Recaps

Zandar tried to steer Xianyu away from researching his blood by revealing the Genius Society's Cosmic Genesis project and claiming it could erase Aeons. He urged Xianyu to begin by disposing of the Reignbow Arbiter, leaving Xianyu stunned and Guan Liang alarmed.

• Zandar explained that Cosmic Genesis could alter or erase universal concepts, including the concept of gods.
• Guan Liang discreetly signaled for help, then brought Xianyu a cooling patch for the marks on his neck.
• Zandar asked Xianyu to start using the Astral Computer to erase an Aeon, and Xianyu assumed he meant Erudition.
• Zandar shifted his demand to the Luofu and told Xianyu to dispose of The Hunt, leaving Xianyu speechless.

Zandar pressed Xianyu to kill the Aeons, arguing that they would eventually kill him if he did not strike first. Xianyu resisted the demand and redirected their conversation to the timing of cosmic genesis, while Zandar prepared to leave the final choice to him.

• Zandar reflected on Xianyu's death and blamed Aha, Shuhu, and himself for helping set it in motion.
• Zandar urged Xianyu to kill the Aeons, claiming cosmic genesis could eventually erase the concept of gods.
• Xianyu questioned why he had to kill Lan immediately, and Zandar warned that the Aeons would kill him if he did not act first.
• Zandar expanded his demand to include people who questioned the leadership and suspected it of wasting tax money.
• Xianyu asked how long they would have to wait for cosmic genesis, and Zandar silently decided to leave the choice to him.

Zandar tried to regain Xianyu’s trust by discussing his past as an Emanator and letting him choose his own path. He gave Xianyu a syringe and suggested they try an easier way, leaving its purpose unclear.

• Zandar urged Xianyu to join the Genius Society, but Xianyu refused and also rejected an offer to deal with an Astral Computer.
• Zandar asked Xianyu about his history with the Aeons and explained that Nanook had been his longest-serving subordinate and had survived attacks from the others.
• As Guan Liang served food, Zandar described Xianyu’s former empire, its shared currency and statues, while Guan Liang teased Xianyu about doing the same on the Xianzhou.
• Zandar handed Xianyu a silver box containing a syringe and softly suggested they try an easier way.

Zandar tried to help Xianyu die, believing it would free him from his suffering, but Xianyu refused and asked to leave with him instead. Zandar agreed and called on Gray Wind to take them away.

• Zandar revealed that Xianyu had a coagulation disorder and explained that Xianyu had repeatedly suffered fatal injuries without realizing the danger.
• Zandar asked Xianyu whether he had been hurt or afraid, and Xianyu said he only regretted choosing the wrong method.
• Zandar prepared to inject Xianyu, intending to end his life and send him into a different existence.
• Xianyu pulled his wrist away and told Zandar that dying went against what he originally wanted.
• Xianyu asked Zandar to take him away, and Zandar summoned Gray Wind and placed his Round Felt Hat on Xianyu.

Xianyu rejected Guan Liang’s attempt to stop him and chose to leave with Zandar, who comforted him by recalling the loving, peaceful life he had before their meeting. As Xianyu and Zandar departed, Daiyang and Chenzhen knelt to deliver a farewell blessing on behalf of those who had betrayed him.

• Xianyu accused Guan Liang and Hua of betraying him and demanded that Guan Liang let him leave with Zandar.
• Zandar reassured Xianyu that he had been loved and had grown up in peace, then promised to take him home to sleep.
• When Guan Liang continued blocking their way, Xianyu ordered him to move, and Zandar shoved Guan Liang aside as Xianyu’s distress intensified.
• Hua ordered everyone except Daiyang and Chenzhen to remain on the first floor, and Jingliu collected and crushed the earpieces.
• Daiyang and Chenzhen knelt before Xianyu, and Daiyang delivered their message of regret and wished him well before clearing his path.

Daiyang and Chenzhen comforted Xianyu with memories of people who had missed him, and a Doll from the Ten-Lords Commission called Marty suddenly embraced him. The chapter ended with Xianyu recognizing Marty, followed by an author’s note about suspected similarities with another fanfic and the author’s difficulties.

• Daiyang broke down in tears as Xianyu came over and gently tried to comfort her.
• Chenzhen clung to Xianyu, called him Daddy, and said that she, Daiyang, Guan Liang, and the Crown Princess had missed him.
• Daiyang told Xianyu that someone had appeared in her dream and said Xianyu had lost weight, prompting Xianyu to stare at his bloodless hands.
• Chenzhen claimed Chaoyan had visited her in a dream and asked whether she could take thousands of photos of Xianyu when he got married.
• As Xianyu headed for the stairs with Zandar, a Doll from the Ten-Lords Commission rushed into his arms and called him Marshal, and Xianyu recognized Marty.

