Recaps

Qing Que brought the newly appointed Cauldron Master Lingsha to Bailu’s clinic, where Lingsha reunited with Bai Jun and revealed that she was his senior sister and fiancée. Her return left Qing Que and Fu Xuan shocked and jealous, while Bai Jun was caught between their reactions.

• Fu Xuan read Qing Que’s messages and told Bai Jun that the Cauldron Master he had been waiting for had arrived.
• Qing Que escorted Lingsha through the Luofu to Bailu’s clinic after Fu Xuan directed her to the acting Cauldron Master’s location.
• Lingsha recognized Bai Jun at the clinic, called him her junior brother, and embraced him tearfully as they reunited.
• Qing Que and Fu Xuan protested when Lingsha clung to Bai Jun, and Bai Jun awkwardly stepped away from her embrace.
• Lingsha showed them the dragon-scale necklace Bai Jun wore and announced that she was his senior sister and fiancée.

Bai Jun spent the evening at Bailu’s clinic with Lingsha, Qing Que, Fu Xuan, and Bailu, where he admitted he was already married and left amid their shocked reactions. On his way home through the Exalting Sanctum, he spotted a familiar Foxkin woman waiting by a railing.

• Bailu persuaded everyone at the clinic to stay for dinner, and Bai Jun took over cooking.
• Lingsha and Bai Jun discussed her new position as Cauldron Master and the Alchemy Commission’s problems.
• Lingsha noticed Bai Jun’s wedding ring, and he told everyone he had married recently.
• Qing Que, Bailu, Fu Xuan, and Lingsha reacted with shock and distress, and Lingsha said she would speak with Bai Jun alone the next day.
• Bai Jun left the clinic late at night and saw a familiar Foxkin woman on the street.

Tingyun confessed her love to Bai Jun, and he accepted her feelings after asking her to value herself and promise to embrace his faithful love. The next morning, Bai Jun prepared Lingsha to take over as Cauldron Master, while she hinted that she had her own plan for dealing with the Alchemy Commission’s schemers.

• Tingyun told Bai Jun she loved him and pleaded to remain close to him despite his marriage to Feixiao.
• Bai Jun confessed that he loved Tingyun, urged her to love herself, and asked her to accept the responsibilities that came with his promise.
• Tingyun agreed, and Bai Jun asked her to start by becoming his lover.
• Healers at the Alchemy Commission reacted to rumors that Bai Jun would leave the acting Cauldron Master post, while some old hands planned to undermine his successor.
• Bai Jun briefed Lingsha on the Cauldron Master's duties and warned her that the Commission's schemers were becoming restless.
• Lingsha said she had tricks to secure her position, then flicked Bai Jun's forehead when he offered to help with any request.

Bai Jun reunited with Lingsha, who confessed her fears and used his public support to secure her position as Cauldron Master before they shared a kiss. He then met Tingyun for their first date as lovers, where she arrived dressed for the occasion.

• Lingsha hugged Bai Jun, admitted how much she had feared losing him, and urged him to stop running from the people who missed him.
• Bai Jun agreed to apologize to General Huai Yan, the Flamecourt Lord, and his fellow disciples, while Lingsha teased him about his marriage and appearance.
• Lingsha kissed Bai Jun at the Alchemy Commission gate and called him her darling, startling the watching physicians and intimidating the commission's old-timers.
• Bai Jun returned Lingsha's kiss and told her she could come collect what he owed whenever she liked.
• Bai Jun waited at the place where Tingyun had confessed her feelings, and Tingyun arrived in a new red dress for their first date.
• Tingyun leaned against Bai Jun's shoulder and told him she did not dress that way even at home.

Bai Jun and Tingyun went on their first date as lovers, where they teased each other, shopped, and shared food. Tingyun invited Bai Jun to her home that evening, and after she showered, she asked him to bring her clothes.

