Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei negotiated with Hilton and the dark-skinned man over sharing information and refusing to sign an Ability Covenant, then identified the antique as a Taiji Bagua Diagram. When the men showed him the cover of a book stolen from the Rare Books Building, he recognized three handwritten words in Shenzhou Script.

• Sophia and Rose speculated about Qu Jianlei being All Attributes until he warned them to keep the matter secret.
• Qu Jianlei learned how Hilton's organization had tracked him from the Night Market to the Old City Library and blamed him for drawing attention to the Rare Books Building theft.
• Qu Jianlei refused to sign an Ability Covenant and asked to learn what books the organization had taken before agreeing to share new discoveries.
• Hilton tested Qu Jianlei by asking him to name the antique, and Qu Jianlei called it a damaged Bagua Diagram.
• Hilton and the dark-skinned man showed Qu Jianlei a book cover from the Rare Books Building, and he froze when he saw three handwritten words in Shenzhou Script.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with two A-rank agents over an incomplete copy of the Three Character Classic, which they called a Divine Script book, while concealing his knowledge of Shenzhou Script. The meeting ended with the agents agreeing to report on possible cooperation, and Qu Jianlei asking them to bring Ability Rice and crystals next time.

• Qu Jianlei recognized the Divine Script as Shenzhou characters and identified a line as the nineteenth line of the Three Character Classic, but refused to translate it.
• The dark-skinned man and Hilton tried to verify Qu Jianlei's knowledge and offered access to other ancient books, but Qu Jianlei refused to meet their demands.
• Hilton revealed that the Rare Books Building's copy was incomplete, and Qu Jianlei asked where the agents had obtained the Bagua Diagram and what other cultivation-related items came with it.
• The dark-skinned man agreed to share information about related items in exchange for cooperation, then said he would report the matter to his organization.
• Qu Jianlei asked the agents to bring Ability Rice and crystals next time, and the dark-skinned man later asked Hilton what he thought of Qu Jianlei.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with Hilton and the dark-skinned man over an ancient defensive array formation and the Archaeology Enthusiasts’ offer of forbidden array knowledge. He proposed examining their book for six months and, if he failed to restore it, ending the cooperation while compensating them with a new cultivation method.

• Hilton and the dark-skinned man brought Qu Jianlei five thousand pounds of Ability Rice and ten Rank A Crystals, which he bought for nine hundred and fifty thousand.
• The two men offered Qu Jianlei a chance to restore their organization’s incomplete book about a defensive array formation and promised to provide basic array knowledge.
• Qu Jianlei asked for the organization’s name, learned it was Archaeology Enthusiasts, and suspected it was more like a Grave Robber group.
• Hilton proposed an alliance contract, but Qu Jianlei rejected it and questioned the organization’s funding and motives.
• Qu Jianlei offered to examine the ancient book for half a year and end cooperation without objection if he failed to restore it.
• Qu Jianlei promised a new cultivation method as compensation, provided the organization did not distribute it for a fee.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with the Archaeology Enthusiasts organization over a new cultivation method and received their formation materials and ancient books. After learning how severely the Empire punished unauthorized study of Shenzhou Script, he questioned whether annotated reproductions were meant to attract experts.

• Qu Jianlei rejected the dark-skinned man's attempt to delay negotiations and threatened to end their cooperation until Hilton accepted his conditions.
• Hilton and the dark-skinned man disputed whether to trade formation materials for the cultivation method immediately, then contacted their superiors, who backed the dark-skinned man's proposal.
• The next day, the Archaeology Enthusiasts organization delivered damaged formation manuals, formation books, and an annotated photocopy of the Three Character Classic.
• Qu Jianlei asked how many Shenzhou Script characters the organization had deciphered, and Hilton warned him that unauthorized research was treated as treason by the Empire.
• Qu Jianlei asked whether the annotated ancient-book reproductions in the Rare Books Building were intended to attract Shenzhou Script experts.

Qu Jianlei explained the Empire’s secretive approach to divine-script talents, arranged for the Grave Robber organization to obtain rare formation materials, and traded it a Wind Attribute cultivation method. After Hilton praised the method and hinted that the organization wanted more, Qu Jianlei prepared to attend Teng Pingping’s birthday banquet with Sophia, but Hilton arrived with the B-rank warrior Xiang Xue.

