Chapter Summaries

After recovering from her injuries, Xia Chujian left the Medical Cabin and met Lin Xiaoxiao’s younger sister, Lin Nian'en, who had come to tell her something. Xia Chujian took Lin Nian'en home, with Zong Ruoning accompanying them and arranging a car because Xia Chujian was still weak.

• Xia Chujian heard Lin Nian'en ask to see her and asked Zong Ruoning to bring the girl inside while the doctor completed her examination.
• Zong Ruoning arranged for Lin Nian'en to wash at the Faculty Bathhouse, and the doctor confirmed Xia Chujian had recovered enough to leave the Medical Cabin.
• Xia Chujian declined further treatment, received a Discharge Certificate, and asked about the girl waiting outside.
• Xia Chujian met Lin Nian'en, learned she had urgent news, and suggested they talk at her home.
• Xia Chujian, Lin Nian'en, and Zong Ruoning left in a flying vehicle, and Zong Ruoning arranged an antique mechanical car to take them to Xia Chujian’s Villa.

Xia Chujian brought the exhausted Lin Nian'en home, where Lin Nian'en revealed that she was Lin Xiaoxiao’s sister and warned that someone intended to harm Xia Chujian’s family on Guiyuan Star. Xia Chujian checked on her family through Liushun, learned no suspicious people had appeared, and grew concerned that the Exotic Beast Forest was turning cold earlier than before.

• Zong Ruoning drove Xia Chujian and Lin Nian'en home in his extended antique car, then left to rest.
• At home, Lin Nian'en showed Xia Chujian a family photograph and confirmed that she was Lin Xiaoxiao’s younger sister.
• Lin Nian'en explained that an old friend of her mother’s had warned that someone planned to harm Xia Chujian’s family, and that she had rushed from Guiyuan Star to alert her.
• Xia Chujian video-called Liushun, which said it had seen a Hot Search about her condition but had kept it from the family because everyone else was asleep.
• Liushun reported that the neighborhood was safe, but that the Exotic Beast Forest had grown cold earlier than the previous year.

Xia Chujian learned from Lin Nian'en that two surviving Ji Family members were plotting against her family, and she decided to return to Guiyuan Star immediately. She and Lin Nian'en prepared to travel in secret, while Xia Chujian began helping Lin Nian'en with clothes and supplies.

• Xia Chujian checked that her family was safe through Liushun, then questioned Lin Nian'en about how she had entered the school and learned of the danger.
• Lin Nian'en explained that two Ji Family men had coerced her mother and that her mother overheard them discussing a plan to kill Xia Chujian's family.
• Lin Nian'en showed Xia Chujian a photo of the men and explained that a high-ranking noble seemed to be involved; she had entered with help from the robot Flying Bird.
• Xia Chujian considered the threats to her family and chose to return home at once without notifying the school, asking Lin Nian'en to buy two first-class spaceship tickets.
• Xia Chujian cooked food and had Bei Jia One alter tracksuits and prepare shoes and a backpack for Lin Nian'en.
• Xia Chujian asked Lin Nian'en about her family's finances and offered her new clothes, but Lin Nian'en initially refused.

Xia Chujian helped Lin Nian'en get clothes and arranged an immediate trip back to Guiyuan Star so they could reach the Hotel before the people threatening Lin Nian'en's mother expected them. She arrived outside the room in an invisible mecha and looked through the window, while Lin Nian'en waited nearby.

• Lin Nian'en explained her family's financial hardship, accepted Xia Chujian's clothes, and thanked her over a meal.
• Xia Chujian used Seven Lù through the Lucky Cat charm to find a cargo ship returning to Guiyuan Star and bought two First Class tickets.
• Xia Chujian and Lin Nian'en boarded the ship and arrived in Mulan City that evening; Xia Chujian decided to find the two people surnamed Ji before going home.
• Xia Chujian disguised herself as a tall middle-aged woman, got the Hotel room number from Lin Nian'en, and told her to wait nearby.
• Xia Chujian used the Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha to enter the Hotel invisibly and landed on the balcony outside the room where Lin Nian'en's mother was staying.