Xianyu sought Akivili’s advice after realizing Jingliu had feelings for him, then decided to ask Hua to accept Jingliu as a younger sister. Hua recognized his plan and recalled seeing Jingliu kiss Xianyu after a banquet.

• Xianyu described his situation to Akivili through a supposedly hypothetical example, and Akivili realized Hua had fallen for him.
• Akivili asked whether Xianyu might have feelings for the woman he wanted to reject, leaving Xianyu silent.
• Xianyu blamed himself for letting Jingliu grow attached to him and decided to ask Hua to accept her as a younger sister.
• Xianyu contacted Hua on the Yaoqing and asked whether she wanted a younger sister, then identified Jingliu as the woman he meant.
• Hua remembered seeing Jingliu kiss Xianyu in the pavilion after a banquet before Jingliu left for her Luofu post.

Hua tried to manage Jingliu’s feelings for her father by warning her that he wanted to adopt her and that he was too fragile for an emotional shock. Jingliu submitted a transfer application to a remote planet, and Xianyu confronted her about her feelings, leaving her to answer that they had not lasted long.

• Hua met Jingliu after she had returned the Marshal to his bedroom and agreed to pass along Jingliu’s blessing.
• After hearing the blessing, Hua’s father seemed lonely, so Hua kept Jingliu’s apparent feelings for him secret for hundreds of years.
• Hua called Jingliu and told her that her father wanted to adopt her, urging her to consider his age and emotional state.
• Jingliu searched for the Xianzhou Alliance’s most remote subsidiary planet and wrote a transfer application.
• Jingliu presented the application to Xianyu at breakfast, and he realized she intended to leave for a remote planet.
• Xianyu asked Jingliu when her feelings had begun and how long they had lasted, and Jingliu said, “Not long.”

Xianyu learned that Marty had witnessed his death and broke down crying as he held him, while Zandar reflected on how Eric had changed from a detached god into a human. Xianyu tried to make a concession to the Mechanical Species, but Hua rejected it outright.

• Marty told Xianyu that he had seen his death and knew Xianyu would not have wanted them to leave.
• Xianyu clutched Marty and cried without realizing it, while Zandar comforted him and recalled the life Eric might have had.
• After regaining his composure, Xianyu continued downstairs with Marty as Guan Liang hauled Daiyang and Chenzhen along.
• Xianyu told Hua that the Mechanical Species' application should no longer be rejected at meetings.
• Hua understood that Xianyu was making the concession for Marty's sake, but she refused to let the Mechanical Species join the Starsea Community.

Hua confronted Xianyu over the danger posed by the Mechanical Species, but he revealed that he had spared them for her sake and explained why he could not die yet. As Hua tried to stop him from leaving, she revealed that the Reignbow Arbiter had received the share of power allotted to Xianyu on her coming-of-age day.

• Hua argued that another loss of control by the Mechanical Species could trigger an Emperor's War and threatened to have inorganic beings classified as a cosmic natural disaster.
• Xianyu praised Hua's political maneuvering but said he had deliberately spared the Mechanical Species for her sake, so she could help them while distancing herself from him.
• Xianyu reasoned that he could not die in the Low-Dimensional World and considered either reaching the Aeon of Nihility or trusting Zandar and Cosmic Genesis to help him break through the Fourth Wall.
• Xianyu decided to deal with the Vidyadhara first, while Hua turned toward the door and Guan Liang, Daiyang, and Chenzhen moved to follow her.
• Hua returned to Xianyu and explained that she did not celebrate her birthday because, on her twentieth birthday, the Reignbow Arbiter told her he had received the share of power allotted to Xianyu.

Hua revealed that Xianyu had died on her coming-of-age day and tried to persuade him to stay, while Xianyu entrusted Marty to Zandar and left with Jingliu. Hua then sealed Starskiff Haven and confronted the wounded figure known as Imbibitor Lunae.

