Chapter Summaries

Seven Lù’s videos triggered a public backlash against noble families, and Emperor Tantai Hongyuan stripped the Chu, Ji, and Lü clans of their titles and ordered their leaders executed. After leaving confinement, Xia Chujian learned her case was cleared but challenged her superiors over her delayed commendation and the Longevity Flying Fish.

• Seven Lù uploaded edited footage of noble pilots attacking Xia Chujian, setting off a Star Net scandal that Imperial and military forces helped amplify.
• Tantai Hongyuan discussed the scandal with Ying Wuxin, who urged him to strip the Chu, Ji, and Lü clans of their titles and execute their leaders and core members.
• Tantai Hongyuan issued an edict depriving the three clans of nobility, confiscating their assets, executing their leaders and core members, and barring their other members from state institutions.
• Pei Zijing told Xia Chujian that her case had been cleared and that the three clans had been punished, while Xia argued that they had not paid enough for the Starry Sky Marines who died.
• Xia Chujian refused to hand over the Longevity Flying Fish until she learned who was delaying her commendation.

Xia Chujian left the training base after refusing to surrender the Longevity Flying Fish unless the Military honored its promised rewards, while senior officers argued over her commendation. As she prepared to go home, she learned that Lin Xiaoxiao’s family had been freed and relocated to Guiyuan Star, which Xia Chujian called her territory.

• Xia Chujian told Pei Zijing she would leave the base and denied that her genes had evolved, while Pei Zijing later told Senior Colonel Shen Fushan that she would not hand over the Longevity Flying Fish without her promised rewards.
• Shen Fushan objected to giving Xia Chujian a promotion, but Ye Chenfeng and the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet supported awarding her the highest tier for saving the mission and retrieving the Longevity Flying Fish.
• Xia Chujian returned to her dormitory, reassured Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi that she was only taking leave, and prepared to go home.
• Xia Chujian asked Huo Yushen about the Ji Clan’s hereditary servants and learned they had become free commoners, while Lin Xiaoxiao’s family had received compensation and settled on Guiyuan Star.
• Xia Chujian asked Huo Yushen for the Lin Family’s contact information and said she wanted to look out for them on Guiyuan Star, which she called her territory.

After completing training, Xia Chujian left the base early and learned that she had been promoted to Major for her actions on Senze Star. The Military concealed her role in the survivors’ gene evolution while trying to get her to reveal the password to her airship’s cold-storage compartment, which held the Longevity Flying Fish.

• Xia Chujian checked that Seven Lù had hidden A Wu and A Yuan from the fighter jet’s scans, then arranged for Meng Guanghui to take her home.
• Xia Chujian said goodbye to Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi, thanking them for their support before boarding Meng Guanghui’s aircraft.
• The base announced Xia Chujian’s First Class Merit and promotion to Major, posthumous awards for Lin Xiaoxiao and Hui Zhifeng, and Third Class Merits for thirteen cadets including Mao Yonggui.
• Xia Chujian questioned the Military’s awards and told Pei Zijing she had left to recover, while the Military’s leaders focused on the Longevity Flying Fish and could not open her airship’s cold-storage compartment.

Xia Chujian told Meng Guanghui she had destroyed two of Senze Star’s three Longevity Flying Fish and discussed his team’s strange mission in the East Tianyuan God Country. After learning that a future Mechanical Intelligence had upgraded Meng Guanghui’s Mecha to block divine Mental Strength, she urged him to let Su Buyan study it, while the two left in Marshal Huo’s Bat-style Fighter Jet.

• Xia Chujian gave the lieutenant general the password to the remaining Longevity Flying Fish and said she had destroyed the other two to keep them from Ji Shunliang.
• Xia Chujian and Meng Guanghui discussed his mission on a Barren Star, where a future Mechanical Intelligence repaired his Mecha and Dwarves gave him a miniature Phoenix Mecha.
• Meng Guanghui told Xia Chujian that Huo Yushen had already given the figurine to Su Buyan, so Xia Chujian suggested asking Su Buyan to make a replica.
• Meng Guanghui explained how his team had been transported to the East Tianyuan God Country, where Wenren Zhao had become a Divinely Blessed Daughter and captured people from their group.
• Xia Chujian learned that Meng Guanghui’s upgraded Mecha could block the Power of God’s Mental Strength and persuaded him to let Su Buyan examine it.
• Xia Chujian recognized the Bat-style Fighter Jet outside the atmosphere and asked Meng Guanghui if he had taken Marshal Huo’s vehicle out for a joyride again.

