Recaps

Ye Xunzhi deduced that Eileen had traveled back through time and killed her to prevent the future disaster. Believing she also had to die to return to the past, Ye Xunzhi jumped from the Cross-Sea Bridge, determined to save her family.

• Eileen fled through the city, but Ye Xunzhi caught her in an alley and inferred from her reactions that she had died and traveled back repeatedly.
• Ye Xunzhi interpreted her future self’s note as a warning to kill Eileen and then herself, while recognizing that keeping Eileen alive could preserve her current life at the cost of saving her family.
• Ye Xunzhi bound Eileen, took her to an abandoned wooden outhouse, and burned her to death.
• Ye Xunzhi went to the Cross-Sea Bridge, destroyed her phone, and jumped into the sea to return to the past.

Eileen failed to kill newborn Ye Xunzhi because the world’s protection mechanism prevented her from harming the baby, so she switched Ye Xunzhi with Lin Ranran and fled abroad. After learning what happened from Ren Chen, Ye Xunzhi chose to leave the switch in place for now and asked whether her memories could be altered to turn Eileen’s memory seal into a trap.

• Eileen disguised herself as a nurse and tried to stab newborn Ye Xunzhi, but the world’s protection mechanism stopped her and the knife fell.
• Eileen sealed Ye Xunzhi’s memories of her, switched Ye Xunzhi with Lin Ranran, arranged money for Ye Xunzhi’s parents, and fled Country Z.
• Ren Chen told Ye Xunzhi that Eileen had switched her with Lin Ranran, whose original future involved trying to ruin a rich heir’s fiancée and being left with a broken leg.
• Ye Xunzhi decided to maintain the status quo rather than immediately undo the switch.
• Ye Xunzhi asked Ren Chen whether he could alter her memories and said she wanted to use Eileen’s memory seal as the foundation for a trap.

Ye Xunzhi recovered the memories of how she had planned her own return to the past and sealed Eileen’s memories, then learned Ren Chen had brought Ye Chuyan back to protect her and had quietly helped her through Old Man Mi. She and Ren Chen parted as friends, with Ye Xunzhi now remembering him.

• Ye Xunzhi recalled designing a transmigrator-and-rebirth identity for her fourteen-year-old self and asking Ren Chen to seal Eileen’s memories of her.
• Ye Xunzhi used a projection to implant the memory-sealing light in Eileen, warning her not to let them meet again.
• After recovering her memories, Ye Xunzhi realized she had devised the method Eileen later used to kill her.
• Ren Chen admitted he had brought Ye Chuyan from just before his death to protect Ye Xunzhi, and Ye Xunzhi hugged him rather than blaming him.
• Ren Chen explained that he had used Old Man Mi’s dreams to steer him into helping Ye Xunzhi thwart Eileen’s plans.
• Ye Xunzhi thanked Ren Chen and said goodbye as his friend, promising she would not forget him.

After regaining her memories, Eileen panicked and began arranging to flee and change her face. Meanwhile, Ye Xunzhi woke aboard a ship in Country X, where Ye Chuyan confronted her about how she had arrived, leaving her to pretend she was confused.

• Eileen remembered how Ye Xunzhi had repeatedly tortured her to death and decided she had to escape.
• Eileen called a black-market doctor to arrange to change her face after realizing Ye Xunzhi had seen it.
• Ye Chuyan questioned Feilanz and Hu Feiwei about how they had brought Ye Xunzhi aboard, and Feilanz claimed they were mercenaries devoted to world peace.
• Ye Chuyan heard Ye Xunzhi silently invent implausible explanations for her presence and realized she was awake.
• Ye Chuyan pinched Ye Xunzhi's cheeks until she opened her eyes and pretended to be surprised to see him.
• Flying Pigeon rushed to Ye Xunzhi's bedside and celebrated that she had woken up.

Ye Xunzhi reunited with Ye Chuyan and bonded with his teammates during the voyage home, while memories of her Fourth Brother made her emotional. After reaching shore, she called Ye Lan, who confronted her for making him take the blame for her week away, and she clung to Ye Chuyan for help.

• Flying Pigeon and the rescue team welcomed Ye Xunzhi after she woke, then took her for a checkup while Ye Chuyan watched them fuss over his little sister.
• Ye Chuyan offered Ye Xunzhi lemon-flavored Swiss candy, triggering memories of her Fourth Brother and making her cry; he promised to protect her and buy her candy.
• During the four-day voyage, Ye Xunzhi became popular with the navy, and Commander-in-Chief Peng recalled hearing about her from Commander Hu after a pirate incident.
• After the ship docked, Ye Xunzhi turned on her phone and found a flood of messages from Ye Lan, then called him back.
• Ye Lan accused Ye Xunzhi of making him take the blame for her week away, and she pleaded with Ye Chuyan to save her when he returned with the car.

