Sixi and Wu Yuan.

Xi Xiu began her first day of classes at the military academy, working closely with Enweit through an intense mechanics lesson and learning intermediate Martial Skills from Gu Jinyan. The day ended with Xi Xiu and Enweit sparring, each surprised by the other’s abilities.

• Xi Xiu and Enweit left their dorm together and attended Kuang Xunli’s demanding mechanics class, where they practiced dismantling and reassembling a starship model as a team.
• After class, Xi Xiu complained to Xue Fanhui about her workload and compared her schedule with Zhen’s easier cultural courses, then recovered and headed to afternoon training.
• Xi Xiu and Enweit joined Gu Jinyan’s Martial Skills class, where Gu Jinyan explained intermediate techniques and had Yue Qila, Su Jinbao, and Zhang Jixing demonstrate.
• Xi Xiu and Enweit practiced sparring together, and Enweit was surprised by Xi Xiu’s many moves while Xi Xiu discovered that he was remarkably agile and skilled.

Xi Xiu learned the truth behind her origins from Wei Lanshan’s recordings and accepted her without resentment, then was stunned by news that human lifespans might exceed four hundred years. Wu Jingxian announced she was coming to Gaia’s First Military Academy, while Xi Xiu returned to preparing for her upcoming test.

• Gu Jinyan advised Xi Xiu to master a few martial skills rather than practice many, helping her recognize a bottleneck in her training.
• Xi Xiu listened to Wei Lanshan’s decade-old recordings about her origins, deleted them, and sent Wei Lanshan a message saying she did not resent her.
• Wei Lanshan replied that she hoped to return in three years and that the expedition might enable human lifespans to surpass four hundred years, leaving Xi Xiu amazed.
• Wu Jingxian video-called Xi Xiu from outside Gaia’s First Military Academy and said she planned to enroll, while Wu Jingxu agreed to handle the arrangements.
• Xi Xiu told Xue Fanhui that Wu Jingxian was coming, then studied for her Mechanics Principles test, which was ten days away.