Recaps

Xianyu met Fuli, who gave him an ice lotus containing some of his memories, then considered the endless cycles and prepared a message hinting at them for Jingliu. After Jingliu reported encountering Galaxy Rangers, Xianyu used the lotus and saw a memory of Akivili before waking on the Xianzhou Yaoqing, where he struggled to swallow bitter medicine.

• Xianyu suspected Fuli had repeatedly reset the cycles to prevent him from using the Aether-Phase Engine to ascend the Xianzhou natives, and he offered to help Fuli instead.
• Fuli rejected Xianyu's offer, gave him an ice lotus containing some of his memories, and denied killing him when he asked.
• Xianyu concluded that he still retained his traits as a Higher-Dimensional Invader, then rewarded Chi Yu with two cans of food.
• At the Library, Xianyu wrote down three fable lines and drew a Möbius strip to hint at the endless cycles, but decided not to add anything about Jingliu.
• Jingliu messaged Xianyu that her group had met Galaxy Rangers who followed the Reignbow Arbiter, then said it was time to assemble.
• Xianyu used Fuli's ice lotus and saw Akivili cover his eyes with a hat; he then woke on the Xianzhou Yaoqing and accused the Chief Strategist of trying to kill him with bitter medicine.

After recovering from an assassination attempt, Xianyu tried to dodge his medicine and planned how to use captured machines and abominations for the Xianzhou. He prepared offerings to meet Lan, and his Hunt summon agreed to take him while correcting Xianyu’s claim that Lan was its father.

• Xianyu woke as an Emanator of the Hunt, dismissed his wound, and learned from the Chief Strategist that an assassin had pierced his chest before he subdued them.
• While ordered to recover, Xianyu poured his medicine into a pothos until the Chief Strategist filled his office with money trees and forced him to drink it.
• Xianyu proposed repairing captured machines and making them work, then agreed to meet Lan and discuss the captured abominations.
• Xianyu told the Chief Strategist to prepare abominations and three crates of canned True Stings for Aha.
• Xianyu summoned his silent apparition and asked it to take him to Lan, whom he called its father; the apparition agreed but denied that Lan was its father.

Xianyu reunited with Lan on the Yaoqing, delivered the dishes Lan's mother had prepared, and made a contract with the Reignbow Arbiter to support the Xianzhou while restraining his excesses. After sharing the food and discovering that most of it tasted awful, Xianyu prepared to visit Lan's mother and fulfill one last part of their agreement.

• The Reignbow Arbiter appeared over the Yaoqing, then took the form of Lan and joined Xianyu in the courtyard.
• Xianyu brought out Lan's mother's dishes and asked Lan about faith and whether he could use other Aeons' divine power, which Lan rejected.
• Xianyu and Lan used the Gnosis to contract that Lan would help the Xianzhou and Xianyu would not kill indiscriminately or turn other species into canned food or use them to generate electricity.
• Xianyu tested Mirror Flower, Water Moon and learned that it could influence Lan through suggestion, but the wary Chief Strategist resisted it.
• Lan invited Xianyu and the Chief Strategist to eat his mother's food, and Lan admitted that only the braised pork tasted good.
• Xianyu decided to visit Lan's mother and stood to fulfill the last part of his agreement with her.

Xianyu established a memorial forest for the Xianzhou dead, then punched Lan and demanded that he create an undetectable contingency for the fleet. Later, Lan sensed Xianyu using his power and arrived as assassins attacked him, only to find Xianyu protecting a little girl and ordering a summoned phantom to deal with the threat.

• Xianyu named the heroes’ resting place the Forest of Utmost Loyalty after Lan chose “Loyalty.”
• Xianyu brought Lan to his parents’ memorial tablets, offered incense, and punched him to fulfill a promise.
• Xianyu demanded that Lan use his power to create a hidden delve as a contingency for the Xianzhou, and Lan agreed to take his time finding a suitable ship.
• Lan noticed Xianyu frequently using his power and sent a sliver of consciousness to investigate.
• Lan arrived during an assassination attempt and saw Xianyu shield a little girl before telling a summoned phantom to take care of the attackers.

Xianyu dealt with an assassination attempt, appeased a Corporation shareholder, and recruited an exceptional Corporation salesman while his subordinates teased him about their romantic pursuits. After returning home, he faced Lan, who questioned why he used his power so frequently.

