Chapter Summaries

Ye Nanxun fell asleep in Yan Beiyou’s arms after telling his parents about their relationship. As Yan Beiyou watched over him, he remembered the losses that had shaped his life and realized he wanted love, family, and Ye Nanxun as much as he wanted power and status.

• Ye Nanxun told his mother how he and Yan Beiyou had met and started dating, easing her worries.
• Ye Nanxun returned to his room, where Yan Beiyou joined him in bed, and quickly fell asleep holding him.
• Yan Beiyou watched Ye Nanxun sleep and admired the warm, welcoming room he had grown up in.
• Yan Beiyou recalled losing his parents, adoptive family, and teacher, and how he had become emperor of the galaxy despite those losses.
• Yan Beiyou remembered Ye Nanxun sharing a meal with him in his apartment and decided he wanted love, family, and Ye Nanxun too.

Xu Wenyan suffered vivid hallucinations after an unknown toxin affected his nervous system, and He Yiming ordered an investigation into who was behind it. Meanwhile, Ye Nanxun prepared for Yan Beiyou to formally meet his family and gave Gu Pingsheng a police emergency wristband, confident he had other protection.

• Xu Wenyan woke screaming that his face had been ruined, but the bodyguards found only scratches he had made himself, and He Yiming struck him to quiet him.
• Three days later, Xu Wenyan suffered another episode, and doctors detected an unknown toxin in his blood that likely caused realistic hallucinations.
• He Yiming connected Xu Wenyan's case to Zhang Ming's hallucinations and ordered his subordinate to investigate who was responsible.
• Ye Nanxun and Yan Beiyou prepared for Yan Beiyou's formal visit to Ye Nanxun's family, while Ye Nanxun trimmed down Yan Beiyou's excessive gift list.
• Ye Nanxun gave Gu Pingsheng the police wristband for emergencies and reassured him that he had other ways to protect himself.

Gu Pingsheng and Cao Xi discussed leaving the Imperial Palace and Gu Pingsheng’s plan to return to a dangerous place, while Song Ren and Ji Yunqi walked through the garden and recalled their past. The chapter left Ji Yunqi realizing that Song Ren remembered a childhood moment that Ji Yunqi himself had forgotten.

• Song Ren checked on Gu Pingsheng and Cao Xi, reminded them to take their medicine and attend checkups, and said they could leave the Imperial Palace or return whenever they wished.
• Cao Xi questioned whether Gu Pingsheng planned to return to the place where Cao Xi had once seen him perform under the effects of drugs, and Gu Pingsheng admitted he had been lying about Professor Ye going with him.
• Gu Pingsheng and Cao Xi teased each other over breakfast, then Gu Pingsheng got up to fetch more rice.
• Ji Yunqi visited Song Ren, and Song Ren asked whether he had come to discuss Song Ren’s confession; Ji Yunqi said the confession had made him wonder if he had imagined it.
• Song Ren and Ji Yunqi walked through the garden, where Song Ren recalled that Ji Yunqi had comforted him after he awakened his plant-type Companion Beast in middle school.
• Song Ren remembered Ji Yunqi telling him that his Companion Beast was amazing, while Ji Yunqi had forgotten the moment.

Song Ren told Ji Yunqi that he had liked him for years but wanted them to remain only friends, leaving Ji Yunqi unsettled by the distance between them. Ye Nanxun accidentally overheard their conversation and gathered Little White Stripe and Little Black Mushroom to take them home to meet his grandparents.

• Song Ren and Ji Yunqi smoked beneath a tree while discussing when Song Ren had begun liking him.
• Song Ren proposed keeping their relationship at the same distance as his other friendships, and Ji Yunqi felt regret and confusion.
• Song Ren declined Ji Yunqi’s invitation to dinner, explaining that he had work matters to discuss with Secretary Mo.
• Song Ren reminded Ji Yunqi that he had once said he could not accept an alpha loving another alpha, then assured him they would still be friends.
• Ye Nanxun emerged from behind the flowerbed after overhearing them, collected Little White Stripe and Little Black Mushroom, and said he would take them to meet his grandparents.

Ye Nanxun caught Black Mushroom and White Stripe trying to grow mushrooms in the Imperial Palace gardens, then accidentally overheard something private between Ji Yunqi and Song Ren. Back at the apartment, Yan Beiyou prepared for his first formal visit to Ye Nanxun’s parents and promised not to sneak onto Ye Nanxun’s balcony that night.

