Chapter Summaries

A trading crew landed on the barren planet Higgs, then followed a life signal to a forest of enormous Higgs Purifying Trees. A mysterious green-haired girl refused to let them take a tree but offered seeds instead, and the crew leader accepted.

• The trading crew found Higgs barren and prepared to return to their ship after their mission seemed to have failed.
• A young crew member detected a life sign, and the crew flew to a green forest where they found towering Higgs Purifying Trees.
• A green-haired girl appeared and asked who the visitors were.
• The crew leader introduced them as the Amber Lord Support Team and explained that they had come to trade.
• The girl refused to give them a Higgs Purifying Tree but offered seeds, and the crew leader agreed to accept them.

Ayinai gave Higgs Purifying Tree seeds to visitors, then ascended as the Aeon of [Existence] during the Swarm Disaster. She restored ravaged planets, and a new creature emerged on Higgs, where the forest would become the Higgs Sanctuary.

• Ayinai gave the visitors Higgs Purifying Tree seeds so they could sell them and prove Higgs still [existed].
• Ayinai recalled her name and introduced herself as they departed Higgs, where greenery covered two-thirds of the planet.
• After Tayzzyronth fell and the Swarm traded away the Path of Propagation, Ayinai descended as the Aeon of [Existence].
• Ayinai restored planets devastated by the Swarm Disaster and anchored their [existence] in time and space.
• The Interastral Peace Corporation announced the new Aeon and Path of [Existence].
• A furry beast emerged on Higgs and followed its instincts toward the great Higgs Purifying Tree, a place later known as the Higgs Sanctuary.

Ayinai followed the Xianzhou and watched as the Xianzhou Daiyu encountered a planet and came under attack by bugs connected to Abundance. As Daiyu’s defenses collapsed, Qingzhu prepared to fight, and Ayinai’s interest in the ship returned.

• Ayinai followed the nine Xianzhou ships because their search for Yaoshi caught her interest.
• Qingzhu judged that Daiyu was too far from the other ships and agreed to scout ahead for a planet where they could dock.
• As Daiyu approached a lush planet, bugs breached its hull and attacked the ship.
• Qingzhu ordered Daiyu’s soldiers to fight, but the bugs overwhelmed the engine room, forest realm, and major districts.
• Qingzhu cut off communications with the other Xianzhou, picked up her spear, and faced tentacles devouring Daiyu’s people.

Qingzhu sacrificed the Xianzhou Daiyu to destroy the Abominations of Abundance and save its people, but Ayinai rescued her and others from the crash. Qingzhu woke on Planet Talasa and discovered that her rescuer was the Aeon of [Existence].

• Qingzhu ordered civilians and soldiers to flee Daiyu aboard surviving starskiffs, then led the remaining defenders into battle.
• Qingzhu rallied the survivors and ordered them to crash Daiyu into the planet, using the explosion to destroy the Abominations of Abundance.
• Daiyu crashed, and the Luofu began taking in its refugees while continuing the search for the medicine.
• Ayinai rescued Qingzhu and several hundred others from the crash site on Planet Talasa while leaving the other survivors safe inside the Xianzhou.
• Qingzhu woke and learned Ayinai was the Aeon of [Existence], then excitedly greeted her.

Ayinai repaired the Xianzhou Daiyu, empowered its people to follow [Existence], and named Qingzhu her first Emanator. Qingzhu returned to Daiyu and discovered Ayinai had planted rare Higgs Purifying Trees there, leaving her convinced that the Aeon cherished their ship.

• Ayinai restored the shattered Xianzhou Daiyu and transformed its people with the power of [Existence], acknowledging their path.
• Ayinai made Qingzhu her first Emanator, and Qingzhu and the others vowed to follow the path of [Existence].
• Ayinai changed Daiyu's color to emerald green or jade green and left the interior reorganization to its people.
• Qingzhu led the survivors back through the Jade Gate, where they found rows of rare Higgs Purifying Trees.
• A clerk explained that the trees required soil from Higgs, and Qingzhu concluded that Ayinai had planted them to show her care for Daiyu.

After Ayinai saved and restored the Xianzhou Daiyu, Qingzhu rallied its survivors and learned that Ayinai considered Daiyu the true successor to [Existence], unlike the Garden of Existence. Over the following years Daiyu rebuilt in secret, and General Youding, Xiahou Chan, became an Emanator as Ayinai rewarded him with a halberd.

