Chapter Summaries

Xiao Moshan and Hua Xiezhi hid in a Tian Er Residential Area town, but a Tai Du City Garrison inspection threatened to expose them. As soldiers searched their house, an enemy attack elsewhere disrupted the inspection, leaving the source of the disturbance unknown.

• Hua Xiezhi traded a Laser Pistol for Nutrient Solution, then returned to the mud-brick house where she and Xiao Moshan were hiding.
• Xiao Moshan and Hua Xiezhi learned that Tai Du City Garrison troops were conducting the latest identity check and discussed escaping if their cover was exposed.
• Hua Xiezhi reported that San Zhi Shou's family, Black Carpenter, and his apprentice had been taken away during the inspection.
• Three City Garrison soldiers demanded the couple's identification and declared their plaques fake before beginning a search of the house.
• The ground trembled, and a Handheld Transceiver ordered Squad Three to hold position while the other troops engaged an enemy attack.

Qu Jianlei pursued the Divine Script Society warriors around Qian Jing, slaughtering them and the City Garrison as they tried to stop him. After he killed Qi Ming, Qi Qiang began to invoke their origins, but Qu Jianlei’s attack left him horrified.

• Xiao Moshan and Hua Xiezhi wondered whether the City Garrison’s sudden trouble offered an opportunity, and Xiao Moshan decided to scout through the Underground Passage.
• Qu Jianlei headed toward Qian Jing to draw out his missing comrades and killed the City Garrison squad that opened fire on him.
• Qu Jianlei cut down the reinforcements and threatened the City Garrison until most of them stopped attacking.
• Divine Script Society warriors retreated toward Qi Ming and Qi Qiang while coordinating counterattacks, and Qu Jianlei pursued them.
• Qi Ming and Qi Qiang confronted Qu Jianlei, but he killed Qi Ming and left Qi Qiang horrified as Qi Qiang tried to invoke their origins.

Qu Jianlei reunited with Xiao Moshan and Hua Xiezhi after slaughtering the forces pursuing them, and learned that Bentley and Claire had been captured. He prepared to help rescue them after Xiao Moshan revealed he had already collected an Item-Storing Talisman from the battlefield.

• Qu Jianlei killed Qi Ming and routed the remaining fighters, then hunted down fleeing Awakened Ones and City Garrison soldiers.
• Qu Jianlei found Xiao Moshan, who explained that Lao Ben and Claire had been captured and that Judy had died.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan went to Hua Xiezhi's location and found her guarding a concealed Wood Attribute Rank C fighter.
• Qu Jianlei reunited with Hua Xiezhi, learned she had reached Rank B, and told her he had become Supreme.
• Qu Jianlei said he would clean up the battlefield, but Xiao Moshan revealed he had already collected an Item-Storing Talisman.

Qu Jianlei reunited with Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan, let them support him from the shadows, and heard how the Awakened Ones had tracked down their group. The chapter left Bentley and Claire captured and Qu Jianlei preparing to act against their enemies.

• Xiao Moshan and Hua Xiezhi recognized Qu Jianlei and offered to help him take revenge, but he warned them that the enemy had at least two Supremes and told them to stay cautious.
• Qu Jianlei replenished his spiritual energy with a Rank A Crystal while Hua Xiezhi explained what had happened after he left.
• After Wei Wushuang and Jia Mali died, a new First One of the Patrol Office traced the cultivation methods to Hua Xiezhi and her companions; Ma Long was tortured to death and Black Panther disappeared.
• Hua Xiezhi, Xiao Moshan, Bentley, and the others fled to the Tian-character District, then hid in the wilderness as the Awakened Ones closed in.
• Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan returned from gathering intelligence to find their Secret Vault surrounded, and they watched Bentley and Claire get captured.

After learning that Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan had been hiding in a small town near Qian Jing, Qu Jianlei went to confront the outsiders threatening them. He crushed the city’s resistance and inspired the locals, while a householder turned a gun on a Modified Warrior.

• Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan told Qu Jianlei they had hidden near Qian Jing for three months and still did not know whether Bentley and their other companion were alive.
• Qu Jianlei told them to stay hidden, then went to Qian Jing and challenged the outsiders from Central City.
• When a Modified Warrior ordered the City Garrison to fire a city-defense cannon, Qu Jianlei dodged the Thermobaric Bomb, killed the coerced soldiers, and chopped the Modified Warrior into mincemeat.
• Qu Jianlei warned the townspeople not to help or conceal the outsiders, and witnesses were emboldened by his strength and support.
• A male homeowner aimed a Gauss Gun at a Modified Warrior and demanded to know whether he had enjoyed the man’s wife.

Qu Jianlei forced Qian Jing’s authorities to search for foreign operatives, then traveled to Zuo Jing and found the Divine Script Society preparing to fight. He suspected the Society had sent its missing forces as reinforcements after Qian Jing’s defeat.