• Black Mushroom dug holes and scattered Mushroom Spores in a flowerbed while White Stripe fanned him from a flower bud, and Ye Nanxun caught them as Ji Yunqi and Song Ren appeared.
• Ye Nanxun accidentally overheard something private between Ji Yunqi and Song Ren and asked Yan Beiyou whether he should apologize to Song Ren.
• Yan Beiyou advised Ye Nanxun to act as though he had heard nothing, since Ji Yunqi and Song Ren had not confronted him.
• Yan Beiyou tried on clothes and asked Ye Nanxun for advice before his formal visit to Chen Mingzhu and Ye Xiangsong, while Black Mushroom and White Stripe slept in Ye Nanxun’s arms.
• Ye Nanxun teased Yan Beiyou about never seeming nervous when he climbed onto his balcony, and Yan Beiyou promised not to climb there that night.

Ye Nanxun brought Yan Beiyou to meet his parents, who struggled to relax around the ruler despite welcoming him warmly. After Ye Nanxun showed them Black Mushroom and Little White Stripe, the little ones called him Daddy and Yan Beiyou Mama.

• Yan Beiyou greeted Ye Xiangsong and Chen Mingzhu at the villa, but they remained nervous around him throughout dinner.
• Ye Nanxun told Yan Beiyou he felt disappointed that his parents could not welcome him as naturally as they had welcomed Gu Pingsheng.
• Yan Beiyou reassured Ye Nanxun that he was special to him, and they returned to the villa with Black Mushroom and Little White Dragon.
• Ye Nanxun introduced the two little ones to his parents, who delighted in holding them and admiring their traits.
• Ye Nanxun asked Black Mushroom and Little White Stripe to call him Daddy, and they then turned to Yan Beiyou and called him Mama.

After their children called Yan Beiyou “Mama” and were punished by their alpha dad, Ye Nanxun slipped into Yan Beiyou’s room at night. Yan Beiyou cared for Ye Nanxun’s bruises, and they ended the night talking about cooking Blue-Staining Bolete.

• Little White Stripe and Little Black Mushroom called Yan Beiyou “Mama,” stunning Ye Nanxun’s parents and delighting Ye Nanxun’s omega dad and grandparents.
• After Ye Nanxun’s parents went to bed, Yan Beiyou punished the two little ones for calling him “Mama.”
• Ye Nanxun left his bedroom and went to Yan Beiyou’s dark guest room, where Yan Beiyou lifted him into his arms.
• Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun bathed together, and Yan Beiyou dried Ye Nanxun’s feet and offered to treat his bruises.
• Ye Nanxun compared his easy bruising to a Blue-Staining Bolete and said he would stir-fry one for Yan Beiyou.

Ye Nanxun visited the Imperial Palace to discuss Jiang Ying with Song Ren, then returned to the laboratory, where He Yiming tried to recruit him and behaved disrespectfully. After He Yiming left, Ye Nanxun reassured Black Mushroom and Little White Stripe and began working, but the two little ones disappeared while he was absorbed in his research.

• Yan Beiyou carried the sleeping Ye Nanxun to his bedroom and climbed into bed with him before dawn.
• Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun went to the Imperial Palace, where Ye Nanxun spoke with Song Ren about Jiang Ying.
• Ye Nanxun returned to the laboratory and told his colleagues he had been away handling something with two students and introducing his boyfriend to his parents.
• He Yiming proposed that Ye Nanxun take over Jiang Ying's project, made disrespectful remarks, and left after Ye Nanxun and Professor Li Suihuan objected.
• Ye Nanxun let Black Mushroom and Little White Stripe out in the laboratory, then discovered they had disappeared when he returned to the lounge for water.

He Yiming investigated Ye Nanxun and became fascinated by the toxin he suspected Ye had used, then turned his car around to seize him. Two partial beast-form figures blocked He Yiming’s convoy, leaving him alarmed as he ordered his bodyguards to catch them.

• He Yiming questioned a Scientific Research Institute official about Ye Nanxun and ordered him to investigate why Ye had not attended school.
• Black Mushroom and White Stripe attacked the official with mushroom toxin, causing him to hallucinate, dance around the institute in his underwear, and insult his colleagues.
• After hearing of the official’s hallucinations, He Yiming suspected Ye Nanxun and decided to capture him for his toxin.
• He Yiming’s convoy stopped when two partial beast-form figures blocked the road, and He Yiming ordered his bodyguards to catch them.

Ye Nanxun discovered that Black Mushroom and White Stripe had slipped away, then learned they were safe with Yan Beiyou. Yan Beiyou arranged for the exhausted little ones to be cared for and summoned He Yiming to the Imperial Palace.

