Recaps

Yu Tu reunited with Lu Mi, then met with Ming Qiuxue and Lan Su to discuss Simutan’s death and the coming conflict in the Blue River System. Yu Tu left to claim territory and take Lu Mi with him, while Ming Qiuxue asked Lan Su to approve his accumulated leave.

• Central Prison officers gave Lu Mi money and tried to comfort him, believing Bai Jiu had drained his savings and left him in trouble.
• Yu Tu arrived dressed as Bai Jiu, and Ming Qiuxue left with him after the two exchanged news about Simutan’s death and Yan Mei’s role.
• Lu Mi caught up with Yu Tu at Little Seven Castle, but Yu Tu told him to wait while he met with Ming Qiuxue and Lan Su.
• Yu Tu proposed dividing territory in the Blue River System with Lan Su and asked to take Lu Mi with him as payment.
• After Yu Tu left, Ming Qiuxue asked Lan Su to approve three years of accumulated annual leave so he could travel.

Yu Tu invited Lu Mi to travel with him, and the two left Freedom Planet together. Ming Qiuxue also departed for Blue Star to find Yan Mei, determined to return alive.

• Ming Qiuxue told Lan Su he would go to Blue Star for Yan Mei despite the risks, and Lan Su gave him a leave slip.
• Yu Tu returned to his room to pack, and Lu Mi feared Yu Tu was leaving him behind again.
• Yu Tu assured Lu Mi he would take him along, kissed him, and promised they would face whatever lay ahead together.
• Lu Mi packed clothes, cat teasers, and a box of gold, then arranged leave with his colleagues.
• Yu Tu and Lu Mi boarded the Q16 spacecraft, while Yu Tu privately told Lin Luo that Lu Mi would always be his Little Black Panther.
• Ming Qiuxue bid farewell to Lan Su and set off, promising to return alive.

Lu Mi and Yu Tu traveled aboard Q16, where Lu Mi teased Yu Tu during a call with Ninth Army Deputy Commander Yun Yuan. Yu Tu revealed Yun Yuan’s history and her enthusiasm for shipping him with Lu Mi as they continued toward Tamu Planet.

• Lu Mi woke Black Shadow, then persuaded it to remain in hibernation as Freedom Star’s final line of defense.
• Yu Tu contacted Yun Yuan and told her that Simutan was dead and preparations should begin for his return.
• Lu Mi distracted Yu Tu during Yun Yuan’s report, and Yu Tu ended the call before she finished.
• Yu Tu explained that Yun Yuan was Qi Yuan, a survivor and descendant of Qi An who had joined the Ninth Army after her second awakening.
• Yu Tu admitted that Yun Yuan knew about Lu Mi and had become their top CP shipper, prompting Lu Mi to praise Yu Tu’s choice of deputy commander.

Yu Tu arrived on Black Cat Planet with Lu Mi and prepared the Ninth Army to depart after Simutan’s death became known. As Lu Mi saw the planet Yu Tu had built around their bond, Yun Yuan revealed how deeply Yu Tu had suffered and warned Lu Mi to cherish him.

• Yu Tu introduced Lu Mi as Freedom Star’s representative and announced the Freedom Army would be allied with the Ninth Army.
• Yu Tu ordered the Ninth Army to ready three warships, increase its spacecraft to twenty-six, and gather its members for an immediate departure.
• Yun Yuan showed Lu Mi Black Cat Planet’s purple vines and explained that Yu Tu had used the Ninth Army’s rewards to strengthen the planet and its military.
• Yun Yuan told Lu Mi that Yu Tu had been badly wounded, cried out for him in his sleep, and found happiness whenever she spoke about him.
• Yun Yuan revealed that Yu Tu had named Lu Mi Bai Jiu, designed the Ninth Army’s flag for him, and named Black Cat Planet after him, then threatened anyone who made Yu Tu sad.

Yu Tu and Lu Mi left Black Cat Planet with the Ninth Army to suppress the growing rebellion in the Blue River System. As seven nobles rebelled and Lan Xiao struggled to respond, Elisa arrived at Cloud Palace determined to kill Yan Mei.

