Recaps

Xianyu realized Jingliu might be preparing to marry him after learning that the marriage documents and examination report were ready. On the starskiff, he questioned Gray Wind about what his other self had said before they parted, but she warned that the answer could mislead him.

• Xianyu left Zandar’s restaurant after arranging a ride and taking dessert for Jingliu.
• The server congratulated Xianyu on his marriage, prompting him to suspect Jingliu was about to propose or register their marriage with him.
• The server explained that Dan Feng had sent wine and was learning the qin, while hoping to attend Xianyu’s wedding.
• Xianyu asked Gray Wind what his other self had said before they parted, and she cautioned him that the answer might lead his thinking astray.

Xianyu questioned Gray Wind about what the Genius Society knew of his ability to leave the Low-Dimensional World and concluded that Eric had concealed his nature to protect her. Gray Wind revealed more of Eric’s past, including his plan to bring people from his homeland and the System’s role in Xianyu’s revival, leaving Xianyu to misunderstand the System Panel’s purpose.

• Xianyu asked whether the Genius Society knew he could leave the Low-Dimensional World, and Gray Wind said she had never dealt with its members.
• Xianyu suspected the other geniuses might have exploited his compassion and concluded that Eric had hidden Gray Wind’s existence to keep her alive.
• Gray Wind recalled that Eric had asked her to take a Curio, save other worlds, and bring people from his homeland, possibly as many as a hundred or more.
• Xianyu warned that the people Gray Wind brought could travel back to this world, leaving her startled by the possibility.
• Xianyu asked why he had come back to life, and Gray Wind said Zandar and the system had altered his System Panel.
• Xianyu concluded that he could use the System Panel to dispose of anyone who came to stir up conflict, and Gray Wind was stunned by his interpretation.

Xianyu pieced together that Eric had designed the Game System to keep him playing and suspected that a more powerful account could travel between worlds. After reading Eric’s fable and its claim that he was the savior of countless worlds, Xianyu sarcastically accepted the title while Gray Wind teased him.

• Xianyu learned from Gray Wind that the other Descenders had game-like systems, and concluded that Eric had left himself a fallback plan within the system.
• Xianyu reasoned that Aha had used the system to approach him and that Eric had designed its rules, rewards, and restrictions to preserve the player experience and keep Xianyu playing.
• Xianyu proposed using mods or multiplayer to reach other Low-Dimensional Worlds, and Gray Wind warned him against exploiting them.
• Xianyu concluded that Eric had remained in this world to play Coloring Game and that another account with greater power and permissions existed.
• Gray Wind explained that Eric had written the fable and that many of its predictions had come true.
• Xianyu read the fable’s afterword calling him the savior of countless worlds, then grumbled about Eric’s rounding while Gray Wind teased him.

Xianyu worried that Jingliu might suffer from the effects of his blood and struggled to accept Gray Wind’s advice to let himself make mistakes. The chapter ended with Gray Wind taking on Xianyu’s appearance as they arrived at their destination.

• Xianyu wondered whether Jingliu’s contact with his blood would make her ageless or prevent her from becoming mara-struck, and planned to investigate with Zandar using Shuhu.
• Xianyu said he would fulfill every wish Jingliu had, but Gray Wind urged him to stop trying to make every decision perfectly and to discuss their future together.
• Gray Wind recalled Empire subordinates publicly expressing their desire for Eric, including Dionysus, who had joined the discussion on StarNet.
• Xianyu told Gray Wind he had an emerald-cut red gemstone ring for Jingliu, then chose a fancy light blue diamond for another ring.
• After the Starskiff reached its destination, Gray Wind took on Xianyu’s face and showed him a scholar’s outfit bearing Eric’s name.

Xianyu pieced together how Eric’s repeated choices had been shaped by fate, Zandar’s death, and threats from beyond the low-dimensional world, then decided not to exterminate the Aeons. Gray Wind urged him to join the Genius Society, but he declined and left with her, resolving to claim what he wanted.