• Tingyun playfully questioned Bai Jun about another woman's scent, and he honestly explained his past relationship with his former senior sister.
• Tingyun reassured Bai Jun that he could decide how to respond to other women, then began the date with him.
• Bai Jun and Tingyun walked hand in hand through Exalting Sanctum's shopping street, and Bai Jun chose an outfit that Tingyun bought.
• Bai Jun and Tingyun fed each other dessert and bread, and Tingyun shyly asked him to do something for her that evening.
• Bai Jun waited in Tingyun's living room while she showered, then she asked him to bring her a shirt and the clothes they had bought.

Tingyun kissed Bai Jun and invited Yukong to join them, prompting Yukong to recognize that she loved him too. The story then shifted to Fu Xuan, who struggled with her feelings about the ring on Bai Jun’s hand and prepared to use divination to see whether their fates intersected.

• Tingyun pushed Bai Jun onto the sofa, revealed the provocative outfit she had chosen, and kissed him after he took the initiative.
• Yukong arrived at Tingyun’s home, saw Bai Jun and Tingyun together, and realized that she was in love with Bai Jun.
• Tingyun comforted Yukong and suggested that the three of them stay together, while Bai Jun silently approached them.
• The next morning, Fu Xuan remained distracted by the ring on Bai Jun’s left hand and struggled to focus on her Divination Bureau duties.
• Fu Xuan learned that the Matrix of Prescience had failed to calculate a result for the flagship’s divination, then returned to her office.
• Fu Xuan took out her divination compass and decided to check whether her fate intersected with Bai Jun’s.

Fu Xuan failed to divine Bai Jun’s fate and hoped his power could prove fate was changeable. When Bai Jun arrived with an official transfer to the Divination Bureau, Fu Xuan’s excitement gave way to a candid conversation about her ambitions, before he accidentally triggered the collapse of a cabinet hiding her clutter.

• Fu Xuan tried and failed to glean anything about Bai Jun’s fate, then recalled her debate with her late master Jingtian about whether fate could be changed.
• Mingyue told Fu Xuan that Bai Jun had come to see her, and Fu Xuan blurted out her excitement before recovering her composure.
• Bai Jun presented Fu Xuan with Jing Yuan’s transfer order and explained that he would work at the Divination Bureau.
• Fu Xuan welcomed Bai Jun and explained that she wanted to become general to prove something to her late master, while Bai Jun asked about her ambitions.
• Bai Jun noticed something protruding from Fu Xuan’s cabinet and tugged at it despite her warning, causing the cabinet to spill its contents and revealing a pair of white tights.

Bai Jun’s visit to the Divination Bureau turned into a jealous confrontation between Fu Xuan and Qing Que, and he returned to Shence Mansion exhausted. Jing Yuan told him that generals from the other ships were arriving to question him about the Luofu’s recent calamities, leaving Bai Jun to accompany him into the meeting.

• Fu Xuan regretted driving Bai Jun away, then discovered Qing Que had taken him on a tour of the Divination Bureau.
• Qing Que brought Bai Jun to the library, sat on his lap, and refused to move when Fu Xuan ordered her off him.
• Fu Xuan and Qing Que argued over Bai Jun in the library while Mingyue and Huixing witnessed the confrontation.
• Bai Jun returned to Shence Mansion, where Jing Yuan explained that generals from the other ships were coming to discuss the Luofu’s recent upheaval and damage.
• Bai Jun reassured Jing Yuan and agreed to accompany him as he faced the visiting generals.

Bai Jun reunited with his master, Huai Yan, on the Luofu, where Jing Yuan tried to recruit him as the next general. Huai Yan sent Bai Jun to show Yunli and Lingsha around, and the outing revealed that Yunli and Lingsha both had feelings for him.

• Jing Yuan tricked Bai Jun into meeting Huai Yan, who greeted his former disciple with a kick and an emotional embrace.
• Yunli arrived with Huai Yan, teased Bai Jun about their old promise, and argued with him after he called her a kid.
• Huai Yan and Jing Yuan discussed the Luofu's future, and Jing Yuan proposed Bai Jun as the next general.
• Huai Yan ordered Bai Jun to guide Yunli and Lingsha around the Luofu while he continued talking with Jing Yuan.
• Bai Jun took Yunli and Lingsha through the crowded streets and bought them Qiongshi Bird Skewers.
• Yunli realized Lingsha liked Bai Jun and declared that they were rivals.

