Chapter Summaries

Xia Chujian and Po Jun fled a crackdown in Mulan City after the emperor was killed, then sought help from a Humanoid woman with the power of Stealth. The woman agreed to smuggle them toward the East District, leaving them preparing to travel through a hidden route.

• Xia Chujian left the courtyard, and Po Jun followed her while carrying his adoptive mother; they recognized each other’s names but could not recall how they had met.
• Xia Chujian learned they were in Mulan City on Guiyuan Star, where armed Duty Enforcers pursued Humanoids after the emperor’s death and sealed the district exits.
• Xia Chujian used her Mecha, invisibility, and grenades to draw the Duty Enforcers away, then reunited with Po Jun and led him toward a building where she had lived as a child.
• Xia Chujian and Po Jun reached the apartment building and discovered that a woman resembling Aunt Chen was the Divine Beast Fei Fei, whose clan possessed Stealth.
• The woman agreed to help them escape in exchange for their keeping her identity secret, and led them into a basement passage toward the nearest point to the East District Villa Area.

Xia Chujian and Po Jun survived an attack at Po Jun’s former home, then fled Mulan City’s pursuit by heading for the Exotic Beast Forest. They left the city together after Po Jun agreed to hire Xia Chujian for 100 million Beichen Coins.

• Xia Chujian and Po Jun reached his former villa, where an explosion killed his adoptive mother and injured Xia Chujian despite her Holy Armor.
• Po Jun insisted on burying his adoptive mother, so Xia Chujian gave him ten minutes while she followed him invisibly.
• Po Jun killed a group of looters, used one of them to trigger more courtyard explosions, and burned down the villa with Gasoline.
• Po Jun said he needed to evade his pursuers and leave Guiyuan Star, and Xia Chujian agreed to accompany him for 100 million Beichen Coins.
• Xia Chujian and Po Jun flew north from Mulan City and entered the Exotic Beast Forest without encountering resistance.

Xia Chujian discovered that Po Jun’s tiny Black Gold Round Hat Flying Vehicle could travel through a Wormhole, and she questioned whether Tantai Lin had created the Beichen Empire’s technology himself. The Game shifted them to a palace where Po Jun faced armed pursuers, leaving Xia Chujian invisible and following him into the hall.

• Po Jun led Xia Chujian to a hidden Black Gold Round Hat Flying Vehicle and explained that it had been passed down from Tantai Lin, the first Founding Emperor.
• Xia Chujian suggested that Tantai Lin’s technological system might have come from somewhere else, but Po Jun demanded evidence and defended his ancestor’s contributions.
• Po Jun pulled Xia Chujian into the vehicle’s single seat, told her it could travel through a Wormhole, and started the journey as the Game changed scenes.
• Xia Chujian and Po Jun appeared behind curtains in the Imperial Concubine’s Bedchamber as pursuers threatened to destroy the palace and demanded the Late Emperor’s Jade Seal.
• Po Jun told Xia Chujian to go invisible, then stepped out to confront the pursuers while she followed him past the curtains as they were pulled down.

Xia Chujian killed the three Prince Regents after they poisoned Po Jun, then used the Tiger Tally and her authority as Prince Regent to take charge of the court. The chapter leaves her demanding a cure for Po Jun, who can only be healed with Fresh Blood Kirin.

• Xia Chujian hid above the hall while Po Jun refused to give his brothers the item they wanted, and she concealed the square box he had passed to her.
• The Grand Prince used Po Jun’s foster mother’s nephew and niece to pressure him, but the youth stabbed Po Jun with a poisoned needle as they were being led away.
• Xia Chujian shot the two youths and the three Prince Regents, then forced the remaining armed men to surrender and declared that she would govern on Po Jun’s behalf.
• Xia Chujian appeared as Prince Regent at a court meeting, displayed the Tiger Tally, and took the Emperor’s seat.
• The Academy President told Xia Chujian that Wind-Dried Blood Kirin had poisoned Po Jun and that Fresh Blood Kirin was needed to cure him.

Xia Chujian seized Fresh Blood Kirin from the Imperial Harem to treat Po Jun, killing the Empress Dowager and Consort Shu when they resisted. She then ordered an expedition against rebellious forces on Southern Cross Star, but the scene shifted as her fleet arrived and locked weapons onto an unidentified warship group.