• Yu Tu promised Black Cat Planet’s children he would return, while Lu Mi playfully stole candy from a child before reuniting with Yu Tu and sharing a kiss.
• Lu Mi thanked Yu Tu for giving him two homes, and Yu Tu and Lu Mi boarded the Black Shark Battleship with the Ninth Army.
• Otto, Duke Neiyouli, Duke Zhou Lü, and four marquises declared rebellion against Lan Xiao’s rule.
• Yu Tu assigned Yun Yuan, Chen Jun, and Wang Mo to block Tamu Planet’s routes, then ordered Black Shark to head there.
• Lan Xiao ordered his ministers to choose which rebels to suppress first, while Elisa reached Cloud Palace with Imperial Army soldiers and demanded that Yan Mei die.

Yan Mei escaped Cloud Palace by disguising himself as Wang Ping while Ming Qiuxue fought Blue Star’s forces after hearing Yan Mei had died. On Tamu Planet, Yu Tu challenged Xu Kuang to face Lu Mi, leaving Lu Mi poised to win his first battle beside Yu Tu.

• Elisa led her forces against Cloud Palace, and Yan Mei escaped by trading disguises with Wang Ping using Phantom Vision Devices.
• Ming Qiuxue learned that Yan Mei had supposedly died in a fire, attacked the Imperial Army intercepting him, and demanded that Lan Xiao exchange Yan Mei for five hundred soldiers.
• Yan Mei hid in a courier ship’s cargo container and celebrated his successful fake death.
• Yu Tu shut down Black Shark’s AI after it challenged Tamu Planet, then raised the Ninth Army’s pink cat-paw flags to signal surrender.
• Yu Tu challenged Xu Kuang to fight Lu Mi and told Lu Mi to win the first victory for him.

Lu Mi defeated Tamu Planet’s Diamond Energy Master Xu Kuang in a speed contest, and Yu Tu demanded a meeting with Otto. Otto agreed to meet Yu Tu on the condition that he come alone, but Yu Tu insisted on bringing Lu Mi, and Otto accepted.

• Lu Mi answered Yu Tu’s order by challenging Xu Kuang, and the two fought aboard the opposing warship.
• Lu Mi crushed Xu Kuang’s Explosive Claw and used its chains to tie him up, then Yu Tu told Xu Kuang to inform Otto that he wanted to meet.
• Xu Kuang agreed to report to Otto, while Lu Mi returned to Yu Tu and received praise from the Ninth Army.
• Otto required Yu Tu to come alone, but Yu Tu insisted on bringing Lu Mi and explained that he wanted to avoid wasting resources by starting a war.
• Xu Kuang reported Yu Tu’s request, and Otto agreed to let Lu Mi accompany him.

Yu Tu and Lu Mi forced Otto to choose between surrender and death while the Ninth Army cut off Tamu Planet’s supply routes. After revealing his identity and overpowering Otto, Yu Tu took the throne, and Otto surrendered.

• Yu Tu dismissed Otto’s offer to negotiate and gave him twenty minutes to surrender or die.
• Yun Yuan attacked and boarded a Tamu Planet cargo ship after destroying its incoming energy cannons, while Chen Jun and Wang Mo urged another convoy to surrender.
• Lu Mi reported that both Ninth Army teams had completed their missions, cutting off Tamu Planet’s food supply routes.
• Yu Tu explained how Otto’s reliance on Psionic Crystal Ore profits and imported grain left Tamu Planet vulnerable to the blockade.
• When Otto refused to surrender as the countdown ended, Yu Tu revealed his identity and used purple vines to drag Otto from the throne.
• Yu Tu sat on the throne and again demanded surrender or death, and Otto surrendered.

Yu Tu reunited with the Ninth Army, whose soldiers welcomed him as Lord Yu Tu without asking him to explain his identity. He left Yun Yuan in charge of Tamu Planet and departed with Lu Mi, planning to restore the planet and bring Black Cat Planet’s people to a new home.

