Recaps

Kiana and Bailu’s disguise was exposed after Aha’s interruption, and March 7th passed Yanqing’s final trial before her match against Scott’s mechs. The next morning, Kiana woke up transformed into March 7th, while the real March 7th found that Kiana had vanished from beside her.

• Yunli and Yanqing discovered the fine threads controlling the group, while Aha addressed Kiana as her beloved and Stelle recognized Kiana’s Yae Sakura disguise from a game.
• After Aha disappeared, Kiana and Bailu revealed their identities, and Bailu explained their secret outing; Kiana reconciled with March 7th.
• Yanqing tested March 7th in the final trial and declared that she had passed, though he and Yunli doubted she could defeat Scott’s mechs.
• Kiana offered March 7th sedative incense and software for infiltrating the company’s mechs, but March 7th worried that using them would be unfair.
• The next morning, Kiana realized she had become March 7th and was speaking in her voice; the real March 7th woke to find Kiana missing from her side.

March 7th and Kiana woke up having exchanged bodies after Kiana’s joking promise the night before, leaving March 7th to ask Kiana to fight in her place. Kiana tested her abilities in March 7th’s body and entered the kitchen under Pom-Pom’s supervision, but her cooking still ended disastrously.

• March 7th woke to find Kiana gone, then screamed when she saw Kiana’s appearance on her own body and realized they had exchanged bodies.
• Himeko, Stelle, Pom-Pom, and Ouyang rushed to the room and learned that March 7th and Kiana had switched bodies.
• March 7th recalled that she had wished her swordsmanship matched Kiana’s and had agreed when Kiana joked about switching places for the duel.
• March 7th persuaded Kiana to take her place in the match against Scott, and Kiana agreed after considering the surprise she could give him.
• Kiana tested her powers in March 7th’s body and found that most of her strength was sealed, though her inherited techniques and Kaslana curse remained.
• With Pom-Pom’s reluctant permission and supervision, Kiana followed the kitchen instructions but still produced a disastrous result.

Kiana’s cooking caused an explosion and left Dan Heng unconscious, while she later provoked Scott by having Qingque confront him before the planned duel. Qingque verbally dismantled Scott, and the contest at Golden Man Alley remained ahead.

• Kiana’s Purple Yam and Lotus Root Porridge looked monstrous, her kitchen exploded, and Dan Heng collapsed after tasting her toast, prompting Pom-Pom to strengthen the kitchen ban.
• At the Everwinter Pavilion, Scott taunted March 7th and prepared a disguised combat mech for their contest, while Topaz recognized it and decided to wait before exposing him.
• Kiana spotted Qingque and made her angry by comparing Scott’s behavior to workplace bullying, so Qingque agreed to confront him.
• Kiana introduced Qingque as the head of the Divination Department, and Qingque’s sharp assessment of Scott made him lose his composure.
• Scott tried to change the subject back to the duel, while Kiana mocked him for panicking and said that people who could not handle losing should not play.

Kiana and Qing Que used psychological pressure to make Scott confront how little his company career meant to him, until he broke down and considered resigning. After Scott began to recover and think of apologizing to Meng Ming, his mecha exposed private records, and he left in distress.

• Kiana taunted Scott about his rank and wealth, then showed him her company account balance, leaving him stunned.
• Kiana used Herrscher of Sentience's authority to intensify Scott's emotions, while Sushang reminded him of his failed negotiations and doglike behavior.
• Qing Que described a life beyond work, and Scott admitted that he had no life of his own as the crowd looked on with pity.
• Qing Que retreated from the attention, and Scott recovered with a new urge to abandon the competition and apologize to Meng Ming.
• Scott collapsed with stomach pain as his mecha began revealing his purchase records and search history, then regained control and left, promising to return.

Kiana’s sword attack destroyed the company mecha, while the Stellaron Hunters humiliated Scott and left him with a dangerous sales assignment. Qing Que complained to Kiana that her new reputation as Boss Que had made it impossible to slack off, and Kiana asked how much leave she wanted.