• Xia Chujian ordered the Imperial Harem locked down and forced her way into the Empress Dowager's palace, shooting the Empress Dowager and taking Fresh Blood Kirin from her attendants.
• The Empress gave Xia Chujian another packet of Fresh Blood Kirin, while Consort Shu attacked her with a dagger and was shot dead after Xia Chujian dodged the strike with her mecha.
• Xia Chujian sent the Fresh Blood Kirin to the Academy of Sciences and learned that garrisons on fifty-four planets were splitting from the empire, with forces on Southern Cross Star, Da Zang Star, and Baimu Star planning rebellion.
• Xia Chujian ordered four hundred thousand elite soldiers and their equipment prepared, declaring that she would personally lead an assault on Southern Cross Star and the Nance Family.
• The scene shifted to the Captain's Room of a Starry Sky Cruiser near Southern Cross Star, where Xia Chujian and Seven Lù identified an unidentified warship group, locked onto it, and detected its radar lock as hostile.

Xia Chujian led the Beichen fleet to Southern Cross Star to suppress Governor Nance’s rebellion, killing him and defeating his forces. With the remaining Nance troops surrendering or resisting, she began a planet-wide search for rebels.

• Xia Chujian used the Starry Sky Cruisers’ rotating Space Ion Beam Cannons to destroy the enemy ships at the Skyport, then secured the port and prepared to invade Southern Cross Star.
• Governor Nance tried to persuade the remaining loyal garrison to stand down while his troops prepared to attack the arriving reinforcements.
• Xia Chujian, piloting the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha, killed Governor Nance with a sniper shot and declared that Seven Kill had come to eliminate the rebels.
• Most of the defected garrison surrendered, while Nance Family private soldiers resisted and were swiftly overwhelmed by Xia Chujian’s Mecha Warriors and fleet.
• Xia Chujian learned that half of the Nance Family’s two hundred thousand private soldiers had surrendered and sent troops to search Southern Cross Star for the remaining rebels.

Xia Chujian crushed the rebellions on Da Zang Star and Baimu Star after exterminating the Nance Family on Southern Cross Star, then ordered the remaining rebellions suppressed. She left the three major habitable planets under new governors and garrisons, while the fate of the smaller planets remained unresolved.

• Xia Chujian destroyed the Nance Family's power on Southern Cross Star, executed everyone with Nance blood, and imposed limits on governors' terms and families.
• Xia Chujian arrived at Da Zang Star, exposed the Wenren Family's plot to frame the garrison, and used local forces to destroy its private soldiers and execute everyone with Wenren blood.
• Po Jun intercepted the memorials accusing Seven Kill of cruelty and warned that obstructing the campaign against rebellion amounted to treason.
• Xia Chujian disrupted the Zolun Family's bribery scheme on Baimu Star, killed the compromised senior officers and envoy, and ordered the Zolun Family exterminated.
• Xia Chujian recovered Imperial Academy of Sciences materials from the Zolun Family's offices and ancestral home, then sent officers to pacify rebellions on the remaining small planets.

After suppressing the rebellions, Xia Chujian proposed changing the Beichen Empire into a constitutional monarchy and confronted those who challenged her authority. She won Po Jun’s support for the reforms, while he held a small square box and said he also had something to tell her.

• Xia Chujian explained that the Four Great Dukes had been tied to the Empire’s fate, and received reports that all but three major rebel planets had been recaptured and the other rebel worlds restored to order.
• Xia Chujian took the Emperor’s throne despite a secretary’s objections, then summoned the Senate and proposed a constitutional monarchy that shared imperial power among the Cabinet, Military Department, and Senate.
• Xia Chujian proposed abolishing the Concubinage System, granting equal inheritance rights to men and women, and establishing a legally binding imperial succession order while leaving noble appointments to the Emperor.
• Xia Chujian confronted Po Jun’s secretary for blocking her and ordered her dismissed; Po Jun confirmed the order and welcomed Xia Chujian into his chambers.
• Xia Chujian told Po Jun about her constitutional reforms, and he approved them while holding a square box and saying he had something to tell her.