• Lu Mi comforted Yu Tu before they opened the palace doors, and Yun Yuan and the Ninth Army knelt to greet him as Lord Yu Tu.
• Yu Tu accepted their loyalty, then ordered Yun Yuan to manage Tamu Planet, protect its residents, and absorb the Imperial Army into the Ninth Army.
• Yu Tu and Lu Mi boarded Q16 and left Tamu Planet, while Yu Tu relaxed after holding back his Bean Sprout.
• Yu Tu told Lu Mi that Yun Yuan would restore Tamu Planet’s agriculture and find a place there for the people of Black Cat Planet.
• Yu Tu said Black Cat Planet could remain a home for just him and Lu Mi, and they kissed aboard Q16.

Lu Mi and Yu Tu diverted to rescue Ming Qiuxue, while Yu Tu’s capture of Tamu Planet forced Lan Xiao to withdraw his pursuing troops. Ming Qiuxue returned to Freedom Star with Yan Mei’s remains and buried a rib, as the supposedly dead Yan Mei secretly arrived there in disguise.

• Lan Su told Lu Mi that Ming Qiuxue had crash-landed on Abandoned Planet Z7302, and Lu Mi and Yu Tu changed course to rescue him.
• Yu Tu ordered Yun Yuan to announce that Tamu Planet had changed hands, and Lan Xiao recalled the troops pursuing Ming Qiuxue after learning Yu Tu had taken the planet without losing a soldier.
• Seven days later, Lu Mi and Yu Tu returned to Freedom Star with Ming Qiuxue, who carried an urn and told the remains inside that they were home.
• A disguised Yan Mei arrived at Freedom Star as the wealthy investor Lady Lolita and ordered Jieke to call her Madam because Chief Yan Mei was dead.
• Ming Qiuxue buried the urn, marked the grave “Beloved for life,” and stayed behind to mourn Yan Mei.

Yu Tu explained his plan to let Duke Neiyouli’s rebellion and the nomadic clans’ retaliation weaken each other before moving into the conflict. Lu Mi set aside his honeymoon with Yu Tu to help develop Freedom Star and went to receive Madam Lolita.

• Yu Tu told Lan Su and Cang Qi that Neiyouli’s rebellion could draw the Nomadic Scattered Star Cluster into a war, allowing Yu Tu to intervene after both sides were weakened.
• Yu Tu left with Lu Mi, while Lan Su reassured Cang Qi that he would stay safe.
• Lu Mi contacted Lan Su and volunteered to work on Freedom Star’s development.
• Lan Su instructed Lu Mi to receive Madam Lolita, and Lu Mi headed to the hotel after preparing breakfast for Yu Tu.
• Zhang Jiao warned Lu Mi to seem approachable to Madam Lolita, but Lu Mi threatened to break her legs if she tried to run.

Yan Mei, disguised as Lady Lolita, toured Freedom Star’s construction site and paid Lu Mi to describe his time as a warden on Calamity Planet. His questions about Lu Mi and Ming Qiuxue convinced Lu Mi that Yan Mei was pursuing both brothers, leaving their encounter tense.

• Yan Mei arrived late to meet Zhang Jiao and Lu Mi, then teased Lu Mi by asking whether he would send her to Commander Ming’s bed.
• Zhang Jiao showed Yan Mei Freedom Star’s developing site, where Yan Mei offered to fund several buildings if Lu Mi told stories about Calamity Planet.
• Lu Mi described gruesome prisoner executions until Zhang Jiao fainted, then stayed behind with Yan Mei.
• Yan Mei asked whether Lu Mi and Ming Qiuxue had fought and which of them was stronger, prompting Lu Mi to accuse her of wanting both brothers.
• Yan Mei was stunned by Lu Mi’s accusation that she was after him.

Lan Su and Lu Mi grew suspicious of Lady Lolita and prepared to investigate, but Ming Qiuxue discovered that she was Yan Mei. Yan Mei fled, and Ming Qiuxue caught him and confessed that he had always loved him.

