Recaps

Xianyu, who wanted an ordinary life, hid the Hunt Arrow’s power and settled into a low-key job at the Divination Commission. The chapter ended when Xiao Lin asked whether Xianyu had a conflict with Jingliu.

• When Xianyu was born, the Reignbow Arbiter appeared over the Luofu, and people placed great expectations on the children born that day.
• Xianyu discovered he could control the Hunt Arrow and received a Game system, but he refused Aha’s offer to become an Emanator.
• Xianyu hid the arrow in his inventory and deliberately stayed inconspicuous, eventually entering the Divination Commission with a poor assessment score.
• After years of practicing his laid-back routine at work, Xianyu was confronted by Xiao Lin, who asked about his relationship with Jingliu.

Xianyu received a package of severed Abomination of Abundance limbs sent by Jingliu, and Diviner Xiao Lin suspected she was threatening him. Xianyu asked Jing Yuan whether Cloud Knights gave such limbs as souvenirs, then realized the package might indeed be a threat.

• Xiao Lin gave Xianyu a carefully packaged box containing severed limbs of Abominations of Abundance and revealed that Jingliu had sent it.
• Xiao Lin asked whether Xianyu and Jingliu had a grudge and advised him to resolve any conflict quickly.
• After Xiao Lin left, Xianyu messaged Jing Yuan to ask whether Cloud Knights brought back Abomination limbs as souvenirs.
• Jing Yuan said Cloud Knights did not give severed limbs as souvenirs, then recalled a soldier who had brought them as a gift for his girlfriend and been dumped.
• Jing Yuan realized Xianyu's package sounded like a threat and asked who he had offended.

Xianyu reassured Jing Yuan that the Abomination of Abundance sent to the Divination Commission posed no danger, then accepted Bai Zhu’s invitation to Sea Fishing, the hot pot business he had helped make successful. After work, he stored Jingliu’s package in his system inventory and read a note suggesting it concealed her unrecognized affection.

• Jing Yuan offered to ask Jingliu for help identifying who had sent the Abomination of Abundance, and Xianyu lied that divination showed there was no danger.
• Xianyu accepted Bai Zhu’s invitation to Sea Fishing after she reminded him he had already turned her down twice.
• Xianyu recalled how his advice had helped Sea Fishing thrive and how Bai Zhu had made him a shareholder and expanded the restaurant to other Xianzhou ships.
• Xianyu finished work and left the Divination Commission carrying the package Jingliu had sent.
• Xianyu stored Jingliu’s package in his system inventory and read a note hinting that she had sent it out of love.

Xianyu dismissed Aha’s claims about Jingliu and went to the hot pot restaurant, where Bai Zhu invited him to meet an important visitor. Jing Yuan and Baiheng pulled him into a meal with Jingliu, Dan Feng, and Yingxing, and Baiheng’s story about a Cloud Knight’s disastrous gift left Jingliu in an awkward silence.

• Xianyu ignored the system’s claim that Jingliu liked him and wondered whether he should send her a gift in return for the dead Abominations of Abundance.
• At the restaurant, Bai Zhu invited Xianyu to meet an important person, while Baiheng and Jing Yuan persuaded him to join them for hot pot.
• Xianyu met Jingliu, Dan Feng, and Yingxing, and noticed Dan Feng watching him while Jingliu avoided his gaze.
• Xianyu recommended dishes and prepared dipping sauces as Baiheng began telling the group a story about a Cloud Knight who gave his girlfriend dead Abominations of Abundance.
• Baiheng joked that the girlfriend had been kind not to bring her relatives to beat up the Cloud Knight, while Jingliu sat in silence.

Dan Feng learned that Jingliu had taken his offhand suggestion to give an Abomination of Abundance as a gift seriously and had consulted Yingxing on how to prepare it. The chapter ended with Dan Feng reluctantly agreeing that Yingxing knew more about gift-giving than anyone.

• Baiheng asked Dan Feng how he would feel about receiving an Abomination of Abundance, and he called it a unique gift while Jingliu watched him.
• Jingliu admitted that she had not yet asked the recipient what he thought of her gift, and Yingxing encouraged her to ask later.
• Dan Feng recalled suggesting an Abomination of Abundance as a gift after Jingliu asked what to give a good junior who worked at the Divination Commission and had never been on a battlefield.
• Jingliu revealed that she had consulted Yingxing, who advised freezing the Abomination’s severed limbs so the recipient could display them at home.
• A server overheard Jingliu and Yingxing discussing the grisly gift and fled, while Dan Feng awkwardly agreed with Yingxing’s claim that he knew gift-giving best.

