Chapter Summaries

After learning that intelligent machines across the universe were revolting, Xiahou Chan and Qingzhu redirected the Xianzhou Daiyu toward the Yuanqiao, where golden automaton attacks and class conflict threatened the ship. The Yuanqiao’s Helmsman feared it would suffer the same fate as the lost Daiyu as its crisis worsened.

• Shi Mo told Xiahou Chan that intelligent machines across the universe were going berserk and that the crisis might target inorganic life-forms.
• Xiahou Chan went to the Palace of Existence, where Qingzhu told him that golden automatons and rebel forces had thrown the Yuanqiao into chaos.
• Ayinai revealed that the Yuanqiao’s turmoil was a conflict between nobles and commoners, and Xiahou Chan realized Daiyu descendants had given him false information to manipulate him.
• Qingzhu ordered the Xianzhou Daiyu to jump toward the Yuanqiao, and its residents and Manifest Existence Army prepared for the journey.
• The Yuanqiao’s Helmsman worried that golden automaton attacks and growing strife between nobles and commoners could bring down the ship as the Daiyu had fallen.

Wanmeng and Qi Tianque led the Xianzhou Daiyu’s forces into Yuanqiao, where Wanmeng explained that Ayinai had restored Daiyu and was worshipped there as the Aeon of Existence. Ayinai asked Yuanqiao’s Helmsman to believe in Existence, but he was not sincere, and she left lamenting how few people followed her.

• Yuanqiao’s alarm warned that unidentified outsiders had forced their way through the Jade Gate, and its Helmsman watched unfamiliar Starskiffs arrive.
• Wanmeng and Qi Tianque emerged from the first Starskiff, and Wanmeng introduced herself as Daiyu’s commander and Master Diviner.
• Yuanqiao’s Helmsman recognized Wanmeng’s name but doubted Daiyu had survived its disappearance a thousand years earlier.
• Wanmeng said Ayinai had restored Daiyu, and Ayinai descended before Yuanqiao’s Helmsman and asked him to believe in Existence.
• Yuanqiao’s Helmsman agreed, but Ayinai realized he was insincere and left, frustrated that so few people believed in Existence.

With Wanmeng mediating, Qingzhu and Xianzhou Daiyu intervened in Yuanqiao’s crisis and moved against its oppressive nobles. After the nobles’ businesses were transferred and their leaders executed, Yuanqiao’s commoners asked whether Daiyu was still accepting immigrants.

• Qingzhu confronted Helmsman Lin for knowing about Yuanqiao’s suffering but failing to act.
• Xiahou Chan ordered Yuanqiao’s noble leaders brought to the square, while Mr. Lu persuaded him to let the nobles trade their businesses for a chance to live.
• Qingzhu approved Mr. Lu’s negotiations, and the nobles who refused to cooperate were killed after their alchemy commissions were destroyed.
• Mr. Lu agreed to give sixty percent of the acquired properties to Daiyu, and Xiahou Chan accepted the donation on Qingzhu’s behalf.
• Yuanqiao’s commoners, impressed by Daiyu’s approach, asked a Daiyu immigrant whether Daiyu was still accepting people.

The Garden Master secretly experimented on people to conquer a time-turbulent miracle of Existence and planned to destroy the Faeries who resisted him. He learned that the returned Xianzhou Daiyu followed Ayinai and had an Emanator of Existence, leaving the Garden of Existence eclipsed by a rival faction.

• The Garden Master told a maid that he could not contact Ayinai and pretended to mourn his failure to become an Emanator.
• After the maid left, the Garden Master vowed to slaughter the Faeries once he had mastered the miracle of Existence.
• The Garden Master revealed a hidden laboratory where the maid was being tested, then ordered her consciousness erased after her body failed to endure the trial.
• A gardener reported that the Xianzhou Daiyu had survived its supposed crash and returned to the star system of the Xianzhou Yuanqiao.
• The gardener revealed that the Xianzhou Daiyu followed Ayinai and had an Emanator of Existence, shocking the Garden Master.

Qingzhu revealed that the resurrected Xianzhou Daiyu followed the path of Existence and that she was its Emanator, prompting an IPC envoy to spread the news across the cosmos. On a planet in the Garden of Existence’s home system, Amo and Xiaohe heard the report and envied Daiyu’s new Emanator.

• Qingzhu introduced herself to an IPC envoy as Daiyu’s Helmsman and declared that she had become an Emanator of Existence.
• The envoy abandoned trade talks with Yuanqiao and returned to the IPC to report Daiyu’s return and Qingzhu’s status.
• Qingzhu anticipated that the Garden of Existence would challenge Daiyu and hoped her Emanator status would draw recruits.
• Amo reunited with his childhood sweetheart Xiaohe, who playfully marked him as taken.
• Xiaohe told Amo that Daiyu had an Emanator of Existence, and they discussed how the Garden lacked one.

