Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhineng lay crippled in the hospital after Ye Nanxun’s ally beat him, and the authorities ignored his demand to press charges. Meanwhile, Ye Nanxun arrived with Yan Beiyou at Morning Star, where Yan revealed it was where he grew up.

• Ye Zhineng demanded that the police arrest the alpha who had beaten him, but the police came and left without helping him.
• Doctors and officials discussed Ye Zhineng’s criminal records, his family’s attempts to interfere, and sending him to the battlefield once he recovered.
• Ye Nanxun woke after an afternoon nap on an unfamiliar seaside planet and came downstairs to join Yan Beiyou for dinner.
• Ye Nanxun called his parents to reassure them and asked Yan Beiyou where they were.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun that the planet was Morning Star and that it was where he grew up.

During dinner with Song Ren and Mo Ning, Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun grew closer through small acts of care. On a walk by the sea, Yan Beiyou asked Ye Nanxun to let him pursue him, leaving Ye Nanxun surprised because they had agreed that Ye Nanxun would pursue Yan Beiyou.

• Song Ren explained that some people had retained their original genes after the interstellar war caused secondary genders to emerge, while Mo Ning peeled shrimp for him.
• Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun shared peeled shrimp with each other during dinner, while Mo Ning noticed that Song Ren had not eaten the shrimp he prepared.
• Yan Beiyou took Ye Nanxun's hand and invited him for a walk by the sea after dinner.
• Ye Nanxun and Yan Beiyou walked barefoot along the beach and sat together in the sand.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun to let him pursue him, and Ye Nanxun reminded him that they had agreed Ye Nanxun would do the pursuing.

Ye Nanxun woke at Yan Beiyou’s seaside courtyard and joined him for breakfast before they prepared to spend the night at sea. As Ye Nanxun ran to enjoy the beach, Yan Beiyou told Song Ren that Ye Nanxun had confessed first and urged him not to leave himself with regrets.

• Ye Nanxun woke to the sound of the waves and greeted Yan Beiyou, who was attending a meeting in the courtyard.
• Song Ren told Yan Beiyou that Ji Yunqi was coming, while Mo Ning arranged a boat for their trip out to sea.
• Yan Beiyou invited Ye Nanxun to feed fish and learn to drive, and told Song Ren and Mo Ning that one of them should wait for Ji Yunqi.
• Ye Nanxun hurried to the beach after breakfast, and Yan Beiyou explained to Song Ren that Ye Nanxun had rarely gone out because of his Poison Mushroom pheromones.
• Yan Beiyou told Song Ren that Ye Nanxun had confessed and wanted to pursue him, then advised Song Ren not to leave himself with regrets.
• Ye Nanxun sat on the sand and watched the sunlit waves wash over his toes.

Ji Yunqi went to Morning Star expecting Song Ren to wait for him, but learned that Song Ren had gone to sea with Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun. Aboard the cruise ship, Yan Beiyou asked Ye Nanxun for permission to hug him, and Ye Nanxun agreed.

• Ji Yunqi arrived at the villa and found only Mo Ning, who told him Song Ren had gone out to sea with His Majesty and Ye Nanxun.
• Ji Yunqi struggled to accept that Song Ren had left without waiting for him and guessed that Song Ren had been eager to see His Majesty's omega.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun that he, Song Ren, Zhu Yucheng, and Ji Yunqi had come to Morning Star in middle school, while he himself had been born and raised there.
• Ye Nanxun asked Yan Beiyou about Morning Star residents with secondary genders, and Yan Beiyou offered to explain if Ye Nanxun let him hug him.
• Ye Nanxun agreed to let Yan Beiyou hug him, blushing as he did so.

Yan Beiyou introduced Ye Nanxun to Ji Yunqi and asked Ye to call him by his name, then took him to learn to drive. Ji Yunqi learned that Yan had not won Ye over yet, while his tension with Mo Ning deepened and their shared history with Yan came into view.

• While washing Ye Nanxun's hands, Yan Beiyou asked him to call him Beiyou instead of Brother Yan.
• Ji Yunqi recognized Ye Nanxun from the Imperial Palace's omega coming-of-age ceremony, and Yan Beiyou warned Ji to watch what he said.
• Yan Beiyou took Ye Nanxun to the deck to teach him to drive, while Ji Yunqi remarked that Yan's first relationship seemed serious.
• Mo Ning warned Ji Yunqi not to speculate about Yan Beiyou's love life, and the two clashed until Song Ren arrived.
• Song Ren told Ji Yunqi that Yan Beiyou had not won Ye Nanxun over and cautioned him not to interfere with Yan's plans.
• Ji Yunqi recalled how he and Zhu Yucheng had once fought Yan Beiyou at school, before learning that some people on Morning Star could awaken as powerful 3S-level alphas or omegas.