• Lu Mi warned Lan Su that Lady Lolita seemed to want him and might be targeting Freedom Star, so Lan Su decided to meet her.
• After Lady Lolita stood Lan Su up for two days and refused an examination, Lan Su issued a search warrant for Ming Qiuxue and Lu Mi to investigate.
• Yan Mei packed to flee Freedom Star, but Ming Qiuxue spotted him leaving the hotel and followed him across Blue Whale Bridge.
• Yan Mei dropped his disguise while running, and Ming Qiuxue recognized him, pulled him close with the Longevity Lock, and kissed him.
• Ming Qiuxue told Yan Mei that he could never hurt him and had loved him all along, while Yan Mei admitted he had thought Ming Qiuxue hated him.

Yan Mei reunited with Ming Qiuxue, while Lu Mi learned that Yan Mei was alive and had once helped Yu Tu. After Yan Mei teased him, Lu Mi persuaded Yu Tu to attend Cang Qi’s party so Yu Tu could settle the score.

• Ming Qiuxue carried Yan Mei out of the hotel, where Lu Mi recognized him and put away his handcuffs.
• Chang Feng and former Ming Family Army members apologized to Yan Mei, who rejected his old title and left with Ming Qiuxue.
• Yan Mei teased Lu Mi about why he was alive eight years ago, and Ming Qiuxue chose his lover over his brother.
• Lu Mi returned home and told Yu Tu that Yan Mei was alive and had reunited with Ming Qiuxue.
• Yu Tu explained that Yan Mei had approached him about overwriting his memories because they both hated Lan Xiao.
• After Cang Qi invited them to a party at Little Seven Castle, Yu Tu agreed to go and promised to settle the score with Yan Mei.

Lu Mi and Yu Tu attended a welcome party for Yu Tu, where Yu Tu confronted Yan Mei over bullying Lu Mi. Away from the others, Yu Tu thanked Yan Mei for saving his life and offered to buy him gifts, while asking him to stop teasing Lu Mi.

• Lin Luo sang an original song at Little Seven Castle as Lu Mi and Yu Tu arrived at the welcome party.
• Cang Qi brought Lu Mi and Yu Tu to a private room, where they joined Lan Su, Ming Qiuxue, and Yan Mei.
• Yu Tu told Yan Mei that bullying Lu Mi meant bullying him, then took Yan Mei outside to settle the matter.
• Yu Tu thanked Yan Mei for helping save him on Blue Star and offered to buy him gifts, asking him to pretend he had been frightened and not to bully Lu Mi again.
• Ming Qiuxue secretly followed them and overheard Yu Tu's thanks and offer.

Yan Mei told Lu Mi how he helped Yu Tu take him away from Polaris Star eight years earlier. His account revealed that Yu Tu had nearly died instead of Lu Mi, leaving Lu Mi to confront what that meant about their bond.

• Yu Tu confessed to Lu Mi that he and Yan Mei had conspired to trick him, and Lu Mi took the drunk Yu Tu home.
• Yan Mei summoned Lu Mi to the Sky Garden and said he would explain what happened eight years earlier in exchange for Lu Mi saving Ming Qiuxue.
• Yan Mei revealed that Lan Xiao ordered Yu Tu to kill Lu Mi, but Yu Tu negotiated to have his memories overwritten and asked Yan Mei to help Lu Mi disappear instead.
• Yan Mei said he found Lu Mi unconscious with an abdominal wound, but a doctor confirmed the injury was not fatal and that Lu Mi had lost consciousness because his Diamond Rank energy was fluctuating.
• Lu Mi realized the Partner Mark’s warning meant Yu Tu, not Lu Mi, had nearly died eight years earlier.

Lu Mi learned that Yu Tu had twice willingly erased his memories for his sake and regretted not understanding Yu Tu’s pain sooner. After reconciling with Yu Tu, Lu Mi discovered he had healed his scars and resumed teasing him, while Ming Qiuxue and Yan Mei visited Wang Ping’s grave.

• Yan Mei told Lu Mi that Yu Tu had willingly had his memories overwritten twice for him, leaving Lu Mi in tears and full of regret.
• Yan Mei reunited with Ming Qiuxue, and they agreed to visit Wang Ping the next day.
• After standing in the sky garden until dawn, Lu Mi told Yu Tu he would never punish him again, then found him healed of all his scars and took the promise back.
• Yu Tu asked Lu Mi to punish him, and Lu Mi insisted that he must not hurt himself again.
• Ming Qiuxue visited Wang Ping’s grave, apologized, and replaced its inscription with one naming himself and Yan Mei as its benefactors.

