Chapter Summaries

Su Qiao’s food business grew rapidly on Harriet Star, while Feng Shuya faced the consequences of plagiarizing Su Qiao’s research and designs. The Feng Family Head warned Feng Shuya not to disgrace the family again at the upcoming Mecha Competition.

• Su Qiao promised her neighbors more Nutrient Fluid and meat, and learned that workers, relatives, and a mercenary team were on their way to Harriet Star.
• Su Qiao hired four helpers and began serving three meals a day, though her growing business still kept them busy.
• People who came to cause trouble fled after seeing Ye Jingting, and a competing chain store manager who tried to buy Su Qiao’s recipes disappeared.
• The Feng Family Head confronted Feng Shuya after learning that her paper and design drawings were plagiarized.
• Feng Shuya admitted the work was not hers, and the Feng Family Head ordered her to reflect and warned her not to disgrace the family at the Mecha Competition.

Su Qiao entered the Virtual Network to compete in the Mecha Competition, determined to win despite Ye Hanyi's warnings about her abilities and the danger of the finals. Ye Jingting appeared to support her, and the chapter ended with Ye Hanyi asking what relationship they had.

• Su Qiao waited in the Virtual Network for her Mecha Competition match after greeting the little guy and her shop assistants.
• Ye Hanyi urged Su Qiao to withdraw, warning that her C-rank physique and Mental Power were insufficient and offering her the prize money if she needed it.
• Ye Jingting interrupted their conversation, and Ye Hanyi was startled to find his uncle there.
• Ye Jingting praised Su Qiao's martial skills and reassured her before her match.
• When Su Qiao's number was called, she went to compete, leaving Ye Hanyi to ask Ye Jingting how they knew each other.

Su Qiao won her first preliminary match in a single strike and, still unsure of her abilities, fought Ye Jingting in the training room. Their intense sparring left her exhausted and impressed by his skill, while he was amazed by how quickly she had mastered mechas.

• Ye Jingting rebuked Ye Hanyi for calling Su Qiao by name and went into his private room at the arena.
• Su Qiao defeated her opponent with one swift strike, surprising the spectators and leaving herself bewildered.
• Ye Jingting met Su Qiao outside the arena, and she asked him to spar with her in the training room.
• Su Qiao and Ye Jingting fought an intense match, and she praised him as the Federation's God of War.
• Ye Jingting pulled Su Qiao to her feet and privately recognized her as a mecha genius after only a few days of training.

Su Qiao logged off after teasing with Ye Jingting, then won another preliminary match and sparred with him. Later, Principal Thor and Hydra visited her about her research, and she revealed that the paper and blueprints they had received were incomplete old drafts while the practical designs were nearly finished.

• Su Qiao teased Ye Jingting about his sweet mouth, then logged off and wondered why he was approaching her.
• Su Qiao defeated her weak opponent in one move and had a useful sparring match with Ye Jingting.
• Su Qiao cleaned her shop and met Principal Thor, Lord Thordra, and a younger man at the entrance.
• Principal Thor introduced himself and Hydra, explaining that they had come after receiving Su Qiao's paper and design blueprints.
• Su Qiao confirmed she had written the paper and drawn the designs herself, then explained that the paper was only an incomplete early draft and the blueprints had since been revised into nearly complete plans.
• Hydra was stunned to learn the materials that had impressed him were only Su Qiao's old drafts.

Su Qiao showed Hydra and Thorne her redesigned mecha blueprints, impressing them with her talent and promising to consult them about her other ideas. She revealed that her physical constitution had reached S-level and her Mental Power 3S-level, partly through her own potions and intense training.

• Su Qiao took Hydra and Thorne to her bedroom and explained her redesigned blueprints, which they praised as remarkably feasible.
• Hydra urged Su Qiao to join the Research Institute, while Thorne reassured her and praised her self-taught ability.
• Su Qiao said she hoped to enter the Mecha Competition to fulfill her late father's wish and told them she had other ideas to discuss.
• Su Qiao revealed her current S-level physical constitution and 3S-level Mental Power, explaining that her growth came from years of progress, potions she developed, and high-intensity training.
• Hydra connected Su Qiao's abilities to the nutrient potions and braised meat sold at her shop, and Su Qiao confirmed there was a connection.