On Morning Star, where spiritual power was suppressed, Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun about his past and drew him into an increasingly intimate embrace. He sent Ye Nanxun back with Song Ren, admitting that he could not hold back if they stayed together.

• Yan Beiyou explained that Morning Star’s shield and core device prevented people from using spiritual power or transforming.
• Yan Beiyou recalled beating Ji Yunqi and the other arrogant heirs when they first came to Morning Star.
• Ye Nanxun wondered whether he and Yan Beiyou would have met at school and feared a future without him.
• Yan Beiyou pulled Ye Nanxun onto his lap and said he would have forced him to become his boyfriend if they had been classmates.
• Yan Beiyou brushed Ye Nanxun’s omega gland, then said he would have Song Ren take him back because he could not hold back.

Song Ren confessed his long-held feelings to Ji Yunqi, but their conversation was interrupted by Yan Beiyou’s approaching susceptible period. Yan Beiyou sent Ye Nanxun back to Dream Star to keep him safe, promising they could still call each other.

• Song Ren told Ji Yunqi that he liked him, and Ji Yunqi initially laughed before realizing Song Ren was serious.
• Yan Beiyou contacted Song Ren, and Mo Ning told Song Ren to take Ye Nanxun back to Dream Star while he stayed to care for Yan Beiyou.
• Song Ren checked Yan Beiyou’s pheromones and confirmed that his susceptible period was only days away.
• Ye Nanxun insisted on staying near Yan Beiyou, but Yan Beiyou warned that he might hurt him and urged him to go home.
• Yan Beiyou promised Ye Nanxun they could keep calling after he returned to Dream Star.

Ye Nanxun returned to Dream Star and went to Yan Beiyou’s apartment, where Yan Beiyou urged him to use his bedroom and revealed he had prepared clothes for him. Yan Beiyou then said he was half-beast transformed and asked Ye Nanxun to look at him.

• Ye Nanxun photographed the artificial sun and spoke with Yan Beiyou through the Emerald Earring communicator as Yan Beiyou flew back.
• Yan Beiyou asked Ye Nanxun to be his wife in exchange for showing him his half-beast form, then invited him to his apartment.
• Song Ren brought Ye Nanxun to a military base in Dream City, where Ye Nanxun took a familiar hovercar to Yan Beiyou’s apartment.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun to use his bedroom, and Ye Nanxun found that Yan Beiyou had filled the wardrobe and a drawer with clothes in his size.
• Yan Beiyou asked Ye Nanxun to wear the clothes for him, apologized when Ye Nanxun refused, and told him to look because he was half-beast transformed.

During a video call, Ye Nanxun watched Yan Beiyou’s susceptible period turn him more direct and cunning as he tried to entice Ye Nanxun to visit. The call ended with Yan Beiyou showing Ye Nanxun the anatomy beneath his dragon scales.

• Ye Nanxun recalled how he had used surveillance footage to study his heats and deleted the recordings out of embarrassment.
• Yan Beiyou enlarged the video call and displayed his dragon horns, inviting Ye Nanxun to come touch them.
• Ye Nanxun observed Yan Beiyou’s half-transformed body and asked whether his dragon tail would coil around him.
• Yan Beiyou showed off his dragon tail and explained that he wore clothes when he fought.
• Yan Beiyou parted the scales below his waist and abdomen to reveal his physical structure to Ye Nanxun.

Unable to sleep at Yan Beiyou's home, Ye Nanxun watched a film about a snake-tailed alpha before realizing it only made him think of Yan Beiyou. He accepted that Yan Beiyou was struggling through his susceptible period, then changed out of Yan Beiyou's pajamas and went to the kitchen for ice water.

• Ye Nanxun lay in Yan Beiyou's bed and refused to turn their voice call into a video call, though Yan Beiyou's pheromones and voice comforted him.
• Ye Nanxun searched for information about half-dragon alphas, found none, and watched a paid film featuring a snake-tailed alpha.
• The film reminded Ye Nanxun of Yan Beiyou, and Ye Nanxun turned it off when he could not imagine Yan Beiyou acting like the alpha in it.
• Yan Beiyou said he was soaking in cold water because he was thinking about Ye Nanxun, while sounds from his cave suggested his claws and mental power suppression devices were under strain.
• Ye Nanxun understood and accepted Yan Beiyou's loss of control during his susceptible period, changed back into his own clothes, and drank half a bottle of ice water.

