Recaps

Qu Jianlei led the Hongjingtian Team through a violent escape from Tianrui Star, then sold protection and retaliation cards while avoiding the factional conflict. After reuniting with Paranoid and securing Jia Shuiqing’s support, the team attacked the Divine Script Society and its allies, leaving the military reinforcements wary.

• Qu Jianlei rejected Golf’s requisition order, negotiated Rhine’s protection of Birdsong Stream Manor, and later fled with his companions as the Department of Anomalous Affairs hunted them.
• Qu Jianlei’s team escaped Tianrui Star by seizing an Anti-Smuggling Warship, destroying pursuing ships, and waiting out the planet’s flight suspension.
• Qu Jianlei returned to his companions, and Claire sold cards offering different kinds of protection to factions at Lan Yun Market while the team stayed neutral.
• Qu Jianlei found Paranoid on Tianrui Star and traveled with him to investigate the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion, but six guarding Supremes drove them away.
• Qu Jianlei’s team captured a Qingfeng Merchant Guild ship and traveled to the Hope Star Region, where Old Lady Jia warned them about the Divine Script Society’s hidden forces.
• Paranoid revealed his unusual advancement to Old Lady Jia, who agreed to help Qu Jianlei obtain a Super Qi Gathering Array and fight the Divine Script Society.
• Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia ambushed two Supremes in a valley while Paranoid and the others attacked the Hunting Squad, and Qu Jianlei killed the Supremes as Jia froze Taylor.
• Bentley’s Supreme-level lightning attack helped Paranoid defeat the Hunting Squad, and the military reinforcements made only a token pursuit before Bentley warned them off.

Qu Jianlei’s team rescued You You, struck back at her enemies, and escaped a military crackdown before settling on Transit Star. As they built up their strength and worked on a formation, Baron’s interest in Qu Jianlei’s group created a new problem.

• Qu Jianlei’s team attacked the Divine Script Society and Qingfeng Merchant Guild on Hope Star, killed three Supremes, and escaped before the military’s planned bombardment.
• Qu Jianlei returned to Second Star, built an underground cultivation chamber, and had Old Lady Jia secure Xiao Moshan’s release from military custody.
• Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia traveled to Planet Three with Paranoid, rescued You You with Xiao Moshan’s help, and brought her safely back to Second Star.
• Qu Jianlei helped You You meet Fourth Boss, then led the team in destroying Starfield’s branch on Fourth Star as the military moved against Old Lady Jia.
• Paranoid ambushed four military Supremes near Old Lady Jia’s estate, and Qu Jianlei’s group later killed Mars at the Second Star starport before fleeing aboard the Unlucky Starship.
• Qu Jianlei’s team reached its camp on an abandoned Mineral Star and then moved to Transit Star, where Hua Xiezhi advanced to A-grade and the group established itself on Qu Jianlei’s land.
• Baron tried to recruit Qu Jianlei after using hypnosis on him, but Qu Jianlei refused and changed course when Baron’s people watched the 8384 Ship.
• Paranoid told Qinghu that Baron’s demand for Birdsong Stream required a response, then warned Qu Jianlei that Qinghu had guessed they were building a formation.

Qu Jianlei’s team secured Rhine’s help to enter the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion, then turned to the Asteroid Belt after their cards were triggered. They struck Three United Company and Flying Eagle Group, but Flying Eagle’s payment led them into a major fleet ambush.

• Qu Jianlei and his team captured Harman and Chatel, evaded Tianrui Star’s authorities, and left after Baron’s agents began looking for them.
• On Tianfeng Star, Qu Jianlei’s group worked with Rhine to enter the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion, where the Abode recognized Qu Jianlei as a Golden Core Realm cultivator and offered him an inheritance trial.
• After leaving the Mystic Mansion, Qu Jianlei returned to Tianfeng Star, shared the group’s spoils, and learned from Xiao Hu that fighting had broken out in the Asteroid Belt and their cards had been triggered.
• Qu Jianlei, Paranoid, and Hua Xiezhi attacked Three United Company’s hub on Tears Star, forcing its surrender and taking money, Energy Blocks, and two Armed Merchant Ships.
• Qu Jianlei’s fleet went to Gem Blue Star and demanded an Armed Merchant Ship and two hundred million in banknotes from Flying Eagle Group, which arranged a borrowed ship and partial payment.
• After departing Gem Blue Star, Qu Jianlei’s fleet was ambushed by enemy starships and lost vessels as both sides fought over control of the battle.
• When 3344 Ship and a Customs Enforcement Ship arrived, 3344 Ship’s Xiao Hu copy seized the enemy Fire Support Ship, and Qu Jianlei ordered attacks on the newly arrived Armed Merchant Ships.

Qu Jianlei’s group escaped the fallout from the fleet battle, built hidden bases and a guesthouse, and helped Tian Yin after her family was attacked. On Blessing Star, Paranoid learned that Mu Yu had awakened and was living with her grandnephew, while Qu Jianlei confronted people connected to her case as trouble reached her home.

• Qu Jianlei’s fleet destroyed Baron’s forces, Paranoid killed Baron, and the group learned that the Department of Anomalous Affairs had helped assemble the fleet.
• Qu Jianlei reunited with Old Lady Jia’s group, and they evaded surveillance, established a hidden base on Lost Star, and leased farmland on Homestead Star.
• When city officials tried to seize the farm, Qu Jianlei’s group resisted, and the land acquisition was suspended after officials faced a series of threats and humiliations.
• On Paradise Star, Qu Jianlei’s group took in Tian Yin, learned that her cousin had been murdered, and agreed to protect her in exchange for her cultivation method.
• Qu Jianlei’s group bought land for a guesthouse, while Qu Jianlei developed a B-rank Light Attribute cultivation method and repaired ships for the group.
• Paranoid told Qu Jianlei that Mu Yu had been frozen for two hundred years after mental damage, and Qu Jianlei agreed to try strengthening her Mental Strength while insisting they keep it secret.
• At the research center on Blessing Star, Paranoid learned that Mu Yu had awakened and was living with her grandnephew, Zheng Tianwen, so he went with Hua Xiezhi to find her.
• Qu Jianlei stopped a middle-aged man from leaving the research center, while at Mu Yu’s home someone struck a bully who had threatened Zheng Xuewen, and Zheng Xuewen asked Mu Yu whether he should open the door.