Chapter Summaries

Stelle and Jiang Yu joined the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus’ efforts to intercept a courier package, then delivered its intelligence about the Divine Strategy Mansion’s infiltration to Jing Yuan. They met Purple China Rose, the person in charge of the Disciples in Exalting Sanctum, but Jiang Yu found him unimpressive.

• Stelle told Qingzu that the Trailblaze Squad had joined the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, and Qingzu asked them to find the missing Cloud Knight Zhixin while limiting contact with the Divine Strategy Mansion.
• The Trailblaze Squad received a letter from Green Pheobe directing them to find a package containing intelligence meant for the Divine Strategy Mansion.
• Jiang Yu broke open the package’s Abacus Circuitry lock and discovered that the Disciples knew about the Divine Strategy Mansion’s infiltration operation.
• Jiang Yu copied the intelligence and sent it to Jing Yuan, while Green Pheobe arranged for the group to meet the person in charge.
• Blueberry introduced Purple China Rose as the leader of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus in Exalting Sanctum, and Jiang Yu judged him unimpressive.

The Astral Express crew met Purple China Rose, who revealed that he was Zhixin, a former Cloud Knight spearman empowered by a Disciples of Sanctus Medicus prescription. When Jiang Yu exposed himself, Zhixin declared that the Medicine King's gifts made him unbeatable, setting up a fight against the crew.

• Purple China Rose praised Stelle and gave her a prescription, believing she had chosen the right path to power.
• Stelle claimed Green Pheobe had forced her to join the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, while Jiang Yu mocked Purple China Rose's recruitment pitch.
• Purple China Rose revealed that he had once been a Cloud Knight spearman named Zhixin and had turned to the Disciples after failing to surpass martial arts prodigies.
• Jiang Yu removed his mask and confronted Zhixin, who recognized him as the one who had beaten Green Pheobe.
• Blueberry tried to flee, but Jiang Yu summoned Black Cleave to block him and pinned him to a wall with wind.
• Zhixin boasted of his Medicine King-granted strength and challenged Jiang Yu, Stelle, Welt, and March 7th to battle.

Jiang Yu spared the captured Disciples of Sanctus Medicus and decided to send them to work at Aha’s, while Stelle worried that their punishment would be far worse than they realized. The group headed to the Divine Strategy Mansion, and Stelle kept quiet about what awaited the prisoners.

• Zhixin challenged the group and was beaten until his resolve broke, while March 7th questioned his decision to fight all four of them.
• Jiang Yu offered Blueberry his life in exchange for information, and Blueberry gave up Purple Chrysanthemum and Green Pheobe’s whereabouts.
• Stelle worried that Jiang Yu had bypassed Jing Yuan and asked whether sending the prisoners to work at Aha’s was mistreatment.
• Jiang Yu argued that the disciples would be well provided for at Aha’s, and Stelle withheld her warning about the brutal work and their fate even after death.

Jiang Yu and the Trailblaze Squad reported their success against the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus to Qingzu, then investigated Zhixin’s prescription in the Exalting Sanctum. At Synwood Pavilion, Jiang Yu recognized Dan Shu as an enemy, captured her, and brought her to the Divine Strategy Mansion.

• Jiang Yu, Stelle, and the Trailblaze Squad met Qingzu at the Divine Strategy Mansion and told her how they had defeated Zhixin and the other Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.
• Jiang Yu refused to hand over the captured Disciples for the Prison of Deep Seclusion, and Qingzu agreed to arrange their transfer to Aha’s prison.
• Stelle showed Qingzu Zhixin’s prescription, and Qingzu directed the group to consult trustworthy alchemists in the Exalting Sanctum.
• A Foxian alchemist could not decipher the prescription and advised the group to seek out Chief Alchemist Dan Shu at Synwood Pavilion.
• Dan Shu asked the group to leave while she studied the prescription, but Jiang Yu grabbed her, broke her legs, and captured her.
• Jiang Yu delivered Dan Shu to the Divine Strategy Mansion while she protested that her plan had been stopped before it could fully begin.

