Chapter Summaries

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.

Kafka explained that the Stellaron Hunters’ actions on the Luofu were meant to delay Bai Jun and focus attention on them, while their true purpose involved the power of the “Sun” within him. A terrifying cry shook the Luofu, and Bai Jun left the formation to face the disaster as Kafka urged him to become the Xianzhou’s hero.

• Kafka confirmed that the Herta Space Station operation had awakened Stelle and that Stelle belonged with the Nameless.
• Kafka revealed that the Hunters had staged their actions on the Luofu to misdirect the Divination Bureau and Shence Mansion and keep Bai Jun from discovering an unknown threat.
• Bai Jun deduced that the Hunters were interested in the “Sun” and his potential to become an Aeon, but Kafka would not explain their purpose.
• A piercing cry rang over the Luofu, causing violent tremors and throwing the Divination Bureau into chaos.
• Kafka told Bai Jun that the era needed hope and urged him to become the Xianzhou’s hero as he left the formation.

After hearing that a dangerous anomaly had appeared at Scalegorge Waterscape, Bai Jun left despite Fu Xuan’s warning, while Jing Yuan mobilized the Cloud Cavalry and prepared for battle. A corrupted dragon emerged from the seabed, and Jing Yuan struck it down with his golden manifestation, leaving the shore watching the giants clash.

• Fu Xuan tried to stop Bai Jun from going to Scalegorge Waterscape, but he comforted her and insisted that people must resist fate.
• Bai Jun rushed through the devastated streets toward Scalegorge Waterscape as Jing Yuan arrived there with Cloud Cavalry, Ten Lords Bureau officers, and elite Vanguards.
• Jing Yuan ordered the troops to prepare for battle after learning that patrol pearlkeepers had vanished near the anomaly.
• The black vortex became a waterspout, and a Vidyadhara rebirth egg cracked and stained the sea black.
• A colossal corrupted dragon emerged from the black sea, and Jing Yuan recognized Shuhu’s presence as the soldiers succumbed to fear.
• Jing Yuan summoned a hundred-meter golden figure and struck the creature back into the sea pit.

Jing Yuan fought Phantylia, who revealed that she had combined the powers of Permanence, Destruction, and Abundance. After defeating Jing Yuan and using the Stellaron to transform the Ambrosial Arbor, Phantylia seized him, while Yan Qing struggled to overcome his terror and prepare to fight.

• Jing Yuan recognized that the black dragon carried the Vidyadhara's power of Permanence and identified it as an Abomination Dragon connected to Baiheng's death.
• Phantylia emerged from the dragon, introduced herself as a Lord Ravager, and offered to spare the Luofu if Jing Yuan surrendered Bai Jun; Jing Yuan refused and attacked.
• Phantylia's power of Destruction turned the battle against Jing Yuan, and their attacks left both him and the Abomination Dragon badly wounded.
• Phantylia revealed the Stellaron, drove it into the Ambrosial Arbor's roots, and swallowed a fruit to heal herself and unite the powers of Permanence, Abundance, and Destruction.
• Phantylia seized the wounded Jing Yuan and tormented him, leaving Yan Qing and the gathered Cloud Knights and Vanguards terrified.
• Yan Qing fought through his fear, remembered what Teacher Bai Jun had taught him, and resolved to draw his sword even if he could only swing it once.

Yan Qing rallied the Cloud Knights as Bai Jun rescued Jing Yuan and confronted Phantylia, unleashing his full power in a devastating battle. After both fighters healed from their injuries, Phantylia asked to talk, realizing she had been captivated by Bai Jun’s Sun.

• Yan Qing encouraged the shaken Cloud Knights to stand and defend the Luofu, and Bai Jun praised him before unleashing Heavenly Fire against Phantylia.
• Bai Jun rescued Jing Yuan, healed his physical injuries, and sent Yan Qing to support him while Jing Yuan warned Bai Jun that Phantylia had combined the powers of Destruction, Abundance, and Permanence.
• Bai Jun confronted Phantylia over her role in the Buli raid and theft of Shuhu’s fragments, then released his full power and wounded her with a sword strike.
• Phantylia attacked with the Abomination Dragon, and Bai Jun met her combined Destruction and Permanence assault with Heavenly Fire, leaving both of them gravely injured.
• Phantylia healed herself with Abundance, but Bai Jun also recovered and pressed her to continue fighting until one of them died.
• Phantylia asked Bai Jun to stop and talk, admitting to herself that she had been captivated by his Sun.

Bai Jun unleashed the full power of Might of An-Utu and destroyed Phantylia’s Abomination Dragon, ending the attack on the Luofu. Three days later, as the Xianzhou celebrated him as a hero and the Alliance declared war on the Destruction Legion, Bai Jun recovered under Lingsha’s attentive care.

• Phantylia offered Bai Jun power and status in exchange for joining her, but he revealed the Herrscher of Flames Core and prepared to unleash his full strength.
• Bai Jun struck with Might of An-Utu, destroying the Abomination Dragon and splitting the waters and artificial sky above Scalegorge Waterscape.
• Silver Wolf, Blade, and Kafka watched the battle, and Kafka called Bai Jun the hero needed to bring about the script’s destined ending.
• The Xianzhou Alliance declared war on the Destruction Legion, while Jing Yuan publicly celebrated Bai Jun’s victory and the Luofu hailed him as a hero.
• Three days after the battle, Bai Jun complained about repeated examinations from Lingsha as Jing Yuan joked with them during his own recovery.

