Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei took his companions from Transit Star to his hidden estate, where Bentley advanced toward Rank A after cultivating with the Qi Gathering Array. After the others left, Qu Jianlei sensed a hidden presence and called on it to come out, then began abandoning the estate when it stayed silent.

• Qu Jianlei bought five open-date private starship tickets to Tianbing Star through a waiter at Elf Home and told Bentley about his past and his enemies.
• Qu Jianlei brought the group to his estate, checked the stone cave for anything unusual, and had everyone settle in.
• Qu Jianlei set up the Qi Gathering Array, and after five days of cultivation Bentley reached the edge of Rank B and sensed a chance to challenge the Supreme realm.
• Qu Jianlei and the four agreed on a meeting place, then the others left while he stayed behind.
• Qu Jianlei called for the hidden presence to come out and talk, but when the cave remained silent, he began packing up the estate.

Qu Jianlei fought a mysterious presence in the cavern that tried to seize his body, then learned it claimed to be Above Supreme and knew about his spiritual energy and Xiao Hu. He prepared to attack it and threatened it in turn, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• A black mist emerged from the cavern wall and attacked Qu Jianlei, who countered with Electromagnetic Art and a mental defense.
• The presence sent a mental attack into Qu Jianlei, but Xiao Hu appeared in his mind and drove off its invading head.
• Qu Jianlei struck the presence with repeated Thunder Dragon and mental attacks, damaging the wall and making its outline disappear.
• The presence spoke again, and Qu Jianlei began packing while threatening to report it to the Empire and the Divine Script Society.
• The presence claimed to be Above Supreme and revealed that it knew about Qu Jianlei's spiritual energy, energy-conversion array, and prohibited artificial intelligence.
• Qu Jianlei threatened the presence after it suggested the Divine Script Society could capture him.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with the mysterious human head outline over a treasure bearing the Divine Script for a Teleportation Array, refusing to trade away his own array or pay its demanded price. The standoff ended with the outline realizing Qu Jianlei might have derived his array himself or learned it from a Master.

• Qu Jianlei rejected the voice’s offer to let him analyze an ancient object because he did not trust it.
• The voice revealed three Divine Script characters, and Qu Jianlei recognized them as a Teleportation Array.
• Qu Jianlei and the human head outline bargained over the treasure, with the outline demanding Qu Jianlei’s array and one hundred million Energy Blocks.
• Qu Jianlei offered one hundred million Energy Blocks for the treasure but refused to surrender his array, while the outline insisted on borrowing it.
• Qu Jianlei threatened to exploit the outline’s Metal Attribute affinity, then argued that his functioning array was not equivalent to the outline’s original inheritance.
• The human head outline wondered whether Qu Jianlei had derived the array himself, and Qu Jianlei suggested he might have a Master.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with a disembodied Supreme who wanted his formation, proposing to help it seize the body of a male Metal Attribute Supreme instead. The Supreme agreed to explain how it had ended up in its current state, but the chapter left the details of its failed breakthrough untold.

• Qu Jianlei refused to give or lend the formation unless the human head silhouette offered something worthwhile.
• Qu Jianlei proposed helping the silhouette capture a male Metal Attribute Supreme for Body Seizure, and the silhouette reluctantly accepted the possibility.
• Qu Jianlei demanded to know the silhouette’s identity, but it refused to reveal its origins and offered to explain its condition instead.
• The silhouette said it had been a genius-level Supreme who researched the path Above Supreme and tried to prove its theory through its own body.
• Qu Jianlei asked how the silhouette’s experiment had gone wrong, and it replied that the outcome was just as he had imagined.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with the head-shaped silhouette over its treasure and the help it needed, then traveled with his four companions from Transit Star to Tianbing Star. The group arrived in the bustling central city, where Qu Jianlei suggested they sightsee and shop before deciding what to do next.

• The head-shaped silhouette explained that it had spent centuries pursuing Above Supreme by destroying its Metal Attribute affinity, and refused to show Qu Jianlei its treasure unless he helped it seize a Metal Attribute Supreme.
• Qu Jianlei and the silhouette argued over borrowing his spiritual-energy formation, and Qu Jianlei left the stone cave with the Energy Blocks.
• Qu Jianlei’s four companions traveled through Transit Star, where Hua Xiezhi stopped an off-road vehicle and its owner tried to recruit them.
• The five rested, reached Elf Home, and boarded a private starship for Tianbing Star, making a brief stop at Tianrui Star along the way.
• After arriving in Tianbing Star’s bustling central city, Claire asked whether they had come to sightsee or settle there, and Qu Jianlei said they would shop and explore first.

Qu Jianlei and his comrades spent an evening exploring Tianbing Star, where they reunited with Xiang Xue after she advanced to A-rank. Their conversation revealed that the Divine Script Society had turned its attention to the Hope Star Region after several Supremes died.

