Min wakes up one morning to hear a stranger's voice coming from outside the room she shares with her cousins. She uses charm to disguise herself and sneaks out. She finds her mother talking with a Thousand Worlds investigator about her brother Jun, who went missing after supposedly deserted his post to search the Dragon Pearl. Min and her mother do not believe this and the investigator reveals that Jun left a coded message for Min and asks to speak with her. Her mother is reluctant until he temps her with her son’s last known recording and her mother calls her in. She makes it look like she came from her room and joins them. The Investor shows Min the message and she reads it, realizing it has a hidden meaning she lies and says it's nothing and her mother backs her up. Her mother invites the investigator for a meal, he accepts and asks Min to get the good table ready. She shapeshifts into it to eavesdrop and her mother and the investigator set the table. She senses her mother charming the Investigator. After he tells Seonmi the thinks Min his hiding something about the message he threatens an investigation into their family. Min turns to human form and the Investigator grabs her by the throat. Her mother begs him to release her but he threatens to report them. Min then knocks him out with a plate to the head. Min's mother and aunts drag the investigator to the front of the house and decide what to do with him while Seonmi orders Min to clean. As she does she tries to eavesdrop on them until her cousins Bora and Manshik come in. Bora starts to annoy her and she throws a rag at her. Her mother comes in and scolds her. Her cousins leaving and she gets back to work. As she brings dishes to the kitchen she hears the adults suggesting they bribe an officer or send her away, Min goes to wash off. When she finishes Bora comes in and makes a bet to see if she can bring Jun home in a year with the loser doing the winner's chores for six months and accepts. Min packs her bag with extra clothes, a mask and filters, a picture with her family before her dad died, and a few handfuls of jade, worth more than their planet's currency. As she leaves, Manshik spots her, but she tells him to tell the others she will be back and leaves.

Min takes her family's hoover scooter and heads to Hongok to get off work via the spaceport. She uses charm to make hers look two years older and alters her face slightly. She finds a fake identification card saying "Kim Bora", her cousin. She makes her way past guards at the city's entrance and cuts through the market district, but bumps into Eunhee, a guard, and is surrounded by semi-drunk guards. She bribes them for safe passage with a fake emerald ring and her stomach growls. They escort her to a fancy restaurant and sit out front. Min gets them to reveal that the Investigator revealed that his departure location and business on Jinju was classified, worrying her about her brother. They also reveal that the Space Forces have various ships around the Ghost Sector, a planet where the inhabitants were wiped out by disease spirits, that were under the command of Captain Hwan. They also reveal they do not like supernaturals, such as Fox Spirits. Min claims she has to go to the bathroom and Eunhee escorts her. She trips her on the way and the security officer falls on a waiter. She goes into an empty dining room and takes the form of a chair, as Eunhee and the waiter talk to the manager she takes the form of a waiter and leaves, realizing a few blocks away she left her backpack.

She considers going back for it but decides against it as it would be too risky. She makes her way to the Spaceport and gets past the guard. She finds the directory with "Don't play dice at Nari's" carved into it. She finds a cargo ship, the Red Azalea, leaving for an area near the Ghost Sector soon with the captain, Captain Hye, willing to take on working passengers. It says the captain can be found at Nari's and she reluctantly goes. Min finds a fox statue out front and, knowing people think of them as bad luck, wonders what it's doing there. A woman welcomes her to the tavern and both realize that other is a fox. The woman drags Min to the back office and smells her mother and aunts on her. The woman introduces herself as Nari, a relative of hers. She reveals that she and her mother opens the bar and were shunned by the family for it. She asks Min to work for her for a little while and Min, wanting to song Hye as soon as possible, reluctantly agrees until she can give her aunt the slip. She charms herself to a look like she was wearing a form blouse, pants, shoes, and gold jewellery and gets to work as Yong, a bouncer, keeps tabs on her. As she brings a drink she learns that the wine is charmed to make people lose. Min is shocked by this and wonders if this is why her mother left. She slips into the high stakes room and learns that Hye is on a losing streak and tells her that if she accepts an employee on her ship then Nari will declare her debt-free and the captain accepts. However soon after she sees Nye being dragged to Nari's office and, fearing she will be exposed, charms herself to look like she was wearing a spacesuit and a flatter face. Yong runs into her and, due to her age, helps her get away and she makes her way to the Red Azalea.

She reaches the ship and tells the sole occupant, a man named Byung-Ho, that Hye lost the ship to Nari and tells him to let her on board as the captain owed her a ride. He agrees and, after telling the other crew to stay hidden, he takes Min to the cockpit and they take off. She tells him that she is escaping poverty when Byung-Ho asks about her. As they pass through a gate, she sees a vision of her father that morphs into a tiger. Byung-Ho snaps her out of it and gives her a tour of the ship. After he has her clean and she falls asleep. She dreams of Jun on the white planet, standing on the edge of a cliff. Byung-Ho wakes her and tells her the just jumped through the second gate, but are under attack by raiders. He mans the weapons while Min flies, which she has never done. As the fighting breaks out he has her go to the engine room to do repairs. She arrives and gets to work, fixing the shields and life support system. The fighting soon stops and she heads to the Cockpit. Byung-Ho congratulates her on the repairs but soon after the engine breaks down and they prep to get boarded. Byung-Ho gives her his blaster and a firefight breaks out. They two are outnumbered and Min is blinded by a flash grenade. She fires randomly and hits someone before blacking out.

