Chapter Summaries

Luo Li visited Ms. Herta to trade samples of his Path of [Data] power for research on making higher-dimensional possibilities into real beings, hoping to bring his daughter back. With the deal secured, he left to gather the remaining cornerstones needed to stabilize their existence.

• Luo Li and his companions entered Herta Space Station and used a data passage to reach Ms. Herta’s private laboratory.
• Luo Li offered Ms. Herta real samples of the Path of [Data] and help with her Simulated Universe project in exchange for research into solidifying possibilities into independent existence.
• Luo Li told Ms. Herta that he wanted to bring his daughter back, and she agreed to provide the research and partial access to the Simulated Universe’s underlying architecture.
• Luo Li and Ms. Herta signed a contract requiring him to provide regular samples and cooperate with harmless experiments involving Aeonic authority and reality.
• After leaving the station, Luo Li said they still needed cornerstones to keep existence stable before he could begin the final writing.

Luo Yi left the Garden of Recollection to discover how memories could become alive, then built the Miniature Universe with Lu Jingheng and collaborated with Herta on memory and simulation research. As his emotions faded, he cast a final fragment named Luo Li into the Miniature Universe and remained outside to observe, risking the loss of his own identity.

• Luo Yi questioned whether archived memories were truly alive, left the Garden of Recollection, and met the nascent data consciousness he named Lu Jingheng.
• Luo Yi and Lu Jingheng built the Miniature Universe, where interacting memories evolved into new emotional patterns.
• Luo Yi expanded the experiment until Lu Jingheng warned that his emotions were fading, but Luo Yi continued creating and observing personality fragments, including Luo Li.
• Luo Yi visited Herta's space station, drew her attention with a paradox puzzle, and admitted he had lost sight of his search for living memories.
• Luo Yi and Herta collaborated on the Miniature Universe and Simulated Universe, and Luo Yi began to recover some of his curiosity and emotion.
• Luo Yi told Lu Jingheng he would split off a final fragment, then cast Luo Li into the Miniature Universe and stayed behind as its observer.

Luo Li sought Ruan Mei’s help to make his daughters, Shiyu and Shiyi, fully real and stable, and agreed to let her study limited records of his consciousness-stabilization work. After receiving a Life Source Seed from her, he decided he still needed a safe, stable world as their cradle and prepared to return home.

• Luo Li located Ruan Mei’s hidden workshop and explained that his daughters were projections of possibility with genuine soul imprints that needed to be anchored in reality.
• Ruan Mei asked for microscopic data records of Luo Li’s attempts to stabilize consciousness, and Luo Li agreed with strict limits on observation, copying, and research use.
• Ruan Mei gave Luo Li a Life Source Seed to support his attempt to solidify Shiyu and Shiyi.
• Luo Li concluded that he needed a safe, stable world to serve as his daughters’ cradle and decided to return to a world tied to him.

Luo Li reshaped Earth into a sanctuary and used [Data], research from Herta and Ruan Mei, and his daughters’ possibility projections to bring Luo Shiyu and Luo Shiyi into reality. He and Castorice welcomed their newborn daughters, and the family was reunited.

• Luo Li arrived on a restored Earth with Castorice, Kong Yan'er, and Cerydra, who discussed the planet and the limits of Cerydra’s ambitions.
• Luo Li used his [Data] authority to build a sanctuary where he could welcome his daughters.
• Luo Li combined Herta Space Station’s existence-anchoring research, Ruan Mei’s life data, and the girls’ possibility projections to stabilize their existence.
• Luo Li successfully brought Luo Shiyu and Luo Shiyi into the world as newborns.
• Luo Li placed one baby in Castorice’s arms and held the other as Castorice celebrated their reunion with their daughters.

After reuniting with their daughters, Luo Li and Castorice learned that Qingqiu Ze had also participated in the earlier sandbox experiment and was now a powerful Borisin leader on Yaoqing. Luo Li chose to focus on caring for Shiyu and Shiyi, leaving a future meeting with Qingqiu Ze for another time.

• Cerydra left with Kong Yan'er, who offered to escort her back to Okhema.
• Lu Jingheng told Luo Li that Qingqiu Ze had been another participant in the sandbox experiment.
• Lu Jingheng revealed that Qingqiu Ze was a White Wolf Group director on Yaoqing and a powerful Borisin ally of the Xianzhou Alliance.
• Luo Li declined to contact Qingqiu Ze for now, saying that caring for Shiyu and Shiyi came first.
• Lu Jingheng archived the information and withdrew, leaving Luo Li and Castorice with their daughters.