• Qu Jianlei’s group ate at a restaurant and visited a bar, where Claire and Xiao Qin drank too much and Hua Xiezhi also became tipsy.
• Xiang Xue arrived at the guesthouse after advancing to A-rank and offered to guide Qu Jianlei’s group around Tianbing Star.
• Xiang Xue refused Qu Jianlei’s congratulatory Rank A Crystals and said she had come to travel and have fun.
• Xiang Xue told Qu Jianlei that the Divine Script Society had sent forces to the Hope Star Region after more than one Supreme died.
• Qu Jianlei introduced Xiang Xue to Bentley and Hua Xiezhi as a friend who had received the improved cultivation method.
• Bentley said he and Xiang Xue came from different worlds because she was the daughter of a Supreme, and Xiang Xue was delighted that Qu Jianlei had told them about her.

Xiang Xue stopped two Awakened Ones from taking Claire after they discovered her rare Dark Attribute, then confronted Renado of the Haiyin Family when he arrived to intervene. Qu Jianlei revealed his connection to Rhine and identified the group as crew members of No. 8384, leaving Xiang Xue to demand that Renado explain why he had come to plead for the two men.

• Two Awakened Ones approached Claire in the park and tried to take her after discovering her Dark Attribute, but Xiang Xue challenged them and demanded compensation.
• Renado arrived on behalf of the Haiyin Family, and Xiang Xue questioned his family’s support for people who seized others by force.
• Xiang Xue asked Claire to contact Qu Jianlei, who told Renado to ask Rhine why the captain of No. 8384 had twice failed to see her.
• Renado realized Qu Jianlei had saved Rhine and learned that the people present were new crew members of No. 8384, then apologized to Xiang Xue.
• Xiang Xue asked why Renado had come to plead for the two men, and Renado hesitated before admitting that was his purpose.

Renado paid Xiang Xue’s two-million compensation demand and agreed to obtain identities for Claire and her companions. After they collected the identities, Qu Jianlei revealed his plan to target a Supreme of the Norton Family, and the others volunteered to help.

• Xiang Xue raised the compensation to two million and made Renado responsible for collecting it, so he advanced the money himself.
• Claire asked Renado to arrange two identities each for five companions, and he agreed to deliver ten identity cards in three days.
• Three days later, Claire and Xiang Xue collected the cards and reported that Rhine would be away for about half a month.
• Qu Jianlei proposed using the extra time to pursue his other objective: taking out a Supreme of the Norton Family.
• Bentley, Hua Xiezhi, and Xiao Qin volunteered to join the operation, while Xiang Xue questioned whether they meant the Norton Family about to receive a title.

Qu Jianlei's group planned an attack on the Norton Family despite tight security, and Xiang Xue brought them intelligence that Supreme Qianfeng Norton might still be nearby. Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezhi reconnoitered Norton Manor overnight, confirming a hidden ambush but not discovering who was waiting there.

• Qu Jianlei's group discussed how to attack Norton Manor before the imperial investiture, and Xiang Xue offered to gather information.
• Xiang Xue reported that Qianfeng Norton had likely stayed on Tianbing and was secretly waiting near the manor to capture the attackers.
• Qu Jianlei rejected waiting for Rhine and left with Hua Xiezhi to inspect Norton Manor.
• Qu Jianlei vanished into the night while Hua Xiezhi set traps and watched the area from a distance.
• Qu Jianlei returned near dawn and told Hua Xiezhi that he had found a well-hidden ambush five kilometers southeast of the manor.

Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezhi confirmed that Qian Feng was hiding in the Norton Family’s bunker and helped plan an attack with their companions. The assault began under light rain, with the team disrupting communications and the bunker guards realizing they were under attack.

• Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezhi scouted the manor, confirmed the bunker held the Norton Family’s Supreme and an A-rank, and verified that Qian Feng was inside.
• Xiang Xue joined Qu Jianlei, Hua Xiezhi, Bentley, Lao Ben, and Claire to plan an attack timed to take advantage of rain.
• The six gathered near the manor, where Xiao Qin concealed their auras while the others waited for the rain to strengthen.
• Qu Jianlei ordered Xiao Hu to block the bunker’s communications, and Bentley used Endless Sky Thunder to create electromagnetic interference.
• The bunker’s wireless and wired communications failed, and a guard shouted that the bunker was under enemy attack while the City Garrison watched the storm.

Qu Jianlei and his companions attacked a Norton Family bunker, overwhelmed its defenders, and escaped before the City Garrison could catch them. Qu Jianlei kept Supreme Qian Feng alive because he had promised someone he would.

