Recaps

Yu Tu deduced that Tianguang had killed the Pharmaceutical Research Academy researchers and went to examine his body. He discovered that someone had removed Tianguang’s left eye, which reminded Lu Mi of the Slave-Taming Eye.

• Yu Tu reasoned that Tianguang had killed the researchers with a drug, and Lan Xiao admitted that Tianguang had wanted to protect Lan Su.
• Yu Tu left Lan Xiao’s hospital room with Lu Mi and said the researchers would have died even if Lan Xiao had not gone to the academy.
• Yu Tu and Lu Mi went to the Royal Hospital morgue, where Yu Tu examined Tianguang’s body.
• Yu Tu found that Tianguang’s left eye had been removed and asked Yun Yuan to question the soldiers who transported the body and review hospital surveillance.
• Yu Tu asked Lu Mi if he remembered the Slave-Taming Eye from Calamity Planet, and Lu Mi’s pupils contracted.

Lu Mi confronted Lan Xiao about the file Yu Tu wanted destroyed and learned that Yu Tu had been subjected to experiments from childhood and had once carried Lan Xiao’s Energy Crystal. Lu Mi left after beating Lan Xiao, concealing his own distress behind a taunt.

• Yu Tu ended the investigation into Elisa’s killer after learning that Xue Cheng was the sole survivor of Twin Bright Village and had a valid reason to assassinate her.
• Yun Yuan reviewed testimony and surveillance related to the Ninth Army but found no breakthrough, so Yu Tu told her to continue the postwar arrangements.
• Lu Mi visited Lan Xiao, who revealed that Yu Tu had been a mutated vine without an Energy Crystal and had undergone experiments since he was nine.
• Lan Xiao said Yu Tu’s Violet Slaughter Vine had emerged through repeated experiments, hatred, and blood, and that Lan Xiao’s Energy Crystal had once been implanted in Yu Tu.
• Lu Mi beat Lan Xiao, then taunted him about having kissed the Energy Crystal before leaving the room and gagging in regret.

After learning how Yu Tu had quietly helped people and spent years trying to reach him, Lu Mi visited the palace where Yu Tu had been imprisoned and burned it down. Yu Tu arrived and took Lu Mi home.

• Lu Mi questioned Blue Star residents about Yu Tu and heard stories of his loneliness, kindness, and efforts to help others.
• Lu Mi realized Yu Tu’s reunion with him was no coincidence and that Yu Tu had been working toward him all along.
• Lu Mi entered Yu Tu’s former palace, found the Energy Lock Cage where he had lived, and wept on his bed.
• Lu Mi set the palace ablaze and left as Yu Tu arrived on Q16.
• Yu Tu smiled at Lu Mi and said he had come to take him home.

After the Blue River Empire fell, Lan Su prepared to establish the Freedom Empire while his failing health worried Cang Qi. Yu Tu agreed that Lan Su could ask him for treatment on the empire’s founding day, which would coincide with Lan Xiao’s public trial.

• Ming Qiuxue presented the people’s petition to rename the Freedom Sector the Freedom Empire, and Lan Su chose the date of Lan Xiao’s public trial as the founding day.
• Cang Qi grew concerned about Lan Su’s worsening health and contacted Yu Tu to ask him to examine Lan Su.
• Yu Tu told Cang Qi that he had never refused to treat Lan Su, but that Lan Su himself had to ask.
• Lu Mi summoned Lin Luo, Mo Ke, and Luo Wei, then bragged that he had finally proved himself while the three concluded Yu Tu was indulging him.
• Cang Qi asked Lan Su to let Yu Tu treat him, and Lan Su agreed to ask Yu Tu on the Freedom Empire’s founding day.

Yu Tu and Yan Mei arranged to start a merchandise company with Yun Tiange, then attended Freedom Star’s founding-day public trial of Lan Xiao. The trial began with Lan Xiao pleading guilty to two charges while insisting he had done nothing wrong.