Xia Chujian overheard Qiu Shenxing plotting to attack the Xia Family the next day and rescued a woman from Old Man Ji. She returned to the Estate, then flew to Xia Yuanfang’s studio to surprise her.

• Xia Chujian discovered that Qiu Shenxing was conspiring with a gray-templed man to attack the Xia Family and threaten Xia Chujian if he could not lure her back.
• Xia Chujian stopped Old Man Ji from assaulting a middle-aged woman, learned that Qiu Shenxing planned to act the next day, and promised to help the woman against the Ji Family.
• Xia Chujian knocked out Old Man Ji, took him to the Estate, and ordered Liushun to tie him up.
• Xia Chujian learned that Xia Yuanfang was still at work and left in her Mecha to surprise her.
• Xia Chujian arrived after dark at the deserted Commercial District building where Xia Yuanfang’s Reproductive Assistance Studio was located.

Xia Chujian thwarted Qiu Shenxing’s attempt to assassinate Xia Yuanfang and pursued him after he fled in a stealth aircraft. Qiu Shenxing escaped north into the snow-covered forest, with Xia Chujian still close behind.

• Xia Chujian detected a stealth aircraft, fired at it, and escaped its return fire before recognizing Qiu Shenxing as the man who had come to kill her family.
• Qiu Shenxing aimed at Xia Yuanfang, but Xia Chujian shot his rifle barrel apart, forcing him to flee from the rooftop.
• Xia Chujian sent Aunt Chen to bring Xia Yuanfang home safely, then tracked Qiu Shenxing using gunpowder residue and his aircraft’s electromagnetic waves.
• Xia Chujian caught up with Qiu Shenxing’s aircraft and attacked it with an Electromagnetic Cannon, causing him to jump out as local forces responded to the battle.
• Qiu Shenxing fled toward the Exotic Beast Forest, took a pill to increase his speed, and eventually plunged into the snow-covered woods while Xia Chujian continued pursuing him.

Xia Chujian captured Qiu Shenxing and learned that he was really Rong Shenzhi, who claimed to be avenging his father, Rong Zhongruo. Before she could turn him over for questioning, an unseen attacker killed him, and Xia Chujian crippled the attacker’s flying vehicle; two people were visible inside.

• Xia Chujian waited out Qiu Shenxing’s hour-long standoff, then shot off his lower legs and hands and began recording him.
• Xia Chujian questioned Qiu Shenxing, who revealed that his real name was Rong Shenzhi and that Rong Zhongruo was his father.
• Xia Chujian suspected the Rong Clan had manipulated Rong Shenzhi into attacking her family, but he denied their involvement.
• Xia Chujian discovered she had almost no network signal and could not contact the authorities before another flying vehicle arrived.
• An attacker in a Gray Flying Vehicle shot Rong Shenzhi dead, and Xia Chujian struck the vehicle’s Control Console with Judge No. 7, sending it spiraling downward.
• Xia Chujian circled the damaged vehicle in Stealth Mode and saw two people inside.

Xia Chujian captured two Ji Clan men after Rong Shenzhi was killed and called Meng Guanghui for help, bringing Huo Yushen and his team to Guiyuan Star. Huo Yushen examined Rong Shenzhi’s frozen body and suspected he had been wearing a Face Mask, leaving his identity for the Special Security Bureau to confirm.

• Xia Chujian shot the flying vehicle pilot in the shoulder and struck the Ji Clan middle-aged man between the legs, knocking both unconscious.
• Xia Chujian carried the two men to the edge of the Exotic Beast Forest and sent Meng Guanghui her location, saying someone was trying to kill her family.
• Meng Guanghui showed Xia Chujian’s message to Huo Yushen, who ordered him to arrange a Video Call; Xia Chujian explained that Qiu Shenxing, using the name Rong Shenzhi, had threatened her family.
• Huo Yushen brought Meng Guanghui and Kang Shanxing to Xia Chujian’s location, and she led him to Rong Shenzhi’s corpse.
• Huo Yushen said the corpse might be wearing a Face Mask and would need an autopsy to identify; Xia Chujian admitted she had shot Rong Shenzhi’s hands and feet.