• Qingzhu welcomed the survivors back to the restored Xianzhou Daiyu and organized teams to assess the damage across its realms.
• Qingzhu thanked Ayinai for saving Daiyu, and Ayinai explained that she considered its people her own and disliked the Garden of Existence for twisting her path.
• Ayinai told Qingzhu that Daiyu was the true successor to [Existence], and agreed to project herself to the survivors across the Xianzhou.
• Daiyu's survivors celebrated Ayinai's words, while Qingzhu kept the rebuilt Xianzhou hidden and arranged for refugee Starskiffs to return without leaving a trace.
• Over the next years, Ayinai helped Daiyu's people follow [Existence], and the Xianzhou formed the Manifest Existence Army in its tenth year of reconstruction.
• Ayinai appeared when Xiahou Chan was elected general, recognized him as an Emanator, and gave him a halberd made from her Higgs Purifying Tree shears.

Ayinai helped Qingxin with the Sky-Faring Commission’s work before taking Qingzhu’s roast pig as payment, while Qingzhu returned to her duties as Helmsman. Xiahou Chan reported that the other eight Xianzhou ships had received Yaoshi’s Blessing of Abundance, and Ayinai explained why the Daiyu’s Blessing of Existence would protect its people from the same fate.

• Ayinai reviewed Qingxin’s work and took Qingzhu’s roast suckling pig after praising its taste.
• Qingxin made Qingzhu take responsibility for the work she had left unfinished.
• Xiahou Chan reported that the other eight Xianzhou ships had found Yaoshi and become Long-Life Species through the Blessing of Abundance.
• Ayinai warned that people blessed by Abundance could eventually lose their minds when their memories overwhelmed them.
• Ayinai reassured the Daiyu crew that the Blessing of Existence let them preserve memories in other vessels or at anchored moments in space-time.

Ayinai learned that a woman on the Xianzhou Daiyu had become pregnant, proving the people could have children after receiving the Blessing of Existence. The Daiyu’s leaders protected the expectant couple, and Ayinai gave the unborn child a seed that could lead to her becoming an Emanator.

• Ayinai revealed that a thousand years had passed outside while the planet’s time was slowed, and Qingzhu and Xiahou Chan asked her to let the Xianzhou Daiyu set sail again.
• Cauldron Master Yao Gao reported that Yu Xian'er was pregnant, and Qingzhu, Xiahou Chan, and Ayinai rushed to the Alchemy Commission.
• Muyun greeted Qingzhu and Xiahou Chan, who learned that he was Yu Xian'er's husband and ordered him to stay close to her.
• Ayinai confirmed the pregnancy by sensing the life within Yu Xian'er and gave her the first seed from a Higgs Purifying Tree for the child.
• Ayinai said the child could become an Emanator if she gained the seed's recognition when she grew up.

After the birth of Yu Xian'er’s child eased the Xianzhou Daiyu’s fears about its future, Ayinai approved the ship’s return to the wider universe. The Xianzhou reached the Itasumai Star System, where Qingzhu prepared to meet The Family’s representative on her own terms.

• Ayinai blessed Yu Xian'er and gave her power to protect her during childbirth.
• Ayinai approved Qingzhu and Xiahou Chan’s request for the Xianzhou Daiyu to leave the planet, and the ship departed the next day.
• Qingzhu reviewed the other Xianzhou’s religions, objected to worshippers of Yaoshi and IX, and chose the Itasumai Star System as their destination.
• During the three-day journey, Qingzhu prepared trade goods while Xiahou Chan trained recruits and Ayinai slept.
• The Xianzhou Daiyu arrived at Planet Morixi, and Qingzhu arranged to meet The Family’s local representative at the Jade Gate.

Qingzhu welcomed The Family’s regional head to Xianzhou Daiyu and revealed the ship’s history and its reconstruction by Ayinai. Daiyu secured a long-term trade partnership by selling Higgs Purifying Tree seeds, with Ayinai witnessing the contract.

• The Family’s regional head arrived at the Jade Gate after sensing two Emanator-level auras and met Qingzhu’s group.
• Qingzhu introduced Xianzhou Daiyu, and the head recognized it as the ancient Xianzhou that had been rebuilt by Ayinai, the Aeon of Existence.
• Qingzhu offered Higgs Purifying Tree seeds for twenty-seven million Credits each, including fifty years’ worth of soil, and the head agreed to buy them.
• Qingzhu and the head agreed to a long-term trade partnership, with The Family guaranteeing the safety of Daiyu’s transport ships in its territory.
• Ayinai offered to witness their contract as a gardener belonging to Existence, and Qingzhu and the head accepted.

Qingzhu revealed to the Family head that she and General Youding were Emanators of Existence, then accepted his offer to enjoy the Family's territory while Ayinai stayed behind with Xiahou Chan. Three days before Xianzhou Daiyu was due to leave the Itasumai Star System, Xiahou Chan accepted a Halovian branch whose dissonant powers had made it unwelcome in the Family, with Ayinai promising she could solve the problem.