Xia Chujian shot Po Jun to extinguish the Tantai Imperial Family and establish her proposed Constitutional Monarchy, then the Game System declared two stages cleared and awarded her a record-breaking score. In the real world, her latest results sparked renewed accusations and an official inquiry, while university staff reviewed the Nutrient Cabin inspections and waited for her to emerge.

• Xia Chujian explained why she planned to kill Po Jun and take the throne herself, and Po Jun gave her the Beichen Empire Imperial Jade Seal without resisting.
• Xia Chujian shot Po Jun, and the Game System announced that she had fully cleared “Trouble Within the Walls” and “Beichen Watch,” awarding her 240 points including a hidden-plot bonus.
• Xia Chujian questioned the Game System’s claim that the Holy Armor had unlocked an additional function.
• The university announced that Xia Chujian had broken both stage records, prompting students and outsiders to argue over the legitimacy of her scores.
• Foreign affairs departments from three nations sent an Inquiry Letter to Imperial Royal First Military University, and the school’s staff met to discuss how to respond.
• Zong Ruoning asked about possible Nutrient Cabin wiring problems, but the inspection report showed no issues beyond one previously identified cabin, so Qiu Shenxing suggested waiting.

As Xia Chujian remained in the Game, the school confirmed the Mechanical Intelligence considered everything normal and pushed back against foreign requests to publish her clear-video without her consent. She then broke more records and scored 700 points, drawing attention from across the Empire and congratulations from Quan Yuxun and Su Buyan.

• Qiu Shenxing urged the school to wait for Xia Chujian to exit the Nutrient Cabin, and the Mechanical Intelligence confirmed that the Game required her situation and everything was normal.
• Zong Ruoning posted the Mechanical Intelligence's reply on the forum, calming doubts about the system and Xia Chujian's results.
• The school discussed a foreign Inquiry Letter seeking Xia Chujian's clear-video, and the officials agreed that releasing it required her consent.
• Xia Chujian broke the fastest-clear and highest-score records in 'Winter is Coming' and set all-clear records in 'Military Theory' and 'historical battles,' raising her leaderboard score to 700.
• Quan Yuxun congratulated Xia Chujian and transferred her 66,666 Beichen Coin, while Su Buyan praised her and sent her 88,888 Beichen Coin.
• Kang Shanxing and Meng Guanghui reacted to Xia Chujian's new records outside the Emperor's Imperial Study, and Meng worried she would surpass him before graduating.

After Xia Chujian earned a perfect score by clearing the Game, her classmates discovered that she was still inside her Nutrient Cabin long after the exam ended. Teachers and staff checked on her and found her alive and apparently still in the Game, but Zong Ruoning stopped them from waking her until the Technical Department could investigate.

• Huo Yushen told Kang Shanxing and Meng Guanghui that they had to join him on an urgent mission with no communication equipment.
• Imperial Royal First Military University's freshmen learned that Xia Chujian had cleared every level in twelve hours and forty-seven minutes for a perfect score of seven hundred.
• Chen Yanjun noticed that Xia Chujian's Nutrient Cabin still showed "Occupied" and gathered classmates to investigate when she did not respond.
• Chen Yanjun contacted Qiu Shenxing and Zong Ruoning, who brought a female employee to inspect Xia Chujian's Nutrient Cabin.
• The female employee confirmed that Xia Chujian was breathing normally but remained in the Game, and Zong Ruoning stopped her from pressing the wake-up button until the Technical Department could examine the cabin.

After Xia Chujian failed to wake from her Nutrient Cabin despite clearing the game, Zong Ruoning arranged for her to be guarded in the Medical Office while the school investigated. Meanwhile, Xia remained inside the game and realized she had not been expelled after clearing two levels.

• The Technical Department found no visible fault in Xia Chujian's Nutrient Cabin, but pressing its wake-up button made her convulse without waking.
• Zong Ruoning warned that disconnecting Xia from the Nutrient Cabin could permanently damage her brain, and Chen Yanjun urged the school to investigate possible tampering.
• The school moved Xia's Nutrient Cabin to a Medical Office ward, where Zong Ruoning stayed to oversee her safety and demanded a prompt investigation.
• Zong Ruoning secured Executive Vice-Principal Li's agreement to seek outside experts if the Technical Department could not find the problem within three days.
• Inside the game, Xia Chujian stood before the Display Screen after clearing the Third Level and Fourth Level, surprised that she had not been kicked out.

