Recaps

Qu Jianlei built influence in Central City through his inventions and cultivation, then joined Xiao Moshan in a violent conflict with the Douglas and Bunker families. After years in hiding and advancing his cultivation, he turned toward the Andre Family and learned that Bentley was safe.

• Qu Jianlei published technical articles and developed cultivation methods, while Dai Xingyan and Bentley confronted Tianzhong Yi over stealing Qu Jianlei’s manuscript.
• Qu Jianlei went to Central City, joined the Patrol Office as a mechanical repair consultant, and defended his home from corrupt Peacekeepers and gangsters.
• Qu Jianlei reached the ninth level of Qi Refinement and worked with Jia Mali and Xiao Moshan on a method for absorbing energy directly from Crystals.
• Qu Jianlei, Bentley, and Xiao Moshan killed Frost Wolf, and Qu Jianlei later advanced to Qi Refining Level 1 while his companions searched for missing allies.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan fought attackers linked to the Douglas Family, escaped Central City, and evaded Canyon’s search for them.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan retaliated against the Bunker Family, then fled after confronting Douglas Family warriors and spent years cultivating in hiding.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to target the Andre Family and learned from Black Panther that Bentley was safe and that the family had offered crystals as an apology.

Qu Jianlei evaded Canyon, stole its cultivation research, and avenged Bentley and Hua Xiezhi by wiping out the Douglas Family. After settling with his companions near Tai Du, he returned to Central City, where they survived a Canyon convoy attack and waited out the Great Supreme’s arrival.

• Qu Jianlei bargained with Jia Mali for Rank A methods and crystals, then killed Naimu Dian and Sendell after Canyon’s warriors ambushed him.
• Qu Jianlei evaded Canyon’s search, entered its territory with Xiao Moshan, and stole crystals from a reserve warehouse before escaping with You You.
• Qu Jianlei advanced to Rank A, raided the Attribute Cultivation Research Institute for books and materials, and returned to Central City as Canyon’s forces withdrew.
• Qu Jianlei killed more than three thousand Douglas Family members to avenge Bentley and Hua Xiezhi, then reunited with them and offered Hua Xiezhi medicine.
• Qu Jianlei and his companions settled at Half Mountain Manor near Tai Du, where Hua Xiezhi awakened a Wind Attribute after taking a Modified Potion.
• Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and Bentley returned to Central City, helped Black Panther’s guards defeat a convoy of Fallen, and hid while Canyon investigated the attack.
• The Great Supreme arrived and ordered the convoy attackers put on Canyon’s ledger, then left Central City with Canyon’s main force, and Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan agreed to accompany Bentley to a grave.

Qu Jianlei and his companions raided the base for Nutrient Solution and supplies, then fled aboard an interstellar ship. When a passenger turned the voyage into a standoff with Space Pirates, You You helped the crew attempt a dangerous jump, leaving the ship lost and hurtling toward a planet.

• Bentley destroyed the Bunker Family graveyard, and Qu Jianlei forced the Hedley Family to compensate Benjamin’s family and account for its role in the family’s destruction.
• Qu Jianlei confronted Charles about the threat to Half Mountain Manor, then joined Xiao Moshan and You You in infiltrating the base and stealing a Nutrient Cabin and Nutrient Solution.
• Qu Jianlei and You You hid from the base’s inspections as You You explained the base’s secrets and their plan to escape aboard an interstellar ship.
• Qu Jianlei and You You broke into the Canyon Liaison Office, killed Panpas for the Item-Storing Talisman, and fled as the base issued a dead-or-alive manhunt for Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei and You You stowed away aboard a departing spaceship, where they learned that Meng Ningge had betrayed the ship to the Space Pirates.
• Qu Jianlei found and shielded an explosive device, while You You opened a single-pilot Space Mech as passengers prepared to surrender to the pirates.
• You You confronted Meng Ningge, and Pan Yifu and the passengers restrained him before he swallowed poison and died.
• You You used the mech to block the Cargo Hold cameras as Pan Yifu ordered a dangerous jump despite the pirates’ Gravity Wave Interference Bombs, and the surviving ship emerged without coordinates and on a collision course with a planet.

Qu Jianlei survived the Space Pirates’ assault on Zalifu, joined Blazing Fire, and helped the pioneering groups prepare for an impending attack while uncovering spies and raiding pirate forces. After infiltrating the Control Center and finding You You among the prisoners, he left without rescuing her and turned to save the captured Salivan.

• Pan Yifu and Qu Jianlei fought the Space Pirates at Zalifu’s dock, then Qu Jianlei escaped into the woods as the pirates captured the survivors.
• Qu Jianlei met Mu Guoguo and Mu Huahua, joined Blazing Fire temporarily, and designed hydroelectric generators that restored the camp’s power.
• Qu Jianlei helped Blazing Fire hunt Armored Cattle, exposed and killed the Raider Su Dafeng, and learned more about the captured You You and the Space Pirates’ plans.
• Qu Jianlei helped Mu Guoguo search for traitors, and Ge Duo confessed to spying for the Space Pirates and warned that they might attack Black Rain.
• Qu Jianlei killed the traitors Xi Di Fei and Ta Dafei, disrupted a Space Pirate scouting team, then confronted Herman after discovering his betrayal and defeated the reinforcements Herman had summoned.
• Qu Jianlei gathered intelligence from Salivan and Mu Guoguo, disguised himself to enter the Control Center, and surveyed its defenses while seeking information about the Pioneering Groups.
• Qu Jianlei infiltrated the Core Area and found You You managing prisoners, but decided its defenses were too strong for a rescue, after leaving, he followed the pirates who had arrested Salivan and asked whether Salivan wanted to be rescued.