• Qingzhu confirmed that she and General Youding were Emanators of Existence and asked the Family head to keep their identities secret.
• Ayinai gave Qingzhu permission to enjoy the Family's territory, then left Xiahou Chan and the Manifest Existence Army in charge of protecting Xianzhou Daiyu.
• Xiahou Chan rallied the soldiers after Ayinai said she trusted them, and they tightened inspections across the Xianzhou.
• Three days before Xianzhou Daiyu was due to leave, a Halovian branch asked Xiahou Chan to let them depart with the ship, explaining that dissonance made their powers chaotic and left them shunned by the Family.
• Ayinai told Xiahou Chan to accept the branch, and he welcomed them to Xianzhou Daiyu on behalf of the Arbiter of True Existence.

Ayinai approved the Qi Lineage’s relocation to the Xianzhou Daiyu, and Xiahou Chan explained how their sensitivity to other Paths could make them valuable battlefield healers. As Qingzhu’s secretary arrived to receive them, the Qi Lineage left its home behind and rejected Qi Xuange, the former clansman who had betrayed them.

• Qi Shige agreed that his branch would join the Xianzhou Daiyu and abandon its former identity as part of The Family.
• Ayinai told Xiahou Chan that the Qi Lineage’s sensitivity to outside powers could help them replenish the army’s Path energy in battle, so Xiahou Chan hurried to report the idea to Qingzhu.
• Qi Shige returned to find his clan unanimously willing to leave the Itasumai Star System, and they began packing for relocation.
• Qi Xuange mocked the departing clan, but Qi Shige denounced him as a traitor after he had absorbed the clan’s Harmony Jigsaw.
• Qingxin arrived on the Xianzhou’s behalf, and the Manifest Existence Army tossed Qi Xuange aside after Qi Shige disowned him.
• Qi Shige boarded a Starskiff with Qingxin to meet an honored guest at the Palace of Existence, while the rest of the Qi Lineage headed for the Xianzhou in their own ships.

Qi Shige arrived on the Xianzhou Daiyu with his people and met Ayinai, who promised to treat the Qi Lineage’s congenital defect. After giving them a remedy and welcoming them into the Xianzhou, Qingzhu offered the Halovians a new identity.

• Qi Shige admired the Higgs Purifying Trees at the Jade Gate, and Qingxin explained that the Xianzhou Daiyu was still poor despite its abundant resources.
• Qingxin led Qi Shige to the Palace of Existence, where he mistook Qingzhu for Ayinai before Qingzhu introduced the Arbiter of True Existence.
• Ayinai promised to transform the Qi Lineage’s congenital defect into a strength, and Qi Shige knelt to thank her on behalf of his people.
• Ayinai gave Qi Shige Gathering Juice and instructed him to add a drop to their baths for three days so the lineage could gain a group-support ability.
• Qi Shige pledged the Qi Lineage’s loyalty to Ayinai, and Qingzhu welcomed them into the Xianzhou with a new identity.

The Halovians settled in the Fortune Forest Realm, while Ayinai prepared the Xianzhou Daiyu to depart and Qingzhu drove off Aha. As the ship set sail, a dormant mechanical creation awakened briefly, and Master Diviner Wanmeng struggled to interpret an ominous prophecy about metal and destruction.

• Qi Shige thanked Qingzhu for settling the Halovians in the Fortune Forest Realm and pledged that his people would care for its Purifying Trees and other plants.
• Aha visited Ayinai and teased her until Qingzhu burst into the Palace of Existence and punched him through the roof.
• Qingzhu confirmed that the Halovians had been settled, and Ayinai ordered the Xianzhou Daiyu to set sail.
• A dormant mechanical creation in the Artisanship Commission briefly awakened, flashed red eyes, and pretended to remain inactive.
• Wanmeng told Qingxin that her divination had revealed, “Metal runs rampant, destruction precedes renewal,” and that she could not understand its second line.

As New Year's Eve approached on the rebuilt Xianzhou Daiyu, Qingzhu persuaded Wanmeng to take part in a holiday dedication to Ayinai. Wanmeng went home to find an outfit and encountered Qi Tianque at a clothing shop.

• Qingzhu visited Wanmeng at the Divination Commission and asked her to help with a New Year's Eve dedication.
• Wanmeng agreed after Qingzhu said the dedication was for Ayinai, though she denied being motivated by admiration for the goddess.
• Wanmeng left work early and searched her wardrobe for suitable clothes.
• Wanmeng went to a clothing shop to order a custom outfit and met Qi Tianque there.

Wanmeng and Qi Tianque prepared new outfits for New Year’s Eve, and Qi Tianque practiced piano for his performance. After hearing him play, Qingzhu, Wanmeng, and Xiahou Chan visited and grew closer to him, leaving him ready to discuss his performance with them.

