Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu set out with Guinevere, Huohuo, and Lord Tail to reach Su Shang at Liúyún Dock, while the Astral Express Crew arrived and rescued Huanlong disguised as Tingyun. Huanlong recognized Jiang Lianqiu as her husband through the crew’s remarks, leaving March 7th and Stelle stunned.

• Jiang Lianqiu decided to leave Su Shang’s residence to find her and investigate the remnant spawn of The Propagation, bringing Guinevere, Huohuo, and Lord Tail along.
• Jiang Lianqiu used Five Senses Resonance to learn that Su Shang was at Liúyún Dock and heading to rescue a merchant trapped by Mara-Struck.
• Stelle, March 7th, and Welt reached Liúyún Dock and found Huanlong disguised as Tingyun surrounded by Mara-Struck soldiers and mutated Aurumaton mechs.
• Stelle, March 7th, and Welt defeated the enemies and introduced themselves to Huanlong, while Stelle gave bizarre answers about her identity and origin.
• Huanlong recognized Jiang Lianqiu’s name and appearance from the crew’s conversation, called him her husband, and told the Cloud Cavalry soldiers that the visitors were friends.

Huanlong and the Astral Express crew confirmed they knew Jiang Lianqiu, while Su Shang found Luocha at Liúyún Dock and fought the monsters there with an uncontrollable phoenix. Jiang Lianqiu, Guinevere, and Huohuo took an authorized starskiff to reach Su Shang, leaving Huohuo surprised that Jiang Lianqiu worked for the Divine Strategist’s Office.

• Stelle showed Huanlong a photo of Jiang Lianqiu, and a Cloud Cavalry soldier recognized him as Su Shang’s rescuer, prompting Huanlong to call herself his wife.
• The Cloud Cavalry soldier messaged Su Shang that Huanlong had claimed Jiang Lianqiu, and Su Shang replied that it was fine after learning Qiu Zi was there.
• Su Shang rescued Luocha from Mara-Struck, but the coffin on his back stirred as more Mara-Struck and infected automatons gathered around them.
• Su Shang summoned a phoenix that could not fly and rampaged through the enemies and shipping containers, leaving her worried about writing a thousand-word self-criticism.
• Jiang Lianqiu used Jing Yuan’s authorization to summon an automatic starskiff, and Huohuo recognized the Divine Strategist’s Office insignia on his identification Jade Amulet.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Su Shang at Liúyún Dock, where her enormous summoned phoenix vanished before the group set out to answer a Ten-Lords Commission distress call. They found Xueyi surrounded by unusual Mara-Struck, and Jiang Lianqiu defeated them in a flash just as an unexpected voice called him husband.

• Jiang Lianqiu, Guinevere, and Huohuo reached Su Shang and found a giant phoenix collapsed beside the dock.
• Jiang Lianqiu recognized the phoenix as connected to the Void Realm, and Su Shang explained that she had summoned it after studying a phoenix she saw during meditation.
• Su Shang dismissed the phoenix, and the group met Luocha before her Jade Amulet reported that Xueyi needed help.
• Jiang Lianqiu led the group to Xueyi, who warned them that the Mara-Struck attacking her were unusually dangerous and seemed unlike those corrupted by Abundance.
• Jiang Lianqiu swiftly cut down the Mara-Struck, astonishing Guinevere, as a woman arrived and cried out to him as her husband.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Su Shang and Huanlong amid the Stellaron crisis, then helped the group reach the Star Skiff Sea. There, he confronted Luocha about the unstable Propagation remains in his coffin and revealed that Ruan Mei had changed her plans.

• Jiang Lianqiu reunited with Su Shang and Huanlong, while Welt and the others joined them at Liúyún Dock.
• Xueyi returned to the Ten-Lords Commission with Huohuo, and Su Shang left to report for duty.
• Guinevere went home to check on her siblings, and Jiang Lianqiu revealed that she had an elder brother named Lancelot.
• Welt questioned Luocha about his resemblance to an old acquaintance, while Jiang Lianqiu asked about Jingliu and the coffin Luocha carried.
• Jiang Lianqiu identified the coffin's contents as Tayzzyronth's remains and explained Luocha's plan to use them against the Aeon of Abundance.
• Jiang Lianqiu said Ruan Mei had changed her mind, leaving Luocha stunned about the plan he had made with Jingliu.

