Chapter Summaries

Jing Jiu confronted the Green Mountain Patriarch and learned that the patriarch was the Enlightener who meant to control him for humanity’s future. Meanwhile, True Person Tan reached the Ancestral Star, escaped an ambush, and rang a bell that caused the Sun to engulf a passing golden planet.

• Flower Creek challenged Jing Jiu’s belief that his survival meant humanity’s survival, while Jing Jiu argued that he was humanity in a certain sense.
• The Green Mountain Patriarch admitted that he was the Enlightener and said he had a responsibility to preserve Jing Jiu as the god’s hope for humanity.
• Jing Jiu concluded that the patriarch had orchestrated Shen Yunmai’s injuries and identified him as the Night Queen’s adoptive father and the Enlightener.
• Jing Jiu declared that whoever survived would be right, framing the conflict with the patriarch as a contest to destroy the other.
• True Person Tan and a Biochemical Human military officer reached the Ancestral Star, where an attack destroyed their apparent bodies and left Tan on the planet’s surface.
• True Person Tan solved a cube puzzle, retrieved a bell, and rang it, causing a point of light on the Ancestral Star to blaze as the Sun’s flame engulfed a golden planet.

The Green Mountain Patriarch and Fei prepared for the coming battle while Jing Jiu was restrained by the new Heaven-Bearing Sword and surrounded by Ascension Ones. As Jing Jiu neared the loss of his consciousness, Xilai asked whether he could become eternal, and Jing Jiu answered yes.

• The Green Mountain Patriarch and Fei discussed sparing True Person Tan and Xilai, and sparing Jingyang if he surrendered.
• True Person Tan rang the Jingyun Bell three times, stirring the sun into attacking the warship, while the Green Mountain Patriarch deflected its light plasma.
• Flower Creek used the program-like new Heaven-Bearing Sword to bind Jing Jiu and began turning him into a Star-Level Weapon.
• More than ten thousand warships and the Ascension Ones gathered around Jing Jiu as his consciousness faded.
• Xilai asked Jing Jiu if he could become eternal, and Jing Jiu answered yes before telling him, “Don't.”

Xilai woke from the flood of information in his spiritual world and faced General Li in a duel across the Asteroid Belt. After their sword contest ended without a winner, General Li’s warships closed in, and Xilai detonated the Nuclear Reactor in his body, engulfing them both in light.

• Jing Jiu’s information flood washed away the river in Xilai’s spiritual world, allowing Xilai to awaken and destroy the Young Daoist there.
• Xilai rejected Jing Jiu’s offer of a way out and told General Li that his changed perspective made him unwilling to accept what had been done to him.
• Xilai and General Li faced each other across the Asteroid Belt and turned its meteorites into swords, exhausting the belt in a clash of Oneness of All Things.
• As their sword contest ended, General Li’s warships fired laser beams and the remaining meteorites shifted, bringing Xilai and General Li close together.
• Xilai reminded General Li that their previous fight had not counted, then detonated the Nuclear Reactor in his body, engulfing both swordsmen in brilliant light.

Xilai used his final sword strike, the Shadow of Death, against General Li after a nuclear reactor exploded in the asteroid belt. He explained to Jing Jiu why he had accepted death, then lowered his arms and died.

• A nuclear reactor exploded in the asteroid belt, leaving Xilai and General Li gravely wounded while Jing Jiu and Flower Creek remained inside the ice.
• Xilai formed twelve stone pillars from the meteorite debris to block the fleet's weapons, then unleashed the Shadow of Death against General Li.
• The stone man of Chenwu Mountain shielded General Li, but Xilai's attack carved a deep gouge into his back.
• Xilai told Jing Jiu that he had chosen death after reflecting on a bird's corpse and that Jing Jiu could live on in his place.
• Xilai said he was tired, lowered his arms like a dying bird, and died.

Jing Jiu used a lethal drug to briefly clear his mind, then combined his cultivation with technology to attack General Li across thousands of kilometers. The chapter ended with General Li realizing Jing Jiu had already united the two civilizations.

• After Xilai’s death, the Ascension Ones reacted to his decision to side with Jing Jiu, while the Stone Man of Chenwu Mountain carried General Li toward a warship.
• Jing Jiu swallowed a vial of Shen Yunmai’s drug, suppressing the flood of information from human civilization and briefly restoring his clarity.
• Jing Jiu recognized the Green Mountain Patriarch’s program as a new Heaven-Bearing Sword that bound him like a chain and prevented him from using his usual techniques.
• Jing Jiu detonated a Nuclear Reactor near the Thousand-Mile Ice Seal Formation, melting the formation and filling his body with high-energy particles.
• Jing Jiu formed an almost invisible sword-thread that pierced General Li and sent superheavy particles through his body, destroying its crystal cores.
• General Li felt Jing Jiu’s attack and realized that Jing Jiu had achieved a union of cultivation and technological civilization.