• Hua told Xianyu that she had learned of his death on her coming-of-age day, and Daiyang and Chenzhen wept as they learned he had died alone on his birthday.
• Hua said that she and the others had waited nearly a thousand years and could not wait any longer, but Xianyu saw through her attempt to make him stay.
• Xianyu asked Zandar to take responsibility for Marty and granted him access to the Heaven-Burning Divine Weapon and the Aether-Phase Engine.
• Zandar took Marty away, and Jingliu invited Xianyu to go home with her so he could tell her part of the truth.
• Hua ordered Starskiff Haven sealed, entered a private room, and confronted the wounded figure she called Imbibitor Lunae.

Dan Feng met Hua after the Ten-Lords Commission ordeal and carefully concealed how he had injured himself while weighing the consequences for Xianyu. Hua discussed Marty and the problems on the Luofu, then showed Dan Feng Yingxing’s blood test report, leaving him to ask about Fenghuang Down.

• Dan Feng concluded that he had to hide the special properties of Xianyu’s flesh and blood from Hua.
• Hua met Dan Feng, and he told her that Daiyang had not caused his neck wound and that he had injured himself accidentally.
• Hua dismissed everyone except Guan Liang and Mountain Breeze, then made small talk with Dan Feng while reflecting on Marty and the troubles on the Luofu.
• Hua gave Dan Feng Yingxing’s blood test report, and Dan Feng went rigid after seeing it.
• Dan Feng asked Hua about her treasure, Fenghuang Down.

Hua pressured Dan Feng into swearing an oath to protect the Vidyadhara, then confronted Lan about how to erase a man's memories and decided to take him to Xuling for ten years. Meanwhile, Jingliu and Xianyu returned home, where Xianyu told her he could not give her what she wanted, and she asked how he would respond if she said the same to him.

• Hua accepted Dan Feng's explanation and demanded that he swear an oath on the Vidyadhara, threatening his clan with death if he broke it.
• Hua hinted that Dan Feng should provide a grand welcome for a distinguished guest, and he understood that she meant his sixteen attendants.
• Hua confronted Lan about breaking his promise to help a man, then asked how to make him lose his memories; Lan answered that only death could do it.
• Hua decided to bring the man to Xuling under strict watch for ten years, then let him choose what to do.
• Jingliu returned home with Xianyu, who said he could not give her what she wanted, and she asked how he would answer if she said that to him.

Jingliu confronted Xianyu about hiding his identity and the Gift Agreement, then reassured him about his fear of growing old and being left. She marked his finger with a bite as a promise that he owed her, and Xianyu embraced her after she asked whether he would accept a mortal's protection.

• Jingliu took Xianyu farther inside after he admitted he did not know what to say.
• Jingliu sat Xianyu on the sofa, kissed him, and asked whether he would leave her if she were short-lived; Xianyu fell silent.
• Jingliu confronted Xianyu about forging the Gift Agreement with her signature, and he admitted he had done it.
• Jingliu bit Xianyu's middle finger, leaving a ring-shaped mark, and told him he owed her one.
• Jingliu asked Xianyu whether he would stay under a mortal's protection, and he embraced her.
• Jingliu held Xianyu and resolved to leave a light on for him instead of letting him face the darkness alone.

Jingliu and Xianyu confessed their feelings and spent the night together, while Jingliu planned to secure the documents for their marriage. The next morning, she left Xianyu asleep with his Jade Abacus and went to find Dan Feng.

• Jingliu asked Xianyu to accept her, and he agreed, telling her to stop speaking so formally.
• Jingliu showed Xianyu the flowers and clothes she had kept and prepared a change of clothes so he could stay the night.
• Jingliu held Xianyu as they went to sleep, then lied that it was Sunday when he woke and asked the day.
• Jingliu returned with their marriage documents and Xianyu's Jade Abacus, then left him asleep.
• Jingliu climbed over the wall into Dan Feng's courtyard, and he questioned why she was doing it again.

Dan Feng helped Jingliu prepare the paperwork to marry Xianyu, including a premarital health report and a search for Xianyu’s signature. Xianyu woke to messages suggesting the marriage was already underway and Xiao Lin asking whether he was doing it willingly.

• Dan Feng sorted the Vidyadhara treasury and planned to give most of its treasures to the Xianzhou and the remainder to Yingxing and his friends.
• Jingliu asked Dan Feng to arrange a premarital health screening report, and he realized she was preparing to marry Xianyu.
• Dan Feng signed the reports and told Jingliu to retrieve Xianyu’s employment file from Xiao Lin for his signature.
• Xiao Lin called Dan Feng, suspecting he and Jingliu were persecuting Xianyu, and Dan Feng claimed the matter was an internal investigation.
• Dan Feng sent the reports to General Teng Xiao’s residence, and Xianyu woke to chat messages about his marriage and Xiao Lin asking if he was doing it willingly.