Yu Tu and his allies discussed Lan Xiao’s military moves and Yu Tu’s plan to let the armies clash before taking Ripple Planet. After Yan Mei teased Ming Qiuxue about a secret ailment, Ming Qiuxue silenced him with a kiss and carried him out of the conference room.

• Ming Qiuxue explained that Lan Xiao’s first three army routes threatened Cangmu Star and could cut off Yu Tu’s retreat, while the other routes targeted Zhou Lü.
• Yu Tu said he would let Lan Xiao and Neiyouli wear each other down, then leave with Lu Mi and take Ripple Planet when the time was right.
• Yan Mei linked arms with Yu Tu and invited him to see the presents he had chosen, but Yu Tu declined and tried to pull away.
• Lu Mi learned that Ming Qiuxue supposedly had a secret ailment, and Yan Mei teased him about it after the others left.
• Ming Qiuxue kissed Yan Mei in the conference room, then carried him out after Yan Mei promised to stop teasing him.

Yu Tu divided his forces to seize Ripple Planet before Lan Xiao's army reached Cangmu Star, while Lu Mi infiltrated Sophie's fleet with Zhao Yi. The chapter ended with Lu Mi killing Zhao Yi and confronting Sophie.

• Yu Tu outlined a plan to pressure Seelie and send Lu Mi, Wang Mo, and Chen Jun to restore order in Ripple Planet's districts.
• Yu Tu sent Lu Mi and the Ninth Army toward Ripple Planet, then set course for its palace with Black Shadow.
• Sophie led twenty thousand Imperial Army soldiers toward Cangmu Star and welcomed Zhao Yi, who claimed he wanted to join Lan Xiao's forces.
• Lu Mi revealed himself as Zhao Yi's companion, slit Zhao Yi's throat, and challenged Sophie.

Lu Mi and Ming Qiuxue helped defeat Lan Xiao’s forces on Cangmu Star, forcing the Imperial Army to retreat. Lan Xiao then taunted Yu Tu about extracting his Diamond-grade Energy Crystal, and Yu Tu answered that Lan Xiao was afraid because he had Lu Mi.

• Lu Mi killed Commander Sophie, seized control of the battleship, and demanded that the Imperial Army surrender its weapons.
• Ming Qiuxue arrived on Cangmu Star with Freedom Army reinforcements, and the rebels rallied under his leadership as Lan Xiao’s forces suffered heavy losses.
• Lan Xiao learned that the forty thousand troops he had sent after Zhou Lü had been wiped out and ordered the Imperial Army to retreat from Cangmu Star.
• After Lu Mi and Ming Qiuxue celebrated their victory, Lan Xiao used the seized battleship’s communications system to taunt Yu Tu about the Diamond-grade Energy Crystal he had extracted.
• Yu Tu told Lan Xiao he was afraid and said he could not defeat him because Yu Tu had the best Little Black Panther in the world.
• Ming Qiuxue teased Lu Mi for crying after the call, and Lu Mi denied it.

After Cangmu Star’s unrest was quelled, Lu Mi returned to Ripple Planet and reunited with Yu Tu, who explained that he wanted Lu Mi to succeed through his own strength. Yu Tu then revealed he had made Lu Mi chief director of the Meow-Meow Brand Toy Headquarters Factory, leaving Lu Mi eager to reproduce every limited-edition cat teaser wand.

• Lan Xiao withdrew from Cangmu Star, and Lu Mi and Ming Qiuxue finished quelling the unrest before Cangmu Star joined Freedom Star’s domain under Star Lord Lan Su.
• Yu Tu consolidated Ripple Planet’s three districts, reclaimed Seelie’s authority, and heard Yun Yuan’s report on Tamu Planet’s housing construction and recruitment plans.
• Yu Tu admitted to Yun Yuan that he missed Lu Mi, and Lu Mi arrived at the royal palace with Black Shadow.
• Lu Mi caught Yu Tu as he rushed down the steps, and Yu Tu told him he wanted to support him without making him dependent on Yu Tu.
• Yu Tu took Lu Mi to the Meow-Meow Brand Toy Headquarters Factory and revealed that he had bought back seventy percent of its shares and made Lu Mi its chief director.
• Lu Mi rejoiced at his new position and resolved to reproduce every limited-edition cat teaser wand the brand had ever released.