General Li died after helping sever the filament linking Jing Jiu to the nuclear blast, while Jing Jiu escaped with Flower Creek amid the confusion. Days later, Jing Jiu emerged from an unexploded bomb and sought help from the sewer.

• The Stone Man of Chenwushan severed the filament inside General Li, who died after ordering him to preserve and study it.
• Jing Jiu wrapped Flower Creek in a Green Mountain Sword Formation and carried her into the nuclear fireball as the thread snapped back.
• The girl concluded that Jing Jiu had escaped by giving up on himself, while True Person Tan had also fled.
• The Military sealed the Curvature-Rate Channel entrances and destroyed pirate bases while searching the Beyond the Mist Star System for Jing Jiu.
• Jing Jiu emerged from an unexploded electromagnetic beam bomb, walked into a city, and asked the sewer for help.
• A faint voice from the sewer answered Jing Jiu with a chirp.

Jing Jiu used the Galaxy Alliance’s surveillance network to locate Snow Ji, but collapsed when she emerged from a sewer. Zhong Lizi returned to her former life in the Underground District after losing her positions, where a white-clad maiden and a white cat appeared at her door.

• Jing Jiu traced signs linked to Snow Ji and Cold Cicada to a mining planet, then waited in the rain for them to appear.
• Cold Cicada and the mosquitoes emerged from the sewer, followed by a frightened Snow Ji, and Jing Jiu collapsed.
• Zhong Lizi was stripped of her positions and returned to her apartment in the Underground District.
• Zhong Lizi reflected on how much her life had changed, watched the news, and resolved to avenge Jing Jiu and address the threats facing humanity.
• A familiar knock brought Zhong Lizi to the door, where she found a white-clad maiden; inside, a long-haired white cat examined the photograph of Xiao Huang.

In the rain-soaked slums, Jing Jiu recovered in the Underground Waterway and asked Snow Ji to remove the ring that was letting the Maiden Priest attack his consciousness. Snow Ji froze and shattered it, but Jing Jiu swallowed the fragments as faint cracks sounded inside his body.

• Cold Cicada opened the Military Travel Bag, and Flower Creek woke to find Jing Jiu lying in the rain with Snow Ji nearby.
• Jing Jiu awoke in the Underground Waterway while Flower Creek massaged his head and Snow Ji watched him warily.
• Jing Jiu explained that the ring was preventing him from escaping the Maiden Priest’s attacks and pressured Snow Ji to help remove it.
• Snow Ji revealed that she feared the Maiden Priest could discover and rewrite her, then agreed to help after Jing Jiu threatened to reveal her location.
• Snow Ji used an exceptionally sophisticated Heaven-Bearing Sword Formation and extreme cold to disable the ring’s miniature formations.
• Jing Jiu shattered the frozen ring, swallowed its fragments, and heard faint cracks inside his body.

Snow Ji suppressed the Heaven-Bearing Sword program in Jing Jiu by lowering his consciousness with extreme cold, leaving him calm but seemingly vacant. The group left the sewer as snow began falling across the locked-down planet, while Jing Jiu and his companions walked away from the city.

• Jing Jiu asked Snow Ji to remove the Heaven-Bearing Sword, but she could not erase the program and instead froze him into a hibernation-like state.
• After Cold Cicada woke him, Jing Jiu no longer felt pain, and the sword’s light cord remained steadily visible around his wrist.
• Snow Ji, Jing Jiu, Flower Creek, and Cold Cicada traveled through the Underground Waterway, where the group’s cold froze the Space Pirates and their supplies.
• The planet’s lockdown continued as people gathered supplies, and rain turned to snow across the city.
• Flower Creek carried Snow Ji while Jing Jiu followed her away from the city.

Zhao Layue arrived at Star Gate Base and found Zhong Lizi, hoping to learn what had happened to Jing Jiu. After surveying his former apartment, she confronted the military surveillance surrounding it and destroyed their equipment.

• Zhao Layue reached Star Gate Base after arriving in the Galaxy Alliance and went directly to Zhong Lizi’s apartment.
• Zhao Layue introduced herself, and Zhong Lizi explained how Jing Jiu had left the Capital Planet after a meeting with General Li and how the Priest Academy had later driven her away.
• Zhong Lizi warned Zhao Layue that the apartment was under heavy surveillance, but Zhao Layue and Liu A'da remained unconcerned.
• Zhong Lizi showed Zhao Layue where Jing Jiu had stayed and said she had not seen him for several days; Zhao Layue said she had not seen him for five hundred years.
• The military command center spotted Zhao Layue at the window, and she looked toward them, shattering the surveillance equipment aimed at the apartment.

