Recaps

Teng Xiao learned that the Former Marshal had returned and was living as an ordinary person on the Luofu, while Hua reassured him that the man had passed the exam and joined the Divination Commission. Later, Xianyu visited a milk tea shop, where Jingliu joined him and began apologizing for the previous night before a nearby white-haired person interrupted with a cough.

• Teng Xiao asked the Marshal whether the Former Marshal had returned, and she told him to regard the man as an idle retiree.
• Teng Xiao worried the Former Marshal might attack the Luofu or resent it, but Hua said he had passed the exam, joined the Divination Commission, and wanted to live as an ordinary person.
• Hua remembered how the Former Marshal had chosen her as his successor and urged her to accept others' protection and live happily.
• Xianyu bought Peppery Soup milk tea, a regular milk tea, and fried dough sticks, intending to give one drink to Jing Yuan.
• Jingliu arrived at the shop and sat beside Xianyu after checking that he had no visible injuries.
• Jingliu began apologizing to Xianyu about the previous night, but the white-haired person beside them broke into loud coughs.

Xianyu and Jingliu tried Peppery Soup milk tea, then discovered Jing Yuan, Dan Feng, and Yingxing had secretly been watching them. Jingliu left with Xianyu, who was left wondering why she expected him to go back with her.

• Xianyu tried the Peppery Soup milk tea and found it was a spicy, salty drink with beef in it.
• Jingliu tasted the milk tea, choked on a Sichuan peppercorn, and accepted a sweet drink from Xianyu.
• Jingliu recognized Jing Yuan, Dan Feng, and Yingxing, who had been spying on her and Xianyu in disguise.
• Xianyu gave Jing Yuan a cup of the Peppery Soup milk tea, and Jingliu handed cups to Dan Feng and Yingxing.
• Jingliu took Xianyu's hand and led him outside, then told him they would head back together.

Jingliu walked Xianyu home after he admitted he had lied about living nearby because he wanted to escort her. As they discussed their friendship and the rumors about Jingliu attacking him, Jingliu realized the Diviner may have mistaken her visit for a revenge plot.

• Xianyu admitted to Jingliu that he had wanted to walk her home, and Jingliu insisted on returning the favor by escorting him.
• Jingliu praised Xianyu for being considerate and suggested they practice swordsmanship again, while Xianyu tried to avoid another spar.
• Xianyu asked whether Jingliu had a misunderstanding with the Diviner, and Jingliu recalled that the Diviner had refused to give her Xianyu's address.
• Xianyu told Jingliu that a rumor claimed she had beaten him and that the Lord Diviner had given him three days off because of it.
• Jingliu realized the Diviner might have withheld Xianyu's address because he thought she planned to seek revenge.

Xianyu rejected Jingliu’s suggestion that he join the Cloud Knights, explaining how much he valued his easy job at the Divination Commission. After they parted outside his home, Jingliu sent him money through his Jade Abacus.

• Xianyu suggested telling people that he and Jingliu were good friends and that the rumors about them were a misunderstanding, and Jingliu agreed.
• Jingliu urged Xianyu to join the Cloud Knights, but he explained that he preferred the Divination Commission and wanted to avoid overtime.
• Jingliu praised Xianyu’s abilities and work efficiency, while he thanked her and insisted he had no grand ambitions.
• Jingliu told Xianyu she would treat him next time, and they said goodbye outside his home.
• Xianyu watched Jingliu leave, then saw a Jade Abacus notification that she had transferred him money.

Xianyu accepted Jingliu’s generous payment for the Fleece Lamb Milk and planned to treat her and Baiheng to a meal. Meanwhile, Jing Yuan watched Jingliu spar with Dan Feng and learned that she had sent Xianyu Strale, though she had never given him money.

• Jingliu repeatedly sent Xianyu money for the Fleece Lamb Milk, and he finally accepted it after promising to treat her and Baiheng to a meal.
• Jingliu put away her Jade Abacus and challenged Dan Feng to spar, while Yingxing and Jing Yuan followed them to the Training Ground.
• Jingliu and Dan Feng began their familiar, evenly matched duel with a sword and spear as Yingxing and Jing Yuan watched.
• Yingxing urged Jing Yuan to check a message from Xianyu, who said Jingliu had sent him Strale.
• Jing Yuan asked Yingxing whether Jingliu had ever sent him money, and Yingxing concluded that she probably had not.

