Chapter Summaries

Xia Chujian and her teammates returned from Exotic Beast Forest with Wild Rhinoceros Pigs and planned to raise them for profit. As the Special Security Bureau withdrew its northern monitoring station on the Emperor’s orders, Xia Chujian asked San Zong to care for the pigs, and he eagerly agreed.

• Xia Chujian and her teammates butchered and packed more than a thousand Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, then brought twenty-two live pigs home.
• The Special Security Bureau found traces of a Remnant at the split stone mountain, built a concealed monitoring station, and then dismantled it after Huo Yushen said the Emperor had ordered its withdrawal.
• Ye Shijie, Li Fu, Song Mingqian, Ping Qiong, and Xia Chujian agreed to rent northern land for a pig farm and consider profit sharing with San Zong after the first batch was ready for market.
• Song Mingqian took charge of selling the meat in stages, while Xia Chujian hired Bai Li Xin's family to build a temporary farm at her family’s Estate.
• Xia Chujian asked San Zong to raise the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs and formulate their feed, and San Zong eagerly accepted.

Xia Chujian arranged to store and sell the Wild Rhinoceros Pig meat while helping Ping Qiong reconsider how much she gave her family. The team agreed to apply for a transfer to Beichen Star, and Xia Chujian asked Aunt Chen to manage the sales accounts, though Xia Yuanfang questioned her quick decision.

• San Zong began planning feed for the Wild Rhinoceros Pigs, while Xia Chujian and Song Mingqian agreed to store the meat at her family's cold storage and sell it to buyers.
• Ping Qiong told her teammates that her mother intended to give her newly bought house to her younger brother, and Song Mingqian agreed to hold her money so she could protect it from family pressure.
• Ye Shijie urged Ping Qiong to stop supporting her younger siblings, and she decided to move out and limit the money she gave her family.
• Ye Shijie proposed transferring the team to Beichen Star, and Xia Chujian, Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong agreed to apply.
• After the team left, Xia Chujian asked Aunt Chen to manage the sales accounts as paid work, and Xia Yuanfang questioned why Xia Chujian had agreed before consulting them.

Xia Chujian arranged for Aunt Chen to manage and ship her squad’s Wild Rhinoceros Pig Meat, then prepared to leave for college on Beichen Star. Before departing, she persuaded A Wu and A Yuan to stay behind and protect Xia Yuanfang, while Ning Sa offered to share first-class spaceship tickets for the journey.

• Xia Chujian convinced Xia Yuanfang and Aunt Chen to let Aunt Chen handle payments and shipping for the squad’s Wild Rhinoceros Pig Meat, with separate cold-storage space planned for the batch.
• Xia Yuanfang gave Xia Chujian money for her first semester and agreed to accompany her to Beichen Star with Wufu, while promising the family would visit her next summer.
• Xia Chujian told A Wu and A Yuan she was leaving for college and, after they asked to come along, persuaded them to stay home and guard Xia Yuanfang.
• Xia Chujian praised Sixi, who gave her two Kongsang plants to take along, and San Zong prepared a bag of five Blood Kirins for her.
• Ning Sa offered Xia Yuanfang and Xia Chujian space in her first-class spaceship cabin, and Xia Chujian agreed to travel with her and bring Wufu along.
• Wufu celebrated that he would accompany Xia Chujian to Beichen Star and teased Sixi for being left behind.

Xia Chujian prepared to leave for Beichen Star with Xia Yuanfang and Wufu, settling a quarrel between Wufu and Sixi and agreeing to bring A Wu and A Yuan along as Wufu’s pets. After they boarded the interstellar spaceship with Ning Sa and Ning Zheng, A Wu’s oppressive presence eased when Xia Chujian warned it with a glance.

• Xia Chujian made Wufu apologize to Sixi and promise to bring him a gift from Beichen Star, and the two made peace.
• Xia Chujian said goodbye to Aunt Chen, Zhu Yingying, and San Zong, reminded San Zong to care for the animals and farm, and thanked the Big Black Dog for guarding the home.
• A Yuan demanded to go to Beichen Star, and A Wu argued that they had to accompany Xia Yuanfang to protect her; Xia Chujian agreed on the condition that they return and behave as Wufu’s pets.
• Xia Chujian, Xia Yuanfang, Wufu, A Wu, and A Yuan boarded their flight to meet Ning Sa before traveling onward to Beichen Star by spaceship.
• In the First Class Cabin, Ning Zheng clung fearfully to Xia Chujian while A Wu’s presence made the cabin feel oppressive; Xia Chujian gave A Wu a warning glance, and the atmosphere relaxed.