Zhao Layue arrived at Zhong Lizi’s apartment, destroyed the military surveillance equipment, and tested the strength of a heavy gun before settling in to search for Jing Jiu. Her search led to contact with Colonel Ran, who recognized her as a character from the novel and asked her to meet.

• Zhao Layue destroyed the military’s surveillance equipment and confronted the soldiers monitoring Zhong Lizi, testing a heavy gun against her palm before leaving.
• Zhao Layue told Zhong Lizi she would stay in the apartment for a few days and began studying the world’s military technology on Jing Jiu’s computer.
• Jing Jiu’s computer displayed the question “Who are you?” and then connected Zhao Layue with Colonel Ran, his secretary.
• Ran Handong recognized Zhao Layue from the novel and game, then asked her to come meet so she could explain what had happened.

Zhao Layue settled into life at Star Gate Base while waiting for Jing Jiu, then decided to travel to the Capital Planet to seek his allies. As she left for the market, the military tried to stop her with gunfire and a beam of light, and she raised an ancient bronze mirror to face it.

• Zhao Layue used Ran Handong's information to locate the sealed Asteroid Belt near the Scorpion Tail Nebula and decided to wait for Jing Jiu at Star Gate Base.
• Zhao Layue and Big One moved in with Zhong Lizi, explored local food, and grew closer to her as Zhao Layue learned about the Galaxy Alliance.
• Zhong Lizi took Zhao Layue and Big One to Mr. Dan's shop for a wristband and pet chip, then brought Zhao Layue to the night market and a hair salon.
• After several hotpot meals, Zhao Layue decided to seek Blade Sage Cao Yuan, True Person Tan, and Xilai, and planned to go to the Capital Planet.
• An officer carrying a Green Mountain Sect Mountain Gate Sword Talisman confronted Zhao Layue as she headed to the market, and long-range electromagnetic guns failed to penetrate her sword formation.
• A white pillar of light descended onto Zhao Layue, and she raised an ancient bronze mirror to meet it.

Zhao Layue reflected a Laser Main Cannon shot back at the warship that fired it, then cut down the soldiers and snipers in Minsheng District. After sharing dinner with Zhong Lizi, she invited her to leave with her the next morning, and the two departed together.

• Zhao Layue used the Azure Sky Mirror to reflect the Laser Main Cannon beam and destroy the attacking warship.
• Zhao Layue killed the military officer, snipers, and other soldiers in Minsheng District with the Unthought Sword.
• Zhao Layue bought ingredients at the Market and cooked dinner for Zhong Lizi, who asked whether the blood in the dish was human.
• Zhao Layue asked Zhong Lizi to come with her, and Zhong Lizi agreed.
• Zhao Layue established a sword formation in the apartment, then left with Zhong Lizi the next morning as residents watched the Unthought Sword depart.

Zhao Layue visited the Star Gate Priestess, received information about the Flower Household and priestesses, and left three letters for future arrivals. She then took Zhong Lizi and Big One aboard the Thunder God mecha and departed, but a mysterious force disrupted Ran Handong’s data connection and warned Zhao Layue to stop.

• Zhao Layue toured Shou'er City with Zhong Lizi before they went to the Sacrificial Hall to meet the Star Gate Priestess.
• The Star Gate Priestess gave Zhao Layue a scroll about the Flower Household and priestess history, and Zhao Layue left three letters with instructions for people surnamed Liu, Zhuo, or Tong.
• Zhao Layue declined the Priestess’s offer of an unmarked spaceship and said that more people would arrive and that her side would ultimately win any war.
• The Thunder God mecha started without warning at Star Gate University and flew out of the atmosphere, while the campus staff and military officers watched in shock.
• Zhao Layue, Zhong Lizi, and Big One rode inside the Thunder God as the Silver Computer controlled it using authorization arranged by Ran Handong.
• An unknown force erased Ran Handong’s data connection, and a message appeared: “Cocoon Breaker, you’ve crossed the line.”

Zhao Layue continued toward the Capital Planet after speaking with the Maiden Priest, while Chen Ya avoided confronting her and went to find Cao Yuan. Chen Ya showed Cao Yuan a coffin containing General Li and claimed it held the immortal remains of True Person Chunyang.

• Zhao Layue asked the Maiden Priest to stop the Thunder God or make the warships fire, and promised to come see her if she could do nothing; the Maiden Priest said she would wait.
• Chen Ya watched reports of Zhao Layue's passage through the Stellar Core Fleet's wreckage and ordered his warship to change course for Forward Base Three instead of pursuing her.
• Chen Ya landed on a scorched planet and called for Cao Yuan, saying Jing Jiu and Redpine True Person were dead and humanity needed Cao Yuan.
• Cao Yuan emerged from the softened surface and rejected Chen Ya's claim that Jing Jiu was dead, insisting that Jingyang could not die.
• Chen Ya opened a passage through the solidifying surface and brought an enormous transparent coffin before Cao Yuan, revealing General Li inside as the immortal remains of True Person Chunyang.