Teng Xiao brought Hua and Guan Liang a marriage application for Xianyu and Jingliu, leaving Guan Liang stunned by the prospect of the Luofu Sword Champion marrying. Teng Xiao explained the procedures he had considered and recounted how Xiao Lin had refused to sign the application after Cloud Knights delivered abomination limbs to his subordinate and Jingliu sought leave on that subordinate’s behalf.

• Guan Liang arrived at Hua’s mansion and learned that Teng Xiao had come seeking her instructions.
• Teng Xiao presented the marriage documents, and Guan Liang froze after seeing them and called Hua by name.
• Teng Xiao proposed either following the usual marriage procedures or registering the couple directly as an exception.
• Teng Xiao explained that Xiao Lin had refused to cooperate after Cloud Knights sent abomination limbs to his subordinate and Jingliu repeatedly sought leave and a marriage-application stamp for him.

Xiao Lin warned Teng Xiao that his divination foretold many deaths on the Luofu and raised suspicions about Imbibitor Lunae, while Teng Xiao reassured him that the Reignbow Arbiter had been at Scalegorge Waterscape. Hua and Guan Liang reviewed the marriage application, and Guan Liang secretly sent Zandar part of it, leaving Zandar stunned by Jingliu’s name.

• Xiao Lin told Teng Xiao that Jingliu had submitted marriage documents for Xianyu and requested his employment records, prompting him to suspect she was abusing her authority.
• Xiao Lin shared his divination that Teng Xiao was meant to fall in battle and many people on the Luofu would die, implicating Imbibitor Lunae in part.
• Teng Xiao reassured Xiao Lin that the Reignbow Arbiter had been at Scalegorge Waterscape and promised that the matter would be investigated.
• Hua chose a proposal concerning Jingliu’s marriage, and Teng Xiao left after disclosing Xiao Lin’s divination.
• Hua found the workplace-comments field on the marriage application blank, while Guan Liang confirmed Xianyu’s signature and secretly photographed half the form.
• Zandar received Guan Liang’s message, saw Jingliu’s name on the marriage application, and realized she had actually married him.

Zandar worried about Eric’s marriage to Jingliu and arranged an experiment to investigate what Eric’s flesh could do for lower-dimensional beings. When Xianyu arrived, Zandar and Guan Liang teased him about the marriage, leaving him speechless.

• Zandar wondered whether Eric’s blood and flesh could change those who came into contact with him, and decided to investigate through an experiment.
• Zandar sent Eric his location and asked Guan Liang to bring back the flesh Eric had given the Xianzhou.
• Hua agreed to return the preserved blood sample, while Guan Liang left to meet Zandar and joked that the Luofu’s Diviner should have a heart-to-heart with his subordinate.
• Guan Liang arrived with the locked case and found Xianyu, Zandar, and Gray Wind together.
• Guan Liang teased Xianyu about sleeping with someone, and Zandar corrected him before joking that Xianyu had been tricked into marriage.

Xianyu met Zandar and Guan Liang after Jingliu forged a marriage application, while Zandar teased Xianyu about his lack of sexual experience. Xianyu turned to questions about his first cycle and the Aether-Phase Engine, and Guan Liang left with a photo of Xianyu to use for teasing him.

• Zandar waited for Xianyu, then met him with Guan Liang after Xianyu visited the Divination Commission.
• Xianyu told Zandar that he trusted Guan Liang, and Zandar asked whether Xianyu knew about sex; Xianyu said he had learned about it in biology classes.
• Xianyu explained that he had pieced together parts of his first cycle and questioned why he had abandoned the dimensional ascension plan and Gray Wind.
• Guan Liang joked about Xianzhou marriage procedures, then realized Xianyu was too young to receive the educational documentary and left to stifle his laughter.
• Gray Wind offered Guan Liang a photo of Xianyu, and Guan Liang asked her to send it to his Jade Abacus.

Zandar tried to comfort Xianyu about his new marriage while probing for information about Eric, but he and Guan Liang overwhelmed Xianyu with extravagant wedding plans. The chapter ended with Xianyu reminding them that it was his wedding.