Xia Chujian and her companions traveled to Beichen Star, where Wufu grew more comfortable showing his playful side as Xia Chujian reassured him that he was loved. After foreign diplomatic ships delayed their arrival at the Imperial City’s Sky Harbor, Xia Chujian sent Seven Lù into the station system and learned it had found and eliminated dormant external Mechanical Intelligences.

• Ning Sa assigned cabins aboard the Interstellar Spaceship, and the group ate, washed up, and settled in for the journey.
• During the trip, Wufu imitated Ning Zheng’s antics but kept watching Xia Chujian for signs of displeasure, so she told him he did not need to fear upsetting his family.
• Xia Chujian slept through most of the trip, and the spaceship reached the Sky Harbor Aviation Station above Beichen Star, but foreign diplomatic ships delayed its docking.
• Xia Chujian returned to her cabin, released her Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, and asked Seven Lù to check which diplomatic ships had arrived.
• Seven Lù infiltrated the Sky Harbor system, found dormant external Mechanical Intelligences, and said it had wiped them out without leaving a trace.

Xia Chujian learned that international students from three foreign powers would attend Imperial Royal First Military University, then arrived in Beichen Star Imperial City with Xia Yuanfang and Wufu. The chapter left them at their new White Villa, with Xia Chujian eager to begin university.

• Seven Lù told Xia Chujian that diplomatic ships from the Southern Cross Star Kingdom, the East Tianyuan God Country, and the Ximanielli Federation were bringing elite students to study at Imperial Royal First Military University.
• Xia Chujian cheered up by playing with Wufu, A Wu, and A Yuan while their spaceship approached Beichen Star Imperial City.
• Xia Chujian, Xia Yuanfang, and Wufu disembarked with Ning Sa's group and passed through Skyport security using the VIP passage.
• Ning Sa arranged for Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang to share a ride to their destination, and they viewed Imperial Royal First Military University's vast Main Campus from the air.
• The group reached the White Villa, and Ning Sa offered to arrange return ship tickets for Xia Yuanfang before leaving with her son.

Xia Chujian inspected her newly transferred villa on Beichen Star, checked it for hidden devices, and began furnishing it for herself, Xia Yuanfang, Wufu, A Wu, and A Yuan. After learning more about Guiyuan Star’s worsening cold, the family gathered for lunch, where Xia Yuanfang reflected on how Xia Chujian had helped them build a fuller life.

• Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang entered the villa, where Xia Chujian registered her biological information and discovered a Renlai Flower in the entrance hall.
• Xia Chujian used Seven Lù to scan the villa and grounds, confirmed there were no hidden devices, and learned that electronic fences surrounded the property.
• Xia Chujian returned to find Xia Yuanfang cooking and promised Wufu the room beside hers, then ordered bedding, clothes, and supplies for the household.
• Seven Lù explained that an event twenty years earlier had expanded Guiyuan Star’s Exotic Beast Forest and lowered the planet’s temperatures.
• Xia Chujian and her family ate lunch together with A Wu and A Yuan at the dining table while Xia Yuanfang reflected on how Xia Chujian had adapted to their life.

Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang settled into the villa, bought supplies, and discussed Xia Chujian’s upcoming life at the Military Academy. Wufu returned from exploring with Heavenly Mist Lotus Buds, which Seven Lù revealed could repel Remnants if they bloomed.

• Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang ate together, and Xia Yuanfang urged her to buy more clothes despite her preference for military uniforms and pantsuits.
• Xia Yuanfang ordered clothes and furnishings for Xia Chujian and the villa, while Xia Chujian planned to turn a storage room into a gym.
• Xia Chujian let Wufu explore the yard with A Wu and A Yuan while she monitored them through the Lucky Cat charm.
• Wufu returned carrying Heavenly Mist Lotus Buds he had taken from a pond, and Xia Chujian placed them in a bowl of water.
• Seven Lù explained that Heavenly Mist Lotus fragrance repelled pests and that a blooming flower could keep Remnants away, though the buds rarely bloomed and their flowering period was brief.