At the condiment station, Jing Yuan questioned how Xianyu had become friends with Jingliu and suspected something was unusual about them both. Xianyu recalled how Jing Yuan had helped him confront school bullies, and the story left off with Jing Yuan wondering what Xianyu planned to do about them.

• Xianyu told Jing Yuan he had met Jingliu after sharing a table with her and Baiheng, but Jing Yuan found the explanation suspicious.
• Jing Yuan recalled finding Xianyu cornered by bullies at school and calling for a Cloud Knight, causing the students to flee.
• Xianyu thanked Jing Yuan, walked home with him, and explained that he had initially mistaken the bullies' tricks for ordinary school mistakes.
• Xianyu gave Jing Yuan a yellow paper marked with red symbols and told him not to worry about the bullies.
• Xianyu revealed that he had deliberately gone to the secluded alley, leaving Jing Yuan wondering what he had planned.

Jing Yuan recalled how Xianyu had protected him from school bullies and worried about the danger his friend might get into. At a hot-pot gathering, a server's report of a possible crime made Jing Yuan step in, while Xianyu tried to avoid being forced to take advantage of anyone; Yingxing then asked whether Xianyu was Jingliu's friend despite their age gap.

• Jing Yuan remembered that Xianyu had scared off his bullies with talismans and that their parents had paid heavily to obtain them.
• Jing Yuan realized Xianyu had gone out of his way to protect him and later kept checking on him because he feared Xianyu might cause trouble.
• Jing Yuan worried about Xianyu's disregard for the Reignbow Arbiter and Aeons, so he often invited him out for walks.
• A frightened server told Jing Yuan that someone had been discussing severed limbs and preserving them in ice, and Jing Yuan identified himself as a Cloud Knight and promised to handle it.
• Xianyu asked the server for six aprons after realizing he did not want to be forced to take advantage of anyone.
• Yingxing asked Xianyu whether he was Jingliu's friend despite the age gap as Dan Feng kept his head down and Jingliu glared at Yingxing.

Xianyu shared a hot pot meal with Jingliu, Jing Yuan, Baiheng, Yingxing, and Dan Feng, while their conversation repeatedly put Jingliu’s feelings for him on display. The chapter ended with Jing Yuan revealing that the restaurant owner liked Xianyu, leaving Baiheng eager to play matchmaker and Jingliu stabbing at her food in silence.

• Yingxing joked that Xianyu and Jingliu had an intergenerational friendship, and Xianyu nervously claimed he was five thousand years old to deflect Jingliu’s glare.
• Dan Feng suggested Baiheng switch seats with Jingliu, who moved beside Xianyu and chose the spicy broth despite disliking spicy food.
• Jingliu began coughing after eating spicy meat, and Xianyu offered her his sour plum drink while worrying that her cracked glass might shatter.
• Dan Feng asked Xianyu about his age, work, and love life, then Jing Yuan teased him for staying home and missing romantic opportunities.
• Jing Yuan said the restaurant owner liked Xianyu, prompting Baiheng to excitedly offer to play matchmaker while Jingliu silently stabbed her food.

Xianyu tried to keep Jing Yuan and Baiheng from matchmaking him with Bai Zhu while the group ate hot pot, but the meal ended with Jingliu drinking too much. Dan Feng asked Xianyu to take Jingliu home, leaving him surprised by the request.

• Xianyu rejected Baiheng and Jing Yuan’s matchmaking attempts and refused to tell Baiheng’s fortune outside work hours.
• The group finished their hot pot, and Jingliu ordered the restaurant’s strongest berry wine while the others sampled food and considered dessert.
• Jingliu became dizzy from the wine, and Baiheng drank a glass before collapsing; Jing Yuan was stopped from drinking because he was considered too young.
• Xianyu and Jing Yuan learned Bai Zhu had covered the bill, and Xianyu again denied that anything would happen between him and Bai Zhu.
• After Xianyu and Jing Yuan returned, Dan Feng asked Xianyu to take the drunk Jingliu home.

Xianyu took the drunk Jingliu home, helping her when she became dizzy and carrying her the rest of the way. At her door, Jingliu kept his jacket and asked what he thought of the item she had sent him.

• Dan Feng arranged for Xianyu to escort Jingliu home while the others left using his Coiling Leap technique.
• Xianyu walked with Jingliu, noticed her worsening dizziness, and traded snacks for hot floating goat milk for her.
• Xianyu carried Jingliu to her home in a cradle carry and prepared to leave.
• Jingliu kept Xianyu's jacket to wash and asked what he thought of the thing she had sent him.

