Recaps

Qu Jianlei and his team uncovered the Alliance’s hidden Tianwen project, gained Jiao Daoren as an ally, and helped Jing Yuexin survive her tribulation. Their expedition into a damaged Spirit Treasure revealed a Heavenly Demon threat, and they fought to contain the demons emerging from a black hole.

• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin infiltrated the Tianwen compound, stole its talisman materials, and escaped as Alliance forces searched for them.
• The pair confronted the Great Serpent beneath Thumb Peak, learned of its agreement with the Alliance, and brought it to Dawn Base, where it joined their team as Jiao Daoren.
• Jiao Daoren helped Qu Jianlei improve his divination, and the team prepared to investigate spatial weak points while Jing Yuexin faced a dangerous tribulation.
• Jing Yuexin survived seven days of tribulation lightning, recovered in a Mobile Palace, and later learned that her lifespan had reached about eighteen hundred years.
• Duo Gan led the team to explore a crimson nebula, where they found a damaged Spirit Treasure and a Space Fetal Membrane containing a living presence.
• The Artifact Spirit warned Qu Jianlei that the lifeform might be connected to a Heavenly Devil Nest, so the team summoned reinforcements and set up Jiao Daoren’s Ten Directions Demon Slaying Array.
• The group exposed and opened the hidden sphere, releasing black qi and a Heavenly Demon that attacked Duo Gan before the Great Serpent broke its illusion.
• Qu Jianlei activated the Demon Slaying Array against the emerging demons, and the team weakened a Nascent Soul-level Illusory Heavenly Devil until Qu Jianlei used the Cloud Crown to absorb it at the cost of his spiritual energy.

Qu Jianlei and Digital Phantom secured a dangerous Nebula while clashing with Imperial Capital Academy and responding to attacks on their people. After Duo Gan and Rhine advanced through tribulation, Qu Jianlei turned his attention to the Alliance and brought Jing Yuexin and Xiao Hu to Ke Qi Star, where they met High-Fidelity Replica.

• Qu Jianlei freed a Split Soul from the Illusory Heavenly Devil, learned the Nebula had drawn in the demon, and gave the Cloud Crown to Yuanyuan to refine it.
• Red Mist followed Qu Jianlei, and Xiao Hu took it in while the Artifact Spirit searched for a way to help it find a home.
• Duo Gan and Kefu confronted Imperial Capital Academy over the Nebula, and Duo Gan secured its purchase despite official delays and opposition.
• After Imperial Capital Academy-affiliated people and Digital Phantom members were attacked, Qu Jianlei identified a suspect, and Bashar eventually took his own life after the authorities pressed the Academy to meet Digital Phantom’s demands.
• Duo Gan used the Cloud Crown during her tribulation, and Qu Jianlei’s group repeatedly attacked her until the Artifact Spirit confirmed the Heavenly Devil Qi was gone.
• Xiao Moshan survived tribulation and became the team’s second Wind Attribute Supreme, while negotiations with the Empire over Duo Gan’s Star Cluster transaction broke down.
• Qu Jianlei exposed an Alliance test fleet seeking evidence against the Empire, and Hua Xiezhi and Jing Yuexin rejected the military’s attempts to question Digital Phantom.
• Rhine survived tribulation and chose the Ink Marker as her magical artifact, then Qu Jianlei took Jing Yuexin and Xiao Hu to Ke Qi Star, where Xiao Hu introduced High-Fidelity Replica.

Qu Jianlei and Digital Phantom freed Lawrence, clashed with Alliance forces over captured spies, and forged closer ties with the Empire while the Alien Race war widened. The team then entered Federation space on a bounty expedition, where Hua Lei recognized their identity and sought to join them after revealing her connection to the Imperial Decree.

• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin secured Lawrence’s release through legitimate channels, then asked him to investigate Digital Phantom and the Alliance’s peace talks.
• Jiao Daoren killed Hula, Benjamin, and another Supreme, and Lawrence was freed after the Alliance ended its large-scale investigation.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin visited Bi Tao Star, rescued two Imperial spies from Alliance custody, and escaped aboard a Digital Phantom ship after attacking the Alien Race blockade.
• Xiang Xue reached the Golden Core Realm, while Yuanyuan fought her relatives over her grandmother’s inheritance and stayed on Tianbing Star.
• Digital Phantom fought alongside Imperial forces against the Federation, captured or crippled four Division Level Ships, and then traveled into Federation space to gather intelligence.
• Qu Jianlei’s group joined Horizon Mercenaries for an expedition toward the Link Nebula, resisted the Wild Wolf Business Association, and departed aboard a concealed Battalion-Class Ship with Hua Lei.
• Hua Lei explained her connection to the Divine Script cultivator behind the Imperial Decree, asked to join Digital Phantom, and questioned why it accepted Alliance members but not Federation people.

Qu Jianlei and Digital Phantom battled the Asura across the route to Link Nebula, then pursued Hua Lei’s Secret Treasure and uncovered its location. At the treasure, Qu Jianlei faced an emaciated Daoist’s attempt to seize his body, leaving his allies fighting the White Mist as his soul weakened.

• Hua Lei joined Digital Phantom’s expedition, sharing what she knew about a Divine Script cultivator who had predicted the Asura and Alien Race invasions and may have sealed their worlds.
• Qu Jianlei led the Division Level Ships through escalating Asura attacks, using Mobile Palaces, Flawed Portable Abodes, and Cloud Crown to destroy Mother Nests and reach Link Nebula.
• After learning that Zi Jiuxian was undergoing Tribulation Lightning, Yuanyuan drove off intruders at Dawn Base, and Qu Jianlei’s group later decided to secure a new base beyond the Empire.
• Hua Lei guided Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, Qinghu, and Paranoid to the Stone beneath the One-Armed Female Warrior statue, where Jiao Daoren activated a star map and the group escaped the Federation’s response.
• Jia Shuiqing accessed the Horseshoe Star Data Center and decoded the map’s destination as Mushu 258, where Jiao Daoren found a Portable Abode that rejected him and the others.
• The box rejected Qinghu and Hua Lei before drawing Qu Jianlei into White Mist, where an Emaciated Daoren offered clues in exchange for his identity and began trying to seize his body.
• Qu Jianlei fought the Emaciated Daoren with Palm Thunder and summoned his allies, while Xiao Hu detonated a Logic Bomb inside the Daoist and the Five Elements Battle Array attacked the thinning White Mist.
• As Qu Jianlei’s soul neared collapse, he threw out the Soul Nourishing Wood bracelet and Yin Soul Pouch and searched for Soul Nourishing Pills while his allies prepared to flee.