Xia Chujian learned about Heavenly Mist Lotus’s fragrance and discovered that the buds could repel insects, then asked San Zong to identify and cultivate them. San Zong revealed his past connection to the plant and resolved to restore it to the Exotic Beast Forest, while Quan Yuxun’s message left Xia Chujian realizing she may have picked her neighbor’s flowers.

• Seven Lù told Xia Chujian that Heavenly Mist Lotus buds could repel insects and that blooming flowers might repel Remnants, though its ancient records could not be verified.
• Xia Chujian posted photos of the buds, and San Zong recognized them as Heavenly Mist Lotus that had gone extinct in the Exotic Beast Forest.
• During a video call, San Zong identified the three buds as male by their golden stamens and asked Xia Chujian to find a female bud with silver stamens.
• San Zong explained that he had cultivated Heavenly Mist Lotus as a child, adapted it to a wider temperature range, and wanted buds to protect Xia Chujian from insects in the Exotic Beast Forest.
• San Zong worried that he had caused the lotus’s extinction, but Xia Chujian reassured him and promised to help him replant it in its native habitat.
• Quan Yuxun asked Xia Chujian whether she had picked her neighbor’s flowers, and Xia Chujian realized the buds might not have been wild.

Xia Chujian learned that Quan Yuxun’s villa stood near properties owned by powerful families, then redirected Su Buyan from worrying about the Heavenly Mist Lotus to showing her the protective gear he had made. She invited her master to stay at her villa instead of reclaiming one used by his cousin Ying Wuxin, and he agreed.

• Quan Yuxun told Xia Chujian that the neighboring Rong Clan villa had been sold and warned her that the Zong family and Su Clan also owned nearby properties.
• Xia Chujian decided to search the Beichen Star Imperial City for an affordable, less prestigious neighborhood where she could buy another home.
• Su Buyan contacted Xia Chujian, announced that he would negotiate to reclaim his family’s nearby villa, and showed her new bulletproof clothes, uniforms, a winter coat, and protective hats.
• Su Buyan explained that the new gear for Xia Chujian’s family was ready and asked her for her Beichen Star address so he could ship her equipment.
• Xia Chujian invited Su Buyan to stay at her villa rather than quarrel with Ying Wuxin over the villa he wanted back, and Su Buyan agreed to visit and stay with her.

After deleting a post about plucking a Heavenly Mist Lotus Bud, Xia Chujian learned from Zong Ruoan about the Rong Clan’s influence and prepared for her first day at school. She ended the evening assembling a home gym so she could improve her endurance against High-Grade Gene Evolvers.

• Xia Chujian deleted her post and apologized to everyone who had replied, then asked Zong Ruoan about the Rong Clan’s power.
• Zong Ruoan explained the Rong Clan’s history of leading the Royal Guard, controlling Imperial Family procurement, and supplying an Empress and imperial concubines.
• Xia Chujian praised Zong Ruoan’s mother, the Grand Princess, before ending their chat to have dinner.
• At dinner, Xia Yuanfang advised Xia Chujian not to bully her classmates and to fight back if anyone threatened her life.
• After dinner, Xia Chujian moved her fitness equipment into a storage room and assembled a fully equipped home gym.

Xia Chujian trained at the villa, then went out with Wufu to find the Heavenly Mist Lotus and met the new neighbor, Qiu Shenxing. He mistook her for a noblewoman, gave her flower buds, and questioned how she knew about the rare flowers.

• Xia Chujian used the boxing and recovery systems, then told Wufu not to enter the gym alone and explained that he would return to Mulan City and attend kindergarten.
• Wufu told Xia Chujian that A Wu and A Yuan had gone outside, so she hurried to look for them and the Heavenly Mist Lotus.
• Xia Chujian carried Wufu in her mecha to the pond, where she found many lotus buds and searched for ones with silver stamens.
• Qiu Shenxing rowed up to the shore, introduced himself as a member of the Qiu Clan, and gave Xia Chujian several flower buds.
• Qiu Shenxing assumed Xia Chujian was a noblewoman and questioned her claim that she was not after she praised the Heavenly Mist Lotus.