• Gray Wind repeated Eric’s words, “Everything I want will be mine,” and Xianyu questioned why an Aeon would care about NPCs.
• Gray Wind confirmed that Eric had visited Zandar’s creation, the Astral Computer, before she left, and Xianyu reflected on Zandar’s loss and the repeated creation of the being that killed his student.
• Xianyu concluded that the low-dimensional world needed an outsider to oppose fate and defend against outside disasters, and he realized that he had been used by the Aeons.
• Xianyu rejected Gray Wind’s suggestion that he kill all the Aeons, deciding that keeping them could help defend against future threats.
• Gray Wind proposed that Xianyu join the Genius Society and explained that Zandar could arrange the seats, but Xianyu refused until the Society reached its Eighty-Seventh Member.
• Xianyu looked at Gray Wind wearing his face, rested a hand on her shoulder, and declared that he would have everything he wanted.

Xianyu returned home to find Jingliu had prepared a birthday surprise and revealed that they were already married, but he wrestled with whether to tell her the truth about her future. The chapter ended with Jingliu noticing that Xianyu’s neck bore no mark and asking if it hurt.

• Xianyu decided he would live and, after hesitating, entered his home with food and gifts.
• Jingliu led Xianyu into a candlelit room, where she had prepared a huge Credits cake tower and a bouquet of blue peonies for his birthday.
• Jingliu explained how she had arranged the gifts and planned to use their marriage leave to travel with Xianyu and make memories together.
• Xianyu asked why Jingliu loved him, and she insisted it had been love at first sight before kissing him.
• Xianyu wondered whether to tell Jingliu that she might become an undying monster, then held her and said they still had a long time.
• Jingliu noticed Xianyu’s neck was unmarked, touched it, and asked, “Does it hurt a lot?”

Jingliu comforted Xianyu and offered him reassurance as his partner, but their teasing turned serious when he revealed that his flesh and blood could suppress the mara-struck condition. Jingliu was furious and afraid he would sacrifice himself for others, and the chapter ended with her defusing the moment by teasing him about calling her Older Sister.

• Jingliu kissed Xianyu's old wound and told him he could ask her for reassurance and be himself.
• Jingliu teased Xianyu about having his fill after their marriage, but he refused because he still needed to tell her something important.
• Xianyu described his loving parents, his poor health, and how his childhood nickname differed from the formal name he no longer remembered.
• Xianyu told Jingliu that he could not die and that his flesh and blood could suppress the mara-struck condition.
• Jingliu grew angry and considered how to stop Xianyu from sacrificing himself, then teased him by asking whether he would call her Older Sister.

Xianyu and Jingliu discussed their wealth, wedding plans, and what Jingliu needed from him as her husband before heading to dinner. At the restaurant, Vidyadhara confronted Xianyu with a theatrical plea to inherit the Xianzhou Alliance, reminding him that he had forgotten the Money Tree.

• Xianyu showed Jingliu his savings and let her inspect his spending history, revealing that his wealth made it impossible for her to cover their household expenses.
• Xianyu and Jingliu planned a simple wedding banquet and agreed to hold celebrations on all eight Xianzhou ships.
• Jingliu confronted Xianyu about suppressing his mara-struck condition and demanded that he love himself and avoid doing anything he would forbid her from doing.
• Jingliu helped Xianyu get ready, and they hurried to the restaurant after spending longer than expected in the dressing room.
• At the restaurant, Baiheng, Yingxing, Jing Yuan, and Dan Feng joined Xianyu and Jingliu as Vidyadhara theatrically begged Xianyu to return as the heir to the Xianzhou Alliance.
• Xianyu realized he had forgotten the Money Tree.

Xianyu confronted Hua over her elaborate jealousy-driven scheme, but the two turned their argument into plans to honor themselves and the Reignbow Arbiter across the Xianzhou. Their first portraits went up on the Luofu, where Aha laughed at the increasingly absurd legends about Lan, and a patrol later arrested someone claiming to be the Lord of Eternal Joy.

• Xianyu watched Hua's staged performance with the Vidyadhara, while Dan Feng tried to lead him inside and Jing Yuan learned that Xianyu was the Dragon King.
• Hua and Xianyu sparred over her possible successor, history courses, portraits, and memorial tablets before agreeing to redirect their grand honors toward the Reignbow Arbiter.
• Guan Liang ordered the Earth-Balance Commissions to begin hanging portraits, and Lan and Aha watched one being raised in a Luofu cavern abode.
• Nearby Xianzhou natives told increasingly exaggerated stories about Lan, prompting Aha to drop his snacks and laugh.
• Guan Liang learned that Cloud Knights had arrested someone claiming to be the Lord of Eternal Joy, who said the Reignbow Arbiter was traveling with him.