Jingliu asked for the romance guide Jing Yuan, Dan Feng, and Yingxing had written, then listened as they advised her to pursue Xianyu with money and Abominations of Abundance. The chapter ended with Jingliu telling them to let things take their course before expecting a wedding feast.

• Jingliu learned about the guide and asked Jing Yuan to send it to her.
• Dan Feng and Yingxing advised Jingliu to throw more Strale at Xianyu, while Jing Yuan warned that money would not win him over.
• Jing Yuan messaged Xianyu about receiving Strale and concluded that Jingliu was using money and meals to draw closer to him.
• Jingliu said she would mail Abominations of Abundance to Xianyu after her next campaign, and Dan Feng and Yingxing expanded their plans to hide Strale in severed Abomination limbs.
• Jingliu transferred Jing Yuan enough Strale for one bottle of Fleece Lamb Milk, then told her friends to let her relationship with Xianyu take its course.

Xianyu sought advice on a return gift for Jingliu, then used a forum recommendation to buy her a moon-shaped incense ornament. An anonymous group chat briefly reunited him with Aha before its administrator removed them both.

• Xianyu asked several classmates for gift ideas, but they mistook Jingliu for a romantic interest and suggested flowers, Abominations of Abundance, and a Stellar Destroyer.
• Xianyu contacted Hua, who hinted at their past-life connection, dismissed his gift question, and sent him a link to a women's forum.
• Xianyu searched the forum and bought Jingliu a moon-shaped incense ornament, arranging for it to be delivered to her home.
• An anonymous account added Xianyu to the group chat "One Big Cosmic Family," where Aha revealed himself and was immediately removed by the administrator, who removed Xianyu as well.

Xianyu was removed from an Aeon group chat by Erudition, then realized Erudition resented him for his past actions against Intellitron life-forms. At the Divination Commission, General Teng Xiao ordered psychological assessments, and Xianyu’s colleagues suspected the order was connected to a Cloud Knight stabbing him.

• Aha invited Xianyu to One Big Cosmic Family, where Erudition removed him before Aha restored his access as an administrator.
• Aha reminded Xianyu that he had scrapped many metal hunks, and Xianyu understood why Erudition viewed him as an enemy.
• Xianyu noticed Akivili at the top of the group’s member list and reflected on the Aeon of Trailblaze, who had fallen long ago.
• Diviner Xiao Lin ordered the Divination Commission to complete psychological assessments as part of a program directed by General Teng Xiao.
• Xianyu’s colleagues complained privately about the assessments, then speculated that General Teng Xiao had ordered them because a Cloud Knight had stabbed Xianyu.

Xianyu dispelled rumors that Jingliu had harmed him, then faced concern from Diviner Xiao Lin after his psychological test results raised alarms. As Xianyu left work, Jing Yuan pulled him into a restaurant, where a burly man appeared before they could talk.

• Xianyu reassured his colleagues that the rumor about injured Cloud Knights was false and completed the psychological tests.
• The next day, Xianyu showed his unharmed arms at work and was summoned by Diviner Xiao Lin over his troubling test results.
• Xiao Lin asked whether Xianyu was all right and how things stood with Jingliu, and Xianyu insisted they were friends.
• Xianyu urged Xiao Lin to stop the Divination Commission from spreading rumors, then returned to work and left at closing time.
• Jing Yuan spotted Xianyu outside the commission, dragged him to a restaurant, and was interrupted by a burly man who signaled him to stay quiet.

Xianyu met General Teng Xiao while eating with Jing Yuan and discussed the Divination Commission’s psychological test and his work. Teng Xiao paid for the meal and promised to get something sorted out for Xianyu, leaving Xianyu confused about what he meant.

• Xianyu recognized the imposing Cloud Knight as likely a senior officer and learned he wanted to ask about the Divination Commission’s test.
• Xianyu told Teng Xiao and Jing Yuan that the four-part test had over six hundred questions and had diagnosed him with a personality disorder.
• Jing Yuan tried to deflect blame from Xianyu by suggesting the Alchemy Commission’s test might become more accurate next time.
• Teng Xiao questioned Xianyu about his work and career plans, and Xianyu said he valued good pay, little work, and a short commute.
• Teng Xiao paid for Xianyu’s and Jing Yuan’s meals, said he and Xianyu had hit it off, and promised to get everything sorted out for him.