Min wakes up in the medical bay of a ship slightly in pain. She sees a boy next to her who introduces himself as Bae Jang, a Space Forces cadet who died a half-hour previously during battle would from saving her and Byung-Ho from the mercenaries. He reveals that they are on the Pale Lightning, Jun's ship, and she is amazed. Min apologizes for his death but he brushes it off, saying he wishes he could have finished his training. Min offers to take his place and reveals herself as a fox. He is unphased by this and accepts the offer if she can find out more about the mercenaries that killed him. She swears on her ancestor's bones, a serious oath, and accepts. The medic comes in and she turns into Jang and uses charm to trick the medic. Min asks about Byung-Ho and the medic says he is still in a stasis pod but will be fine. She leaves when the examination is done. Min wonders around the ship until she runs into a Dokkaebi named Sujin. They are soon joined by a dragon named Haneul. They great her as Jang and take him to Lieutenant Ju-Won. The lieutenant is happy to see that Jang survived and questions if he is okay. Min says she is and the lieutenant tells Jang to head to his station and points her in the right direction. Sujin and Haneul goes with Min and the dokkaebi gives her cookies and shrimp crackers to snack on. She decides to stay close to the two for the time being, since they know Jang well. After performing Jang's duties, she misranks an officer and cleans the latrines as a result. She charms a cadet who comes into the latrines into giving her a layout of the Pale Lighting, she arrives late to the barracks and Ju-Won has Jang wake up two hours earlier if more latrine cleaning. When she finishes she heads to the mess hall to get food and meets up with Haneul and Sujin. They get in line to eat and she overs hears two human girls asking each other why the human Jang would hang out with supernaturals. After mess, they head to Lieutenant Hyosu’s class on the ship's weapons systems. During class, they have a simulated dog fight and she is paired with Gyeong-Ja, one of the girls from the mess. Min takes the weapons while Gyeong-Ja acts as a pilot. They to do well and after the simulation, she asks about Jun. Gyeong-Ja calls him and the others who went with him deserters. After class, she sets out to find Jang.

After class, she cleans a maintenance shaft and speaks quickly with Jang. He says to check the handbook and to find who killed him. She later skims through it and discovers that if she is found to be faking being Jang, she will be court marshalled and either imprisoned or executed. Haneul and Sujin soon arrive and mess around with Jang. She later looks through Jang's trunk and the ghost looks at the objects with sorrow. The following day she and Sujin are scrubbing the latrine again. When she asks about Jun, Captain Hwan appears and they stand at ease. Hwan asks Jang if he is alright and he says yes. Jang instructs her to be calm. Hwan starts to talk about the Dragon Pearl and she asks about Jun, the captain says he went awol. After Hwan leaves the two finish up and gets to Hyosu's lesson. The two sit with Haunel as the lieutenant talks about the ships meridians, lines in the body that contain one's life force, The conversation quickly turns to the Dragon Pearl and Hyosu tells the Cadets that just as the pearl can create life, it can destroy it just as easily and they must keep it from falling into the wrong hands.

As she lays in Jang's bunk, Sujin and Haneul arrive for their regular game of baduk, similar to chess or checkers. Min winces that she might be discovered but goes with them to a game area of the Pale Lightning. Jang and Haneul play and she allows Jang a handicap of extra peace. During the game, she uses charm and asks about Jun. The others say he probably left to find the dragon pearl. They comment that, despite not knowing him well, Jun was a loyal soldier and was surprised he deserted. They say Jun's bunkmates were interrogated heavily and she decides to ask them if she can. They don't think he was the mastermind behind it as another of the deserters was a lieutenant. They also find it strange as it would be easy for the Pale Lighting to find him. Haneul wins and she heads back to the barracks. She finds Jang, angry that she is doing nothing to find out what happened to him. She apologizes, saying she would do it and he leaves.

The next morning at breakfast, he asks Sujin and Hanuel about the pirate attack, they say none of them survived and that they might have thought the Red Azalea was another mercenary ship and attacked it thinking it ha the Dragon Pearl. After breakfast and before KP duty, she tells Jang that all the pirates died in the attack. He is disappointed but accepts this and leaves. During Hyosu's lesson on the engines, she pulls Jang aside and compliments him on his work. Early the next morning she wakes up and checks out Jun's bunk but does not find his scent. When a sergeant finds her Jang says "he" woke up early and decided to go for a walk. For this, Jang is stuck with hydroponics, growing plants in liquid rather than soil, along with Haneul and Sujin. She is helped in looking for rot by a human ensign name Woo-Jin who she recognized from Jun's barracks. She charmed him to get information on her brother, but he said he told Hwan everything he knew. A warrant officer told them to help Haneul and she goes. The dragon tells her the ship's meridian on the third level is giving off bad luck and, after faking a stomachache to get out of a fencing match, she checks it out. She charms both guards standing at each end of the hall and goes in. She twisted her ankle and has a stomach pain due to the negative gi, life energy, and hides in a closet when she hears Captain Kwan and Lieutenant Commander Ju-Eun. As they talk Kwan says he thinks there is a ghost on board, worrying Min. Ji-Eun suggests it might be pirates but Kwan brushes it off. They suggest that it might be a prank before talking about the deserters and that if they were found, will be court marshaled. Ju-Eun heads back to the bridge and Kwan calls Jang out of the closet. He says "he" was curious and wanted to see the meridian for himself and distracted a guard and hid. He quizzes Jang on "his" background before he says he feared for his life in the pirate attack. He says Jang will get used to it in time and dismisses the "cadet". When the captain is out of sight Jang appears and she tells him that Hwan at least sent him in knowing it was too dangerous. She asks him if he would curse the ship, he denies it after a pause and vanishes.

