Chapter Summaries

Kiana joined the Martial Arts Ceremony after Jing Yuan dangled a wish as the prize, while March 7th was enlisted to learn swordsmanship from Yunli. Aha secretly staged Jing Yuan’s assassination and painted his face, and the next morning Kiana was woken and told she had to go to work.

• Kiana bought several swords and returned to the Divination Department, where March 7th agreed to take part in the ceremony and train with Yunli.
• Fei Xiao postponed discussing her matter with Kiana until after the Martial Arts Ceremony, and March 7th left with Yunli for swordsmanship practice.
• Kiana encountered Aha, who joked with her before sneaking into Jing Yuan’s room.
• Aha put a sack over Jing Yuan’s head and shouted that the general had been assassinated, prompting the Cloud-to-Guard to search the area while Kiana remained unharmed.
• Aha painted Jing Yuan’s face after the soldiers left, and the next morning Kiana threw her ringing phone into Imaginary Space before someone came to wake her for work.
• March 7th learned Yunli had waited over an hour and rushed to get dressed for their scheduled sword practice.

Kiana served as Acting General while Jing Yuan recovered from Aha’s attack, then responded to the Abyss Prison breach too late to stop Hulei from escaping and kidnapping a Yaoguang envoy. After returning to her ordinary routine, Kiana transformed into someone resembling Marshal Hua and gained Fu Hua’s formidable martial arts abilities.

• Kiana found Jing Yuan painted like a tabby cat and learned that Aha had attacked him and covered him in paint that would take about a week to fade.
• Feixiao visited the Divination Department, and a Cloud-to-Guard soldier reported an emergency at the Abyss Prison; Kiana immediately went to investigate.
• Hulei escaped the Abyss Prison with many Buli Ren, and the chaos ended with a Yaoguang envoy kidnapped despite Stelle and Dan Heng joining the response.
• Jing Yuan left his home in disguise and handed his duties back to Kiana, who resumed her daily routine.
• Kiana unexpectedly transformed to resemble Marshal Hua and began experiencing Fu Hua’s peak martial arts mastery.

Kiana arrived on the Luofu disguised as Marshal Hua and pranked Jing Yuan, then confused Feixiao when she revealed she was Hua’s daughter. After returning to her normal appearance, Kiana realized Fu Hua’s martial skills had been preserved in her memories and looked for someone to spend time with as the Martial Arts Ceremony approached.

• Kiana traveled to the Divination Department in Fu Hua’s appearance and waited for Jing Yuan.
• Jing Yuan rushed to meet the supposed marshal, and Kiana questioned him with absurd ideas until he recognized the prank.
• Feixiao arrived, mistook Kiana for Marshal Hua, and left dazed after Kiana’s appearance changed back.
• Kiana discovered that Fu Hua’s skills from fifty thousand years had been preserved in her memories, and Jing Yuan recognized her newly natural technique.
• Kiana checked her livestreaming app and saw that Guinaifen was streaming from Changle Heaven.

March 7th began formal swordsmanship lessons with Yunli and Yanqing after they assessed her aptitude. Though they praised her natural talent, March 7th celebrated before learning what her training would actually entail.

• Kiana demonstrated a sword move for March 7th and entertained her and Yunli with a fabricated story about learning from a mysterious old swordswoman.
• Yanqing arrived late with breakfast and drinks, prompting Kiana, Yunli, and March 7th to mistake his considerate apology for someone impersonating him.
• Kiana photographed Yanqing sulking and sent the picture to Jing Yuan, then revealed that she had sent the other apparent messages herself.
• Yanqing changed the subject and began March 7th’s formal swordsmanship lesson with Yunli after the two had assessed her aptitude.
• March 7th heard that she had astonishing natural talent for swordsmanship and proudly imagined impressing everyone, before Yanqing’s next words brought her back to reality.

March 7th began sword training with Yanqing and Yunli, choosing to pursue her dream of becoming a sword hero from Xianzhou fantasy dramas. At Nightless Hall, Scott insulted the tea and its customers until March 7th intervened, then realized he had provoked Kiana, whom he mistook for a senior company executive.

• Yanqing asked March 7th why she wanted to wield a sword, and she decided she wanted to become a great hero like those in fantasy dramas.
• March 7th asked Yanqing and Yunli to accept milk tea as her master-acknowledgment ceremony, and they agreed to begin her training afterward.
• March 7th, Kiana, Yanqing, and Yunli drank Immortal's Happy Tea at Nightless Hall while Yunli and Meng Ming joked that it had no calories.
• Scott berated Meng Ming and insulted Xianzhou tea and its customers, prompting March 7th to stand up to him.
• Tingyun tried to calm Scott, but he continued taunting the crowd and mocked March 7th for playing the hero.
• Scott noticed Kiana amid the piled-up teacups and feared he had insulted a powerful company executive.