• Yu Tu, Yan Mei, and Yun Tiange agreed to launch a merchandise company, with Yu Tu and Yan Mei each holding forty-five percent and Yun Tiange holding ten percent.
• On June 8, Freedom Star held a crowded celebration for its founding as an Empire and hosted Lan Xiao’s public trial at Freedom Plaza.
• Lu Mi told Yu Tu that people in the audience were praising their relationship, and the Bean Sprout on Yu Tu’s head drew cheers from the crowd.
• The interstellar judge charged Lan Xiao with abusing his authority and massacring innocents; Lan Xiao pleaded guilty but defended his actions.
• The judge charged Lan Xiao with sacrificing Imperial Army soldiers and ordering the Qi Family massacre to conceal the truth; Lan Xiao pleaded guilty, and Yun Yuan’s gaze turned cold.

Lan Xiao confessed to his crimes, including framing the Ming Family and Lan Su, and received a sentence of life imprisonment before taking his own life. His death released nineteen years of sealed memories, leaving Yu Tu overwhelmed as the blizzard in his sea vanished.

• Lan Xiao admitted that he had betrayed Qi An and framed the Ming Family, and Ming Qiuxue mourned as the family’s name was cleared.
• Lan Xiao confessed to framing Lan Su and admitted the remaining charges as the court sentenced him to life imprisonment after stripping his Energy Crystal.
• Lan Xiao added that he had imprisoned Yan Mei and slandered Ming Qiuxue, then called his confession Yan Mei’s wedding gift.
• Lan Xiao destroyed his Origin Essence and died before the enforcers could stop him.
• Yan Mei wondered whether Lan Xiao had left him money, while Yu Tu collapsed into dizziness and regained the nineteen years of memories Lan Xiao had sealed away.

Yu Tu remembered how Lan Su had destroyed his clan, how the empire had imprisoned and experimented on him, and how he had crippled Lan Su in revenge. On the Freedom Empire’s founding day, seeing Lan Su again brought the hatred back, and Yu Tu sought comfort from Lu Mi.

• Yu Tu was born with a White Vine that healed his mother, and his power brought life to the barren planet where the Yu Clan lived.
• Black-clad attackers slaughtered Yu Tu’s clan, including Ayiduo, and Lan Su took the surviving child away.
• Lan Su’s people imprisoned Yu Tu and subjected him to experiments that strengthened his White Vine and awakened his Violet Slaughter Vines.
• Yu Tu used Lan Xiao to expose Lan Su’s crime to Elisa, then agreed to have his memories overwritten in exchange for meeting Lan Su in prison.
• Yu Tu severed Lan Su’s legs, but later helped him become ruler of the Freedom Sector and founding emperor of the Freedom Empire.
• At the founding celebration, Yu Tu saw Lan Su and remembered their past before asking Lu Mi to hold him.

At the Freedom Empire’s founding ceremony, Lan Su declared himself unworthy to rule because he had once led the slaughter of an innocent planet. He revealed that Yu Tu was a witness, prompting a tense standoff between the Ninth Army and the Freedom Army before both sides stood down.

• The citizens celebrated Lan Xiao’s death and the end of the Blue River Empire as Lan Su prepared to announce the new nation.
• Lan Su declared the Freedom Empire founded and promised citizenship and homes for the Drifting Refugees.
• After the crowd hailed him as emperor, Lan Su admitted his role in the slaughter of an innocent planet and said he was unfit to rule.
• When the crowd defended Lan Su, he said a witness was present, and Yu Tu opened his eyes as the plaza realized he was the witness.
• Yun Yuan and the Ninth Army drew their weapons, while the Freedom Army also armed itself; Lan Su ordered his soldiers to stand down, and Yu Tu persuaded the Ninth Army to do the same.

Lan Su sentenced himself to life imprisonment and named Cang Qi emperor of the Freedom Empire, while Yu Tu explained why he would not pursue revenge against him. As Lan Su was taken away to Central Prison, he parted from Cang Qi, knowing his remaining life was short.