Xia Chujian found the silver-stamen female Heavenly Mist Lotus bud, then stayed awake while Seven Lù extracted essential oil from the male buds. When Xia Chujian went to report to Imperial Royal First Military University with Xia Yuanfang and Wufu, the school barred her aunt from boarding the campus transport without a Special Invitation, and Xia Chujian refused to go without her.

• Xia Chujian met Qiu Shenxing, who revealed that he was a teacher at Imperial Royal First Military University, then inspected lotus buds with A Wu and A Yuan and found a silver-stamen female flower.
• Xia Chujian preserved the female bud and a male bud for Xia Yuanfang to deliver to San Zong, then had Seven Lù extract essential oil from four male buds overnight.
• Seven Lù extracted a small amount of pink Heavenly Mist Lotus essential oil, and Xia Chujian ordered perfume-making equipment and materials.
• Xia Chujian got ready and went with Xia Yuanfang and Wufu toward Imperial Royal First Military University, carrying A Wu and A Yuan in her backpack.
• At the campus-only station, a robot stopped Xia Yuanfang and Wufu from boarding the flying vehicle because they lacked a Special Invitation.
• Xia Chujian protested and refused to go to the university without Xia Yuanfang.

Xia Chujian secured Special Invitations for her family and boarded the university shuttle, where she met lecturer Qiu Shenxing and learned how the Star Destroyer Major evaluated students. The chapter left her delighted that classroom exams counted for less than one-tenth of her grade, while Qiu worried she might struggle with practical assessments.

• Xia Chujian called Yan Xu to complain that the university’s entry rules prevented her aunt from accompanying her, and Yan issued six four-year Special Invitations.
• Academic Affairs staff debated Xia Chujian’s request, but she boarded the flying vehicle with Xia Yuanfang and Wufu using two invitations before their debate was resolved.
• Xia Chujian greeted Qiu Shenxing aboard the vehicle and explained that she was a commoner admitted as the Empire College Entrance Exam’s top scorer.
• Qiu Shenxing described the Star Destroyer Major’s curriculum, explaining that military exercises and fleet internships mattered far more than classroom exams.
• Xia Chujian was excited to hear classroom exams counted for less than one-tenth of her grade, while Qiu tried to reassure her about the demanding practical assessments.

Xia Chujian learned about Imperial Royal First Military University's scholarships and imagined using the prize money to support her business. At registration, she discovered the Star Destroyer Major had no registration shed and was told it only admitted students from top Nobility families.

• Qiu Shenxing explained the university's scholarships, including the 100,000-credit University-wide Scholarship and the competitive Field Grade rankings.
• Xia Chujian, Xia Yuanfang, and Wufu arrived at the university entrance and searched the registration sheds for the Star Destroyer Major.
• A student named Hong Dazhi told Xia Chujian that the Star Destroyer Major's shed had been reassigned to the Interstellar Joint Class and that its students did not register in person.
• Hong Dazhi insulted Xia Chujian, but she calmly mocked him for acting jealous and left while the nearby students laughed.
• Xia Chujian told Xia Yuanfang and Wufu that the Star Destroyer registration area had been replaced by the Interstellar Joint Class.

Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang faced a registration problem at Imperial Royal First Military University, then watched the lavish arrival of the Interstellar Joint Class freshmen. Xia Chujian mocked their entitled display, provoking a confrontation that ended with other students joining in her jeers.

• Xia Chujian and Xia Yuanfang realized they might need Professor Yan's help to enroll, but a crowd surge interrupted them, and Xia Chujian pulled Xia Yuanfang to safety.
• Xia Chujian heard that the Interstellar Joint Class students received generous funding from the East Tianyuan God Country and privately weighed the costs of accepting its support.
• The twelve foreign freshmen arrived with attendants and separate luxury cars, and Mai Aotuo insulted the university's registration site while Fan Ruisi told him not to cause trouble.
• Xia Chujian laughed at the freshmen's display and called them beggars trying to eat soft rice the hard way.
• Mai Aotuo accused Xia Chujian of insulting the foreign students, but she replied that she had only mocked beggars, and upperclassmen joined her jeering.