• The bunker’s A-ranker called an enemy attack, and Qu Jianlei used Mental Strength attacks to knock him and several B-rankers down.
• Qian Feng revealed himself and tried to rally the bunker, but Qu Jianlei’s attack knocked him unconscious as the defenders opened fire and the City Garrison was alerted.
• Claire plunged the bunker into darkness while Qu Jianlei broke through a wall and led Xiang Xue and Hua Xiezhi in a rapid assault, killing the defenders and collecting the bodies of the higher-ranked Awakened Ones.
• Qu Jianlei and his companions escaped by Space Mech through the rain, while City Garrison forces arrived too late and found few traces of the attackers.
• Two hundred kilometers away, Qu Jianlei told Xiang Xue he had kept the captive Qian Feng alive because he still had a use for him and had promised someone.
• Xiao Qin took Xiang Xue on a motorcycle, and more than two hours later the motorcycles and off-road vehicle returned.

Qu Jianlei transported his captive off Tianbing Star, only to discover the man was Jabbar rather than Qian Feng. At his territory, the Human Head judged Jabbar too old for Body Seizure and offered Qu Jianlei only the first half of its Teleportation Array diagram as compensation.

• Qu Jianlei paid Elf Home to transport Supreme Qian Feng in a Life Support Pod, but the pod changed Qian Feng’s appearance and revealed him as Jabbar, a greedy Metal Attribute Supreme.
• Qu Jianlei decided Jabbar could still serve for Body Seizure and warned everyone to keep his capture secret.
• Qu Jianlei carried Jabbar from the Transit Star to his territory, where he found his storeroom untouched and confronted the silent Human Head.
• The Human Head examined Jabbar and objected that he was about two hundred and forty years old, while Qu Jianlei protested that it had never specified an age limit.
• The Human Head offered to show Qu Jianlei its spiritual-energy array, but revealed only the first half of the diagram and its Small Seal Script.

Qu Jianlei left the stone cave with Jabbar and met Sheriff to request travel passes and intelligence on wanted criminals. Sheriff gave him information about the Supreme Kai Rui, and Qu Jianlei was shocked to learn that at least six Supreme wanted criminals were hiding in the Asteroid Belt.

• Qu Jianlei refused the Human Head outline's request to take Jabbar's Metal Attribute innate foundation and left the cave with him.
• Qu Jianlei met Sheriff and asked for two inspection-exempt passes, but Sheriff refused because of the risk posed by Qu Jianlei's group.
• Qu Jianlei asked Sheriff for a list of wanted Awakened Ones and learned about Kai Rui, a Metal Attribute Supreme wanted for more than three thousand killings.
• Sheriff's subordinate reported that Qu Jianlei's group had attacked the Norton Family, leaving one Supreme missing and the family badly hurt.
• Qu Jianlei received Sheriff's wanted-criminal list and learned that at least six Supreme fugitives were hiding in the Asteroid Belt.

Qu Jianlei searched the Asteroid Belt’s Head and Neck Region for Kai Rui, a Supreme wanted criminal, while planning to capture him and pressure the Human Head silhouette into handing over a Teleportation Array. After thirty days of searching inhabited celestial bodies without finding Kai Rui, Qu Jianlei began checking uninhabited ones and discovered a concealed Stone Cave on the fifth.

• Qu Jianlei left Sheriff and headed toward the Abandoned Mining Planet aboard the 8384 Ship, eager to capture Kai Rui.
• Qu Jianlei transferred to the High Imitation No. 3344 and traveled to the Head and Neck Region, where he reconsidered his assumption that Kai Rui would not hide in harsh conditions.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Hu planned a search route and used Qu Jianlei’s instruments and A-rank senses to inspect celestial bodies where people were mining or prospecting.
• Qu Jianlei spent thirty days searching every inhabited celestial body, found no sign of Kai Rui, and noted a few suspicious locations for a later recheck.
• Qu Jianlei began examining uninhabited celestial bodies and, on the fifth, detected a concealed Stone Cave after radiation interfered with his instruments.

Qu Jianlei discovered a concealed cave on an isolated celestial body and realized people, including a Supreme, were hiding inside. When they attacked him with Mental Strength, he repelled them and unleashed his own Supreme Coercive Pressure, ending his uncertainty about whether to show mercy.

• After finding an abandoned Secret Vault, Qu Jianlei began carefully inspecting barren celestial bodies for other hidden occupants.
• Qu Jianlei detected a concealed cave with living creatures inside and suspected the group might include Kai Rui.
• As Qu Jianlei positioned his probes and oscillator, the cave's occupants recognized the equipment and decided to attack him to capture his warship.
• A hidden Supreme launched a powerful Mental Attack, but Qu Jianlei met it head-on and caused the attacker to faint.
• Qu Jianlei released his Supreme Coercive Pressure and decided to retaliate without holding back.