• Lan Su declared himself unfit to rule, sentenced himself to life imprisonment, and appointed Cang Qi emperor, with Ming Qiuxue accepting his decision.
• Cang Qi agreed to take the throne, and Lan Su gave him the seat of honor as Freedom Star celebrated the empire’s founding.
• Aboard the Black Shark Battleship, Yu Tu told Lu Mi and Yun Yuan that he had chosen to honor Lan Su’s promise to be a good Star Lord.
• Yu Tu acknowledged the suffering of the Ming Family and said that he, Lan Su, and Lan Xiao were not completely innocent.
• Lan Su asked Ming Qiuxue to escort him to prison, then told Cang Qi that they would not meet again.

Yu Tu and Lu Mi traveled to Black Cat Planet, where Lu Mi arranged a surprise proposal surrounded by their friends and family. Yu Tu accepted, and the newlyweds stayed behind for a month-long wedding leave.

• Black Shark AI revealed that the battleship was headed to Black Cat Planet, where Yu Tu and Lu Mi exchanged playful kisses during the trip.
• Lu Mi blindfolded Yu Tu and led him to a gathering of friends and family, who lit up Black Cat Planet with lamps and decorations.
• Lu Mi proposed marriage to Yu Tu, and Yu Tu accepted before Lu Mi placed the ring on his finger.
• Yu Tu carried Lu Mi away and announced that they would take a month-long wedding leave on Black Cat Planet.
• The guests departed while Black Shadow raced around, and Yu Tu and Lu Mi kissed inside Black Cat House.

Cang Qi learned that Lan Su’s damaged Origin Essence left his life in danger, and he devoted himself to Little Seven Castle in search of a way to save him. After unlocking the castle, he discovered Lan Xiao Qi’s history: an AI created from Lan Su’s Origin Essence that had spent centuries building a home and hoping to reunite with its two fathers.

• Rete told Cang Qi that Lan Su’s Origin Essence could only be repaired by Star Lord Yu Tu, but Cang Qi refused to kill Yu Tu and hoped Little Seven Castle held another answer.
• Cang Qi researched Little Seven Castle for three years without seeing Lan Su, then cracked its final lock during a winter snowfall.
• The castle’s recording showed a past Cang Qi creating an AI from Lan Su’s Origin Essence, then being captured and killed by Drifting Desperadoes.
• A century later, the AI began walking, called Cang Qi “Dad,” and used the records he left behind to find Lan Su.
• Lan Xiao Qi learned advanced mechanical technology and spent another century building Little Seven Castle as a home where it dreamed of reuniting with Cang Qi and Lan Su.

Cang Qi learned that Lan Xiao Qi had traveled back in time to save Lan Su, and discovered how that knowledge shaped Lan Su’s choices and crimes. As Lan Su’s life faded in prison, Cang Qi reached him and told him he was worth loving.

• Lan Xiao Qi showed Cang Qi an alternate past, then revealed how it traveled to Blue Ocean Planet and sought to save Lan Su by exchanging Yu Tu’s life for his.
• Cang Qi realized Lan Su had known about the future and collapsed as he understood why Lan Su had treated Yu Tu as he did.
• Lan Su recalled Lan Xiao Qi’s warning, his growing love for Cang Qi, and the choices he made to survive, including slaughtering Yu Tu’s planet and assassinating Master Moore.
• Lan Su remembered regretting his actions after Yu Tu sacrificed himself to protect Freedom Star, and resolved to become a good star lord.
• As Lan Su lay dying in his cell, Cang Qi arrived, and Lan Su apologized and asked him to live well.
• Cang Qi held Lan Su’s hand and told him he was worth loving and remained his only lover.

On the third day of their marriage, Lu Mi tried an adult AI television, then arranged a month of nonstop news coverage celebrating his wedding to Yu Tu. The chapter ended with Yu Tu kissing Lu Mi, while the rest of their intimate moment remained unseen.

• Lu Mi installed Bibi and tried a holographic No Tomatoes Allowed video, but quickly stopped it and permanently banned that content.
• Lu Mi made breakfast for Yu Tu, carried him through washing up, and played Blue Star's live news while they ate.
• Yu Tu learned Lu Mi had paid to have news outlets report their wedding nonstop for a month, and Lu Mi shaped Yu Tu's Bean Sprout into a heart.
• Lu Mi received calls from acquaintances congratulating him and jokingly demanded wedding gifts, then boasted about his popularity.
• Yu Tu laughed, and Lu Mi told him he was beautiful before Yu Tu finished breakfast and kissed him deeply.