Guan Liang, Xianyu, and Hua planned to draw hostility toward Lan by staging a betrayal on the Luofu, while trying to prevent their scheme from turning into another shrine-building frenzy. At Jingliu’s banquet, Hua worried about finding a successor and asked the young Jing Yuan whether he was ready for his history exam.

• Guan Liang arranged for Lan to be treated as a guest and sent the self-proclaimed Lord of Eternal Joy to the Alchemy Commission, while Xianyu and Hua argued over their score and Lan’s exaggerated legends.
• Xianyu produced an old essay urging him to take the throne, and he and Hua discussed the Reignbow Arbiter’s worship, the danger of making statues, and whether Hua should become emperor.
• Xianyu proposed drawing hostility toward Lan on the Luofu, and Hua agreed after he began suggesting an experiment involving his blood; Guan Liang barred Xianyu from helping through the Divination Commission.
• Xianyu proposed posing as Jingliu’s resentful, power-seeking kept husband who would betray the Xianzhou, leaving Guan Liang and Hua stunned by how convincingly he explained the plan.
• Guan Liang canceled the engagement banquet, while he and Hua warned each other against erecting statues and Hua considered finding a successor before revealing the true history.
• At Jingliu’s banquet, Hua greeted Jing Yuan and asked whether he was confident about his history exam.

Jing Yuan attended a dinner where the Marshal and her companions questioned him about his ambitions and introduced him to their unusual circle. As Zandar urged Jingliu to protect Xianyu from even the slightest injury, Jing Yuan realized the elders were treating his friend like a fragile princess.

• Jing Yuan recalled how Yingxing had become a Vidyadhara and decided to keep his name and forging career despite any rumors.
• At the dinner, Hua asked Jing Yuan about his exam results and tested his views on leadership, while Guan Liang asked whether he was a Marshal fan.
• Hua introduced Matthias and said Jing Yuan belonged to the same generation as her, then Teng Xiao helped everyone make introductions.
• Zandar praised Jingliu's swordsmanship and told her to protect Xianyu because of his unusual physical condition.
• Jingliu promised that Xianyu would not get hurt, and Zandar teased his student for hiding how carefully she looked after him.

At the wedding banquet, Baiheng watched Jingliu and Xianyu face questions about their courtship and worried over Jingliu’s treatment, while Zandar accepted the couple and gave Jingliu a red envelope. Xianyu toasted Guan Liang and Hua, and Guan Liang urged him to treat him like a person before Xianyu whisked Jingliu away with Hua’s red envelope.

• Baiheng felt troubled by Zandar’s warning to Jingliu, but Jingliu showed no displeasure, and Dan Feng offered no support.
• Zandar asked how Jingliu and Xianyu had courted, and Xianyu described her gift as an irresistible treasure and said that her thoughtfulness mattered more than the gifts.
• Xianyu and Jingliu toasted Zandar, who gave Jingliu a red envelope and said Xianyu could formally become his disciple after meeting his parents.
• Xianyu toasted Guan Liang, who congratulated him and asked him to treat him like a person; Xianyu denied being a villain, and Guan Liang sat back down.
• Hua toasted Xianyu and congratulated him on his marriage, then Xianyu took her red envelope and led Jingliu away, leaving Hua and Guan Liang stunned.

Xianyu and Jingliu celebrated their marriage with friends, exchanged parting gifts, and left separately as Xianyu went with Zandar to the Ten-Lords Commission. Jingliu later acknowledged Baiheng’s warning that Xianyu might not be a perfect partner, but said she already knew.