• Kiana used the Taixu Sword God to destroy the civilian-type mecha, and the crowd hailed March 7th as a Sword Master.
• Silver Wolf revealed that she had hacked the mecha, while Kafka explained that Spirit Whisper had made someone drag the unconscious Scott to the Stellaron Hunters.
• Aventurine and Topaz assigned Scott a mission to sell company mecha on a planet inhabited only by dinosaurs.
• Qing Que complained that her colleagues’ attention and teasing had ruined her ability to slack off.
• Kiana asked Qing Que how many days off she wanted, and Qing Que requested three months.

Kiana used Qing Que’s wish for three months of leave to draw her into operating the Qiong Guan Array, which began locating disguised Buli Ren while the hunt for Hulei continued. Back aboard the train, Kiana complained that reality lacked convenient plot twists, and the others reacted with relief to March 7th’s sensible remark before Kiana interrupted her.

• Kiana gave Qing Que three days off, then disguised herself as a Land God and changed Qing Que’s leave request to three months.
• Qing Que wished for the Luofu’s troubles to end safely, and Kiana brought her to the Divination Commission to take over the Qiong Guan Array’s deductions.
• With Kiana’s help, the Commission began identifying disguised Buli Ren, but Hulei and Jiaoqiu remained missing.
• Kiana returned to the train’s observation car and complained that no villain or mysterious stranger had appeared to reveal Hulei’s location.
• March 7th objected that such convenient events belonged in plays, prompting Himeko and the others to look relieved before Kiana interrupted her.

Kiana reunited with Bronya and Seele on Xianzhou Luofu and gave them gifts that exposed Bronya’s romantic dreams about Seele. The recording left Seele wearing a clown nose, while Bronya urged her to play the rest.

• Kiana teased Bronya and Seele about secretly visiting Xianzhou Luofu together, then gave each of them a gift.
• Seele opened her gift, a tape recorder, while Bronya carefully unwrapped a notebook filled with stories of the two of them cuddling.
• Seele played a recording of Bronya’s dream, and its suggestive opening embarrassed both of them as passersby gathered to watch.
• Bronya insisted that Seele play the rest, but Seele refused and said she would not grant Bronya’s wish through a dream recording.
• Kiana stuck a clown’s red nose onto Seele, who felt as if it had grown there.

Kiana and the Xianzhou generals kept very different schedules as preparations for the Martial Arts Ceremony brought them together. After oversleeping and arriving late, Kiana encountered Fei Xiao stopping an out-of-control Star Skiff, and Fei Xiao recognized her.

• Seele chased Kiana after Kiana mocked her, then dragged Bronya away and left her red clown nose behind.
• Fei Xiao woke promptly and completed her morning routine while Jing Yuan and Kiana slept late; Ouyang and Pom-Pom investigated a loud explosion that had come from outside the train.
• March 7th eventually woke Kiana, who learned that Penacony and Solesda would attend the Martial Arts Ceremony and that she had been invited to a meeting as a shareholder.
• Kiana set out late for Si Chen Palace, bought steamed buns, and walked through the Xianzhou toward the meeting.
• Fei Xiao used her speed to clear people from an out-of-control Star Skiff's path and force it to change direction, then spotted Kiana.

Kiana joined Fei Xiao, Jing Yuan, and Huai Yan at Si Chen Palace, where the generals discussed the Buli Ren threat while she focused on the food. Jing Yuan revealed that Hulei planned to infiltrate the Martial Arts Ceremony, and Kiana asked how she could help.

• Fei Xiao brought Kiana to Si Chen Palace after inviting her to join Yaoguang, but Kiana declined because she did not want to leave her friends.
• Kiana teased Yukong outside the palace, then Fei Xiao introduced her to Jing Yuan and Huai Yan.
• Kiana ate pastries and later lunch while the generals discussed Luofu affairs; meanwhile, Tingyun fed and housed the waiting merchant representatives.
• Jing Yuan told Kiana that the merchant bidding was a cover for preparations against Hulei and the Buli Ren, who were hunting on the Luofu.
• Jing Yuan revealed that Hulei intended to infiltrate the Martial Arts Ceremony, and Kiana asked whether she could help.