Zhao Layue drove Thunder God toward the Capital Planet while the Galaxy Alliance watched, and Ran Handong was detained before being ordered to meet Zhong Lizi. Zhao Layue then reached the Ancient Castle and confronted the girl there, asking whether she was an ancient computer.

• Chen Ya showed Cao Yuan General Li's remains and questioned whether Jing Jiu could survive when General Li had died.
• Zhao Layue monitored Thunder God’s progress, searched for Shen Yunmai, and kept the mecha under military surveillance as it approached the Capital Planet.
• Major General Ran confronted Ran Handong over her contact with Thunder God, but a message arrived ordering her to pick someone up.
• Zhong Lizi left Thunder God at the Return Base and reunited with Ran Handong, while the cockpit was empty and Big One was gone.
• Zhao Layue reached the Ancient Castle with the white cat, questioned the girl about being an ancient computer, and heard her call the cat a modified beast.

Zhao Layue met the girl who embodied Human Civilization and learned why she refused to join forces with Jing Jiu, while the girl warned that Jing Jiu would die within a little over a hundred days. After leaving the castle, Zhao Layue asked an azure bird whether it could possess the girl.

• Big One disabled the castle's surveillance devices, chips, streetlights, and several satellites while the girl recognized his strength.
• The girl told Zhao Layue the full story, then explained that her position and wishes came from the God who created her.
• The girl described Chen Ya, Zeng Ju, and the Great Compassion Monk as they struggled over whether to help humanity, and said she and Shen Green Mountain were the world's unified will.
• Zhao Layue declared that she would try to replace the girl and Shen Green Mountain with Jing Jiu, and said Jing Jiu's survival meant she could survive too.
• The girl warned Zhao Layue that Jing Jiu would die in a little over a hundred days, and Zhao Layue told her to pray before leaving the castle.
• Zhao Layue took the Hover Train to the Capital Special District, where an azure bird landed beside her window and she asked whether it could possess the girl.

Zhao Layue confirmed that Jing Jiu was still alive and, after meeting Ran Handong, happily rode an electronic hoverboard through the Capital Special District. Elsewhere, a lonely boy watched snow fall on a polluted planet and played a harmonica.

• Qing'er told Zhao Layue that possessing Fei was impossible because she was too vast and existed everywhere.
• Zhao Layue admitted her worry about Jing Jiu and relaxed after confirming he was alive.
• Ran Handong and Zhong Lizi met Zhao Layue, who became interested in the electronic hoverboards outside.
• Zhao Layue rode a hoverboard through the square as Zhong Lizi and Ran Handong watched her enjoy herself.
• On a polluted planet near the Scorpion Tail Nebula, a boy watched falling snow, recited fragments of a poem, and played a harmonica.

Jing Jiu lived in seclusion with Flower Creek and Snow Ji while operating at the lowest level of his power, appearing almost like a fool. As news reported unusual stellar activity and a Spatial Fissure, Flower Creek asked him how to season dinner, and Jing Jiu answered that wheat fields had no meaning.

• Eve sent the teenagers home from the court as snow fell and noticed Jing Jiu playing a harmonica on a wall.
• Jing Jiu returned to his apartment in Zone Seven, where Flower Creek watched television with Snow Ji and had forgotten to cook.
• Cold Cicada, disguised as Snow Ji's bow, told Jing Jiu that Flower Creek seemed to be having another episode.
• Jing Jiu watched the news about unusual stellar activity and a Spatial Fissure while Flower Creek prepared hot-and-sour cabbage.
• Flower Creek asked whether to use white vinegar or aged vinegar, and Jing Jiu replied that wheat fields had no meaning.

Jing Jiu settled into a quiet life with Snow Ji and Flower Creek, but a nighttime headache revealed how fragile his condition remained. After receiving community activity-class leaflets, he decided he wanted to learn the piano.

• Jing Jiu ate dinner and washed the dishes while Flower Creek and Snow Ji watched a variety show.
• A community worker named Eve left identity-verification forms and activity-class leaflets, and Jing Jiu showed interest in the classes.
• Snow Ji used extreme cold to suppress Jing Jiu's nighttime headache, freezing the room and its hot-water pipe.
• Flower Creek woke cold the next morning, and Jing Jiu asked Snow Ji to fix the heat.
• Jing Jiu studied the leaflets over breakfast and said he wanted to learn the piano.