Amo and Xiaohe watched the stars together after Xiaohe gave him a mysterious pebble, but Amo’s memories of her began to blur. Ayinai confronted Xiaohe about her unusual origins, then accepted her choice to stay with Amo.

• Xiaohe gave Amo a smooth blue pebble she had found in the woods and invited him to watch the stars.
• Ayinai watched them and suspected Xiaohe’s identity could draw dangerous attention if it became known.
• As Amo and Xiaohe watched the stars, Amo’s memories of Xiaohe wavered, so he embraced her; Xiaohe then knocked him unconscious.
• Ayinai appeared before Xiaohe and warned that exposing her identity would put both her and Amo in danger.
• Xiaohe explained that she had escaped Nihility and chosen Amo as her host and as the person she wanted to be with.
• Ayinai told Xiaohe that her choices had the right to exist and gave her permission to do as she wished.

Ayinai allowed Xiaohe to pursue Amo but warned that she would intervene if he failed to meet Xiaohe’s expectations. Meanwhile, the head of the Garden of Existence tried to reach the Heart of Nihility, only to find it missing and suffer Ayinai’s punishment; she left him alive to see what would become of the Garden.

• Ayinai warned Xiaohe that she would take back her true form if matters went too far, then cautioned that she would erase Amo if he disappointed Xiaohe.
• Xiaohe fell asleep beside the unconscious Amo, and at daybreak he woke and gently carried her as the Heart of Nihility hung around his neck.
• The head of the Garden of Existence put on a specially made protective suit and entered the Land of Trials, hoping to claim the Heart of Nihility.
• The head of the Garden reached the altar and found the Heart of Nihility missing, then cursed Ayinai and was struck down by golden lightning.
• Ayinai spared the unconscious head of the Garden and decided to watch whether he or the entire Garden of Existence had fallen, with Amo serving as a variable.

Qingzhu rushed the Xianzhou Daiyu to rescue the powerless Yuanqiao as it plunged toward a red giant, while Ayinai learned from Yaoshi that Voracity’s divine remains were hidden in the Ayinai System. The Yuanqiao’s people prayed to Yaoshi, who could not intervene, and Ayinai became their last hope.

• Qingzhu ordered the Daiyu to tow the Yuanqiao after learning that hidden elements had destroyed its engines and sent it falling toward a red giant.
• The people of the Yuanqiao despaired as a frightened girl asked whether Yaoshi had abandoned them.
• Ayinai asked Yaoshi where Voracity’s divine remains had been hidden, and Yaoshi revealed that one half was in the Ayinai System while Aha had taken the other half.
• Yaoshi explained that Aha had staged Harmony’s absorption of Order to distract the other Aeons while he stole the remains and recovered from Voracity’s wound.
• Ayinai told Yaoshi that the Yuanqiao’s people were praying for help, but Yaoshi said Abundance’s limitations prevented intervention.
• After Ayinai left, the people prayed to her to save them.

Qingzhu rescued Yuanqiao from the red giant and destroyed the star with her divine kingdom, saving its 130 billion inhabitants. Lin thanked her at the Sky-Faring Commission, where Qingzhu accepted his kneeling but forbade him from kowtowing.

• As Yuanqiao neared the red giant, Daiyu and its Starskiff battle groups arrived and attached tow lines to pull the Xianzhou away.
• Qingzhu used her power as an Emanator of Existence to create a divine kingdom around the red giant and destroy it with phantom soldiers.
• The people of Yuanqiao celebrated their survival, while Lin watched Qingzhu's power on a screen and considered converting to the faith of Existence.
• Lin knelt before Qingzhu at the Sky-Faring Commission to thank her for saving Yuanqiao, and she accepted his thanks but stopped him from kowtowing.

The Court Master envied Qingzhu’s status as an Emanator of Existence and vowed to prove himself worthy of Ayinai’s favor. As news of the Xianzhou Daiyu’s Emanator spread, the chapter left the Garden of Existence’s senior elder reflecting on its decline and the goddess’s apparent abandonment.

• The Court Master watched news of Qingzhu’s influence across three galaxies and swore to become Ayinai’s Emanator.
• Amo watched reports about the Xianzhou Daiyu while Xiaohe complained that he had neglected her, and he apologized by giving her lollipops.
• The Court Master summoned the Garden of Existence’s senior elder, who criticized him for turning the organization into a battleground for power.
• The senior elder recalled the Garden of Existence’s original purpose and Ayinai’s past visits, then feared the goddess had abandoned it as its factions fought and people died.