Scott’s insults angered March 7th, Yunli, and Yanqing, so he challenged March 7th to face a company mech after fifteen days. March 7th accepted, while Jing Yuan considered teaching her Cloud Knight swordsmanship to prepare for the coming contest.

• Tingyun revealed that Topaz and Aventurine had heard Scott’s insults, and they assigned him an extremely difficult company project as the price of another chance.
• Kiana stopped Scott from leaving and directed him to apologize to March 7th and Meng Ming, but Scott soon resumed mocking the Xianzhou and its swordsmanship.
• Scott brought company mechs to Nightless Hall and claimed they could defeat sword masters, provoking March 7th, Yunli, and Yanqing.
• March 7th challenged Scott’s mech and accepted his offer to spar in fifteen days, despite being a beginner in swordsmanship.
• Scott demanded that March 7th avoid taking a master and promised humiliating penalties if she lost, while Jing Yuan considered teaching her Cloud Knight swordsmanship.

March 7th wagered that she could defeat Scott in a swordsmanship match after fifteen days, and Yunli and Yanqing began training her while Scott secretly prepared to cheat. After March 7th quickly mastered the basics, Kiana agreed to demonstrate the Tai Xu Sword God, and Yanqing brought Jing Yuan to Suiyuan to spar with her.

• March 7th challenged Scott’s wager and demanded that he apologize to Meng Ming and Xianzhou swordsmanship if he lost; Scott agreed and left confident he would win.
• Yunli and Yanqing planned March 7th’s training, while Scott ordered employees to find him the best mechs nearby.
• After three days of practice, March 7th grasped the basics of Cloud-to-Guard swordsmanship and passed her first-stage trial.
• Kiana offered to demonstrate the Tai Xu Sword God, and Yanqing brought Jing Yuan to serve as her sparring partner.
• Jing Yuan chose the open ground at Qingqiu Terrace in Suiyuan and prepared to face Kiana with the Stone Fire Dreamshade.

Kiana sparred with Jing Yuan in Suiyuan, summoning the Void Astral Sword God and unexpectedly striking again after their first clash. With Jing Yuan sent to the Alchemy Commission for treatment, Kiana sat in the General’s seat when Feixiao came looking for him.

• Huo Huo fainted after Kiana staged a ghost scare, and Hanya later arrived to oversee Kiana and Jing Yuan’s spar.
• Kiana summoned the Void Astral Sword God, and Jing Yuan answered with the Divine Foresight as their attacks collided above Suiyuan.
• The Luofu’s residents watched the spectacle, and the official account reassured them that the aftershocks came from Jing Yuan’s breakthrough and sparring.
• Kiana unleashed another Void Astral Sword God strike before Jing Yuan could stop her, and he went to the Alchemy Commission for treatment from Bailu.
• Feixiao went to the Divination Department to challenge Jing Yuan but found Kiana sitting in the General’s seat instead.

Kiana helped March 7th train for her second trial while the two grew closer during a night off. After March 7th passed the trial, Kiana and March 7th went for a walk on the Luofu and encountered Guinaifen and a sleepy Sushang.

• Feixiao learned that Kiana had injured Jing Yuan and stayed in the Divination Department while Qing Zhu handled most of the paperwork.
• Kiana found Yunli and Yanqing drinking milk tea and suspected they had gained weight, while March 7th continued improving her swordsmanship under their guidance.
• March 7th passed her second trial, then persuaded Kiana to spend the night with her before they slept late and missed the morning.
• Kiana suggested poisoning Scott to help March 7th win their bet, and March 7th mistakenly connected the idea to Kiana's cooking.
• Kiana and March 7th went out for a walk and came across Guinaifen performing while Sushang stood nearby looking half asleep.

Kiana and March 7th ran into Guinaifen and Sushang, who had mistakenly come to work on her day off. Sushang received a classical letter from her mother, Suyi, and after learning that Suyi had blocked her calls, she wondered how Kiana had her mother's phone number.

• Kiana teased Sushang for dozing at work, then discovered she was on rotation break and told her to rest.
• A wondrous bird delivered Suyi's letter to Sushang, who asked Kiana to read it because she struggled with the classical Chinese.
• Kiana summarized Suyi's advice, including that Sushang should read more books, and Sushang felt misunderstood by parts of the letter.
• Sushang called Suyi, but Suyi mistook her for a scam caller, hung up, and blocked her number.
• Kiana prepared to call Suyi, but March 7th and Sushang questioned how Kiana had her mother's phone number.