• Hilton explained that the Empire quietly screened potential divine-script talents and restricted access to divine-script books, and Qu Jianlei concluded that the copy on Second Star was intentionally incomplete.
• Qu Jianlei asked the Grave Robber organization to acquire rare formation materials and handed Hilton a sealed box containing a Wind Attribute cultivation method.
• On the fourth night, Hilton delivered the materials, admitted the organization had Wind Attribute warriors and cultivation-method researchers, and told Qu Jianlei that everyone thought highly of his new method.
• Qu Jianlei spent the next half month working, cultivating, and studying the limited formation knowledge before preparing to attend Teng Pingping’s fifteenth birthday banquet.
• Sophia arrived dressed for the banquet and offered to accompany Qu Jianlei, and he accepted her help.
• Hilton arrived with the B-rank Water Attribute warrior Xiang Xue, whom he introduced as a rare genius, and Qu Jianlei asked whether she was related to a Supreme.

Xiang Xue approached Qu Jianlei to request a Water Attribute cultivation method, offering a Divine Script book and hinting that she might know where such books could be obtained. She later arrived with Hilton at Teng Pingping’s birthday celebration, where Qu Jianlei suddenly pulled her aside and her shoulder was scorched by a flash of blue light.

• Hilton told Qu Jianlei that Xiang Xue’s father was an Ultimate, then took Sophia outside to discuss business.
• Xiang Xue asked Qu Jianlei for a Water Attribute cultivation method, offering a Divine Script book in exchange.
• Qu Jianlei refused to negotiate, and Xiang Xue hinted that she could provide information about where Divine Script books were obtained.
• Xiang Xue asked to attend Teng Pingping’s birthday celebration, and she and Hilton later entered the Teng family courtyard.
• As Hilton began speaking with Teng Wenli, Qu Jianlei rushed to Xiang Xue and pulled her aside, and blue light scorched her left shoulder.

Qu Jianlei pulled Xiang Xue out of the way of a sniper’s shot at Teng Pingping’s birthday banquet, though the shot still grazed her arm and her torn gown made her furious. The shooter escaped Hilton, and the chapter ended with Hilton asking Qu Jianlei why he had not warned them sooner.

• Qu Jianlei sensed a sniper’s killing intent but chose not to warn Xiang Xue and Hilton until the shooter fired, then pulled Xiang Xue aside as the laser grazed her left arm.
• Xiang Xue tried to slap Qu Jianlei after he tore off her gown, then realized she had been shot and took shelter while Hilton chased the Rank A Wood Attribute shooter.
• Teng Wenli learned Xiang Xue was the daughter of a Supreme and warned Pan Xing not to reveal her identity.
• The banquet resumed after a delay, and Teng Pingping said the attack had made her birthday more exciting.
• Hilton returned without catching the shooter, and Xiang Xue asked him to check whether Qu Jianlei had recorded anything.
• Qu Jianlei refused to answer Hilton’s question about the attack, saying he might remember if Xiang Xue slapped him again.

Qu Jianlei learned that the Taiji Bagua Diagram came from the military garrison in the sealed Maiden Star Region and received the names of those involved. Hilton followed Qu Jianlei’s lead to investigate the shooter, who escaped, while Xiang Xue wondered whether Panda was suspicious.

• Hilton asked Qu Jianlei for help finding the shooter, offering the Taiji Bagua Diagram and information about its origin in return.
• Hilton said he and his brother had obtained the diagram from the military garrison defending the Maiden Star Region twenty years earlier, and he recited the names and positions of those involved.
• Qu Jianlei told Hilton that the shooter was in a basement at Number Fifteen, Assault Second Alley, and Hilton left to investigate.
• Xiang Xue stayed by the ambulance, embarrassed that she had nearly attacked the person who saved her, and wondered whether Qu Jianlei could really sense the shooter.
• Hilton returned after half an hour and told Xiang Xue the shooter had escaped, though they had roughly identified them.
• Hilton questioned whether Panda was suspicious, but Xiang Xue argued that he had no reason to save her if he were the culprit.