Dong Tian revealed his plan to unify the Garden of Existence through slaughter and used an energy extraction device on missing Pathstriders, claiming he would force the goddess to recognize him. After a transformed Dong Tian struck Elder Ge through a wall, Elder Ge ordered his troops to retreat from the Ayinai System.

• The head of the Garden suppressed Elder Ge’s aura, revealed his new strength, and said he intended to unify the Garden.
• Dong Tian declared that he would kill everyone who refused to obey him, prompting Elder Ge to denounce him.
• Dong Tian revealed captured Pathstriders in glass cylinders and explained that his device drained their power and transferred it to someone else.
• Elder Ge attacked Dong Tian, but a four-armed figure caught his punch and struck him through the conference room wall.
• Elder Ge ordered his soldiers to retreat from the Ayinai System, but Dong Tian emerged with two additional arms and faces growing from his chest.

Dong Tian transformed, seized control of the Garden of Existence, and destroyed the Goddess of Existence’s statue, drawing widespread condemnation and prompting an alliance to mobilize. As Qingzhu and the others prepared to confront him, Wanmeng warned that the crisis involved at least four Aeons, including the Arbiter of Life and Abundance.

• Elder Ge escaped the Garden of Existence with eight hundred guards while Dong Tian destroyed the goddess’s statue and declared his intention to restore the Garden to glory.
• News of Dong Tian’s actions spread across the universe, and an account reported that Xianzhou Daiyu was heading toward the Ayinai System with an Emanator of Existence aboard.
• On Xianzhou Daiyu, Wanmeng suffered a backlash from a vision and told Qingzhu, Xiahou Chan, and Qi Tianque that the events involved at least four Aeons, including the Arbiter of Life and Abundance.
• Ayinai appeared, learned Qingxin was inspecting a shipment, and summoned the others to the Marshy Grotto-Heaven, where they found an island she had made.

Ayinai gave Qingzhu a branch of the Ambrosial Arbor of Abundance to plant on the Xianzhou Daiyu. Meanwhile, Amo and Xiaohe ambushed the Garden Master's soldiers on Amo's planet, leaving Amo facing the last survivor.

• Ayinai gave Qingzhu a branch of the Ambrosial Arbor of Abundance, and Qingzhu planted it in the Higgs soil.
• Garden Master Dong Tian conquered planets around the Garden of Existence while escaped Elder Ge formed the Anti-Garden Alliance on the outskirts.
• Amo and Xiaohe hid in the ruins as three soldiers who had been artificially infused with the Power of Abundance reported clearing a town.
• Amo killed the fat soldier when he entered the ruins alone, then concealed himself with Xiaohe's shadow garment.
• The captain and the remaining soldier entered the ruins, where Amo killed the soldier and revealed himself to the captain.

Amo and Xiaohe returned to their settlement after killing a Courtyard warrior, while Qingxin visited them and bonded with them over Amo’s cooking. Meanwhile, Qingzhu ordered Xianzhou Daiyu to hurry toward the Ayinai System, but Abominations of Abundance surrounded the ship, forcing her to send Xiahou Chan, Wanmeng, and Qi Tianque ahead with an army.

• Amo killed the Courtyard captain, and a palm-shaped bug crawled out of the corpse after he and Xiaohe left.
• Amo and Xiaohe returned to their settlement, where the residents welcomed them and they went home together.
• Qingxin visited Xiaohe and Amo, brought eggs, and joined them for a meal; Xiaohe remained wary of her interest in Amo.
• Qingzhu learned Xianzhou Daiyu was sixty system hours from the Ayinai System and ordered the ship to accelerate.
• Abominations of Abundance surrounded Xianzhou Daiyu, so Qingzhu sent Xiahou Chan, Wanmeng, and Qi Tianque ahead with forty thousand Manifest Existence Army soldiers.

Elder Ge rallied the Alliance Army and led it into a decisive battle against the Garden, refusing to accept Abundance-modified power or surrender. The Guard Corps pushed the Garden’s forces back until the Garden unleashed thousands of elite modified warriors, and Elder Ge opened fire against them.

• Elder Ge rejected the Garden’s offer to surrender and restored the Alliance Army’s morale by declaring that they would fight for the goddess.
• Elder Ge led the Alliance Army in a vow before the statue of the goddess, then rallied them to battle for the goddess.
• The Guard Corps and Alliance Army charged the Garden’s troops, with Elder Ge cutting through enemies and driving the battle line toward the Garden’s rear.
• The Garden opened a passage and deployed roughly ten thousand elite Abundance-modified warriors, threatening the depleted Guard Corps.
• Elder Ge refused to retreat and fired an explosive round empowered by the Path of Existence into the oncoming modified warriors.

Qi Tianque, Xiahou Chan, and Wanmeng arrived to turn the tide of a losing battle against the augmented warriors. The allied army and guards defeated the monsters, though many soldiers died.