Bai Jun’s reunion with Yunli and Lingsha turned into a painful revelation when Yunli learned he was married and declared she still liked him, while Lingsha seemed intrigued by his married status. Later, Bai Jun brought them to a family dinner at the Shence Mansion, where Huai Yan and Jing Yuan welcomed them.

• Bai Jun recalled how Huai Yan had taken him as a disciple, how his talent made him a renowned Hundred Refinements Master, and how Yunli had once challenged him to a contest.
• Bai Jun returned with Qiongshi Bird Skewers and found Yunli devastated after Lingsha had told her he was married.
• Yunli saw the ring on Bai Jun’s hand, accused him of breaking his promise, and confessed that she still liked him despite his marriage.
• Lingsha approved of Yunli’s declaration and mused that a married man seemed more charming, leaving Bai Jun stunned.
• Jing Yuan invited Bai Jun, Yunli, and Lingsha to dinner at the Shence Mansion at Huai Yan’s request.
• Huai Yan and Jing Yuan welcomed the group and encouraged Lingsha to relax and enjoy the meal.

Bai Jun survived Lingsha’s attempt to drug him, but the medicine left her and Yunli drunk and clingy until he settled them in Yunli’s room. He later confided his doubts about his future to Huai Yan, who promised to respect whatever choice he made.

• Lingsha repeatedly gave Bai Jun medicated cider, but his Sun power neutralized the drug and alcohol, while she accidentally knocked herself out with her own dose.
• Yunli drank the remaining medicated cider, and when Lingsha and Yunli both grew tipsy, they clung to and kissed Bai Jun before he calmed them down.
• Jing Yuan and Huai Yan left Bai Jun to look after the two women, and he eventually tucked Lingsha and Yunli into Yunli’s bed for the night.
• Huai Yan told Bai Jun not to dwell on past mistakes and assured him that the Zhuming would always be his home.
• Bai Jun told Huai Yan about his worries, his ties on the Luofu, and his uncertainty over whether to return to the Zhuming or continue traveling.
• Huai Yan said he would investigate the dormant Flint Emperor fragment and promised to respect Bai Jun’s eventual decision about where to live.

Bai Jun began work at the Divination Bureau, where Fu Xuan’s jealousy caused a commotion after someone claimed to be his fiancée. Fu Xuan brought Bai Jun and the visitor to a café and asked the girl to explain herself.

• Bai Jun recalled Huai Yan’s story about Yingxing and Huai Yan’s pride in both his disciples as he arrived early for his first day at the Divination Bureau.
• Fu Xuan introduced Bai Jun to the divination officers, and he began learning the bureau’s work while Mingyue watched him resentfully and Huixing helped him.
• During the morning break, a diviner announced that Bai Jun’s fiancée was waiting outside, prompting Fu Xuan to angrily demand to know what she meant to him.
• Fu Xuan took Bai Jun and the visitor to a nearby café, where the girl ordered hot chocolate and Fu Xuan asked her to explain her claim.

Fu Xuan and Bai Jun spent a day shopping together after she asked him to accompany her, and she ran into Aunt Mingwan, who mistook their outing for a date. Fu Xuan was left flustered when Aunt Mingwan called Bai Jun her special someone.

• Yunli accused Fu Xuan of secretly marrying Bai Jun, and the two argued over him.
• Yunli showed Fu Xuan a kiss mark and claimed Bai Jun had left it, but Bai Jun pointed out that the mark was too small to be his.
• Bai Jun mediated between Fu Xuan and Yunli, and they apologized and introduced themselves to each other.
• After Yunli left, Fu Xuan ordered Bai Jun to accompany her shopping, and he agreed, teasing her into an embarrassed headbutt.
• Fu Xuan and Bai Jun visited the shopping street near the Divination Bureau, where they met Aunt Mingwan.
• Aunt Mingwan recognized Fu Xuan, then assumed she and Bai Jun were on a date and called him Fu Xuan's special someone.