Xianyu read Jingliu’s fortune about the next battle, predicting a great victory with complications along the way. When he tried to leave, a seemingly drunken Jingliu dragged him onto the stone table and accused him of being too lax.

• Jingliu invited Xianyu into her courtyard and asked him to tell her fortune about the next battle.
• Xianyu used his Jade Abacus to predict a great victory, though obstacles would arise along the way.
• After Xianyu praised Jingliu’s strength, she turned away with scarlet ears, and he wondered if he had imagined her shyness.
• Xianyu tried to leave, but Jingliu seized his collar and pushed him down onto the stone table.
• Jingliu blocked Xianyu’s escape and asked how long it had been since he last practiced martial arts.

After Jingliu forced Xianyu to spar for three hours while drunk, he got her safely home and returned exhausted, then asked the Diviner for a day off. As he fell asleep, Fuli appeared in his mind, while Fuli and Aha discussed his past life, his refusal to become Fuli’s Emanator, and the possibility that he might choose The Hunt again.

• Jingliu sparred with Xianyu for three hours before collapsing, and he carried her home and made sure she was safe.
• Xianyu told Jing Yuan about the exhausting sparring session, but Jing Yuan mistook his endurance for hidden martial skill.
• Xianyu ignored Jing Yuan’s warning about an important visitor and sent the Diviner a request for a day off.
• As Xianyu drifted to sleep, he saw a crowned figure made of ice appear and vanish.
• Fuli showed Aha two Light Cones and said Xianyu had refused to become Fuli’s Emanator in both lives and might choose The Hunt again.
• Aha urged Xianyu to remember, while Fuli vanished without responding.

Xianyu woke into the Xianzhou Simulator and became general of the Yaoqing, where he chose egalitarianism and materialism and began managing the ship through its map and reports. After he ordered the first rainfall to improve residents’ satisfaction, an aurumaton uprising and a wave of rain-related colds disrupted his plans.

• Xianyu encountered a child in a dreamlike street, then woke to a game interface and started the Xianzhou Simulator.
• Xianyu chose egalitarianism and materialism, learned he was the general of the Yaoqing in Star Calendar Year 1400, and began researching the Colossus Project.
• Xianyu reviewed residents’ proposals and used the map to check their claims, discovering that several complaints were misleading or unreasonable.
• Xianyu arranged rainfall on the Yaoqing after a resident complained about the lack of rain, and the satisfaction rating rose.
• A messenger warned Xianyu that aurumatons had seized control of the ship, while another reported that residents had caught colds after getting excited and failing to take shelter in the rain.

Xianyu fought for days to reclaim Yaoqing from the Golems, wrecking the Artisanship Commission and exhausting himself before finally defeating the final boss. As he recovered in the Alchemy Commission, residents complained about the war and demanded a place to relax, enraging him anew.

• Xianyu ignored his own injuries and fought Golems until he reclaimed part of Yaoqing, only to discover he had destroyed the Artisanship Commission and exhausted its materials.
• The Chief Strategist and Chief Alchemist urged Xianyu to rest, while Xianyu learned that residents wanted to leave Yaoqing and ordered an investigation into them and whoever had proposed making it rain.
• Xianyu unlocked and equipped a mental illness buff, then slowed his pace, rested with his subordinates, and handled paperwork as they cleared territory more efficiently.
• Xianyu and his subordinates fought their way to the final boss, and he defeated it despite being near death.
• While recovering in the Alchemy Commission, Xianyu read residents' complaints about the war and their demand for a place to relax, then sprang up in fury.

Xianyu punished the troublemaker who wanted Yaoqing to establish a Pleasure District by sending him to the Zerg Planet, then searched for money to rebuild Yaoqing and fund the Colossus Project. After wealthy residents donated ten digits in Credits, Xianyu earmarked the money for death benefits and continued looking for other funding.

• Xianyu woke the exhausted Chief Strategist to discuss the instigator behind the Pleasure District proposal, who had also stirred up earlier trouble over relocation and rain.
• Xianyu ordered the instigator interrogated and sent to the Zerg Planet, where he could pursue his interest in women as one himself.
• Xianyu received strange messages from customer support and considered whether Aha, the Aeon of Elation, had been sent to the Zerg Planet, but the Chief Strategist dismissed the idea.
• After learning that repairs and compensation had left Yaoqing short of funds for the Colossus Project, Xianyu hinted to wealthy residents that they could support the Sky-Faring Commission.
• More than a dozen wealthy residents voluntarily donated ten digits in Credits, and Xianyu told the Chief Strategist the money would go toward death benefits.