Su Qiao used her lack of recent test results as an excuse to reveal her genius to Hydra and Thor, who urged her to leave because of the Feng Family. They recognized that the child living with her was the supposedly missing Marshal Ye Jingting, and left reassured that he was safe.

• Hydra praised Su Qiao's talent and urged her to leave because Feng Shuya and the Feng Family made it unsafe for her to stay alone.
• Ye Jingting appeared and served dinner, and Su Qiao introduced him as the child she had picked up, Su Moyu.
• Hydra recognized Ye Jingting, while one of his men realized the child was the missing Marshal Ye Hanting.
• Su Qiao declined to leave, saying she would go to Imperial Star Academy for her finals and testing, and Hydra warned her to protect herself and her work.
• After leaving, Thor and Hydra confirmed that Ye Jingting was safe and discussed his extraordinary abilities and importance to the Federation.

Su Qiao and Ye Jingting dealt with another group of intruders, then she pressed him to explain why powerful people were targeting him. His hints led her to realize he was Ye Jingting’s son.

• Tang Er reassured Heidel that Su Qiao was a suitable successor, while warning that Belica might also want to take her as a disciple.
• Su Qiao told Ye Jingting they would go to Capital Star once they had enough money and promised to send him to the best school there.
• In the middle of the night, Su Qiao and Ye Jingting used sacks to clean up a group of intruders in the courtyard.
• Su Qiao noted that the attackers were exceptionally powerful and suspected their target was Ye Jingting rather than her.
• Ye Jingting hinted that he and Su Qiao had met before, and she recognized him as Ye Jingting’s son.

Ye Jingting revealed his true adult form to Su Qiao and explained how his injuries had caused him to shrink. Su Qiao accepted that the man before her really was Ye Jingting.

• Ye Jingting insisted that he was unmarried and had no son, then pointed out that he was Ye Jingting himself.
• Su Qiao doubted him, believing he looked like an eight-year-old boy and suggesting he might share Ye Jingting’s name.
• Ye Jingting stopped suppressing his energy and returned to his adult form.
• Ye Jingting explained that his mecha had exploded after he was framed, sending him through a wormhole to Harriet Star, where his body and Mental Power were severely injured.
• Su Qiao pinched Ye Jingting’s face, confirmed he wore no Human Skin Mask, and accepted that he really was Ye Jingting.

Su Qiao confirmed that Ye Jingting was her Great Demon King and continued living with him while advancing through the mecha tournament. As the competition reached the semifinals, Feng Shuya deliberately sought her out in the Virtual Training Ground.

• Su Qiao asked Little Four to scan Ye Jingting and confirmed that he was her Great Demon King.
• Ye Jingting cooked while Su Qiao rested, and neither of them changed their living arrangement.
• Su Qiao passed the tournament preliminaries and defeated her promotion-round opponent with a single sword strike after revealing her appearance.
• Su Qiao and Ye Jingting continued training together until they were almost evenly matched.
• As the tournament approached its final twelve contestants, Feng Shuya deliberately came looking for Su Qiao in the Virtual Training Ground.

Feng Shuya asked Su Qiao to withdraw her claims about the plagiarized thesis and designs in exchange for losing the semifinal and paying her, but Su Qiao rejected her and challenged her threats. Ye Jingting appeared at the training grounds as Feng Shuya fled.

• Feng Shuya begged Su Qiao to let her go, citing the exposed plagiarism and her worsening treatment by the Feng Family and her friends.
• Feng Shuya offered to deny Su Qiao’s ownership of the thesis and designs, lose their semifinal, and pay five hundred thousand Star Coins.
• Su Qiao rejected the offer, mocked Feng Shuya’s ignorance, and refused to be intimidated by her threats about the Feng Family.
• Su Qiao turned to leave the training grounds and saw Ye Jingting approaching.
• Feng Shuya froze under Ye Jingting’s murderous gaze and fled.