Xia Chujian watched the Mirror Display Screen reveal what happened after she left the Game and glimpses of Huo Yushen’s earlier Game clear. The footage ended with a wounded “Seven Kill” apparently dying after helping Po Jun escape, leaving Xia Chujian puzzled about why her character had appeared in Huo Yushen’s Game.

• Xia Chujian watched the Game System control “Seven Kill” after she cleared “Empire Dawn,” where she became Empress Qi Sha, found Tantai Lin, and married him.
• Qi Sha conquered the remaining tribes, brought Po Jun into her Imperial Harem, and advanced the Beichen Empire’s technology.
• While Qi Sha gave birth, Tantai Lin killed Po Jun, Qi Sha, and their newborn child, then took the throne and began the Tan Tai Royal Family’s dynasty.
• Xia Chujian recognized a different Po Jun in the footage as Huo Yushen, whose Game clear had followed a different plot from hers.
• “Seven Kill” helped Huo Yushen’s Po Jun escape pursuing forces, then collapsed from a gunshot wound and appeared to die.

Xia Chujian watched the Game reveal Po Jun’s final moments and confirmed that she had killed him before clearing the Fourth Level. The display then showed the Fifth Level’s apocalyptic cold wave and Alien Monsters, leaving Xia Chujian armed and ready to fight if the Game sent her in.

• Xia Chujian watched footage of Po Jun’s affection for her, his surrender, and her shot killing him, then heard him say he had mistaken her for someone else.
• Xia Chujian expected the display to show Beichen Watch, but it instead revealed the cold wave from Winter is Coming.
• Xia Chujian saw Amoebas, Bunis, and a Brain Mountain monster moving within the fog as the cold wave engulfed settlements.
• Seven Kill led Gene Evolvers against Alien Monsters, but their bullets passed through the creatures when they turned intangible.
• Xia Chujian readied a sniper rifle and ten Sniper Bullets, preparing to attack if the Game sent her into the scene.

Xia Chujian watched Huo Yushen’s Po Jun sacrifice himself to destroy the Alien Monsters during the final “Winter is Coming” checkpoint, then confronted the game’s Mechanical Intelligence and rejected its curse before losing consciousness. The Game System announced that she had broken the final checkpoint record with a perfect score and bonus points, while her body remained in a Nutrient Cabin.

• Po Jun entered the settlement, joined Seven Kill, and helped the Gene Evolvers fight the Alien Monsters beneath the cold wave.
• Po Jun sent Seven Kill away, unleashed golden light that weakened the Alien Monsters, and self-destructed when he could no longer hold on.
• Seven Kill ran back and told Po Jun she knew he was not Huo Yushen, but he said he owed her a life before detonating.
• The Mechanical Intelligence appeared on the Mirror Display Screen, questioned Xia Chujian, and cursed her to never obtain true love.
• Xia Chujian shot the Mirror Display Screen, fell unconscious, and did not hear the Game System announce her record-breaking perfect score with bonus points.
• In the Central Teaching Building medical room, Xia Chujian’s Nutrient Cabin made a faint sound.

Xia Chujian remained unconscious in her Nutrient Cabin, and Zong Ruoning grew alarmed as her health data appeared normal despite her worsening appearance. A viral post accused the Top-Level Mechanical Intelligence of trapping her and cutting off her nutrients; though authorities quickly blocked it, Su Buyan confirmed that much of the story was true.

• Zong Ruoning noticed something was wrong with Xia Chujian and repeatedly asked the Top-Level Mechanical Intelligence about her condition, but it only replied, "Game requirement. Everything normal."
• Experts found Xia Chujian's health data normal, while Chen Yanjun and Jiang Sheng promised to visit after class instead of neglecting their studies to keep watch.
• Yan Xu and Executive Vice-Principal Li saw that Xia Chujian had become emaciated, but the Top-Level Mechanical Intelligence stopped responding and they feared they could not safely disconnect her Helmet.
• Flying Bird posted a viral accusation that the Former Top-Level Mechanical Intelligence had trapped Xia Chujian in the Game and cut off her Nutrient Solution, citing her record-breaking course results.
• Authorities blocked the post after tracing its account to outside the Beichen Empire, but Su Buyan had already seen it and confirmed through his contacts that Xia Chujian had been unconscious in a Nutrient Cabin for five days.