Hilton reported his findings about the gunman to Qu Jianlei, who avoided getting directly involved in the Grave Robber investigation. Later, news of the military’s victory on Zalifu prompted Qu Jianlei to wonder whether Pan Yifu had been rescued, while Pan was questioned about a suspected hidden accomplice aboard the starship.

• Hilton told Qu Jianlei that the gunman had hidden his Wood Attribute aura underground, and Qu offered limited guidance without joining the investigation.
• Qu Jianlei stood to greet Teng Pingping at her birthday banquet, and Hilton returned to the ambulance to report what he had learned to Xiang Xue.
• Three days later, Qu Jianlei read that the military had defeated the main Space Pirate force on Zalifu and rescued many hostages, and he wondered whether Pan Yifu was among them.
• Middle-aged man Meng Ningge questioned the rescued Pan Yifu on behalf of Supreme Kushnier about what had happened aboard the starship.
• Pan Yifu explained that You You was unlikely to have disabled the explosives signal, and Meng Ningge then asked about the Earth Attribute A-rank called Asking Heart Array.

The Quantum Pioneering Group secretly searched Second Star for Black Sky, while Qu Jianlei continued his quiet routine unaware he was a suspect. Old Lady Jia later confronted him at the library, revealing that she had seen through his disguise and knew he was an A-rank No Attribute Awakened One.

• The Quantum Pioneering Group sent one Supreme and eight A-rankers to search Second Star for Tian Hei, with Panda among their suspects.
• Xiang Xue visited Qu Jianlei to thank him for saving her and apologize, then offered to bring him money as a token of gratitude.
• Old Lady Jia told Qu Jianlei that she recognized Xiang Xue's companion as a book thief and explained that she had allowed the theft to bring about a change.
• Old Lady Jia told Qu Jianlei to meet her after work and said that cultivation was what an Awakened One should care about most.
• Old Lady Jia confronted Qu Jianlei beneath a tree, saying she had seen through his aura concealment and knew he was a young A-rank No Attribute prodigy.

Qu Jianlei confronted Old Lady Jia, who revealed that she knew he was an A-rank No Attribute and urged him to attend Green Water Academy. Their discussion turned to Xiang Xue and the Archaeology Enthusiasts, and Qu Jianlei ended by asking whether a new change could restore lost books in divine script.

• Qu Jianlei realized Old Lady Jia knew his secret, and she admitted she was a Former Supreme who had seen through his identity.
• Old Lady Jia urged Qu Jianlei to attend Green Water Academy, but he refused and challenged her for threatening to expose the person who made his fake identification.
• Old Lady Jia revealed that Zi Jiuxian was her younger daughter's granddaughter and argued that Green Water Academy surpassed the library in every way.
• Old Lady Jia asked whether Xiang Xue had been attacked, and Qu Jianlei said he had found her near his home and had fought the Archaeology Enthusiasts before becoming their friend.
• Qu Jianlei admitted he had killed a B-rank member of the group, then asked Old Lady Jia whether lost books could be replaced by new books in divine script.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with Old Lady Jia over guiding promising youngsters in exchange for protection and cultivation resources, revealing that he had developed improved attribute cultivation methods. The chapter ended with Old Lady Jia correcting him that her great-granddaughter Jiu Xian had awakened Sand Attribute, not Metal Attribute.

• Old Lady Jia warned Qu Jianlei that the Archaeology Enthusiasts were outlaws and explained that she had been injured and lost her Supreme realm when she failed to catch them.
• Qu Jianlei told Old Lady Jia that he was an Interstellar Wanderer with blood on his hands, while she questioned where his inheritance came from and asked him to guide promising youngsters.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to consider helping in exchange for Old Lady Jia's protection, cultivation crystals, and cultivation methods, including Divine Script books.
• Qu Jianlei showed Old Lady Jia two sheets containing his improved Wind Attribute cultivation method and offered to trade it rather than sell it.
• Qu Jianlei offered to provide a Metal Attribute cultivation method, and Old Lady Jia replied that Jiu Xian was Sand Attribute.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with Old Lady Jia for cultivation and combat techniques, crystals, and a Metal Attribute method for Zi Jiuxian, then found an unexpected partner in Old Lady Jia while improving it. The chapter ended with Zi Jiuxian delivering her own Sand Attribute cultivation technique to Qu Jianlei.