Su Qiao confronted Ye Jingting about his jealousy and then tried to draw his attention by making and wearing a revealing dress. The chapter ended with Ye Jingting staring at her in tense silence, leaving Su Qiao unsure whether he was interested in her.

• Ye Jingting questioned Su Qiao about her connection to Ye Hanyi and the meaning of her online name.
• Su Qiao changed her online name to “Staying with You for 278 Years” and challenged Ye Jingting’s claim that he was only concerned as a friend.
• Su Qiao logged off, decided to pursue Ye Jingting, and made several outfits from fabric she ordered.
• Su Qiao wore a pale pink, one-shoulder dress and asked Ye Jingting whether it looked pretty.
• Ye Jingting froze and tensed at the sight of Su Qiao, while she took his silence as a possible sign he was not interested.

Ye Jingting tried to care for the angry Su Qiao, but his awkward attentiveness only frustrated her. During dinner, he told her that she would soon reach the Federation’s legal age and proposed that they get married, leaving Su Qiao stunned.

• Ye Jingting draped a blanket over Su Qiao, and she angrily returned to her room after he missed her advances.
• Ye Jingting made dinner and went to check on Su Qiao when she refused to come out, then tried to take her to the hospital after she said she felt unwell.
• Su Qiao insisted she was fine and went to eat, while Ye Jingting placed another layer of clothing over her shoulders.
• Ye Jingting reminded Su Qiao that she was about to turn twenty-two and that Imperial Star Academy allowed students to marry.
• Ye Jingting stood and proposed marriage, causing the meat to fall from Su Qiao’s mouth.

Ye Jingting proposed to Su Qiao, who asked for time to consider while noticing that he had quietly made their relationship official in the eyes of their neighbors. At the semifinals, Su Qiao faced Feng Shuya and deliberately toyed with her before knocking her down, then challenged her to get back up.

• Ye Jingting proposed to Su Qiao and promised to stay with her, but she said she needed time to think it over.
• Ye Jingting began opening their shop early, and customers and neighbors started treating Su Qiao as his wife.
• Su Qiao discovered that she had been matched against Feng Shuya in the semifinals.
• Su Qiao toyed with Feng Shuya during their fight before knocking her to the ground with a sword strike.
• Su Qiao taunted Feng Shuya to get back up, saying the match had only just begun.

Su Qiao defeated Feng Shuya in the mecha competition and exposed her past offer to deliberately lose in exchange for Su Qiao dropping the plagiarism charges. With Ye Jingting’s testimony, Su Qiao advanced to the final round and then left for the capital star with him.

• Su Qiao repeatedly kicked Feng Shuya in the air until Feng Shuya could no longer resist, then explained that she had believed Feng Shuya was pretending to lose.
• Su Qiao said Feng Shuya had promised to lose the final if Su Qiao dropped the plagiarism charges, and Ye Jingting appeared to confirm her account.
• The audience condemned Feng Shuya, and Su Qiao advanced to the final round of the competition.
• Ye Jingting arranged for people to manage the shop while Su Qiao prepared antidotes for the assistants.
• Su Qiao boarded a starship with Ye Jingting to travel to the capital star.

Su Qiao and Ye Jingting settled into a secluded villa, where she realized he had maneuvered his way into staying with her. After resting, Su Qiao arrived at Imperial Star Academy for its entrance tests, drawing attention and jealous remarks from other applicants.

• Su Qiao and Ye Jingting arrived at a secluded villa, prepared a meal together, and settled in for the night.
• Su Qiao hinted that it was late and told Ye Jingting he could use the bedroom next to the master bedroom, then realized he had taken that as permission to stay at the villa.
• After resting for a day or two, Su Qiao went to Imperial Star Academy for the entrance tests in a navy-blue work uniform.
• Other applicants admired Su Qiao's appearance and bearing, while some jealously claimed that looks would not get her into the academy.