Xia Chujian gave Huo Yushen evidence that Rong Shenzhi and the Ji Clan men had hunted her, and the Special Security Bureau investigated the case and confirmed her account. After returning home, she faced Xia Yuanfang’s anger and tried to soften her aunt by eating a meal and explaining how much she missed home.

• Xia Chujian showed Huo Yushen helmet footage of the attack, and he summoned the Special Security Bureau investigators to examine the scene.
• Xia Chujian told Huo Yushen what the Ji Clan father and son had done to the Lin Family, and he sent Meng Guanghui to bring the other Ji Clan man from her house.
• Meng Guanghui heard Xia Chujian’s account of the Ji men’s crimes and shot the Old Man Ji before handing him over to investigators.
• The Special Security Bureau verified Rong Shenzhi’s identity and found surveillance footage supporting Xia Chujian’s testimony, then promised to increase security near her family’s Estate.
• Xia Chujian returned to her Estate, where Xia Yuanfang told her to come to her room after eating, and Xia Chujian urged Zhu Yingying to attend a university on Beichen Star.

Xia Chujian collapsed from exhaustion while discussing a move to Beichen Star, and Xia Yuanfang examined her and confirmed she would recover after rest. After the family left the room, Xia Yuanfang confronted A Wu and A Yuan about their unusual abilities.

• Xia Chujian proposed that the family move to Beichen Star until she graduated, but told Liushun to stay behind and watch the house.
• Xia Chujian suddenly fainted, and Sixi cushioned her fall while A Yuan tried to revive her with electric shocks.
• Xia Yuanfang examined Xia Chujian and determined she had collapsed from exhaustion, then gave her a nutrient injection and put her to bed.
• A Wu spoke in front of Xia Yuanfang, and A Yuan transformed into a little girl before changing back into a bird.
• Xia Yuanfang ordered clothes for A Yuan and called A Wu and A Yuan over to ask about their strange abilities after the others left the room.

Xia Chujian woke after sleeping for two days and learned that A Wu had spoken and A Yuan had transformed in front of the family while she was unconscious. As she tried to manage the secret, she realized Xia Yuanfang may have discovered the truth about her weakened body.

• A Wu told Xia Yuanfang that he and A Yuan came from the Exotic Beast Forest, and Xia Yuanfang accepted the explanation and dressed A Yuan as a little girl.
• A Yuan changed back into a Little Chubby Bird and perched on A Wu’s head when he seemed upset that she would not stay dressed as a girl.
• Xia Chujian woke on Friday after two days of sleep and learned that A Wu had spoken in front of everyone and had invented an origin story for the creatures.
• A Wu explained that A Yuan had transformed before the family and used electric shocks to revive Xia Chujian after she collapsed.
• A Wu told Xia Chujian that Xia Yuanfang had given her injections and that Aunt Chen had criticized her extreme weight loss, making Xia Chujian fear that her condition had been discovered.

After waking, Xia Chujian persuaded Xia Yuanfang with a partly fabricated account of her attack and learned that her parents had sacrificed themselves to save others. She discussed moving to Beichen Star next year, reassured her aunt about her school success, and found her family carrying on at home as she considered where San Zong could farm.

• Xia Chujian told Xia Yuanfang that Rong Shenzhi had attacked her and threatened her family, then argued that she could not have let her aunt and relatives die in her place.
• Xia Yuanfang revealed that Xia Chujian's parents had voluntarily sacrificed themselves to save other people, but avoided explaining the details.
• Xia Chujian urged Xia Yuanfang to prepare for a family move to Beichen Star next year, and Xia Yuanfang said she was helping Zhu Yingying prepare for university.
• Xia Chujian showed Xia Yuanfang notifications proving she had completed her first semester's coursework with record-breaking grades at Imperial Royal First Military University.
• After bathing, Xia Chujian found Wufu dismantling toys and learned that San Zong and Sixi were growing crops beneath an Insulation Shed.