• Zandar judged that Jingliu might not suit Eric and resolved to persuade his student to pursue a doctorate.
• Zandar reassured Xianyu that his feelings about the marriage were normal and asked when he planned to hold the wedding.
• Zandar proposed an elaborate ten-year series of pre-wedding events and said he would invite members of the Club, but none would stay on the Xianzhou.
• Zandar mentioned Matthias waiting for Xianyu, prompting Xianyu to abandon the idea of inviting more guests and remember the Money Tree he had promised to buy.
• Guan Liang returned and joined Zandar in proposing an eight-month wedding celebration, then suggested eight years of pre-wedding events.
• Xianyu finally asked Zandar and Guan Liang whether they had realized it was his wedding.

Guan Liang watched Zandar steer a conversation with Xianyu from wedding plans to Xianyu’s hidden blood and family. The chapter ended with Zandar proposing that Xianyu use the blood to have children, leaving Guan Liang appalled by the idea of Xianyu’s family estate and a dozen heirs.

• Zandar guided Guan Liang and Xianyu into discussing their wedding, and Guan Liang decided to trust and cooperate with him.
• Xianyu and Zandar discussed the shelved Cangcheng project, the Genius Society, the Interastral Peace Corporation, and other topics while Guan Liang struggled to follow.
• Zandar asked who knew Xianyu’s secret, then explained that he had invited Guan Liang for the Xianzhou and for Xianyu and his parents.
• Xianyu suspected Zandar planned to use his blood to produce offspring, and Zandar confirmed that Xianyu needed a child to inherit the family estate.
• Zandar suggested Xianyu have a dozen children, leaving Guan Liang to think that the situation felt like hell.

Xianyu reclaimed his blood samples after Zandar warned him about the risks of his unusual physiology and possible children, and he said he wanted any child of his to grow up loved without needing to understand or become him. At the Alchemy Commission, Dan Feng was suspended after Xiao Lin reported that he had used subordinates to take assessments for him.

• Zandar questioned Xianyu about whether Jingliu knew the secret of his blood and warned that others might exploit it.
• Xianyu considered what his blood could do and concluded that Shuhu and Gray Wind might help answer his questions.
• Xianyu told Guan Liang to open the case of blood samples, checked its contents, and stored it in his System Inventory.
• Xianyu said he did not want to raise children for the sake of a family legacy and wanted his child to grow up surrounded by love.
• Dan Feng was suspended after a subordinate told him that Xiao Lin had reported his use of subordinates to take assessments on his behalf.

Dan Feng realized Xiao Lin’s actions might have been influenced by a divination foretelling Dan Feng’s future crime, and he prepared to return the Vidyadhara’s wealth and power to the Xianzhou. He left a letter for his reincarnation and ended the chapter baffled when Jingliu asked him to choose flowers.

• Dan Feng handed his duties to his subordinates, then returned to his mansion and gathered the assets he planned to hand over.
• Dan Feng suspected General Teng Xiao had acted against him after Xiao Lin reported his conduct, and he concluded that Xiao Lin’s divination had predicted Dan Feng would commit a grave crime at Scalegorge Waterscape.
• Dan Feng reread Yubie’s letter, added a few words for his reincarnation, and told the other High Elders that the Former Marshal had fulfilled his promise to the Vidyadhara.
• Dan Feng proposed returning the Vidyadhara’s money and power to ease the Xianzhou’s concerns, while the other High Elders worried about their reincarnations and the inheritance tax.
• Dan Feng asked his friends how much money they would choose to spend each month, then Jingliu sent flower photos and asked him to pick one.

Dan Feng helped Jingliu plan a proposal ceremony for Xianyu while worrying about Xianyu’s intentions and trying to warn him about the Current Marshal. Xianyu finished an expensive meal with Zandar and Guan Liang, then received Jingliu’s message that she had not fed Chi Yu.

• Dan Feng joined Baiheng, Jingliu, Yingxing, and Jing Yuan in planning Jingliu’s proposal to Xianyu, and they chose peonies and a cake tower made with Credits.
• Dan Feng declined Xianyu’s invitation to meet Zandar, arranged an extravagant hotel suite and meal for him, and told Jingliu’s friends that Xianyu would be dining for at least four System Hours.
• The Current Marshal sent a formal invitation to Xianyu’s friends and family for an event at a Luofu restaurant that evening, leaving Dan Feng and the others surprised by the short notice.
• Xianyu accompanied Zandar and Guan Liang through a four-System-Hour meal, and Zandar teased Xianyu about needing to study after pointing out the bill.
• Xianyu said he would never return to the restaurant, then saw Jingliu’s message that she had not fed Chi Yu.