• Zandar, Marty, and Gray Wind left before Xianyu and Jingliu could see each other again, and Xianyu handed Jingliu the red envelope Hua had given him.
• Xianyu gave parting gifts to Teng Xiao, Dan Feng, Yingxing, Baiheng, and Jing Yuan, reminding Teng Xiao to keep two Reignbow Arbiter followers and Dan Feng that he still owed him two favors.
• Xianyu told Baiheng that Jingliu controlled their valuables and supported him, then warned Jing Yuan that Cloud Knight secrecy rules could delay his dream of becoming a Galaxy Ranger.
• Xianyu left with Zandar for the Ten-Lords Commission while Jingliu stayed with their friends, and she messaged him using the paired names Wangshu and Fuguang.
• At the Ten-Lords Commission, Xianyu entered Shuhu’s cell with a whip-like object, while Baiheng warned Jingliu that Xianyu might not be a perfect partner and Jingliu said she knew.

Baiheng challenged Jingliu about marrying Xianyu, but Jingliu defended their relationship and explained that she wanted him to value himself, not put her above his duties. Dan Feng then discussed how slowly Xianyu might have pursued Jingliu and joked with his friends about inheritance and monthly income.

• Baiheng warned Jingliu that Xianyu had hidden his identity and that Zandar had tried to intimidate her, but Jingliu explained Xianyu's condition and defended his kindness and generosity.
• Jingliu told Baiheng she did not need Xianyu to be perfect and hoped he would love himself more, while acknowledging that both of them put their responsibilities before romance.
• Dan Feng joined Baiheng, Jingliu, Yingxing, and Jing Yuan, and said Xianyu would have progressed even more slowly if he had been the one pursuing Jingliu.
• Dan Feng asked why his friends had thought a hundred thousand Strales a month would be enough, and Baiheng said their poverty had limited their imaginations.
• Dan Feng proposed leaving assets to Yingxing for his reincarnation and settled on leaving enough to earn a few tens of thousands of Strales in daily interest.

Jingliu and Xianyu spent their wedding night apart while he learned that his unusual nature might be crucial to dimensional ascension and agreed to resume studying. The next day, they reunited to try on wedding clothes, and Jingliu approached Xianyu in his military dress uniform with her wrists suddenly bound by cold metal.

• After Baiheng and Jingliu retired, Jingliu waited for Xianyu’s reply and wondered whether their marriage registration could count as a wedding night.
• At the Ten-Lords Commission, Zandar explained that Xianyu’s blood had helped Shuhu and warned him against further experiments that could cause more children to be born.
• Xianyu realized that his participation in past research might have brought dimensional ascension closer, and Zandar told him to pursue doctorates and review his old reading list.
• Xianyu and Jingliu exchanged messages, agreed to try on wedding outfits the next day, and he called her “Older Sister” before ending the conversation.
• Jingliu arrived at the property with Daiyang and Chenzhen, chose to see Xianyu’s outfit first, and watched him emerge in a white military dress uniform.
• After Daiyang and Chenzhen disappeared, Jingliu approached Xianyu, and cold metal suddenly touched his wrists.

Xianyu and Jingliu playfully sparred over his Ten-Lords Commission uniform and her crimes, then gave in to their intimacy despite Xianyu's hesitation about breaking his promise to wait until their wedding. The chapter ended with Xianyu freeing his wrist, restraining Jingliu with the same restraint, and reminding her she could tell him to stop.

• Xianyu realized Jingliu had restrained him and teased her about stealing his Ten-Lords Commission uniform.
• Jingliu pushed Xianyu onto the sofa, but he turned the tables and restrained her while joking about her assaulting an innocent citizen.
• Jingliu ignored Xianyu's playful script, undid his uniform, and listed the laws she had supposedly broken.
• Jingliu reminded Xianyu that he had called her Older Sister the night before, and Xianyu asked if they could go somewhere else because he had promised not to skip steps.
• Jingliu refused to move, kissed Xianyu, and responded eagerly when he called her Older Sister.
• Xianyu freed his wrist, fastened the restraint around Jingliu's wrist, and told her she could ask him to stop at any time.

Jingliu and Xianyu discussed their wedding, and Jingliu chose a military dress uniform instead of a wedding gown. Meanwhile, Guan Liang and Hua finalized a proposal but realized they had forgotten the Reignbow Arbiter at the Alchemy Commission.

