Chapter Summaries

Yingxing struggled to complete Xianyu’s confession hairpins while Xianyu’s IPC executive overhauled his home and Jingliu kept sending him breakfast after he overslept. After repeatedly failing to wake up, Xianyu stayed up all night to avoid missing sword practice, leaving Yingxing alarmed by the thought that Jingliu was making him train at four in the morning.

• Yingxing learned the three hairpins were Xianyu’s gifts for confessing to Jingliu, negotiated a seven-day deadline, and asked Xianyu to provide rare materials instead of more Credits.
• Xianyu asked the IPC executive to source Yingxing’s materials and let him clean and organize his home, but the executive’s romantic decorations prompted Xianyu to tell him not to arrange such things again.
• Jingliu sent Xianyu photos of herself with Chi Yu and later left breakfast for him, but Xianyu overslept despite setting alarms and apologized to himself by promising to wake up the next day.
• After oversleeping again, Xianyu decided to stay awake rather than risk missing sword practice with Jingliu.
• Yingxing messaged Xianyu about a hairpin design at three in the morning and was shocked when Xianyu said he was waiting for Jingliu to teach him swordsmanship.

Yingxing realized Xianyu had not begun practicing swordsmanship and hurried to finish Jingliu’s hairpin, while Jingliu caught Xianyu asleep and teased him with photos. During their spar, Jingliu discovered that Xianyu’s instinctive swordsmanship was already lethal, leaving her unsure how to teach him and determined to save more Strale for him.

• Yingxing learned Xianyu had not practiced yet and resolved to finish Jingliu’s hairpin quickly so Xianyu would not have to wake before dawn for training.
• Jingliu found Xianyu asleep on the floor, pinched his face, and took pictures; Xianyu woke and teased her about the photos, making her blush.
• Xianyu declined Jingliu’s offer to bring Chi Yu home and went with her to spar in the courtyard.
• Jingliu sparred with Xianyu, patiently prompting him to attack until her alarm rang and they stopped.
• Jingliu realized Xianyu’s every sword move was meant to kill and concluded she could not teach him, so she decided to save more Strale for him.

Jingliu prepared to confess to Xianyu, but an urgent deployment interrupted their plans. Before leaving for battle, she gave him her final letter and offered him her property and Strale, revealing her feelings through a Cloud Knights' custom.

• Jingliu decided to confess to Xianyu and considered leaving him her savings and property as compensation for the time she could not spend with him.
• Jingliu asked Dan Feng for advice about investing her savings, while Yingxing finished making three hairpins for Xianyu.
• Xianyu learned from Hua that more abominations had appeared and decided not to confess to Jingliu before her deployment.
• Jingliu told Xianyu she would leave for battle the next day, and Xianyu prepared a sheet of Talisman Paper as a gift.
• At the Cloud Knights' camp, Jingliu gave Xianyu her final letter and offered him her property and Strale, using the letter to express her love.

Jingliu confessed her love to Xianyu before leaving for war, and he accepted by asking to hold her hand. Their farewell was interrupted when Chi Yu charged into Jing Yuan, who had apparently been shoved out from around a corner.

• Jingliu gave Xianyu a final letter that he understood as a confession, and she confirmed his interpretation.
• Xianyu carefully put the letter away, then asked Jingliu if he could hold her hand; she took it and laced their fingers together.
• Jingliu promised to return from the war and told Xianyu he would never need to open the letter.
• Jingliu teased Xianyu about calling her “Older Sister,” and he fell silent from embarrassment.
• Chi Yu suddenly kicked out of Xianyu’s arms and collided with Jing Yuan, who flew out from around a nearby corner.

As the Xianzhou forces prepared to depart for war, Jing Yuan reunited with Jingliu and Xianyu while the group discussed Chi Yu’s breed and size. After Xianyu told Teng Xiao to treat Jingliu like any other soldier, he returned home and found Fuli waiting for him.

• Jing Yuan learned Jingliu had come to retrieve Chi Yu and used the cat as an excuse to avoid awkwardly addressing Jingliu and Xianyu.
• Xianyu checked his messages and identified Chi Yu as a Maine Coon who could grow to over a meter long and weigh fifteen to twenty kilograms.
• The High Elder stepped out from hiding and took Jing Yuan away, while Jingliu and Xianyu held hands and debated whether Chi Yu needed to lose weight.
• Xianyu told Teng Xiao that Jingliu should receive no special treatment on the battlefield and said he trusted her to help win the war.
• Xianyu returned home with Chi Yu, found Fuli in the Reception Room, and greeted him as a dear friend.

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.