• Wanmeng met Qi Tianque at a tailor’s shop, asked him to call her Sister Wanmeng, then hurriedly paid for her clothes and fled when they were ready.
• Qi Tianque ordered a black-and-white formal outfit decorated with feathers and Purifying Tree patterns, then returned to his home in the Exalting Sanctum.
• Qi Tianque practiced piano on an instrument made from Purifying Tree wood, unaware that Qingzhu, Wanmeng, and Xiahou Chan were listening in his courtyard.
• Xiahou Chan offered to look out for Qi Tianque, who agreed to call him Big Brother Xiahou, and Qingzhu asked him to call her Sister Qingzhu.
• Qingzhu asked whether Qi Tianque’s piano playing was the performance he was preparing for New Year’s Eve, and he confirmed it.

Wanmeng rehearsed her dance with Qi Tianque, and Ayinai chose to give him a mysterious cube that transformed his piano. The chapter ended with Qi Tianque realizing the gift had come from Lord Arbiter of Life.

• Qingzhu persuaded Wanmeng to change into her performance dress and rehearse with Qi Tianque.
• Wanmeng returned in a long dress, and Xiahou Chan, Qingzhu, and Qi Tianque praised her appearance.
• Qi Tianque played the piano while Wanmeng danced in the moonlight as Qingzhu and Xiahou Chan watched.
• Ayinai watched from above and decided the shape-shifting cube she had intended for Qingzhu suited Qi Tianque better.
• After the performance, the cube entered Qi Tianque's piano and transformed it into a noble-looking instrument with hidden killing intent.
• Qi Tianque asked whether the transformed piano was a gift from Lord Arbiter of Life, and Qingzhu and Xiahou Chan confirmed Ayinai had been present.

Qi Tianque discovered that his newly blessed instrument had a powerful supportive effect, and he joined Qingzhu, Xiahou Chan, and Wanmeng in a group. On the Xianzhou Daiyu’s first New Year’s Eve since its reconstruction, Ayinai transformed Wanmeng’s robe as the crowd gathered for the celebration.

• Qi Tianque played his instrument again, revealing its calming support effect, and Qingzhu, Wanmeng, and Xiahou Chan urged him to join the Manifest Existence Army.
• Qingzhu proposed the group name Four Existences Atop Nihility, and Qi Tianque, Xiahou Chan, and Wanmeng agreed to form the team.
• Qi Tianque received his formal attire and rehearsed with the others as New Year’s Eve approached, while the Xianzhou Daiyu prepared for its first celebration since reconstruction.
• Tens of thousands of residents gathered at Existence Square, where Qingzhu, Xiahou Chan, and Yao Gao waited for Wanmeng’s performance.
• Ayinai arrived, heard that Wanmeng was her devoted fan, and transformed Wanmeng’s white robe with green stripes and golden tassels before settling in to watch.

Ayinai praised Wanmeng and Qi Tianque’s performance, gave Wanmeng an altered robe, and confronted Aha, who asked to take her Emanator. Four months later, Wanmeng reported a divination predicting that ingenious creations would soon become self-aware, prompting Qingzhu to order increased vigilance across the Xianzhou.

• Yao Gao admired Qi Tianque as Wanmeng and Qi Tianque performed for the New Year’s Eve audience.
• Ayinai praised Wanmeng and Qi Tianque, then gave Wanmeng her improved robe.
• Ayinai confronted Aha outside the Xianzhou after he asked her to let him have her Emanator, and she attacked him before he vanished.
• Four months later, Wanmeng told Qingzhu that divination predicted the Xianzhou’s ingenious creations would soon gain self-awareness.
• Qingzhu ordered residents to watch the ingenious creations and authorized their destruction if necessary, while Qingxin went to warn Xiahou Chan.

Qingzhu ordered the Xianzhou’s automatons destroyed as Wanmeng predicted they would go berserk. Wanmeng, Xiahou Chan, Qi Tianque, and the Manifest Existence Army helped defeat the automatons at the Artisanship Commission, where they met the powerful craftsman Shi Mo.

• Civilians dismantled their automatons after Qingzhu’s order, and Qi Tianque observed the cleanup in the streets.
• Wanmeng’s divination warned that the automatons would change, and berserk beasts attacked the Divination Commission.
• Wanmeng and a Manifest Existence Army squad headed for the Artisanship Commission after confirming its staff were safe.
• Xiahou Chan and Qi Tianque joined the battle, while Halovians Tuning soldiers’ Path power supported the Manifest Existence Army.
• Qi Shige brought reinforcements, and the army swept through the remaining automatons at the Artisanship Commission.
• Wanmeng introduced the group to the muscular craftsman Shi Mo, who teased Xiahou Chan and praised Qi Tianque’s modesty.