• The augmented warriors overwhelmed the allied army and surrounded the guards, leaving their commander convinced they would lose.
• Qi Tianque arrived aboard a Starskiff and used his music to restore the soldiers’ strength.
• Xiahou Chan attacked the Courtyard troops with an Emanator-level strike while Wanmeng led fifty thousand Manifest Existence Army soldiers to rescue the guards.
• Wanmeng healed the guards and struck their attackers with starlight as the Xianzhou Daiyu troops provided fire support.
• Elder Ge rallied the guards to fight alongside the Daiyu army, and they wiped out the augmented warriors.
• The surviving guards mourned their fallen comrades, and one young soldier closed the eyes of a dead former comrade.

Xiahou Chan and the Guard Corps survivors confronted their guilt over failing to protect the Garden, while the war effort gained a hundred thousand troops but lost Qingzhu’s support. The chapter ended with Xiahou Chan catching two curious intruders, Amo and Xiaohe, who apologized and met Wanmeng and Qi Tianque.

• Elder Ge called the Guard Corps survivors sinners for failing to stop Dong Tian and protect the goddess’s statue, and Xiahou Chan apologized for threatening him.
• Qingxin arrived with one hundred thousand reinforcements from the Xianzhou Daiyu and news that Denizens of Abundance had trapped Qingzhu with a miracle.
• Qi Tianque told Xiahou Chan that sacrifices were keeping the Xianzhou Daiyu trapped, leaving Qingzhu unable to provide support.
• Xiahou Chan caught a silver-haired boy and discovered that the boy’s cloak was Xiaohe, who could transform into one.
• Amo and Xiaohe apologized for sneaking into Xiahou Chan’s tent, and Wanmeng and Qi Tianque introduced themselves to the eager Amo.

Amo and Xiaohe told Xiahou Chan, Wanmeng, and Qi Tianque that they had come looking for Qingxin, whom they knew from their home planet. The generals realized Qingxin was Ayinai in disguise, then revealed her identity to the shocked children.

• Amo admitted he was excited to meet the generals, and Xiaohe explained that he was a fan of the Four Existences Atop Nihility.
• Amo and Xiaohe said they knew Qingxin from their home planet and had come to the Alliance camp hoping to help in the coming war against the Garden.
• Xiahou Chan, Wanmeng, and Qi Tianque privately concluded that Qingxin was Ayinai in disguise, the Aeon of Existence.
• Ayinai, watching the camp from a distant mountain, turned into golden-green light and vanished to report to her main body.
• Wanmeng told Amo and Xiaohe that their Qingxin was not the steward in the camp, and Qi Tianque revealed that she was Lady Arbiter of True Existence.
• Amo cried out in awe at learning he had called his goddess Sister Qingxin, while Xiaohe was stunned that she had failed to recognize the goddess who had saved her.

Xiaohe revealed to Xiahou Chan, Wanmeng, and Qi Tianque that she was the Heart of Nihility and that her true body was with Amo. The three learned that Amo had not set foot on a Path, leaving them startled but hopeful about his potential.

• Xiaohe told Xiahou Chan, Wanmeng, and Qi Tianque that she was not human but the Heart of Nihility, brought from IX by Lady Arbiter of Life.
• Qi Tianque deduced that Xiaohe's true body was with Amo, and Xiaohe asked the three to keep her identity secret from him.
• Xiaohe admitted that she had chosen Amo to inherit her power, and the three asked which Path he followed.
• Xiaohe revealed that Amo had not set foot on any Path, shocking the three and prompting them to worry that she had chosen an inexperienced boy.
• The three recalled that Lady Arbiter of Life had allowed Amo and Xiaohe to meet, and took that as a sign that Amo had room to grow.

Xiaohe and Amo settled into secret protection aboard the Xianzhou Daiyu while Dong Tian plotted to complete his miracle. Ayinai revealed that Qingzhu was only pretending to be trapped in the Ambrosial Arbor barrier, as the ruse would help protect a potential new Emanator.

• Xiahou Chan praised Amo's battlefield composure, then asked Xiaohe to get him and the others an autograph or photo of Lady Arbiter of Life.
• Xiahou Chan, Wanmeng, and Qi Tianque formed a secret squad to protect Xiaohe and Amo.
• Dong Tian watched Xiahou Chan turn the battle around and vowed that his unfinished miracle would make even gods bow to him.
• Qingzhu complained about pretending to be trapped, and Ayinai explained that she wanted to keep Qingzhu from entering the Ayinai System and risking a future Emanator.
• Ayinai told Qingzhu that she was considering Xiaohe's companion for the Emanator position.
• A centaur among the Denizens of Abundance mocked Qingzhu's apparent captivity and boasted that his lord could easily kill her.