After a date with Bai Jun, Fu Xuan admitted she wanted him to stay by her side, and he agreed. Later, Fu Xuan sent Bai Jun to deliver a warning about changes at Fyxestroll Garden, while Sushang remained distracted by thoughts of him as Guinaifen planned a ghost-hunting livestream.

• Fu Xuan and Bai Jun shared a dessert, and she asked him about the meaning of divination; his answer helped her face her feelings for him.
• Fu Xuan told Bai Jun she wanted to keep looking into his eyes and asked him to stay by her side, and he agreed.
• Fu Xuan asked Bai Jun to deliver the Matrix of Prescience's report to Jing Yuan, which warned of changes in the northwestern and southern areas of Fyxestroll Garden that night.
• Guinaifen pitched Sushang a livestream about the haunted Fyxestroll Garden, but Sushang was distracted and thinking about Bai Jun.

Guinaifen persuaded Sushang to join her in exploring Fyxestroll Garden, while Hanya and Xue Yi sent Huo Huo there to investigate a disturbance. Huo Huo met the two streamers and tried to guide them out, but a strange mist returned them to their starting point, leaving her to call for help.

• Guinaifen convinced Sushang to explore Fyxestroll Garden by promising to arrange a dinner with Bai Jun.
• Hanya asked to accompany Xue Yi on the Ten Lords Bureau assignment, and they brought Huo Huo along to investigate reports of escaped sui-yang.
• Guinaifen and Sushang wandered through Fyxestroll Garden, got lost, and mistook Huo Huo and her lantern for a ghost.
• Huo Huo offered to escort Guinaifen and Sushang out, but a sinister gale and mist sent the three back to their starting point.
• Huo Huo tried to break through the thickening mist, then hugged Tail and called for help.

Bai Jun rescued Huo Huo, Sushang, and Guinaifen from the mist at Fyxestroll Garden, then captured the Suiyang gathered there. He joined Xue Yi and Hanya at Verdant Hill Terrace, where the judges had subdued another group, but they suspected the abnormal Suiyang outbreak was not over.

• Bai Jun broke apart the mist and saved Huo Huo, Sushang, and Guinaifen, and Huo Huo immediately embraced him.
• Bai Jun learned why the three girls had come to Fyxestroll Garden and agreed to let Sushang and Guinaifen stay with him.
• Bai Jun identified the scattered Suiyang as parts of a Greater Suiyang and captured them as they merged into a flame giant.
• Bai Jun sensed that other Suiyang were fighting near Verdant Hill Terrace and led the girls there.
• Xue Yi captured the seventh Suiyang in the area, and she and Hanya concluded that the unusually aggressive outbreak was being driven by some power.

Xue Yi and the spiritfarers fought a greater Suiyang until Bai Jun arrived and destroyed it with one blow. He then took Xue Yi into the woods to ask for her measurements, leaving Hanya, Huo Huo, Guinaifen, and Sushang shocked by what they saw.

• Hanya ordered the spiritfarers to prepare a spell while Xue Yi held off the greater Suiyang, but the creature resisted their attack and badly damaged Xue Yi.
• Bai Jun appeared in time to sever the greater Suiyang's arm and then destroyed it with a single blow.
• Huo Huo tended to Xue Yi while Hanya hugged her, and Bai Jun watched them before taking Xue Yi aside to confirm something.
• Hanya, Huo Huo, Guinaifen, and Sushang followed Bai Jun and Xue Yi into the woods and saw Bai Jun holding Xue Yi's waist while asking about her measurements.
• The chapter shifted back a few minutes as Bai Jun directed the spiritfarers to collect the scattered Suiyang and explained that he had taken Xue Yi aside to ask for her measurements for a puppet.

Bai Jun admonished Xue Yi for risking herself, then measured her puppet body and was interrupted by Hanya, Huo Huo, Sushang, and Guinaifen, who misunderstood what they saw. He went to deal with Furynox, captured it by hand, and heard a tremendous shout and explosion nearby.