She and Sujin head up to the bridge to learn the layout and functions of it. The two are told to go to an ensign in charge of navigation. The ensign quizzes them on what not to do while travelling through a gate. Min then realizes that her brother and the other deserters would have had to leave the ship via escape pod, something deadly while in a gate, and realizes there is someone she must ask to make sense of it.

Min decides to sneak into Hwan's quarters to find answers She decides to use litmus film to copy Hwan's fingerprints. However soon after the ship exits a gate and comes under attack by ten mercenary ships. Jang and Sujin head to the engine room and she helps the chief engineer with a broken meridian, but takes over Sujin's panel position when they are injured. Jang aligns her gi with the ship but is soon injured and blacks out. She wakes up in the medical bay and, despite her body hurting, made her way to Hwan's quarters. She uses the litmus film to fake Hwan's fingerprint and to get the code to his office. She is successful and enters. She finds Jun's scent on a sword in the background and looks through his desk. She finds old fashioned paper logbooks and reads through the most recent one. She reads that Hwan knows where the dragon pearl is and sent Jun and others on a mission to the Fourth Colony to retrieve it. He also wrote that he knows Jun is a Fox Spirit and selected him for it, as he felt he had the best chance to complete the mission and plans to use the pearl to destroy worlds. Min decides to go to the Fourth Colony to find her brother. She finds a map in the book and memorizes it before putting it away. She heads back to the medical bay and falls asleep.

When she wakes up she finds that the battle has lasted seventeen hours, Sujin is recovering, and Byung-Ho is out of his healing pod and in the medical bay, asking about Bora. After the medic says he was the only survivor they save, she uses charm and tells him Bora survived, he tells Jang to tell Bora she was a good mechanic and to peruse it. Hwan appears over the loudspeakers and announces the battle is over and they have taken prisoners. She goes to the brig and is joined by Jang. They get the access code from a pair of soldiers and make it to the brig to find Pox Spirits. As the two spy on the interrogation, the learn that the mercenaries were hired by Councilor Chae-Won of the Jeweled Worlds to ensure a monopoly on terraforming. When the interrogation ends they sneak out and Jang is assigned a desk job by Ju-Won. She meets up with Haneul and Sujin for dinner. She learns that in two days the Pale Lightning will stop on Abalone Spire for two weeks to repair damage from the battle. She decides to desert to find Jun and asks Jang to help her free the mercenaries, he agrees.

Min sneaks into the damaged meridian after charming the guards. She uses a blaster to destroy some wires before going to the brig. She disguises herself as Hwan before telling the guards present to release the prisoners and leave. The three prisoners, a male scholar, a light faced man, and a woman with scarred hands exit and she reveals herself as a fox spirit. She offers to help them escape if they take them to the Ghost Sector. They agree and the four make their way to the mercenaries' ship. She charms everyone they see to avoid unnecessary conversations. They reach the ship and the mercenaries inspect it before takeoff. Hwan's voice comes over the speakers, telling them to come back to the Pale Lightning or die. They blast a hole in the airlock and escape. She imitates Hwan's voice to cause momentary confusion among the crew. As the Pale Lightning fires a missile, they maneuver it to hit the Space Forces ship. The mercenaries open a gate and escape. The scholar, Chul, suggests they get the Dragon Pearl and use it for themselves. After exiting the gate she reverts to her human form for the first time in weeks. They learn they only have two jumps left. They open a gate to the Fourth Colony and it is white rather than the normal purple. She sees visions of a tiger and dragon fighting and they successfully reach the Fourth Colony.

However, the Pale Lighting beat them there and the ship is taken out by an electromagnetic pulse. With life support of the four put on space suits to make oxygen last longer and set up false traps to try the Space Forces. They are soon boarded by Sujin and Haneul. Kwan tells them to surrender or he will execute the two cadets for treason. Min surrenders to save them. Her former comrades say nothing to her and Jang leaves. She is brought before Hwan and she tells him her name when he asks. When he says he heard of her from her brother she demands to know Jun’s fate. He has her put in solitary where the guards are ordered to shoo if she shapeshifts. Later Hwan shows up and she turns into a fox, her true form, at his request. He offers her a deal to get her freedom and her brother if she Han charm her way past the ghosts of the Fourth Colony. He says Jun is hidden away and he can reunite them if she cooperates. She declines and Kwan leaves her. Later Sujin, who snick in while Hwan was talking with her, frees her. They have her turn into Hyosu and lead her to the escape pods where Haneul is standing guard. The three get in and head to the Fourth Colony, however, the pod short circuits and they drift somewhat. Min tells them Jang died saving the Red Azalea and he gave her permission to use his form. She manages to fix it and hopes to arrive on the planet safely. The pod heats up as they head to the planet's surface, albeit crashing into a forest where the trees break their fall. They take a survey pad, survival kit, and medical kit, and check to see if the air is breathable. She gets out after Haneul and gets poked by thorns in the way down. They are soon haunted by ghosts. When Sujin lands they have a quick snack and head in the direction the ghosts do not want them going.