Ye Xunzhi reunited with Fu Mu, who mistook her absence for worry over Ye Chuyan and offered her a Rolls-Royce as comfort. Old Master Xi arrived and recognized Ye Xunzhi as the powerful person who had rescued him and Fu Mu, then watched in alarm as Fu Mu patted her head.

• Ye Xunzhi begged Ye Chuyan to help her, but their argument was interrupted when Fu Mu recognized her.
• Fu Mu asked Ye Xunzhi why she had missed school, and Ye Xunzhi claimed she had stayed home while Fu Mu assumed she had been worried about Ye Chuyan.
• Fu Mu offered Ye Chuyan her family's Rolls-Royce and driver, and Ye Xunzhi struggled to hide her excitement.
• Fu Mu introduced Old Master Xi to Ye Xunzhi, and he recognized her as the powerful rescuer who had protected him and Fu Mu.
• Old Master Xi watched Fu Mu pat Ye Xunzhi's head and panicked over his granddaughter's familiarity with her.

Ye Xunzhi avoided revealing her identity to Fu Mu while Old Master Xi hurried Lu Hua away before he could expose anything. After spending the afternoon helping Fu Mu study, Ye Xunzhi returned to the Ye Family Villa and found that someone had added her to a WeChat group.

• Fu Mu introduced Ye Xunzhi to Old Master Xi, who concealed their prior connection and dragged Lu Hua away when he nearly mentioned the terrorists' base.
• Ye Xunzhi arranged for Fu Mu to ride home in her brother's car, and driver Ma delivered the Rolls-Royce to the Ye Group building.
• Fu Mu invited Ye Xunzhi and Ye Chuyan to Fan Feixue's wedding, while Ye Xunzhi imagined a chaotic romance involving the bride, groom, best friend, and best man.
• Ye Xunzhi declined the wedding invitation and agreed to help Fu Mu with biology, spending the afternoon answering her questions.
• Ye Xunzhi returned to the Ye Family Villa and discovered she had been added to the WeChat group Three bungling cobblers and one Zhuge Liang.

Ye Xunzhi asked Feilanz to find Eileen and suggested searching for underground plastic surgery clinics after realizing Eileen might have changed her appearance. She began training early for upcoming operations, while Old Master Ye overheard her running commentary about the neighbors’ private lives.

• Ye Xunzhi saw Hu Feiwei rename their group twice, then called Feilanz to ask about his search for Eileen.
• Feilanz said Eileen’s trail had gone cold in Country M, so Ye Xunzhi told him to investigate nearby underground clinics that performed plastic surgery.
• Ye Xunzhi approved Feilanz’s estimate of half a month to investigate and returned home, where Fourth Brother brought her warm milk at Grandfather’s request.
• Ye Xunzhi began joining Old Master Ye for five-o’clock morning runs to improve her fitness for upcoming operations.
• As they ran, Ye Xunzhi mentally gossiped about the neighbors, and Old Master Ye overheard her surprising observations.

Ye Xunzhi prepared to travel to Country M to investigate the secret research institute connected to Eileen, recruiting Merlot and her team. Ren Chen gave her a bracelet that would let him communicate with her during the dangerous mission and arranged a way for her to leave her family; she set off to bring the game toward its final chapter.

• Ye Xunzhi received Feilanz’s report that Eileen had abandoned a plastic surgery appointment after seeing a message mentioning a research institute, which Feilanz traced to a guarded castle in Country M.
• Ye Xunzhi asked Merlot to cancel her current job and bring her team, then had Feilanz book her a flight to Country M for the castle owner’s grandson’s birthday gathering.
• Ren Chen appeared in Ye Xunzhi’s bedroom, noticed her heightened vigilance, and offered her a Four-Leaf Clover Bracelet that would let him communicate with her for six hours during the mission.
• Ye Xunzhi thanked Ren Chen and asked him to help her find an excuse to leave her family; he promised to handle it and told her to set off the next day.
• After Ren Chen left, Ye Xunzhi resolved to protect her family and control her destiny as she prepared for the game’s final chapter.

Ye Xunzhi arrived in Country M and gathered her team to prepare for a mission at a heavily defended Castle where Eileen was attending a banquet. She sent Wade to help Feilanz at the base while she and Merlot’s group moved toward the Castle to begin the operation.

• Ye Xunzhi arrived in Country M, met Bowen, and told him to hide three Trackers on the cars they would use for the mission.
• Bowen’s dad concluded that Ye Xunzhi was a meticulous major player and advised Bowen to follow her lead.
• Ye Xunzhi met up with Merlot, Feilanz, and the others, then listened as Feilanz described the Castle’s defenses and the limits of his intelligence.
• Ye Xunzhi assigned Wade to help Feilanz at the base, while Ximi stayed to guard them.
• Ye Xunzhi checked the time, gave Feilanz candy, put on her headset, and led the group toward the Castle.