Jing Yuan arranged a decoy Martial Arts Ceremony aboard the Jing Feng Ship to lure Hulei and the Buli Ren into an ambush, while Kiana remained unaware she had been named the challenger’s opponent. The chapter ended with Kiana teleporting several Buli Ren who had followed her into an alley and asking why they were there.

• Jing Yuan explained that Cloud Knight soldiers would pose as the ceremony’s audience and contestants while Feixiao and Huai Yan guarded the escape routes and Jade Gate.
• A Buli Ren agent hidden among the merchant representatives reported Jing Yuan’s apparent confidence to Hulei, who decided the ceremony offered a chance to act.
• Kiana overheard tourists disagreeing about the challenger’s opponent and remembered that Jing Yuan had promised her a reward if she won.
• Jing Yuan realized he had forgotten to tell Kiana when and how to appear as the challenger’s opponent, but assumed she would know.
• Kiana noticed Yanqing patrolling, then sensed several people following her and lured them into a quiet alley.
• Kiana teleported the hidden pursuers in front of her and recognized them as Buli Ren.

Kiana defeated a group of Buli Ren who ambushed her, then returned to the train to find March 7th before the Martial Arts Ceremony. She teleported into their room and discovered March 7th was showering.

• Kiana caught a Buli Ren's attack, overpowered him, and knocked down the others when they tried to ambush her.
• Kiana took the Buli Ren away, left the scene to a Cloud Knight, and reported the attack; Huai Yan heard about it through the Divination Department.
• Kiana returned to the train and learned from Pom-Pom that March 7th was resting in her room, while Black Swan revealed she had been aboard the train all along.
• Kiana teleported into the locked room she shared with March 7th and realized March 7th was taking a shower.
• March 7th opened the bathroom door, wearing only a towel over her shoulders.

Kiana and March 7th arrived at the Martial Arts Ceremony, where Kiana discovered that most of the audience consisted of disguised Cloud-to-Guard soldiers and Ten Lords Bureau members. After reassuring March 7th and leaving her to rest, Kiana went to handle a matter on the Luofu.

• Kiana reminded March 7th that the Martial Arts Ceremony began that day, and March 7th hurriedly got dressed to attend.
• Kiana brought March 7th to the Jing Feng Ship, where March 7th panicked during their midair arrival but took a photo while Kiana caught her.
• March 7th fled in embarrassment after reaching the ground, while Kiana noticed that most spectators were Cloud-to-Guard soldiers or Ten Lords Bureau members in disguise.
• A disguised Cloud-to-Guard soldier escorted Kiana to her lounge, and Kiana told him she could recognize the officials despite their disguises.
• Kiana messaged March 7th, who mistakenly sent her a suggestive joke, then told her to rest while Kiana went to help with a matter on the Luofu.

Kiana rushed to Changle Heaven after Stelle called for help during the Buli Ren attack, while Feixiao dealt with Golden Man Alley. Kiana incapacitated the attackers with her authorities and Tai Xu Sword God, then confronted their leader Modu about bullying Stelle.

• Stelle called Kiana from Changle Heaven and complained that the Buli Ren attackers were overwhelming her.
• Kiana learned that Changle Heaven and Golden Man Alley were under attack, while Feixiao had cleared Star Skiff Haven.
• Kiana told Feixiao to evacuate Changle Heaven and handle Golden Man Alley, then went to rescue Stelle.
• Feixiao borrowed Yukong's bow and fired a powerful arrow that wiped out the Buli Ren forces in Golden Man Alley.
• Kiana suppressed the Buli Ren in Changle Heaven, protected the civilians, and struck them with the Tai Xu Sword God.
• Kiana spared Modu, caught him pretending to be dead, and demanded to know why he had bullied Stelle.