As they march on they get caught in the rain. Min has a vision of ghosts telling her to find shelter. Sujin and Haneul snap her out of it and are soon approached by a familiar figure. They realize it is Jun and, much to her dismay, he is a ghost. She is saddened by this and Haneul comforts her. Jin leads them to his ship where they meet other ghosts. When they tell that Hwan recruited them to find the Dragon Pearl, Min and the other living beings realize the ghosts are using them as bait to lure Hwan to them. After realizing this she is alarmed when Sujin has warned him not to come to them. The ghosts then come at them. She fakes having to use the bathroom, using charm for good measure, and has Haneul a company her while Sujin wears their invisibility hat. The three flee and make camp by a bolder and some dead saplings for cover. Hanuel takes first watch as she and Sujin rest. Sujin tells her they were lying about contacting Hwan, but knows the tiger will come down regardless. They both fall asleep and Haneul wakes her. As she keeps watch Jun arrives and tells her he was going to help them escape later and he knows where the Dragon Pearl is. She wakes her friends and explains the plan to them and they four set out.

The four encounter a hoard of ghosts of both civilians and Space Force personnel, the hoard points out that Hwan is landing and leaps at them. Min knows where the Dragon Pearl is and, leaving her friends, goes to retrieve it. She turns into a hawk as Jun shields her from the ghosts. She gets the Dragon Pearl but sees Hwan pointing a blaster at her. She dives a Hwan and the tiger shoots at her shoulder and she falls to the ground and reverts to human form. Hwan demands the dragon pearl and a ghost, Eui, shows them a vision of Hae, the Shaman who brought the Dragon Pearl to the Fourth Colony. They say the shaman was selfish in her desires but Min promises to give them all a proper funeral. She orders Hwan to let her friends go, but she realizes the two were working with Hwan the entire time. She is hurt but understanding, saying Jang gave her permission to take his form, Jane then materializes to confirm what she is saying. She then starts the process. Hwan tries to grab the Dragon Pearl from her but stops when Eui mentions his long-dead comrade. Eui has the four living beings swear on the bones of a dead loved one, Jun for her, and the Fourth colony springs to life. Before Jang leaves he asks that he get a military funeral, she and the others promise to give him that. When they finish the ghosts that die with trying to get the Dragon Pearl the first time attack Hwan and drag him into a forest. Jun stays, saying he still wants to see the Thousand Worlds, Min agrees to this.

A lieutenant that came with Hwan asks for the dragon pearl, Min denies this but agrees to go with them. The three are disinfected and examined by medics and shamans back on the Pale Lightning. As Hanuel and Sujin are brought to the medical bay, Min is brought to Lieutenant Commander Ju-Eun, serving as acting captain until a replacement is found, tells Min she will be sent to Black Locust Station and put on a transport back to Jinju. She also learns that she has disqualified herself from enlisting in the Space Forces for real and escorts her to a guest cabin and has her meals brought to her. Soon after Haneul and Sujin bring her a meal. The two choose to play baduk with her and Jun before saying goodbye.

The Pale Lightning drops her off at the Black Locust Station and is put up in a luxury hotel. Two days later, she is greeted by Security Officer Seok of the Thousand Worlds Domestic Security Ministry, the same man who informed her family of Jun’s desertion two months prior. He tries to take the Dragon Pearl, saying it is property of the Dragon Council, but it fires a beam at him and singes his hair before Min snatches it back. Min states that she wants to use the dragon pearl to terraform worlds at a reasonable price. He then states her crimes and her heroism and offers her a position in the Thousand Worlds Domestic Security Ministry, as it can Shield her from the Dragon Council and the Space Forces. She agrees if Jun can be her partner, Seok agrees after getting over the initial shock of seeing a ghost.

The three take a civilian transport to Jinju and Seok drives a hovercar to her dome. She goes to greet her mother and Jun’s spirit appears. The siblings go inside to tell their mother everything.

Three years after obtaining the Dragon Pearl, Min works as an assistant to Special Investigator Yi. The two head to Starbase Borasekbam to get him in defending the mining colony of Norandol in the Fortesss Sector from attacks from the neighboring Phoenix Empire and Sun Clans after Gate Crystals were discovered there. Yi recruits Ensign Hak and new recruits Baik Jee and Juhwang Sebin. She briefs them on the mission as their ship, the Haetae, is being resupplied. They head to the ship after it is fully stocked. After the cadets get their credentials and board, she and Yi are escorted to their quarters by a lieutenant.