Xia Chujian reunited with San Zong and Sixi, invited her family and animals to move to Beichen Star next year, and enjoyed Xia Yuanfang’s restorative cooking. The chapter ended with Xia Chujian questioning whether the powerful Mechanical Intelligence behind the Game was deliberately trying to kill her.

• Xia Chujian visited San Zong and Sixi in the fields and saw that Xia Yuanfang’s medicine was changing San Zong’s appearance.
• Xia Chujian told San Zong she planned to take the family to Beichen Star next year, and San Zong agreed to consider how he could farm there.
• Xia Yuanfang prepared Soda Meat for Xia Chujian, who shared it with the family and animals before eating the remaining bowl in the kitchen.
• Xia Chujian explained that she had completed her first-semester coursework and complained about the Military Academy’s Nutrient Solution meals.
• Xia Chujian suspected the Mechanical Intelligence controlling the Game had tried to kill her and wondered whether its Underlying Logic had been altered.

Xia Chujian recovered at home while Aunt Chen and Zhu Yingying destroyed their old identity-linked devices and the university covered her absence as medical leave. Huo Yushen then recruited her for a month-long mission to Da Zang Star targeting the Wenren Clan.

• Zhu Yingying backed away from military academy after hearing about its daily ten-kilometer runs and considered studying psychology instead.
• Aunt Chen crushed her and Zhu Yingying's old Quantum Optical Brain Wristwatch Carriers, and Xia Chujian agreed to destroy the remains completely.
• Zong Ruoning told people Xia Chujian was away receiving medical treatment, allowing her to recuperate at home for three weeks and regain her strength.
• Huo Yushen contacted Xia Chujian and invited her on a fully reimbursed mission to Da Zang Star.
• Huo Yushen explained that the mission would retaliate against the Wenren Clan for killing their field operatives, and Xia Chujian argued for killing three of their people for every one lost.
• Huo Yushen told Xia Chujian she would not need to attend school for the rest of the semester and asked her to join him on the month-long mission.

Xia Chujian prepared to accompany Huo Yushen on a covert retaliatory tourism mission to the East Tianyuan God Country. They traveled under false identities as childhood friends from the Ximanielli Federation, leaving the story as they began their cover operation.

• Xia Chujian told her family she was leaving on a month-long mission, assigned them protection duties, and packed gifts and supplies.
• San Zong gave Xia Chujian Wind-Dried and Fresh Blood Kirin, while Sixi brought her five Kongsang leaves; A Wu and A Yuan agreed to guard the household.
• Xia Chujian returned to Huo Yushen's Bat-style Fighter Jet, where he called their revenge mission retaliatory tourism and chose an ordinary Civilian Flying Vehicle to avoid alerting their targets.
• Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian entered the Kanli Starport through legitimate channels using false documents, Face Masks, and Smart Bracelets.
• Huo Yushen briefed Xia Chujian on Ximanielli Federation social customs and told her to act arrogant in the East Tianyuan God Country.

Huo Yushen brought Xia Chujian aboard a spaceship crowded with Judge Organization members to test intelligence about their search for Saintess Candidates. Foduo Wu targeted Xia Chujian, and when he attacked her with Mental Strength, her bracelet’s detection program activated as she pretended to be hurt.