• Qu Jianlei attacked the City Garrison base in Qian Jing, where the demoralized soldiers and their defenders were killed.
• Qu Jianlei ordered the city lord to organize house-to-house searches, killed him when he refused, and compelled the Third Boss to take charge.
• Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan helped expose City Garrison squads that were protecting people, and the offenders and households hiding Modified Warriors were executed.
• The Third Boss carried out the search until dawn, then received Qu Jianlei’s order to kill those they had found and make everyone share responsibility.
• Qu Jianlei flew to Zuo Jing and found Divine Script Society members gathered beside the City Garrison base, ready to resist.
• Qu Jianlei noticed that Zuo Jing’s Society forces were much smaller than Qian Jing’s and suspected the missing members had gone as reinforcements.

Qu Jianlei attacked the Divine Script Society’s strongholds across the Tian-character District to protect Xiao Moshan and Hua Xiezhi’s identities, killing the teams in Zuo Jing and You Jing. He avoided Hou Jing and hid near Tai Du, where he prepared for the enemy’s Supreme after the 3344 Ship arrived.

• Qu Jianlei decided to destroy the Divine Script Society’s Zuo Jing stronghold and used Mental Attacks to disable Ximi before killing him.
• Qu Jianlei slaughtered the Awakened Ones and Modified Warriors in Zuo Jing, sparing City Garrison troops who did not fire, then took an Item-Storing Talisman.
• Qu Jianlei flew to You Jing and killed its team, while some City Garrison troops chose not to shoot him.
• The Divine Script Society’s surviving Rank As gathered in Tai Du and debated whether to retaliate while waiting for Central City’s Supreme.
• Qu Jianlei bypassed Hou Jing, dug a cave in the wilderness near Tai Du, and prepared for the Supreme after the 3344 Ship arrived.

Qu Jianlei ambushed the Divine Script Society’s two Supremes before they could join Tai Du City’s Awakened Ones, cutting the Wood Attribute Supreme nearly in two. As the Metal Attribute Supreme kept attacking and called for warship support, a small attack ship appeared, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Qu Jianlei recovered his spiritual energy with ten capsules, concealed the hangar entrance, and waited outside Tai Du for the incoming Supremes.
• A company-class warship landed, and its Metal and Wood Attribute Supremes discussed searching for their enemies and attacking with support from Modified Warriors.
• Qu Jianlei ambushed the Wood Attribute Supreme with a Mental Attack and a slash, then struck again and split his body in two.
• The Metal Attribute Supreme’s Heart Piercing Arrow hit Qu Jianlei but failed to penetrate his two layers of armor, revealing that he was also Metal Attribute.
• The Metal Attribute Supreme added armor and repeatedly fired Heart Piercing Arrows while waiting for the warship to join the fight.
• A small attack ship suddenly appeared, startling the Metal Attribute Supreme as he prepared to continue the battle.

Qu Jianlei battled the Metal Attribute Supreme while Xiao Hu’s Attack Ship supported him, using repeated Mental Attacks and calculated movements to evade the Heart Piercing Arrows. The Metal Attribute Supreme tried to block Qu Jianlei’s Golden Wheel Art with instant spells, setting up a direct contest of power.

• Xiao Hu’s Attack Ship destroyed the Company-Class Warship’s newly launched Attack Ship with a single shot.
• Qu Jianlei used Mental Attacks and a swift movement technique to evade the Metal Attribute Supreme’s Heart Piercing Arrows, while the Supreme endured the attacks and continued forming seals.
• Qu Jianlei weakened the Supreme’s control with golden needles and another Mental Attack, then evaded the tracking arrows again.
• Qu Jianlei summoned a two-meter Golden Gear and sent it toward the Metal Attribute Supreme.
• The Metal Attribute Supreme cast Gold Shield twice to block the Golden Wheel Art rather than trying to dodge.

Qu Jianlei defeated the Wood Attribute Supreme and then killed the Metal Attribute Supreme by exploiting a weakness he uncovered during their fight. After the Company-Class Warship crashed, he ordered Xiao Hu to leave no one alive.

• Qu Jianlei used his movement technique and Mental Strength attacks to wear down the Metal Attribute Supreme while the Wood Attribute Supreme remained mortally wounded.
• Qu Jianlei battered the Metal Attribute Supreme, discovered a weak spot near his left kidney, and pierced it with a Four-Edged Awl.
• Qu Jianlei stabbed the Metal Attribute Supreme through both eyes, killed him, and took a sachet and a Gourd Pendant from his body.
• The Company-Class Warship was hit and crashed as people on the ground prepared to fire on Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei confirmed Xiao Hu should kill everyone, and the Attack Ship's guns and cannons opened fire across the area.