Qu Jianlei defeated two groups of wanted criminals while searching the Asteroid Belt for Kai Rui, collecting valuable items and capturing Kai Rui alive. He returned toward the Transit Star with two captured starships, where the Anti-Smuggling Department contacted Sheriff after learning the task had been handled.

• Qu Jianlei subdued a Supreme-led group, found that the Supreme was the wanted criminal Kidd, and took their valuables and damaged merchant ship.
• Qu Jianlei continued searching the Head and Neck Area for twenty days before finding Kai Rui and defeating his group of wanted criminals.
• Qu Jianlei captured Kai Rui alive and found a small starship in his cave, but decided not to search for more ships.
• Qu Jianlei checked his Main Camp and left aboard the 8384 Ship with two starships in tow.
• The Anti-Smuggling Department stopped Qu Jianlei near the Transit Star, and he told them to contact Sheriff about the completed task.

Qu Jianlei brought Kai Rui to the stone cave after arranging for two captured starships to be repaired and sold, and the head-shaped outline began preparing to seize Kai Rui’s body. Qu Jianlei justified choosing him by saying Kai Rui was an Empire-wanted criminal, leaving the body seizure underway.

• Supreme Sheriff approved the 8384 Ship’s entry into port and told the Anti-Smuggling Department to treat its two captured starships as spoils of war.
• Qu Jianlei confronted a repair-yard operator who tried to claim the captured ships, then forced him to repair them for free and find potential buyers.
• Qu Jianlei moved his ship to a different berth, left the starport with Kai Rui in a Life Support Pod, and took him to the stone cave the following evening.
• The head-shaped outline enveloped Kai Rui in black mist and praised his young, excellent body.
• Qu Jianlei said Kai Rui was an Empire-wanted criminal and insisted he would not capture a random Supreme for the body seizure.

Qu Jianlei forced the Human Head outline to complete its Body Seizure of Kai Rui within a strict deadline, using an Ancient Oath to secure his obedience. Kai Rui gained control of the body but remained poorly coordinated, and he promised to follow Qu Jianlei.

• Qu Jianlei refused to let the Human Head outline borrow the Gathering Spirit Array for months and set a three-day deadline for the Body Seizure.
• Qu Jianlei made the Human Head outline swear an Ancient Oath witnessed by the Heavenly Dao, then set up the Gathering Spirit Array.
• The Human Head outline poured black mist into the array for three days, then asked for four extra hours to complete the integration.
• Kai Rui awakened in his new body, absorbed the remaining spiritual energy, and gradually learned to walk and fly.
• Kai Rui said his compatibility with the body was below thirty percent, but promised to follow Qu Jianlei and claimed he could still wield a Supreme's combat power.

Qu Jianlei brought Paranoid back toward the starport after helping him adjust to his restored body, then met Sheriff at Elf Home. Sheriff asked whether Kai Rui had truly been dealt with, and Qu Jianlei said Kai Rui’s ride was already at Transit Star.

• Paranoid agreed to follow Qu Jianlei, chose the name Paranoid, and said he could impersonate most Attributes, including Ice.
• Qu Jianlei and Paranoid flew toward the starport, taking four days because Paranoid was still adapting to his body.
• Qu Jianlei brought Paranoid to Elf Home, where Paranoid ate and bathed while continuing to adjust to ordinary life.
• Sheriff visited Qu Jianlei, sensed Paranoid’s strength, and apologized after Paranoid’s Mental Strength overwhelmed him.
• Sheriff asked whether Qu Jianlei had settled the matter with Kai Rui, and Qu Jianlei said Kai Rui would not be seen again.
• Qu Jianlei told Sheriff that Kai Rui’s ride was at Transit Star, and Sheriff asked to buy it.

Qu Jianlei showed Sheriff the two starships and learned that their owners wanted to reclaim them, while Paranoid insisted that the merchant ship’s owner pay more. Sheriff agreed to buy the smaller ship and offer Qu Jianlei special passes, but Qu Jianlei prepared to leave, prompting Sheriff to challenge Paranoid to help clear the Asteroid Belt of wanted criminals.

• Qu Jianlei showed Sheriff that Kai Rui’s ship was the smaller starship and that Hyena Kidd had owned the merchant ship, while Paranoid reflected on how much Qu Jianlei had done for him.
• A Rank B Warrior explained that the merchant ship’s owner wanted to redeem it for thirty million, and Paranoid demanded one hundred million instead.
• Sheriff revealed that Paranoid was a Supreme, then offered one hundred million for the merchant ship and twenty million for the smaller starship.
• Sheriff promised Qu Jianlei Anti-Smuggling Department hand-held passes, but Qu Jianlei asked him to handle the payment and said he had business elsewhere.
• Sheriff refused to take responsibility for the payment if Qu Jianlei left, and Paranoid challenged him to clear wanted criminals from the Asteroid Belt.