• Ye Nanxun searched the lounge for Black Mushroom and White Stripe, found footage of them climbing out the window, and learned from Yan Beiyou that they had gone to his place.
• Yan Beiyou learned that Black Mushroom and White Stripe had attacked He Yiming, who escaped with little serious injury while nearly all his bodyguards were killed.
• Secretary Mo reported that He Yiming had visited the Scientific Research Institute before a minor leader there experienced hallucinations and acted improperly.
• Yan Beiyou ordered Secretary Mo to take the sleeping little ones to Song Ren and bring He Yiming to him.
• Mo Ning met He Yiming, who had been intercepted and brought to the Imperial Palace, and told him that His Majesty wanted to see him.

Mo Ning brought the two sleeping Companion Beasts to Song Ren, who confirmed they were recovering from overexertion. As Mo Ning flirted and asked to pursue him, Song Ren teased him and carried the little ones away to rest.

• Mo Ning left He Yiming with an Imperial Palace guard, who was to take him to meet His Majesty.
• Mo Ning arrived at Song Ren's laboratory office carrying a basket with two sleeping Companion Beasts.
• Song Ren examined the little ones and said their mental energy had been overexerted, but they would recover after sleeping for a few days.
• Mo Ning told Song Ren his Companion Beast was a crocodile and joked about it eating Song Ren's flower; Song Ren laughed and warned him not to get ahead of himself.
• Mo Ning asked for tea, and Song Ren carried the little basket away to put the two Companion Beasts to rest.

He Yiming was brought before Yan Beiyou in the Imperial Palace and confronted over his cowardice. Yan Beiyou spared him for his father’s sake, then prepared to fight him.

• Secretary Wang led He Yiming through a hidden entrance to a vast plaza and summoned the Imperial Palace medical team.
• Yan Beiyou confronted He Yiming for fleeing danger despite being a general’s son and a rare SS-level Alpha.
• Yan Beiyou summoned his Black Dragon Companion Beast, frightening He Yiming into begging for his life by invoking his father’s service.
• Yan Beiyou dismissed the Black Dragon for General He’s sake and said he would not be too serious as he prepared to strike He Yiming.

Ye Nanxun reassured his parents about Yan Beiyou and went out to help Gu Pingsheng leave a members-only club safely. Disguised as an Alpha, he prepared to enter the club with help from He Lanxue and revealed that Yan Beiyou would accompany him.

• Ye Nanxun returned home and reassured Chen Mingzhu that Yan Beiyou was not angry and would grow familiar with his parents over time.
• Ye Nanxun told Ye Xiangsong he was going to watch over Gu Pingsheng on his last day working at a club, and his father agreed to let him go alone after hearing Yan Beiyou knew.
• Ye Nanxun drove toward the club and used the Emerald Earring to disguise himself as an Alpha.
• He Lanxue called to warn Ye Nanxun about the danger, after having sent him the club's membership card and member information.
• Ye Nanxun told He Lanxue his boyfriend would go with him, then opened a bottle containing the pheromone of an SSS-level Alpha.

Ye Nanxun infiltrated the exclusive club in disguise and used his Companion Beast to find Gu Pingsheng, who was confronting the club’s management. As Gu Pingsheng prepared to defend himself and the evidence he had gathered, the bodyguards attacking him suddenly fell.

• Ye Nanxun entered the club disguised as an alpha and selected a performance featuring a masked young alpha, while refusing the attendant’s advances.
• Ye Nanxun avoided drinking and used his Mushroom Spore to locate Gu Pingsheng, intending to keep his promise not to watch Gu perform.
• Gu Pingsheng confronted the club’s management and tried to leave with documents containing evidence against Jiang Ying and the He Household.
• Gu Pingsheng used his wristband to call the Galactic Police, summoned his wild wolf Companion Beast, and prepared to protect the documents when the management ordered him killed.
• The bodyguards surrounding Gu Pingsheng abruptly fell to the ground before he could be attacked.

Ye Nanxun used Yan Beiyou’s pheromones to incapacitate everyone aboard the luxury spacecraft and confirmed Gu Pingsheng was safe. Yan Beiyou arrived within minutes, reunited with Ye Nanxun, and offered to take him away on his Companion Beast.