Xia Chujian returned home from Senze Star and reunited with her family, grateful that her estate was now fully hers. She introduced A Wu and A Yuan to the household, where the tiny Ancient Exotic Beasts immediately caused a stir.

• Meng Guanghui picked up Xia Chujian and used Huo Yushen's Bat-style Fighter Jet to take her home by space jump.
• Xia Chujian returned to her estate on Guiyuan Star and reflected that Quan Yuxun had canceled her loan, leaving the home entirely hers.
• Sixi poked A Wu over, prompting A Wu to roll on the ground while A Yuan perched on Sixi's head and then flew to Xia Chujian's shoulder.
• A Wu leaped onto Xia Chujian's other shoulder, and she worried that her family might discover the little creatures' abilities.
• San Zong announced Xia Chujian's return, and Wufu greeted her and petted A Wu and A Yuan as she introduced them as new family members.
• Xia Yuanfang, Aunt Chen, and Zhu Yingying welcomed Xia Chujian home, while Housekeeping Robot Liushun offered to settle the two newcomers in.

Xia Chujian returned home from Special Training, reunited with her family, and prepared to check her delayed College Entrance Exam results. After noticing how guarded and hardened she had become, she relaxed after a long shower and appeared more like her old self.

• Xia Chujian told Liushun to settle the teacup dog and Little Chubby Bird into her bedroom, then greeted Xia Yuanfang, Aunt Chen, Zhu Yingying, San Zong, Big Black Dog, and Wufu.
• Xia Yuanfang and Aunt Chen explained that the College Entrance Exam results had been delayed from ten in the morning until two in the afternoon because the website had malfunctioned.
• Xia Chujian asked for lunch and learned that Xia Yuanfang would make chicken stew with Fragrant Fruit Chestnuts using a Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird raised by San Zong.
• After Xia Chujian went upstairs, Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying sensed the slaughter-hardened aura she had brought back from Special Training, and Xia Yuanfang worried that the Special Security Bureau might send her into combat.
• Xia Chujian saw her guarded expression in the bathroom mirror, took a careful hour-long shower, and came downstairs looking more like herself again.

Xia Chujian discovered that Red Bloom Jia Rong Wheat was made using Jia Rong Grass from the Exotic Beast Forest, which might provide food for A Yuan. She arranged to search for more Jia Rong Grass and Red Bloom Wood, then sat down to eat with her family and pets.

• Zhu Yingying invited Xia Chujian to go into the city, but Xia Chujian stayed home and thought about finding food for A Yuan and A Wu.
• A Yuan flew into the kitchen and eagerly ate a Crispy Sesame Cake made from Red Bloom Jia Rong Wheat.
• Xia Chujian asked San Zong about the wheat and learned that it was grafted with Jia Rong Grass and Red Bloom Wood found in the Exotic Beast Forest.
• Xia Chujian asked San Zong to accompany her to gather Jia Rong Grass and Red Bloom Wood for planting.
• Xia Chujian began the family meal and removed A Wu's golden muzzle after warning it not to speak.

Xia Chujian shared a meal with her family and pets, discovered that Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds were rare, difficult to raise, and A Wu’s favorite, and decided to visit the captured birds. As the college entrance exam results were about to be released, she resolved to apply to the best Military Academy.

• Xia Chujian served A Wu and A Yuan their own dishes, then shared a meal featuring Xia Yuanfang’s Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird stew and Xiang Fruit Chestnut cake.
• San Zong explained that the captured Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds refused food and were close to starving, while Liushun described their reputation for refusing captivity.
• Xia Chujian noticed that A Wu had eaten the Phoenix-Tailed Luan Bird but ignored the Wild Rhinoceros Pig Meat Filling, and decided to see the birds after lunch.
• Liushun announced that the college entrance exam results would be released in ten minutes and asked Xia Chujian which university she wanted to attend.
• Xia Chujian said she wanted to apply to the best Military Academy so she could help clean up the Empire’s Military Department.