• Xianyu's three Summons killed the attackers, and he left the scene with his subordinates, a Corporation shareholder, and the shareholder's daughter.
• The child chose Xianyu's Jade Pendant, so he gave her a golden Gemstone and offered her father Amber of Preservation as an apology for the trouble.
• Xianyu asked why the female subordinate had come to the Yaoqing, then joked about taking her Corporation flame and his relatives for the Xianzhou.
• Xianyu noticed a high-stat Corporation salesman, jokingly claimed the man and assigned him work with generous pay and time off.
• Xianyu hurried home after remembering Lan, who asked why he used his power so frequently.
• Xianyu said his enemies attacked because they could not live comfortably while fearing him, so they tried to eliminate the source of their fear.

Xianyu abandoned plans to invent auspicious origins for Lan and reflected on how to prepare a successor who could challenge him. Meanwhile, Marty joined the Yaoqing branch and became Xianyu’s new Chief Strategist, but he soon praised Xianyu as omniscient and omnipotent, leaving the Marshal exasperated.

• Xianyu asked Lan how he wanted his origins embellished, but Lan refused to answer and vanished after Xianyu offered him more of his mother's cooking.
• Xianyu decided that Xianzhou people should tell Lan's story themselves and thought about preparing his successor to rule without relying on everyone's blind trust.
• Marty arrived on the Yaoqing expecting danger, had his outdated self-defense gear confiscated, and later accepted Xianyu's offer to work for him.
• The Chief Strategist explained the job's generous benefits to Marty while privately wishing he would stay away from the Marshal.
• Xianyu discussed workplace management with Marty, who mistook the conversation for shared complaints and praised Xianyu as omniscient and omnipotent.

Xianyu struggled to choose a successor, then encouraged Marty’s research and invited him to meet a Corporation shareholder. The chapter ended with the Sea Queen Subordinate offering to bring Xianyu dragon specimens and suggesting he move into a pocket realm.

• Xianyu questioned Marty about his time at the Corporation and learned that his coworkers had taken over his clients while he remained grateful to them.
• Marty said he wanted to develop weapons as powerful as the Colossus, and Xianyu granted him access to the Library reserved for Xianzhou natives.
• After learning what his idioms meant, Marty apologized to Xianyu, while the Chief Strategist refused Xianyu’s suggestion that he become Marshal.
• Marty and his friends developed a mobile device that could monitor Xianzhou natives for signs of becoming mara-struck.
• Xianyu invited Marty to meet a Corporation shareholder, and Marty prepared to impress his former employer.
• The Sea Queen Subordinate called Xianyu from a Stellar Destroyer, offered to bring him dragon specimens, and suggested he move into a pocket realm.

Xianyu agreed to arrange homes for the Vidyadhara High Elders while Daiyang continued pursuing them as specimens for his collection. At dinner, Marty secured a lucrative deal with the IPC, and Xianyu ended the chapter by ordering a public search for experts to address the Vidyadhara’s infertility.

• Daiyang briefed Xianyu on the five Vidyadhara High Elders, and Xianyu planned to settle one each on the Zhuming and Luofu while leaving the remaining arrangements to his subordinates.
• Xianyu met a company shareholder for dinner, where the shareholder’s daughter proposed marrying him and Xianyu offered to handle her homework.
• The shareholder warned Xianyu about Marty’s conduct, and Xianyu explained how he placed subordinates in roles suited to them and solved their problems.
• The shareholder offered Marty a lucrative partnership with the Interastral Peace Corporation, and Marty accepted after Xianyu nodded his approval.
• Xianyu read the Chief Strategist’s information about the Vidyadhara and ordered a call for experts to research their infertility.

Xianyu considered how the Xianzhou could preserve its utopia without relying on his system and had Marty develop a communication device and a powerful computer. After Marty delivered the Jade Abacus and improved the Colossus, Xianyu asked whether he wanted the power of Aeons.