Ye Xunzhi infiltrated the Castle, persuaded Professor Li to guide her into the Underground Research Institute, and coordinated a diversion to distract old Mr. Eiwate. The chapter ended as Merlot and the others opened fire on the hall, plunging the guests into panic.

• Ye Xunzhi disguised herself as a waitress and learned from Ren Chen that Eileen was held on the fourth basement level of the institute.
• Professor Li discovered Ye Xunzhi had incapacitated Professor Robert, then agreed to pose as her guide into the institute.
• Ye Xunzhi disguised herself in Professor Li's white coat and led him toward the secret entrance.
• Ye Xunzhi signaled her allies, and Merlot and the others shattered the hall's glass with gunfire.
• The guests panicked, and old Mr. Eiwate demanded to know what was happening.

Ye Xunzhi’s team attacked the underground research institute, destroying its laboratories while she pushed toward her target. As the team began withdrawing, Wade attacked Feilanz and Ximi, but a sniper intervened, leaving Feilanz to suspect Ye Xunzhi had anticipated the betrayal.

• Eileen learned Ye Xunzhi was attacking the institute and raised the alarm, prompting old Eiwate to send armed forces below.
• Ye Xunzhi blasted through the institute with grenades, learned it was conducting illegal brain-transplant experiments, and entered a restricted area with Professor Li’s help.
• Ren Chen warned Ye Xunzhi that they had about fifteen minutes before the exits could be blocked, so she ordered Merlot and the others to withdraw.
• Wade shot Feilanz and knocked Ximi aside, but a sniper’s fire forced him to flee before he could kill them.
• Hu Feiwei arrived after Ye Xunzhi called him back, and Feilanz wondered whether she had foreseen the attack after reading her warning on a candy wrapper.

Ye Xunzhi escaped the castle after killing Eileen, then tracked down Wade and confronted him about his connection to Eileen’s world. Wade revealed that he wanted to restore his destroyed world and reunite with his lover by helping Eileen take this world’s energy.

• Ye Xunzhi killed Eileen at the fourth-level emergency exit and left the castle with Professor Li and Ren Chen.
• Ye Xunzhi told Bowen to follow the tracker and pursue Wade, whom she called the last parasite.
• Wade switched cars and drove to a dilapidated factory, where Ye Xunzhi confronted him at gunpoint.
• Ye Xunzhi accused Wade of coming from the same world as Eileen, and Wade admitted it.
• Wade explained that Eileen had destroyed his world and that he wanted to help her take this world’s energy so she could restore his lover.

Ye Xunzhi exposed and killed Wade, then explained how she had uncovered his role in Eileen’s plans and poisoned him over time. After celebrating with her companions, she returned home to find her family waiting for her, and Ren Chen told her she had won back her life.

• Ye Xunzhi accused Wade of helping Eileen for his own ambitions, then revealed that slow-acting poison had been placed in his food and killed him when it took effect.
• Ye Xunzhi explained that she had traced Eileen’s information to Wade through a hint left for her younger self and had arranged the poison with Merlot.
• Ye Xunzhi reunited with Merlot, Feilanz, Hu Feiwei, Bowen, and the others, then agreed to spend a day at the amusement park with them.
• Ye Xunzhi returned home at dawn and found Ye Lan, Ye Xiao, Old Master Ye, Ye Yunhuai, Ye Chuyan, and Ye Qi'an waiting to share breakfast with her.
• Ren Chen congratulated Ye Xunzhi on reclaiming her life and told her that a sky full of stars would pave her way.

After Eileen’s death, Ren Chen prepared to leave the garden and join Ye Xunzhi in the human world, where he transferred into her school and openly declared how much he liked her. Their schoolmates and teacher reacted to his closeness with Ye Xunzhi, and the chapter ended when her Fifth Brother caught them together and objected to their relationship.

• Ye Xunzhi visited Ren Chen, who confirmed he could descend into the world and promised to join her after arranging an identity.
• Ren Chen accidentally enabled mind reading, learned Ye Xunzhi’s thoughts, and turned the ability off, though it would take three days to shut down completely.
• Ren Chen created a wealthy orphan background, bought a house near the Ye Family, and transferred to Ye Xunzhi’s school.
• At school, Fu Mu challenged Ren Chen’s claim that Ye Xunzhi liked him best, and Ye Xunzhi said she liked Ren Chen best but loved Fu Mu most.
• Shi Dashang questioned Ren Chen about his interest in Ye Xunzhi, and Ren Chen sincerely called her his best friend while asking to sit beside her.
• After school, Ye Xiao saw Ren Chen with Ye Xunzhi and shouted that he objected, while Yu Yuan tried to hold him back.