Recaps

System 615 regained consciousness long after sacrificing itself to save its host and discovered it had become a human child. After reuniting with Shen Yangge, it named itself Shen Tuantuan, then met System 614, who knew its embarrassing original name.

• System 615 merged with the Virus System to shield its host from the Heavenly Dao contract, then vanished while wishing it could return as a human.
• After many years, System 615 regained its self-awareness and remembered its special host, but learned it could not leave the Main Hall.
• System 615 discovered it had become a physical being, grew rapidly into a boy, and nearly damaged the Main Hall before the Great Emperor stopped him.
• System 615 asked Shen Yangge to give him a name, rejected the name Shen Yangge suggested, and chose Shen Tuantuan for himself.
• System 614 met Shen Tuantuan, called him by his embarrassing name, and introduced himself as Fu Xuzhi.

During the New Year, Crown Prince Chu Jinghong waited for Chu Xuanzhen and Shen Yangge to return, reflecting on his origins and his ambitions. He later became a capable emperor, and after a long life he died as Chu Xuanzhen and Shen Yangge came to bid him farewell.

• Chu Jinghong asked the Old Eunuch whether Chu Xuanzhen and Shen Yangge would return, then resolved to uncover his origins and protect the realm.
• Chu Xuanzhen and Shen Yangge returned on the second day of the new year, and Chu Jinghong reunited with them.
• Chu Jinghong remembered that he was an adopted child rescued from an island and planned to become emperor to discover the truth about his birth.
• Chu Jinghong ruled well and intended to choose a successor from the Chu family's bloodline rather than pass the throne to his own children.
• In his final year, Chu Jinghong saw the unchanged Chu Xuanzhen and Shen Yangge, then died as they came to bid him farewell.

The Eighth Prince slipped away to Jiangnan with Liang Jinwen and Liang Yu, while their companions built lives of their own across Great Chu. The story ended with the empire's golden age continuing and the author thanking readers and introducing a new book.

• The Eighth Prince, bored with state affairs, secretly went to Jiangnan, accompanied by Liang Jinwen and Liang Yu, while Su Shang remained with them.
• Xue Pingyuan and Xue Qian became celebrated military role models for Great Chu's younger generation.
• Shen Mother lived comfortably into her seventies or eighties with her two adopted sons caring for her.
• Capable emperors kept Great Chu prosperous despite continued threats to its lands.
• The author thanked readers for following the story and presented the synopsis for the next book.