Luo Li and Castorice cared for their newborn daughters, Shiyu and Shiyi, and discovered that each girl had inherited a faint trace of one parent's powers. As Lu Jingheng reported that the girls and their home remained safe, Luo Li received reassurance that he was becoming a competent father.

• Luo Li and Castorice soothed Shiyu and Shiyi, learning that the older Shiyu preferred calm while the younger Shiyi was energetic and curious.
• Shiyu briefly affected the flow of time, while Shiyi made tiny data lights appear, revealing that the sisters had inherited traces of their parents' powers.
• Luo Li built sturdier cribs and reinforced the courtyard's life force field to keep the girls safe.
• Lu Jingheng reported that the girls were stable and that reconstruction of the outside world was progressing without danger.
• Luo Li asked Lu Jingheng whether he was a competent father, and Lu Jingheng's analysis affirmed his growing skill and the girls' affection for him.
• Luo Li and Castorice put their sleeping daughters in their cribs and shared a moment of contentment together.

Luo Li and Castorice adjusted their intimacy after he admitted he was exhausted, then spent three days together while his parents were away. The visit left Luo Li more comfortable telling Castorice when he needed rest, though he decided he should improve his stamina.

• Castorice suggested taking a break after noticing Luo Li was tired, and they agreed to try other ways of being intimate instead.
• Luo Li invited Castorice to stay at his home while his parents were away, and she agreed after Ms. Amonet gave her permission to visit.
• Luo Li and Castorice spent the first afternoon together, being intimate, making egg fried rice, and talking about enjoying their time as a couple.
• Castorice fell asleep as they talked, and Luo Li promised himself he would tell her when he was tired and start working out.

Three years after high school, Luo Li worked as a software developer while Castorice pursued a master's degree, and they built a life together in a small rented apartment. As they ended the day in each other’s arms, they agreed to marry after Castorice graduated and imagined a home, a cat, and a child.

• Luo Li and Castorice shared breakfast before leaving separately for his office and her laboratory, exchanging messages during their busy day.
• Luo Li fixed a work bug, prepared for a client demonstration, and stayed late while thinking about supporting their future.
• Yang Shan messaged Luo Li about meeting for a drink and teased him about marrying Castorice after she graduated.
• Luo Li returned home to find Castorice reading, and they talked about their work, his choice to enter the workforce, and how they supported each other.
• Castorice proposed that they marry when she graduated, buy a small home, get a cat, and have a child when they were ready, and Luo Li agreed.

Luo Li and Castorice spent a romantic evening together after Castorice surprised him with dinner, a suggestive question, and a new kind of condom. They ended the night sharing barbecue and arranged to take three days off together the following week.

• Castorice cooked Luo Li his favorite dishes, and they talked over dinner about work and her thesis.
• After Castorice showered, she asked Luo Li whether he wanted dinner, a bath, or her first, and they became intimate using the special condoms she had bought.
• Castorice told Luo Li the experience had been intense but enjoyable, and they agreed to use the new condoms no more than once a week.
• The couple ordered spicy barbecue, and Castorice explained that she had missed spending time with Luo Li; he promised to take three days off with her the following week.
• Castorice teased Luo Li that next time she would ask whether he wanted dinner, a shower, or to be eaten by her.

Qingqiu Ze led the White Wolf Guard in a training exchange before Feixiao arrived with news that the Moon-Eating Hunter Pack had regrouped alongside suspected Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. He prepared to deploy the White Wolf Guard to the Desolate Wolf Star Region, leaving Ningli and Feixiao hoping he would return safely.

• Qingqiu Ze directed the White Wolf Guard through a mock battle, where they marked the Qingqiu Army squad's objective three times and won.
• Ningli brought Qingqiu Ze scarlet cherry cakes and floating goat milk, then told him Feixiao was coming with urgent military business.
• Feixiao told Qingqiu Ze that the Moon-Eating Hunter Pack had regrouped in the Desolate Wolf Star Region, possibly with the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, while the Qingqiu main force was occupied near Zhuming.
• Qingqiu Ze accepted the mission and ordered the White Wolf Guard's First and Third Assault Teams to prepare for departure within four hours.
• Feixiao warned Qingqiu Ze to be careful, and Ningli silently wished him victory as he left for the assembly port.

Qingqiu Ze led the White Wolf Group in a stealth reconnaissance mission at K7 and confirmed that the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus were operating an active Flesh Workshop. After the workshop’s creatures discovered the North Wind, Qingqiu Ze fought them off and prepared to delay the approaching forces until General Feixiao’s main force arrived.