Su Qiao took the Imperial Star Academy entrance exam and earned a perfect score in record time, drawing attention from the crowd. Feng Shuya confronted her, but Su Qiao warned that she could defeat her in real life as well as online.

• Three girls defended Su Qiao from people who mocked her and recognized her as the competitor from the mecha competition.
• Su Qiao answered all six hundred exam questions quickly and received a perfect score.
• Feng Shuya watched Su Qiao's score and resented her for taking the entrance test Feng Shuya had avoided.
• Su Qiao left the exam room as the crowd stared at her.
• Feng Shuya blocked Su Qiao and taunted her over her C-rank aptitude, and Su Qiao threatened to beat her until she could not get up.

Su Qiao left the examination hall with Principal Thor and Lord Hydra to take her physical constitution and Mental Power tests, while rumors and resentment followed her. Ye Hanyi waited to speak with her, but she rejected him and told him not to seek her out.

• Onlookers mocked Su Qiao for being C-rank and accused her of taking a finalist’s spot, but she ignored them.
• Principal Thor and Lord Hydra arrived, and Hydra warned Su Qiao not to let the matter with Feng Shuya drag on; Su Qiao said she was waiting for the right time.
• Thor asked whether it was time for the physical constitution and Mental Power tests, and Hydra accompanied Su Qiao to the testing room to discuss something afterward.
• The crowd condemned Feng Shuya as a plagiarist and hurried to watch Su Qiao’s test.
• Ye Hanyi waited near the testing hall and tried to speak to Su Qiao, but she told him not to block her way or come looking for her.

Su Qiao discovered that her physical aptitude was 3S, then overwhelmed the mental power testing device when she followed the teachers’ instructions to use her full ability. The device exploded, drawing Tang'er and Hydra into the testing room.

• Tang'er and Hydra rebuked Ye Hanyi for his behavior and sent Su Qiao into New Student Test Room 1.
• Su Qiao’s physical aptitude tested at 3S, and the teachers repeated the test to confirm the result.
• The teachers urged Su Qiao to use her full ability during the mental power test.
• Su Qiao increased her mental power output, causing the testing device to beep and explode.
• Tang'er and Hydra rushed into the testing room after hearing the explosion.

Su Qiao’s test revealed that her physical grade was 3S and her Mental Power exceeded 3S, shocking the principal and Hydra. They kept her true results secret, and Hydra asked her to become his disciple and inherit his position.

• The teachers reported that Su Qiao’s physical grade was 3S and her Mental Power was too strong for the testing instrument, which exploded.
• Su Qiao explained that she had not been tested in years and had believed her physical grade was S-grade.
• Hydra and Tang Er ordered the teachers to keep Su Qiao’s true results confidential and record the lower levels she had reported.
• Tang Er asked Su Qiao to become Hydra’s disciple, and Hydra offered to train her as his successor.

Su Qiao agreed to become Hydra’s disciple and successor to the Research Institute, while asking him to delay the announcement until after the mecha competition. After her exceptional test results stirred the crowd, Ye Hanyi pursued her and grabbed her arm as she rejected him again.

• Hydra offered to take Su Qiao as his disciple and train her to succeed him, and Su Qiao accepted on the condition that she could keep researching plants.
• Su Qiao asked Hydra to postpone the announcement and banquet until after the mecha competition, and he warned her about Aola Star’s dangerous creatures and plants.
• Su Qiao revealed that researching poisons was her greatest specialty, surprising Hydra and Tonger.
• The crowd learned that Su Qiao had an S-level physique and 2S-level Mental Power, while Feng Shuya looked displeased and Ye Hanyi was shocked.
• Su Qiao left the testing hall through a back door, but Ye Hanyi followed her and pleaded for another chance.
• Ye Hanyi grabbed Su Qiao’s arm and claimed he did not believe she had stopped caring for him.