Xia Chujian discovered that she had earned 599 points and first place across the Beichen Empire, while her family celebrated her achievement. Huo Yushen verified and locked her genuine results, but someone else ordered that her name be changed.

• Huo Yushen, Meng Guanghui, Quan Yuxun, Su Buyan, and Zong Ruoan waited on Beichen Star for the college entrance exam results to be released.
• Xia Chujian checked her results and found she had scored 599 points, ranking first on Guiyuan Star and throughout the Beichen Empire.
• Xia Yuanfang, Aunt Chen, Zhu Yingying, San Zong, Liushun, and the others celebrated Xia Chujian's achievement.
• Huo Yushen checked Xia Chujian's results, confirmed they were genuine, and locked her records to prevent tampering.
• An unnamed person reviewed Xia Chujian's ordinary background and ordered someone to change the name attached to her results.

After Xia Chujian became the Empire’s top exam scorer, an attempted alteration of her records failed and exposed the attackers to Huo Yushen’s investigation. Her friends and mentor celebrated her results with lavish gifts, while Zong Ruoan’s election campaign faced a sudden polling reversal.

• A group on Guiyuan Star failed to alter Xia Chujian’s exam records, was traced, and escaped after burning down a hotel and the network provider’s server room.
• Kang Shanxing and Meng Guanghui reported their failure to Huo Yushen, who ordered them to monitor the likely people behind the attack.
• Huo Yushen praised Xia Chujian’s results and told Meng Guanghui to remind her to apply to her chosen school and major.
• Quan Yuxun decided to give Xia Chujian an apartment near Beichen University, while Su Buyan offered her a villa, a flying vehicle, and a Robot butler near Royal Second Military University.
• Zong Ruoan’s family and advisers reviewed his Senate campaign and discovered that a rival had surged ahead of him in the polls.

Zong Ruoan’s family discussed how to counter Teng Pingmao’s growing popularity in the election and settled on approaching Xia Chujian as a campaign girlfriend. Ruoan hesitated to contact her immediately, leaving the plan undecided.

• Fang Chenggong briefed Zong Ruoan on Teng Pingmao’s background and his strong support among commoner voters.
• Tantai Jinyu urged Zong Ruoan and Zong Qianxi to find a way to damage Teng Pingmao, while Qianxi proposed showing Ruoan connecting with commoners.
• Zong Qianxi suggested a temporary relationship with a commoner girl to offset Teng Pingmao’s appeal, and Zong Ruoan thought of Xia Chujian.
• Zong Ruoan shared Xia Chujian’s top-ranked College Entrance Exam results and photo with his family, and explained that he had met her on Guiyuan Star.
• Tantai Jinyu and Zong Qianxi approved Xia Chujian as a possible campaign partner, while discussing how to control the relationship and its publicity.
• After his mother and sister left, Zong Ruoan considered asking Xia Chujian to be his Contract Girlfriend but decided not to rush into it.

After placing first in the Empire’s College Entrance Exam, Xia Chujian received congratulations and recruitment calls from leading universities. She rejected Beichen University and began a call with Imperial Royal First Military University’s admissions office.

• Zong Ruoan asked Quan Yuxun whether he had helped Xia Chujian with the exam, but Quan Yuxun denied it and warned that exam tampering would bring pursuit by the authorities.
• Quan Yuxun congratulated Xia Chujian and promised her a gift, while Zong Ruoan asked to visit because he needed her help.
• Meng Guanghui recommended Imperial Royal First Military University and explained that the Empire’s top scorer could receive a full tuition waiver, a full scholarship, and potentially an additional scholarship.
• Admissions offices from the Empire’s top ten universities invited Xia Chujian to video calls, and she first spoke with Beichen University’s admissions representative.
• Xia Chujian decided Beichen University was unsuitable, ended the call, and accepted a video call from Imperial Royal First Military University’s admissions office.

Xia Chujian chose Imperial Royal First Military University’s Star Destroyer Command major after Yan Xu offered her a generous scholarship and explained its broad career prospects. Huo Yushen secured her place against reassignment, while someone else discovered the major’s admissions channel had closed.