Jing Yuan announced that he planned to retire and brought Bai Jun before the Luofu’s commission leaders as his chosen successor. After Bai Jun was mobbed by admirers who hailed him as a hero, the leaders began discussing whether he should become the next general.

• Jing Yuan told Bai Jun he had submitted his retirement request and recommended a successor to the Marshal.
• Jing Yuan led Bai Jun and Lingsha through the Exalting Sanctum, where crowds recognized Bai Jun as the hero who defeated Phantylia and overwhelmed him with gifts and praise.
• At the Shence Mansion, Jing Yuan urged Bai Jun to accept the responsibility that came with the people’s admiration, then pushed him into a meeting of the commission leaders.
• Jing Yuan announced plans for a Wardance Ceremony to reassure the Luofu and reopen its external checkpoints, while Bai Jun worried that his growing power of “Sun” might make him lose his humanity.
• Jing Yuan revealed that Bai Jun was his chosen successor and called for the leaders to assess his qualifications; Lingsha and several commission heads immediately supported him.

After Jing Yuan’s council unanimously approved Bai Jun as the next Luofu general, the news unsettled Topaz, enraged Feixiao, and reached Sunday through Guinaifen. The chapter ended with Sunday realizing that Guinaifen’s worried relief over Bai Jun revealed a connection he had not known about.

• Jing Yuan announced that Bai Jun would succeed him as Luofu general, despite Bai Jun’s desperate objections, while Fu Xuan quietly accepted the decision.
• Topaz read the news about Bai Jun’s appointment and worried that his new position would put him beyond her reach; Jade then gave her quarterly work assignments, including a crossed-out Belobog project.
• Feixiao learned that Bai Jun would be tied to the Luofu as its general and threatened to go there, forcing Jiaoqiu and Moze to restrain her.
• Sunday visited Guinaifen backstage with pudding egg tarts, noticed her cherished hair ornament, and warned her not to overwork before the charmony festival.
• Sunday told Guinaifen that Bai Jun was set to become the Luofu general, and she sighed with relief that he was safe, prompting Sunday’s dessert to fall as he wondered who she meant by “he.”

After Jing Yuan named Bai Jun as his successor, Bai Jun tried to escape the appointment by applying to move to Penacony, but Jing Yuan defeated the plan and sent him to deliver an invitation to Jarilo-VI. Fu Xuan accepted Bai Jun as the better choice for general, and as he left the Luofu, his long-dormant system returned with an unfamiliar set of abilities.

• Jing Yuan named Bai Jun as his successor, and Bai Jun tried to avoid the position by preparing a relocation application to Penacony before Jing Yuan persuaded him to accept it.
• Jing Yuan gave Bai Jun an invitation for Jarilo-VI and asked him to seek Igor Haft's descendants or, failing that, deliver it to Belobog's leader as an offer of peaceful relations.
• Fu Xuan told Bai Jun she no longer felt qualified to become general and recognized him as the better choice, then wished him well as he prepared to leave for Jarilo-VI.
• Bai Jun's dormant system announced that maintenance was complete and displayed its updated abilities, including Beautiful Youth, Sacred Judgment of Heavenly Fire, Favor of the Sun, and Mind Catcher.

Bai Jun received new system abilities and postponed his trip to Belobog to deliver The Herta’s puppet to Xue Yi, whose new body let her feel physical sensations. The story then shifted to Pela, who became stranded in a snowfield after chasing a Warp Trotter carrying a Geomarrow Activation Component.

• Bai Jun used three system draws and learned that another system upgrade required a Stellaron, so he resolved to visit Belobog.
• The Herta told Bai Jun that the puppet for Xue Yi had arrived at the Luofu cargo docks, causing him to delay his departure and collect it.
• Bai Jun visited Hanya at the Prison of Deep Seclusion and gave her the puppet for Xue Yi.
• Xue Yi experienced touch and taste in her new body, then embraced Bai Jun, and Hanya joined them.
• Pela recounted how she left Belobog alone on a routine survey, chased a Warp Trotter carrying a Geomarrow Activation Component, and became trapped among Fragmentum creatures in the snow.

Pela chased a Warp Trotter into the wilderness, where an avalanche and a tide of Fragmentum creatures nearly killed her before Bai Jun rescued her. Though Belobog had barred outsiders from entering, Pela fell for Bai Jun and agreed to guide him into the city, where he planned to find Igor Haft.

• Pela pursued a Warp Trotter she believed carried her mother's lost terminal and became trapped by an avalanche and fleeing Fragmentum creatures.
• Bai Jun landed on a snowy mountain, triggered the avalanche, and rescued Pela from the monsters he had startled.
• Pela introduced herself to Bai Jun and explained that Belobog's Supreme Guardian had forbidden outsiders from entering the city.
• Bai Jun healed Pela and lent her his coat, and she overcame her doubts and offered to guide him into Belobog.
• Pela asked whom Bai Jun sought, and he told her the man's name was Igor Haft.