Lu Mi and Yu Tu left Black Cat Planet for a cross-system honeymoon in the Infinity Star System. As Q16 drifted through the Galactic Boundary Belt, Yu Tu shared memories of his time there with the Ninth Army, and the newlyweds grew closer.

• Yu Tu argued with netizens who called him cute, but they overwhelmed him with screenshots of his bean sprouts.
• Lu Mi persuaded Yu Tu to honeymoon in the Infinity Star System, and Yun Yuan secured their cross-system travel permit and extended their wedding leave.
• Lu Mi and Yu Tu departed Black Cat Planet, leaving Black Shadow to guard their home and telling it to hibernate.
• Q16 entered the Galactic Boundary Belt, where Yu Tu explained that Dimensional Gates held treasures guarded by mutated Star Beasts.
• Yu Tu told Lu Mi that his longing for him had helped him endure their separation, and Lu Mi reminded him that he was now his legal husband.

Lu Mi and Yu Tu began their honeymoon in the Infinity Star System, where outdated navigation led them to a criminal-occupied planet. After killing the criminals who threatened them, they unwittingly became infamous across the system and ended up ranked as its top two Fierce Gods.

• Lu Mi and Yu Tu landed on Rainforest Star, unaware that criminals had taken it over and slaughtered its original inhabitants.
• Five locals welcomed the newlyweds and led them toward the planet’s central treehouses, where the criminals planned to rob them.
• When criminals threatened and lusted after Yu Tu and Lu Mi, Yu Tu killed a woman with the Violet Slaughter Vine and Lu Mi attacked the others with his whip.
• A criminal’s livestream of the killings went viral, and the husbands later wiped out several more criminal dens during their travels.
• Three months later, Yu Tu learned that he and Lu Mi ranked first and second on the Infinity Star System’s Fierce God Ranking, and decided to travel to another star system next year and kill less often.

After their honeymoon, Yu Tu and Lu Mi discovered that neighboring star systems had publicized their marriage and invited them to help fight criminals. Lu Mi also agreed to let the Meow-Meow Brand Toy Headquarters Factory resume normal production, and Yu Tu promised to make him exclusive cat teasers.

• Yu Tu and Lu Mi received congratulations and permanent visit passes from four neighboring star systems, which had learned they were married and praised their work in the Infinity Star System.
• Yu Tu realized Lu Mi had been laughing at his embarrassment, and Lu Mi explained that he was happy everyone knew they were legally married.
• The director of the Meow-Meow Brand Toy Headquarters Factory warned Lu Mi that its one-of-a-kind production policy had left it unable to pay employees or buy materials.
• Lu Mi told the director to resume normal factory operations, accepting that the factory needed to make money and support his family.
• Yu Tu comforted Lu Mi by promising to make exclusive cat teasers for him.

Ming Suifeng brought home the mute, feral child of his late friend Vice General Yan, and Ming Qiuxue took responsibility for caring for him. The child grew attached to Ming Qiuxue and became part of the Ming Family, though he still had no name.

• Ming Suifeng returned from war with Vice General Yan's child, whom he had rescued after finding him imprisoned and unable to speak.
• Mother Ming tried to approach the child, but he bared his teeth; Ming Qiuxue fed him an apple and offered to raise him.
• Ming Qiuxue fought the child repeatedly, then comforted him when he broke down crying and helped him bathe.
• Ming Qiuxue raised the child in his courtyard, taught him to walk, and became the only person he followed.
• The Ming Family treated the unnamed child as their fourth son, and Ming Qiuxue said he would let the child choose his own name once he could speak and write.

Ming Qiuxue helped Yan Ming adjust to school, stand up to bullies, and grow into a confident White Fox. After awakening as a Diamond-Grade Golden Python, Ming Qiuxue struggled to contain his desire for Yan Ming and left for military academy, where he resolved to confess his love before risking his life on a mission.