• Qingqiu Ze ordered the White Wolf Group to investigate the Moon-Eating remnants’ activity near K7 and sent two assault teams to establish concealed observation posts.
• Qingqiu Ze guided the North Wind through a psionic scan and discovered a nest containing a medium-scale Flesh Workshop and corrupted Borisin warriors.
• Ten Flesh Flying Bats attacked the North Wind, and Qingqiu Ze left the ship to kill them with his spear while the crew fought from the vessel.
• The nest deployed two modified assault boats and roughly thirty ground units, while Grey Claw reported that General Feixiao’s vanguard would arrive within an hour.
• Qingqiu Ze charged toward the approaching enemy to hold them off and gather data for the arriving main force.

Qingqiu Ze and the White Wolf Group faced overwhelming Moon-Eating forces until Luo Li arrived and erased the nest, then helped secure a strategic partnership between the White Wolf Group and the Primordial Data Federation. After the agreement was signed, Qingqiu Ze’s friendships with Ningli and Feixiao remained close, and he found a new sense of belonging.

• Qingqiu Ze held off the Moon-Eating forces while the North Wind and White Wolf Guard withdrew, then unleashed a powerful attack on the nest as he was surrounded.
• Luo Li appeared, neutralized the battlefield’s motion and energy, and erased the Moon-Eating nest before repairing the ships and treating the wounded.
• Feixiao’s advance fleet arrived, and Luo Li stayed on Yaoqing to help the White Wolf Group and arrange a strategic partnership with the Primordial Data Federation.
• At a banquet with Feixiao and Ningli, Luo Li teased Qingqiu Ze about whom he liked, and Qingqiu Ze called Ningli family and Feixiao an important ally.
• Luo Li signed the cooperation agreement and departed, while Qingqiu Ze’s business prospered and he reflected on having found his own pack and way home.

Luo Li struggled to manage Shiyu and Shiyi’s uncontrolled powers as they caused chaos in the Primordial Data Federation’s Central Palace. He asked Castorice if they should have more children, but she told him to focus on raising the two they already had.

• Luo Li stopped Shiyi from pouring juice into the Federation’s core database interface while Shiyu’s toy triggered a localized time disturbance.
• Luo Li asked Lu Jingheng how to make the girls’ powers more controllable, and Lu Jingheng advised guidance and patience rather than suppression.
• Luo Li asked Castorice whether they should have a few more children in hopes that the next might be more ordinary.
• Castorice refused and urged Luo Li to take care of Shiyu and Shiyi first.
• Luo Li accepted his fate and went to handle the latest disruption caused by his daughters.

Luo Li visited Okhema and watched Kong Yan'er repeatedly provoke Cerydra while Hysilens teased him and kept the peace. He left for the Marble Fair with them, convinced that Cerydra and Kong Yan'er were a bickering couple nearing an official relationship.

• Luo Li arrived in Okhema and found Kong Yan'er attempting to magically renovate Cerydra's council chamber dome for the seventh time.
• Cerydra blocked Kong Yan'er's magic and suggested he perform at the Marble Fair or help Aglaea tend the nymphs, while Hysilens protected her mead and teased him.
• Kong Yan'er noticed Luo Li and asked whether his parenting troubles were more interesting than Okhema's antics.
• Luo Li told Castorice that Cerydra and Kong Yan'er acted like a bickering couple, pointing out how Cerydra quietly protected him while seeming annoyed.
• Cerydra invited Luo Li to inspect the Marble Fair's planned commercial district, and the group headed there as she and Hysilens discreetly contained Kong Yan'er's pranks.

At the Marble Fair, Luo Li teased Cerydra and Kong Yan'er about their growing closeness and asked when they would get married. Both denied the possibility, but their reactions and rumors in Okhema’s court suggested the question had struck a nerve.

• Cerydra discussed trade routes and tariffs with Luo Li while Kong Yan'er entertained the fair, and Cerydra and Hysilens quietly contained his magical disruptions.
• At a terrace lounge, Luo Li pointed out that Cerydra had become Kong Yan'er’s cleanup specialist and asked whether they planned to get married.
• Kong Yan'er choked on his drink and rejected the idea, while Cerydra called marriage a matter of state and gave a fleetingly flustered response.
• Luo Li said veteran ministers had reportedly begun discussing whether Cerydra needed a partner who could bring vitality to her rule, prompting her to order an investigation.
• Hysilens teased the pair as Kong Yan'er blushed and Cerydra turned back toward the fair, leaving their feelings unresolved.