• Qu Jianlei told Old Lady Jia he lacked a Sand Attribute method, so they agreed that he would provide Zi Jiuxian with a Metal Attribute method that must not be passed on.
• Old Lady Jia offered Poison Attribute material and techniques for Light and Darkness Attributes in exchange, and she asked Qu Jianlei to help organize cultivation techniques.
• The next day, Old Lady Jia gave Qu Jianlei three cultivation techniques, eight combat techniques, and six Rank A Crystals for five hundred thousand.
• Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia debated the Metal Attribute method, found three ways to improve it, and agreed to adapt it for the Sand Attribute.
• Zi Jiuxian brought Qu Jianlei her Sand Attribute cultivation technique and asked whether it would be useful to him.

Zi Jiuxian brought Qu Jianlei to Green Water Academy’s library, where Kelte attacked him out of jealousy and Zi Jiuxian drove Kelte off. Qu Jianlei began examining the library catalog, while Zi Jiuxian explained that Kelte had been targeting her rather than him.

• Zi Jiuxian recalled that her great-grandmother had given her an exceptional Sand Attribute cultivation method and wondered why the Old Lady wanted her to pass it to Qu Jianlei.
• Zi Jiuxian invited Qu Jianlei to Green Water Academy’s library, and Xiang Xue repaid him with five Rank A Crystals and money before leaving to find more crystals.
• Old Lady Jia returned to discuss improving the Sand Attribute cultivation method and reminded Qu Jianlei to visit the academy the next day.
• At Green Water Academy, Qu Jianlei and Zi Jiuxian discussed the library’s access rules and the Empire’s social hierarchy before Kelte confronted them.
• Kelte attacked Qu Jianlei with a Water Tornado, and Zi Jiuxian struck Kelte with a Golden Arrow and a kick before taking Qu Jianlei into the library.
• Qu Jianlei studied the library catalog, and Zi Jiuxian apologized for Kelte’s behavior and said he had been targeting her.

Qu Jianlei dealt with threats from Kelte’s associates while Zi Jiuxian tried to keep the dispute from escalating. After they went to lunch, Zi Jiuxian introduced Qu Jianlei to her colleague Sister Mary, who questioned his presence in the faculty cafeteria.

• Qu Jianlei asked Zi Jiuxian how far he could go in fighting back against Kelte, and she urged him not to kill anyone and promised to handle the matter herself.
• A Rank A Earth Attribute user confronted Qu Jianlei in the library, but Qu Jianlei evaded his grab and warned him not to try again.
• Zi Jiuxian identified the man as An Chongfeng and told Qu Jianlei she would deal with him.
• An Chongfeng confronted them outside the library and warned Qu Jianlei to stay away from Zi Jiuxian, but she challenged his interest in her affairs.
• Zi Jiuxian took Qu Jianlei to the faculty cafeteria, where she explained he could not eat Mutated Beast Meat without revealing his cultivation.
• Sister Mary joined them, introduced herself as the academy’s administrative worker, and questioned Qu Jianlei about eating in the subsidized cafeteria.

Qu Jianlei and Zi Jiuxian left the Academy library as An Chongfeng waited to attack him, but Zi Jiuxian intervened and convinced An Chongfeng that she had saved him from a deadly Supreme-level conflict. Qu Jianlei returned to the library, where Old Lady Jia asked whether his enemy was connected to the Teru Consortium.

• Sister Mary criticized Qu Jianlei over lunch, but Zi Jiuxian rebuked her and encouraged Qu Jianlei to try the Academy food.
• Qu Jianlei explored the Academy library and learned from Zi Jiuxian that access requirements and Contribution Points could be bought.
• Outside the library, Zi Jiuxian saw An Chongfeng waiting in his vehicle and called her great-grandmother for help.
• After the Old Dean angrily confronted An Chongfeng, An Chongfeng admitted that Kelte had paid him to injure Qu Jianlei.
• Zi Jiuxian told An Chongfeng that he would have died in a Supreme-level conflict, and he thanked her for saving him.
• Qu Jianlei returned to the library after closing, where Old Lady Jia asked whether his enemy had ties to the Teru Consortium.