• Xianyu abandoned a plan to publicize the Vidyadhara's infertility and instead proposed having the Alchemy Commission treat difficult conditions while offering the Vidyadhara incentives to join the Xianzhou Alliance.
• Xianyu studied ancient texts and considered how the Xianzhou could continue functioning if the system disappeared, including developing tools to monitor mara-struck conditions and prevent corruption.
• Xianyu summoned Marty and asked him to create communication devices that could alert the Alchemy Commission and Ten-Lords Commission, as well as a powerful computer to help govern the Xianzhou.
• Marty promised to build the communication device within a month and agreed to work on the computer, though he said it might take a long time.
• Marty created the Jade Abacus, and Xianyu's subordinates distributed the devices, starting with retired Cloud Knights and older Xianzhou natives; people adopted them after the Alchemy Commission used them to save those nearing mara-struck.
• Marty improved the Colossus so it no longer needed a fleet for protection, and Xianyu asked him whether he wanted the power of Aeons.

Xianyu warned Marty away from studying the Lord of Eternal Joy and arranged for him to question a Memokeeper instead, while keeping Aha’s dangerously powerful mask in mind. After receiving the Galaxy Rangers’ report of unusual energy in an uninhabited star system, Xianyu identified the Aeon of Erudition there and suspected they had anticipated his plan to attack.

• Xianyu examined Aha’s mask and decided it was too dangerous to use near Marty, then redirected Marty from studying the Lord of Eternal Joy to questioning a Memokeeper.
• Xianyu summoned the Yaoqing’s nervous Memokeeper, and Marty began asking her questions as she recalled frightening stories about Xianyu’s past encounters with Memokeepers and Fuli.
• The Galaxy Rangers reported unknown energy fluctuations in an uninhabited star system and sent Xianyu its coordinates.
• Xianyu found the Aeon of Erudition on the System Map and ordered the research ship to stop investigating, take a vacation, and keep other Xianzhou ships away.
• Xianyu suspected the Aeon of Erudition had deliberately gone to the remote star system after realizing he intended to attack them.

Xianyu learned that Daiyang had arranged a preliminary agreement with the Vidyadhara and traveled to the Luofu for a meeting with their High Elders. His subordinates dressed him for the occasion, and he was left surprised by one Elder’s daring outfit.

• Xianyu decided he would still try to blow up the Aeon of Erudition, though he regretted that he could not dismantle them.
• Daiyang informed Xianyu that she had reached a preliminary agreement with the Vidyadhara, and Xianyu waited until working hours to reply.
• Marty learned from the Chief Strategist that Xianyu barely slept, then brought him a crab meal; Xianyu told Marty not to imitate his habits and arranged overtime pay for him.
• Xianyu chose the Luofu as the meeting place after Daiyang prevailed in the generals’ argument, and Marty delivered baked stuffed crab to him.
• Xianyu traveled to the Luofu with his Yaoqing subordinates, accepted Chaoyan and Daiyang’s help choosing an outfit, and greeted the five Vidyadhara High Elders.
• Xianyu nearly lost his composure when he noticed a cutout in one High Elder’s outfit.

Xianyu negotiated the Vidyadhara’s entry into the Xianzhou Alliance and introduced their High Elders to Lan. The meeting ended with Lan destroying the Abominations Xianyu had saved, leaving Xianyu to face the crater and the repair costs.

• Xianyu welcomed the five Vidyadhara High Elders and offered them vacations, commercial opportunities, and relief from guarding the Plagues Author’s legacy.
• After learning about Dragon Preceptors, Xianyu suggested that the High Elders take troublesome ones along when they reincarnated, prompting Lord Huyuan to steer the conversation elsewhere.
• Xianyu messaged Daiyang for Abominations, and she brought a group of Abominations and Emanators to the meeting before leaving them with him.
• Xianyu summoned Lan in front of the High Elders, and Lan reluctantly appeared after Xianyu politely asked him to reveal a miracle.
• When the Abominations cursed, Xianyu asked Lan to handle them, and Lan wiped them out with a blast that left a deep crater in the Luofu’s ground.
• Xianyu silently lamented the destroyed Emanators and repair costs, then sarcastically praised Lan’s divine miracle and declared that the crater should be preserved.

Xianyu secured an alliance with the Vidyadhara, then spent time with his generals before fleeing to the Luofu to avoid a corporate shareholder’s matchmaking plans. He sought advice from Yubie, but their conversation led nowhere, and the chapter ended as an angry old man confronted them in the Vidyadhara Sacred Ground.