When an explosion sounds on the ship, she goes down the hall to the cadet's bunks and opens the door to find the tiger spirit, she draws her blaster before learning it is Sebin. The cadets explain how they hacked into the security system and found no crew as well as failing to contact anyone. She says she could not contact anyone as well and they set out to find someone. The group runs into Yi along the way, who confirms that it is sabotage and they pass unconscious crew members as they reach an elevator. Jee gets it operational and they head to the bridge. Before the doors open, Sebin tells Min and Euna to cover them. She and the others watch as Sebin transforms into a tiger and the group sees a larger white tiger among the unconscious crew. They relealize Sebin knows the saboteur by the way they were talking to the tiger as Euna fires a flashgun. The saboteur leaves and he and the others interrogate Sebin on their relationship to the tiger. Sebin says he is their uncle Hwan as Namkyu confirms that the crew is all alive. She blames it on her luck as Yi orders her to escort Sabin to the holding cells for interrogation. After being placed in a cell, she uses charm to get Sebin to tell her everything they knew about their uncle being on the ship. She has her doubts about their story. After Min steps aside to take a call, she says she knows Sebin knows she is a fox spirit as Jun manifests next to her. Jun tells his sister to go easy on Sebin as the young tiger spirit. The siblings pretend to leave and Sebin, thinking they are alone, calls out to see if anyone is there to inform them about Min and Jun. However Min reveals herself and calls them a traitor before leaving.

As she and Yi are walking down a corridor, they see a dog and are soon ambushed by Hwan and a shaman. She tells Yi to run as she sees Sebin and tells the young tiger spirit she knew they were working with their uncle. She fires at Hwan but Sebin shields their uncle. Soon Shield starts to bark and drain her and Jun of their magic, reverting them to their true forms. Sean then threatens to send her brother to the afterlife if she does not work with them. She reminds Hwan he was the one who sent her brother to his death before pleading with Sena to let Jun stay in the land of the living. Sena starts the cleansing ritual and talks softly to Jun as he agrees with her and starts to fade. Min continues to plead as Sena stops, revealing it to be a warning and and threatens to send Jun away if she disobeys. She reluctantly agrees and requests she be allowed to return to human form. Hwan reluctantly allows her as Shield requests two treats to do so. Sena gives him the treats and he lets Min take human form. She leads them to the medical bay, where the captain is being treated, as Sebin watches Min. The doors fail to open when they arrive, resulting in Hwan ripping them open. Blasters start to fire as Hwan has her talk the crew down. They stop firing as Hwan has her introduce him as the Haetae's new captain.

After Sebin, Jee, Euna, and Rokuro trigger a trap in the engine room, she is led there. When she charms Sebin, she has them take Shield away from the fighting. After leaving, she charms Sena into leaving Jun alone and Hwan retreats with the shaman. She is alone until Sebin returns and Jee says the gate crystals still have some juice, but Hwan has disabled the escape pods, planning on taking the crew with him if he fails. Sebin has him put the escape pods back online just as Hwan returns with six mercenaries. Sebin has her charms them into not giving up as Jun creates an opening for the tiger spirit and the siblings flee the fighting.

She and Jee watch over Sebin as they are unconscious for three days before the tiger spirit wakes up. They two fill them in before the captain comes to question Sebin on their involvement in the situation with Hwan. A few days later she and Sebin play a game in the rec room and talk about using charm before more people come in. She and the cadets say their goodbyes to Sebin as they face a tribunal.

At a party organized on the space station Ssangyong in the hopes of organizing peace between the Thousand Worlds and the Sun Clan, Min feeling uncomfortable keeping up the illusion of someone older than she really is. Min looks over at her bodyguard, Silhouette , and fails to get a reaction from her. Min eyes the food table as everyone waits for the Sun Clan to arrive. Her brother appears next to her and tells Min to fight the urge until the guests arrive. As she thinks about what would happen if everyone found out she was a fox spirit, she is approached by a man who introduced himself as Minister Baik , and Thousand World's Minister of Defense, they get into a conversation about the distrust the two nations have for each other and just as Tanaka, the Sun Clan's ambassador, arrives. Minister Baik escorts Min to Tanaka and the minister greets the ambassador warmly. Min introduces herself as the Bearer of the Dragon Pearl and offers to escort the ambassador to the food, much to Tanaka's pleasure. As they eat dumplings, Min catches the scent of another fox spirit. She manages to slip away from Minister Baik and Ambassador Tanaka by faking illness. She looks for the other fox spirit as her bodyguard follows her. Min finds the other fox spirit and is surprised she is a minister’s assistant to Baik. She corners her other fox spirit in the bathroom and, thinking Min is a magician and not a fox spirit as well, introduces herself as Yang Miho and escorts Min to an empty office, locking out Silhouette. Jun warns Min to be careful as she and Miho engage in conversation. Miho explains that she is doing what she is because she wants better acceptance for all species in the Thousand Worlds. At Min's request, Miho reveals her true form as a nine tailed fox, shocking the girl. After Min reveals she is in possession of the Dragon Pearl, Miho suggests they team up. Before Min can answer, Silhouette breaks down the door and accuses Miho of abducting Min. However, Min and Miho wave her off and the bodyguard leaves them be. Miho repeats her claims of using her position as minister’s assistant to help sway funds for the better. She also repeats her offer. However, before Min can answer, the door opens again. An official and two guards enter the office and tell Min she is needed. Min and Miho follow the official as Silhouette looks on in a daze. They return to the banquet hall where, and Baik silently chastises Min for a moment to Ambassador Tanaka, the Ambassador brings up a planet important to both nations, Jasujeong- or Artificial World Four to the Sun Clan. Jun tells his sister to be careful as Ambassador Tanaka suggests Min use the Dragon Pearl to terraform the planet for the good of both nations. Min brings out the Dragon Pearl to get its opinion, much to the amusement of onlookers. The Dragon Pearl emanates light to indicate it agrees, but only if a condition is met. Before Min can rely this information, the lights go out and everyone panics. Min quickly secures the Dragon Pearl before ducking under a table. Jun tells her he senses a familiar presence and Min recognizes Sebin is in close proximity to her. She finds them and asks what they are doing at the station. The tiger spirit explain that they were part of a Space Forces ship tasked with safeguarding the station and explains how two mischief prone cadets are licking behind it. Sebin leaves and Jun suggests Min use charm to ease the panic. She feels it will reveal her fox spirit status to Miho and instead goes to ask the assistant minister to do it instead. She finds Miho and convince her to use charm to calm the masses. Miho does so. It works and the cadets are caught. Miho and Sebin escort the cadets away, but Min notices something is off with Sebin as they walk away.