Kiana left Changle Heaven after Feixiao took charge, then knocked out another Buli Ren who confronted Yunli near the Jing Feng Ship. As the Martial Arts Ceremony began, Hulei attacked the event, and Kiana rushed out after repeated banging interrupted her wash, accidentally kicking her door into a Buli Ren.

• Feixiao stopped Kiana from killing Motu and took over the cleanup and interrogation in Changle Heaven.
• Kiana returned to the Jing Feng Ship and knocked out a Buli Ren who was confronting Yunli outside her room.
• Yunli explained that she had come to deal with the escaped Buli Ren, and Kiana sent her directly to the Martial Arts Ceremony venue.
• Hulei interrupted the ceremony opening, claimed the Jing Feng Ship, and challenged the assembled Cloud-to-Guard and tourists to fight.
• Annoyed by banging outside her room, Kiana dried off with the Plague Gem, dressed, and kicked the door into a Buli Ren.

March 7th joined Yunli and Yanqing in confronting Hulei at the Martial Arts Ceremony, where they fought while the fallen Cloud Knights and officials repeatedly got back up. Hulei overwhelmed them and briefly weakened as his wounds reopened, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Kiana teleported March 7th to Yunli and Yanqing, who explained that they were preparing to face Hulei.
• March 7th agreed to fight alongside her masters, and the trio entered the arena to find Hulei standing amid the fallen fighters.
• Hulei attacked the trio, but Yunli, Yanqing, and March 7th combined their weapons to block his blow.
• The fallen Cloud Knights and officials rose again, startling March 7th until Yunli explained that Xianzhou people could recover even from severe injuries.
• Hulei grew bored, kicked Yanqing away, and grabbed him, but a brief loss of strength let Yanqing escape as Hulei's wounds reopened and leaked purple vapor.

Yanqing, March 7th, and Yunli defeated the poisoned Hulei after Yanqing unleashed a powerful ice sword technique, and Kiana arrived in time to save him. Kiana then healed the injured at the Martial Arts Ceremony, easing the hidden ailments of Xianzhou natives and Foxfolk.

• Hulei’s poison weakened him enough for Yanqing, March 7th, and Yunli to withstand his attacks, and Yanqing froze him with a new sword technique.
• Kiana appeared and stopped Hulei’s attack just before it struck Yanqing, then shattered Hulei’s blade as he collapsed from the poison.
• Yanqing offered to teach Yunli his new technique, and Yunli returned his flying sword, ending their quarrel.
• Feixiao arrived, praised the young fighters, and organized Hulei’s imprisonment before asking Kiana to treat the injured Cloud-to-Guard and Martial Officers.
• Kiana used her healing power on groups of injured people, and Xianzhou natives and Foxfolk with hidden ailments felt their conditions ease.

Kiana stopped Hulei from unleashing the Crimson Moon, but the sphere later reappeared and evaded her attempts to reclaim it. Feixiao evacuated the Cloud Knights and entrusted what came next to Kiana, March 7th, and the others.

• Hulei pulled the Crimson Moon from his chest and tried to unleash its power, but Kiana intercepted it.
• The Crimson Moon drained Hulei's blood energy, causing him to vanish before he could finish speaking.
• Feixiao explained that the Crimson Moon could grant powerful regeneration but might only suppress Moon-mad by causing endless bodily destruction and renewal.
• Kiana stored the Crimson Moon in her Imaginary Space, and its influence over Feixiao and the Foxfolk disappeared.
• The Crimson Moon reappeared in the air and dodged Kiana's attempts to touch it.
• Feixiao evacuated the Cloud Knights and placed her weapon before Kiana, March 7th, and the others, entrusting the matter to them.