• Lord Huyuan and the other four High Elders agreed to ally with the Xianzhou, and Xianyu used his Gnosis to bind them to a contract.
• Xianyu complained to Lan about the destruction he caused, then joined Daiyang and Chaoyan for hot pot in the snow.
• Chaoyan delivered clothes and accessories for Xianyu, who returned to work before a corporate shareholder told him his daughter was on her way to the Yaoqing to pursue a marriage with him.
• Xianyu fled to the Luofu and asked Yubie for advice about rejecting the shareholder’s daughter, but Yubie had no experience with romance.
• Xianyu stayed near Yubie’s residence, where an old man berated Yubie and then demanded to know why Xianyu was in the Vidyadhara Sacred Ground.

Xianyu defended Yubie against a Dragon Preceptor who opposed using the Moon-Bathing Ancient Sea to seal the Ambrosial Arbor, then promised to help resolve the Vidyadhara's problems. After returning to the Yaoqing, he learned the Stellar Destroyer could be controlled remotely and began planning how to fulfill his promise to Aha.

• Xianyu told the Dragon Preceptor he was the Xianzhou native he had insulted and backed Yubie's decision to use the Moon-Bathing Ancient Sea to seal the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Xianyu threatened to interfere in Vidyadhara affairs, frightening the Dragon Preceptor and earning Yubie's gratitude; he promised to help with the Vidyadhara's problems.
• Daiyang arrived at Yubie's residence, and Yubie welcomed Xianyu to visit him on the Luofu; Xianyu left with Daiyang and discussed his romantic troubles with her.
• Daiyang kept the Dragon Preceptor under Cloud Knight supervision and planned to propose raising the Vidyadhara's tax rate.
• Back on the Yaoqing, Xianyu learned new technology let the Stellar Destroyer be controlled remotely and considered putting his promise to Aha on the agenda.

Xianyu funded Marty’s charitable work and research, then met with his subordinates to discuss the Vidyadhara, Xianzhou policies, and population growth. He finally met the waiting company shareholder and proposed creating a Starsea Council to eliminate the threat of rogue Intellitrons and bugs.

• Xianyu learned that Marty had donated his property income to support children on other planets, proposed naming scholarships and schools after him, and discussed research projects and safeguards for powerful weapons.
• Xianyu explained the Vidyadhara High Elders’ sacrifice to his subordinates and told them not to interfere in Vidyadhara internal affairs; he approved Daiyang’s inheritance-tax change.
• Xianyu’s subordinates discussed birth-rate measures, including family subsidies and lowering the marriage age, then urged Xianyu to marry; he ended the call and refused to consider marriage.
• Xianyu finally met the company shareholder who had waited all day, rejected the man’s attempt to raise a political marriage, and demanded an end to rogue Intellitrons and ugly bugs.
• Xianyu proposed that the Xianzhou Alliance and the Corporation enlist others to form a Starsea Council and eliminate the threat.

Xianyu set the Corporation and other powers in motion to join a campaign against the Intellitrons and the Swarm Disaster, then visited Yubie and discussed the needs of the people. After learning that Akivili and the Nameless had arrived on the Luofu, he went to meet them and arranged to meet the Corporation’s recruited allies on a cruise.

• Xianyu persuaded a Corporation shareholder to support recruiting the universe’s powers for the campaign, and the Corporation coordinated with the Sky-Faring Commission to contact them.
• Xianyu brought Yubie a painting, shared wine with him, and explained how he addressed the Xianzhou natives’ practical and emotional needs.
• Xianyu tried to persuade Yubie to reveal his dragon tail, but Yubie refused even after getting half drunk.
• Daiyang told Xianyu that Akivili and the Nameless had arrived on the Luofu, and Xianyu decided to meet them.
• The Corporation shareholder asked where Xianyu wanted to meet the recruited allies, and Xianyu chose a cruise for Daiyang’s sake.

Xianyu befriended Akivili and the Nameless on the Luofu, while Daiyang tried to manage the risks of their meeting and plan his vacation. After arriving at the Vacation Planet, Xianyu watched the sea through the night and told the Chief Strategist that he alone defined justice.