• Zhuang Liening and her team boarded the unresponsive spacecraft wearing pheromone isolation masks and found its personnel unconscious.
• Tang Tian tested the air and discovered that the pheromone concentration was overwhelming the tester.
• Ye Nanxun recalled his Mushroom Spore after confirming Gu Pingsheng was safe, then covered an unconscious server with his jacket.
• As Ye Nanxun considered contacting Zhuang Liening for help leaving, Yan Beiyou appeared and revealed he had sensed the pheromones from the bottle.
• Yan Beiyou led Ye Nanxun toward the exit, and Ye Nanxun agreed to rely on him more as they discussed bringing Jiang Ying and He Yiming out.
• Yan Beiyou offered to carry Ye Nanxun away on his faster-than-a-spacecraft Companion Beast.

Yan Beiyou brought Ye Nanxun to Morning Star, where they admired the Big Black Dragon and took their first photo together. As rain began to fall, Yan Beiyou took Ye Nanxun by the hand and led him toward his old home.

• A man told his wife about his middle-school classmate Yan Beiyou, whose adoptive family had moved away after treating him poorly.
• The man's daughter claimed she saw a huge black dragon outside as thunder sounded.
• Yan Beiyou brought Ye Nanxun down from the Big Black Dragon in a deserted forest park on Morning Star.
• Ye Nanxun bravely posed beside the Big Black Dragon, and Yan Beiyou took several photos of them.
• Ye Nanxun pulled Yan Beiyou into their first photo together and set it as his phone wallpaper.
• As rain fell, Yan Beiyou raised a Psychic Barrier, took Ye Nanxun's hand, and said they were going to his old home on Morning Star.

Ye Nanxun explored the old apartment where Yan Beiyou had lived as a child and found albums documenting his early years with his adoptive parents. The final photographs showed Yan Beiyou absent from the family after his adoptive parents welcomed their biological child.

• Yan Beiyou brought Ye Nanxun to his childhood apartment and left to buy daily necessities.
• Ye Nanxun examined Yan Beiyou’s cramped childhood bedroom, including his old bed, schoolbooks, and belongings.
• Ye Nanxun found an album showing Yan Beiyou as a happy child with his adoptive parents, then saw a photo of the family with their newborn baby.
• Ye Nanxun searched the storage room and found more albums in which Yan Beiyou no longer appeared.

Yan Beiyou and Ye Nanxun settled into Yan Beiyou’s old apartment on Morning Star, where Ye Nanxun asked to share Yan Beiyou’s room and then joined him in the shower. Afterward, Ye Nanxun told Yan Beiyou he had brought protection.

• Yan Beiyou returned with household supplies and found Ye Nanxun comparing himself to his middle school uniform.
• Yan Beiyou gave Ye Nanxun new slippers and offered to prepare a larger room, but Ye Nanxun said he wanted to sleep with him.
• Yan Beiyou prepared the shower while Ye Nanxun called his parents to say he would not be home that night.
• Ye Nanxun entered the cramped bathroom and asked Yan Beiyou to wash his hair, and they stayed inside together.
• After wrapping Ye Nanxun in a towel, Yan Beiyou said he was going to buy protection, and Ye Nanxun told him he had brought some.

Song Ren refused his parents’ demands to return home and met with Mo Ning to discuss Jiang Ying and He Yiming’s cases. The chapter ended with Song Ren agreeing to attend General Zhu and Teacher Jiang’s wedding anniversary with Mo Ning.

• Song Ren rejected his parents’ demands to come home, then forwarded their calls to the Star Lord’s office.
• Mo Ning waited for Song Ren to wake, then asked him about Jiang Ying and He Yiming’s cases.
• Mo Ning told Song Ren that Jiang Ying’s former students, including Ye Nanxun, had reported him and that the evidence made his arrest certain.
• Song Ren and Mo Ning discussed Yan Beiyou’s beating of He Yiming and joked about Yan Beiyou’s motives.
• Mo Ning asked Song Ren to take him to General Zhu and Teacher Jiang’s wedding anniversary, and Song Ren agreed.

During a stormy night, Yan Beiyou stayed with Ye Nanxun as he stood by an open window, then carried him to the sofa and gave him water. Near dawn, they watched the sunrise together, exchanged declarations of love, and Ye Nanxun returned Yan Beiyou’s confession.

• Ye Nanxun asked Yan Beiyou to open the window so he could feel the rain and wind, and Yan Beiyou gave in after he protested.
• Ye Nanxun stood at the open window, growing tired and thirsty, while Yan Beiyou watched over him.
• Yan Beiyou carried Ye Nanxun to the sofa and gave him water, then stayed with him through the night.
• Near dawn, Yan Beiyou carried Ye Nanxun back to the window, and they watched the city brighten after the rain.
• Yan Beiyou told Ye Nanxun he loved him, and Ye Nanxun replied that he loved Yan Beiyou too.