Chapter Summaries

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.

Jingliu and Xianyu prepared for their wedding, and Xianyu proposed to her in the changing room despite Jingliu accidentally interrupting his planned speech. At the ceremony, Baiheng befriended Daiyang so quickly that they were soon crying together and lamenting that they had not met sooner.

• Baiheng got emotional while helping Jingliu prepare, then hurried out to take care of wedding details.
• Xianyu helped Jingliu put on her Military Dress Uniform, and they chose a medal from her collection to pin on it.
• Xianyu took out a blue diamond ring and asked Jingliu to marry him, but Jingliu interrupted his proposal by asking whether he was wearing shirt stays before accepting.
• Guan Liang teased Xianyu and later took Xianyu's Jade Abacus from Baiheng's bag, making sure it was switched off before returning it.
• At the ceremony, Baiheng met Daiyang and quickly became close to her as they traded stories, took photos, and cried together.

At Xianyu and Jingliu’s wedding, Jing Yuan received a planet as a prize and learned Hua had once owned it, while Hua urged him to stay on the Xianzhou before deciding his future. The wedding continued as Xianyu stopped Aha from leaving, making clear he intended to kill Aha’s clone.

• Baiheng realized she had forgotten to take pictures of Dan Feng, while Daiyang explained that the betrothal gifts and dowry were too extravagant to display publicly.
• Hua told Dan Feng that Jingliu would leave for the Xuling the next day and that she would use Fenghuang Down to erase some of his memories; Xianyu then gave Dan Feng a red envelope.
• Hua jokingly claimed she wanted to keep chatting with Dan Feng, prompting Daiyang to awkwardly cover up a conversation about her honeymoon plans at Island Getaway.
• Xianyu handed Jing Yuan eight red envelopes after Jing Yuan called him Grandmaster, and Jing Yuan also won a planet in the wedding prize drawing.
• Jing Yuan tried to return the planet, but Hua explained it had once been a gift from Xianyu and urged him to remain on the Xianzhou for now while leaving open the choice to explore the cosmos later.
• Aha tried to leave the wedding, but Xianyu pulled Aha back into a seat and implied he would kill Aha’s clone rather than attack the true body.

At the wedding banquet, Xianyu told Aha he planned to find Akivili and bring them back, then abandoned the idea of testing his blood on Lan. Lan apologized to Daiyang and encouraged Jing Yuan, who decided to join the Galaxy Rangers, giving Hua a willing successor for the Marshal’s position.

• Aha agreed to help Xianyu find Akivili, and Xianyu said they would search other worlds if necessary.
• Xianyu considered using his stored blood on Lan but reconsidered after recalling how difficult it had been to keep Shuhu alive.
• Xianyu gave red envelopes to the younger guests, while Daiyang apologized to Lan and explained what she had done after he fell into slumber.
• Jing Yuan realized the blue-haired guest was the Reignbow Arbiter and nervously toasted him with Fleece Lamb Milk.
• Lan encouraged Jing Yuan, who left determined to join the Galaxy Rangers, and Hua said she had finally found someone willing to take her place as Marshal.

At Xianyu and Jingliu’s wedding, Zandar presented Xianyu with research papers and a villa, while Polka gave him a jade laurel wreath and welcomed him back as Eric, the Genius Society’s Eighth Seat. The celebrations left Matthias’s student delighted to be remembered by Xianyu, while a misunderstanding over Xianyu’s job dismissal unsettled Teng Xiao.

• Hua told Lan that Jing Yuan’s wish to become a Galaxy Ranger reminded her of her father, and she looked forward to forming an alliance with him.
• At the head table, Zandar gave Xianyu research papers bearing his name and a villa with a library, then welcomed him back to the Genius Society as Eric, its Eighth Seat.
• Polka gave Xianyu a jade laurel wreath, and Jingliu accepted Matthias’s request to call her Mother before greeting his student.
• Xianyu remembered Matthias’s student and teased her about eating him out of house and home, leaving her so flustered that she clung to Matthias.
• Xiao Lin congratulated Xianyu alone, mistakenly believing he had been fired and would leave the Divination Commission, while Teng Xiao tried to understand Xiao Lin’s cryptic remarks.

At the wedding on the Luofu, Polka read Zandar’s journal and concluded that Eric came from a higher dimension and had once crossed worlds to protect Zandar, while Zandar feared the danger Eric faced. After the guests left, Hua invited Zandar to another wedding ceremony, and Xianyu and Jingliu began their private wedding-night rituals.

• Zandar worried that Eric’s intelligence and rapid progress suggested he had encountered the Cosmic Genesis project in a previous cycle, so Polka asked to read his journal.
• Polka studied Zandar’s records and inferred that Eric’s home planet had not been destroyed and that he was a higher-dimensional being whose actions had drawn the Time-Worm’s attention.
• Polka concluded that Eric had crossed into another world to eliminate a threat to Zandar and reassured him that Eric was clever enough to control the danger, while Zandar resolved to keep Polka away from him.
• Guan Liang told Zandar that Eric would always be by his side, then hurried away after admitting he had fired Xianyu.
• Hua gathered roses from the wedding flower wall, spoke with Zandar about her father and Imbibitor Lunae, and invited Zandar to another wedding ceremony; he declined and left.
• Hua joined Xianyu and Jingliu at their private wedding celebration, where Xianyu removed Jingliu’s wedding crown and makeup before she softly called him her husband.