After Jiang Yu delivered Dan Shu to the Divine Strategy Mansion, the Cloud Knights arrested the panicked Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. Jiang Yu then gathered the group to meet Fu Xuan for a divination, while Qingque detoured through the Stellaron-damaged Divination Commission.

• Dan Shu's capture and public disgrace prompted the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus to flee, allowing the Cloud Knights to arrest them and confirm her identity.
• Jiang Yu left Dan Shu with the Divine Strategy Mansion and brought the Astral Express Crew out to meet the others.
• Qingque won a tile game as soon as Jiang Yu arrived, then joined the group and explained that Fu Xuan could perform their divination.
• Qingque led everyone toward Fu Xuan by a detour because the Stellaron disaster had damaged the route to the Divination Commission.
• Old Yang showed interest in Imperial Jade, and Qingque offered to teach him how to play.

Qingque guided the group through the Luofu, explaining the Ambrosial Arbor’s history and introducing the Matrix of Prescience. They reached the Divination Commission, where Qingque explained Jade Abacuses and Stelle compared one to a computer.

• Qingque described the dead Ambrosial Arbor, and Jiang Yu suggested making its history compulsory education or printing it on products.
• Jiang Yu teased Qingque that the Divination Commission might have to carry out his idea, and Qingque joked that she would blame him if the Lord Diviner questioned her.
• Qingque led the group by Starskiff toward the Divination Commission, where they avoided the sealed main entrance and fought Abominations of Abundance along the way.
• Qingque showed the group the Matrix of Prescience and explained how Jade Abacuses used engraved symbols to power mechanisms and perform calculations.
• Stelle heard Qingque’s explanation and asked whether a Jade Abacus was just a computer.

Jiang Yu and the others met Fu Xuan at the Matrix of Prescience, where she asked them to help restart it and eliminate Stellaron abominations. Jiang Yu offered to repair the matrix with his unusual method, but Fu Xuan doubted him.

• Qingque led the group to the Matrix of Prescience, where Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan discussed the danger and the need to restore the matrix.
• Yanqing remembered the overwhelming sword move Jiang Yu had demonstrated and reflected on Jiang Yu's extraordinary talent.
• Jing Yuan introduced the assembled youngsters as the team assigned to investigate the phenomenon that copied people.
• Fu Xuan asked the group to restart the Matrix of Prescience and clear out Stellaron abominations, with Qingque guiding them.
• Jiang Yu offered to fix the matrix by patting it, but Fu Xuan told him not to make sport of her.

Jiang Yu restored the Matrix of Prescience with a few pats, allowing Fu Xuan to divine the Stellaron abominations’ whereabouts. The Ambrosial Arbor then revived, and Jiang Yu confidently proposed cutting it down.

• Jiang Yu activated the Matrix of Prescience with a few pats, astonishing Fu Xuan and the others.
• Fu Xuan used the restored matrix to divine the enemies’ location, then left to report that they were at Scalegorge Waterscape.
• March 7th spotted the Ambrosial Arbor growing again, and Welt identified a Stellaron as the likely cause.
• Jiang Yu summoned Black Cleave and said they should chop down the Ambrosial Arbor, comparing himself to the Reignbow Arbiter.
• The others stared at Jiang Yu’s apparent arrogance, while Yanqing wondered whether he could only rank second among the younger generation.

Jiang Yu could not reach the revived Ambrosial Arbor, so Jing Yuan assigned Fu Xuan to command the Cloud Knights and sent the Astral Express and Jiang Yu on separate tasks. During Siberian Duck’s stream, she watched Jiang Yu’s new PV, which showed his brutal past and ended with him reaching out to a destitute outworlder.

• Jiang Yu failed to fly close to the Ambrosial Arbor, and Qingque explained that Grotto-Heaven techniques blocked the way.
• Fu Xuan told Jing Yuan that the Matrix of Prescience had encountered an obstruction, and they suspected the Mirror Holders and the Stellaron were involved.
• Jing Yuan had Fu Xuan plan the response and gave her the command seal to lead the Cloud Knights while the Astral Express took a shortcut through the Artisanship Commission.
• Siberian Duck began a stream and opened the official Myriad Celestia PV about Jiang Yu.
• The PV showed black-robed figures repeatedly trying to force Jiang Yu to accept their idea of beauty, until he killed them and was later found by Mengming.
• The PV ended with Jiang Yu reaching out to help a destitute outworlder, who took his hand.