Old Lady Jia told Qu Jianlei that the Teru Consortium was searching for someone called Tian Hei, or Black Sky, and he admitted that he was the person they sought. They learned that a Pioneering Group would come to identify him, and Qu Jianlei suspected it was Quantum.

• Qu Jianlei thanked Old Lady Jia for helping at Green Water Academy and said his enemies should all be dead.
• Old Lady Jia explained that Teru Consortium agents had questioned librarian Kadani about a Rank B with the Electromagnetic Attribute who matched Panda’s disguise.
• Old Lady Jia described Teru’s influence, including its ties to several Supremes and its presence in the Hope Star Region.
• Qu Jianlei admitted he was Black Sky and said the Rank As he killed had deserved to die.
• Old Lady Jia told Qu Jianlei that someone would come to identify him, and he suspected a Pioneering Group from Zalifu Star, most likely Quantum.
• Old Lady Jia offered to investigate the relationship between Teru and Quantum, then asked why they were pursuing Qu Jianlei.

Qu Jianlei learned that the Teru Consortium valued his rumored Electromagnetic Attribute movement technique and sought Old Lady Jia’s advice about the threat to him and Teng Wenli. After spending two days on guard and refining his formation, he returned to the library, where Old Lady Jia arrived before opening time.

• Old Lady Jia said Teru would likely use caution against Teng Wenli because he was a government official and the Consortium was still investigating secretly.
• Qu Jianlei asked about Teru’s local strength and its relationship with Quantum, and Old Lady Jia agreed to investigate while urging him to avoid provoking the Consortium.
• Qu Jianlei requested two days off from Dave, who readily arranged coverage at the library.
• Qu Jianlei stayed home for two days, watched for suspicious activity near his home and Teng Wenli’s, and completed a more precise second version of his formation.
• Qu Jianlei noticed no sign of Teru near the area and saw Teng Wenli return home in good spirits each day.
• Qu Jianlei went back to the library on the third morning, where Old Lady Jia arrived before it opened.

Old Lady Jia told Qu Jianlei that Quantum had sent a Water Attribute Supreme named Steve and four A-ranks to Greenwater City, then gave him the A-ranks’ locations. Qu Jianlei went out that night to confront them, but his attempt to approach a dance hall was interrupted by a gang of idle drifters.

• Old Lady Jia explained that a Teru Consortium shareholder had arranged for Teru to assist Quantum’s investigation, and revealed that Quantum’s Supreme was Steve, a vigilant Water Attribute cultivator.
• Qu Jianlei asked where Steve and the four A-ranks were, and Old Lady Jia arranged to send him the A-ranks’ locations that night.
• Qu Jianlei left home after receiving an address, retrieved a document pouch, and learned that one pair of A-ranks was at a dance hall while the other had returned to their lodgings.
• Qu Jianlei rode to the dance hall and waited outside rather than entering.
• A woman from a group of idle drifters confronted Qu Jianlei, but backed off when he produced a tiny flame.
• A fashionable man among the drifters claimed that he was an Awakened One with a Wood Attribute.

Qu Jianlei infiltrated Greenwater City and killed two A-rank pursuers before capturing two more and taking them to Chaotic Stone Beach. There, he revealed himself as Black Sky to a captive who begged him to spare his life.

• Qu Jianlei tracked four A-ranks from the Dance Hall, disguised himself, and infiltrated their hotel.
• He knocked out and killed the two A-ranks staying at the hotel, then took their bodies and found an Item-Storing Talisman.
• Qu Jianlei captured two more A-ranks at a secluded courtyard and drove them out of Greenwater City, while Old Lady Jia watched from hiding.
• At Chaotic Stone Beach, Qu Jianlei found that the Wood Attribute A-rank had awakened and revealed himself as Black Sky.
• The Wood Attribute A-rank begged Qu Jianlei to spare him, but Qu Jianlei demanded answers and the captive refused to cooperate.