Jiang Lianqiu secured Luocha’s remains of The Propagation and learned that Xingxiao’s attack was imminent. Jing Yuan asked the Astral Express Crew to choose between hunting the Stellaron Hunters and confronting Dragon Master Taoran, while planning to use the other task to force Dan Heng to face his past.

• Jiang Lianqiu persuaded Luocha to leave the remains of The Propagation in his care, and Luocha said he could not locate Jingliu or explain matters to her.
• Huanlong brought Jiang Lianqiu and the Astral Express Crew to meet Helmsman Yukong, where Jiang Lianqiu discussed Huanlong and asked about Jing Yuan’s arrangements.
• Jing Yuan appeared by hologram and offered the Astral Express Crew a reward for handling either the fleeing Stellaron Hunters or Dragon Master Taoran.
• March 7th and Stelle disagreed over which task to take, and Jiang Lianqiu recommended hunting the Stellaron Hunters so Dan Heng could deal with the Vidyadhara matter.
• Jing Yuan revealed that he intended to involve Dan Heng in whichever task the Crew did not choose, hoping Dan Heng would confront his past.
• Stelle told Huanlong that Yukong was keeping Jiang Lianqiu inside to tell him stories about Tingyun’s childhood.

Huanlong escorted the Astral Express Crew toward the Luofu’s trap while Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan launched a coordinated assault on the Dan Ding Division. The Cloud Cavalry Army overcame the Abundance followers’ alchemical mist, and Jiang Lianqiu arrived as Su Shang was reported to be violently attacking the mastermind.

• Huanlong led the Astral Express Crew to the Yichen Inn and privately celebrated what she believed was Jing Yuan’s failure to uncover her plans.
• Jing Yuan explained to Jiang Lianqiu that Ruan Mei’s research into mara had persuaded him to risk giving Huanlong the Jianmu God Fruit, and Jiang promised to restrain her when needed.
• Jiang told Jing Yuan he had arranged a fleet as backup against Xingxiao, while Jing accepted that Su Shang should be allowed to fight for the Luofu.
• Fu Xuan sealed off the Exalting Sanctum Starport and ordered the Cloud Cavalry Army to attack the Dan Ding Division, where Dan Shu released alchemical mist.
• Lingsha’s medicine protected the Cloud Cavalry Army and innocent healers from the mist, allowing the soldiers to defeat the Abundance followers as Lingsha helped those in danger.
• Jiang joined Fu Xuan at the battlefield, and a Cloud Cavalry soldier reported that Su Shang had pinned down the mastermind and was repeatedly smashing her head into the ground.

At Reverie Starport, Stelle and her allies confronted Kafka as the Ambrosial Arbor revived and Huanlong revealed herself. Kafka surrendered and agreed to cooperate with the Astral Express, while the chapter ended with Blade facing Jingliu at the Scalegorge Waterscape.

• Jiang Lianqiu teased Fu Xuan while Cloud Cavalry recruits followed his orders.
• Stelle overwhelmed Kafka with an array of strange weapons, and Kafka surrendered when Fu Xuan failed to appear.
• The Ambrosial Arbor revived, and Welt concluded that the Luofu had already purged its traitors.
• Huanlong revealed herself and fled, realizing she would have to breach the Xianzhou herself.
• Kafka learned Blade had repeatedly been hacked half to death by Jingliu and proposed an alliance with the Astral Express.
• Blade taunted Jingliu on the beach outside the Scalegorge Waterscape and was struck down.

Jiang Lianqiu gathered Jingliu, Blade, and the others to help defeat Huanlong before Xingxiao attacked Luofu. As Dan Heng revealed the submerged Vidya Loka, Xingxiao’s fleet arrived far sooner than expected by crossing the void in a forced Warp Jump.

• Jingliu and Blade saw a blazing object streak toward the Ambrosial Arbor, then met Jiang Lianqiu, Fu Xuan, and Su Shang, who recruited Jingliu to help fight Huanlong.
• Jiang Lianqiu warned Jingliu and Blade that Xingxiao and her fleet were also targeting Luofu; Kafka then ordered Blade to cooperate, and he agreed after killing himself once.
• Dan Heng captured Taoran and the other Dragon Masters, then told Jing Yuan he would help Bailu become a complete Dragon Lord and sever the past tied to Imbibitor Lunae Dan Feng.
• Jingliu and Blade joined Jiang Lianqiu’s group at the Hall of Aurumaton Eterna, where Jing Yuan prepared to lead an assault on Huanlong before Xingxiao arrived.
• Dan Heng parted the Sea of Mara Stars to reveal Vidya Loka, but Luofu shook as Xingxiao’s fleet appeared, having crossed the void in a forced Warp Jump.