Xianyu tried to ignore the Masked Fool lurking in the General’s Residence, but the creature revealed itself as Aha, the Aeon of Elation. Xianyu’s teasing remark about helping Aha boost his performance numbers left the Aeon speechless.

• Yaoqing’s wealthy residents repeatedly invited Xianyu to lavish meals, and he brought takeout back to the Chief Strategist.
• An Interastral Peace Corporation executive gave Xianyu a huge check and revealed that the Masked Fools sent their greetings before vanishing.
• Xianyu found a warped creature in the General’s Residence and sent the Chief Strategist home before deciding to ignore it.
• The creature climbed onto Xianyu’s desk, took on a humanoid shape, and identified itself as the one Xianyu had given to the Swarm.
• Xianyu recognized the creature as Aha and joked that the Aeon might need help boosting its performance numbers, silencing Aha.

Aha visited Yaoqing to investigate how its General had defeated his troublemaking followers, then found himself outwitted and turned into the subject of a Light Cone. After sharing the joke across the universe, Aha approached the General and asked whether he wanted the power of an Emanator of Elation.

• Aha went to Yaoqing after learning that the General had driven out his followers, and watched as the General continued to win praise while exhausting himself in battle and official duties.
• Aha posed as a greedy troublemaker, expecting the General to punish him, but the Chief Strategist instead took him to meet a giant female insect and said the General had fulfilled his dream.
• Fuli appeared and named a Light Cone “Elation of the Pleasure House,” leaving Aha to realize that a human had made him the joke.
• Aha laughed at his predicament, decided to make the General his Emanator, and traveled across the universe to tell his followers the story.
• Aha projected his consciousness beside the General, who asked whether Aha was looking for help meeting his quota, and Aha responded by asking if he wanted the power of an Emanator of Elation.

Xianyu tried to ignore Aha, but the Aeon sent him five billion Credits and left behind a gift containing divine power. After discovering the gift could assimilate him into Aha, Xianyu alerted the Chief Strategist and considered whether the Yaoqing could someday kill a god.

• Aha complained that the Masked Fools had paid only a billion Credits and pushed Xianyu to demand more, so Xianyu sent a message asking for 50.
• Aha transferred Xianyu five billion Credits, then repeatedly demanded that Xianyu find another Emanator for the Aeon.
• Xianyu gave Aha a scrap of paper as an Emanator, and Aha left a mask beside him before vanishing from the Yaoqing.
• Xianyu stored the mask in his Game System and discovered that touching Aha's gift could grant him divine power or assimilate him into one of Aha's incarnations.
• Xianyu told the Chief Strategist about the money and mask, and the Chief Strategist advised him to withdraw and spend the billion Credits and reserve some of the rest for the colossus.

Xianyu used Aha’s five billion Credits to restore Yaoqing and fund the Colossus project, then discovered that a child in his secluded pavilion was Aha. He woke on the Luofu to find Aha reduced to a talking head and prepared to flush him down the toilet.

• Xianyu used the system to secure Aha’s Credits and oversee equipment upgrades across Yaoqing’s six commissions.
• The commission heads allocated funds to war victims, damaged infrastructure, business and civilian subsidies, and the Colossus project.
• Overwhelmed by Yaoqing’s affection, Xianyu hid in a secluded pavilion, where a child named Aha called him “Daddy” and transformed the scene around him.
• Xianyu woke on the Luofu as a Diviner and found Aha’s masked head on his bedside table.
• Xianyu dragged Aha into the bathroom and threatened to flush him down the toilet.

Xianyu confronted Aha, who claimed to have been his child and old lover and hinted at Xianyu’s past ties to Akivili and a child he had raised. Aha pointed out someone from Xianyu’s past on the Luofu news, but Xianyu turned off the television and remained unsure whether to meet them, while Aha promised to reveal everything it knew.

• Xianyu tried to make Aha explain what it had done for him, and Aha claimed it had pretended to be his child and old lover on the Yaoqing.
• Xianyu tried to throw Aha’s head into the toilet, but Aha escaped and insisted it had only pretended to be his child.
• Aha said Xianyu had trusted Akivili over it and that Akivili had not mourned Xianyu’s death, leaving Xianyu wondering about his past connection to the Aeon.
• Aha mentioned a child Xianyu had raised and showed him Luofu news featuring a gray-blue-haired person, but Xianyu turned off the television.
• Xianyu explained that he would consider meeting his old friend if he recovered his memories, and Aha offered to tell him everything it knew.