• Yan Xu offered Xia Chujian tuition coverage, a full scholarship, and a tax-free award to attend Imperial Royal First Military University.
• Yan Xu explained that Star Destroyer Command graduates could command other large Imperial warships, and Xia Chujian agreed to apply.
• Xia Chujian signed the agreement and selected Star Destroyer Command as her first choice; Yan Xu admitted her and closed the major.
• Huo Yushen noticed Xia Chujian had rejected reassignment and used the Special Security Bureau’s backend to lock in her admission and major.
• An unidentified person tried to select Star Destroyer Command for another student but found the major closed and reported it to a man they called Sir.

Xia Chujian learned that her application to Star Destroyer Command had been accepted, while a conspiracy to tamper with her records was foiled and its participants were silenced. Xia Yuanfang reacted with terror and begged her to choose a safer path, leaving Xia Chujian trying to explain why she could not give up her dream.

• A man discovered that Xia Chujian had taken the single entrance-exam slot in Star Destroyer Command and paid an admissions officer to tamper with her record, but a higher authority had locked it.
• The admissions officer fled after failing to alter Xia Chujian’s qualifications, and his escape vehicle was destroyed; Meng Guanghui reported the target’s death to Huo Yushen, who ordered the files shared with Shanxing and the Royal Inner Guard.
• Xia Chujian told Xia Yuanfang and Aunt Chen that she had already received admission to Imperial Royal First Military University’s Star Destroyer Command major, with tuition waived and a generous scholarship.
• Xia Yuanfang became distressed and ordered Xia Chujian to change her application, then revealed that Xia Chujian’s parents had died defending the country and begged her not to risk her own life.
• Xia Chujian comforted Xia Yuanfang but insisted that choosing a safer major would leave her unhappy, asking whether her aunt cared only that she lived longer rather than lived well.

Xia Chujian persuaded Xia Yuanfang to accept her decision to attend a Military Academy and revealed how she had traded a mineral deposit map to Chief Quan Da for loan forgiveness. After promising to protect her family and discussing San Zong’s secret Blood Kirin crop, she reunited with the household’s companions.

• Xia Chujian argued that her piloting and command talents suited military service and said she wanted to protect Xia Yuanfang.
• Xia Chujian showed Xia Yuanfang the loan forgiveness agreement and explained that she had traded Chief Quan Da a map of a planet-sized Special Metal deposit.
• Xia Yuanfang accepted Xia Chujian’s choice but told her to protect herself because the family depended on her.
• Xia Chujian reassured San Zong that he could support her by managing the family’s crops, then warned him to keep his ability to grow Blood Kirin secret.
• San Zong went to harvest Golden Fruit while Sixi and Wufu stayed with Xia Chujian, who welcomed Wufu onto her lap.

Xia Chujian discovered that A Wu and Sixi had powerful Guardian Beast phantoms that cameras could not record, then celebrated her university admission with the Dark Night Hunter Team. The team had not heard from Ye Shijie since he left to repay a favor, and Xia Chujian hoped he was safe.

• Liushun's remarks about A Wu's bloodline caused A Wu and Sixi's enormous Guardian Beast phantoms to appear and glare at the robot.
• Xia Chujian asked A Wu and Sixi to rein in their Supernatural Power, then found that her Quantum Optical Brain and the Living Room surveillance had recorded none of the phantoms.
• Wufu told Xia Chujian that the dogs had frightened him, and she comforted him before accepting a group video call from Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Cai Jie Ping Qiong.
• Xia Chujian told her teammates she had been admitted to Imperial Royal First Military University on Beichen Star, and they congratulated her.
• Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong said they had not heard from Ye Shijie since he took a private job to repay a favor, and Xia Chujian asked them to pass along her hope that he was safe.

After Xia Chujian ranked first in the Empire’s College Entrance Exam, Ning Sa invited her and Xia Yuanfang to a celebratory dinner at Bai Wei Ju, where Xia Yuanfang would examine baby A Zheng. Back home, Xia Chujian planned a trip to search for missing Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, asked San Zong to prepare to grow Jia Rong Grass, and messaged Su Buyan about making protective gear before taking out her Shao Siming Mecha helmet and eyepiece to contact Seven Lù.