• Jingliu agreed that Xianyu should wear his military dress uniform at their wedding and said she would wear one too.
• Xianyu persuaded Jingliu to try on the wedding outfits prepared for her, and she chose a Xianzhou wedding dress.
• Xianyu attempted to apply lipstick for Jingliu, and she kissed him before telling him it looked good.
• Guan Liang and Hua finalized their proposal and sent the document to Xianyu for approval.
• Guan Liang and Hua realized they had forgotten the Reignbow Arbiter at the Alchemy Commission.

Hua pieced together how Lan had been used in the Luofu’s conflict with the Yaoqing and wondered whether he had knowingly obeyed her father’s order despite the danger. She later discussed her father’s textbook portrait and new name with him, while Guan Liang went to the Alchemy Commission and encountered Aha.

• Hua read ancient Luofu dossiers and concluded that the Xianzhou nobles had used Lan as a pawn to pressure her father, the Yaoqing General.
• Hua wondered if Lan had known he would not return from the Luofu, then received a call from her father about a delivery: a three-meter-tall solid-gold Money Tree.
• Hua asked her father and Jingliu which old photograph should appear in textbooks and suggested changing his appearance and name; he agreed and proposed using the date of the Thanksgiving Festival.
• Guan Liang arrived at the Alchemy Commission and found Aha with Lan; Aha recognized him and asked how he was still alive.

Guan Liang escorted Aha and Lan through the Xianzhou, then reunited with Xianyu, who revealed that he was pursuing research connected to the Fourth Seat and planned to draw Aeons into a scheme involving Lan. The chapter ended with Hua interpreting a mole near Xianyu's eye as a sign of financial loss.

• Guan Liang exchanged barbed remarks with Aha, escorted Aha and Lan out of the Alchemy Commission, and received the Neutron Gun from Aha.
• After Guan Liang left, Lan asked Aha why they had spared Shuhu, and Aha said they did not know before Lan concluded that they had acted for the Marshal.
• Guan Liang found Jingliu's paper-Credit cake tower and peonies at Xianyu's residence, then accompanied Xianyu to the hotel as Xianyu explained that he was meeting Zandar for research and retrieving wedding gifts.
• Guan Liang gave Xianyu the Neutron Gun, and Xianyu wondered what he would do if someone had killed him repeatedly before saying that Aeons had feelings too.
• Xianyu told Guan Liang he planned to use Aeons in an act involving Lan and discussed posing as a kept man, while Guan Liang silently resolved to quit after cleaning up the mess.
• Guan Liang reported Xianyu's plans to Hua, who pointed to a mole near Xianyu's eye and declared it a sign of financial loss.

Hua and Guan Liang arranged new identities for Xianyu and the former generals, while Hua negotiated with Zandar and prepared to make Xianyu a revered figure across the Xianzhou. The chapter ended with Hua planning statues, portraits, and textbook passages for him despite Guan Liang warning that Xianyu would beat her up.

• Guan Liang and Hua changed the StarNet information about Xianyu and asked Matthias to alter historical photos so people would not recognize him.
• Matthias requested hundreds of dolls, and Hua decided Yingxing should stay on the Luofu with Matthias.
• Hua reviewed Zandar's theses, challenged his reliance on Aeon recognition, and secured his agreement to share them.
• Xianyu chose the name Xian Zhiyu for his former identity, and Jingliu selected a youthful-looking photo for it.
• Hua and Xianyu negotiated over commemorating the former Marshal, agreeing that he would appear in Xianzhou books and museums without requiring Longevity Tablets.
• Hua planned textbook passages, statues, and portraits celebrating Xianyu, and Guan Liang warned that Xianyu would beat her up.

Hua and Guan Liang prepared for Xianyu and Jingliu’s wedding while discussing safeguards against Xianyu’s dangerous plan and arranging new Jade Abacus rules. Guan Liang then submitted his resignation and urged Hua to show Xianyu the Xianzhou.

• Hua concluded that Xianyu would avoid endangering Xianzhou natives and proposed confining any attempt to draw hostility to a cavern abode.
• Guan Liang gave Hua a proposal for stricter penalties when Cloud Knights and Six Commissions personnel lost their access Jade Abacuses, and Hua sent it to the strategists at the Marshal’s Residence.
• Hua and Guan Liang reviewed wedding preparations at the venue, where Daiyang and Chenzhen confirmed the ceremony arrangements and showed photos edited to resemble Xianyu.
• Hua finalized the guest list and sent invitations that concealed her relationship to the person getting married.
• Guan Liang handed Hua his resignation letter, told her she had done well, and urged her to let Xianyu see her Xianzhou.