Yu Tu and Lan Su established the Black Cat Sector and the Freedom Sector, then spent six months stabilizing their territories. When Lu Mi brought the children of Black Cat Planet to Tamu Planet, they gave Yu Tu candy, and he reunited with Lu Mi and kissed him.

• Yu Tu and Lan Su submitted independence applications, and the Interstellar Alliance approved them, forming the Black Cat Sector and the Freedom Sector.
• Six months later, Yu Tu toured Tamu Planet's new district with Yun Yuan while they discussed his limited time with Lu Mi.
• Lu Mi arrived with Black Shadow and brought the children of Black Cat Planet to Tamu Planet.
• The children gave Yu Tu pieces of candy, and Lu Mi encouraged him to smile as Bean Sprout flew off his head.
• Lin Luo, Mo Ke, and Luo Wei joined Lu Mi in moving to the Black Cat Sector, and Yu Tu welcomed Lu Mi before kissing him.

Yu Tu and Lu Mi traveled to Black Cat Planet, where Yu Tu had built a lavish new home, while Yan Mei set off to join them and Ming Qiuxue pursued him. The chapter ended with Lu Mi and Yu Tu kissing inside the Black Cat House.

• Yu Tu assigned Lu Mi, Yun Yuan, and Xu Kuang deployment authority over the Ninth Army, while Lin Luo became the Central Prison warden and Mo Ke and Luo Wei became deputy wardens.
• Yan Mei called Q16 from Freedom Star and persuaded Yu Tu to send him the coordinates to join them on Black Cat Planet.
• Lu Mi contacted Ming Qiuxue and asked him to retrieve Yan Mei, but Ming Qiuxue discovered Yan Mei had already left aboard a spacecraft.
• Ming Qiuxue ordered an emergency inspection of the Q19 spacecraft so he could chase after Yan Mei, whom he called his runaway little fox.
• Yu Tu and Lu Mi arrived on Black Cat Planet and found the new Black Cat House, where Lu Mi kissed Yu Tu at the entrance.

Lu Mi and Yu Tu spent a passionate day and night together in Black Cat House, while Lu Mi realized how much Yu Tu remembered about him. After Lu Mi checked on Yan Mei, Ming Qiuxue reassured him that Yan Mei was with him, though Yan Mei was exhausted from Ming Qiuxue’s attention.

• Lu Mi and Yu Tu spent the day together in Black Cat House, where Yu Tu showed that he remembered Lu Mi’s fondness for the round lights.
• Lu Mi listed the things he knew Yu Tu liked, and Yu Tu told him that he liked Little Black Panther most of all.
• The next morning, Lu Mi called Ming Qiuxue when Yan Mei had not arrived on Black Cat Planet.
• Ming Qiuxue told Lu Mi that Yan Mei was with him, so Lu Mi returned to bed beside Yu Tu.
• On Q19, Ming Qiuxue comforted the exhausted Yan Mei and promised not to bully him for now.

Yu Tu received an invitation from Skycloud Star’s Yun Baihe, who proposed an alliance against the Blue River Empire. After learning that Blue Star Palace had contacted Skycloud Star, Yu Tu concluded that Lan Xiao was provoking him and accepted the coming war.

• Yun Baihe invited Yu Tu to Skycloud Star’s tenth wedding anniversary and suggested they discuss forming an alliance to divide the Blue River Empire.
• Yu Tu rejected the alliance and destroyed the mechanical invitation, while Yun Yuan and Otto warned that Yun Baihe was difficult to read.
• Yu Tu contacted Lan Su and learned that Cang Qi had intercepted a communication route between Blue Star Palace and Skycloud Star a day earlier.
• Yu Tu decided to go to Skycloud Star, declaring that Lan Xiao was challenging him to war and that he would not lose.