• Ning Sa congratulated Xia Chujian on ranking first in the Empire and invited her and Xia Yuanfang to dinner at Bai Wei Ju with A Zheng.
• Xia Chujian agreed to attend, planned to bring A Zheng a gift, and learned that Aunt Chen and San Zong still could not find any Wild Rhinoceros Pigs in the Exotic Beast Forest.
• Xia Chujian said she would join Aunt Chen and San Zong on a later hunt and asked San Zong to plan how to grow Jia Rong Grass.
• Xia Chujian greeted A Wu and A Yuan in her room, then messaged Su Buyan to request bulletproof vests and stretchy hats made from Haidagong hide.
• Xia Chujian took the Shao Siming Mecha helmet and eyepiece from her Other Shore Flower Necklace, intending to speak with Seven Lù.

After returning home, Xia Chujian sorted through her spoils and discussed Senze Star’s unusual metals and books with Seven Lù. She gave Seven Lù a deadline to crack the Little Ghost Face safe and turned its robot head into a disguised smart-home ornament, then recognized the red agate ornament on Marshal Huo’s desk as similar.

• Xia Chujian learned that Seven Lù could not cut the unidentified metal doors on Senze Star because its database lacked information about the material.
• Xia Chujian told Seven Lù to study Tula’s books and organize their key points so she could learn them too.
• Xia Chujian stored the Little Ghost Face safe, disguised as an Electronic Food Box, in her Gun Box and gave Seven Lù half a year to unlock it.
• Seven Lù reshaped its Little Robot Head into a red Other Shore Flower ornament that could manage Xia Chujian’s home while concealing its true sophistication.
• Xia Chujian put away her helmet and realized the ornament resembled the red agate decoration on Marshal Huo’s desk.

Xia Chujian turned Seven Lù’s red ornament into a Lucky Cat charm and left with Xia Yuanfang for dinner at Bai Wei Ju, where Ning Sa’s baby, A Zheng, readily settled in her arms. While they were away, a powerful force enveloped Mulan City, driving Alien Beasts away, destroying hidden tentacles, and calming the frenzied Humanoid Lowly People and slaves.

• Seven Lù transformed the Other Shore Flower ornament into a Lucky Cat charm, and Xia Chujian admired its new form.
• Little Chubby Bird A Yuan comforted Teacup Dog A Wu after A Wu pretended to be hurt, and Xia Chujian scolded A Wu for deceiving it.
• Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang left for Bai Wei Ju, while A Wu watched their flying vehicle depart with A Yuan on its head and the Lucky Cat charm around its neck.
• A vast pressure spread over Mulan City, sending Alien Beasts fleeing, destroying underground tentacles, and putting the full-moon-frenzied Humanoid Lowly People and slaves to sleep.
• At Bai Wei Ju, A Zheng stopped crying and smiled when Xia Chujian held him, and Ning Sa sent his maids home for the night.
• Xia Yuanfang began examining A Zheng while Ning Sa gave Xia Chujian the menu and invited her to order more food.

Xia Chujian noticed that the Wild Rhinoceros Pig Meat at dinner was not truly fresh, while the Teacup Dog’s oppressive aura caused a citywide anomaly that drove beasts away from Mulan City. Huo Yushen ordered an investigation into the powerful Alien Beast field and considered whether it might be connected to Xia Chujian.

• Xia Chujian asked Ning Sa about the Wild Rhinoceros Pig Meat and recognized that it had been frozen and thawed, but she pretended to enjoy it to avoid spoiling the meal.
• Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang left Ning Sa’s home, and A Zheng quieted after Xia Chujian patted his head before falling asleep.
• The Teacup Dog returned to Xia Chujian’s bedroom, and its oppressive aura gradually dissipated as Little Chubby Bird slept nearby.
• Special Security Bureau staff detected an enormous Alien Beast magnetic field in Mulan City, while patrols reported unusual calm among violent groups and mass animal migrations away from the city.
• Lin Xianyou brought the reports to Huo Yushen, who ordered continued observation and an investigation into whether a higher-level Alien Beast had arrived to stay.
• After Lin Xianyou left, Huo Yushen reviewed the reports about Xia Chujian’s family and noted that she and her aunt had gone out to dinner the previous night.