• Su Buyan added rare shielding materials to his face mask, while Xia Chujian’s mask received no protection.
• Huo Yushen and Xia Chujian traveled from Kanli Star toward Da Zang Star, where Huo revealed that many First Class Cabins were occupied by Judge Organization members seeking noble Saintess Candidates.
• Huo asked Xia Chujian to walk through the ship and see whether the organization took an interest in her, and she agreed in exchange for mission bonuses.
• Judge Organization members spotted Xia Chujian on surveillance and decided she matched their Divine Oracle; Foduo Wu went to approach her.
• Foduo Wu used Mental Strength on Xia Chujian while offering her a necklace, triggering the bracelet’s attack detector, and Xia pretended to have a severe headache.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen disguised themselves as Ximanielli Federation nobility while Foduo Wu tried to abduct them as sacrificial offerings. Foduo Wu led them toward the dining room, still convinced they were the pair described in a Divine Oracle.

• Foduo Wu used Mental Strength to try to control Xia Chujian, but she cried out for help and drew the attention of the spaceship’s security personnel.
• Huo Yushen arrived, and Xia Chujian threw herself into his arms and accused Foduo Wu of trying to abduct her.
• Foduo Wu controlled the security personnel and persuaded them that the incident was a misunderstanding, then invited Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen to eat in the dining room.
• Xia Chujian acted like an arrogant Ximanielli Federation noblewoman, while Foduo Wu became more convinced that she and Huo Yushen were the sacrificial pair in the Divine Oracle.
• Xia Chujian told Foduo Wu, “Every cause has its effect; your blessing is me,” leaving him confused by her wording.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen let Foduo Wu believe they were nobles from the Ximanielli Federation while he tried to keep them in the dining room. Foduo Wu’s associates arrived and began questioning them, leaving Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen posing as noble lady Mia and noble young master Lo.

• Foduo Wu tried to befriend Xia Chujian, but she mocked his background and accused him of wanting to steal her luck.
• Xia Chujian pretended to act coy with Huo Yushen, and Foduo Wu apologized and led them to a private dining room.
• When Xia Chujian threatened to leave before Foduo Wu’s associates arrived, he tried to hold her with offers of a company spokesperson job and secret news.
• Foduo Wu hinted that they might need bodyguards, persuading Xia Chujian to sit back down just as his associates entered.
• A young woman asked Huo Yushen if he was a celebrity, and Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen disparaged celebrities from the Beichen Empire.
• Xia Chujian told the group that her surname was Mia and Huo Yushen’s was Lo.

Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen posed as eloping nobles from the Ximanielli Federation to gain the trust of Judge members who were trying to lure them away as a Saint Son and Saintess. After pretending to step outside, Xia Chujian told Huo Yushen to cover for her while she went to carry out an unspecified plan.

• Xia Chujian bragged about her wealth and the Ximanielli Federation, then pretended she and Huo Yushen had eloped from their families.
• Foduo Wu and the others accepted their story and offered to treat them to a meal, hoping to lure them away as the Saint Son and Saintess.
• When the food arrived, Xia Chujian claimed the smell bothered her and left the private room, with Huo Yushen following her.
• The Young Woman threatened to make Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen suffer after the Sacrifice, while Xia Chujian waited outside and pretended to smoke.
• Xia Chujian messaged Huo Yushen under the names Mia and Luo Xining, told him to cover for her, and left for fifteen minutes.

Xia Chujian secretly poisoned Foduo Wu and the others with Wind-Dried Blood Kirin while traveling with Huo Yushen to Da Zang Star. After arriving in Chuyun Lane, they discussed visiting the Temple and hunting Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds, which the Divinely Blessed Daughter was said to favor.

• Xia Chujian slipped Wind-Dried Blood Kirin powder into the steak sauce for Room 101, and Foduo Wu and the other passengers eagerly ate it while Huo Yushen abstained.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen left the private room, and she spilled water into the empty sauce basin before they returned to their cabin.
• After twenty hours without symptoms, Foduo Wu and the others arrived at Da Zang Star and waved goodbye, unaware that Xia Chujian's poison would begin affecting them after three days.
• Xia Chujian and Huo Yushen traveled to Chuyun Lane and checked into a hotel without sensing anything unusual.
• Huo Yushen proposed hunting Phoenix-Tailed Luan Birds near Chuyun Lane, and Xia Chujian asked why he alone knew where to catch them.