After Siberian Duck watched Jiang Yu’s painful past, Jiang Yu helped Jing Yuan locate hidden Mirror Holder duplicates across the Luofu. Yanqing searched Cloudford for Blade, rescued Jingliu, and told her about Jiang Yu’s extraordinary swordsmanship, leaving her eager to meet him.

• Siberian Duck watched Jiang Yu’s PV, felt saddened by his suffering, and continued the game’s quest until the story reached the wait for the next version.
• Jing Yuan asked Jiang Yu to find Mirror Holder duplicates, and Jiang Yu used Jethok’s mirror-related abilities to locate them across the Luofu.
• Jiang Yu gave the duplicates’ locations to Jing Yuan, who sent others to investigate and arrest them.
• Yanqing searched Cloudford for Blade, followed a Diting to a group of monsters, and met Jingliu after finding her surrounded by them.
• Yanqing escorted Jingliu and described Jiang Yu’s swordsmanship, making Jingliu curious to see him.

Yanqing challenged Jingliu to a contest, but she proved far stronger and nearly defeated him before Jiang Yu arrived. Jiang Yu overwhelmed Jingliu with his strength, knocked her unconscious, and prepared to take her to the Prison of Deep Seclusion.

• Yanqing confronted Jingliu at the docks and agreed to compete with her by killing the Mara-Struck Abominations, with the winner claiming information or a favor.
• Jingliu outpaced Yanqing and criticized his swordsmanship while they fought, then challenged him after they cleared the area.
• Jingliu attacked Yanqing, but he unleashed Skyfall; she met the enormous sword strike with her own, leaving Yanqing exhausted and unable to pursue her.
• As Jingliu tried to leave, Jiang Yu dropped Black Cleave onto her and then fought her, using a powerful slap to knock her unconscious.
• Jiang Yu bound Jingliu and told Yanqing they would take her to the Prison of Deep Seclusion, while Yanqing gave up hope of surpassing him.

Jingliu awoke believing she had reunited with Baiheng, Yingxing, Dan Feng, and Jing Yuan, but the dream ended with her being struck by Baiheng and waking in the Prison of Deep Seclusion. Jing Yuan recognized her as his master and detained her, while Jiang Yu and Yanqing collected a reward and continued their search for Teacher Dan Heng.

• Jingliu dreamed she had returned to the past and sparred with Baiheng, who wielded the same enormous black greatsword Jiang Yu had used.
• Baiheng struck Jingliu, causing her to wake in the Prison of Deep Seclusion and realize she had been captured.
• Jing Yuan recognized the injured woman as his master after Jiang Yu and Yanqing explained how they had found and brought her in.
• Jiang Yu argued that he and Yanqing deserved a reward for capturing a major criminal, and Jing Yuan gave them money.
• Jiang Yu and Yanqing flew away on Black Cleave to search for Teacher Dan Heng, while Yanqing celebrated the payment.

The Astral Express crew learned that Cloud Knight duplicates were likely obstructing the Alchemy Commission and accepted Fu Xuan’s plan to stop the mara-inducing smoke. Meanwhile, Dan Heng encountered Blade and Kafka, while Jiang Yu and Yanqing arrived to confront them; the chapter ended as Blade prepared to attack and Jing Yuan set out from the Prison of Deep Seclusion.

• The Astral Express crew reached the Alchemy Commission, where Welt deduced that duplicates of Cloud Knights might be causing the soldiers’ deaths and Fu Xuan later asked the crew to extinguish the alchemical furnace spreading mara-inducing smoke.
• Dan Heng crossed the Alchemy Commission alone, ignored a mirage warning him about his enemies, and continued toward Scalegorge Waterscape to find his friends.
• Jiang Yu and Yanqing caught up with Dan Heng, Blade, and Kafka, and Yanqing declared that he would arrest Blade while Jiang Yu backed him.
• Dan Heng recognized Blade’s hostility and warned Yanqing as Blade prepared to attack.
• Jing Yuan learned that Jiang Yu and Yanqing had found Blade and left the Prison of Deep Seclusion, while Jingliu realized her mind was unusually clear despite her mara-struck condition.