Kiana called Suyi and became fast friends with her, leaving Sushang exasperated by her mother’s treatment of Kiana. After Kiana and March 7th joined Yunli and Yanqing for training, a weigh-in revealed that the two apprentices had gained weight, while Kiana had lost some; March 7th finally stepped onto the scale, leaving her result unrevealed.

• Kiana explained that she had Suyi’s number because she had been Acting General, then called Suyi as a friend of Sushang.
• Suyi enthusiastically praised Kiana and invited her to visit, while Sushang struggled to get her mother to recognize her on the call.
• Kiana left with March 7th for training, where Yunli and Yanqing accepted March 7th’s milk tea and Kiana brought out a scale.
• Yunli and Yanqing discovered they had gained weight from drinking milk tea, while Kiana found that she had lost another pound.
• After training, Kiana urged March 7th to weigh herself, and March 7th stepped onto the scale after emerging from the bathroom.

Kiana handed Ling Sha the problem of March 7th’s upcoming fight against the company mecha, and Ling Sha offered an anesthetic after hearing the situation. Meanwhile, Ling Sha’s enormous Alchemy Commission paperwork burden landed on Jing Yuan, leaving him to handle it with injured hands.

• March 7th checked her weight, decided she would switch from a bow to a sword, and fell asleep beside Kiana.
• Kiana asked the Stellaron Hunters’ group for ways to help March 7th defeat the company mecha, and Blade offered to control the opposing machine through an app.
• Ling Sha brought Kiana a small booklet that turned out to be an index for towering stacks of Alchemy Commission reports, which Kiana sent to Jing Yuan with guards assigned to read and record them.
• Jing Yuan tried to avoid handling the documents because his hands were injured, but Bailu confirmed that no outsiders were present at the Alchemy Commission.
• Ling Sha asked Kiana about her problem, heard about March 7th’s bet with Scott, and offered her a sachet containing pink anesthetic powder.

Kiana woke after being exposed to Ling Sha’s Secret Fragrance powder and was carried to the Alchemy Commission, where Bailu examined her. Kiana admitted she had fallen asleep during the trip, leaving Bailu unsure whether to reveal the truth about her condition.

• Ling Sha demonstrated how Secret Fragrance powder could put Yunli to sleep, then left Yunli resting in the Divination Commission on Kiana’s lap.
• Yunli jolted awake and collided with Kiana, who accidentally ruptured the sachet and enveloped them both in pink mist.
• Qing Zhu brought Kiana to Bailu for treatment, and the waiting patients willingly let Kiana go ahead.
• Bailu treated Kiana in private, but Kiana woke and joked with her about the saliva on her hand.
• Kiana explained that she had fallen asleep from the powder and then dozed off again on Qing Zhu’s lap, leaving Bailu conflicted about disclosing the truth.

Kiana disguised herself as Yae Sakura and took Bailu to watch March 7th train for the Martial Arts Ceremony. They introduced themselves as sisters, but March questioned whether Bailu could fight.

• Bailu postponed her afternoon consultations so she could secretly accompany Kiana on an outing.
• Kiana chose Yae Sakura's appearance as a disguise and brought Bailu to the Star Skiff Haven central area.
• Yunli heard the sword at Kiana's waist voice its many unusual desires and judged Kiana to be a good master.
• Kiana introduced herself as Yae Sakura and claimed Bailu was her younger sister, while Bailu played along.
• March 7th asked whether Bailu would participate in the Martial Arts Ceremony, doubting that she could fight.

Kiana explained that she and Bailu were Foxfolk, then demonstrated her swordsmanship to Yunli, Yanqing, and March 7th. Aha appeared and accused Kiana of being the Reverse-God Miko from Yae Village, then revealed herself before immobilizing Yanqing.

• Kiana told Yunli and March 7th a tragic story about sacrifices in Yae Village, frightening them and making them suspect Bailu was a ghost or an Abundance follower.
• Kiana clarified that she and Bailu were Foxfolk, and explained that her ears resembled those of a Fennec Fox.
• Yunli and Yanqing invited Kiana to train, and Kiana split a special wooden training dummy with one strike.
• A black-robed figure appeared and called Kiana the Reverse-God Miko from Yae Village who had slain a god.
• The figure revealed herself as Aha, whom Yanqing and March 7th recognized, and she immobilized Yanqing.

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.