After Teng Xiao left, Jing Yuan suspected Xianyu had deliberately said something alarming during his assessment and teased him in public with Dragon King storybook tropes. Their joking gave way to a serious confrontation when Jing Yuan asked whether Xianyu was about to commit a crime.

• Teng Xiao abruptly departed, and Jing Yuan questioned Xianyu about what he had said in front of him.
• Jing Yuan called Xianyu a Dragon King living as a live-in son-in-law, then loudly staged a scene about the Dragon King's return and inheritance in the restaurant.
• Xianyu punched Jing Yuan and fled the restaurant, while Jing Yuan chased after him and continued the public performance.
• Xianyu confronted Jing Yuan in a secluded alley, and Jing Yuan admitted he had pulled similar pranks on Dan Feng and Yingxing.
• Jing Yuan dropped his playful manner and asked Xianyu whether he was about to commit a crime.

Xianyu told Jing Yuan he would not betray the Reignbow Arbiter and explained that he wanted a transfer to the Divination Commission archives to research his past life. Meanwhile, General Teng Xiao investigated Xianyu’s history and was stunned to find that the feared Former Marshal had lived an unusually ordinary life on the Luofu.

• Jing Yuan asked Xianyu whether he planned to betray the Reignbow Arbiter, and Xianyu firmly said he would not.
• Xianyu told Jing Yuan he planned to request a transfer to the archives so he could investigate his previous life.
• Jing Yuan warned Xianyu not to break the law, then worried about how to improve his reputation with General Teng Xiao.
• Teng Xiao searched the Divination Commission’s records and identified Xianyu as the Former Marshal.
• Teng Xiao discovered that Xianyu had forgiven the classmates who bullied him and that they had all remained unharmed, leaving Teng Xiao wondering whether Xianyu had changed.

Teng Xiao arranged a psychological test for Xianyu, then sought advice from the Marshal’s Chief Strategist after the results suggested Xianyu wanted a transfer to the Library. He learned more about Xianyu’s ruthless past and, fearing that Xianyu knew his identity, contacted Dan Feng for help.

• Teng Xiao ordered the Alchemy Commission to create a psychological test and planned to trial it with the Divination Commission.
• Teng Xiao learned that Xianyu’s test results were alarming and concluded that Xianyu wanted to become the Library’s Librarian.
• Teng Xiao received an automated out-of-office reply from Hua and asked the Chief Strategist for advice.
• The Chief Strategist told Teng Xiao to grant Xianyu reasonable requests and warned him about Xianyu’s brutal treatment of the Swarm.
• Teng Xiao admitted to the Chief Strategist that he had disguised himself as a Cloud Knight to approach Xianyu, then messaged Dan Feng for help.

Teng Xiao worried that Xianyu might uncover the Former Marshal’s sealed records, so he enlisted Xiao Lin to rewrite them in a favorable light. Xianyu later asked Hua whether he could repay Teng Xiao with money, and Hua warned him to stay away from the general.

• Teng Xiao suspected Xianyu had not recovered all his memories and summoned Xiao Lin to help present the Former Marshal’s sealed records positively.
• Teng Xiao and Xiao Lin worked through the night, with Teng Xiao inventing favorable explanations for the Former Marshal’s actions.
• Xiao Lin arrived at the Divination Commission exhausted and realized Teng Xiao had tricked him into overtime.
• Xianyu saw Xiao Lin carrying psychology books and mistakenly thought his boss was trying to help him.
• Xianyu messaged Hua to ask whether he owed Teng Xiao a favor and whether an eight-figure payment in Strales could settle it.
• Hua replied, “Don’t,” and told Xianyu to stay away from Teng Xiao.

Xianyu wondered whether Hua was the Marshal and tried to get answers, but Hua teased him and disappeared again. He submitted a transfer request to the archives, and the chapter ended when Jingliu asked whether he had sent her an unexpected package.

• Xianyu speculated that Hua might be the Marshal and asked whether he had once been a general, but Hua replied, "Take a guess."
• Unable to get more answers from Hua, Xianyu drafted a transfer application to the archives.
• Xianyu asked Diviner Xiao Lin to transfer him, and Xiao Lin approved the move for the following Monday.
• Xianyu collected his lunch and saw messages from Jingliu asking whether he had sent her a package she had received.