• Bai Jun told Xue Yi to value herself, and she embraced him before offering to let him measure her body.
• Bai Jun measured Xue Yi's waist, but Huo Huo and Hanya arrived and misread the scene; Sushang and Guinaifen also accused him of improper behavior.
• A spiritwarden summoned Bai Jun to help move Furynox, whose strength had damaged dozens of Moon-Gathering Gourds and left it trapped in a temporary array.
• Mr. Tail joined Bai Jun and explained that Suiyang could merge only when they shared common ground, so he could not simply absorb Furynox.
• Bai Jun dismantled the array and carried Furynox away by hand, then a huge shout and explosion came from the twelve o'clock direction.

Bai Jun defeated Cirrus after Cirrus possessed a netherworld officer and challenged him, but Cirrus survived as a tiny flame and called Bai Jun “Dad.” Cirrus’s memories revealed that he believed Bai Jun was the destined king who could lead the Star Spirits to glory.

• Cirrus detonated the Form-Binding Evil-Warding Formation, possessed a netherworld officer, and absorbed nearby Suiyang fragments to become a giant.
• Cirrus taunted Tail and knocked him away, then threatened Bai Jun with the lives of the officers whose bodies he could possess.
• Cirrus attacked Bai Jun, who stopped his fist and engulfed him in golden flames, freeing the officer from his possession.
• Bai Jun helped tend to the wounded and restore the formation before everyone else left Fyxestroll Garden.
• A surviving Cirrus tugged at Bai Jun’s leg and called him “Dad,” believing he had found the destined king of the Star Spirits.
• Cirrus recalled the Star Spirits’ history and recognized Bai Jun’s golden power as the Sun they had long awaited.

After Cirrus merged into Bai Jun and confirmed that his sunlike power marked him as the Suiyang’s destined king, Bai Jun returned home and found Tingyun had brought Yukong to see him. Meanwhile, Kafka and Silver Wolf headed toward the Luofu for a mission to witness an Aeon’s rise, and the chapter ended with an unexplained sneeze in the general’s residence.

• Cirrus told Bai Jun that the Flint Emperor’s fragment inside him was only an empty shell, and Bai Jun realized Cirrus’s presence and the Favor of the Sun were connected to the Flint Emperor.
• Bai Jun returned home and found Tingyun waiting; she led him to Yukong, who had come to see him, and prompted him to play along with her teasing roleplay.
• Yukong pounced on Bai Jun, and Tingyun joined them as the encounter grew heated.
• Kafka told Silver Wolf that their mission on the Luofu was to witness the rise of an Aeon, not to pursue a Stellaron.
• A tiny sneeze sounded in the otherwise silent general’s residence, where an unidentified person remained awake in a brightly lit, cluttered office.

Bai Jun investigated strange disturbances on the Luofu after Fu Xuan’s divinations predicted unrest near the Artisanship Commission. Fu Xuan tried to use a location-based divination to learn his fortune, but her attempt backfired; Bai Jun then headed to the Artisanship Commission.

• Bai Jun’s rapid progress at the Divination Bureau earned Mingyue’s apology and respect.
• Bai Jun learned that residents near the Alchemy Commission and other areas were suffering poor sleep while plants grew abnormally fast.
• Bai Jun visited Fu Xuan with breakfast and asked about the Matrix of Prescience’s observations on behalf of Jing Yuan.
• Fu Xuan said an unknown force was disrupting the Matrix and identified the Artisanship Commission as the likely site of unrest.
• Fu Xuan sent Bai Jun to the Artisanship Commission, then watched her prediction of great fortune turn into great misfortune when she tried to verify it.
• Bai Jun arrived at the Artisanship Commission, where craftsmen worked in a busy forge.

Bai Jun uncovered that a Stellaron was accelerating the Ambrosial Arbor’s growth beneath the Artisanship Commission, then reported the danger to Jing Yuan, who sealed the Luofu and ordered a search. As unrest spread and the Arbor’s roots trapped the Alchemy Commission, Huai Yan prepared to leave the Luofu, and Bai Jun suggested that Zhuming send specialists to help.