Jiang Lianqiu and his allies confronted Huanlong beneath the Ambrosial Arbor, where she treated their meeting like a tragic romance and revealed her enormous new body. When Huanlong invited Jiang Lianqiu into her embrace, he instead told her to repent.

• Jing Yuan left with Welt, Blade, Dan Heng, and the Cloud Cavalry Fleet to face Xingxiao, while Fu Xuan stayed to oversee the Luofu.
• Jiang Lianqiu, March 7th, Stelle, Su Shang, Kafka, and Jingliu went to confront Huanlong inside the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Huanlong mistook the confrontation for a tragic romance, and Stelle taunted her by calling her a substitute for Tingyun.
• Huanlong formed a gigantic Ambrosial Arbor body and invited Jiang Lianqiu into her embrace.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Huanlong to repent, and she asked whether he had chosen to stand with the Luofu.

Jiang Lianqiu and his allies fought Huanlong, then used a mysterious remote to sever her connection to the Ambrosial Arbor and weaken her. After revealing he could save her from Nanook and explaining his role in the Simulated Universe, he left Huanlong and the others questioning how he had done it.

• Su Shang, Stelle, and March 7th revealed that they had known Huanlong's identity and that the real Tingyun was alive, enraging Huanlong.
• Huanlong attacked the group, and Stelle, March 7th, Jingliu, Kafka, and Su Shang fought back, though her strength overwhelmed them.
• Jiang Lianqiu pressed Ruan Mei's remote, causing Huanlong's Calamity Lotus to strike her and letting Jingliu and Su Shang sever her connection to the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Huanlong's body began shrinking as she lost control of the Ambrosial Arbor's power and much of her own strength, and Jiang Lianqiu told her he could save her from the fate she feared under Nanook.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that he had raised the realism of the Simulated Universe's digital Aeons to five percent, leaving Huanlong, Kafka, and Jingliu stunned.

Jiang Lianqiu subdued Huanlong and learned that Xingxiao was pressing the combined Xianzhou forces. As he headed to the battlefield, Hood’s forces prepared to join the fight, with their command network offering a potential answer to Xingxiao’s coordinated fleet.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained how Ruan Mei had used virtual Aeons and his reality data to restrain Huanlong, who began imagining him as her future Aeon husband.
• Huanlong revealed that Xingxiao was invading the Luofu, and Jiang Lianqiu warned her that he could sense her thoughts before she delighted in being scolded.
• Jiang Lianqiu said Huanlong would stay by his side under his agreement with Jing Yuan and Ruan Mei, then contacted Hood about the battle outside.
• Fei Xiao assessed Xingxiao’s fleet as an unusually coordinated force that was steadily pushing back the combined Luofu and Yaoqing forces.
• Christina explained to Hood that the Mech Servants’ Command Link and battlefield computing could match Xingxiao’s coordination, and Hood sent Fei Xiao intelligence about hidden enemy fleets.
• Hood waited for Jiang Lianqiu to arrive before committing her forces, while Kafka was stunned by the immense scale of his combat starship.

Jiang Lianqiu arrived aboard the Watcher and learned that Xingxiao was dividing her forces between Yaoqing and Luofu while secretly keeping reserves in nearby star systems. As Jing Yuan engaged the Legion, Jiang Lianqiu ordered a super-long-range strike on Xingxiao’s reserves, leaving Xingxiao alarmed by the attack’s unknown source.

• Jiang Lianqiu toured the Watcher with Stelle, March 7th, Kafka, and Huanlong before Hood briefed her on the First Fleet’s battle situation.
• Huanlong revealed that Xingxiao had agreed to attack Luofu in force but was instead concentrating on Yaoqing, leading Huanlong to suspect Xingxiao had set her up.
• An alarm detected Jing Yuan unleashing his Divine General against the Legion, and Hood identified three nearby star systems holding Xingxiao’s reserve fleets.
• Jiang Lianqiu ordered a super-long-range strike on the reserve fleets using the fleet’s powerful weapon.
• Xingxiao detected a wave of Blazing White light sweeping through her distant reserves and wondered whether Lan had attacked.