• Ming Qiuxue sent Yan Ming to kindergarten, where Yan Ming spoke for the first time to say he would miss him.
• After discovering Yan Ming was being bullied, Ming Qiuxue confronted the four children responsible and taught Yan Ming to stand up for himself.
• Yan Ming stopped coming home injured, secretly practiced insults, and later became an elementary-school class boss with Lan Xiao as one of his followers.
• At fourteen, Ming Qiuxue awakened as a Diamond-Grade Golden Python and struggled through its heat while living with Yan Ming.
• Ming Qiuxue entered military academy at fifteen, the same year Yan Ming awakened as an Intermediate White Fox.
• Before leading academy members to eliminate bandits, Ming Qiuxue decided he should tell Yan Ming that he loved him.

Ming Qiuxue returned from war and reunited with Yan Ming, and the two confessed their love. After Ming Qiuxue disappeared in battle and came back severely wounded, he and Yan Ming became lovers, and Ming Qiuxue gave him the name Yan Mei.

• Ming Qiuxue returned to Blue Star and reunited with Yan Ming, and they admitted that they loved each other while promising to wait for each other to grow up.
• Ming Qiuxue graduated from military school at sixteen, joined the Ming Family Army, and quickly became a respected strategist.
• At eighteen, Ming Qiuxue led the Ming Family Army against Dragon's Cry and Mu Ze's Imperial Army, helping turn the battle around before going missing as Ming Suifeng was badly wounded.
• Three months later, Ming Qiuxue returned to the Ming Family estate severely injured, and Yan Ming ran to him in tears.
• Ming Qiuxue asked to kiss Yan Ming, and after Yan Ming answered with a kiss, Ming Qiuxue named him Yan Mei.

Yan Mei and Ming Qiuxue pledged themselves to each other, but Ming He insisted they observe propriety, and Yan Mei’s attempts to seduce Ming Qiuxue failed. After Elisa’s coup imprisoned the Ming Family, Yan Mei stayed behind with Lan Xiao to secure Ming Qiuxue’s release to Calamity Planet, pretending to betray him so he would leave Blue Star.

• Ming Qiuxue told Ming He that he and Yan Mei had pledged themselves to each other, and Ming He warned them to observe propriety.
• Yan Mei secretly slipped into Ming Qiuxue’s bed and repeatedly tried to seduce him, but Ming Qiuxue held back and sent him to sleep.
• After Elisa’s coup led to the Ming Family’s imprisonment, Yan Mei asked Lan Xiao to save them in exchange for staying by his side.
• Lan Xiao spread rumors that Yan Mei had betrayed the Ming Family, while Ming Suifeng, Ming Biezhi, and the army were exiled and Ming Qiuxue and his parents remained imprisoned.
• Nearly two years later, Lan Xiao arranged for Ming Qiuxue to be released to Calamity Planet if Yan Mei made him give up on him.
• Yan Mei pretended to choose Lan Xiao and told Ming Qiuxue he would stay on Blue Star for wealth and glory, so Ming Qiuxue left without exposing his lie.

Ming Qiuxue rose to power on Calamity Planet, befriended Lu Mi, and learned that Yan Mei had helped send Yu Tu there. After Yan Mei was presumed dead in the flames, Ming Qiuxue found him alive on Freedom Star Bridge and finally confessed his love.

• Ming Qiuxue rebuilt the Ming Family Army and met Lu Mi, who became First Prison's warden after suppressing a riot that killed Ren Chong.
• Ming Qiuxue recognized Lu Mi as a friend and learned from a secretly filmed video that Yan Mei hated seeing men smoke cigars, so he quit smoking.
• Lu Mi told Ming Qiuxue that Yan Mei had played a part in sending Yu Tu to Calamity Planet, and Ming Qiuxue learned that Yan Mei had released news of Simutan's death.
• Ming Qiuxue rushed to Blue Star but arrived after Yan Mei was thought to have died in the flames, and he held Yan Mei's charred body believing his own heart had stopped.
• Ming Qiuxue saw Lady Lolita turn back on Freedom Star Bridge, realized Yan Mei was alive, kissed him, and confessed that he had always loved him.