Blade attacked Dan Heng to force him to reveal his High Elder form, while Yanqing fought him with flying swords and a chain of Jumping Slashes. After Blade stabbed Dan Heng and triggered his transformation into Imbibitor Lunae, Jiang Yu defended Dan Heng and pointed out that he was the only one of them who could not fly.

• Blade ambushed Dan Heng and overpowered him until Yanqing intervened.
• Yanqing summoned flying swords, caught Blade’s Shard Sword, and used repeated Jumping Slashes to drive Blade back.
• Blade wounded Dan Heng with the Shard Sword, and Dan Heng transformed into the Vidyadhara High Elder Imbibitor Lunae.
• Yanqing prepared to arrest the others, but Jiang Yu went to Dan Heng’s side and treated him as a friend.
• Jiang Yu argued that Dan Heng was not Dan Feng and asked to touch his horns, while Dan Heng accepted his reassurance.
• Jiang Yu teased Blade for being the only one who could not fly, prompting the observers in the real world to laugh.

Jing Yuan’s allies moved to deal with the crisis on the Xianzhou Luofu as Fu Xuan confronted the hidden conspirators at the Purple Palace of Rosy Clouds. Phantylia revealed herself as a Lord Ravager, but Jiang Yu and Yanqing struck before she could unleash her power, shattering her Tingyun-shaped body.

• Jing Yuan greeted Dan Heng and told him that the Xianzhou still needed his help in Scalegorge Waterscape, while Yanqing realized Jing Yuan had been cooperating with the Stellaron Hunters.
• Fu Xuan and the Astral Express trio found a false Dan Shu at the Purple Palace of Rosy Clouds, where Mirror Holder Amdo Wesker explained that the lookalikes were Reflections and described his group’s plans.
• Fu Xuan revealed that the Cloud Knights had surrounded the false Tingyun, and the imposter exposed herself as Phantylia, a Lord Ravager who intended to destroy the Xianzhou Luofu.
• Jiang Yu called Yanqing in to spring their trap, and Yanqing kicked Phantylia before striking her body with Black Cleave until it shattered.
• Jiang Yu saw Phantylia’s burning spirit of stellar fire and mocked her by calling her a Wubbaboo.

Jiang Yu drove Phantylia into retreat while Jing Yuan and Dan Heng discussed the many Paths connected to him. Amdo then declared that the Mirror Holders would stay out of the Luofu crisis if Jiang Yu joined them, before departing and leaving the choice to Jiang Yu.

• Jiang Yu struck Phantylia with Black Cleave, briefly knocking her stellar-fire form solid and making her wary of him.
• Jing Yuan and Dan Heng arrived and discussed Jiang Yu's ties to Beauty, the Hunt, Elation, Harmony, and possibly Equilibrium.
• Phantylia announced that she would excuse herself, then fled from the Luofu group.
• Amdo said he had no desire to destroy the Xianzhou and invited Jiang Yu to join the Mirror Holders in their effort to restore Idrila.
• March 7th and Stelle pulled Jiang Yu back toward their group, while Welt watched Amdo thoughtfully.
• Amdo said the Mirror Holders would neither attack nor help Phantylia if Jiang Yu came with him, then bowed and vanished.

Jing Yuan explained how he had used the Stellaron Hunters and the Astral Express to expose the threats on the Luofu, then asked the Trailblaze Squad to help confront Phantylia and the Mirror Holder. The reunited crew unanimously chose to stay, and Jing Yuan led them toward Scalegorge Waterscape so Dan Heng could recover the High Elder’s memories.