After destroying the enemy force, Qu Jianlei investigated his manor and discovered that people from Central City had occupied it and left traces of a plot against his people. Meanwhile, Tai Du’s forces debated whether to flee or hold their ground, then learned that their two Supremes had ordered them to await reinforcements.

• Qu Jianlei killed the last A-rank fighter, collected the enemies’ storage treasures, and ordered Xiao Hu to gather information on Tai Du while watching for signs of escape.
• Qu Jianlei went to inspect his manor, found it empty except for two caretakers, and discovered traces left by an A-rank and two B-ranks from Central City who had likely plotted against his people.
• Tai Du’s fighters assessed their losses and argued over whether to flee or hide and await reinforcements, knowing they were badly outmatched by Qu Jianlei and his warship.
• A B-rank brought word that the two Supremes at the base had decided to hold their ground and wait for reinforcements, leaving the fighters fearing they were waiting to die.

Qu Jianlei prepared to attack the Divine Script Society’s defenses after the base refused to send reinforcements and the defenders recruited thousands of volunteers. At midnight, he struck Tai Du with Iron Cleaving Stone Paste, killing most of the defenders in its first wave.

• The base refused to send warships or personnel, arguing that it had to protect its own security.
• The Divine Script Society recruited two thousand volunteers with the promise that survivors could settle in Central City and held more than a thousand people in reserve.
• Qu Jianlei brought Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan with him and told them to stay safe while capturing survivors if possible.
• At midnight, Qu Jianlei moved within one kilometer of the enemy defenses and prepared to attack.
• A defender spotted Qu Jianlei’s incoming iron meteorite technique, and the first wave of Iron Cleaving Stone Paste killed sixty percent of the people there.

Qu Jianlei destroyed the Divine Script Society’s forces in Tai Du, then reunited with Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan and interrogated their captives. A Canyon Rank A offered to reveal what happened to Bentley and the others in exchange for joining Qu Jianlei’s group.

• Qu Jianlei adapted an Iron Attribute technique and used three Iron Cleaving Stone Paste attacks to devastate the courtyard, then finished off the survivors.
• Qu Jianlei found four Item-Storing Talismans and met Hua Xiezhi and Xiao Moshan, who returned with two captives each.
• Hua Xiezhi took the Rank C prisoner for questioning, while Xiao Moshan began interrogating the Rank B prisoner after Qu Jianlei identified him as a member of the Divine Script Society.
• The Rank A prisoner explained that Canyon’s unequal access to resources and cultivation opportunities had made him resentful.
• The Rank A admitted he had planned to ambush Bentley and Claire for credit, then offered to tell Qu Jianlei what had happened to them if Qu Jianlei let him join the group.

Qu Jianlei learned that Bentley and Claire were being held near Canyon’s Technique Research Institute and set out with Hua Xiezhi to rescue them. After reaching the guarded building where Bentley was imprisoned, he began incapacitating its occupants while Hua Xiezhi moved to destroy the surveillance equipment.

• A Rank A warrior told Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and Hua Xiezhi that Bentley and Claire were likely alive and held in a building near Canyon’s Technique Research Institute.
• Qu Jianlei decided to go to Canyon immediately, leaving Xiao Moshan behind to guard the captured Rank A warrior.
• Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezhi boarded the Attack Ship and flew silently to an uninhabited area near Canyon.
• The pair ran to within three kilometers of the holding site, where Qu Jianlei confirmed Bentley was in the building’s basement.
• After finding no Supreme ambush, Qu Jianlei used Mental Attacks to knock out people inside the building and told Hua Xiezhi to destroy the surveillance equipment.

Qu Jianlei rescued Bentley, Claire, and Xiao Qin from the Divine Script Society’s facility and brought them to the Attack Ship. He discovered biological material embedded in Bentley’s spine that might transmit a location signal when Bentley used his Inner Breath, and Bentley asked him to remove it.

• Hua Xiezhi disabled the surveillance while Qu Jianlei infiltrated the building, subdued its occupants, and found Bentley in the basement.
• Qu Jianlei freed Bentley, then found Xiao Qin and Claire in separate rooms and decided to take both of them along.
• Qu Jianlei carried Bentley and Xiao Qin while Bentley held Claire, and he met Hua Xiezhi before they escaped together.
• Qu Jianlei brought the group to the Attack Ship, where Bentley learned that Qu Jianlei had reached Supreme cultivation and planned to take him into space.
• Qu Jianlei identified biological material embedded in Bentley’s spine that could activate through his Electromagnetic Attribute and reveal their location, so Bentley asked him to remove it.

Qu Jianlei’s group returned to the Tian-character District, killed a Rank A Warrior whose claims of loyalty did not convince them, and examined the strange biological material inside Bentley. Qu Jianlei invited Xiao Moshan to join them as they roamed the stars, but Xiao Moshan said he was a soldier, leaving his choice unresolved.

• Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezhi discussed whether Xiao Qin was an undercover agent, while Bentley explained what had happened to her, Ma Long, Black Panther, and Claire.
• The Attack Ship returned to the Tian-character District, where Xiao Moshan reported that the other three captives were dead and handed over a Rank A Warrior.
• Qu Jianlei questioned the Rank A Warrior’s claim that he wanted to join them, and Clear Wind Shadowless Blade killed him.
• The group traveled to their secret vault in the Fourth Area and Xiao Moshan concluded that Bentley’s biological material might have activated when his Inner Breath recovered.
• Qu Jianlei asked Xiao Moshan to join their journey among the stars, but Xiao Moshan hesitated and said that he was a soldier.

Xiao Moshan chose to return to the military to clear his name, while Qu Jianlei prepared to leave Garbage Star with Blair, Xiao Qin, and the others. The group arranged Xiao Moshan’s departure for Second Star and set out to leave before confronting the Divine Script Society.

• Xiao Moshan insisted he still believed there were good people in the military and would not keep the group’s secrets beyond First One’s identity.
• Qu Jianlei woke Blair and Xiao Qin, and both agreed to leave with the group despite their personal losses and Xiao Qin’s lack of enthusiasm.
• Xiao Moshan asked Qu Jianlei to send him to Second Star, and Qu Jianlei agreed to put him to sleep before leaving him there.
• Xiao Moshan gave Hua Xiezhi an Item-Storing Talisman, but Qu Jianlei provided him with another one and persuaded him to accept it.
• Xiao Moshan told the group they could contact his teacher Cheng Qingshan at the Engineering Academy on Fourth Star, and Qu Jianlei urged everyone to pack for departure.
• Qu Jianlei said they would leave Garbage Star rather than attack the well-defended base, since Bentley and Claire needed treatment.

Qu Jianlei rescued his companions aboard the 3344 Ship, treated their injuries, and derived a cultivation method for Claire after discovering her Dark Attribute. The group prepared to send Xiao Moshan toward Hope Star Two in an Escape Pod, leaving his landing and reunion with them uncertain.

• Qu Jianlei secured Claire in the Treatment Pod, gave Bentley an Item-Storing Talisman, and heard Hua Xiezhi explain how Claire had awakened and endured capture.
• Xiao Qin said Jia Mali's death was difficult to assess, though Jia Mali had been targeted after Wei Wushuang died.
• Claire recovered, and Qu Jianlei removed three vertebrae from Bentley before treating him and deriving a C-rank Dark Attribute cultivation method for Claire.
• After more than a month in space, Bentley left the Treatment Pod and learned Claire had reached C-rank; Qu Jianlei, Bentley, and Hua Xiezhi then took Xiao Moshan away in the Attack Ship.
• Qu Jianlei put Xiao Moshan in an Escape Pod to drift toward Second Star, and Bentley said they would contact him through Cheng Qingshan if they settled down.

Qu Jianlei brought Xiao Qin, Hua Xiezhi, Bentley, and Claire to his hidden Main Camp, where he revealed the starships and introduced them to a Qi Gathering Array. The group settled into their new base, with Qu Jianlei warning them to keep its secrets as they prepared to cultivate.

• Xiao Moshan left the attack ship in an escape pod, and Qu Jianlei’s group headed toward the Skyhook Star Region because they lacked identities for the Hope Star Region.
• Qu Jianlei joined No. 3344 with an anti-smuggling warship and guided his companions through a jump to an abandoned planet.
• The group entered Qu Jianlei’s concealed Main Camp through a mine tunnel and found another starship stored inside.
• Qu Jianlei explained that the anti-smuggling warship was on autopilot and told everyone to keep it secret.
• Qu Jianlei released supplies and showed the group a more effective cultivation method, the Qi Gathering Array.

Qu Jianlei took his four companions from their secluded camp aboard the 8384 Ship and traveled to Lan Yun Market, where Claire began handling their business. The chapter ended with Qu Jianlei backing her decision to walk away after Pudding Mining’s representative delayed their request for false identities.

• After twenty days of rest and cultivation, Qu Jianlei agreed to take his companions out to explore the stars and warned them to keep the Qi Gathering Array secret.
• Qu Jianlei and the others left the Stone Gate aboard the battered 8384 Ship and arrived at Lan Yun Market three days later.
• Qu Jianlei decided to accompany Claire to meet the market managers, then told them she would handle their dealings on his behalf.
• Claire asked Pudding Mining’s representative to obtain two false identities, but he said he needed to wait for approval from above.
• When the representative could not give a timeline or price, Claire chose to leave, and Qu Jianlei supported her as they returned to the ship.