After reuniting, Yan Mei and Ming Qiuxue struggled with Ming Qiuxue’s insistence on propriety until he proposed and revealed they were already legally married. They consummated their marriage, and Yan Mei asked Ming Qiuxue to visit his late parents with him, while Ming Qiuxue promised to make sure they stayed together.

• Ming Qiuxue showed Yan Mei the birthday letters he had written but never sent, and Yan Mei cried over them.
• Yan Mei repeatedly tried to seduce Ming Qiuxue, but Ming Qiuxue left whenever he tried to take off their clothes.
• After the independence applications were approved, Yan Mei left for Black Cat Planet, but Ming Qiuxue caught up with him aboard Q19.
• Ming Qiuxue proposed in front of Yan Mei’s bodyguards, and Yan Mei learned they were already legally married.
• Ming Qiuxue carried Yan Mei back to Q19, where Yan Mei soon regretted insisting they consummate their marriage.
• Yan Mei told Ming Qiuxue he wanted to visit his parents’ graves on Misty Mountain together, and Ming Qiuxue promised to keep him happy and safe.

Lu Xiaojiu led the Black Panther Legion to White Vine Star to retrieve Ninth Squad, only to find that they wanted to stay with the Yu Clan and its young clan leader, Yu Tu. When Lu Xiaojiu finally met Yu Tu, he was so captivated that he claimed his heart hurt and asked the healer to examine him.

• Lu Xiaojiu brought the Black Panther Legion's First and Second Squads to White Vine Star after Ninth Squad's suspicious message said they planned to take half a year of leave.
• Yun Yuan and Ninth Squad insisted they were happy with the Yu Clan and warned Lu Xiaojiu not to frighten their young clan leader, who had saved their lives and helped Yun Yuan undergo a Second Awakening.
• Lu Xiaojiu left the rest of his force with Black Shadow and went with Ninth Squad to meet the Yu Clan's young clan leader.
• Yu Tu invited Lu Xiaojiu into the central tent and greeted him warmly.
• Lu Xiaojiu froze at the sight of Yu Tu, felt his heart pounding, and asked the healer to examine what he described as an arrow wound through his chest.

Yu Tu treated Lu Xiaojiu’s injuries, but Lu Xiaojiu’s embarrassing reaction angered him and got Lu Xiaojiu banished from White Vine Star. After Ayiduo advised Lu Xiaojiu on making a sincere apology, the Black Eagle Warship departed, while Ayiduo reassured Yu Tu that Lu Xiaojiu would return.

• Yu Tu used White Vines to examine Lu Xiaojiu, whose arousal made him cover himself and awkwardly offer to be whipped.
• Yu Tu called Lu Xiaojiu a scumbag, tossed him out of the tent, and ordered him removed from White Vine Star.
• Lu Xiaojiu asked Yun Yuan how to write Yu Tu’s name and approached Ayiduo to ask what Yu Tu liked.
• Ayiduo told Lu Xiaojiu that Yu Tu already had what he loved and that sincerity could break through obstacles.
• Lu Xiaojiu departed on the Black Eagle Warship, and Ayiduo found Yu Tu reading upside down and promised he would return.

Lu Xiaojiu returned to White Vine Star and tried to win Yu Tu’s forgiveness, using Black Shadow’s shameless antics as an excuse to stay near him. After confessing that he wanted to give Yu Tu himself, Lu Xiaojiu heard Yu Tu ask what he was worth to him and answered that he would not trade Yu Tu for the universe.

• Lu Xiaojiu arrived on White Vine Star with Luo Wei and Black Shadow, hoping the mecha’s presence would give him a reason to stay near Yu Tu.
• Black Shadow rushed toward the Yu Clan, stopped just short of the children, and let them climb on and pet it.
• Yu Tu called Black Shadow over, and the mecha flopped onto its back and begged to be petted, prompting Lu Xiaojiu to put it into hibernation.
• Lu Xiaojiu sent Yun Yuan and the Ninth Squad to join Lin Luo, then arranged for a sunroom to be built for Yu Tu.
• Lu Xiaojiu apologized to Yu Tu and offered himself as a gift; when Yu Tu asked what he was worth, Lu Xiaojiu said he would not trade him for the universe.