Jiang Lianqiu’s fleet used EntropicOrdos to annihilate Xingxiao’s rear fleet and a distant Anti-Matter Legion force, exposing the weapon’s terrifying reach. After Xingxiao sent scouts to investigate, Hood deployed the fleet to ambush the arriving legion, leaving its vanguard trapped and overlapped by gravity well bombs.

• EntropicOrdos struck from across star systems, melting Xingxiao’s rear fleet and destroying the gas giant and moons near the Anti-Matter Legion.
• Fei Xiao’s forces confirmed that the Emperor Bow Commander had not fired, while Kafka and Jiang Lianqiu watched the attack’s effects.
• March 7th steadied herself after witnessing the destruction, and Jiang Lianqiu explained EntropicOrdos’s range and firing limits.
• Jiang Lianqiu gave Hood command to use Xingxiao’s legion to announce the fleet’s arrival after spacetime ripples exposed their position.
• Hood mobilized the cloaked fleet and ordered gravity well bombs placed along the A1 route exit.
• Xingxiao’s arriving ships became trapped in distorted spacetime, and following vessels overlapped with the vanguard.

Jiang Lianqiu’s fleet fought Xingxiao’s Anti-Matter Legion in a tightly coordinated battle while Observer proposed linking the Luofu and Yaoqing fleets into the Command Link. Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao accepted, and Observer’s Sirens units began connecting the fleets’ command systems.

• Hood coordinated the fleet’s attacks as carriers Radiance, Victory, Shoukaku, and Zuikaku sent aircraft against the Anti-Matter Legion, while Shoukaku’s flute disrupted enemy forces.
• Xingxiao recognized that Jiang Lianqiu’s forces matched her own command coordination and eagerly embraced the challenge.
• Fei Xiao and Jiao Qiu praised the allied fleet’s battle tactics, and Jing Yuan returned after discovering that Xingxiao’s apparent command ship had been a decoy.
• Observer appeared before Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao and proposed merging the Luofu and Yaoqing fleets into the Command Link to share battlefield information.
• Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao agreed, and Observer’s Sirens units connected the fleets’ command systems, prompting Jing Yuan to note how thoroughly Jiang Lianqiu had prepared.

Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao used the Mech Servants’ battlefield-wide intelligence to launch a devastating counterattack against Xingxiao’s forces. Xingxiao escaped the first bombardment and attacked in person, but Shoukaku disrupted her attempt to hijack the fleet’s reactors, leaving her true body exposed among her clones.

• The Mech Servants analyzed battlefield data, issued detailed plans, and coordinated the Cloud Cavalry Fleet’s counterattack as Fei Xiao and Jing Yuan prepared to advance.
• Xingxiao’s forces were outmaneuvered as Fei Xiao led an assault into a neighboring star system, prompting Xingxiao to retreat with her remaining fleet.
• Jiang Lianqiu’s capital ships concentrated their cannons on Xingxiao’s fleet, crippling it and forcing Xingxiao to manifest her enormous body in space.
• Xingxiao created hundreds of clones that attacked the capital ships, destroying dozens and attempting to hijack their zero-point energy reactors.
• Shoukaku played her flute to disrupt Xingxiao’s energy resonance attack, causing the clones to vanish and revealing Xingxiao’s true body among them.

Jiang Lianqiu activated Codex Silencia to temporarily silence the Path of Destruction across the galaxy, stripping Xingxiao and the Legion Voidmotes of Destruction’s power. With Xingxiao trapped and unable to use her Path’s strength, Jiang Lianqiu confronted her and began a fight.

• Shoukaku’s Aether resonance briefly disrupted Xingxiao, giving Jiang Lianqiu time to order Hood to activate Codex Silencia against Destruction across the galaxy.
• Ruan Mei explained the device’s effects to Great Herta, then tricked her into eating Head Maid Li Na’s dessert, causing Herta to faint.
• Xingxiao attacked Shoukaku, but Codex Silencia silenced Destruction throughout the galaxy, making Xingxiao’s flames decay and causing the Legion Voidmotes to disappear.
• Jiang Lianqiu reassured Huanlong that she would not vanish, while Jingliu asked whether the technique could eventually work against Abundance.
• Xingxiao tried to attack Shoukaku again, but Jiang Lianqiu intervened and revealed that she was trapped in the galaxy without Destruction’s power.
• Jiang Lianqiu challenged Xingxiao, and their battle began across the sea of stars.