When things dye down, Min reunite with Miho and they board the Haetae to head to the disputed world. Chaewon shows Min maps of Jasujeong to better help her prepare for her duty. The two find Sebin in the sick bay and check up on the fox spirit. When the medic cannot find anything wrong with the tiger spirit, Min explains it has something to do with geomancy. She goes over to Sebin and explains that she and Miho are taking the Haetae to Jasujeong. After she reassures Sebin that the Dragon Pearl is safe, Sebin tries to get answers from Min, but she does not give straight answers and insists it is family matters. Upon hearing this, Sebin realizes she is covering for another fox spirit. Min tries to deny it, but Sebin can smell that she is lying and Min reluctantly tells them yes and agrees to tell the captain as Miho speaks with the medics. Along the way, Sebin asks Min why she insists on keeping this to herself as she explains that she grew up being told to hide her true self for fear of persecution and that this was the first time she met a fox spirit she was not related to. When they arrive at the captain’s office, a guard stationed outside tells the two to wait. Min considers using charm to ease drop on the captain’s conversation, but Sebin and Jun silently talk her out of it. Eventually Chaewon dismisses the two and has Sebin return the following day. As the group walks, Min thinks something might be going on behind the scenes as Jun and Sebin dismiss her claims. Sebin returns to their duties just as Silhouette catches up with Min. Still annoyed at having a body guard, Min decides to try and speak with Haneul after she has been avoiding her. After finding Haneul and Gwan in a conference room, Gwan explains to Min that representatives from the Sun Clan are joining them and they she should not use the Dragon Pearl for their benefit. Min rebuffs this after thinking about how Jinju has been left to suffer. Gwan then reveals their discomfort of having a non-dragon spirit be in charge of the Dragon Pearl. Min sees this as a threat to take the Dragon Pearl from her and, despite Jun's warnings, shouts at the counselor for the council’s selective terraforming program. Haneul tries to ease the tension by saying the Thousand Worlds are too big to help all planets and gets defensive of Min's comments. Min eventually leaves the room as Gwan smirks.

A few days later, she feels something is off and asks Sebin to accompany her to Chaewon's office. Along the way, Min reveals she thinks someone has altered Sebin's memories, but they do not believe her. When meeting the captain, Min asks to see maps of their destination, but Chaewon states the maps and the names of those authorized to look at them are classified. Min thanks Chaewon and the two leave. As they walk, Min reveals she was shown the maps just after arriving on the Haetae and questions why the maps are now classified. After parting with Sebin, Min searches the Hartae for Miho as Jun thinks of what she might be doing. Min finds the assistant minister having tea with Haneul and she has Min join them. Haneul scowls at Min as she sits down. Wanting to speak with Miho alone. Min thinks of ways to get Haneul to leave, Min brings up how she thinks the Dragon Council is selfish for only terraforming certain worlds as Haneul states that it is only logical to play more attention to worlds with more resources. Miho agrees with Haneul and states that, after the diplomatic mission is complete, the Thousand Worlds will be able to put more effort on secondary worlds. Min still thinks that the council will let lesser developed worlds rot and Haneul leaves in frustration. Min feels guilty about hurting her friend as Miho reveals she knew Min was trying to get the two of them alone and asked why. Min tells her she feels there is something the higher ups are not telling her as Miho reveals that Jasujeong is considered dangerous because of its turbulent history and strategic for its positioning to gates. Miho also reveals Jasujeong houses the remains of an ancient battleship, the Sejong-Daewang, which possesses technology that, if reverse engineered through modern technology, can give a nation the upper hand in a conflict. Miho reveals the government kept her in the dark about the ship because they planned on taking it before she arrived. After revealing that Ambassador Tanaka wanted to destroy the ship to keep the scales of power even, Min agrees with the ambassador and leaves, realizing Miho never gave her opinion on the matter.