Fei Xiao swallowed the Crimson Moon, but its influence drove her into a confused battle in which she mistook her companions for enemies and treated Kiana as her beloved. Kiana entered Fei Xiao’s consciousness and helped her recover; the Wolf Hunt ended, and Kiana and March 7th left to find Stelle and check on Changle Heaven.

• Fei Xiao absorbed the Crimson Moon and, under its influence, threatened Yanqing and mistook March 7th, Yunli, and Yanqing for Buli Ren enemies while protecting Kiana.
• Kiana used the Herrscher of Knowledge’s authority to restrain Fei Xiao in an illusion and entered her consciousness, where she found Fei Xiao fighting the Crimson Moon’s Shadow of Fei Xiao.
• Kiana bound Fei Xiao, her shadow, and the Moon-devouring Heart Beast, then watched as Shadow of Fei Xiao faded and Fei Xiao’s consciousness began to return.
• Fei Xiao regained clarity and found March 7th clinging to her leg and pulling at her boot; Yunli and Yanqing confirmed she was back to normal, ending the Wolf Hunt plan.
• Fei Xiao blushed when she remembered Kiana’s appearance in her consciousness, while March 7th teased her; Kiana then left with March 7th to find Stelle and check on Changle Heaven.

Kiana, March 7th, and Stelle visited the Alchemy Commission after the battle and learned Yanqing was recovering well, while Jiaoqiu and Moze remained gravely injured. Yunli asked Kiana to help the two attendants, leaving their fate unresolved.

• March 7th found Bailu and Stelle mourning her missing camera, which they had taken as a prank, and then headed with Kiana to visit Yanqing and Yunli.
• Bailu invited Kiana to recover with her, but Kiana said she had something to do and promised to visit later.
• Kiana and Stelle joked with Ling Sha about assassinating Jing Yuan, then pretended Yanqing had died when they heard only Yunli was present.
• Ling Sha and Yunli assured the group that Yanqing was in excellent condition but needed rest after fighting Hulei and holding back Feixiao.
• Ling Sha said Jiaoqiu and Moze were gravely wounded and confined to the Alchemy Commission, and Yunli asked Kiana to help them.

Kiana healed Jiaoqiu and Moze at the Alchemy Commission, where Moze announced he was going to assassinate Feixiao and then vanished. After Jiaoqiu recoiled from cilantro, Kiana’s trick transformed him into a girl, leaving the group stunned.

• Kiana treated the bandaged Jiaoqiu and Moze while Ling Sha examined her healing ability and found both men fully recovered.
• Moze said he was going to assassinate Feixiao, insisted he was serious, and disappeared as a shadow.
• Jiaoqiu sprang from his bed after smelling the cilantro March 7th had given him as a souvenir.
• Kiana claimed cilantro could turn men into women, feinted at Jiaoqiu with it, and he transformed into a girl.

Jiaoqiu transformed into a girl after Kiana fed him a snack, and Fei Xiao collapsed after drinking Kiana’s hand-ground coffee. As rumors spread across the Luofu, Jing Yuan and Dan Heng arrived at the ward to find Fei Xiao unconscious and unresponsive to treatment.

• Jiaoqiu realized his body and voice had changed, and Ling Sha explained the situation to Fei Xiao while examining the unconscious Moze.
• Kiana gave Fei Xiao a box of hand-ground coffee, and Fei Xiao drank half the cup before collapsing when Ling Sha brushed against her.
• News that Fei Xiao had been struck down spread across the Luofu, prompting Jing Yuan to investigate with Dan Heng.
• Jing Yuan and Dan Heng reached the Alchemy Commission and learned Fei Xiao was being treated by Ling Sha and Bailu.
• Kiana and Bailu failed to wake Fei Xiao despite her normal bodily readings, and Jing Yuan and Huai Yan entered the ward to find everyone gathered around her.

Feixiao woke after fainting from Kiana’s coffee, but she could not remember what had happened and blamed stress. Himeko then offered to make hand-ground coffee for the Xianzhou officials, leaving everyone present facing another cup of her notorious brew.