After the Luofu’s battle with Xingxiao drew the attention of Robin and the Aeons, Xipe and Nanook appeared before Jiang Lianqiu and Xingxiao. Nanook opened the Destruction Path to Jiang Lianqiu, leaving him wondering why the Aeon seemed to expect something from him.

• Robin heard a report that the Luofu Xianzhou was fighting Xingxiao’s Anti-Matter Legion, then sensed the Divine Master turn Its gaze toward the star system.
• Xipe appeared before Jiang Lianqiu and Xingxiao, and Xingxiao panicked that her former Harmony boss had come to punish her.
• Nanook appeared and ignored Xingxiao, then sent golden light toward Jiang Lianqiu in an apparent attempt to elevate him as an Emanator.
• The attempt did not make Jiang Lianqiu an Emanator, but he realized Nanook had opened the Destruction Path to him.
• Jiang Lianqiu wondered what Nanook expected of him and considered whether it had to do with his reputation as a war criminal or the Mecha Servant Civilization’s allegiance.

Jiang Lianqiu received gifts from Nanook and Xipe, gaining access to the Destruction Path and a powerful connection to the Command Link, before Emerald and Topaz traveled to meet him. The chapter left them approaching a vast, unfamiliar space structure.

• Nanook granted Jiang Lianqiu access to the Destruction Path, and Xipe's gift let him hear and control the Mech Servants through the Command Link.
• Jiang Lianqiu accidentally muted the entire command system, then restored it and discussed Nanook's gift with Xingxiao.
• Xingxiao messaged the Destruction Emanators' group chat about fighting Nanook's biological son, and Huanlong replied before Xingxiao angrily confronted her.
• Emerald and Topaz discussed the Ginza Argentum Ring, their reasons for visiting, and Numby's interest in Jiang Lianqiu.
• Emerald and Topaz arrived at their destination and saw a colossal silver-gray space structure approaching their ship.

Emerald met Vivian Banshee Jiang to negotiate on behalf of her company, but found Vivian far more difficult to deal with than expected. Meanwhile, Jiang Lianqiu and his allies investigated the changes caused by Xipe, which had awakened Psionic Energy and strengthened those connected to him; Hans demonstrated his new durability by surviving a battleship cannon blast.

• Emerald arrived at the Ginza Argentum Ring and met Vivian, who clarified that her full name was Vivian Banshee Jiang and that she was handling the Ring's affairs.
• Jiang Lianqiu emerged from a medical pod, and Von Noymiau and Karos reported that Xipe's influence had deepened his Mental Link and awakened Psionic Energy talents in thousands of people.
• Von Noymiau explained that the newly awakened were changing in different ways, while Belfast reported stronger ship rigging and Mind Cube output, and Sirius had created a singularity.
• Hans survived a battleship main-cannon blast and showed Jiang Lianqiu his increased physical strength and durability.
• Jiang Lianqiu learned that Hans had obtained counterfeit tea from Nicole and scolded him, then asked what else had changed about his body.

Jiang Lianqiu learned that the Mech Servants were developing strange Psionic abilities, then agreed to consider buying an inactive scepter from Emerald. After Fu Xuan summoned him to Luofu Xianzhou, she revealed that Yaoqing's Sky Strike General wanted to meet him and questioned his connection to the Emperor Bow Commander.

• Hans explained that Psionic Awakening had turned the Mech Servants into biological-mechanical beings who could evolve but could no longer freely modify their bodies, and he demonstrated his new powers recklessly.
• Jiang Lianqiu met Emerald and approved a joint subsidiary involving the company, Nicole, and Tingyun's Mínghuǒ Merchant Guild.
• Emerald offered Jiang Lianqiu an intact scepter that scholars had been unable to activate, and he agreed to inspect it after it was transferred to the Silver Crown Galaxy.
• Fu Xuan summoned Jiang Lianqiu to Luofu Xianzhou and told him that Yaoqing's Sky Strike General wanted to meet him after secretly visiting Su Shang and Jingliu.
• Fu Xuan asked whether Jiang Lianqiu was an Emanator chosen by the Emperor Bow Commander, and Jiang Lianqiu speculated about The Hunt's connection to the Xianzhou Alliance and the nameless hero who encountered Sui Huang.