• Xianyu met Akivili and the Nameless at Starskiff Haven and offered to cover their expenses, hoping to become friends with them.
• Daiyang paid each Nameless one hundred million Credits to keep Xianyu's visit confidential, and the group later decided to return the money through Akivili.
• Akivili defended Xianyu as a good person, while the Nameless remained wary after learning he was the Xianzhou Marshal.
• Xianyu told Daiyang that befriending the Nameless could help protect the Galaxy Rangers, then said he preferred hot pot to the cruise ship's activities.
• Xianyu traveled with the Chief Strategist and Daiyang to the Vacation Planet, watched the sea until dawn, and answered the Chief Strategist's question about justice by saying it was his to define.

Xianyu met with representatives from various factions and urged them to help end the Swarm Disaster and the Emperor's War, using moral appeals and a reminder of the Xianzhou's power. After leaving the meeting, he rested aboard the cruise ship while Daiyang considered how the representatives might become useful allies.

• Xianyu arrived at the Reception Room and brushed off a representative's veiled complaint about his late arrival.
• Xianyu announced that he intended to end the Swarm Disaster and the Emperor's War, shocking the assembled representatives.
• Xianyu appealed to the representatives to help bring peace, then reminded them of the suffering caused by the Golems and the Intellitrons.
• Xianyu left the meeting with the Corporation shareholder and returned to his floor, where Daiyang and the Chief Strategist were waiting.
• Xianyu declined Daiyang's offer to visit the water park and said the representatives might be useful later, while warning that anyone who refused would make an enemy of the Xianzhou.

Xianyu spent his vacation negotiating an alliance, reflecting on his future successor, and brewing wine with Yubie before returning to the Yaoqing. Half a month later, the partners’ fleets were ready and formally joined forces with the Xianzhou.

• Xianyu exchanged messages with Akivili, returned Daiyang’s hush money for safekeeping, and wrote a document that the Chief Strategist recognized as a final testament.
• Daiyang discussed romance and children with Xianyu, who said he would likely be a strict parent and resolved to limit his future successor’s spending.
• Xianyu persuaded the business partners to contribute to peace, then agreed to return to the Luofu with Daiyang after she gave up her plan to poach cruise-ship staff.
• After Akivili reported infiltrating followers of Abundance on the Luofu, Xianyu visited Yubie and helped him brew jars of wine to bury beneath a tree.
• Xianyu returned to the Yaoqing, and half a month later the partners’ fleets assembled and formally joined forces with the Xianzhou.

Xianyu coordinated the Xianzhou Alliance’s campaign against the Swarm and Intellitrons while directing allied fleets and speaking with a blunt commander. After the campaign advanced, Aha visited Xianyu, who teased the Aeon about eating bugs, and Akivili appeared, only for Aha to claim them both as a Best Friend.

• Xianyu used the System Map to guide fleets against the Swarm and Intellitrons, and he spoke with the mustached ally who had joined the fight because he believed Xianyu cared about casualties.
• Chaoyan took command of the mustached man's fleet and ordered it to destroy bug-infested planets with orbital cannons.
• Chenzhen warned Chaoyan that the Intellitrons were fleeing toward her, then angrily urged her fleets to ram them before Chaoyan reminded her to keep their distance.
• Xianyu discovered two high-level NPCs approaching, then shared champagne and a can of True Sting with Aha and asked how the bugs tasted.
• Aha laughed and declared Xianyu their Best Friend, and Akivili appeared and learned that Aha considered them a Best Friend too.

Xianyu hosted Akivili and Aha, traded insults and drinks with Aha, and declined Akivili’s offer to help fight the Propagation scourge. Days later, while directing the campaign, Xianyu detected an Aeon-level energy surge in the Yadelifen star system, ordered a retreat, and watched to see whether a newly emerging god could destroy a planet protected by the Angel of Mercy.

• Xianyu explained Aha’s past connection to the Swarm to Akivili, leaving Akivili confused about the Aeons and their Paths.
• Xianyu charged Aha five billion Credits for a drink, then thanked Akivili for helping the Luofu against Abundance followers led by Daiyang.
• Akivili offered to help with the Propagation scourge, but Xianyu declined; Aha then offered help, and Xianyu told Aha to return when the war was nearly over.
• Xianyu gave Aha three cases of canned True Sting as a parting gift, and Akivili later messaged him from the Express to ask when his birthday was.
• Xianyu and his subordinates continued fighting the scourge with fleets and Colossi until he detected an Aeon-level energy fluctuation in the Yadelifen star system.
• Xianyu ordered nearby fleets to retreat and watched the rising energy near a planet protected by the Angel of Mercy, wondering whether the emerging god could destroy it.