Ye Nanxun stayed in Yan Beiyou’s apartment while Yan Beiyou endured his susceptible period in a cave, and they kept in contact through calls. As Yan Beiyou grew clearer-headed and accepted Ye Nanxun’s reassurance, he revealed that their glowing Mushroom Egg was about to hatch and asked Ye Nanxun to name it.

• Song Ren warned Ye Nanxun that Yan Beiyou would likely come looking for him once he regained some rationality in two or three days.
• Ye Nanxun reassured Yan Beiyou during their call that he did not hate him, while Yan Beiyou held a scarf infused with Ye Nanxun’s scent.
• Ye Nanxun stayed in Yan Beiyou’s apartment over the weekend, keeping voice calls open as he handled his work and research.
• Yan Beiyou made a commotion when Ye Nanxun refused to video call while bathing, but quieted when Ye Nanxun told him to behave.
• Yan Beiyou showed Ye Nanxun the glowing Mushroom Egg he had brought with him and asked Ye Nanxun to give it a name because it was about to hatch.

As Ye Nanxun left to work, Yan Beiyou’s pheromones surged back into the high-risk zone, and he set out to find him. Meanwhile, Mo Ning asked Song Ren if he would consider dating him.

• Ye Nanxun asked Yan Beiyou to turn off their communicator so he could go to the research institute, and Yan Beiyou told him to go without apologizing.
• After the call ended, Yan Beiyou’s pheromones surged out of control again.
• Song Ren and Mo Ning saw Yan Beiyou’s pheromone readings return to the red high-risk zone, and Yan Beiyou told them he was going back to see Professor Ye.
• Mo Ning reassured Song Ren that Yan Beiyou could control himself, and Song Ren agreed to resume their work.
• Mo Ning asked Song Ren whether he was single and whether he would consider him.

Mo Ning confessed to Song Ren that he had liked him since university and had spent years quietly observing him. He asked Song Ren to give their relationship a chance.

• Mo Ning removed his glasses and told Song Ren he had liked him since university.
• Mo Ning explained that Professor Vincent had praised Song Ren, prompting him to compete with Song Ren and read all his work.
• Mo Ning said he had first met Song Ren in person over a year earlier and had continued observing the real him.
• Mo Ning revealed that he would have kept his feelings secret if he had not heard Song Ren say he liked alphas.
• Mo Ning caught Song Ren by the sleeve and asked him to give their relationship a chance.

After Gu Pingsheng collapsed from hypoglycemia and malnutrition, Ye Nanxun took him home and helped him understand how to make amends without being scolded. The chapter left Ye Nanxun preparing to walk Gu Pingsheng upstairs as the alpha’s mood darkened near home.

• A doctor told Cao Xi that Gu Pingsheng had hypoglycemia, malnutrition, and an abnormal pheromone reading that required further examination, but Gu Pingsheng left before hearing the advice.
• Ye Nanxun arrived at the campus hospital after Cao Xi told him Gu Pingsheng had fainted, and Cao Xi explained the doctor’s findings before returning to the laboratory.
• Ye Nanxun told Gu Pingsheng to thank Cao Xi and buy him a cold drink, reassuring him that correcting his mistake was enough.
• Ye Nanxun drove Gu Pingsheng home, where Gu Pingsheng thanked him but grew increasingly lifeless as they approached his building.
• Ye Nanxun offered to walk Gu Pingsheng upstairs and warned him to take his hypoglycemia seriously.

Ye Nanxun took Gu Pingsheng away from his abusive father and brought him to stay at his parents’ home while he traveled for a research project. As Gu Pingsheng opened up about wanting to sing rock music, Ye Nanxun left to meet Yan, and his father mistakenly thought Yan was already his boyfriend.

• Gu Pingsheng’s father berated him and insulted Ye Nanxun when they arrived at the family home.
• Ye Nanxun told Gu Pingsheng to pack and took him away after learning about his father’s controlling behavior.
• On the drive, Gu Pingsheng admitted he did not want to become a teacher and said he wanted to sing rock music.
• Ye Nanxun brought Gu Pingsheng to stay with his parents, Chen Mingzhu and Ye Xiangsong, while he traveled for a project.
• Ye Nanxun left to see Yan, and Ye Xiangsong told Chen Mingzhu that Ye Nanxun would bring his boyfriend home next time.

Ye Nanxun hurried back to the apartment after learning Yan Beiyou was searching for him and the Mushroom Egg was about to hatch. He found Yan Beiyou waiting in their bedroom, then reunited with him and offered to shower and change after Yan Beiyou complained that he smelled like another Alpha.

