Recaps

Qu Jianlei fought off threats at Godley, secured an inspection-exempt travel permit, and pursued supplies and a hidden base on Blue Elf. After defeating a Norton Family convoy, he tested the permit and became embroiled in a battle with retired Customs Enforcement ships.

• Qu Jianlei rescued Rhine and her group, sold her Rank A Crystals, and later accepted the Sail Consortium’s contract to guard its mine on Godley Star.
• When armed merchant ships threatened Wanmi Mining, Qu Jianlei revealed himself as a Supreme and defeated the attackers, killing the Metal Attribute Supreme while Li Ang’s forces captured enemy ships.
• Qu Jianlei negotiated an inspection-exempt travel permit from Gotel, left Godley, and returned to his base before escorting cargo ships to Blue Elf Star.
• On Blue Elf, Qu Jianlei bought secluded land and built a cavern, where an unknown mass of black soil far below recognized his aura.
• Young Master and Rayl pursued 8384 after delaying Qu Jianlei’s departure, but Qu Jianlei disabled their ship and destroyed it after the crew triggered self-destruction.
• Qu Jianlei learned that the Norton Family was searching for 8384, sold a captured Attack Ship at Lan Yun Market, and set out to test his new travel pass.
• When two retired Customs Enforcement ships pursued 8384, Qu Jianlei and Xiao Hu fought back, destroyed one ship, and disabled another, leaving two crew members stranded aboard.

Qu Jianlei confronted the Norton Family, returned to the Garbage Star to search for his missing companions, and fought the Divine Script Society’s forces across the region. After reuniting with Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan, he killed the Supremes sent against him and ordered Xiao Hu to finish off the remaining forces.

• Qu Jianlei negotiated with Sheriff over the captured warship, later presented a fabricated destruction video, and left Blue Elf Star after the Anti-Smuggling Department approved it.
• Qu Jianlei learned the Norton Family had wronged people connected to him, destroyed two of its factories, and returned to his cave on Blue Elf Star before traveling to the Garbage Star.
• Qu Jianlei searched the settlement districts for Cindy and Claire, found his old estate abandoned, and discovered that the Divine Script Society had a strong presence in the Tian-character District.
• Xiao Moshan and Hua Xiezhi faced a City Garrison identity check as Qu Jianlei attacked the troops and Divine Script Society fighters, then reunited with them and learned that Bentley and Claire had been captured.
• Qu Jianlei challenged the outsiders in Qian Jing, killed the Modified Warrior who ordered a cannon attack, and forced the city to help search for people sheltering the enemy.
• Qu Jianlei destroyed the Divine Script Society’s forces in Qian Jing, Zuo Jing, and You Jing, then hid near Tai Du to wait for the arriving Supremes.
• Qu Jianlei ambushed and killed the Wood Attribute Supreme, then defeated the Metal Attribute Supreme with Mental Attacks and a Four-Edged Awl.
• Qu Jianlei took a sachet and Gourd Pendant from the Metal Attribute Supreme as the Company-Class Warship crashed, then ordered Xiao Hu to kill everyone and attack ships fired across the area.

Qu Jianlei rescued Bentley and Claire, left Garbage Star with his companions, and uncovered a mysterious Human Head while exploring Tianbing Star. After attacking the Norton Family and learning of wanted Supreme fugitives, he began hunting Kai Rui and found a concealed cave whose occupants attacked him.

• Qu Jianlei defeated Tai Du’s fighters and learned that Bentley and Claire were being held near Canyon’s Technique Research Institute.
• Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezhi rescued Bentley, Claire, and Xiao Qin, then left Xiao Moshan in an Escape Pod bound for Second Star.
• Qu Jianlei took his companions to a concealed Main Camp, then traveled with them to Tianbing Star after Claire failed to secure identities at Lan Yun Market.
• A Human Head emerged from a cavern and revealed it was Above Supreme, bargaining with Qu Jianlei for his spiritual-energy array and asking him to capture a Metal Attribute Supreme for Body Seizure.
• Xiang Xue joined Qu Jianlei’s group on Tianbing Star, where they attacked Norton Manor and captured Qian Feng, who was revealed to be Jabbar.
• Qu Jianlei learned from Sheriff that several Supreme fugitives were hiding in the Asteroid Belt and set out to find Kai Rui.
• After searching inhabited celestial bodies without success, Qu Jianlei detected a concealed cave on an uninhabited body and knocked its hidden Supreme unconscious with a counterattack.

Qu Jianlei and Paranoid searched for the missing half of the Teleportation Array, tracing it to Chiyang and reclaiming it after confronting him and Arc Light. They returned to Sky Handle to decipher the array, where Claire reported that the Divine Script Society had attacked her.

• Qu Jianlei and Paranoid left the manor after Bentley advanced to A-rank and searched Pierre’s Celestial Hook hideouts, then stowed away on a ship to Tianrui Star.
• Paranoid and Qu Jianlei investigated the Laifaier Family, learned Pierre had left to become Above Supreme, and Paranoid killed the patriarch and other captives before destroying the family’s homes and looting its vaults.
• Qu Jianlei and Paranoid uncovered a suspicious courtyard on Tianrui Star and linked its demolition to Nalisha, Chiyang’s wife, then went to Celestial Hook to investigate Chiyang.
• Qu Jianlei interrupted Chiyang’s meeting with Arc Light, and he and Paranoid subdued them while demanding the return of what Nalisha had taken.
• Chiyang revealed that the treasure was in a secret chamber, and Paranoid retrieved half of a shield-shaped stone slab while Qu Jianlei killed Arc Light.
• Qu Jianlei and Paranoid returned to Sky Handle and lay low as they worked on deciphering the Teleportation Array.
• Claire arrived with a bruised cheek and told Qu Jianlei that a visitor had hit her, and Xiang Xue identified the attackers as the Divine Script Society.