• Ling Sha confirmed Feixiao had no abnormalities, and Jing Yuan mistook Jiaoqiu for an intruder until Ling Sha identified her.
• Feixiao woke, forgot the coffee’s effects, and said stress had caused her to faint.
• Ling Sha warned Feixiao not to drink alcohol, then allowed her to have a little latte.
• Himeko offered to prepare hand-ground coffee, while Kiana tried to flee with March 7th and Stelle.
• Kiana threatened Dan Heng with a photo of Blade in a maid outfit, so Dan Heng stayed and chose to face Himeko’s coffee.
• Feixiao asked Himeko to pour her a cup, saying she liked latte coffee as well as strong liquor.

Himeko’s hand-ground coffee knocked out Feixiao and several others, prompting rumors across the group chat before the Xianzhou incident was contained. Back at the Stellaron Hunters’ base, Blade went berserk and tried to return to the Luofu, repeatedly calling out “Bai Yan” as Elio sent the others information about the name.

• Feixiao tried to gulp down Himeko’s coffee, and she and several others collapsed while Kiana photographed them and shared the scene in the group chat.
• Pom-Pom, Black Swan, Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Liuying reacted to Kiana’s post with confusion and alarm until Kiana explained that the group had only drunk Himeko’s coffee.
• Ling Sha and the others woke up, recoiled from Himeko’s coffee, and Jing Yuan suppressed the incident; Ling Sha took a sample away in a sealed container.
• At the Stellaron Hunters’ base, Kafka and Silver Wolf tried to restrain Blade as he attempted to return to the Luofu, but Sam could not stop him without injuring him.
• Kafka told Blade that the Luofu had several Emanators, and Blade repeatedly cried “Bai Yan,” leading the others to consider whether he meant Bailu.
• Elio sent the Stellaron Hunters information he had gathered about Bai Yan.

Kiana revealed that she had told Blade about Bailu’s kidnapping, then tried to get Fu Xuan to pass a message to Jingliu before settling in for the night. The Martial Arts Ceremony began a day late, where March 7th faced Scott, whose account of a company mission left Topaz increasingly unsettled as she checked the planet’s records.

• Silver Wolf returned Blade’s phone, and Blade calmed down after reading that Dan Heng had defeated Tao Ran and Bailu was safe.
• Kiana admitted in the Stellaron Hunter group chat that she had told Blade about Bailu’s kidnapping, then asked Fu Xuan to contact Jingliu, but Fu Xuan refused.
• Kiana and March 7th went to sleep, and the Martial Arts Ceremony’s opening was postponed until the following day after the generals were attacked.
• March 7th discovered that her first opponent was Scott, while Kiana joked that March had only held Feixiao back physically.
• Scott described a company mission to a planet with primitive technology and slavery, prompting March and the audience to listen closely.
• Topaz searched the company’s intelligence on the planet after hearing Scott’s account, and grew quieter as she read.

Kiana and Bailu toured the Luofu after learning Ruan Mei would soon arrive, then headed toward Suiyuan so Kiana could prank Huo Huo. The chapter ended as March 7th sent Kiana good news before they reached Suiyuan.

• Scott surrendered to March 7th before their match began, and the other contestants continued their preliminaries without incident.
• Kiana grew bored of watching the Martial Arts Ceremony and enlisted Bailu to pressure Jing Yuan into letting them leave.
• Huai Yan suggested Kiana and Bailu tour the Luofu while accompanying an arriving guest, and Jing Yuan revealed that the guest was Ruan Mei, Kiana’s teacher.
• Kiana messaged Ruan Mei, who said she would come to the Luofu after finishing her work and promised to bring snacks.
• Kiana and Bailu went out together, and Kiana secretly put glow-in-the-dark dye on Bailu and her belongings as a prank for Huo Huo at Suiyuan.
• March 7th sent Kiana good news before Kiana and Bailu reached Suiyuan.