The Haetae reaches Asa-Achim, a space station orbiting Jasujeong. A boarding party consisting of Sebin, Chaewon, Gwan, Haneul, Miho, Min, and Silhouette step onto the station and are greeted by Ambassador Tanaka and Administrator Ajin. As the ambassador and administrator show the representatives from the Thousand Worlds around, Min tries to ask Sebin where they were, but they do not answer out of mild annoyance. The group reaches a banquet hall with food from both the Thousand Worlds and Sun Clans. She enjoys the food when an explosion occurs. Ajin instructs everyone to get to the escape pods as she and Silhouette have Sebin come with them. The three make it to the escape pods and find a distraught Haneul, who says Gwan pushed her aside to save their own life. The group sees the councilor heading for another escape pod and go into there’s. As Jun phases through Min to get to the escape pod, Silhouette forces herself to stay behind for Min's safety. Min protests as the pod is ejected. As Min tries to convince herself that her bodyguard is alright, the four see the station in flames before it explodes. As the group wonders who survived, Min takes the controls to avoid debris from the space station. Sebin tells her they are to stay in a certain altitude and wait for rescue. However they are low on fuel and the hull punctures. Min gives the group two options, either go higher and be at the mercy of debris and raiders as they wait for a rescue party or head towards Jasujeong. The group unanimously chose the latter and Min tries to give them as smooth a landing as possible as Haneul and Sebin suit up. The suits, resembling clothes, encase the two and transform into a more traditional suit. Once they do, Sebin thrusts a third suit into Min's hands. The cloth wraps itself her, scaring the girl, and the others tell her not to fight it. Once the suit is on, Min tries desperately to land as close to a joint military base as possible. As she does so, she sees another escape pod.

They crash in the jungle and Sebin passes out. The tiger spirit is woken up. Jun apologizes for the situation, blaming his ghost status as the others reassure him he is not to blame. Min tells the others she saw that the atmosphere is breathable and everyone sheds their spacesuits and the group assess the situation. Min and Haneul grab anything of value from the escape pod and Min tells them she found an emergency beacon, but it is not encrypted so anyone can pick it up. Min also shows the others a map either into a piece of metal. The group thinks it leads to the remains of an ancient battleship, the Sejong-Daewang, and assume other survivors will go there as well. Jun leaves to scout out the area. After he leaves, Haneul and Min reconcile as they hear a howl in the distance. Sebin reveals that the planet has poisonous plants and dangerous wildlife. They and Haneul opt to transform into their true forms as Min, who feels the most vulnerable, is told to use Sebin as a mount, much to their annoyance. Min suggests the group wait for her brother, but the others say Jun will find them. The three set out just as the escape pod explodes.

As the group heads north, Min realizes her brother has not returned and becomes worried. Haneul tries to comfort her as Sebin tries to communicate while in tiger form. Eventually they stop by a pond and decide to make camp for the night. Min goes to bath, but is shocked by the cold. Haneul heats it up and the girls take turns bathing as Sebin scouts the immediate area. When Sebin finishes, Min questions if the local fruit is safe to eat. Sebin states it is best to try it as a last resort when Min suggests she use the Dragon Pearl to terraform the area. Haneul agrees with her and suggests tangerines. Min uses the Pearl and successfully terraforms the area with tangerines ready to eat. Sebin is surprised that it worked while Haneul reveals that it has only ever been used to terraform entire planets. The three eat and Min takes first watch. She later wakes Haneul to take her place and takes fox form to sleep. As Haneul keeps watch, they hear growls and Haneul's voice. They wake up, Min taking human form and Sebin staying a tiger. The group find themselves surrounded a creatures resembling a cross between vultures and wolves. A few part to reveal Miho. As everyone tenses up, Jun arrives and says he ran into Miho and thought it was best to team up with as many survivors as possible. Min scolds her brother for his long absence as Miho explains that she reached an escape pod and befriended the creatures, which she states are called Gwaemel Number Twenty-Seven. Miho further elaborates that the Sejong-Daewang is haunted by its crew and feels Jun can help them as ghosts trust their own kind more than the living. The group allows Miho to join them and Sebin keeps watch until dawn and they all head out. Haneul has the assistant minister ride on her while Sebin reluctantly continues to be used as a mount by Min. As they reach the edges of the jungle, the group is attacked by unknown birds. The group mostly manages to evade their talons, however Haneul is injured scaring off the birds with her control of the weather. She reverts back to human form as the others go over to her. Miho and Sebin patch her up as the dragon spirit insists she is alright. Jun expresses his frustration that he was unable to help as the group continues on. As the walk, Min asks Miho about her family. The assistant minister reveals her family was killed in a battle with the Sun Clan as Haneul collapses.

Everyone rushes over the her as Miho realizes Haneul has been exposed to an alien poison. As Min and Sebin fail to find antitoxins in their first aid kits, Jun feels like he brought this on Haneul. Miho brings out a stretcher and the group places Haneul on it and set out for the ship. As they walk, with Min and Sebin, handling the stretcher, Jun expresses his guilt to his sister as she questions if she is the only reason Jun is staying around. Sebin snaps her out of her thoughts when the group comes across a raging river. Sebin and Miho request Min use the Pearl to create a bridge and she tries, despite her doubts that it could be used for the act. While nothing happens, Min thinks of her inability to save her friend and tries to picture a bride over a river. As she is taking a long time, the others realize she is unable to swim and fears the water. The others try to calm her, with Miho failing to use charm and ease Min's fears. Fortunately, Min succeeds in using the Pearl to make a stone bridge. Sebin suggests they and Miho handle the stretcher, but Min insists she can do so, however everyone has their doubts. Jun floats across the river as Miho, Sebin, and Min cross the bridge. However, when they are almost across, the bridge starts to crumble. Started, Min lets go of the stretcher and flees to shore with Miho as Haneul slides off the stretcher and into the river. Sebin transforms into a tiger and jumps in after her. They grab Haneul's shirt and try to pull her to shore. However, the cold of the water wakes the dragon spirit and, in a panic, takes her true form. Sebin makes it to shore, taking human form, and watches as Haneul shouts accusations at her friends and summons a storm. Min asks Miho to calm Haneul and Sebin realizes the assistant minister is a fox spirit as well. Soon enough, Haneul calms down and reverts to human form on the banks of the river.