Xianyu withdrew the fleet from Yadelifen and watched a new Aeon of Destruction arise and destroy its homeworld and nearby planets. After learning that Mustache and his soldiers had narrowly escaped the star system’s destruction, Xianyu comforted him and continued directing the fleet toward other disasters.

• Mustache followed the Xianzhou fleet out of Yadelifen after the Marshal ordered an immediate retreat, then learned that Xianyu expected an Aeon to be born.
• Xianyu and his subordinates waited for the new Aeon, while Mustache watched the generals discuss attacking it and praise their Marshal.
• The new Aeon of Destruction destroyed its homeworld and several nearby planets, sparing the planet protected by Preservation but destroying the planet sealed by the Angel of Mercy.
• Xianyu identified the Aeon as Destruction and redirected the fleet to other star systems, planning to use its power against disasters while keeping his forces safe.
• Mustache realized that the Aeon had destroyed Yadelifen and thanked Xianyu for saving his soldiers; Xianyu waited patiently as he recovered, then urged him onward.

Xianyu equipped the Cloud Knights with Marty's Neutron Guns and redirected them to rescue people on planets not yet lost to disaster, while arranging for the Corporation to provide reconstruction supplies. Chaoyan led Mustache through the devastation and accepted a wreath from survivors, telling them to thank the Marshal of the Xianzhou Alliance.

• Xianyu tracked high-level threats and exchanged messages with Akivili and Yubie, then approved mass production of Marty's Neutron Gun with strict usage records.
• Xianyu requested an intact Intellitron ship for Marty to modify and reminded him to balance work with rest.
• Xianyu placed Tenseiga where it would remind him to value lives, arranged Corporation support, and sent Cloud Knights to rescue people on planets that could still be saved.
• Mustache asked Chaoyan about Xianyu's unexpected kindness, and Chaoyan explained that rogue Intellitrons destroyed their planets after losses reached fifty percent.
• Chaoyan led Mustache's fleet through Intellitron-occupied planets and then to a Swarm-ravaged world, where they protected survivors and helped the Corporation distribute supplies.
• The survivors gave Chaoyan a wreath of broken flowering branches, and she told them to thank the Marshal of the Xianzhou Alliance.

Xianyu led the fleet toward its final offensive against the Swarm Offspring and the out-of-control Intellitrons while preparing to give Aha a game on the Jade Abacus. Akivili joined him to watch the battle, and Aha failed to beat the game’s final boss.

• Xianyu watched progress fall as the two calamities expanded, then coordinated the fleet’s efforts until progress stopped declining and only a handful of star systems remained.
• After checking in with Akivili, Yubie, and Marty, Xianyu directed the fleet away from the Aeon of Erudition and prepared a final attack at 95% progress.
• Akivili arrived with Aha, and Xianyu gave Aha a Jade Abacus containing a game, promising a visit to a more real and interesting world if Aha beat the final boss.
• Xianyu and Akivili watched the fleet attack while Aha played, but Aha lost and complained that the game was no fun.

Xianyu used Aha’s mask to attack Erudition while helping the fleet eliminate the Swarm Offspring and rogue Intellitrons, bringing the war to victory. As humanity celebrated, news reports hinted that Aha had clashed with Erudition and that the Masked Fools were being arrested.

• Xianyu returned Aha’s powerful mask so Aha could use it to bomb Erudition and the scourges, settling their grudge while fulfilling his old promise to kill an Aeon for fun.
• Akivili noticed Aha’s divine power at the edge of the star systems but concluded that Best Friend had persuaded Aha to help humanity.
• Xianyu ignored the rogue Intellitrons’ threats as the fleet destroyed their final stronghold; the Intellitrons self-destructed, and the system declared victory at 100% progress.
• Xianyu thanked the fleet for fighting to protect humanity and urged everyone to rest and enjoy the peace they had won.
• Xianyu tuned in to an IPC broadcast reporting the arrest of Masked Fools, and a commentator speculated that Aha might have blown up Erudition.