Hua grieved over her unresolved relationship with Xianyu, while Guan Liang comforted her and shared memories of Xianyu’s time as a general. As Xianyu’s wedding day arrived, the Company Shareholder mistook Hua and Guan Liang’s conversation for worries about the groom’s age-gap romance.

• Hua told Guan Liang she would not take the Xian surname, then hugged him and spoke about being a child with family.
• Hua and Guan Liang spent the night preparing red-envelope gifts and discussing Xianyu’s visits to Yaoqing residents and his efforts to help them.
• Guan Liang contacted the Cauldron Master’s descendants to arrange a statue honoring the man who had helped him.
• At Xianyu’s wedding, the Company Shareholder brought gifts and assumed Hua and Guan Liang were concerned about the age gap between the couple.
• The Company Shareholder reassured Hua and Guan Liang that age-gap romances were common in his family, leaving them speechless.

At Xianyu and Jingliu’s wedding, a shareholder accidentally discovered that his family’s supposed romantic scandal involved women pursuing Nanook, then asked Guan Liang to help find the descendants of his benefactor. After the wedding festivities, Guan Liang retired to Yaoqing and finally expelled Xianyu from the Divination Commission.

• The shareholder tried to comfort Guan Liang and Hua by hinting that a relative had dated an older Xianzhou official, but the wedding announcement revealed that the women had pursued Nanook.
• The shareholder asked Guan Liang to help locate his benefactor’s descendants through a Family Crest necklace, and Guan Liang agreed to ask them when he found them.
• Xianyu and Jingliu returned from their wedding photos, and Xianyu suggested giving the bouquet directly to Baiheng.
• Guan Liang told Xianyu that he had retired and invited him to visit Yaoqing to meet the former Cauldron Master.
• After Xianyu left to change clothes, Guan Liang removed him from the Luofu Divination Commission and laughed in relief.

Xiao Lin and Teng Xiao arrived at Xianyu and Jingliu’s wedding, where Xiao Lin realized the Current Marshal’s involvement in Xianyu’s resignation was part of a clash between the former and current Marshals. As the wedding preparations continued, Jingliu gave Baiheng the bouquet and wished her freedom and good fortune.

• Teng Xiao accompanied Xiao Lin to the wedding, where Xiao Lin’s divinations and Teng Xiao’s hints led him to suspect a conflict between the Current Marshal and the Former Marshal over Xianyu.
• Guan Liang told Hua that he had fired the person who once suspended him, then decided to leave the Luofu early.
• Xianyu arrived at the banquet with three friends from the Academy, asked Guan Liang for the bouquet, and confirmed that he and Jingliu would cancel the bouquet toss.
• Guan Liang asked Xianyu when he had fallen for Jingliu, and Xianyu wondered if it had been love at first sight.
• Jingliu gave Baiheng the bouquet, explained that it carried the meaning she and Xianyu chose, and wished Baiheng freedom and good fortune.

Jingliu confessed her feelings to Xianyu and refused to give up when he tried to turn her away. Xianyu sought advice about the situation, while Dan Feng began coaching Jingliu with tactics he had learned from storybooks.

• Jingliu confronted Xianyu after he rejected her transfer application, asking whether he was rejecting the application or her, then openly confessed her feelings.
• Xianyu told Jingliu he admired her honesty but could not give her what she wanted; Jingliu pressed him to approve one request, and he told her to wait until the Cangcheng experiment ended.
• Teng Xiao arrived to discuss the Wardance and praised Jingliu to Xianyu, who then dismissed them and sought relationship advice from Guan Liang and Zandar.
• Dan Feng brought Jingliu, Baiheng, and Yingxing to a tavern and advised Jingliu on how to pursue Xianyu.
• Yingxing asked Dan Feng where he had learned his relationship advice, and Dan Feng proudly said he had learned it from storybooks.