The group reaches Haneul and Miho examines her. She states that the dragon spirit is exhausted and, after Sebin transforms, Miho and Min secure Haneul to their back and the group heads out. Over the next two weeks, they trek through Jasujeong's terrain and survive on tangerines, with Haneul waking for meals. Eventually the group reaches the Sejong-Daewang and are amazed at its sheer size. However, it is not long until the temperature drops and they are surrounded by ghosts of the crew. The continue and are met with the ghost of the ship's commanding officer, Admiral Paik Sumin, who glares at Miho. As the others realize Miho has a history with Paik, she desperately tries to charm the admiral. Fearing for the safety of her group, she tries desperately to stop Miho, only to realize her brother, companions, and twenty of the ghosts have been charmed. Miho convinces her companions that Min is a threat and sends Sebin to attack her. Min pleads with the tiger spirit to fight Miho's mind control as she evades their attacks. Min takes the form of a tree to hide, but Sebin finds her and attacks, charging into a hawk to escape. She continues to plead with Sebin as Miho arrives and tells them to attack the girl. Both foxes try to convince Sebin to do what they want and, eventually, the tiger spirit listens to Min and, after pretending to attack her, attacks Miho. However the assistant minister fires a blaster at Sebin.

As Min focuses on an unconscious Sebin, Jun and Haneul appear at Miho's side. Upon noticing that Haneul looks unusually healthy for her current state, Min realizes the assignment minister has been drugging the dragon spirit to better subdue her. Miho informs Min that the government has a file on her, but she has not had the time to read it, both concerning and relieving the girl. Miho also reveals she joined Min and her companions both to incapacitate the group and that she truly needed her brother to help her subdue the ghosts. Miho reveals that her family was victims in a war between the Thousand Worlds and the Sun Clan, and that the latter nation deserved to burn for their actions. Soon Min looks at her brother and realizes Jun is not under Miho control. She signals for him to attack, but Miho spots it as well and lunges towards Min. Min makes a break for the Sejong-Daewang and uses the Pearl to block Miho's path. However the older fox spirit easily gets around the blockade and the younger fox spirit begins terraforming the planet as a last ditch effort. Miho catches up to Min, but Jun phases through the assistant minister and she trips, injuring her ankle. Taking the opportunity, Min takes a branch and goes to finish off Miho. But Jun stops her, stating she will be just as bad as Miho if she kills her. Min drops the branch and goes over to Miho. After learning that the assistant minister thinks she is the last fox, Min and Jun reveal their true forms, with Min gaining a second tail, and inform her of their family back on Jinju. Learning that she is not the only one, Miho expresses frustration that they could of joined her, but Min denies that it would of have ever been an option. As Miho questions outing her true species to the government, Min goes to find her companions.

Min informs Haneul that Miho has made her sick and the dragon spirit, in fit of rage, takes her true form and tries to kill Miho as Min tries to stop her, saying the assistant minister will stand trial. They both do not see Sebin wake up. Soon Miho reveals she caused the explosion and Haneul grows angrier. The group eventually calms Haneul down and she reverts to human form. The group then faces Admiral Paik and tries to convince them to let the group take the Sejong-Daewang to stop a potential war. Paik address Jun and, after learning he haunts his sister out of familiar bonds and love, they let the group use the ship. Once they reach the bridge, Paik tells them that in order to start the ship a sacrifice and a promise must be made. Paik elaborates that the sacrifice would involve the crew passing on to power the ship and that the four of them must promise to only use it for peace. They agree and Paik says they need to elect a captain among themselves. Eventually, Sebin is selected to become the new captain of the Sejong-Daewang. Once Sebin takes the captain’s seat, the girls strap in Miho before buckling themselves in at the control panels. The crew sacrifice themselves and the ship reaches orbit. Not long after, they receive a distress message from Ambassador Tanaka that says she and others have escaped and will spend the next three months in hibernation to conserve the life support system. The group find ten pounds and, using mechanical arms, bring the survivors onboard one pod at a time. Sebin goes to ask Paik something, but Jun says they moved on. Everyone thinks of the ghost’s sacrifice and, after Miho makes a comment, Haneul gags the assistant minister and everyone goes to wake up the survivors.

Soon enough, the Sejong-Daewang reaches Ssangyong and Captain Chaewon and Ambassador Tanaka request to dock. Due to the sheer size of the ship, the station is incapable of accommodating the Sejong-Daewang and a shuttle is used. Min, Sebin and Haneul listen in and the cadets express their disappointment in having to leave their ships, but are exited about their future on their new ship. Sebin, Haneul, and the Kim siblings go to the docking bay to hand Miho over to the government. Miho simply glances at the teenagers and apologizes to Tanaka. After the handoff is complete, the four go to the mess hall for food. Soon after Sebin is named Captain of the Sejong-Daewang, Hanuel quit her apprenticeship under Gwan, and the Kim siblings would set out to see the rest of the Thousand Worlds.