Xianyu accidentally bought Jingliu a huge moon lamp, which she carried into her courtyard after removing the door. Jingliu arranged dinner with Xianyu and Jing Yuan, while studying advice from her friends about how to pursue someone and wondering whether to prepare flowers.

• Xianyu discovered that the moon night-light he bought for Jingliu was two meters tall and intended for public spaces.
• Jingliu moved the giant lamp into her courtyard herself, removing the door to get it inside, and told Xianyu she liked it.
• Jingliu invited Xianyu to dinner and chose a barbecue restaurant near the Divination Commission, saying Jing Yuan would join them.
• Jingliu reviewed her friends' dating advice and considered whether to buy flowers for the man she loved.

Jingliu asked an online flower seller what she could buy for Xianyu and learned that her 100,000-Strale budget could pay for an extravagant bouquet. As she considered their relationship and the Luofu custom of proposals, she accidentally paid for a 9,999-rose proposal bouquet.

• Jingliu asked a flower seller whether men could receive flowers and added AAA Luofu Flower Delivery 24h as a friend.
• Jingliu recalled how Xianyu had cared for her and Baiheng after a Starskiff accident, and reflected on the qualities that drew her to him.
• Jingliu weighed flower prices against the support she gave Baiheng and Yingxing, then chose an uncommon bouquet over inexpensive daily flowers.
• The seller explained that 9,999 roses cost 100,000 Strale and could be used for a proposal.
• Jingliu wondered whether it was too early to think about proposing, then noticed she had already paid for the bouquet.

Jingliu followed a guide on winning Xianyu over, thanked him for his gift on social media, and decided to give him Strales rather than an expensive present. She invited Jing Yuan to dinner with them near the Divination Commission, leaving him trapped when Dan Feng exposed his invented plans.

• Jingliu decided to give Xianyu a few hundred thousand Strales instead of a million-Strale gift, then posted a photo of her courtyard and Moon Lamp to thank him for his present.
• Baiheng, Jing Yuan, Dan Feng, and Yingxing commented on Jingliu's post, and Jingliu wondered whether Baiheng knew about her and Xianyu.
• Jingliu went to the Drill Ground, where General Teng Xiao cut his address short after a Vidyadhara whispered to him.
• Jingliu ordered Jing Yuan to practice swordsmanship, then invited him to dinner with her and Xianyu near the Divination Commission.
• Jing Yuan tried to claim he had dinner plans with Dan Feng, but Dan Feng appeared and denied knowing about any plans, leaving Jing Yuan embarrassed.

Dan Feng explained the Alchemy Commission’s flawed Psychological Test and Teng Xiao’s insistence that it be redone carefully, while Jing Yuan sought Baiheng’s help avoiding being a third wheel at Jingliu and Xianyu’s engagement. Jing Yuan’s attempted rescue began to unravel when Baiheng unexpectedly met Xianyu at a restaurant, and Xianyu asked where Jingliu was.

• Jingliu and Jing Yuan asked Dan Feng why he had come to the Cloud Knights’ territory, and he explained Teng Xiao had summoned him over the Alchemy Commission’s Psychological Test.
• Dan Feng recounted how his subordinates had rushed out more than six hundred questions, how Teng Xiao ordered him to supervise a careful rewrite, and how his gift of Thousand-Year Ginseng was refused.
• Dan Feng noticed Jing Yuan suffering as he accompanied Jingliu to her engagement and assumed Jingliu’s romance was progressing well.
• Jing Yuan messaged Baiheng, asking her to call in ten minutes with an urgent excuse so he could escape being a third wheel.
• Baiheng agreed, but Xianyu arrived at the barbecue restaurant where she was working, and he asked her where Jingliu was.

At a barbecue dinner, Baiheng discovered that Xianyu and Jingliu had begun spending time together and then tried to help her restaurant-owner friend pursue Xianyu. Xianyu declined to share his contact details, and his suggestion for refusing Baiheng’s friend left Jingliu asking when he had gotten a girlfriend.

• Xianyu brought drinks to the barbecue restaurant and waited with Baiheng for Jingliu and Jing Yuan.
• Jingliu arrived alone, and Baiheng realized she and Xianyu had been spending time together without her.
• Baiheng learned from Jing Yuan’s messages that General Teng Xiao had called him away for overtime.
• Baiheng’s restaurant-owner friend asked her to approach Xianyu about dating, so Baiheng asked whether he planned to date anyone.
• Xianyu guessed Baiheng was asking for her friend and refused to give her his contact details, saying he was not ready to meet anyone new.
• Xianyu offered Baiheng two ways to turn her friend down, beginning with claiming he had a girlfriend, and Jingliu asked when he had gotten one.