Luo Li rejected Luo Shiyu’s request to explore dangerous time ruins and disciplined Luo Shiyi after she triggered an ancient civilization’s screening program. He gave both daughters supervised tasks instead, then shared his pride in them with Castorice.

• Luo Shiyu asked Luo Li to let her join the Corridor of Time ruins expedition, but he refused because the site was too dangerous and her clearance was insufficient.
• Luo Shiyi admitted that testing a firewall had triggered a Civilization Screening Program that planned to turn a tenth of the Federation’s stars into black holes.
• Luo Li reduced Luo Shiyi’s data access, ordered her to prepare a report and safe disposal plans, and assigned her to repair damaged public service systems.
• Luo Li told Luo Shiyu she could be considered for the expedition’s second phase if she developed and validated a protection model under supervision.
• Castorice warned Luo Li that their daughters’ powers and risks were growing, and Luo Li said he was proud of their efforts to master their abilities.
• Luo Shiyu began work on her temporal model while Luo Shiyi started analyzing the screening program.

Cerydra and Kong Yan'er married in a lavish ceremony in Okhema, exchanging vows and rings before sharing a kiss amid magical fireworks. The wedding ended in celebration as the newlyweds accepted their guests’ congratulations.

• Luo Li and his family arrived at the transformed Cloud Stone Heavenly Palace plaza for Cerydra and Kong Yan'er's wedding.
• Kong Yan'er made a dramatic entrance and revealed Cerydra in her wedding gown, then the couple walked together to the ceremonial platform.
• Kong Yan'er and Cerydra exchanged rings and vows, promising one another freedom, protection, and a place in their lives.
• Kong Yan'er interrupted the officiant’s announcement and, with Cerydra’s approval, created virtual fireworks as they kissed.
• Hysilens, Luo Li, Castorice, Shiyu, and Shiyi watched the celebration, and Luo Li congratulated the newlyweds as they greeted their guests.

On their wedding night, Cerydra reassured Kong Yan'er that their union would balance his Elation with her Order rather than diminish him. They shared a quiet moment together as Luo Li sensed their powers settle into harmony.

• Kong Yan'er admitted he feared that marrying Cerydra might compromise his nature as an Emanator of Elation and cost him Aha's favor.
• Cerydra told Kong Yan'er that her Order and his Elation could balance each other, and joked that their life together would be entertaining to Aha.
• Kong Yan'er laughed, then took Cerydra's hands and offered her a quiet moment of fun shared only by the two of them.
• Luo Li sensed the powers of Elation and Order blending peacefully in the bedchamber and toasted the newlyweds from a distant terrace.

Cerydra woke beside Kong Yan'er and tried to begin her busy day, but he kept her in bed and insisted she eat breakfast. Their playful exchange ended with Cerydra leaving for work while Hysilens, who had overheard them, smiled at their happiness.

• Cerydra woke beside Kong Yan'er and recalled their tender night together before trying to get up for her state duties.
• Kong Yan'er caught Cerydra's wrist while still asleep, and she woke him with a rap on the forehead when he refused to let go.
• Kong Yan'er blocked Cerydra from leaving without breakfast and persuaded her to spare twenty minutes by threatening to disrupt the Senate meeting with magic.
• Cerydra ate breakfast with Kong Yan'er, then teased him by threatening to sit on him and crush him to death before heading to the dressing room.
• Hysilens overheard their exchange while bringing a congratulatory gift and quietly celebrated their happiness.

Lu Jingheng repaired the central data hub after Luo Shiyi and Luo Shiyu’s experiments disrupted its systems, while Luo Li reminded him that he could delegate the work. The chapter left Lu Jingheng continuing his duties with a growing sense of personal responsibility and connection to the Federation.

• Luo Shiyi showed Lu Jingheng her defense-system modification, while Luo Shiyu reported a temporal echo in her time-anchoring model.
• The hub’s lights and information streams malfunctioned, and Lu Jingheng identified the disruption as the latest in a series caused by the two princesses’ experiments.
• Lu Jingheng restored the hub in three seconds and instructed both princesses to roll back or freeze their work.
• Luo Li thanked Lu Jingheng and suggested delegating repairs or restricting the princesses’ access, but Lu Jingheng explained why handling the problems himself was safer and more efficient.
• Luo Li warned Luo Shiyi and Luo Shiyu to be more careful, and they apologized and agreed to change their approach.
• Luo Li asked Lu Jingheng to review a diplomatic draft and consult with Ms. Herta about the Path of Data, while Lu Jingheng continued monitoring the Federation.