• Bai Jun and Gongshu Liang found huge roots beneath the Artisanship Commission, where Bai Jun fought off the creatures they spawned and detected a Stellaron’s presence in a surviving branch.
• Bai Jun searched the lower level, found roots spreading through its waterways, cleared several critical points, and reported to Jing Yuan that the Stellaron was reviving the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Jing Yuan declined Bai Jun’s offer to consult Herta, sealed the Luofu’s borders, and ordered the Cloud Cavalry to search for the Stellaron.
• The Ambrosial Arbor’s roots burst from the ground and trapped the Alchemy Commission, while Jing Yuan’s orders helped the Luofu maintain order despite widespread fear.
• Huai Yan prepared to depart from the Luofu, and Bai Jun suggested that he send specialists from Zhuming to help locate the Stellaron.

Bai Jun reunited with Yunli and encountered Blade, whom he defeated and captured after realizing Kafka had also entered the Luofu. He brought Blade to the Shence Mansion and informed Jing Yuan, who reacted with rare alarm and went to see the prisoner.

• Huai Yan told Bai Jun the Zhuming could offer the Luofu weapons but had no Stellaron experts to spare, and Bai Jun learned Yunli had stayed behind.
• Yunli joined Bai Jun on his way to help Lingsha at the overgrown Alchemy Commission, and he carried her through the damaged streets.
• Bai Jun recognized Blade, formerly Yingxing, and intercepted his attack when Blade lunged at Yunli.
• Bai Jun fought Blade, discovered that Kafka had used Spirit Whisper to drive him into a frenzy, and knocked him unconscious.
• Bai Jun took Blade to the Shence Mansion, ordered the Vanguards to bind him, and told Jing Yuan what had happened.
• Jing Yuan reacted with rare alarm and followed Bai Jun to the training grounds where Blade was held.

Jing Yuan ordered Blade taken to the Divination Bureau for questioning, while Bai Jun began searching the Luofu for the remaining Stellaron Hunters. Bai Jun narrowed their likely hiding place to the Exalting Sanctum and sent Cloud Cavalry troops to search it as two hidden Stellaron Hunters discussed their next move.

• Jing Yuan greeted the captured Blade, asked why he had come to the Luofu, and ordered guards to take him to the Matrix of Prescience for questioning.
• Jing Yuan returned Blade’s Shard Sword and watched him being escorted away, while Bai Jun offered to search for the other Stellaron Hunters.
• Two pearlkeepers patrolling Scalegorge Waterscape heard a strange cry from the Dragon Exaltation Hall and suspected the missing dragon egg was there, but the cry knocked them unconscious.
• Bai Jun reasoned that Kafka had to be near Blade for her Spirit Whisper to control him and identified the Exalting Sanctum as the likeliest hiding place.
• Bai Jun ordered Cloud Cavalry troops to seal the passages and search the Exalting Sanctum in groups, then set out to track Kafka’s aura.
• Two Stellaron Hunters hiding in the Exalting Sanctum’s low alleyways discussed their next move.

Bai Jun captured Kafka and Silver Wolf and brought them to the Divination Bureau, where Fu Xuan’s interrogation revealed little about the Stellaron Hunters’ plans. Alone with Kafka, Bai Jun disabled the Matrix of Prescience and learned that she had used Spirit Whisper to conceal what she knew about Elio’s prophecy; he then asked whether she had deliberately allowed him to find her.

• Kafka and Silver Wolf lost contact with Blade, and Kafka revealed that Elio had given them no specific script beyond stirring things up on the Luofu.
• Bai Jun found Kafka and Silver Wolf in the Exalting Sanctum, and Kafka surrendered while Silver Wolf gave in after he gently patted her head.
• Bai Jun escorted the two to the Divination Bureau, where Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan arranged to interrogate Kafka using the Matrix of Prescience.
• Fu Xuan learned that Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Blade were the only Stellaron Hunters on the Luofu, but Kafka claimed she did not know the details of Elio’s script.
• Bai Jun entered the Matrix of Prescience to question Kafka, then disabled its observation so they could speak openly.
• Kafka admitted that Spirit Whisper had made her forget the prophecy’s details during interrogation, and Bai Jun asked whether she had deliberately left traces for him to follow.