• The Cloud Knights and the Astral Express Crew destroyed the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus’ reflections, while Jiang Yu explained that the Tingyun they had traveled with was Phantylia in disguise.
• Jing Yuan and Fu Xuan explained that they had known about the threats and had let the Stellaron Hunters help advance their plan to draw out the enemies and reach the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Jing Yuan revealed that Dan Heng’s High Elder memories and power were needed to part the sea at Scalegorge Waterscape, and March 7th reacted with surprise when she saw his horns.
• Jing Yuan asked the Astral Express Crew to help, and March 7th, Stelle, Dan Heng, and Jiang Yu all chose to stay and defend the Luofu.
• Jing Yuan said they would rely on the Vidyadhara elders’ incomplete Molting Rebirth and asked Dan Heng to recover the High Elder’s memories before leading the group to Scalegorge Waterscape.

At Scalegorge Waterscape, Dan Heng used the Orb of Abysmal Depths to part the sea and reveal the Vidyadhara Dragon Palace, opening the path toward the Ambrosial Arbor. Jing Yuan prepared to confront Phantylia and the Mirror Holder with the Astral Express Crew, while Jiang Yu ordered Yanqing and the Cloud Knights to stay behind.

• Jing Yuan led the group to the High Elder’s statue and asked Dan Heng to undo the seal that blocked the path to the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Siberian Duck found that the protagonist could only respond with ellipses, then talked with Jiang Yu, who encouraged Dan Heng to face his painful past and proceed.
• Dan Heng raised the Orb of Abysmal Depths, awakened the High Elder’s power, and parted the sea to reveal the Dragon Palace and the dark roots of the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Fu Xuan marveled at the revealed ruins, and Jing Yuan explained that the Vidyadhara had sacrificed their homeland to imprison the Ambrosial Arbor before assigning Fu Xuan to guard the passage.
• Jing Yuan set out to face Phantylia and the Mirror Holder with the Astral Express Crew, while Jiang Yu told Yanqing to stay behind and knocked the Cloud Knights on their helmets when they volunteered to accompany the group.

Jiang Yu helped Jing Yuan organize the Cloud Knights’ duties before the group ventured deeper into Scalegorge Waterscape to reach the Ambrosial Arbor. As Dan Heng opened the way through ancient Vidyadhara formations, the Luofu’s machine spirit awakened and countless mirrored Luofus appeared across the stars.

• Jiang Yu ordered Yanqing to join the Cloud Knights and urged the soldiers to protect civilians and secure the battlefield while Jing Yuan assigned their duties.
• Jing Yuan entrusted Fu Xuan with reporting to the other Xianzhou ships if he failed to return, and Jiang Yu rallied the Cloud Knights before the group headed into Scalegorge Waterscape.
• The Luofu’s machine spirit stirred, sending a roar through space that produced countless mirrored star fields and Luofus watched by mysterious eyes.
• Jing Yuan and the Trailblaze Squad encountered Vidyadhara mirages, and Dan Heng identified the ancient High Elder who had accepted the duty of sealing the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Dan Heng activated three ancient formations with his High Elder’s power as the group fought Abominations and Voidrangers along the way.
• The group heard a mirage of Dan Feng speaking with Yingxing, and Dan Heng recognized Dan Feng’s voice but could not identify the other man.

Dan Heng and the others reached the Ambrosial Arbor’s Profound Roots, where Jiang Yu unleashed his power as they prepared to face Phantylia. Jiang Yu encountered Amdo, a Mirror Holder who refused to fight alongside Phantylia, while Amdo’s actions in the mirror world ended with a dying man naming him Omen Falcorez.

• Dan Heng restored the final seal at the Profound Roots, and Jiang Yu unleashed his power before they entered the Arbor’s depths.
• The group approached Phantylia, who taunted Jing Yuan and praised the Ambrosial Arbor’s power to recreate life.
• Jiang Yu found Amdo in the mirrorlike floor, and Amdo explained that the Mirror Holders’ goals differed from Phantylia’s before departing.
• Amdo donned silver armor in the reflected world and pulled his sword from a dying Mirror Holder.
• The dying Mirror Holder accused Amdo of being no different from the others and called him Omen Falcorez.