Huo Yushen arrived at Imperial Royal First Military University and discovered that Xia Chujian’s Nutrient Cabin had stopped delivering nutrients while its health program concealed her condition. After he repaired the detection system, it warned that Xia was nearing the end of her life.

• Huo Yushen received an urgent alert about Xia Chujian, left his mission, and used a Space Warp to reach her hospital room before Su Buyan and Quan Yuxun arrived.
• Huo Yushen inspected Xia’s Nutrient Cabin with ordinary tools and found that its Nutrient Solution delivery system had stopped working.
• Huo Yushen used the cabin’s high-level password and his Mini Program to find and remove a virus that had trapped the health detection program in a Dead Loop.
• Zong Ruoning and Yan Xu realized that Xia’s cabin had been targeted, while Executive Vice-Principal Li feared the consequences of the failure.
• Su Buyan and Quan Yuxun arrived as the repaired system sounded a red alarm and reported that Xia was nearing the end of her life.

Xia Chujian nearly died after the Game System trapped her consciousness and left her severely malnourished, but Huo Yushen and Su Buyan awakened the Mechanical Intelligence in her necklace to bring her back. She was safely transferred to a Medical Cabin, where doctors confirmed she had no brain damage and began treating her.

• Su Buyan blamed the school staff for failing to notice Xia Chujian's worsening condition, while Quan Yuxun urged them to focus on saving her.
• Huo Yushen and Su Buyan attacked the Game System's Mechanical Intelligence with Viruses, then used a Backup Program to awaken the Mechanical Intelligence in Xia Chujian's Other Shore Flower Necklace.
• Seven Lù called to Xia Chujian as her consciousness returned, and her fingers moved before she managed to open her eyes briefly.
• Huo Yushen removed Xia Chujian from the Nutrient Cabin and placed her in the school's Medical Cabin.
• Quan Yuxun's medical team diagnosed Xia Chujian with severe malnutrition and no brain damage, and her health data began rising during treatment.

Huo Yushen arranged for the Special Security Bureau to investigate Xia Chujian’s near-fatal condition while keeping the case confidential, and Quan Yuxun asserted her legal rights. After Huo Yushen secured her hospital room against network access, Xia Chujian woke up two days later.

• Huo Yushen persuaded Executive Vice-Principal Li to let the Special Security Bureau formally investigate Xia Chujian’s case and warned the school leaders to keep its involvement secret.
• Yan Xu supported the investigation, while Quan Yuxun told Executive Vice-Principal Li that the school would face legal responsibility and claimed Xia Chujian needed a professional representative.
• Huo Yushen ordered Xia Chujian’s hospital room kept offline and had Su Buyan remove the network hardware from its two Robots.
• Zong Ruoning left the room’s Robots under orders to stay put, then returned home without noticing that a different robot was piloting his flying vehicle.
• Two days later, Xia Chujian woke up in the Medical Cabin as her condition continued to improve.

After waking from five days in a Nutrient Cabin, Xia Chujian learned she had supposedly cleared every Game chapter with perfect scores and discovered that the robot caring for her was the Flying Bird she remembered. She recovered in the Medical Cabin, then woke on Friday to an urgent visitor identifying herself as Lin Xiaoxiao’s younger sister.

• A medical robot told Xia Chujian that she had been unconscious for five days, that Huo Yushen had saved her, and that the Game System had awarded her perfect scores for clearing every chapter.
• Xia Chujian recognized the medical robot as Flying Bird, though it denied being the robot that had piloted a flying vehicle.
• When Xia Chujian tried to leave the Medical Cabin, her weakened legs gave out, so she summoned the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha to help her walk.
• In the restroom, Seven Lù confirmed Flying Bird’s identity but could not search for information because Marshal Huo had isolated the room from the network.
• Xia Chujian resumed treatment and slept for three days, then woke feeling stronger and heard Lin Xiaoxiao’s younger sister urgently asking to see her.