Xianyu wondered whether Jingliu liked him, but set aside his uncertain feelings and left the meal before her. Jingliu stayed behind with Baiheng and quietly offered to pay.

• Baiheng chose to tell Jingliu that Xianyu had not brought his Jade Abacus rather than ask Jingliu for her contact information.
• Xianyu chatted with Jing Yuan, who explained that he was stuck revising an illogical novel at the General's Residence.
• Xianyu caught Jingliu watching him with an amused smile and wondered if Jing Yuan was trying to bring them together.
• Xianyu decided he would not date anyone and could not determine whether he liked Jingliu.
• Xianyu paid for the meal and left after Jingliu said she would return with Baiheng later.
• Baiheng remarked that Xianyu was popular, and Jingliu stood up and said she would pay.

Baiheng and Jingliu left the restaurant after Baiheng pretended Jingliu and Xianyu were dating to deflect her friend's suspicions. That night, Baiheng learned Jingliu liked Xianyu and realized she had repeatedly tried to set him up with other women without knowing it.

• Jingliu defended Xianyu when Baiheng's friend called him a scumbag, and Baiheng claimed Jingliu was his new girlfriend.
• Jingliu hid her blushing face, then declined to tell Baiheng what she had wanted to say earlier.
• Unable to sleep, Baiheng asked Jing Yuan, Dan Feng, and Yingxing in a group chat whether Jingliu had been acting strangely.
• Dan Feng and Yingxing realized they had all assumed someone else would tell Baiheng, then tried to blame Jing Yuan.
• Yingxing told Baiheng that Jingliu liked Xianyu, and Baiheng recalled her attempts to match Xianyu with other women and regretted them.

Baiheng learned that Jingliu had fallen for Xianyu and joined Dan Feng, Yingxing, and Jing Yuan in planning ways for Jingliu to pursue him. Their friends settled on having Jingliu bring Xianyu a meal, but when she asked which of them could cook, they realized none of them knew how.

• Baiheng learned what she had missed while drunk and felt guilty that she had not understood Jingliu's feelings for Xianyu.
• Dan Feng invited Baiheng, Jing Yuan, and Yingxing over, and the three explained that they had already made Jingliu a guide to pursuing a man.
• Baiheng criticized the guide's copied advice and suggested that Jingliu make a meal for Xianyu instead.
• Dan Feng offered Thousand-Year Ginseng for the meal, and the four agreed on the plan.
• Jingliu arrived the next day, asked which of them knew how to cook, and left the group at a loss.

Jing Yuan rallied his friends to cook a meal, but their confidence in their kitchen skills quickly faltered. Dan Feng arrived with ingredients and attendants, leaving the group to face their grandly staged cooking preparations.

• Yingxing persuaded Dan Feng, Yingxing, and Jingliu to take on cooking tasks by joking about their respective skills.
• Baiheng took Jingliu aside, offered her tail for comfort, and urged her not to give up on Xianyu; Jingliu said she would let things take their course.
• Yingxing snapped Dan Feng's thousand-year ginseng while washing it, and Jing Yuan suggested using it to make ginseng water for hot pot.
• Jingliu learned that Dan Feng had gone to fetch ingredients and change clothes, and realized his germaphobia explained his behavior.
• Dan Feng returned with changed clothes and eight attendants carrying gift boxes, prompting his friends to marvel at the spectacle and urge him to hurry.

The five friends tried to prepare a nourishing meal for Xianyu, but their disastrous cooking led them to order hot pot instead. After they all fell unconscious, Xianyu ate the delivered food and was told by the great ice figure that he had been poisoned.

• Dan Feng told Jing Yuan stories about the Former Marshal while the others attempted to prepare fish and ginseng.
• Jing Yuan tried to stop the others from cooking fish with its scales and innards, but the pot filled the room with a foul smell.
• Baiheng ordered hot pot delivery, and the five sent Xianyu a meal before eating their own hot pot together.
• The five friends became drowsy and collapsed unconscious after eating and drinking.
• Xianyu ate the meal Jingliu had sent him, fell asleep, and heard the great ice figure say he had been poisoned.