Recaps

After a meteor attack on the Gustin fief, Qu Jianlei’s group weathered government scrutiny while Jia Shuiqing advanced to Nascent Soul and escaped with them to a New Base. There, Qu Jianlei connected Yulia’s stone to Black Colt Tower as the military continued pressuring the Gustin Family.

• Qu Jianlei and his allies used the Five Elements Battle Array to redirect five meteors, while military forces destroyed the last one and the group offered a reward for information about the attackers.
• Nafi revealed that the meteor weapon was a charged artifact once owned by Old Black Head, and Nutrient Solution took charge of investigating him.
• After Milai Volcano erupted toward the fief, Jia Shuiqing began a breakthrough, and Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution arranged distractions to keep officials from noticing her growing aura.
• Jia Shuiqing condensed her Nascent Soul and faced tribulation lightning as Qu Jianlei’s group concealed the event, destroyed an approaching military satellite, and warned off further observers.
• After Jia Shuiqing completed her Nascent Soul, Qu Jianlei and Xiang Xue used a Teleportation Array to escape the fief, while Silver Fir stayed behind and an unknown presence found traces of their departure.
• Qu Jianlei’s group reached the New Base in the Blade Star Region, where he examined Black Colt Tower and recognized that Yulia’s stone was made of the same material.
• Nutrient Solution learned that Yulia had traced the stones to a chaotic nebula in the Maiden Star Region, while the military found the Gustin fief deserted and placed Qingyuan Star under military control.

Qu Jianlei’s group uncovered the secrets of the octopus corpse and the stolen longsword while improving their cultivation and preparing clone bodies. They tracked the sword’s thief, Duo Gan, to Strathford Star and began destroying her defenses after she ordered them fired upon.

• Jia Shuiqing emerged from seclusion as an Exalted One, and the group studied the giant octopus corpse, whose hide resisted most weapons but could be cut with the Broken Sword.
• The group dissected the corpse, found a skull belonging to someone who had cultivated Above Supreme, and recovered a Space Ring filled with supplies, including Spirit Rice, Obsidian, weapons, talismans, and spirit stones.
• The Rebel Organization and Federation Supremes attacked the group, but Jia Shuiqing and Qu Jianlei’s companions defeated them, captured survivors, and learned about Federation talismans and the stolen talisman inheritance.
• After two months without further arrivals, Qu Jianlei’s group released three Federation prisoners near Planet Three and traveled through Tianbing Star to Celestial Hook Star, where they established a base and pursued research.
• Qu Jianlei studied the Evergreen Skill and the Space Ring’s journals, improved his understanding of cultivation, and helped Nutrient Solution and Qinghu create clone bodies named Xiaoyue and Xiaoxing.
• Nutrient Solution discovered that Duo Gan had arranged the theft of Luo Hanshuang’s treasured sword, and Qu Jianlei, Paranoid, Old Lady Jia, and Nutrient Solution traveled to Strathford Star to confront her openly.
• Duo Gan’s defenses opened fire on the Unlucky Starship, but Jia Shuiqing destroyed several fortresses as the ship evaded the barrage and the defense system began to collapse.

Qu Jianlei’s team confronted Duo Gan, settled her responsibility for her subordinates’ crimes, and gathered artifacts while testing talismans and recruiting new allies. After Mage brought them news of the worsening war and exchanged an artifact for support, the team turned toward a bounty involving a stolen magical artifact.

• Paranoid and Qu Jianlei forced Strathford’s people to surrender, then Jia Shuiqing learned from Kefu that Duo Gan was secluded inside the Energy Turbulence Zone.
• Qu Jianlei, Jia Shuiqing, Nutrient Solution, and Paranoid reached Duo Gan’s celestial body and confronted her at its core, where Jia Shuiqing subdued her.
• Duo Gan accepted responsibility for her subordinates’ actions against the Luo Family and the team, supplied artifacts and research materials, and later handed over two captured Supremes.
• The team tested recovered artifacts and tracking talismans, while Paranoid forged a clone and Jia Shuiqing repaired a damaged seal.
• Qu Jianlei’s group considered new recruits, accepted Yuanyuan, and met Mage, who exchanged the Dragon Binding Rope for a Super Qi Gathering Array and protection.
• Mage reported that the Federation and Alliance had captured two breaches and that the Empire had activated the Ultimate Graveyard, then shared verified artifact leads.
• Qu Jianlei gave the Dragon Binding Rope to Qinghu, began preparing to draw talismans, and ordered the team to act after Mu Guang reported a bounty for a magical artifact stolen by a Supreme from the Resistance.

Qu Jianlei’s team pursued the thieves who stole the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, then built the Digital Phantom fleet and found Alliance Secret Camps using Xiao Hu’s detection technology. After leaving the Black Zone and returning in a captured warship, Qu Jianlei rescued Abyss from military ships and captured an Above Supreme who knew about the Divine Script Artifact.

• Qu Jianlei assembled a team to pursue the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors thieves toward the Thorn Star Region, then fought off armed ships and expanded the fleet through a series of captures.
• Qu Jianlei’s fleet became known as Digital Phantom, and the team began searching the Black Zone while competing with other factions and encountering Duo Gan.
• After Xiao Hu and Qu Jianlei developed Divine Sense Imitation Detectors, the team found Alliance Secret Camps, seized their supplies, and fought defenders using a Three Powers Array and powerful cannons.
• Qu Jianlei refused Thorn Flower Blossom’s demands and cooperation offers, then fought its ships and negotiated a ransom for the captured crews after Duo Gan persuaded Old Tree to stand down.
• Qu Jianlei ended the search, sold prisoners, and left the Black Zone with fourteen starships, while Young Master followed and acquired a captured Company-level Warship.
• After the military searched for Digital Phantom’s detection device, Qu Jianlei returned to the Black Zone in a captured warship and watched undeveloped Stealth Arrays for Alliance or Resistance personnel.
• Qu Jianlei answered Abyss’s call for help as Destiny, destroyed three military Small Ships, and captured an Above Supreme pilot from a fleeing Space Mech.
• Qu Jianlei questioned the captive about the Divine Script Artifact, and the prisoner recognized Hua Xiezhi’s Broken Blade as a Divine Script Weapon before reacting to her knowledge of spiritual energy.