Xia Chujian confronted the international students at Imperial Royal First Military University, challenged Wenren Sanshang’s threats, and proved her shooting skill by intercepting his bullets. She then began enrollment in the Star Destroyer Major, with Wei Lanye guiding her and Xia Yuanfang and Wufu accompanying her.

• Wenren Sanshang criticized the Beichen Empire students for mocking the international students online, and Xia Chujian answered him by defending their right to speak and making him look foolish.
• Wenren Sanshang fired three shots at Xia Chujian, who intercepted all three bullets with her own shots, impressing the students and teachers watching.
• Xia Chujian warned everyone to hold the East Tianyuan God Country students responsible if anything happened to her, and the Beichen students pledged to remember her warning.
• Fan Ruisi led the international students inside to complete enrollment while Mai Aotuo left vowing to make the Beichen students pay after learning their technology.
• Xia Chujian met Wei Lanye, the counselor for the Star Destroyer Major, and entered the school with Xia Yuanfang and Wufu to complete her enrollment.

Wei Lanye led Xia Chujian, Xia Yuanfang, and Wufu into Imperial Royal First Military University, where Xia Chujian discovered that the campus was a heavily fortified complex centered on a monument to the Empire’s fallen soldiers. She learned that the Central Building and the physical starships in the clouds would serve as classrooms and training grounds, and Wei Lanye prepared to take her to her dormitory.

• Wufu noticed people carrying guns and frightened Xia Yuanfang, who asked Wei Lanye whether students were allowed to bring weapons to school.
• Wei Lanye led Xia Chujian, Xia Yuanfang, and Wufu through the entrance and past the Electronic Barrier into the Main Campus.
• Xia Chujian saw warships surrounding the Central Building and guessed that an empty area in the sky was reserved for a Star Destroyer.
• Xia Chujian learned that the names carved into the Central Building belonged to soldiers who had died protecting the Beichen Empire, and she saluted the monument.
• Wei Lanye explained that the Central Building was the Main Campus’s only teaching building and that classes and training would also take place aboard the starships in the clouds.

Xia Chujian moved into her single dormitory at the military academy, collected her supplies, and learned about the school’s competitions and rewards. After Wei Lanye brought her back to the dormitory, he received a message from Yan Xu and summoned her to an emergency meeting with her incoming class.

• Wei Lanye showed Xia Chujian her single dormitory in the female residence and explained the academy’s layout and facilities.
• Wei Lanye told Xia Chujian about the Inter-School and International Leagues, and she decided the International League could be a chance to earn military merit.
• Xia Chujian collected and inspected her uniforms, bedding, and other supplies at the Resource Department before signing for them.
• Wei Lanye carried Xia Chujian’s supply box back to her dormitory and apologized for not reviewing her student file before asking personal questions.
• Yan Xu messaged Wei Lanye, who told Xia Chujian that her incoming class was holding an emergency meeting.

Xia Chujian attended a meeting about the new Interstellar Joint Class and refused to join, despite being offered a place. After a noble freshman defended reconciliation with former enemies, she challenged his assumptions about the unresolved consequences of the war and suggested the recommended students join the class instead.

• Xia Chujian and Wei Lanye met Yan Xu and nine freshmen in his office to discuss the Interstellar Joint Class.
• Eight male students volunteered for the class, and Yan Xu explained that they might choose courses across majors before receiving a degree in the major they studied most.
• Xia Chujian questioned whether the class could take Star Destroyer command courses and decided not to join, citing her dislike of the East Tianyuan God Country and her refusal to take its money.
• A noble freshman called it petty to hold the past war against the other countries, and Xia Chujian challenged him over occupied planets, reparations, and the Commoners and soldiers harmed in the war.
• The freshman told Xia Chujian to reclaim the planets and demand reparations herself, but she insulted his intelligence and told Yan Xu she agreed the recommended students should enter the Interstellar Joint Class.
• Yan Xu laughed off the argument and urged the students not to let it become real hostility.