Xianyu tried to set ground rules with Aha so he could live an ordinary life, but learned that his past self had crossed paths with several Aeons. After Aha vanished, Fuli appeared in Xianyu’s home, leaving him facing yet another Aeon.

• Xianyu checked the Luofu Forum and found that nobody had noticed Aha’s arrival.
• Xianyu and Aha agreed to two rules each, while postponing their third conditions.
• Aha named Fuli, Qlipoth, Nanook, and the Hunt as Aeons connected to Xianyu, and claimed Xianyu had helped destroy part of Qlipoth’s wall.
• Aha announced they were leaving, and Xianyu threatened to throw them out with the trash; Aha vanished.
• Xianyu checked the system map, then discovered Fuli had appeared in his home.

Xianyu questioned Fuli about his past life and learned that he had fallen alongside Akivili, while Fuli warned him not to defy fate or interfere in others’ karma. After failing to search for information because Aha kept disrupting the results, Xianyu checked his messages and learned his supervisor had heard that the Sword Champion attacked him.

• Fuli appeared as an ice lotus and gave Xianyu two Light Cones as a gift for amusing Aha.
• Fuli told Xianyu that his memories mattered to the universe, that Aha had not lied, and that Xianyu had fallen alongside Akivili.
• Fuli said Xianyu was not wicked to humanity but was an enemy to evildoers, the Swarm, and Intellitrons, then recalled that Xianyu had once insulted them.
• Fuli warned Xianyu not to defy fate or interfere in the karma of others before disappearing.
• Xianyu tried searching for information about his past life, but Aha’s mask kept appearing in the results, so he gave up.
• Xianyu read his supervisor’s messages and learned that the supervisor had heard the Sword Champion attacked him.

Xianyu dismissed rumors that the Sword Champion had beaten him and went out to try a pepper soup milk tea Jing Yuan recommended. Meanwhile, Jing Yuan concluded that Jingliu liked Xianyu, and he and Dan Feng decided to play matchmakers.

• Xianyu reassured his superior that he could return to work and had not been beaten by the Sword Champion.
• Jing Yuan shared a shop selling pepper soup milk tea, and Xianyu left home to try it.
• Jing Yuan recalled the hot pot dinner and pieced together signs that Jingliu might like Xianyu.
• Dan Feng used Coiling Leap to whisk Jing Yuan, Yingxing, and Baiheng away, leaving Jingliu and Xianyu together.
• Jing Yuan agreed with Dan Feng that they should help ease Jingliu's worries about Xianyu.

After learning that Jingliu liked Xianyu, Yingxing, Dan Feng, and Jing Yuan tried to figure out how to help them get together. They ended the night with no workable plan, while Xianyu’s account of a three-hour sword practice with Jingliu only gave Dan Feng a new reason to seek him out.

• Dan Feng told Yingxing that Jingliu liked Xianyu, and Yingxing immediately worried about how much a wedding gift would cost.
• Yingxing, Dan Feng, and Jing Yuan took the drunken Baiheng to Jing Yuan’s residence and searched the forums for romance advice.
• Jing Yuan explained that Jingliu kept her distance from people because she feared they might become mara-struck, and he doubted she would make the first move toward Xianyu.
• Xianyu messaged Jing Yuan to praise Jingliu, who had practiced swordsmanship with him for three hours after getting drunk.
• Dan Feng asked Jing Yuan to arrange a sparring match with Xianyu, while Yingxing deleted his notes on a guide for women pursuing men.
• The three stayed up revising romance advice for Jingliu, but Jing Yuan judged their suggestions to be no help at all.

Jing Yuan learned that the Marshal had visited the Luofu and helped Jingliu find Xianyu’s address, while the Marshal and Teng Xiao discussed the fearsome former Marshal. The chapter ended with Teng Xiao recalling the former Marshal’s violent history and wondering why the Marshal had mentioned him.

• Jing Yuan, Dan Feng, and Yingxing decided Jing Yuan should forward their courtship guide to Jingliu, then Jing Yuan reminded her to arrive early for an important event.
• Jing Yuan learned that the Marshal had visited the Luofu and toured several commissions with Teng Xiao and their leaders.
• Jingliu asked Jing Yuan for Xianyu’s address, and Jing Yuan gave it to her before suggesting they try a new milk tea flavor to distract her.
• Jingliu realized Xianyu lived in the opposite direction from where she had claimed to be going, while Jing Yuan messaged Xianyu and fled.
• Teng Xiao welcomed the Marshal to a private tavern gathering, and they discussed the former Marshal’s brutal campaigns and legacy.