• Ye Nanxun read messages from Mo Ning and Song Ren saying Yan Beiyou was on his way to Dream Star and advising him to stay with Yan Beiyou while the Mushroom Egg hatched.
• Ye Nanxun video-called Yan Beiyou and saw him sitting in a nest of clothes, holding the Mushroom Egg and an old scarf.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun he would wait for him and called the scarf a token of love.
• When Ye Nanxun arrived at the apartment, Yan Beiyou tore through the seat belt, lifted him from the hovercar, and embraced him among rose petals.
• Yan Beiyou complained that Ye Nanxun smelled like another Alpha, and Ye Nanxun offered to shower and change before kissing him.

Ye Nanxun and Yan Beiyou bathed together, and Yan Beiyou told him how his partial beast transformation had frightened his adoptive family into leaving him. Ye Nanxun comforted him over the painful past, and their tenderness turned intimate.

• Yan Beiyou steadied Ye Nanxun as he got into the bathtub, then offered to wash his long hair.
• While washing Ye Nanxun's hair, Yan Beiyou explained that his adoptive mother had been ill and unable to care for herself.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun that his partial beast transformation had terrified his adoptive mother's family, who moved away; the Star Lord later took him from Morning Star.
• Ye Nanxun told Yan Beiyou he felt for him, scrubbed his back, and kissed the scars there.
• Yan Beiyou admitted the scars had hurt badly, and Ye Nanxun invited him to ask for what he wanted as they grew physically aroused.

He Yiming returned to find his former companions ruined by police investigations and injuries, while Xu Wenyan’s face was scarred and his influence had collapsed. After He Yiming warned and threatened Xu Wenyan, Xu decided he needed to secure other alphas in addition to keeping He Yiming close.

• He Yiming learned that Zhu Shixin had been jailed, Ye Zhineng had been exposed and sent toward the front lines, and Jiang Ying had been left paralyzed after being struck by a student.
• He Yiming found Xu Wenyan raging at his caregivers and stopped him from throwing a fruit knife by catching it and embedding it in a cabinet.
• Xu Wenyan clung to He Yiming, who threw him aside and later ordered him to stop causing trouble and live without caregivers if he drove them away.
• He Yiming accused Xu Wenyan of arranging for Zhang Ming’s face to be destroyed with sulfuric acid and threatened him against further schemes.
• After He Yiming left, Xu Wenyan smashed the room and resolved to stabilize He Yiming while seeking other alphas for support.

Yan Beiyou teased Ye Nanxun while helping wash their hands, and Ye Nanxun tried to explain away his embarrassment as a result of Yan Beiyou’s unstable pheromones. After Yan Beiyou went to cook, Ye Nanxun secretly admitted that he did not dislike the alpha’s behavior as he cuddled Little Yellow Dog.

• Yan Beiyou washed Ye Nanxun’s hands, smelled his lingering rose scent, and teased him until Ye Nanxun insisted he wash Yan Beiyou’s hand too.
• Yan Beiyou asked to hug Ye Nanxun, but Ye Nanxun refused and finished rinsing and drying their hands.
• Yan Beiyou noticed Ye Nanxun’s reddened palms, but Ye Nanxun covered his mouth and sent him to cook.
• Ye Nanxun rinsed his face and hands with cold water, then wondered why Yan Beiyou’s pheromone scent still lingered on them.
• Ye Nanxun found Mushroom Egg had nearly doubled in size and considered naming it Longlong before Little Yellow Dog ran into the bedroom.
• Ye Nanxun cuddled Little Yellow Dog and quietly admitted that Yan Beiyou was cute and a little bad, but that he did not dislike it.

Ye Nanxun checked on Gu Pingsheng and arranged for Song Ren to examine abnormal pheromone readings in Gu Pingsheng and Cao Xi. As Yan Beiyou’s rose scent grew stronger, Mushroom Egg’s shell suddenly cracked.

• Ye Nanxun called Chen Mingzhu and learned that Gu Pingsheng was fishing with his parents, then admitted he was staying at his boyfriend’s place.
• Chen Mingzhu told Ye Nanxun she had put safety measures in his backpack, and he decided not to look for them.
• Ye Nanxun sent Song Ren the medical examination reports for Cao Xi and Gu Pingsheng, and Song Ren promised to investigate them by the next day.
• Song Ren asked about Yan Beiyou, and Ye Nanxun said he would stay with him while he was doing well.
• Little Yellow Dog barked plaintively as Ye Nanxun noticed Yan Beiyou’s rose scent growing stronger and hurried toward him.
• Yan Beiyou appeared in the bedroom doorway as Mushroom Egg’s shell cracked.